Chapter 24: The End of a Longtime Grudge?
Broly coughed hard, blood spattering onto the ground. Wiping his face, the massive Super Saiyan stared at his mechanical opponent, "That all you got?"
Hatchiyack roared in anger, the hate machine darted towards the stubborn Saiyan, throwing a massive punch straight into Broly's chest. The Super Saiyan had taken more damage then he had let on, unable to block the full force of the blow, it sent Broly flying into the side of the crater.
The mechanical Tuffle didn't let up, rushing Broly again. The large Saiyan was able to throw up his arms just in time to block another blow, but he was pinned, a sitting duck. Hatchiyack continued pounding its large fists into Broly's raised arms, crushing the Saiyan's body into the wall of rock and dirt behind him.
Gohan watched in horror as Broly was continuously pummeled, turning to 16, "How bad is it, 16?"
The Android had been meticulously calculating the showdown between Broly and Hatchiyack. At first Broly had the advantage, but after taking the full front of Hatchiyack's ultimate attack, his power had dropped dramatically. "Broly does not appear to be able to win this fight..we must help him."
Gohan gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, his aura flaring up, "What can we do?"
"I am too far below these powers to offer much assistance, you are closer in power, but not nearly enough…" 16 walked over to Gohan and placed his hand on the Half-Saiyan's mechanical arm, "I have an idea."
Broly's anger had been rising as he continued taking blows, having been unable to repel Hatchiyack. The large Super Saiyan screamed in anger as his body exploded with energy, increasing his mass momentarily as he let his Legendary Super Saiyan form take over, for just a moment.
The burst of power momentarily stunned Hatchiyack, just long enough for Broly to charge a massive green blast, throwing it point blank at the staggering hate machine. The large Super Saiyan darted in the air, using the momentary lapse in battle to create distance between himself and Hatchiyack to get a breather.
Struggling to catch his breath, Broly floated in the air, anticipating the oncoming assault from the recovering Hatchiyack. The monstrous mechanical Tuffle blasted off the ground, launching himself fist first into the large Saiyan. After the first punch was blocked, a flurry of exchanged blows ensued, the two large beings hitting each other with their full force.
Broly was on the defensive, quickly being overwhelmed by Hatchiyack's powerful blows. The mechanical Tuffle drove a fist straight into the large Super Saiyan's gut. The hit was strong enough to cause Broly to hunch over, Hatchiyack followed it up by delivering a crushing hammer style blow that sent the Super Saiyan crashing into the ground.
The massive form of Broly hit the ground face first with a thunderous explosion, forming a meteoric crater in its wake. His body battered and further bruised, the large Super Saiyan gingerly rolled onto his back to reveal his blood covered face. Groaning in pain, Broly wiped the blood covering his face, watching as the floating Hatchiyack began charging another Revenger Cannon.
Just as the fifteen second charging window was about to end, Broly took a deep breath and closed his eyes, anticipating this to be the end of his long, tortured life. The blast however, never came. Broly opened his eyes, expecting to see Hatchiyack, but in his place was a figure that flashed silver and gold, floating where the mechanical Tuffle had previously been.
"Is that..Gohan?" Broly groaned and slowly started to stand up, looking closer at the floating figure, it was indeed Gohan, but he had a strange silver outline over him, almost infusing itself with his Super Saiyan aura. "The hell..his power, he might be strong as I am..."
Moments before, 16 had his hand placed on Gohan's mechanical left arm. "With the addition of Big Gete Star cells, I am no longer completely artificial. The Big Gete Star is a biomechanical organism, neither completely artificial or biological, but a combination of both."
Gohan looked at the large Android, perplexed to what he was implying, "So, what does that mean? In real people terms?"
"I am completely new to this "Ki" process, but I believe it means I can transfer an abundance of my energy to you. You having a mechanical part should make it a bit easier." 16 gripped Gohan's cybernetic arm, "It will only be a temporary transference, but it should close the gap in power enough for you to make a difference in the outcome."
A strange feeling came over Gohan as 16 began transferring energy, it was a tingling and warm sensation that slowly made its way up Gohan's arm and throughout his entire body. Suddenly a burst of energy exploded from the Half-Saiyan. His golden Super Saiyan overtook the nearby landscape, but it had a strange hint of silver to it, a supplemental burst of energy provided by Android 16.
"This...this is incredible." Gohan exploded his power, expanding his aura to almost twice it's normal size, " He clenched his fist, looking into the air at the charging Hatchiyack. He turned back to 16 who had fallen to the ground, seemingly powered down. "Thank you"
Gohan burst from the ground, charging head first into the massive frame of Hatchiyack, sending the mechanical Tuffle careening to the ground. Turning to the now confused Broly, Gohan descended and sheepishly smiled, "Are you gonna help me or what?"
Broly steadied himself, walking over to the strangely powerful Gohan, "Yeah..I'm ready."
The two Super Saiyans blasted off towards Hatchiyack, who had already gotten back to its feet. Though they weren't completely in sync, each of them assaulted the large mechanical Tuffle, taking it off balance and putting Hatchiyack on the defensive. Blow after blow crashed into the hate machines frame, Broly and Gohan's individual auras lighting up the landscape as they shoved one final crushing combination punch into Hatchiyack's torso, sending it crashing into the dirt.
Still unscatched, the gigantic hate machine stood up, putting its arms across it's chest and charging another Revenger Cannon. Gohan turned to his large, Saiyan comrade, "Physical attacks are doing nothing..we gotta blast him away."
"We have fifteen seconds to do it.." Broly raised his arm, charging a bright green energy blast in the palm of his hand. "Fourteen..Thirteen...Twelve…"
Gohan brought his hands together, a familiar azure blue energy charging in them, "Kaaaaaaaaaa…"
Broly continued charging as he counted down, keeping track of time before the Revenger Cannon fired, "Eleven...Ten…"
"Meeeeeeee…" Gohan brought his hands to his sides, charging the strongest Kamehameha of his life, "Haaaaaaa…
"Nine...Eight...Seven...Six...Five…"
"MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE…"
"Four...Three...Two...One…" As the count was coming to an end, Broly pushed the massive, green energy ball forward with all his might.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Simultaneously, Gohan threw his arms forward, shooting the azure beam towards Hatchiyack, nearly blinding the area with an incredible blue light.
Broly's energy blast took the lead as Gohan's massive Kamehameha pushed behind it, creating an incredible combined blast the likes of which had never been seen on Earth. At the same time however, Hatchiyack shot off his fully charged Revenger Cannon. The two blasts collided in the middle, creating a massive crater from the force of the beam struggle.
The sweat dripped from Gohan's brow as he kept his arms straight out, struggling to put as much power into the blast as possible, knowing the bonus energy he got from 16 wouldn't last for much longer. Beside him stood Broly, holding his arm out as well, trying to push more power into the blast, but the large Super Saiyan was at his limit.
Across from them stood Hatchiyack, struggling to fight back the energy onslaught of the Super Saiyans. The machine screamed in frustration as its energy seemed to increase, the hatred of Saiyans fueling the Revenger Cannon.
Gohan grunted, turning to Broly as he continued pushing the Kamehameha with all his force, "I'm running out of power, can't keep this up for much longer!"
Broly screamed, pushing his arm further and trying to put more force into his blast, but he was spent as well, "We're being overtaken.."
Hatchiyack's Revenger Cannon was slowly pushing the combined energy might of Gohan and Broly back, threatening to destroy the Saiyans completely. As the Revenger Cannon pushed back the combined blast, the Super Saiyan duo continued struggling, not willing to let their deaths happen easily.
Gohan closed his eyes, continuing to struggle, but not wanting to see the blast overtake him. Dying wasn't so fun the first time, he wasn't looking forward to doing it again. As he struggled, suddenly the struggle seemed to become easier, like Hatchiyack's blast wasn't pushing back anymore.
Hatchiyack had suddenly begun screaming out in pain, some sort of synthetic blood was seeping out of what appeared to be an open gash on its back. About one hundred feet away, floating in the air was a short, orange clad monk, his right hand extended. "Right on the money.." Krillin was completely out of breath, but he managed a cheeky smile, his Destructo Disc hit its intended target right where he wanted. "Says I can't help...egotistical Saiyans…"
Sensing their opportunity, Broly and Gohan put what was left of their strength into the combined energy wave, managing to outpower the Revenger Cannon. It seemed as if thousands of screaming Tuffle souls flew into the air, their grudge disappearing along with the complete destruction of Hatchiyack.
The two Super Saiyans lost their auras, their energy completely spent as they fell to the ground. As the danger was over, Krillin slowly flew to where Gohan and Broly lay. The short monk kneeled down between the two, attempting to lift both of them, but he didn't have the strength left. Broly's body slowly lifted off the ground, much to a surprised Krillin, but he shortly realized that 16 was standing beside him, the Android's energy slowly returning from Gohan. "I will take the big one."
Krillin smiled at the large mechanical man as he took Gohan onto his shoulders, "Yeah..you do that."
Out in Space on a Distant Planet...
In a bright silver lab stood a blue man with an orange mustache, accented with golden shoulder pads. He stood in front of a large screen, watching the events that had just unfolded on Earth. Beside him floated a familiar blue figure, Doctor Raichi. The first man turned to Raichi, "It appears your plan has failed."
"It appears so, Doctor." Raichi turned himself around, floating towards another console that housed a large test tube, "Seems we must turn to your plan-" Before he finished, the Tuffle doctor turned to purple gas, fading into thin air. His orange mustached comrade had shoved his hand through the computer screen, destroying the system and what was left of Raichi's work.
"For a super computer, you don't take commands very well." The blue skinned man walked up to the gigantic test tube that Raichi had been going towards, a small figure floating inside, "I told you my dead friend..nobody touches my baby."
End of Chapter 24! I know it was short, but Hatchiyack was never intended to be a focal point of a long saga. Please tell me what you think. Trunks will be returning next chapter, and Bulma's surprise will be revealed! For now, here's an updated Power Scale (Trunks included for reference):
Hatchiyack: 1,500,000,000
Full Powered Legendary Super Saiyan Broly: 1,500,000,000
Full Powered Legendary Super Saiyan Broly (After tanking Revenger Cannon): 1,200,000,000
Ascended Super Saiyan Gohan (After Damage from Hatchiyack): 700,000,000
Ascended Super Saiyan Gohan (Energy from Android 16): 1,200,000,000
Android 16 (Weakened from Hatchiyack): 550,000,000 (Couldn't give all his energy to Gohan)
Super Saiyan 2 Trunks: 1,750,000,000
