The Coal Saga: Chapter 3
(All characters except the ones I made up are from DBZ, in other words don't sue me. I'm just writing a fanfic here.)
Frieza slowly awakened from his dreamless sleep, and lifted his head to see his surroundings.
"Where am I?" were the only words that could cross his mind as he gazed around the medical room he had been placed in. After a short look around, his gaze finally fell on the Namek lying on the table next to him.
"The Namek? Piccolo? What is he doing here?" he said out loud, though at that very moment Piccolo started to wake up as well.
"Coal?!" he shouted as he sprung up quickly, seemingly reliving the battle in his mind.
"Where is he?! I'll destroy him!?"
"You won't be destroying anyone in your condition." came a voice from across the room. Both aliens turned their gaze to see Dr. Brief walking into the room.
"Mr. Brief? What's going on? What happened?" repeatedly asked Frieza, not knowing of anything that had happened since his encounter with Coal.
"The last thing I remember was Coal slowly blasting people, then he aimed at Sapphire, and I...." he started until he held his head like it hurt.
"Try not to think so hard. You need to rest now. I have you eat a senzu bean, though they don't seem to work very well on your species." Brief faintly muttered, as he seemed preoccupied with typing something on the computer.
"Oh yeah by the way, I think you two should go see Goku. He'll tell you about his plan of actions. And even though you two may not be enough, he needs all the help he can get." he continued while glancing at them, though immediately after he went right back to typing. They glanced at each other, then jumped off their medical bed, ready to fight Coal.
Each had been in a daze since they had been resurrected from near death, and the only thing both were able to do was to fill out their last command, find Goku. Though after a long search throughout the house they finally found him training extremely hard outside the building. They watched in awe for a second as Goku gave it his all in his training. Like he was fighting Coal right then and there. The truth of the matter was he was punishing himself for losing. And for letting Cell's family down.
"Goku! Get down here! We need to talk about Coal!" yelled Piccolo, as he was eager to get back into the fight. After a few repeated cries, Goku finally came out of his training state of mind, and landed in front of them with a loud landing. Both Frieza and Piccolo stepped back a step when they saw the look of pure determination on the saiyan's face.
"Goku! What happened! Where's Coal!?" screamed Piccolo.
"Gone....he's gone...."
"What do you mean he's gone?!" yelled Frieza.
"I couldn't beat him, now he's off somewhere on earth, doing God knows what." Goku said looking down. Both Frieza and Piccolo got an idea about how strong Coal was just by the way Goku's muscles tightened as he racalled the battle in his mind.
"What are we going to do?" Frieza asked.
"Train."
"What? How can we train when that things tearing up the earth!" Piccolo yelled, utterly furious over the whole incident.
"There is nothing we can do until we get stronger. We will train for one day, and one day only. Any more then that and Coal will destroy more then half the world's population. Trunx and Goten are in the hyperbolic time chamber as we speak." Goku said solemnly.
"One day?! How can we all train in the chamber in one day?!" asked Frieza, utterly confused by these course of actions.
"We don't. After Goten and Trunx get out of there, the only ones who have the ability to go back in will. And that leaves Sapphire, and you Piccolo." Goku said, knowing that Piccolo wasn't going to like that idea.
"The kid! No way! I'll go alone..."
"No! We only have a day. You have to!" Goku yelled, showing a level of anger that he usually never portrayed. That very anger was enough for Piccolo to go silent, and to question Goku's logic no more.
"And what about me Goku?" asked Frieza.
"You...you stay here where its safe. Don't take it the wrong way, but you would only get hurt if you were to attack him head on. You, Krillin, Yamcha, and Tien will protect our families." Goku said with a stern voice.
"But....ok...." he replied, knowing that what Goku said was the truth.
Suddenly Gohan walked out of Capsule corps.
"Mr. Piccolo, Goten and Trunx are almost done. You should all head off to Kami....I mean Popo's place. Sapphire will meet you there." Gohan said, as he flew in that exact direction. Even though both Goku and Frieza would not be able to enter the chamber they followed after Piccolo anyways.
After the short flight there, they noticed Sapphire doing simple training moves outside. The remnants of the previous battle there could still be seen, as trees and pieces of the ground were all destroyed. All destroyed by their fight with Coal.
"Hey you guys! Down here!" Sapphire cried, as she pointed to the spot where she was standing. The four fighters quickly landed near where she had designated. Sapphire took that moment to push past them and walk up to Frieza.
"Frieza? I know this might sound weird coming from me. But....thanx." she said with a grin, grabbing onto his hand. And in the instant that she did that, Frieza suddenly remembered what had happened before.
"Don't mention it....kid." he said with a smirk. She gave him one last look of approval before turning to Piccolo.
"C'mon green man, we got some training to do." Sapphire said in a seemingly happy tone as she elbowed Piccolo in the stomach, walking past him towards the sanctuary. Piccolo clenched his teeth feeling embarrased that she had called him green man, though even more embarrased that when she had elbowed him, it hurt.
"Yeah, whatever kid." he said following her.
At that moment Mr. Popo walked out of the sanctuary.
"They're finished." he simply stated, as a powerful presence could be felt coming out of the sanctuary. Soon after out stepped Goten and Trunx, both having reached Super Saiyan-jin 2. Their hair was the usual golden color yet very defined, also they had a confident air around them as they slowly made their way towards Goku and Frieza. Goku eyes gleamed a bit as he looked down at the two boys, feeling a sense of awe by the level of power they had gained in such a short time.
Goku was silent as he watched to two take their places in front of him. A small smile curved his lips as for the first time he was starting to have a bit of confidence that they could maybe win this thing.
Suddenly all four of them turned their heads to the sky as they felt another powerful presence approaching. And in the distance they could slowly see a figure approaching quickly. Trunx squinted to see who it was, and got very excited when he realized the answer.
"It my Mom and Dad! They've come back!" he cried happily.
"Vegita?" Goku could only wonder, as he saw Vegita land on the ground, letting Bulma out of his embrace. For that moment Trunx could not control himself, and ran straight at his mother hugging her.
"Mom! Dad! Where were you guys?!" he asked, almost wanting to cry, fearing that they had left forever.
"We had some...adult things to discuss." she said simply, glancing at Vegita who just turned away. She held her son tightly, not caring that the sheer energy he was eminating was causing her hair to stand on end.
"I don't have time for this." he simply stated as he tried to ignore his son. Goku and Goten took that moment to walk over to the small family reunion.
"So Kakkarot, I see that you have a small plan building to defeat Coal. Do you really think its going to work?" he asked in more insulting tone, then curious.
"I don't know, I really don't. Even with out combined power it may not be enough."
"But it doesn't mean we can't try." interrupted Gohan happily as he rushed over to the group.
"You're are fools to really have that much confidence. The only way we'll win this if there is a miracle. So in other words stay out of my way, and pray that I win." Vegita said with an angry tone.
"What's your problem? The only way we're going to win this is if we work together." Goten said pointetly. Vegita tried to say something in return but couldn't think of something so stayed silent. Throughout this whole conversation Bulma was actually silent for once. As she gazed at five Super Saiyan-jin 2 warriors, she was amazed that even with all the power they had, they were very doubtful they even had a chance against Coal.
Meanwhile, both Piccolo and Sapphire had entered the time chamber, and they both were determined to spend the six months they had in there wisely.
"Is that the....best you can do!" cried Sapphire as she was being onslaughted by four Piccolo's, all attacking her at once. She ducked, dodged, and blocked as the barrage attacked her, though she never let one attack get through her defenses. The Piccolo's around her were visibly starting to get angry.
"Try this! Special Beam Cannon!" came Piccolo's attack cry, as Sapphire was assaulted by 4 beams of energy. Her eyes shifted from one to the other as she calculated her next movement. In a flash she round-hous kicked two of them away, flipped backwards, and with her back turned to the other two, reflected them away with her hands. She had a confidnet look of determination as she stood there, the four beams having caused explosions all around her. Her super saiyan hair sparkled a little, getting closer and closer to allowing her to ascend.
"C'mon green dude, lets see what you got!"
"Argh stop calling me that!" Piccolo cried in frustration as he reformed into one creature, and sent to long extending arms flyings at her. She took that moment to spreads her wings and dodge both of them, and make a b-line straight for Piccolo. And since for that brief period his arms were not of use to him, he closed his eyes waiting for the impact, but it never came.
Standing right in front of him was Sapphire, tapping his nose.
"Ya know for a guy who talks so big, you seem to lose to a little girl a lot." she said with a playful smile. Piccolo looked as if he was going to scream at her, though his anger fizzled out and he just smirked.
"We'll see tomorrow kid. Why don't we get some sleep, we've been at it for at least thirty hours now." he said as he turned to walk back to the bedroom part of the chamber. She nodded and quickly followed him, knowing that she was slowly starting to gain his respect, and friendship. Just as Gohan had been able to to do before her. Her mind was full of thoughts of training to become stronger, and gaining enough power to defeat that one who had stolen her father away from her.
Elsewhere in the world though, things were quite as bright.
"Karen....will you marry me?" Steve asked as he kneeled down in front of the woman he loved, holding out the ring. Her eyes filled with tears of joy and happiness..
"Yes! Of course I'll marry you!" she cried as she pulled her now fiancee into her loving embrace.
A few feet away though, lizard like eyes watched the happy couple.
"Ahh yes perfect. It was a good idea to convert my body back to that of Cell' first form. More people fear this form." Coal mused to himself in a raspy voice as he glanced down at his locust like body, his tail slowly moving back in forth in anticipation.
As Karen and Steve settled back down to their romantic dinner they heard a rumbling in the bushes next to them. Steve, trying to impress his fiancee walked over the bush to investigate. When suddenly Coal popped out, ramming his stinger into the helpless man. Karen screamed as she watched her beloved being sucked away, leaving nothing but his clothing.
"AHHHHHHHHH!" she just managed to cry as she attempted to run away, fearing for her life. Though she didnt' get far, when she to felt the stinger ram into her back. And soon, she also was nothing but a mere pile of clothes.
The rest of the restaurent was slightly stirred by the commotion and screaming they heard. Though before any real investigation could be done, Coal crashed through a wall, his eyes shifting around the room as he was prepared to have a dinner of his own. This immediately caused the whole place to erupt with panic as people tried desperately to get out.
"Why do you run! Do you not wish to become part of the ultimate power in the universe?" asked Coal to no one as he quickly dashed into the crowd. One last scream could be heard, as a last pile of clothing fluttered to the ground. In only a few mintues the once lively restaurent was now nothing more then place of empty tables and piles of fine dresses and suits.
Coal licked his lips as he gazed out into the city.
"I can't believe how enjoyable it is to enact fear into the hearts of these pathetic beings. Goku, wait till you find out that not only am I more powerful then you, but I've also become even more powerful by sucking up the very people you have tried to protect."
Coal slowly made his way into the city, to finish off what he had started out to do. The news reporters would say that no trace was left of this city's people, other then the clothing of those who perished. The very few survivors said that that fateful day was nothing but screams and utter carnage. The only description of the creature that was recalled was that it looked exactly as the one that attacked quite a few years ago. Though as that one was described as green in color, this was was a darker color. Such as the color of Coal, or even, the color of death....
To Be Continued.
(All characters except the ones I made up are from DBZ, in other words don't sue me. I'm just writing a fanfic here.)
Frieza slowly awakened from his dreamless sleep, and lifted his head to see his surroundings.
"Where am I?" were the only words that could cross his mind as he gazed around the medical room he had been placed in. After a short look around, his gaze finally fell on the Namek lying on the table next to him.
"The Namek? Piccolo? What is he doing here?" he said out loud, though at that very moment Piccolo started to wake up as well.
"Coal?!" he shouted as he sprung up quickly, seemingly reliving the battle in his mind.
"Where is he?! I'll destroy him!?"
"You won't be destroying anyone in your condition." came a voice from across the room. Both aliens turned their gaze to see Dr. Brief walking into the room.
"Mr. Brief? What's going on? What happened?" repeatedly asked Frieza, not knowing of anything that had happened since his encounter with Coal.
"The last thing I remember was Coal slowly blasting people, then he aimed at Sapphire, and I...." he started until he held his head like it hurt.
"Try not to think so hard. You need to rest now. I have you eat a senzu bean, though they don't seem to work very well on your species." Brief faintly muttered, as he seemed preoccupied with typing something on the computer.
"Oh yeah by the way, I think you two should go see Goku. He'll tell you about his plan of actions. And even though you two may not be enough, he needs all the help he can get." he continued while glancing at them, though immediately after he went right back to typing. They glanced at each other, then jumped off their medical bed, ready to fight Coal.
Each had been in a daze since they had been resurrected from near death, and the only thing both were able to do was to fill out their last command, find Goku. Though after a long search throughout the house they finally found him training extremely hard outside the building. They watched in awe for a second as Goku gave it his all in his training. Like he was fighting Coal right then and there. The truth of the matter was he was punishing himself for losing. And for letting Cell's family down.
"Goku! Get down here! We need to talk about Coal!" yelled Piccolo, as he was eager to get back into the fight. After a few repeated cries, Goku finally came out of his training state of mind, and landed in front of them with a loud landing. Both Frieza and Piccolo stepped back a step when they saw the look of pure determination on the saiyan's face.
"Goku! What happened! Where's Coal!?" screamed Piccolo.
"Gone....he's gone...."
"What do you mean he's gone?!" yelled Frieza.
"I couldn't beat him, now he's off somewhere on earth, doing God knows what." Goku said looking down. Both Frieza and Piccolo got an idea about how strong Coal was just by the way Goku's muscles tightened as he racalled the battle in his mind.
"What are we going to do?" Frieza asked.
"Train."
"What? How can we train when that things tearing up the earth!" Piccolo yelled, utterly furious over the whole incident.
"There is nothing we can do until we get stronger. We will train for one day, and one day only. Any more then that and Coal will destroy more then half the world's population. Trunx and Goten are in the hyperbolic time chamber as we speak." Goku said solemnly.
"One day?! How can we all train in the chamber in one day?!" asked Frieza, utterly confused by these course of actions.
"We don't. After Goten and Trunx get out of there, the only ones who have the ability to go back in will. And that leaves Sapphire, and you Piccolo." Goku said, knowing that Piccolo wasn't going to like that idea.
"The kid! No way! I'll go alone..."
"No! We only have a day. You have to!" Goku yelled, showing a level of anger that he usually never portrayed. That very anger was enough for Piccolo to go silent, and to question Goku's logic no more.
"And what about me Goku?" asked Frieza.
"You...you stay here where its safe. Don't take it the wrong way, but you would only get hurt if you were to attack him head on. You, Krillin, Yamcha, and Tien will protect our families." Goku said with a stern voice.
"But....ok...." he replied, knowing that what Goku said was the truth.
Suddenly Gohan walked out of Capsule corps.
"Mr. Piccolo, Goten and Trunx are almost done. You should all head off to Kami....I mean Popo's place. Sapphire will meet you there." Gohan said, as he flew in that exact direction. Even though both Goku and Frieza would not be able to enter the chamber they followed after Piccolo anyways.
After the short flight there, they noticed Sapphire doing simple training moves outside. The remnants of the previous battle there could still be seen, as trees and pieces of the ground were all destroyed. All destroyed by their fight with Coal.
"Hey you guys! Down here!" Sapphire cried, as she pointed to the spot where she was standing. The four fighters quickly landed near where she had designated. Sapphire took that moment to push past them and walk up to Frieza.
"Frieza? I know this might sound weird coming from me. But....thanx." she said with a grin, grabbing onto his hand. And in the instant that she did that, Frieza suddenly remembered what had happened before.
"Don't mention it....kid." he said with a smirk. She gave him one last look of approval before turning to Piccolo.
"C'mon green man, we got some training to do." Sapphire said in a seemingly happy tone as she elbowed Piccolo in the stomach, walking past him towards the sanctuary. Piccolo clenched his teeth feeling embarrased that she had called him green man, though even more embarrased that when she had elbowed him, it hurt.
"Yeah, whatever kid." he said following her.
At that moment Mr. Popo walked out of the sanctuary.
"They're finished." he simply stated, as a powerful presence could be felt coming out of the sanctuary. Soon after out stepped Goten and Trunx, both having reached Super Saiyan-jin 2. Their hair was the usual golden color yet very defined, also they had a confident air around them as they slowly made their way towards Goku and Frieza. Goku eyes gleamed a bit as he looked down at the two boys, feeling a sense of awe by the level of power they had gained in such a short time.
Goku was silent as he watched to two take their places in front of him. A small smile curved his lips as for the first time he was starting to have a bit of confidence that they could maybe win this thing.
Suddenly all four of them turned their heads to the sky as they felt another powerful presence approaching. And in the distance they could slowly see a figure approaching quickly. Trunx squinted to see who it was, and got very excited when he realized the answer.
"It my Mom and Dad! They've come back!" he cried happily.
"Vegita?" Goku could only wonder, as he saw Vegita land on the ground, letting Bulma out of his embrace. For that moment Trunx could not control himself, and ran straight at his mother hugging her.
"Mom! Dad! Where were you guys?!" he asked, almost wanting to cry, fearing that they had left forever.
"We had some...adult things to discuss." she said simply, glancing at Vegita who just turned away. She held her son tightly, not caring that the sheer energy he was eminating was causing her hair to stand on end.
"I don't have time for this." he simply stated as he tried to ignore his son. Goku and Goten took that moment to walk over to the small family reunion.
"So Kakkarot, I see that you have a small plan building to defeat Coal. Do you really think its going to work?" he asked in more insulting tone, then curious.
"I don't know, I really don't. Even with out combined power it may not be enough."
"But it doesn't mean we can't try." interrupted Gohan happily as he rushed over to the group.
"You're are fools to really have that much confidence. The only way we'll win this if there is a miracle. So in other words stay out of my way, and pray that I win." Vegita said with an angry tone.
"What's your problem? The only way we're going to win this is if we work together." Goten said pointetly. Vegita tried to say something in return but couldn't think of something so stayed silent. Throughout this whole conversation Bulma was actually silent for once. As she gazed at five Super Saiyan-jin 2 warriors, she was amazed that even with all the power they had, they were very doubtful they even had a chance against Coal.
Meanwhile, both Piccolo and Sapphire had entered the time chamber, and they both were determined to spend the six months they had in there wisely.
"Is that the....best you can do!" cried Sapphire as she was being onslaughted by four Piccolo's, all attacking her at once. She ducked, dodged, and blocked as the barrage attacked her, though she never let one attack get through her defenses. The Piccolo's around her were visibly starting to get angry.
"Try this! Special Beam Cannon!" came Piccolo's attack cry, as Sapphire was assaulted by 4 beams of energy. Her eyes shifted from one to the other as she calculated her next movement. In a flash she round-hous kicked two of them away, flipped backwards, and with her back turned to the other two, reflected them away with her hands. She had a confidnet look of determination as she stood there, the four beams having caused explosions all around her. Her super saiyan hair sparkled a little, getting closer and closer to allowing her to ascend.
"C'mon green dude, lets see what you got!"
"Argh stop calling me that!" Piccolo cried in frustration as he reformed into one creature, and sent to long extending arms flyings at her. She took that moment to spreads her wings and dodge both of them, and make a b-line straight for Piccolo. And since for that brief period his arms were not of use to him, he closed his eyes waiting for the impact, but it never came.
Standing right in front of him was Sapphire, tapping his nose.
"Ya know for a guy who talks so big, you seem to lose to a little girl a lot." she said with a playful smile. Piccolo looked as if he was going to scream at her, though his anger fizzled out and he just smirked.
"We'll see tomorrow kid. Why don't we get some sleep, we've been at it for at least thirty hours now." he said as he turned to walk back to the bedroom part of the chamber. She nodded and quickly followed him, knowing that she was slowly starting to gain his respect, and friendship. Just as Gohan had been able to to do before her. Her mind was full of thoughts of training to become stronger, and gaining enough power to defeat that one who had stolen her father away from her.
Elsewhere in the world though, things were quite as bright.
"Karen....will you marry me?" Steve asked as he kneeled down in front of the woman he loved, holding out the ring. Her eyes filled with tears of joy and happiness..
"Yes! Of course I'll marry you!" she cried as she pulled her now fiancee into her loving embrace.
A few feet away though, lizard like eyes watched the happy couple.
"Ahh yes perfect. It was a good idea to convert my body back to that of Cell' first form. More people fear this form." Coal mused to himself in a raspy voice as he glanced down at his locust like body, his tail slowly moving back in forth in anticipation.
As Karen and Steve settled back down to their romantic dinner they heard a rumbling in the bushes next to them. Steve, trying to impress his fiancee walked over the bush to investigate. When suddenly Coal popped out, ramming his stinger into the helpless man. Karen screamed as she watched her beloved being sucked away, leaving nothing but his clothing.
"AHHHHHHHHH!" she just managed to cry as she attempted to run away, fearing for her life. Though she didnt' get far, when she to felt the stinger ram into her back. And soon, she also was nothing but a mere pile of clothes.
The rest of the restaurent was slightly stirred by the commotion and screaming they heard. Though before any real investigation could be done, Coal crashed through a wall, his eyes shifting around the room as he was prepared to have a dinner of his own. This immediately caused the whole place to erupt with panic as people tried desperately to get out.
"Why do you run! Do you not wish to become part of the ultimate power in the universe?" asked Coal to no one as he quickly dashed into the crowd. One last scream could be heard, as a last pile of clothing fluttered to the ground. In only a few mintues the once lively restaurent was now nothing more then place of empty tables and piles of fine dresses and suits.
Coal licked his lips as he gazed out into the city.
"I can't believe how enjoyable it is to enact fear into the hearts of these pathetic beings. Goku, wait till you find out that not only am I more powerful then you, but I've also become even more powerful by sucking up the very people you have tried to protect."
Coal slowly made his way into the city, to finish off what he had started out to do. The news reporters would say that no trace was left of this city's people, other then the clothing of those who perished. The very few survivors said that that fateful day was nothing but screams and utter carnage. The only description of the creature that was recalled was that it looked exactly as the one that attacked quite a few years ago. Though as that one was described as green in color, this was was a darker color. Such as the color of Coal, or even, the color of death....
To Be Continued.