Chapter 2

Gohei flew into the small village by the forest. He landed behind a house and put Tyla down, who was quite angry at him by this point.

Tyla: Really? You really flew to this village when I screamed the whole way not too?!

Gohei: Jeez. You're really bossy today aren't you? I just wanted to check the place out and see what was going on. We'll leave right after that, okay?

Tyla: Ugh! You're so hard to reason with sometimes! Fine! But you better make sure nothing happens to me!

Gohei: Consider yourself a goddess now. I won't let a hair on you're head get touched. Okay?

Tyla: Good. Well, I guess we should take a look around.

The two began to look around the village. Tyla hid behind Gohei, just in case. As they walked, they noticed that the village appeared to be empty.

Gohei: How anti-climatic. I was sure something was happening here. I don't even sense what I was sensing earlier.

Tyla: Good. Now, let's get out of here.

The two suddenly heard shouting coming from another end of the village. Gohei then sensed the presence he had before. This time, it was large. He found himself beginning to shake. Tyla quickly took notice.

Tyla: Gohei? What's the matter?

Gohei: I…I dunno. I've never been able to sense this well. Only in the past few weeks. Anyway, something big is on that side of the village.

Tyla: *sighs* I assume you want to go check it out?

Gohei: I'm glad you agree. Come on then.

He grabbed her hand and began to pull her as he ran. She only sighed. After a few moments, the two arrived on the other side of the village. They quickly hid behind a house and peeked around the corner. The shouting they heard earlier was coming from someone standing on a crate. Tyla recognized it as a Meatian, from the Planet Meat. They were humanoid life forms with red, spotted skin. He was wearing some kind of battle armor and a device around the right side of his head, with a colored lens. She looked around and realized that there were more men dressed like him, but they were of different races. Their armor colors all consisted of a black, red, and grey theme.

Tyla: I think they're all wearing Saiyan battle armor. And I think that device around their eyes is a Scouter.

Gohei: Uh…okay. How'd you figure that out? I've never heard of any of that.

Tyla: I have an old history book on extinct races. The armor and those devices look just like the pictures in my book.

Gohei: So, these guys are just soldiers? But some of them are Meatian. I even see a few Nameks thrown in there. Aren't we neutral with those races?

Tyla: I thought so too. *looks out* Hey! Look!

She was referring too a large group of humans. They had to be the villagers of this village the two figured. They were being rounded up by the armored group of soldiers. The Meatian standing on the crate began to speak again and Gohei and Tyla listed closely.

Meatian: Listen up, residents of the Planet Earth. The great and honorable Lord Icer is currently in the process of acquiring your planet and adding it to his great Empire. We would appreciate it if you would assist his Excellency in not putting up any resistance. All of this will go over smoothly if you just cooperate. As soon as your feeble armies either surrender or are destroyed, we will begin the process of adding you to Lord Icer's Empire. You will have most of the same rights as before with minor changes. Once again, you're cooperation is required or you will face dire consequences. Thank you. We will now begin searching this village for anything suspicious or anything that might put a dent in his Excellency's plan.

Some of the townspeople began to murmur, but were quickly silenced by the soldiers. Gohei and Tyla turned to each other.

Gohei: Lord Icer? Who the hell…excuse me. Who the heck is that?

Tyla: I dunno, but his name does sound familiar. So that's what happening. Our planet is being invaded by this Icer guy. What do you think that means?

Gohei: I dunno, but I don't like it. I think I wanna do something about this.

Tyla: Like what? Did you see all the soldiers out there? You're strong, but not that strong.

Gohei: Tch. No faith in me eh?

Tyla: That's not it. I just don't want you getting hurt. Look, why don't we just hide here for a bit? They'd see us if you tried to fly us outta here. We should be safe.

Gohei shrugged and sat beside her. They figured they would wait it out until all this heat died down. Gohei began to think as they waited.

Gohei: *thinking* Something about this Lord Icer guy has got my blood boiling. I've never met him, yet something in me wants to punch his lights out. I really don't feel like sitting here and doing nothing. I gotta help those people at the very least. Then again, Tyla's right. There's a whole army out there. I mean, I'm sure I could take out like fifty of them, but the other two-hundred might be a problem…

He suddenly sensed something. Or someone. He huddled closer to Tyla, who was confused. Footsteps suddenly approached them. They saw a Namekian soldier walking around. He hadn't spotted them yet as he searched behind the houses for anything suspicious. Suddenly, the device on his head began to beep. He then spoke in a confused voice.

Namekian: Hmm? What's this? A power level? That's strange. Humans shouldn't have high enough power levels to set off this scouter.

He began to search around. Gohei and Tyla knew they needed to move now.

Gohei: Oh crap! If that guy sees us, we're toast. Maybe I can hold him off while you run.

Tyla: No! I'm not leaving without you!

Gohei: Excellent time to be stubborn I guess. Okay then. We'll go together.

They began to crawl down an alley, just out of sight from the Namekian. At the end of the alley was an empty plaza. The two figured that it was empty enough for Gohei to fly them out of there. As they crawled out, they realized how wrong they were. There were about five soldiers of different races patrolling the area. As soon as Gohei and Tyla stepped out, the soldier's scouters went crazy. They all then turned to the two.

Gohei: Oh…shit.

Soldier 1: What the…oh. It's just some Earth kids.

Soldier 2: How'd they get past the others?

Soldier 3: Guys. I'm getting a low reading on my scouter. Says it's close by.

Soldier 1: Eh? It must be a malfunction. Humans don't…

All of their scouters suddenly went off again with the exact same reading as before. They all turned back to Gohei and Tyla.

Soldier 1: Oh…kay. Maybe I was wrong. It's…one of those kids?

Soldier 2: It's not that high of a reading. About 100.

Soldier 1: Still higher than any of these other humans. Way higher.

Soldier 3: *pushes button on scouter* It's the boy. The girl is normal.

Soldier 1: Some kid has a power level of 100? I wouldn't have believed it if all five of our scouters hadn't gone off at the same time. *to Gohei* Hey kid. Come here.

Gohei: *nervously* N-No way! What…for?!

Soldier 1: I wasn't asking you. Come here.

Tyla: Gohei! Don't!

Gohei: It's okay. If things get dicey, just run. Okay?

Gohei smiled quickly before slowly walking over to the soldier. Tyla began to sweat bullets as she had to stop herself from following. The soldier looked Gohei up and down for a few moments. He then turned to the other soldiers.

Soldier 1: We better kill him now. He could be quite annoying later on.

Gohei: *stunned* K-Kill me?!

Tyla: *stunned* Gohei! Run!

A soldier suddenly ran over to Tyla and began to subdue her on the ground. She struggled to get free as she began to yell with a purpose.

Tyla: GOHEI! RUN AWAY NOW!!!

Gohei looked around as the other four soldier stepped up. He clenched his fist and for some reason, had a grin on his face. He then turned to Tyla and smiled. She was confused at why he wasn't running away, let alone smiling.

Gohei: Sorry Tyla. I'd rather die than desert you. *to the soldiers* Ookie-doke! Which one of you is going down first?! I don't feel like playing along today!

Soldier 1: You can't be serious kid. It'd only take one of us to finish a weakling like you off, but if you wanna make this hard on yourself, I guess we can all oblige.

Gohei: Well then, let's see how easy it is!

Gohei suddenly charged at the soldier. He really hadn't had any real training in any form of fighting. His strength alone had gotten him through most of his troubles in the past. It was different now. He wasn't just fighting for himself. Tyla was depending on him as well. He knew he would have to pull out all the stops here to win. He threw a punch towards the soldier, putting all his strength behind it. There was a loud smacking sound. Gohei stood speechless, as the soldier had easily blocked his punch with one finger. He then kicked Gohei dead in the chest, sending him flying back into a house. There was a large crash as the house crumbled to the ground. Tyla looked on in horror.

Tyla: GOHEI! NO!!

The soldier wiped his boot off. The house Gohei crashed into came to a stop in falling down. It was then silent for a few moments.

Soldier 1: Dumb brat. Should have made it easier on himself and just gave in.

Suddenly, someone burst from the rubble. It was Gohei. He had a fiery blue aura around him as he flew towards the soldier, screaming loudly. Blood was pouring down his forehead. The soldier's scouter suddenly went off again. His eyes then widened.

Soldier 1: What the…?! His power level jumped up to 250?!

Gohei threw his entire body into the soldier and began pushing him back. The ground under the two was ripped apart by the force. The soldier quickly regained himself and began blocking Gohei with his left hand. His right suddenly began to glow yellow as he put it in front of Gohei. Suddenly, what appeared to be a yellow blast of some kind of energy shot out of it and sent Gohei flying back. He skidded across the ground and bounced a few times before coming to a stop. He laid motionlessly on the ground. His clothes were tattered and blood was dripping off his body. Tyla continued to cry out to him as she was helpless to do anything. The soldier caught his breath and pushed a button on his scouter.

Soldier 1: What in the world was that just then?! *checks scouter lens* Well, his power level has dropped to 80. *to the other soldiers* Finish him off before he has the chance to get up.

Tyla: No! Gohei! Get up Gohei! They're going to kill you if you don't get up!

Gohei continued to lie motionlessly on the ground. He appeared to be out cold. The remaining soldiers quickly walked up to him and held out their palms. They began to glow yellow. A flash suddenly filled the entire area.

END