I wish I owned DBZ, but I don't. I own DVD's and tapes, but it just isn't the same. I also don't own the right to Starcraft or any of the music pieces you see selected, just copies of merchandise, such a shame. The artists that created them are geniuses and we all must bow to them.
Chapter 20: Song Styles
I was lying in my bed about an hour later, totally wiped out. These Saiyan women apparently had a habit of not stopping until their male partners were close to dead. More like making love to some sort of wild gorilla pumped up on angle dust.
"Oh shut up, you liked it," Fasha whispered. No argument there, thankfully I'm so strong.
"Besides, I need to get as much out of you as I can until you're a kid again, then I'll have to make due with myself. Though I don't see why you can't just stay as you are, I hate waiting," Fasha whined a little.
"The Kai's said it would increase my potential or something. They were pretty insistent about it, and knowing us we will always need a little power here and there," I explained.
"But you're already really strong right, why would you need more?" Fasha asked, confused.
"You don't get it. As strong as we are, there's always a chance that something or someone else will come along that is stronger. That burned us a few months back when we all thought there was no other, and we almost lost that one," I explained.
"Almost, but you won didn't you?"
"Not before most of the earth died, including the planet blowing up. I died once and took the beating of my life a few times. Vegeta almost died twice, and a lot of the group needed wished back. Something funny though, Goku started off dead, and he was granted a full life again," I smiled strangely.
"That is pretty weird, but coming from you I wouldn't doubt it," she grinned slightly.
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?"
"Well you're are easily the weirdest Saiyan I've ever met," she said.
"I'll keep that in mind if Vegeta is busy trying to beat you up," I said, scowling. A knock came to the door, causing the blankets on the bed to be grabbed rather quickly.
"I'll get it," I said, getting up and grabbing my shorts. I opened the door to find Mom standing in the hall with a truly evil grin on her face.
"Having a little fun in there I see, do it while you can. Here's some clothes for her," Mom giggled slightly as she handed them to me.
I rolled my eyes, "Thanks." Mom laughed a bit more before walking down the hall, leaving me shaking my head.
"What is it?" Fasha asked as I shut the door.
"Hope you're ready for a night of embarrassment. She's going to make our lives miserable, just don't snap on anyone. Speaking of which, if an annoying old man tries to touch you in anyway, don't kill him. Just smack him to the other side of the room. He's a pervert," I chuckled at the thought of Master Roshi even considering trying to get at Fasha, boy she'd rip him a new asshole.
"I'd rip him more than a new asshole," she smiled and started putting on the t-shirt Mom had left for her.
"You know, that is getting really annoying. Why can't I hear yours until you actually send one to me?"
"I'm not sure really, maybe its because male minds are weaker, and we females can block them out when we want! I'm certainly not having much trouble!" Wonderful.
"Well, I suppose this doesn't look too horrible," Fasha said, as she had just put on the baggy shorts. Mom had gotten a size or two too big, but it compensated for the tail, which doubled for a belt when needed. She had given her a sea green shirt with Capsule written on the front, and black shorts that hung towards her knees, but Fasha kept her boots.
"Hey look, we almost match, except yours is blue!" she said with a girlish grin as I slipped my shirt on.
"Right," I said, full of sarcasm. I reached over and turned on my music player, wanting slight refreshment if I was going to be doing any kind of singing tonight.
"That thing plays music huh, what kind?"
"Just about anything that was considered rock and roll, in my terms anyway. It's something I was big on in my dimension, since its gonna be a party atmosphere, I'll stick to soft and classic, less words to worry about. Then I won't have to worry about a metal frying pan coming down on my head. This was all music from my home world," I explained, loading up a few songs that I knew very well.
"Gotta practice up a bit if I'm gonna so any singing tonight. Mom caught me off guard last time and didn't even tell me before she shoved me on stage and picked a random one. She apologized for all the frying pan hits later because since she put it on random, it hit one of my heavy swearing songs, my head still rings a bit because of that," I rubbed a sore spot on my head over the memory.
"Really, what song was that, could you play it just in here?"
"Yeah, but be ready," I warned, turning the dial until it hit the one. After a few phrases, followed by the chorus, Fasha wrinkled her nose slightly, seeing how Chichi might not like it.
"It's called Surfacing by a rockband that was from my home town. And unfortunately I didn't recognize it until after it started up and Mom didn't show me how to control the damn thing. Hell I didn't even get a chance to run before that damn frying pan smacked my head," I shrugged slightly with my arms out.
"So what, you're going to sing along to these?"
"Yeah, that's what Karaoke is. You can do it without the script if you know the song, otherwise there's a script of words on a screen for you to read in sync with the song. I know a lot of them by heart and rarely need it; Mom's machine is really good with these," I explained, skipping to the first one.
"Show me then," Fasha sat on the bed while I hit play.
"This ain't a song for the broken hearted"
"No silent prayer for the faith departed"
"But I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd
Your gonna hear my voice when I shout it out loud!"
It's my life, Its now or never
But I ain't gonna live forever
I just wanna live while I'm alive
It's my life
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said, I did it my way
I just wanna live while I'm alive
Cause it's, my, life!"
I rambled through the whole song, as I had memorized it long ago, though I needed a little bit of a refresher. Having my memory blocked by the Kais sure didn't help, even if it had only been temporary. Fasha just watched with a dreamy look in her eye, resting her head on her hands and watching me sing along. When it was over, I took in a deep breath. It felt good to listen and sing that song again.
"Wow, that was really good. Though you didn't sound like the singer it still sounded like it was really you that wrote it, good job!"
"Gee thanks, I get that a lot whenever I sing along like that in front of people. I usually don't though, some thought I looked like a fool or something, funny how it was okay when they did it," I put a finger to my chin with a thoughtful look.
"Well, I think that no one can match that talent, lover," Fasha smiled and leaned forward to plant a kiss on my forehead.
"It's not that much of a talent, I just have a good memory and can mimic the sound," I muttered. The door slammed open and found created a new hole in the wall.
"Out," Vegeta snapped, pointing for Fasha to leave. Great what now? Fasha left without question, and Vegeta slammed the door shut, causing some drywall to crumble to the floor, despite the Saiyan proof doors.
"Boy, I require your assistance, the woman requests me sing a ridiculous song at this reunion of hers. I know your into such things so I require a suitable noise you call music to shut her up, and make it fast!" This should be good.
"Well, what kind of music do you like?" I asked.
"I don't care, whatever you think is correct for a prince to be singing!" I smirked slightly at his dismay, suddenly thinking up some things that wouldn't be so good for his ego.
"Don't even consider it boy, I will sample it now! Otherwise it's five hundred times gravity for five days!" he warned. I groaned, Damn, I better pick a good one. I started scrolling through the small list on the screen, ignoring all the ones I knew Chichi would scream over. I then scrolled across one that had Vegeta written all over it, and hit play. When the guitar hit, Vegeta actually grinned a little.
"Sounds like my style, what's it called?"
"Bad to the bone." The song played and Vegeta's smirk got a little wider as it went on.
"I'll do that one then," Vegeta said in a victory sounding voice. Then he just left without a word, not that I expected one. Vegeta singing, where's the camera?
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After I practiced a few more songs alone, I made my way downstairs, music player in hand. Most of the party was in the lobby, as Mom and Chichi were in the kitchen, no doubt helping the overwhelmed robots. Fasha and Videl stood on opposite ends of the room, glaring daggers at each other. Krillin was the only human fighter that had arrived so far, though I didn't even see him yet, it was hard not to notice Eighteen first.
"So you're Goku's dad, nice to meet you!" Krillin said to Bardock, extending a hand. Bardock took it with caution, but shook regardless when he saw the slight smile on his son's face. Krillin introduced himself to the rest of the crew quickly, finding a new torture scene in front of him, namely Fasha and myself. He didn't say much at first, he didn't need to, I already knew what he was thinking.
"What?" Fasha asked him directly.
"Quite a fish you caught there kid, looks like a keeper too!" Krillin started to laugh a bit.
"I am not fish!" Fasha screeched at him, ki flaring.
Krillin backed off, "Hey take it easy! You shouldn't be picking ones that already have a temper, Bulma and Chichi are bad enough!" he whispered to my ear.
"Oh she's pretty good about her temper, until you speak to her that is," I snickered a bit, causing Fasha's glare to shift back to me, silencing our laughter quickly. My attention was thankfully shifted away by a small pair of blurs going around the room, one tackled Goku, the other Gohan.
"Daddy, can you tell mommy to let us have some food now, were hungry!" Goten begged.
"Yeah, can you tell my mom that Gohan?" Trunks whined.
"We can try, but they'll tell us the same thing! You should know that by now," Gohan shook his head and stood back up, leaving a pouting Goten and Trunks on the ground. A knock came at the door, before opening up to a certain bald headed three-eyed human.
"Hey Tien!" Goku said in happy friendliness.
"Goku, Gohan, good to see you again. Who are these people?" he asked in surprise, drifting his gaze over my form that remained near Fasha. Unfortunately I didn't greet Tien or even heard him after that, because Videl was coming our way. I sensed Fasha tense up a bit, causing me to pay more attention. Videl stopped in front of me, giving a harsh gaze towards Fasha. I noticed Gohan look over, slightly concerned.
"Well, I can't say I agree with this whole arranged mating thing. But can we at least start over, no hard feelings?" Videl asked, holding out her hand for a shake from Fasha. Well, that was big of her. Fasha calmed down, but I could sense that she was ready to reject it.
"Fasha, just accept it. I don't want to have to put up with you two fighting each other," I practically begged thoughts at her, rather she heard or not.
She snorted slightly, grasping the hand and giving a hard shake, "Fine." With that done, Videl resumed her position on the other side of the room, talking to Eighteen.
"Okay boys and girls, not everyone is here yet, but we're going to start the party, please come in now!" Mom announced, opening the huge doors that were right in the middle of the lobby, going into the big chamber inside where all of them were held.
As I expected, a small stage was set up with large speakers and a light display. My music player had been plugged into the side with an extension type cord, so I would at least know where it was.
"Okay, let's break a leg!" Mom announced. The next couple hours contained memories that some to would want to forget, and others to remember. First of all, most everyone except Bardock's crew tried out a hand at Karaoke. Krillin took his turn first, singing some really strangely sounding song, but then everything that I had heard off this world's music was a bit different. Mom though demanded that I go next, and get a few out of the way, then come back for more later. I grabbed the mic slowly, picking my way through the songs I had picked out earlier.
"Come on kid, give us a good one!" Yamcha shouted. I grimaced since I knew his forte was love songs. Love songs and softer tones weren't really sounding good right now. Guess I'll go with a slightly harder one early. I searched through until I found the one I was looking for, one that was heavy, but no swearing whatsoever. When the music came on, the lights started up and danced around with the tune. Mom's new and improved Karaoke machine wasn't too bad, and could decipher lyrics from the song while it played, also completely taking them out if it was needed. Kind of odd, but cool, saved trouble for the artist I guess. I brought the mic to my lips, about the time when the first lyrics came on the screen for me, not that I really needed them that bad for this song.
"I've lied, to you, the same way that I always do.
This is, the last smile, that I'll fake for the sake of being with you…
Everything falls apart, even the people who never frown eventually break down
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie…
Everything has to end, you'll soon find we're out of time left to watch it all unwind
The sacrifice is never knowing
Why I've never walked away, Why I played myself this way
Now I see, your testing me, pushing me away.
Why I've never walked away, Why I played myself this way
Now I see, your testing me, pushing me away.
I've tried like you
To do everything you wanted too
This is the last time
I'll take the blame for the sake of being with you!
Everything falls apart, even the people who never frown eventually break down
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie…
Everything has to end, you'll soon find we're out of time left to watch it all unwind
The sacrifice is never knowing
Why I've never walked away, Why I played myself this way
Now I see, your testing me, pushing me away.
Why I've never walked away, Why I played myself this way
Now I see, your testing me, pushing me away.
We're all outta time, this is how we run, how we all unwind
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie…
We're all outta time, this is how we run, how we all unwind
The sacrifice is never knowing…
Thankfully it was a band I really liked and knew that Chichi might tolerate it. Apparently everyone else had a similar opinion, or in the thoughts of Fasha, of me. For some reason it really touched me when I thought about everything I had been through on this world so far, and that added emotion to the song. Once I finished, loud cheering sounded, mostly from the crew and the other Saiyans, not counting Vegeta. I smiled slightly, scrolling back up to the list I had chosen earlier. Piccolo and Dende had entered some time during my first performance, Piccolo took a spot on the wall next to Vegeta, and Dende was around Krillin and Gohan.
Yamcha whistled loudly, "Hey Verto, give the chicks a real knockout song!" Well it wasn't exactly what I would call a chick song, but it was next on what I was going to sing. But the way it started off, most of them looked as if they were going to enjoy it.
This is my life, it's not what it was before.
All these feelings I've shared.
And these are my dreams, that I've never lived before.
Somebody Shake me cause I, I must be sleepin…
Now that we're here, it's so far away
All the struggle we thought was in vain
And all the mistakes, one life contained
They all finally start to go away
And now that we're here, it's so far away
And I feel like I can face the day
And I can forgive
And I'm not ashamed to be
The Person that I am today
These are my words, that I've never said before.
I think I'm doing okay.
And this is the smile, that I've never shown before,
Somebody shake me cause I, I must be sleepin.
I'm so afraid of waking
Please don't shake me
Afraid of waking
Please don't shake me
Unknowingly, this got admiring looks from just about every female in the room, mostly from Fasha and Videl. I noted at the beginning that the lights were killed until I started the song, but then the stage lights and something like a disco ball started up, especially on the high parts of the song, giving my little show an extra boost. When I finished the song, loud applause rang out, and I even spotted Vegeta clapping his hands a little bit.
I set the mic down and jumped off the stage and over to the tables, "Okay, someone else's turn." Yamcha went up right away, picking out some love song he thought was good, but he couldn't sing it at all. During this time I finally saw Master Roshi and Oolong show up, and right away set about drooling over the ladies. Good thing Roshi was an old master and formerly the strongest man in the world, because he had to be to survive Fasha knocking him across the room when he touched her ass. I thought about warning him first, or bashing him myself, but I did want to see the reaction. Oolong was the smarter of the two and never approached, he had seen her tail slashing angrily afterwards and just left the idea out. Roshi quit bugging the ladies after being introduced to Bardock, those two had a lot to talk about since Roshi was one of Goku's teachers. Yamcha got a few claps for his effort, but sat back down, slightly embarrassed for a bad performance. Vegeta stood up, determined scowl on his face as he headed for the stage. Instantly cameras came flying out, all wanting a good photo of this. The music came on, and Vegeta started singing along perfectly, not missing a word yet his eye remained on the lyric screen.
"On the day I was born, The nurses all gathered 'round
And they gazed in wide wonder, At the joy they had found
The head nurse spoke up, And she said leave this one alone
She could tell right away, That I was bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone
I broke a thousand hearts, Before I met you
I'll break a thousand more Baby, Before I am through
I wanna be yours pretty baby, Yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya honey, That I'm bad to the bone!
I make a rich woman beg, I'll make a good woman steal
I'll make an old woman blush, And make a young girl squeal
I wanna be yours pretty baby, Yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya honey, That I'm bad to the bone
And when I walk the streets, Kings and Queens step aside
Every woman I meet, They all stay satisfied
I wanna tell ya pretty baby, Well Ya see I make my own
I'm here to tell ya honey, That I'm bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone!"
Wow, he's good, but then I shouldn't expect anything less from him. Hell even his voice sounded nasty enough to sing it, though it didn't match the singer's, not that anyone could tell anyway. After he finished all the cameras flashed off pictures rapidly, Mom's faster than anyone's. Though there was applause, Vegeta ignored it and sat down, closing his eyes and keeping his scowl. It was about as pleased as he was going to get over that. Many of the others were discussing how much that song sounded like Vegeta's style, and then were asking Mom where she had gotten it from, in which she pointed straight to me.
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The food showed up soon, causing all eyes to be taken off the music and the stage, all Saiyan eyes anyway. In the middle of scarfing, something everyone else had to stop and stare at since there were now five more Saiyan mouths to feed. I noticed Goten and Trunks whispering to each other, before excusing themselves from the table. They were back pretty soon after that, claiming they had to use the bathroom. I ignored it and chowed down, it had been quite awhile since I had a home cooked meal, it was refreshing.
Afterwards everyone sat around and talked amongst themselves. Vegeta and Piccolo sat in the corner and stared at each other. Goku, Gohan and Bardock laughed together at some memories. The crew, minus Fasha, set about heavy drinking with Krillin and Yamcha, sharing drunken laughs. Chichi, Mom, Eighteen and Videl discussed men in general while batting away the perverts. Tien and Dende were talking with Mr. Satan, who came in a bit late. He said something about a public workout and that he left Buu and Bee at home since the wish hadn't been made yet. Something odd about Satan though, his ki was a bit higher, and it felt suppressed. I really didn't pay much heed to that, figuring that maybe he trained a bit for once. That left Fasha and I down by the artificial stream Dr. Briefs had flowing through there. But two were missing, the twin terrors of course, and that wasn't a good sign. They made their presence known soon though, because the bushes rustled behind Fasha and a stick poked out and touched her tail. The stick was vaporized pretty quick, leaving Trunks with a slightly burnt face.
"Do you mind?" she asked with a deathly glare.
"Man, you two are gross! She's gonna give ya cooties or something!" Trunks declared, jumping out fully from the bush, Goten a half step behind him.
"Well, I haven't heard any complaints from him yet. You two wanna try?" Fasha dared, even though she was just teasing.
That sent the boys into a fearful run, "Ah, she's going to infect us, head for the hills!" A trail of dust went up behind them, leaving me in shock.
"Wow, that is the most original way to get rid of those two pests," I exclaimed. That left me thinking though, damn, it's been awhile since they pulled a prank, and reunions haven't been to good about that. Instead the boys were on the other side of the room, not doubt planning something, but it seemed they were examining something else. Vegeta and Piccolo decided to walk up just then, nearly making me jump out of my skin as they had done it in stealth.
"Well boy, tomorrow we're going for the real mission to your planet, and we are not staying long. The Namek said there have not been any more Zerg attacks, but I still don't like the idea of leaving for long," Vegeta scowled a bit.
"The Earth's energy has slowly become more and more imbalanced, I sense something will be happening soon. During the attack on Hercule's mansion, I sensed a momentary spike before the energy on Earth started feeling, incomplete," Piccolo had a bewildered look on his face.
"Yeah, I get that every time I've come across a Zerg. They have a scattered feeling to them, and it's hard to sense them even at close range, unless there's a large group. And something else, it almost doesn't matter how strong you are because they do not rely on ki. In fact I dare say they barely have any, ki blasts tear them up pretty well. But get this, I fought several and ended up with these nasty scars. Bardock and a few of the others transformed and whooped their ass despite being much weaker than me!" Fasha hit my arm at that comment, but said nothing to the subject.
"I think that these creatures are using a different source of energy, other than physical. It could be this Psi energy you spoke of, you said the Kanassans told you that they homed in on Psi energy, and that you and Gohan both emit it. The Kai's emit that too, but none know how to control it, nor do I. I do know that ki and Psi are more often than not emitted together as a single energy; you just can't detect or use the other one regularly. This may be why they picked it up so well, especially from you. You increased your ki output and no doubt your Psi output went up, you just can't tap into it yet," Piccolo explained. I barely got all of that, but then again I wasn't Goku.
"Well either way, we will start training the other Saiyans soon. I plan to use the time chamber for a few days, though I'm not sure it will take that long. Kakarot and I will take charge of the training to get them up to Super Saiyan at least, maybe more. While we're in the chamber, you, Gohan, and the boys will have to be on guard for the Zerg. Since we don't know when the invasion is exactly, the human fighters that are not training will be on alert too, but will remain at their respective areas. I plan to start the training in the chamber after we use the dragonballs on you, which is in a few days isn't it Namek?"
Piccolo scowled, "That is correct, it isn't another two weeks like we thought. Shenron has never had to only use one wish and save the other before. No doubt he is recharging a bit faster because of it, they might even be ready tomorrow."
"Good, tomorrow you and I will head to your planet so we can get the information we need on the Zerg. While we're there I plan to unlock all that shit in your head. We all need to be experts on the subject, you just need refreshment. After tomorrow, when we return, we use the balls to make you young again to increase your potential, and that silly Buu wish that Kakarot wants to do. The day after that we train in the time chamber for as long as it takes!" Vegeta ordered. I nodded, though I could hear Fasha's thought voice pouting slightly that she didn't get two weeks with me anymore.
I chuckled at this, "Hey, don't worry, you can have more in ten years. Well maybe less for the basics of it!" She slugged me in the arm again.
Vegeta only smirked at this, "I see your already getting that bond down to a science. Like I said, do not follow through with it, or I'll kill you both!" Fasha gulped, but I only nodded. I knew he wasn't serious, but I also know what hell I would be put through in the gravity room.
"That's not the only hell you're going to go through, I hope your ready for a lack of sleep tonight!"
"Don't remind me Fasha. With you it'll be a miracle if the dead stay in their graves!"
"I'll get you for that one!"
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Piccolo then marched off, saying goodbyes to Gohan and Goku. Vegeta took his spot on the wall close to the table of chatterbox women. Tien had left as well, and Dende followed Piccolo out the door. The air felt strange once some of the stronger ki signals left, like someone who shouldn't be there was lurking around in the shadows. Eighteen got up and proceeded in smacking her drunken husband, trying to get him out of a daze as he and Yamcha tried to arm wrestle, only to fall on the ground in heavy laughter. I looked for the boys, sensing them over in the corner of the room, out of sight, but it felt like they were a bit on edge, their energy fluctuated a little bit.
"What is it?" Fasha asked.
"I don't know, something's wrong here," I said, gazing at the corner the boys were in. The ki in the air had started to break apart as the Nameks left, then even more when the human fighters left as well, leaving only those with Saiyan blood and their respective families. Wait a sec, I know this reading. I narrowed my field of vision, watching and sensing for any activity away from the party. Goten and Trunks were slowly coming back, but it seemed like they were barely moving in baby steps, and I sensed a slight bit of alarm and fear coming from their ki. Vegeta's eyes shot open as his ki jumped up in weariness. The room seemed to darken, maybe because of all my concentration on this one area. Others started to notice the edgy feeling in the air, and even the drunk Saiyans rose up and glanced around.
"What is it Vegeta?" Goku asked in a low tone.
"I don't know, but I think were about to find out, Kakarot," he said in a deathly calm voice. Goku and Gohan then moved over slowly in front of the still chatty women behind and to my right, though they're voices were the only ones being heard. Bardock and the crew took a position nearby the table, behind and toward my left. The boys were moving a little faster, maybe a normal paced walk. The bushes rustled slightly, and a chilly air blew through. All of a sudden the boys' ki shot up and they came flying back to our area very quickly, fear filled faces.
"What is over there brats?" Vegeta barked.
"I don't think you wanna know," Trunks said, his voice stuttering a bit.
"I wonder if that guy worked here," Goten mumbled.
"What guy?" Gohan asked this time.
"Yeah Goten, he was one of Grandpa's employees for feeding the animals in here, and now there aren't any of those either!" That was a good point, I hadn't seen any animals in here at all, and Dr. Briefs was big on those. Most of them were now kept in the other building, but he still had a few dogs and cats running around in this one. They usually staying away from visitors and hiding in the back. The back of the room, where the animals usually are.
"Trunks, what is over there?" I asked sharply, getting his attention.
"It kinda looked like a dog, except no fur and purple skin, and really scary looking!" Goten said for him.
"Shit!" Both Fasha and I dared say, she had caught on to what I had been suspecting now. I powered up a bit right away, preparing for whatever had been back there. The trees started to sway like a wind had come by, except now it looked to be bending slightly, the one next to it bent to the other side. The bushes rattled some more, and I could now hear heavy breathing in the air, not belonging to any human or Saiyan in the room. Scattered ki filled the air now, and I crouched back into a fighting stance, standing in front of Fasha.
"What is it Vegeta?" Mom asked, she and the other women had finally stopped talking, noticing all the men up on their feet.
"Stay back here woman, the Zerg are here!"
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The trees in front parted, and a large creature began to emerge from it. Brown and purple scales covered the beast, its huge mouth hung open as it hissed. It was about fifteen feet or so in height, and had two large claws hanging in front that could easily rip someone's head right off. It had no legs to speak of, just a snake like tail that it stood on and glided across the surface with. Hydralisk, how the hell did it get in here? The trees to my right opened up, and another beast poked its huge and ugly head out. The bushes stopped rustling, and several of them contained glowing green eyes belonging to a purple face. Bardock's crew was up to our position instantly. Drunk or not, every Saiyan in the room knew it was time for a fight.
"Boy, what are those?" Vegeta yelled.
"The big ones are Hydralisks, watch out for their spitting needles. The little ones are more Zerglings," I yelled back without turning. The lead bush split apart and the Zergling came out into the open, growling like crazy. Then it leapt forward, heading straight for me. It moved slowly, or maybe I was just that ready for it. Either way, when it got to me and jumped with its claws outstretched, I snatched the claw legs out of the air and smashed the Zergling into the ground. When it tried to get back up, I power kicked it in the side, sending it flying to the opposite wall and getting stuck in the side of the wall, half in and half out. It didn't try to get out, because it didn't appear to be moving. I heard a scream behind us, and turned to see a few more Zerglings coming from the back bushes, close to where Mom, Videl and Chichi had been. Vegeta was daring those to even flinch, Goku and Gohan were there as well.
"Okay guys, let's handle the big dogs!" Bardock ordered, powering up a bit. The others followed suit and we paired off a little bit. Fasha with me, Tora and Bardock, and Shugesh with Borgos, who stayed behind to handle the Zerglings that hadn't tried to come out and attack yet.
"Yo, Bardock! Get the one on the left, we'll get the right, go!" I shouted, launching into the air. Fasha followed my lead, and we flew towards the right hydra, it was busy hissing. The Zerglings started jumping out of the bushes at us, but missed when we passed by. Only one got close even to use its claws, and Fasha bashed it to the ground before it could. There were plenty of them too, probably about fifty or so, all heading for the others, right in path to the other Saiyans. With them being there, I focused on my larger target. The hydra started spitting its green needles at us, mostly me. I saw them coming and dodged aside, Fasha started to bend towards the left of the beast. I went towards the right, barely missing the slashing talon that it sent towards me. I hit a direct punch to its head, making it rock to the left a bit before coming right back to the right, as Fasha had repeated my action. Its hardened scales protected it from physical blows though, and it anything they seemed harder now, or maybe it was the fact that none of us were huge apes. I went up and down the side of the beast as well as Fasha hitting punches and kicks that had little desirable effect. Tora and Bardock were having a similar problem with the other beast, and the other two were holding off the Zerglings. The hydra was trying to whip around but we moved with it and avoided it easily. Then it tried using its tail, only for Fasha to catch and break the end over her knee. We gotta stop this thing now.
I started to fire small, low power ki blasts at the beast. The energy made the armor like scales smoke a bit, and I heard a hiss of pain, but other than a few burn marks it didn't do much. Damn, wish I had fought these things more last time, and I can't risk a big ki blast in here. That thought gave the hydra enough time to spin and fire green needles at me, its mouth hanging open like a cave. That's it! I dodged the slower needles and reappeared right ahead of its mouth. It fired more needles, but I fired a quick and more potent ki beam, vaporizing the needles and hitting it dead on in the mouth. The beam went down its throat, and its scattered ki started to fluctuate wildly. It hissed into the air, not trying to fight back now, and my golden ki light started to erupt from underneath its skin. Then it blew apart from the inside, sending all kinds and colors of disgusting goo in every direction. Fasha was then covered in the random innards from the hydra. I got showered as well, the lovely smell of what might have been a stomach was making me wish I hadn't eaten yet.
Bardock and Tora saw what I did and repeated the action, flying away as the beast exploded. A half dozen Zerglings surrounded Vegeta as we flew back, all of them dead and curled up in fetal positions or lying on their backs, smoking in random places. Several others were lying prone or in blast marks lay around the front area. If anyone knew better, they would say that a Zergling was trying to sing, except it was hanging off the mic, lifeless. The scattered ki feeling left as Goku punched a hole through the last one, examining the scratch one left on his arm.
"Those were the Zerg huh, nasty little freaks aren't they?" Gohan asked, no one in particular.
"Tell me about it, I'm still enjoying the little gift they gave me a few weeks ago," I said, showing off the double scar on my stomach where one had gotten a very good hit in.
"That'll teach you next time boy! This shows that the Zerg are very aware of us, and are trying to take us out before the invasion. Woman, is that old spaceship still working?" Vegeta asked.
"I'd have to make some adjustments, but yes it still works, other than fuel, why?"
"Because I need Bardock and his crew to fly into space and find out exactly how much time we have," he explained with an annoyed look. Mom looked hopeful that her inventions would be getting good use, but then stopped in mid thought.
"I have a better idea Vegeta, you guys brought your scouters back right?" she asked all of us. General nods from everyone, I had left mine in the armor casing.
"I think I can modify them to pick up only certain signals, these Zerg emit a strange energy different from everyone else right? I think I can make new scouters to pick up only them. You said it yourself Vegeta, they are hard to detect," Mom beamed at him.
"That is correct. Very well woman, work on those, maybe take a look around with one of your satellites or something as well. Can you have them done before our training in a few days?"
"I'm not a genius if I can't," Mom replied, full of arrogance.
Vegeta growled a bit at that, "Fine, inform me when you're done." With that said Vegeta left the room, heading for the gravity chamber no doubt.
"We better get going," Goku announced as he and Chichi picked up the slightly stricken Goten and headed out the door. I guess he wants to get back to training as well. Gohan and Videl left a few minutes later with Mr. Satan, something about a house inspection before everyone went to sleep. The crew nodded towards each other and headed out the door and down to the west wing, where Mom had established their sleeping areas.
"Isn't just like that man, to leave a huge mess in here!" Mom said in frustration, before exiting.
"Ready to lose some sleep?" Fasha whispered behind me.
I rolled my eyes, "Clean up first, I'm not sleeping like this. I'd like to find out how those damn things got in here unnoticed!" I lifted into the air and flew over slowly to the far corner where Goten and Trunks had first sighted them. There, lay several dead animals, still bleeding along with a heavyset janitor suit, worn by a half torn skeleton with flesh still hanging off of it.
"Whoa," I gasped. I looked over to see a large hole in the ground, a large and long tunnel that had been dug. So that's how they got in, figures, Mom forgot to Saiyan proof the floor! Fasha was busy gaping at the extreme mutilation of the corpses.
"Come on, let's at least give them a proper burial," I said, picking up the remains and shoving them down into the hole. Fasha's thoughts ticked off sickening thoughts of vomiting once she touched the half dog that sat there.
"Just block it out, it's hurting me too," I said in reassurance, trying not to look too hard at the dead animals. I thought I was the one who had issues with stuff like this.
"Well most dead people I see are vaporized and was the target and or enemy, we usually left animals alone," she had a definite pause along with her statement, but that was all. She and I put the rest into the hole, watching them fall into blackness. Then I charged a small blast and fired it diagonally through the hole, so that it would tear up the dirt and mud and reseal it. For a solid minute, Fasha and I stood in silence, maybe out of respect, maybe sadness. It passed though, the stench of Zerg blood and guts started to get to our sensitive noses.
"You wanna clean up together?" she teased in only a tone she would use with me.
"Why not," I sighed, landing at the front area. I grabbed my thankfully unharmed music player, stepped over some dead Zerg and shut off the lights, closing and locking the door behind us.
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"It's my Life" by Bon Jovi
"Pushing me Away" by Linkin Park
"So Far Away" by Staind
"Bad to the Bone" by George Thurgood
A/n: Just to clear a few things up: this chapter shows exactly that the Zerg pick up on Verto's Psi energy very well, though I have shown it previously as well. However Gohan had never seen them before, showing that either they haven't hunted Gohan at all, or they'd rather go for an easier target. They have not gone for the other Z fighters because they don't emit as much Psi as the two mystic fighters do, therefore the Zerg don't consider them to be as much as a threat, even though they are. This of course could be seen as pure speculation, I have a lot of plans as this story progresses. We are getting very close to Invasion time.
Also there will be more songs in the mix later on, but not a lot. It'll be in the form of song-fic type chapters.