Broly.
The Legendary Super Saiyan.
Buried here in the ice all this time. And now he was awake.
"Why him?" Trunks wondered. "Why now?"
He, however, noted that Broly was only in his Super Saiyan form and he felt slight relief at that, but he wondered how long before the monster transformed. He had to act now while he still had the chance and he powered up into his Ascended state and flew at Broly. A kick to the Saiyan's head only staggered him and Trunks unleashed a barrage of punches upon Broly's torso. 18 watched boredly from her position in the sky as Ocarin and 16 flew out onto the ice and she remembered when she'd last seen Broly. It'd been a few months after her brother and her had begun their rampage when a spaceship arrived, bringing this Broly (that was his name right? It'd been twenty years) and a heap of aliens. She remembered that Broly was quite docile and weak and she and 17 made quick work of him before decimating his father, the aliens and the ship they arrived on. Broly was the only one to survive and he tried to flee and the last 18 saw of him, 17 had fired his Photon Flash at him. She thought he was dead, but she was wrong and as it turns out, he too can go Super Saiyan. Not that it was a big deal to her. He was nothing special then and he was nothing special now. She didn't understand why Trunks looked horrified and she didn't care either.
Trunks finished his assault and quickly unleashed the Masenko at point-blank range that shot Broly across the lake to slam against the frozen valley wall.
"Who is that?" Ocarin asked once he joined Trunks. "I sense great power within him."
"His name is Broly," Trunks replied. "He's an immensely powerful Saiyan, a virtually unstoppable one at that, but only when he transforms. Right now, he hasn't done it yet, so we have the advantage. We have to hit him with everything we've got while we still can."
A green energy ki came flying at the ground and they quickly leapt out of the way, Trunks taking Pan with him, as Broly floated across the lake with a sinister grin. "Want to play, huh?" the Saiyan spoke. "Come and meet your deaths then."
Pan shouted and went Super Saiyan and she followed after Trunks as he flew at Broly while charging the Galick Gun. Broly instead flew for Ocarin and swung his fist. Ocarin ducked and fired a ki blast right into Broly's gut. The Super Saiyan was rocked back and 16 joined the fray, unleashing a barrage of ki blasts. Broly snarled as his body was hammered. He didn't know who these people were that were attacking him, but they were about to regret it. When the barrage stopped and the dust faded, Broly snarled, his body brimming with power and Trunks gasped.
"Everyone, take him out now!"
He and Pan prepared their Galick Gun and Kamehameha respectively, as Broly roared. His skin rippled and there was a brilliant display of power as the landscape changed colour twice before it returned to normal. This time, Broly was in his Legendary Super Saiyan form and both Trunks and Pan unleashed their attacks. Broly dodged the beams, clotheslined Trunks and Pan didn't have a chance before she was blasted through the air. Ocarin and 16 were instantly dropped when they tried to intervene, the latter getting a boot to the stomach.
"His speed, his power, it's immense," Ocarin growled. "Can we stop him?"
"18, we need your help here!" Trunks shouted.
"No, I'm good here," she smirked. "It's entertaining. And if you get killed in the process, even better."
Trunks growled, as Ocarin was blasted away and the half-Saiyan flew at Broly. He took a knee to the stomach, reminding him just how powerful Broly really was and an uppercut dropped him on his head. Ocarin fired off a volley of punches and kicks; Broly took every hit with a smirk and back-handed the Namekian away. Trunks ignored the ringing in his head, trying to strategize: it was basically suicide to try and take Broly head-on. He needed a plan – never mind, Broly was coming for him right now.
They exchanged several blows, mostly from Broly's side as he smacked Trunks around and then the gargantuan Saiyan hurled him away with an Eraser Cannon to the chest. Trunks hit the ice as the ki detonated and he yelled when he was blasted face-first into the valley wall, and that's when he heard it: the shatter of the remote, destroyed by the impact. However he had more important matters at hand, as he collapsed to the snow, but oh boy, didn't passing out right now sound good? He knew he couldn't, people were relying on him, but he just needed a moment; find the strength he needed to defeat Broly. Would Super Saiyan 2 be enough? He just needed a moment…
"Worthless Saiyan," Broly growled and he hit Pan with his forearm, caught 16's wrist and hurled the Android into the Namekian, taking them both down. "You are all bugs who are not worth squashing." He finally spied 18 in the air and grinned viciously. "Hello, pretty pretty."
"Is he…looking at me?" 18 questioned. "Don't look at me, creep, keep beating up Trunks."
Broly stomped Pan into the ice and flew at the female Android with a mad cackle. She braced herself for whatever happened next, but was not prepared for the swift Eraser Cannon that struck her. She cried out as she fell from the air and just managed to land on her feet and Broly hooked her with a kick. 16 disengaged his hands and fired a powerful blast and Broly grinned as he casually knocked it towards the sky. He grabbed 16 by the face and drove his head into the ice, then stomped his chest several times for good measure.
"How dare he?" 18 angrily thought, rips in her clothes already from one attack and she watched as Ocarin was treated like a punching bag. "He was a pathetic weakling when I defeated him and now he's beating me? I am not a weakling! He cannot beat me, not like this! Just because Trunks is stronger than me doesn't mean I have to be weak. I'll show him! I'll show them all!"
"Are we giving up already?" Broly cackled when he slammed Ocarin down and fired the Eraser Cannon at close range. The Namekian didn't move. "Pity."
"Kamehame," Pan cried, blue energy swirling in her hands. "Ha!"
The signature move hurtled at Broly and he grinned as he stood there, unfazed by the blast. Pan gulped in fear when she saw it had no effect and she wondered briefly at the futility before she was struck and everything suddenly hurt. Broly grinned and prepared an Eraser Cannon, but 18 suddenly kicked him in the back of the head. He frowned in annoyance and caught her leg on her second kick. Quick as a flash, 18 fired her High-Pressure Wave at point-blank range and Broly actually staggered. It still didn't stop him from catching her with a ki blast. 18 flipped, fired a twin Power Blitz, Broly swatted them aside and she drove a kick into his stomach, the same move that defeated him years ago. This time, unfortunately, it didn't work and Broly smashed her with a vicious clothesline. She was surprised that she was actually feeling pain and it dawned on her that she could die here.
Broly hurled 18, followed by an Eraser Cannon and he threw several more in rapid-fire succession, pulverizing the Android. She landed in the snow and she quivered in pain, shocked at Broly's power. She heard 16 shout when he was attacked, but she was too busy struggling to not pass out. She tried to fight, mostly to save herself, but it hadn't been enough. How could she when there was someone like Broly? How could she defend herself against someone like that? Even with her power augmented by Demigra, it still wasn't enough against Broly and that actually made 18 furious. It was humiliating enough that she surrendered to Trunks because of his power and here she was, outmatched by another Saiyan she once beaten so easily before. She did not like being dominated like this, her body wracked with pain after such a short battle. Perhaps her plan to kill Trunks would have to be put on hold until later notice, because she definitely needed him to deal with Broly.
Unfortunately.
She heard a shout, a familiar scream and the snow beneath her quaked. Somewhere in the mountains, an avalanche started and 18 painfully sat up, watching in awe as Trunks powered up. Broly also watched with interest, his Saiyan blood yearning for a good fight and he hoped this younger Saiyan could give him one. If not, he would dispose of him and find another fight somewhere else. The entire valley shook under Trunks' sheer power, snow and ice levitating around him as he ascended to Super Saiyan 2 and fixed the Legendary Super Saiyan with a fierce glare.
"I've had enough, Broly!" Trunks snarled. "It's time to end this."
"Very well, if you think you've got what it takes," Broly grinned. "Step up and I'll squash you."
The air shifted and Trunks drove his fist into Broly's gut. The Saiyan gasped in surprise, not expecting the attack at all or for it to actually hurt and furious, he swung at Trunks…and missed. Trunks kicked him in the head and fired the Masenko. Ice and snow filled the air as Broly went flying. He finally came to a stop and snarled and roared as he powered up. Surrounded by a barrier, he released several ki blasts from his body that zipped haphazardly around, destroying anything they came in contact with. Pan narrowly dodged one with a yelp and she quickly flew to Ocarin's side, getting him out of the way of another ki ball. The Namekian stirred and was brought awake by the shockwaves given off by the exchange of blows between Trunks and Broly. An errant Eraser Cannon would have taken out 16 if 18 hadn't moved him out of the way in time.
Trunks drove his fist into Broly's jaw at the same time Broly punched him. The air was alive, crackling with their immense power as they struggled to overcome one another. They broke apart and launched into another barrage of blows that shook the valley. Broly struck with an uppercut and as Trunks went flying back, he fired off the Burning Attack. Broly dodged it and copped a kick to the face instead that knocked him into the lake. The icy water exploded from Broly's raging power and he launched at Trunks, caught him with a clothesline and drove him into a mountain wall. He laid waste to Trunks' body with a series of punches, the hybrid taking them with difficulty and when Broly reared his fist back, Trunks struck him with a powerful right hook. Blood spurted and Broly snarled with fury.
"I'll kill you for that! I'll kill you!"
For 18, it was different watching Trunks battle with intense focus against someone who wasn't her and it was almost mesmerising to see him stand up against someone so immensely strong. When he was a kid, 18 used to laugh at how he'd tried so hard to fight her and 17 and always failed every time. Now, Trunks was a man with a huge amount of power, far greater than her own and no longer a laughing matter. And because of that, he held her fate in his hands because if he died here today, she still had Broly to contend with and she did not fancy that idea at all. No, Trunks had to survive, only because 18 had to be the one to kill him. That's what mattered most to her.
Broly took a kick to the ribs and in response, he pressed two Eraser Cannons to Trunks' body and the hybrid was blasted into the village nearby. People stared in shock as Trunks stood up from the trench his body made and Broly came flying in with insane laughter and an Eraser Cannon.
"Get out of here now!" Trunks shouted to the villagers and they hurried out of sight as quickly as they could and he flew at Broly. He batted the Eraser Cannon aside, destroying a mountain, and he unleashed the God Breaker.
"Curse you," Broly snarled after he landed, his blood-smeared face making him look like a devilish maniac. "You'll pay. You will all pay!"
He smashed Trunks with a violent punch, pressed an Eraser Cannon to his chest and hurled him onto the ice. The Cannon exploded, there was a geyser of water and ice and Trunks sunk into the freezing depths below. Super Saiyan Pan tried to dive after him, but Broly caught her in one hand and laughed as he slowly choked her. A ki blast distracted him and he dropped the now normal Pan and turned to Ocarin, who stood side-by-side with 16.
"So, the bugs wish to be squashed?" Broly snickered. "Come and meet your deaths." He cackled as he flew at them, but an explosion of the lake stopped him in his tracks and he frowned as Trunks ascended from the water, his hands out to his sides and quickly gathering power. "Fine, if you wish for death so quickly, I'll give it to you." He threw a careless ki blast at Ocarin and 16, taking them out and then prepared a tiny ki ball for Trunks.
"It's over, Broly!" Trunks snarled. "Time to die. FINAL FLASH!"
His father's ultimate move erupted from his hands and rocketed at Broly. He laughed and threw the ki and as soon as it hit the Final Flash, it instantly became the Gigantic Meteor, a massive ball of energy with enough power to easily destroy the planet.
"You'll lie dead at my feet," Broly smirked sadistically and he hammered the Meteor with smaller ki blasts, pushing it against the Final Flash.
Trunks summoned all his power to strengthen the Final Flash, trying to push the Gigantic Meteor back to its creator, but it wasn't enough. He heard a shout, but refused to look away in case he lost the struggle and Pan was next to him. She powered up to Super Saiyan and fired the Kamehameha Wave to assist, but even with the two against one, it wasn't enough. Broly wasn't even fazed, laughing as he continued to hammer the Meteor and force it against the combined waves. The valley around them was being torn to shreds by the sheer power that was being put out and Trunks realised that if this didn't end soon, there would be nothing left and he renewed his focus.
"He's too strong, even for us both," Trunks thought. "We just need a little more power. We can't let him win. He'll destroy everything otherwise. Ocarin, 16, please, help us if you can."
Someone stepped next to him and he quickly took a glance, surprised to see it was 18. She yelled as she gathered her power into her hands and unleashed a Double Full-Powered High-Pressure Wave. With all four energy beams gathered together, the trio drove the Gigantic Meteor back to its owner. Broly froze, unable to believe that his ultimate attack had actually been countered and he howled when he was engulfed by his own attack and combined with the Final Flash, Kamehameha and High-Pressure Wave, there was an almighty explosion that obliterated the valley. Trunks protected Pan with his body as the shockwaves pounded through them, threatening to tear them apart, but he held fast, riding out the storm. When it was finally over, there was not a single sign of Broly left and Trunks chuckled wearily to himself as he collapsed to his knees, falling out of his Super Saiyan 2 form.
"There, it's over now."