Happy New Year everyone! If you're reading this, it's 2019 or later.

This will definitely be a more productive year (I hope) for my fanfics. I have several story ideas that people are wanting to see, with even more ideas inside my head. So hopefully I can work on this site more frequently.

To start this off with... it's complicated... due to the nature of the Lord Slug, Gohan and Piccolo could conceivably stop this invasion on its first day, but then that wouldn't serve the plot now would it? Also, I'm pretty sure you noticed the lack of a certain Dragon in the previous Movie. Honestly, one thing I always disliked about TFS is that they killed off Icarus in every single timeline possible in their abridging ways. Oozaru Gohan vs Vegeta, Goku said Vegeta killed Icarus, which had a flashback of Icarus being blown up. So, main Timeline: Icarus is dead. Then in the Tree of Might, Icarus dies in the wildfire that Oolong causes. Heck, Cooler's Revenge has Goku wanting to EAT Icarus, and I'm like "TFS WTF!?" And here in Lord Slug, Chi Chi COOKS Icarus into soup. They had an Icarus Skeleton used in both Cooler and Slug, and it's incredibly insulting, so I left him out. He's in the main continuity because I had Cooler in the main continuity, so he's alive and well there even though he disappears by the time the Androids arrive. (LOLZ!) So yeah, no Icarus. He's there for comedy and as a friend to Gohan, but... it's rather disappointing when a group is providing content that you like and then does that to one of your favorite characters. I like Dragons, I say so in my Profile Page. Forgive me if I'm a little biased towards Icarus being a good character despite not really serving more than a support role in the plot.

Now, this chapter will probably the last of the 'difficult' ones to set up, and remember, it's also the last one to featured numbered power levels. So Return of Cooler, Super Android 13, and Broly will have smoother setup.

(Story Begin)

Gohan took a deep breath as he meditated alongside Piccolo by a waterfall near his home. It had been nearly two years since Vegeta and Nappa came to Earth, and everyone was continuing what they had been doing before. After having completed three days worth of work in a single morning, Chi Chi let Gohan out to play in the woods as a reward for all his hard work.

(AN1)

Both of them had been sparing the last few times they met up, so taking a time out to mediate this time was a nice change of pace. The sounds of nature around them: The water falling, the birds tweeting, a planet-sized object hurtling through space towards Earth, the fish splashing...

Gohan and Piccolo's eyes snapped open... Planet-sized Object hurtling through space towards Earth!? That... wasn't right.

"Something feels familiar about this scenario," spoke up Piccolo.

"What, getting flashbacks?" smirked Gohan.

"Don't be a smartass Gohan."

"Blame my mother," grinned Gohan.

Gohan went to meet up with his mother, Bulma, and Oolong as they waited for Goku and Krillin to divert the object heading towards Earth. Piccolo was 'otherwise unavailable' as luck would have it. The Object did miss Earth, but not without causing some catastrophic damage to the planet. Once the proverbial and literal dust settled, Gohan's group noticed a Space Ship in the nearby city. Gohan could only groan at what was to happen next.

"First Radditz, then Vegeta and Nappa, and now this!?" sighed Gohan, "What next?"

(AN2)

"Don't jinx us Gohan," warned Bulma as they got closer to check out what was going on.

Soon enough, the several dozen foot soldiers that had previously exited the ship started firing on the people and Gohan raised an energy barrier to protect his mother, father's best friend, and Oolong, though he could extend it out much further without compromising the strength of the barrier. For foot soldiers, their blasts were actually something. Once the civilians were cleared (either escaped or dead), Gohan gave his hat, and the Dragonball, to Bulma.

"Bulma, get out of there and take Oolong, I'm gonna remind these guys why you don't mess with Planet Earth," informed Gohan, getting into a fighting stance.

"Not on your own, you won't, Gohan," said Chi Chi, getting into her fighting stance, "There's too many of them."

(AN3)

Bulma didn't argue and left with Oolong in tow while the Son Mother and Son duo charged into battle.

Gohan and Chi Chi did their best taking out goon after goon until the lieutenants showed up. These guys were definitely stronger and faster, as proven when Gohan had to protect his mom from an incoming blow from the big tough stupid one.

(AN4)

This left him vulnerable to more attacks that forced them to retreat. Unfortunately, Bulma had a 'blonde' moment and got the attention of their leader, who had come out to see what the commotion was. He recognized the Dragonball and thanks to reading Bulma's mind, got the Dragon Radar and ultimately left Gohan with little option but to flee with his friends and mother in tow.

Goku groaned as he opened his eyes. How long was he out?

"Goku, I don't want to share bad news, but you might want to get back there. Some Alien is taking over the world... again," informed Yajirobe, who gave him and Krillin a Senzu Bean.

"Thanks Yajirobe," said Goku, getting up and stretching his stiff muscles while Krillin got his bearings.

"Let's go, Goku," said Krillin as they both powered up and flew off towards their family/friends.

After a good night's rest, Gohan changed into his combat clothes and returned to the fight, determined to actually win this time. Unfortunately, the Terrafreezing left the Earth a lot colder than normal, requiring Gohan to use his Ki just to stay warm so he could fight at peak efficiency. Blasting through the foot soldiers was easier now that he didn't have to worry about his mom in the crossfire, but that still didn't make it too easy. He still didn't actually like killing, even though he had come to terms with it after Cell and Buu. So, knocking them unconscious rather than blasting them to smithereens got tougher as the battle went on. Luckily, Piccolo showed up and helped turned the tide, until the lieutenants returned.

"You really are a nuisance, aren't you?" said the 'pretty one'.

(AN5)

"Well, I may be the smart one of the group, I am still just the son of a Saiyan, and even I can't deny a good fight," chuckled Gohan, stretching his arms, he's gonna need all the warmth he could get fighting these guys.

"Well, we won't disappoint you," said the 'one with weird powers'.

Piccolo took out the big tough stupid one, allowing Gohan to face the other two. The weirdo spawned his mini-kids and Gohan called up a Ki Barrier to block them, before letting out a Ki Wave, destroying them.

"You seemed so convinced," smirked Gohan, before disappearing and reappearing behind him, before kicking him so hard, the weirdo's neck broke as he rag-dolled across the ground.

"YOU LITTLE-", said the pretty one, using stretchy arms to hold Gohan in place from underground before launching a Ki-Blast at him using his mouth.

"Are you kidding me?" sighed Gohan, before punching the Ki-Blast right back down that gullet, taking him out of the fight.

"Ya'know," came a far richer voice of the leader, having regained his youth, "in all my travels, seeing a punk kid like you rip through my warriors reminds me why I missed getting into the action myself."

"Gohan!" called out a new voice, revealing Goku and Krillin arriving on the scene.

"You're late... as usual," huffed Gohan, crossing his arms.

"I got knocked out by two planets being within a a few hundred miles of each other," replied Goku.

"Yeah, yeah, I know. Warping gravities, fluxing winds. I'm just saiyan, father," quipped Gohan, before winking.

"I'm just Saiyan, Gohan, you're half Saiyan," smirked back Goku, catching on to the inside joke.

"Well, I'm getting tired of this nonsense," replied the Leader, "And I, Lord Slug, will personally enjoy taking you down."

"I don't think so!" called out Krillin, jumping into the fray... only to be knocked back by Lord Slug.

(AN6)

"Stay back, he's mine," declared Goku, entering the fray with Lord Slug, which went as well as history dictated... Goku being outclassed because he go all out from the start.

'And we're letting him do this... why?' asked Piccolo, watching as Goku attempted, and failed, to keep up with Slug.

'Because if he wants to take the big bad down on his own, he's gotta face the consequences,' replied Gohan, rolling his eyes, 'besides, rule of thumb: Goku losing shirt means he doesn't hold back. Not sure why that's a thing.'

(AN7)

Suddenly, Goku's energy spiked, and a yellow-orange flame of Ki surrounded him as he caught a punch from Lord Slug that was meant to end him.

"Okay, that's new," commented Gohan, a bit wide-eyed, "That's... that's not Super Saiyan though."

"It looks like an incomplete transformation. We might want to step in now, considering that's gonna fade all too soon," informed Piccolo.

Sure enough, even though Goku had managed to break Slug's arm in his rage, he was snapped out of it when Slug simply removed it without much effort, before regrowing it and revealing his Namekian form. Slug then grew to monstrous proportions, even bigger than Piccolo's size at the Tournament nearly ten years ago.

"And that's my cue. Gohan, get Goku out of there," ordered Piccolo, as he grew to enormous size too, getting Slug's attention.

"Hmm, my word, you must something special if you can transform like that," commented Slug, blocking an attack from Piccolo.

"Let's just say unlike you, my father stayed on this planet, even if he had to separate himself from his dark side," replied Piccolo, as they begun exchanging blows, sending out shockwaves throughout the city.

(AN8)

Meanwhile, Gohan grabbed Goku, who had been blasted point blank by Slug, and fell back from the battle.

"Seriously, the things I do to protect this planet. Dad, here. Take my energy and do it right already. We can't lose this time," said Gohan, transferring his energy to his father, allowing him to get back up to continue the fight.

"Thanks Gohan," said Goku, standing up as Piccolo was finally knocked aside by Slug, "Hey Slug! KAI-O-KEN!"

"Kai-O-"

In a brilliant Red Blaze of Ki, Goku moved fast and managed to plow right through Slug's body, cutting him off and leaving a hole in the middle.

"Now for these clouds," said Goku, flying up into the sky. There was only one way this could end: the Spirit Bomb, and only the Sun had enough power to finish the job. Focusing the Sun's willingly given Energy, he managed to gather enough for a Spirit Bomb before Slug popped through the clouds, blinded by rage at being pushed this far, "HERE SLUG! TAKE THIS!"

Chucking the Spirit Bomb right at Slug, Slug got sent back into the Terra-freezing machine, destroying both and clearing away the clouds that created the sub-zero temperature in the first place. The Earth was saved.

Gohan was enjoying a nice hot bath in the 60 gallon drum they kept to save on the heating bill. looking up at the clear night sky, he smiled a true smile for the first time in a few days. Peace had returned, but this timeline seemed out of place. They hadn't gone to Namek and hadn't faced Frieza. Both a good and bad thing, it was Super Weird. Guess they'll have to take the days as they pass, and hopefully no surprises in the future.

(Story End)

Okay, to power scale everyone because since before Frieza numbers were still a thing, I'll place everything in tiered system: Normal, Max, true Max (emotional adrenaline high).

Gohan: 8000 - 500000 - 2700000

Piccolo: 20000 - 600000 - (Super Form)22000000

Goku: 50000 - 2000000 - Kaiokenx20 40000000

False Super Saiyan: 90000000

Spirit Bomb: 1000000000

Old Slug: 30000

Young Slug: 1000000 - 10000000 - (Super Form) 30000000

Again, it's numbers that don't mean anything other than reminding us it's rather pointless to rely on them in the first place. This is the final time you will see these (arbitrary and ridiculous) numbers. Remember that I'm upscaling these guys from their canon counterparts (at least Gohan and Piccolo) because timeline shenanigans and ripple effect.

Author Notes!

AN1: Considering the ending of the last two chapters, might as well have that reversal to start out this chapter.

AN2: A crazy tyrant who's stupid strong for this point in the series? Oh... wait...

AN3: I respect Chi Chi. I really do. This is her reaction to seeing the threat right in front of her, and her son who's trained for at least a year and has seen combat in the past is NOT going to stand by and do nothing if he's ANYTHING like his father (sadly). Chi Chi's reactions are usually to a threat that's far away, either several hundred miles or lightyears away, so she cares less about what it means for Gohan to actually fight the threat, but here... she'd be a pretty bad parent if she stopped Gohan. She'd be a worse parent for letting him go in alone, so compromise: they go in together. I'm pretty sure everyone remembers Chi Chi is a former fighter herself, despite not wanting her son to be the same.

AN4: (Alien: HEY, YOU TAKE THAT BACK!

RDF1: Okay, okay, you're not tough.

Alien: That's better.

DragonX: Wait, didn't you...

RDF1: Give him a minute.

Alien: (understands insult) HEY!)

AN5: Eh. Six out of ten. (You sassy bitch.) Okay then, 3 out of ten. (You're no fun anymore.)

AN6: And I don't think that will ever get old. Vegeta knows it won't. Also Gohan's a NERD!

AN7: No seriously, why does Goku have to lose his shirt before the bad guy goes down? Is it that 'shirtless guy looking hot' thing? Again, not gay, but all the respect to those who are, also straight girls. Or is it the Weighted Clothing thing again?

AN8: Piccolo doesn't super size other than that one time. It's kinda annoying. Given Gohan went Oozaru in the last chapter, Piccolo gets his giant battle in. Coming full... triangle? Each of them got to be big, and one time where it wasn't needed.

Third movie finished. This is just the beginning of the year: Return of Cooler, History of Trunks, Super Android 13, Broly's first movie. Ignoring Bio-Broly because Gohan wasn't even apart of that adventure. After that... we'll see. Also, sorry for all the TFS references, but they did it first in this case, and quite well at that. They set that benchmark for the future.

Later,

RDF1