Instruments in Tune: Invasion

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Chapter 23: Escape denied, capture predestined

Back on the ground beside Goku's life drained body, Piccolo and Vegeta faced on.

"I have no rival with you Namek, at least not now but I can make one for you in your favour if you don't move your green ass now!" The sayajin warned taking one step closer.

Piccolo stood his ground taking a side ways glance with his onyx pupil at Goku's body.

*Dammit son, we need you now* he spoke mentally to himself watching a gently wind wash over Goku's form.

Vegeta took another bold step forward.

"Did you hear me Namek?" Piccolo inwardly growled that Vegeta called out into his ear, the tip of the Namekian's tongue was pressed against the back of his front teeth in anger.

"Fine Vegeta, make the call to make me your rival" Piccolo challenged turning his onyx pupil back toward the eagerly waiting sayajin prince.

Vegeta crossed his arms over his expanded chest letting the bright golden aura that surrounded him shine brighter

"Finally, now after I decimate your floral carcass ill take care of that miserable Kakkarot" Vegeta took on a fighting stance, prepared to fight the stubborn Namekian.

"That's just fine with me" Piccolo obliged, mimicking his own stance at his prospective sayajin opponent.

Neither had the chance to engage in their combat when two hefty soldiers of Tempo came running directly toward them, both Piccolo and Vegeta took off to the sky forgetting their rivalry for now.

Each of the fighters were now engaged in combat, Krillin was up against a dark blue creature with large fangs.

"Geese what you mother say when she saw your face?" Krillin uttered nervously, the face on this creature was something of a nightmare.

The creature responded by lashing out further, and the fight continued.

Gohan was much in the same position, fending off his opponent with a series of moves and ki blasts, but they were just keeping the creature at bay.

Bongo on the other hand was in a tricky position, Tempo had held the orb up toward him & Bongo realised what was about to happen and tried to make his escape, it seemed at first he had succeeded.

However, as he descended higher toward the air, he was grasped around his forearms by none other than Clip and Slit the ferociously advanced versions of Tempos guards.

"Where did you think you were going?" They asked in union as they pushed their faces closer and closer into Bongos, their breath was so unbearable.

Bongo looked toward Tempo who raised the Force seeker up toward him, with an evil sneer the ice-jinn guardian activated the deadly life darning sphere to strain away Bongos strength, the orb started to suck a out of the namekian green coloured fog that was Bongos life force. More specifically his soul...

Bongo struggled to get out of their unbearable crushing hold but and escape they only continued to tighten their grasp, the pressure was cutting off his blood flow and making him dizzy amazingly fast, the last thing Bongo saw was the smirking grin of clip before everything started to fade out and this namekian lost to the darkness of unconsciousness.

"The orb has doe its work, take him inside " Tempo ordered lowering the orb toward the ground watching Clip and Tempo drag the energy deprived Bongo up the steel platform and into the eerie hanger of the ship.

Tempo then lifted the orb to his eye level, gazing into the deep dark black hole like object he watched as the swirls of colour whirled around in a wave like motion each individual one belonging to one of his victims.

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Meanwhile Piccolo and Vegeta were faring up well than the others in their battles.

Vegeta was destroying his opponents with minimal effort, one after the other they came but his strength surpassing even what he thought possible as he destroyed them all one by one.

Piccolo was fighting hand to hand with his current challenge, the celesta blue creature looked much as the one Krillin had been fighting; only this one was much larger.

Piccolo delivered an uppercut to the creature sending its head back severally, its grey saliva slurring out from its lips from the impact.

It returned with a deadly kick into Piccolos ribs, almost winding the Namekian, until Piccolo knitted his fingers together baring his interlocked fists down onto the creature thick cranium.

The creature bellowed out at the thundering hit as he went hurtling down to the ground.

Piccolo took this opportunity to prepare himself for the next opponents.

"Enough toying around" he articulated, in two swift movements of his wrist he remover both his turban and weighed clothing, both went flying to the ground crashing on impact.

No sooner had he prepared that another creature stepped up to challenge him, Piccolo smirked, and he wanted to enjoy this.

"Bring it on," Hollered the namekian, this was a fight he was going to give his all for the sake of those he cared for.

He went all out over the creature that was closest to him, kicking dodging and jabbing the animal furiously, his teeth grinding together at the intensity.

With a quick move, the Namekian finished off the current challenge with a shot of his eye beams, burning straight through the creatures chest creating a whole though its entire body incinerating it heart, it dropped to the earth like a bolder never to rise again.

"Help.... Piccolo!" called a desperate voice that was being pulled further and further away.

Piccolo looked up in horror, the voice was one he could never mistaken.

"GOHAN!" he called, watching as the young boy was taken away by one of the creatures that had overpowered him flying toward the ship and then swiftly through the open door and out of sight.

Piccolo was about to hurtle after the creature but turned in time to see Krillin came past in the grasp of the other creature, as they passed Piccolo the creature snarled showing its deadly fangs the then continued flying on toward the ship.

"Damm you!" Piccolo called after it, before he had the chance to intervene in Krillin's capture a sharp pain surged though his body he could feel as all the skin and muscle fibres were swiftly severed becoming useless to use.

Piccolo screamed out in pain throwing his head back he then looked down to his shoulder, a thick black blade was penetrating out the front of his shoulder being stabbed in from the back.

The namekian looked to his rear to see a creature smirking back at him as it held the blade firmly in its hand he began twisting it whilst it was still embedded in the Namekian's flesh.

"You son of a bitch!" Piccolo called out at the creature trying to swat at it with his free hand.

The pain was so enthralling that Piccolo screamed out again, only now he coiled his opposite hand around of the end of blade witch only achieved in slicing the skin in two places on his palm

"Hahahhaha, stupid move green boy" the creature laughed in a grainy voice, humoured at Piccolos painful expense then swiftly he pulled the blade out of Piccolos right shoulder and stabbed It deeply into the left.

Piccolos jowls expanded to their full capacity as he screamed out again more loudly than ever, his left arm was totally disabled as well now& in this state he could no longer defend himself or distract the creatures from harming Goku.

Piccolo tried to ignore the pain after he remembered Goku, turning his head around he searched for where he had last left she Sayajins body on the ground, he did not see the sayajin anywhere.

*No Dammit they got to him before I could* Piccolo realised when the Sayajins body was out of sight but he did not see who had taken him, at the same time he screamed out again when the creature continued to stab serval other parts of his body. His hip, lower back and hamstring all had deep stab wounds in them now.

This was all Piccolo could take, the sweat was beading on his forehead and blood was seeping profusely from the wounds he had received.

"You will pay, I.. Swear on it" were the last words Piccolo uttered before he dropped into semi consciousness, His body dangling over the arm of the creature that held him.

"We will see about that" The creature responded so the semi continues Piccolo, then without waiting another precious moment he flew the namekian toward the ship to join there other collection of prisoners.

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Vegeta struggled to escape the draining effects of the force seeker.

Tempo had taken advantage of Vegeta being distracted by his soldiers to take away the Sayajins pressure strength, but it was proving to be difficult for the icejins guardian who struggled to keep his footing.

Vegeta realised what was taking place and fought it with all his hate and strength, striving to defend himself against Tempos soldiers and Tempo at the same time was proving difficult for the sayajin, but he wouldn't give up without a fight.

"You wont beat be with your toys Tempo, I will destroy you like the ground dwelling shit you are!" Vegeta shouted elbowing one of the soldiers square in the jaw and breaking it instantly.

Tempo tried again and this time gaining a little more advantage, he could finally see the blue coloured life force exiting through Vegeta's skin and heading for the orb. Then once again Clip and Slit returned to his side and knew what their next task would be.

"Get him now" Tempo struggled out; his body trembled from the resistance that Vegeta was applying upon the orbs power.

However, that resistance was soon distracted the second Slit and Clip reached Vegeta and the sayajin Prince had expected that they would soon come.

"Come to rejoin the party have you?" Vegeta sneered turning to face the two creatures that arrived at his position.

Without any indication of negotiating all three engaged in a mortal combat or strength and wits, appearing the disappearing behind and above one another as they fought at lightning intervals.

*This cannot be, I was only moments ago swatting these creatures like flies! * Vegeta cursed mentally from his falling ability to fight back

Fighting was draining to the gallant prince of the Sayajins, fighting one of the guard creatures was a breeze to handle but to fight two and two that had exceeded three times the strength of the others along with Tempos draining of his energy.

It was no longer sustainable for the warrior of earth, like a rock falling from a thousand foot cliff Vegeta dropped out of the heavens after sustaining a right hand from slit, landing much the same way as Goku had only Vegeta's landing space was by Tempos feet.

After the prince fell from the sky he slowly looked up from the ground toward his concurrer Tempo, Vegeta snarled and hissed, then pathetically crawled to Tempos feet reaching up he took hold of the guardians robe grasping it tightly between his fingers.

"I will.... have your head as a trophy when this is over... I swear, on the life of Adiva!" Vegeta shouted out with the last of his air, he then collapsed into a heap on the hard ground.

Tempo smirked once the princes light were finally out for a while, but he new it would not last long because of his supersayajin strength he would sooner regain consciousness that the others.

"We shall see about your sworn promise Vegeta, we shall see" Tempo sneered as he coiled his fingers around his staff and kept the black orb close to him in the other hand.

Soon after all the fighters had been taken back inside and the platform door had closed tightly, the ship began to power up for its takeoff where it be bound for a long journey back to the planet of the ice-jins.

The ships engines blazed beneath it as it raised its landing gear and took off swiftly into the air toward the universe and beyond.

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