Hey, sorry if it appears that I'm not publishing very much, but Fanfiction isn't updating my Fic (the swines!). If you are managing to get to this fic, then Well Done! I'm trying all the things I can think of to get this thing to get updated properly - i.e., appear in the 'newly-updated' category-thingy of the bloody Anime/DBZ section. Anyway, read on – and enjoy.
Chapter 14 – Brolli
Vegeta was sent flying as a fist slammed against the side of his face, sending a large spurt of blood erupting from between his lips and out into the dark night. The blow was too much for Vegeta, and he fell towards the Lookout floor, the wind snapping at his shortening golden hair.
"Dad!" Trunks cried as he saw his father's beaten and bruised body bounce off what remained of the white tiled flooring of Dende's Lookout, his body lying in a crumpled heap as his hair changed slightly and drooped, the gold leaking from the strands and being replaced by their original dark colour.
"You bastard!" Trunks shouted, powering up. His left eye was bruised badly, and swollen, as was his upped lip. His ear was red and puffy, and his nose twisted badly. Goten hovered upwards and hung in the air beside his best friend.
"You ready?" Trunks asked. Goten nodded.
"Yeah, sure am."
"Alright! Let's do this!" Trunks said, sarcastically-cheerfully. Both half-Saiyans assumed stance whilst the two elder Saiyans and Gohan kept Brolli occupied long enough. As though they were one person, Trunks and Goten began a sweeping dance-like motion of gestures and positions.
In front of them, Goku felt a sudden rise of power from is flanks, and he grinned.
"Here it comes," he mused to himself, ducking low and sending a kick into Brolli's gut. Brolli laughed and slapped Goku aside before following through with a backhand punch at Tomatta.
Goten and Trunks grinned knowingly, and a dull flash encompassed them as they fused.
"Oh yeah! Gotenks has arrived and WE ARE GONNA KICK YOUR ASS!" Gotenks shouted across the sky at Brolli. The longhaired Super Saiyan grinned like Goten or Goku, but at the same time, had the determined expression of Trunks or Vegeta. Brolli paused what he was doing and looked at the fusion with a puzzled expression on his simple face.
"What the…" he began, but a fist into his mouth finished the sentence. Gotenks danced back and charged a kai bolt on a single fist.
"Heh heh heh! Gotcha!" the fusion voice rang out, then sent a wash of silver-blue energy into Brolli's chest. Brolli growled as sent his own green energy bolts into the waveform, the explosions from his attacks sending a cascade through the attack, sending Gotenks sprawling back a little.
"Stupid child," Brolli growled as he sprang forward. "You are fools even when you are one!" Gotenks weaved under Brolli's massive arm and launched a punch upwards. Brolli pitched his head aside and seemed to hesitate in the air for a fraction of a moment. Gotenks grinned to himself and sent a kick thundering towards Brolli's chin, but the Brute blurred as he spun.
Brolli's legs flew out one after the other as he pivoted in the air. First he twisted at the hip, sending the nearest leg into Gotenks' chest. Then, as the fusion recoiled, Brolli followed through with the other leg, the heel crunching against the side of Gotenks' jaw. In the instant after the second kick landed, Brolli flipped backwards, the first leg catching Gotenks heavily under the jaw, and the young kids were sent shooting skywards. Brolli laughed as Gotenks stopped himself and glared downwards.
"Bastard!" he shouted, the voices of Goten and Trunks winding around the other's. Charging back down, Gotenks lashed out as Brolli simply waited for them. The passing kick made Brolli jolt a little, but nothing more. Brolli wasn't interested in the fusion anymore; his lifeless eyes were searching the sky for the other two.
"Pay attention, damn you!" Gotenks yelled, holding out his hand, palm out and fingers stiffly pointed upwards
A small, high-pitched pop echoed across the sky as a bright blue ball of glowing kai appeared, hovering in the air a few inches from the face of Gotenks' palm. The fusion smiled horribly as the ball grew, the surface always an inch or so from the hand of Gotenks. Brolli turned at the noise of the pop and watched calmly, hovering in the air with the small trickle of blood running down his lip from where Gohan's punch had opened the skin.
"Big bang-Kame-Hame-Ha!" Gotenks said calmly, sending a bright blue and silver wash of bright kai-energy whooshing across the sky. The blast was great, and it fully enclosed Brolli in the wash of energy. Goku swooped in and charged at Brolli from behind, two bright bolts of kai burning in his hands as he headed inwards. Brolli growled as the energy pushed him back a little, his hair smouldering slightly as the glare from the blast died down. What he didn't expect to see was Goku right in front of him with two balls of kai burning over his fists.
Goku punched with one hand, the kai exploding against the side of Brolli's head, sending the Brute sideways momentarily, and shot the other bolt into Brolli's chest. There was a great explosion and Brolli pitched backwards, where he met another bolt of energy from above. Looking up, Brolli glared as Gohan sent another lance of gold and red energy towards him. Reaching out with a hand, Brolli caught the attack and hurled it aside, hearing as it exploded against the ground somewhere.
Meanwhile, Vegeta's thoughts were elsewhere…
He stood in a ruined City that sprawled under the grey rock face of a great cliff that was dwarfed by some of the city's half-demolished buildings and ruined skyscrapers that lined the streets; windows were smashed and pieces of debris were scattered across the road and paths. Up above, near a cylindrical tower that dwarfed all the others, something large rose into the air and settled on the tower top, spreading its arms. Vegeta narrowed his eyes to see what was happening, and then felt the burn in his retinas as a bright flash blasted across the area. Raising a hand against the glare to shield his eyes, he saw the thing burst with a turquoise energy, lances of the stuff blasting in every direction.
On the tower, Brolli felt his energy rising greatly and he yelled as it welled in his body. And when things well up, soon they overflow. When this happens in a Saiyan, it is no slight affair. Brolli's muscles bulged with raw, pure, power and his dark brown, almost black, hair began to rise and go bright green in colour. Vegeta watched on as a bright golden aura burst around Brolli's form, though the hair remained green. Brolli's power level was climbing dramatically, Vegeta sensed, and he gritted his teeth and waited. He heard something stir beside him, and as he turned his heart lurched. There stood his son, fully grown and matured, removing his short blue jacket and dropping it onto the ground, the grey and black leotard-like combat-suit clinging to his large muscles. Trunks, too, was gritting his teeth and looking towards Brolli as he powered up, and Vegeta could hear a growl coming from his son's throat.
Turning back towards Brolli, he blinked, almost blinded as green light started to shoot from Brolli's charging body in beams and lances, stabbing out into the night, giving the whole landscape an eerie green hue in the twilight of the night. Brolli's body was much larger and broader, his muscles swelling greatly as he powered up, his green hair blasting upwards with the aura, the green light still flashing across the sky. Then a deep roar boomed across the city, if not the whole planetoid, and as Brolli's maw gaped wide, green light spilled forth from it.
"What the hell…?" Trunk's gasped as he watched, stunned and shocked by what he saw.
"No, son," Vegeta corrected, "this is something beyond hell. This would be a man whom hell could not hold."
Trunks looked at Vegeta, who continued to watch Brolli silently, grimly. The son of the Saiyan Prince and Bulma opened his mouth as though to say something, but thought better of it and closed it, turning back to watch the light show, then something between the light and the darkness caught his eye.
"What's that?" Trunks asked, pointing.
Vegeta narrowed his eyes, looking into the bright flashes of green light, and his eyes widened in alarm, the bright green luminescence blinding him slightly.
"Kakkarot! What is that fool doing!?" Vegeta cried out in bewilderment as a blond-haired man in orange and blue hovered slowly up the tower upon which stood Brolli.
The flashes stopped, and Vegeta blinked several times, getting used to the sudden darkness and trying to be rid of the after-glow, which still stung his eyes, several spots of green hanging in his sight. As soon as Vegeta regained his vision, he saw something else. On the other side of the tower, the opposite side to the rising Goku, Vegeta saw a tall green man clad in purple rising at an equal pace to the Saiyan.
"What on earth does that Namek think he's doing!" Vegeta shouted to himself.
"He's helping Goku, father," answered Trunks.
Vegeta turned to look at his son.
"But he'll be destroyed!" Vegeta said. "His power level is nowhere near that of Brolli's!"
"He knows," Trunks said calmly, and looked back up to the battle.
Goku had reached Brolli, and he stopped, Piccolo facing him, his purple gease and red belt hanging loose slightly, certainly looser than Trunks'. A low growl from the left made the younger Prince turn and see his father, his fists clenched tightly; so tightly that his arms were shaking.
On the tower, Brolli glanced left and then right, barely acknowledging the arrival of the two warriors that had just appeared from below. With a roar, both Goku and Piccolo attacked, slamming their fists in to the tall, powerful Saiyan. Brolli leaned back enough for both fists to smash before him, colliding with such force that a loud bang echoed across the cityscape. Un-phased by this, both Goku and Piccolo put everything they had into the fight, swinging their arms back and forth as they attacked Brolli, both combatants taking a fighting stance as they hovered in the air either side of Brolli, who merely reached up, grasping his shoulders with the adjacent hands so that he looked like an Egyptian mummy as he swayed back and forth, to and fro, this way and that, dodging the attacks easily.
Trunks growled again, and a higher pitch growl came from lower down, causing the elder demi-Saiyan to turn and see Gohan standing their, clad in the same Piccolo-style clothing which he had donned after he returned from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber only days before the onset of the Cell Games. Gohan looked up at the lightning-fast skirmish being fought above him, his green eyes peering out through the fringe of his golden, shining hair. Trunks looked down, and he himself powered up, a blinding flash of power lighting the area briefly as his golden Saiyan aura burned over his body.
"C'mon, let's get up there and give them a hand," Trunks said to Gohan, who looked up and nodded.
"Wait! What do you think you are doing?" Vegeta shouted after his son. Trunks looked back as he hopped into the air.
"I'm going to help Goku, father."
"This isn't our fight!"
"Yes it is!" Gohan said, taking to the skies.
"I don't want you to get hurt, either of you!" Vegeta called back.
"Father, we'll be alright," Trunks soothed, then turned and headed upwards. Gohan followed shortly after, leaving Vegeta on the ground, watching as their golden glow rose higher into the air quickly.
Brolli continuously weaved around on the tower, pivoting from the hips with his feet planted firmly on the round, as Goku and the Namek on either side of him continually fought onwards, relentlessly throwing punches that were easily avoided. Piccolo growled in frustration and a golden ball of energy erupted along his fist as he swung the punch in at Brolli. Brolli moved at the last moment, and Piccolo's attack caught against Goku's shoulder, sending the energy blasting across the upper-right section of his friend's body. Piccolo cursed and swung with the other hand, this time Brolli avoiding the attack well ahead of time. Goku swung again, Brolli's chest twisting and pitching back with a speed that made Goku's eyes water just to think about it. Growling with frustration, fuelled by both his lack of ability to hit Brolli, and the constant chuckling of the great Saiyan between himself and Goku, Piccolo's punches became steadily faster and harder.
Goku hesitated for a moment, feeling two power levels rising from below, and corrected his aim, the knuckles of his fist brushing past one of the green-brown locks of Brolli's hair. Then, as both the Saiyan and the Namek had expected, Gohan and Trunks rose upwards higher and struck a combat stance overhead, two golden bolts of energy building in their outstretched hands. At that moment, Brolli moved.
The movement was neither swift, nor was it graceful as a cat's; instead it came powerfully and with deceptive quickness like an avalanche storming down a glacier. Brolli had unfolded his arms and had reached out quickly, grasping Goku and Piccolo by the face and squeezing. Gohan and Trunks released their fireballs, and watched the two bolts launch away from them, hurtling downwards towards the tower. Brolli pushed the Saiyan and Namek pair away with ease, and then looked up in time to see the attacks hit him square in the chest.
The two demi-Saiyans watched as the tower exploded, sending out a great ball of fire, smoke, dust and debris. Great chunks of detritus were launched from the tower-top and were left to fall to the floor far below, where they landed with a great crash and clatter, tearing out chunks of the already-damaged buildings.
Brolli flipped himself around in the air and landed on his feet heavily, the paved path underfoot splitting and cracking at the force of the impact. Piccolo roared as he lunged down the falling tower, arm outstretched, fingers clenched into a tight, green fist aimed directly at Brolli, who was unscaved and shaking the dust and rubble from his hair. Piccolo's dive hit Brolli in the side of the face, and the great Saiyan flinched, arching his back and turning with a roar. Piccolo righted himself in the air, smiling with pride. But it was short lived. Beneath him, Brolli had flipped around, planting a large fist onto the floor and twirling, lashing out with both legs before flipping back onto his feet. The kick had plucked the unsuspecting Piccolo from the air and sent him flying down the street. "NO!" Gohan yelled as he saw Piccolo's body hit the ground hard and then bounce several times before coming to a standstill.
Gohan swooped downwards and was followed by Trunks, who moved to flank him. Both of the half-Saiyans shone with a bright golden aura as they quickly flew over where Piccolo's body was laying motionless on the ground. Brolli turned and grinned, then ran forwards to meet them.
Gohan gritted his teeth and pulled a hand back, ready for a crushing punch, and behind him and to the side, Trunks brought both hands back to his hips, preparing for a two-handed strike at Brolli. The gap between the two half-bloods and the pure-blood Saiyan was closing quickly, and then he was on top of them. Both boy and teen lunged out, but Brolli was already between them and heavily pushing them away. Gohan righted himself in the air and pivoted to watch Brolli dash forwards towards the fallen and still form Piccolo. Narrowing his eyes, Gohan let loose a series of kai bolts which erupted against the ground between himself and Brolli, the silver-white blasts exploding about the Saiyan as he sprinted, and doing no real damage to the beast of a man.
Brolli grinned sadistically as the purple-clad Namek came closer, and then came into range. Not breaking a stride, Brolli brought a gold-shod foot racing forwards and struck the Namek heavily in the chest with his toes, Piccolo's eyes bursting open at the feel of his ribs being smashed. The force of the blow picked the Namek up and sent him sprawling into the air, blood erupting from his mouth, his limbs flailing this way and that as he spiralled and pitched, not being able to control his ascension into the twilight sky. Brolli's smile never fell from his face as he stooped and looked upwards, reaching behind him as his eyes followed Piccolo's flight. A bright green glow burst into being within the hand that Brolli held away from the ascending Namek. With a short laugh, Brolli flung his arm around quickly and powerfully, sending the green energy ball the size of his fist upwards and watched, as it struck true against the Namek's gut. Piccolo's eyes bulged and he grunted heavily as his body was doubled over the green energy bolt and he was flung even higher by the sheer velocity of the thrown attack. Brolli turned and looked back at the others as Piccolo, and the energy bolt that had caught him, became a small dot above them, a small glow that shone like a shooting star streaking across the red sunset.
"No! You bastard!" Gohan screamed as tears welled up in his eyes. He lunged forward, making to head towards Brolli, but was pulled back by a hand that had gripped the back of his tough clothing. Gohan fought against the hand that held him, and then stopped, letting himself sag against the ground, a tear rolling slowly down his right cheek. He looked up at the one who had held him back, and saw the face of his father. Gohan swallowed hard, seeing the cold expression on Goku's face as he looked at Brolli standing before them, casually, the great shoulders slouching.
"Look at him, he's taunting us!" Goku hissed, releasing his son's cape, letting the material drop silently to the floor. Then in a flash he had powered up and was streaking across the floor to where Brolli stood.
Brolli whirled around and caught Gotenks by the wrist. The fusion yelped with alarm and then, in desperation, charged a silver-blue kai bolt in his free hand, the fingers clenched around the growing ball of intense light. Brolli turned towards him/them, the cold white eyes gleaming in the light of the growing ball of energy, and he grinned.
"Eat this, you bastard!" Gotenks yelled, the fusion voice grating across the night sky.
"Vortex-Terror-Hame-Ha!" Gotenks cried, spinning and hurling the attack and Brolli point-blank. The attack was a combination of the Vortex Terror Beam, the multi-vectored attack that Goten had been taught by Tomatta whilst training inside the Time Chamber, and the Kame-Hame-Ha. The end result was devastating, especially coming from a being as powerful as Gotenks. The white ball flashed from Gotenks hand and exploded against Brolli's face, the flash from the blast partially blinding everybody there, especially Brolli. Brolli's entire body pitched back and he tumbled in the air, still holding Gotenks tightly in one hand. During the explosion, five smaller bolts of energy that burned with a silver-red hue had erupted from the source of the flash and turned sharply in the air, heading straight back for the blinded Brolli. Each bolt hit with a duller, smaller explosion, though each was powerful enough to twist and jolt Brolli's body.
Finally, Gotenks was released, and he fell from the Saiyan's grasp and hovered in the air as Brolli plummeted, clawing at the eyes blinded from the blast. As soon as the beast fell below the clouds, Gotenks rushed towards the battered and half-demolished Lookout, setting down next to the unconscious Vegeta.
"Vegeta!" Gotenks said, kneeling down before the fallen Prince. Goku and Gohan both landed gently on the other side of Vegeta, and Tomatta hung in the air, a hand resting over a wound on his chest.
"What are we waiting for? Brolli's hurt, lets finish him off before he recovers!" Tomatta insisted.
"Vegeta's hurt!" Gotenks cried out, and then there was a flash. Goten and Trunks looked at each other and then looked down at the still form of Vegeta, who lay on the demolished floor.
"I know, but we can return for him!" Tomatta replied.
"No, we wait for Brolli to come back," Gohan said, kneeling down beside the beaten Prince.
"At least, you wait. I need to be somewhere else." Goku said, remembering something. Gohan and Goten both looked up, the elder son nodding.
"We'll still be here when you get back. Go, quickly!" Gohan urged. Goku nodded, held his finger to his forelock, concentrated and then shimmered before finally vanishing.
Vegeta watched with horrified fascination as Goku and Brolli ploughed into each other in the middle of the street. Brolli easily barged Goku out the way and continued towards the two half Saiyans. Trunks powered up and waited as Brolli stalked forwards slowly. A kai blast exploded harmlessly against his back, and Brolli turned and growled at Goku who charged back towards him. Pitching in the street, Brolli struck Goku hard across the face, stunning the Saiyan and giving him time to grab Goku by the hair and pick him up off the ground, Goku's feet hanging a good two feet off the floor. Brolli laughed and then tossed the stunned Saiyan away, watching him land behind Gohan.
Goku picked himself up off the floor and looked up to see Trunks charge in with a yell. Brolli simply side-stepped and caught the half-blood in the crook of his elbow, then turned and slammed the teenager against a nearby wall, the grey concrete/metallic material smashing inwards, a large crater spreading out from the point where Trunk's back struck the wall. Brolli sneered as he released Trunks, watching the boy flop down but not pass out, then he turned and looked at Goku.
"Kakkarot, is that all you have?" Brolli leered as he turned around. Goku stepped forward, putting himself between Brolli and Gohan, then waved his son away. Gohan stood fast and Goku sensed this.
"Gohan, run!" Goku said urgently.
Gohan hesitated, then powered up and flew off quickly into the maze of office buildings that adorned the inner city. As soon as Gohan departed, Goku growled and rushed forward to meet the Laughing Beast.
Both Saiyan's grappled each other, each one holding the other's arms as Goku dug his heels into the very earth to get some purchase over Brolli, who loomed over Goku by at least a foot and a half. Grinning with enjoyment, Brolli leered down at Goku and laughed hideously as he started to push Goku downwards, hearing the crunch as Goku feet were pushed through the metallic-concrete road.
Goku snarled and growled, summoning his strength to try and subdue the beast that fought against him. All the concentrating was starting to pay off and Goku began to push back, forcing Brolli up little by little. Brolli looked at the smaller Saiyan beneath him with short-lived amazement, which then became a sadistic grin. Goku looked up and saw something that made his heart go cold. Brolli's eyes changed.
The iris and pupil vanished from the Beast's eyes, and then they glazed over completely, becoming pure white that glinted gold in Goku's aura. If that wasn't enough, Brolli's own golden aura burst about him and his hair began to rise of its own accord. Goku swallowed hard, trying to block out the sound as Brolli's mouth opened wide and he began to laugh insanely. Brolli's hair rose and flashed, becoming gold with that background hint of green. Goku gasped and then launched himself, swinging himself around in Brolli's tight grip. Goku slammed both knees into Brolli's chin, but the Saiyan monster merely nodded his head, pushing Goku's knees away in a simple gesture of the neck.
Gohan watched, dumbfounded, as Brolli blurred where he stood, lifting Goku into the air and in the same swift movement, bringing a foot up and placing it against Goku's gut. Goku grunted as he tried to pull away, and then yelped as Brolli pitched backwards and began to push Goku away with his foot. Goku strained against both foot and hands, but the grip didn't slacken.
Then suddenly, without warning, Brolli released his grip and kicked Goku away at the same time, sending Goku shooting cross the city, an orange and blue comet streaking through the night, leaving a golden tail in his wake as he slammed through buildings and then into the stone-face of the cliff itself. Brolli followed through by flicking himself over, landing in a crouch, smiling insanely. He scanned the city briefly and flashed away into the buildings, hunting his prey.
Vegeta stirred slightly in his unconscious state, blood slowly flowing from his mouth as he mumbled inaudibly. Trunks looked down with worry as Tomatta landed in the spot where Goku had stood moments earlier.
"Where has your father gone?" the large Saiyan said, looking at Gohan. Gohan looked up and returned the gaze, his dark eyes looking deep into Tomatta's mind.
"He's gone somewhere where Brolli can't touch him. For now, that is," added Gohan. Tomatta looked blank, and then turned his attention to Vegeta.
"Will he be alright?" He asked. Nobody answered, as they were all unsure. He had been unconscious a while now, and a small pool of blood had collected by the Princes face.
"Can't we do something for him?" Goten asked, looking over at his best friend with a worried expression on his face. Gohan jerked up suddenly and spun around. Tomatta looked up at his cousin's son's sudden movement and braced himself.
"What is it, Brolli?" Tomatta asked, looking around wildly for any sign of the Brute.
"No, no. It's okay; I didn't mean to startle you. I'm looking for Dende, that's all. He can heal Vegeta." Gohan answered as he looked this was and that. Most of the buildings had been demolished during the battle; only the dome of the main building and the smaller building of the Time Chamber remained more-or-less intact, but the chamber's walls had many large cracks along the walls, an eerie bright white and golden light spilling out from some of the grander chinks in the white building.
"Yeah, Dende's already saved ole' Pineapple-head's little pimply ass a few times already!" piped a familiar voice. They all tuned to see Krillin walking towards them, stepping over bits and pieces of fallen buildings.
"Krillin? What are you doing here?" Gohan asked.
"Well, I sensed what was happening up here, and I couldn't let you guys have all the fun now could I?" Krillin answered. Gohan looked down at the black-haired, once-bald monk.
"It's too dangerous, you've gotta get out of here!" Tomatta barked as Goten and Trunks joined Gohan's search for Dende and Mister Popo.
Krillin merely shrugged and looked took in more of the destruction. "I know, but I ain't leavin' you guys." He looked around again. "Hey, where Goku?"
A short while passed in the city, and Goku managed to drag himself from the cliff. He ambled over to where Vegeta stood, proud and arrogant, clutching his left shoulder to stench the flow of blood the gently trickled from the bloodied wound there. Vegeta watched the tattered warrior come closer, wincing at every movement. Across the road, Trunks still sat slumped against the wall, pieces of the wall itself lying around him, resting where they fell. He shook his head and picked himself up, dusting himself down and then headed over, reaching his father the same time Goku did.
"What the hell just hit me?" Trunks asked, clutching his head.
"A large and angry Saiyan named Brolli," said Vegeta, crossing his arms over his chest. He was tracking Brolli's progress across the city, and he knew he was chasing after Gohan. He broke off and turned to look at Goku as he approached, shocked at what he saw – his face looked pale; obviously the wound to his shoulder wasn't all that troubled him.
"Oh right. Do you think that guy needs some sort of licence or something?" Trunks asked with a coy smile, but nobody laughed. Trunks looked from his father to Goku, and then back to his father and then remained silent. Both of full-bloods were following the Hunter as he tracked down his Prey. Then Gohan's power-level dropped sharply, and Goku jerked upright, ignoring his wounds.
"Gohan!" Goku shouted, and then ran down the street. Trunks followed him, and a hand shot out and grabbed his arm. He looked around and shot a dagger-filled glance at his father.
"Let go of me!" Trunks snarled, but Vegeta's hand remained on his son's arm.
"You want a rematch against Brolli? Well he's coming here now!" Vegeta hissed, and smiled when he saw the reaction on his son's face.
Goku paused and looked behind him, just in time to see a small figure burst through a building and slam against the wall between him and Vegeta. Gohan dropped to the ground, his golden aura burning fiercely. The youngster picked himself up, revealing a face filled with cuts and bruises, but determination and anger still burned in his young eyes. Gohan glared at the building he had just been shot through, and watched as the entire wall collapsed outwards, the dust swirling up to engulf the whole street.
A tall and broad silhouette appeared within the swirling cloud of dust and it slowly strode forwards towards them. Gohan tensed himself and watched as the dust began to be blown outwards, and golden flashes of light burst from within the cloud.
Brolli burst through the cloud and lunged sharply at Gohan, who swerved out the way, throwing a heavy burst of kai into Brolli's face. Brolli grinned and turned to follow Gohan, and saw Goku directly ahead of him. Brolli smiled and broke into a light chuckle as he began a slow stride towards Goku.
Realising this was his chance, Goku dropped back into a familiar stance, a cold, grim expression moving across his face.
Gohan dragged Dende from a debris pile and helped him to his feet.
"Are you alright? You were under a lot of shit, there," Gohan asked with concern, not just for Dende, but for Vegeta as well.
"Yes, I am fine, thank-you Gohan. I'm just a little bruised, it is nothing that will not heal on its own." Dende answered. Gohan looked at him and nodded, then directed him gently towards Vegeta.
"I suppose you know what's happened," Gohan said grimly, and Dende nodded.
"Yes, Goku has gone about his mission, and Vegeta is in need of some healing."
"Again," added Krillin. Dende smiled and laughed softly.
"Yes, again." Repeated the Namek.
Far below them, Brolli slammed into the ground, still blinded and enraged by Gotenks' desperation attack. The ground around the Lookout shook violently as shockwaves blasted across the world, ripping open the earth in many places across the Planet Earth and bringing mighty buildings crashing to the floor. The Lookout swung back and forth precariously, and on the Lookout floor the Z-fighters were all but knocked off their feet, some even having to take to the air to stop from falling over.
Brolli's body crashed deep into the Earth, so far that he began to feel the heat of molten rock against his body. Blinking wildly, roaring and snarling like a frenzied beast, Brolli thrashed around inside the hollow his fall had caused him to dig into the ground, and he felt the rock smash at his merest of touches. As he thrashed below the ground, on the surface mighty earthquakes rocked the world and dashed yet more buildings to the floor. Many people were killed in the chaos, and Brolli became even more enraged as he reflected on the way that the young one had fallen him so easily.
Slowly, Brolli regained his eyesight, and immediately he launched skywards once again to rejoin the fight he had jut been thrown from.
With Brolli enraged in the present and returning back to the fight, will Dende have the time to heal the unconscious Vegeta? And in the past, remembered by Vegeta in his catatonic state, what will happen as that menace Brolli approaches the battered and injured Goku? Find out, in Total War!!!!!