Chapter 40: The Ghost Warriors
++WARNING: Chances of Victory Less Than 2%++
Hatchiyack slowly rose from the wreckage, illuminating a vast shadow in its wake.
Goku muttered. "It doesn't look happy!"
"Yes, I can see that." Vegeta snapped, narrowing his eyes in annoyance.
++Unit Hatchiyack in Danger of Total Systems Failure++
++Report: Power Supply at 62%++
++Armor at 28%++
++Current Circumstances: Negative++
++Situation Critical++
++Protocol #3 Ineffective++
++Activating Protocol Omega++
Before the next mode of attack could be initiated, a voice made itself apparent inside the machine of hatred.
"Masenko-HAAAAAA!" A vibrant golden/orange energy beam with a sharp purple outline shot out of Hatchiyack's chest, punching a massive hole straight through the robot. It froze, standing still for a moment as enough smoke to choke a city billowed out of the hole. Eventually, extremely slowly, it began to fall. It tumbled backwards with a shriek of metal on stone, and this time it didn't move.
Gohan landed in front of the other two. "Hey, guys. Thanks for distracting it, Vegeta."
Vegeta narrowed his eyes, puzzled on Gohan's previous maneuver. "What the hell did you just do? And how did you do it?"
"It's that technique I learned from the Vyronin people. Remember the inhabitants of the planet we beat Cooler on, that's what I did," Gohan told them. "It's called warping." Concentrating briefly, he warped behind them, causing them to start in surprise, turning to face him. "I just used it to teleport inside it while Vegeta was keeping it busy. However, it only goes as far as I can see. Luckily, I could sense the energy propeller inside it, so I warped inside. Also, it helped that I examined the schematics of Hatchiyack from Raichi's main computer room after I destroyed Lude. Also, since the core is the weakest point, I decided to expose it."
"I figured as much, though I thought it was just a burst of speed that you used in combat when we fought," Vegeta stated with a gruff expression as usual.
"So is that thing finished?" Goku questioned whilst changing the subject, looking at Gohan.
"I dunno, let's check it out."
++R.R. .Report: Power Supply 12%++
++A-A-rmor: #******++
++Armor: 3%++
++WARNING: SITUATION CRITICAL++
++Activating Protocol Ultimate++
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"Alright." Goku patted his son on the back. "Good work, guys. So...shall we grab the others and go?" He'd thought he heard some kind of clicking, whirring noise, but he simply ignored it.
"What's this?" Vegeta snarled. "Your enemy isn't beaten! You can't leave now! Besides, they aren't safe until this threat is vanquished."
"This is a feud between Saiyans and Tuffles," Goku said, shrugging. "I don't consider myself apart of it. It's none of my concern. I only came to rescue our fellow Saiyans."
"You are mistaken." Raichi's voice boomed from the screen on the tower. "None of you will be leaving alive. You have made several mistakes that could prove your own downfall." He paused, turning to some device next to him and examining it. "The first is assuming that you have beaten Hatchiyack."
Goku gulped. "Ya know...I don't like the sound of that."
"For once, I find myself agreeing with you," Vegeta muttered.
"Darn it, it's still functioning? How, I burst right through the thing and it still didn't work," Gohan snarled.
++Protocol Ultimate Initiated++
++Continue Primary Objective: Terminate The Saiyans++
"Is that..."
"Don't tell me..."
Gohan took a step back. "It really is still alive..." The silhouette that approached from the ruins of a once-mighty mountain seemed different somehow. It was back to normal size, for one thing, no longer in its giant form. More detail became clear as it drew closer—it seemed to be completely undamaged, having totally repaired itself. Its 'shoulder pads' jutted out a few feet from its shoulder blades, and overall its armor had grown bulkier and more imposing, further increasing its impressive size. Each main gem was now ringed by smaller, cerulean gems.
"Hmph." Vegeta smirked, crossing his arms. "So it put on some more armor and fixed itself. Doesn't matter, we can just kill it again. This thing is out of its league against even one of us. Who wants to—"
Hatchiyack's gems fired up, blazing green and bathing them in its glow. Its ki reappeared, growing at an insane rate and finally settling at a level even higher than theirs.
"That..." Goku breathed, "...is the highest power level I've ever sensed. This is bad, this thing dwarfs Broly's ki by like 5 times!"
"We still have to try, I'm not leaving here without Goten and Trunks!" Gohan shouted, flaring up his Super Saiyan Two aura and blazing towards the mighty foe. The half-Saiyan reared back his hand and launched the fist at FTL speeds. Hatchiyack caught the fist and swiftly punched him twice at almost instantaneous speeds. However, the teenager saw the third strike coming and kicked off the mechanical behemoth. Gohan backflipped off his adversary, placing his left hand on his right forearm, charging navy colored ki on his right palm.
"Daisenko!" The navy outlined blast of ki spurred on towards Hatchiyack with a screw like fashion similar to the Special Beam Cannon.
"Now!" Goku shouted, as he and Vegeta leapt forwards to follow up on Gohan's attack. "Hit him hard. Aaugghk!" Hatchiyack barrelled towards them out of the glow of the Daisenko wave, completely unharmed, flinging both arms out and slamming one into each Super Saiyan's neck. It stopped its charge there, launching a spinning back kick that sent Gohan flying. The three fighters hit the ground simultaneously.
Vegeta braced himself. Hatchiyack was running at him, deceptively fast for such a huge machine. Vegeta tensed up, springing into action at the last moment and landing a swift punch to Hatchiyack's face. It didn't seem to notice, bringing both arms down and smacking the prince to the floor. Goku ran in from behind, putting his weight into a shoulder charge that made Hatchiyack stumble forwards. Vegeta, pushing himself upwards, swung both feet up into Hatchiyack's relatively unarmored stomach, hurling it into the air. Gohan appeared above it, smashing it to the ground with a two-handed hay-maker.
"Don't give it time to recover!" Vegeta yelled. The three saiyans formed up above Hatchiyack's form, unleashing a continuous stream of energy bullets. After over several seconds of this onslaught, Hatchiyack finally managed to escape, jumping unsteadily away. Its impact on the rock behind as it landed threw out cracks around it as it attempted to regain its balance.
Leaning over his console, Dr. Raichi had a moment of doubt. Hatchiyack's visibly damaged...even in its Ultimate form! I may have severely underestimated these Super Saiyans...
Hatchiyack crossed its arms, the light in the gems on its forearm brightening. It hung there for a few seconds, almost motionless.
"Whatever it's doing, don't let it!" Vegeta ordered. The trio flew full-speed at their enemy, but before they could reach it, it finished charging up, unleashing its blast again. This was the same energy wave it had used on Goku before, but now far more potent, flinging them all back like rag dolls and laying waste to the whole area in front of Hatchiyak.
"Urgh..." Goku heaved a fallen rock off of himself. "Gotta do something about that one...seems like we can take it when all three of us work together..." he flared up his aura, facing Hatchiyack's oncoming form. "But it seems to be pretty good at separating us—" he tried to dodge, but wasn't fast enough to avoid Hatchiyack's knee, which struck him on the chin, hurling him into the air. He landed next to Gohan and Vegeta, both still recovering.
"Dad—he's charging up again!" Gohan warned. Hatchiyak was indeed in its charge posture, gems burning green.
"Damn it all!" Vegeta took off, flying out of range. Gohan immediately Shifted away, appearing several meters behind Hatchiyack. Goku, however, was still reeling from the last blow, and took the second blast full-force, disappearing in the cloud of smoke it threw up.
++Alert: Power Increase Detected++
Hatchiyack backed away, catching the angry Gohan's fist and throwing him overhead. Gohan spun in the air, turning back and flying back at Hatchiyack. It sidestepped, kicking him out of the air, but he kicked off the ground, blasting Hatchiyack at point-blank range with a two-handed energy bolt. It was undamaged, but momentarily off-balance, and Gohan kept up his attack, unrelenting, coming at it from every angle, his Super Saiyan 2 instincts taking over somewhat. He'd be damned if he left without Goten and Trunks in tow.
Vegeta, watching this take place, was about to rush Hatchiyak from behind, when something strange caught his attention. He dropped to the ground, next to the clearing smoke cloud where Goku's figure was becoming visible. "Hey, Kakarot. You weren't as unprepared for that attack as you pretended to be, were you?"
Goku, emerging from the smoke, shook his head. "Nope. I vanished it at the last second just as the wave caught me."
"Thought so. Were you trying to get the boy to use his anger to beat down Hatchiyack?"
"No, actually. He's keeping up the pressure on Hatchiyack, but he won't last long on his own." Goku looked over at Gohan and Hatchiyack, still fighting. "Actually, I was trying to get a good look at that blast it has. Its defenses drop while it's charging...we can use that to beat him. I just need to know exactly how long it takes, and I didn't quite get it last time. But, if you could get it to launch the attack at you just once while I wasn't in the firing line..."
"Understood. I'll lure it into a shooting match." Vegeta took off again, flying straight at Hatchiyack. "Just don't screw this up, or we'll never get our relatives back!" As he neared the metal monster, it withstood a kick to the head from Gohan, smacking him away backhanded. Just then, Vegeta cannoned into it from the side, staggering it away. It turned to face him, and he immediately retreated, charging up an energy attack between his hands. Hatchiyack began to do the same, and Goku watched intently, counting the seconds.
"One...two...three...four..."
Vegeta grinned, feeling the energy sparking between his hands. To hell with what Kakarott said, I'll finish it now! He threw his hands forwards. "Galick Flash!"
"...nine...ten...eleven...twelve..."
The beam flew straight and true, coming within inches of Hatchiyack, before it opened its arms wide, firing the beam. It carved through Vegeta's Galick Gun as if it wasn't even there, smashing into him and throwing him to the floor.
"...fifteen...sixteen!"
"Gah!" He hissed, as he felt the intense heat of Hatchiyack's ki scorching his body. "Kakarot...I hope you're happy! Kill this son of a bitch already!"
Gohan flew in at full speed, kicking Hatchiyack away, thus releasing Vegeta of the blast.
"You're mine big guy," Gohan gestured to himself with a thumb. "I'm gonna take you down."
Hatchiyack, stony-faced, crossed its arms and began to charge up.
Goku frowned, looking between Hatchiyack and Gohan. Gohan, what the hell are you doing. I was gonna beckon him into attack me since I learned the countdown of its guard, its weakness.
The teenager only smirked, putting one hand behind the other to charge his signature move. Well I'm creating an opening for you by distracting him. Take your shot whenever you're ready.
"Got it! Hyaaah!" Goku's aura flared up around him, his body filling with energy. I have to the count of fifteen to attack...his defenses are down before he fires.
"Huh?" The strange energy his father was emitting caught his attention. What's Dad doing? It feels like he's filling his whole body with energy, not just focusing it for an attack...is this some kind of new technique? And this energy...it feels like...the Kaioken? Only not quite. What is he doing? Even our strongest attacks haven't done any kind of serious damage to this thing!
Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Goku's entire body began to shake. Flame-like red arcs of energy swirled in his aura. He grit his teeth, his eyes wild. "Haaaaaa...aaaaaahhh...hrrrr..."
What is this, Kakarot? Vegeta wondered, looking on. You can't control that level of power for fighting! There's no point just summoning up that much energy if you're not going to use an energy attack—and if you're going to do that, start concentrating it already! Damn it, you're going to get us all killed!
"Super Masenko!" The teenager fired off his golden/orange blast of energy outwards, preparing to get countered by Hatchiyacks blast. The Masenko was also ripped through, however Hatchiyacks defenses were let down whilst in the beam struggle.
"HAAAAAA...!" Ten. Eleven. "Hah!" Goku's eyes narrowed. "Okay!" In a sudden, almost jerky movement, he swung his hands down, a swirling vortex of gold, red and blue energy pulsing into life between them. Twelve. The energy simply flowed out of his body, into the attack, in an instant. "Here's a little technique I've been practicing and dying to try out. TIMES-TEN..." Thirteen.
Gohan was backed up against the cathedral's metal walls, the metallic green energy bursting upon the teenagers skin, threatening to vaporize him. "GRR! Dad...hurry...it's now or never! I can only buy you twenty more seconds at most...ERGGHH!"
"That's it, this son of a bitch is going to be taken down my hand. FINAL..." Vegeta spread his arms out, charging lucrative golden ki. His aura grew to a colossal size, matching even Goku's by the sheer amount of staggering power. His electric maelstrom widened a considerable amount more, blowing into the wind and creating a 30 foot wide diameter of a spherical crater under his feet.
++Error: Power Levels exceeds this unit's capability to detect it; Sensor overload imminent++
Fourteen. "FlASH!" "KAMEHAMEHA!" Vegeta fired off his blast at Hatchiyack, threatening to rip it apart from the sheer force alone. Straightening out his arms, Goku launched the cerulean-and-crimson beam, which almost instantaneously grew to colossal size, completely swallowing Hatchiyack along with the Final Flash. Instruments in Dr. Raichi's tower overloaded and exploded. What bodies of water existed on the desolate moon boiled and evaporated in a flash. The shock waves cracked the foundations of the tower, and as they spread out completely leveled every one of the moon's mountains and cliffs. A few passing asteroids were shattered into tiny fragments, utterly obliterated as the gigantic attack spread its destruction out into space like ripples through a pond.
There were no damaged, burning fragments of Hatchiyack. It was as if Hatchiyack never appeared in the first place, as it had nothing to remember it. The greatest hatred and war machine the finest scientific minds of the Tuffle race could produce was simply gone. Annihilated. Atoms scattered to the wind.
"Where did that come from?!" Vegeta accused, landing next to Goku, Gohan not far behind. "For a few seconds there, you were putting out energy that made Hatchiyack look like nothing and surpassing my Final Flash in power output!"
"Yeah!" Gohan added. "How did you do that?"
Goku smiled. "Well, remember when I used the Kaioken and shot a Kamehameha wave to counter your Galick Gun Vegeta?"
"Yeah and your point is..."
"Well, that's what came to mind when I was thinking about that Super Kaioken I used against Pikkon in Other World. I couldn't sustain it for a long enough time to be truly effective. So I just used the power of Kaioken and concentrated it completely in my wave. Or better terms, I just put ten times more effort and energy into that Kamehameha than normal. Like the Super Kamehameha, only way more powerful."
"Well that's cool dad," Gohan stated. "You two have your own finishers while I don't. I guess I'll have to make one up after this is all said and done."
"Hmph, I sure you will," Vegeta spat, crossing his arms. "More importantly, where's that scum Raichi hiding? We need to destroy him and all remnants of the Tuffles for good, so they don't come back and stab us in the back once more. Then we get our comrades and get the hell outta here."
"Agreed."
"Your attention please." Dr. Raichi's voice echoed throughout the now-flat landscape, now with some static interference thanks to the fissure and electromagnetic pulse Goku's magnificent attack had thrown out. "I will remind you that I am not defeated yet. If I may remind you of the stakes..." The camera swung around, displaying the unconscious Goten, Trunks and Tarble connected to a monitor. "Dr. Myuu, if you will?"
"Yes?" A calm, collected professor voice rasped from off-screen, the words simultaneously being spoken by Paragus and Tarble as well.
"The one with royal armor. Stop his heart," Raichi commanded, and on cue, Tarble collapsed, silently shaking, then falling still after three seconds. Dr. Myuu, holding the remote, laughed quietly to himself, though it could still be heard. "Now." Raichi looked back at the camera. "If any of you try to leave, these two's deaths—" he indicated Goten and Trunks. "—will not be as quick. You are to enter the tower, and we will continue our battle inside. Our science will overcome your barbaric strength, and I will at last...rest."
Vegeta couldn't hold it in any longer. He didn't scream, roar or anything. He flared up his aura and shot straight through walls, calmly furious. The other two Saiyans clenched their fists, and shot after Vegeta. Tarble didn't deserve to die, he was innocent yet they killed him anyway. They were going to pay!
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"Are you sure about this 18?" Krillin asked, standing opposite of his wife on the devoid island.
"Of course I'm sure, Krillin. Just don't go sulking when I beat you," 18 retorted, smirking.
"Yikes!" Krillin gulped. "Alright, here goes nothing! Super Kaioken x11." A familiar crimson aura surrounded the monk, raising the ground around them in chunks and dust. Winds raised to much higher speeds, around a hundred miles per hours.
"Don't take it easy on me just because I'm your wife. I want you to give it everything you've got."
"Don't worry. I won't. It'll be a great test to see just how strong we've gotten over the years."
"Thanks, I guess." Suddenly, 18 could be seen launching at Krillin with super sonic speeds to boot. Though normal humans couldn't even detect their presence, Krillin could see her moving perfectly.
Krillin blocked the kick his wife sent at him, then dropped to the ground, ducking under a second punch. He swept his legs under 18, who jumped up to avoid the blow. The blonde shot a Ki orb, hitting her husband in the stomach. Krillin shrugged off the blow with a grunt, back-flipping away to avoid his wifes onslaught.
Krillin launched a punch at his wife, who rolled out of the way of the blow, then flew into the air, trying to get behind Krillin.
"Come on, Krillin," said 18. "I know you're better than that."
"So are you," rhetorically replied Krillin. The two shot back into combat, the shockwaves from their blows echoing through the sky and shaking the plateau of land they were directly over.
"Whoa," said Master Roshi from his beach side view of the fight. "I expected them to be strong, but I never thought they'd be this strong already. It's incredible!"
18 leaned to the side as she received a blow to the face from the former monk. Said blonde countered by kneeing her husband in the gut, doubling the human over.
Krillin managed to raise an arm to block the follow up punch, then blocked a second one that was thrown his way. Grabbing onto 18's foot, he began swinging her around, sending her flying into the air. Looking at the moment as sign to assault his wife, Krillin shot towards his wife. 18 recovered and shot back in earnest, ready to assault the assailant.
18 grinned as she swiftly parried or evaded a flurry of attacks her husband coordinated. Just then, to her shock, Krillin raised his hands and blasted her on the chest after making slight contact with her breasts, knocking the breath out of her.
Just then, she doubled around kicking her husband in the chest, sending him flying down towards the ground. He smashed into it, creating a crater. Krillin simply stood up, dusted himself off, and then shot back into combat against his wife, shockwaves blasting off from this epic spar.
Finally, the two fighters solidified on the islands rugged surface, gasping for breath. Krillin stared into the aquatic colored eyes of his spouse, a smile etched on his face, just as it was on his wife. Finally, the two shot into the air.
"I didn't realize Androids could get stronger," Krillin commented.
"We're still humans too ya know. Just part android," 18 responded, smirking.
"Oh...right. Dodge this if you can 18." The monk crouched and pulled his elbows back, charging up more crimson ki. "Crimson Scatter Shot!"
The hair clad midget chucked a powerful beam of crimson color. "Heh, I don't see how the move lives up to its name," 18 stated, evading the beam with a side step. The retort garnered no response from Krillin, whom only smirked.
The former monk hefted the blast upwards, confusing his wife. Suddenly, it split into five different beams with the same trajectory and target. "How about now?" Krillin asked, watching his technique launch itself at 18.
"Well now it lives up to its name, not before. Nggh!" She created her energy forcefield, forcing all five projectiles to detonate upon the bubble. Through the smoke, the android released her field, thinking she was safe.
"I'm not done yet 18!"
A few more streaks of energy came at through the cover of the smoke, and she evaded all of them swiftly. Her "sixth" reactionary sense indicated that many more streaks of ki were incoming from outside of the smoke. Making a split second decision, the blonde raised both of her hands and shot several violet energy blasts consecutively.
Hundreds of energy blasts streaked across the sky, the two hurling everything they had at one another. Most of the time, the streaks passed directly by the other competitor. A few collided with opposing blasts mid-air, creating small explosions. The rest that managed to get by were effortlessly batted away or evaded.
Finally, the double barrages ceased, the two fighters panting for breath, though they were smirking. Love can be told through actions as well as words it seemed.
"Photon Flash!" shouted the female cyborg, sending the attack directly at her husband. Krillin simply cupped his hands at his right side.
"KamehameHA!" he shouted, sending a cerulean beam of energy to counter Eighteens silver/white beam. The two beams collided, neither managing to gain any sort of appreciable ground on the other before they were pushed back to an impasse.
Slowly, the beams began to slowly and surely gain a general drift in one direction. Krillin was pushing more power into the beams, silently upping his Super Kaioken to a times 12 level. 18 knew she was going to lose the struggle so she prepared to drop her won blast until she saw Krillin's Kamehameha wave dissipate.
He smiled, dropping his beam entirely. The Photon Flash, with the Kamehameha wave still being pushed in front of it, passed harmlessly into space.
"I kinda ran out of energy on that last one. Unlike you, I don't have infinite energy, so I can't go on forever. And we both know I don't stand a chance against you without the Kaioken. Sorry," Krillin stated, descending to the ground.
"Don't give me that crap. You could have went all out from the very beginning."
"Yeah but you would have outlasted me anyways, and I would have burnt out of energy pretty quickly."
"Whatever," 18 said. She then gave her husband a quick kiss on the lips. Krillin kissed back but decided not to go the next step. Suddenly, Krillin sensed Piccolo fighting someone who doesn't have a signature. Knowing that he couldn't sense anybody fighting with Piccolo, the Namek must be in combat with an adversary.
"Um...18? I gotta go, Piccolo's fighting someone right now and might be in trouble. See ya," Krillin stated, shooting off in the distance.
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The Saiyans were totally silent as they entered the massive room inside the tower, passing under the cavernous archway and into the gloom within. It felt frigid, like -200 degrees Farenheit or even lower. The bout between the Saiyans and the Tuffles could very well end within the room, and the Saiyans knew it.
"So, this is it..." Vegeta muttered. "Only one race will come out of here alive. The other will be extinct..."
"True...just know I'm not dying without Goten and Trunks being safe." Gohan stated, completely serious.
"Guys...calm down. I'm sure we can handle anything that Raichi guy throws at us," Goku tried to cheer up, though he felt the vibe too. If they failed in their final stand, the Saiyans will cease to exist and will never recover. The pressure of Goten and Trunks' lives also weighed down upon them. They had to succeed, they just had to.
"So what's your deal, anyway?" Goku asked loudly, staring defiantly up at the unlit ceiling. "I thought the Saiyans killed your race already."
"And I thought Frieza killed yours..." Came the distant reply. "Still, I may as well tell you. Your executioners are not quite combat-ready yet...it will pass the time." Raichi cleared his throat. "It's true that we lost the war, that night of the full moon. But our scientists, even in those last days, were still hard at work, hoping for a miracle with which to drive back the monsters besieging us. Our King had entrusted the bulk of this task to me and my brilliant colleague, Dr. Myuu. He was killed by a Saiyan scout party while on the way to the capital, and his great work; Baby, was left unfinished. I, meanwhile, was working on Hatchiyack, had to leave that too incomplete when I realized it was simply not possible to have it combat ready in time to save us, as the full moon spelled our doom. So I quickly re-activated an earlier experiment, a machine, powered by a substance of my own creation I called Destron Gas, which would create the perfect soldiers, the Ghost Warriors."
"Ghost Warriors?" Goku listened, wide-eyed, as he heard the history of his home planet, so long hidden from him. Is he...really the bad guy here? Can I blame him for wanting payback for his whole species? Wouldn't I want Frieza destroyed for killing us...?
"Indeed. The machine draws on souls in the afterlife, using their hatred for the Saiyans as an anchor. I sent a rocket with this machine, plus the incomplete Defectron and Hatchiyack on board, away to a safe, uninhabited planet. Then, when a giant, transformed Saiyan crushed me underfoot, the machine pulled me back to the land of the living in this form. I am the prototype Ghost Warrior as well as Dr. Myuu from what you can see. And the newer models are now ready. These, you will find, look exactly as they did in real life. I have also taken steps to increase the fighting power of these Ghost Warriors by a great deal. You may find them much more challenging opponents than you did the first time around."
"I have a feeling we're about to meet some old 'friends'," Vegeta muttered, glancing from right to left. "Come out, show yourselves!" They promptly did so.
The Ghost Warriors emerged from the shadows, leering grins plastered on their faces. They spread out in a row, slowly advancing. Frieza. Cooler. King Cold. Cell. Bojack. And the Ki coming off of them was absolutely staggering compared to before. Cell seemed quintupled in power, matching the Saiyans even after three years of training.
Goku tried to come up with a taunt, a boast, anything to boost their confidence. "I, uh...I got nothing."
"We have a decent chance of dying, don't we?" Gohan backed away, tensed up with beads of sweat falling down the sides of his head.
Vegeta sighed. "It wouldn't surprise me."
"However, I have one comment to make," Vegeta stated, catching the others attention. "We can't let our Saiyan comrades down now. We're too close, we're gonna stand tall and fight to win or DIE TRYING! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The Prince of all Saiyans powered up to his fullest and even beyond that. His comrades mimicked this action, causing a powerful electric maelstrom and then an explosion that shook the planet to its core.
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"Ah, so these feeble simple minded humans dwell on technology just like the Tuffles did," The dark Ai unit chuckled. "I can use that to my advantage...the more technological energy I absorb, the stronger and more powerful I get." The AI rammed straight through multiple buildings in construction, toppling them over.
Many pedestrians simply screamed as they ran for their lives to try to escape the destruction. Multiple Police cars, five to be exact, rolled up on the scene. Defectron chuckled, deciding to gain some amusement over the cops look of terror before he destroyed them.
"Hey you, you're under arrest! Surrender now or we will fire!"
"Heh, you puny humans are not even worth stepping on."
"Hold your fire, it's not something you can beat. I'll take care of this one," Videl cut in, dropping in on the scene. She knew a being whom was strong enough to run straight through buildings wasn't to be taken lightly. However that roused the question, where was her boyfriend or his friends and family? Surely they would be on the scene right?
"Are you positive? It doesn't seem all that tough to me?"
"You'd best listen to the girl," Defectron stated. In the blink of an eye, the sinister possessed all of the weapons that the police men held seconds before. He then crushed them all in a powerful grip, crushing the pistols and capsules. More vehicles swarmed around the scene, surrounding the Tuffle infiltration mechanism. Even the SWAT team appeared, running out of the trucks with mass firearms.
"Damnit," Piccolo cursed, standing on a roof top. "I don't want to cause a scene, but all those people are going to die."
"Captain, stand down and evacuate the city. It's too powerful for you to take on."
"Listen, I don't know what that thing is, but it's gonna experience our artillery. Open fire on the count of three!"
"Yes sir," The militia chorused, all aiming their projectile weapons at the menace.
Videl snapped, narrowing her sapphire eyes at the militia's Captain. "You don't know what you're doing! Stop it this instance, orders are orders." The commander shook his head vehemently, ignoring the girls pleas. "Not until I see what this thing is capable of. One, Two..."
"Damnit!" Videl cursed, shooting off into the crowd of people to evacuate as many as she could in the span of a few seconds.
"Three, FIRE!" All the militias artillery flew at the mechanical sinister, whom chuckled. It raised its hand, stopping all of the projectiles flying towards it in an instant.
"I believe these were yours?" The AI taunted, sending all artillery back down upon the crowd of militia. However, they exploded before they could even touch the ground and kill several innocents. Chiaotzu made himself apparent on a roof top, along with Tien and Yamcha.
Krillin also flew in on the scene, touching down next to Piccolo on another roof top. "Chiaotzu, I need you to evacuate all these people away from the premises. This could get ugly if they were in the cross fire." The midget nodded, forcing the pedestrians and locals back via telekinesis.
"About time this planets greatest warriors appeared," Defectron chuckled, revealing a large Tuffle Dynocap. "I'm no fool, I know I can't take all of you at once, but I won't have to. While you deal with my warriors, I'll take over your planet in the name of Plant. Now that the Saiyans are becoming extinct as we speak, you all are the only obstructions in my way."
"What is that thing?" Yamcha inquired, his attention directed on the large DynoCap.
"Oh this? It's your end. Allow me to show you the prowess of Tuffle Technology," The sinister AI boasted, popping the top of the cap and tossing it in the middle of the street. It revealed a large blood colored machine that resembled a tractor in a slight way. Then it started pumping smoke, or more correct terms, Destron Gas. "Behold. This is Destron Gas, your end. It produces ghosts of the enemies your Saiyan friends have fought before. They are pulled from the other world and brought back, only this time much more powerful. Should you get past them, it'll already be too late."
"Oh no, I gotta bad feeling about this," Krillin voiced, sweating a bit.
"It seems like we're about to meet some old friends that we've already beaten," Piccolo stated grimly, powering up and blowing away the debris in the area.
"Look, that robot thing is getting away!" Yamcha shouted, rushing after it in haste. Defectron whipped around, seeing the scar faced bandit shooting towards him. The AI touched the power station for Satan City behind it, absorbing the technological advances of the Homo Sapien race. The race were just like the Tuffles, but even more advanced. The energy of the city alone coursed through its body, fueling Defectron even more. In mere seconds, the cities power was drained and absorbed into the Katchin body, making it all that more powerful.
"You'd do well to stay out of my way," The AI muttered. "Electric Flare!" A surged of power emitted from Defectron, blowing Yamcha away. However,it only turned out of be a classic maneuver, the Afterimage.
Defectron turned around swiftly only to be caught up in Yamcha's signature fighting style, the way of the wolf. "Wolf Fang Fist!" First, the scar faced bandit kicked the sinister in the face. Then he launched multiple strikes to the face of the AI, all connecting. Finally, he cupped his hands and palmed the unit in the torso, as well as releasing a cobalt blast of ki. "Fang Kamehameha!"
This sent Defectron through a multitude of buildings, and it collapsed under the debris pretending to be destroyed. "What a big showoff, I didn't even get a chance to use all my new moves. Heh, not even a challenge, nothing to worry about." The human quickly flew away back towards his comrades, hoping to have more of a challenge.
Back to the area of Piccolo and the others, billions of figures appeared within Satan city, only four were stand out figures. Broly. Paragus. Raditz. Nappa. And those four felt much stronger than before, especially Broly. Chiaotzu, seeing a tremendous amount of people through the Destron Gas, put up a barrier around Satan City. However, he was too late as many Tuffles with technology rivaling the humans, escaped outside and proceeded to travel around the world.
"Eh, this is gonna be a tough one."
"I agree Krillin, however we're Earth's last line of defense with Goku, Vegeta and Gohan gone. We can't fail," Tien stated.
The warriors of humanity and Piccolo tensed up, prepared for action. If it was an all out war for the planet that the Tuffles wanted, then they were going to get it!
A/N: And that's another chapter in a nutshell. I killed off Hatchiyack, but now the Z-fighters will have to face an even greater threat than before. Can the Z-fighters stop this new threat? You'll see in the next installment of this story. Next chapter, we'll see characters like Hercule kicking some arse. Stay tuned for more in the near future.
Review Section:
C: Great job.
R: Thanks for the review.
C: Well Hatchiyack is not strong enough to cause any problems for the heroes on his power only, but maybe cause of his tricks. Also Gohan totally rocked this chapter, destroying Lude like that, showed there is more to fighting than just kicks and punches. Lets see how the earth warriors fare against Defectron. Update soon.
R: True, but even that couldn't really stop the SSJ2's. The only thing that Hatchiyack could do to even harm them was go into his ultimate mode, where all of the Ghost Warriors were absorbed into him.
C: You introduced a great element earlier in this story being Tiencha. I'm not trying to be pushy or an ass but it would suck if he doesn't come back. It would be nice to see him make a couple appearances here and there.
Not surprised with what happened with Lude he sucked in gt and he sucked here too. Although I was surprised to see Lude. The whole Hatchiyack battle while I know it'll be really good I think I already know how it'll end. Same as the movie Goku, Gohan and Vegeta combining their attacks to kill it. Maybe i'll be surprised and you'll do something different. What I most looking forward to though is piccolo fight with Defectron. Whether or not its Piccolo who kills it I know its something new and i'm most interested in that part.
Good chapter and nice ways you set up the fights. Good job bro. (hope you didn't mind the bro thing lol)
R: Lude did suck in GT and what did you expect. It was weak and pathetic. Tie chat will make an appearance next chapter, I promise. The fight with Hatchiyack ended similar but not quite the same. The next chapter is focused upon the Earth where Defectron is causing havoc and chaos, I promise that as well. Thanks for another great review and I don't care about the bro thing, bro.
C: Woah your actually expanding on the Tuffle idea? This is certainly new.
R: Thanks for the remark on my creativity, and yeah I'm adding a lot more to main and side sagas than normal because of my amped up characters compared to the canon.
C: Like your story bro, it's unique in its own way. Keep up the good work.
R: Thanks, I hope I can continue to produce good quality work.
C: This story is turning out awesome so far, keeping a loose connection with the canon yet adding additional aspects as well as twists and turns. Nice.
R: Thanks, I hope I can continue the good work.
C: Keep up the great work. I wonder what's next on the list of twists and turns.
R: To find out, stay tuned for more chapters in this story. Thanks fore the review.
C: This chapter was...AWESOMELY UNEXPECTED!
R: Thanks for the compliment. I hope I continue to stay unpredictable until this story ends.
Thanks for reading and stay tuned for the next chapter. Chapter 41: Extinction. Until then stay safe. Peace.
