The Last Warrior
Chapter 19:The Fight Begins
Kane and Aragog walked out of the palace and out to a clearing about 500 yards from it. Kane looked up at the sky with a sadistic grin on his pale face. Today he would claim victory. Today, the last Saiyan would die. The thought made him laugh with satisfaction.
Slade flew straight ahead until he felt it, Kane's power. He homed in on the signal until he saw Kane with his own eyes, a large grin still on his face. Slade was filled with the immediate desire to knock that grin right off. He landed quickly in front of Kane and stared him down with a cold expression. Kane looked him over and smiled.
"Dressed for battle I see." He said, noticing the combat suit. "That's armor from the Freeza Empire if I'm not mistaken, must have belonged to the Saiyan prince."
"It doesn't matter who it belonged to, it's the person wearing it you should be worried about." Slade said, taking off his trenchcoat and sword.
"I beg to differ." Kane said smirking.
"Enough talking!" Slade yelled. He put his fists to his sides and began powering up. His ki flared a brilliant blue and the sky turned dark. The wind howled and blew fiercely; lightning began to strike the warrior as his power grew stronger and stronger. Finally, Slade threw his arms up and his ki exploded. All grew calm again and Slade stood defiantly before Kane.
"Very impressive." Kane said. He then put his hands and his sides and powered up. The sky grew dark again and Kane's ki flared up dark purple. The wind once again blew fiercely and the lighting struck more violently. Then Kane's ki exploded in a white flash and everything once again became normal. The two fighters looked at each other in cold malice in their eyes, but small smiles on their faces. Slade then leapt straight at Kane and aimed a punch right at his face. Kane dodged and kicked out at Slade, who zanzozukened and made to kick Kane's head. Kane zanzozukened and punched Slade in the chest. Slade came back with an uppercut to Kane's chin and a kick to his stomach. Kane recovered quickly and unleashed a combo of punches and kicks on Slade, who managed to block the bulk of them. Slade then unleashed his own combo and got in a few good hits before Kane ducked and hit Slade into the air. Slade rightened himself and put his hands, connected at the wrist, to his side.
"KAME-HAME-HAAAAA!!" Slade yelled. The attack sailed straight towards Kane, who jumped out of the way. The attack hit the ground and exploded. Kane then unleashed his own ki attack, which Slade easily avoided. Kane then zazozukened behind him and knocked him back to the ground with a chop. Slade managed to land on his feet, but barely had time to get his bearings when Kane kicked him in the back. Slade turned quickly around and landed a right cross right to Kane's head. Kane flew back a few feet and then leapt into attack again. Slade jumped right for him.
Eve sat alone in the base, going out of her mind worrying about Slade.
"What was I thinking, letting him go alone. I must be nuts! He could get killed out there all by himself."
She was suddenly jerked back into reality by Aiden's hand on her shoulder.
"Aiden, you scared me!" She said.
"Sorry, what's wrong? Thinking about him?" He said.
"Yeah." She replied.
"I know how you feel about him." He said.
She didn't reply. She just looked away at the wall.
"I see. Well, we can still help him you know." Aiden said.
"How?" said Eve, not even turning her head.
"Come with me." He said.
It had been almost 3 hours since Slade and Kane had begun their fight, and both were showing signs of fatigue and sporting an few cuts and bruises each. Slade spit some blood out of his mouth and flew back into the fray. Kane did the same and soon both were unleashing devastating attacks on each other, moving so fast that they were invisible to the naked eye. Aragog was trying to keep up with them on his extra-strength scouter, which had been made so as not to explode under extreme conditions, but was still having a lot of trouble. Kane then landed a knee to Slade's stomach, and elbowed him in the back. Slade flew back to the ground and barely managed to make it on to his feet. His whole body aching, Slade felt like it had been 300 hours instead of just 3. Kane landed not to far from him.
"I'm growing tired of this game. I believe it's time to end it." He said. He lifted his hand and pointed on finger at Slade. A small, red beam shot out extremely fast, so as Slade barely managed to dodge.
"You like it. It was one of Lord Freeza's finishing moves. The one he used to kill the Saiyan prince Vegeta." He said as he shot another blast, which Slade dodged again. Kane then began to fire the blasts like a machine gun. Slade dodged them pretty well until one grazed his arm, and then another grazed his leg, causing him to fall down.
"Very good!" Kane said. "But not good enough!!"
He charged up another beam, but before he could fire, a yellow blast shot straight at him from the sky. Kane turned around and zanzozukened out of the way before being hit.
"What the hell?!" Slade said as he looked up.
"SLADE!!!" Said a familiar voice. It was Eve, with Aiden, Nax, and Alex. Eve jumped down and went over to Slade.
"What are you doing here?!" Slade asked angrily.
"What? No thanks for saving your life?" Eve said.
Slade grunted angrily, and then said,
"Thank you very much, now will you leave?"
"No, I came to make sure you kept your promise." Eve explained.
"You're gonna need to have some faith in me, okay?" Slade said. "Now leave before he kills you."
Kane looked down on the scene with anger.
"So Saiyan, you bring your comrades to help you. Well I was going to kill them later, but now you can all burn in hell!!!"
He charged up another beam and shot it right at Slade. Slade turned, but wasn't quick enough to dodge it. Just before it hit, however, he was pushed out of the way.
"SLADE!! LOOK OUT!!!" Eve said. The beam hit her in the left side of the stomach and she fell to the ground.
"EVE!!! NOOOOOO!!!!" Slade screamed as he ran to her. He lifted her head up off the ground and looked right into her eyes.
"Eve...why?" He said.
"Slade, I'm sorry, I had to come. I couldn't let you do it alone. I want to be by you always, I-I love you Slade." She said, tears filling her eyes.
"Eve..." Slade said. He felt something running down his cheek, he then realized he was crying too.
"Looks like...you found...your tears." Eve said as she wiped his cheek with her hand. Slade grabbed her hand and held it to his face.
"Eve please, don't you leave me now." He said.
"I'm not...dead...yet." Eve said. Her eyes then closed and her head fell back. Slade looked at her, threw his head back and screamed so loud that the earth shook. He hugged her for a long time and then left her in the care of Nax and Alex. Kane began to laugh, the same cold, heartless laugh when he killed Slade's parents. Aragog joined in the laughter, and both of their demonic chuckles filled Slade's head with an indescribable fury. He stood up, his face livid with anger, his eyes still shut, and tears still streaming down his face. Kane continued to laugh and looked over at Slade. Slade's eyes opened suddenly and the sight filled Kane with fear. It wasn't the fact that Slade's ki had flared up again, or that his power was rising quickly, it was something else. Something that he had feared for many years.
Slade's eyes had turned green.
Chapter 19:The Fight Begins
Kane and Aragog walked out of the palace and out to a clearing about 500 yards from it. Kane looked up at the sky with a sadistic grin on his pale face. Today he would claim victory. Today, the last Saiyan would die. The thought made him laugh with satisfaction.
Slade flew straight ahead until he felt it, Kane's power. He homed in on the signal until he saw Kane with his own eyes, a large grin still on his face. Slade was filled with the immediate desire to knock that grin right off. He landed quickly in front of Kane and stared him down with a cold expression. Kane looked him over and smiled.
"Dressed for battle I see." He said, noticing the combat suit. "That's armor from the Freeza Empire if I'm not mistaken, must have belonged to the Saiyan prince."
"It doesn't matter who it belonged to, it's the person wearing it you should be worried about." Slade said, taking off his trenchcoat and sword.
"I beg to differ." Kane said smirking.
"Enough talking!" Slade yelled. He put his fists to his sides and began powering up. His ki flared a brilliant blue and the sky turned dark. The wind howled and blew fiercely; lightning began to strike the warrior as his power grew stronger and stronger. Finally, Slade threw his arms up and his ki exploded. All grew calm again and Slade stood defiantly before Kane.
"Very impressive." Kane said. He then put his hands and his sides and powered up. The sky grew dark again and Kane's ki flared up dark purple. The wind once again blew fiercely and the lighting struck more violently. Then Kane's ki exploded in a white flash and everything once again became normal. The two fighters looked at each other in cold malice in their eyes, but small smiles on their faces. Slade then leapt straight at Kane and aimed a punch right at his face. Kane dodged and kicked out at Slade, who zanzozukened and made to kick Kane's head. Kane zanzozukened and punched Slade in the chest. Slade came back with an uppercut to Kane's chin and a kick to his stomach. Kane recovered quickly and unleashed a combo of punches and kicks on Slade, who managed to block the bulk of them. Slade then unleashed his own combo and got in a few good hits before Kane ducked and hit Slade into the air. Slade rightened himself and put his hands, connected at the wrist, to his side.
"KAME-HAME-HAAAAA!!" Slade yelled. The attack sailed straight towards Kane, who jumped out of the way. The attack hit the ground and exploded. Kane then unleashed his own ki attack, which Slade easily avoided. Kane then zazozukened behind him and knocked him back to the ground with a chop. Slade managed to land on his feet, but barely had time to get his bearings when Kane kicked him in the back. Slade turned quickly around and landed a right cross right to Kane's head. Kane flew back a few feet and then leapt into attack again. Slade jumped right for him.
Eve sat alone in the base, going out of her mind worrying about Slade.
"What was I thinking, letting him go alone. I must be nuts! He could get killed out there all by himself."
She was suddenly jerked back into reality by Aiden's hand on her shoulder.
"Aiden, you scared me!" She said.
"Sorry, what's wrong? Thinking about him?" He said.
"Yeah." She replied.
"I know how you feel about him." He said.
She didn't reply. She just looked away at the wall.
"I see. Well, we can still help him you know." Aiden said.
"How?" said Eve, not even turning her head.
"Come with me." He said.
It had been almost 3 hours since Slade and Kane had begun their fight, and both were showing signs of fatigue and sporting an few cuts and bruises each. Slade spit some blood out of his mouth and flew back into the fray. Kane did the same and soon both were unleashing devastating attacks on each other, moving so fast that they were invisible to the naked eye. Aragog was trying to keep up with them on his extra-strength scouter, which had been made so as not to explode under extreme conditions, but was still having a lot of trouble. Kane then landed a knee to Slade's stomach, and elbowed him in the back. Slade flew back to the ground and barely managed to make it on to his feet. His whole body aching, Slade felt like it had been 300 hours instead of just 3. Kane landed not to far from him.
"I'm growing tired of this game. I believe it's time to end it." He said. He lifted his hand and pointed on finger at Slade. A small, red beam shot out extremely fast, so as Slade barely managed to dodge.
"You like it. It was one of Lord Freeza's finishing moves. The one he used to kill the Saiyan prince Vegeta." He said as he shot another blast, which Slade dodged again. Kane then began to fire the blasts like a machine gun. Slade dodged them pretty well until one grazed his arm, and then another grazed his leg, causing him to fall down.
"Very good!" Kane said. "But not good enough!!"
He charged up another beam, but before he could fire, a yellow blast shot straight at him from the sky. Kane turned around and zanzozukened out of the way before being hit.
"What the hell?!" Slade said as he looked up.
"SLADE!!!" Said a familiar voice. It was Eve, with Aiden, Nax, and Alex. Eve jumped down and went over to Slade.
"What are you doing here?!" Slade asked angrily.
"What? No thanks for saving your life?" Eve said.
Slade grunted angrily, and then said,
"Thank you very much, now will you leave?"
"No, I came to make sure you kept your promise." Eve explained.
"You're gonna need to have some faith in me, okay?" Slade said. "Now leave before he kills you."
Kane looked down on the scene with anger.
"So Saiyan, you bring your comrades to help you. Well I was going to kill them later, but now you can all burn in hell!!!"
He charged up another beam and shot it right at Slade. Slade turned, but wasn't quick enough to dodge it. Just before it hit, however, he was pushed out of the way.
"SLADE!! LOOK OUT!!!" Eve said. The beam hit her in the left side of the stomach and she fell to the ground.
"EVE!!! NOOOOOO!!!!" Slade screamed as he ran to her. He lifted her head up off the ground and looked right into her eyes.
"Eve...why?" He said.
"Slade, I'm sorry, I had to come. I couldn't let you do it alone. I want to be by you always, I-I love you Slade." She said, tears filling her eyes.
"Eve..." Slade said. He felt something running down his cheek, he then realized he was crying too.
"Looks like...you found...your tears." Eve said as she wiped his cheek with her hand. Slade grabbed her hand and held it to his face.
"Eve please, don't you leave me now." He said.
"I'm not...dead...yet." Eve said. Her eyes then closed and her head fell back. Slade looked at her, threw his head back and screamed so loud that the earth shook. He hugged her for a long time and then left her in the care of Nax and Alex. Kane began to laugh, the same cold, heartless laugh when he killed Slade's parents. Aragog joined in the laughter, and both of their demonic chuckles filled Slade's head with an indescribable fury. He stood up, his face livid with anger, his eyes still shut, and tears still streaming down his face. Kane continued to laugh and looked over at Slade. Slade's eyes opened suddenly and the sight filled Kane with fear. It wasn't the fact that Slade's ki had flared up again, or that his power was rising quickly, it was something else. Something that he had feared for many years.
Slade's eyes had turned green.