Chapter 15: Super Human? A Combined Effort for Humanity
Paragus laughed out loud as the battle unfolded, "You have no chance against Broly! Just roll over and die already." The black haired Saiyan held out his arm, the green gem in the palm of his hand glowing bright, keeping a constant restriction on his menacing Super Saiyan son. Broly's bloodlust hadn't been this free in over a decade, not since that damned Metal freak tried to take his family's legacy back. Though he knew Broly had this battle under control, a small sense of nervousness had been forming in the back of Paragus' mind, hoping he could keep his son on a leash before this battle became too much for him.
Many of the once prominent boulders in the wasteland had been reduced to rubble, Gohan stood behind one of the few that remained, his face was covered in mixture of blood and sweat and the only noise coming from him was the sound of his heavy breathing. Hiding wasn't really a sound strategy at this point, but the Half-Saiyan needed a minute to wipe the blood off his face so he could see again. Piccolo and Vegeta were both down, he had to find a way to help them. He jumped from behind his hiding spot just as the gigantic rock exploded, cursing as he landed face to face with his opponent. The undoubtedly Mad Saiyan had a devilish smile as he readied a bright green ki blast. Just as Gohan was preparing for what could have been his last moments, a bright light erupted across the wasteland.
"FUUUUUUU-SION HA!"
"FUUUUUUU-SION HA!"
Broly had momentarily stopped, giving Gohan enough time to blast the Sickly Super Saiyan's charged ki, a momentary explosion that caused enough of a distraction for the Half-Saiyan to put his guard up, expecting another crushing blow to come.
As the dust cleared, the blow never came. Gohan put his arms down to reveal a new figure standing between Broly and himself. The Half-Saiyan only saw the man from behind, but he appeared to be clad in white pants and a strange vest, his power feeling oddly familiar.
"Kaio-ken times twenty!" The combined voices of Tien and Krillin overlapped as the new man spoke, a blood red aura erupting around him. Turning to Gohan, he screamed, "What are you doing? I'm letting you run!" The vest clad figure charged towards Broly, a new opponent surprising the monstrous Super Saiyan.
What had happened suddenly clicked with Gohan, "That's Krillin and Tien..the fusion technique. I guess it's more useful than Piccolo, Dad and I had thought..damn." Gohan flashed his aura and he flew quickly towards where Piccolo was laid up.
Landing beside his green skinned mentor, Gohan shook him a bit, "Come on, Mr. Piccolo, time to get up. We still got work to do."
The Namekian stirred a bit, "Damn..he hits hard." Leaning on Gohan slightly, he stood up. "What's going on?"
"Broly is being distracted, I wasn't sure you were still alive." Gohan steadied Piccolo as the Namekian regained his footing, "Now where's Veget-"
Just as Gohan spoke, a yellow aura erupted from a nearby pile of rubble, "DAMN YOU!" Vegeta blew past Piccolo and Gohan like a speeding bullet, charging towards Broly. "You low class filth! It's time to end your pathetic life!"
The fusion of Tien and Krillin had lost its early advantage, now just barely dodging crushing blows from Broly, flipping and twisting constantly. The dodging and maneuvering didn't last long as the Sickly Super Saiyan landed a thunderous fist to the fused Human's torso that sent him flying across the wasteland, crashing to the ground and rolling in the dirt. Broly shot forward, stopping to stand above his fallen opponent, looking down as he laughed maniacally. Broly held out his hand, charging another familiar green ki blast.
As the blast reached its apex, Broly was hit by what felt like a freight train as Vegeta flew straight into him. The Saiyan Prince used his whole body as a weapon, knocking the larger Super Saiyan off his feet for the first time in the whole battle. Not wanting to lose momentum, Vegeta flipped over, doing a quick one handed somersault, landing on his feet and immediately throwing ki blasts in Broly's direction. Screaming at the top of his lungs, Vegeta was relentlessly throwing as many blasts at his opponent as he could. "IT'S TIME TO DIE, YOU BASTARD."
A few feet away, Gohan and Piccolo landed next to the fused human, the Half-Saiyan extending his arm out to the fallen man. "What should we call you?"
The fused Human grabbed Gohan's hand and pulled himself up. He had dots on his forehead much like Krillen, but the height of Tien and a third eye that wasn't open. He spoke with the combined voices of his fusees, "Didn't have time to think of it I guess. How about Trillen? No, that's not right. Krien? That's a bit better."
Piccolo's frustration showed as he shouted at his two comrades, "We have no time for this. We gotta help Vegeta!"
"Right. Krien or whatever your name is, how much time do you have left?" Gohan flared his Super Saiyan aura, his muscles bulging back up as his body reached his Ascended state.
"Should be about twenty five minutes now." Krien stood next to Gohan, "But I've never used Kaio-ken as freely while fused..so I'm not sure." Red aura again erupting around the fused Human.
"Well, let's go find out!" Piccolo shouted as he rose his ki, thinking to himself, "That fusion is something..those two weren't even close to my power..and now..they are about even with me at my max."
Vegeta had been continuously blasting the area where Broly was, hoping to obliterate him. As the dust began to clear, it was apparent that his efforts did little to nothing. Broly was unharmed, slowly walking towards the Saiyan Prince with a devilish grin. Vegeta was dumbfounded, his efforts all for naught against this monstrous opponent. The realization of defeat came across his face as Broly's hand wrapped around his throat, lifting the Saiyan Prince to the air.
Paragus was still watching from afar, almost stunned at the intense fight these Earthlings were giving Broly. His shock faded, replaced with a smile as he saw fear go across Vegeta's face. This is why they had come. Destroying the Prince was the last thing on Paragus' universal conquering bucket list, a moment years in the making. Soon Broly would crush Vegeta's throat, avenge what King Vegeta had done to them, and then they could destroy this backwater planet.
Once again however, as one of their comrades was at the brink of death, the group of Z-Warriors rushed in. Gohan rammed his shoulders into Broly's legs, knocking the Super Saiyan off his feet. Krien twisted and threw his knee into Broly's falling head, effectively slamming the large Saiyan into the ground below. Piccolo caught Vegeta's limp body, landing and immediately launching himself away from the battle scene.
Gohan slid his feet across the ground, stopping his forward momentum to launch himself back towards the now kneeling Broly. Krien was on the other side of Broly, mirroring Gohan's charging attack. This time however, Broly was ready for them, grabbing the two warriors, one in each hand. Using the two's momentum against them, Broly spun and tossed them aside, their bodies slamming into the ground. The Sickly Super Saiyan screamed, erupting his sickly green ki until his aura was twice its former size.
"He's getting frustrated.." Paragus thought to himself, his arm still straight out towards the battlefield, the green gem's light growing brighter, "I have to increase the restriction to keep him at this level, his energy is growing. If I let him get stronger, he will break free."
Vegeta coughed loudly as Piccolo laid him down, kneeling beside the Saiyan Prince "Come on Vegeta, we need you."
"That damned low class trash.." Vegeta sat up slightly, "How did he get so strong.."
"There's no way of telling..but if we don't beat him now, this will all be for nothing." Piccolo looked back to the battle, Gohan and Krien were back on their feet, trying to regain the advantage on Broly, who's energy was rapidly spiking. "We will all have come back for nothing."
"Yeah..well maybe that's what we all came back for. Nothing." Vegeta coughed loudly again, blood spitting from his mouth. "We are all gonna die, again."
"Then sit here and cry about it, I'm going to go down fighting." Piccolo stood up, shooting back towards the battle.
Gohan and Krien stood a few feet from to each other, wiping more blood from their faces. Piccolo landed between them, turning to each, "Well. This may be it."
"You two stay here...I got an idea." Krien shot towards Broly, red aura trailing behind him.
Piccolo and Gohan stood, dumbfounded at the lone assault being made by the fused Human. Krien shot straight at Broly, but just as he reached his target, he twisted, flipping so he stood just behind the Super Saiyan. Just as Broly turned to face him, Krien put both his hands up to his head, outstretched fingers. "Solar Flare!" A bright light erupted from behind the fused Human, disorienting his Super Saiyan opponent. Krien shot back, using both hands to charge up one of his fusee's signature attacks, throwing multiple spinning discs of Ki that began to swirl around Broly in a tornado like formation.
Broly stood in the middle, reaching a hand out but quickly pulling back as blood seeped out of it, pain was something he really wasn't used to. Crying out, Broly erupted his ki further, but the discs continued to swirl.
Krien was now floating in the air above Broly, his hands making a triangle formation in front of his face. For the first time since the beginning of the fusion, he opened his third eye between the monk dots on his forehead. "This is gonna hurt, you son of a bitch." Energy began to gather between his hands, "Kaio-ken Times Thirty!"
His red aura erupted further, surrounding Krien in a ball of blood red light as his muscles convulsed, veins nearly popping out of his body, barely able to hold his hands together as ki continued to gather between them. "Neo Tri-Beam!"
Broly had figured out the opening in the tornado attack, but it was too late. As the Saiyan shot up, he was met with a blast that hit him like he had never been hit before. It completely engulfed the Super Saiyan, but that wasn't all. The Destructo Discs had followed him, cutting him one by one, exploding as they came into impact with the Tri-Beam.
Above the massive attack, Krien's aura had completely dissipated. He began slowly descending back to the ground as he breathed heavily. As Krien's body hit ground with a thud, the fusion ended. Tien and Krillin laid side by side, they were both bruised and battered, the massive Kaio-ken and Neo Tri-Beam taking their toll on their now unconscious bodies.
Gohan and Piccolo stood in awe, but the brief moment of apparent victory didn't last long as the two again soon felt Broly's massive energy. As he came into view, the evil Super Saiyan was covered in blood and bruises.
Paragus was shocked, for the first time since he was a baby, Broly felt true pain. The scar-eyed Saiyan wasn't sure how much longer he could keep Broly contained, though he knew his son wasn't in any grave danger, Paragus knew that he himself would definitely be in danger if Broly got loose. He turned to this ship, slowly walking towards it as not to draw attention to himself.
Before he could reach his way home, Paragus found himself face to face with the injured Saiyan Prince. "You aren't leaving just yet." Vegeta spat blood on the ground and wiped his face, "I have a few questions for you."
Broly approached the now separated humans, his aura engulfing the area around him. A strange maniacal laugh came from his mouth as licked the blood off his lip, reaching an arm out towards his unconscious foes.
Gohan ignited his aura, ready to blast off towards Broly, but Piccolo put an arm in front of him. "What are you doing Piccolo?" Gohan's anger showing clearly in his voice, "He's gonna kill them!"
"Wait just a second Gohan," Piccolo's ears twitched slightly, "I hear something."
As if on cue, what appeared to be a meteorite fell from the sky, the flaming ball crashing down between Broly and the unconscious Humans. The large explosion that followed threw the unconscious bodies of Tien and Krillin back, forming a large crater directly in front of the Mad Super Saiyan. Gohan flew towards Tien and Krillin's bodies, hoping to collect his friends from the danger as Piccolo watched the strange event that had just happened.
As the debris and dust cleared, a large figure stood in the crater. The figure started out as silver, but as if he was removing a layer of paint, he slowly turned different. Beginning with bright orange hair in the form of a mohawk, silver skin turning to white, then revealing his broad, yellow shoulders. The figure looked up, facing the monstrous Super Saiyan with his stoic, emotionless eyes. "Greetings. I am designated as Android 16."
