"What are we waiting for?" a short, muscular man with very spiky hair growled out.
"For the last time, Vegeta, we don't have the power needed to win," Piccolo replied. "You saw him fight Goku. Our ki blasts have no effect."
"Bah," was Vegeta's only answer.
Before the other assembled warriors could join in on the verbal battle, there was a flash of silver light. In the middle of the platform of Dende's Lookout stood a young woman holding hands with Trunks and Goten.
Nodding to herself, the young woman let go of the boys' hands and turned to walk towards Dende.
That's when Vegeta attacked.
Without looking, the woman leaped over the ki blast and continued walking towards Dende.
"Vegeta!" Dende exclaimed. "Stop it! She's the help I sent for," he admonished.
Vegeta humphed, crossed his arms, and glared.
The woman bowed to the short Namek. "Greetings, Dende-san. You wished to speak to me?"
"Yes, Serenity..."
The woman interrupted Dende. "Dende-san, you know that is no longer my name."
Dende sighed. "Very well. Cosmos, we need your help. There is an evil being on Earth that we cannot stop."
Cosmos sighed. "I thought it would be something like that."
"Her? Bah," Vegeta exclaimed. "She barely has any ki."
"Ki is not everything, Prince Vegeta," the young woman replied without turning towards the Sayiajin prince, who was now demanding to know how she knew his name. Nodding to Dende, she continued, "I'll go have a look."
With her back still turned, the woman muttered, "Cosmic Teleport," and disappeared in a flash of silver.
"How did she know my name?" Vegeta demanded.
"She knows of all the major players on this world. It would not be a good idea not to." And, that was all Dende would say on that subject.
=====
Cosmos surveyed the devastation around her. Bodies littered the broken streets, cars were overturned and catching fire, buildings were in rubble. "There was no reason for this," she whispered.
"Au contraire, little princess, there was every reason," a sibilant voice replied from behind her. "It's a pleasure to meet you finally."
Cosmos turned and glared at the figure behind her. "The pleasure is all yours."
The figure was male in white armor. He had short blond hair and had a cold beauty to him. His eyes glowed a solid black, showing his true nature was not human.
"Little princess, all alone with no kingdom. Did you cry when the Demon King destroyed your homeland? Poor princess," the man hissed with a smirk.
"What do you want on Earth?" Cosmos replied, her face an icy mask.
"I thought that was obvious by this scene, little princess," the man replied. "Total destruction."
"Why?" Cosmos asked, her head tilted slightly.
He grinned widely. "Because, little princess, I can." With that, the man faded into the shadows.
Turn back to the destruction, Cosmos became thoughtful. After minutes of quiet contemplation, she gave a decisive nod. Closing her eyes, her body started to glow silver as she concentrated.
"Girl!" Vegeta yelled as he and the other Earth defenders arrived at the area.
Ignoring the yelling, Cosmos extended her arm in front of her. "Cosmic Restoration."
The area was suddenly awash with silver light. A few moments later, the destruction was gone, the dead were alive again.
Bowing her head, Cosmos's posture relaxed slightly and she let out a deep sigh. Finally she turned to the assembled fighters. "What can you tell me of the one who did that?"
A large man with spiky black hair stared at her in shock. "Wow! Can you teach me to do that?"
The woman gave a small smile. "I'm sorry, Son Goku, but I can't. Please, do any of you have information on the one who destroyed this place?
"Why should we tell you? Who are you?" A muscular man with straight lavender hair asked threateningly.
Cosmos stared a moment at him, whirled to stare at Trunks, then stared back at the man. "How..." Giving herself a shake, she continued. "Your name is Trunks?"
"So? Answer my question!" the man said, stepping forward threateningly.
Whirling to Piccolo, Cosmos ground out. "Explain."
"What?" Piccolo asked, unimpressed with the woman in front of him.
"Explain to me how two versions of the same being exist in this timeline," Cosmos replied.
"That isn't important. What is important is who and what are you?" Piccolo stated.
"Don't tell me you don't know," a sibilant voice hissed as the man in armor faded in from the shadows. "Your highness! You didn't tell them!" he continued with an obviously fake gasp of shock.
"Who the hell are you?" Cosmos demanded.
"Obviously, you've been without your court too long, little princess, if you're using that sort of language," the man replied.
Cosmos scoffed. "My *court* used worse language than that. Who are you?"
Their conversation was interrupted when the warriors they had been ignoring attacked.
After the smoke and dust cleared, Cosmos and the mysterious man turned to glare at the warriors.
"Let's take this somewhere where we can discuss this in quiet, little princess," the man said. "See you where your kingdom used to reside." With that, he disappeared again into the shadows.
"Very well," Cosmos replied before whispering her transportation phrase and disappearing in a flash of light.
"Great! Now what?" the younger Trunks exclaimed.
"Dende's Lookout," Goku replied.
=====
When Cosmos reappeared, she was floating in space. Her jeans and t-shirt shredded and formed into ribbons of light before reforming into a gauzy white gown. Her only ornamentation was a bracelet made of clear crystal beads on her right wrist and a crystal embedded on her forehead. Through the crystal, her upturned golden crescent moon could be seen. "You wished to speak in private?"
"Of course, your highness," the man replied with a courtly bow.
"For the last time, Vegeta, we don't have the power needed to win," Piccolo replied. "You saw him fight Goku. Our ki blasts have no effect."
"Bah," was Vegeta's only answer.
Before the other assembled warriors could join in on the verbal battle, there was a flash of silver light. In the middle of the platform of Dende's Lookout stood a young woman holding hands with Trunks and Goten.
Nodding to herself, the young woman let go of the boys' hands and turned to walk towards Dende.
That's when Vegeta attacked.
Without looking, the woman leaped over the ki blast and continued walking towards Dende.
"Vegeta!" Dende exclaimed. "Stop it! She's the help I sent for," he admonished.
Vegeta humphed, crossed his arms, and glared.
The woman bowed to the short Namek. "Greetings, Dende-san. You wished to speak to me?"
"Yes, Serenity..."
The woman interrupted Dende. "Dende-san, you know that is no longer my name."
Dende sighed. "Very well. Cosmos, we need your help. There is an evil being on Earth that we cannot stop."
Cosmos sighed. "I thought it would be something like that."
"Her? Bah," Vegeta exclaimed. "She barely has any ki."
"Ki is not everything, Prince Vegeta," the young woman replied without turning towards the Sayiajin prince, who was now demanding to know how she knew his name. Nodding to Dende, she continued, "I'll go have a look."
With her back still turned, the woman muttered, "Cosmic Teleport," and disappeared in a flash of silver.
"How did she know my name?" Vegeta demanded.
"She knows of all the major players on this world. It would not be a good idea not to." And, that was all Dende would say on that subject.
=====
Cosmos surveyed the devastation around her. Bodies littered the broken streets, cars were overturned and catching fire, buildings were in rubble. "There was no reason for this," she whispered.
"Au contraire, little princess, there was every reason," a sibilant voice replied from behind her. "It's a pleasure to meet you finally."
Cosmos turned and glared at the figure behind her. "The pleasure is all yours."
The figure was male in white armor. He had short blond hair and had a cold beauty to him. His eyes glowed a solid black, showing his true nature was not human.
"Little princess, all alone with no kingdom. Did you cry when the Demon King destroyed your homeland? Poor princess," the man hissed with a smirk.
"What do you want on Earth?" Cosmos replied, her face an icy mask.
"I thought that was obvious by this scene, little princess," the man replied. "Total destruction."
"Why?" Cosmos asked, her head tilted slightly.
He grinned widely. "Because, little princess, I can." With that, the man faded into the shadows.
Turn back to the destruction, Cosmos became thoughtful. After minutes of quiet contemplation, she gave a decisive nod. Closing her eyes, her body started to glow silver as she concentrated.
"Girl!" Vegeta yelled as he and the other Earth defenders arrived at the area.
Ignoring the yelling, Cosmos extended her arm in front of her. "Cosmic Restoration."
The area was suddenly awash with silver light. A few moments later, the destruction was gone, the dead were alive again.
Bowing her head, Cosmos's posture relaxed slightly and she let out a deep sigh. Finally she turned to the assembled fighters. "What can you tell me of the one who did that?"
A large man with spiky black hair stared at her in shock. "Wow! Can you teach me to do that?"
The woman gave a small smile. "I'm sorry, Son Goku, but I can't. Please, do any of you have information on the one who destroyed this place?
"Why should we tell you? Who are you?" A muscular man with straight lavender hair asked threateningly.
Cosmos stared a moment at him, whirled to stare at Trunks, then stared back at the man. "How..." Giving herself a shake, she continued. "Your name is Trunks?"
"So? Answer my question!" the man said, stepping forward threateningly.
Whirling to Piccolo, Cosmos ground out. "Explain."
"What?" Piccolo asked, unimpressed with the woman in front of him.
"Explain to me how two versions of the same being exist in this timeline," Cosmos replied.
"That isn't important. What is important is who and what are you?" Piccolo stated.
"Don't tell me you don't know," a sibilant voice hissed as the man in armor faded in from the shadows. "Your highness! You didn't tell them!" he continued with an obviously fake gasp of shock.
"Who the hell are you?" Cosmos demanded.
"Obviously, you've been without your court too long, little princess, if you're using that sort of language," the man replied.
Cosmos scoffed. "My *court* used worse language than that. Who are you?"
Their conversation was interrupted when the warriors they had been ignoring attacked.
After the smoke and dust cleared, Cosmos and the mysterious man turned to glare at the warriors.
"Let's take this somewhere where we can discuss this in quiet, little princess," the man said. "See you where your kingdom used to reside." With that, he disappeared again into the shadows.
"Very well," Cosmos replied before whispering her transportation phrase and disappearing in a flash of light.
"Great! Now what?" the younger Trunks exclaimed.
"Dende's Lookout," Goku replied.
=====
When Cosmos reappeared, she was floating in space. Her jeans and t-shirt shredded and formed into ribbons of light before reforming into a gauzy white gown. Her only ornamentation was a bracelet made of clear crystal beads on her right wrist and a crystal embedded on her forehead. Through the crystal, her upturned golden crescent moon could be seen. "You wished to speak in private?"
"Of course, your highness," the man replied with a courtly bow.