DRAGON BALL Z
REUNION
CHAPTER VIII: ATTACK RENEWED
BY
Sgamer82
Bulma couldn't get close enough to tell anybody of her plan and there was too much fighting going on for anyone to hear if she shouted. And Bulma had to admit, that was pretty loud. Then she saw something very odd.
A Tsrufaiya that was not fighting was instead kneeling over Rutega near tears. Bulma decided to risk going to her. She knelt down on Rutega's other side. She noticed she was beginning to regain consciousness. That's good, she thought, that means Piccolo and Vegeta will be up soon too. Even as she thought it she saw the Saiyan Prince and the Namek slowly waking up.
"Excuse me," She said to the Tsrufaiya by Rutega, "Do you know Rutega?"
"Yes," the Tsrufaiya said, "my name is Cauliflo, I am Rutega's mother."
"I'm Bulma, a friend of your daughter. My friends and I are here to help. Why are you attacking us?"
"We have no choice. The lords of the overseers ordered us to." She indicated the clamp on her tail, "We must obey or have our tail squeezed."
"I can take care of that." Bulma said. She got up and walked behind Cauliflo and took out a multitool she always carried with her. She took the army-knife like device and switched it to a small knife then brought the blade down on the Tsrufaiya's tail.
Cauliflo's opened wide with shock at what the Human had just done to her.
"There," Bulma said as if nothing were wrong, "that clamp shouldn't bother you any more."
"Why did you..." Cauliflo said as she got up. She stumbled a little without the tail for balance but quickly recovered herself. "I see, no tail means I can't be clamped. So simple a solution..."
"...No one would have ever thought of it." Bulma said, remembering Rutega's words in the Capsule Corp. infirmary.
"It will not save us though. There are still the radiators." Cauliflo said.
"Radiators?" Bulma asked, "Rutega never said anything about 'radiators'."
"She doesn't know about them. So she couldn't have told you. The radiators are devices hidden all over the mines of Kelvi. If we ever revolted beyond the point the clamps could not control us the radiators would take care of us. They emit a light that removes the strength from any Saiyan or Tsrufaiya."
Bulma looked at her slowly awakening husband, "So that's what that light was."
"You were hit with the radiators?" Cauliflo asked with surprise "But you and your friends..."
"The light must not affect Humans." Bulma said, "But look at Rutega and my husband. They're out cold. Only now are they waking up."
"Mmmmmm..." Rutega mumbled
"Rutega, wake up, it's me, Bulma."
"Bul..ma." Rutega said, then moved her head, "Mother..."
"Yes, my child, I'm here." Cauliflo said
"Mother, I found... Super... Saiyan." Rutega whispered.
"That reminds me." Bulma said and she looked at Gohan and the others. She saw Chaozu hold down Stalagma with his mouth open while Krillin launched a KameHameHa in the stone creatures open mouth. The blast fried the monsters insides then bounced back out leaving the Rock and empty shell.
Meanwhile she saw Yamcha hold Stalacta's big jaws open while Tenshinhan landed a Kikohou into it. Doing in Stalacta in the same manner as his brother and sister.
The Tsrufaiya stood in shock at the defeat that had just been dealt to their masters. Trunks and Gohan took the break to go to Vegeta and Piccolo and see how they were doing. She figured they would be okay for a while so she returned to her conversation with Cauliflo.
"Do you know of any way to disarm the radiators."
"Radi...?" Rutega mumbled.
"Perhaps, but it would take some kind of genius to do it."
Bulma smiled, "Then it's a good thing I'm a genius."
"You're right about that." A voice said from behind them.
Bulma immediately recognized the voice, "Goku!"
"Go...ku?" Cauliflo stumbled over the name.
Indeed, the Saiyan stood there in his normal form. He was wearing some sort of armband. "What's that Goku?" Bulma asked.
"It's a device set to trigger devices on this planet that'll kill everyone on it."
"Radiators. We know about them already. They're why Vegeta, Piccolo, and Rutega are so weak right now."
"So that's what happened to them. Bulma can you disarm the trigger."
"Sure." Bulma said and immediately brought out her multitool and set to work. While she was working, Cauliflo stood up.
"My people," she said, "Stop fighting, these people are here to save us!" The Tsrufaiya turned to look at the one who spoke.
"They are the ones my daughter Rutega brought to take us away from the slavery of The Ruler. You can stop the clamps from hurting you, just remove your tails. This female," she indicated Bulma, who had finished deactivating the trigger and was watching her new friend speak to her people.
"Says she can turn off the radiators. We will not need to fear them. And you have already seen the power of these" this she said while indicating the Z-Fighters who had just killed The Ruler's best troops. "They can free us but we must help them as well, I need one who can take the female Bulma to the radiators' controls."
One Tsrufaiya who had ripped off his tail while Cauliflo talked stepped forward.
"I am Oran," he told Bulma, "I worked in the overseer control area. I can take you to the controls for the radiators." Bulma nodded and called him and others over to work on a plan.
* * * * *
Goku watched astonished as the Tsrufaiya who Bulma said was Rutega's mother took command of the situation. She was making plans with Bulma to attack the control area. His thoughts were interrupted though, by a loud yell to his side.
"DAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDYYYYYY!!" Goten was running up to his father with a really happy look on his face. He jumped into Goku's arms and was still talking as he did so.
"DaddyIwasfightingthisRockgirlSpelunkan'IknewIcouldn'tKameKameHaher'causeKrillin'sKienzanjustbouncedoffathelittleRocksoIthought,'What..."
"Goten, Goten, slow down." Goku said to his youngest son while barely stifling a laugh at the boy's excited state.
He did and told his dad all about his fight with the strongest of the Rocks. With a little exaggeration, of course.
* * * * *
While Goten and his father got caught up with each other, Gohan was seeing to Piccolo, who had woken up during the fight and was wondering what was going on. Meanwhile, Trunks had gone to see Vegeta to see how he was holding up.
"Dad! Dad! Are you OK?" Trunks said.
"Trunks?" Vegeta said as he came to, "Yeah, I'm fine. What happened?"
"You missed a hell of a fight. Goten, Yamcha, Tenshinhan, Chaozu, and Krillin just beat Iciicla's best guys."
"Really," Vegeta said, more composed now but still surprised at what Trunks had told him, "And what did you do?"
"Uh..." Trunks stammered, clearly not expecting the question, "I...uh...protected you..."
"I don't need protection, brat!" Vegeta snapped. But no one who watched the exchange heard Vegeta whisper 'Thank you' into Trunks' ear as he got up. Vegeta stalked over to the crowd to find Bulma.
"Woman, what's going on here!" he roared. "Where's Kakarot!"
He saw a Tsrufaiya react to the name of his rival but paid it no heed.
"Keep your boots on," Bulma said, "Goku's right over there with Goten, and if you really must know, we're coming up with a plan to attack the Overseers of the Tsrufaiya and disable the devices that knocked out you and Piccolo."
"Just attack! We can overpower them in little time!" As he spoke he powered up and his hair roared to bright gold as he went Super Saiyan. Gohan, witnessing Vegeta's action, powered up himself and was able to once again go Super Saiyan.
Good, he thought, the radiation must have worn off.
"Wait, Vegeta," Gohan said, "we don't know how long it takes them to activate the radiators. Attacking head on might just result in all of us getting killed."
Vegeta mulled over this then let out a barely audible 'fine' and skulked off somewhere. Meanwhile, Bulma had walked up to the others and announced that they now had a battle plan. Everyone would have his or her part to play, and it would take every part for this plan to work. But now they had a way to free the Tsrufaiya from Iciicla.
END OF CHAPTER VIII
REUNION
CHAPTER VIII: ATTACK RENEWED
BY
Sgamer82
Bulma couldn't get close enough to tell anybody of her plan and there was too much fighting going on for anyone to hear if she shouted. And Bulma had to admit, that was pretty loud. Then she saw something very odd.
A Tsrufaiya that was not fighting was instead kneeling over Rutega near tears. Bulma decided to risk going to her. She knelt down on Rutega's other side. She noticed she was beginning to regain consciousness. That's good, she thought, that means Piccolo and Vegeta will be up soon too. Even as she thought it she saw the Saiyan Prince and the Namek slowly waking up.
"Excuse me," She said to the Tsrufaiya by Rutega, "Do you know Rutega?"
"Yes," the Tsrufaiya said, "my name is Cauliflo, I am Rutega's mother."
"I'm Bulma, a friend of your daughter. My friends and I are here to help. Why are you attacking us?"
"We have no choice. The lords of the overseers ordered us to." She indicated the clamp on her tail, "We must obey or have our tail squeezed."
"I can take care of that." Bulma said. She got up and walked behind Cauliflo and took out a multitool she always carried with her. She took the army-knife like device and switched it to a small knife then brought the blade down on the Tsrufaiya's tail.
Cauliflo's opened wide with shock at what the Human had just done to her.
"There," Bulma said as if nothing were wrong, "that clamp shouldn't bother you any more."
"Why did you..." Cauliflo said as she got up. She stumbled a little without the tail for balance but quickly recovered herself. "I see, no tail means I can't be clamped. So simple a solution..."
"...No one would have ever thought of it." Bulma said, remembering Rutega's words in the Capsule Corp. infirmary.
"It will not save us though. There are still the radiators." Cauliflo said.
"Radiators?" Bulma asked, "Rutega never said anything about 'radiators'."
"She doesn't know about them. So she couldn't have told you. The radiators are devices hidden all over the mines of Kelvi. If we ever revolted beyond the point the clamps could not control us the radiators would take care of us. They emit a light that removes the strength from any Saiyan or Tsrufaiya."
Bulma looked at her slowly awakening husband, "So that's what that light was."
"You were hit with the radiators?" Cauliflo asked with surprise "But you and your friends..."
"The light must not affect Humans." Bulma said, "But look at Rutega and my husband. They're out cold. Only now are they waking up."
"Mmmmmm..." Rutega mumbled
"Rutega, wake up, it's me, Bulma."
"Bul..ma." Rutega said, then moved her head, "Mother..."
"Yes, my child, I'm here." Cauliflo said
"Mother, I found... Super... Saiyan." Rutega whispered.
"That reminds me." Bulma said and she looked at Gohan and the others. She saw Chaozu hold down Stalagma with his mouth open while Krillin launched a KameHameHa in the stone creatures open mouth. The blast fried the monsters insides then bounced back out leaving the Rock and empty shell.
Meanwhile she saw Yamcha hold Stalacta's big jaws open while Tenshinhan landed a Kikohou into it. Doing in Stalacta in the same manner as his brother and sister.
The Tsrufaiya stood in shock at the defeat that had just been dealt to their masters. Trunks and Gohan took the break to go to Vegeta and Piccolo and see how they were doing. She figured they would be okay for a while so she returned to her conversation with Cauliflo.
"Do you know of any way to disarm the radiators."
"Radi...?" Rutega mumbled.
"Perhaps, but it would take some kind of genius to do it."
Bulma smiled, "Then it's a good thing I'm a genius."
"You're right about that." A voice said from behind them.
Bulma immediately recognized the voice, "Goku!"
"Go...ku?" Cauliflo stumbled over the name.
Indeed, the Saiyan stood there in his normal form. He was wearing some sort of armband. "What's that Goku?" Bulma asked.
"It's a device set to trigger devices on this planet that'll kill everyone on it."
"Radiators. We know about them already. They're why Vegeta, Piccolo, and Rutega are so weak right now."
"So that's what happened to them. Bulma can you disarm the trigger."
"Sure." Bulma said and immediately brought out her multitool and set to work. While she was working, Cauliflo stood up.
"My people," she said, "Stop fighting, these people are here to save us!" The Tsrufaiya turned to look at the one who spoke.
"They are the ones my daughter Rutega brought to take us away from the slavery of The Ruler. You can stop the clamps from hurting you, just remove your tails. This female," she indicated Bulma, who had finished deactivating the trigger and was watching her new friend speak to her people.
"Says she can turn off the radiators. We will not need to fear them. And you have already seen the power of these" this she said while indicating the Z-Fighters who had just killed The Ruler's best troops. "They can free us but we must help them as well, I need one who can take the female Bulma to the radiators' controls."
One Tsrufaiya who had ripped off his tail while Cauliflo talked stepped forward.
"I am Oran," he told Bulma, "I worked in the overseer control area. I can take you to the controls for the radiators." Bulma nodded and called him and others over to work on a plan.
* * * * *
Goku watched astonished as the Tsrufaiya who Bulma said was Rutega's mother took command of the situation. She was making plans with Bulma to attack the control area. His thoughts were interrupted though, by a loud yell to his side.
"DAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDYYYYYY!!" Goten was running up to his father with a really happy look on his face. He jumped into Goku's arms and was still talking as he did so.
"DaddyIwasfightingthisRockgirlSpelunkan'IknewIcouldn'tKameKameHaher'causeKrillin'sKienzanjustbouncedoffathelittleRocksoIthought,'What..."
"Goten, Goten, slow down." Goku said to his youngest son while barely stifling a laugh at the boy's excited state.
He did and told his dad all about his fight with the strongest of the Rocks. With a little exaggeration, of course.
* * * * *
While Goten and his father got caught up with each other, Gohan was seeing to Piccolo, who had woken up during the fight and was wondering what was going on. Meanwhile, Trunks had gone to see Vegeta to see how he was holding up.
"Dad! Dad! Are you OK?" Trunks said.
"Trunks?" Vegeta said as he came to, "Yeah, I'm fine. What happened?"
"You missed a hell of a fight. Goten, Yamcha, Tenshinhan, Chaozu, and Krillin just beat Iciicla's best guys."
"Really," Vegeta said, more composed now but still surprised at what Trunks had told him, "And what did you do?"
"Uh..." Trunks stammered, clearly not expecting the question, "I...uh...protected you..."
"I don't need protection, brat!" Vegeta snapped. But no one who watched the exchange heard Vegeta whisper 'Thank you' into Trunks' ear as he got up. Vegeta stalked over to the crowd to find Bulma.
"Woman, what's going on here!" he roared. "Where's Kakarot!"
He saw a Tsrufaiya react to the name of his rival but paid it no heed.
"Keep your boots on," Bulma said, "Goku's right over there with Goten, and if you really must know, we're coming up with a plan to attack the Overseers of the Tsrufaiya and disable the devices that knocked out you and Piccolo."
"Just attack! We can overpower them in little time!" As he spoke he powered up and his hair roared to bright gold as he went Super Saiyan. Gohan, witnessing Vegeta's action, powered up himself and was able to once again go Super Saiyan.
Good, he thought, the radiation must have worn off.
"Wait, Vegeta," Gohan said, "we don't know how long it takes them to activate the radiators. Attacking head on might just result in all of us getting killed."
Vegeta mulled over this then let out a barely audible 'fine' and skulked off somewhere. Meanwhile, Bulma had walked up to the others and announced that they now had a battle plan. Everyone would have his or her part to play, and it would take every part for this plan to work. But now they had a way to free the Tsrufaiya from Iciicla.
END OF CHAPTER VIII