It had been three days since Demas had vanished. No one knew where he was at. Orion had stopped training, unable to focus on the fight. Vegeta slowly began telling the history of his people to Goku as they trained. Goku and Gohan listened intently to the tales as the fought. Whether they agreed with their methods or not, these were their people. It was during one of these training sessions that Vegeta suddenly stopped talking.
"What's wrong Vegeta?" Goku asked, stopping his swing.
"You don't feel that? That creeping evil sensation in the back of your mind?"
"No... Wait, I think I feel someone strong from far off though."
"That confirms it: Frieza. Warn everyone."
The prince quickly rushed out to find Orion. Within minutes everyone knew what was headed their way. They all flew to a remote area far from people and waited for him.
"I wish Demas was here." Yamcha muttered as the power neared.
"Well he's not. He made a decision and that's that. Everyone make sure that your energy is at the surface. We want him to know where we are. It will keep him from attacking innocents."
"Listen to you, trying to save people." Orion laughed.
"Of course not! I just don't want weak little Humans getting in my way while I fight."
"Riiight." The Wildfire said sarcastically.
The next few minutes were heavy with anticipation. Anticipation and fear. The hybrid ship landed gently on the barren landscape. A door opened and a Namekian walked out cautiosly. Behind him, the small form of Frieza stepped out, completely calm.
"Thank you, but your services are no longer needed." He told the green man. The man ran back inside the ship. Frieza looked at his audience. "Vegeta... Did you think you had lost me?" Vegeta growled. "Well you were wrong. But a valiant effort none-the-less. I must say, you have assembled quite an extraordinary little group of fighters. If only they were mine... But alas, you no longer serve me."
Vegeta could hold his tongue no longer. "That was your decision Frieza! You ended that contract!"
"So you had no intention of overthrowing me? I ended your services because you had long ago decided it must be so. Now give me the Dragonball and I will make your deaths quick."
"It is you who will die Frieza!"
"Have it your way." The tyrant locked his knees and began to transform.
"He's transforming already!" Vegeta warned the others.
"I am not a fool... Vegeta." Frieza spat as his vocal cords rearranged themselves. "I can not kill all of you without transforming."
The group stood transfixed by the horrible site of his body shifting. Vegeta could not allow him to transform fully. He had to stop him as soon as possible. The prince rushed at the tyrant and began pounding away. Frieza smiled as his neck veins popped out.
"I love it when the monkeys are lively. Just remember, there's no full moon to help you this time."
As his transformation finished, Frieza laughed hysterically. He grabbed Vegeta and threw him to the ground. Vegeta rose and began his assault anew. Orion put on his helmet and checked the power of his adversary.
He gasped. "300,000. None of us are even close to his power."
"Then we just have to work as a team." Tien said.
The Humans nodded as they began to circle Frieza. Goku and Orion joined in the fight as the Humans began charging their most devastating attacks. Gohan stood frozen to the spot as he watched everyone fight. He wasn't ready, not for this. He was going to die, no doubt about it.
Frieza was now blocking all three attackers, ignoring the others as the charged their attacks. The tyrant still wore his scouter and laughed at the feeble power ratings. Not even all together could they beat him now. He punched Goku in the face and blasted Orion backward. Tien fired his Tri-Beam at the tyrant and nodded as it was dodged. Chiaotzu followed up with a large Dodonpa, as Krillin fired a Kamehameha. The Dodonpa was barely dodged as the Kamehameha hit him in the head. His scouter fell to the ground in pieces. Tien and Chiaotzu cheered and rushed in to fight him head on.
Yamcha continued to charge his Spirit Ball, as Krillin began charging his Destructo Disk. Vegeta fired a large one handed blast at point blank range. Goku jumped back and began charging a Kamehameha. Chiaotzu kicked his opponent, as Orion charged green energy into his right hand. Tien crossed his arms and split into three seperate Tiens. All three rushed Frieza. Krillin watched the fight as the disk of energy spun in his palm. There was too much action for him to be able to hit his target without hitting someone else.
Yamcha smiled evilly as his Spirit Ball finished forming. It was now so large that he couldn't see beyond it. He used his senses to track his friends' movement. He noticed Gohan, still as a statue and was thankful. It would be hard enough for him and Krillin to launch their attacks as it was. The boy was doing the best thing he could do for them at the moment: Wait in the wings. The former bandit waited until most of his friends were out of Frieza's reach and launched his attack.
Those not in attacking distance jumped back as the ball came crashing down. Explosions rocked the Earth as the attack did its damage. As the smoke cleared, everyone could clearly see Frieza's tail holding Vegeta's limp body over the tyrant's head. Frieza threw the body to the ground and looked at Yamcha.
"That could have hurt, if I didn't have my monkey shield."
The laugh chilled Yamcha to bone. He tried to remain calm as Frieza walked toward him, ignoring all others. Krillin took the opportunity to launch his attack. Frieza jumped as the buzzsaw sound neared. He was not going to fall for a cheap knockoff of one of his attacks. As the disk began to pass underneath him, he heard a grunt above him. He looked up in time to see Goku, bathed in a red aura, perform an axe-handle smash on his face.
Krillin silently cheered his best friend as the blow caused Frieza's tail directly into the disk. Frieza screamed in pain as his tail was severed in several places. All that remained of the magnificent appendage was a four inch long stub. He turned to Krillin and uttered a gutteral warcry in his native tongue. He raised both palms and instantly created two purple disks identical to Krillin's. The small monk gulped as they flew toward him. Even with Goku hitting him consistantly, and everyone else now joining back in, Frieza remained focused almost entirely on his disks. They followed Krillin faster than he could fly. Only his split second dodging and Yamcha's team throws saved him from looking like a salad.
Gohan couldn't believe how strong this guy was. He was missing part of his body, and still he was winning. The half Saiyan boy screached in pain as one of the disks grazed his right bicep. The sound was enough to distract Goku, who ended up getting hit by one of Tien's Dodonpas. Fireza laughed at the easily distracted warrior and thought of a plan. He had one disk continue it's pursuit of the monk, but the other doubled around for another attack on the boy. Gohan saw the disk coming right for him, but could do nothing about it. He was scared stiff.
Inches from death, Gohan was hit by a small pink blast. The blast hurled him sideways, out of harms way. Frieza looked at the source of the life saving attack and was furious. Vegeta chuckled at the evil man and collapsed.
"Damn..." He mumbled. "He noticed me."