Chapter Twenty-nine - Ginyu Force Strikes!

Ginyu climbed out of his crater and activated his scouter. There were several beeps and his eyes widened in surprise. "Well now, would ya look at that." he said amusedly. The other Ginyu Force members glanced at him curious. "It would seem there a several powers that exceed our records by a lot more than I expected." He scanned the horizon lining up the power readings with directions. "If I'm not mistaken the four highest powers are in that direction, to much for the four of you wimps. I'll go after those four." The horned alien turned to look at Jiece. "The four of you should be more than enough to handle the other three notable powers in.... that direction." he said pointing.

Meanwhile Jiece had keyed up his scouter and left out a whistle. "These lizards are impressive. How could four of them have gotten that strong? They're over six hundred thousand each..."

Ginyu shook his head. "Doubt they're Nameks. I had a notice on my console when we landed, Prince Vegeta's on the planet. Those four powers are most likely him and his escorts." Jiece nodded, that made sense to him.

"Well Guldo, looks like you've got nothing to worry about." the red man said placing a hand on the other's head. "The three we're after are only just over five thousand." Guldo smiled happy that he'd finally got a lucky break. "Alright Captain, we're off now."

"Right, and make sure to find out if those three know where to find the Dragonballs."

"No problem Cap." Jiece called back as he and the other three shot off into the distance. Ginyu turned toward the higher powers and cracked his neck. With a grin on his face he lifted into the air and bolted off.

******

Vegeta finished drying his face and tossed the towel on to the table. "Vegeta, were you raised in a barn or something!" Bulma cried throwing it back on his head. He just stood there staring out under it's edge at the Earth woman wondering how the Human men put up with them. Finally he reached up and picked the piece of cloth off his head and was about to toss it again when an energy grazed his rudimentary powers, one of the handy skills he'd been learning over the past week while fighting the Nameks. It took a moment to gauge it's strength but his eyes snapped open instantly. "Holy shit!" he cried tossing the towel onto Bulma's face and darting out of the ship.

He found Nail, Shale, and Torg waiting for him outside. "You felt that?" Vegeta inquired.

They all nodded. "But what has you so worked up? None of these powers match ours..."

Vegeta shook his head furiously. "You don't understand. Five powers! That means only one thing, the Ginyu Force! Ginyu's the only one in the group I'm not sure I can beat and he's coming straight for us! he has the same skill you do and I've gained. I know he does."

"KI suppression?" Shale asked shifting his stance. Vegeta merely nodded. "Perhaps we should move away from your ship. We don't want it, or the woman, to get in the way." Vegeta nodded absently and the four lifted into the air moving to a large empty island a few miles away. Vegeta had been planning on getting his shower and then finding the Earthlings and Dragonballs. Now he'd have to go through Ginyu first, and Frieza probably wasn't far behind.

Touching down on the island the four warriors turned to look at the horizon as they traced the approaching warrior. "What do you suggest we do?" Torg asked. "Should we attack him together..."

"No." Vegeta said calmly. "I will take him myself..."

"You just sai..."

"I know what I said!" Vegeta shouted. "And there's a small chance I could loose the fight. If that happens then you can take what's left of him and heal me, then I'll be ready for Frieza for sure!"

Nail nodded lightly. As arrogant as the Sai-jin princes logic was most of the time he did have something of a point. If this Ginyu could defeat him then the power boost he'd gain would give him more of an edge, and edge they'd all need against Frieza. A moment alter a soft purple light appeared in the distance which quickly became Ginyu who landed only a moment later. "Prince Vegeta." he said smirking. "And three Nameks? Now this is unexpected. How could three lizards gain so much power?"

"That's none of your concern anymore Ginyu." Vegeta retorted vehemently. "As a matter of fact, you wont have a concern in the world when I'm done with you, cause you'll be dead!"

Ginyu laughed. "I find that hard to swallow Vegeta. Your father's the only Monkey with any real power. Though I do have good news." Vegeta cocked an eyebrow. "Since you're in Freiza's territory I've been authorized to kill you." He grinned madly. "And I think I'll have fun doing it too."

Vegeta clutched his fists as a loud roar erupted from the pit of his stomach. A light blue aura flickered around him for a second before shifting to a deep purple. The entire island shook as the Nameks moved back to safer ground. Ginyu clicked on his scouter again and saw the expected, Vegeta's power was growing. It had already passed eight hundred thousand and was climbing. It took a moment but finally settled at just over nine hundred and thirty thousand. Ginyu was rather impressed with Vegeta's newly discovered strength, but wasn't worried. He was still the stronger of the two and if worst came to worst he always had his trump card.

Suddenly Vegeta charged in at him and landed a hard right hook to his face sending him careening into an outcropping. Ginyu exploded free and charged toward the Sai-jin, his power building along the way. The two lashed out at each other with right crosses. Their fists connected with a resounding crack. They began to trade blows, a flurry of punches and kicks flying between them, as they tore across the island. A sudden and swift double fisted blow to Vegeta's head sent the Sai-jin into the water, down several hundred yards, and into the rock at the bottom.

******

"Thank-you Guls." Dende said with a bow as Hotaru took the last Dragonball from the village elder.

"Don't mention it Dende." the elder replied. "Guru has informed me of what's happening. I'm happy to help."

Gohan and Krillin were holding hands and dancing in circles. "We've got them all!" Gohan cheered. "We can revive Mr. Piccolo and the others now!"

"Alright you two, I'm excited too but no reason to act like idiots." Hotaru said smiling down at them. They grinned back up at her like a couple of idiots while Gohan scratched the back of his head. Hotaru was just about to take off when she felt several powers nearing. "Oh man... we took to long! The Ginyu Force is here!"

The Namek villagers and the two Humans turned and saw four of the Ginyu Force members land. "Well look what we have here?" Jiece said with a smirk looking over the three warriors. "None of you are Nameks."

"Must be the group that came from Planet Vegeta." Burter said looking them over. "They aren't much are they?"

Guldo laughed. "They are working for the Sai-jins after all."

"So what are you guys anyway?" Recoome asked leaning over. "You Sai-jins or something else?"

"My name's Gohan. I'm a Sai-jin. The son of Goku and Grandson of Bardock." Gohan said glaring up at the large man. "Krillin's a Human and..."

"I'm Hotaru, the Tanarian Princess."

"Well I'm impressed." Recoome laughed. "The grandson of a low class Sai-jin, a Princess, and a bald midget. We get no respect these days. So is that a Dragonball?" Hotaru moved back a bit holding tighter to the Dragonball. "Guess that's a yes."

Suddenly Hotaru wasn't holding the Dragonball any longer. Guldo had it. "Hey, what the..." Hotaru cried in shock. "You... you really can freeze time!?"

Guldo just grinned as he handed the Dragonball over to Burter. "Any complaints to me killing them all?" he asked his taller companions.

"Sure, go ahead." Jiece said smiling. "You don't get much chance to have fun."

Guldo smiled as he walked forward cracking his knuckles. Gohan and Krillin glanced at each other and smiled. The two stepped forward grinning at Guldo. "You don't know what you're up against." they said together.

"I was about to say the same thing to you. My teammates told me how strong you are. You don't have any idea of my power."

Gohan and Krillin glanced at each other for a moment before powering up side-by-side. Their white auras flared larger and brighter as they let their recently acquired powers out for a test run. In a sudden explosion of power the two shot in at a startled Guldo. Two fists reached out and slammed into his face sending him backwards past a group of watching Nameks.

Jiece whistled as Guldo slammed into a rock. "Those two have more power than they let on. They're pretty much even with Guldo now."

Krillin went around to the left side while Gohan took the right. They charged in at the recovering alien who saw them in his extra eyes. They were just about to hit him when he suddenly vanished. They pulled to a stop and looked around in shock. "Where'd he go?" Krillin asked. "I didn't sense him move, he just, vanished..."

Gohan felt him behind a rock a few yards away. "Must have stopped time." he said looking at the rock and nodding lightly. The two stretched out their arms and fired a stream of energy at the rock destroying it and catapulting Guldo from his hiding spot.

"Come on Guldo, you can do better than that!" Recoome called from the sidelines.

The pudgy green alien got back onto his feet and began firing a volley of KI blasts at his two opponents who were charging at him. The two dodged around the erratic blasts and came in from the sides. His head was suddenly slammed between their feet and his eyes bulged out in shock. They pulled around in front of him and kicked out their feet at his face. But yet again Guldo vanished.

/I shouldn't be running from these two punks, I'm a member of the Ginyu Force!/ Guldo's mind screamed. He peaked around the rock he was behind and fell over backwards as Gohan stuck his tongue out at him. /How do they keep finding me?/ he wondered as Krillin's fist slammed down into his stomach.

"Give up yet?" Gohan asked.

"Give up!" Guldo cried getting up. "I'm a member of the Ginyu Force, I'll never giv..." his rant was suddenly cut short as a look of pain overcame his face. Gohan and Krillin both watched in confusion as his hands twitched and he fell over. Smoke was floating off his back in thick wisps. They looked up and saw Hotaru standing where she'd been, arm stretched out, finger pointed at where the short warrior had stood a moment before.

"That's for the thousands of Tanarians you killed." she said coldly. Then she turned to look at the others who were all rather shocked by the sudden death of Guldo. "Now, who's next?"

******

"Gallic Gun!" Vegeta cried firing the attack across the island at Ginyu.

The horned alien grinned. "Milky Cannon!" he responded with his own attack. The two beams hit head on and exploded. Ginyu was still grinning at the smoke when a foot came in from behind and smashed into the back of his head. Ginyu spun around furious. "Lucky hit!" he cried.

"What ever you say." Vegeta shrugged before trying to punch him in the gut. Ginyu slipped around at and jammed his knee into the Sai-jin's face. He thrust his arm out, palm right in front of Vegeta's face. In a flash of blue an energy stream tore free of Ginyu's body and right into Vegeta's face. The thrust of the hit began to push Vegeta backward but Ginyu stopped the attack, grabbed his head, and dove into the ground slamming him into the rock face first.

Ginyu then leaped into the air and charged energy in both palms. With a grin he fired them down at the prone Vegeta one after another. His attack was cut short by a foot to his head. He whirled around and found the Nameks floating in front of him. "Ah, your turn now eh? Alright then, let's do this!" Ginyu charged in at them and caught Torg with a kick to the gut and a foot to the back knocking him into the ground. He slipped around an attempted sneak attack by Nail and drove his fist into Shale's stomach. Spinning around he backhanded Nail away from him while blasting Shale in the face point-blank.

The three Namek's recovered together and began to attack him simultaneously. Ginyu blocked two punches but wound up with a knee in his stomach. He lashed out violently and sent Nail into the ground before grabbing both Torg and Shale by the head and slamming them into each other. He pulled their heads apart and did it again before tossing them down at the planet.

Before they hit the ground the they launched up into the fray of battle again with Nail hot on their heels. They began to trade blows with Ginyu yet again when a voice called up from below. "Back off, he's mine!" Vegeta shouted as he stood up rubbing blood off his chin. "This isn't over between us yet." Vegeta launched into the air and passed the floating Nameks. His fist was held outstretched as he tried to use his momentum to slam a punch into Ginyu but the horned alien grabbed his fist and head-butted him.

"And here I thought you were dead." Ginyu laughed. "Well, more fun for me I guess."

******

The wind blew across the battlefield and flapped Hotaru's hair out behind her. Dust swirled around her feet as she gazed across the way at the large behemoth that was Recoome. He'd 'volunteered' to fight her after a quick game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Recoome looked back at Jiece. "So, just how strong is she then?"

Jiece shrugged. "Scouter reads her at a little over twenty thousand but I doubt it's right. She can probably suppress her power like the other two. With the way she took out Guldo... I'd say her max is about seventy or eighty thousand."

Recoome nodded. "Right." He turned back to look at Hotaru. "It's time!" he threw his arms up into the air. "For you to..." he did a twirl and lowered his arms down. "DIE!" in a flash he charged at Hotaru.

"Sanjuu Kinryoku!" she shouted bracing for the build in power. Then she thrust her arms toward the rushing Recoome. "Kuro Omoi Seichuu!" she cried out. The others could all visibly see Recoome stumble in the air as he had trouble holding himself aloft. In a blink Hotaru charged in and crashed her foot into his face.

Jiece cocked an eyebrow at the girl's new reading. "My my, she's full of surprises. She's over a hundred and fifty thousand now. Still not enough to take out Recoome but very impressive."

Silver aura dancing about her she charged in again and began pounding down into his chest driving him deeper into the ground. Suddenly a large fist came up and smashed into her face sending her skyward. She back flipped in the air to look down at Recoome who was flying up at her. "Sanjuu Inryoku Chikara!" she cried. The invisible blast slammed into Recoome and shoved him back down a few dozen yards but he quickly resumed his charge.

He slammed his knee into her stomach doubling her over and knocking the breath out of her. She took a few ragged gasps just as he backhanded her across the planet and through several rocks. Walking toward where she'd landed he grinned. "I thought you'd be more fun than this..."

There was a sudden explosion of Silver and the rocks scattered as Hotaru stood. "I will make you pay!" she screamed. "Yottsu Kinryoku!" she cried charging in at him again. Her aura flared larger and brighter as her muscles strained to contain the energy. In an instant she was right in front of him. She launched a hard right at his jaw which lifted the large warrior off the ground and spun him around. Then she swung her foot at his back and slammed him back into the ground.

Recoome rebounded quickly and launched a kick at her head. Hotaru brought up her arm and blocked the foot quickly before slamming a fist into the large man's stomach. Recoome growled as the pain lanced through his abdomen. He brought his knee up but Hotaru dodged around it and right into one of his fists. She was sent back several feet and when she looked up again Recoome held his mouth wide open, energy charging inside his mouth.

Gohan glanced at Krillin who reached into his GI and put on the only Enhancer ring they had with them. The two nodded and launched in. Krillin's power and speed built thanks to the ring, Gohan's built thanks to need. Just as Recoome let the energy blast loose Krillin grabbed the dazed Hotaru and pulled her out of the way. Gohan came up and slammed his foot into Recoome's jaw slamming it shut.

Recoome rubbed his jaw for a second before spitting out a few shattered teeth. "That hurt you little pipsqueak! How's a Sai-jin child that strong anyway? Especially the son of a low class warrior like Bardock?" Gohan stood watching Recoome while Krillin helped Hotaru back onto her feet. "Right then, I'll finish you off first!" Recoome grinned.

Gohan shifted into a fighting stance. "Come on, try it." the young half Sai-jin demanded.

"Would you look at that. The kid thinks he can stand up to me!" Recoome laughed.

Jiece wasn't so sure it was a funny matter. The child's power had jumped up several times in the past few minutes. He wasn't quite even with the bald man yet but it was still climbing steadily. The white haired alien couldn't believe the power spike the kid put out when Recoome's foot smashed into him. "His... he's... holy shit." he mumbled. "No Sai-jin child's ever had a power this high..."

Burter looked down at him. "What is it Jiece?"

"The kid's power... it just broke two hundred thousand...."

"What! How the hell?"

"Don't know. He's still no match for us though." Burter just nodded.

Gohan slipped around one of Recoome's large fists which slammed into the ground with a loud crack. Gohan darted up to his face and slammed his foot into his jaw sending him crashing into a rock. Gohan's anger began to fade then, and with it, the bulk of his power. /No, I need my energy to beat him!/ Gohan screamed to himself. Quickly he leapt into the air and raised his hands over his head drawing all the energy he could to his palms.

"Recoome! Watch it!" Jiece shouted as the scouter beeped madly. The boy's power had dropped to under a hundred and fifty thousand but the attack was more than twice that. "That's got enough power to kill you!"

"Take this!" Gohan shouted down. "Masenko Ha!" The orange purple energy surged down at the prone Recoome who grinned as it neared. Suddenly the behemoth warrior back flipped away from the impact point letting the attack hit the ground harmlessly and explode. In a flash he exploded up through the dust at Gohan and slammed one of his fists into the weakened boy's stomach before pounding his elbow into his back just below his neck. There was a loud crack and Gohan slammed into the ground twitching but otherwise still.

"Gohan!" Krillin cried. He was about to launch up at Recoome when Hotaru grabbed his shoulder. She shoved him back and launched up at Recoome herself. She caught the large man by surprise and slammed her fist into his stomach. She floated their for a second as his eyes bugged out then moved around to his side. Before she could attack him again he grabbed her head and dove into the ground slamming her down beside Gohan and forming a new crater. Hotaru's silver aura flicked for a second and vanished.

Krillin gulped as he looked at his two fallen comrades. Their powers were next to non-existent now and he wouldn't be a match for Recoome. /Come on Goku... we need you!/ Krillin's eyes went wide as Recoome charged at him. /I'm to young to die!/

"Recoome, wait!" Jiece called. "We need him alive so we can find the Dragonballs."

Recoome stopped in mid-air and looked over to his companions. "Oh yeah, I forgot." He landed gently. "So baldy, where are the rest of the Dragonballs?"

******

Goku and Bardock each swallowed a couple Senzu Beans as they readied for their landing. They were a few hours earlier than expected but that didn't bother them any. They'd both sensed the massive powers on the planet and the sudden fading of a few of those powers. "Hang on guys." Goku said strapping the bag of Senzu Beans onto his belt.

Bardock nodded. "Yes, we're coming."

******

Vegeta hit the ground hard. He wasn't sure how long he'd been fighting anymore, at least an hour, and he'd expected this to end quicker. Thing was, he didn't feel like playing dead and he couldn't hit Ginyu anymore which meant he wasn't going to be the one losing. /Damn... I can't believe this! I come all this way so I can kill Frieza and one of his lackey's is going to kill me!/

He started to pick himself up off the ground when he felt another power coming from some distance. If it hadn't been for his scattered thoughts he wouldn't have even sensed it. /Frieza? No, way to weak... wait, there's two. Who could they be? There's no way they could be from Earth.../ His eyes snapped open as he remembered the conversation Vadora and his Father had had. /Could it be? Bardock and Kakkarotto? She did say they'd become several times stronger but... there's no way that could be them!/

His train of thoughts was shattered as a foot slammed into stomach flipping him onto his back. "Giving up Vegeta?"

"Anytime your ready!" Vegeta shouted raggedly.

Ginyu cocked an eyebrow and remembered, a second to late, the three Nameks. Nail's leg smashed painfully into the side of his neck knocking him away from the weakened Vegeta. "We'd heal you but it would leave the healer to vulnerable. You'll just have to wait until he's been dealt with." Nail said from in front of Vegeta who simply grunted in response.

The three Nameks surrounded Ginyu and launched in at him. The purple alien fought off the others with relative ease. "Please, you're all weaker than Vegeta, what makes you think you can beat me?" he laughed. Suddenly Torg grabbed him from behind wrapping his arms around Ginyu's neck. Ginyu flexed his arms breaking Torg's grip before turning on him and thrusting a hand into his chest. He pulled his hand out as the Namek drifted backward gasping. Ginyu raised his arm and aimed his open palm at Torg's head. "Ha!" he cried firing an energy blast that destroyed the Namek. "Humph. One lizard down, two to go."

"You monster!" Shale cried charging in. He thrust his arms out and slammed his open palms into Ginyu's chest and fired dual streams of green energy point blank. Somehow Ginyu managed to put up a reflect KI barrier and knocked Shale's attack right back into his face.

Ginyu smirked. "Milky Cannon!" The energy tore free and incinerated the upper half of Shale's body. "One left." He turned toward Nail. "I'll finish you quickly too, I'm getting bored of this fight."

/Not good... my energy's to low. I wont last for.../ A loud crack reverberated through the air as Ginyu's fist slammed into Nail's face. He spun around behind the Namek and slammed his foot into his spine cracking it. He dropped his elbow down onto Nail's head and slammed him into the ground.

He grinned as he landed beside Nail and Vegeta. He stretched out his arm and began to charge an energy blast. "Well now, it's been fun, but it's time to end this." He stopped as his scouter beeped. Reaching up he clicked the button. "Ginyu here, what's up?"

******

Krillin stammered as he took a step back from Recoome. Then he saw the light blinking in the distance as it descended through the sky. He focused for a second and blinked. Suddenly a huge grin spread across his face. "They're here! They made it!" he cheered.

Recoome blinked and turned to look. He managed to catch a quick glimpse of the dot before it vanished. "Hey what's he talking about?" he called over to his companions.

"Let me check." Jiece said clicking his Scouter on. A moment later he got two power readings. "Well, there are two people on that ship. Though they wont be any trouble, their powers are only barely five thousand."

Krillin smiled to himself. He'd felt their powers drop quickly as the ship descended. These guys wont know what hit them. "Goku!" he called out into the distance.

A second later the ground began to shake lightly and the rocks lifted into the air. Even Jiece's hair began to float into the air. A second later two streaks of light surged in from the distance and landed beside Gohan and Hotaru. Krillin's grin grew wider as he saw the two Sai-jins. Goku turned from him and the Ginyu Force to kneel over Gohan and Hotaru. He couldn't hear what Goku was saying because Bardock was loudly cracking neck and knuckles as he walked toward Recoome.

The large warrior laughed as Bardock continued to near him. "Don't tell me you plan to fight me all by yourself?"

"Nope. I intend to kill you." he said stopping and adjusting his new armor.

"Haha, did you hear that! Bardock thinks he can beat me!" he laughed looking back at the others. When he turned around to face Bardock again Gohan and Hotaru were both back on their feet. "Huh? Those guys were practically dead a second ago..."

"Contemplate it after your dead." Bardock said stretching.

"Why you! Let me show you my ultimate attack!" He braced his body and began to gather energy into his palms. "Recoome! Ultimate!" he shouted.

Bardock merely grinned and vanished. He reappeared holding an unmoving Recoome over his head with one hand. "Well, that was easy enough." he said dropping him to the ground. "Next?"

Jiece took a step back. That was rather unexpected. "Burter, get him!" he ordered. Burter was stronger than him, no sense in getting dirty for no reason. Burter nodded and launched in at Bardock. However he never reached him. Goku appeared above the tall alien, a red aura flashing about him, and drove the alien down into the ground hard. Burter quite moving. Taking another step back Jiece thumbed his scouter and called Ginyu. "Sir... we may have a problem..."