Alice blinked as the light cleared from around her. They had appeared between two hills in a green pasture. In front and to the right of her there was a large crater. It had worked! They were in the past. Age 761, according to the scouter.

Alice felt energy flare up. She looked to see Goku smash into one of the hills. He screamed in pain before Raditz slammed into him, silencing his cries. The long-haired Saiyan had a dark purple aura surrounding him, and his eyes glowed red. Then he vanished.

A blast of energy pierced the air where Raditz had been moments before. Its origin, Piccolo, widened his eyes as the Saiyan appeared in front of him. He raised his hand, and swung it down—only for Alice to move between them and grab it. She kicked Raditz in the gut, and then swung the same leg up to his chin. Then she blasted him away.

Alice glared at Mallet, who hadn't moved since they'd arrived. "Aren't you going to help?" she asked.

The Namekian turned towards her. "If you can't handle a single opponent, then we have bigger problems than him." He turned back to look at Raditz, who had recovered. Alice did the same. He doesn't think I'm up to the task, she realized. I was the first one to fall in the first battle. They don't think I'm strong enough. First impressions are everything, and hers wasn't that good. It was time to fix that.

Alice drew out her power and faced Raditz. He leapt toward her, sending ki blasts her way. She dodged them with ease and flew forward, launching a beam of her own. Raditz rolled, but not before it tore off the armor on his left shoulder. He bounced off the ground and toward her again. Alice met his charge with a knee to his chin. Raditz's eyes rolled back, and Alice hit him to the side with both hands, and sent a barrage of ki missiles on his tail.


Mallet regarded the girl. She seemed competent enough. For every glancing blow Raditz dealt to her, she landed three solid hits. He scanned the battlefield. Piccolo was splitting his attention between Alice's battle and Mallet. Evidently he hadn't seen another of his own race yet, besides the Guardian of this planet. Goku was recovering from the thrashing he'd received from Raditz, and Nitro was carrying a cylinder…

Mallet did a double take. The Frost Demon wasn't supposed to be here! He flew towards where thought he had glimpsed the creature. Instead of Nitro, there was another Frost Demon, this one black rather than blue. Its bio-organic armor had long plates extending over the back of the legs, and formed a collar-like shape, giving the Demon a royal feel. It was carrying a cylindrical container, about four feet long and 3 feet wide. The container was colored bright yellow, pink, and green, each clashing horribly against the other.

Who the hell is that? Mallet thought. Time to find out. He sped towards the figure and landed in front of him. "Hey!" he yelled. "Who are you?" The Demon responded by dropping the container and thrusting its hand in front of Mallet's face. An orb of purple energy formed, and it was thrust into Mallet. He grimaced in pain, but managed to grab the demon's head and thrust it into his knee. The tail of the Frost Demon swung towards Mallet, so he let go and flipped back. The two stood on air, staring each other down.

"You didn't answer my question," growled Mallet. "Who the hell are you, and why are you here?"

The Frost Demon murmured something. Any other race would've missed it, but Mallet's Namekian ears didn't. "Power Pole Extend."

A dark red object rushed from over the creature's shoulder to slam into Mallet's jaw. The attack had given off no energy. Mallet looked to see the Frost Demon grab a long staff from his tail, which was holding the weapon over its shoulder. Some sort of magical weapon. The Demon swung it at Mallet, who jumped over it and launched a green blast at his foe. The Demon swept it away with the staff, and rushed towards Mallet. It swung the staff left and right, then smashed it into Mallet's shoulder. Mallet responded with a fist to the gut, and sent his enemy reeling with a barely visible blast of force.

Mallet raised both hands above his head, gathering energy before bringing them down to his chest, concentrating the energy. A glowing blue sphere of ki formed in front of his hands, growing larger. Mallet smiled. "End of the line, Demon. If you survive, we'll discuss what you're doing here." He released the energy.

The blast exploded with a blinding light. Winds rushed as the landscape was blown away. Grass, trees, and soil was vaporized, while the rock underneath instantly became molten lava. When the smoke cleared, there was a crater at least twenty times larger than the one made by the Saiyan pod. There was no sign of the Frost Demon.

Mallet chuckled. "Looks like you'll always be a mystery. Serves you right, Frost scum." Suddenly, an incredible energy spiked behind Mallet. He had barely turned before he heard a shout of "Makkankosappo!" He felt an excruciating pain in his chest, and looked down to see a spiral beam of ki rip through his body.

The Demon's head appeared next to his. Its red eyes gleamed. "You're right," it said softly, "You will never know what I was doing here." The Frost Demon gave Mallet's back a shove, and he fell from the sky. The Demon gathered more purple energy in both hands, and sent it after him. Mallet's last thoughts were of the blast rushing towards him, vaguely acknowledged pain, then darkness.


Raditz's scouter exploded. Alice was stunned by the energy she felt. Nothing in this era should be anywhere near that power. Except… She looked back at Mallet, only to find and empty space. Where is he? Her thoughts were interrupted by Raditz's fist. He followed up with a triple kick to her abdomen, and then threw her to the ground. Laughing, the Saiyan concentrated energy in his hand, and then tossed it at her.

The blast struck Alice, burning away the ground around her. It hurt, but she wasn't seriously injured. It was then that she realized that she couldn't move. That attack had paralyzed her! Raditz grinned and charged another attack… only for Goku to slam both fists into his face! Goku pummeled Raditz while he was stunned, then sent him flying to the ground. Pushing his hands together behind him, Goku screamed "Kamehameha!" and sent a destructive blue energy wave at his malevolent brother. The blast struck Raditz, and Alice heard her scouter make a beeping sound. Raditz was within the manageable limit!

Before Raditz could recover, Goku had flashed behind him, locking his arms under Raditz's and putting the alien warrior in a Full Nelson. "Piccolo!" he cried, "Do it now!" Alice turned head- hey, the paralyzation had worn off—to see Piccolo with his hand to his forehead. He must have been charging his Special Beam Cannon while Alice was fighting. She looked back to Raditz, and saw him attempting to break Goku's grip. We can't have that, she thought as she readied her family's signature technique.

On her right index finger and thumb, Alice formed two Kienzan's, each only an inch in diameter. She launched these towards Raditz's arms. Her aim was true, and each sliced through one of Raditz's elbows. His forearms flopped dow uselessly, still connected by skin and muscle but with torn tendons.

At that moment, Piccolo threw his arm forward. His drill-like beam of concentrated energy struck Raditz, and tore out through Goku's back a second later. The two bothers fell to the ground, boasting gaping holes in their chests. Alice sighed. History was restored. Then a thought struck her. That energy! What happened to Mallet?

Alice flew towards where she had felt the spike in ki. Just beyond the two hills, the land was devastated. An enormous crater filled her vision, the earth still smoldering at the bottom. Also at the bottom lay a large, green body. "Oh no!"

"Hey Alice!" Trunks' voice rang in her ear. "We noticed that History has been restored. Are you ready to return?"

"Not yet!" she cried, rushing towards Mallet's comatose form. "Something happened to Mallet, he's really hurt." She grabbed his body and hoisted his arm over her shoulder. "Now we're ready. Bring us back, and make sure you have medical supplies!"