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A/N: I hope you guys liked the first chapter of this new fic and I hope to have your continued support, thank you in advance!
Goku turned as he sensed a hellacious power that seemed dark, but not Piccolo's, "what is that?" He asked himself as he closed his eyes to more accurately sense the power. A few moments late his eyes shot open, "that isn't Piccolo; I think it's Tien! But how, even when I first met him he wasn't anywhere near this, this is actually beyond the level of King Piccolo!" Goku alarmingly said as he entered his house to tell Chi-Chi about it.
As he entered swiftly, Chi-Chi went to shush him because Gohan had just began sleeping, but Goku couldn't contain his anxiousness, "Chi-Chi, I'm sorry but I have to go, something urgent has come up," he said and went to turn back, but Chi-Chi grabbed his arm.
"Goku what about Go-" Chi-Chi caught Goku's fierce look in his eyes and let go of his arm and gulped, "just be careful, okay?" She said as Goku nodded and left the house and called for his nimbus.
As he leapt onto the Nimbus cloud he whispered to himself, "before I see if this is Tien or not, I should probably stop at Master Roshi's and see if Krillin is there. I hate that this is on such short notice, but I have to do this. If anyone can help, it'll be Master Roshi and Krillin." Goku said to himself as he sped off towards Kame House.
Meanwhile, Yamcha, several hundred miles closer to the evil power than Goku, also sensed the power. He looked to Puar, "sorry Puar but I gotta go check this out, this power seems... familiar. And also evil. Well anyway, see you in a bit Puar," Yamcha said as he waved goodbye to Puar and raced off on foot toward the power. Yamcha gulped as ran, I didn't want to say this to Puar, but I think it's Tien. But this can't be the Tien I know, this Tien is almost entirely evil!
Yamcha raced on as he drew nearer and nearer to Tien, "whoa!" he exclaimed as he began to worry, "Tien's power has become so dark! What is up with this..." Yamcha said as he quickly approached Tien.
It only took a few more minutes for Yamcha to sprint to Tien's location and as he neared the cave that he felt the evil presence coming from, he stopped as he shuddered. Eerily, Yamcha slowly crept toward the opening of the cave, "Tien!" He shouted, refusing to move further before he knew if it actually was Tien or not, but sure enough a few moments later, Yamcha heard slow footsteps echoing from the cave, coming towards the entrance.
Several moments later, Tien revealed himself from the shadows as he maliciously smiled, "I'm glad to see you, old friend," he said in a disdained tone as his smile turned from being malicious to an angry smirk. "So what brings you here?" He asked rhetorically.
Yamcha gulped, "w-well I-I felt an evil presence here and it so happened to b-be y-you," Yamcha stammered as he backed up slightly, feeling evil intensity oozing from Tien, who kept the malevolent smirk.
Tien crossed his arms, "then the device worked," he said in his metallic, robotic voice; clearly speaking from Gero's standpoint.
Yamcha took another step back, "w-what worked?"
Tien glanced up at Yamcha and uncrossed his arms, "oh, never mind. You'll know soon enough," Tien said as he laughed menacingly and strode towards the petrified Yamcha. By the time Yamcha realized what was going on, Tien was right in from him. Before Yamcha could utter a word, Tien had gotten into his fighting stance and had sent an open handed fist at Yamcha's throat: a death blow. However, with the short amount of time that Yamcha had he was able to block the hand by bumping Tien's arm out of the way as Tien cartwheeled to Yamcha's side. Tien smirked, "I see you've gotten better since the last time we fought. Good, you might be worth controlling then."
Yamcha, much more alert, backed up several steps, "c-c-controlling," Yamcha gulped as his skin became more pale, "what does that mean?"
Tien laughed, "again, that really doesn't matter now, you'll find out." Before Yamcha could retort, Tien slowly crept forward, moving within a few yards of Yamcha: striking distance. The two circled each other and due to his apprehensiveness, Yamcha was step or two behind as Tien jabbed in and dealt a glancing blow to Yamcha's cheek as slid to Tien's right. Tien spun backward and was able to hit a spinning roundhouse that spun Yamcha to the ground. Yamcha rolled backward to get back to his feet and as soon as he was, Tien continued approaching him. Yamcha was brly able to fend off Tien's fists but he didn't even see the foot flying at his ribs and Yamcha's could be heard cracking as Tien slammed into them. Yamcha gasped as blood dripped from his mouth slightly and he dropped to one knee.
"Tien, p-please stop!" Yamcha sputtered as he looked up at Tien's malevolent smile. Tien shook his head as he jammed his palm into Yamcha's forehead, causing Yamcha to lose consciousness and fall lifelessly to the ground.
Tien looked down at his fallen former comrade and instead of feeling even the slightest twinge of remorse, Tien spat on the ground next to Yamcha's head, "you weak fool. Of course you'd be the first one to show up, though even you knew that it would be hopeless, without those other fools you are nothing but a worthless pile of garbage!" Tien raised his boot and was about to finish what he had started but he was halted by Gero's commands and he was paralyzed.
"Mr. Shinhan, I command you to stop! Yamcha might be of use to us, so I request that you bring him back to my laboratory to be tested and analyzed." Gero's voice faded as Tien nodded, gaining control of his body.
Back at the laboratory while the fighting was going on, Gero smirked back in his chair, "so I guess there is real animosity towards Yamcha from Tien, then. Good," he malevolently smiled, "I shall exploit that animosity for future reference."
I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter and it's gonna lead to more progression for the next few chapters, so stay tuned! Anyway, what will happen with the next chapter and Gero's command with Yamcha being returned to his laboratory and what is the true extent of Tien's new power? Can Goku or anyone for that matter defeat Tien at this point? Find out next time!