The Saibamen

Piccolo glared at the two evil Saiyans standing about twenty feet away. Nappa chuckled deeply as he eyed each and every one of the four fighters. Vegeta did too... and his gaze froze at Nanake for a moment, as he looked her up and down, chuckling evilly. He licked his lips and spoke to Nappa, not taking his eyes off of Nanake.

"Look Nappa... The best they could do was a green man, a midget, a baby and a little girl. How pathetic."

"Yeah... Heh heh..."

Piccolo growled,

"Let's make this clear... What exactly do you want here...?"

"Ah, that voice..." Vegeta smirked, looking at Piccolo, "It was YOU who killed Raditz, wasn't it?"

"Voice...?!" Piccolo's eyes widened in surprise and confusion.

"Didn't Raditz tell you?" Vegeta drawled, tapping his scouter, "This also serves as a transmitter."

Nappa stared long and hard at Piccolo until he was completely sure.

"He's a Namekian..."

"Looks like it..." Vegeta confirmed his partner, "Not so strange that Raditz was beaten then..."

"...Namekian...?" Piccolo repeated, confused. Then reality hit him and he began growling, angrily at the two Saiyans.

"...Piccolo... Y-You're an alien too...?!" Krillin gulped, "N-No wonder..."

"R-Really, Piccolo?" Gohan stared up at him.

"They say these slimy green gastropod guys possess strange powers even beyond their extraordinary fighting abilities... even SORCERY..." Vegeta continued, "You're the one who made those Dragon Balls... aren't you?!"

"You..." Krillin stammered, "You knew about the Dragon Balls?!"

"Dragon Balls...?" Nanake whispered, pondering to herself.

"Why else would we bother with this dump?!" Nappa roared at Krillin, "Hand them over!!!"

"Heh..." Piccolo smirked, "Thanks to you, I suddenly have a much better insight to my ancestry... But this is also my home... And no man, comes to another man's home, telling HIM what to do... You're out of line... We didn't come here to bow down to your demands, we're here..." Piccolo bared his teeth and stood in fighting stance, "To FIGHT! So go ahead and do whatever it is you came here to do!"

Vegeta smirked.

"I never did dream I was an alien..." Kami sweated, after hearing Vegeta's words, "I did wonder about the antennae, of course... It's odd... When I first created the Dragon Balls, long ago... I felt curiously nostalgic... some sort of racial memory, I suppose... Perhaps one of my ancestors on this Planet Namek had once made something like them..."

"If you won't GIVE us information on the Dragon Balls... We'll just have to BEAT them out of you!" Vegeta smirked.

Nappa read the four's power readings.

"Nine hundred eighty-one... twelve hundred twenty... ten hundred eighty-three... and the girl's at a thousand flat! Fools! D'ya think you'll stand a chance against us with power levels like THOSE?!"

"Nappa, take of your scouter." Vegeta ordered, smirking as he removed his own.

"Huh? Why?"

"These saps vary their powers to suit the battle. These figures are unreliable... and WORTHLESS."

His scouter dropped to the ground.

"Yeah... That's right..." Nappa snickered, taking his scouter off. "That weakling Raditz probably got himself KILLED because he depended on the scouter's readings--And got caught off guard."

He dropped his scouter, and it hit the ground lightly.

"Weakling...?" Piccolo muttered, seemingly nervous.

"I-isn't Raditz the guy who nearly clobbered you and Goku TOGETHER...?" Krillin asked Piccolo, starting to sweat. Piccolo remained silent. Krillin muttered to himself, chuckling nervously,

""Weakling," he says..."

"Why don't we see what they can really do? Then we'll ask them about the Dragon Balls again..." Vegeta smirked up at Nappa, "Hey Nappa... Weren't there seven seeds were Saibamen left?"

Nappa chuckled evilly down at Vegeta, "You like to play games, don't you, Vegeta?"

"Saibamen?" Nanake wondered aloud, "What are those?"

Vegeta smirked at the girlish woman who reeked of innocence. He found it interesting that something so gastly pure would be even a mediocre fighter.

Nanake felt his eyes on her and her eyes flew to meet his. She glared daggers at the short Saiyan, which almost surprised him.

"Scared?" He called to her as Nappa began planting the seven seeds.

"Of YOU?!" Nanake gritted her teeth, hiding her fear, "No way!"

"You will be..." Vegeta chuckled and took a step forward. Nanake automatically took a step back like a mecanical machine. He laughed out loud at her as the Saibamen began to sprout.

Screeching, short green men emerged from the soil. Their red eyes focused on the four fighters across from them.

Nanake screamed as they flew at them with great speed. Piccolo attacked two head on, as did Krillin. Gohan froze in fear and Nanake dodged punch after punch, flying into the air. Vegeta's eyes locked onto her. It had been a long time since he'd seen a woman fight. He hoped this one would suffice his hunger. He tingled all over hearing her cries and screams of pain, fear, frustration and desperation. Finally, Nanake locked her fists together and pummeled the Saibaman with one adrenaline pumped swing. She saw it disappear before it hit the ground and she looked around, nervously.

"Where did it go?"

"NANAKE! BEHIND YOU!!!" Gohan shouted.

Before she could turn around, the Saibaman knocked her out of the air and she landed hard on all fours. She turned over, whimpering and as tears snuck out of her eyes, she blasted the Saibaman until it fell to the ground, weak. She heaved, watching it twitch and start to get up and stagger. From right behind her, there came a slim beam that tore the Saibaman apart. She watched in horror as the Saibaman was quickly mutilated and reduced to a puddle of guts and anatomy. She slowly turned around to look up at Vegeta, smirking down at her cruelly. Everyone's eyes were on Nanake, and everyone was quiet. Suddenly Piccolo roared at her.

"NANAKE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! GET AWAY!!"

She bolted upward but Vegeta pushed her back down and held her there with a foot on her back. He pressed down on her back with his foot to hear her scream.

"AUUGH!!! PICCOLO HELP ME!"

A blast landed right in front of Nanake's face as Tien and Chaotzu landed next to Piccolo.

Vegeta smirked and thought,

("More toys for our game...")

He lifted his foot and snatched up Nanake just as Yamcha landed.

"How's about we all play a little game?" Vegeta sneered, tracing his fingers along Nanake's jaw line, "You fight our Saibamen one by one and if you win, you can have weeping willow here back, and if we win, whatever's left of you tell us where we can find the Dragon Balls."

"WE'RE NOT HERE TO PLAY GAMES!!! WE'LL TAKE YOU ALL ON, INCLUDING YOU TWO!!!! STOP BEING CHEAP AND LET THE KID GO!" Piccolo roared.

"Calm down Piccolo," Krillin murmured, "Goku has yet to arrive. And for the moment, Nanake is safe, so we can use this to our advantage and buy some time."

Piccolo remained silent and Yamcha spoke,

"I'm in. Anything to save something like THAT!" He whistled.

"Enough." Tien stepped forward, "I'll go first. Have at me."

Vegeta waved at one to attack and the brawl began. Tien blasted it away and zoomed at it. The Saibaman shot some green ooze from it's head, which, luckily, everyone dodged as it created a large hole wherever it landed. Tien flew fast at it again and beat it into a greasy pulp. The Saibaman laid weak on the ground and Vegeta smirked and whispered in Nanake's ear,

"It looks like your friends will be able to entertain us a little after all..."

The Saibamen have attacked and now the Saiyans have Nanake held captive? What does Vegeta have in store for Nanake's fate, and do Earth's heroes even have a prayer against the Saibamen OR Saiyans?! Find out next time on DRAGON BALL Z!!!!