JDX: Yep, the arc's name Altered History relates to the bad guy hiding in the shadows, whom I don't think will be making any cameo's in this saga. That may change, but as it stands he wont be heard from. I've also realized that this is going to be a shorter saga than I'd first expected. Oh well, no big deal. Oh, and the guy who helps out Krillin in this chapter isn't exactly a main character. He'll make appearnces during the various sagas whenever I need some random good-guy warrior.
Chapter Three - Arrival
Piccolo watched the two sparring across from him. Videl already had a rather good understanding of hand to hand combat thanks to her father so all Piccolo had to teach her was the added elements KI introduced. To guard above you all the time, and below you while flying, and to know when to use a KI attack. Right now she was giving Gohan a run for his money... of course, the kid was holding back a bit too.
Piccolo glanced over at the gravity settings and turned it up another 5 G's to 15. He noticed the two kids slow down in their motions but they kept on going. He smirked as Gohan suddenly face planted as Videl tripped him up. "Keep your eyes open kid." Piccolo laughed. Videl just grinned as she held out a hand, light purple energy sparking about her palm. Just as Gohan got up the blast of energy tore free of her small hand and smacked him on the head knocking him back down.
Piccolo glanced away from the duo as he felt powers nearing. Without even looking he flipped off the gravity machine. "You're grandfather's back." he said walking toward the door. The two kids followed after him. Sure enough, Bardock descended from the sky a moment later with Appla at his side.
"We have to move quickly." he said looking at them. "The ship on it's way here isn't friendly, and will be landing in less than twenty minutes. I'm not even sure where we should go really, neither our scouters or our senses can get through their shielding and they've vanished from the radars."
Piccolo nodded. "So, the embassy then? If they plan to attack, that would be a good point to start."
"Maybe, if they know about it." Appla said. "But there's no telling how old their information is. Still, it's the best option we have. Krillin's still the waiting so he should be able to do something until we get back."
Piccolo nodded and the five people lifted into the air and sped off toward the embassy.
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Krillin stood at the entry to the Embassy with Bulma, Chi-Chi, and Hercule standing behind him. They'd originally only been waiting for Bardock and the others to return. Now they were watching a large, round, purple, saucer like ship descend through the atmosphere. Krillin still couldn't sense anyone inside the ship and that had him nervous, he didn't know what he was getting himself into. He glanced back at the others, "Stay here, okay? I'll go check this out." They all nodded and Krillin launched into the air.
The Embassy had already released a public statement announcing that the ship was coming and asking people to stay clear until it's 'origins and intentions' could be determined. Despite the fact that they already knew that. When King Vegeta had been contacted about the situation he'd requested that they try and keep those on board alive if possible for trial. They'd killed countless people just so they could steal the planet's resources, and he intended it to end at Earth.
Krillin's white aura blinked out of existence as he landed about twenty yards from what seemed to be the front of the ship. He glanced to his right at as he felt another power land beside him. He recognized the large blue alien as Dubibub, he looked like an eight foot bowl of blue-berry Jell-O. He was the strongest non Sai-jin alien on the planet, but quite as strong as Krillin.
"Thought you might like some help if these guys are hostile." Dubibub said in a bizarrely deep voice. "Which I don't doubt... I know this ship."
"You do?!" Krillin asked surprised.
"I was passing through the Ceria system a few years ago. Saw this thing heading towards Ceria but didn't think anything of it... then I heard what happened to Ceria." Krillin nodded. He'd just be informed about that a few hours ago. "Don't know how good we'll be though... the Ceria-jin champion had a power level of over eighty thousand last I heard..."
"Oh that's great." Krillin said turning toward the ship again. "I hope Bardock's got the others and on his way back..."
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Inside the ship a tall man with a muscular build walked down one of the halls slowly. The ship wouldn't be landing for a few more minutes yet, he had some time. Reaching up he fiddled with the inside black cloak that hid his entire body from view. His green antenna's bobbed up and down as he walked. At last he reached his destination. A set of dark purple doors slid open and he stepped through into the large command room where his father sat in his throne. "We have reached out destination." he said as the doors closed behind him.
A second later he felt the gentle jostle of the ship as it settled into it's landing gear. His father smiled. "Good, begin the process and send out the troops."
"Yes father." he said bowing. He turned and walked over to one of the consoles where a short pink alien sat. "You heard my father, launch the terra-freeze systems and order the troops to establish control."
"At once Master Sanil, at once..." the alien said in shrill voice as it hurriedly pushed button after button and flipped several switches.
"How long will this take?" Sanil's father asked.
"Only a few hours my lord." the pink alien replied quickly.
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Krillin took a step back and readied himself for anything as steam hissed from the ship and the wall began to open up into a set of stairs. He watched as two lines of people in hard white armors that reminded him of Frieza's exoskeleton began to file out of the ship. After only a few moments there were about five dozen of them, and now that they were out of the ship Krillin could sense them all. He wasn't worried about them... but they were being led by someone...
"Who are you and what do you want with Earth?" Krillin called out. One of the Soldiers stepped forward just as another hiss came from the top of the ship. Krillin looked up as a black object shot into the sky. Shortly after it vanished from view thick black clouds began to spread from above the ship turning the mid-morning light into an early night.
The soldier turned his head up and watched the clouds form for a moment, shielding his eyes from the glare of the sun. After a moment he lowered his head and looked across at Krillin and Dubibub. "Stay out of our way and we wont have to kill you. You probably wont survive the cold anyway but you'll live longer at least."
"You can't just come to our and start bossing us around you know." Krillin said shifting into a fighting stance.
The armored alien shook his head. "It's not your world anymore. It belongs to Master Sanil and his father Lord Slug now. Keep out of our way or we will kill you."
"Ha!" Dubibub laughed. "I may be new to sensing power levels but I can tell that you're all weaklings!" With that he raised an arm and blasted a stream of white energy across the way at the aliens. The blast hit them and exploded taking out a few of them. The other soldiers looked at their fallen comrades and then launched in at Krillin and Dubibub.
Both warriors were taking out most of the soldiers with only a few blows. There were a few that were causing problems and just wouldn't go down, but most of them didn't stand a chance. "Clear out!" Dubibub suddenly called out. Krillin looked up and saw his hold body glowing. Not sure what the odd alien was doing Krillin moved away from the battle. A moment later there was a loud crack and flash of white from the alien and a stream of white energy as large as the alien shot down at the soldiers below him.
The beam hit the ground and caused a strong enough explosion to knock Chi-Chi and the others, still back at the embassy, off of their feet. Krillin shielded his eyes from the explosion. When he was able to see what was going on again he saw only a handful of soldiers still standing. Most were either dead or out cold. Krillin started smiling but suddenly stopped as a new power came to his senses. His eyes drifted toward the ship's door as a form stepped out.
He was a tall orange man with small horns. Behind him came a short orange/brown man with spikes on his body and wings. Lastly a man with light blue skin, blond hair, and horns. His eyes widened in fear and worry. The weakest of the three was about four times stronger than him... and the strongest was more than twelve times stronger. Things did not look good.
"I must say," the blond began. "That I do admire your spirit. But your mission was a failure before it even began."
"Just wait until Piccolo and Bardock get here!" Krillin called down. "They'll take care of you!"
The blond laughed. "Oh Really? Bardock's a Sai-jin name, isn't it? I doubt he'll be any challenge. But first, we'll deal with you two. Kamandur, if you would please."
The large orange man stepped forward. "It would be my pleasure Angira." he said looking up at them. In a flash he charged up into the air and slammed his fist Dubibub's stomach and then kick him in the face knocking him out. He turned and charged in at Krillin. He smashed his foot into the side of the short Human's head before landing a double fisted blow to his back that knocked him down into the ground. Krillin rolled over onto his back painfully and looked up at Kamandur.
He stared at the large man's grinning face for a moment, wincing as his body ached with every new breath. Then he felt it... or rather, them. "They're here!" he cried raggedly.
Kamandur cocked an eyebrow and looked back at the other two who shrugged. Suddenly the area was bathed in green, blue, and white lights. The three looked up to see Piccolo and the others land beside Krillin. As soon as Gohan saw his friend he ran over to him, with Videl at his side.
"Are you okay Krillin?" Gohan asked dropping down beside him.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. Just be careful you two, these guys are strong..."
Chapter Three - Arrival
Piccolo watched the two sparring across from him. Videl already had a rather good understanding of hand to hand combat thanks to her father so all Piccolo had to teach her was the added elements KI introduced. To guard above you all the time, and below you while flying, and to know when to use a KI attack. Right now she was giving Gohan a run for his money... of course, the kid was holding back a bit too.
Piccolo glanced over at the gravity settings and turned it up another 5 G's to 15. He noticed the two kids slow down in their motions but they kept on going. He smirked as Gohan suddenly face planted as Videl tripped him up. "Keep your eyes open kid." Piccolo laughed. Videl just grinned as she held out a hand, light purple energy sparking about her palm. Just as Gohan got up the blast of energy tore free of her small hand and smacked him on the head knocking him back down.
Piccolo glanced away from the duo as he felt powers nearing. Without even looking he flipped off the gravity machine. "You're grandfather's back." he said walking toward the door. The two kids followed after him. Sure enough, Bardock descended from the sky a moment later with Appla at his side.
"We have to move quickly." he said looking at them. "The ship on it's way here isn't friendly, and will be landing in less than twenty minutes. I'm not even sure where we should go really, neither our scouters or our senses can get through their shielding and they've vanished from the radars."
Piccolo nodded. "So, the embassy then? If they plan to attack, that would be a good point to start."
"Maybe, if they know about it." Appla said. "But there's no telling how old their information is. Still, it's the best option we have. Krillin's still the waiting so he should be able to do something until we get back."
Piccolo nodded and the five people lifted into the air and sped off toward the embassy.
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Krillin stood at the entry to the Embassy with Bulma, Chi-Chi, and Hercule standing behind him. They'd originally only been waiting for Bardock and the others to return. Now they were watching a large, round, purple, saucer like ship descend through the atmosphere. Krillin still couldn't sense anyone inside the ship and that had him nervous, he didn't know what he was getting himself into. He glanced back at the others, "Stay here, okay? I'll go check this out." They all nodded and Krillin launched into the air.
The Embassy had already released a public statement announcing that the ship was coming and asking people to stay clear until it's 'origins and intentions' could be determined. Despite the fact that they already knew that. When King Vegeta had been contacted about the situation he'd requested that they try and keep those on board alive if possible for trial. They'd killed countless people just so they could steal the planet's resources, and he intended it to end at Earth.
Krillin's white aura blinked out of existence as he landed about twenty yards from what seemed to be the front of the ship. He glanced to his right at as he felt another power land beside him. He recognized the large blue alien as Dubibub, he looked like an eight foot bowl of blue-berry Jell-O. He was the strongest non Sai-jin alien on the planet, but quite as strong as Krillin.
"Thought you might like some help if these guys are hostile." Dubibub said in a bizarrely deep voice. "Which I don't doubt... I know this ship."
"You do?!" Krillin asked surprised.
"I was passing through the Ceria system a few years ago. Saw this thing heading towards Ceria but didn't think anything of it... then I heard what happened to Ceria." Krillin nodded. He'd just be informed about that a few hours ago. "Don't know how good we'll be though... the Ceria-jin champion had a power level of over eighty thousand last I heard..."
"Oh that's great." Krillin said turning toward the ship again. "I hope Bardock's got the others and on his way back..."
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Inside the ship a tall man with a muscular build walked down one of the halls slowly. The ship wouldn't be landing for a few more minutes yet, he had some time. Reaching up he fiddled with the inside black cloak that hid his entire body from view. His green antenna's bobbed up and down as he walked. At last he reached his destination. A set of dark purple doors slid open and he stepped through into the large command room where his father sat in his throne. "We have reached out destination." he said as the doors closed behind him.
A second later he felt the gentle jostle of the ship as it settled into it's landing gear. His father smiled. "Good, begin the process and send out the troops."
"Yes father." he said bowing. He turned and walked over to one of the consoles where a short pink alien sat. "You heard my father, launch the terra-freeze systems and order the troops to establish control."
"At once Master Sanil, at once..." the alien said in shrill voice as it hurriedly pushed button after button and flipped several switches.
"How long will this take?" Sanil's father asked.
"Only a few hours my lord." the pink alien replied quickly.
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Krillin took a step back and readied himself for anything as steam hissed from the ship and the wall began to open up into a set of stairs. He watched as two lines of people in hard white armors that reminded him of Frieza's exoskeleton began to file out of the ship. After only a few moments there were about five dozen of them, and now that they were out of the ship Krillin could sense them all. He wasn't worried about them... but they were being led by someone...
"Who are you and what do you want with Earth?" Krillin called out. One of the Soldiers stepped forward just as another hiss came from the top of the ship. Krillin looked up as a black object shot into the sky. Shortly after it vanished from view thick black clouds began to spread from above the ship turning the mid-morning light into an early night.
The soldier turned his head up and watched the clouds form for a moment, shielding his eyes from the glare of the sun. After a moment he lowered his head and looked across at Krillin and Dubibub. "Stay out of our way and we wont have to kill you. You probably wont survive the cold anyway but you'll live longer at least."
"You can't just come to our and start bossing us around you know." Krillin said shifting into a fighting stance.
The armored alien shook his head. "It's not your world anymore. It belongs to Master Sanil and his father Lord Slug now. Keep out of our way or we will kill you."
"Ha!" Dubibub laughed. "I may be new to sensing power levels but I can tell that you're all weaklings!" With that he raised an arm and blasted a stream of white energy across the way at the aliens. The blast hit them and exploded taking out a few of them. The other soldiers looked at their fallen comrades and then launched in at Krillin and Dubibub.
Both warriors were taking out most of the soldiers with only a few blows. There were a few that were causing problems and just wouldn't go down, but most of them didn't stand a chance. "Clear out!" Dubibub suddenly called out. Krillin looked up and saw his hold body glowing. Not sure what the odd alien was doing Krillin moved away from the battle. A moment later there was a loud crack and flash of white from the alien and a stream of white energy as large as the alien shot down at the soldiers below him.
The beam hit the ground and caused a strong enough explosion to knock Chi-Chi and the others, still back at the embassy, off of their feet. Krillin shielded his eyes from the explosion. When he was able to see what was going on again he saw only a handful of soldiers still standing. Most were either dead or out cold. Krillin started smiling but suddenly stopped as a new power came to his senses. His eyes drifted toward the ship's door as a form stepped out.
He was a tall orange man with small horns. Behind him came a short orange/brown man with spikes on his body and wings. Lastly a man with light blue skin, blond hair, and horns. His eyes widened in fear and worry. The weakest of the three was about four times stronger than him... and the strongest was more than twelve times stronger. Things did not look good.
"I must say," the blond began. "That I do admire your spirit. But your mission was a failure before it even began."
"Just wait until Piccolo and Bardock get here!" Krillin called down. "They'll take care of you!"
The blond laughed. "Oh Really? Bardock's a Sai-jin name, isn't it? I doubt he'll be any challenge. But first, we'll deal with you two. Kamandur, if you would please."
The large orange man stepped forward. "It would be my pleasure Angira." he said looking up at them. In a flash he charged up into the air and slammed his fist Dubibub's stomach and then kick him in the face knocking him out. He turned and charged in at Krillin. He smashed his foot into the side of the short Human's head before landing a double fisted blow to his back that knocked him down into the ground. Krillin rolled over onto his back painfully and looked up at Kamandur.
He stared at the large man's grinning face for a moment, wincing as his body ached with every new breath. Then he felt it... or rather, them. "They're here!" he cried raggedly.
Kamandur cocked an eyebrow and looked back at the other two who shrugged. Suddenly the area was bathed in green, blue, and white lights. The three looked up to see Piccolo and the others land beside Krillin. As soon as Gohan saw his friend he ran over to him, with Videl at his side.
"Are you okay Krillin?" Gohan asked dropping down beside him.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. Just be careful you two, these guys are strong..."