Chapter 2: Unsatisfied Appetite
It was a peaceful day in West City. The children were at play, the adults were hard at work, and everything was unusually peaceful. Vegeta, sitting alone in his room, noticed a strange energy level approaching. The feeling was eerie, as if he sensed three Omega Shenrons. –What is this? Who is this? That power can't be real, he thought to himself.
Suddenly, the sky grew dreary and dark, and strikes of lightning burst from the clouds. The impact made the concrete shatter, and the earth trembled under the civilians' feet.
"What's going on?" They shouted, no one knowing what justified this disturbance. A dimensional portal opened, and Kaidroid stepped out. "It's a monster!"
"Bring me Rou Dai Kaiōshin!" Kaidroid demanded. The citizens of West City ran around, some standing bewildered at the large warrior. Kaidroid bowed his head and smirked: "So be it fools…"
"Run for your lives!" a wise citizen shouted.
"Ki Blitz Storm!" Kaidroid shouted. From his eyes, Kaidroid shot thousands of individual ki beams, which seemed to shoot down the citizens one-by-one. He shot them into the air, to target people on airplanes, and cut through buildings for even more destruction. "How many people must die, Rou Dai Kaiōshin?"
"Hey, you got a problem!" shouted Tien Shinhan from high in the sky. Kaidroid glared at him and then used a module in his eye to measure Tien's strength.
Meanwhile, Gohan and the others had finished evacuating whoever they could find. They had managed to retrieve Bulma and the others after Vegeta had alerted them of what he sensed. After relocating them to Kami's Lookout, the warriors took off to assist Vegeta in battle.
Back at the destruction scene, Tien shook with fear, but failed to show it on his face. Instead he showed the bravery that made him strong in these types of situations.
"Insignificant. Although you are superior to these life forms, you still hardly pose a threat to me,"
"Oh really? Did you know that we can disguise our power levels to throw our opponents off?"
"Actually I did. I've already analyzed several components of your body which store reserve energy. Go ahead, try your technique," Kaidroid dared Tien. Tien raised his power level enough to perform a powerful attack.
"Tri Beam...," he cupped his hands together and placed the thumbs together to form a perfect triangle. "Ha!" The blast shot down in a blaze of energy. It hit Kaidroid head on and engulfed nearly half the city. –I could've held back some, those poor people…and we can't use the dragon balls anymore, he contemplated on the decision. The smolders pufferered out of the desolate city, but it was revealed that Kaidroid was still alive.
"My turn," Kaidroid announed with excitement. Tien had used a large proportion of his energy, and he was now a "sitting duck." Kaidroid bounced off of one foot, and flew high into the sky toward Tien. Tien was frozen with fear, unable to move or run away for that matter. Kaidroid hit him head-on with a punch to the stomach, then flipped and kicked him downward into the ground.
Tien tried to stand and regain his ground, but he was weak from the blow. Kaidroid came crashing down on him, feet to back. Tien was pummeled into the ground. Kaidroid picked him up by the head and held him. He threw him with tremendous force, and threw a ki blast right behind him. The blast hit Tien, and knocked him out of the sky.
"Wonder if I overdid it," Kaidroid mocked. He flew over to check on Tien, and realized that he was unconscious not dead. "Guess I didn't do as great a job as I'd thought." He generated a final blast to finish Tien off, but someone kicked him in the back of the head. As soon as he recovered from the shock of the force, he investigated to see if he could find the source of it. It was Vegeta! The Super Saiyan stood purposely evident as the cause of the kick.
"Oops! Did I hurt you?" Vegeta chuckled. Kaidroid had a small ding in the back of his head, which alerted Vegeta to the fact that he was dealing with an android.
"Bad move, Saiyan," Kaidroid growled.
"How does an android know about Saiyans?"
"I know all about you and your states. I've killed many like you in alternate universes. Let me guess this one…Super Saiyan,"
"Hmm. Not for long!" Vegeta shouted. He powered up to Super Saiyan 2, and electricity sparked from his body. Kaidroid was knocked down by a gust of wind, but managed to stand back up. Vegeta laughed out loud. "Is it too much for you?"
"I can handle it!" Kaidroid replied. Vegeta punched Kaidroid directly in the face with a punch that almost swept Kaidroid off of his feet. Vegeta came with a left jab to the stomach, following by a series of punches and jabs. Then, he ended the melee by twisting around with a right kick to Kaidroid. It was an impressive assault, one which seemed to injure the monstrosity.
"Pathetic. Guess I won't have the fun I anticipated to have with you," Vegeta said.
"Try this on for size...Electro Blitz Wave!" Kaidroid hollered before releasing a wave of electromagnetic energy. Vegeta vanished so that he could dodge the attack, and reappeared just as it hit nearby rubble.
"I really did expect more. But what can I say, I am strong," Vegeta snickered. The super-charged Saiyan began several more melee attacks, all which seemed to be tearing the humanoid down, little-by-little.
"Is that all you've got," Kaidroid taunted.
"What's that! You say you want more?"
"Yes. Give it all you've got, Saiyan,"
"…if you say so," Vegeta whispered. Within moments, Vegeta burst forth with power. He was covered in a golden ball of energy. He transformed into a Super Saiyan 4, and smirked confidently at Kaidroid.
"Amazing," Kaidroid was astounded.
Next: Colossal Clash
In the next chapter…
SSJ4 Vegeta prepares to take on Kaidroid alone. Confident in what he has seen from the android so far, Vegeta believes Super Saiyan 4 should be "icing on the cake," but when Kaidroid turns up the heat, the battle quickly escalates to a clash between colossal figures. Does Vegeta have what it takes to stop Kaidroid by himself? If not, what threat does this new foe pose?