Darkness.
Darkness surrounded his entire environment. Where was he? What happened? He couldn't even breathe! Could he have died?! Everything had happened so fast. What was going on?!
Everything became bright rather quickly after he felt a rather firm hand grasp his ankle.
Gohan allowed his eyes to blink various times to allow the remaining debris to fall away from his eyes before he noticed the upside-downed appearance of Piccolo.
"Piccolo! You're still alive!" cheered Gohan happily.
Piccolo offered a warm smile in reply. "Yeah, I'm fine, kid. What about you? Did you get hurt?" came the cautious and easy tone of Piccolo.
Gohan shook his head carefully, his smile never faltering. "Nah! I'm fine, Piccolo."
"Good," responded the wise Namek before releasing Gohan and allowing the young warrior to flip upright upon the ground below.
After gaining his footing, Gohan began to inspect the area surrounding all of them. Decimation was the only true way to describe the current surroundings. Where tall, proud mountains once stood, it was now replaced with mounds of dirt and dust. Everything that had dared to stand tall within the ten mile perimeter had now been cut down like a withered tree. The power of Cooler's attack was so massive that it had vaporized everything. Even the ground that Gohan stood on was reduced to mounds of ash. It still surprised the young warrior that they had all made it out alive.
He was fine. Piccolo was fine. He looked off to the side and could see that Krillin was perfectly fine as well. In fact, the bald warrior was in the midst of pulling Bulma free of the vaporized land. Gohan watched as Krillin finally pulled the girl free, only for her to turn around and begin wailing on him as best as she could while this weird frog clung to her back. Gohan smiled to the awkward and wild-natured girl; he couldn't imagine how they had all began to be such good friends. Then a thought dawned on Gohan.
"Where's my dad?!" announced Gohan as his head began whipping about in all directions.
"Up there," stated Piccolo calmly. Once Gohan turned to him, Piccolo nodded off in the direction of three of the most amazingly, super-powered beings he had ever come across.
High in the sky, Goku floated triumphantly across from Cooler and Frieza. Goku's expression was impassively stern as he gazed across at the greatest threats he had ever encountered. The brothers of the destruction, on the other hand, looked absolutely entertained. Frieza had a wide, Cheshire cat type of smile on his face while Cooler settled for an amused smirk.
"H-he survived," gasped Gohan, completely astonished by the power of his father. "But how could he have possibly…"
"They're monsters," stated Piccolo as he cut in on Gohan's statement.
Gohan looked puzzlingly upon Piccolo, obviously finding the statement odd. "Monsters?" reiterated Gohan.
"Yeah; all three of them. The combination of Cooler's attack matched with Frieza's ball of energy surrounding Goku was enough to vaporize everything in ten miles. And through all of that destruction and mayhem, Goku did the unthinkable. He managed to outrun all of it! They're all abominations. Each of them could probably destroy this planet in a blink of an eye. The only true unnerving thing about that thought is that two of them could truly destroy this planet without a second thought, leaving Goku as the only one to protect it," answered Piccolo as he looked into the sky, a sense of wonder in his voice and eyes.
"He can't do it, can he Piccolo?" asked Gohan, tears of concern threatening to fall from his eyes.
Piccolo looked down to his young trainee, a child that he could actually call family. Piccolo couldn't lie to the boy; for all of his bravery, Gohan deserved the truth, no matter how much it hurt. "No," answered Piccolo blatantly. "Frieza was one thing, but both of those monsters against Goku will be a terribly one-sided battle, Gohan. He will need our help."
"Well then, we'll give it to him!" declared Gohan, his hands gripped into tight fists of determination. He prepared to charge into the sky to 'stand' alongside his father, but a surprising declaration fell from the sky. It was a declaration that shocked Gohan to his core.
"I will fight alone!" came the radiant and confident voice of Goku. "You all will stay out of this fight! You have to promise me!"
"B-but dad," whimpered Gohan as looked helplessly into the sky at his father. "Why?"
A very entertained smile crossed Cooler's features as he watched and listened to Goku speak. So he'll fight alone, thought the tyrant. He truly is a fool. Why did I ever waste my time?
He watched and listened as Goku went on to speak about how evil he and Frieza were; about how they deserved to be punished for all of the injustices that they had brought down upon the universe. Goku called them evil, the very definition of it, and he swore that he'd stop them this day or die trying. It was all so amusing to Cooler that he even laughed once Goku was finished speaking.
"Gohan, this is not a fight that I will allow any of you to enter. This is between me and them; stay out of it!" demanded Goku with a determined and forceful tone.
"You heard him, boy," chimed in Frieza with a sly smirk while he gazed playfully into Goku's eyes. "You'd better stay out of this fight. We'd hate to have to hurt you. Isn't that right, Cooler?"
Cooler pried his gaze from Goku momentarily to glare down to Gohan, a wicked smile appearing on his face. "Personally, I wouldn't mind ripping out the little twerp's spine. He did bite my tail, after all." His eyes then lazily looked back up to Goku, taking note of the intense glare that he was receiving from the Saiyan hero. "Although, I don't think that would sit well with you. Now, would it?"
Cooler could see that he had struck a nerve with Goku, the very same nerve that looked ready to snap at any moment. He did truly love psychologically toying with whole hearted weaklings like the Saiyan before him. They were always so easy to get riled up. And once they finally snapped, Cooler takes his time in reminding them of their place. Goku's place, on the other hand, was going to be six feet under, a place Cooler was going to enjoy placing the would-be hero.
Just as it appeared that Goku was ready to snap Cooler's head off of his shoulder, the tyrant raised his hands in a mock sign of forfeit. "Settle down, Goku. I promise not to harm a single hair on the precious head of your wonderful child. As for the rest of his body, though, well I'm sure a well-placed death beam will take care of the wretched brat."
Cooler was given just a moment to emit a care-free laugh before Goku rushed forward with a fist ready to strike the tyrant down. Cooler, however, managed to zip out of the way just before the attack could land.
Frieza was left floating there, smiling away at how easily his brother had gotten to Goku. As he continued to smile, he was given just a moment to speed away as well to evade the rapid kick that was intended for his head.
With both enemies gone, Goku floated there, looking about in all directions. He was having enough difficulty keeping up with Frieza when it was just one on one, but his concentration was really being tested now that he had to keep up with Cooler and Frieza at one time.
His head shot to the left as he caught a glimpse of Frieza. His head shot upwards as he caught the tail-end of Cooler's movement. He then whipped around, sensing both brothers behind him at one point. At this rate, he was going to be beaten by whiplash alone. He had to calm down if even hoped to land an attack.
Goku closed his eyes for a moment, trying his hardest to concentrate. Then, like a slap in the face, Cooler's energy struck him. Opening his eyes hastily, Goku found the eldest of the tyrants floating pleasantly in front of him.
Cooler floated there with arms folded as he simply looked upon the Saiyan before him. "Goku, I'd just like to let you know that I find this fighting alone thing that you're doing to be quite spineless." Cooler smiled evilly as he continued to say, "Your friends should be up here to die along with you. This whole suicidal act is the coward's way out."
Cooler expected flared rage from Goku, but was stumped to see the Saiyan remain unnervingly calm. In fact, Goku even had the audacity to smile.
"Suicide isn't my thing, Cooler. I'll save the dying for you and Frieza," stated Goku before speeding away.
As Goku left, Cooler barely caught the view of Frieza's incoming punch and just barely managed to catch it in his right hand. Holding tightly onto Frieza's trapped fist, Cooler growled at his younger brother and said, "Idiot! You nearly hit me."
"I was aiming at the monkey, so let go!" snapped Frieza before yanking his fist from Cooler's clutches. He also made sure to send a tempered glare as well. He could already see that this alliance would be short-lived before they took to each other's throats.
"Yyyooo-hhhhhooooo!" called a familiar voice from above, drawing Cooler and Frieza's attention.
Once the tyrants looked up, Goku dropped down in between them, making sure to smash his elbows into both Cooler's and Frieza's craniums. The brothers of destruction were knocked out of the air and sent crashing down into the green waters of Namek below, leaving Goku to smile proudly at getting the drop on them.
They weren't left down long, though.
In an instant, Cooler and Frieza both exploded from the depths of the sea, charging directly for Goku. The Saiyan hero was given just a moment to prepare himself before he was caught in an aerial brawl with both Cooler and Frieza. Being caught between the both of those superpowers, one could only imagine the strain that Goku was under. Nevertheless, the Saiyan hero held out and managed to hold his own while refraining from taking any serious damage.
Cooler and Frieza then both shot forth powerful punches, only for Goku to halt them with either of his forearms. He managed against the force of the two might blows for a moment before emitting an explosive wave of energy that blew both of the tyrants away from him.
Frieza was the first to catch his body. He immediately turned to Goku and roared, "You dirty dog! I will skin you alive once I'm done with you. Do You Hear Me?!"
Cooler managed to catch his body a moment behind his brother. Rather than turn to blind rage, he settled for subtle amusement. He even chuckled slightly as he rubbed at the bruise that he had managed to get from Goku. "Dear brother, surely you aren't letting riffraff like this Saiyan pest get you all riled up? I mean look at him. He is so sure of himself. If he only knew the truth of the situation; personally, I think it's quite funny."
Goku eyed Cooler closely, trying to decipher the underlying threat in the Arcosian's tone.
"Frieza, we have only begun to fight. I'd say that 5% of my max would be more than ample to finish off this derelict. How about you or do you not feel up to the challenge?" added Cooler as he casually looked over to Frieza.
It was time that they made an example of Goku. The Saiyan was too proud, too confident in his own abilities. They needed to take him down several pegs and then finally end him like the wretched dog that he was.
"I am more than ready, Cooler," responded Frieza, Cooler's infectious calm settling over him. His eyes then trailed back to Goku. Giving Goku a sinister smirk, Frieza said, "Care to test your abilities, Saiyan? It is what your people live for after all."
"I live for the safety and well-being of others, Frieza. However, it wouldn't be a very fair fight if I didn't allow you to give your best, now would it," replied Goku with a confident smile of his own.
He truly is an idiot, thought Cooler as he looked upon Goku. Oh well; it's the brave ones that are the most fun to kill.
Cooler folded his arms as his crimson eyes slowly analyzed Goku. He then offered a smirk before peering around Goku and simply saying, "Frieza…."
All that Frieza replied with was, "Ready…"
Those were the last words heard by Goku before both of the evil titans disappeared.
The Saiyan hero's eyes widened slightly as he realized that he absolutely had no idea where Frieza and Cooler had gone. His head turned to the left and then to the right as he attempted to locate the demonic brothers. However, his blood turned icy as he caught the sinister sound of Frieza's voice.
"Right here…" hissed the effeminate, evil voice before Goku felt a horrible pain shoot through his midsection.
Sputum and blood shot from Goku's mouth as Frieza's knee appeared out of practically nowhere and crashed into his stomach, having a great deal more force behind it than any other punch or kick thrown so far. Then, the next blow came.
With Frieza's knee still buried in his stomach and himself keeled over in pain, an extremely powerful hit came across his left jaw, quickly snapping his head to the side. Next Cooler appeared before him, the monarch's knee still slammed into his face. It was crazy! It was as if Cooler's strike had appeared before Cooler had even materialized!
Are they really this strong, came the slightly fearful thought of Goku as the blood thirsty monsters surrounded him.
"I'd advise that you begin saying your prayers, Saiyan," stated the eldest son of Cold as he leered to Goku, positively enjoying the Saiyan's current predicament. "Otherwise, I fear no other power in the universe can save you."
Cooler then placed a palm before Goku's face, emitting a powerful azure wave of energy that sent the Saiyan hero crashing explosively into an island below.
"Daddy!" cried the erratic Gohan as he watched the plight of his father. "Don't worry, Dad! I'm coming!"
Gohan began running as his tear-stung eyes watched the smoke and debris of his father's impact bellow from the isolated island across the waters. He had to make it over and help. Piccolo had already said that Goku couldn't defeat Frieza and Cooler by himself, so it was utterly foolish for the rest of them to just stand around and do nothing!
Against the mighty half-Saiyan's wishes, though, two firm green hands halted him.
"Gohan, you cannot go over there!" demanded Piccolo as he materialized in front of his former apprentice and held fast to him. "You already heard what Goku said! If you go running over there like this, it will leave you wide open for attack by those two monsters up there. Don't you get it!" Piccolo took to shaking the boy to get his point across.
"I don't care, Piccolo! Didn't you just see what happened? My dad could be over there hurt and I refuse to stand here and do nothing. We've already personally experienced how bad Frieza is, and I'm sure that Cooler is only twice the trouble," replied Gohan as he defiantly stared down his former teacher.
"It's not about what you want, Gohan!" fired back Piccolo, an intense vein beginning to bulge from his forehead. "It's not about what any of us want! The only person's desires that matter at this point is Goku's. He is the only person that stands even the slightest of chances against Frieza and Cooler, and if he wishes for us to wait then we must wait! Only until he tells us otherwise will we join in battle. If we went up there now, we'd only be in his way."
"But…" hummed Gohan as the words of Piccolo sunk into his head. He then looked past the wise Namek to the fiery crater that had been created due to Cooler's attack. His father was somewhere in that disaster, but Gohan could do nothing. He probably wouldn't even make it other before he was shot down by Cooler or Frieza; Piccolo was right.
"Okay, Piccolo; I'll stay put," stated Gohan as he bowed his head in a slight sign of embarrassment.
Piccolo placed a hand on top of Gohan's head as he said, "Good." He gave a reassuring smile once his former trainee looked up to him.
"Hey Namek!" called a rather odd, raspy sounding voice from nearby.
Piccolo's and Gohan's eyes quickly found out that voice belonged to Bulma. However, something about the blue-haired genius seemed off. It was as if she was acting like a different person.
"I hear you're pretty strong," stated Bulma before allowing her lips to curve into a smirk.
"What of it?" replied Piccolo sternly as his eyes narrowed in on the female.
While Gohan watched the back and forth between his friends, he felt a tug at his leg. He looked down to see the frog from earlier. "Hey! You're Captain Ginyu, aren't you?" stated the brave Saiyan boy with a smile. "What are you doing here? This is no place for a frog."
As Gohan watched the frog, he found that it was acting weird too. What was going on with the frog and Bulma? Was there something wrong with them? The frog just kept point over to Bulma and crying.
Then, once Gohan saw a yellow light encapsulate Bulma, he was able to piece two and two together.
"Change now!" declared Bulma.
There was a flash of light below that caught Cooler's attention, but upon seeing that it had come from Goku's bothersome friends, he quickly averted his attention.
"He's been down for quite some time," stated Frieza as he floated closely to Cooler. "Maybe you killed him."
Cooler rolled his eyes as Frieza spoke those words. Of course Frieza would assume that Goku was dead just because he'd been down for a few minutes. "No, Frieza. The Saiyan won't be defeated that easily," said Cooler, attempting to withhold from being too sarcastic.
"Oh joy! You're right!" responded Frieza, catching sight of their speedy opponent.
"Too bad he can't move faster!" chimed Cooler before the brothers split apart.
In an instant, Goku appeared where Frieza and Cooler would've been, appearing surprised that he had missed his intended targets.
Just as rapidly as the brothers had zoomed away, they reappeared. With spins in midair, Frieza and Cooler simultaneously struck Goku in his chest with spinning heel kicks that knocked the warrior back through the air.
Goku soon corrected his flight pattern. He held his chest for a moment, feeling the pain of the collective strikes radiating. While he took a moment to recollect his breath that had been knocked away, he looked across the air and saw that Cooler was the only one still floating in the former spot.
Unfortunately, our hero had no time to counteract the speed of Frieza. The evil tyrant rapidly appeared above Goku and speared the Saiyan warrior into the green seas below with a powerful dropkick to the top of the skull.
Goku zoomed rapidly into the depths of Namek's sea before finally catching himself. His head was throbbing horribly, but he had no time for that once he caught the sense of Cooler. Goku barely managed to duck under a strike intended for his head before floating away and getting a moment to view his opponent.
Cooler floated there momentarily, seeming surprised that Goku had managed to dodge. His shock then evaporated to a sinister smirk before he lunged forward with another strike, forcing Goku back with every dodge.
After dodging four failed punches from Cooler, Goku finally caught a hold of the offensive Arcosian. Holding tightly to both of Cooler's wrists, Goku slammed his boots into the tyrant's abdomen and sent him flying out of the water. Goku then gave chase as he shot out of the water, intending on continuing assaulting Cooler. However, no one was waiting once Goku came from the ocean. The Earth Saiyan paused to try and locate his opponent before barely catching the sense of Cooler.
Rapidly, Goku spun around and narrowly caught the incoming knee-strike of Cooler.
The Arcosian tyrant had a surprising wicked smile on his face as his attack was blocked. "You think you are so strong, don't you, Saiyan?"
Goku took a second to catch his breath before responding with, "Well, I do my best not to disappoint, especially against a strong opponent."
"You should try harder," came the sly voice of Frieza as the galactic emperor appeared from nowhere and slammed both of his fists into Goku's back.
Frieza continued pushing Goku past Cooler as they bear down on an island. The younger tyrant's maniacal laughter could be heard from all around as he and the helpless Goku neared close and closer. Then, they impacted with Goku taking the full effects of the violent crash. Frieza not only managed to slam the Saiyan down at a high rate of speed, but Goku was also forcibly used to plow the soil of the island.
After using Goku to carve a trench in the surface of the island, Frieza leapt back into the air while declaring, "Do it now, Cooler!"
Those were just the words that the older brother wanted to hear. Having been watching carefully, Cooler's right index and middle finger had been poised for their moment to shine. With Frieza out of the way, Cooler brought his radiating fingers into the air before swinging them down in a slashing motion that produced an especially sharp wave of kit that was aimed at the downed hero.
Hitting right along the line of Goku's downed body, the energy flash struck with an explosive and bright display of energy. Once the bright light of the detonation was depleted, all that remained was a fissure right down the center of the entire island. Not only that, but the fissure also continued past the island and into the sea, leaving water to try and fill the immense void of destroyed rock below. However, despite that tremendous showing of power, the main target of it all was elsewhere.
Just a few yards from the large fissure in the ground, Goku sat on the ground as he gazed at the massive slice in the ground that could've incorporated him had he not moved out of the way at the last second. Now that he saw exactly how serious Frieza and Cooler were, he figured that it may be time to truly step up his game.
Let's see what they think of a Kamehameha!
"Hmph!" huffed Cooler, voicing his disapproval of Goku's evasiveness. "The monkey managed to dodge my Fissure Slash." Cooler continued to analyze Goku from afar. He could see that the Saiyan looked ready to attack, so Cooler wanted to be ready to offer a gruesome counter.
Then, suddenly, Frieza appeared before Cooler with a look of dissatisfaction.
"You missed," declared Frieza with his arms condescendingly folded. "Can't you aim better than that, or do you require another session with father?" The younger Arcosian allowed a smile to play at his lips as he taunted Cooler with the humiliating memory of their childhood training lessons.
You obnoxious brat! I think I've had more than enough of you, thought Cooler, a visible scowl on his face as he bore into Frieza. Though, he could see rays of light coming from behind his younger sibling. There was an attack coming!
Cooler subtly allowed a quick glance past his brother and took note of Goku, who was still on the island below and charging a powerful attack. Just as Cooler managed to catch the glimpse, the energy wave was fired directly for he and Frieza.
Allowing a cool smile to spread across his face, Cooler looked back to Frieza and said, "No; I don't think I'll be needing another session with father. But let's see if you still remember how to take on a fully charged energy wave."
In an instant, Cooler sped away. Frieza was left in a state of confusion at his brother's parting words before feeling an intense heat at his back. The young tyrant turned just in time to slam a halting palm directly into the energy blast. However, it still wasn't enough to knock the Kamehameha away. Frieza was forced to brave the attack while desperately trying to force the energy wave into another direction. It was so strong, though; much more powerful than anything else that Goku had thrown at them so far.
Feeling the intense heat burn at his palm, Frieza was forced into growling irritably as he struggled to keep from allowing the blast to overtake him. "You damned Saiyan monkey!" roared the tyrant, allowing his anger to swell. "I'll kill you!" With his rage reaching new heights, Frieza forced energy out of his palm, blasting directly into Goku's Kamehameha.
A planet rocking, sun overcasting, earth shattering explosion ensued, leaving all of the spectators to watch in awe.
When the explosion filtered away, Goku was left standing on the island – his arms still pointed up into the air – as he looked into the heart of the slowly dispersing smoke. He was beyond tired at this point, but he'd given that Kamehameha all that he had. He knew that Cooler had managed to avoid the attack, and that was a sure problem, but if he could just take out one of them he knew that he'd stand a better chance. Frieza was strong and there was a good chance that he was still alive. All that Goku really hoped for at this point was some serious damage, a harsh enough wound that would put Frieza down at least for a moment. Goku prayed as hard as he could that he had gotten the drop on Frieza, otherwise he feared the continuation of this battle.
Goku's prayers were left unanswered.
With the smoke gone, all that was left in the skies of Namek was Frieza's trembling body. However, the despot wasn't trembling out of pain – or even fear. It was rage, a blinding fury. Frieza glared down to Goku with enough malice to kill the Saiyan hero ten times over. He then brought his defending palm around so that he could observe it. The sight didn't sit well with Frieza, and the stinging pain wasn't making it any better.
That wretched, skum-sucking monkey! He dared to wound me! Well this is nothing, NOTHING! Or at least it won't be once I'm done with him, thought the Arcosian overlord.
Gripping his damaged hand into a tight, furious fist, Frieza proclaimed, "Cooler!"
"Yes, brother," answered Cooler, floating pleasantly behind Frieza with a sated smile on his face.
Frieza turned back to Cooler, his anger and fury radiating out of his red eyes. "I'm done with him! Let's kill him, his imbecilic friends, and then we're going to Earth to eradicate everything! I'll wipe the stain that is the Saiyan race completely out of this universe!"
"Joy!" responded Cooler with a smile, a hint of sarcasm lacing his tone.
The sarcasm seemed lost on the rabid Frieza as the tyrant turned his attention back to Goku. "Prepare yourself, Saiyan! It Ends Here!"
Without another word, Frieza disappeared with Cooler following directly behind him.
Goku was stuck. He felt a tremendous weight immediately drop down on his chest. His ultimate attack had done virtually nothing to Frieza. The only thing that it had managed to do was piss the Arcosian despot off. And to make matters worse, they were both coming for him now.
Goku's head then began looking back and forth as he tried to follow Cooler and Frieza, but it was to no avail. They were moving entirely too fast!
Cooler suddenly appeared with a powerful left hook into the Goku's jaw, sending the hero gliding across the ground at a rapid pace before Frieza appeared. The younger brother halted Goku's progression by dropkick the hero into the ground with so much force that the earth around the impact had been knocked to pieces for several yards. With Goku at his feet, Frieza brought two glowing hands above his head before shooting a powerful energy blast into the ground, creating a large surging bubble of pink energy. The bubble expanded for miles before finally giving way to a powerful explosion.
As the skies were set ablaze by the lights of the explosion, Goku took safe haven along with them. Amazingly, he had managed to escape the bubble before it exploded. As for Cooler and Frieza, the hero had no idea where they had gone.
He quickly was answered, though as Cooler suddenly appeared with a powerful roundhouse kick. Goku's head was positively rattling as he was sent coasting across the sky. Frieza then appeared in Goku's flight path with a kick of his own that sent Goku speeding back over to Cooler. The older Arcosian waited patiently with a pleased smirk before spinning around and slapping his powerful tail into the back of Goku's head, rushing the Earth-raised hero back to Frieza at a breakneck pace. Frieza scowled with venom as Goku neared closer and closer until he slammed a double axe handle down upon the hero. The power of that final blow forced an unnerving guttural noise from Goku's beaten body as the hero was sent spearing into the depths of the sea below.
Gohan's expression was pure pain, agony at how easily his father was getting picked apart. And that final blow – mixed with that horrible noise that was forced from Goku's body – hadn't helped in the slightest.
Frieza tossed a curious glare over to Goku's friends. He squealed with glee as he took note of their concerned expressions, especially Gohan's. "That's not even the best part," hissed Frieza with a sadistic smile before he and Cooler vanished with super speed again.
There was a simultaneous splash of water as two bodies rapidly shot into the water. Then, there was a pause, a pause that was as agonizing as the torture of Goku. Next, there was a sonic boom of power from below before Goku's beaten and bruised body shot into the air, the life seemed knocked away from the hero.
"Goku!' shouted a concerned Krillin as he was forced to watch the plight of his best friend.
Goku's body soared high into the air before his progression climaxed. Next, he began to fall, but he was halted rather viciously. In a split second, Frieza and Cooler appeared with a conjoined strike to Goku's midsection. Cooler's elbow slammed into Goku's back while Frieza's met Goku's stomach. The result was horrible for Gohan, Piccolo, Krillin, and Bulma to watch. As the two mighty blows met the hero, a large collection of blood was shot from Goku's mouth, followed by a nerve-chilling disappearance of Goku's pupils. The Saiyan hero appeared positively lifeless as blood continued draining from his mouth, his limp body still caught in between the hungry jackals, Cooler and Frieza.
After another pause, Frieza and Cooler finally backed away, allowing Goku's bloodied body to drift out of the air. All of his friends couldn't tear their eyes from the sight. Their friend, their hero, their Savior had been defeated. It was almost impossible to watch. Goku's body floated down and down until he finally hit the water. Namek's sea claimed a hero on that moment and soon awaited this hero's friends to join afterward.
"Noooooo!" shouted Gohan, tears running down his eyes like a flowing river as he reached a desperate hand forward, hoping that he could somehow save his father.
Krillin carefully and fearfully stepped back. Unconsciously, he murmured, "W-what are we going to do now?"
Piccolo stepped forward, baring his fanged teeth at the monsters of death that floated in the sky. He growled with anger and said, "We fight!"