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Yambia landed in front of the side door to the Capsule Corporation after having slept at the hospital the previous night. Her Saiyan metabolism allowed her to recover much faster than the doctor originally thought. She used her security key and walked towards the living area. She opened the door to utter chaos.
Bulma and Chi-Chi were running around the room with butterfly nets while Videl was flying after a small, darting child who was giggling it's tail off. The hair of the three women was frazzled; they had large dark bags under their eyes from apparent lack of sleep. There was dozens of formula containers scattered around the room and baby bottles that appeared to have a bite taken out of each one.
Little Gerald felt and seen his mother almost immediately and dived into her arms, almost knocking her down. Videl who was chasing him had to pull up short to avoid a major collision.
The three women stopped and were giving Yambia a huge case of the stink eye.
"So.. Ladies.. How did you get Little Gerald here?" Yambia said.
"Oh! So that's his name. We've been improvising since Goku dropped the little…. Darling off here." Chi-Chi said through clenched teeth.
Yambia suddenly noticed that the place reeked of used diapers.
"Yambia, no offense, but I've never seen a more active child in my life!" Bulma said as she sat down on the couch.
"He slept for two hours last night, got up and ate everything in the kitchen!" Videl said collapsing next to Bulma. "Chavez is out right now grocery shopping."
"We tried to feed him the formula, but the bottle wasn't delivering fast enough so he bite holes in the bottles and sucked them dry." Chi-Chi went on.
"We tried playing with him, but he doesn't know his own strength and damned near killed poor Videl!" Bulma said.
Yambia did notice a Videl shaped impression in the wall of the living room. "I'm sorry Videl, I left him with Goku and Vegeta."
"They brought him here, I think that Goku and Vegeta thought that where they were at was too dangerous for a child." Chi-Chi said.
"I see, I didn't think of that. Well, it looks like they got him to power down at the very least." Yambia said.
"Power down?" Videl said.
"Yeah, in the delivery room, the doctor smacked him on the butt and pissed the boy off. He went Super Saiyan, then Super Saiyan Level Two. And like his father and I, he's a mystic." Yambia explained.
Videl's eyes bugged out. "You're kidding! You're joking right?"
"Afraid not." Yambia looked down at her son who had fallen fast asleep in her mother's arms.
"Isn't that cute?" Yambia said.
Bulma, Videl, and Chi-Chi groaned and fell over.
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The demons rushed in fast and hard. As they got within arms reach Trunks, Goten, and Gohan powered up to Super Saiyan Five. The resultant release of positive energy killed almost a thousand demons, but they kept coming. They were unrelenting.
Gohan had a problem. He knew that Roger and Yambia would need air soon, but he was in danger of being over-run by the demons, and surely if he left to go back to the bubble the demons would follow. Gohan felt a clawed hand skitter across his ki-shielded face. "Damned! If is wasn't for my ki shield, I would be looking for my face in the next county right now!" Gohan thought as he turned and shot a multi-burst ki attack at the demon vaporizing him immediately. Gohan turned just in time to duck a swing from the club of a huge troll like demon. Gohan faced this monstrosity barely hiding his revulsion. The thing was at least 25 feet tall, with arms long enough to be dragging the ground if they were on a planet. In it's right hand was a club huge enough to smash a man flat with one blow.
"Now little one, prepare to die!" The huge demon said.
"Not today!" Gohan replied. "Kaa me ha me haaa!" Gohan released the attack which clearly took the beast by surprise.
'ARRRGGGHHHH!!!" The demon screamed as he was enveloped in Gohan's energy. As the explosion cleared Gohan was surprised in turn to find the demon still standing. Wounded, but standing and still able to fight.
The creature kicked out and caught Gohan under its huge leather boot and pinned him to a large asteroid.
Piccolo was in trouble. He was unable to generate his own oxygen, so relied heavily on his Namekian mental and physical disciplines to hold his breath. The time that a well-disciplined Namekian could hold his breath was far longer than a human, and even a Saiyan. Piccolo had practiced this particular ability and could hold his breath for up to an hour. Unfortunately his last opponent had managed to slap him in the stomach with its wing and knocked much of the air he was counting on out of him. It wouldn't be long now before he had to have air, or succumb. Piccolo had lost sight of Gohan, so he was fighting his way closer to Goten or Trunks. If he could just get a lung full of air again, he could survive for quite some time. Piccolo looked around after dispatching yet another minor demon and watched in shock as his left arm separated from his body. Piccolo recoiled in pain and horror and faced his opponent, a smallish demon with a flaming red sword.
Trunks and Goten were fighting back to back, trying to stop the demons from getting passed them, keeping them away from Roger and Jessica. The sheer number of demons was making this impossible. Worse, the demons seemed to be progressively stronger.
"Can we fuse?" Goten yelled.
"They're not going to give us that chance Goten!" Trunks yelled back. "They're just too many of them! Big Bang Attack!" Trunks threw his father's signature attack.
"We have to do something! We can't hold them off forever!" Goten said as he broke the neck of a demon wielding a large battle-axe.
"What the hell is that?" Trunks pointed into the darkness.
A huge demon, twice the size and girth of Tharsasher, came out of the darkness and smiled at them with green teeth. With one swipe of a huge, clawed hand, it sent Goten and Trunks spinning off into the darkness.
Roger was powered up to Mystic Super Saiyan Three and was maneuvering the bubble to best protect Jessica. However the demons was rapidly boxing them in. The bubble only held about three minutes more air, and their cause seemed hopeless. Roger began to put his hands against the bubble and firing ki blasts into the approaching demons. Jessica put her hands on Rogers's leg and transferred all the energy she could spare into his body. Roger felt the increase in energy and went Super Saiyan Four. It was all academic however, Jessica began to see spots before her eyes and feel the first symptoms of oxygen deprivation. Two minutes later the girl was passed out at Roger's feet, and Roger himself, all but spent, reverted to his normal form. His hold on consciousness all but gone. Roger could see the leering faces of the demons as they once again approached the bubble.
Suddenly Roger became aware of another presence in the bubble, not an evil presence. Roger also noticed that the air was back, and he could breath.
"Hey there friend Roger, we were almost too late huh?" A voice from behind Roger said.
Roger groggily turned. "Totempo!! Is that really you! You're a Super Saiyan Five!!" Roger exclaimed. "H-How…?"
"The Ultimate Kai trained us for a few thousand years. Thought we might be of some use to you. See!"
Roger followed Totempo's finger and was amazed. Millions of Saiyan warriors ranging in power levels from Super Saiyan Three to Super Saiyan Five was crisscrossing through The Demon Realm fighting the demons back away from Roger and Jessica. The Super Saiyan Three and Fours was making contact with the fives every so often to renew their air supply.
In the lead was King Vegeta himself who had just pulled a rather large, nasty demon off of Gohan who subsequently took the demon's head off with his Masenko attack.
"Trunks! This is our chance!" Goten said as the huge demon's attention was distracted by the arrival of the Saiyan Calvary.
"You got it bud!" Trunks said.
"FUUUUU.. SION! HA!" and Super Saiyan Six Gotenks stood tall and proud.
The Huge drooling demon was severely burned by the energy put off by the transformation, and was extremely angry.
Romaine sensed a dying ki and flew for it to discover a small demon ready to deliver a killing blow to the Namek with a flaming red sword. Romaine kicked the little demon hard in the side of the head sending it flying into several other demons.
"Cucumbus!" Romaine called.
Cucumbus, the middle of Nappa's three sons flew immediately to his uncle. "Yes sir?"
Romaine replenished his nephew's air supply. "Quickly, take the Namek to safety."
"Yes sir!" Cucumbus quickly flew off with the limp body of Piccolo, heading back towards Roger and Jessica.
The line of Saiyans wading into the battle seemed endless. Through their efforts and that of Gotenks, they were slowly pushing back the demon horde.
Gotenks at Super Saiyan Six was unstoppable. He flew right through the chest of the huge demon before him and began to take out countless lesser demons with a combination final flash ka-me-ha-me-ha attack.
The demon's ranks were in disarray, and several groups broke ranks and ran. Another few minutes, and the demons were in full retreat.
The Saiyans did not give chase, as per the King's orders. Instead they aligned themselves in even ranks, per their training with each rank headed by a Super Saiyan Five, every member of the rank with his hand on the previous members shoulder, with the first member touching the Super Saiyan Five, thus supplying the entire rank with air. There seemed to be about sixty Super Saiyan Fives in all, not counting King Vegeta and Totempo, who were busy trying to revive Jessica.
Gotenks, Gohan, King Vegeta, and Cucumbus with Piccolo joined Roger, Totempo, and Jessica in the bubble.
"Is he alive?" King Vegeta asked.
"I don't know, but look at were his arm was cut off, the negative energy has invaded his body, you can see where the skin has turned black and he's begun to mutate. It's already invaded his chest area as well." Totempo said.
"There's not time to explain what I'm about to do so just trust me!" Gotenks suddenly said.
Everyone else stepped back."
Gotenks frisked Piccolo's body and found a small bag that Piccolo had stored the Senzu beans that Vegeta had given him. There was six left. He placed the bag in his own pocket. Gotenks then formed a sort of a ki blade with his left hand.
"Forgive me my old friend." Then, with one smooth swipe, he cut Piccolo's head off.
Everyone but King Vegeta gasped involuntarily.
"Quick Roger, get the body out!" Gotenks picked up Piccolo's head as Roger let the body slip outside of the bubble.
"Piccolo once told us that he could regenerate his entire body as long as his head wasn't damaged." Gotenks said hurriedly. He then took three of the Senzu beans and smashed them up in his hand allowing the fluid to drip into the open neck of Piccolo. Several seconds passed and Piccolo's eyes flashed open and looked directly at Gotenks.
"What's going on?" Piccolo said.
"To make a long story short, you've lost your body." Trunks said. "You need to regenerate it."
"Oh. Yes, I see." Piccolo's eyes closed in concentration and after almost a minute his entire body was regenerated. He stood up and generated a new set of clothing for himself.
"That was quick thinking Gotenks." Roger said.
"Who is Gotenks and where is my grandson?" King Vegeta asked.
"I'm in here grandfather. Gotenks is the fusion between Goten and Trunks. Remember when Piccolo and Roger fused before we left? Same thing here." Gotenks explained.
"So is that how you are so much stronger than a Super Saiyan Five?" King Vegeta asked.
"Yes. A fusion creates a being whose powers are greater than the individuals on an exponential scale." Gotenks went on.
"Amazing! So, when can you unfuse?" King Vegeta wondered.
"At our power level the Fusion lasts about 20 minutes. But it seems to get longer the more we do it. It could last up to 30 minutes." Gotenks said.
"Ok, so we need to discuss what we are going to do from here. What was your original mission?" King Vegeta looked at Piccolo.
"Our original mission was supposed to be one of stealth. Sneak down the shaft, avoid trouble as much as possible, and sneak in and blow up the conduit generator." Piccolo explained.
"I would say that stealth is out of the question at this point." King Vegeta smirked.
"I suggest that we go back into the shaft and discuss our next moves where there is some air." Piccolo said.
"I agree. I will relay word to my men that we are going back into the shaft." King Vegeta left the bubble.
"Ok Roger, let's head back through the null field." Piccolo said.
"You got it." Roger answered.
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Vegeta looked up at the distortion in the sky. Somehow, he had the feeling that something was happening. Something great was happening, and it was happening all without him.
Lumbistru wandered up, not nearly his usual exuberant self.
"Is Vegeta worried? Does Vegeta's insides hurt?" Lumbistru asked.
Vegeta smirked. "Yeah, a little bit I guess."
"Is Vegeta worried about the others?" Lumbistru asked.
"Yes." Vegeta admitted.
"Lumbistru asked Supreme Kai thing if Lumbistru might be redeemed, like Vegeta was redeemed." Lumbistru said.
"Oh? What did he say?" Vegeta asked genuinely curious.
"He said that Lumbistru must do one heroic thing.. I asked him what a heroic thing was, and he said I should go ask Vegeta." Lumbistru looked at the Saiyan Prince expectantly.
"What is a heroic act?" Vegeta reformed the question out loud. "Well, a heroic act is something that one does for another without thought of gaining anything else in return. For example, if I had a sandwich, and I seen someone with no food at all starving, and I gave that sandwich to them without asking for payment, that would be a very kind and heroic act. Another example would be if you seen people in trouble, and you helped them out, even if you know you might be hurt, even killed, and you did it anyways that would be an even greater heroic act. Of course the difficult part is that you can't just perform a heroic act because you need a heroic act to be redeemed. Although you might get half credit for the deed, it wouldn't be a true heroic act."
"Lumbistru is confused." Lumbistru said.
"Well, if I said that I would give you a piece of candy if you saved Bura's life, and the only reason you saved her life was to get the candy, then it's not really an act of heroism because a true act of heroism comes from the heart, you see?" Vegeta tried to explain.
"Lumbistru thinks so." Lumbistru said sounding half convinced.
"Don't worry Lumbistru, when the time comes I'm sure you will know what to do. I'm probably not the best individual to try and explain this." Vegeta said.
"Lumbistru thinks Vegeta did just fine." Lumbistru smiled and bounded off.
"Just like a little kid." Vegeta laughed to himself.
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Yambia put little Gerald down in the crib Bulma had the tech boys put together. Solid titanium. The boy pulled himself up into a standing position after she kissed him on the forehead and watched her go back down to the living area.
"Is he asleep?" Bulma asked.
"No, but he was looking pretty groggy." Yambia said.
Chi-Chi and Videl were both stretched out on the couch, sound asleep.
16 and Gerald Sr. came through the door and seen all the sleeping bodies.
"What's been going on?" Gerald Sr. said.
"Your grandson is a handful!" Chi-chi chided in jest.
"Yes, Gerald Vegeta Clawson is a handful." Yambia said waiting for that to set in.
"Y-You named him after me!" Gerald said.
"Sure did." Yambia smiled.
"Can we go see him?" Gerald asked anxiously.
"Sure, why not?" Yambia got up to lead the way.
Meanwhile, upstairs, the boy in question wasn't feeling tired. His little baby brain was just a whirling! Pictures of the men that came and got him from the mean butt slapping man kept playing in his head, over and over. He also felt their ki energy, and how they used that energy. Gerald Jr. imitated the one man and put two fingers to his forehead, then concentrated his ki for a moment… Then disappeared!