To the Last Stand
As Piccolo regenerates his arms, he looks upon the three burning alien corpses, of what used to be the Armored Squadron. He remembers how Sleet casually blew them up before flying off with Cooler, casually remarking something about "tying up loose ends". He considers his options aloud; Sleet and Cooler are alone where they are, and he senses two new enemies that Krillin and Tien are heading toward several miles away. He then looks up at the sky and simply says "And then there's them..."
Meanwhile, Zangya and Bido are flying over some mountains. Their both checking their wristbands; Zangya notes, "We'll be at the army landing site shortly; any sign of Bujin?" Bido shakes his head. Just then, Bido sees two figures flying who appear to be tracking them from some distance. He points them out to Zangya, and they divert course to confront the two humans.
BIDO: "So... are you planning to get in our way?"
TIEN: (determined) "We're not scared of you..."
KRILLIN: (spooked) "Um Tien, I'm feeling their energy right now, and I'm gonna have to disagree..."
TIEN: "You are not taking this planet! If that means we have to fight here, than so be it!"
BIDO: (annoyed) "You should listen to your little friend, human; take it from two foes far stronger than anything you can hope to handle... resistance against this kind of power is hopeless."
TIEN: "I don't care how strong you guys are; I'm not standing aside to..."
ZANGYA: "He was not talking about us human; we once followed one as stubborn as you, but he was powerful, dashing, strong, more so than anyone on your world could hope to be... and Cold still crushed his head like it was nothing..."
KRILLIN: "What King Cold? He killed your... but why...?"
ZANGYA: "He is beyond any level your kind could even hope to comprehend; so do the wise thing, and turn back, get away while you still can..."
Meanwhile, back at the pile of bodies outside Satan City, where the ship the initial band of aliens arrived at still sits, Sleet lands carrying his handcuffed nephew, the latter still in his fourth form. The doctor hits a button on his wristband with his tail, and a coffin like device floats out.
SLEET: "Fortunately, I was feeling optimistic when preparing for the mission and brought two of those; so at least if I do still find a suitable Super Saiyan..."
COOLER: "Uncle, what are you doing?"
The coffin device opens, and Sleet tosses his nephew inside. "You're going to stay here until your father arrives; I imagine he's going to have quite some words to say to you." Cooler shouts "No" as his uncle presses a button, and the coffin slams shut.
In a forest clearing in the Sacred Land of Korin, an alien (yet familiar) looking frog is hopping about. It hops up on a rock and looks across... at a yellow tinted dome. It hops closer to look, and inside is the shield device, the dragon ball, and the corpse of Bujin. The frog hears something approaching from the air, and looks up. Gohan lands next to the dome, then calls up; "I found it, Vegeta!" As the boy taps the force field, the prince of all Saiyans lands next to him.
VEGETA: "What the hell is that?"
GOHAN: "It's... some kind of force field." (looks inside) "The dragon ball's in there... and I that must be the guy we felt earlier... only I don't feel his ki now."
VEGETA: "Hmph, well he's dead then; it looks like the invasion already began."
GOHAN: "I don't know if we should leave the dragon ball here..."
VEGETA: "Then take it, I don't care! I've ready to kill some enemies, so stop holding me up..."
GOHAN: (taps the shield again) "I'm not sure..."
VEGETA: "Oh for - let me then."
Vegeta punches the shield; there's a loud boom that echoes across the forest; dust kicks up across the clearing, and the frog is knocked back off his rock. Vegeta pulls his hand back, rubbing it... but the dome is unaffected. "What the hell? What is that thing made of...?"Just then, an antenna springs out of the shield device under the dome; it blinks red, rotating some scanner device at 360 degrees.
DEVICE: "Scanning... scanning for energy signature... Signatures found... Cannot read signatures; please input access code."
VEGETA: "What? What the hell are you on about?"
DEVICE: "Authorization required; please input acess code... Scanning..."
Cut to Dr Sleet, whose wrist communicator goes off; he checks it. "Ah, so there it is." He flies away.
Cut to Zangya, whose wrist communicator goes off. She checks it, her eyes wide with surprise; "Bido... look at this." He does so, and reacts similarly; the two nod to each other, and zip off in another direction. Tien and Krillin are perplexed, but Krillin's relieved.
KRILLIN: "Phew, that was too close. Tien, what were you thinking?"
TIEN: (ignoring the question) "What do you make of those two?"
KRILLIN: "Well, I'd say it looks like they're only fighting for Cold because they're scared of him. But they're also ridiculously strong; I'd say at full strength they're at least twice as strong as Cell was even at his most powerful."
TIEN: "Damn it!"
KRILLIN: "Well, plus side is they're probably not that loyal, and we may be able to get around fighting them. Not so plus side..." (gulps) "... those guys are scared of Cold. Which means..."
TIEN: "We still have Gohan. And Vegeta. We can still win this."
Piccolo feels the movement; "They're on the move; they... seem to be heading toward the same place." His mind now made up, Piccolo takes off, and flies furiously to meet them. But as he flies, his eyes tick, and he glances upward again. "No, they're... they're getting closer..."
In the upper atmosphere, a Planetary Trade Organization ship is beginning to land; inside the ship, General Shisami addresses the Frieza Forces: "Do not show mercy; do not hold back; we have but one mission, and when it is complete, we will destroy the planet..." The troops cheer.
And back at the clearing in Korin Forrest, the yellow dome device is still scanning
DEVICE: "Please input access code ... scanning..."
GOHAN: (reacts to something in sky) "Wait Vegeta! Do you feel that?"
VEGETA: (growls, kicks the dome) "This thing is useless; leave it for now, we've got an army to defeat."
The saiyans fly off. Several seconds after Gohan and Vegeta have flown off, a figure slowly emerges from the bushes, carrying a sack... It's Tagoma, the sack he's carries containing the remaining six dragon balls. "Wow" he says to himself, "that was a close one. Good thing for the doctor was so curious about hiding power levels that one time..." He approaches the shield device.
DEVICE: "Please input..."
TAGOMA: "Access code: 6-6-6-R-F"
DEVICE: "Access code accepted... Scanning..."
TAGOMA: "Phew; now we're almost..."
DEVICE: "Scan is negative; power level insufficient. You are not Dr. Sleet."
TAGOMA: (breaking in frustration) "But... But I'm his bodyguard..."
DEVICE: "Power level insufficient; you are not Dr. Sleet."
Tagoma punches the shield in frustration several times, as the device keeps telling him "You are not Dr. Sleet"; eventually he gives up, takes a breath, and checks his scouter. "Well, at least the doctor is on his way now - wait a minute... oh no, this is going to get messy..."
SO CONCLUDES THE SLEET EXPEDITION SAGA
