Jaco screamed emphatically "ARE YOU NUTS!? WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE!"
Bill staring with his one eye seeing death before him "No. We run then they have nothing to distract them. Their going to kill everyone here but if we are here they have a primary target to engage. It might buy them sometime. Tarble…"
Tarble "Yeah?"
Bill "Get your people to that ship you 'don't' have that I found earlier. No sense in an entire race of people getting wipeout here."
Tarble shook his head "The chiefs know were it is they're already on the way. We practiced an enough damn times. I'm the distraction to buy time. Same as you."
Bill "Okay. Bulma, Doctor and sister get to the ship. Get us ready for dust off. If its hopeless and we can't run, you three run. If you're in the ship they won't blow it up. I image that the Empire is very eager to get the three of you alive. You three can keep the hope alive."
Bulma shook her head "I'm not leaving you all to die."
Bill shook his head "I'm not asking you to leave us. I'm giving you an order to leave us." (Jaco was in the background having a panic attack.) "Chi-Chi, Trunks your defense. They might try and snatch our brain trust. So, you kill anyone that gets close." (Both nodded.) "But you run if and when it collapses, you leave with Bulma." (Chi-Chi hesitating nodded but Trunks didn't. Bill sensing this.) "I just gave you an order son. What do you say?" (Trunks frustrating said, "YES SIR!") "That's what I wanted to hear soldier! Gohan and Tarble I want you drawing their attention your both on offence." (They nodded.) "Mai you're our sniper stay close to the ship but stay hidden. Give us covering fire and its your call when the situation requires us to run. Take no risks and keep it objective. Now the three of us are the back up for Gohan we try and follow them and play the nats. If they start to lose, we draw attention to our self's."
Jaco finally losing his shit screamed out "I'm leaving. This is too much."
Bill looked at him "I never asked you to stay officer. You do you. We are about to be hit by a million plus guys with overwhelming firepower. This is a suicide mission clear as day. If you need to run any of you do it now but keep in mind that these people only have us at the moment, billions are about to die. If you leave you life with it, if you stay you life with it. So, I'm not ask you or telling you I'm giving you the facts."
Jaco calmed down and bobbed his head he looked off into the distance to see the ship and heard the screams. He shook his head and in frustration "Well what kind of super elite would I be if I ran."
Bill "Welcome to the fireteam officer."
Jaco "This is the dumbest thing I've ever done and probably the last at my reckoning." Bill nodded in agreement.
A massive hologram appeared above the city of a sitting Kakarrot with a blue skinned, white haired, well-endowed, scantily clad woman in red and black with point ears on his right. She was holding a scepter and looked like she was having a lot of fun.
Kakarrot grinning "Citizens of Ericama. My name if by chance you didn't know is Emperor Kakarrot Terran Gero the First leader of the New Saiyan Empire god of war, vengeance, brutality and death. I'm am speaking to you today because your president told me that some people, I've been looking for are on this planet. However, he did ask me to make any promises or anything. So, what I'm about to do is legal as after as I'm concerned. My people are about to kill all of you. So, make your peace with whomever you worship. But I just felt it was fair to tell you the reason why, your all about to die. As it would be rude otherwise. And sweetie if you can hear this don't worry, I forgive you. I've even got a nice party planned for when you captured and brought back to me. I'm anxious to see my boy. Whether you like it not your mine. Which I plan to demonstrate to you when you get home and don't worry even if you leave, I'll find you… Now where was I oh right genocide. Hey hot stuff would like to do the honors?"
Towa nodded "Kill'em all boys!"
The hologram cut out and a beam came from the 'Order' that hit the city and blew up the large buildings downtown as landing craft came down from the ships. The rumble fell and even at distance they group could hear the screams and sounds of the nightmare going on.
Bill looked over to Gohan who was trembling with rage "Stay focused. Get angry but don't let it control you. We need to be smart about this." Gohan golden aura was visible, he nodded but was sort of lost in his rage.
In the distance Bill could hear a familiar song getting closer with the landing craft. It was 'Ride of the Valkyries'. In a second, he realized who was with the invasion… Teal. The Briefs made it inside as the crafts landed in front of them. The stormtroopers pile out of the craft and surrounded them. Thankfully Mai was already in position in the shacks behind them.
The led craft painted black and red then landed. Out of it came fourteen blood guard and finally Moff Teal, with the cyborgs in front of him and the princes behind him. He was wearing a black power armor with no helmet. Teal looked ready for war.
Teal clapped his hands "Well looky what we have here boys and girls. Just about everyone in the universe that our god-emperor wants in one handy dandy convenient location."
To the side closer to the ship Videl, Erasa and the rest of the Commandos decloaked, hands pointed.
Teal "Billy boy my old friend how long has it been! I feel like we haven't seen each other in ages. Remember that time I shot up that police station, killed Frank and of course your brother. Man, good times huh… small universe isn't it."
Bill "Yeah too small for the two of us."
Teal "Yeah. Well I'd like to catch up, but you know I got a job to do and all. So, I'm not going to bother in asking you to surrender. Because number one you wouldn't do it and number two I wouldn't want you to anyways. So, I will just ask this, cremation or burial?"
Bill's hand moved closer to his revolver "I could ask the same of you."
Teal "Never wanted to linger as a corpse stinking up the place."
Bill "Me neither."
Teal "Alright boys take'em."
Both Tarble and Gohan went Super Saiyan to Teal's surprise but they didn't rush forward because a blue glow of armor lock came around the commando team to all but Videl. Who turned around and pointed her glowing hands at the soldiers around her.
Teal yelled out seeing this "What the Fuck? Pumpkin what do you think you're doing?"
Videl shouted back "The right thing for a change! You've lied to me my entire life and I'm done with it."
Gohan had a big grin on his face he look like the happiest looking idiot in the universe at this turn of events.
Teal was flabbergasted. He almost unsure on how to proceed until he blurted out "Neutralize my daughter. Will talk about this later pumpkin. Open fire!"
The cyborgs rush forward as the soldiers opened fired. 17 found Gohan and 18 found Tarble. Their fists meet and the ground shook.
18 kick Tarble into the air and the two clashed. 18 "Well, Well, Well Tarble you gotten a bit stronger by my guess."
Tarble block her punch to the face "Oh you know us Saiyan's, what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. Allow me to demonstrate this fact."
He surged forward and grabbed hold of 18 tossing her into the air and shouted "Galick Gun!" As he fired a tremendous blast in to the air enveloping 18 above him.
He grinned as he looked into the dust then said "Give me a break. You think I'm an idiot. Stop play possum."
The smoke clear and 18 was hovering above him she chuckled "Oh Tarble I guess your just too smart for me."
Tarble "Laugh now monster but I'm not done yet."
18 "Neither am I short stuff. Neither am I."
Gohan dodged 17's punch then grabbed him by the arm and threw 17 at a building. The shack collapsed and 17 quickly emerged. 17 fired off some blasts at Gohan who easily deflected them into the air.
17 shook his head "Well damn copying 18 hair color has really worked for you Jr. you can actually put up a fight."
Gohan "I'll do more than that murderer." Gohan charged and the two swiped at each other with neither hitting one another.
17 retreated back as Gohan was on the offensive. They two took to the air. 17 stopped grinning as he realized that Gohan punches and speed seemed to be increasing as time went on.
The two ended up in the city where it was pandemonium. The stormtroopers were attacking, people were screaming, building were collapsing, and fires were raging.
17 got back from Gohan and threw some ki at him that Gohan easily brushed aside. He kicked 17 to the ground. He caught himself before he smashed into the ground. 17 looked up only to see Gohan fist coming at his face that he couldn't dodge. Gohan's fist sent him face first into the pavement making a crater.
Gohan getting angry while standing over 17 in his crater "How many have you killed monster? A hundred, a thousand, a million, a billion? Well no more. Its time some once beats you! Does it feel bad being helpless unable to defend yourself? That's how they all felt! I hope you enjoy it!"
17 got to his feet and dusted himself off. He looked a little angry but also amused. "Interesting. I guess I should have known if anyone one was going to give me trouble it would be one of the Emperor's brood. This is going to be a lot of fun. I can just tell."
"Enough 17 go help your sister with Tarble." Remus said. He looked serious to 17 who normally saw the drunk. His onyx eyes were sharp. His black spiky hair was now golden standing up in Super Saiyan.
17 "My Prince. I have the situation well in hand…"
Remus "Did I ask your opinion soldier? Your taking too long and Uncle wants this finished sooner rather than later."
17 heiled then took off. Leaving Remus and Gohan to face off.
Bill, Jaco and the UNIT members all attacked the horde of stormtroopers as the charged. Their shield barely holding of the blasts.
Bill and the other three hoped went for cover in a shack as they fired back. Bill keeping his revolver holstered instead using his blaster rifle. In between firing back, he saw that the Prince's had left Teal.
Bill "Teal's lost the Princes. He's vulnerable."
Jaco "Yeah and so are we!"
Bill "Give me covering fire! I'm going after him!"
Jaco "What…?"
The UNIT men opened up soon followed by Jaco with Mai picking off the various troopers that attempted to gun him down. Bill jumped up and took off running head long at Teal.
Bill was dodging explosion and gunning down stormtroopers as he went. He was forced to duck threw a shake, but he got close to Teal who appeared to be waiting for him.
Teal "Well took you long enough."
Bill in a calm rage merely said "Teal."
Teal chuckled "Bill. See I can do it too. I figured you'd still be sore about the well… everything I done to you."
Bill "You're going to die today."
Teal shrugged his shoulder "Maybe see were the fun takes us. Tell me are we going to do this with guns or…" (He takes out knife.) "the old fashion fun way."
Bill looks at his rifle and sees that it's broken. He tosses it away "Old fashion way I guess." He takes out his knife and the two got in stance.
Videl killed the ten or so stormtroopers that tried to tackle her and fell back to Chi-Chi's and Trunks's position. The fourteen guardsmen rushed toward the three, with seven taking on Videl and Trunk. While the other seven took on Chi-Chi
Trunks sliced a guardsman in half but was nearly stabbed in the back by another who was given a hole in his chest by Videl. Trunks turned and the shared a look. Five surrounded them and the two were forced back to back.
Trunks "You know just because you helped us does mean I think your any good. You got that?"
Videl "Believe me I don't think I'm any good either. I'm a dummy that just declared war on my family and signed up to fight with people that still use steel swords again an Empire how have rifles!"
Trunks chuckled "Yeah that sounds pretty stupid when you put it like that. Welcome to the team fellow idiot fighting for a lost cause."
Videl smiled "I'm just glad to be on the team."
Trunks "Good now duck!" The blood guard with their ki blades charged and Videl duck as Trunks went red and fired off the Kamehameha in a spinning move that vaporize four of the guardsmen.
But the fifth made it to Trunks's before he could blast him. However, Videl sprung up and use her right to block the blade. She grunted in pain but put her left hand to his mask and fired leaving him without a head.
The staff lost power and Videl now had a very large hole in her hand.
Trunks looked at it and shook his head "Damn!"
Videl "Don't get weepy on me now. It hurts like hell, but we only killed seven of them and there are roughly a billion of them left." The blue glow around the commandos terminated and Erasa got to her feet her gaze locked on Videl.
Chi-Chi was surrounded by the seven-blood guardsman their ki sabers were steady. The rest of the war around them was easily tuned out at they looked for weakness in Chi-Chi.
Chi-Chi grinned "Nice toys boys. I hate to tell you this but your all horribly outgunned here. I suggest if any of you want to keep breathing." (She waited but they of course said nothing in response.) "Huh normally they talk back."
"They couldn't even if they wanted too Cheech." (Romulus landed in front of her.) "Their tongues are removed when they become guardsmen." (To the guardsmen.) "All of you stand down, she's mine."
Chi-Chi with softer eyes "How are you doing Kunlun?"
Romulus coldly "Never use that name again. I am Romulus Gero of the New Saiyan Empire. I'm made steel, blood and fire like my father before me."
Chi-Chi shook her head "No. Your Kunlun Shinhan. You only think your Romulus. Your really had hate in his heart too but he got better. I know you can get better too."
Romulus didn't flinch "Kunlun Shinhan is dead, I killed him. His supposed father killed him too when he betrayed the Emperor. My father and god is just. I'm as he wishes me to be and I'm stronger for it."
Chi-Chi shook her head again "Not from where I'm standing."
Romulus "Then I'll prove it to you." He charged forward and the two's fists met.
Romulus punches were bone crunching, but Chi-Chi was dodging them. Romulus got a punch in but as he did Chi-Chi kicked him in the mask sending both to the ground. A ribbon of blood came from Chi-Chi's nose while it was hard to tell with Romulus.
He got up quickly and sighed "If you're planning on not taking me seriously, you're not going to be able to help anyone else. And I'm sure they're going to need you. So, I suggest you fight me for real or I'm just going to blow up that ship behind you and make you fight me for real."
Chi-Chi getting to her feet nodded "Okay… for real then."
Remus "Man. You look a hell of a lot like him then most of my siblings." He said looking at Gohan tail, his spiky black hair and onyx eyes.
Gohan "How unluckly of me."
Remus "All the two of need to do is get our hair to make that palm shape and we could be body doubles for our father."
Gohan hearing and feeling the horror around him "I suppose this is what you wanted. Tell me what's honor and nobility in killing helpless people."
Remus shrugged "None. Normally I don't stick around for this shit but my brother needs me so here I am."
Gohan very confused "WHAT?! You don't even believe in this horror show?"
Remus "Our father will, will be done no matter if I do it or not. These people are sadly doomed, with luck they shall die quickly and not suffer. I've learned freedom is an illusion. We are just puppets of fate and chance."
Gohan was dumb founded "You literally have the power to stop all of this!"
Remus shook his head "You've never met him. You don't know him. He always gets his way."
Overhead the UPA fleet arrived and a massive space battle began. Explosions lit up the sky as Gohan was getting angry.
Gohan "You kill people and say you have no choice. Did these people have a choice? You coward!"
Remus nodded again "Yeah probably."
Gohan charged him and the two's fist met breaking all the windows in over a mile from them. Gohan opened up on him managing to get a ton of hit on Remus and sunk his fist deep into Remus's gut. Gohan jumped back realizing that he had done no real damage to Remus who just stood there.
Remus "Your truly one of us, but your not strong enough yet."
Tarble was put everything he had into his attacks on 18 and the cyborg was feeling it. He was punching her into submission and with each hit he felt like he was getting more of the upper hand.
Tarble "Its finally time bitch! You get what been coming to you." Tarble was then kicked in his side to the ground. He looked up to see 17 right next to 18.
18 smiled "How rude 17 don't you know he was about to beat me?"
17 also smiling "Sorry sis. The Princes are in a mood. Today isn't the day to play games."
18 "But it was so funny for him to think I was on the ropes and everything."
17 'Yeah but killing him will be funny too."
Tarble started to get up as he clutched his side. He spat up blood as the two landed in front of him.
Tarble "I'm not dying here monsters I'm going to kill you then your bosses."
Both cyborgs shook their heads. 17 "Sorry man but it's over. We had some fun but come on. I don't expect you to cry but maybe accept a little reality. Your about to die. Having done nothing more than be an annoyance to him. You never really accomplished anything."
Tarble smiled at that "You really think that don't you, toaster? I lived that was something. I helped others that was something and it was more than you two ever did."
The cyborgs charged him.
Trunks and Videl were side by side as Erasa and the Commando's were approaching. Videl couldn't see her eye but she knew that Erasa eyes were burning with rage. Her stance was brimming with fury and she was stomping loudly.
Videl knew her father must have taken them out of armor lock. She had hoped to face Erasa later but that was apparently not on the table today.
Videl "Trunks you take the others I've got a best friend to deal with one on one." Trunks nodded and he led the others away.
Videl and Erasa had a stare down as Videl braced herself for the harsh words and punches that she knew were coming from her friend and family. But there was silence even as all around them there were explosions.
Videl got tired of waiting for the slugging so just decided to get the ball rolling "Erasa…I…"
Erasa shook her head violently "No! Not another damn word Traitor!"
Videl "I'm not…"
Erasa interrupting "Oh yes you are. Sharpener, Jeff, Angela, James, Kalvin, and Maxine they all died for us. They all died for the Empire. They all served as we did. You just pissed on all of them. You just defiled their sacrifice and betrayed everyone of them! And for what a mixed-up Prince?!"
Videl shook her head "I didn't do it for anyone but me. Erasa they killed my parents then they lied to me my entire life. Erasa when have we been on the defensive? All we do is go to worlds that can barely defend themselves and slaughter them to the last. The Empire isn't noble or righteous. It is murderers leading the blind. We are the villains. We kill innocent people for their stuff. We are butchers craving up children and planets. We were taught as kids to kill not to think. Nothing about any of was honorable or moral. I'm done. I'm done with it all. I can't stomach all of this damn killing anymore! I want peace damn it!" Videl said lastly while shaking in frustration.
Erasa calmly "Good because I'm about give you your peace." The moment the words left her mouth she was over to Videl.
Erasa went right after Videl's right hand that still had the big hole in it. Videl grunted out in pain. Erasa used the distraction to punch as hard as she could at Videl's helmet breaking the visor and sending its shards into Videl's face.
Videl yelped in pain as Erasa forced her to the ground and continued to wail on her with a clear rage. Videl could barely defend herself but finally fought back. She smacked Erasa on the side of her head as hard as she could.
It knocked Erasa off her as well as broken the seal off Erasa's helmet. It practically launched the helmet off her head, and Erasa head first came to the ground smacking off a metal shard that easily cut into her.
Videl ripped her broken helmet off. Her face was all cut up with shards of visor in her checks and dangerously close to her eyes. As quickly as she could she was pulling them out of her face grunting and clenching her teeth. Her face was gushing with blood to the point it was hard to see.
Videl looked at Erasa to see her getting up she had a gushing wound in her head from the ground that must have puncture her skull. Erasa used one hand to keep pressure on her wound as she got out a knife with the other.
Erasa "Time to die Traitor." As Videl back way towards the sounds of battle.
Chi-Chi glowed red as she appeared behind Romulus both managing to block each other's attacks. Until Chi-Chi managed to knee Romulus in the stomach then kick him to the ground.
Romulus quickly leaped up and his ki blade showed in a hiss. He lunged forward as Chi-Chi was forced to dodge it. Chi-Chi now sideway managed to kick Romulus feet out from under him, but he punched her in her face.
Both managed to catch themselves and were standing tall again. Romulus was enjoying himself, but this was taking too long. He signaled his blood guard this time he wouldn't be alone.
Chi-Chi charged him only to realize they were attacking from behind. She turns to face them, but Romulus appeared and blasted her in the back sending her forward to nearly get cut down by the guardsmen.
She managed to dodge all their swipes and got to the ground as she saw her eight opponents in front of her.
Chi-Chi "You know I'm starting to see the family resemblance. You like to fight dirty like him."
Romulus "Yes and your way of fighting as worked so well, consider your situation."
Chi-Chi nodded "You may have a point there but you're still a lousy cheater."
Romulus "There are no rules to this game only winners and losers."
Chi-Chi "Well I know what you are."
Teal and Bill were standing off their knife's gleaming as the battle raged around them. Both were looking for their openings.
Teal "Isn't all this amazing. We've come along way from a troubled angry teen and a straight-laced daddy's boy. Now I run a death cult and you well don't follow the rules. How much did it hurt to kill that village I wonder?"
Bill "Do you wake up every day and ask yourself how can I be more of a bastard today?"
Teal nodded "Yes actually and my maybe daddy taught the technique to my Emperor too. It's really worked out for me. It makes it all a nice game like see how many orphans you can make today, see how many orphanages with them still inside you can burn down. The fun stuff. You see your problem is you take murder, rape and war way too seriously and it shows. I've aged nice and slow. I've still got some green hairs a baby face and a can-do attitude. You on the other hand look sixty and well spent a lot of time drinking and crying. Over my dead pregnant wife, best friend and family."
With that Teal had managed to goat Bill into charging him. The knifes scraped up against one another as the two were just trying to brute force their knives passed each other. Bill headbutted Teal as he loudly grunted, then just repeatedly did it until Teal was forced back.
Bill tried to stab right at Teal's heart, but Teal managed to block it with his arm. Bill in the process managed to stab himself in the gut with Teal's knife.
Both men were grunting in both in rage and pain as the two twisted their knives. Teal free hand came to Bill's face and grabbed hold and he tried to crush it. Bill yelling in pain then bite the hand as hard as he could to the point, he was breaking the skin and taking of it piece in his mouth.
They both pushed off one another. Bill face was cracked, and his stomach was gushing as he pulled the knife out. Teal right arm still had a knife in it, and it had sunk so deep that he was unable to get it out while their was a chunk missing from his left hand.
Bill spit out the chunk and in a primal scream charged the nearly helpless Teal. Teal used his left hand for defend block the knife. It sunk deep probably to his wrist as Teal staggered back falling to the ground.
It was all over Teal was virtually help on the ground as Bill was preparing to finish it when Chi-Chi fight for her life landed next to them along with Videl and Erasa.
Bill in what seemed like slow motion could see what was about to happen. Videl was stepping in the way of Romulus attack as he was charging sword drawn at Chi-Chi back. Chi-Chi may have sense it coming but Videl didn't and Romulus wasn't stopping.
As he flipped of Teal he stated "I'm better then you. You don't get to change who I am."
Bill forced himself back and took the ki blade to the chest. He was surprise that it didn't hurt even as Romulus was pulling it out. Time just seemed to slow down. He could her his wife voice and felt his unborn son as he hit the ground. His body grew distance along with the rest of the world.
He chuckled at how lite he was feeling his one working hand fished out of his pocket his letter then looked at Romulus how was standing over him the letter.
Romulus hesitantly took the letter. Bill could tell the boy was confused by this act. Bill's eye them closed never to open again. While high above them Gohan feeling a sudden emptiness looked down to see Bill dead. He had been getting kick around by Remus but upon seeing sight below him the cloud above a grew dark and the planet began to shake, as his aura now sparked with lightning.
So that was one long chapter, but this battle isn't over yet.
