Chapter twenty-five - Signals
Earth:
She pulled herself along the ground, grabbing rocks with her hands and dragging the rest of her body behind her. It was all she could do to move and each movement took great effort, inflicted much pain, and her mind threatened to drift into blackness. As she struggled to pull herself forward again a hand reached out from the rubble just before her.
"You're alive!" She cried.
The hand pushed aside the rubble and Brolly, now back to normal, struggled with all his might to push himself up into a sitting position but to no avail. "Yes." he croaked. "Thanks to you. If you hadn't deflected that blast," his words were interrupted by coughing fit. "Look at us… barely able to move because of that pink… thing."
"It was stronger than it looked." Shiko said reaching into her clothes and pulling out a small remote. "I wouldn't doubt even Glacier would have had trouble with it, at least in his first form." she punched in a few numbers and a moment later her pod and Brolly's floated down to them. As they drug themselves into their pods a pink explosion of light flash just in the distance.
New Namek:
A large portion of the planet has been converted into a massive palace for Glacier and his army. The Nameks have been enslaved and are constantly building and repairing parts of the palace. Some, born under Glacier and within his palace walls, and growing up being taught to follow his orders, serve in his army.
Deep in the bowels of the palace near it's center is Glacier's command room/throne room. Monitors of all shapes, sizes, and designs line the walls. Sitting in front of one of these monitors one of Glaciers Namek techs was looking over the flux of information, much of which didn't make sense. "Lord Glacier sir, this is… strange."
Back in his chair at the center of the room Glacier turned to look at the tech. "What is it?" he asked bored.
"It's Earth. The power readings I've been receiving are…"
"I did send a team there to obliterate that Sai-jin and his friends."
"That's what I mean sir. Zarbon's energy signal is gone. There's a number of other signal's though, and they are quiet strong."
Glacier's lips curled. "So Zarbon's dead, again. Imbecile. What about the Sai-jin and his woman?"
"Still alive, but injured. Their energy signal's are faint. The distress call just came in."
Glacier stood and slammed his fist into the armrest of his chair. "Those Earth Sai-jins are starting annoy me… again! Contact Zanis, have him and his team go to Earth. Then assemble the Dragonballs, I want that Zarbon to explain what happened. Then I'll kill him myself!"
"Y-Yes sir."
Earth:
Hiroshi and his brother walked up to the edge of the lookout and joined the others. Down on Earth the Androids and Buu were going at it again, their powers seemed to be equal now. "This is impressive." Da'kar said. "I've not felt powers like these since mother and father died."
Vegeta growled slightly. "You have to be kidding. Kakkarotto's sister was this strong?"
"Stronger" Hiroshi said. "Everyone thought she and father would be able to stop Glacier. She'd ascended beyond Super Sai-jin and was the strongest of us. I saw the battle, so did Da'kar but he can't remember it as well, it was four years ago.
"She and father seemed to be winning, they were doing amazing." Hiroshi paused. "Then Glacier transformed and it was all over. Neither could keep up, it took everything they had just to survive each attack."
Da'kar picked up there. "So they used a technique they'd learned from some allies, the fusion dance. The two of them merged into one person but… Glacier just transformed again and outmatched them."
"They were killed in that battle. Afterwards Da'kar and I took over running New Vegeta and the rebellion. We've gotten stronger since then but not enough, those three have made that obvious. We still ha…" Hiroshi was interrupted by a beeping from a pouch hanging from Da'kar's waist.
The young Neo Sai-jin reached into the pouch and pulled out a device that resembled a scouter. The youngster put it on as the others watched. As he pressed the button on the side a face appeared. From his angle Vegeta couldn't see it very well but when it talked he recognized the voice.
"Da'kar, is your brother there?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"Transmission from New Namek, Glacier has dispatched Zanis and his team to Earth. Seems they've been monitoring the events there with their computers and scouters. It'll take a few weeks before he arrives, I suggest you guys get ready for them."
Hiroshi knelt down beside his brother. "Not sure Earth will be here any more by then. There's a new enemy here, not as powerful as Glacier but stronger than we can handle."
"Then return here at once. We can't risk endangering your lives like this, you know I was opposed to you going to Earth alone as it was."
Hiroshi smiled. "Relax, you're worse than my father was. We'll be fine, don't worry."
"It's my job to worry, I am your grandfather." with that the transmission ended and the face vanished.
"That…." Vegeta began. "That voice, I know that voice. That was Bardock, but how?"
"As I said before," Hiroshi replied. "Glacier revived some of our warriors, by accident of course."
Earth:
She pulled herself along the ground, grabbing rocks with her hands and dragging the rest of her body behind her. It was all she could do to move and each movement took great effort, inflicted much pain, and her mind threatened to drift into blackness. As she struggled to pull herself forward again a hand reached out from the rubble just before her.
"You're alive!" She cried.
The hand pushed aside the rubble and Brolly, now back to normal, struggled with all his might to push himself up into a sitting position but to no avail. "Yes." he croaked. "Thanks to you. If you hadn't deflected that blast," his words were interrupted by coughing fit. "Look at us… barely able to move because of that pink… thing."
"It was stronger than it looked." Shiko said reaching into her clothes and pulling out a small remote. "I wouldn't doubt even Glacier would have had trouble with it, at least in his first form." she punched in a few numbers and a moment later her pod and Brolly's floated down to them. As they drug themselves into their pods a pink explosion of light flash just in the distance.
New Namek:
A large portion of the planet has been converted into a massive palace for Glacier and his army. The Nameks have been enslaved and are constantly building and repairing parts of the palace. Some, born under Glacier and within his palace walls, and growing up being taught to follow his orders, serve in his army.
Deep in the bowels of the palace near it's center is Glacier's command room/throne room. Monitors of all shapes, sizes, and designs line the walls. Sitting in front of one of these monitors one of Glaciers Namek techs was looking over the flux of information, much of which didn't make sense. "Lord Glacier sir, this is… strange."
Back in his chair at the center of the room Glacier turned to look at the tech. "What is it?" he asked bored.
"It's Earth. The power readings I've been receiving are…"
"I did send a team there to obliterate that Sai-jin and his friends."
"That's what I mean sir. Zarbon's energy signal is gone. There's a number of other signal's though, and they are quiet strong."
Glacier's lips curled. "So Zarbon's dead, again. Imbecile. What about the Sai-jin and his woman?"
"Still alive, but injured. Their energy signal's are faint. The distress call just came in."
Glacier stood and slammed his fist into the armrest of his chair. "Those Earth Sai-jins are starting annoy me… again! Contact Zanis, have him and his team go to Earth. Then assemble the Dragonballs, I want that Zarbon to explain what happened. Then I'll kill him myself!"
"Y-Yes sir."
Earth:
Hiroshi and his brother walked up to the edge of the lookout and joined the others. Down on Earth the Androids and Buu were going at it again, their powers seemed to be equal now. "This is impressive." Da'kar said. "I've not felt powers like these since mother and father died."
Vegeta growled slightly. "You have to be kidding. Kakkarotto's sister was this strong?"
"Stronger" Hiroshi said. "Everyone thought she and father would be able to stop Glacier. She'd ascended beyond Super Sai-jin and was the strongest of us. I saw the battle, so did Da'kar but he can't remember it as well, it was four years ago.
"She and father seemed to be winning, they were doing amazing." Hiroshi paused. "Then Glacier transformed and it was all over. Neither could keep up, it took everything they had just to survive each attack."
Da'kar picked up there. "So they used a technique they'd learned from some allies, the fusion dance. The two of them merged into one person but… Glacier just transformed again and outmatched them."
"They were killed in that battle. Afterwards Da'kar and I took over running New Vegeta and the rebellion. We've gotten stronger since then but not enough, those three have made that obvious. We still ha…" Hiroshi was interrupted by a beeping from a pouch hanging from Da'kar's waist.
The young Neo Sai-jin reached into the pouch and pulled out a device that resembled a scouter. The youngster put it on as the others watched. As he pressed the button on the side a face appeared. From his angle Vegeta couldn't see it very well but when it talked he recognized the voice.
"Da'kar, is your brother there?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"Transmission from New Namek, Glacier has dispatched Zanis and his team to Earth. Seems they've been monitoring the events there with their computers and scouters. It'll take a few weeks before he arrives, I suggest you guys get ready for them."
Hiroshi knelt down beside his brother. "Not sure Earth will be here any more by then. There's a new enemy here, not as powerful as Glacier but stronger than we can handle."
"Then return here at once. We can't risk endangering your lives like this, you know I was opposed to you going to Earth alone as it was."
Hiroshi smiled. "Relax, you're worse than my father was. We'll be fine, don't worry."
"It's my job to worry, I am your grandfather." with that the transmission ended and the face vanished.
"That…." Vegeta began. "That voice, I know that voice. That was Bardock, but how?"
"As I said before," Hiroshi replied. "Glacier revived some of our warriors, by accident of course."