Chapter 18: The dark side returns...
"All right guys it's almost time..." Trunk's said looking at his wrist watch with a slight smile on his face. Gohan looked down below from the top of the mountain they were all standing upon... "Exactly how much time do we have, Trunks?" He asked looking straight towards a huge space ship standing in the middle of the vast grounds, guards surrounding it from every side.
"We have a day here and – " Before Trunks could complete he cut him in between, " That means we still have time to do it one more time" He said still looking down below and counting the number of guards... "Do what one more time?" Jenna asked looking confused
"Beat them!" Goten said excitedly "Yeah let's do it big brother, let's beat them once more, it will be fun" He said with a big smile on his face, he too had now joined his brother at the edge of the cliff.
"Are you guys crazy?" Jenna said excitedly, "You can't defeat Frie – " She broke – off in between as she remembered, they had already done it, and not once but thrice!
"So Trunks, what do you say? Let's have a piece of them once more before getting out eh? No harm in increasing our powers a tad more might as well need it, who knows?" Gohan said, now looking directly at Trunks.
"Well... I suppose so..." The reply came, but a little hesitantly...
"All right then it's Go time!" Saying he jumped off the cliff and flew straight towards the middle of the grounds... In about 2 to 3 seconds what looked to be an army of soldiers was now just a pile of bodies, lay on top of one another...
"Jen, you coming?" Trunks asked, "I think I am fine up here, you go do your job..."
Trunks followed by Goten sped towards Gohan and joined him. The trio without wasting any time entered the ship of Frieza...
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"Veg...eta... You got some...thing... in mind..." Goku said as he, Vegeta and Piccolo were desperately trying to block Ornichi's high impact moves.
"You are the wise one Kakarot, why ask me?" Vegeta fired back and suddenly teleported behind Ornichi trying to kick in his ribs but missed by inches... Goku looked down from the corner of his eye as he continued blocking Ornichi's punches, he could see the faint figure of Krillin, now sitting upright, trying to get his head straight. He looked at Piccolo and though he said nothing the Green Namekian just by catching a glimpse of his eye knew that he was thanking him...
… "Should I give it to Krillin? But will he be able to defend Goku and Vegeta? I am much stronger… Should I…" Piccolo thought. He knew he had to act fast... Taking a deep breath he took the small bean Vegeta had tossed him and looked at it holding it close to his face, slowly his eyes moved towards a battered Krillin...
Then he made a decision, a decision only few could make in a situation like this as he knew that the stakes would be very high. This was never done before and no one knew what would happen if done, but try he must, the situation called for it... He broke the bean in two pieces, tossed one in his own mouth and put one in Krillin's.
The trick though witty was not completely successful as the bean's effect lowered down. Piccolo and Krillin both got only half of their strengths back, but still something, at this time, was way better than nothing...
"Final Flash..." Vegeta shouted and a golden yellow beam in the shape of a pyramid fired from his palms towards Ornichi who dodged it in the nick of time and the beam nearly hit Goku right in his face, but he was quick enough to move out of the way...
"Watch it, will you?" He yelled looking at Vegeta who didn't response but instead flew straight towards Ornichi and started matching him blow for blow.
"Piccolo, how much more time?" Goku asked as he moved out of the battle zone followed by Piccolo...
"Two more minutes Goku... Two more minutes, but what happened to Vegeta, why's he acting all strange?"
"I... I don't know... It's like he's turned his old self again... I can sense the same negative energy in him which I did the first time we met"
"Hmmm... but it seems to be working in our favor, his attack power has increased 10 folds... And where from did he got that Saiyan Uniform?"
Goku and Piccolo both stood high above looking at Vegeta, perplexed, not knowing what had happened to him...
"My – my... The Prince seems to have grown stronger..." Ornichi exclaimed as he was blocking Vegeta's furious punches and kicks...
"You don't even know...Haa..." Vegeta shouted and kicked in Ornichi's guts and quickly moved behind his back shouted and grabbed his tail. Pulling with all his strength he swung him around and threw him away as hard as he could. Teleporting above him he drove his elbow in his mid rib making him change his track and go down. He then flew beneath him and brought both his hands together... "Final..."
"Vegeta No!" Goku shouted from above but it was too late because the golden pyramid had once again formed and this time it did not miss...
Ornichi went flying up with the force of the golden pyramid that had just hit him draining most of his energy... And then as it had happened before, once again the wished Saiyan was falling down from the sky on the ground below.