Forming a Bond

Chapter twenty-five

He moved through the space as though he owned it because let's face it, he really kind of did. Most things now a days served under his pleasure as he was the strongest being anyone who boarded this ship had ever seen. He had the might to make anything his right as his mother would have said. Not that he really used it on the ship of course - the only time he destroyed things was when they landed on another planet. And he would continue destroying things on plants until there were no more left. Then the universe would know how lonely it was after snatching his mother, his zeyato, away from him.

The ship was quieter for his mother's absence. There was no sound of scribbles or muttering as she tried to figure out the best way to record something. The sounds of the showers were kept to a minimum as they were no longer a pleasurable reprieve. Even the sound of her asleep had been erased from the living quarters. Which was why Broly's curiosity had been ignited when he had heard sound coming from the hallway, echoing down the curved corridor.

Broly looked down to his chest when a ball of energy slammed into it. There was a slight singe but he barely felt it. When he curved around the hallway he saw where the energy originated from. Leta looked like she had been put through the ringer, her body enchased in a light gleam of sweat as she tried to push his father back. She didn't seem to be making much room, especially when he pressed her to the wall.

Moving forward, Broly ripped his father off of her. His expression darkened as he saw exactly what Paragus was going to do to Leta.

"Go," Broly said towards Leta.

She looked at him with mistrust in her eyes before running down the hallway towards the pods. It was probably the safer move then going back to another part of the ship. Broly felt his father move but it wasn't in any predictable way. Instead of going for the blow like any self respecting Saiyan would do, Paragus reached for the bracelet wrapped around his hand.

Suddenly Broly felt an all too familiar pressure in his head. His grip loosened on Paragus and he backed up into the wall, gripping his head. Paragus loomed with his hand outstretched until Broly slowly let go of his head. The look in his eyes was far more subdued and under control.

"That's right Broly," Paragus said in a patronizing voice. "I'm the one in control."

Broly said nothing as he relaxed his body. Leta was safely away from his father. That was all the mattered for now.

The weather was pleasant. It was a shame that the planet's strongest had surrounded them. The local population didn't take kindly to their expeditions apparently. Then again that might have been because they weren't exactly kind about going around the planet. Annya had been collecting information about a rather interesting tree - they called it something like power. The word didn't exactly translate and it had taken a long time to get the original name and someone to translate it to begin with. Tree of power...no, not right. not exactly. Oh well.

The population seemed especially afraid of it getting planted. Which was probably why when she did so to see what would happen they decided to try and end their lives.

"Just like the old days," Turles said with a confident smirk on his face.

"I never took missions," Annya answered as the people swarmed around her.

She looked back to see the tree growing. It was shade of brown and green that reminded her of a disease. It was growing at a rate that should have been impossible considering that the planet wasn't receiving that much solar energy. Although when she took into considerations the fact that the roots seemed to be sucking in energy from the surrounding area, killing the vegetation and drying up the ground water, it's growth became almost understandable.

Turles looked back to her, "Then how'd you get so strong?"

Annya smiled at the humor which was reflected in her voice, "I was born this way."

Turles was about to make a come back but he was interrupted by a booming voice from the purple, insectoid creatures.

"Do you know what you've done?!" The creature called out. "You've unleashed the Tree of Might!"

Annya took mental note - that's what the tree behind her was called.

"Stop thinking about it's name!" Oh, and they were mentalists. Interesting. "Stop it!"

Annya tilted her head and waited for an explanation. If they really were mentalists, bug eyes that they were, they'd get the idea that neither of them had any idea what they were going on about.

"You bitch!"

her hand shot out and blasted the insectoid to pieces. "Next?"

"Saiyan whore!"

This time the blast didn't come from her. Turles shook his head as he stepped forward. Annya shook her head and held out her hand, stopping him for the moment.

"Now, will someone tell us why you're more afraid of this tree than of us?"

"The tree is going to destroy our planet."

Turles chuckled, "So were we."

That seemed to stun them. And then suddenly they were jumping and crawling into the crevices of the tree. It like a free for all. Annya and Turles looked to one another before they took off. Picking each purple mind reader off was pretty easy. The blood soaked the ground and in turn the tree absorbed their inhabitants life blood. Annya paused for a moment as she watched the tree's leaves start to unfold. It was a beautiful thing even though the roots were rather creepy.

One of the inhabitants stepped out from the three with something in their hand. Annya and Turles rose up to the heights were the last of them had perched. The thing in their hand was a spiky red, circlier fruit that fit between their three fingers. was it lunch break or something? No...no, exposition time because they started to hear a monologue forming.

"The Tree of Might might kill our planet but I will absorb the strength of my whole race when I eat this fruit and i will get stronger! Stronger than the both of you! And I will a-"

Annya's energy whip wrapped around the creature's' throat. The sizzling exoskeleton smelled horrible so she finished it off quickly. She pulled on the whip and sliced the planet's inhabitants head off. It rolled to the ground, bug eyes rolling as the body dropped to the ground. The fruit, however, was caught up by Turles.

He took a bite of it and smiled. He could feel the power flowing through his veins and invigorating his body. It was like he had just gotten his ass handed to him and healed up - instant power up.

Oh this tree was wonderful. Well at least it's fruit was. His eyes went down to the red headed saiyan woman and smiled. They had a lot to talk about.