Chapter 7: The Face of Evil
Frieza looked up from where she was sat on the bridge of her ship when one of her underlings, Zarbon by name, ran in breathing hard.
"Frieza, I have some important news. King Thraknor was defeated. He turned tail and ran from planet Vegeta." Zarbon said, catching his breath. "He even left most of his forces down on the planet. Here is a video on the conflict. He sends it with his regards and a message saying that he refuses to attack planet Vegeta again." Zarbon handed a small disc to Frieza before stepping back.
Frieza popped the disc into the panel on the arm of her chair and watched the as the conflict unfold. The disc caught the whole battle on view, the sabotage in the capital city, the shields dissipate and the annihilation of the city. Frieza turned and looked at Zarbon.
"So far my good king Thraknor seems to be… winning. They appear defenseless, the army of planet Vegeta is destroyed, and they lack any kind of unison and order. There had better be a good reason for Thraknor to turn tail and run." Frieza said while she clicked her claws against the arm of her chair.
The video on the screen changed. And a view of the planet was given from space. A large dark spot appear on the planet, but all the clouds were billowing away from it. Flashes of light could be seen in the darkness. A shockwave emanated from the darkness and circled the globe and after another minute the darkness lifted. Another flash of light could be seen and then nothing. All of a sudden screams could be heard coming from the intercom. The view switched and focused upon one of the star ships just as it was torn asunder and was destroyed. A few seconds later, another ship was destroyed, this time enveloped in a massive beam of energy.
The view zoomed in twice and focused on a saiyan encased in a protective shield. The saiyan had looked bulkier then normal and had a yellow tail, yellowish gold hair, rage filled teal eyes, and a massive aura of dark yellow.
Frieza blinked twice at the saiyan and snarled. She smashed the arm of her chair and destroyed the disc. She turned to Zarbon, "Set a course for Namek, NOW!" she hissed out, "A super saiyan has appeared again, and I intend to be immortal before I am forced to confront a stupid super monkey."
With one look at Frieza's face Zarbon turned and bolted out the door, heading for the control room. Frieza's ship was soon underway, destination: Namek.
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On planet Vegeta at the same time…
When Gohan and Kakkarot arrived at the ruins of the city they found Bardock, Landyn and King Vegeta waiting for them. When king Vegeta noticed them he confronted Gohan. "So, you've become a super saiyan? Tell me how you did it, I want to know how to ascend!" the king demanded.
Kakkarot intervened on Gohan's behalf, "Leave him alone Vegeta, he's been through a lot. Give him some time to recover." Kakkarot said, skipping formalities.
Vegeta turned and glared at Kakkarot, "He's been through a lot? WHAT ABOUT ME! I've lost my city, half my army, my mate AND Trunks! They're buried under that wreckage that was once the palace." King Vegeta snarled.
Gohan looked up at the mention of Trunks, "Umm… My King, I think they're still alive." Gohan said quietly.
King Vegeta whipped his head around and looked at Gohan, "What did you say?"
"Well, just before they attacked us, Goten…" A shudder wracks Gohan's body, "Goten said that Bulma had gone and taken Trunks out into the country. Something about the palace being to empty for her liking." Gohan said, ending in almost a whisper.
Vegeta's eyes widened and brightened a bit before he covered it up, "Hmph, she probably headed for her estate, first smart decision I've yet to see her make. It's a couple hundred miles east of the capital." King Vegeta looked at them all, "Follow me. We're going to find my mate."
King Vegeta blasted off eastwards followed by Landyn and Bardock. Kakkarot followed closely behind those two and Gohan trailed at the end. As they flew across the country side, devastation could be seen all over the place. Large craters pocketed the land and the smell of burnt flesh filled the air.
After thirty minutes of flying the five of them reached the estate Vegeta had mentioned. It was palatial and clung to the side of a cliff face. A large sea spread out to the east and south of it. A lush forest stretched to the north and west and a large cleared area served as the yard. A large circular shaped building sat in the center of the yard a little ways away from the manor. The view would have been scenic, if it weren't for the fact that the manor wasn't suppose to cling to a cliff.
The manor was split in half, with half of it at the top of a cliff while the rest clung to the side of the cliff. Every now and then a piece of the manor would slide down from the cliff top and slam into the portion clinging to the side of the cliff and knock some of it of its tenuous position into the sea. Corpses could be seen strewn all over the place and craters dotted the landscape, but a few people could be seen walking around in the clearing.
King Vegeta sped down and landed on the ground and confronted the first person he saw. "Where are my mate and child, if they're hurt…" the king left the threat hanging.
The saiyan looked up at his king as the other four landed behind Vegeta. "My liege, your son is alright, but your mate… We don't know where she is. Our scouters are all broken but we've been searching the manor for her. Your son is currently inside it looking for her, but it doesn't look good. It has been almost a day and… If we take much longer, all hope will be lost. The underground tunnels have been sealed and the air would be running low by now if she was in there, and if not… well the house would be on top of her." The guard said nervously.
"Since you fools are too incompetent to find her, I'll do it myself." King Vegeta snarled at the guard and walked away heading towards what was left of the manor.
Landyn, Bardock and Kakkarot followed to help the king in his search, Gohan just stood back, not moving from the spot where he landed. His mind was elsewhere. Gohan concentrated on his ki blanket. He spread it out over the area, this time not going to maximum radius, but instead concentrated on the small area he was in, made it denser and extended it below the ground. Gohan felt all the life forces in the area pulsate inside his blanket all around him but he blocked those out, he wasn't looking for the ones above ground. After a few minutes Gohan felt a weak force pulsating against his blanket a mile below ground.
Gohan didn't bother to explain his actions. He just powered up as far as he could go without hitting super saiyan. Gohan let out a roar and created a beam of blue energy around him that incinerated the ground below him. The blue beam went a mile into the sky, and a mile into the ground. When the beam dissipated Gohan found everyone was staring at him in surprise.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!?" King Vegeta yelled at Gohan, "YOU JUST KNOCKED HALF THE MANOR INTO THE SEA!"
Gohan cringed slightly, "It's alright King Vegeta, there wasn't anyone in that part of the manor, if there was, they were dead because I couldn't feel anyone. I did feel someone a mile below the ground, and I just made a tunnel big enough for two going straight down." Gohan said before diving down into the hole he had created.
King Vegeta snarled, "What did he mean he could feel someone below ground? What the fuck is that suppose to mean?" the king said, not liking what had just occurred.
"I think he has found a way to simulate the action of a scouter. He said he was going to try and figure out a way to detect power levels without the scouter, and he might have just found one." Kakkarot said as he walked over to the hole and jumped down.
King Vegeta just stared at the hole, "Right, there is no way he can detect power levels. If he killed my mate, I will make him pay, no matter how strong he is." The king walked away and headed inside the part of the manor that was still atop the cliff to look for his son.
Gohan landed at the bottom of the hole and stared around. It was pitch black in the underground tunnels. The electricity had been cut off from the surface. Gohan created a small glowing blue ball of ki in his hand and raised it above his head. The blue ball illuminated the area around him and Gohan started off in the direction of the weak life force. Gohan frowned as the tunnels twisted and turned and took him away from where he wanted to go. Gohan turned to head back in the other direction when his father appeared a ball of white light in his hands.
"Gohan, can you really sense power levels?" Kakkarot asked.
Gohan nodded, "Yes, I can, but these tunnels are taking me in the opposite direction I want to go. I'm just going to punch my way through the walls. If I wait much longer the life force won't be there any longer." Gohan said and began drilling through the wall.
Kakkarot just nodded and then blinked, "Life force?"
Gohan didn't look back as he said, "Ya, life force, it's the best word that fits it. I just extend my ki away from me and cover the surrounding area, sort of like a blanket. I then fold the blanket around everything in the radius of my ki. The living creatures, plants, animals, aliens and saiyans all pulsate differently against the blanket. The stronger and faster the pulse, the stronger the life force in the creature. I sense a very weak pulse down here, and since it's supposed to be empty, I figured that it was the queen."
Gohan finished punching through fifty feet of concrete and dirt and entered a new tunnel. Kakkarot followed behind him thinking about what his son had just said. Gohan headed in the direction of the weak pulse until he hit another wall. He punched through that wall and continued on. Gohan eventually reached a door and he could tell that the pulse was on the other side of it. Gohan dug his fingers into the door and ripped it off its hinges. The room on the other side was in ruins.
Computers and lab equipment lay strewn across the floor and embedded in the walls. The west wall had caved in and the north seemed like it was on the verge of doing the same. Gohan walked quickly through the lab, followed by Kakkarot, and approached the northeast corner of the room. There under a desk, several computers and a few slabs of concrete lay a female saiyan covered in blood. Gohan recognized it as the queen from the unique blue hair she had. Gohan and Kakkarot started to pull the computers and slabs of concrete off her. When they had removed all of it, they noticed she was still trapped. The corner of the room had caved in on Bulma's legs, crushing them.
Gohan looked up at Kakkarot and met his eyes, "Father, when I lift that corner of the room with my energy, I want you to grab her and run. I don't think this room is going to like me doing that and it will probably cave in." Gohan told his father.
Kakkarot shook his head, "I'm not leaving you, we'll figure some other way of getting her out of here." Kakkarot said.
"NO father, she's nearly dead, she won't last much longer. Besides, I should be fine. If I get in trouble I could always…" Gohan halted and shuddered for a second, "Transform. You can't, now get her out of here." Gohan said
Kakkarot only nodded his head in response. He didn't like leaving Gohan, but he had no choice. Gohan used his ki to lift the caved section of the corner off of Bulma. Kakkarot quickly grabbed her and yanked her out from under it and bolted from the room. Gohan was about to do the same when the roof started to cave in as well as the east and north walls. Gohan snarled and began to run for the exit but didn't make it. His ki couldn't keep a mile of rock and dirt up for long and it all crashed down on him.
Kakkarot ran as fast as he could from the room to the entrance that Gohan had created. Getting back was easy since Gohan had gone almost in a straight line from the main tunnel that connected to the hole that he had created to the room where Bulma had been in. As he got to the exit a loud crash could be heard and Kakkarot prayed his son had gotten out in time.
Kakkarot flew up through the tunnel as fast as he could and exited it a few seconds later. As he reappeared with Bulma in his arms King Vegeta and Trunks bolted towards him. King Vegeta took Bulma from Kakkarot's arms and held her close for a second before he blasted quickly away to get her to a regeneration chamber.
Trunks stared after his father in surprise. "Wow, I didn't think he actually cared about her, he sure doesn't show it much." He said.
Kakkarot looked at Trunks, "He has a hard time expressing his feelings. He tries to be as cold and hard as possible but there is and always will be a soft spot in him for you and Bulma." Kakkarot said to Trunks.
One of the guards approached and asked, "What happened down there? A large section of the forest and northern part of the grounds just collapsed into the ground about ten feet."
Kakkarot looked at the guard, "My son was trying to hold it all up while I got Bulma out of there… He should have been out by now." Kakkarot said and a frown appeared on his face.
All of a sudden the ground rocked and a massive yellow light burst from the ground to the north. A hundred foot section of the yard exploded upwards and Gohan floated up in the center of it, in super saiyan form. A massive yellow aura flared around him and his black hair was spiked up and was yellow. His eyes, now teal, were filled with rage.
All the guards and Trunks stared at Gohan as their jaws dropped. They couldn't believe the energy that rippled off him. They couldn't detect ki, but they could still feel the energy that raged around him.
Kakkarot approached Gohan and smiled. "Hey, Gohan glad to see you back. You were right a mile of dirt and stone is nothing for a super saiyan." Kakkarot said as he came to stand in front of Gohan. The guards and Trunk gaped even further at the words super saiyan.
Gohan snarled at Kakkarot not giving any indication that he had heard his father speak.
Kakkarot frowned, "Calm down Gohan. There's no reason to be angry anymore. Try to control your rage, don't let it control you." Kakkarot commanded his son.
Gohan blinked at his father for a second before he grabbed his head and smashed into the ground knees first. The energy that emanated from Gohan fluctuated wildly but after a bit of a struggle Gohan stood up and looked at his father, a smile on his face. "I told you that I would be fine." Gohan said in his normal voice, still in super saiyan form.
Kakkarot smiled back, "You should really learn how to control that form better Gohan. It's no good to you if you let your emotions run away with you." Kakkarot said as he hugged his son. "You did really good today, I'm really proud of you. You shouldn't hate yourself, you did all that you could to protect Goten and Videl, we'll… find some way to live without them." Gohan only nodded and hugged his father back, "ugh, could you… go back to normal? I think that hug broke a couple ribs." Kakkarot said as he gave a little laugh.
Gohan grinned sheepishly and fell out of his super saiyan state. Gohan turned and looked at everyone else and put his hand behind his head and gave the famous son grin, "What?" Gohan asked innocently.
Trunks flew over to Gohan and peered up at him intently, "How did you do that? That was SO cool; I want to change my hair yellow as well. I can't wait to tell Goten that you can go super saiyan… Goten doesn't know does he?" Gohan flinched and turned away. "What's wrong?"
Kakkarot put his hand on Trunk's head and lead him away. "Don't talk about Goten… Gohan still feels he is responsible for his death." Kakkarot said sadly and a tear escaped from his eye and rolled down his cheek.
Trunks looked up Kakkarot in horror, "Goten… dead… NO! I won't believe it, he can't be dead." Trunks flew off and headed away to be alone.
King Vegeta returned a moment later, looked around, saw that his son wasn't there, and demanded, "Where the hell is my son? And why the hell is there a new pot hole in my yard?"
"The pot hole was created by my son when he went super saiyan to escape from under a mile of rock and dirt, and your son flew off after hearing that Goten died. He took his death kind of hard." Kakkarot said.
Vegeta frowned, "That brat is too soft for his own good." The king sighed, "Landyn, Bardock get over here now." Bardock and Landyn walked over to where their king was and waited. "After I took my mate to the regeneration chamber I decided to contact the bitch Frieza. I didn't get any response, but I did learn that she is headed for Namek. I don't know why she is headed that way but I'll be damned if I let her get away for what she did to us. I'm planning on chasing her down and kill her. Kakkarot, you're coming with me, so are you Landyn. Bardock, I want you to stay here and look after things while I'm gone, and don't fuck up." King Vegeta looked over at Gohan, "And that kid is coming. Having a super saiyan when we fight Frieza may be what we need to beat the bitch." With that the king flew off to see if there was a ship ready for launch. It would take days to refuel the star shifters and Namek was close enough that the regular warp engines could get any ship there in a couple of days.
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1 day later…
Gohan walked through a city, he didn't know which one it was and he didn't care. He was trying to stay in his super saiyan state for as long as he could, trying to make it seem natural to himself so that his emotions would override his mental control when he assumed the form. By now everyone on the planet, and everyone in the quadrant, knew that Gohan, son of Kakkarot had ascended to the next stage of saiyan evolution, the super saiyan. Gohan turned around as a shout got his attention.
Alysa ran up to Gohan and stopped in front of him. "Hey Gohan, I can't believe it, you've ascended. You're so lucky, being able to wield that much power." Alysa said with a smile on her face. Gohan stepped back nervously, "It's alright Gohan. I've given up on you. I know I don't have a chance of getting you with Videl in the way." Gohan flinched at that but Alysa didn't notice, "I've got my eyes set on another now. I plan on making him mine soon." Alysa said, a grin lighting her face up.
"That's good, who's the unlucky one?" Gohan asked.
Alysa punched him in the stomach, grimaced and began rubbing her hand, "Ow, you're as hard as steel. Remind me not to fight you ever. I'm planning on getting Landyn." Alysa said with a grin.
Gohan blinked in surprise at the name and gasped, falling out of his super saiyan state, "OH SHIT! I have to go. I'm heading out to Namek with the king." and blasted off towards the capital.
"HEY WAIT!" Alysa cried and blasted off after him. "I'm not finished talking to you!"
Gohan and Alysa arrived just outside the capital soon after and landed in front of a large star ship. Gohan ran up to his father and waited for the king to arrive. When Alysa landed she saw Landyn, grinned, and ran over to him and began talking to him while pressing her body up against him.
The king walked out from the ship and looked at the four gathered. "Who the fuck is she and what is she doing her?" King Vegeta said, pointing to Alysa.
Landyn shrugged and gave a little grin, "I don't suppose she could come with us? I mean, it gets lonely during the night." He said the grin still plastered on his face.
Vegeta grumbled to himself, "Fine, she can come, she just better not fuck this mission up." Vegeta looked over at Kakkarot and Gohan. "Well, come on, we're heading out as soon as you four get on." The king said and walked back inside the ship.
The four of them entered the ship and almost immediately it started to blast off. Vegeta walked waited impatiently for them to reach him and said, "The rooms are down that hall, and up the flight of stairs. On the way there are some bathrooms, if you stink, use them." He said pointing behind him, he shifted his finger and pointed to the right. "The gravity chamber is that way, I'll be using it most of the time, but if I'm not in it, you can use it. Just don't break anything." He shifted his finger to the left. "The control room is that way. You don't need to be there unless I tell you to go there. The kitchen with the food is on the same floor as the bedrooms. I like being near my food." With that the king left heading towards the gravity room.
A voice appeared over the intercom, "We have left the planets atmosphere and are underway, destination: Namek
To be continued…
Saiyan Levels – I think the saiyan levels are like stages of evolution with level 4 being the highest stage of evolution possible for a saiyan. Half-breeds can't reach level 4 because they're just that, half breeds, but I believe that Gohan, Goten and Trunks could and should be able to evolve beyond level 3, but just in a different direction. Perhaps mystic is a stage of human evolution and Gohan, because he is a half-breed can combine his super saiyan powers with his mystic ability and ascend further. I'd like to think there is more then just 1 stage of mystic. That's 1 thing I hate about DBGT, Gohan lost his mystic ability in it so he became a lot weaker. Anyways, I got off topic. In my story, and my opinion, I think the super saiyan stage is just a higher stage of evolution for the saiyans.
So what do you think of what happened to Alysa? I didn't feel like killing her off or having her become useless. She'll be involved with the rest of the story. She just won't be going after Gohan anymore. She has a new target, and one that enjoys being the target.
So you like it? Hope ya do :)