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HeiresstotheThrone: LOL, I know, I kinda ditched Goku- hehe. But he is coming back. I am trying to give him a bigger role- but I dunno. He will help in some of the fighting to come, but he already has his life mate. What's the fun in that?
ButterflyV: Lol, I know. I wanted to give them a night to remember as well… but they are all together. I didn't want to separate and rejoin just yet. And group sex is a no go! Lol. My sister made me say who was with who. I didn't realize I was so confusing! Hehe.
Gokuspasm: Keep reading. There is gore on the way with your name on it!
Aertikka: You are the first person that has even read the Dark series- I am in love with it too. I am so excited that someone who knows is reading! I just turned my sister onto it. To answer your questions, I am making all of them ancients, because they needed to be strong, and all of the characters in her books tend to be. I was definitely trying to make Turles like Gregori, and Vegeta like Mikhail. The others… I am not sure. You tell me? Any resemblances? I am trying to make all the women more fighters. Like Natalya. About the Italian. I know I know. My sister laughed at me for it. But it seemed more romantic than the almost unknown Saiyan language. Many of the following chapters will resemble Dark Magic, my favorite book, and Dark Demon, a close second. Thanks for the review, let me know how I am coming!
Chapter Sixteen:
The Carnia force would be sent out in waves, each wave containing a different species of Icejin. Vegeta felt the approach of the first wave. Serapis Warriors, his heart skipped a beat. He was glad that Freeza did not send the Ahrimans. He was unsure how they were defeated. He only knew that they were shadow demons, Icejins that were without bodies or minds. Empty shells that are bloodthirsty.
Serapis is an ancient god of the lower world, the warriors that shared his name, followed in his traditions. They were an elite species of Icejins. They had powers very similar to Saiyans and strengths to match. Icejins were constantly improving on their genetics, and this was one of the new supreme fighting class. These warriors looked similar to Saiyans, they had tails, and took on a humanoid form. They had snake-like skin that ranged in majestic hues of orange and red. Their eyes bottomless pools of black. Smoldering with power.
Nappa and Radditz formed a protective barrier for the women, while more and more Serapis warriors sprang up from the earth. The transferring spell was in full force, and they all could hear it. Goku was murmuring a counter spell to stop the incoming of warriors. They were already outnumbered eight to one. Not very good odds, when several of the warriors had strengths to match their own.
Lily and Bulma sidestepped the barrier, and Jey threw up a block. "We are not defenseless you idiots!" Jey screamed. "We will help you fight them, you do not stand to win on your own!"
"Throw the barrier around Nehtar." Bulma instructed, "She is still trying to save the earth and will use most of her powers to do so!" They turned to look at the earth. Thick ice had already coated the ground. Nehtar was saving the life beneath it. The ice seemed to penetrate the earth, trying to suck the life out of the ground, but was held off by Nehtar.
The men felt the determination of their life mates. They knew that splitting their power between protecting their life mates and fighting these warriors would not be a good plan. These warriors were not inexperienced vampires that could be killed easily. They would need their complete strength to fight these warriors.
Baveras moved over to stand by Nehtar. She would also protect her. Baveras knew that she could not express her ki in the ways that the others did. She knew that the only reason she survived as part Saiyan without going insane was that she could express her ki, but only through water. It was a strange gift, and a curse in times like these. But she had mastered martial arts and would physically help protect Nehtar.
Lily began to power up, Jey moving to her side. Jey had not fought in many years, but Lily had, and Lily was her twin. She had shared her knowledge of her skills over the years using their mind link. She would not falter. Bulma moved to their side. She would use her psychic and ki powers to help them in this fight.
The men could only feel pride in their women. They were not like the women on their home planet, they had been allowed to develop their powers, and had their own strength. They would, unfortunately need their help in this fight.
The Serapis warriors began to advance on the Saiyans, each double teaming. They held no honor, no values. They did not need this fight to be fair or honorable. They just wanted the bloodshed. The ground was ice, this was their territory.
Nappa felt the claws of a dark red Serapis warrior dig into his back, the two in front of him had shifted into wolves and were snapping at his calves. He grunted as he muttered the spell to change them back into their original forms. He did not like fighting animals. It was hard to predict their movements. He reached behind him and shot two large ki blasts at the Serapis warrior on his back. The blasts killed him on contact, but two more took his place. Nappa frowned. This was a losing battle. They were severely outnumbered. He looked up to his prince.
Vegeta had constructed a ki sword, swinging it around him, deflecting the ki blasts of the Serapis warrior surrounding him. He was a dark prince, his ki flaring around him. Bulma was nearby, using her own ki and martial arts skills to fight off the demons. One landed a blast then, sinking into her shoulder, tearing the flesh. Vegeta whipped around, throwing a blast at the warrior with his other hand. More rose around them.
"Find an opening!" he yelled to Turles. Turles and Goku were working as a synchronized team, each filling in where the last took off. So similar in appearance, it almost seemed as though they were one entity. They crouched low, and chanted, "Kamehame…" Building the energy in their hands. There Serapis warriors stepped up and began their own blast, repeating the words "Chu Chu Jung…" A large blast forming in their midst.
"Ha!" the Son brothers screamed as the warriors released their own blasts. Turles and Goku increased the strength behind the blast and incinerated several of the warriors, only to have another large blast hit them. It sent them reeling several feet apart, the warrior surrounding them instantly.
Lily and Jey broke the lines. Keeping blasts to a minimum, they were conserving their strength. They were using their gifts of light to melt the ice beneath the warriors, slowing them down. They then killed them. They were covered in wounds, and running out of energy. They neared the Son brothers, fighting back to back.
Jey stuck out with her fist, connecting with a warrior. The sucking sound nearly made her gag. She had penetrated the flesh, and blood was pumping out from around her fist. She fired a ki blast, immediately killing the warrior. Lily moved from behind her, swinging a ki sword at many of the warriors, slicing through flesh. The blood on the ground was making the ice slippery.Goku blasted another round into the mass of warriors that had surrounded them, Turles following suit, deflecting the incoming blasts. What a mess, he thought.
Radditz and Coor were fighting their way over to their prince. They were release a barrage of blast and kicks. Coor landed one soundly on a head, a sickening pop was heard. The ice was cold beneath them, and it was taking its toll. They were slowing down and the warriors picking up pace. The ice was only helping the warriors, they were not weakening. The ice had to be melted and destroyed, or they would all perish. Coor looked to his brother, Nappa. He was trying to defend Baveras and Nehtar. They were failing. They all were failing.
Sheer numbers were winning. Even with their combined strengths he knew it would not be enough. He would not loose these men. There planet needed them. Coor looked to his life mate, communicating with her silently, conveying the greater good. He knew the way to end this, but would need her help.
Baveras' eyes welded up with tears and she nodded, slipping between the warriors to stand by her life mate. She powered up, breaking the ice beneath her. The loud snaps and pops the ice made reverberated through the ground.
"What are you doing?" Bulma screamed, dogging a ki blast.
"Ending this." Baveras said silently. She was powerful in her own right, ice was still water. Water was her element. She would break the ice. She would destroy it, leaving the warriors open to destruction. She powered up more, the ice beneath her turning into water. Ripples of power shot from her center and spread threw to the earth. The battles stopped. The warriors howled and turned toward her. The ice was breaking beneath them. Melting quickly into water. They were becoming slowerer. They needed the coldness to fight. They called to Freeza. More spells could be heard as he tried to combat Baveras and once again cover the ground in ice. His power sprung up from the earth, ice crystals forming again along the top of the water.
Baveras was consumed in a blue light. She felt her source of power deep within her self. She poured her life energy into it. She knew that her friends would die here if she could not break the ice and melt it. But Freeza was strong, she was having to fight his power as well.
She turned to her life mate and spoke, "I give you my life. I give you my breath. My heart is yours." The light consumed them all, spreading out from her. The water began to bubble at her feet and turned into steam under the enormous energy. The warriors all ran toward the woman, set on destroying her. They were charging up. She would not be able to block their attacks and keep the ice melting at the same time. She was expending all her energy. The water was slowly evaporating as the warriors charged her. Coor powered up.
"Defend yourself, Baveras." He commanded. "You must protect yourself." He would not let his life mate be destroyed. She was putting her life energy into her power now, she needed to stop and defend herself against the attack.
"I cannot, my love." She murmured. "Freeza is casting his power over this ground as well. I cannot separate my powers and hope his will fail. He will win and we will all die anyways. Know that this is for you, Coor. It is all for you." Power exploded from her, and the last of the water and ice was gone, but the warrior still had enough power to launch an attack. Baveras would die.
Coor stepped up next to the charged mass of ki his life mate had become. He would protect her, and finish this for her. These warriors would die. He uttered the strongest of spells. "Huitzilopochtli." The word reverberated through is being, and he exploded, the shock wave expanding out from his being, immediately destroying almost all of the Serapis Warriors in its wake. The ki blast would only target those he willed it, and incenerated the warriors almost instantly. The explosion folded in on itself, and Coor was no more. His life force was gone.
Baveras felt down to the earth, then, all energy expended. She smiled, "It is done." She took one last strangled breath, and closed her eyes. And was still. Her body went limp and lifeless.
The others quickly disposed of the last of the warriors, and ran to their fallen friends. Jey knelt down beside Baveras, flooding her with healing light, but to no avail. She was dead. Jey hugged the body to her, and Bulma stepped closer. Tears ran freely down her face. "Free her," she mumbled.
Jey obliged, and sent her light coursing through the body, incinerating it. The ashes were then scattered by Jey's ki, blowing all around them.
Nehtar was pulled up from the earth by Radditz, and carried over to the other women. Sorrow hung in the air. The loss was great. They both sacrificed themselves for the others. In honor, and duty. Yet the battle was far from over.
They were all weak, all tired. And they felt the second wave of fighters coming nearer. Vegeta stood. These were his people he would no fail them. He would defeat these Ahrimans, the shadow demons. He would rise to his destiny. He was the legendary and would avenge Coor's and his life mates deaths. There was no alternative.
-End Chapter-
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