Chapter 5: Hope Returns
Vegeta and Kakkarot stared in the direction Brolly had went in horror. They knew what lay over there, and by the explosion that lit the sky they knew what happened.
"NO! GOTEN!" Kakkarot yelled as he blasted from the ground and towards Brolly. Vegeta followed Kakkarot closely, a look of fear and rage etched on his face. The royal elite guard, despite being leaderless, followed their king.
Gohan watched as the other two left, "Goten?! Oh shit, his fort!" Gohan blasted up and was about to follow his father but Karie appeared in front of him.
"Get out of my way, I have to check on my brother!" Gohan snarled at Karie.
She shook her head, "We need you here Gohan. You have men to command and take care of. You may not know it, but all of them, well the ones still alive, look to you for support. If you leave them…" Karie trailed off.
"But you don't understand! My brother could be DEAD!" Gohan yelled at her.
"And I know how you feel! I lost many comrades today Gohan, but you have an army to look after!" Karie said with determination, "Goten is just one person. He may be dear to you, but he's just one person compared to the thousands of others that depend on you."
Gohan sighed and turned around, "I hate this, but you are right. I should see to my men first…" Gohan said sadly, not noticing the look of pity Karie gave him. "Let's get this over with quickly, I need to follow my father." And with that Gohan flew off towards his men. Karie followed quickly behind him.
As Gohan approached the largest group of saiyans Hakan flew out from the crowd to meet him. "Damn Brolly, nothing we did to him affected him even the slightest. I saw your fight with that brute. You barely even harmed him. Only that last beam did anything to… to that thing." Hakan spit the last word out with disgust.
"Shut up Hakan, lets get things organized fast. I have somewhere to be and I'm already late as it is." Gohan snarled out at Hakan.
Hakan reeled back from the words, surprised at the tone. "His brother…" Karie started but was cut off by a glare from Gohan. Hakan looked in the direction that Vegeta had left in and nodded. The rest of the saiyans started to gather around Gohan and the two remaining commanders.
"Well then, lets get things organized." Hakan said, "The other two commanders are dead, but you saw that, and most of their legions have been annihilated. There are no more then several hundred from both legions combined still alive, and of those several hundred very few can actually fight. Brolly did a number on those men. Both Karie's legions and mine are unharmed as of yet. Thanks to your order to stay out of the battle."
Gohan nodded and addressed all the saiyans present, "I am sorry to have brought you men to this… slaughter. It appears that even with your help that me, my father and the king could do very little to Brolly." Gohan said, his voice turning venomous as he said that last word, "You have all witnessed first hand what happened here, and you all know there is nothing you can do. I am going to follow my father now. I have a score to settle with Brolly… I need some of you to stay behind with the wounded to bring them to the regeneration chambers. As for the rest of you, you may do as you wish." Gohan turned away from the gathered saiyans and blasted off and to the distant horizon as he went after his father and Vegeta.
Karie and Hakan looked at one another for a second before Karie spoke up, "I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm not going to lay down and die. Gohan may have said we can't harm Brolly, but I will die before I give up." Karie blasted into the air and followed Gohan.
Hakan shook his head and muttered something about crazy women before he too took to the air and followed Gohan. Most of the gathered saiyans took to the air and followed their commanders. They were in full agreement, each and every one of them. They were not going to lie down and die without a fight. A few saiyans did stay behind to follow Gohan's order to help the wounded saiyans to the nearest city and their regeneration chambers.
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Elsewhere…
Kakkarot tore through the air leaving a sonic boom in his wake. The look on his face could kill if facial expressions could be used to attack. Vegeta was much the same as he flew right beside Kakkarot. Both saiyans were going full out. The saiyan elite guard tried to keep up but they steadily fell further and further behind until it came to the point where they were no longer visible to the two super saiyans. The only thing the elite guards had to go upon were the twin yellow glows on the horizon.
When Kakkarot and Vegeta entered the valley Brolly was nowhere to be seen. The devastation wrought by the behemoth was clear though, leaving no doubt the target and the intent the blast. Kakkarot tried to search for the life force of his son and the prince but to no avail. Vegeta attempted the same thing and didn't come up with anything more then Kakkarot. Vegeta stared down at the valley and fought down fear and anger as they sought to overwhelm him. Kakkarot's face became totally devoid of expression as he raised his head and began to feel for Brolly's life force. He finally found it heading south at an extremely fast pace. Kakkarot blasted south causing Vegeta to look up. Vegeta, seeing that Kakkarot was on to something, blasted after him just as the royal elite guard caught up to them. The guards just looked at one another and sighed collectively as they rushed off again to protect their king.
As Kakkarot and Vegeta left the mountain range and flew over a vast plain they could see a city in the distance; a city with Brolly staring down at it and laughing as the saiyans sought to protect their homes.
"BROLLY!" Was roared from the mouths of the two super saiyans as they both planted their feet into Brolly's back at the same time. Brolly rocked forward as he yelled in pain for a second before he flipped over to stare at the two super saiyans.
"You killed Goten! YOU KILLED MY SON!" Kakkarot roared at Brolly, anger vivid on his face.
Brolly threw his head back and laughed, "Oh! You mean those two pathetic creatures in that little tower were your sons?" Brolly said and began to laugh even harder at the expression on Vegeta and Kakkarot's faces.
Kakkarot snarled before he roared in rage. The sky darkened as lightning started to slam in Kakkarot, feeding his power. Kakkarot's hair became more wild and longer as his muscles doubled in size. A shockwave rippled out of him and an explosion occurred. Kakkarot stared at Brolly in rage as he finished his ascension to Ultra Super Saiyan. "YOU WILL PAY!" Kakkarot roared as he zipped forward and slammed a boot into Brolly's chin, knocking him back several feet.
Trunks… my son… what have you done… what has… Brolly done to you… Brolly… Brolly! BROLLY! "BROLLY!" Vegeta roared as arched backwards and screamed in rage. Once again the sky darkened and lightning flashed, but this time into Vegeta. Vegeta roared in rage as he too joined Kakkarot and his son at the Ultra state.
Brolly just smirked at the two saiyans but before he could begin to pound on them the entire royal guard slammed into him. All of the guards fought him at the same time. Brolly snarled in annoyance before he went into action. Forward Brolly's hands shot as he grabbed the first guard in sight. He tore the guards arms off, turned and slammed them through the body of a second saiyan. Brolly kicked the third a little too hard and slammed his foot all the way through the poor guards chest. Brolly wasn't deterred by this and used the unlucky saiyan as a boot. The massive saiyan fired a blast behind him and incinerated yet another guard before he made quick work of the rest. Blood splattered through the air as the remaining nine guards from the first fight died. Within seconds it was all over. Brolly had annihilated the entire royal elite guard. The body impaled on the behemoth's foot slowly slid off with a sickening squelching sound before it fell from the sky like the rest.
The massive super saiyan turned to once again regard Kakkarot and Vegeta, a small smile on his face. He was covered in blood from the slaughtered saiyans and he didn't seem to mind one bit. Kakkarot and Vegeta didn't say anything as they charged Brolly together. A shockwave rippled out from the impact zone as Vegeta and Kakkarot fell a little ways before they stopped themselves and once again charged Brolly.
Vegeta swung a fist at Brolly's face, which was blocked and followed up by kick. Before the kick could hit Vegeta, Kakkarot slammed his knee into the offending leg and a fist into his ribs. Brolly brought his elbow down on Kakkarot's head and head butted Vegeta. Vegeta's head and body rocked back but he slammed his foot into Brolly's chin causing spit to fly as Kakkarot rushed in to hammer yet another fist into the behemoth's stomach. Brolly grabbed Vegeta's foot, flew back a few feet and swung the super saiyan into Kakkarot before he did a quick spin as he tossed the king at the nearby city.
Vegeta smashed through slammed into one of the buildings in the city and continued through it and out the other side into the ground. Vegeta looked up to see a large blast heading his way and quickly moved out of the way just in time. That couldn't be said for the unlucky saiyans that were near Vegeta. Vegeta snarled and blasted off the ground and towards the massive saiyan, leaving a small crater as he did that.
While Brolly had his attention on Vegeta, Kakkarot cupped his hands and began to gather energy.
"Ka… Me…"
Energy swirled into the cups of Kakkarot's hands as Brolly finished forming his energy blast.
"Ha… Me…"
A ball of blue energy appeared in Kakkarot's hands as energy began to gather faster and faster. The blast left Brolly's hand and slammed into the city.
"HA!" Kakkarot yelled as he unleashed his energy wave at Brolly just as he turned around to look at Kakkarot.
Brolly didn't have time to react before the energy wave engulfed him. With a roar of pain Brolly crossed his arms and braced himself from within the beam. With a second roar he erected a shield around him that blocked the energy wave.
"FINAL FLASH!"
"MASENKO-HA!"
Two more energy waves slammed into Brolly, one from the south and one from the north that formed a T in the sky. There was a bulge at the center of the top of the T where Brolly tried to keep the waves from over-coming him. The saiyans there were assigned to defend the city rushed out and added their own energy attacks to those of the three super saiyans in an attempt to over power Brolly's shield and destroy the saiyan.
Brolly snarled under the combined might of all the attacks centered on him as his shield began to shrink around him. Brolly wasn't happy that the saiyans had managed to put him in this situation, and shifted his form of defense. With a roar that shook the ground Brolly arched backwards and powered up more. A jewel in a pendant on his neck glowed with a brilliant cyan light as Brolly's speed and strength increased yet again. Brolly changed his shield and lashed out with it. The shield formed spikes that elongated and shot out towards all the offending saiyans… through their energy waves. Gohan and Vegeta saw what was coming and zipped out of the way as the shield sliced through where they were standing. Kakkarot and the rest were not as lucky. The shield stabbed through Kakkarot's chest, just below the ribs at the oblique muscles, tearing them out as Kakkarot attempted to dodge the attack. The rest of the saiyans couldn't move as fast and were stabbed through the center of their chests. All of the impaled saiyans screamed in agony as the shield split once again, forming spikes at the end of the spikes and shooting through various parts of their bodies.
When the energy waves ceased their attacks, and the saiyans finished dieing on Brolly's shield, Brolly lowered the shield and laughed again. Kakkarot held his ruined side as blood gushed out of the non-fatal but life threatening wound. Gohan stared at the massacre in horror and yelled over at Vegeta. "GET MY FATHER OUT OF HERE! HE WON'T MAKE IT IF HE DOESN'T GET HELP! I'LL HOLD BROLLY OFF! I'M STILL THE STRONGEST OF US!"
Vegeta snarled and was about to snap at Gohan but was stopped as slammed into the ground unconscious. Kakkarot, I'll make you pay for making me miss the fight of my life, Vegeta thought to himself as he flew down to pick Kakkarot up. Brolly was about to chase and kill Kakkarot but was interrupted as Gohan slammed both of his feet into Brolly's side sending him careening into the city below. Vegeta took the opportunity to leave with Kakkarot as the part of the city that Brolly had slammed into disappeared. Brolly howled in anger and flew up to attack Gohan. Gohan dashed down and met Brolly at the halfway point and a shockwave exploded out from them as their fists met.
Gohan threw both his fists at Brolly who caught them both and grinned. A small crack was heard as Brolly began to squeeze the hands. Gohan snarled and slammed both his feet into the other saiyans chest. Brolly, caught off guard, doubled over a little and loosened his grip. Gohan took the opportunity to back away from Brolly. An idea came to Gohan's mind and he smirked at Brolly. Gohan gave out a yell and bent over as a replicate of him burst out from his back and detached himself from the first Gohan. Both Gohan's looked at one another and smiled before they regarded Brolly. Brolly's was not phased by the trick and quickly attacked.
Both Gohan's charged forward to meet him. Shockwaves erupted from the fighting zone as the three combatants dueled it out. By this time both Gohan's and Brolly were fighting directly over the devastated city. Buildings cracked under the force of the shockwaves alone that emanated from the two. Brolly picked the pace up and began to hammer punches into both Gohan's at the same time. Brolly slammed a fist into the original Gohan and bicycle kicked him into the street below. The second Gohan sought to take advantage of the divergence of attention but Brolly wasn't caught by surprise. He caught the second Gohan's oncoming fist and slammed a hand into his stomach. Brolly grabbed Gohan's legs, flew towards the street and slammed him into the one in the street. The second Gohan slipped back into the first as the original Gohan groaned and tried to get up.
All Gohan saw was Brolly leering down at him before a massive yellow beam flew just over his head and knocked the behemoth away from him. Gohan looked behind him and the sight made his eyes widen.
"What are you doing here!?" Gohan yelled at Karie, Hakan and the assembled saiyans.
Karie flew over and helped Gohan off the ground, "Well, you may be a good general, but you don't know saiyans very well. We'd rather die fighting then go home and wonder if our planet is going to blow up in the next few minutes." Karie said to Gohan, a grim expression on her face gave Gohan the impression that she was serious, dead serious.
Gohan nodded and looked back at Brolly who was slowly walking towards him, "My father is out of the fight. Brolly mangled him real bad and Vegeta is out until he can get Kakkarot to a regeneration chamber." Gohan said, "Until Vegeta gets back, it'll be up to us to hold him here and prevent him from destroying anything else."
Karie nodded and glared at Brolly, "Let's get the bastard, this is my home town, and I won't let him do what he pleases to it." Karie growled out and prepared for the onslaught.
Gohan blasted towards Brolly and slid under his legs before he twirled around and tripped him. Before Brolly could hit the ground Hakan and Karie zipped forward and slammed their feet into Brolly's face. Brolly growled in annoyance before thousands of energy waves slammed into his back and hammered him into the ground. Gohan jumped into the air before he came back down and kneed Brolly in the base of his back. Brolly brought his legs up and around to grasp Gohan's neck and slam his head into the ground. Brolly jumped up and smacked Karie away before he smashed his fist onto the top of Hakan's head and shoving it into his body. Blood spurted out from the top of his head as Hakan's brains were splattered and his neck and skull bones shattered. Brolly grabbed the corpse and threw it at Gohan as he picked himself off the ground.
Brolly jumped into the air and flew at the offending legions. Karie picked herself off the ground and watched in horror as Brolly slaughtered her entire legion, along with Hakan's and the remnants of the first two. Not one saiyan legionnaire survived the attack and the sky literally rained blood. Brolly looked down at Gohan and began to laugh and erected an aura around him, evaporating the blood that covered his body. Brolly grinned at Gohan and rocketed through the air at him. Gohan flew up to meet him but the two were interrupted by an earth-shaking scream.
Karie's face contorted and transformed as she watched the blood fall from the sky onto the ruined city. "You… YOU BASTARD!" Karie screamed, and screamed even louder as the ground around her began to shake. Karie's hair stood up and turned yellow as her eyes turned teal with murderous hate reflected within them. "YOU AREN'T A SAIYAN! YOU'RE AN ANIMAL!" Karie screamed out and fired a massive energy wave at Brolly. Brolly raised his arms just in time to block the attack but the force behind it caused him to grunt and leave himself totally unguarded to Gohan.
Who took full advantage of the situation by slamming a ki infused fist into Brolly's back. The hit caused Brolly to rock forward and head first into the energy wave. Gohan moved to the side as Brolly flew by him, fully engulfed and unprotected in the beam. Karie carried the beam over and out of the city before she turned it and slammed it into the ground. An explosion occurred and a massive crater formed with Brolly lying in the center. Gohan flew down to Karie only to have her to look at him with the same venom as she did Brolly.
"Calm down Karie, or you won't be able to control the power." Gohan said roughly.
Karie just snarled at Gohan and prepared to attack him. "I SAID CALM DOWN! THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME!" Gohan roared, "YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO FULLY UTILIZE YOUR POTENTIAL AS A SUPER SAIYAN IF YOU LET RAGE OVERULE YOUR JUDGEMENT!"
Karie visibly trembled before she dropped to the ground, "He… He killed them all brutally, that wasn't a fight to the death… That was a slaughter... What kind… of monster is he?" Karie sobbed out.
Gohan put a hand on her shoulder, "It's alright and I feel the same way… They were my responsibility just as much as they were yours… Now, lets teach this muscle bound freak a lesson." Gohan gently said.
Karie nodded and stood up, "Let's teach him not to mess with Planet Vegeta!" Karie said with determination in her voice.
Gohan took off into the air only to be met by Brolly as he delivered a punch to Gohan's face. Gohan's head rocked backwards as his nose broke but Brolly couldn't follow it up as Karie attacked him with a vengeance. Brolly was put on the defensive for a bit before he organized himself and focused fully on Karie. Gohan hit Brolly from the side and once again put him on the defensive as Karie and Gohan threw punches and kicks faster then Brolly could block. The huge saiyan flew back a few feet before he gathered a monstrous blast in his hands. Before Gohan or Karie could do anything Brolly released the blast, which slammed into both super saiyans. The blast carried the two for a long ways before it finally exploded. The explosion knocked Gohan out, causing him to fall out of ultra super saiyan into regular and sent both him and Karie flying over the mountain range and into the forest a fair distance away from it.
While the two were air born Brolly regarded the devastated city and grinned at the few saiyans that were left alive. The massive saiyan raised his arm and let out a shout. The entire city erupted into a dome of golden energy, which exploded into a massive mushroom cloud. When the smoke cleared, the city no longer existed.
The two saiyans that fought Brolly at the end flew down and slammed into the ground. Karie felt something snap in her arm and ribs as she bounced and skidded through the forest. Gohan faired much worse because he was unconscious. When he landed both his legs crumpled under him causing him to slide through the forest, through several trees, and breaking multiple ribs, his left arm and snapping several tendons in his body.
Karie slowly got off the ground and hobbled over to Gohan. "What a mess we got ourselves into. I hope someone lives near here." Karie said to the unconscious Gohan. The female super saiyan raised her head and searched for strong life forces hoping to find saiyans and surprisingly found several. One of the life forces was rapidly moving in her direction while the others were off in the distance.
Karie crouched in the shadows of the trees, prepared to ambush the oncoming entity. Karie tensed as the being got closer and closer to her position and was slightly unnerved by the fact that it seemed to know directly where they were. Soon the person was visible above the treetops and Karie ready a blast before she heard a gasp escape from the person and recognized it as a saiyan by the tail flowing behind it. The unknown saiyan rushed down to the ground and ran over to Gohan.
"GOHAN!" A distinctly feminine voice issued from the saiyan as she gathered the downed saiyan into her arms. "What… What happened to you? How could anything do this to you?" The saiyan sobbed as she buried her face into Gohan's bloodied shoulder.
Karie stood up and left the cover of the trees. If the saiyan that had arrived cared this much for her superior, then she obviously wasn't an enemy. "Umm…" Karie started but stopped as the saiyan whipped her head around and glared at Karie.
"Who are you, what are you doing here and did you do this to my mate?" The saiyan snapped out.
Karie stared at shock before recognizing the saiyan as Videl, Gohan's mate, "No, no, I didn't do this." Karie said as she tried to pacify the agitated Videl, "We were fighting this monstrously powerful saiyan that went by the name of… Brolly!" Karie practically spat out the last word as she said it, "I'm commander Karie, one of the commanders under Gohan's command. Brolly tore my city apart along with my entire legion… Brolly blasted us away like we were nothing… There isn't anyone left with the power to stop him, at least not anyone on this planet." Karie said sadly.
"Shut up! You don't know my Gohan like I do. He'll find a way to beat him, just like he beat Thraknor, Frieza and her entire family." Videl said before she gently picked Gohan up in her arms. "Since I can sense a powerful force far away and all life disappearing where ever it goes I'll believe you for now." Videl continued, "But I have to fix Gohan. I have a second regeneration chamber at my place that you can use. Now if you'll follow me." And with that Videl took off into the air and headed for home, not waiting to see if Karie would follow.
Karie quickly caught up but the duo hadn't gone far when a tremor shook the forest. The two female saiyans looked behind them and witnessed a large glow on the horizon that faded slowly. Videl sadly shook her head as she felt over 300,000 life forces extinguish in a second. The two continued on their flight over the forest and eventually flew over a familiar glade. Videl float down to the ground and quickly, but carefully, rushed down the path and into the house. Karie followed, albeit more slowly, and noticed a small child chase after Videl.
"Mommy! Mommy! What happened to daddy?" Pan asked innocently as she watched Videl strip Gohan, hook him up to the regeneration chamber and activate the healing process.
Videl turned to Pan and picked her up. "It's ok Panny, your daddy is going to be just fine." Videl said as she hugged her daughter, "He just had an… accident with a really mean man and needs to recover." Videl said gently.
"Oh… But I've never seen daddy so beat up before." Pan said as she looked at her father in the regeneration chamber.
"The big bad man that daddy was with didn't want to play nice. Your dad wasn't prepared and so he got hurt more then he normally would have." Videl said to Pan as she tried to convince herself as much as Pan.
Karie appeared in the doorway and leaned upon the frame as she held her broken arm, "Umm… I think I might take you up on that offer for the regeneration chamber." Karie said before she fell forward, falling out of super saiyan.
Videl set Pan down on the couch and rushed over to Karie and carried the bleeding saiyan to the second regeneration chamber. As with Gohan she stripped her and then hooked her up to the regeneration chamber before activating it.
Pan rushed up to the second regeneration chamber and peered inside, "Whose she mommy?" Pan asked curiously.
"Just one of Gohan's subordinates… Well… Your father tells her what to do and she does it. She also happens to be a super saiyan." Videl confided, saying the last part with a bit of envy in her voice.
"Oh… Okay I'm gonna go outside and play now mommy." Pan said.
"No, wait Pa…" Videl never got to finish as Pan scooted outside, "…n. It's not… safe anymore." Videl said sadly and kept an eye on her mate and a reading on her daughter.
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While Karie and Gohan were flying over the mountain range due to Brolly's blast…
Vegeta touched down at the palace gates only to see that someone was waiting for him, several someone's actually. Several people walked up to the battered Vegeta and bowed to him. There were three of them in total, the first was white and had white scales covering his body. A white tail and two white bat wings jutted from his back and he was fully clothed in battle armor. The second person had green skin and black hair. This one was a female, which was obvious from the two small breasts that adorned the chest, and she looked at Vegeta with completely black eyes with tiny pinpoints of red in them. The last one's race and gender was impossible to tell as he stood eight feet tall and fully decked out in power armor. The armor was pure black and covered the entire body. The mask covering the face had a filtration system on it, which allowed the person to function normally on any planet with any climate. The first two people didn't carry any visible weapons, which didn't mean they had none on them. The last person's weapon was obvious from the massive gatling laser cannon strapped to the creature's right arm and the pulse rifles strapped to his back.
The female spoke for the three people, "We've come like you've asked King Vegeta. My name is Vil'Tani." Vil'Tani gestured to the man on her right, "He's Aoria." She gestured her other hand to the massively armored creature behind her, "And he… well I think it's a he judging by all the weapons, is Horial. Our leaders told us to take our forces and bring them here; we're all you are going to get, well from our civilizations at least. We've brought all the military power that our civilizations could muster. In total we have 117 starships, 3 flag ships, several thousand fighters and approximately 700,000 ground troops." Vil'Tani paused for a moment before she phrased her question, "How is the situation here?"
Vegeta snarled and pointed at Kakkarot, "He's a very good indication of our situation. Take one good look at him and believe me when I say he's lucky. There is a monster on the loose on this planet. He may look like a saiyan, but that's only on the outside." Vegeta grumbled for a second, "Now I'll be right back, I have to make sure this idiot doesn't die on me. There aren't enough super saiyans around for me to let this one die. I need a good sparing partner when this is all over, not to mention I'm missed the best fight of my life." Vegeta said and walked past the three alien generals.
Vil'Tani and Aoria exchanged glances as they noticed the huge gaping hole in Kakkarot's side, the same thoughts going through both heads. What kind of creature could wreck a super saiyan like that? The only indication that Horial noticed the bleeding saiyan was by the fact his hands had formed fists. The three of them quickly followed Vegeta, not wanting him to get to far ahead of them.
Once Vegeta got Kakkarot set up in a regeneration chamber he went to his study with the three generals in tow behind him. When they got into the study Vegeta took his normal seat and beckoned for the others to take a chair. Vil'Tani and Aoria both took one but Horial just leaned against the bookshelf.
Vegeta took a deep breath to settle himself down from the days events so he could think clearly, "Alright, this is the actual situation. A saiyan that we… exiled a long time ago has come back to haunt us. Only now he is unlike anything we've ever seen before. He is a super saiyan that is for sure… But he beat me, Kakkarot and Gohan into the ground. Not only did he beat us, but he beat us badly, and took out several thousand saiyans at the same time." Vegeta paused for a second as he gauged the reactions of the people in the room. No emotion was shown by Horial, but that wasn't anything new, Vil'Tani looked a little surprised, but Aoria was in shock, "When I left with Kakkarot Gohan decided to take Brolly on, to buy me time to get his father back here. Judging by the fact I can barely feel his life force and its no where near Brolly that he was severely beaten and is currently somewhere far from Brolly. Brolly on the other hand is currently massacring my people. City by city."
Vegeta looked more closely at Vil'Tani, "I may not be an expert on your race but… Aren't you a little young to be a general?" Vegeta asked curiously.
Vil'Tani faced became flushed due to anger and embarrassment, "This isn't the time for this Vegeta. Yes I am young, but that doesn't mean I can't out general everyone." Vil'Tani said, more then slightly upset, "Now do you have a map of the planet or should I just have Aoria create one for you?" Vil'Tani growled out.
Vegeta snickered for a second before he got up and grabbed a map case from a shelf behind him. He carried it back over to the desk and unrolled it. Vegeta clipped the corners of the map to the edges of the desk to prevent it from rolling back up again and leaned over it. Aoria and Vil'Tani soon followed suit and even Horial left his position against the shelf to take part in the discussion.
Vegeta lifted his head and felt around for Brolly and caught his ki signature far to the east. Vegeta nodded thoughtfully for a second before he jabbed a finger at a spot on the map, "This is where Brolly currently is. Judging by his location and speed he should reach the next city within a half hour." Vegeta said and moved his finger to a city a little further east of the first spot, "We should strike him when he gets there, all of us at…" Vegeta started to say but Vil'Tani shook her head.
"That wouldn't work Vegeta. No disrespect but from what I've gotten from what you've told us, all out assaults haven't worked so lets do something else." Vil'Tani said and looked up at Vegeta who nodded her on, "Well how I see it is that nothing we do will be in time to save that city, at least nothing that will be helpful in the long run. I think we should play a delaying action until Gohan and Kakkarot are better. If we have them there then Brolly wouldn't be able to concentrate on the normal troops which, from what you've said, are almost nothing to him." Vil'Tani stopped as Horial grunted in disagreement, "What is it?"
Horial spoke up in a feminine voice, "My troops aren't normal troops. With our armor we can take more then Vegeta's saiyans, and with our fire power we can deal more damage then they can." Horial said, "We also have a few… surprises that no one has seen yet. We may not be equal to super saiyans, but my men and I could easily supply adequate fire power to do serious damage to this saiyan."
Vil'Tani shook her head, "That's just it. You're no match for super saiyans, and this creature we are fighting far out-class the super saiyans. I don't doubt that you'll be able to deal him harm, but you'll need the right opening to do it." Vil'Tani said and looked back at Vegeta, "Do you know how long it will be until Kakkarot and Gohan are fit enough to fight?"
Vegeta grumbled something about people ordering him around today and looked up at Vil'Tani before he responded, "I don't know about Gohan. He's at his own house so he'll be in the best regeneration chambers but… I don't know how badly he was hurt. He could be anywhere from thirty minutes to six hours. As for Kakkarot, well he'll be fine in about two." Vegeta finished and looked down at the map, "Judging by how fast Brolly is moving… over half the population of the planet would be gone within six hours."
Vil'Tani nodded thoughtfully for a second before Aoria spoke up, "How fast is Brolly? Like if we faced him at his fastest, what speed do you suppose he could travel?"
"Fast, very fast. So fast in fact that he crossed four solar systems in two days." Vegeta said but paused for a second, "But I don't know if he used something else to make him go through space that fast. I've personally seen, well more felt, him at 20-30 times the speed of sound."
Vil'Tani and Aoria exchanged a set of surprised looks, "Then I don't think it would be a prudent course of action to engage the full might of our troops until we strike the final blow." Aoria confided.
Vil'Tani nodded, "This is how I see it. We wait and gather Gohan and Kakkarot so they can help us. When he goes to attack one of the cities we'll have you three there waiting for him. You three will engage him in combat while Aoria's psychics try to slow and/or disable his movement. At the time you three should blast him with your strongest attacks." Vil'Tani broke off and pointed at Horial, "Your people will come next. Your men will come at Brolly from two sides and blast him with whatever firepower you have. My men and I will cover the other two sides." She broke of again to look at Aoria, "Your people will be on all sides providing cover. I know a little about your people, and from what I've read they are better at defensive combat then offensive, so that's what your role will be. We'll concentrate our firepower and try to get Brolly into space where we will continue to pound him with our attacks. At the distance we'll be doing significantly less damage to him but that doesn't matter. We have thousands of fights and over a hundred star ships waiting. They'll combine their attacks, only from all sides opposite to us. They'll probably push him down, back into the atmosphere. With that much fire power concentrating on him… Well it would be enough to make suns go super nova so I don't see why it wouldn't kill or very badly hurt Brolly." Vil'Tani looked around at everyone for a second, "So does that sound like a good plan?" She asked and Vegeta began shaking his head, "Why not?"
"Oh the plan itself is good, but what do we do about Brolly in the mean time? While he's running rampant through my lands? He can sense life forces you know, what if he decides to pay a visit to the massive amounts of them that are in orbit before we are ready?" Vegeta asked as he sat back in his chair.
Vil'Tani frowned for a moment, "Keep him busy until we are ready." Horial spoke out and the other three raised an eyebrow at her, "Keep him constantly busy. Vegeta you said you wanted a crack at him right? Well keep him busy until we are ready. We'll send some troops, not many but enough, to help keep Brolly busy. For one thing it'll help us in getting used to working together, for another, you get your rematch you were grumbling about when we first met, and thirdly we delay Brolly and distract him from anything but what's in front of him."
Vegeta face creased into a big grin, "I like your style. Ok we'll do that. I still have to pay Brolly back for killing… my son." Vegeta growled out. Vil'Tani and Aoria shared the same look before Vil'Tani addressed Vegeta.
"Ummm… Vegeta? Trunks isn't dead, neither is his friend." Vil'Tani said but was stopped as Vegeta jumped up and leaned over the desk.
"WHAT! Where is he? He's not on the planet anymore! I can't.... That sly kid." Vegeta smirked as understanding spread across his face.
Vil'Tani nodded, "He and his friend were in orbit when I got here. They were in… well it almost looked like a bubble." Vil'Tani shrugged apologetically, "I picked them up but I haven't brought them down yet. I figured that it was probably better to figure out what the situation was down here first." Vil'Tani finished.
Vegeta let a small smile of happiness cross his face for a moment before it disappeared, "It doesn't really matter, and you couldn't keep those two anyways. I've never seen two kids more adept at getting into trouble, or out of trouble, as those two. I've tried to keep them contained, but I have yet to be successful. I wouldn't be surprised if I saw them rush through that door right now…" The door burst open as Trunks and Goten ran in, Trunks in the lead with Goten right on his heels.
"FATHER!" Trunks cried and jumped over the desk and at his father.
Vegeta caught his son and hugged him, for perhaps the third time in his life. Vegeta let go and set Trunks down before he stood over him, "I thought I told you NOT to get involved in this conflict Trunks!" Vegeta yelled and looked over at Goten, "And the same went for you as well! We're going to have a long discussion on how to obey commands when this is all over, namely in the gravity chamber." Goten and Trunks gulped before Goten thought of something.
Goten rubbed his head and grinned sheepishly, "Well… You never said we couldn't get involved exactly. You said we couldn't get directly involved… so we didn't. We borrowed one of Trunks' mother's ion cannons. We probably could have decreased the potency loss over that distance if we had angled the cannon properly and let gravity add its force and moment to it. We could have done more damage if we had increased the energy input, although that would have rendered various facilities of the fort disabled, not like we needed anything except the emergency escape button." Goten said, totally oblivious to the stares he was getting from Trunks and Vegeta.
Vegeta looked over at Trunks, "What happened to Goten? Did you whap him on the head so hard he started speaking intelligently?" Vegeta asked.
Trunks shook his head, "I don't know… Goten how do you know all of this, and why didn't you tell me while we were preparing the cannon?" Trunks asked incredulously.
Goten shrugged and grinned, "My big brother is Gohan! He's not like your father Trunks, he taught me more then he trained me. I just like acting stupid, its rather funny." Goten said with a smile as he sat on the map, "Besides the ion cannon wouldn't work even if we had doubled the size of the cannon and poured the entire energy supply of the planet into it. Not while Brolly has that pendant around his neck at least. You get rid of that and he begins to rely on his own ki instead of his own and something else."
"What pendant? How do you know he has a pendant? And how do you know he's drawing energy from it?" Trunks asked.
Goten looked at him curiously, "You mean you didn't… Well look at him. I saw it on the main screen of the fort when he rushed at us. I noticed it because it was cyan and that's my favorite color!" Goten said happily, "But I also sensed two ki's, albeit one really really small, but the small one was… different. It took me a while to realize what it was. The pendant took someone's life force and filtered it through the pendant at a slow but steady trickle into that weird saiyan. Once it was in him the big guy's body absorbed it like it was his own." Goten finished.
Everyone in the room was looking at him weirdly, "What? My big brother always used to say that it's the little things that matter, because every big thing is made up of lots of little things." Goten tried to explain.
Vil'Tani just shook her head and smiled at Goten, "Well, that certainly is useful information." Vil'Tani turned her head to look at Vegeta, "It doesn't really need to be said, but that pendant should be taken from Brolly before we initiate the final assault on him." Vil'Tani finished.
Vegeta nodded and patted Trunks and Goten on the head, "Alright you two. I want you to go to Gohan, tell him to meet me here as soon as he is better. We have a plan that will take Brolly out for sure now." Vegeta said and gave the two young saiyans a push.
Goten gave a wide smile and ran out of the room behind Trunks, Vil'Tani watched Goten leave, a little smile on her face. Vegeta walked around the desk and regard the three generals, "Well people, lets get this plan into motion." Vegeta said and walked out of the study with the three generals behind him.
Too be continued…
Goten isn't stupid like he is in the series, why? Well I explained it. With Gohan and Chichi there… well how COULD he be stupid? Naive? Innocent? Hell yes, stupid? No.
Brolly can speak, but he doesn't do it often. He does it when he has the upper hand and wants to piss people off. Normally though he doesn't speak, he lets his fists do the talking.
Well, I actually loved writing this chapter, maybe that's why it's so long, I just couldn't stop. I had more planned for it but I think that it would fit better in the next chapter. I did say in the last one that you would hate me in this one… well perhaps not; I decided to delay the hateful stuff a chapter.