The Unique Alliance
Disclaimer: Dragonball Z © Akira Toriyama, TOEI Animation, BIRD STUDIO, SHUEISHA INC., FUNinmation.
Disclaimer 2: New characters, The Unique Alliance © Eileen Setiawan, H-san, Hina-chan (i.e. the author of the story)
Disclaimer 3: This story is only for recreational purposes. I do not intend to sell this to anyone/anything.
PART 1: The Kindness of Strangers
"The great beyond will call on you when time is drawing near
It all seems just like a dream, your final days are here
The final chapter's written, the story has to end
You see your saga passing by, is this where it begins?"
Last Horizon – Seven Witches
CHAPTER SIXTEEN (Part Two) – The Final Chapter
"Wh… what is that?" asked Videl, looking upon the disc-shaped object in the sky.
"Your cue to leave!" yelled Tarrec turning towards Videl. He half-regretted it…
"That's your ship, isn't it? You somehow called them to come down, didn't you? You're going to do something to this planet, aren't you?" yelled Videl, barraging Tarrec with questions.
Meanwhile, Jinn grabbed Gochi's arm.
"I'm warning you," he said, a hint of malice in his voice, his eyes staring angrily at Gochi.
Gochi opened her mouth to speak, but shut it again. "But…" she managed.
"Go… Go now." Jinn's voice was forced, emphasising every word. "If you move fast, you might not be caught."
Gochi stared at his eyes. Once again, they had that 'look' in it. Before Gochi could say anything to defend her right to stay, Videl interrupted once again.
"Let go of me you moron!" yelled Videl.
Gochi turned, seeing Videl slung over Tarrec's shoulder.
"If you won't leave then I'll make you leave!" yelled Tarrec, irritated at the woman yet not in his Kordal state… yet.
However, before Tarrec could safely get Videl out of there, Gochi could defend her case, and Jinn could argue back, the sound of air hissing outwards could be heard. The four turned to look towards the sound, seeing a ship in the not-too-distant background.
"Too late," came Tarrec's voice, expressing Jinn's thoughts.
From the open hatchway that led into the interior of the ship came soldiers, all having different stripes on their helmets of colours blue, orange, and green.
As all the soldiers exited, readying their arms with solemn clicks, they stood at the ready, scouring the desert in a fan-like fashion, turning their head from left to right as if looking. But the two Saiya-jins knew better. They were not looking; they were scouting for power and life forms, anything that gave detection.
Walking from behind all of them, the last to exit the ship came a solitary figure, two red stripes on the helmet. The figure started ordering the other soldiers around. They obeyed without question.
"That's the commander of the ship," muttered Tarrec to Jinn, already having put Videl down near Gochi.
Jinn nodded, suspicion plaguing his mind. The commander seemed familiar.
"What's going on?" snapped Videl at Gochi.
Gochi put her hands on Videl's shoulders. "This is bigger than the both of us," she cryptically replied.
"Don't give me that!" snapped Videl once again.
Gochi sighed. "Videl-san, this is serious. We should get out of here." Maybe Jinn-kun was right…
"No! I love this planet, and I'm not letting a bunch of aliens take over it!" snapped Videl.
Gochi sighed. There was no talking to this girl. The cock of a gun interrupted them. The girls both gasped, looking up and seeing a soldier with blue stripes on the helmet. The two Saiya-jins turned, also seeing the blue stripes but knowing exactly what it meant.
Blue – a soldier capable of handling him/herself with little to no power detection. Usually part of the M.I.N.D.E programme. It was no wonder no one neither heard nor detected the soldier.
"Up," he said, signalling his gun to do the same.
The girls stood up.
"Gochi-san," said Tarrec, standing up to go towards them.
Jinn grabbed him, signalling Tarrec to look at Gochi's hand. She waved them off.
Don't come, was her signal.
Tarrec looked confused, watching on. As the girls reached their full height, Gochi started speaking.
"I'm sure you don't want to shoot us," she said.
"Gochi," began Videl. "It's best if you let me –"
"We're only Earthlings, and this planet is not worth you're trouble and time," explained Gochi, staring into the man's visor, no expression portrayed on her face.
"Gochi!" yelled Videl, insulted that she could say that about their world.
"There're millions of other worlds out there worth more value," stated Gochi, once again ignoring Videl.
The man scoffed. "We're not here for your pathetic planet," explained the man. "We're merely here to pick up our brood."
Brood? "So you don't want to take the planet?" asked Gochi.
"Of course not, this planet is not worth any monetary value, or trade value…" explained the man.
Gochi's eyes shifted to Videl, who looked shocked. She then gave a little smile.
"Good," stated Gochi. Then she shot her hand forward, grabbing the barrel of the gun and pulling the man in towards her.
The man yelled in surprise at her sudden movement, shooting the trigger. Both Saiya-jins tensed as Videl's cry of "Gochi" filled the area. As the chaos subsided, Videl was shocked to see the man on the floor, foaming at the mouth as he clutched his stomach. Gochi stared down at him, her cheek bleeding from the projectile having given her a flesh wound as she held the gun with her right hand. Rubbing her cheek with the back of her left hand, she stared at the blood and sighed.
She then turned to Videl apologetically.
"Sorry," she said in terms of the comments she made about the planet.
Videl stared in shock, but was subdued as more soldiers came along, cocking their weapons.
They were orange-striped soldiers, each with a different class of melee weapon. Gochi and Videl did not know the difference between any of them, but they knew it was trouble.
"We gotta do something," muttered Tarrec.
Jinn nodded. "Let's go…"
More out of protection than fear, Gochi grabbed Videl's hand. Videl instinctively thought it was out of fear.
"It's okay," rationalised Videl. "We'll get through this…"
Gochi nodded, squeezing her hand harder. Videl was a tough girl, she could handle… at least that's what Gochi hoped. The first wave of soldiers came forward, yelling in order to assert their authority as they raised their weapons above their heads. The weapons glinted in the sun, slicing through the air as they traversed the path towards the imminent fight about to occur. Videl ducked as Gochi jumped. Videl hit the soldiers from below, side sweeping with both legs and using the momentum to avoid their weapons. Gochi swung her leg outward in a sweeping air kick, causing the soldiers to get knocked back from her blow, their helmets broken as the electronics within them short-wired. Standing and landing respectively, Videl and Gochi stood back-to-back, in their respective fighting stances.
Videl allowed herself to look at Gochi's stance, wondering where she had learned to fight. The pose was only semi-familiar, looking similar to the new style of fighting just coming out, the Kamesennin way of fighting by a man named Krillen Chestnut.
Videl shook her head, she had to concentrate! This was life-or-death.
Jinn and Tarrec stood back-to-back also. The girl's had to handle it on their own it seemed. Surrounding them were green-striped soldiers, standing and stoically looking towards the two Saiya-jins.
"Specialists in incapacitation, ne Jinn-kun?" asked Tarrec, chuckling as he leaned his head back to look at the side of Jinn's face.
"Un," agreed Jinn.
The green force – known for their brute force and their ability to incapacitate the best of them. They were masters in knowing the best way to fell their foe. In fact, when Tarrec was assigned the battle jumpsuit, he had stripes of black, blue, and much to everyone's expectations, green.
"Well," began Tarrec, readying his footwork. "Let's go, ne?" came another voice. Kordal.
Jinn smirked. "Agreed."
Gohan sighed, pacing back and forth.
He felt anxious for some unknown reason.
He hoped nothing was seriously wrong.
He looked out the window, a pensive look on his face.
Gochi-chan…
Videl slammed her palm against the soldier's neck with great force, causing the soldier to fall down, unconscious. She then twisted almost immediately, back slapping a soldier from behind, her knuckles colliding with the helmet with a thud. Videl then cried out in pain, the man behind the helmet laughing at the wretchedness of this Earthling as he grabbed her wrist, twisting her arm. Videl growled, lunging with her left hand. The soldier merely grabbed that one, holding her there.
"You can't get away little girl," mocked the soldier. "I'm orange class. You're going to be in serious pain."
Videl gritted her teeth, trying to break free. She had no legroom, so kicking was almost impossible.
"Videl-san!" yelled the voice of Gochi.
Both Videl and the soldier turned to look towards the voice. Videl's eyes went wide as she saw Gochi coming towards both of them, her leg kicking out at the soldier's head. The helmet cracked under the impact, causing the soldier to go flying away from Videl, unconscious. Videl's eyes went wide as she looked at Gochi with a look of utter shock.
"Ano…" said Gochi. "Good shoes," she said hurriedly. "Are you alright?"
Videl nodded. Gochi smiled.
"Great," she commented. Videl opened her mouth to warn Gochi of the danger behind her, but Gochi had already reacted, her elbow striking out, as she remained staring at Videl.
"Woah…" commented Videl.
Gochi laughed nervously.
Jinn grabbed the head of two green-class soldiers, ramming them together with a great smash. The plexiglass of their helmets broke under the impact as well as fractures occurring alongside the helmet. He then threw back the two now out-of-commission soldiers and threw them towards more soldiers charging towards him. They stopped in their tracks, some being rammed back from the two dead weights of the soldiers, others just regaining their composure as they looked up towards Jinn. However, they were met with a toothy smirk.
"Hello men," came Kordal's voice.
The green force knew of the reputation of "Jekyll and Hyde" as they called him, the man with two faces: Tarrec and his alter ego Kordal. Kordal was a vicous one-man force.
"Let's dance."
Lunging, Kordal grabbed the two closest soldiers, using his force to slam them down on the floor. A resounding crack signalled the breaking of the soldiers' spines, their legs still standing as their torsos now lay on the ground, their heads crushed in. Using his momentum, Kordal flipped backwards, landing and lunging forward once again as he grabbed a soldier with his upper arm, wrapping his arm around the man's head and, grabbing the man's head, twisted it 360 as he ripped it off, blood spraying forth from the gaping decapitation. He then threw the head down, turning towards the other green force, a wicked smirk on his face through the blood of their comrades.
They all gritted their teeth, their guns at the ready as the leader of the pack yelling: "Fire at will!"
A barrage of projectiles made their way towards Kordal, whose smirk only grew wider as he ran forward, dodging the lasers, some scraping his skins and leaving bloody prints in their wake. As he reached the force, he powered his way through them, beating them down one by one, their blood spraying this way and that way. As he neared the final soldier, the man saw the smirking face of Kordal and then…
"Nice work," commented Jinn, staring down at the mutilated soldier, his helmet dissolved into his face from Kordal's attack.
Kordal smirked.
"Why, thankyou Jinn-chan," he thanked, bowing low as blood dripped down his face. He then stood erect, turning towards the space ship where some blue-striped soldiers and the commander stood, staring at the scene growing bloody towards them.
"I wouldn't be so relaxed if I were you, Kordal," said the commander's voice.
So familiar… thought Jinn.
"Why is that?" asked Kordal, licking up the blood around his mouth.
The commander pointed to the back, where orange- and the remaining blue-striped soldiers surrounded the girls.
"Because despite the expertise you two hold, them two aren't so skilled," the commander replied.
Whilst Jinn showed signs of disgust, Kordal looked merely unimpressed. Jinn turned to go towards the girls, but was stopped by an un-phased Kordal.
"Just watch them," Kordal stated, crossing his arms and looking towards the girls. Jinn hesitated, but listened. When Kordal believed in something, it usually turned out right.
Videl and Gochi stood back-to-back, tense as the soldiers surrounded them. Videl had a million and one thoughts rushing through her head. If she were to die here and now, she wondered what people would think. She wondered if they would hide the real truth of her death… She bit her lip, thinking of how horrible that would be. She then eyed Gochi. Her face was serious, expressionless, and almost cold. This was a side of Gochi Videl had never seen before. It seemed the soldiers had seen the moment of Videl's distraction, as they attacked only a few seconds after Videl's thoughts had ended. It was the orange-striped soldiers, weapons raised and ready to deal with the two "obstacles".
Videl barely avoided a scythe-like weapon to her abdomen, twisting her body around. As she saw her opening, she hit the man square in the back, incapacitating him. She gasped as another came to her, a more heavier-looking weapon in hand. This soldier was big, and despite the fact that Videl was very skilled, she had trouble trying to avoid the swings of the double-equipped weapon. As the soldier swung down, Videl jumped back, planting her foot behind her and allowing herself to propel forward once again. She managed to head butt the soldier in the shoulder, causing him to lose balance. As he fell backwards, Videl dropkicked the man in the head, managing to crack the plexiglass helmet. Huffing, Videl stood, kicking the soldier's weapon away. She then twisted around; eyes going wide as more soldiers came towards her. Gritting her teeth, Videl kicked up the previous soldier's weapon and grabbed it. She realised her mistake as she noticed how incredibly heavy it was. Nonetheless, Videl knew she could handle herself just as long as she did not move around too much. As she knocked the soldiers surrounding her away, she turned her head to see how Gochi was doing…
Gochi strafed to the right, dodging the advances of the spearman. Grabbing the weapon, she managed to break it in half, throwing away the speared end. Despite this, the soldier continued his barrage of attack, using the splintered end as a weapon. Once again, Gochi grabbed the weapon, this time pulling him in and lifting the man above her head still holding the weapon, threw him towards the advancing soldiers. She now held the splintered handle, using it as a sort of bo. She had heard stories of her father and the Naoi-bo, a weapon given to him by Master Roshi. Her father was an expert at it, and during Piccolo's training with her twin brother, she was also given a bo, despite Gohan having been given a sword. Needless to say, she was good at it. As the soldiers advanced, Gochi had to try to remember how to use the weapon.
Luckily, it seemed to come back to her naturally. Grabbing the bo with both hands planted in the middle, hip-length apart, Gochi positioned the bo along her left elbow, hitting the first soldier to advance in the neck. She then twisted, her left hand letting go as she hit a soldier advancing from the rear. Twisting the bo in her right hand, she positioned it so it lined up with her inner arm, and using it as an extension of her body, it collided with several soldiers coming towards her. Unfortunately, she did not guarantee the reinforcement of the bo as a soldier with a blade sliced the bo practically in half. Despite this, she continued to fight the man, who then further cut the bo down into a quarter of its original length. Again, Gochi remained fighting until the bo was cut down to a further half of the quarter length. Gochi gritted her teeth, staring at the now dagger-sized weapon. At least she could use it for something. Ducking the blade of the soldier, Gochi twisted the weapon in her hand and stabbed the man in the gut. With a choked cry, the soldier went down, allowing Gochi to grab his bladed weapon. She looked at the weapon, strangely shaped and even more strangely-held. Now this, she was not use to.
Both girls had no idea how long they had been fighting, but when the blue-striped soldiers started advancing, they both knew that it had probably been awhile. Both girls could feel the toll of the fighting on their body, both panting by the time they were facing the blue-stripes. Despite their weariness, they both knew that they had to somehow keep going. With a resolve, both girls continued fighting. Videl had no troubles with the blue-stripes, as she relied on her five senses when fighting. However, Gochi, who was used to using only her sixth sense, had trouble detecting the unforseen soldiers.
This led to Videl having to come to Gochi's aid many times.
"Are you okay?" asked Videl, helping Gochi up.
Gochi nodded, pressing her palm to her forehead. She could feel the impact of the butt of the gun to her head. Luckily her head was harder than her father's.
"Next time, be careful. You gotta watch for them," offered Videl.
"Videl!" yelled Gochi. Gochi was then silenced as Videl spun on her heels and kicked the soldier in the neck.
Videl smiled. "I have a few tricks up my sleeve as well," she said.
Gochi also smiled, but grew earnest once again as she saw the soldiers were now getting in around them. This seemed different from before. They were not orange, and thus, they could use long-range weapons. Guns. Gochi had a feeling these were the guns that had been used against Jinn before he arrived on Earth. The searing heat of the beam from before had clarified that for Gochi. As if reading Gochi's thought, they cocked their weapons, a whirring and humming sound coming forth from their weapons, as if a microwave heating. Gochi knew that if they were to shoot, they would not stand a chance… unless…
During Gochi's training up on her roof, she had been trying to master a technique of hers. Both her and her brother usually talked about it when they trained. Ki as a barrier. They had seen their father use it during his Kaioken mode, and they wondered if they could possibly use that normally. She knew it was not the best time to "test" out a technique, but right now, she had no choice. Grabbing Videl and holding her close in a tight hug, Gochi hoped this would work.
"It's okay to be scared," she heard Videl whisper just before the sound of the triggers firing off simultaneously.
Gohan, who had been studying, opened his eyes in semi-horror as he felt Gochi's ki signature flare. Standing, Gohan knocked his chair over and looked to the window. Feeling it die down again.
Gochi…? He thought. Without even knowing what was going on, Gohan grabbed his gi. His sister was in trouble.
Videl's eyes were shut during the whole time. As she opened them she felt herself surrounded by a bright light. Was she dead? As it all came back to her, she realised the bright light was emanating from Gochi. She looked to Gochi, who was in the process of just letting her go. Videl stared wide-eyed at her. There was a clear white aura around her. Slowly, the aura died down. It was then that Videl noticed her surroundings. Bodies upon bodies of blue-striped soldiers lay in the dirt. All of who were in the frontline. She looked up, seeing the remaining soldiers retreating back to the commander. They looked as if a tornado had been through the vicinity.
"Gochi?" asked Videl as she turned to her. She then gasped as Gochi lurched forward. Videl grabbed her, supporting her. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, just…" she sounded breathless. "Catching my breath…"
Meanwhile the two Saiya-jins stood, watching the aftermath. Kordal smirked at Jinn.
"That's my girl," he said.
Jinn looked at the two girls, seeing them smiling at each other, though Gochi looked tired. She had used most of her energy doing that technique.
"No matter," came the voice of the commander once again. The two Saiya-jins turned to her voice. "I got a better idea.
The commander made a series of actions to the remaining blue- and green-striped soldiers. Immediately, they obeyed, forming a perimeter around the four warriors. The soldiers then pushed some displays in their gun magazine and cocked them, as if in forewarning to what may happen if they were to try to escape.
Kordal laughed. "We can't be that threatening can we? So much so as to put the artillery on their highest calibre?"
The commander only smirked. Without even saying a word or making an action, black-striped soldiers marched out of the ship. Kordal's expression went from cocky to angry. Black – a class only limited to Saiya-jins under the Controllee Syndicate. All of these soldiers had tails.
"No way," breathed Gochi. Both Saiya-jins turned around, seeing the astonishment on her face. She had come in behind them with Videl. They were now all together.
"That bastard," swore Kordal. "Exploiting them… it sickens me…"
"Now's not the time to get patriotic. We have to get through them to get to the commander," stated Jinn, his voice still as cold and unassuming as usual.
"Heh, agreed," said Kordal, his demeanour changing almost immediately.
Videl stood behind all three, slightly confused. She had no idea what they were talking about, but she did agree with the man with the gold eyes. They needed to get to the leader in order to get down to the bottom of this situation.
"You ready?" asked Gochi, smiling at Videl through a semi-weary expression.
Videl nodded.
"Great, I'll stand by you," offered Gochi.
"Okay," replied Videl, her whole body tensing. The feeling rushing through her body, the adrenaline pumping in her blood, all of it was intense. And it seemed it would only get more intense as the Saiya-jin horde, advanced towards the small group.
Gohan exited the house through his bedroom window, looking around and making sure no one was there. His mother would more likely than not, stop him, and he did not want to explain himself to Goten, who would probably want to assist. Seeing no one around, Gohan flew up and with a burst of energy, flew forward.
Unfortunately, he did not feel the presence of his little brother at the window, watching as he flew away.
"Shit!" exclaimed Jinn as he barely dodged a hard kick from a fellow Saiya-jin warrior. Blood trailed down the corner of his mouth and the brow ridge of his left eye. He could feel his muscles aching from every blow he had received.
Kordal was in no better condition as he re-lodged his dislocated right shoulder back into its socket. Despite the pain, he was smirking. He flexed his hand, staring at the Saiya-jin who remained stoic. As Kordal propelled forward, attacking with the arm that had been previously dislocated, the Saiya-jin did likewise, no expression betrayed on her face.
At the same time, Gochi was helping a struggling Videl. Videl felt her energy draining at a rate faster than what she usually experienced. She had to use all of her energy to fight these… tractors. They were strong, too strong. Videl could not keep up. She had managed some blows, but they had gone un-phased. Gochi, meanwhile, was holding a fort, trying hard to protect Videl and fight at the same time. Her lip was swollen from a blow to her face and the gash on her cheek from the previous run-in with the blue-striped soldiers was starting to bleed almost profusely. Everywhere else she could feel places that would certainly be black and blue in the morning.
"Videl, are you okay?" asked Gochi, breathless.
Videl was slumped over, trying to support herself on her legs. Gochi noticed how weary she looked.
"Don't worry," continued Gochi. "I'll help you."
Videl looked at Gochi and nodded, standing up as Gochi grabbed her shoulder. Gochi smiled.
"We'll get through this," she said, repeating the exact words Videl had told her before.
Videl smiled in return, nodding. Back-to-back once again, Gochi, grabbed hold of Videl's hand.
"As before," she said, watching as the Saiya-jins advanced forward.
Videl grew determined, gripping onto Gochi's hand. As the soldiers grew closer, both girls let go of each other's hands and turned to face one another. Grabbing each other's arms, Gochi swung Videl in an arch, Videl kicking down the soldiers advancing towards them. As Videl landed, Gochi released one of Videl arms, and swinging Videl once again, allowed Videl to once again kick more incoming soldiers. By the end of their "routine", they had managed to ward off most of the Saiya-jins using their combined strength. They smiled at one another and looked towards the other two, seeing that they seemed to be regaining their advantage.
Like the two girls before them, Jinn and Kordal were working together. Whilst Jinn handled the smaller Saiya-jins, Kordal handled the bigger ones. They interchanged, confusing the soldiers so much so that they had managed to gain an advantage. Now, Kordal and Jinn were facing one Saiya-jin who had been a particular pain. Jinn dealt blows to the upper body, flipped back, and allowed Kordal to come in for the final blow, which came in a gruesome crack to the costal area. Breaking the ribs, pieces of the shattered bone embedded itself into the Saiya-jin's heart. Death was instant. Both Saiya-jins turned towards the commander, who looked slightly annoyed.
"Now what? Huh?" questioned Kordal, smirking. "We get to fight you, don't we?" he added, his smirk growing wider.
"I am sorry it had to come to this," said the commander. The commander placed both hands on her helmet, pressing two buttons. With a hiss, the automated helmet opened up, revealing a face with delicate, woman features. As the commander took off the remainder of the helmet, long ringlets of russet hair tumbled down. Kordal and Jinn's eyes widened.
"Gab…" breathed Jinn.
Kordal was now Tarrec, staring at confusion at the woman before him.
"No… Gab… what are you…?" questioned Tarrec.
Gab did not say anything, but merely looked towards the inner depths of the ship. From the depths, shining in the dim light streaking through, were two red pinpoints. As the figure grew closer, Tarrec's body reacted violently as he fell on his knees, as if winded. Jinn looked to his best friend.
"Dyne…?" questioned Tarrec, his voice barely above a whisper.
Dyne, the Saiya-jin who had just marched from the ship, stared at the two, stoic and emotionless. Gab turned to the Saiya-jin.
"Get Jinn," she simply said.
Dyne nodded, bending at the knees and lurching forward. Despite his big size, he was as agile as any other. As if in a matter of microseconds, Jinn and Dyne were nose-to-nose, Jinn staring into the red-ringed pupils of Dyne. Dyne meanwhile raised his hand, placing it against Jinn's abdomen. As if a semitrailer had just collided in that specific region, Jinn was sent tumbling backwards into a precipice, the rock collapsing on either side of him. All of this had happened in a matter of seconds.
"Jinn-kun!" yelled Gochi.
Gab stared at the girl. She was becoming a nuisance. Meanwhile, Tarrec stood up, eyes shielded in darkness. Betrayed by members of his own team. Why would they do this?
"Temae…" he said, staring at Gab. His voice was laced with Kordal's undertone. He was not just Tarrec, he was also Kordal. Gab looked at him in return, nonchalant.
"I did this for a reason," she said simply.
"Reason this!" cried out Kordal's voice as Tarrec's body shot forward. Gab did not react, but merely turned away as a resounding blast surrounded the area.
"Tarrec-san!" yelled Gochi.
Meanwhile, Jinn, inside the rock, opened his eyes in horror. Prying himself up, he willed his badly beaten body to move. As he entered the battlefield once more he found himself staring at a fallen Tarrec, blood pooling from a wound in his shoulder. Jinn gritted his teeth in anger, staring up at Gab.
"He attacked first."
"Why are you doing this!" yelled Jinn, his ki flaring.
Gab did not reply, but merely looked to Dyne. Dyne once again attacked Jinn. Jinn, ready for him, blocked the attack. The two of them dealt blow-by-blow. Gab looked to Jinn, seeing him distracted in his entirety by Dyne. Meanwhile, soldiers from around the perimeter grabbed the semi-conscious body of Tarrec and dragged him to the ship. Her eyes then trailed to Gochi, who was now looking towards the soldiers.
"Leave him alone!" cried Gochi, just about to go towards the soldiers and Tarrec. Her advance was stopped as Gab, who was just as quick as Dyne, appeared before her.
Unfortunately, Gab had no qualms of letting Gochi die.
"GOCHI!" yelled Videl.
Gochi felt a searing hot pain in her stomach that grew to the localised area. Blood showered out of her mouth as her lungs filled with blood. Gab pulled away, revealing a similar, but smaller gun that the soldiers had. Videl stared in shock, droplets of Gochi's blood splattered across her face from the blow. Gochi fell on her knees, then to the floor.
Jinn in the air had stopped fighting, staring in horror as the body of Gochi fell to the floor. He then felt a shockwave down his spine as Dyne dealt an incapacitating blow to his neck. Jinn fell to the ground, eyes closed from the pain and unable to move. As he opened his eyes, he saw Gab staring down at him.
"Gab, you…"
Gab merely turned away.
"Take him and the girl in," she said to some soldiers. They nodded, grabbing Jinn's arms and hoisting him up. Other soldiers headed towards Gochi. As Gab was about to enter the ship, she stopped upon hearing a call.
"Commander," cried a soldier from the back.
Gab turned, seeing the soldier holding a gun to a shocked-looking Videl. Meanwhile, Gochi was being carried towards the ship.
"What do we do with her?" he asked.
"No witnesses, remember?" she asked.
The soldier nodded, finger ready to squeeze the trigger. However, he was immediately killed on the spot by a blast from above. Everyone looked to the skies, seeing a figure standing there, his expression of pure rage.
From Tarrec being shot up until now, Gohan had watched the fight. Upon Gochi being shot in cold blood by the russet-haired soldier, something had snapped within him. Gohan was no longer fighting for the protection of earth. He was fighting in rage.
His sister… most probably dead.
They would not get away with it.
After having killed the soldier, Gohan landed in front of Videl where the soldier was previously. Now all that was left was a bloody patch.
"Give me back my sister," he said, his voice deadly and quiet.
Gab's eyes went wide in semi-surprise, turning towards the girl.
"Give her back!" he yelled, shooting towards Gab.
Gab reacted to his punch, blocking his assault. However, Gohan retaliated by grabbing her arm and pulling it towards himself, so that he held her right shoulder in his left hand, all the while twisting her right wrist in a 180-degree fashion. Gab cried out in pain as she could feel her wrist being slowly bent backwards.
"GIVE HER BACK, NOW!" yelled Gohan.
Gab gritted her teeth, attacking with her other hand. She refused to let a child command her. However, Gohan was beyond fighting in hand-to-hand combat. He merely grabbed the other hand with the hand on her shoulder, crushing the fist.
Gab gritted her teeth in pain. Soldiers came forward, cocking their guns.
"If you don't give her back, I will kill you!" he said, his intonations deadly.
"Cease fire!" yelled Gab, causing the soldiers to drop their guns despite their confusion.
Tarrec, who had managed to wake up despite the pain, saw this. Despite knowing Gab was a traitor, the friendship that they had still seemed to come first.
"Gohan! No, let her go!" yelled Tarrec, grabbing his shoulder and yelling despite the pain.
"Give her back!" yelled Gohan, ignoring the older Saiya-jin.
"By doing this, you're becoming exactly like her!" yelled Tarrec. "Let her go!"
"Give her back!" yelled Gohan once again.
"Gohan, no! Don't do this!"
"If you don't give her back…" Gohan let it trail as his hand started to heat up in the grip he had on her.
Gab gritted her teeth in pain, feeling the skin burn.
"Gohan! Stop it!" yelled Tarrec.
"GIVE HER BACK!" yelled Gohan, his ki signature flaring.
At that point, he felt Gochi's presence, her voice ringing loud and clear in his head: "Niichan, no!"
Gohan's eyes went wide in surprise, immediately changing to an expression of shocked pain as Gab somehow managed to hit him back. As he lay winded in the desert sand, he found himself wondering how she had hit him without even making physical contact.
"Everyone, in the ship!" yelled Gab.
The soldiers obeyed, dragging in Jinn, Tarrec and Gochi. As Gab entered the ship, she looked back towards Gohan, who was now looking towards the ship, a pained expression on his face. Gab only knew that pain all too well… it was the last thing she saw of him as the spaceship doors closed.
On the ship, Gab held her damaged wrist in her hand, feeling how the bones had been shifted out of place. She grit her teeth in pain.
"Are you in need of assistance, commander?" asked a soldier.
"Tell the medic to come to my quarters," she said, trying not to betray pain in her voice.
The soldier stood there, as if hesitating to re-word the question, but merely bowed down and did as he was told. Behind the soldier stood Dyne, who looked at the scene with no expression. Gab looked to him. He merely walked away.
Tarrec was on his knees, feeling defeated. Betrayed… by his own team… he felt the world was collapsing around him. Meanwhile, Jinn was just beginning to feel his senses coming back. Unfortunately, even when he did get feeling back, he was bound by specially engineered manacles, made especially for Saiya-jins. There was no escape.
A hissing sound told them of Gab's entry into the room. They both looked up at her, both defiant despite their position.
"Where is she?" asked Jinn.
Gab's expression reflected mild surprise. His first concern was for that human?
"She's in the infirmary."
"What are you planning on doing to her? She's of no concern to you!"
"She's of much concern. A human able to incapacitate and kill these soldiers? She's different Jinn."
Jinn glared at her from his position, then looked away. Meanwhile, Tarrec glared menacingly at Gab.
"If she dies, I will kill you," came Tarrec's voice, laced with menace.
"That's rich, coming from you," replied Gab, staring down at Tarrec.
"I'm serious Gab!" yelled Tarrec.
Gab turned away. "Take them away," she said. She could hear the soldiers dragging the two soldiers away, all the while hearing Tarrec's voice.
"DO YOU HEAR ME, GAB!?" his voice was laced with Kordal's undertone. "IF SHE DIES, I'LL KILL YOU!"
As the doors shut, leaving Gab alone in the room, she allowed emotion to cross her face. Holding her wrist to her chest, she fell to her knees, trying hard not to let herself be engulfed with the past.
A/N: AND WE'RE DONE!! Whoohoo! Part 1 is now officially complete.
As a sidenote, I've been wanting to make a website for this story (and probably others), but I need clarification to how many people have actually read this from the beginning to now. Please either comment on this story or alternatively, you can email me. I'll then decide if it's worth it's own website or not.