Vegita's Perspective, The Battlefield, 10:20p.m
"THAT'S IT!!! I'm through playing with you!!" Vegita roared as he pumped up his power level even higher.
To say that the Saiyan prince was frustrated did not do the reality justice at all as he launched a new attack at his android adversary. For the past hour and a half he had been locked in battle with these overgrown toasters and so far the most he or any of the others had been able to do was blast an arm or a leg off of them. Not that he expected anything more than that from Kakarott or the others but to find that he was in the same league was intolerable. He was a prince that automatically should put him well above all others but still he struggled to gain an advantage in this fight. The one saving grace in this battle was that whoever designed these mechanical monsters failed to include a limb regeneration ability into them. While this fact did not guarantee them victory it at least ensured that any damage done to them would be permanent. Encouraged by this fact Prince Vegita fired a barrage of meteor shower-like energy blasts at his opponent knowing full well that none of them would make contact. This of course was all a part of his plan as he immediately used his super speed to zip through the barrier of fire and smoke his attacks had created to seemingly reappear behind his adversary. Timing his reappearance to coincide with a punch he fully expected to make contact with his attack but at the last second the android turned around and caught the punch before it could make contact. The android that looked like a teenage boy smiled in apparent triumph but that smile faltered as he saw Vegita had an even wider one on his face. For a moment the mechanical being could not understand the reason for the Saiyan's positive attitude since his attack had been thwarted. It was then at that moment that the android realized his mistake but it was too late to block the true attack that was coming. Before his opponent could move Vegita opened his mouth and unleashed a powerful move inspired by his departed former partner Nappa.
When the Saiyan prince was convinced that he had expelled enough energy he stopped firing and waited to see the results of his ingenious work. He had anticipated that the android would be expecting his first attack so he used it as a set-up for his second and caught the robot completely off-guard. He grinned arrogantly as he waited for the badly charred and sparking remains of his adversary but was slightly puzzled at why the android's grip on his fist seemed as strong as ever. That little problem was resolved quickly when the smoke cleared and he was greeted with a sight that had him going from shocked to furious in the space of a few seconds. The android was still functional and aside from burning off the pseudo flesh and cloths it appeared that all Vegita had succeeded in doing was ruining the shiny finish of the metal frame.
"A cunning strategy Vegita but I am afraid that you'll have to work harder if you hope to finish me off." Said the android with the taunt clear in how he spoke to the former prince.
Not waiting for a reply the android twisted the Saiyan's wrist sharply and a sickening snap confirmed that Vegita's right wrist was now broken. As if to capitalize on this the android slammed a kick hard into the Saiyan's back before releasing him to fall to the ground below. Unfortunately for the android it underestimated the bull-headedness of the prince as Vegita stopped ten feet down and shot right back up to head-butt the android in the chin. It's motor functions momentarily interrupted Vegita grabbed it's right arm and with all of his strength thrust his right foot up severing the arm completely from the main body.
"I see your wrist android and raise you an arm!" Vegita said with a chuckle as he crushed he hand portion of the arm to emphasize the point.
With it's false-flesh burned off it was hard to tell what emotion the android was conveying but in a moment it didn't really matter as once more they began to trade blows and blocks.
Capsule Corps, Front Entrance, 10:30p.m
"You have no idea how long I have waited for this day!" Glory exclaimed as she lifted the last dragonball high above her head and looked at it.
She had almost given up hope that this day would ever come but now she finally had the means to return to her home dimension and reclaim all she had lost. Despite what some might think she had been in this dimension on Earth for far longer than the twenty-some years that Ben or she appeared to be and quite frankly she was tired of this existence. The limitations, the boredom and the overabundance of these weakling mortals who constantly tried to get in the way of her returning home. Oh she managed to lighten things up every once and awhile with the odd rampage and carnage but even that lost it's charm after the first century or so which left her to find other things to occupy her time. That was all about to come to and end though, with only a few choice words to a magical dragon she would be home and this cesspool would be only a memory.
"Yes … well I hope it's everything you hoped for so long as you hold up your end of the bargain." The andoid said as he tried to keep from rolling his eyes at Glorificus' theatrics.
"Yeah, yeah, I promise to let you and your buddies have free will and all that" , Glory stated as she waved in a distracted manner in his direction without looking away from her prize, "but only if you keep these goodie-goodies busy long enough for me to get what I want."
"I don't think that'll be a problem." , the android stated with a sick grin, "Travers may have been foolish to think he could control us but he was accurate as far as our ability to kill these warriors. Frankly I don't know why androids 17 and 18 had any trouble with them whatsoever. They're pushovers."
"Good" , Glory said as she began to walk away from the group, "then incinerating these yokels shouldn't take long at all. Have fun!!"
With that bit of business concluded for the moment it was time for the main event to get underway. Gesturing for her minions to finally get out from their hidey-holes her smile widened when she saw them each carrying a dragonball. As they got closer she could both feel and see as the mystical items began to pulse with energy the closer they got to one another. It was as if the pieces of the eternal dragon that resided in each of them could sense that his release was imminent and waited with eager anticipation. Well it would get it's wish very soon and she would get hers as well which meant that everyone would walk away from this happy. Well except for the Slayer and her pals but who really cared what happened to them anyway!! Still she did owe them something for the misery they caused her in keeping the Key from her so she decided that before she left this realm for home she would vaporize this continent and everyone in it. Finding a clear patch of grass that wasn't covered in rubble or burning from an errant energy blast she set the dragonball down on the ground and took a step back. Following her lead her minions placed the remaining six dragonballs down beside the seventh and with each one that was set down the pulsing glow grew bigger and brighter. Before long it was so bright that it seemed to be like a roaring campfire and Glory began to giggle with the power she could feeling coming from the spheres before her.
Raising her hands above her head she yelled "RISE OH MIGHTY DRAGON! I SUMMON YOU BY YOUR NAME, SHENRON!!!!"
For a moment nothing happened and Glory began to wonder if she had spoken the correct chant but as the stars in the sky above her began to disappear. This was not the apocalyptic sign of all the stars winking out but rather a pitch black storm cloud quickly drifting across the sky preventing the light from the stars from reaching the Earth. Accompanying this were powerful gusts of wind that almost knocked over a few nearby trees and telephone polls. The great Glorificus smiled as she watched everything happen exactly as it had been described in her books and waited for what she knew would happen next. The dragonballs began to glow brighter as they began to pulse faster and faster in synch with one another until with a mighty flash energy erupted from them and shot into the sky like upside down lightning. Only this type of energy didn't disappear as quickly as it appeared but instead grew larger and longer with every passing second. Twisting and turning around the sky the energy ceased to look anything like lightning and came to resemble a giant golden serpent. As the seconds ticked by the serpent of light began to take more definite shape as two sets of legs sprouted from it's body and a giant head began to form at the end opposite the dragonballs themselves. As the process completed itself and the golden glow faded all that was left in the sky was a huge green-scaled dragon that seemed to extend forever in every direction. Slowly, as if only to serve dramatic purposes, it lowered it's head towards the being who had summoned it with it's glowing red eyes hinting at great power and intelligence.
"STATE YOUR WISH AND IT WILL BE SO GRANTED." Boomed the voice of the Eternal Dragon Shenron.
"Oh mighty dragon I wish for you to return me to my native dimension with my powers restored it full!" Glory bellowed with glee as she waited for the surge of power and the dimensional portal to open up.
Unfortunately nothing happened and so she waited assuming that it was just taking the Eternal dragon a while to warm up for something like this. As time wore on however she began to get impatient and made this known by tapping her right foot on the ground while sending the wish granter some impatient glares. Finally after five minutes the dragon seemed to come to a decision concerning her wish but not soon enough to keep her from putting it on her top ten people/entities/things to kill list.
"YOUR WISH CANNOT BE GRANTED BECAUSE IT IS BEYOND MY POWER TO BREACH THE BARRIER WHICH SURROUNDS YOUR HOME DIMENSION." , Shenron stated in a neutral tone of voice, "MAKE ANOTHER WISH!!"
"WHAT!? You're supposed to be the all powerful Eternal Dragon Shenron! You're telling me that you can't knock down one pitiful barrier!!" , Glory yelled in fury and frustration before managing to calm herself, "Fine. Change in plans. I'll make another wish but before I do …"
Turning around with blurring speed she fired an energy blast and incinerated Oolong and Pwore who were sneaking up behind her in an attempt to ruin her plans. She had heard how they had screwed up the demon Pilafs plans to rule the world years ago and she wasn't about to let them do the same to her here.
"Now for my wish. I WISH ETERNAL DRAGON FOR YOU TO MAKE ME THE MOST POWERFUL EVIL BEING ON THE PLANET EARTH!!" , Glory roared with her rage, "IF I CAN'T RETURN HOME I'LL JUST HAVE TO MAKE THIS PATHETIC DIMENSION HOME!!"
"VERY WELL. YOUR WISH SHALL BE GRANTED!!" Shenron responded and with something just below a growl in volume his eyes glowed an impressive shade of ruby red.
As soon as the Eternal Dragon's eyes began to glow Glorificus could feel the power welling up within her. Along with the power her body began to shift and change to contain such awesome might making her seem less human with every moment.
This is going to be GREAT! Glory thought to herself as she reveled in her growing power.
Capsule Corp, What Remains of the Living Room, Five Minutes Earlier
"Well what should I do to you puny humans first?" the android wondered aloud with a look that stated that whatever it thought of it would be bad for them.
"You could let us go and find someone else to kill horribly?" Xander proposed while trying to keep his voice from cracking.
"Where would be the fun in that?" the android said in reply as he apparently pegged Xander as his first target.
Good try Xander but I don't think this is something we can talk our way out of. Willow thought to herself as her mind raced to find a way out of their current predicament.
At the moment the situation they were in seemed pretty hopeless and despite the fact that they had some of the most powerful warriors in all existence not ten feet away they were still on their own. Glory was no doubt preparing to summon the Eternal Dragon and once she did any chance they had of pulling out a victory would go straight up in smoke. The question was what to do about it and would they be able to do it in time. One thing for certain was that they had to get rid of the android first, he was the one major roadblock that kept them from leaving the places where they stood. She doubted that they could best him in a contest of strength since Goku and the others seemed to barely be holding their own against the other androids. That meant that it had to be by trickery and that set her mind whirring for a ruse or scheme that would make it past that mechanically logical mind. It was with that description that she hit upon a possibility and smiled as the beginnings of a plan formed in her mind.
"You know, I wouldn't trust Glory if I were you." , Willow stated as she casually set herself down on the debris covered couch, "After all once she's back to her hell-goddess self what makes you think that she'll care one bit about her promise to you?"
"Oh is this where you try to get me to turn on Glory so you can prepare to take us both out at once?" , the android asked with a sarcastic look on his face, "Please! If you are trying to outwit me please put a little more effort into your plan than that."
"Who says I need to? After all once Glory has gone back to her home dimension what'll keep Travers' last few cronies from using the self-destruct command they probably put in you to make you blow up real good?" , Willow said as she continued to weave her plan, "After all Glory is the only one preventing that from happening and once she's gone who knows what will happen? That is assuming of course that she doesn't decide to blow up the Earth and everyone on it before she leaves. It's a definite possibility because in case you haven't noticed she's quite insane."
Seeing where Willow was going with this Giles added "Add that to , er, the fact that she is obviously power hungry how long do you think it will be before she begins conquering other dimensions for kicks?"
The android seemed to pause for a moment to consider the possibilities in it's computer brain but the humans in the room took it as a positive sign. It meant that the android had doubts of it's own about Glorificus' intentions and goals which meant they had something to build on. Still this idea would only work if they kept his attention focused on what they were saying rather than what they were doing. It had started out small but one by one they were sneaking people out of the room towards safety, keeping a straight line in front of the robot to keep him from noticing the decrease in numbers. Willow still hadn't quite worked out what they were going to do when they got down to five or six people but they'd deal with that problem later. Right now she had to start building on the doubt that the android seemed to have about his uneasy alliance with the insane ex-but-soon-to-be-again-hell goddess.
"You do know that she feeds on people's spirits right? Whose to say what other types of energy she might try and dine on once she's back to being a goddess?" , Willow prodded as she faked looking vacantly out towards where she assumed Glory would be, "After all goddesses are immortal and get bored pretty easily. She'll have to think of something to keep herself amused over the passing millennia."
"Still she may decide to keep you around a bit longer than anyone else so long as you keep amusing her." , Giles added as he moved forward to keep the killing machine's attention focused on him, "Still that'll only last a few centuries before she begins to get annoyed at your antics and decides to take pleasure in your pain."
It was almost time for the big finale and Willow knew it would be up to her to make that happen. Giles might have the knowledge but she was the one who had the edge in power. Waiting for Xander to sneak out the door she then began to gather her power around her in preparation for the strongest non-ritualistic spell she could think of and hoped it would be enough. Time was against her though because the moment that her power level began to rise the android sensed it and clued into the reality of what they had been doing. His face went from quiet contemplation to rage in an instant and the wicca knew that it was time to strike.
"Forminos Venitae!!" she yelled and channeled all her magic through her outstretched hand towards the android.
With blinding light lightning exploded from her fingertips and hit the android squarely in the chest sending him a good ten feet up and a couple hundred yards away. For a moment the redhead merely stood there and looked stunned as she tried to figure out how she had managed to blast an all-powerful android that would have given a Super-Saiyan trouble. She wasn't given much time to contemplate this as someone, probably Giles, grabbed her by the arm and dragged her out the door. For the moment they only seemed to be running, darting down one corridor and then another with no apparent plan in mind. She knew that it wouldn't do them any good because if the android can sense life energy like Goku and the others then it wouldn't matter where they went because it would be able to track them by their energy. They needed to work on their next form of attack and they needed to hurry, she could practically feel the android getting up and swearing painful revenge. Looking around while she ran she recognized one of the corridors and broke away from Giles and headed to the right. She could hear out of the corner of her ear the former Watcher calling for her but she didn't have time to explain her plan. She needed to get to the three people who might be able to pull off a miracle and save them all like they had a dozen times before. She just hoped that she would be able to wake Buffy, Faith and Dawn from their slumber before the android she blasted showed her just how much of a bitch payback was up close and personal.
Dawn's Mind, The Dreamscape, 10:50p.m
This is one weird dream! Dawn Summers thought to herself as she watched the scene play out before her as she had for what seemed like forever.
It had been so long like this that she could barely recall her life outside of this dream, of Willow and the others and Sunnydale. Normally she would have spent her time trying to find a way out of this bizarre place but for some reason she felt compelled to continue watching these scenes play out before her, almost as if she was connected to them. At the moment she was still traveling with Verdune and Varda as their young daughter Vera as they ventured through space trying to find some place to live. They had lost the last remnants of pursuit a long time ago and now passed the time by telling stories of past battles. She could sense that Vera had greatly enjoyed these stories but also promised herself that she would one day surpass them completely and become the most powerful warrior in the entire universe. It seemed that everyone in this family had that as a long-term goal. In any case she was starting to get a little bored with the stories since they all seemed to end with the brave Verdune or Varda kicking their enemies' butts. She should have known better than to think something like that because no sooner did the thought slip through her mind than some sort of signal alarm began to beep inside the cockpit of the ship causing Verdune to make a dash for the controls. He didn't seem worried, just concerned that some sort of space anomaly was going to make swiss cheese out of their ship. Vera was apparently also concerned as she got up from her position on the floor and followed her father.
"What's up father?" Vera asked as she stared out at the starfield flying by their ship as it flew at high speeds.
"Sensors have detected a planet matching the parameters I put in." , Verdune said with a expectant grin, "Looks like we'll finally be able to get out of this tin can and breathe some real air for once."
"About time! If I had to spend one more week eating that machine dispensed slop I would have blown us all up just to put us out of our misery!" Vera declared in Dawn's voice.
"One more week daughter and I would have helped you do it!" , Verdune said with a chuckle as he was amused by his daughter's words, "Still no need to worry about that now. Prepare to come out of light-speed, we're coming in for a landing."
Dawn could feel the floor of the ship lurch at the sudden deceleration and watched planets familiar to her but unfamiliar to Vera came into view. The next few moments were routine as they flew past all the outlying planets and through the asteroid belt until they finally came upon the blue marble that was Earth and the moon that orbited it. Still something struck Dawn as odd about her home planet, there was something different but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. There were quite a few storm clouds in the skies but that could just mean some kind of atmospheric disturbance. However as she got closer she could sense that there was something that she did not see beneath the surface of what her eyes were showing that made this planet scare her very much indeed. Vera could sense this also but she put on a passive demeanor so as not to look weak in front of her parents.
They headed for and landed on what would one day be South Africa and immediately began to make their home. Verdune was in charge of the heavy lifting and construction while Varda was the one that would hunt for food and prepare it. Vera on the other hand was left to her own devices and encouraged only to continue to hone her fighting abilities. Even on another world with no other Saiyan's for light years her father insisted that she continue her training. Vera grumbled a bit but knew that eventually she would become powerful enough that she wouldn't have to take any orders from anyone ever again. Days and weeks went by with the family of three going through the same old routine that they had always followed since landing on this world. Still at the back of Dawn's mind she could feel a deep seated dread growing within her, warning her that something was coming and that it would bring an end to all this. Vera seemed unaware of this premonition but hopefully someone would pick up on the sensation and take some precautions.
It wasn't until roughly four months later that the group of Saiyans detected something might be wrong. A large portion of the local animal life was moving out of the area at a fast clip but since food and shelter were in abundance Verdune determined that something had to be spooking the animals. Their routine didn't change but nevertheless they kept their senses opened and Verdune began to wear his scouter around during the day. A week after the animals finally left the area for good and the Saiyan family decided that they would leave for another more plentiful area their scouters finally picked up the cause of the unusual behavior. There were a large group of power signals approaching from the north with some of them coming close to Verdune's level.
"About time something strong came along!" , Vera stated with eager anticipation, "I was getting bored with these endless drills."
"Practice makes perfect Vera." , Varda said admonishing her daughter, "What shall we do Verdune?"
"It's clear that these signals are coming here so we might as well wait and see what we're dealing with." , Verdune stated as he watched the readings on his scouter, "After all this is the first sign of powerful life on this planet. It might be interesting to see what they are capable of."
With that decided they waited for the signals to arrive. Vera was eager for the fight to start but Dawn was becoming increasingly worried at the feeling of dread that was welling up within her body. She wanted to scream at these people to run, to not wait for the force they had detected to arrive but nothing would happen. No sound would come from Vera's lips nor did the young Saiyan girl seem to hear Dawn's thoughts and that left the youngest summers with nothing more to do but wait. Trying to focus on something else she went back to trying to figure out how she had gotten here in the first place. The last thing that she could remember clearly was heading for the dragonballs they had acquired to keep them safe from Glory's attack force. After that it was all a fog of disorientation and pain, as if she had been hit with some kind of energy blast that completely wiped out her short-term memory. No matter how hard she tried to organize that fog into a coherent shape she might recognize it remained as ethereal as a dream several hours old. This fact only added to her fear but before she could examine it further Vera's time seemed to be up as the scouter beeped and displayed readings that stated the power levels they had been tracking were within five hundred yards.
"Get ready. They're almost here." Verdune warned as he began to power up a bit.
"Let them come. We're ready!" Vera stated with the bloodlust within her so potent that she could barely contain it.
This as far as Vera was concerned was what made a Saiyan a Saiyan. The eagerness towards battle, the desire to do battle with an opponent stronger than themselves. Dawn had to admit that if what she was experiencing through Vera was any indication of what Vegita and Goku felt during battle then she understood how they could be so carefree towards it. Verdune, Varda and Vera scanned their surroundings for signs of an ambush but from what they could tell their adversaries seemed completely unaware that their approach was being monitored. This would make things more interesting and more enjoyable since it would make it possible to manipulate their opponents into making the first move. This would let the Saiyans see what their opponents could do sooner rather than later giving them the chance to gain an early advantage.
They're almost ready to strike. Vera thought to herself as she checked the positions of the approaching enemies.
Deciding to stake her claim on one of the groups Vera started walking towards the group coming from the eastern side of their camp. Her parents understood what she was implying with this action and went in their own directions with her father predictably choosing the strongest group of enemies. They did not make their hostile intentions obvious but instead disguised them as normal activities for a group surviving in the wild. Unfortunately it quickly became apparent that these foes were too cowardly to initiate combat so her father apparently decided to force their hand in the matter. Looking straight at the location of his targets he smirked at them like a cat would look at it's cornered prey. What happened next startled both Vera and Dawn as well as brought the dread that the youngest Summers had almost forgotten about erupting to the surface. The enemies exploded from their hiding places firing energy attacks and brandishing blades with their intentions clear in their eyes. Verdune was the first to be engaged in combat in the form of a bolt of lightning that seemed to come from the hands of a robed enemy. Verdune was surprised but quickly brought his energy level up high enough to let him block the attack so that it did little damage to him. Still he looked surprised at the strength of the attack which was odd as far as Vera was concerned considering what they had read in the scouters as the enemies approached. Pressing a few buttons on her own scouter as she dodged a sword swing she found that perhaps her father's surprise was warranted as these warriors' power levels had apparently increased since the last time she took a reading.
That shouldn't be possible!! They haven't changed their shape or size!! , Vera thought to herself as her anger rose at this unexpected and seemingly impossible change in circumstances, Time to take things up a notch then!"
Putting some space between herself and her opponents she drew on the power within herself and began to power up to her maximum level. Letting out a scream of fury and determination a white aura of power sprung to life around her making it look as though she were on fire. She smiled as she saw the looks of fear that grew on the faces of her enemies and before her enemies could attack she brought both her arms up in front of herself, placed her hands against each other heel to heel, and vaporized ten of them in one blast. Temporarily bereft of opponents to stomp she looked to see how her parents were doing with their share of the bugs. What she saw caused her to lose what cocky confidence and race to her parents' aide as she saw them besieged on all sides by adversaries. Worst than anything else was that they seemed to be losing which Vera thought was impossible. Like all children she believed that their mother and father were the most powerful warriors in the galaxy and the possibility that they might lose had never before entered her mind. Yet right before her she could see the broken off pieces of armor littering the ground as well as the cuts and bruises on their bodies. Apparently these fools had discounted her as a threat because of her size and gender while choosing to focus on the adults.
Well I'll show them just how big a mistake they made in doing that! Vera thought to herself as she let loose with a barrage of energy blasts.
She focused on trying to carve away the enemies to the right and left of her parents so that they would be able to focus on the enemies in front of themselves and behind. Her energy blasts only had a marginal effect though as they seemed to be hitting some sort of invisible energy barrier around her enemies' bodies. They were still having an effect but it was taking her a great deal more time to do her job, time her parents were running out of with every attack. With a growl of frustration she abandoned her energy blasts and decided to get up close and personal. Moving almost faster than anybody could see she charged into the group throwing punches and lashing out with kicks as she went along. This seemed to be working out more to her liking as one blow seemed to work per bad guy but there were still a great many still to be dealt with before the battle would be won.
The battle seemed to last forever and Vera seemed to be making a mental note never to let herself be caught unprepared like this again as near as Dawn could tell. Good advice considering what Dawn had learned after finding out that her sister was the Slayer. Getting cocky went hand in hand with getting dead no matter what activity a person engaged in. Vera, Verdune and Varda were learning about this the hard way as they fought for their very lives against opponents they had thought so little of an hour earlier. By the present point in the battle Vera's armor already had more than a few cracks in it and her father's left arm had been rendered useless. Nevertheless they would fight on to the bitter end because they would never be able to live with themselves with they even considered running from this battle. They were not just Saiyans but also members of the royal family and that meant that they were the example that all their people aspired to one day become. More so than that the most important thing they valued was at stake here, the one thing that a Saiyan warrior cherished above all else, their pride and the pride of their people. With an almost insane determination Vera continued to fight and a confident grin seemed frozen on her face with defiance matching it in her eyes.
Pride, confidence and defiance.
These were the things that personified the Saiyan race and especially the royal family. It was what they were known for and what kept them going in battle even when things were at their worst. More often than not it was enough to see them through to victory as there was nothing more deadly than a determined Saiyan. Sometimes though fate proved unkind and to Vera it was about to be especially unkind in a way that most persons would find reprehensible. With one flash of energy from a robed figure Verdune was struck through the chest leaving a charred hole in its wake. Varda fell soon after as the death of her husband distracted her at a moment when she should have been focused on her opponent. She never saw the sword descending towards her head, never felt it cleave her skull in two before death claimed her to its bittersweet embrace. Witnessing these events it would have been easy for Vera to be shocked to the point of motionlessness but instead it fueled a rage within herself that she had never before felt. In the space of a few seconds her power level went from near empty to beyond its apex as she harnessed her feelings in such a way so as to feed her power.
Dawn shared in her feelings as though they were her own, her minds eye seeing Joyce Summers in the place of Varda and Giles instead of Verdune. In that one moment she could feel her sister Buffy's and Faith's fury alongside her own waiting to be unleashed on her unsuspecting foes. In this moment they were more Saiyan than they had ever been before for now they were going to show everyone why it was never wise to make them angry.
Capsule Corps Infirmery, 11:05p.m
Well I'd say that my time is just about up! Willow thought to herself as she felt the building shake from the direction of the living room.
She had barely stepped in the door of the infirmary before she was almost knocked off her feet by the android's return and she knew it wouldn't be long before it locked onto her and came in swinging. That meant she had mere moments to wake Buffy and the others up from their slumber or she would be a warm pile of ash inside of fifteen minutes. She didn't really have a plan for how to do this but it was the only idea she had that might send that android packing. Moving over between Buffy and Faith she began to chant an awakening spell while placing her hands over their bodies. Mere moments after she started energy arced up from the two Slayers' bodies forcing her to remove her arms from the positions they were in. Closing her eyes she muttered a brief spell in latin and then opened them to be almost blinded by the energy the three unconscious persons' bodies were giving off. Whatever they were going through it seemed to be coming to a head and she was beginning to wonder if she had done the smart thing coming here.
Just then the door burst open and Giles charged in followed by everyone else with looks of confusion in their eyes.
"Willow why did you run off?" Xander asked while looking at every conceivable point of attack in the room including the inconceivable ones.
"Look the only chance we have of not being dusted like vamps is to wake Buffy and the others up! There's no way we can stand up against that android on our own!" , Willow said as she walked over to the medical cabinet and began to look at each bottle inside, "Problem is the magical solution isn't working so it's time to try medical."
"Do you even know what you are looking for?" Giles asked as he looked over each of the sleeping girls in the hope of receiving some sort of inspiration.
"Besides looking for the most potent stimulants I can think of, um, no." Willow replied as she finally found the bottle she was looking for in the cabinet.
Grabbing three fresh needles she went over to Buffy's bed and ripped the wrapping off one of them before jabbing the pointy end into the top of the bottle. Drawing out what she thought was the right dosage, not being overly confident of her E.R. gleaned medical knowledge, she shakily injected the stimulant into Buffy's arm. Tossing the needle over her shoulder and went on to Faith since she wasn't overly concerned with cleanliness at the moment and hoping she'd have time later to deal with it properly. Once all three had been injected she stepped back knowing all that they could do now was wait and hope that Buffy and the others came to before the android arrived.
"BOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!"
All in the room were knocked to the opposite side of the room as she wall behind them shattered in a powerful explosion that saturated the air with dust. Ringing filled their ears as she gathered their senses but when they looked at the whole to discover its cause they wished they were still disoriented because it was preferable to being coherent enough to understand what they were seeing now. Before them was the same android that Willow had blasted away to give them time to escape but now he had none of that sadistic joy he had possessed when he was trying to decide what he was going to do with them. Now he was pissed and they had a feeling the next few minutes were not going to be pleasant in the least.
"Okay who wants to be first?" the android asked making it clear what kind of pain was coming their way.
"Now how can we ignore a pick-up line like that?" said three female voices in unison.
Before the android could fully turn its head towards the source it was slammed with three energy blasts that sent it not only out of the building but almost halfway across the city. Willow, Giles, Xander and the others gaped for three whole minutes in shock before the turned their heads to where the familiar female voices had come from. What they saw was a dash of the unknown mixed with the three bravest people they had ever had the priveledge to call friend.
"So what'd we miss?" Faith asked with a grin that spoke of much mayhem and destruction in the near future.