((Author's notes::
Hello again, welcome to Chapter 27 of the Saiyan's Mercenaries Guild. I've been having a little more time to write lately so hopefully the next few chapters come quickly.
Just for some info this section of the story happens a few months before the events of the Buu Saga. I think what I'm calling the Fhuar Saga in my mind will go to about Chapter 30.
Anyway thanks for reading. Comments are always welcome.
-beepx22))
Chapter 27
As plans went, this one was straight forward.
Come in over the Planetary plain, dive on the sun, attack from the solar side, take out Fhuar, be back in space in time for lunch.
So as the two ships began their solar dive the crews had high hopes.
Which of course were quickly dashed as a beam from a weapon hidden in a minor debris field, blasted Icer's power core into vapor.
On the SMG ship the communications screen flared to life. "I'm hit…" the Frost Demon said calmly. "Primary Power is offline, I'm currently on secondary power, which is draining rather quickly." On the screen, Icer spread his hands.
"I'll get him." Bea looked towards their scanners. "Keep the ship clear of that debris field!"
Pikada nodded as he went to work.
Bea disappeared.
He appeared within a shroud of heavy smoke and caustic scent, standing next to Icer.
"This was unexpected." Icer still looked calm despite his vessel tearing itself apart under him. He then smiled slightly, and turned to look at Bea. "You know, you had a chance to leave me here to die, and make a clean break."
"I did." Bea stated matter-of-factly.
"Yet, you did not?"
This time Bea smiled. "Not yet."
"How well can you handle the vacuum and radiation of space?" Icer asked as he glanced up to the seal irising hatch above them.
Bea thought. "Well, if I go to the second level of super Saiyan, I can handle it nearly as well as your species, for at least three or four Earth minutes. More if I have a rebreather on," he shrugged, "which I do not."
Icer nodded. "Good, the battle starts now then. Take a few deep breathes. Then I open the hatch. Together we obliterate that entire debris field before transmuting to your vessel. Agreed?"
Bea nodded, then drew in a deep breath, let it out, a took another one. He nodded.
Icer's palm slammed down on a red button button and small explosive charges blew the portal away into space. The atmosphere vented, taking all of the smoke and debris along with it. The lights blinked out and the only illumination was from the arcing electronics which threw shadows that danced with reckless abandon.
Bea's energy soared, his super Saiyan 2, form filled the new darkness.
Icer and he rocketed from the dying ship and towards the asteroid field that held their surprise attacker.
Icer drew a circle with his right finger then pointed to Bea, then traced another and hitched a thumb at himself.
Bea nodded in understanding.
Icer held his left hand out and crimson energy snaked through his fingers. His lips moved but his words were swallowed by the vacuum. In his mind the name of the attack was clear, 'Destruction Wave." A rolling tide of crimson energy washed over a section of the field.
At the same time Bea interlocked his thumbs and pinkies and mouthed the words to his attack 'Sleeting inferno Wave!' Purple lightning danced around the yellow wave of energy that spread out amongst the rest of the field.
In moments nothing remained but dust.
Bea put his fingers to his forehead and grasped Icer firmly by his shoulder armor.
Not for the first time, Bea was glad that he had learned the instant transmission.
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They had debated towing Icer's ship, destroying it completely, or marking it with a transponder and letting it drift. In the end expediency won out and the ship was tagged for retrieval.
The course was resumed, the ship barreling straight for signal generated by Fhuar's ship.
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Bea, Icer, and Pikada stood on a barren wind swept plain. Two or three miles away stood a large forest. Bea took in a deep breath and was instantly struck with a wave of nostalgia.
"Pikada, I know this planet…" Bea said slowly.
"You thought the last one was familiar also." Icer said. He turned his head slowly scanning with his scouter.
Pikada looked around. "This does seem familiar, though." He said. He then shrugged and turned towards the power level that they assumed was Fhuar.
"We hike." Bea said. "Suppress our power, stay to cover, we should only be a half day's march away. If we get detected, kill the enemy. If not we keep going until we can hit Fhuar at once." He looked to his companions. "Any objections?"
Icer looked for a moment as if he was going to argue, then he nodded. "It makes sense. Fhuar has at least two transformations hidden. His natural power is likely higher than even Frieza's was."
Bea only grunted. As a unit they begin the march to the forest ahead.
Around five of earth's hours had passed without incident. The problem with marches like this though, is that the sapient mind can't normally keep focused for long. The trio took turns on point, half an hour, no longer than three quarter of one before the lead would fall to the middle, the middle to the back, and the back to the front.
Icer was currently point. He stepped down with his left foot and felt the ground give away slightly.
He looked down as the ground seemed to swell. He thought he said "Damn." But he'd never be able to swear to it for the rest of his life.
Bea was the middleman. His eyes went wide as Icer disappeared in front of him in a blinding fuchsia tinged brilliance. He and Pikada dove to the ground as the explosion ripped by them.
"Icer!" Bea yelled. His ear rang from the explosion, behind him Pikada scrambled up.
The dust cleared and the Frost Demon stood, breathing heavily but clearly none the worse for the wear.
"I'm okay. I'm sure you've surmised that this area is mined…"
"Yeah, I had noticed." Bea replied sourly.
"Well, they know we're coming, let's not hide anymore."
With grins of agreement the three of them launched into the sky quickly covering the distance to Fhuar's base.
They landed a couple of minutes later in the opening where Fhuar's ship rested. Some of his fighters scurried around like ants as the trio stood in their midst.
All around soldiers brought their hands and arm cannons up to position. The trio stood back to back. Icer cleared his throat.
"I seek Fhuar."
A murmur ran through the troops. Bea quickly tried to count the different species in an attempt to decide the risk level to them. He noticed alarming number of powerful soldiers.
Icer spoke again. "I seek Fhuar!"
"His highness Lord Fhuar doesn't wish to be sought." The voice came from a well decorated man, who appeared to be from the same species as Jeice of the Ginyu force. He stepped forward.
"Instead mate, you can speak to me. I'm Captain Dorse, leader of this unit of elite fighters, and body guard of Lord Fhuar. And you are?"
"I am Lord Icer, and these worlds you're dirtying with your presence belong to my clan."
"We were under the impression that the Freezer clan was no more. I guess we overlooked you. Our apologies."
Bea heard the shift in his voice. "Here it comes." He said just loud enough for Pikada to hear him. The other Saiyan nodded slightly.
"Allow me to rectify this mistake, Lord Icer." Dorse struck, his white hair flowing around like a shaken snow globe, he spun toward Icer.
Icer's energy mask fell away as the captain attacked. Icer grabbed the kick and easily lifted the orange tinted, white hair alien aloft. He extended his open hand…
Sensing the movement Pikada and Bea both moved. Pikada cybernetic right arm's shield activated as a series of cannon blasts fired at him.
Bea just disappeared.
A non mutant arcosian leveled his arm cannon at Icer, suddenly the soldier could swear he saw his own surprised face. He tried to scream, not from pain but from surprise, nothing happened though as his molecules were already drifting away, partly through the void of instant transmission, partly into a gloopy puddle in front of his comrades.
Bea reappeared with a wry smile on his bearded face. "Who's next?"
Meanwhile Pikada fired a half dozen ki blast at his attackers. A group of soldiers dove, but one was too slow and cried out as the blast turned its face-shielded helmet to slag. Pikada rushed it, striking out with both palms. The creature let out an ooph of Air as the saiyan's blow connected. Bones audibly snapped.
Pikada pivoted to his left as he turned, his right leg striking out in a snap-kick. His armored boot made contact with another solders left arm, halfway between the shoulder and elbow joints. The aliens elbow folded in the wrong direction, and she bellowed in pain. She fell to her knees grasping her ruined arm, expecting the finishing blow, but Pikada has already moved on.
In the time that happened, Icer had wrapped his giant hand around Captain Dorse's face. Now he squeezed and over the sounds of battle you could hear his skull creak. His orange tinted skin purpled under his eye sockets as a vermillion stream dropped through the Frost Demon's gloved hand.
Captain Dorse panicked. He lifted both hands to try and pull the crushing hand away from his face, he kicked out spasmodically with his free leg. By sheer luck one kick caught Icer near the elbow of the hand that still held the Captain's leg.
Icer let go. Dorse fell to a heap on the ground. Icer lifted a three toed foot to destroy the aliens's head. As his foot swung down, Dorse slammed his hands to the ground. Rocks exploded upwards as the attack generated a localized quake.
Icer took to the air as the ground below him turned into a sink hole. At the bottom Dorce stood bleeding and battered.
"Alright, mate, now you've done it." Dorce's voice was mushy and he hocked a glob of blood and tooth shards to the crater's floor.
"Well then. Come on." He dove into the hole. Icer's left arm came back for a punch. Dorce held out the index finger on each hand. "Dual Lancer!" He shouted as twin iridescent beams stabbed out.
Icer swatted them both away with his right hand and Dorce's eyes went wide with both shock and panic. Icer's fist extended, crushing Dorce's bruised orange face. The alien's nose exploded back into his brain, shards of cartilage and bone pulping the mass of nerves.
Dorce's body stood for a moment, then as if someone cut the strings on a marionette it slumped to its knees, the body toppling backwards a few moments later. Icer watched it fall then turned to look above at the carnage.
Bea soared past, an appule grasped in each hand. Icer noticed that neither of his companions had transformed. With a shrug he lifted from the crater.
Bea slammed both of his opponents into the hull of Fhuar's ship. "Do you two think your boss will come out if we knock enough?"
Understanding filled they eyes of the Appule with the purple hide, confusion swam across the green one's face.
"Please… don't." The purple gasped.
"Don't? What?" The green alien looked lost inside of itself.
Bea pull him free of the hull, the dazed look stayed, but his comrade turned away.
With three swift hits Bea knocked on the hull of the ship.
The shattered remains fell from his hand as he smiled at the remaining appule. "I know you're not looking forward to this."
The creature panicked and he slapped a control on his arm cannon. There was a sudden rush of light, heat, and sound, as it's power core exploded.
Bea's world turned to white and static. He thought he felt himself hit the ground, but it seemed so distant.
He slowly became aware of his surroundings. And of the constant barrage of blasts his body was being subjected to.
He closed his fist, noticing some resistance, then he saw it was the face of the appule he had been attacking.
Ki blast after blast slammed into Bea and he became aware some of them were damaging him.
"Shit." He said. "Time to get up." His voice sounded hollow in his ears, a combination of blast effect and the on going attacks. He bent forward at the waist, and pushed up to his knees. His armor was fractured, his jump suit ribbons. His eyes focused well enough. He looked around at his attackers.
Bea clenched his fist. Then he got angry.
Golden light erupted around him, flaming energies reaching high above him. Blue lightning danced at the extremities of his aura and worked its way along his arms and legs. The blasts stopped impacting him, instead dissipating into his energy field. Bea's hair turned golden, grew spiky and longer. His eyes became turquoise pools of energy.
He held his hands to his sides with palms facing out.
"DOUBLE BURNING ICE BLAST!" Orbs of energy sprang into existence and as he finished it, the burst out into twin waves of power.
Two swathes of the enemy attackers disintegrated into ash.
Pikada meanwhile had dealt with another half dozen of Fhuar's people.
Icer stood and looked around the decimated remains of Fhuar's army. As Bea finished his last few adversaries, Icer walked up the companionway, with Pikada on his heels.
"Do you feel that?" Icer asked suddenly.
"I don't feel anything." Pikada replies. Then his eyes narrowed. "Fuck, I don't feel anything!" He closed his eyes. "I don't even feel you and Bea!"
Bea pulled himself back down to his base form and walked up. "Can't sense any Ki…"
"What should we do from here, Bea?" Icer asked.
"Board the ship. Take a prisoner, kill Fhuar…"
"Agreed." Pikada spoke up. He and Bea looked at one another and smiled. "Let's go."
They entered the ship.
"This is like going blind…". Pikada quipped.
"I don't like it." Icer replied. "Fhuar uses technology more than is in the Freezer clan, I hope this is the result of that."
"Shhh, I hear something." Bea said softly as he turned his ear towards the perceived sound. There it was again, a scratching, shuffling sound. Like a branch on a roof during a storm.
Bea stepped around the corner and gasped.
"It's you!" The creature making the noise gasped.
Bea stood dumbfounded.
Behind him Pikada spoke up. "You alright?"
"Pikada, look at this." Bea's voice was soft with aww.
Pikada looked in, and his jaw dropped. "Fuuuuuuuck."
"And you!" The creature exclaimed as in shrunk back in increased fear.
It was Lilac colored, blobish and pudgy.
"You're a…". Bea concentrated trying to remember the species.
"Rossolian." It replied meekly, then as if a switch had been flipped, it filled with anger. "And you're the bastards that destroyed my species! My family hid, and we watched helpless as you killed them all!"
Bea said nothing. Pikada said nothing. They didn't even look at each other.
Icer stood silent, afraid of what the Rossolian might say next.
"You gave our world to Frieza! There's only a few dozen of us left, you bastards. You were supposed to kill us all and you failed!"
It pointed an accusing hand at Icer, "And we became their slaves!"
It shook with fury, "And then Lord Fhuar came, and he killed the other Frost Demons, and set his trap! Now you're stuck here, just like he said." It laughed. "By now he's succeeded. And you will lose."
They duo of Saiyans said nothing. They'd flown not only into this trap, but into their own damning pass.
Bea sighed.
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Fhuar sat waiting for the data transfer to be complete. The bridge was still slightly illuminated by emergency lighting, but the vacuum obliterated the usual sounds of an active bridge. A hologram sprung up on his personal data pad. A line traced through the stars leading to a small yellow star. Fhuar smiled.
With the data secured he flew back to his ship, a nearly identical copy of the one left on the planet. His plan was unfolding perfectly. He had his navigation officer set course for the third planet orbiting that sun.
"E-arth." He said the name, rolled it around like a fine wine, and spoke again. "E-arth will be destroyed."
The ship, upon his command entered hyperspace.