"The reading is coming from this planet?" Zuchino asked Tony, who nodded as he kept the ship in hover mode inside of the planet's outer atmosphere. "What planet is this?"
"Rastea. A cold little miserable planet, but had a sizable deal of Vibranium ore here. As far as I know, there are no inhabitants that could get in the way of the battle." Corma explained, her fist tucked underneath her chin while she observed it.
"Battle? If it is a Saiyan, don't you think they would listen to the both of you? Weren't you like a big wig on deck?" Tony asked as Zuchino sighed.
"I don't know, something about this just feels off. The energy coming from there doesn't feel malicious like Freeza's." Zuchino muttered. "C'mon, let's go investigate. I want you two to stay close to us, we're not taking any risks if it's a Saiyan; while Corma and I are a lot more understanding and merciful, the majority of Saiyans aren't." Zuchino commanded his two friends, who nodded.
After blasting through the thick layers of clouds covering the sky, they finally descended onto the surface. However, all they could see was white from the blizzard raging on above them. They exited the ship, clad in heavy jackets Tony had smartly packed before leaving the planet. Zuchino clicked the button on his scouter, immediately whirling to life and scanning every power level nearby. The giant spike had since disappeared surprisingly, probably because its owner sensed them coming and wants the element of surprise.
Clever bastards.
"Zuchino, can you find it?" Bruce shouted over the howling winds as Zuchino sighed.
"No, it disappeared." Zuchino sighed as he looked around before he noticed something on a nearby glacier. Even though the blur of white, he could see very plainly two humanoid figures on a cliff, watching them. Though once it seemed like their position was finally given away, they quickly took the air and began dashing towards the Avengers.
"Be prepared for anything." Zuchino declared as he and Corma stepped in front of Tony and Bruce, the former of whom immediately hit the button that activated his suit. The two figures got closer before they stopped and dropped from the air into the snow. One of the figures raised his hand and fired a yellow energy ball into the air. The small ki ball trailed into the air before it exploded in a grand spectacle in the clouds, clearing the sky for the three suns to shine across the horizon. Now they could get a good look at the two warriors.
The one on the right was tanned, far more than Zuchino and Corma, and wore a more accurate Saiyan armor, though it seemed to be the old model that only cover the torso and thighs. His right eye bore a scar that kept it closed, but his left seemed to glow in complete malice upon looking at the two Saiyans. His hair was jet black and stood straight up, very similar to Zuchino's Super Saiyan's hair.
The other, younger-looking one was leaner and only wore the leg warmers and boots. He also wore a green fur cloth tied around his waist. His hair seemed wild and unkempt, even by Saiyan standards, with scars littering his upper body and one going down his cheek. His expression was simply plain, almost emotionless at the glimpse of the four warriors in front of him.
"Are they Saiyans?" Bruce asked the two in front of him, who could only nod at the scientist.
"Yes, we are." The older looking one said. "I can't believe the two of you survived." He said with a hint of shock in his voice.
"Yea." Zuchino simply said, not taking his eyes off the younger one. The energy he was giving off was a little massive but didn't feel like planet bursting power. Maybe he was suppressing it?
"Yes, Zuchino and Corma." The older one said before there was a small silence between the Saiyans before he spoke again, "You don't remember me, do you?" The Saiyan siblings exchanged a look before taking a long hard stare at the older Saiyan.
"Should we?" Corma questioned as he smirked.
"I'm not surprised. I guess what happened between us was almost a common practice amongst the both of you. Perhaps my name should jog your memories. My name is Paragus and my son here is named Broly." Silence.
"Nope, still not ringing a bell," Zuchino stated, putting a hand on his hip. "What exactly did we do, maybe that will help? Did we save you, train you both, advocate-"
"You both attempted to kill me and my son," Paragus growled, knocking the words out of the Saiyan's mouth.
"You did that?" Bruce asked as Zuchino gave him a look of incredulity.
"You think I remember everyone I've ever killed or attempted to kill?" Zuchino whispered back before looking back at Paragus. "Surely there must be some misunderstanding, I think I can speak for both of us saying we never tried to kill any of our own. What are you speaking of specifically?" The anger boiling from Paragus was practically visible.
"It was four cycles ago, back when my son was born." Paragus began. "He was born with an exponential amount of ki for such a young age, the biggest ever seen. And that placed the target on his back."
Paragus stormed the royal chamber, pushing aside the two guards and past the royal butler. The older Saiyan took a look at the King of the Saiyans, Vegeta, sitting with his two most loyal subjects, Zuchino and Corma, standing on either side with their arms crossed and a look of wicked malice in their eyes.
"That'll be far enough," Corma told him, holding up her arm at him for fair warning. Immediately, Paragaus took a knee and bowed directly to the king.
"Please, King Vegeta, forgive me for barging in. I..." Paragus stopped and looked up at his king, who sat with one hand supporting in his head in a bored manner, "I am told you intend to send my son away; that his pod will be destined for an outlying world?"
"That is correct." King Vegeta answered, his deep voice echoing throughout the chamber.
"But that is the fate for a low-class warrior."
"On the contrary, what better way is there for your son to prove that he is indeed a truly powerful warrior than claiming an uninhabited planet on his own?" Corma asked, her smirk never leaving her face as she cut into Paragus' eyes.
"I would appreciate if I were to speak to King Vegeta directly," Paragus replied as King Vegeta sat his arm down.
"I would disagree, as the idea to send your son to the planet was the decision we three came to together." King Vegeta cut into Paragus, whose jaw could only drop in shock. "Your son is just continuing the Saiyan's legacy of subjugating valuable worlds and selling them to the highest bidder."
"But the planet he is destined for is the planetoid Vampa; it's an inhospitable world devoid of intelligent life. I don't see much of the profit from it."
Zuchino and Corma exchanged a look before looking down at the King, who sensed their question and gave a nod.
"The truth is your son's latent abilities are abnormally elevated. I'd go so far as to call him a freak and possibly a mutant. Someday, that power will likely drive him insane." Zuchino explained as Paragus gave him a doubting glance. "When that time comes, he'll be a danger to not only to Planet Vegeta but the entire universe. Be grateful the King has decided on simply exiling him to a faraway planet and not simply ending his life for good as was suggested many counselors and me."
"No! This isn't right!" Paragus gasped as shot up from his kneeling position and pointed his finger at Zuchino directly. "You two! You're jealous! Because Broly's latent abilities surpass your own, you're trying to ensure that you keep you and your sister's spots as the King's dedicated lapdogs!" Zuchino's smirk dropped, as did his arms before sending a glare at Paragus that would chill most Saiyans blood.
"You should take care of how you speak to my subjects," Vegeta said, narrowing his glare. "Say another word of that rambling conspiracy theory of yours and I will have your tongue." Paragus' shock was completely evident? He couldn't be serious! "Besides, you're far too late. He's gone. I had the pod launched before you got here." King Vegeta explained before Paragus looked over and dashed out of the window towards the landing strip. He immediately landed at the space station section and, after pushing an attendant out of the way, climbed into one. An attendant climbed in right before the ship fully launched into the air, leaving Vegeta, Corma, and Zuchino watching.
"Shall we give chase, my lord?" Corma asked as Vegeta shook his head.
"No. If he ever comes back, he knows he will die. Until then, let the fool dream." Vegeta answered, staring up at the air before walking back to his palace. Zuchino and Corma looked at each, shrugged, and continued after King Vegeta.
"Wow, that is pretty fucked up," Tony told the two Saiyan siblings who gave a sigh.
"After we got to that wretched planet, our pods were damaged beyond repair and we were stuck there for cycles. Every day was a struggle to have food and water to survive until one day, a few curious travelers decided to stop by and get a glimpse of the planet. We had our escape and we took it, heading to the nearest abandoned PTO base we could find. After getting the supplies we needed, we began taking revenge on Freeza and Vegeta by destroying the planets Vegeta and Freeza so desperately craved in this galaxy."
"So you were behind the destruction of the planets?" Zuchino asked, his ki spiking.
"Not I, my son." Paragus gestured to his son, who continued to stare forward with his emotionless stare.
"Paragus…we're highly sorry for what happened. Deeply sorry and nothing we can do will ever make up for the hell I know you've been through." Corma explained. "But we need to stick together, we're all that's left right now."
"What do you mean we're all that's left?" Paragus eyed her suspiciously before Zuchino and Corma's jaws almost dropped. That's right, he has been cut off for contact for over two decades now.
"Paragus, Freeza destroyed Planet Vegeta." Zuchino broke the news evenly, taking a second to let that process (judging from the look that addressed both of their faces, he was right). "King Vegeta, Cucumba, everyone is gone. As far as I know, we're the only four Saiyans left alive."
"What? Why?"
"We staged a rebellion," Corma explained, her voice quivering a bit. "We thought we had enough to destroy Freeza, but his army was too strong and killed off the Saiyans."
"What about Freeza, is he still alive?"
"No. I killed him." Zuchino answered as Paragus looked at him. "As Corma said, we're still highly sorry about what happened. It…we should not have let our loyalty to King Vegeta stop us from doing the right thing and attempting to train your son to hone in his power. We want the chance to at least begin to make it right to you." Zuchino answered as Paragus could only stare forward in shock while Broly looked down at the ground.
"So the Freeza Force is gone?" Paragus said before his shock gave way to a small smile before erupting in a burst of full bellowing laughter that caught the Avengers off guard. "Good, now I won't have to worry about killing Freeza and Vegeta."
"Wait, what?" Tony deadpanned, having the fortitude of the four to question Paragus' proclamation.
"Do you think I care about the Saiyan race? You bastards sent me and my son to die, I wanted you all dead. But thankfully Freeza took care of that for me as you did with Freeza. No wonder that base was abandoned when we stole on Freeza's flagships, they're all dead. And with the universal order left unstable, my son and I can finally take our place at the rulers of the universe." Corma watched as he pulled out a small device from his pocket.
"Paragus-"
"Silence, you maggot!" Paragus silenced Zuchino's plea, making the younger Saiyan grit his teeth in frustration. "I see now that my son's power wasn't some sort of fluke or freak, but it was a gift from the Kais; the sign that we, not that damned Freeza, were the ones born to rule this planet! But first… you both need to pay! Broly!" He shouted; almost immediately Broly's head shot up and looked directly at the Saiyans siblings.
"ATTACK!"
A switch seemed to have erupted in Broly as he dashed towards the two Saiyans with a vicious glare in his eyes; the Saiyan sibling duo prepared for battle...before the Hulk charged in between them and clotheslined Broly into the nearest glacier. Both the Saiyans could only slightly lower their fighting stances, confusion setting in on their faces.
"Um, Hulk," Zuchino got the giant green monster's attention, "we were going to fight him, you don't need to."
"Hulk wants to fight!" Hulk roared as Zuchino and Corma threw their hands up in defeat.
"Sure, sure, do whatever you want," Corma stated as Hulk smiled at her before he looked back at the emerging Saiyan. He clawed his way from his icy prison and glared at the Hulk with animalistic viciousness. He dashed toward the Hulk, pulling back his fist to punch the life out of the Hulk. The Hulk waited until he was near before he raised his forearm, blocking the powerful punch, and grabbed with his forearm and pulled him down into a headbutt, the crack of the contact echoing across the snowy miles, before punching him throwing him forward. The Hulk chased after the dazed Saiyan, who caught his bearing with just enough time to kick Hulk to the side.
He gathered green energy in his hand and threw towards the Hulk, who charged through the explosion without any sign of slowing down, and grabbed Broly's face with an angry roar before slamming him down into the ground repeatedly. Broly grabbed the gamma radiation monster's arm and twisted, flipping giant off his feet and sending slamming down into the ice below. Broly then hopped on the mutant's back and hopped down on it repeatedly, burying the Hulk deeper into the solid snow with an angry grunt ever moment.
The Hulk struggled underneath Broly's boots before rolled out of the way of Broly's jump and grabbed his leg. With the surprised Saiyan in his grasp, he laid into the Saiyan with strong, vengeful strikes to his head and chest. Once he finished, he repeatedly slammed the Saiyan into the ground over and over like a ragdoll before throwing him down into the ground, raising his foot and sending his heel into the base of Broly's spine. The Saiyan let out a cry of pain, making Zuchino and Corma wince, before passing out.
"Poor thing, he never stood a chance." Corma simply stated, having watched the entire battle.
"I know, his father never really trained him to be a skilled warrior. I guess King Vegeta's assumptions were false." Zuchino simply stated before he turned to Paragus. He laid in shock at his son's easy and swift defeat, there was no way that the giant green monster was more powerful than his son.
The Hulk let out a victory roar before he began walking back to the trio of warriors, a smirk on his face. "Puny Saiyan." The warriors began to laugh until they saw something that seemed impossible: Broly jumped back to his feet and looked directly at Hulk.
"Bruce, behind you!" Corma warned, but it was too late. The Saiyan tackled the giant beast to the ground, flipped him in the snow, and raised his fist.
Broly let out another animalistic roar of anger before he began rapid-fire punching the Hulk in the face. His hand practically became a blur until the Hulk obviously was unconscious and began devolving back into Bruce. Broly saw this and raised his hand, a green light engulfing the area before it seemed to collect into his hand, forming a green energy ball.
Just as he began to fire it, a blue ball of ki hit him in the back of his head. He turned from his downed prey to see Corma's hand smoking and a look of annoyance on her face. "Don't think because you took him down means the rest of us are just nothing to you," Corma stated before lowering her hand and bringing a blue aura around her body. "I will be your next opponent."
"You sure you got this?" Zuchino asked his sister.
"Oh please." Corma chuckled before Broly disappeared in a flash. Corma's arm quickly raised up, blocking a hit from mad Saiyan. "There are some things that just come naturally." She gave him a savage right hook, knocking him away across the horizon. She quickly zipped after him before the unmistakable clashes of fists and kicks echoed across the snowy ground, creating craters across the ground.
Corma moved her head slightly to the right, dodging one of Broly's kicks before she slammed her foot into his gut, knocking him back. She raised her hand and fired off a volley of blue energy balls towards the Saiyan. Broly knocked away each ball before firing his own green energy wave through the volley. Corma's ki attacks were absorbed by the blast, forcing her up into the air. However, she didn't see Broly zip in front of her until he already struck her in the temple with a right hook.
She flew back a bit before flipping and blocking Broly's punch with her knee. He unleashed a flurry of blows, all being blocked by Corma with her knee and forearms before she found the opening. She grabbed both of his fists and double-foot kicked him in the stomach into the air. She dashed after him and unleashed her own flurry of blows before Broly quickly caught on and matched her attack for attack, shockwaves rocketing across the upper plane.
"That's interesting," Zuchino whispered to himself as Stark looked over, having walked out after placing the unconscious Banner in the ship.
"You notice it too?" He asked as the Saiyan nodded.
The shockwaves still rocketed around the sky before a figure appeared. Broly sailed through the air, head cocked back from a surprise kick from Corma. The male Saiyan flipped in the air, correcting his course before dashing towards the stunned Corma and clotheslining her into an icy mountain. The female Saiyan rocketed through the mountain into another before finally powering up in front of another with a roar of rage. The mountain behind her quickly collapsed as she stared at Broly, her blue aura pulsing around her.
"Damn it," she muttered to herself, "he's adapting faster than I've ever seen."
Broly charged towards her before she grabbed his fists again, but he still had them rocketing backward across the horizon before Corma began glowing blue. He noticed and began trying to pull his fists back from her, but she held on tight and did not allow him to let go. With Broly stuck in her trap, she gave a small smirk and kneed the Saiyan hard enough to make his mouth go open with shock before she kicked him away and raised her hand above her head. A blue energy ball crackled to life in her palm, electricity flowing around her body before she fired it off at Broly.
She didn't anticipate the Saiyan to dodge. She could only barely block the zipping punch aimed directly for her head but didn't see Broly's leg slammed into her chest. Careening across the horizon yet again, she couldn't get her bearings fast enough to dodge the raving Saiyan's flurry of blows, each practically having a shockwave across her body. After a few seconds, she blazed her blue aura around her enough to make Broly back away from her before she landed a right hook in his face, sending him careening down into the ground.
She raised her hands, energy balls forming in each hand before she aimed it down at him. "COSMIC FLASH!" Corma roared, a large yellow energy wave careening directly down on the recovering Broly. The explosion ripped across the ground, causing fissures in the dense snow for miles. Once the dust cloud cleared, Corma remained in the air looking down into a practically bottomless pit. While she didn't use enough energy that could've potentially ripped into the core of the planet, it definitely seemed enough to vaporize the mad Saiyan.
She flipped her hair across her shoulder with a huff before descending next to her brother, who looked over at her.
"Did you have to kill him? I feel like he would've made a great ally for us."
"I doubt it, he was insane." Corma sighed, looking over at the hole. "I kinda wish we'd killed him when we had the chance, at this point it felt like putting down a rabid animal," Corma stated sadly before looking over at Paragus, who was staring at the crater with his jaw dropped. "Oh stop with the act, I know for a fact you didn't give a shit about him. He was an end to a mean for you, a tool to take over this galaxy. I'm almost glad I've put him out of his misery."
Zuchino was about to chime in before his senses picked up something. Before he could announce his deduction, the air felt like it got light for a second. Like all pressure in the atmosphere had fully disappeared from area...before it came rushing back with a sudden rush of wind blowing towards the area.
"What the fuck is that?!" Tony yelled over the wind, guarding his face against the barrage of wind until a pillar of yellow light shot from the hole. In the center of it was Broly, rising up with a look of homicidal fury painted on his face. Another gust of wind erupted from him as he released yet another roar that echoed across the area.
When the winds slowly began, Broly opened his mouth wide, unearthing a green energy wave that headed directly to Corma. She zipped out of the way of the powerful energy blast, which shot off into the air before detonating in a planet-shaking explosion that lit up the entire sky in a shade of green.
Everyone could only stare stupefied at the power of the blast, which would've easily destroyed the planet several times over easily. Corma however, was still too much in shock that she didn't see the now twice-as-large Saiyan teleport behind her and land a right hook in the back of her head.
The female Saiyan shot through the air like a bullet before she flipped and dodged what would've been a rib crushing kick. Upside down, she kicked Broly in the cheek...to no effect. Shock etched into her face before Broly kicked her towards the ground. The female Saiyan landed on all fours and flipped to the right to dodge Broly's fist, but was left open for a roundhouse kick to her side. Corma skidded across the landscape before she grabbed into the snow, slowing her trek.
She raised her head, a bit of blood trickling down her cheek, to see Broly in front of her with his hand raised and a green energy ball gathered in his hand. That last attack did a number on her ki reserves, so she knew she didn't have the energy to dodge nor block against the attack.
Before Broly could unleash his attack on the female Saiyan, a hand grabbed his wrist and brought it down. Broly looked to see who grabbed him before Zuchino elbowed him in the face, catching Broly off guard before Zuchino formed a blast in his hand and exploded it into Broly's abdomen that sent him sailing backward.
Zuchino looked back before he extended a hand to his sister, who scoffed and accepted it up.
"Never thought I'd see the day where my little brother has to save me." She muttered, earning a chuckle from her brother before he removed his jacket and cracked his neck. "Be careful, he's definitely a better fighter than I would've thought."
"I know, he's quite the adapter. Should make this the more entertaining." With that, Zuchino powered up his red aura and dashed off towards the mad Saiyan.