Chapter 8
(The challenge)
"All right guys, let's try another one" Demetrium said. The whole gang had been training for hours. After around 18 hours of individual training and sparing, they went straight to the music room. They had been playing songs for 13 hours straight now. The room smelled of a strong masculine odor.
"Here's a new one the computer found" he said as the computer displayed new music on their stands. "This one's a little different from what we've been doing. This song has words and I think we should sing them. It might be more effective."
"Sing?...uh..." Vegeta started. "It's won't be so bad. I'll take the lead, Goku can have the secondary, and the rest of you can be background vocals" Demetrium said. "I am NOT singing." Frieza stated boldly. "Come on, give it a try! You might even like it." "Listen to my voice. It is not a singing voice! Can you picture this voice singing?!" Frieza asked. "...ok, you don't have to sing. Just be sure to put all the spiritual force you can into your playing. Remember to FEEL the melody and the harmony; BE the song. Anyway, this song was written by a band called YES in the 1970s. It was never too famous, but it's hard to play. It's about a topic even you can appreciate Frieza, the miracle of life." Demetrium finished.
Everyone picked up their instruments again and got ready. "All right, 1, 2, 3, 4!" he said and started playing. (Go to some site where you can download music, like Napster.com and download 'Miracle of life' by YES from their album 'Yes Union' to hear the song). Demetrium, Goku, and Kriluin all sang and seemed to be enjoying themselves. Vegeta and Frieza hum a bit. They play through the song and absorb the power they create once they're done.
"Good job everyone" Demetrium congratulated them. "I think we've earned ourselves a break. You guys are now well above average strength. Soon we will be strong enough to take on the Destroyers" he said. "Speaking of which, when are you planning to fight these guys? And you never really gave us a straight answer as to why." Vegeta pointed out. "I'm planning to fight them when you're ready and we're fighting them because they're going to enslave the universe." Demetrium responded. "So, exactly when are they planning to do that? I heard on the news, some while ago, that they're super stars, loved by trillions of people throughout the universe!" Vegeta said almost accusingly. "They already are conquering the universe. You see, right now they're the most popular people in the universe. They have fans willing to grind themselves into toilet paper for them for God sake! They already are doing it. They're just not doing it violently." Demetrium explained. "But that won't last for long. They're probably powerful enough to do it now. But for some reason, they're not. They must be gathering power or something."
With this explanation, everyone in the room looked uneasily at Demetrium, fearing that the one who resurrected them might be completely insane. "...Are you sure your not just being paranoid? I mean, they're just a rock band. There's nothing wrong with a little celebrity idolizing." Goku said uneasily. "But a lot can destroy civilizations. And I KNOW they're going to attack soon. I've met them before. My father..." he hesitated, then, with great pain and reluctance, "...my father saw it too. He was a famous rocker like them. He tried to show the people what they were doing, but no one would listen. The Destroyers saw him as a potential threat, so they challenged him to a battle of the bands. He fought well, and almost won, but they killed him. They killed my father!" he shouted angrily, trying to convince everyone that he was right. "I've been training ever since. I trained and planned on how to destroy them and show the people of the world the light. So you see, we must destroy them not only to avenge my father, but to save the universe. Do you understand?"
Everyone was still looking at him as if he were some deranged, dancing clown with a shotgun. Half pity, half scared. "*Sigh* Go watch some T.V. I need to be alone." He turns and walks out of the room.
Everyone sat in silence and shock for about a minute. Than Frieza said, "Ok, so who else has just considered fleeing for dear life?" "Frieza, we can't just leave him. First of all, there's no way off the ship." Goku mentioned. "Then I'll make one!" Frieza shouted and blasted the wall. The smoke cleared and the wall was still shiny and new. "...What IS that made of?" "Frieza, they killed his father. That's proof enough for me that they're evil." Goku declared. "Well that little brat Trunks killed MY father, and you seem to like him." Frieza said. "Don't you talk about my son!" Vegeta shouted and attacked. Goku broke it up. "Chill guys! Chill!" he said. "I'm just saying, how do we know his father wasn't the evil one?" Frieza argued. "Look! Why don't we just go along with Demetrium, and when we meet the Destroyers, we'll decide for ourselves. Ok?" Goku resolved. "Fine!" Frieza and Vegeta said. "I'm gonna go watch some T.V. you guys" Kriluin said and leaves. "OK, I'll go with you." Goku followed. "Well, I could use to relax a bit. You should come too Vegeta, you've been so touchy lately" Frieza said. "Oh shut up!" Vegeta replied, plainly irritated.
They all went to a room with a long couch and a HUGE T.V. Frieza lay down with his legs over the armrest, Vegeta leaned back with his arms in his lap, Kriluin was kind of tilted to the left, and Goku leaned on his arm on the other end. "So what should we watch?" Kriluin brought up, sounding lazy. "How about the news?" Goku suggested. "Boring. Let's watch porn." Vegeta replied. "Oh, you and your God forsaken porn!" Frieza accused. "That's all you ever want to see! Are all of you saiya-jins this horny, or wasn't your wife satisfying enough??" "How dare you!" "Oh be quiet." "Shut up, both of you!" Goku shouted. "You stay out of this monkey!" Frieza yelled. "Why do we do this every time?" Goku asked himself aloud. "Because Vegeta's a fagot!" "Look who's talking!" "ENOUGH!!!" Goku screamed. "We'll let Kriluin decide!" Goku decided. "What do you want to watch?" "Uh...actually I was going to say cartoons-but let's catch up on the daily news" Kriluin said sheepishly.
Goku flipped the channel. "And that's how an old woman devoured a planet. In other news, a man on a tricycle...oh my! This just in!" the announcer said, with a hint of surprise and excitement in his voice. "We have been given a great honor! The Destroyers wish to make an announcement. Please, come here" he beckoned to someone off camera. The gang got up and leaned forward. They saw, for the first time, live, the Destroyers. A tall, slender man sat down where the announcer was. He was dressed in black leather armor and gauntlets. He wore a black cape with a red inseam. Following him was some orange guy in a green vest, a fat blond human in a black muscle shirt and shorts, a red-headed broad shouldered blue guy, and a relatively short scaly maroon guy wearing and carrying a LOT of twisted metal.
"This is a message going out to the holder of the green bliss stone. We want your stone! Bring it to the planet Yoidstar outside the temple of heaven" The one in the cape (Flionk) said. "Of course, you'll be greatly rewarded. We're asking you nicely, but if we're forced to, we won't be so friendly." "Yea, so watch out!" The orange one said. "And just to get you moving, we-" Flionk started. "Hey boss, what were they gonna say about the man and the tricycle?" The fat one asked. "...Who cares?!" Flionk replied. "But I wanna know!" he whined. "Actually sir, I'm a bit curious myself" the orange one said. "Not you too Razor!" "We could just look at the report on the desk" Razor suggested. "Oh fine!" Flionk searched the papers on the desk, very annoyed. "...It says he robbed a bank with it. Now can we get on with this?" Flionk asked. "I'm bored. Can I go kill some stuff?" the fat one asked. "...Flank! We're on T.V. you idiot!" Flionk yelled. "...Ok. Then can I break stuff?" Flank asked. "Fine! Whatever! Just go away!" he shouted and Flank walked off and started breaking things. "There, now where were we? Oh yeah. Just to get you moving, if your not here in 3 days, we'll start blowing up the nearby planets. Wait...I shouldn't have said that...just get here or- Flank! Not the camera! You id-" he was cut off when the camera was smashed.
The gang just stared, even more scared than when they spoke to Demetrium. "...So does anyone still think Demetrium is insane?" Goku said in an 'I was right, you were wrong' kind of tone. "No, but apparently they are" Frieza said. "We'd better tell Demetrium" Kriluin suggested.
They rush down the hall to Demetrium's quarters. They meet him halfway there. "Demetrium, did you hear the news?" Kriluin asked. "Yeah, can you believe it? After 3 millennium, people are still robbing banks with tricycles." "...Not that. The Destroyers!" "I know, I was joking. The ship is all ready set for takeoff. You guys might want to fit in some last minute training. I'm going to plan for the fight."