BM: WOW! It's been a WHILE!

JJ: Yeah, yeah, yeah, moving on

BM: Umm, about being gone digs in bag of excuses "You will meet an unfortunate end at the hands of neglected reviewers" Dang it! Who switched the bags! I sincerely apologize to my two faithful reviewers and anyone else who happens to be reading this story. And by the way, T-H-E-W-R-I-T-E-R-1-9-0, no, I like all the characters, it's just that sometimes I run out of things to do with them, sometimes I forget about them, and some characters are just a lot easier to write about, but thank you for reminding me about various glitches. Constructive criticism is always welcome!

JJ: Alright, disclaimer!

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Chapter 9 Early Earth Humans are Dangerous

Deep under the Capsule Corps. Compound, there is a large chamber. It is a chamber that very few people know about. It is a chamber that is normally quite empty, maintained by a squad of robots. It is a chamber only used in the largest of emergencies, when something is needed quite fast. One something fast is needed quite fast. That time was now.
That chamber, also known as Space Hangar Four, was now buzzing with lights and activities. Various robots and the most elite of the C.C. scientists scurried around performing numerous tasks. Oolong, Yajirobe, and 24 stood in the middle of the buzz, attempting to organize the chaos somewhat, and nearby Dr. Briefs sat, sipping coffee, and going over a checklist.
"Oolong? Have the refugee families been returned to their homes?" "Yeah Doc" Oolong replied as he rushed by, directing a scientist "24, have the families of those who were sent through time been given a comfortable place to wait and any information we may have?" "Yes doctor" the android replied "Yajirobe, how soon will the Tracker 2.0 be ready?" "Umm, Helen said it'd be ready within the hour" he replied "Good, good, oh, and how's operation hop-skip-jump going?" he asked "Almost finished" "Very good, very good, and the new armor?" "Done" "Excellent!" he nodded sagely. As he turned the page to a set of blueprints, he heard an enormous boom and saw a flash of light from behind him. The others present jumped at the intrusion into their workplace, but he merely set down his notepad, took another sip of coffee, and stood, cleaning his glasses.
"It would seem we have a visitor"

Bulma's eyes darted around the training room at the three small matches making up the larger match.
Videl easily dodged around the blows of the large mace, parrying with her own weapon when necessary. Hawkgirl moved in and out of the reach of the weapon quickly, striking out with her mace, then quickly moving back out. Both were very fast, Videl slightly faster than Hawkgirl, but Hawkgirl's considerably lighter weapon caused their speed to stalemate. Videl finally set her Kwan dao on the floor and moved in, easily passing the winged woman's defenses without her weight, and delivering a staggering blow to her stomach. With a growl, Hawkgirl discarded her mace and began to block a rain of punches and kicks. She attempted to deliver a blow, but it was easily blocked by Videl, who retaliated with a sweep. Hawkgirl quickly dodged the sweep, attempting a palm strike, but hitting only air. Videl took to the air, setting loose a ki blast, which was dodged by Hawkgirl who came in with a powerful punch to the jaw, sending her flying further into the air. The younger girl quickly recovered as she neared the wall and, planting her feet on said wall, propelled herself at Hawkgirl. She narrowly dodged and delivered a double-fisted blow to the small of Videl's back, sending her into the ground. Videl let out a cry as Hawkgirl came crashing down, narrowly dodging a bone-breaking kick. (bone-breaking for a normal person anyway). Videl's mind ran furiously at how she could gain an advantage. Finally formulating a plan, she flew directly at the winged warrior, aiming a punch. Hawkgirl prepared to dodge, but at the last moment Videl seemed to simply disappear. Hawkgirl looked around sharply until she detected movement out of the corner of her eyes. She quickly turned and used her wings to send a powerful gust of wind, slowing Videl slightly, then dodged and delivered a powerful blow to her back, sending her careening into the wall and unconsciousness.
Bulma nodded to herself as Videl lost, slightly surprised but impressed as well. She turned her attention to the other two fights, noting that Hawkgirl could help them if she chose, but for the time-being she seemed content to watch and regain her strength.
Chi Chi and Teal were in what could be called a double match. Chi Chi delivered a powerful blow to Wonder Woman's midsection, then ducked to avoid a retaliatory kick, allowing Teal to come in and grab the larger woman's leg and drag her into the air, spinning and throwing her into the ground. However, she was caught off guard by Barda, who took the moment to practically bulldoze the much smaller woman into the ground. Chi Chi attempted to take Barda off guard, but was occupied by a powerful heel drop from Wonder Woman. She narrowly dodged as Barda peeled a disoriented Teal off the ground and spun her around, throwing her into an unsuspecting Chi Chi. The two took a moment to regroup, then with a nod to each other took off again. Chi Chi took off into the air, just slightly above the ground, holding onto Teal's wrists, and threw her with astounding force right into the middle of Wonder Woman, using the same force to spin herself, sending herself flying at Barda, flying feet down into the large woman's stomach. Teal quickly began driving Wonder Woman back with a rain of kicks and punches, finally finding an opening and performing a spinning kick to knock Wonder Woman backward into the wall. She groggily recovered and narrowly dodged a foot, grabbing it and throwing the owner at Chi Chi. Chi Chi dodged, grabbing Teal and setting her down lightly, but the moment of distraction was enough for Barda to grab her and smash her into the ground as Teal stood. The only sign that Chi Chi was still conscious was her groan, and as Barda held her up to finish her, she momentarily forgot about the Saiyan on the battlefield. A large mistake. Most people believe that the flying kick is a rather impractical technique because it requires a running start. However, that is not always true. The kick Teal performed, for example, was executed from the standing position. It may be more difficult, but as Barda discovered before she got her lights kicked out, it can be done.
Teal helped the younger woman up, who was able to stand shakily on her own, and the two faced a bedraggled Hawkgirl, who had stepped in to take Barda's place, and Wonder Woman. The four smiled slightly, and then simultaneously collapsed onto the floor. Bulma ran onto the field and checked each of them, then nodded to herself.
"A tie"

Eighteen stood, slightly battered and bruised, but with a victorious smirk. Superboy lay at her feet, still slightly twitching but completely oblivious. All around her lay scattered bodies, the only signs of life being miscellaneous groans and other noises.
"Have you had enough?" she asked "Only if you promise not to hurt me anymore" Beast Boy groaned from beneath Goku and M. Trunks.
"Get me down!" Gohan shouted from where he was pinned to the ceiling by ki "Please" "I didn't put you there" she replied simply "Get down yourself" Raven chuckled slightly, wincing as her side protested, then looked down at herself. Cuts, scrapes, bruises, marks, torn clothing. But fun, very fun. Suddenly, Eighteen's eyes flew to the door, and she headed for the door, pausing to help Raven up.
"Come on, we've got better things to do" she said. She opened the door to find a beaming Marron, and the three walked down the hall and around the corner just as a certain leaguer rounded the other corner.
The door flew open, and those who were conscious looked to find Batman surveying the damage, raising an eyebrow at the demi-saiyan pinned to the ceiling. He walked calmly through the room and entered another door, then returned with mops, brooms, buckets, and towels.
"You made the mess, you clean it up" he said, walking out. It was only after he left that groans of pain and annoyance could be heard.

Krillin dodged a volley of blows from the Flash, attempting to trip him up, but only managed to receive a surprisingly strong blow to the chin, sending him flying back several feet, but he was caught by the ankle and swung around thrown into Yamcha. Seventeen came from behind them and covered them allowing for a recovery. He avoided a beam from Green Lantern's ring and narrowly dodged an attack from Manhunter, throwing a ki blast in hopes of distracting Flash and ended up behind the three. He found Krillin zipping around drawing GL's fire and Manhunter stretching around in an attempt to grab Yamcha. He flew into the middle of the fray between the latter two, throwing a few ki blasts which would chase Flash around, and between the two managed to slightly tangle Martian Manhunter up, then came up behind Green Lantern and performed a stunning blow to the back of the neck. As the three recovered, the Z Senshi regrouped.
"Man, they're tougher than I thought" Krillin muttered "What should we do?" Yamcha asked "Play it by ear" Seventeen said "Find a weakness, play off it, and try to get one of the other two of us to help you out" "Alright, let's go" Krillin dashed up to Flash, zipping around him a couple of times and then dashing off. Flash followed him, swatting at him with a couple of chops. The shorter man merely dodged and kept running. Green Lantern fired a long laser beam, nearly hitting Krillin's heel. He yelped and kept running as the blasts fell just behind him, finally running up on the wall and then up on the ceiling until he was right above Green Lantern, at which point he allowed himself to fall right on top of him, delivering a mighty kick to the head.
Seventeen flew straight at the Flash while he was occupied watching Krillin and rammed him into the wall. The man shook his head as he stood, as if to clear it, then with a growl rammed back into him with amazing speed. Seventeen picked himself up off the floor in time to see Flash's foot knocking him into the wall. He then found the Flash running up the wall and straight at him. He yelped and flew away from the wall, but Flash merely began spinning and came at him like a tornado. This became a game of Cat and mouse, Flash playing the part of the cat, and Seventeen cursed as Flash followed him everywhere. His salvation came in the form of Yamcha, who had previously been occupied with Martian Manhunter, and a rather large spinning punch. Flash staggered and Seventeen managed a slide tackle, taking down the might speed demon.
Martian Manhunter watched as his companions pulled themselves to their feet and then examined his opponents. They seemed to be the epitome of strength. He attempted to pry into their minds in search of a weakness, but was strangely unable to. He finally sighed and transformed into an enormous snake. Yamcha yelped as he wrapped him up in his coils and threw him against the wall with an audible thud. With a groan, the young fighter drew himself to his feet in time to be hit by a large hammer made of green light. While Green Lantern was occupied, Krillin attempted an encore of his previous feet, but met with a swirling red tornado and was slammed into the ceiling. Flash ran up to the ceiling to attempt a grab, but was rammed into by Seventeen, who in turn was hit by Martian Manhunter. When he attempted to retaliate, he phased through, however, and was met with a large, green, light fist.
Krillin ran at top speed along with Flash, watching his opponent. He followed him everywhere, up walls, along the ceiling, down walls, around in circles.
"Cat and Mouse is my game" Flash said "one of my favorites, give up" "Yeah right" "Okay, how about a new game, chicken" Flash said, turning around to run straight at him. Krillin grinned fiercely and ran straight at him at top speed. Suddenly, Flash waved, and he passed through him, a strange shocking sensation going through his whole body. His eyes widened as he saw the wall coming up close. And that was the last he saw of that battle. On the other side of the wall, Goku and Vegeta had just returned and were walking through the hall. Goku yelped, leaping onto the other side of Vegeta at the enormous bang and peered around him. Vegeta was laughing like a lunatic, and Goku blinked at the large, Krillin shaped impression in the wall.
"Wow! That must be some battle!" Goku said with a whistle "Let's go watch" Vegeta said Yamcha veered to the right of the large, tentacle belonging to the creature Martian Manhunter had transformed into, attempting to tie it up with the other. It easily avoided that maneuver, however, and a large, suction cup grabbed him and slammed him several times into the ground. He growled and finally broke the hold, but kept hold of the tentacle and lifted it up, attempting to slam the entire creature into the wall. He was suddenly holding onto a regular arm, which grabbed a fistful of his shirt and pulled him with incredible force into a rather large, green fist. And that was the last heard from Yamcha in that battle.
Seventeen cursed as he attempted to penetrate the barrier formed around him by GL. The lantern smirked and closed the barrier in on him. Then, it exploded, hurtling Seventeen directly into a clothesline formed by GL's own arm. The former android stood shakily and fired a ki blast, but it was easily deflected. GL fired another ring blast at him, but he deflected it, leaving an opening for a follow up, which GL capitalized on, kicking him into the wall. And that was the end of the battle.
"Wow, we actually won!" Flash exclaimed, panting heavily and nursing a large cut on his ankle. Martian Manhunter looked at the Z Senshi in fascination, then at his battered and bruised teammates, then noted his own bruises.
"Barely" he replied "No kidding" GL muttered, rubbing his head and his lip "That Krillin has a kick like a mule" "Man, I hope Batman doesn't get mad at us for that dent" Flash said as GL liberated Krillin from the wall. The leaguer in question chose that moment to enter the room, his eyes widening slightly at the sight.
"What's going on today!" he grumbled "You better clean up your mess" he warned before leaving the room. Flash sighed.
"I knew it" he muttered. Goku and Vegeta came in at that point, and Goku moaned in disappointment.
"Oh man! We missed it!" he whined "Be quiet Kakarot" Vegeta snapped "It's your fault, you HAD to get a snack!" "I was hungry, and YOU'RE the one who wanted to stop in and see what the boys were doing in the other training room!" "Yes, well how was I to know that we'd already missed THAT fight to!" Vegeta asked "There was another fight?" Flash asked "Yeah, it would seem that just about everyone on the station was in some sort of big brawl!" Goku said excitedly "I wish I could've been in it!" "A brawl!" Flash asked incredulously "Yes, the Tater Tots or Teeny whatevers were in it, and the baby judges or, what do they call themselves!" Vegeta snapped "Umm, Teen Titans and Young Justice?" Green Lantern supplied "Yes, them!" Goku nodded enthusiastically "And our sons, and I believe the Android" "Former android" Goku said in a sing-song voice "Shut up Kakarot!" Vegeta growled "They were all in an enormous brawl" "And Eighteen WON!" Goku exclaimed "They made a real mess too! And Batman made them clean it up, but Eighteen and, umm, the scary dark girl had already left!" "Raven?" Flash asked "Yeah, her!" Goku nodded "I see" Martian Manhunter said simply "What about the others?" "I don't know yet" Goku said "But Piccolo's up in the control room, and Videl, Bulma, Chi Chi, Teal, Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, and another person are all in the same place" he said, closing his eyes "I wish I knew how he did that" Flash muttered "It would make things so much easier" "Who's the other person" "I dunno" He replied "But most of their energies are pretty weak, only Bulma's is still normal" "Hmm, they probably had a brawl as well" Vegeta muttered "Knowing our luck" "Why'd they have to go have all the fun without us!" Goku pouted

BM: Yeah, yeah, so we didn't get around to the aforementioned 'other stuff', but we finished the fights and stuff!

JJ: We'll move on next time, but some inspirational reviews and constructive criticism would be welcome!