Frieza Plant 6233
Frigid wind tore through Angel's hair. She hunkered down, searching with her mind for Bea or Pikada's energy signature. Her lungs strained against the rarified air, if not for 6233's high gravity the atmosphere would have escaped to the vacuum of space millennia ago.
There.
She extended her left hand towards a small hillock, and a golden flash erupted from it.
The mound exploded as Pikada flew through it and his face registered shock as Angel's attack closed on him.
He forced a shockwave of energy from around him trying to form a shield, but his own momentum worked against him, and Angel's blast ripped through his expanding ki and he smash headlong into her attack.
She charged forward at him, as he blinked the pain from the attack away.
Her left arm drew back, and another orb formed in her palm.
Pikada instinctively reached for his sword. His hand closed around nothing. His sword of course was on back on the ship. "Fucking Careless." He mumbled, chastising himself.
She screamed as she closed, her left arm swung forward towards his chest, the energy flaring brighter.
Then Bea appeared next to her, the first two fingers of his right hand to his his forehead, the left with an ultraviolet energy ball glowing in it.
'That's new' she thought as she rolled to try to block the new threat.
Bea smiled at her. Then he disappeared.
Suddenly she felt as is her kidney had been caught between and anvil and hammer. Bea had reappeared on her unprotected side, and drove his knee into her back. She grimaced in pain, but let the blow's force flip her over.
This surprised Bea, who had expected her to fight the momentum. His smile faded as her energy blast leapt from her left hand and smashed into his face. Bea released his own blast, which Angel had counted on. As she spun she had reached out as hooked Bea's left arm with her right. She forced his hand towards Pikada just as Bea fired. The energy smashed directly into Pikada's chest.
Then almost as if someone had cut the strings of a puppet, they all dropped to the ground, rolling and sliding to a complete stop.
Angel was the first to stumble to her feet, grasping the sides of the shallow furrow she had left as she she stood. She looked around, seeing Pikada kneeling on his hands and knees, while Bea was sitting and shaking the pulverized rocks from his hair.
Her Aura burst out, and she rocketed into the sky. Bea looked over his shoulder at the white burst that sped over head.
He grinned slightly and then looked towards Pikada, who was finally getting on to his feet.
High above, Angel cupped her hands together, and golden energy charged into them. "Stellar!" She yelled as she pushed both hands forward, "Spear!"
Bea and Pikada watched the thin beam race towards them, unaware at first who the intended target was. It quickly became apparent that Bea was the one in danger though. He quickly rolled over onto his back and leapt to his feet. He braced himself, trying to draw energy into a defensive attack. He managed to fire an energy wave as her attack closed. The stellar spear hesitated only a moment before it crashed through and blew Bea off of his feet. He landed hard on his back, the air being driven from his lungs.
"Rolling Thunder!" Pikada extended his right hand towards Angel, and a massive wave of energy rolled towards Angel. She turned her attention to the incoming attack. Again she cupped her hands to her side. "Stellar Spear!" Her attack split Pikada's move, driving the energies around her. His blast had enough power to keep the spear from hitting him, but not enough to drive through her attack.
The clashing energy threw long shadows around the dead surface of the planet. Bea once again got to his feet. He was breathing hard, exhausted and in pain. Angel had made a good showing this day. But now it was time to end the day's training.
Bea looked up into the tempest of energy. At their natural form, both of his friends had become pretty well matched, Pikada carried slightly more power, Angel better form. Since Angel hadn't mastered the transformation to super Saiyan though, they had all agreed to train in their base form.
Bea mentally calculated the power churning over head. He could conceivably survive both blast at his current state, but the damage he absorbed would be immense. If he went to his super Saiyan state the blasts would both be easily deflected. Maybe he could use this as a double training opportunity…
He placed his fingers to his head, and disappeared.
He reappeared high above the battle.
He locked his hands together, right palm to left back, the right thumb and pinkies slid in font of the left's.
"Sleeting Inferno Wave!"
Bea's purple and golden wave burst out towards the conflicting attacks of Pikada and Angel. It crashed into the torrent of energy, and Bea tore his hands away from one another. The golden beam pushed back against Pikada's energy, the purple one against Angel's. Slowly they began to be pushed back to their creators.
Sweat beaded on Bea's brow as he tried to fight back against his two closest friends. It was tempting to go super Saiyan, but he held out. He felt Angel's power surge sharply, then lower back down. She had reached her power's limit. Pikada wasn't far behind. Bea twisted his hands, and his dual beams rocked under the other's attacks. In a moment all of the combine energies had faded into the darkness of space.
Angel and Pikada both breathed hard, Bea felt as is if he might pass out. Together though they returned to their ship. A day of rest and food awaited them, but the day after held another day of intensive training.
The trio floated high over the world that had been their training ground for the past few weeks. According to the the ship's scanner and their own senses it was a completely lifeless world, One of five equally lifeless planets in this star system. Frieza's catalogue had them listed as a likely source for minerals. Now they would be used as a training instrument one last time.
"Angel, you drew the short straw, you go first."
"I'm not going to lie, Bea, this makes me nervous."
"You'll do fine." Pikada said as he nudged her gently with his elbow.
She floated away from them. You could see her face scrunch under her intense concentration. She raised her right hand above her head, and extended her first two fingers. A pinprick of golden energy appeared there, growing slowly at first to the size of someone's head. Light and dark patches dappled the sphere, which almost looked like a miniature star.
"Remember," said Bea as he floated near her, "any species with a high enough power level can use Ki. But it's potential is only realized in species who learn to control its form and function on its own. Each being has their own special power. Lower class Saiyans never learn to use specialized ki attacks in any official way. A lot of them went through their lives randomly firing the most basic attacks at their enemies. Some do learn to mimic the moves of the more powerful warriors they'd see, and even few learned to use their own moves."
Her energy wave crashed in and around its self and intensified as she focused deeper into her mind, erasing everything but energy, the planet, and Bea's words.
"In my official training for the Royal Guard, we were taught to specialize our ki to fit our abilities, and to look inward to condense our power. I've seen you Angel, with a power level of only one thousand, Kill enemies far stronger, because you watched us, and taught yourself to focus that energy. Now years later, you've had much more practice, and are even stronger than the King was in those days. Now use what you've learned to create your ultimate attack. Make an attack that might one day decide between life or death, an attack the leaves a bit of you with it at every use. "
The swirl orb of energy expanded quickly again, growing to nearly twenty feet across its center.
"You were born a lower class warrior Angel, and you have surpassed even the most elite warrior alive when Planet Vegeta was destroyed. You have become one of the greatest through hard work and discipline. I am proud to have had you as a student. And as a friend."
Bea leaned closer to ear, and spoke quietly. "Now is your time to shine, leave your mark upon the heavens, show this silent universe what it means to be Saiyan."
Vast energies condensed in her energy orb, beads of sweat broke out on her forehead and quickly evaporated from the heat she was producing.
"Show it your strength!" The orb expanded again.
"Show it your prowess!" This time the orb shrunk, but it's power raged exponentially upwards.
"Show the Universe your Saiyan Pride!"
Her eyes sprung open and she stared ahead. She grimaced once, then she grinned slightly before opening her mouth.
"SHATTERED WORLD ATTACK!"
She swung her hand down, the energy making her feel as though she was slicing through the thicket mud imaginable. At the end of her arc, the sphere, all golden, black, and red, moved quickly away from her extended fingers.
For a moment, Bea thought he glimpsed a burst of gold in her hair.
A few minutes passed as they watched the orb burn through the thin atmosphere. It was moving quickly, but the scale of the planet made it seem a extraordinarily long time.
"It's not going to work…" Angel said dejectedly under her breath.
Then the visible universe was washed out in a flash of blinding white light.
They all shielded their eyes from the expanding flare. Bea squinted hard through it, and thought it was a hellish sight, he saw the cracks of the planetary crust begin to appear and widen as the ball of orb pushed deeper into the planet.
The glow faded, and the attack dimmed. Across the surface of their former training ground magma erupted from the shattered surface. Chunks of the planet exploded into space, but the deep puckered scar where the attack had hit showed signs of expanding as it collapsed.
Angel stared in awe as the planet's surface lost its fight to gravity. It quickly collapsed, then exploded into dust and rock.
Bea touched her on the shoulder, Pikada rested his hand on Bea's back. They disappeared from the expanding cloud of debris and reappeared on the ship's control deck.
"Good Job, Angel. Damn fine shot." Bea said with a smile.
He turned to Pikada, "Alright, you're up…"
The Arrival of a huge power level drew Bea's attention away from finishing the sentence. He turned to look at the sudden arrival.
"Kakarot?!" They all exclaimed.
"Oh, hey! I thought that was your powers I was sensing. King Kai asked me to come check out the sudden explosion of a planet."
"King…" Started Angel.
"Kai?" Finished Pikada.
"You know the Kai of the north? Kinda short, little round, tells horrible jokes?"
"Uh." Bea looked bewildered. "Never heard of him, Kakarot."
"That's right! You haven't died yet." He answered cheerfully. "So, did you guys see anyone blow up a planet?"
"About that…" Angel spoke up.
"It was us." Bea finished.
Kakarot's eyes narrowed as all signs of humor left his face.
"Not planning on taking over where Frieza left off I hope."
"What?" Pikada asked, shocked at the question.
"Of course not!" Exclaimed Angel.
"Why would you ask that, Kakarot?" Bea asked, mildly annoyed at the question. "We're training, we've been beating the piss out of each other for months now, and brushing away the flies from some of Frieza's left over minions. We came here to practice full out, but some things are too damn dangerous to train on each other with."
"Like attacks that can destroy planets?" Frieza did have a knack for blowing up planets."
Bea strode to Kakarot, "Yeah, we've noticed, and now we're going to be faced with androids that make Frieza look like a kitten back on Earth right?"
"If the story is true…"
Bea thrust his head closer to Kakarot's face. "And if they're that strong, then we need to be able to destroy them. These planets in this solar system are all dead, perfect for learning how to control that much energy."
Kakarot didn't budge. But he did appear to be thinking.
"So instead of learning these techniques on each other…"
"Right, we'll blow up a few worthless planets in a system that no one has any stake to, so we can defend your planet when the time comes. So you tell this King Kai to butt out, and if he has a problem with it, to come tell us ourselves!"
Suddenly a nasally whine filled Bea's head. "I heard that." Bea stepped back, his eyes widened in surprise.
"What?"
Pikada and Angel stared, Kakarot looked somewhat amused.
"I said I heard that."
"Who, who are you?" Bea looked around frantically
"Who's who, Bea?" Angel asked.
"Who's asking?" The voice in Bea's head asked.
"I'm Bea…" Bea said in confusion.
"We know that, who asked?" Angel replied.
"Bea who?" Asked the voice.
"Bea of the Saiayn's Mercenaries Guild, Who are you!"
"I'm Angel…"
The voice in his head chuckled. "I'm the one asking you who you are."
"Do you think you're a comedian?" Bea asked desperately.
"No…" Angel took a step towards him.
"What did you do to him?" Pikada asked Kakarot.
"Me?" Kakarot pointed at himself.
"Actually yes, do you like my act so far?" The voice asked with a snort.
"Yes you!" Pikada stepped towards Kakarot.
"This isn't funny Bea!" Angel yelled.
"I didn't do anything!" Exclaimed Kakarot.
"Not really." Answered Bea, he suddenly noticed the confusion around him. "Are you King Kai?"
"Took you long enough."
Pikada and Angel stared again. Bea pointed to his head with his left hand, and mimed talking with his right.
More stares.
Then Kakarot lost his composure and started laughing.
"Come on King Kai, that's enough, He's not used to talking like this you know."
"I am definitely not used to this…"
"So you've told Goku that you're not up to anything bad."
"Yep, told Kakarot the absolute truth. You saw what that attack did to that rocky planet, I don't want to try and block that in training, and I surely don't want my people doing it either. And when we're done here, we're going to blow up a couple more. When the Androids attack earth these attacks might be the only thing that saves it."
"Hmm, well it does check out, there are no living creatures in that system besides you four. I suppose it's okay to continue this training. But next time ask someone."
Bea was speechless.
"Well, see you guys later!" Kakarot placed two fingers to his forehead.
"Wait! Kakarot, did you actually instant transmission here?"
"Yep, why?"
"We're over 300 light years from Earth though!"
Goku looked up with a squint as he counted using his thumbs and fingertips. His tongue poked out a bit. "I'm not real good with numbers, but I guess that's about right…"
"That's pretty amazing, Kakarot. Sorry to keep you…"
"No problem, see you when you get back to Earth." then Kakarot disappeared.
Bea shook his head. "That was just weird." He took a deep breath, then punched in some info on the controls, "Okay, Pikada, you're up. Moving nearer to target as we speak."
The settled into orbit above the planet. Smaller than earth but more densely formed. The trio floated out of the central hatch, and looked down on it.
"According to the computer this is 'Frieza Planet 6234', boy he was a real poet when it came to naming things. Hmm, Nickel-Iron core, dense atmosphere, no signs of life, very low mining content. Show us what you can do Pikada." Bea said.
Pikada nodded at them, then zoomed away from the ship. Soon he was a speck in the distance barely detectable in the darkness of space. Then he was a golden flare in the void.
Pikada held his arms out at full length, his hands spigot more that shoulder width apart. He flexed his fingers a couple of times before holding them open. A red ball of turbulent energy began to form between his outstretched hands, golden flashes ran through its core. His own golden aura intensified, and more of his energy concentrated into his attack. It was a rarely used attack as it normally left him exhausted, but the new power supplies by his super Saiyan state seemed to give him more strength.
Pikada smiled wickedly, proof that his Saiyan blood lust running near to the surface.
"Core!" The attack swelled in front of him. "Crusher!" The blast pushed him back as it shot forward towards the planet in front of him. He fought his way to a stop nearly halfway back to his friends. He watched in amazement as the attack burned a hole throw the atmosphere before it collided with the surface. For a moment everything seemed normal as the the atmosphere refilled the spot left by the blast. Pikada started to feel a bit of apprehension as the time dragged on.
The planet shattered like a tea cup dropped on a wood floor. The violence of the explosion was so sudden and all consuming that Pikada was shocked into a frozen state. Bea appeared next to him, looking fairly impressed. He grabbed Pikada by his arm, and transmitted himself back to the ship.
The rode out the shock wave of debris, Pikada's attack had been so effective that nothing larger than the size of a boot seemed to exist of the rocky world.
Bea knew he was next, then they'd begin the return to Earth. His planet was closer to the star, rocky and twice the size of the Earth, had it been slightly further away from the star it would have likely been a beautiful habitable world, instead it was dry and lifeless, without even an atmosphere.
He looked at the star, and considered for a moment trying to destroy it. A voice intruded into his head.
"Don't even think about it!" King Kai's nasally voice exploded between his ears. "I'm not happy about the planets, but I won't think twice about stopping you from destroying a star!"
"Okay, King Kai, Okay, it was just a moment of wondering…" Bea said, feeling slightly creeped out that the unseen Kai was watching him. Just the planet then, he thought to himself.
Bea left the ship when they arrived. The planet below revolved slowly, its crater pocked surface reminded Bea of a hundred battles fought, and many friends lost.
His aura erupted around him, white energy laced along his body and stirred his hair. He thought of the red skies of Planet Vegeta, and the stranger from the future who had so easily dispatched Frieza and his father, and the fear he showed for the androids that would soon appear.
Golden energy flashed up through Bea's aura as his anger grew, and in a flash he transformed into a super Saiyan.
He raised his hands high above his head and purple energy began to swirl above him. It quickly gather into brilliant purple sphere. He shoved his hands towards the planet, and yelled "Inferno Glacier!" The energy sphere appeared to shrink rapidly as is approached the surface. The crust began to boil away as the blast collided with it, soon the mantle broke though, the inferno glacier creating shock waves though the churning magma. The other side of the world shattered and exploded towards the star.
Bea smiled and crossed his arms. The cracks raced outward from both sides of the planet and in all direction, and only a few moments passed before the fissures began intercepting. Then those pieces began to collapse back into the ruined world's core. For five or six minutes nothing happened, then with no warning the planet exploded.
Bea placed two fingers to his head, and appeared on the control deck of the ship.
His golden hair turned back to its normal red, and he looked around at the destruction. "Set our course back to Earth."
"Right away, Bea." Angel punched in some command and the scout ship launched into space.