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Chapter 27
Tien turned to the flame haired saiyan, who was trembling in fear at the sound of the name that Namole had just uttered before passing on to the next dimension. He was still shocked to see Vegeta acting like this. The saiyan always seemed so in control, always putting on that smug, confident persona. Now, at the mere mention of this Ginyu Force, that mask had melted away and he was left looking like a frightened animal.
"What is this Ginyu Force?" questioned Tien. "Answer me!"
With terror still in his eyes, Vegeta slowly turned to face the human warrior. "They are most elite mercenary fighting squad in the entire universe. They are Frieza's go to men, the ones he calls in when no one else in the Planet Trade Organization can handle the task. All five of them are mutants of extraordinary fighting capabilities, far surpassing even Frieza's most elite fighters!"
"So you're saying that they are even stronger than Zarbon and Dodoria?" asked the three eyed human. "I thought you told me that those two were the strongest soldiers under Frieza!"
"The Ginyu Force isn't technically under Frieza's control," explained the saiyan, his anxiety tempering down the more he talked. "They are soldiers for hire, not slaves to that demon like most of his men. No these guys are hired muscle, but Frieza is defiantly their biggest client."
A silence hung over the room as the two unlikely allies stood in the lavatory. Finally Tien moved over to where the saiyan had sat down his helmet before they had begun their brutal interrogation. Tossing the white helmet to Vegeta, the fighter from Earth picked up his own helmet and shoved it onto his head.
"Come on," commanded Tien as he headed for the door. "The arrival of this Ginyu Force changes nothing."
"Are you insane!" shouted Vegeta. "You can sense their power! They'll be here any minute, we have to leave now and reorganize while we still might have a chance of escaping here alive."
"What happened to that saiyan pride your always on about?" hissed Tien. "You're always going on and on about how the saiyan's are the mightiest warriors the universe has ever seen and now these goons have you running scared."
The saiyan prince growled at Tien but the Earthling continued to provoking him. "I get it, you're a fraud. You're nothing but a coward! You talk a big game when you know that you can win, but when you actually might have to face a capable opponent you begin shaking in your boots."
With an enraged roar, Vegeta slammed the human fighter against the wall, creating an indent of Tien's body into the once smooth, marble surface.
"How dare you question my pride you sniveling human!" snarled the prince. "You know nothing of saiyan honor and pride! I will bow down to no one, understand!"
Unbeknownst to the saiyan, Tien cracked a smile underneath his visor. His plan to get his former adversaries' mind back into the game had worked perfectly. He shoved the furious saiyan back and then brushed off his stolen armor.
"Good," he said. "Now, I think I have a plan that will help us get out of here alive and with the Dragon Balls."
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Frieza drummed his fingers against the armrest of his hoverchair as he sat atop his ship, waiting for the Ginyu Force to arrive. His lips formed a frown as he continued the hypnotic tapping. He had been led to believe that the elite mercenary unit would arrive at almost the exact time that he would reach the entrance to the ship.
"So Captain Strong," said Frieza in an impassive voice to the soldier that stood off to his right. "You said that the Ginyu Force was scheduled to arrive by now, and you estimated that they would be here by now."
"Well sir," stammered the terrified man, "they must be running a little late. I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you milord."
Glancing over to where the officer stood, trembling in his boots, Frieza turned his head to look out at the horizon.
"Well I'm sorry for any inconvenience this might cause you Captain." Raising his hand, the tyrant fired a ki wave that completely engulfed the Arcosian's victim in an instant. By the time Frieza's hand returned to his chair's armrest, Captain Strong was nothing more than a pile of ashes.
Resuming the rhythmic clicking of his fingers against the chair, Frieza's frown emerged again as he thought about what a disaster this expedition had been so far. Not only had he lost countless pinions during his search for the Dragon Balls, he had also lost his top lieutenants Zarbon and Dodoria. At least he assumed he had seeing as how they had not reported back to the ship in 5 days. They would wish they were dead if he found out that they were still alive and hiding under some rock on this planet.
Lifting his head, Frieza smirked as he saw red streaks falling from the sky. It seemed that Captain Strong hadn't been that far off on his estimation after all, oh well. His spaceship vibrated as the crash landing of the Ginyu Force's pods caused to tremors to course through the surrounding terrain.
After a few brief moments, the ruler of the North Quadrant saw the forms of the five members of his elite fighting force rising up from the ground to join him atop his spaceship. As they landed, each member struck a ludicrous pose until they were all formed together into one, symmetric figure.
An expression of embarrassment formed across Frieza's face. He could never understand why Ginyu insisted on these bizarre poses and why on Arcos the rest of them enjoyed performing them. The space tyrant simply stared at them with a blank expression on his face as each member of the squad introduced themselves to him, even though he knew everyone of their names already. Recoome, Burter, Guldo, Jeice, and lastly Captain Ginyu himself.
"Well that was…something," said Frieza still slightly stunned from his elite squad's erratic behavior. "I'm glad you're here though, Ginyu. It seems that I've run into a little situation here that I believe only you and your men can handle for me."
"We live to serve Lord Frieza!" exclaimed Captain Ginyu. "Whatever the problem is, I'm sure me and my men can handle it."
"As you all know, I came here to acquire this planet's most prized possessions, the Dragon Balls," began Frieza. "I managed to acquire four of these balls without much difficultly, but when it seemed I had gotten my hands on the fifth, but then all of sudden these pesky insects showed up. Not Namekians, but another alien race that is humanoid in appearance. The main one I want you to destroy is the bald one, with three eyes. You can't miss him."
"So what exactly is our mission sir," asked Ginyu.
"Your mission is to collect the remaining Dragon Balls from this man, kill him and any others that stand in your way. Be warned though, Vegeta is also on the planet and may be in possession of a Dragon Ball as well, or have teamed up with this other man." The entire Ginyu Force laughed except for Guldo, who simply looked down at the ground as his mind drifted.
"Vegeta is not a threat to us Lord Frieza," said Ginyu in his smooth voice. "Don't worry Lord Frieza; we'll have their corpses and the Dragon Balls at your feet in an hour."
"Ha stupid saiyan!" boomed Recoome in his deep voice.
The tall blue warrior chuckled. "I always thought he was too cocky for his own good. It seems that ego of his finally got him into trouble."
"You can expect resistance," informed the space tyrant. "Vegeta's power has grown considerably since the last time you saw him and I fear that the triclops may be even stronger." Each member of the Ginyu Force raised their hands up to their scouters and activated a scan for high power levels. After a few seconds, four simultaneous beeps went off alerting their owners that it's' scan was complete.
"That's strange," said Ginyu, who glanced back down at his scouter to make sure the results were correct. "Our scouters didn't find any power levels above even Cui's level, much less Dodoria and Zarbon's."
"They must have the ability to lower their fighting power Captain," commented the short red skinned man with flowing white hair.
"That is correct," confirmed Frieza. "We noticed that the Nameks and those two others possessed the ability seeing as how we never detected them until we saw them face to face. They must have taught this ability to Vegeta as well. Speaking of scouters, did you bring the new models that I requested?"
"Yes Lord Frieza," shouted Jeice before picking up a green briefcase that sat next to his feet. The white haired warrior briskly walked over to his employer and presented the container to him.
"Here you are sire, the scouter you asked for. It's the newest model available."
Frieza took the container from the mercenary and placed it on his lap. "Good work," he curtly said. "Now I want you all to begin…"
The Arcosian was not able to finish his sentence as a large explosion suddenly erupted to his right. Whipping his head around, Frieza saw a plume of smoke rising into the air from the window to his throne room. His right eye began to twitch as he heard the beeping of the Ginyu's scouters as the device informed them of the rapidly increasing power levels nearby.
"Hey Frieza!" Beginning to lose his temper, Frieza turned his head towards the direction of the voice that had shouted out to him. It did nothing to help his temper when his eyes found that it was that bothersome triclops that had stolen a Dragon Ball from his grasp. Atop of that, it seemed that he had somehow managed to infiltrate the spaceship by stealing a suit of PTO body armor. Gnashing his teeth together, the tyrant was surprised when three other, identical triclops flew up and encircled Frieza and the Ginyu Force.
"Ah, it seems that the fly has fallen into the spider's nest," jeered Captain Ginyu. "Though I was not aware that there were four of you, it makes no difference in your inevitable defeat."
"I'm afraid you haven't quiet caught this fly yet," said the triclops directly in front of the Ginyu Force and Frieza. "Just momentarily long enough to allow us to escape."
"Us?" said the Arcosian aloud. After a moment of thought, Frieza whirled his head around just in time to see the last of his four Dragon Balls sailing away into the horizon. With a howl of unadulterated rage, the wrathful overlord twisted his body back around and prepared to obliterate that pesky nuisance once and for all.
Before he was able to exact his vengeance however, Frieza's eyes opened wide as the four men suddenly shouted, "Solar Flare!" Recognizing the technique from his first encounter with this foe, Frieza quickly shut his eyes as he fired a ki blast blindly.
While the fuming tyrant was able to protect his eyes from the blinding white light beginning emitted from all directions, the Ginyu Force was not so lucky. Frieza could hear his most elite fighters' shrieks of agony as they were no doubt all blinded by this annoying warrior's technique.
After having to wait for what seemed like an eternity, Frieza finally could see that the light had disappeared. Opening his eyes, the planet trader saw that his best squadron where all on their knees, grasping their eyes as they futilely tried to make the pain go away.
Growling, Frieza quickly ordered, "Ginyu! Get your men and follow after them! They've stolen my Dragon Balls and I want them back immediately! I want their heads on a platter before the day is over! Do you understand me!"
"Of course Lord Frieza, as you wish," said the purple captain as he forced himself to stand and slowly up his eyes.
"Ginyu's" he barked, "on your feet!" The rest of the squadron leapt to their feet to obey their fearless leader, even though they too were still partially blinded by their target's technique.
"Ginyu Force, move out!" shouted the captain and the team began their normal pre-flight ritual of bumping shoulders with each other several times before blasting off.
"Excuse me gentlemen," said Frieza in a cold, low tone. "I know you all are big on your silly dances and poses, but if you hadn't noticed…THEY'RE GETTING AWAY YOU MORONS!"
The sudden of explosion of their employer was more than enough for the Ginyu Force to abandon their traditional pre-flight procedure and the five color-coded warriors rocketed off of the spaceship, fleeing from the wrathful Lord Frieza.
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"Damn helmet." Tien looked over his shoulder to see that his saiyan ally had ripped off the helmet that he had been wearing and had tossed it behind him. A small smirk escaped from the human's lips as he watched Vegeta's hair pop back into its natural place, seemingly happy to be free from the confinement of the helmet.
The saiyan prince had been furious when Tien had been able to take his helmet off and he was not during their escape from Frieza's ship, but in the end he begrudgingly agreed to wear at least until they had made a clean getaway. The helmet's visor had been the only thing to protect Vegeta from the blinding light of his Solar Flare technique.
Twisting his head so he was again looking forward, Tien looked over the landscape beneath him. Another smile of satisfaction appeared on his face as he felt the faint energy signature he had been searching for and he veered to the right, with Vegeta following after him.
The crimson aura that encased Tien's body disappeared as he landed on the ground in front of a large crevice in a plateau. After landing, Tien saw a small figure emerge from the crevice and quickly run over to join him. The grin on Gohan's face almost managed to make the usually stoic warrior grin himself, though Tien was sure that if the young boy had known what had transpired at Frieza's ship he would not be in such high-spirits.
"Hi Mr. Tien," said the half-saiyan. "I'm glad that you're ok!"
"Thanks Gohan," said Tien, before peering over the boy's shoulder into the crevice. "Did you get bring them?"
"Sure did," said the boy as he led the older warrior into the crevice. Now that he was inside, Tien could see that all seven of the Dragon Balls were collected there on a blue patch of grass. Before leaving that morning, the three eyed warrior had asked Gohan to take the remaining mystical spheres that were still in the Namekian's possession and bring them closer to the ship, so that after accomplishing their mission Tien could implement the final phase of his plan.
"I see my aim is as accurate as always," snidely said Vegeta as he joined the two fighters from Earth.
"Yeah they all landed right in front of me after I powered-up," said Gohan. "That was a great plan Mr. Tien! Telling me telepathically to power-up so Vegeta knew where to throw the Dragon Balls too."
Tien simply nodded, satisfied that his plan had worked perfectly, before glancing back down at the orange globes that rested at his feet. Now that all seven of the mystical spheres had been gathered, he could finally expiate his wrong of not being there for his fallen comrades by reviving them while also saving the Nameks, and everyone else on this planet, from Frieza's genocide.
Of course, none of that would be possible without the key nugget of information that Nail had told him the other day. Unlike the Dragon Balls on Earth, this set gave the person that summoned the Eternal Dragon three wishes instead of just one and Tien had already formulated a plan that will solve all of their problems.
First, he would wish back everyone that was killed back on Earth by the Saiyans. That would revive all of the citizens of East City that had been killed by the rampaging savages, Yamcha, Upa, Krillin, Piccolo, and of course…Chiaotzu. Then with the second wish, he would bring back all of the Nameks that had been slain by Frieza and his flunkies during their search for the Dragon Balls. Lastly, with the third and final wish, Tien would ask the dragon to teleport everyone except for Frieza and his soldiers to Earth.
Even though Tien hated leaving such a vile being as Frieza free to continue to roam the universe, killing anyone that stood in his way, he knew that this was the only viable option right now. He knew that even with Goku, Gohan, Nail, himself, and even the reluctant help of Vegeta that they stood no chance at the moment of defeating the maniacal space tyrant. His power was simply too great for them to handle, but maybe after a year or so of intense training they would have the strength to rid the universe of Frieza was and for all.
For now though, they had to retreat and using a wish on the Dragon Balls was the only way Tien could see to save everybody. The only problem would be wording it so that he would be sure to include Goku, but Bulma had told him that their friend was supposed to be arriving on the planet soon. Tien defiantly didn't want to leave his friend alone on Namek with an enraged, super powered, alien overlord because he had made a mistake.
Now all of his planning was coming to fruition. All Tien had to do was summon the dragon and they would have accomplished their mission of resurrecting their fallen friends and fulfill his promise to save the Nameks while also preventing Vegeta and Frieza from gaining immortality.
Of course, Vegeta had no clue of the three eyed warrior's plan and Tien expected for the saiyan to attempt to claim the Dragon Balls for himself at any moment. Of course, he knew that he could defeat the prince with little effort at full power but the human warrior knew that there were bigger threats on the planet now. Based on the sadistic lizard's actions so far, it seemed unlikely that Frieza himself would come after them after their escape from his ship, but that group of fighters that Vegeta had said was the Ginyu Force more than likely would. A fight with Vegeta at the moment would certainly give away their position and Tien was not sure if he would be able to defeat all five of them.
No, for all their sakes, Tien hoped that Vegeta would simply hold off his attempt for immortality until they were all on Earth. No matter the way Tien thought of a wording of the final wish, there was no way he could figure out a way to leave the saiyan warrior behind on Namek while the rest of them escaped. Besides, even though he hated the man's guts, it would be extremely shameful to leave behind Vegeta and leave him for certain death. Tien would rather simply defeat the saiyan once and for all back on Earth than dishonor himself by doing something as petty as abandoning him on Namek.
"Are you going to summon the dragon or not!?" shouted an impatient Vegeta, shaking Tien out of his own thought. "The Ginyu Force could be upon us at any moment!"
Nodding, Tien turned to look at the seven mystical, orange globes at his feet. Closing his eyes for a second, the stoic warrior replayed in his mind the time that he had seen Shenron summoned by King Piccolo during their struggle against the Demon King. A slight growl escape from him as a picture of his best friend's first death flashed before his eyes but he quickly dispelled the image after reminding himself of the current task at hand.
"Oh great and mighty Dragon!" exclaimed Tien as his eyes snapped open and he raised his hands into the air. "I command you to rise and grant our wishes arise…" Before Tien could finish the chant however, he saw a blur of movement to his left. Instinctively reacting, the human warrior swiftly lashed out to his left and he felt his fist connect with his target before he lunged forward and pinned his opponent to the wall of the crevice. Tien growled as he realized that the person he had attacked was the flame-haired saiyan, who was scowled at the human before pushing him backwards.
"I knew it," fumed Tien, who was losing his patience with the saiyan warrior. "I knew you couldn't leave well enough alone and just let us use the Dragon Balls without using them for your own selfish gain!"
"I don't know what you're insinuating human," sneered Vegeta, wiping his hand against his chin where Tien had reactively punched him a moment ago. "I was simply moving so that I could see your little chant better."
"You're a liar!" accused Tien. "You were going to attempt and steal the wishes for yourself as soon as I summoned the dragon. Damn it! Don't you realize that we don't stand a chance against Frieza right now and that we need to use the Dragon Balls to escape here with our lives!?"
"Your right," said Vegeta as a smirk emerged on his face. "We don't stand a chance against Frieza right now, which is why you should let me wish for immortality. Then Frieza wouldn't stand a chance against me!"
"Like I would ever allow a despicable scumbag like you to ever gain immortality!" spat Tien. "We don't need an immortal psychopath to defeat another, equally vile, psycho. I already have a plan that will allow us all to get out of here alive, and fighting with you will only decrease our chances of survival."
"So your plan is to run away like a coward!" scoffed the saiyan. "And you call yourself a warrior! That is unacceptable! You have to allow me to gain the power I need so I can defeat Frieza once and for all!"
"Um guys," interjected a very nervous looking Gohan. "There are…"
"Shut up brat!" bellowed Vegeta. "Besides if we don't act soon, the Ginyu Force could be here at any second and then we're…"
"Hi Vegeta," said a suave, commanding voice that came from behind the raging saiyan prince.
The warrior from Earth saw the anger melt off of Vegeta's face and turn into sheer horror before he turned his body around to find that his worst fear was standing there. Tien peered over the saiyan's shoulder to find that five warriors, how varying heights and skin color, were standing at the entrance to the gap in the plateau.
Tien's head began to throb as he these fighters' energy signatures washed over him as he looked over this new threat. These five must be the Ginyu Force that Vegeta kept warning him about. His eyes were drawn to the muscular looking brute with a small patch of red hair atop his elongated head. This one looked remarkably similar to a human in appearance, though he was the same height as Piccolo making him a behemoth of a fighter.
To the brute's right was another tall fighter, even taller than the red-headed warrior. This one had rough blue skin that Tien could only compare to the scales of a snake and small, beady, red eyes. In front of the blue snake guy was a red-skinned man that was around the height of Vegeta with long, pure white hair that extended to the small of his back. To this alien's right was a very short, pudgy alien that looked like a toad with green, slimy skin and two pairs of eyes, one set being in the normal position while the others were much larger and on the side of his abnormally large head.
A shudder ran through Tien's body though when he finally drew his eyes to the man in the middle, who seemed to be the leader of this gang of powerful warriors. He was humanoid in appearance, only with purple-skin and with no hair to speak of and instead two, black horns protruded from his temples. All over his cranium, the human warrior could see pulsating veins that seemed to indicate that this alien's brain literally was so big that it stretched out until it was pressed against his skin.
"You should see the look on your face Vegeta," said the horned man with a chuckle. "It's absolutely priceless!" All five warriors burst into laughter while Vegeta's look of terror transformed into a scowl as the Ginyu Force mocked him.
"Alright settle down men, we've had our fun with little Veggie," said the purple-skinned alien. "Now, down to business, we want those seven Dragon Balls that are behind you there. So are you going to make this easy on us or hard on us Vegeta?"
"Like I'm just going to hand them over to you Ginyu," growled Vegeta. "Next you're going to ask me if I would just come crawling back to Frieza with you!"
"That actually was my next question," jeered Captain Ginyu. "But then I thought, why rob my men the chance to knock your enormous ego down a notch by grinding you into a pulp." The Ginyu Force all erupted into another fit of laughter as their leader again mocked the saiyan prince.
Tien shot a glance towards Vegeta, before addressing the elite fighting force himself. "He's not the only one you'll have to beat if you want the Dragon Balls."
"That must be the other guy Frieza told us about huh Captain," said the giant red-head. Tien was surprised by how childish the brute's voice, sounded and he guessed that the warrior had received several severe blows to the head during his career.
"Recoome," hissed the tall blue one, "we already know that. He's the one that blinded us back at Lord Frieza's ship."
"Oh right, I forgot." Recoome laughed as the other warrior simply shook his head at his teammate's stupidity.
"No matter," casually said Ginyu in response to Tien's declaration. "I guess it's the easy way then. Guldo, would you mind?"
"Not at all Captain," answered the small, fat alien before looking at the Tien, Vegeta, and Gohan with a grin.
"What are you talking about?" asked Tien, but before he could even finish his sentence, the seven mystical orbs all sat at the Ginyu Force's feet. The warrior from Earth's mouth dropped while Gohan simply began to tremble in fear and Vegeta gave his patented snarl as their enemies again burst into another fit of laughter.
"So it's true then," growled Vegeta. Tien simply gave the saiyan a questioning look before he continued, "I didn't believe it until now, but it was always rumored that Guldo possessed the power to freeze an instant in time."
"Impossible!" exclaimed Tien.
"Yeah, keep telling yourself that," snorted Guldo as the other members of the force ceased their laughter.
"Thank you Guldo," congratulated Captain Ginyu as he lifted up his finger and the seven spheres lifted into the air and hovered around his body. "It looks like I owe you a Space Soda for that. Now men, I think I'll take me leave and present these Dragon Balls to Lord Frieza. You all can do that Rock-Paper-Scissors thing to figure out who fights who, but I don't want to hear any complaints afterwards about any of you cheating, now do I make myself clear."
"Yes Captain!" rang out from the other members of the Ginyu Force as they lifted their arms to the air as they cheered for their leader.
"Well I guess I'll be off then. Chou," remarked Ginyu. With his final instructions issued to his squadron, Captain Ginyu leapt into the sky with the dragonballs floating around him and his blasted off back in the direction of Frieza's ship.
"Damn it," said Tien, losing his usually calm demeanor. "We can't allow Frieza to get his hands on the Dragon Balls!" A yellow ball of ki formed in his hand as he prepared to attempt to blast the purple captain out of the sky but he was stopped when a gloved hand grasped onto his shoulder.
"No," said Vegeta. "Save your energy. We need to deal with these four first, and then we'll catch up to Ginyu."
Letting the sphere of ki in his hand dissipate, Tien begrudgingly nodded his agreement to the saiyan's statement. He was right; these four weren't simply going to let them go after their leader at the moment anyways. They would just have to hope that Frieza had not yet learned how to summon the dragon from any of the Nameks he had murdered while on the planet or they we're all doomed.
"Alright mates," said the alien with the snow white hair, "I think we can all agree that all of us want to fight Vegeta. So I suggest we play to see who fights him first and then we play again to see who fights the other wankers."
"Sounds good to me Jeice," said the blue snake-man in his raspy voice.
"Recoome agrees as well."
"Oh come on you guys," complained the toad, "let me fight Vegeta. I owe him one!"
"We all want to fight him though Guldo," said the one called Jeice. "This is the only fair, unbiased way that we can decide who gets to knock the arrogant bastard around."
The green fighter huffed, but he joined his three comrades as they made a circle and began to throw their hands into the middle of their circle, forming the different hand signs of the game, as they chanted, "Rock-Paper-Scissors!" over and over again.
"Are these guys serious?" asked Gohan as he watched the four grown men play the children's game to decide who fought who. Tien arched his eyebrow at the elite squadron's antics while Vegeta just growled impatiently at the four aliens.
"My question is, how do they even know that game?" questioned Tien as finally the tall blue warrior yelled in triumphant as he defeated his three squad mates with a scissors while they all used paper.
"Well it looks like I get to fight Vegeta," hissed the victor of the game. "Better luck next time Guldo."
"Shut up Burter!" retorted Guldo.
"Aw, I wanted to fight Vegeta," pouted Recoome. "Oh well, I hope at least get to fight the other guy, he looks pretty tough."
"Well you'll have to play me for it Recoome," jabbed Jeice. Tien was surprised by how much comradery this team of mercenaries possessed, even if it was in a sense that they were playing games about who got to slaughter who.
After two more games of Rock-Paper-Scissors, it was decided that the big oaf, Recoome, would fight Tien after Burter and Vegeta's fight and Jeice would took on Gohan last. The green toad looking alien was not pleased with the results of their games and he was still pouting as his comrade stepped up to take on Vegeta.
"Whenever you're ready Vegeta, you have to start us off because if I did no one else would know that the battle started yet," mocked Burter.
"Yeah, yeah," said the bristling Vegeta, as his tail uncurled around his waist and lashed out before recoiling, "because you're the "fastest in the universe" right. You can save that crap for someone that actually gives a damn!"
With a malevolent roar, a purple aura exploded around the saiyan prince as he pushed his power to its upmost limit. Vegeta's battle cry echoed in the heavens as the very earth beneath their feet began to crack from the saiyan's power as loose rocks were lifted into the air from the sheer force of his power-up.
Looking over at their opponents, Tien could see that they were all surprised as Vegeta's power level rapidly increased on the green screens that covered their eyes. Their shock was not only apparent to the three eyed fighter though, the flame haired saiyan could also see their astonishment at his new power.
"More than you bargained for Burter!" shouted Vegeta as he rocketed towards his snake-like opponent, cocking his fist in preparation to deliver a mighty blow to the Ginyu. However, upon throwing his punch, Vegeta's fist only met with air and he dug his feet into the ground to stop his momentum as his head appeared to be on a swivel as he searched for his foe.
"Want to try that again Vegeta?" The saiyan growled as he swung his head in the direction of the harsh voice which was now snickering at him.
"Stop mocking me!" screamed the saiyan as he charged the tallest member of the Ginyu Force again. Tien could see that the blue alien was smirking as Vegeta reached him and proceeded to unleash a barrage of kicks and punches at the snake-man. The saiyan's efforts were in vain however as Burter seemingly effortlessly dodged all of the prince's attacks.
"Man Vegeta, I didn't know you were this slow," jeered Burter. "Let me show you the true meaning of speed!" Vanishing from sight, and causing Vegeta to stumble forward, Burter phased in behind the saiyan and delivered lightning punches to the small of the saiyan's back. The punches were delivered in such a rapid fashion that Tien could not even count how many Vegeta had been dealt.
The speedy warrior's body became a blur as he continued his offensive against the saiyan prince. Burter was moving so fast though, that it appeared like Vegeta was beginning assaulted by the air itself as the saiyan's body recoiled from the hits it was taking but the actual assailant himself could not be seen.
Finally, the Ginyu ceased his assault with one last kick before landing in his signature pose; with one of his arms tucked into his chest and his other outstretched while he bent the leg underneath the extended arm and stretching his other leg. A smirk appeared on the alien fighter's face as he heard the cheers of his comrade Jeice and Recoome clapping his approval.
"Alright go Burter," cheered Jeice. "Hey Recoome, I bet you Vegeta doesn't land a single hit on Burter this entire fight!"
"You're on," agreed the brute as he pulled a chocolate bar from underneath his armor. "I bet you one Coco Bar."
Tien shook his head, how could such immature men have such incredible power? Turning back to the battle, he saw that Vegeta's body was still swaying slightly from the multitude of blows it had taken. Bruises were already beginning to form on the prince's skin and blood had begun to ooze out of several scraps and cuts that he received from Burter's pounding. The human was surprised however when he heard the flame haired saiyan begin to chuckle.
"You may have speed Burter," conceded Vegeta as he turned to face his opponent, "but you punch like a woman! If that's the hardest you can hit than you have no chance of beating me!"
"Big words for someone who can't even follow my movements," hissed Burter with a sneer. "Your body can't take that kind of pounding forever, eventually you'll succumb to my attacks you filthy saiyan."
"Not likely, seeing as how when I finally get my hands on you, you'll be finished!"
"Too bad that will never happen!"
"Is that so!" bellowed Vegeta as he thrust his arm forward and fired a blue energy beam, which raced towards the tall blue alien. An explosion rocked the surrounding landscape as the ki blast connected and caused tremors to rock the battlefield as a plume of dark smoke rose into the sky.
"When will you learn Vegeta?" lectured Burter, who was now floating above the saiyan warrior. "You can't match my speed; I'm the fastest in the universe!"
The enraged saiyan howled before he began to fire a volley of purple ki blasts into the sky. Tien watched the Ginyu phase out of sight but didn't stop Vegeta from continuing to send volley after volley of energy spheres into the sky. Explosions of violet energy filled the Namek skyline until the sheer volume of Vegeta's attacks actually blotted out the planet's three suns, and it appeared that a purple filter had been placed over the battlefield as the only light that illuminated the terrain was the rays of violet light emitted from the saiyan's bombardment.
After the smoke had cleared, and the natural light again lit up the landscape, the tall snake-like alien was nowhere to be seen. Looking over at his saiyan ally, Tien could see that Vegeta had exerted a lot of his energy in that last assault as he was panting heavily and his arms were now drooping at his sides.
"Looks like… you… weren't fast enough… Burter," said Vegeta in-between pants as his body tried to compensate for the enormous drain of his ki from his last barrage.
"Sorry Little Veggie, it looks like you're outclassed." The saiyan's eyes widen in horror as he heard the familiar hiss of the blue alien's voice. Twisting his body around, Vegeta saw that Burter stood there with his arms crossed and without a scratch on him.
"I…will. DEFEAT YOU!" roared Vegeta as he ignored his exhaustion and attempted to roundhouse kick his enemy. Again though, Burter was too fast for the saiyan after dodging the attack he rammed his fist into the saiyan's side and hitting his kidney.
A howl of pain escaped from Vegeta as Burter continued his attack by slamming his knee into the saiyan's gut. Vegeta doubled over in pain from the force of the attack and he was defenseless as Burter delivered a vicious elbow strike to the prince's exposed back that sent him crashing into the ground. The beating wasn't finished yet though, as the Ginyu vanished from sight only to reappear as he drove his knee into Vegeta's spine, causing him to cry out in pain.
"Vegeta!" cried Gohan and he prepared to move to help the older saiyan but he was stopped when Tien placed his arm across the boy's chest.
"No Gohan, I can't let you get involved those warriors are out of your league," said Tien nonchalantly.
"But he might die Mr. Tien!" exclaimed the boy.
"Don't worry Gohan, if it comes to that point I'll step in," assured the older warrior. Gohan simply nodded before grimacing at the sight of the flame haired saiyan with his face in the dirt. Tien did not sure the same feelings of sympathy for the saiyan warrior that Gohan possessed as he was ruthlessly beaten by the Ginyu.
No to him this was lady justice finally giving a taste of his own medicine to Vegeta. Now maybe he would realize how his victims had felt as they fought for their families, friends, and their entire planets in a futile effort to protect them from the sadistic saiyan. Now he would know how Tien's friends felt as they faced off against him and his saiyan comrade, even though they knew there was no way they could beat them.
"Poor Little Veggie, looks like you bit off more than you could chew when you thought you stood a chance of beating me," belittled Burter as he stood over his fallen opponent. A fit of laughter overtook the blue skinned warrior as he stared down at the saiyan prince. "A guess all that talk of the saiyans' being the greatest warriors the universe had ever seen was just that, talk."
As the Ginyu's laughter rang through his ears, a fit of pure, unadulterated, rage coursed through Vegeta's body. No one insulted his warrior ancestry and got away with it, that blue, sniveling, lizard man was going to pay!
With a ferocious battle cry, Vegeta leapt up from the ground, completely catching his opponent completely off guard. Burter had thought that the saiyan was finished, but to his surprise and the other Ginyu's, Vegeta managed to hammer his fist underneath the blue alien's chin. The powerful uppercut sent the snake-like man spiraling out of control into the sky.
Not finished with the blue alien just yet, Vegeta skyrocketed into the sky and quickly passed him and then moved to where he would intercept the turbulent Ginyu. The saiyan prince crossed his arms, making them from an X in front of his chest, as he began to gather every drop of energy he still possessed until it was ready to boil over. A violet glow outlined his body as his ki threaten to burst forth at any second.
"Let's see you out run this you freak!" yelled Vegeta as he waited until last moment before extending his limbs as far he could and releasing all of his ki in one, giant Explosive Wave. The violet ki extended out from his body in all directions and the wave of ki completely obscured both the saiyan prince and Burter from the sight of the spectators on the ground as an enormous sphere of energy formed in the sky above. The power being discharge from the colossal globe of ki was causing hurricane-force whirlwinds to rush through the terrain below, even nearly blowing the spectators off their feet. Everyone managed to hold on though, digging their heels into the ground to prevent the winds from carrying them away. Well, everyone except for Guldo, who was caught just in time by Recoome to prevent him from being blown away by the powerful currents.
When the winds finally died down, everyone looked up to see that only the saiyan prince remained in the green sky of Planet Namek. Vegeta was completely devoid of energy, and he was so debilitated from his last energy attack that the prince doubted he could defeat a Saibaman at the moment. But none of that mattered, for he stood the victor of the battle, his last attack completely annihilating the so called "fastest in the universe".
"On no Burter!" cried Jeice. "He was me best mate! You'll pay for that you dirty, no-good saiyan!"
The red skinned warrior prepared to rush the worn out saiyan, but he was stopped as he saw a blue comet streaking through the sky. A grin appeared on Jeice's face as he said, "There he is! I should have known that no stinking monkey could beat Burter!"
"What!?" exclaimed Vegeta right before the blue alien's head smashed into his solar plexus. The flame haired saiyan's back was forcibly arched as he was driven through the air by the blue-aura clad warrior until his body was smashed into the side of the plateau. Upon contact, Vegeta cried out in pain as he felt several ribs break as his body created a large indent into the side of the rock formation.
"Sorry Vegeta," said Burter with a smirk as he pushed himself away from the saiyan warrior who was now lodged inside of the rock. "Afraid the Blue Hurricane is here to stay! Unfortunately for you, you're not going to be sticking around for much longer."
Raising his hand and aiming at the beaten and broken saiyan prince, Burter began to gather energy into the palm of his hand. A blue sphere of energy formed in his palm and the alien smirked as he fired the blue ki blast at Vegeta. To Burter's surprise though, his attack was deflected and sent careening off into the distance.
"Sorry to interrupt," said Tien, who was surrounded by a blazing crimson aura, "but I'm afraid I promised me young friend over there that I would have to step in as soon as you tried to finish off Vegeta. And I always keep my promises."
Sorry for the later update guys, I had several projects I had to complete for school which kept me from writing most of last week and then I also had to deal with some issues concerning the collaboration project I joined a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, I realized that I wouldn't be able to do that and also my own works so I decided that it would be better for me to leave the project and work on my own stories. The good news is that this will give me more time to work on this story and some of my other works, and I will continue to strive to give you all quick and consistent updates.
Power Levels
Vegeta: 34,000
Burter: 40,000 {Speed=50,000 Strength=30,000 Ki Power=40,000 Endurance=40,000}
Alright let me explain what I mean by the above excerpt about Burter's power level and this will remain true for most of the Ginyu Force members. All of the Ginyu Force members are in fact, mutants like I stated earlier. Because of this, they have the ability to use their ki to enhance certain aspects of their fighting abilities. For example, Burter is much faster than the other Ginyu Force members (excluding Captain Ginyu) because of this ki manipulation; however, your power level is an average of ALL of your fighting abilities. This means that since his speed is higher, one of his other attributes has to be lower in order to counterbalance his added speed. For Burter, he is not as strong meaning that his punches and other physical attacks at are at the level of someone with a power level of 30,000 while his speed is at the level of someone with a power level of 50,000. This is why Vegeta commented that Burter's punches weren't that effective and how he was able to continue fighting after receiving dozens of punches when usually it would only take a few powerful hits from someone with a power level of 40,000 for him to be beaten down (case in point when he fought Recoome in the canon universe).
Hope that explanation made sense to you all, and again thanks for getting this story over 300 reviews! You guys have made this story far more popular than I ever dreamed and I hope you continue to support it in the future! Thanks for reading and I hope to hear from you in a review soon!
Also, Ness Frost has kindly agreed to become the Beta Reader for this story starting next chapter! I am hoping that having a Beta Reader, and having someone that will be able to catch some of my silly mistakes will make this story even better. So thanks Ness Frost for the assistance! After this chapter, all of the following chapters will be edited by him.
Alright, that's my extremely, too long, Author's Note. Until next time.