Kami's Lookout
April 3, A763
While Garlic Junior descended upon the Saiyans, Tienshinhan gave King Vegeta's head a bored look, and tossed it aside. He walked towards the buildings on the Lookout, when Mustard stood in his way.
"Where are you going? We want you on standby in case Lord Garlic wants you to handle these fools for him," Mustard said.
"Yes, of course, sir," Tienshinhan said, "It's an honor to behold you, Sir Mustard. May I say how much of a pleasure it is to serve you and Lord Garlic at this time of triumph? My mind is so much more clear now that the burden of free will has been taken from me. Your magnificence is a sight to behold, your physique is a beauty unlike any I have seen before!"
"Why can't you Earthlings be this reverent without the Black Water Mist? Back to the battle with you," Mustard gestured for Tien to walk the other way.
"By your command, Sir Mustard," Tien bowed and turned around. With his top eye, he looked to the side, and saw a figure slip into the buildings. Tien kept his composure, no matter how much he wanted to smile.
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King Vegeta did not know how to navigate the maze of the buildings on the Lookout. He thought it would only be a few, but the truth was that the rooms were bigger on the inside than they were outside, and they each had a different vista somewhere on the Earth, making it impossible for him to find his way through.
"Come on, where is it? He said it would be past the room with the mountain view-Here!" King Vegeta stood before an ornate white and red door. It was covered by a black mist. He took a few steps back, aimed his hands, and charged an attack. A purple aura surrounded him as the energy collected in his hands. His muscles bulged, and King Vegeta let out a shout,
"GARLICK GUN!"
The purple blast struck the door, and the black mist dissipated. Without hesitating, King Vegeta threw it open, and stepped into Earth's Check-in Station.
"You!" King Yemma roared, standing up at his desk, "First you refuse to give up your body, and now you intrude into my office? You've got a lot of gall!"
"Roshi? Where's Roshi?" King Vegeta demanded.
"I'm right here," Roshi ran up to him. King Vegeta looked him up and down and scowled.
"You're not Roshi," King Vegeta said.
"What? Yes I am? Just look at these thick, black locks of-" Roshi ran his fingers over his head. Instead of thick, black hair, he felt bald skin.
"Aw, damn, I'm old again, aren't I?" Roshi grumbled, "Well it is me, and it seems you've gotten through. What's going on, Vegeta?"
"The Makyans led by Garlic Junior have taken over the Lookout of Earth. They've empowered the other Saiyans, but they turned against him, but now Garlic Junior is tearing through them. He's immortal, Roshi, they don't stand a chance!"
"I know. But I do have a plan. How did you get away?" Roshi asked.
"The three-eyed human faked being turned to their side, and he created a fake body, and tortured it. It allowed me to hide, until he was able to distract Garlic Junior's minions."
"Hmm, good, so he's still on our side. We'll need all the help we can get. You stay here. Once this is done, I'll make good on my promise, and send over your message to your son, all right?" Roshi said. King Vegeta crossed his arms.
"Just hurry."
Roshi ran through the door, and began running through the Lookout. King Vegeta had left all the doors he'd gone through open, so it was a simple matter to make his way out of the maze.
"Hey, why is this door open? What's going on?" Roshi heard a stranger ask. Roshi stepped into the room and saw the short, red Makyan.
"Hey, who the hell are you?" Salt demanded.
"KAMEHAMEHA!" Roshi blasted him away with a single blast, and stepped out onto the Lookout. Salt rolled and bounced off the Lookout tiles, and landed, smoking but alive.
"Oh what is it now?" Spice demanded. Roshi took off his shirt, and began to enter his Maximum Energy state. Roshi looked around; three of the Saiyans were fighting one of the female Saiyns. Yajirobe was passed out, the fifth Saiyan cut in half and watching the battle. Piccolo and Gohan were trading blows with Garlic Junior in his full form. Gine was barely standing. Salt was standing up after Roshi's blast.
"Well, boys, I'd normally give you a chance to give up and run, but somehow, I don't think you'd listen," Roshi said.
"Well, at least you know how to read a room," Mustard chuckled.
"I also know how to do this," Roshi said, "KAIO-KEN!"
"Please, we've already seen this trick, and you don't have the fat one's sword," Spice said. Roshi gestured for them to come at him. Mustard scoffed, and charged Master Roshi, who dodged Mustard's first attack, and uppercut him in the gut. Salt came in at him with a flying jump kick. Roshi caught him by the foot, and slammed him into Mustard.
Vinegar saw his comrades in trouble, and began to ran to assist them, when Tienshinhan stepped in front of him.
"Get out of my way!" Vinegar ordered. Tien smiled at Vinegar, showing that he had no fangs.
Before Vinegar could react, Tien held up a finger, and fired a Dodonpa Ray at him, striking him in the chest. It wasn't enough to pierce, not quite yet, but it certainly hurt like hell. Tien jumped towards Vinegar and the two began to exchange blows. Tien's sucker attack gave him the edge, but the pair of them were, overall, evenly matched.
Master Roshi fought Mustard and Salt at base Kaioken, and was handily defeating the pair of them, when Spice himself got involved in the fight, which Roshi found to be a much greater challenge. Mustard and Salt provided support, making attacks while Spice kept Roshi distracted with a series of quick blows that Roshi struggled to keep up with.
"Kaioken times three!" Roshi shouted, and with the increased power, he was able to keep up with Spice, landing a few blows of his own. Mustard and Salt were unafraid to strike him with Ki blasts, however, to cover for their leader, who still was able to keep up with Roshi's increased speed and strength.
"Words failing you, old-timer?" Spice asked.
"I've got a few," Roshi said, "Kaioken times five!"
His power flared, and Roshi headbutt Spice into the back of Garlic Junior. Garlic Junior swatted Gohan away, and turned to face Roshi. He spotted Tien fighting Vinegar, and with a swipe, held Tien in one hand.
"I keep underestimating you Humans," Garlic Junior said, "I don't even know who this old man is, but each of you has shown far more gumption than I originally planned. Once the Earth is mine, I think I'll just wipe you all out and use the Earth as a new home for my people, instead of dealing with all you nuisances."
"Tien!" Gohan shouted, planting his foot in Garlic Junior's face as he went to rip Tien's head off. Garlic Junior headbutted Gohan, and charged a Ki blast from his mouth to finish off Gohan.
Gine rushed to go and grab Gohan, but she was too late. Leaping from his fight with Fasha, Bardock stood before the blast meant for the boy, his arms outstretched to block the full blast.
When the attack was done, Bardock's body had disintegrated. Gohan, however, was fine. He stood, and ran to his Grandmother.
"Well, that's one pest out of the way!" Garlic Junior chuckled.
"I thought I could beat him, I thought I could help," Gohan said, "But he's so powerful…"
"Gohan, I want you to leave," Gine said.
"But-"
"I want you to go to Korin's tower, and I want you to see if there are any Senzu beans. Bring them back as quick as you can, we're going to need them," Gine instructed.
"Oh, okay! Yeah!"
Gohan turned, and jumped off the side of the tower. Gine glared at Garlic Junior, and she began taking in heavy breaths.
"Your evil is a corruption. You've turned Bardock against me, you've possessed my mate. You've made a mockery of everything it means to be a Saiyan," she told him.
"I haven't done anything they weren't perfectly willing to do themselves," Garlic Junior said with a laugh, holding out his arms, "Today, I finish my people's revenge, not just against Kami for his crimes against me and my father, but against the Saiyans, as well. Today, you go extinct."
"I am still alive," Gine asid. The sky turned dark, and lightning began to strike all around.
"No way…" Tien gasped, all three eyes wide.
"I am the protector of this world," she stepped toward Garlic, her body twitching and her face in a full snarl, "I am the mother of heroes. You are just another monster."
"No trick you can bring to bear will be nearly enough to defeat my magnificence, and the power of the Makyo Star!" Garlic Junior said.
"No evil can stand before the light of the truly righteous," Gine said, and she let out a yell. Feeling a tingle of power down her back, she powered up in a yellow flash. Her eyes glowed white, her hair stood fully up, and glowed golden. Her yellow aura surrounded her, picking up debris and broken tiles.
"You may be immortal, but your power is nothing compared to the true power of the Saiyans," she announced.
"What is this?" Garlic Junior snarled, stepping back away from her.
Gine glanced over to Roshi, whose battle with three of the Monarchs had come to a pause to gaze upon Gine's transformation to the Super Saiyan. She held up her hand, and fired a simple Ki blast, which disintegrated Spice instantly.
"Spice! No!" Mustard reached toward his fallen comrade. Roshi took the opportunity to clock Mustard in the face towards Gine, who didn't hesitate to fire another blast and obliterate him, as well.
"Another step, and I'll crush the three-eyed baldy!" Garlic Junior held Tien in front of him. Gine aimed a finger, and fired a Ki blast into Garlic Junior's eye, causing him to scream and clutch at his face, dropping Tien.
"Find Kami and release him!" Gine ordered him. With a nod, Tien ran to the buildings.
"Enough of this! I'm done being mocked by this low-class sow!" Zorn called out. Despite not having legs, he was floating in air, his muscles twitching and bulging, "You are no legend! You are a cook! Not even your children are worth calling Saiyans!"
He held out his hands, and charged an attack. He glowed purple, "Eat the wrath of the Saiyan Royal Family! GARLIC! GUN!"
Gine fired a Break Cannon from her mouth, which handily broke through the Garlic Gun blast. Zorn managed a yelp of pain as his body disintegrated. A single stone dropped from where he'd been, landing directly beneath.
"This...This is a Super Saiyan, isn't it? I knew it existed! I knew we could do it!" Nion said with a laugh. Even Fasha stepped forward, gawking at Gine's golden, glowing form.
"Gine, I…" Fasha pulled the stone she was keeping in her armor. Her fist clenched around it, she shook her head, and she dropped it, "Gine, I'm sorry…"
"My lord, what do we do?" Spice asked. Garlic Junior glared at Gine with a snarl.
"Kill them all," Garlic Junior said.
"But they-"
Garlic Junior reached over, grabbed Spice, and shoved the other Makyan into his mouth. With Spice still screaming, Garlic Junior began to chew and crunch until Spice's screams stopped. Garlic swallowed, and then spat blood. Vinegar shook his head.
"Madness! This is all madness!" Vinegar declared. The Makyan turned and ran, leaping off the Lookout and flying away. Garlic Junior did not heed him.
"I don't care what you think you are, I am the true ruler of this world! I am the all-powerful, immortal Garlic Junior!" the Makyan Lord declared, throwing a punch at Gine, which she ducked under, and punched up, striking him on the forearm. The bone cracked, and Garlic Junior was sent back, clutching the injury.
"Your immortality will be a prison," she told him, grabbing the broken arm for leverage, and she kicked him in the leg, breaking it, too, "I will leave you in a broken, painful shell of a body, and you will watch my family grow and prosper, when you need no bars to remain harmless to anyone."
"No! I am! YOUR! GOD!" Garlic Junior thrust up his other arm. The blackened sky from Gine's Super Saiyan transformation flashed yellow, and seemed to part, shimmering and phasing into a crack in the sky surrounded by light. Garlic Junior then aimed his hand at the ever-growing red sphere in the sky, and pulled his arm down. With it, the Makyo Star grew larger and larger. Debris from the battle was starting to fly up into the sky, and the whole Lookout began to tilt.
Garlic Junior's limbs cracked and groaned, and he stood back on his leg, "Now you will see the full power of the Makyo Star, and I will trap you in the Dead Zone forever!"
Garlic Junior tried to pull his arm back. He was indeed stronger, but he couldn't wrest his hand back from Gine. She squeezed his wrist harder.
"No! NO! I AM THE ULTIMATE BEING!" he screamed. Gine twisted Garlic's arm, breaking it again.
"As entertaining as it would be to break your bones again and again," Gine said, looking over her shoulder to the encroaching red and black planet, "I think we've had enough of this."
She aimed her hand at the sky, and charged Ki, "I promised myself I'd never be so callous and stupid as to destroy a planet. But in your case, I'll make an exception."
"Don't! No! You CAN'T!" Garlic Junior screamed. Gine pulled her arm back to her hip, still grasping Garlic Junior's arm.
"Kame! Hame! HA!" Gine thrust her hand forward, the blast streaking into the sky, and striking the Makyo Star. The planet shuddered and cracked, with blue energy filling the gaps. It began to flash blue and white, and then was gone from the sky, vaporized entirely.
"How! HOW! IT'S NOT POSSIBLE!" Garlic Junior shrieked as his form began to wane and shrink. His bulk evaporated off his body, and Gine was suddenly holding little more than a stick in her hand. Gine took but a moment to break each of Garlic Junior's limbs with a twist of her hands, and, holding him by his broken legs, spun and threw Garlic Junior into the rift he'd made.
He screamed all the way into the rift of the Dead AZone, his broken limbs flailing limply.
The hole in the sky accepted Gine's gift, and sealed itself. Earth's sky returned to its normal blue, and the Lookout stopped tipping. Gine let go of the power and anger and rage, and her aura dropped. Her hair returned to normal.
Gine suddenly felt very light headed and drained, and fell to the ground.
