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Chapter 8: Damn, not again.
Several weeks later found Matt and Liz training with the Z squad, specifically Goku and Gohan. Vegeta pretty much refused to help, as his time "was too valuable to help train weaklings who would never amount to much anyway." Liz took that as they could amount to something, as Vegeta has said "much" and not "anything."
In all honesty, though, the two really did not have much going for them. Neither of them had any sort of really special powers. Matt had incredible energy, but not enough physical strength to control it, and no matter how hard he tried, he could build up his physical self. Liz, on the other hand, was incredibly strong, but had almost no power level. Both of them spent many hours trying to fix their weaknesses, but nothing helped.
"Too bad," Liz panted, fighting back a concentration headache, "that we can't figure out anyway to combine our powers. Then we'd be unbeatable."
Matt, equally exhausted from hard physical labor, agreed. "Yeah. Bulma said she'd try to help, but I don't know if even she can come up with something."
Gohan and Goku had stopped their training and came and sat by the two humans. Both Saiyans knew how much Matt and Liz wanted to be strong, but neither Saiyan knew how to help. No one knew how to help.
"Hey, Matt, want to try to use your ki again?" Gohan finally asked. Shrugging, Matt stood up and concentrated. His energy level rose and rose. Amazing. He's at over 500,000, and that's natural…he could have a higher power level than Vegetto, someday… Gohan thought to himself. Then he saw the buildup in Matt's hands. Maybe he'll really do it this time… But no, it didn't happen. Soon Matt's power had risen so high that his body couldn't handle it. He began to smoke. Before he could power down, Matt's hands and feet we charred to a cinder. "Damn, not again." Matt groaned, and then ate the senzu bean Gohan handed him.
Goku turned to Liz. "Why don't you try again, too?" he asked.
"Sure. Why not?" Liz stood up again.
She concentrated on a big rock about 100 yards away. Putting her hands out directly in front of her chest, she began to raise her energy. She strained and strained. Huh. She's trying so hard. It's almost as if part of her is missing. Goku thought to himself. Liz had managed to concentrate a golf ball sized ki blast. She pushed it forwards, trying so hard. Maybe it'll work this time. Nope. Liz's blast made it about two feet before it just kinda puttered off into non-existence. "FUCK!" she yelled, slamming her fist into a nearby boulder. The boulder didn't shatter, but it had a good sized dent in it. She was rewarded with blood gushing from her knuckles and a throbbing headache. She also earned a senzu bean for her efforts.
"I quit. I'm going in. This is too frustrating. If I keep going today, I'll mostly likely hurt something, like a small fur bearing creature of some kind." Liz announced. Matt followed her. Gohan and Goku followed, almost as forlorn as their students. They really liked Matt and Liz and knew how much they wanted to be strong and help the Z squad. Suddenly, though, they felt an extremely high power level coming towards them, and it wasn't Vegeta. And it was coming fast….