Lynx bent over an orb of milky, gray smoky quartz, concentrating the mists of the early morning's fog into it's deaths. It responded by giving off a soft glow, and when touched it felt cool, not cold, but not warm either. The held it up and grinned, then she watched with interest as Bulma and the newly arrived Chichi fussed and bustled around Raven, obviously doing something of great importance. The other Saiyan was now clothed with her own long, black, satin cloak, old ragity, colorless garbs, and worn leather sandals. What Lynx found really curious was Raven's tail was hidden in the leg of her old, graying pants, coiled around an ankle to stop it from showing, but it was odd because Raven never, ever liked her tail out of sight or wrapped around her waist, let alone hidden in her pants.
Bulma handed Raven a mirror, "is that what you wanted?"
Raven nodded after inspecting herself, "yep, thanks much."
Lynx gasped a Raven turned around, she was barely recognizable! Her bangs, which were normally dark blue, were now a deep shade of gray, so was the rest of her hair that wasn't hidden by the hood of her cloak. Even though her eyes were shaded from the hood, Lynx could tell now they were steely colored, not obsidian black. What appeared as fine wrinkles traced down her face, giving her the look that she'd aged about 80 years!
Raven took a few steps and turned, "very nice," she said, "exactly what I needed!"
Chichi surveyed her work proudly, "I hoped that would help, by the way, why do you need to look like that?"
Raven pulled the hood over her face no only one, ice steel eye showed, in a hoarse voice she said, "the tailed ones from the planet of plants will get a little surprise." She laughed a high, evil cackling laugh that would send shudders though even the bravest of souls. "I will come in the fog of night….like the wolf unto its prey…. I will strike like the cobra, my fangs sinking deep into their hearts….I will make fear burn into their very souls….freeze their blood…. stop the breath in their throats…."
Bulma shuddered, "have fun…." She broke off.
Lynx held out the gray orb out to Raven, "just hold it in your hands and think of fog, and it will come."
Raven took it and looked it over, "thank you, this will come in handy."
Lynx smiled as Raven nodded and swept off, cloak swirling behind her.
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Twenty Saiyan pods had left the ship of Saiyans, and so twenty craters were bored into the earth's surface at their landing. The captain of the group exited his ship first, cautiously surveying the land. They had landed in a clearing, not that it had mattered, anywhere would have been fine. But they were surrounded by, dense, mountain forests. Far off he could hear a stream gurgling past. A water source close by, land seems uninhabited three hundred miles square He went on making mental notes as the score of troops under his command spread out in pairs, making sure the area was clear of any enemies.
Five minutes alter, he was reported to that there no sign of life within a hundred mile area. The captain nodded and began to bark out orders in a getting a small base camp set up. Since no readings except puny earthlings crept up on his scouter, he decided it was a necessary task to make a camp. That would also impress his prince when he came.
As night fell upon the small camp. Small fires began to burn. A few Saiyans laughed as other gorged on the prey they caught. A thick haze began to form, becoming swirling clouds of gray. Not that this would bother Saiyans as they made their fires bigger because they could, the fog hid them well.
"Arik, go get some more wood," a very burly Saiyan boomed in a rather British accent, he shoved a small Saiyan out into the fog, "and be quick."
The Saiyan called Arik mumbled curses to himself and trudged gloomily through the white vapor. He ran right into a big tree and yelled in pain, clasping where he'd smacked his head. He kicked the tree in a manner that an angry child would and it toppled down, though only partway.
A high pitched laugh came from behind it and a small robed figure hobbled from the forest, in a hoarse, creepy voice the person said, "ya have ta do better than that sonny to crush a tree like that." She limped over to him, leaning heavily on her staff, patted his cheek in an extremely mocking way, and limped on.
As is, Arik was very pissed that someone would even really sneak up on him, then they insulted him, and was naught but an old, crippled, weak earth person. He raced up to her and yelled out, "state you name, earthling, you are now of a prisoner of the Saiyan crown!"
"Oh go boil your tail." She sighed and kept on walking/limping. She walked strait into the firelight of tha massive bonfire, sat down with creaky bones and a satisfying groan, and snatched a cooking fish and munched on it and threw it away, "phaw, yek, ya need ta learn how ta properly roast a water swimmer there boys."
There was a puzzled silence from the group o Saiyans. Who would walk right into a camp of powerful warriors, sit down in the best place by the fire, and insult the captain's cooking and throw it away?
"What," she stated, "mongoose got your tongue?" She listened to the quiet after this and let out her high, eerie laugh, and immediately saw the reaction when the few tails in sight poofed up like a bottlebrush, meaning they were creeped out. "I know what you're here for, and it won't come by easy."
This instantly brought words to the captain's mouth, though even he was nervous about this newcomer, "how would you know that?"
"I know things you never will boy."
"Like?"
"Like your prince has declared you and your fellows dispensable, a grain of sand that can be blown away in the breeze."
The captain grimaced as he said, "what my lord wishes shall be his."
She laughed, "so be it tailed one, though I know what you are here for, and it is close."
Mumbles traveled through the group and she continued, "the insolent brat has left the safety of the earth Saiyan's hand, she is to the west, searching for you to take out, thinking she can do it alone."
The captain of the Saiyans stood up, "west?!"
Raven, or the old earth seer nodded, "take a course wet by north west, you will come upon a deep, mountainous lake there. Deep in the water, there is a cavern filled with air. Due to her elemental control, she can breathe when there is little oxygen. But she has stupidly let down her guard, thinking she'd be safe there."
No sooner had the words left her mouth, she was alone. Raven, in her real voice, chuckled to herself. Not one left and they never questioned her about the truth in her words. From her robes she drew out a kit. Inside it has all kinds of shiny toys that could disable a ship for a long time. The very closest pod she pried off a layer of the strong metal and went to work. With only a few snips of the wire cutters and a few relining, it was reduced to a useless piece of junk.
This went on until she was finished with every single pod. By then it had been a while, no doubt the Saiyans were on their return. Raven whistled Goku's flying nimbus and hopped on, "Capsule Corporation." She said firmly and it took off without a sound. Unbeknownst to her, one Saiyan had stayed behind. He sniggered and took off, following far behind the lying phony and on his scouter; he called the mother ship for reinforcements….
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Yea, that was kinda short. Oh well, some fighting soon soon.