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Warning: All of this is happening several days before Raditz' arrival onto Earth, so be forewarned of that in the future.

Several minutes after the beginning of the Blue and Mercenary Tao fight...

Blue slowly rose to his feet, his breath heaving, "h-how can these p-people exist in the world," he said to himself, beginning to look down at his hands, "I considered myself one of the strong members of the Royal Army, but it turns out that it was a false assumption. I am nothing." He said, accepting his fate.

Tao appeared right behind him, "not quite nothing... More like dead!" Tao howled with sadistic laughter as he blasted Blue in the back, knocking several feet away right into the ground. As Tao strolled to Blue lie he didn't have a care in the world, Blue struggled to his feet. Reaching his feet, Tao continued, "you bore me, child, I have more important things to do today."

Blue raised his arms, as if in a boxing stance, "t-then come on and kill me, you bastard!" He screamed a him.

Tao laughed, "that's the first thing that you've said today that I can agree with." Tao then slapped Blue across the face, hitting him hard enough for blood to shoot like a rocket from his mouth. "You can't even fight back at this point. It's worthless to even kill you; I don't take glory or pride in killing the powerless, especially with nothing on the line. I have no use to kill you. I'd rather you come back at some point and fight me as a man would; perhaps then I would take glory in killing you, like I have with the others. Consider this the one time I show remorse to a weak child, such as yourself." Tao turned away but was stopped by Blue.

"If I can't even stand up to you, then how will I be able to save the planet!" Blue yelled in frustration.

Tao chuckled slightly, "the answer is simple; you won't. You couldn't possibly hope to ever be on that level of strength. It's the reason that I've depended on thievery for the past three years: they will destroy the entire planet," Ta said, his eyes gleaming, "for the first time in my life, I have true admiration. Never has such perfect annihilation happened; not even with King Piccolo all those years ago!"

Blue then had a revelation, "you've totally lost it. You're far beyond sadistic, you're nowhere close to sane. You're a monster!"

Tao smirked, "then consider me your final nightmare. If you have such a hefty death wish, it isn't my place to step in. I allowed you one free chance to leave, alive. But the legendary Tao gives no one a second chance. Prepare yourself for death!" Tao said beginning to run at Blue.

He's too quick! Blue thought as he saw a blur of fist coming straight at his fist. He had no time to react and thus was drilled straight in the nose, cracking it. Blood dribbled out of it as he backed up and set his feet, balancing himself. He tried remembering everything that the academy had taught him, all the while attempting to dodge Tao's deathly barrages to no avail.

After several minutes of Tao punishing Blue, Tao stepped back to observe the damage he had caused, "hmm, you don't seem to die do you. I'll give it to you, for a human your resilience is very impressive. However, resilience can't save you from me!"

Blue slowed his breathing, "I was a chosen one. I was supposed to do good. I was supposed to help stop beings like you from destroying the planet!" Blue shouted, tears trickling down his face.

Tao laughed at him, "grow up, child. This isn't a fairy tale world. Good people don't survive, but great people, such as myself do. You are neither and therefore you die!" Tao raised one finger and raised it at Blue, "I hope you enjoy the afterlife!" Tao said as he charged the energy into his finger. "Dodon Ray!" He shouted as a bright yellow beam shot out and instead of aiming at Blue's heart for a death blow, he instead aimed at Blue's thigh, missing the artery and wanting to cause the most pain and suffering for him.

As the beam went through his thigh and Blue cried in withering agony, Tao laughed, "for your insolence, I will not only kill you, but I will kill you the slowest and most painful way possible. You'll bleed out in a few hours, I suggest you don't waste them." Tao said as he indifferently turned away and began walking back to his quarters, the thugs following him back to their posts and their quarters, each saluting and praising Tao.

Blue slowly stirred several minutes after Tao had walked away, blood slowly pouring from his leg, slowly killing him. He stressed himself to get to his feet and the stress had caused even more bleeding. "I-I gotta stop the bleeding," he said looking for the shirt with his blurring vision.

He saw it several yards away and he stumbled towards it. As he bent down to pick it up, he tripped over his own feet, lost his balance and fell onto the cold ground. He grinned with blood through his teeth, "you're pretty beaten up. You sure you don't want to stay here and live out the last few hours of your life?" He asked himself as his eyes became heavy and wavered.

However every time his eyes closed for a prolonged time, he saw nothing but flashes of war and the deaths of millions of innocent people. Suddenly, his eyes shot open, "no!" He said as he gritted his teeth and sat up, "I'm the last hope of the human race! I'm supposed to live, dammit!" He said to himself as he tightly wrapped the shirt around his leg and slowly got to his feet and hobbled around, testing his leg.

Deeming it fit to move on, he began limping towards the ocean that he had so desperately needed to cross. He clutched at his broken arm as well, feeling the pain shoot through his body as he attempted to lift it. Blood mixed with tears stuck to his feet as dirt also compacted a neat layer on top of his body and the side of his face. He was a beaten and bloody mess, his pride feeling even worse. I was nothing to him, Blue thought as he was reminded of the thrashing that Tao had delivered to him.

If he could have killed me, how I am supposed to be the savior that the people need and deserve? He thought to himself as he was reminded of Tao's words telling him otherwise. Blue pondered his own existence the entire time that he snuck back to the oceanfront. What the hell am I doing here? He asked himself, nearing the ocean, far better men have lost their lives, so then why am I still here! I should be dead, but at the same time I cannot help but feel that I have unfinished business. Or is the unfinished business just orders from my superiors?

Blue continued to ponder his existence as he approached the ocean, seeing nothing but a vast and empty solace that Blue welcomed. Noticing that he was now clearly alone, he whispered to himself, "well, my friend," addressing the ocean, "I envy you. Your beauty, your solace, your undeniable existence. Perhaps you can help me solve my problems."

Blue peered up and down the coast seeing nothing but boatless docks... and a small wooden raft a ways down the coast that looked sturdy enough to carry Blue into the inner depths of the ocean. Blue rushed to the boat as quickly as he could, not wanting to keep the ocean waiting, for at this moment, the ocean was his mentor, his teacher.

Blue reached the raft and looked upon its craftsmanship and easily saw that it was able to carry him across the waters. He hurriedly made sure that no one was watching him and plopped himself in the raft and set sail as soon as he could, not wanting to make the ocean wait anymore as well as leading him to his possible future mentor's place...

This chapter was a pretty fun one to write because it allowed me to characterize Colton Blue, the son of General Blue, a bit more as well as elaborate that in the post-apocalyptic world, thugs and bandits are EVERYWHERE! Haha, anyway I hoped you guys enjoyed that chapter. Please review and favorite! Thanks!

I will be doing power levels for some of the chapters until at least the Namek Saga so you can easily visualize the progress the characters have made strength wise.

Colton Blue - 85

Mercenary/Cyborg Tao (vs Blue) - 150 Full Power - 210

Tao's Thugs - 15 each