A/N: First of all, let me explain why this took so long. 1) Metal Gear Solid 2. That game is just... FUN! 2) I was reading a story called Wish for the Past (it's in my favorite stories listings). A must read IMO. 3) My spacebar was busted, I pretty much to smash it for it to work which made writing hard. The good news? 1) I beat MGS2. 2) I've finished reading WFTP (at least until she updates). 3) I've got a new keyboard.
Chapter Forty-six - Gudrun Returns!
Glacier hadn't expected the speed at which Hiroku charged him. The fusion slammed his fist into Glacier's face with his full force knocking him backward. Hiroku charged in again and began to slam his fists against Glacier with thunderous cracks. The others all stayed back and watch on in shock, thought none of them had enough power to be of much help in the fight anyway.
There was a sudden and resounding crack as Glacier smashed his knee into Hiroku's stomach and then head butted him following up with a kick to the chest that sent him flying backward. "Damn you Sai-jins!" he roared. In a flash he surged in and began to pound on Hiroku savagely.
Back where the others still floated Matrix turned to look at Mainframe. "I'd say now would be a good time." she said. "With two of us fighting him We'd have a better chance of wining." Mainframe nodded and floated closer to her. The two turned and touched back to back. A blue glow formed around Matrix while a purple one formed around Mainframe, unnoticed by anyone else there.
The two glows began to mix together as streams of silver pulled from each of their bodies and began to flow into each other. Suddenly a silvery liquid tore free of their bodies and began to swirl about them gaining the attention of the Z Warriors. The swirling liquid began to glow a dark purple, wispy streams of orange and green energy reached out from the swirling sphere which finally drew the attentions of Hiroku and Glacier. There was a pulse of light from the sphere and the two powers of the androids vanished, replaced by one much higher power... not quite as powerful as Hiroku but quite close.
The glowing began to fade and reveal the swirling sphere of gray liquid. It shimmered in the suns for a moment before shrinking down into a form and vanishing, leaving a single person behind. The person looked female and was a solid gun metal gray color, like nothing more than a silhouette. Her eyes opened slowly to reveal two black recesses inside of which a small red light drifted allowing her to see.
Within Deep Space Lab Omega a computer beeped as lines of text began to appear on screen. "Megaframe now on-line. Activating connection. Connection established. Loading Software... Transmitting software... Installing Software... Running software. Loading analysis program........................ Program loaded. Computing situation.... one moment please."
Silence pervaded through the empty lab as the computer busily processed all the data Mainframe and Matrix had gathered up to this point. Then the terminal beeped again. "Data processed... Threat Glacier acknowledged... eliminate. Loading combat program... initializing... Program running. Loading 'Matrix' AI file... complete..."
Back on New Namek Megaframe had yet to move, simply floating and staring across the way at Glacier as the computer systems within struggled to catch up to the current situation. After a moment her red eyes began to glow. She looked down at herself and then back up at Glacier, smirking. "Now this is cool." she said. Suddenly she launched in at Glacier and began to attack him. A moment later Hiroku came up beside her and started fighting with him as well.
"Gero must have really not liked Goku." Hiroku said ducking under a tail swipe.
Megaframe smirked. "Hate dosen't seem quite strong enough." she replied smashing her fist into Glacier's face.
Hiroku grinned as he drove his knee into Glacier's stomach doubling the tyrant over. As he pulled back Megaframe came in and launched a kick at the side of the tyrants head. Glacier brought his arm up and blocked her kick before smashing his fist into her metal stomach.
"Final Flash!" Glacier whirled around to find Vegeta's attack surging at him, he'd not even known the prince had gotten behind him. He reached his arms out and caught the attack with a grin and began to push it back. However Hiroku and Megaframe's feet came surging in and smashed into the back of his head knocking him into the attack.
There was a roar of fury from within the golden stream of energy and the attack was suddenly shattered. Glacier floated panting lightly, smoke drifting off his body. "I'm going to tear you all limb from limb!" he cried. Suddenly he surged in at Hiroku and smashed his fist into the fusion's face with a resounding crack. Then he slipped around behind him and jammed his knee into his back before smashing his elbow into the top of his head and knocking him toward the ground. Glacier charged down after him and jammed his fists into Hiroku's back and plowed him down into the ground. As the tyrant drifted back into the air there was a flash from Hiroku. When the light died it revealed two people starting to stand up.
Hiroshi's normal spiky hair hung down over his shoulders, his muscles were larger than normal, and his red aura was laced with blue and white. The transformed state of the Neo Sai-jin. Beside him Goku was getting to his feet. His black hair hanging down over his face as he stood, red fur covering his arms, and tail swishing around behind him. As he got to his feet he turned his red fur outlined golden eyes up toward Glacier as his large muscles flexed in their silent cries to attack.
Glacier began laughing. "And so it ends! You were a worthy opponent a moment ago, and though you're each much stronger than when you first got here, you can't stand up to me anymore!" He was cut off as Megaframe's foot slammed into his mouth.
"Forget about someone?" she asked grinning, her metal body gleaming in the light of the setting sun behind her and the rising sun in front of her. Glacier turned to glare at her but found that her grin had faded and she was staring off in space. In her mind the computers back at the lab spoke. "New power detected... Comparing to files.... power identified... Majin Buu."
Her eyes snapped open. Buu was stronger than her! "Buu's here!" she cried back to the others. Everyone turned to look and felt the large power nearing, a power almost on par with Glacier. And then a streak of pink surged down through the sky and stopped between Megaframe and Glacier, just off to the left. Pink horns sticking out of his head and purple plates on his shoulders and antenna.
"Is... that how he's supposed to look?" Gohan asked.
Zanis shook his head. "He absorbed a Changeling, Frieza's son Tundra. And he absorbed Brolly."
Buu glanced over to Megaframe and looked at her curiously. "Never seen you before... Buu not care." He turned back to Glacier. "Buu fight you! Buu fight Glacier!" he cried, his massive muscles, the results of absorbing Brolly, flexing and rippling as he prepared for battle. "Buu get challenge! Buu fight you!"
There was a flash of pink about him and he surged in at Glacier. The tyrant pulled back in shock, he had no idea who or what this being was but he could feel it's power. At the last second he brought an arm up and blocked the incoming punch before slamming his fist into Buu's chest and knocking him backward. He charged in and the two locked into close combat. Megaframe floated back to join the others as the battle continued.
"With any luck they'll kill each other." she said watching them a moment longer. Then she looked down to where Hiroshi and Goku were. Hiroshi held Da'kar in his arms while Goku was holding Goten. Suddenly her eyes began to glow brighter and brighter as she watched Goku. /No, get out of my head!/ she screamed at the distant computers.
Destroy Goku. The distant computer ordered as it slowly took control of her body.
I said, get out! With a scream she grabbed her head, her aura flaring up around her. A moment later, deep in space, the lab exploded. Panting she relaxed and looked at the others, all of them looking at her oddly. "I'm fine..." she said shaking her head. "And you don't have to worry about anything else Gero may have created... I just overloaded his space lab..." /And freed myself./ she added silently.
Gohan finally turned his eyes from the battle and dropped down to join his father. "We'll revive them both." he said to Hiroshi and Goku. "Once this battle is over." The other two nodded as they laid the boys on the ground again. Gohan looked up as the others all landed with him.
"So do we just wait?" Zanis asked.
"That's our best option." Vegeta replied. "Wait until one of them is dead and then take out the other."
Up in the sky Buu pulled back from the fight and then smashed his foot into Glacier's face. The tyrant stabilized himself and then blasted a stream of energy at Buu. The pink creature batted it away and charged in for another attack. Glacier flipped over him and smashed his knee into his back. Spinning around the two began to trade blows again. Each of the tyrant's blows smashed into the other creature with thunderous cracks.
As the battle raged on the rising sun drifted higher in the sky and Shiko finally regain consciousness joining up with the others again. "How long have they been fighting?" she asked them.
"Almost an hour now." Piccolo replied. "Glacier's not doing so well."
Piccolo wasn't the only one to notice this, Buu noticed this as well. "It's time to end this! Buu getting bored!" He thrust his arms forward and a massive stream of pink energy engulfed Glacier. When the light faded Glacier lowered his arms panting heavily.
"There's... no... way..." he rasped staring at Buu in disbelief. "That's... it... I've had it... with all of... you!" He raised one arm above his head and fired a ball of orange KI into the sky which exploded in a brilliant flash. A grinding sound echoed up from the palace below them and the ceiling slid open. Out of the hole emerged Glacier's 'Gateway'. "Now... I'll absorb... all of the dark energies! My power will be un-surpassed!" He descended quickly and entered the devise. Suddenly it began to spin and whir, energy danced within and Glacier laughed.
"No!" Shin cried. "This is how... this is what freed Gudrun!"
"What!" Gohan cried. There was a blinding flash from the Gateway and it exploded. Glacier floated there, a black glow about him, grinning up at the others. Suddenly his grin vanished and he clutched his head screaming. The black aura shrank away into Glacier's body which began to ripple and bulge. There was a violent scream from Glacier and he exploded.
In his place floated a woman in Kai clothes with long orange hair and soft blue skin. She turned her black eyes up to where Buu floated and smirked. The others all stared at her in fear and disbelief. Her power was enormous! Almost twice that of what Glacier had had. Suddenly she launched into the air and slammed her fist into Buu's stomach. His eyes bulged and he doubled over in pain, his entire body rippling. Suddenly two people fell out of his body, Tundra and Brolly. Gudrun smirked as Buu reverted to his thin gray form. "Good riddance!" she laughed firing a stream of red energy that completely incinerated the creature.
"Wait!" Goku called as Megaframe launched into the air. She ignored him and continued her ascent unnoticed by the Kai. Coming up behind her she wrapped her arms and legs around her.
"What!" Gudrun cried in shock. Then she felt Megaframe's power and smirked.
"I didn't ask for this power." Megaframe said just loud enough for those on the ground to hear. "But I'll be damned if I'll let it go to waste!" Energy began to coarse over her body, light began to flow from her eyes and mouth, and her body began to bulge. A second later there was a massive explosion as her self-destruct systems finished their task. Even before the smoke cleared they could sense Gudrun. She'd survived but her power had dropped thanks to the attack. However, they knew it wasn't enough to help them.
Vegeta looked over to where Goku stood. "We've only got one chance." he said.
Goku nodded in agreement but Shin stepped in. "The dance isn't strong enough." he said removing his earrings. "Here, use these. Put them on opposite ears and you'll be fused permanently. The resulting warrior will be stronger than what the dance would produce."
Chapter Forty-six - Gudrun Returns!
Glacier hadn't expected the speed at which Hiroku charged him. The fusion slammed his fist into Glacier's face with his full force knocking him backward. Hiroku charged in again and began to slam his fists against Glacier with thunderous cracks. The others all stayed back and watch on in shock, thought none of them had enough power to be of much help in the fight anyway.
There was a sudden and resounding crack as Glacier smashed his knee into Hiroku's stomach and then head butted him following up with a kick to the chest that sent him flying backward. "Damn you Sai-jins!" he roared. In a flash he surged in and began to pound on Hiroku savagely.
Back where the others still floated Matrix turned to look at Mainframe. "I'd say now would be a good time." she said. "With two of us fighting him We'd have a better chance of wining." Mainframe nodded and floated closer to her. The two turned and touched back to back. A blue glow formed around Matrix while a purple one formed around Mainframe, unnoticed by anyone else there.
The two glows began to mix together as streams of silver pulled from each of their bodies and began to flow into each other. Suddenly a silvery liquid tore free of their bodies and began to swirl about them gaining the attention of the Z Warriors. The swirling liquid began to glow a dark purple, wispy streams of orange and green energy reached out from the swirling sphere which finally drew the attentions of Hiroku and Glacier. There was a pulse of light from the sphere and the two powers of the androids vanished, replaced by one much higher power... not quite as powerful as Hiroku but quite close.
The glowing began to fade and reveal the swirling sphere of gray liquid. It shimmered in the suns for a moment before shrinking down into a form and vanishing, leaving a single person behind. The person looked female and was a solid gun metal gray color, like nothing more than a silhouette. Her eyes opened slowly to reveal two black recesses inside of which a small red light drifted allowing her to see.
Within Deep Space Lab Omega a computer beeped as lines of text began to appear on screen. "Megaframe now on-line. Activating connection. Connection established. Loading Software... Transmitting software... Installing Software... Running software. Loading analysis program........................ Program loaded. Computing situation.... one moment please."
Silence pervaded through the empty lab as the computer busily processed all the data Mainframe and Matrix had gathered up to this point. Then the terminal beeped again. "Data processed... Threat Glacier acknowledged... eliminate. Loading combat program... initializing... Program running. Loading 'Matrix' AI file... complete..."
Back on New Namek Megaframe had yet to move, simply floating and staring across the way at Glacier as the computer systems within struggled to catch up to the current situation. After a moment her red eyes began to glow. She looked down at herself and then back up at Glacier, smirking. "Now this is cool." she said. Suddenly she launched in at Glacier and began to attack him. A moment later Hiroku came up beside her and started fighting with him as well.
"Gero must have really not liked Goku." Hiroku said ducking under a tail swipe.
Megaframe smirked. "Hate dosen't seem quite strong enough." she replied smashing her fist into Glacier's face.
Hiroku grinned as he drove his knee into Glacier's stomach doubling the tyrant over. As he pulled back Megaframe came in and launched a kick at the side of the tyrants head. Glacier brought his arm up and blocked her kick before smashing his fist into her metal stomach.
"Final Flash!" Glacier whirled around to find Vegeta's attack surging at him, he'd not even known the prince had gotten behind him. He reached his arms out and caught the attack with a grin and began to push it back. However Hiroku and Megaframe's feet came surging in and smashed into the back of his head knocking him into the attack.
There was a roar of fury from within the golden stream of energy and the attack was suddenly shattered. Glacier floated panting lightly, smoke drifting off his body. "I'm going to tear you all limb from limb!" he cried. Suddenly he surged in at Hiroku and smashed his fist into the fusion's face with a resounding crack. Then he slipped around behind him and jammed his knee into his back before smashing his elbow into the top of his head and knocking him toward the ground. Glacier charged down after him and jammed his fists into Hiroku's back and plowed him down into the ground. As the tyrant drifted back into the air there was a flash from Hiroku. When the light died it revealed two people starting to stand up.
Hiroshi's normal spiky hair hung down over his shoulders, his muscles were larger than normal, and his red aura was laced with blue and white. The transformed state of the Neo Sai-jin. Beside him Goku was getting to his feet. His black hair hanging down over his face as he stood, red fur covering his arms, and tail swishing around behind him. As he got to his feet he turned his red fur outlined golden eyes up toward Glacier as his large muscles flexed in their silent cries to attack.
Glacier began laughing. "And so it ends! You were a worthy opponent a moment ago, and though you're each much stronger than when you first got here, you can't stand up to me anymore!" He was cut off as Megaframe's foot slammed into his mouth.
"Forget about someone?" she asked grinning, her metal body gleaming in the light of the setting sun behind her and the rising sun in front of her. Glacier turned to glare at her but found that her grin had faded and she was staring off in space. In her mind the computers back at the lab spoke. "New power detected... Comparing to files.... power identified... Majin Buu."
Her eyes snapped open. Buu was stronger than her! "Buu's here!" she cried back to the others. Everyone turned to look and felt the large power nearing, a power almost on par with Glacier. And then a streak of pink surged down through the sky and stopped between Megaframe and Glacier, just off to the left. Pink horns sticking out of his head and purple plates on his shoulders and antenna.
"Is... that how he's supposed to look?" Gohan asked.
Zanis shook his head. "He absorbed a Changeling, Frieza's son Tundra. And he absorbed Brolly."
Buu glanced over to Megaframe and looked at her curiously. "Never seen you before... Buu not care." He turned back to Glacier. "Buu fight you! Buu fight Glacier!" he cried, his massive muscles, the results of absorbing Brolly, flexing and rippling as he prepared for battle. "Buu get challenge! Buu fight you!"
There was a flash of pink about him and he surged in at Glacier. The tyrant pulled back in shock, he had no idea who or what this being was but he could feel it's power. At the last second he brought an arm up and blocked the incoming punch before slamming his fist into Buu's chest and knocking him backward. He charged in and the two locked into close combat. Megaframe floated back to join the others as the battle continued.
"With any luck they'll kill each other." she said watching them a moment longer. Then she looked down to where Hiroshi and Goku were. Hiroshi held Da'kar in his arms while Goku was holding Goten. Suddenly her eyes began to glow brighter and brighter as she watched Goku. /No, get out of my head!/ she screamed at the distant computers.
Destroy Goku. The distant computer ordered as it slowly took control of her body.
I said, get out! With a scream she grabbed her head, her aura flaring up around her. A moment later, deep in space, the lab exploded. Panting she relaxed and looked at the others, all of them looking at her oddly. "I'm fine..." she said shaking her head. "And you don't have to worry about anything else Gero may have created... I just overloaded his space lab..." /And freed myself./ she added silently.
Gohan finally turned his eyes from the battle and dropped down to join his father. "We'll revive them both." he said to Hiroshi and Goku. "Once this battle is over." The other two nodded as they laid the boys on the ground again. Gohan looked up as the others all landed with him.
"So do we just wait?" Zanis asked.
"That's our best option." Vegeta replied. "Wait until one of them is dead and then take out the other."
Up in the sky Buu pulled back from the fight and then smashed his foot into Glacier's face. The tyrant stabilized himself and then blasted a stream of energy at Buu. The pink creature batted it away and charged in for another attack. Glacier flipped over him and smashed his knee into his back. Spinning around the two began to trade blows again. Each of the tyrant's blows smashed into the other creature with thunderous cracks.
As the battle raged on the rising sun drifted higher in the sky and Shiko finally regain consciousness joining up with the others again. "How long have they been fighting?" she asked them.
"Almost an hour now." Piccolo replied. "Glacier's not doing so well."
Piccolo wasn't the only one to notice this, Buu noticed this as well. "It's time to end this! Buu getting bored!" He thrust his arms forward and a massive stream of pink energy engulfed Glacier. When the light faded Glacier lowered his arms panting heavily.
"There's... no... way..." he rasped staring at Buu in disbelief. "That's... it... I've had it... with all of... you!" He raised one arm above his head and fired a ball of orange KI into the sky which exploded in a brilliant flash. A grinding sound echoed up from the palace below them and the ceiling slid open. Out of the hole emerged Glacier's 'Gateway'. "Now... I'll absorb... all of the dark energies! My power will be un-surpassed!" He descended quickly and entered the devise. Suddenly it began to spin and whir, energy danced within and Glacier laughed.
"No!" Shin cried. "This is how... this is what freed Gudrun!"
"What!" Gohan cried. There was a blinding flash from the Gateway and it exploded. Glacier floated there, a black glow about him, grinning up at the others. Suddenly his grin vanished and he clutched his head screaming. The black aura shrank away into Glacier's body which began to ripple and bulge. There was a violent scream from Glacier and he exploded.
In his place floated a woman in Kai clothes with long orange hair and soft blue skin. She turned her black eyes up to where Buu floated and smirked. The others all stared at her in fear and disbelief. Her power was enormous! Almost twice that of what Glacier had had. Suddenly she launched into the air and slammed her fist into Buu's stomach. His eyes bulged and he doubled over in pain, his entire body rippling. Suddenly two people fell out of his body, Tundra and Brolly. Gudrun smirked as Buu reverted to his thin gray form. "Good riddance!" she laughed firing a stream of red energy that completely incinerated the creature.
"Wait!" Goku called as Megaframe launched into the air. She ignored him and continued her ascent unnoticed by the Kai. Coming up behind her she wrapped her arms and legs around her.
"What!" Gudrun cried in shock. Then she felt Megaframe's power and smirked.
"I didn't ask for this power." Megaframe said just loud enough for those on the ground to hear. "But I'll be damned if I'll let it go to waste!" Energy began to coarse over her body, light began to flow from her eyes and mouth, and her body began to bulge. A second later there was a massive explosion as her self-destruct systems finished their task. Even before the smoke cleared they could sense Gudrun. She'd survived but her power had dropped thanks to the attack. However, they knew it wasn't enough to help them.
Vegeta looked over to where Goku stood. "We've only got one chance." he said.
Goku nodded in agreement but Shin stepped in. "The dance isn't strong enough." he said removing his earrings. "Here, use these. Put them on opposite ears and you'll be fused permanently. The resulting warrior will be stronger than what the dance would produce."