Hey everyone! Sorry I'm a little late, but better late than never is always a good line to use! Anyways, I'm thrilled at the reception I got from the previous chapter. Got a good few followers and favorites. I will do my best not to disappoint. Now mind you, I kept an open mind when I wrote this chapter. I suggest you please do as well.

King Cold has captured the escaping trio of Saiyan Warriors! How much time can our heroes/antiheroes hold out for until King Cold destroys them? And what's this? Is there still a chance? Find out on this chapter of Dragon Ball: BtG!

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TheHiddenLettuce: I aim to please good sir! I agree that King Cold having a final form needed to happen. And you will get a good description of it this chapter. However, I kind of disagree with the logic of King Cold fighting Majin Buu in the past. Majin Buu for one is time immemorial. That would imply King Cold himself would be millions of years old (older than Beerus even!) and though I believe that the Arcosians age slower than Humans and Saiyans, I don't believe their age goes that far back. I believe that King Cold may have crossed paths with Babidi in the past. Maybe Babidi offered King Cold power to help unleash Majin Buu and perhaps King Cold had heard the legend of Majin Buu as something different but similar enough that he caught onto Babidi's trickery and rejected it. There was a line earlier in the story, where King Cold said something about his rule keeping the Chaos at bay. Go back and reread it if you missed it. Something to think about. Anyway, enjoy this chapter my friend!


Age: December 14, 762

Location: Sun Wukong Hospital

It was a cold day as snow slowly fell throughout the land. Tights continued to look out the massive window that overlooked the landscape, feeling the Doctor put the stethoscope on her chest to check her heartbeat. Her father was pacing as the Doctor continued to check her over.

"My word. If I didn't know any better, I would say your heart is perfectly fine. And your blood tests came back good as well. Maybe a little heavy on the salt and you definitely need some more sun, but otherwise, you're in great shape for being a 42-year-old mother."

"That still doesn't explain the copious amounts of blood she lost, Doctor." Doctor Brief stated.

"Daddy it's alright. I... I do feel better now. A lot better now actually." Tights said, looking out the window longingly.

"You miss Shepard I imagine?" Her father asked.

"Oh, Kami more than anything! But...my heart tells me that whatever happened to me was tied to him somehow. Daddy the pain was terrible. It was so... My heart...it felt like someone had just...ripped it out of me. But now, I...I feel like I can take on the world. Is Axel okay?" Tights turned back, pleading for an honest answer.

"Of course, sweety. Axey is with your mother at Capsule Corp." Tights was relieved to hear that. She turned back to the window, wishing for some kind of sign that her boyfriend was going to be okay...


Namek

A once lush, beautiful planet had been under War and hellfire the last few days. What was once green had hazed into a more neutral gray color. There were very few Ajisa trees left still planted, many of which had been destroyed. Many of the islands that had once dotted the planet had been reduced to stray rock where massive quantities of ocean water slammed into them. Some of the islands broke even further while others were sucked underground. There were hurricanes erupting around the planet as it had taken a beating it was never prepared for. The planet was in pain, as lightning arced across the hazy sky. There was only one person left on the ground of the planet. Everyone else was in the struggle of their lives.

But not Shepard.

His quickly cooling body looked up blankly in the sky, eyes open but unseeing. King Cold had ruthlessly killed the Saiyan, taking off to complete his revenge against his son's killers.

His eyes, black pupils with a black iris, were cloudy, incapable of seeing anymore. The BanHammer that lay in his cooling hand was still incredibly warm.

A small arc of white lightning flashed across the weapon several times before moving to Shepard's dead body. For several seconds, this soft lightning continued to move across the carcass...


A soft melody was playing in his mind, so he thought. The smooth baritone noise soothed his ears until David Draiman started singing.

Hello Darkness my Old Friend

I've come to talk with you again

Because a vision softly creeping

Left its seeds while I was sleeping

And the vision that was planted in my brain

Still remains

Within the sound of silence

Shepard's eyes opened, seeing the beautiful purple sky above him.

"Bout time you got up. I know ya like Disturbed, so I figured that would get your attention." Shepard heard the voice, which meant one thing.

"I'm dead again aren't I? Or close to it?" He asked as he sat up. He looked himself up and down, still seeing the damage on his attire, but he was pain-free now.

"Dude you had your heart ripped outta your chest. You're more dead than Malcolm Crowe." Marc chuckled after he said that, but Shepard wasn't amused.

"Uhhh, who?"

"The Sixth Sense...uhh Bruce Willis and that one dorky kid that was popular in the 90s. Uhh Harley Joe Osmen or whatever."

"Haley Joel Osment?"

"Ahh! So you know who that is but don't remember the movie?"

"I also remember we played Kingdom Hearts," Shepard said, quirking an eyebrow at his slightly shorter, longer-haired counterpart. Alternate? Were they the same? He couldn't answer that question.

"Yeah, we did. That shit was live. The first two! That third one was...blah."

"Is there a point to all this Marc? I mean you just bring me here to what? Talk about classic movies and play great music while King Cold continues to roam free and alive. And you lied to me! You said to listen to you and we could beat him no matter what! How the fuck are we even supposed to do that? He has to be like Perfect Cell strong! I drained him as much as I could but it didn't matter". Shepard angrily retorted, flopping to the ground and sitting Indian-style with his arms crossed. Marc sat next to him, putting a hand on Shepard's shoulder.

"One. I didn't lie. He can still be beaten, and he can be killed. And you did drain him, which leads me to number two. The fight isn't over yet." Shepard gawked at Marc, not understanding.

"The BanHammer is an absolute mint of a weapon dude. It doesn't just bash brains in. All the power you've absorbed has made an impact."

Marc snapped his fingers, sending a jolt through Shepard's chest. It took a few seconds for him to realize that he could feel his heart beating again.

"B-But...How?" Shepard was stunned as his counterpart stood up, walking to the edge and overlooking the massive landscape. Down below, Marc could see the animals, the beautiful blades of grass, and the water. The clean, clear water could be seen even from above where they stood and sat.

"Look at the sky," Marc said, sending Shepard's eyes up to take a look.

"What...in the hell is that?" Shepard couldn't describe what his eyes were seeing. Things were moving much faster than they should be as the artificial blue sun above quickly went behind the horizon, where it was now nighttime. The process of the day took only a matter of seconds!

"I sped up time in here faster than the outside. You're in a sort of...Time Chamber facsimile I guess. We don't have much time. King Cold killed you, yes. But now you are about to go and get his ass."

"Uhh...ok how the fuck am I supposed to do that man? I can't beat him. He's just... We're screwed."

SMACK

"Heeey owww motherfu... Fuck man what was that for?" Shepard rubbed his head in annoyance as his counterpart walked by and sat in front of him.

"Kill your doubts. Jam your frustrations up the Universe's ass. We still have a job to do. So either we do it, right this time. Or... We could sing Kumbaya in here for eternity." Shepard looked disgusted, shaking his head quickly.

"Good. So listen. Only a handful of seconds have passed outside since you've been in here. The next time I snap my fingers, you will awaken out there."

"Question." Marc looked annoyed at Shepard raising his hand, but he gave his counterpart a nod to ask.

"Where the fuck was all this at when Raditz killed me on Earth?"

It was a solid question, but it had Marc slyly smirking and shaking his head.

"Do you remember what exactly you wanted that day?" Marc asked.

"Uhh... Right... A fight that was worthy of Death. But...but even still why didn't the BanHammer bring me back then? Did it not absorb enough energy?"

"Quite the contrary, there was sufficient energy, but you didn't exactly have the BanHammer on your person, did you?" Shepard closed his eyes in realization, cursing to himself.

"You threw it to the side because you believed in your abilities. And hey that's good an all, but next time, be a little more cautious. So when I say listen to me, I'm not trying to be annoying. I perceive things differently here compared to you out there. So please, hear me out. Afterward, I'll snap you out."

Shepard gained a look of determination as he listened to the half-baked suicide plan...


The lightning had changed into a multicolor facet of beauty, flowing freely around the dead Saiyan. The BanHammer began to hum in vibration as it glowed in Shepard's hand.

KA-THUMP

Sparks of lightning danced around his body as it started to center on his chest. A hole, filled with emptiness leftover from the massive trauma started to slowly close up as a glow of electrified energy made the Saiyan's still body convulse.

KA-THUMP

His heart was forming as blood vessels and arteries started coming together...

KA-THUMP

The organ had reformed, once destroyed, now anew...

KA-THUMP KA-THUMP

The BanHammer glowed ethereal energy as it filled the Saiyan's body, making it glow from within.

KA-THUMP KA-THUMP KA-THUMP KA-THUMP

The final jolt sent a massive shockwave, destroying the ground around the Saiyan.

KA-THUMP KA-THUMP KA-THUMP KA-THUMP KA-THUMP KA-THUMP KA-THUMP KA-THUMP

The heart was beating, and inside the glow, his eyes opened once again.

"RUHAAAAAAAAA! UGHHHH! God..."

The glow finally died down, giving Shepard a chance to finally rise once again.

He slowly made his way to his feet, woozy in the process of coming back to life. The ground beneath him was wrecked beyond recognition, but he paid no attention to that. He could feel King Cold's still massive energy far above, along with the other 3 Saiyans!

"Son of a bitch that... Damn, that..."

"No time! We got to make our presence known Shep!"

The voice jolted Shepard out of his confusion as he shook his head.

"What...what the..."

He felt his energy within, not believing what he was sensing.

"Yes, I just revived you from death. And as you know..."

"Through recovery, I grow stronger. Yeah, I feel like I got a Zenkai. No time to feel it out though."

He remembered the anger he felt when he saw his son Axel killed in that pseudo-dream state. Remembered King Cold's chilling nonchalance. Tights decapitated head. Holding it, wanting to cry, but only feeling rage at his failure. A lightning bolt struck near Shepard as his aura started to glow gold once again. That feeling came along much quicker this time as his muscles expanded. His hair lifted, turning golden once again as he roared to the sky.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

He took off into the sky, busting the already destroyed ground even further as rage-filled teal eyes focused on his powerful adversary ahead.

It was time for round 2!...


King Cold was about to start turning Goku into a pretzel as he held Vegeta with a mental grip around his neck, ready to snap it when he was done with his first victim. But a sudden jolt of energy hit his senses.

"No!" He looked down as a golden bullet, more powerful than ever before rocketed towards him!

"Im-Impossible! I can't believe it!" Raditz said as he saw the same thing. He too couldn't fathom how Shepard was back, stronger than ever!

"Impossible! I killed you!" King Cold flung Goku away and released Vegeta from his hold, making the Saiyan grab his neck as he inhaled gulps of thin air. Raditz had to use whatever energy he had left to grab Goku with his mind and guide him back to his Attack Ball.

"HIT THE BUTTON KAKAROT! RED BUTTON! DO IT!"

Goku had not lost consciousness through the whole ordeal, so he heard Raditz. He didn't want to leave Shepard and the others, but he was in horrible shape.

"I FUCKING RIPPED YOUR HEART OUT OF YOUR CHEST! WHAT IS THIS FARCE?" King Cold yelled in rage as he held out his hand to gather a mass of energy…


Play: The Last Bear Ender- The Only Thing They Fear Is You (Trust Me!)

Shepard was near the low atmosphere when he saw the powerful dot that was King Cold gathering energy. A purple glow of lightning surrounded the energy ball in King Cold's hand.

"STAY DEAD!" King Cold fired it down.

"WHOA!" Raditz was thrown back, now exhausted from getting his brother into his Pod. He saw that Goku's Attack Ball started moving, gaining more altitude as it reached the Heavens.

He noticed Vegeta just outside of his own Attack Ball, where they locked eyes. They gave a quick nod to each other, understanding the need to escape.

Shepard was not scared. Not anymore. His power had increased even more as his anger at being killed by King Cold took over.

"I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU YET YOU SONUVA BITCH!" Shepard yelled as he held his BanHammer out, hitting King Cold's blast head on! He noticed the BanHammer refused to be denied, pushing himself through the blast as it absorbed some of it along the way.

King Cold was stunned! His eyes widened as he noticed his blast shrinking in on itself before...

THUUUUUUNK

"AUUUGH!" Shepard was able to not only push through the blast but collide with King Cold hammer first, lifting the stunned Arcosian powerhouse into the Heavens.

Raditz watched in absolute shock, incredulous at Shepard's resilience as he took King Cold with him, getting further away.

"Is he? No...no what are you doing Shepard?" Raditz said within his Attack Ball.

"...h...he's an idiot who wants to get himself killed again and again. Let him! We got to go. Now while we have a chance!"

Raditz noticed the communicator in the Attack Ball was left open for 2 way communication. He shouldn't have been surprised. The Ginyu Force had been a close lot.

"What good is taking King Cold to one of the suns gonna do for him?" Raditz asked.

"Doesn't matter, Low Class. Shepard will just die again for his stupidity. I won't thank him for saving our lives, Raditz. I'm going. You can stay here and die if you wish." Vegeta was always a ruthless bastard, from what Raditz could remember.

"Fine, asshole. Go on then. I'll be right behind you." Raditz watched as Vegeta's pod ascended to the atmosphere, making its way into space and disappearing from his view.

"You better survive Shepard. I don't know how, but you better." Raditz said to himself more than anything as he engaged the engines, following suit...


King Cold was stuck at the end of the BanHammer, still in a stunned state as Shepard hurtled through space towards one of Namek's suns.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I'M GONNA DESTROY YOUR ASS COLD!" Shepard yelled as King Cold started to regain his senses, looking at Shepard with near-blind rage. He reached out, grabbing Shepard's hand and squeezing hard, but the Saiyan refused to stop.

"HOW…DARE YOU!" King Cold's long arms grabbed Shepard's hammer arm with incredible strength before he pulled Shepard off of him, just enough to launch the Saiyan away. Shepard didn't know how much King Cold's energy drained down, but he did notice a difference as he was hurtled into a tailspin towards...

"Sh-sh-SHIT!"

There was a satellite moon! It was small, likely only about a quarter of the size of Earth's moon, but nonetheless, Shepard saw it from one of his uncontrollable blind turns, unable to stop himself as he slammed into it like a meteor. Leaving a crater for miles around, space rock dust billowed up from his collision. But he was surprisingly not as damaged as he was expected to be, thankful for his most treasured weapon.

"Ahhh...how the hell did Toriyama miss this damn thing? Oww!" Shepard said to himself as he got up. The gravity of the small moon-like satellite was almost nonexistent. Maybe a tenth of what was on Namek. Shepard found himself looking around before his senses caught up with King Cold, who was so hellbent on revenge that he had attempted to fly after Raditz's Attack Ball, but it had already taken off at too great a speed, now completely out of his sights. So he would change his target to the one that was still left. Enraged, he slowly landed on the satellite, staring Shepard down with unquelled rage. Now that the Super Saiyan was staring at his adversary in his final form for the first time, Shepard got a good look at him.

King Cold stood over 7 feet tall. His form was similar in appearance to Frieza's. Except where purple had been on Frieza, it was more of a blue color. What made King Cold so vastly different was that he was built like an absolute tank. Where Frieza's body had been more sleek and lithe, King Cold was anything but. He was pure muscle. How his body could have so much was a mystery. He also had a horn on each forearm and one on each side of his leg.

King Cold took a quaking step forward, purple lightning arcing intensely around him.

"You will tell me how you survived, simple-minded creature." King Cold kept walking slowly, trying to intimidate Shepard.

"Heh heh heh heh...well, you didn't squeeze hard enough bitch. You killed me and all it did was piss me off!" Shepard phased in, swinging the BanHammer toward King Cold's face, surprised that King Cold didn't move until his weapon went through the simmering Afterimage.

"I have felt the power of your weapon. Do you think I would be so foolish to be touched by it once again? I know it has something to do with my power not being what it once was."

King Cold fired a death beam, giving Shepard barely enough time to block it with the BanHammer.

"Hmmm... So it is as I thought. Your weapon is magical. Very well." King Cold wasted no time, leaping down from the small hill he had afterimaged to.

"Then I will rip you limb from limb. There is a reason why I never allowed my children to see this form. My full power. As you can surely tell, it is quite...fearsome, and to simply not dissuade my children from reaching greater heights, I stayed in my battle form. But now that they are gone, I have no reason to hold back anything any longer. You will feel the full terror that comes with trying to resist overwhelming might. And you will fall beneath my foot as I crush you and that stupid hammer of yours!" King Cold was gone in a flash, making Shepard react out of sheer instinct. A few golden hairs were cut out of place as he ducked under King Cold's attempted slicing. He slammed the BanHammer into King Cold's knee, making it buckle slightly before flipping it around, turning, and connecting with King Cold's jaw, forcing him into the void of space. He flipped around far quicker than Shepard could've predicted, shaking off the pair of strikes from the BanHammer easily.

King Cold unleashed a terrifying barrage of energy blasts at Shepard, aiming down with the intent to disintegrate and end this petulant resistance once and for all. But Shepard trusted Marc, listening to him describe what they needed to do.

"It's already working. His power is coming down more!"

Shepard dodged to the side, moving his BanHammer in a different direction to get him to safety. But King Cold landed on the ground in front of him, smirking as he blocked Shepard's attempted hammer strike with his foot, holding Shepard's arm well away from him. King Cold forced his foot down, dragging Shepard to the ground hard as King Cold whipped his tail forward. Shepard caught it, making it miss impaling his face by 2 inches. King Cold was surprised, putting more energy into his tail to strengthen it even further, it forced Shepard to yank the tail to the side, sending it into the space rock an inch away where it threw up space dust and rock. He fired a blast low across the ground, propelling him away as he flipped backward, landing on his feet. He disappeared as King Cold smirked, doing so as well. The blows couldn't be heard in the void of space, but if they had a witness, one would see the satellite slowly crumbling under the weight of the titanic battle.

King Cold ducked underneath one hammer swing before he unleashed a punch, nearly caving in Shepard's ribcage. Blood shot out of his mouth as the BanHammer healed the damage. King Cold expected Shepard to still be vulnerable after a shot like that, but a thin, potent white beam of energy smashed into him, driving him away.

The BanHammer was smoking from that energy beam, but Shepard was in the heat of battle and didn't notice, phasing in behind King Cold and looking to smash him again. King Cold crossed his arms in front of him as Shepard swung with his full might downward. King Cold hit the satellite with such force that he was dug into the rock nearly halfway in. The BanHammer came through the hole like a freight train, slamming into King Cold's stomach and pushing him further into the rock until...

He blew through the other side of the satellite, spit leaving his mouth as he was left stunned. The BanHammer came back towards the hole, reaching the Super Saiyan as he burst through. He caught the weapon as he turned, swinging again. He missed as King Cold moved his head back, reaching out with his mind to grab Shepard by the neck. Shepard felt the grip on his neck, temporarily caught. He didn't panic, feeling the BanHammer work its magic within him, reaching into his ki and forcing King Cold's grip to peel off.

"What? A slippery one are you?" King Cold gathered energy in front of him, smirking as he still saw Shepard recovering.

"Let this be the end of you maggot!" King Cold fired his blast.

Shepard saw it gathering, sensed it gathering but the hold on his neck was nearly paralyzing. He noticed he was having a hard time breathing.

"Look when you separated yourself from the BanHammer you left your body vulnerable to the full weight of the vacuum of space."

Shepard flew back toward the satellite as the blast zeroed in on him. He swung the BanHammer ready to hit it back toward King Cold, but the King had other plans. Flying in fast, he caught up to his blast in an instant, smashing it into Shepard and driving the Super Saiyan and himself back into the satellite, throwing up a massive, soundless explosion. Rock had exploded outward miles high, leaving the small moon as the massive crater that was dug into the satellite saw King Cold at the bottom, his hand around Shepard's throat. Shepard was hurt, but his training to strengthen his grip had paid off over time, as he felt his body's pain soothing under the weight of the King.

"Why won't you just die? That should have ended you a dozen times over! You have ruined my chance for revenge, for the moment. I will find those other pesky Saiyans. I will rip them to shreds! Your petulant, pathetic, tiresome, wasteful, pointless resistance has gone too far!"

Shepard had grabbed ahold of King Cold's massive arm as he struggled. King Cold lifted him and launched him across the satellite, making him bounce hard across the surface. After doing this 4 good times, he was finally able to roll out of it, but he wasn't prepared for King Cold to be behind him yet again. For being as muscled and chiseled as he was, the King was anything but slow. He elbowed Shepard in his back, breaking his spine. Shepard's face hit the moon rock hard, his body seething in pain as he screamed out. He stayed in Super Saiyan as the BanHammer snapped his spine back into place with a loud KRAKKKK

"GAH!" Shepard made his way to his feet, woozy as his back was in agony. Clouded anger was stretched on his face. King Cold looked at the Saiyan with disbelief.

He charged in but regretted it immediately when he saw his mistake.

Shepard had feinted the wooziness, leading the powerful King into a trap. Shepard had his sights on King Cold the whole time, a sign that the battle may finally shift in his favor. King Cold's fist slammed into the BanHammer as Shepard blocked the punch, turning his weapon into a vice, he held King Cold's body in place, dropping the weapon as it pulled King Cold down to the ground, slamming his hand underneath it. Shepard turned, unleashing a massive uppercut into King's Cold's jaw. He was dismayed when King Cold's jaw barely moved. The King turned his face back, gritting teeth as he fired eyebeams, hitting Shepard in the shoulder and throwing him backward. Shepard recovered in the air as King Cold struggled to pull his hand free.

Shepard himself was noticing something else. As he took a breath instinctively, his body seized up.

"Listen man your connection with the BanHammer is purely physical! You haven't trained the mental connection just yet! You need to create a bubble of oxygen with your energy. Bolster your lungs and you should be fine!"

Shepard mentally did just that, finally being able to breathe again.

"D-Damn this is insane!"

"SAIYAN!" King Cold yelled, firing a blast with his other hand into the void of space. It blitzed toward Shepard, who had no desire to even touch it as he dodged to the side. King Cold fired more blasts, getting angrier as Shepard dodged those as well.

"Enough of this tiresome mess!" King Cold fired a blast into the satellite, releasing the rock and his hand. He stood up, watching as the BanHammer flew back up to the waiting hand. Shepard wished he could take in the majestic, dangerous void that was Space, but the insanely powerful Arcosian King had phased in, disrupting the beauty with a powerful smashing to Shepard's back.

Shepard hit the satellite for a second time.

'St-Still.. Too...fast!'

King Cold wasted no time, eyeing the part of the satellite that Shepard landed on.

A simple flex of his power was all it took to destroy a portion of the satellite, sending pieces floating off into the Void in their own trajectories now.

THUNK

King Cold saw Shepard escape from the blast. He didn't know where he had phased to until he heard the BanHammer coming for his face, which he blocked.

"Interesting that your weapon has its own gravitational field. Nice try boy, but I could hear it coming from far away." King Cold unleashed a heavy kick towards Shepard's side. The Saiyan blocked it, but not without cost.

KRACK

Shepard felt his forearm snap under the weight of that heavy kick, making him shout in agony before King Cold turned, throwing another kick aimed for Shepard's head, but the Super Saiyan somehow got the BanHammer above his body, blocking the life-ending kick. However, it left him vulnerable to the massive knee that nearly made Shepard bottom out. His body was in confusion as his forearm snapped back into place. The agony left behind with that knee had Shepard feeling soothed yet agonized. King Cold fired a death beam-like blast at Shepard, who saw it in time to get the BanHammer in front of him as it blasted him back.

'I can't keep fighting like this! He has a major advantage up here!' Shepard thought to himself before his world nearly ended from a stomach-rearing punch from King Cold, shooting him wildly away.

"I have a wonderful surprise for you! Heh heh heh heh heh." King Cold turned himself towards the somewhat broken-apart satellite moon, holding his hands out. He focused intently on the massive pieces still caught in Namek's gravity.

Shepard finally recovered as the BanHammer kept him from puking his guts out. He knew he had been sent miles away, turning back as he saw that Namek was much closer than before. Turning back, his jaw dropped as he saw something he thought he would never see.

King Cold was breaking the satellite apart with his mind, starting to send chunks of massive rock toward him!

"You...ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME! IS HE...IS HE THANOS OR SOMETHING?" Shepard yelled, making a desperate charge toward King Cold.

"Now, Saiyan! Experience the full weight of my POWER!" King Cold turned, throwing his hands forward as the now destroyed satellite made its way toward the charging Super Saiyan, and Namek behind him. Bashing several rocks away into dust with his weapon, Shepard pushed forward. One solid mass was going to hit him straight on but Shepard found the rock to be a more hollow piece, finding a path through it as he got through to open space.

Play: Jack Wall- Suicide Mission

King Cold shook his head, slowly smirking.

"Well played, Saiyan. Well played. Heh heh heh heh." King Cold flew in, catching Shepard's eyes.

Shepard saw King Cold deliberately flying in, knowing his power was still greater. The Saiyan saw it as a mocking tactic, which prompted his rage.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" He yelled as King Cold deeply laughed.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA! Let us see what you have, Super Saiyan!"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

BOOOOOOOOOOOOM

The collision could be seen from Namek as both Saiyan and Arcosian slammed their fists into the others, causing a shockwave that sent both in wildly different directions.

The BanHammer had given Shepard an extra boost through his rage, allowing him to survive the impact, but not before plowing through falling space rock, landing in a falling mass.

King Cold also took damage. For the first time in this phase of the fight, he had been visibly hurt as he was also thrown back, busting through 2 solid masses before colliding with a 3rd.

"Gahh!" King Cold coughed out a bit of blood. His mouth went agape, seeing his blood. In his final, most powerful form.

'This...this petulant child Super Saiyan dared to spill my blood in this form? Him? How...how dare he...!'

King Cold got back to his feet, his face a mask of longing desire to punish this Saiyan. He destroyed the mass behind him as he took off.

Shepard shook his head, still a bit woozy, but he saw the King blast through a cluster of rocks toward him.

"Sonuva!" Shepard pointed the BanHammer toward another cluster of falling rock as King Cold plowed through where he just was.

"COME'ERE SAIYAN!" King Cold unleashed hellish energy blasts after Shepard, not giving the Super Saiyan time to stop. He leaped from another rock that King Cold destroyed, flipping and landing upside down on another rock and charging toward the King.

King Cold did not expect this, but he wasn't unwelcome to it either. Shepard smashed one blast away with his weapon, coming in and swinging down. King Cold dodged away as Shepard came after him. King Cold saw an opening, punching forward. Shepard blocked it with his weapon before turning and kicking out. King Cold blocked it with his forearm before reaching out with his hand, grabbing Shepard by his head. He hurled him down into another rock cluster, crashing through one before he slammed the BanHammer into the falling ground, stopping his momentum. King Cold landed in front of him as he lifted himself back up.

"Is that all you have? Shepard is it? Tell me, boy, how long do you think you have before your pathetic resistance gives out? You stand NO chance against me! Even if you somehow came back to life a thousand times over, I will destroy you every single time!" King Cold took a menacing step forward.

Shepard still had the BanHammer on the ground, but he stood strong. Whatever fear he had of King Cold disappeared when he came back to life again. He didn't want to die again but knew that it could very well happen.

"If I didn't stand a chance against you, no one would stand against you. Do you know what happens to Gods when you make them bleed, lizard? People stop believing in them. People believe they can be beaten. I will beat you, Cold. If I have to die a million times to see you finally perish, then that's the price I'll gladly pay. You're a stain on the Universe, and I'm the Universal Cleanser!" Shepard set his BanHammer down before running at King Cold. The King did the same. They collided in a screaming tangle of limbs. King Cold held back Shepard's elbow while Shepard held back King Cold's wrist. They struggled for several seconds before King Cold lashed out with his tail, grazing Shepard's face. There was a gash on his cheek from the lashing but he shook it off, smashing his booted foot into King Cold's foot. The King grimaced before he headbutted Shepard, opening a cut above one of Shepard's eyes. Shepard back flipped away, still in pain before reaching for his weapon.

"EAT THIS PRICK!" Shepard yelled, gathering a small portion of the BanHammer's energy, he swept it up, sending a line of green destructive energy on the ground toward the King.

King Cold held out his hand, flexing his energy as the blast wave collided with his aura. There was a multicolored explosion of energy that destroyed the falling rock they both stood on. Shepard himself had gotten out of dodge, landing on another small mass of broken satellite, but he nearly jumped off of it in stinging pain as he looked down, seeing the rock starting to get hot.

"Shit shit SHIT!" Shepard jumped away, skipping from one rock to the next. Looking down, he was awestruck.

'As a human, there's no way in all the nine hells I could survive this. I am about to go through a planet's atmosphere without a parachute or protection. Unreal!'

The human in Shepard had to go to the back burner as the Super Saiyan noticed above that King Cold had not only survived the explosion but was holding his hand up, preparing a massive Supernova.

"I-I can't block that!"

"IF FIGHTING YOU WITH MY HANDS WILL NOT DESTROY YOU, THEN YOU WILL DIE WITH THIS, SAIYAN!" The Supernova doubled in size, doubling again only 2 seconds later. He waved his finger forward, sending the monstrosity of a ball of energy toward the falling rock and Shepard.

It had to be nearly 10 times as big as anything he'd seen Frieza use, on the show or here with his own eyes. It looked like a sun and he noticed boiling waves of energy roll off of it.

He thought about firing a Kamehameha at it, but it was so massive. He doubted it would even slow it down. His feet began to burn again as the rocks were slowly coming into the atmosphere.

"You know what? Fuck this!" Shepard took off, right towards the massive energy ball. Marc didn't say anything about it, so he was going for it.

"Alright, Banny! Time to see how much you've been eating chunky girl!" The BanHammer sent a playful jolt of warning as Shepard launched it at the bloated Death Ball.

Shepard didn't get close, watching as the BanHammer shrunk into the energy ball. It started to shrink, but it wouldn't be enough to stop it from hitting Namek.

Shepard didn't know where it came from. But deep down inside, he felt a deep thrum. Deep inside his core. His eyes glowed teal before shining as he felt the deep, melodic tone. He held his hand out.

"YFILLUN!" He roared out as the Supernova buckled in on itself before bursting.

It was a massive light show, but it still had force as it pushed Shepard back, making him crack his head and shoulder on a burning, falling rock.

King Cold couldn't believe what he had just witnessed. His blast was enough to destroy this pitiful planet with ease! He supposed he would have to beat Shepard to death with his hands after all.

"Enough of these antics!" King Cold charged down, blasting through the rock that Shepard was trying to pick himself up off of. He took the screaming Saiyan into another rock, it burning just as much.

"I've had it with your tiresome games, Saiyan!" King Cold punched Shepard's face into the rock, teeing off on him several times. Shepard was pretty sure his jaw had been broken as King Cold punched him through the rock, sending him burning down into the atmosphere. The BanHammer set his jaw back into place, and it made the Saiyan shout in pain as he fell, finally landing on another mass of broken satellites. He whipped the BanHammer away in a random direction to avoid King Cold's vicious kick that went through the rock. Flipping himself around, he finally landed on another one, but his feet nearly melted. He was almost thankful he had to jump to another descending rock as King Cold plowed his fist through the next. They were staring at each other, falling through the atmosphere of Namek. They charged at each other at the same time, but King Cold rose above Shepard's attempted punch, slamming the bottom of his fist into Shepard's head, sending him back into the rock he jumped off of. Shepard jumped away, rebounding off of one rock and firing a green wave of energy. He should've known it was pointless when he saw King Cold fly through it, splitting the wave down the middle and slashing across with his elbow blade. Shepard barely got his BanHammer up as it sparked against it. He phased away, landing on a smaller rock. His feet burned but now he was starting to feel relieved.

'Uhh...ahh...good shit! I can breathe again!'

"HEADS UP!"

Marc yelled internally. Shepard made a mad dash as a pink energy blast decimated the rock he was just standing on. He had to keep going as King Cold kept firing. King Cold was only fractions of a second behind as he fired more blasts.

"Why won't this Saiyan just die?" The King was finally getting annoyed. He was initially amused at Shepard's resistance. But now he too could feel his power had dropped significantly since he transformed. He hadn't trained in this form in decades, years before Frieza had even been born. He also knew his age was starting to work against him as he took a deep breath, feeling sweat trickle down his forehead.

There were still massive chunks of space rock heading for the planet, but King Cold had destroyed all the smaller pieces Shepard could use to evade.

He had lost Shepard somewhere in one of the remaining small clusters. He fired a blast at it, shocked when Shepard phased in front of it and smashed it down with his BanHammer before flying toward King Cold. Shepard released his weapon, mentally keeping it afloat in the air as King Cold blocked Shepard's punch with his foot, squeezing his fist.

"Today you will learn." King Cold flicked the hand away with his foot before he went to throw a kick, which Shepard caught.

"Yeah, finally it's time for the real fight to begin asshole!" King Cold's power had plummeted, enough that Shepard felt comfortable for the first time engaging the King. Shepard willed the BanHammer to wallop King Cold in the back of the head. King Cold was thrown sideways, making contact with another falling mass. Shepard landed on the mass, using his energy to keep himself from falling off the free-falling rock. The wind blew with an uproar as King Cold lashed out with his energy, sending a shockwave toward Shepard, who thankfully called the BanHammer to him in time to tank it. He swung away the last vestiges of the energy dome, plowing through it and swinging his BanHammer down. King Cold caught him by the arm, swinging his other fist, which Shepard caught with his palm.

"I've enjoyed this, Saiyan! But if you expect me to roll over like my sons, you are so very mistaken!" King Cold pushed against Shepard, flexing his energy. Shepard grit his teeth, not yielding to King Cold's force.

"Yeah? Things could've been so different, Cold." King Cold was surprised by Shepard's coldness.

"Is that so? Once you stole from me, this would always be the outcome! Regardless of the planet, regardless of your pathetic friends interfering in Planet Trade business! It will always be this way, insect!"

The broken satellite pierced the clouds, raining fire throughout the sky and welcoming Namek's apocalypse. There was nothing Shepard could do besides destroy all the rocks, but he knew King Cold wouldn't allow him the time to do that. Maybe King Cold was right. Maybe this was how it would always end, for them anyway. Falling through the sky on a small moon broken into an untold amount of pieces.

He was down for it. He didn't want to die again and leave his girlfriend and son, but if it meant that they would never have to deal with this titanic monstrosity, then he could die a happy man/Saiyan.

They both screamed in each other's faces, pushing for dominance. Purple and golden auras clashing against each other. They disintegrated the rock they stood on, each kicking hard at the other, driving the other back.

Shepard looked down, stunned that all he could see for miles was green ocean water. He had a split second to take in the scenery, noticing the sphere and the curvature. It made him feel tiny.

King Cold shot eye beams at Shepard, forcing him to block with the BanHammer. The beams were absorbed as Shepard charged at King Cold, where they met in the center of the falling debris, clashing. Shepard couldn't keep up for long so he chucked the BanHammer toward an adjacent rock, now standing on a more even footing with the Arcosian King. King Cold used his tail, flipping Shepard upside down where he struck the Super Saiyan in the chest with a punch. Shepard was pushed back into another rock, getting up and ready to fight before his head was bludgeoned with a faster-moving rock, making him nearly fall on his face before he shook it off. King Cold smirked before motioning him to come back for more.

Shepard would never turn down such a good time, charging again at the King, who went to backhand him but was caught off guard by an afterimage. He turned and blocked Shepard's wide roundhouse kick.

"If this is all you have, then my amusement for you is at its end, Saiyan!"

"Ohhh for you, Cold, I have a fuckton more to give!" Shepard turned with his other leg, clipping King Cold in the jaw. It did minimal damage but it got the King's attention, holding off Shepard's assault.

'Man, what is with him? This is nuts! There's no way in any realm of possibility that King Cold could lose to Trunks on Earth! Not this version anyway! Did he always have this kind of power? Did my older self change too much?'

That last question was stupid. King Cold would never have visited Namek in the first place if Frieza wasn't here. Shepard's older self had made massive changes, sure. But if Shepard here and now could take King Cold out, he would avoid any of the Arcosians ever setting foot on Earth. Earth would be safe.

Shepard elbowed King Cold in the stomach, finally opening up his defenses. He connected with a spinning kick to King Cold's head, lifting the Arcosian off of his feet. He looked down momentarily, seeing the ground coming far faster than he expected. He still saw quite a mass of broken satellites. There was no way he would be able to fend off King Cold and destroy the rest of the rock. He had to live with the realization that Namek was destined to be destroyed. He cursed as he jumped off, reaching King Cold as he shook his head in rage. They continued to attack each other, punches and kicks flying everywhere, putting all of their energy into their offense. Shepard punched King Cold in the face, who in turn backhanded Shepard, sending him into the side of one of the bigger chunks of rock. He quickly dug himself out, flying below as King Cold fired a death beam at it. The explosion sent a rush of intense heat down Shepard's back as he phased above King Cold, corkscrewing in and landing a massive kick to King Cold's jaw. King Cold was driven away, plowing into the water below, throwing up a massive tidal wave. Tornadoes had formed around much of the planet as the winds were in total chaos.

Shepard finally had a moment to breathe, flying through the last of the massive broken satellite as it made its destined trek toward the planet!

King Cold exploded out of the water, looking up, and in a mad dash, got out of the way as many falling rocks finally made their way to land/water.

Shepard had always had a deep wonder about what the Earth would look like if an apocalyptic event ever occurred. Zombies, Nuclear winter, global warming, Artificial Intelligence. Yeah, he loved (most) of the Terminator movies, but seeing the massive pieces of Namek's small moon hit the ocean, sending massive tidal waves in all directions, Shepard was humbled. It gave him all the more reason to finish this fight. He felt the planet shift as it trembled under the massive impacts. He felt a hellacious shockwave pass by him, as the sky began to run red.

There was just too much damage. Shepard held his hand out, calling for the BanHammer before it was lost at the bottom of Namek. It came to him in a matter of seconds as he saw massive pillars of rock erupt from the ground as one of the biggest pieces had finally broken the heavens.

"Oh...Oh God..." Shepard couldn't believe the sheer size of this massive piece of moon rock.

"AUCK!" King Cold barreled into him from behind, driving the Super Saiyan into the water, the last place he wanted to be.

He let out a bubble of air, regretting it instantly. He was thrown forward as King Cold held up, letting the Saiyan continue. He fired a quick, dense pink ball of energy. Shepard sensed it, turning in the water and holding his hand out, catching it. It continued to push him back as the swirling tidal wave started to roar behind him. He was forced to use his energy to deflect it, not able to outright destroy it. The energy ball exploded underwater nearby as King Cold came in with a punch to the stomach, expelling Shepard's air in his lungs. More air bubbles escaped his mouth before he used a portion of energy from the BanHammer, slashing away a massive portion of water, turning and connecting with a shot to King Cold's jaw, sending him away back underwater, a bloody trail escaping.

Shepard exploded out of the water before it crashed back into him, golden energy flowing throughout him as the wind started picking up heavily. He turned just in time to see the massive piece of the former moon slam into the water, but it was so big that it did even more damage. Lava exploded out of the water as the planet was raining hellfire. Smaller meteors followed the massive piece, one nearly catching Shepard.

"Wh-Whoa! Holy shit!" Shepard blasted through one rock, crumbling into dust under the power of his trusted weapon.

"SAIYAN!" King Cold yelled from further down below, barely visible. But what followed was a tremendous energy beam, pink with the heavy intent to obliterate!

Shepard didn't have many options, but a thought came to his head, rushing towards the blast!

"Haaa! Unbelievable!" King Cold roared as the energy beam doubled in intensity, increasing in size.

Shepard was going to plow through it at first, but now he had to come up with something fast. Marc sent a flash image to him.

'Perfect!'

"I'm not gonna let you win this Cold! There's too much on the line!"

"PSYCHO SAIYAN CRUSHERRRRRRRRRR!"...


Holy crap! If you know where that move comes from, congratulations! You're right hahahahaha! A fight in space… A satellite Toriyama didn't think to put out there! The fight of the Universe! I had to bring Shepard back, hard! I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I certainly enjoyed writing it.

Power Levels:

Shepard: 0 (dead silly ;D)

Revived: 4,000,000

Super Saiyan: 200,000,000

W/BanHammer- 250,000,000-300,000,000

King Cold: 17,000,000,000 (Final Weighted Max!)(Prime Age!)

Namek: 7,000,000,000

Drained: 2,500,000,000 (First Initial Drain!)(Falling!)

Planet Fall: 1,167,554,893 (Falling further!)

Chapter's End: 500,000,000

I was very generous with giving King Cold so much power! But you must remember, he is also much older than he was in his prime. In his prime age, I would wager he could beat Cell, even in an Ascended pseudo-Ssj2 state. Hence why Shepard and that lovely BanHammer are having an incredibly difficult time. But I hope you are noticing the plan. It's suicidal. But it's all Shepard has!

And yes before anyone criticizes me, yes I am using a different version of The Only Thing They Fear Is You. I just vibe with it. And that version hits a lot harder! Until next time guys and gals!