Chapter 19

Ginny and the other elders where circled around each other some exhausted a few heavily wounded even. Ginny now had managed to sport a few bruises from a few attacks that met their marks, it was the last hundred or so enemies but the elders don't have the energy to fight their spirit armor the only reason they live, but with how exhausted the elders where they could only focus on keeping up their protective shells. Ginny took a heavy breath as she noticed strange white flakes falling from the sky and the realization that the temperature dropped drastically, she started to shiver. 'I don't like what's happening I never felt this cold before.'

"Hahaha they finally are tired, let's finish them boys." One of the minions said.

Ginny quickly retaliated and tried her best to defend her fellow elders who were barely able to fight back and avoid the attacks of a hundred enemies. That was before two new fighters came to help the young Llab and her allies. "Blinding Blaze!" Xiox and Gear said as they entered the fray nearly dropping killing ten each. Ginny didn't even have time to react as she watched in awe as Xiox and Gear quickly butchered their enemies, the battle lasted about 3 minutes until Xiox and Gear stood before each other.

"53," Gear said smugly, until Xiox smiled.

"55" Xiox said "Still a little slower than me boy."

Ginny let out a small sigh as she sat down catching her breath realizing that each breath brought sharp but refreshing air into her lungs. The other elders all collapsed a few on their backs and the others sitting down.

"Ha, we did it!" one of the elders said.

"All their numbers and we managed to defeat them all without losing one of our own." Another pitched in.

"This battle is worthy of song!" one shouted.

"The battle is far from over….Look." One of the other elders said, drawing everyone's attention. Sure enough the group of elders saw all the warriors from the temple retreating to the city behind lead by Dorn and his brother Daus who was heading their way.

Out of breath Daus informed the group of elders. "We are falling back to the city, Elder Tarden said the temple is compromised, he said he found an enemy and the battle that will follow will probably destroy the temple!" As soon as Daus said that the ground shook and the wind picked up, every turned to the temple and were shocked to see shockwaves above the temple.

"Impossible….Such power, there is another that powerful."

"we can't let him face that alone." The elders said, but by how exhausted most of them where they felt helpless.

"The rest of you should head back to the city, take care of the wounded. Gear and I will support Yami and Tarden." Xiox said the other elders agreeing with his statement feeling useless. But Lucis Ginny and one other Elder known as Karax disagreed.

"With all due respect Grand Elder, we can still fight, we will need all the help we can muster against these opponents." Lucis said Ginny nodding "Last invasion I wasn't much help and Gwynn died, I refuse to stand by again while I still have strength in my body!" Karax said, gear and Ginny smiling at the older Llab as they remembered how Karax was the opponent their father faced to become an Elder.

Xiox smiled at the three. "Very well. Gear you and Ginny help your brother Lucis and Karax you're with…" Xiox was cut off when a new energy signature came as they all turned and recognized the new fighter. Sure enough none other than Turles was leaving the city heading straight to back up Yami.

" Well it looks like Yami got the best back up… all of you go help Tarden, the sooner you defeat the other enemy the faster we can take out their leader, lets end this invasion now.

With Yami

Yami had a wide grin on her face as she heavily took in some much needed air into her lungs, much like her opponent she took some pretty bad hits and both opponents where showing signs of wear and tear. Slug despite his old age successfully managed to hold his own against the Female Saiyan and for the first time in a long time he smiled the same grin his opponent did.

"Your slowing down old man!" Yami said as Slug retorted with "Only because you're becoming sloppy."

"Well then I guess I should end this then. This fight has been fun but my friend is coming and I don't want him to steal the show." Yami said as she felt Turles approaching.

Slug started to laugh a deep crooked chuckle. "What do you know; I have a friend coming too." Sure enough Yami reacted to slow when Medamatcha came from the ground right behind Slug, the smaller alien giving slug the syringe with the liquid life energy, before heading straight towards Yami multiplying into several forms of himself. Yami was tackled by the four clones as they held her down starting to glow, suggesting that they will explode.

'He suppressed his energy low enough to surprise me, damn it!' Yami thought as Medamatcha fulfilled his duty to Lord Slug by sacrificing himself to blow up Yami. The explosion was large and damaged the female Saiyan. Yami was forced to one Knee as she coughed up some blood. The explosion couldn't kill her but she now is clearly damaged.

"I could kill you know, but I want you to understand despair" Slug eyed the syringe carefully with a smile. "At long last I will regain my youth!" He said injecting the needle into his neck. , Yami desperately launched an attack; a strong purple beam escaped her hand as she tried in vain to hurt the Namek. The attack did nothing as it lacked the normal power Yami wielded as a light green glow covered Slug.

"Yes, Yes, Yes. Finally my strength has returned." Slug shouted as the light died down revealing Lord Slug in his prime. Slug looked at his own hands before chuckling a few seconds when he stopped when Yami's foot landed a kick with all her remaining strength, only for Lord slug to barely budge from the impact. Yami watched in wide eyed horror at the sudden realization.

"Is that really all you got left." Slug grabbed yami's face and slammed her into the ground then extending his arm the way only a Namekian can and forced her through several Meters of earth effectively building a small trench before he charged up a Ki Blast. "Disappear!" Sure enough Yami was engulfed by a large Ki Blast, and when the attack dissipated she was left unmoving in a center of a crater. Slug laughed in triumph, satisfied with his renewed strength and celebrating the moment by killing the strongest warrior on the planet… that was until his mirth disappeared when he saw the woman twitching.

'Despite being exhausted she was able to survive that attack. Saiyans, how durable are their people.' Slug thought to himself as Yami tried to get back up only to collapse. 'I can see why Frieza feared their potential.' Raising his hand once again Slug charged a second blast. The attack came flying at Yami before being slapped away by Turles.

"You bastard, I'll kill you for what you have done!" Slug watched surprised as the New Saiyan before him released all of his power, while still not enough to surpass his Slug was surprised to see that the male before him is just as strong as the woman.

"Come then, I could use a proper warm up now that I regained my strength!" Sure enough both combatants engaged in a hyper lethal combat where each punch and kick shook the ground around them, Slug getting surprised by the strength of each attack slowly getting stronger. 'He is actually powering up as he fights…. His power must be fuelled by his emotions. Slug received a punch to the gut and while the contact didn't hurt what followed did. Turles then mustered the strongest attack he could. "Meteor Bust!" As Slug was engulfed by a full energy blast. Turles back off catching his breath after attacking slug with everything he had.

"You know I'm actually surprised that it hurt." The smoke cleared showing Lord Slug missing an arm, As Turles realized Slug put his arm in the way just in time to absorb most of the attack. "Tell me, do you honestly believe you stand a chance."

"Well considering how your missing an arm." Turles said as Slug made a point to regenerate a new arm instantly. "Quite…" Turles said annoyed before jumping back into the fight, and as Turles did his best to keep Slug occupied Xiox finally arrived to the surprising seen of an injured Yami who was still trying to get up but has stayed down on one knee staring intently at the enemy before her.

"I have never seen you so bloodied." Xiox said getting Yami's attention as he tried to heal her a bit but only managing to get her enough energy to stand before he himself succumbed to the pain he transferred onto his own body.

"I was doing well and holding me own just fine… just a few cheap dirty tricks got me we enough to be vulnerable. My guard was down I got cocky…" Yami said frustrated as she clenched her fist and was about to jump back into the fight only for Xiox to hold her back.

"We need to regroup; staying here would get us killed." Xiox said "I sensed his power rise higher than anything else ever before. If Turles land another punch on slug only to barely block a knee from the namek.

"The bunker in the city right?" Yami asked as Xiox nodded. "Then Let's go." Yami said taking off only to realize Xiox stayed behind, coming back Xiox quickly waved her off.

"Go, I can still fight, and at least provide support for Turles until you have recovered."

"You do know Slug is way out of your league, right." Yami said as Xiox turned and gave her a small smile.

"I been training this past year pretty hard myself you know… I still have a few tricks." With that said Xiox jumped into the fight just as Turles got kicked away only for his punch and follow up strikes to be blocked by slug as well. Slug then embedded his fist into Xiox's gut and sent the Grand elder flying but was left open from a powerful combination of attacks from Turles.

Xiox managed to land on his feet but was clutching his gut with intense pain as he coughed some blood. Yami was about to fly in and force the Grand elder to leave, until she felt something familiar rise from Xiox. Just then a red aura of energy came around Xiox as his features slowly became more feral.

"You crazy bastard, you actually did it." Yami said as Xiox managed to tap into the mad claw form, and surely his energy rose drastically, but since Yami helped Gear master the form she could tell Xiox's was incomplete probably meaning Xiox hasn't fully controlled it. Just then Yami saw the look in Xiox's eyes as Xiox glared at her in anger.

"I thought I told you to LEAVE!" With that said Xiox charged back into the fight where slug was holding Turles by the throat, before his arm was cut off by Xiox's claws. Slug let out a surprised yell of mostly shock than pain as he was forced to regenerate a new arm again. Turles stood up rubbing his throat before smiling at Xiox's form.

"heh, now you done it Namekian, now your against a Saiyan and The infamous Llab of ancient myth… The Mad Claw." Slug for a moment stared at Xiox with surprise before smirking.

"Good, now that the warm ups over, let's say we fight to the death."

With Tarden

The air was shaking with the colossal battle that took place above the temple for five solid minutes Garlic and Tarden waged battle trading punches and kicks that knocked the air out of their lungs and made the ceiling of the temple collapse on itself, unable to withstand the impact of the two warriors fighting at its summit. Tarden grimaced knowing he couldn't stop the last escapee and annoyed at how he can't seem to land a real attack that did damage, each punch or kick that landed only managed to make Garlic stronger, meanwhile the punches Tarden have been forced to absorb have now started to show some signs of effects. Tarden was out of breath while Garlic Jr was breathing hard, but not due to pain but due to excitement.

"Who would have thought a child could be this Strong, this is beyond amusing!"

"And who would of thought getting uglier would make you stronger." Tarden said before thinking 'At least when I transform it's a badass ape.' Tarden dogged a punch from garlic only to be kicked into the temple, crashing down multiple floors. Garlic pursued planning on further beating the boy up, only to lose track of him from the falling debris. Tarden quickly appeared from behind a piece of the falling ceiling to attack garlic from his blind side. The kick sent Garlic through several walls before Tarden sent a barrage of Ki Blasts, his arms pumping like pistons sending blast at an astonishing rate also destroying the temple from inside. 'Well I did say the temple could be destroyed in the fight so holding back means nothing.'

Just then Garlic flew straight out of the smoke finally looking like he took on some damage but the look of amusement was now replaced by a pissed one. "Now you messed up boy!" Garlic said attacking Tarden so fast the young Saiyan barely got his guard up and said the classic one liner.

"Oh Crap baskets." As Tarden was punched out of the temple his body tumbling down the steps to the ground before he looked up to see the damage of the temple. "Yeah that is not going to be fun to fix." The temple looked like an ancient ruin with the ceiling collapsed and broken walls and floors visible now from the outside. Garlic appeared at the top of the steps as he looked down at Tarden who just stood back up. The enemies glared at each other before charging back into each other with malicious intent. As Tarden started to change the way he was fighting, fighting with the years of training and finesse he had at the temple since he got their nearly a decade ago.

'Okay clearly I can't overpower him without transforming of spirit armor.' Tarden said redirecting a few punches and dodging a kick purely out of instinct. 'And he is clearly faster.' He thought as he blocked a few more and twisted his body at an awkward angle to dodge another punch. 'But' Tarden thought as he found an opening and charged up another Ki blast. 'I'm still the better fighter.' The Ki blast hit its mark staggering Garlic as Tarden followed up with a kicking combination that kept Garlic off balance and into the air. 'Therefore I can…' Tarden kept kicking while he quickly put his hands together for a Galick gun, the energy starting to glow in his hands. 'And I will…' Garlic saw what was coming and countered a kick and managed through a punch, but was shocked when his arm was jerked slightly of target by Tarden's tail. 'Win.'

"Take this, point blank Galick Gun!" Garlic was engulfed by the attack as Tarden unleashed his signature attack; once he was done he fell back to the ground flipping as he landed in a heroic fashion. Garlic's body falling down and hitting the ground hard. Tarden was out of breath and tired, but he felt victorious as he started to feel the pain in his body. 'I definitely have a few cracked ribs. Just then Gear and Ginny along with the Lucis and Karax finally appeared. Shocked when they saw how bruised and beaten Tarden looked. Tarden smiled at them as they sighed in relief.

"Looks like you didn't need us after all" Gear said smiling. Lucis and Karax relieved, as Ginny ran up to heal her adoptive brother. Tarden turned his back on the enemy as he saw his friends faces before he barely registered how their faces turned into ones of shock and Ginny one of absolute terror. A Ki blast entered his vision and disappeared, before he realized what happen, Tarden fell forward the world becoming dark and he fell unconscious.

Sure enough Garlic was back up clearly wounded but still strong enough to fight his hand out stretched as he laughed in triumph. When Tarden let his guard down Garlic managed to drill a hole in Tarden's torso with a Ki blast, successfully taking down the Saiyan. The boy falling into Ginny's arms as Karax and Lucis shouted and ran towards them. Gear had his fist closed in fury.

"Never turn your back on the enemy boy." Garlic said before turning to Gear amused before quickly blocking and catching a kick from the Adolescent Llab, as he witnessed Gear transform before his eyes into the full power of mad claw, half man half beast.

Gear and Garlic took off into the air battling at a n intense level and speed no other Llab could have thought possible to do except for the grand elder. Lucis and Karax realizing how bad the scenario could become as they looked at each other. Lucis quickly got into a meditative state planning to summon up the spirit armor technique while Karax quickly to help Ginny who already used the healing technique on her brother, but despite how much energy she had left the damage she was receiving by trying to close up the hole in his chest, Ginny's tears couldn't stop falling. Karax watched astounded by the damage she already received trying to save Tarden, she was covered with bruises as her body began to pale, marks started to appear on her body looking as if she is getting burned, a sign that the injury is too much for her to heal alone. Quickly Karax joined the healing process and became overwhelmed by the pain that entered his body, amazed that Ginny was able to push herself to the state where the damage affected her body, Karax decided to give all of his power into the healing technique. It wasn't long until he too was covered in burn marks but finally the whole was starting to close, as Tarden's body regenerate. Once certain death was prevented the two stopped the technique, Karax catching Ginny who collapsed in exhaustion. 'I need to take these two to the bunkers, Who knows how long these two are going to be knocked out.'

At the bunker

The civilians where all safe and where shocked to see what the drones have shown about the invasion and the warriors that are defending them. They saw how badly outnumbered their warriors where and how powerful they enemy was, the government officials making the decision to send in the military only too cancle those orders when the fighting broke out. No normal soldier could face a single warrior from the invasion. They were completely out classed. So the civilians who are closest watch the battle from the safety of the bunkers incase the battle made it to the city, while cities from all over there world broadcasted the footage from the drones provided by Fen and his news company. Said Civilian had a headset on as he carefully performed a report on the fight while his team ran the equipment they brought into the bunker to broadcast to the world, the crazy Llab saying it is their duty to record and inform the public about these scenarios, just as the warriors have the responsibility to fight off the invading threat.

To the eyes of the civilian viewers they went from overwhelming dread to hope as they saw the massive wave of aliens decline, before they grew concerned when they could tell the temple warriors where growing tired. Then once again a wave of hope when Fen announced the strongest fighters have joined the fight and civilians witnessed the heroic feats of Yami, Gear, Ginny, and Tarden. Cheering as the numbers of aliens have dropped to nothing. They even cheered on Yami when she faced off against slug. But all signs of hope left the average populace when they saw Yami fall. Only very few had hope when Turles arrived, and even more when they saw Xiox suddenly gain even more power. Shocked when they found out the myth of the Mad claw was real. And when Tarden fought garlic they watched with bated breath and horror at the display of power and the destruction of the sacred temple.

But they cheered when they Saw Tarden land the Galick gun, only for everyone to watch in horror and silence when he fell. One woman cried at the sight, Gull fell to her knees as she saw her baby boy fall. The civilians around her soon realizing that she was the mother of three of the last warriors standing. At that point the wounded and other warriors entered the bunker and began taking care of the wounded a few tried to call down the worried civilians. But the current mood in the room was desperation and fear as they watched the last four remaining fighter face off against the two aliens who defeated the Saiyans. The tension in the room and the homes of the civilians around the world was overwhelming. There hope rested on two mad claws the Saiyan who invaded them a year ago and one other elder. Then everyone saw Karax carrying Ginny and Tarden into the bunker, one of the drones following and showing the world Tardens unmoving form as Karax announced.

"The boy is still dying…"