DRAGON BALL Z
REUNION
CHAPTER IX: PLANS OF STEALTH
BY
Sgamer82
Bulma filled Goku in on the plan of attack. Goku thought it was a good way to do things. Oran would take Bulma to the Radiators' control room. She would have protection from Chaozu, Tenshinhan, and Krillin. Meanwhile, Cauliflo would take Yamcha, Goten, Trunks, Gohan, and Rutega down into the mines to tell the other Tsrufaiya what was happening and get their help. That shouldn't be too difficult, Goku thought, Cauliflo said nearly Tsrufaiya was a rebel ready to fight the Overseers.
The Overseers were large insect creatures with strong chitonous shells, which could easily repel the sort of low ki blast the Tsrufaiya were capable of. Vegeta said they looked like something called an Arlian. Vegeta, Piccolo and Goku would stay back and cover any the fighters in the mine just in case a battle did break out.
Goku, specifically, would keep an eye out for Iciicla. It was hoped that if Iciicla did show up, her obsession with honor would force her to concentrate on Goku. Goku was sure Bulma was right on this since he did rip off her arm. But that's not what worries me, Goku thought to himself, where is Iciicla? She should have come back after me long before now. Goku didn't like this. This long time could mean anything. Goku knew she was up to something, and was equally sure he wouldn't like what something turned out to be.
* * * * *
Iciicla blasted through the ceiling of the tunnel the Z-Fighters had just left. In the tunnel she saw the empty shells of her greatest soldiers. Stalacta...Stalagma...and dear Spelunk...I knew would this happen one day, she thought, it's why I kept you in my service.
She smiled as she approached Stalacta's husk and ripped off its arms. There was no blood, seeing as how everything inside was destroyed by the Z-fighters. She took the forearms and put them through her own. Then she took the large Rock's torso and put it over her own chest. She then tore Stalagma's body in two lengthwise. She then fashioned them into legbands. Finally she took of Spelunk's head and blasted out its face. She put the head over her own.
She now had her own set of arm, leg, head, and body armor. Her poison spines covered the parts of her body not shielded by the armor. Now she could easily fend off the strongest ki attack, even Goku's Genki Dama couldn't touch her. And if the Z-fighters tried to attack her physically, they would be killed by her spines' venom. She could not lose. The Earth warriors would die and the Tsrufaiya would remain her slaves for good. Who knows? she thought, maybe I'll even go to Earth and add another slave animal to the menagerie. Iciicla exploded with laughter at the thought of another race of primates serving the Pola Empire for all eternity. She set out in search of Goku and his little friends.
* * * * *
Vegeta watched as everyone went on with their part of Bulma's plan. Damn woman, he thought to himself, we should just attack and get this whole thing finished, not follow this stupid plan. He felt that all this sneaking around was unnatural. They could easily take over the mines in the time it took to activate those accursed radiators. He wasn't about to admit to himself that those same radiators nearly killed him. Or that he probably would be dead if not for Trunks and the other Earth fighters. He looked over at Kakarot, he seethed at having to sit with that moron and the Namek.
He could tolerate it if it were just Piccolo, but being stuck with Kakarot was trying his paTence. And he was already in a bad mood from missing the fight with the Rocks.
"Alright Kakarot," he said angrily, "why are we just sitting here while your Earth buddies get all the action?"
It was a rhetorical question, but of course the baka didn't get it.
"Vegeta, you know that the three of us are vulnerable to those radiators." Piccolo nodded in agreement, Kakarot continued, "besides, Bulma said there weren't any radiators here and we're out of range of the ones in the mines. So if they are activated we can still fight after they're turned off."
"Yeah, yeah" he mumbled. He resumed his watch of the activites below. More specifically, Trunks' moves.
* * * * *
Trunks and Goten talked quietly while the walked behind Gohan, Yamcha, Rutega and Cauliflo, who were removing Tsrufaiya tails and getting them involved in the plan. They all wore rags given to them by the Tsrufaiya they had rescued from the Rocks, those Tsrufaiya were also bringing in more to fight. Trunks asked his friend, "Hey Goten, where did you come up with that way to beat Spelunk."
"Well..." he blushed at his friend's interest, "the fight wasn't going to good, so I started thinkin', 'What would you do?', 'What would my dad do?', 'What would Gohan do?' When I got nothing there I started thinking, 'What would my mom do?' Then I remembered something my mom told me a long time ago."
"Yeah, what was that?" Trunks asked.
Goten lifted his head up and changed his voice in an impersonation of Chi-Chi, "It doesn't matter what's on the outside, it's what's inside that counts."
"Ohhhh......" Trunks nearly lost his balance at his surprise from the sheer...he didn't know what...of Goten's inspiration.
Gohan, Yamcha, Rutega, and Cauliflo heard Goten and almost couldn't contain their laughter.
"I got to give you credit, Goten," Gohan said, "I never would have thought of that." Goten beamed from his brother's praise though Trunks thought there was something odd about how Gohan said that.
They went on. Freeing Tsrufaiya one by one.
* * * * *
Krillin was watching everything around him. He was taking his job of protecting Bulma very seriously. She was their only shot of successfully stopping the radiators. Bulma was in front of him, the Tsrufaiya Oran was in front of her. And Tenshinhan and Chaozu were to either side of Bulma. Krillin took the opportunity to ask their resident scientist something he had been wondering about.
"Bulma, could I ask you something?"
"Sure, what?", she replied.
"Goku said that this Iciicla was Frieza's mother, right?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"Well, I always thought that Frieza's race was asexual, I mean, you saw Frieza in his final form. He doesn't have...anything."
"Well that doesn't mean he was like the Nameks." Bulma replied, "After all, this is an alien race we're talking about here. They could have ways of mating we couldn't even conceive of. Frieza's race could even have more than two genders. There could be any number of genders among Frieza's species."
"Oh, well, I guess that's true." Krillin said.
"We're almost there." Oran said.
"Good." said Bulma, "You're all familiar with what to do."
"Yes," said Tenshihnan, "Krillin, Chaozu, and I will sneak in and take out the guards and then keep watch while you figure out how to reprogram the radiators."
"Correct." said Bulma, "Well, I guess it's now or never."
They approached the door to the control room.
* * * * *
Iciicla made her way to the mines. She saw exactly what was happening. One group was freeing Tsrufaiya while another group got the engineer Bulma to the radiator control room. She also spied Goku, Vegeta, and the Namek sitting in an small alcove in the wall, out of range of the radiators.
At seeing Goku she almost went berserk. No, she thought, I must remain in control. She decided to wait. Wait until the Z-fighters were close to victory, then she would make her move. She would let those fools think they had won. Then remove their last shred of hope.
Yes, she thought, that will make this victory all the sweeter.
END OF CHAPTER IX
REUNION
CHAPTER IX: PLANS OF STEALTH
BY
Sgamer82
Bulma filled Goku in on the plan of attack. Goku thought it was a good way to do things. Oran would take Bulma to the Radiators' control room. She would have protection from Chaozu, Tenshinhan, and Krillin. Meanwhile, Cauliflo would take Yamcha, Goten, Trunks, Gohan, and Rutega down into the mines to tell the other Tsrufaiya what was happening and get their help. That shouldn't be too difficult, Goku thought, Cauliflo said nearly Tsrufaiya was a rebel ready to fight the Overseers.
The Overseers were large insect creatures with strong chitonous shells, which could easily repel the sort of low ki blast the Tsrufaiya were capable of. Vegeta said they looked like something called an Arlian. Vegeta, Piccolo and Goku would stay back and cover any the fighters in the mine just in case a battle did break out.
Goku, specifically, would keep an eye out for Iciicla. It was hoped that if Iciicla did show up, her obsession with honor would force her to concentrate on Goku. Goku was sure Bulma was right on this since he did rip off her arm. But that's not what worries me, Goku thought to himself, where is Iciicla? She should have come back after me long before now. Goku didn't like this. This long time could mean anything. Goku knew she was up to something, and was equally sure he wouldn't like what something turned out to be.
* * * * *
Iciicla blasted through the ceiling of the tunnel the Z-Fighters had just left. In the tunnel she saw the empty shells of her greatest soldiers. Stalacta...Stalagma...and dear Spelunk...I knew would this happen one day, she thought, it's why I kept you in my service.
She smiled as she approached Stalacta's husk and ripped off its arms. There was no blood, seeing as how everything inside was destroyed by the Z-fighters. She took the forearms and put them through her own. Then she took the large Rock's torso and put it over her own chest. She then tore Stalagma's body in two lengthwise. She then fashioned them into legbands. Finally she took of Spelunk's head and blasted out its face. She put the head over her own.
She now had her own set of arm, leg, head, and body armor. Her poison spines covered the parts of her body not shielded by the armor. Now she could easily fend off the strongest ki attack, even Goku's Genki Dama couldn't touch her. And if the Z-fighters tried to attack her physically, they would be killed by her spines' venom. She could not lose. The Earth warriors would die and the Tsrufaiya would remain her slaves for good. Who knows? she thought, maybe I'll even go to Earth and add another slave animal to the menagerie. Iciicla exploded with laughter at the thought of another race of primates serving the Pola Empire for all eternity. She set out in search of Goku and his little friends.
* * * * *
Vegeta watched as everyone went on with their part of Bulma's plan. Damn woman, he thought to himself, we should just attack and get this whole thing finished, not follow this stupid plan. He felt that all this sneaking around was unnatural. They could easily take over the mines in the time it took to activate those accursed radiators. He wasn't about to admit to himself that those same radiators nearly killed him. Or that he probably would be dead if not for Trunks and the other Earth fighters. He looked over at Kakarot, he seethed at having to sit with that moron and the Namek.
He could tolerate it if it were just Piccolo, but being stuck with Kakarot was trying his paTence. And he was already in a bad mood from missing the fight with the Rocks.
"Alright Kakarot," he said angrily, "why are we just sitting here while your Earth buddies get all the action?"
It was a rhetorical question, but of course the baka didn't get it.
"Vegeta, you know that the three of us are vulnerable to those radiators." Piccolo nodded in agreement, Kakarot continued, "besides, Bulma said there weren't any radiators here and we're out of range of the ones in the mines. So if they are activated we can still fight after they're turned off."
"Yeah, yeah" he mumbled. He resumed his watch of the activites below. More specifically, Trunks' moves.
* * * * *
Trunks and Goten talked quietly while the walked behind Gohan, Yamcha, Rutega and Cauliflo, who were removing Tsrufaiya tails and getting them involved in the plan. They all wore rags given to them by the Tsrufaiya they had rescued from the Rocks, those Tsrufaiya were also bringing in more to fight. Trunks asked his friend, "Hey Goten, where did you come up with that way to beat Spelunk."
"Well..." he blushed at his friend's interest, "the fight wasn't going to good, so I started thinkin', 'What would you do?', 'What would my dad do?', 'What would Gohan do?' When I got nothing there I started thinking, 'What would my mom do?' Then I remembered something my mom told me a long time ago."
"Yeah, what was that?" Trunks asked.
Goten lifted his head up and changed his voice in an impersonation of Chi-Chi, "It doesn't matter what's on the outside, it's what's inside that counts."
"Ohhhh......" Trunks nearly lost his balance at his surprise from the sheer...he didn't know what...of Goten's inspiration.
Gohan, Yamcha, Rutega, and Cauliflo heard Goten and almost couldn't contain their laughter.
"I got to give you credit, Goten," Gohan said, "I never would have thought of that." Goten beamed from his brother's praise though Trunks thought there was something odd about how Gohan said that.
They went on. Freeing Tsrufaiya one by one.
* * * * *
Krillin was watching everything around him. He was taking his job of protecting Bulma very seriously. She was their only shot of successfully stopping the radiators. Bulma was in front of him, the Tsrufaiya Oran was in front of her. And Tenshinhan and Chaozu were to either side of Bulma. Krillin took the opportunity to ask their resident scientist something he had been wondering about.
"Bulma, could I ask you something?"
"Sure, what?", she replied.
"Goku said that this Iciicla was Frieza's mother, right?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"Well, I always thought that Frieza's race was asexual, I mean, you saw Frieza in his final form. He doesn't have...anything."
"Well that doesn't mean he was like the Nameks." Bulma replied, "After all, this is an alien race we're talking about here. They could have ways of mating we couldn't even conceive of. Frieza's race could even have more than two genders. There could be any number of genders among Frieza's species."
"Oh, well, I guess that's true." Krillin said.
"We're almost there." Oran said.
"Good." said Bulma, "You're all familiar with what to do."
"Yes," said Tenshihnan, "Krillin, Chaozu, and I will sneak in and take out the guards and then keep watch while you figure out how to reprogram the radiators."
"Correct." said Bulma, "Well, I guess it's now or never."
They approached the door to the control room.
* * * * *
Iciicla made her way to the mines. She saw exactly what was happening. One group was freeing Tsrufaiya while another group got the engineer Bulma to the radiator control room. She also spied Goku, Vegeta, and the Namek sitting in an small alcove in the wall, out of range of the radiators.
At seeing Goku she almost went berserk. No, she thought, I must remain in control. She decided to wait. Wait until the Z-fighters were close to victory, then she would make her move. She would let those fools think they had won. Then remove their last shred of hope.
Yes, she thought, that will make this victory all the sweeter.
END OF CHAPTER IX