Chapter 10: Son Goku Arrives
Nail stood in front of Jeice and Burter. All three of them had their arms crossed over their chest and each had a scowl on his face. Burter was the one to finally break the silence. "Listen here Namekian, just cause you killed that buffoon doesn't mean you stand a chance against us."
Nail let his arms drop to his side as he cracked his neck. "You don't understand, I'm going to protect my planet. No matter who I have to kill." Nail got into his fighting stance as Jeice and Burter did the same. He knew that they had the number advantage so all he had to do was get one of them alone and then fight one on one. Easier said then done.
Burter then charged at Nail with speed that caught him off guard, again. Burter landed three straight jabs at Nail's gut before Nail caught both of his fists. Burter looked surprised, then a smirk crossed his face as Nail was defenseless against Jeice's kick to the side of his head. Nail caught himself with a handstand and then flipped onto his feet. "Is that the best you can do?"
Jeice then raised his right hand up in the air and a red ball of ki started to form. "Try to dodge this!" Jeice proceeded to smack the ball at Nail with his left hand. "Crusher Ball!" Nail jumped over the attack at the last second. He had a brief moment of peace before he felt Burter punch his spine. Nail let out a mighty scream from the punch he received. "Got 'cha." The two Ginyu Force members kept on raining punch after punch on Nail's defenseless body
"We have to help! Now!" Gohan pleaded with Krillin. He wanted to help Nail but knew that he was too weak. He wouldn't make a difference, but that wouldn't stop him.
"No Gohan," Krillin responded to the enraged kid,"We would just get ourselves killed. Besides, Goku has to get here soon, its been six days."
"Bu-" Gohan was caught off guard when an energy beam hit him on the back. Krillin looked behind them and was surprised at what he saw.
"How the Hell are you alive?"
Captain Ginyu landed in front of Frieza with the Dragon Ball in hand. "Lord Frieza, the Dragon Ball is yours." Ginyu put the ball near the others and knelt in front of Frieza.
Frieza eyed Ginyu and the Dragon Balls. He kept looking at one or the other which made Ginyu very nervous. Finally, Frieza spoke up. "Ginyu, why are there only six Dragon Balls in my possession?"
Ginyu looked at Frieza with a confused expression. "But, Lord Frieza, that's the only one we could find." Ginyu tried pleading his case.
"Ginyu, did you think of maybe checking your scouter to see if there were any survivors?" Frieza was speaking in his mock polite voice. Ginyu had heard it many times, and usually it led to a death.
"N-no Lord Frieza."
"Of course you didn't." Frieza started cracking his neck before speaking again. "Guard the Dragon Balls, I'm going to find the last one. Oh, and if anything happens to them, I'll be having your head for dinner." Frieza took off in his hover chair cackling like a maniac while Ginyu shook as if he was in the middle of a blizzard.
Nail started parrying Jeice and Burter's punches while keeping tabs on everyone else. Gohan and Krillin were fighting the pudgy fighter from before and Frieza was heading to Guru's home, not good. He had to intercept Frieza at all costs. He then used a powerful kiai to blow away his opponents before he spoke to them. "Sorry fellas, but I have more important things to do than fight you two." Nail was about to blast off when he felt a huge energy enter the atmosphere. "What the Hell is that?!" He wondered out loud.
"Crusher Ball!" The red sphere hit Nail perfectly on the back and sent him tumbling back to the ground. "Always keep your eyes on your enemy, mate."
"Jeice, look at that!" Jeice looked over to see Burter point at what seemed to be a larger space pod. "What do you think it is?" Burter questioned.
"I don't know, but let's finish the Namekian before we check it out."
"Hahahaha! You can't kill the invincible Guldo!" The weakest Ginyu Force member started firing rapid energy blasts at the two heroes.
"Damn it, ho-" Krillin stopped mid-sentence as he saw something he had been waiting a long time for. "It's Goku!"
Guldo turned his body around and sure enough, there was some sort of spacecraft entering the atmosphere. "What the Hell?"
Frieza kept flying when a little Namekian child flew by and then his scouter picked up a power level of five thousand. I could kill that in my sleep. Frieza didn't know how wrong he could be.
The door to the craft opened and out came Goku. "Huh, so this is Namek. It's nice enough." He then used his ki sensing to locate Gohan. "There he is, I better not keep him waiting!" Goku flew at top speed to Gohan's location, intent on helping his son.
Goku arrives on Namek and Guldo is still alive. What does this mean for our heroes as they try to stop Frieza and his men? Will Nail be able to intercept Frieza in time or will Frieza reach the surviving Namekians? Find out next week on Dragon Ball Z: A New Hope!