Chapter fifteen - Fierce Battle
Krillin charged in at the Android with Yamcha at his side. The two pulled back their fists and swung connecting to the android's face with a resounding crack, but the big man didn't move. A quick swing of his left arm sent Krillin sailing through a wall. Yamcha dodged as the Android tried to do the same to him. "Wolf Fang Fis..." A sudden right hook caught him in the stomach knocking the wind out of him.
The android brought it's knee up quickly and knocked Yamcha into the air, then with a swift head butt to the gut sent him sailing down the hallway. As he flew past Hotaru she charged in with Chaotzu and Roshi to either side. They both met with the 10's fists as Hotaru plowed into it. A few swift kicks knocked the robot onto it's back. Unseen by Hotaru GX73 frowned and raised it's arm. A second later a high powered energy wave slammed into her side knocking her through a wall.
Yamcha pulled himself up off the ground and charged in again, this time with Roshi. The two locked into a close range battle with the android but it blocked every one of their attacks. Then with a hard kick it sent Yamcha through the same wall as Hotaru and Roshi through the ceiling.
Yamcha pulled himself across the floor from where he'd landed over to where Hotaru laid. His arms hurt, his legs hurt, his feet, hands, face, his everything hurt. The Android was amazingly strong, and the thing calling itself GX73 was stronger. He slid up beside her and winced at the site. She had a large gash in her side that was still seeping blood. He tore up his GI's shirt and used it to cover her wound. His head jerked to the right as an explosion shook the ground. He saw Krillin hit the ground with a thud as the Android stepped through the hole Krillin had made in the wall.
He heard Hotaru groan as she tried to get to her feet. "No, stay down." Yamcha demanded. "You're to injured."
"No... I'm stronger than those two... they blindsided me." She coughed up blood as she managed to get into a sitting position. "I've got to help... there's no other way..." She managed to pull herself to her feet and gazed down the hall at the android. "Sa... Sanjuu Kinryoku!"
Yamcha turned his head away as her aura flared to life and shifted to silver as it had before. He could feel the spike in her power but... it wasn't as much as before. She was weakened, only about half as strong now as before... Suddenly she was moving forward. Despite her injuries Yamcha was still unable to see her movements. Apparently neither was the Android because the next time Yamcha saw her she had her fist buried in his abdomen, literally.
The android barely seemed to notice as it reached down and grabbed the girl by the head. It lifted her four feet into the air bringing them to eye level and grinned at her. "Dumb Human." it said mechanically. "You can not defeat me."
"Your wrong on two counts." she said spitting blood on its face. "First, I'm not Human, and second, I can beat you." She brought her knee up quickly into the machine's chin causing it to stumble backward and release its grip on her. As she fell free she drifted back and lined her palm up with the hole in the Androids abdomen, and fired. Three quick blasts and the android was torn into two.
Hotaru's feet hit the ground and her knees gave out. She dropped to her knees panting as her silver aura shimmered, flickered, and changed to orange before vanishing completely. "Shit... I'm more... injured than... than I'd thought..." she panted. Then she felt a twinge of energy and turned to look. She was met with a foot to the face as GX73 slammed into her.
"Hotaru!" Yamcha cried. Somehow he managed to pull himself to his feet but he'd not managed anything else by the time GX73 had slammed his fist into his stomach. The wind was knocked from him, blood spurted from his mouth and splattered onto it. He stumbled back a few steps and collapsed into a heap.
"Ka."
Suddenly a fist slammed into the back of GX73's head. "That was rude." it hissed spinning around and backhanding Roshi through a wall. Then it growled as it spied Krillin charging a Kamehameha Wave.
"Me."
It lifted an arm to blast him but stopped as another voice sounded from behind. "Dodon Ray!" It turned and saw Chaotzu's attack coming. The creature merely tilted it's head and the beam whizzed passed it's head.
"Ha."
"Dodon Ray!" Chaotzu cried again firing another stream. The creature dodged this attack as well and charged at Chaotzu.
"Me."
Pulling back a fist he swung his hardest and caught nothing but air, his fist passing harmlessly through Chaotzu. "What?! An illusion?" He spun again to look at Krillin but was to late to stop the attack.
"HA!"
The bright blue wave charged, nearly six feet in diameter, at the creature. GX73 brought his arms up to block the attack and struggled not to be engulfed by it. "Human!" it cried. "You can't beat me!" It's muscles rippled, veins popping out in his arms and forehead, body swelling. "You've no idea what real power is!"
***
Tien's eyes widened as he looked from the air car toward the base. Vadora sat up beside him and stared in wonder as well. "That power..." Suddenly a thunderous explosion tore through the air as a blinding flash emanated from the old RR base. "No... Krillin... his energy... it's gone..."
Vadora pulled herself out of the air car holding her side. "I'm going in. They need help."
"No." Tien said climbing out beside her and placing a hand on her shoulder. "Stay here, I'll go."
"You don't stand a chance alone." She said looking him in the eyes. Finally he nodded, she was right after all, and the two made their way quickly to the building. As they neared they floated into the air and over the building. The explosion had torn a hole through it's roof giving them a clear view of the scene below. Everything was devastated and they couldn't see anyone other than some odd creature. "What... is that?" Vadora whispered under her breath.
"Not sure. I've never seen anything like it before." Tien replied. "Whatever it is it's disgusting, and powerful. Come on, let's go..." Vadora nodded and they dove down quickly. Tien's right leg slammed into the creature catching it completely off guard but barely phasing it. GX73 merely scowled and growled. Quickly it spun and slammed a fist into Tien's chest knocking him down.
"You Humans just keep coming out of the wood work. It's starting to annoy me." he hissed standing over Tien.
"Then how about you deal with a Sai-jin instead?" Vadora asked from behind him. The creature spun around again and glared at her for a second before she lashed out her left fist knocking the creature backwards where it tripped over Tien who then flung it across the open expanse.
The short creature stood and hissed fiercely as it's muscles rippled and body began to bulge again. The two warriors felt the building of power coming from the creature... it was strong but if Vadora were in top condition she'd have it way outclassed. Though neither one had much energy left and were already out matched and the thing wasn't finished powering up.
"Dodon Ray!" Chaotzu's voice cried from above, however the creature ignored it until the blast hit him square in the back. It only stung but that was enough to annoy the creature. It turned and hurled a powerful KI blast at Chaotzu meant to kill the small warrior. However the blast reached him and kept on going.
"Another Illusion!" the creature roared, it's opponents temporarily forgotten. Until his head was jammed between their legs from two simultaneous kicks. GX73 brought it's elbows back swiftly and hit them both in the gut knocking them to the ground. As it turned Chaotzu's voice rang out again. This time the creature turned, deflected the blast, and charged a massive wave over sixty feet in diameter. With a roar he thrust his arms skyward and shot the wave into the air. The attack wasn't as strong as it could have been because of its size. A moment later Chaotzu's smoking body began to fall from the sky. "Damn things are harder to kill than roaches." he hissed watching the small form fall. "But that should keep him out of my way for a while, now let's deal with you." The creature stopped and glared at a tall form standing directly in front of it.
"Not much chance of that." he said in a deep voice.
A pile of rubble shifted and Krillin pulled himself to his feet. As he saw who the creature was staring at he grinned, despite how much his body hurt. "It's nice of you to... drop by... Piccolo." he said limping forward.
"Better late than never." the tall man replied cracking his neck. "We left Gohan back a ways, he's strong but his control's still not that great."
"We?" GX73 hissed. It whirled suddenly as someone tapped it's shoulder. It now stood face to face with Appla. It lashed out with it's right but she dodged it easily. Then she threw a hard left of her own, a silver ring glinting on her finger as she did, and smashed her fist into its face. Stumbling back the creature grabbed its bleeding nose. Before it could move she backhanded him causing him to spin and face Piccolo.
The Namek grabbed it and lifted it into the air. "Good riddance." he said pitching it into the air. As the creature soared higher and higher a stream of energy came from his eyes and tore through its chest.
"We need to get everyone back to the air car..." Krillin said walking over to Appla. "Oh no, Bulma! She was in here when the fight started!"
"I'll find her." Appla said. "You just round up the others, Piccolo and I will fly you back to the Lookout. It's faster than your air car.
"I assume you were here after a Dragonball." Piccolo said as Appla walked off. Krillin nodded. "Did you get it?"
"No... not yet. Last I saw that creature had it."
Piccolo nodded. "Right then. I'll find it."
Krillin charged in at the Android with Yamcha at his side. The two pulled back their fists and swung connecting to the android's face with a resounding crack, but the big man didn't move. A quick swing of his left arm sent Krillin sailing through a wall. Yamcha dodged as the Android tried to do the same to him. "Wolf Fang Fis..." A sudden right hook caught him in the stomach knocking the wind out of him.
The android brought it's knee up quickly and knocked Yamcha into the air, then with a swift head butt to the gut sent him sailing down the hallway. As he flew past Hotaru she charged in with Chaotzu and Roshi to either side. They both met with the 10's fists as Hotaru plowed into it. A few swift kicks knocked the robot onto it's back. Unseen by Hotaru GX73 frowned and raised it's arm. A second later a high powered energy wave slammed into her side knocking her through a wall.
Yamcha pulled himself up off the ground and charged in again, this time with Roshi. The two locked into a close range battle with the android but it blocked every one of their attacks. Then with a hard kick it sent Yamcha through the same wall as Hotaru and Roshi through the ceiling.
Yamcha pulled himself across the floor from where he'd landed over to where Hotaru laid. His arms hurt, his legs hurt, his feet, hands, face, his everything hurt. The Android was amazingly strong, and the thing calling itself GX73 was stronger. He slid up beside her and winced at the site. She had a large gash in her side that was still seeping blood. He tore up his GI's shirt and used it to cover her wound. His head jerked to the right as an explosion shook the ground. He saw Krillin hit the ground with a thud as the Android stepped through the hole Krillin had made in the wall.
He heard Hotaru groan as she tried to get to her feet. "No, stay down." Yamcha demanded. "You're to injured."
"No... I'm stronger than those two... they blindsided me." She coughed up blood as she managed to get into a sitting position. "I've got to help... there's no other way..." She managed to pull herself to her feet and gazed down the hall at the android. "Sa... Sanjuu Kinryoku!"
Yamcha turned his head away as her aura flared to life and shifted to silver as it had before. He could feel the spike in her power but... it wasn't as much as before. She was weakened, only about half as strong now as before... Suddenly she was moving forward. Despite her injuries Yamcha was still unable to see her movements. Apparently neither was the Android because the next time Yamcha saw her she had her fist buried in his abdomen, literally.
The android barely seemed to notice as it reached down and grabbed the girl by the head. It lifted her four feet into the air bringing them to eye level and grinned at her. "Dumb Human." it said mechanically. "You can not defeat me."
"Your wrong on two counts." she said spitting blood on its face. "First, I'm not Human, and second, I can beat you." She brought her knee up quickly into the machine's chin causing it to stumble backward and release its grip on her. As she fell free she drifted back and lined her palm up with the hole in the Androids abdomen, and fired. Three quick blasts and the android was torn into two.
Hotaru's feet hit the ground and her knees gave out. She dropped to her knees panting as her silver aura shimmered, flickered, and changed to orange before vanishing completely. "Shit... I'm more... injured than... than I'd thought..." she panted. Then she felt a twinge of energy and turned to look. She was met with a foot to the face as GX73 slammed into her.
"Hotaru!" Yamcha cried. Somehow he managed to pull himself to his feet but he'd not managed anything else by the time GX73 had slammed his fist into his stomach. The wind was knocked from him, blood spurted from his mouth and splattered onto it. He stumbled back a few steps and collapsed into a heap.
"Ka."
Suddenly a fist slammed into the back of GX73's head. "That was rude." it hissed spinning around and backhanding Roshi through a wall. Then it growled as it spied Krillin charging a Kamehameha Wave.
"Me."
It lifted an arm to blast him but stopped as another voice sounded from behind. "Dodon Ray!" It turned and saw Chaotzu's attack coming. The creature merely tilted it's head and the beam whizzed passed it's head.
"Ha."
"Dodon Ray!" Chaotzu cried again firing another stream. The creature dodged this attack as well and charged at Chaotzu.
"Me."
Pulling back a fist he swung his hardest and caught nothing but air, his fist passing harmlessly through Chaotzu. "What?! An illusion?" He spun again to look at Krillin but was to late to stop the attack.
"HA!"
The bright blue wave charged, nearly six feet in diameter, at the creature. GX73 brought his arms up to block the attack and struggled not to be engulfed by it. "Human!" it cried. "You can't beat me!" It's muscles rippled, veins popping out in his arms and forehead, body swelling. "You've no idea what real power is!"
***
Tien's eyes widened as he looked from the air car toward the base. Vadora sat up beside him and stared in wonder as well. "That power..." Suddenly a thunderous explosion tore through the air as a blinding flash emanated from the old RR base. "No... Krillin... his energy... it's gone..."
Vadora pulled herself out of the air car holding her side. "I'm going in. They need help."
"No." Tien said climbing out beside her and placing a hand on her shoulder. "Stay here, I'll go."
"You don't stand a chance alone." She said looking him in the eyes. Finally he nodded, she was right after all, and the two made their way quickly to the building. As they neared they floated into the air and over the building. The explosion had torn a hole through it's roof giving them a clear view of the scene below. Everything was devastated and they couldn't see anyone other than some odd creature. "What... is that?" Vadora whispered under her breath.
"Not sure. I've never seen anything like it before." Tien replied. "Whatever it is it's disgusting, and powerful. Come on, let's go..." Vadora nodded and they dove down quickly. Tien's right leg slammed into the creature catching it completely off guard but barely phasing it. GX73 merely scowled and growled. Quickly it spun and slammed a fist into Tien's chest knocking him down.
"You Humans just keep coming out of the wood work. It's starting to annoy me." he hissed standing over Tien.
"Then how about you deal with a Sai-jin instead?" Vadora asked from behind him. The creature spun around again and glared at her for a second before she lashed out her left fist knocking the creature backwards where it tripped over Tien who then flung it across the open expanse.
The short creature stood and hissed fiercely as it's muscles rippled and body began to bulge again. The two warriors felt the building of power coming from the creature... it was strong but if Vadora were in top condition she'd have it way outclassed. Though neither one had much energy left and were already out matched and the thing wasn't finished powering up.
"Dodon Ray!" Chaotzu's voice cried from above, however the creature ignored it until the blast hit him square in the back. It only stung but that was enough to annoy the creature. It turned and hurled a powerful KI blast at Chaotzu meant to kill the small warrior. However the blast reached him and kept on going.
"Another Illusion!" the creature roared, it's opponents temporarily forgotten. Until his head was jammed between their legs from two simultaneous kicks. GX73 brought it's elbows back swiftly and hit them both in the gut knocking them to the ground. As it turned Chaotzu's voice rang out again. This time the creature turned, deflected the blast, and charged a massive wave over sixty feet in diameter. With a roar he thrust his arms skyward and shot the wave into the air. The attack wasn't as strong as it could have been because of its size. A moment later Chaotzu's smoking body began to fall from the sky. "Damn things are harder to kill than roaches." he hissed watching the small form fall. "But that should keep him out of my way for a while, now let's deal with you." The creature stopped and glared at a tall form standing directly in front of it.
"Not much chance of that." he said in a deep voice.
A pile of rubble shifted and Krillin pulled himself to his feet. As he saw who the creature was staring at he grinned, despite how much his body hurt. "It's nice of you to... drop by... Piccolo." he said limping forward.
"Better late than never." the tall man replied cracking his neck. "We left Gohan back a ways, he's strong but his control's still not that great."
"We?" GX73 hissed. It whirled suddenly as someone tapped it's shoulder. It now stood face to face with Appla. It lashed out with it's right but she dodged it easily. Then she threw a hard left of her own, a silver ring glinting on her finger as she did, and smashed her fist into its face. Stumbling back the creature grabbed its bleeding nose. Before it could move she backhanded him causing him to spin and face Piccolo.
The Namek grabbed it and lifted it into the air. "Good riddance." he said pitching it into the air. As the creature soared higher and higher a stream of energy came from his eyes and tore through its chest.
"We need to get everyone back to the air car..." Krillin said walking over to Appla. "Oh no, Bulma! She was in here when the fight started!"
"I'll find her." Appla said. "You just round up the others, Piccolo and I will fly you back to the Lookout. It's faster than your air car.
"I assume you were here after a Dragonball." Piccolo said as Appla walked off. Krillin nodded. "Did you get it?"
"No... not yet. Last I saw that creature had it."
Piccolo nodded. "Right then. I'll find it."
