DRAGON BALL Z
REUNION
CHAPTER XII: SACRIFICE
BY
Sgamer82
Goku saw the attack hurtling straight at him. He prepared to use a KameHameHa to counter it when all of a sudden he heard Piccolo shout
"Goku dodge it!"
Goku dodged and was soon glad he did. He looked at where the energy spike had made contact. There was no explosion from the beam hitting a solid object.
Instead, he saw a large icicle imbedded 4 feet in the rock wall. Goku saw that if he had destroyed it, it would of sent shrapnel flying everywhere. He would have killed dozens, maybe even hundreds below. And if he hadn't dodged, the inertia of the attack would have allowed the point of the icicle to rip right through him.
He silently thanked Piccolo's instincts for seeing what was happening and warning him. He looked down at Iciicla.
Bulma was right, she had transformed. She was at least twice as tall as she was the first time. And three times as angry. She had a sadistic smile on her face as she sent more Aishikurus Goku's way.
Goku kept dodging them but he knew he would eventually either be hit or have to destroy one. And he could allow neither one to happen. He couldn't get close enough to attack and it was too risky to try a KameHameHa or some other type of ki blast. As he dodged he saw Vegeta appear behind Iciicla in Super Saiyan Two.
He was set to send a Big Bang her way, but Iciicla turned and threw another Aishikuru at him before he could even stretch out his hand. Vegeta nimbly dodged and the icicle embedded itself into another wall. This only made Vegeta angrier but it also gave Goku some new information, Iciicla sensed him! She can sense kis. Iciicla wasn't just bragging when she said she prepared for us.
While Iciicla was distracted Goku shot a quick KameHameHa at her. And was surprised when it just bounced off her back and through an Overseer who was in the worst possible place and into the wall. Goku didn't understand what went wrong.
Then he remembered Goten telling him about his battle with the Rocks and how Krillin's Kienzan was ineffective, and then realized what Bulma had said.
Great, now what do I do?
* * * * *
While Goku and Vegeta were taking on Iciicla, Bulma had her own problems. The Overseers had broken through the doors to the control center and Tenshinhan and Krillin were doing everything they could to slow them down. Chaozu quickly dispatched the ones that got by the pair into the actual control room.
Meanwhile Bulma was trying to find the program for the radiators. It wasn't easy, as she had told Oran one needed specific calculations for the radiators. The best she could accomplish would be to shut them down completely. She wanted to wait though, and see if she could find a way to get the punishing devices to do their work on Iciicla.
She watched as the Z-Fighters in the mine stopped fighting the Overseers to concentrate on Iciicla. Bulma saw Iciicla start attacking with her spines; she struck a female Tsrufaiya and watched as the former slave writhed in agony. Her veins and arteries turned a visible black as she died. That confirms it, Bulma thought, that black stuff on the spines is poison. She grabbed the external speaker microphone and spoke into it.
"Guys, don't touch Iciicla..."
* * * * *
"...HER SPINES ARE POISONOUS. THEY'LL KILL YOU!"
Vegeta was on the attack when she heard his wife's warning. He broke his charge and instead shot a Big Bang into Iciicla. She positioned herself so that her armor received the bulk of the shot.
The blow had no effect on the skin of the former Rocks. Iciicla realized that as long as Bulma was in the control room she could see and hear everything that happened. She must have seen Iciicla strike down that stupid Tsrufaiya that attacked her. Iciicla gave orders to her soldiers.
"Overseers, converge on the control center. Bring me the humans there! Alive!" She added that as an afterthought.
She watched her troops obey her command, the Human Z-Fighter Yamcha and the two Half-breed children move to intercept the Overseers. She also saw the half-breeds stop for a moment and perform that Fusion they used.
Gotenks and Yamcha went to help their friends. Now, to the more important matters at hand. It was now her against Goku, Vegeta, Goku's older son, and Rutega. Goku and Vegeta were in Super Saiyan Two, Gohan in Mystic, and Rutega was Normal.
She hasn't reached Super Saiyan. That was valuable information. It was time to finish this. She assumed the position to shoot another Aishikuru.
But instead did something different. She concentrated as much of her ki as she could. And fired it in another attack she had created.
"ZETTAIZERO!"
A blue field of ki extended from her hands freezing everything it touched in place. Only Tsrufaiya that happened to be behind rocks were not frozen. She saw some of them peek out from behind their hiding places with fear in their eyes. Goku and the other three were in front of her, encased in ice. As were the Tsrufaiya that were fighting not a minute before. She chuckled as she began walking to Goku.
* * * * *
Piccolo watched Iciicla freeze everything in front of her with her attack. Piccolo himself was still able to move because he had been behind Iciicla. He didn't understand before why he stayed behind now he saw that why his instincts had told him to stay back.
He prepared a Makakansoppo to fire at Iciicla. He knew it would be a wasted effort, but he had to at least stall for time. Give Gohan and the others a chance to figure out a way out of this.
As he powered up he slowly moved around to hit Iciicla from the side. Perhaps there was a weak spot on the side armor I can exploit.
Luckily she didn't seem to notice him. He prepared to fire but stopped himself, he watched as the Overseers brought in the Human fighters. They were all beaten bloody and barely conscious.
The only ones awake were Bulma, and Goten and Trunks, who had apparently become un-fused in the battle in the control center. They were exhausted and weakly struggling against the Overseers holding on to them.
I'd best hold back, he thought, wait for my chance to strike.
* * * * *
Iciicla smiled as the humans were brought in front of her. She noticed that the Tsrufaiya that led them to the control room wasn't among the prisoners.
The bugs must've killed him. She thought, no matter, he wasn't part of the plan anyway. Iciicla stopped as the unfrozen Z-Fighters were brought in front of her. She heard the purple furred half-breed Trunks shout out.
"Let me go you overgrown cockroach before you get your ass kicked." She ignored him and looked at Goku.
"You are beaten Goku. I believe the human expression is, checkmate." The Saiyan tried to free himself from the ice but could not break his frozen bonds even at Super Saiyan 2. "Now, what to do...oh, I have an idea."
She took one of her arm spines and ripped it off. She felt no pain as it came off of her body. She looked at Goku again.
"The poison from my spines is one of the most lethal natural poisons in the universe." She said, being sure to emphasize 'natural'. "It will kill anything it infects, the only creatures that are immune are others of my species. And, because this poison is from a living creature as a survival mechanism, anything killed by it has died, by definition, a natural death."
All the Earthlings understood what that meant. The Dragon Balls could not revive anyone killed by her poison.
"Not only that, but the stronger the infected person is, the longer it takes for them to die. So, I'll tell you what I am going to do," as she spoke she blew a small hole in the ice holding Goku.
"I am going to throw this spine into your gut. As you begin to die, I will kill each of your friends right in front of you. You will be forced to watch all your friends die while punishing yourself for not being able to save them."
* * * * *
Goku was stunned at how evil this monster was. He was just as stunned at how well Iciicla knew how to torture him. He'd never had an enemy hate him this much before, except maybe Dr. Gero.
He had to figure out something. He saw Piccolo off to the side, preparing a Makkakansoppo. He knew Piccolo couldn't help him, the attack wouldn't be ready in time and even if it was that armor would just deflect it easily.
The most the Namek could do was to be a distraction to Iciicla and delay the inevitable. Goku had to do something but what. He couldn't move his head but he could move his eyes. As Iciicla droned on more about her revenge Goku checked on the other Z-Fighters.
Vegeta, Gohan, and Rutega were frozen near him in the same place they had been standing in when Iciicla sent out her attack. Yamcha, Krillin, Ten, and Chaozu were half-conscious and in the grip of the Overseers. Another of the bugs was holding Bulma. Goten and Trunks were each held by two Overseers, the boys were exhausted but still fighting. Even in all this Goku was proud of the kids for not giving up.
His thoughts were interrupted by a sharp cry of "Primate!" Goku looked at Iciicla once again.
"Prepare to die!" with this she threw the spine as if it were a dart. It was heading right for the hole Iciicla had put in Goku's sub-zero prison.
Suddenly, Goku's vision was obscured by something coming in from his right. He heard a sharp scream and his vision became clear again as he heard something hit the ground.
He looked down and saw the limp body of Cauliflo lying on her back with Iciicla's poison spine protruding from her abdomen. He heard Rutega scream
"MMMMOOOOTTTTHHHHEEEERRRR!"
END OF CHAPTER XII
REUNION
CHAPTER XII: SACRIFICE
BY
Sgamer82
Goku saw the attack hurtling straight at him. He prepared to use a KameHameHa to counter it when all of a sudden he heard Piccolo shout
"Goku dodge it!"
Goku dodged and was soon glad he did. He looked at where the energy spike had made contact. There was no explosion from the beam hitting a solid object.
Instead, he saw a large icicle imbedded 4 feet in the rock wall. Goku saw that if he had destroyed it, it would of sent shrapnel flying everywhere. He would have killed dozens, maybe even hundreds below. And if he hadn't dodged, the inertia of the attack would have allowed the point of the icicle to rip right through him.
He silently thanked Piccolo's instincts for seeing what was happening and warning him. He looked down at Iciicla.
Bulma was right, she had transformed. She was at least twice as tall as she was the first time. And three times as angry. She had a sadistic smile on her face as she sent more Aishikurus Goku's way.
Goku kept dodging them but he knew he would eventually either be hit or have to destroy one. And he could allow neither one to happen. He couldn't get close enough to attack and it was too risky to try a KameHameHa or some other type of ki blast. As he dodged he saw Vegeta appear behind Iciicla in Super Saiyan Two.
He was set to send a Big Bang her way, but Iciicla turned and threw another Aishikuru at him before he could even stretch out his hand. Vegeta nimbly dodged and the icicle embedded itself into another wall. This only made Vegeta angrier but it also gave Goku some new information, Iciicla sensed him! She can sense kis. Iciicla wasn't just bragging when she said she prepared for us.
While Iciicla was distracted Goku shot a quick KameHameHa at her. And was surprised when it just bounced off her back and through an Overseer who was in the worst possible place and into the wall. Goku didn't understand what went wrong.
Then he remembered Goten telling him about his battle with the Rocks and how Krillin's Kienzan was ineffective, and then realized what Bulma had said.
Great, now what do I do?
* * * * *
While Goku and Vegeta were taking on Iciicla, Bulma had her own problems. The Overseers had broken through the doors to the control center and Tenshinhan and Krillin were doing everything they could to slow them down. Chaozu quickly dispatched the ones that got by the pair into the actual control room.
Meanwhile Bulma was trying to find the program for the radiators. It wasn't easy, as she had told Oran one needed specific calculations for the radiators. The best she could accomplish would be to shut them down completely. She wanted to wait though, and see if she could find a way to get the punishing devices to do their work on Iciicla.
She watched as the Z-Fighters in the mine stopped fighting the Overseers to concentrate on Iciicla. Bulma saw Iciicla start attacking with her spines; she struck a female Tsrufaiya and watched as the former slave writhed in agony. Her veins and arteries turned a visible black as she died. That confirms it, Bulma thought, that black stuff on the spines is poison. She grabbed the external speaker microphone and spoke into it.
"Guys, don't touch Iciicla..."
* * * * *
"...HER SPINES ARE POISONOUS. THEY'LL KILL YOU!"
Vegeta was on the attack when she heard his wife's warning. He broke his charge and instead shot a Big Bang into Iciicla. She positioned herself so that her armor received the bulk of the shot.
The blow had no effect on the skin of the former Rocks. Iciicla realized that as long as Bulma was in the control room she could see and hear everything that happened. She must have seen Iciicla strike down that stupid Tsrufaiya that attacked her. Iciicla gave orders to her soldiers.
"Overseers, converge on the control center. Bring me the humans there! Alive!" She added that as an afterthought.
She watched her troops obey her command, the Human Z-Fighter Yamcha and the two Half-breed children move to intercept the Overseers. She also saw the half-breeds stop for a moment and perform that Fusion they used.
Gotenks and Yamcha went to help their friends. Now, to the more important matters at hand. It was now her against Goku, Vegeta, Goku's older son, and Rutega. Goku and Vegeta were in Super Saiyan Two, Gohan in Mystic, and Rutega was Normal.
She hasn't reached Super Saiyan. That was valuable information. It was time to finish this. She assumed the position to shoot another Aishikuru.
But instead did something different. She concentrated as much of her ki as she could. And fired it in another attack she had created.
"ZETTAIZERO!"
A blue field of ki extended from her hands freezing everything it touched in place. Only Tsrufaiya that happened to be behind rocks were not frozen. She saw some of them peek out from behind their hiding places with fear in their eyes. Goku and the other three were in front of her, encased in ice. As were the Tsrufaiya that were fighting not a minute before. She chuckled as she began walking to Goku.
* * * * *
Piccolo watched Iciicla freeze everything in front of her with her attack. Piccolo himself was still able to move because he had been behind Iciicla. He didn't understand before why he stayed behind now he saw that why his instincts had told him to stay back.
He prepared a Makakansoppo to fire at Iciicla. He knew it would be a wasted effort, but he had to at least stall for time. Give Gohan and the others a chance to figure out a way out of this.
As he powered up he slowly moved around to hit Iciicla from the side. Perhaps there was a weak spot on the side armor I can exploit.
Luckily she didn't seem to notice him. He prepared to fire but stopped himself, he watched as the Overseers brought in the Human fighters. They were all beaten bloody and barely conscious.
The only ones awake were Bulma, and Goten and Trunks, who had apparently become un-fused in the battle in the control center. They were exhausted and weakly struggling against the Overseers holding on to them.
I'd best hold back, he thought, wait for my chance to strike.
* * * * *
Iciicla smiled as the humans were brought in front of her. She noticed that the Tsrufaiya that led them to the control room wasn't among the prisoners.
The bugs must've killed him. She thought, no matter, he wasn't part of the plan anyway. Iciicla stopped as the unfrozen Z-Fighters were brought in front of her. She heard the purple furred half-breed Trunks shout out.
"Let me go you overgrown cockroach before you get your ass kicked." She ignored him and looked at Goku.
"You are beaten Goku. I believe the human expression is, checkmate." The Saiyan tried to free himself from the ice but could not break his frozen bonds even at Super Saiyan 2. "Now, what to do...oh, I have an idea."
She took one of her arm spines and ripped it off. She felt no pain as it came off of her body. She looked at Goku again.
"The poison from my spines is one of the most lethal natural poisons in the universe." She said, being sure to emphasize 'natural'. "It will kill anything it infects, the only creatures that are immune are others of my species. And, because this poison is from a living creature as a survival mechanism, anything killed by it has died, by definition, a natural death."
All the Earthlings understood what that meant. The Dragon Balls could not revive anyone killed by her poison.
"Not only that, but the stronger the infected person is, the longer it takes for them to die. So, I'll tell you what I am going to do," as she spoke she blew a small hole in the ice holding Goku.
"I am going to throw this spine into your gut. As you begin to die, I will kill each of your friends right in front of you. You will be forced to watch all your friends die while punishing yourself for not being able to save them."
* * * * *
Goku was stunned at how evil this monster was. He was just as stunned at how well Iciicla knew how to torture him. He'd never had an enemy hate him this much before, except maybe Dr. Gero.
He had to figure out something. He saw Piccolo off to the side, preparing a Makkakansoppo. He knew Piccolo couldn't help him, the attack wouldn't be ready in time and even if it was that armor would just deflect it easily.
The most the Namek could do was to be a distraction to Iciicla and delay the inevitable. Goku had to do something but what. He couldn't move his head but he could move his eyes. As Iciicla droned on more about her revenge Goku checked on the other Z-Fighters.
Vegeta, Gohan, and Rutega were frozen near him in the same place they had been standing in when Iciicla sent out her attack. Yamcha, Krillin, Ten, and Chaozu were half-conscious and in the grip of the Overseers. Another of the bugs was holding Bulma. Goten and Trunks were each held by two Overseers, the boys were exhausted but still fighting. Even in all this Goku was proud of the kids for not giving up.
His thoughts were interrupted by a sharp cry of "Primate!" Goku looked at Iciicla once again.
"Prepare to die!" with this she threw the spine as if it were a dart. It was heading right for the hole Iciicla had put in Goku's sub-zero prison.
Suddenly, Goku's vision was obscured by something coming in from his right. He heard a sharp scream and his vision became clear again as he heard something hit the ground.
He looked down and saw the limp body of Cauliflo lying on her back with Iciicla's poison spine protruding from her abdomen. He heard Rutega scream
"MMMMOOOOTTTTHHHHEEEERRRR!"
END OF CHAPTER XII