The entire Dark Planet was shaking and shuddering under the force of Hatchiyack's constantly rising ki. The two Super Saiyan 2's who had been duelling him were gradually being pulled toward the increasing gravity brought upon by the Tuffle machine's energy. Hatchiyack himself had become a mere black shape inside a swirling vortex of lime green energy, raising and cracking the earth beneath him.
"Vegeta, he's going to tear this planet apart!" Goku exclaimed, trying to escape Hatchiyack's gravitational pull.
"I'm well aware of that Kakarot!" Vegeta spat "But what the hell are we going to do about it?!"
Vents of lava shot up from the shattered surface of Raichi's planet. The Ghost AI of the late Doctor seemed to have vanished from the control room entirely. What few Destron Gas dispensers remained on earth seemed to just randomly shut down and self destruct. The same with all the androids Raichi had dispatched, they all deactivated simultaneously too. What was Raichi's plan exactly?
"Grab my hand!" Goku called out,extending his arm out Vegeta, his other pressing his fingers to his forehead. Vegeta gave an annoyed 'tch' but complied quick enough. Once Vegeta gripped his hand the two Saiyans were off, ripping through hyperspace to scape what seemed to be an imminent explosion.
Hatchiyack maintained his deep, booming howls as his energy rose and his body continued it's metamorphosis. Large chunks of the planetoid's surface were torn up from the ground and sucked into the shimmering vortex of power Hatchiyack was releasing, only to be utterly atomised upon contact with the vortex of stolen energy.
"ONE...HUNDRED...PERCENT!" Hatchiyack roared out in a distorted voice that was not entirely his own, his pale green aura seeming to quadruple in size, the entire dark planet seeming to collapse and implode into the the now massive field of energy Hatchiyack was producing.
Then the shimmering lime aura retracted into the cancerous black mass that was Hatchiyack's body as it finally finished it's metamorphosis. Hatchiyack yelled to the heavens and spread his arms and legs out, a multicoloured aura shooting from his newly transformed body and briefly setting the sky of an entire hemisphere aglow with the multitude of colours. It would almost be beautiful, were it not for the monster outputting the light.
And there, floating high above the earth, stood Hatchiyack. He had grown noticeably taller and more muscular from the change, his body covered in more of that scarlet armour and more of those pale green ki gems scattered around his body. Two large shoulder pads had grown out of his body to add even more defence to his body.
"Ah...Excellent. And my mind transfer worked as expected too." Hatciyack remarked, his tone echoing with Raichi's own voice. "Now then, to kill those blasted apes." he said, before his green aura flared around his body and he started flying toward the earth.
A few moments after Goku and Vegeta reappeared outside the Capsule Corporation building, they were soon joined by the other warriors landing beside them or teleporting to the building,
"We saw the explosion." Tien said as he touched the earth directly before Goku and Vegeta, who had both powered down by now "Is it over?"
"No." Vegeta replied simply, glancing to the glowing dot in the heavens which grew in size the closer it came to earth. "I'm afraid it's far from it." his eyes came to rest on Cooler, and he gave an annoyed grunt "Great, King Cold's other son is here."
Cooler smirked and folded his arms "Ah Vegeta, as likeable as ever." He quickly turned to Frieza "Where is my neice at? If it comes to it, I want to protect the youngest of our family."
"She's inside that building, but I plan to protect Glace myself." Zangya replied glancing to her brother-in-law. Cooler had only seen Glace once or twice, but she understood how he wished to be a better figure than her grandfather King Cold after he learned what Cold had done to his mother.
"I don't think you need to worry that much. That guy who attacked us up there only seemed interested in killing the Saiyans." Goku remarked, glancing to Vegeta, then to Inyon and then to Gohan.
Gohan gave an irritated grunt and glanced to the green glow up in the sky "Well if he wants to fight a Saiyan, let him." He gave a loud yell and transformed straight into his Super Saiyan 2 form, quickly raising both his hands up to his forehead and firing a golden Masenko into the sky.
"Gohan no, we need to lead him away from the city!" Goku exclaimed, too late to stop the ki beam going into the sky. To their mutual shock, even once the beam struck the green comet heading their way the creature kept up it's charge, the Masenko splitting in half around Hatchiyack's body.
Suddenly two orange beams of ki escaped his eyes and rapidly overpowered Gohan's energy blast and upon impact with the youth it created a powerful explosion which shattered the pavement and scattered the group backward.
Vegeta and Goku stayed in their base forms for the time being to catch their breath from the battle on the Dark Planet, while Inyon turned into a Full-Powered Super Saiyan "Damnit all, am I the only one who hasn't unlocked the stupid second transformation?" she spat. Cooler and Frieza were quick to transform into their 5th forms, while Zangya powered up to 100%
By the time Hatchiyack landed on the shattered concrete, it was Yamcha who flew at him first, amping his strength up as much as possible before smashing him in the jaw with enough force to snap Hatchiyack's head to one side.
"Tch. Don't waste my time earthling trash." Hatchiyack spat, driving his fist down into Yamcha's back and knocking Yamcha into the cracked earth, before kicking the semi-conscious bandit into the sky like a football with enough force to render him fully unconscious.
18 and Zangya rushed the red giant in unison, hammering his chest in face with flurries of punches and kicks which actually did managed to stagger the Tuffle android back a few feet before he grew annoyed. His hands shot up rapidly and punched both women in the stomachs, winding them both long enough for Hatchiyack to backhand them both into buildings on opposite ends of the street which threatened to buckle under the force of the collision.
Krillin circled about the red giant and raised one arm up to form a Destructo Disc, a red outline marking the edges of the ki disc from the Zen Kaioken boost. He flung it at Hatchiyack, but he was far quicker than his size would suggest and he managed to side step the disc, getting only a cut across the belly for his trouble. He gave a grunt and fired a bolt of orange energy from his eyes, the concussive force carrying Krillin up into the air and smashing into the upper floor of one cylindrical building, creating a large explosion on impact.
Piccolo and Gohan rushed the red giant in unison, slamming their elbows into his abdomen and sending him skidding backward. The beast drove forth and smashed his fist into Piccolo's face, a splatter of purple blood spurting past Piccolo's nostrils. Gohan managed to slam both his palms into Hatchiyack's stomach and fired off a full power energy wave powerful enough to launch Hatchiyack up off the street and into the air, further and further from the capsule corp building.
Suddenly Piccolo was in the air above him with a plume of jade fire in one palm, which he promptly threw at Hatchiyack. While the machine blocked it with one arm, he was quite shocked when the green fire pulsed along his arm and burnt into his armour, making him howl and yowl in agony.
By this point everyone in the city was aware of the chaos being caused by the gods clashing in the heart of their city, and all were screaming and fleeing the scene in whatever manner possible. No matter what threat befell the earth, the citizens would understandably never be used to it.
Hatchiyack ignored the burning pain in his armour long enough to charge at Piccolo and knee him in the face with enough force to send Piccolo crashing down through several buildings, which collapsed slightly from the building-shaking force of the impact.
Gohan had managed to zip forth and kick Hatchiyack across the face while he was distracted. His fists moved like blurs as he struck the red giant in the jaw over and over again. But, while Gohan seemed to be the strongest of the group all he was doing was irritating Hatchiyack with the force behind his attacks.
"Saiyan APE!" Hatchiyack snarled, catching one of Gohan's fists in his own giant palm and crushing down on it with enough force to break several of the half-Saiyan's fingers and make him yell out in pain. His red fist moved at an impossible speed, smashing Gohan in the ribs over and over again, shattering three of Gohan's ribs. The young half-Saiyan was shocked, this creature, this red monster was far stronger than Cell ever was...
As Gohan was flng through the air, Hatchiyack prepared to launch a full power energy wave from his palm to finish him off, only for a bolt of gold light to strike the side of his head. Didn't hurt, it was just annoying and distracting.
He turned his head and spotted Inyon in the air to his right, her gold aura blazing to life. She was at the peak of her Super Saiyan 1 power, but that was still nothing compared to the Super Saiyan 2 Hatchiyack had just dispensed with. faster than Inyon could even see, Hatciyack had crossed the distance and sucker punched Inyon in the jaw with enough force to send her hurtling down through one skyscraper.
The dark-skinned Saiyaness gave a grunt and barely steadied herself in the air. "Atomic..." Inyon growled, slowly taking in some air "BURST!" she yelled, shooting a large bullet of ki from her fanged maw, shooting straight up at Hatchiyack. He didn't even make a move to block, he stood still and let it hit him, enveloping him in a potent explosion which shook the earth below. When the smoke cleared, all he lost were some more chips of armour from his flayed flesh. "N-no way..." Inyon muttered. Hatchiyack grinned.
The Tuffle Android charged forth and punched Inyon in the face with enough force to knock her through several buildings and out of consciousness, sending a spray of blood up past her lips. He was about to launch a ki ball after the unconscious Saiyaness, only to be once again ditracted by another ki blast to the side. "You again?" Hatchiyack spat, glancing up to see Piccolo in the air above him "Begone, slug." he grunted, a discharge of ki shooting from his eyes and striking the floating Namekian...who turned into smoke on impact.
Before the Tuffle android could make heads or tails of it, suddenly Piccolo's palm was pressed into Hatchiyack's face and more green flames started burning into his face, making Hatchiyack roar out in pain "Namekian magic, you son of a bitch!" Piccolo snarled.
Thinking quickly Hatchiyack chanelled some ki into his forearm and swung upward, slicing Piccolo's arm in half and making him hiss in agony. A burst of energy from his eyes blew his other arm off at the shoulder, and a quick sweep with his eye blasts sliced Piccolo's legs in half at the knee. A quick telekinetic burst and Piccolo's maimed, bleeding body was sent crashing through the glass window of one building, where he laid still and passed out.
Hatchiyack gave a grunt and inspected the burnt, black handprint on his face "Hmph. Cosmetic damage, I'll repair it later." he turned and then saw Cooler and Frieza zoom toward him, and the two brothers immediately started raining punches,kicks and tail strikes on the giant. While several strikes managed to break Hatchiyack's guard and carried enough force to create powerful shockwaves which shattered the concrete and windows of the city around them, the two Super Arcosians seemed to only aggrivate the red giant.
"Frieza, I'm disappointed with you. I thought you of all people could appreciate my attempts to eradicate the remaining Saiyans." he spat, parrying one ivory fist and punching Frieza in the face hard enough to send him skidding backward, his bone mask shattered apart.
"I'm a changed man!" growled Frieza, before flinging himself back into the clash.
"Ah and Cooler, I suspect I know why you're mad at me, but you have to understand that I used your body for a good cause." Hatchiyack mused. This sent Cooler into a blind stinking rage. He shoved Frieza away, channelled as much gold energy into his palms as possible and then slammed them into Hatchiyack's burnt torso. The ki exploded against the giant and sent a vent of energy up into the sky, rending the earth beneath them and sending tremors across the entire city.
Hatchiyack's giant, scorched fist shot through the torrent of yellow energy and smashed into Cooler's ribs, making the ruler of Arcos wretch in agony. A flurry of powerful punches struck Cooler in the face, and then a mighty charged up kick sent the semi-conscious Arcosian soaring skyward.
Frieza let out a loud yell and shot a red spark of ki off his fingertips, which expanded into a field of red lightning to bind Hatchiyack's arms and legs together with a potent telekinetic force. It took a great deal of energy to maintain the telekinetic hold as Frieza pushed Hatchiyack up into the air 'This plan of yours better work.' he uttered telepathically.
The red giant was thrashing all the way up into the sky, the gems all over his body humming with power as he tried to disrupt the telekinetic field restricting his motions. What the hell was Frieza planning?
Suddenly he saw a swirling gold and red glow in the sky, and it took him a moment to realise what the hell he was looking at. The triclops from his video footage, the one with the red aura...He couldn't pose a threat to Super Hatchiyack, surely?
"SUPER...TRI...BEAM...FIRE!"
The massive bullet of red and gold light that left the triclops' hands caused Hatchiyack's eyes to widen in shock and horror. Had he been gathering his energy up for the entire battle?
The sphere of light struck Hatchiyack who screamed out as the energy carried him further and further away from the city, until he crashed into a distant mountain range which was enveloped in the explosive power of the blast and utterly vaporised.
Tien was breathing heavily once the orange light of his attack faded, but soon enough he passed out in mid-air and started falling to the ground...only for Frieza to swoop in and catch him, before landing again beside Goku and Vegeta who had gathered up their unconscious and injured allies.
"I can still sense him." Goku said solemnly "Me and Vegeta have recovered some ki, so we'll try and lead him away from the city, but you need to instant transmission the others to Kami's lookout."
Frieza gave a sigh and a nod "Of course, I lost alot of ki trying to keep ahold of that...What was it called again, Hatchiyack? Regardless I should move back for now. It will take a few trips to get everyone out of here though."
Goku nodded, and then glanced to Vegeta when he suddenly transformed back into his Super Saiyan 2 form "Kakarot lets go, I can sense he's back on his feet again."
"Right." Goku replied, placing a hand on Frieza's shoulder "We'll lead him away from here. Don't worry, your daughter will be safe."
Frieza gave a scowl and plodded toward the downed warriors "She better be." he replied as Goku transformed and the two Super Saiyans flew off to face the injured android.
A/N: Next chapter, Hatchiyack faces both Goku and Vegeta, but has he been injured enough for it to be a fair fight? And what of the kids, are they really sitting the action out?
So some review questions to answer this time around.
-Lake Superior: 1) Frieza handles parenting... of the parental dynamic he's perhaps the more straight-laced and serious one compared to Zangya. He mainly handles teaching Glace manners, how to be a noble, and the basics of ki use and how to handle her inborn psychic powers. Zangya is, well, the fun one.
2) Eh, maybe. I do have an end chapter in mind which involves a very large timeskip, but who knows I might make a spin-off tale. If I do, it'll be a long way away.
3) They guy from DB: Heroes? Nah. Know nothing about the game really.
- Count Kulalu: Well she doesn't need sealed forms like a full-blooded Arcosian. Instead her power functions similar to her mothers in that she's normally in a suppressed form, but can power up to a 100% form.