I'll apologize for being late on the update, even though nobody is reading this story.. This chapter has been written in one form or another for over a week, but Matt and I had a personal catastrophe, and, well, our DBZ story just didn't take top priority. Anyway, here's chapter nine.
Disclaimer: If I owned DBZ, I would pay Congress to outlaw alcohol, because all alcohol does is kill innocent people.
Chapter 9: Asses on Silver Platters
"What the…" Gohan said, whipping around and staring at the sky. "why do I have that sudden feeling that something awful is about to happen?" With those words something crashed into the earth.
Within seconds, something from the…something had risen. Suddenly, Vegeta showed up in their midst, wearing his typical scowl and looking like he was fresh from the gravity room. "What is it Kakarott?" he growled, crouching into a fighter's stance.
"I don't know. It hasn't done anything yet." Goku answered. Famous last words.
The unknown being suddenly shot into action It hurled blast after blast at the warriors, almost at random. Yelling incoherently, the Z fighters took to the air, firing back. Liz and Matt could only watch, fascinated and horrified, all at the same time. This…being had come from nowhere and attacked earth. Typical. Liz thought to herself. But it hasn't been seven years…
The battle raged among the clouds. Squinting, Matt could just barely make out the forms of his friends up there. It appeared that Trunks, Goten, and Piccolo had all shown up too. The two little Saiyans tried their best for a double pronged attack; they circled around the stranger and darted in for a swift flurry of punches and kicks. The stranger merely held out his hands, which somehow not only stopped the boy's attack, but also diverted their trajectory, added to their velocity, and caused them to plummet to the ground, forcing Piccolo to swoop in and catch them. The being then took this as an opportunity to introduce the three of them to the ground, and a chunk of it rose to meet them. Things seemed desparte, and everyone realized that they had to pull out all the stops.
"FINAL FLASH!" Vegeta screamed at the top of his lungs. Liz and Matt hit the ground, so as not to be hit by the attack. They were still a little singned though.
Once the Final Flash had died away, an audible thump indicated that Vegeta's attack had succeded. Matt and Liz looked up, and their eyes confirmed that this was not the case. Vegeta was lying only a few feet away, bleeding severely and clearly unconscious. Liz and Matt rushed over. "Vegeta," Liz said, reaching his side. "what happened?"
Vegeta opened an eye. "He…blocked my…Final Flash…reversed most onto me…" Then his eyes rolled into his head.
"We have to help him!" Liz cried. Although Vegeta had never been particularly nice to them, he was still one of them.
"What? What're we gonna do?" Matt asked.
Liz looked around frantically. The battle was still raging; there would be no help from them. Then she spotted a bag that Goku had dropped…if she was right…. "Matt, go get that bag!"
Matt hurried off and brought it back. Liz checked. Sure enough, it was full of senzu beans. Sighing, she said, "Wake up, Vegeta. We have senzu beans." Vegeta nodded weakly and accepted the bean. Soon he was up and ready to fight again.
No sooner had Vegeta rejoined the fight when Liz realized that Goten, Trunks and Piccolo were also injured. Quickly Liz fed Trunks and Goten a senzu bean and they flew back up, Piccolo had already begun his regeneration, so a senzu was not nessecary for him. Hearing the strangers roar, Liz took a deep look it.
It appeared to be a man. Just a man. Average height, average weight, average everything…except he was handing everyone their asses to them on silver platters. That can't be right. Liz thought. He's can't be an ordinary human, he just can't…Maybe he's a renegade Saiyan, who's just now come to Earth… But even as she said this, she knew it wasn't right. Deep in her mind, Liz felt like she recognized this being and should know why he was here.
"Liz. This guy is freaking me out. I have this feeling like I'm supposed to know who he is and why he is here." Matt whispered.
"Me too. I don't understand that though. Why would we know anything about this dimension?" Liz responded.
Suddenly, the being flared up. Liz and Matt had to shield their eyes. When they opened them again, the being was standing about one hundred yards away, back to them. Everyone else was lying on the ground, not moving much. "Who, who are you?" Goku asked, bleeding.
"Who am I? WHO AM I?" the being screamed. "Who are you? Obviously not the ones I've come looking for. They are much more powerful." he said.
"Then you're in the wrong place bub. No one on earth is more powerful!" Liz yelled, in a random act of derring-do and insanity. Then she clamped her hands over her mouth, because the demon whipped around to find the owner of this voice. His eyes lighted on Matt and Liz, both looking understandably scared. This was not a person of whose attention you wanted. Surprisingly, he smiled.
"Of course. How could I not have seen you earlier? You look just like them. Now, you will pay for their mistake!" The being advanced on the duo, who stood rooted in place. Not that running would help them at all.
Suddenly, Liz stepped forward.