Chapter 19: Regrouping
Disclaimer: Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT are all owned by Funimation, Toei Animation, Fuji TV, and Akira Toriyama. The Author ShowNOOMercy does not own any of it.
Author's Note: I think you'll find this Chapter to be very 'interesting'.
With Videl
"Videl? Come on Videl, wake up."
"Hn? What?" Videl slowly opened her eyes. Her vision was blurry, her head really hurt, and her entire body was sore.
"You're ok!" Goten smiled.
"What happened?" Videl asked weakly.
"The car exploded, but Ty saved you." Goten smiled.
"…What?" Videl asked.
"Someone shot the car with a missile thingy, but Ty threw you out of the car before it exploded." Goten said.
"…Where is Ty?" Videl asked. Goten's face completely changed and he looked over at the burning car, "He's still in there?" Videl screamed. She grabbed Goten's shoulder and pulled herself up.
"Trunks is…"
Boom! Trunks was sent flying out of the smoke as the car exploded.
"No!" Trunks, Videl, and Goten screamed.
"B…big brother?" Jaxon was still extremely tired from the tranquilizer, but that just woke him up.
"No." Piccolo whispered as he blasted the remaining Vashmallian fighter-jets out of the sky. Trunks's jaw slowly dropped and he stared at the raging fire; he couldn't have survived that, could he?
"T…Tyrannous?" Jaxon sat up and stared at the smoke, "No. No, no, no!" Jaxon's eyes watered and he stumbled to his feet, "NO!" The boy limped forwards, but he was grabbed by Goten, "No! Get off! I have to help him!" Jaxon cried.
"Jaxon…" Videl started, "He's…he's…"
"Don't you dare say it!" Jaxon screamed, "He's not! He can't be!"
"Jaxon…" Goten took a deep breath, "Jaxon, he's…"
"Not dead." All heads turned to the car, and they watched as a bloody and beaten boy limped out of the smoke, "Not yet." Ty gave a weak smile as he used his sword as a cane. His left arm was covered in blood and was hanging limp, his shirt was burned off and he had third-degree burns all over his chest and back, and he had several other minor injuries. He managed to get out of the car just before it exploded. Although his race is stronger than humans, being inside a car as it explodes would have still done some significant damage to his body; he got lucky this time, of course luck seems to have a way of saving him (even when he doesn't want to be saved). Jaxon stumbled over to his brother and nearly knocked him over with a big hug, "Glade you're awake; maybe now you can help us fight." Ty chuckled.
"I…I thought…I…" Jaxon took a deep breath and held in his tears.
"You worry too much, little brother." Ty laughed; he turned to Trunks, Goten, Videl, and Piccolo, "What?"
"…Are you ok?" Trunks let out a small laugh.
"Eh…" Ty shrugged his shoulder, "I kind of have a small headache, but other than that I'm doin ok."
"Hn." Trunks smiled and walked over to help the boy.
"Rah!" The Ahuizotl shot out of an alley and chomped down on Trunks's leg.
"Ah!" Trunks screamed as the beast swung him around like a chew toy. Ty's eyes started to rapidly flicker gold, and he held up his sword. The boy collapsed to his knees and he moaned in pain.
"Ok, that hurts." Ty grunted.
"Trunks!" Goten screamed as he launched at the beast.
"Rah!" The Ahuizotl smashed his fist into Goten, sending him flying into a parked car.
"Hold on!" Piccolo held up his hands and fired several blasts at the beast, but he didn't look like he was going to let go.
"Ha!" The beast released Trunks and began to spit up blood, "How dare you!" The beast screamed in pain as his legs were broken, "How dare you touch my son!" Vegeta snarled as he went all out, and beat the beast into a bloody mess. Jaxon slowly turned away and grabbed onto his brother; like he said before, 'Vegeta is scary when he's mad'.
"Ah yes." Ty smiled, "Justice." The boy held onto his brother as he slowly sat down. Jaxon sat down next his brother and studied his broken arm. Ty watched as Goku and Gohan landed and ran over to Goten and Videl, "…I suppose we should get off the street." Ty grunted.
"…Right." Jaxon said. The boy helped his brother up and they limped over to the group.
"Follow me if you don't want to get blown up." Ty grunted as he limped into an alley. Goku and Goten ran after the brothers while Gohan lifted Videl into his arms and carried her. Vegeta held up his hand and blasted the remains of the Ahuizotl before he sprinted over to Trunks.
"Are you out of your mind?" Vegeta snarled as he held up his hand. Trunks just stared at him with tear filled eyes, "Don't…" Vegeta slowly put his hand down, "You're a Saiyan, and…"
"Saiyans don't cry." Trunks said quietly (except for this morning; crying was ok then.) Vegeta took out his last senzu bean and broke it in half.
"This should help until we get to the Lookout." Vegeta said as he handed half of the bean to his son.
"Thanks." Trunks said as he ate the bean-half. His leg was partly healed and he was able to stand. Trunks heavily limped to the alley with Vegeta and Piccolo right behind him. Vegeta entered the alley and saw Gohan (still very beat up from his fight with the Chimera) helping Videl. He saw Kakarott checking Goten over, and then he saw Jaxon sitting next to Ty who looked worse than hell.
"Having fun?" Vegeta growled.
"…Is that a trick question?" Ty asked as he looked at his broken arm.
"I never authorized anyone to leave Capsule Corporations." Vegeta growled, "I don't know what the hell you were thinking, but…"
"But Jaxon was taken by a group of Royal Guards so I followed him, but Trunks and Goten wouldn't let me go alone so they followed and fused into Gotenks. They, or he, went ahead and ran into General Takeo where he got his ass handed to him. I ran into Videl and we stole a really nice car. I ran over Heinrich, and…" Ty paused, "And I killed the son of a rat General who killed my parents, and I made him suffer." Ty said. Vegeta, Gohan, and Goku all stared at him with wide eyes, "I sent him to a dark place. I sent him there, and he will never get out no matter how hard he tries." Ty mumbled, "Anyways, long story short, we ended up here. Do any of you have anything for headaches? I've just had this horrible hangover all frakking day."
"…Hn." Vegeta knelt down in front of the boy and held out the other half of the Senzu bean.
"I don't…"
"I'm giving this to you because you deserve it." Vegeta said. Ty stared at him curiously, "Today General Jackass, tomorrow Prophet Herelaah." Vegeta smirked. Ty gave a slight smile and took the bean half. After the bean took affect, he still looked pretty bad, but at least he could fight (kind of).
"…Thank you." Ty said quietly.
"Hn." Vegeta stood up and walked over to Trunks. He studied him head to toe for any injuries the bean half didn't heal.
"Dad." Trunks whined, "I'm fine." Ty stared at the father and son and smiled; he saw himself in Trunks. Actually, Vegeta was a lot like his father, just not a heartless, mass murdering, jackass. Vegeta could try and act all tough and emotionless, but right now Ty saw a loving father who cared deeply about his son.
"We ran into a Prophet named Pugare." Goku said, "Do you know him?"
"I met him once; he reminds me of a jellyfish." Ty said, "He's probably the nicest Prophet out of all eleven."
"Nicest?" Gohan screamed causing Ty to visibly jump, "He's fucking crazy and he nearly killed me! He trash talked you and your brother for about a minute and a half! He's a sick, twisted, evil piece of shit and I hope I run into him again. I'll make sure he shuts that big mouth of his for good." Gohan mumbled.
"…Wait, so you stood up for me and my brother?" Ty asked, "You stood up to a Vashmallian Hierarch?"
"…Yea, I guess you could call it that." Gohan said.
"…That's…" Ty gave a slight smile, "That's the first time anyone has ever stood up to a Prophet. Hell, that's the first time anyone's ever stood up for me and my brother, thank you." Ty smiled.
"Don't worry about it." Gohan smiled.
"…The others." Jaxon looked at his Book, "The others are in trouble. Bulma and everyone, they're in trouble." Everyone closed their eyes and sensed the others on the move.
"Shit." Vegeta hissed, "Kakarott, get us there."
"Everyone grab on!" Goku said.
"…What, is he going to carry us?" Ty chuckled.
"Just grab on." Vegeta growled as he grabbed the boy.
Poof! They all vanished.
With Bulma
"You should all feel so lucky." The monster smirked, "You will have your trial in front of all eleven Vashmallian Prophets. You will be in the presence of greatness."
"Ah!" Bulma felt the monster squeeze her.
"All right, that's enough." Krillin growled, "Let her go."
"Or else what, short stuff?" The monster laughed as he held up his club, "You try anything and I kill her."
"You're lying, I can tell." Krillin said.
"Huh?" The monster looked at him curiously.
"You need her for something, otherwise you wouldn't be carrying her." Krillin said, "As long as you hold her, Vegeta or the others won't touch you."
"…Smart." The monster said, "But I can do away with her and take their son."
Poof! "What the frak?" Ty looked around.
"Vegeta!" Bulma screamed.
"Drop her!" Vegeta snarled as he jumped to Super Saiyan.
"Nobody move!" The monster held onto Bulma tight as the other Guards held up their swords, "You take one step and I break her neck."
"Vegeta, he won't kill her." Krillin said, "He needs her."
"Silence!" The monster screamed as he squeezed Bulma again causing her to scream in pain, "I told you I don't need her, I could take the son and Prophet Pugare will be just as happy."
"Let her go." Ty growled as he took a step forwards.
"…By the Gods." The monster's eyes widened, "The Demon."
"Sup." Ty said.
"…Funny." The monster said, "I imagined you to be a lot bigger."
"Well, you know what they say; big things come in small packages." Ty smirked.
"Ha! Clever!" The beast snorted, "I'll make you a deal, Demon. I will not harm her if you come with me back to the ship." Ty's eyes widened; it's the same frakking situation all over again, but this time he would not fail.
"How do I know you're not lying?" Ty asked.
"You don't; you can only take my word." The beast said, "Once we are at a safe distance, the Earth Woman will be sent back to Earth." Just then, the beast saw Jaxon peak out from behind his brother, "Holy Kamell, the Book!"
"I'll come." Ty said as he dropped his sword.
"…And the Book…"
"Wasn't apart of the deal." Ty said, "I'll come quietly."
"…Fine." The beast grunted, "Hands above your head." Ty put one arm above his head, but let the other one rest, "Above the head!"
"Yea, my left arm is a little sore, sorry about that." Ty said.
"Do you think this is some kind of game?" The beast growled.
"…I enjoy games." Ty said, "If you have a revolver I can show this really neat game that I…"
"Silence!" The beast squeezed Bulma causing her to cry out in pain. Vegeta and Trunks both got ready to launch forwards.
"No." Ty growled, "He'll kill her before you can make your move."
"Shut up, boy!" Vegeta hissed, "You're just pissing him off!"
"Oh so this is my fault?" Ty growled.
"I said shut up!" Vegeta snarled.
"Make me." Ty smirked as he picked up his sword. The monster and swordsmen watched them curiously, "That is unless you don't think you can beat me."
"How dare you!" Vegeta jumped to Super Saiyan and charged a KI blast.
"Oh, big and scary." Ty laughed as he backed away towards the monster.
"Enough of this!" Gohan stepped in, "This is pointless."
"Pointless? I'll tell you what's pointless; calling yourself a Prince when your Planet and race are all gone!" Ty laughed.
"That's it!" Vegeta stomped towards the boy; Ty continued to back away towards the monster, "I saved your life and this is how you treat me?" Vegeta screamed.
"Never asked to be saved, monkey boy." Ty said.
"Grrr!" Vegeta held up his hand and…
"Ha!" Ty turned around and launched at the monster. The beast was so distracted by the argument that he never had time to react. Ty jammed the sword right into the beast's eye.
"Ah!" The monster dropped Bulma and began to swing his club around. Vegeta quickly grabbed his wife and moved her to safety while the other fighters launched at the swordsmen.
"Hn." Jaxon grabbed the first sword he could find and joined in the fight
"That's the problem with all you Vashmallians." Ty laughed as he twisted his sword, "You're all too frakking stupid." Ty removed the sword and jammed it into the other eye, "Hurts, doesn't it?"
"Gah!" The monster screamed and begged for mercy.
"Well, I've got good new and bad news." Ty said, "Good news is I'm going to let you live."
"…B…bless you d…d…demon." The monster said as he fell to his knees.
"…The bad news is I can't speak for Vegeta; he's all yours." Ty said as he hopped off the beast. He shook the blood of his sword and turned to the Saiyan Prince, "That was good; I didn't think it would work, but you made it very convincing."
"...What did you say to me?" Vegeta growled.
"…Oh frak you thought I was serious?" Ty's face completely changed and he backed away.
"Relax." Vegeta said, "I knew as soon as you picked the sword up." He looked at Bulma who was being guarded by Trunks, "…Thank you." Vegeta mumbled.
"Don't mention it, just make him suffer." Ty said as he looked over at Jaxon. His little brother was battling two swordsmen and was easily overpowering them. Ty gave a slight smile and limped over to Bulma and Trunks, "No hard feelings?" Vegeta slowly walked over to the beast and began to rip him into shreds.
"…That was awesome." Trunks chuckled.
"I just needed to get close enough so I could hit him." Ty said a he sat down next to Bulma, "On a scale of one through ten, how bad does it hurt?"
"…T…twe…twenty." Bulma said.
"Don't worry, we're heading back to that healer guy after this, and then we'll get you fixed up." Ty said as he grabbed the woman's hand.
"…I should have stayed with you." Trunks said quietly.
"You stopped Takeo before he could take my brother onto his ship." Ty said, "I say you made a good call." Trunks didn't say anything, "…And now that son of a rat is finally dead; maybe that will send a message to Herelaah. Now he's in the dark place." Ty said as he stood up, "…Hey, are we missing someone?" Ty asked.
"Hn?" Trunks did a quick head count, "No, everyone's here."
"Huh." Ty rubbed his sore arm, "…I feel like someone's not here." He slowly walked forwards and held up his sword. He took aim and chucked the sword right into a swordsman's back.
"…Damn." Trunks said in surprise.
"You should have brought your sword." Ty said as he went to retrieve his weapon, "We could have had some fun."
"What part of this war is fun?" Trunks asked.
"Hmph." Ty smirked and turned to the boy, "You're a quick learner, Trunks." Ty walked over to the dead swordsman and picked up his sword. He watched as the last of the Guards were killed; maybe they really stood a chance against the invading army…or maybe it would be just like today and they would all get their asses kicked. Just then, Ty noticed a Royal Guard holding Chi Chi by the neck.
"Don't move, DemAK!" Ty slashed the throat of the Guard and caught Chi Chi before she hit the ground.
"All too easy." Ty's eyes flickered gold for a second.
"Mom!" Goten and Gohan sprinted over to the woman and helped her over to the others.
"…Your welcome." Ty mumbled to himself.
"Thank you." Ty turned to see Goku.
"…Go and help your wife." Ty grunted as he walked over to Jaxon who was blasting the heads on all the dead Guards. Goku quickly ran over to Chi Chi while the other fighters helped the injured and did other various things that Ty could care less about. It wasn't even noon yet and he was already exhausted. He just wanted to blast these stupid ships out of the sky and relax, "Good work, Jaxon." Ty said as he ruffled the boy's hair.
"I got all the heads." The boy smiled.
"Hn." Ty smiled and let out a long sigh, "…So, General Takeo is dead."
"…He got what he deserved." Jaxon said quietly.
"I wish it could have lasted longer." Ty chuckled, "I wanted to hear him beg some more."
"…At least he's dead." Jaxon said.
"…Do you think they'd be proud?" Ty asked. Jaxon looked up at his brother and stared at him, "Mom and dad?"
"Of course." Jaxon said, "They'd be really proud."
"Yea, they would be." Ty said. Would they really? Ty couldn't answer that question. Trunks said they would be, Jaxon said they would be, but after all the bad and horrible things Ty has done, he can't see his parents being proud of him. Of course he did a pretty good job of raising Jaxon for two years.
"…Sorry I wasn't much help." Jaxon said quietly.
"Hey, you could barely walk." Ty laughed, "And there's always the invasion. There will be plenty of bad guys for you to beat." Ty led his brother over to the group and let out a small laugh, "Somehow, I told you so, just doesn't quite say it." Everyone looked at the boy, "I thought you all said that I had nothing to worry about. I thought you said that the Earth's Special Forces 'had this', and they could beat anyone. Remember what I said; this is just the eye of the storm. Come invasion time, things are going to get a lot worse."
"How do we beat an entire invading army of these people?" Videl asked.
"Trust me, I've been think about this since you all said you wanted to fight the Vashmall. I've been working on a plan, and once we get back to this Lookout place, I'll fill you in." Ty said.
"Mmm mmm…" Everyone turned and their eyes widened.
"Oh my Gods, Taz." Ty's eyes shot wide open and he sprinted to his pet. The alien heavily limped out of an alley and nearly fell over. He had several bad burns, his back leg was covered in blood, he was very beat up, but he wasn't giving up, "Hey buddy." Ty knelt down in front of his best friend and smiled, "How ya doin?"
"Grah." Taz licked the boy's face causing him to laugh.
"Oh, who's a good boy?" Ty scratched behind Taz's ears; the beast's tail began to wag back and forth, "Oh you like that, don't you? Don't you?" Taz felt his back leg give out and he sat down, "I'm proud of you, I'm very proud of you." Ty quickly wiped his eyes and lifted Taz into his arms, "You did good, just hold on for a little bit and I'll have you fixed up, ok?"
"Grah." Taz struggled for a moment, but eventually relaxed.
"Just hold on." Ty quickly carried Taz over to the group and gently set him down.
"He really helped me out while I was fighting that monster." Gohan said, "He did good."
"Do we have any of those senzu beans?" Ty asked as he held his hand over Taz's leg wound. Taz began to whine like an injured puppy, "Oh I know it hurts, just stay strong for me and then you can have a nice big lunch and a nap, ok?"
"We have five left, but Kakarott is going to take everyone to the lookout." Vegeta said, "Me and Piccolo will finish off this pathetic fleet and then execute any Vashmallian survivors."
"…Are you sure you two should be here alone?" Ty asked.
"Hmph." Vegeta crossed his arms, "I'll make quick work of these ships."
"I'll keep an eye on him." Piccolo smirked. Vegeta mumbled to himself while Goku stood up and got ready to use instant transmission. Ty gently lifted Taz into his arms, but the beast started to wiggle around and fight.
"Oh, I see." Ty smirked as he set Taz down, "Tough guy wants to walk all by himself."
"Grah." Taz licked the boy's hand.
"…I'm proud of you, and you too Jaxon. Hell, I'm proud of all of…"
"AR!" Ty's heart stopped as he watched Taz fall over. The alien lay there motionless as a pool of blood surrounded his head. Sticking out of Taz's head was a large, glowing, red shard.
"That's one rat out of the way!" General Takeo laughed as he stood on top of the building across the street.
"Umgeben ihnen, halten sie ihre waffen auf! Schnell, schnell!" Heinrich yelled as hundreds of Vashmallians Guards, soldiers, monsters, tanks, and fighter-jets surrounded the Earth's Special Forces.
"Hah…" Ty's jaw dropped as Taz's KI hit zero and the pool of blood surrounded his entire body. His eyes started to rapidly flicker gold, "No." Ty whimpered as his eyes filled with tears, "No, no, no!" Takeo landed in front of the group and locked onto Ty; he would have to thank him for earlier.
"He…he…he k…killed you." Trunks shook with fear, "I watched him."
"Hmph." Takeo held up his hand and fired a red shard at the boy, but Vegeta quickly blasted it. Takeo smiled and held up a small pouch, "Senzu Bean, complements of Videl Satan."
"Oh my God." Videl nearly fell to her knees. Jaxon fell to his knees next to his brother and began to cry. Ty fell forwards and buried his face into Taz's bloody fur. The boy completely lost it and began crying his eyes out.
"You monster." Gohan growled, "I'm…I'm g…going to kill you!" The teen's KI shot up
"I'm afraid that's out of the question really."
"Oh hell." Gohan growled.
"Ridicules." Prophet Pugare said as he floated towards the group; he looked at Ty, "That you thought that you could team up with a bunch of monkeys and take on the most powerful force in the Universe! Have you forgotten what we did to your Planet? To your parents?"
"Grrr." The Z Warriors all got in fighting stances and got in front of the injured and non-fighters.
"You can't imagine how exciting this is!" Pugare smiled as he looked at Jaxon, "To finally have the Book of Kamell in Vashmallian hands once again. This is truly a monumental day: I am overjoyed!"
"P…please d…don't leave me." Ty sobbed as he held onto Taz.
"Oh how I will enjoy every moment of the Book Opening Ceremony." Pugare smiled, "To think that anyone would try to prevent the Great Journey, as well as the releasing of Kamell; I am shocked, almost too shocked for words."
"We've got trouble." Piccolo watched as the Vashmallian ships turned towards their direction and hundreds more Vashmallian troops surrounded them. Every Vashmallian in the city was moving towards their locations. Pugare slowly floated over to Ty and leaned forwards.
"Why do you continue to fight us Tyrannous? You can not win!" Pugare said, "Surrender yourself and the Book Keeper to the Vashmallian Empire, and I will endeavor to make your death relatively painless and quick."
"Please c…come back." Ty begged.
"…Tyrannous?" Pugare asked, "Did you hear what I said?"
"You were my only friend, no, no, no…" Ty sobbed.
"Hmph." Takeo crossed his arms and smiled evilly, "And he's been broken." Takeo enjoyed his 'tears' and saw them as a trophy of all his work to cause the boy pain and suffering. One Rat's pain is another General's joy.
"General, he's refusing to cooperate; you are authorized to use aggressive force." Pugare sighed as he floated backwards.
"As you command, Holy One." Takeo cracked his knuckles and began to walk towards the boys.
"No!" Trunks and Goten both got in front of Ty and Jaxon and held up their arms.
"If you want them then you're going to have to get through us." Trunks growled.
"That's right." Goten growled.
"How noble." Takeo chuckled, "Might I remind you of the last time we fought?"
"You're going to have to get through me." Gohan growled as he powered up.
"Me too." Goku powered up too.
"And me." Krillin said.
"…And me." Piccolo growled. He could not believe that they just killed the boy's pet. It was heartless and just plain cruel.
"You just made a big mistake." Vegeta growled.
"So be it." Takeo sighed as he held up his hand.
Whoosh! With a single wave of his arm the group of Z Warriors were pushed back by a gust of wind.
"Enough of these delays." Takeo growled, "The two rats are coming with me!" Takeo slowly walked towards the two boys and held up his hands.
"Y…you destroy my home." The boy choked, "Torture us until we beg." Ty clenched his fists until they bled, "You lie to me, kill my father, kill my mother." Ty was visibly shaking, "And now you've killed my friend…" Ty's KI started to rise, "You've ruined my life." Ty slowly sat up and locked onto General Takeo. His eyes were glowing bright gold, "And now you're going to pay!"
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