Dragon Ball Z Dynasty

by Feraligreater328

When travelling along Snake Way, Son Goku suddenly finds himself plummeting down to Hell. There, he meets a surprisingly familiar ghost from his past that promises to change everything about his life going forward. How will the Saiyan react to this sudden, positive change in his life? Find out in Dragon Ball Z Dynasty.

45. Chapter 44: Pleasure

Dragon Ball Z: Dynasty

Written by: Feraligreater328 and StevenBodner

Chapter 44: Pleasure

Cold Capital City – The wrecked Affluent District…

King Cold looked towards each of his advancing ape foes as they drew closer to him. He looked utterly unimpressed. Filthy Saiyan apes walking freely on his soil and trampling the ruins of his once mighty city. Cold had seen hundreds of these disgusting, hairy apes before. Four of them ganging up on him, in his eyes, was the height of insults.

The only notable thing about the four of them, in Cold's eyes, was the state of those two he was fighting before: Goku and Vegeta. Somehow, those two had combined their Oozaru forms with that golden form they had previously adopted. Cold estimated those two Saiyans had boosted their power by 500-fold! And although Cold refused to allow the mindset of defeat to enter his thoughts, he was well-aware that at their current powers, each of those golden apes now had the power to kill him if he were to slip up, provided they were able to land a solid enough hit.

The King sighed. He knew the Power Ball's artificial nature would actually benefit the Saiyans and allow them to remain transformed independently for roughly 90 minutes, so he would have to deal with them directly. He whipped around as fast as he could and fired a Death Cannon at Raditz. Bardock, reacting quickly with his rapid Oozaru reflexes, leapt forward and blocked his son as the Death Cannon crashed into the center of Bardock's chest and sent him falling backwards. The attacks hurt. They hurt a lot. But Bardock's increased mass served as a cushion for him. He landed with a backflip, and then he lunged forward. The Saiyan let loose a cacophonous roar and slammed his fist into the building that Cold was standing atop of.

The King leapt away, dodging the attack with relative ease. But he was shocked to see that the other three Oozaru were already behind him. Each of them threw a punch and Cold just barely managed to weave through each without getting hit. These apes were much faster than they looked. He had to be careful.

A quick regrouping later and all four Oozaru came at him at once. The bloodlust that the form gave each of them was apparent in their massive, red eyes. Goku swiped and Vegeta swung and Raditz lunged and Bardock stomped. And each time, Cold got just a little closer to actually being hit. He paused, aiming his finger at Raditz's heart. He hoped to kill the weakling first. But in that split second, Vegeta managed to get the first hit in.

The Saiyan prince's massive tail slammed into Cold and sent him flying backward. The King smashed into the shattered side of a once prominent building and the sheer force of his impact caused it to topple over. He tried to recover, but Goku was already above him. The orange-clad Saiyan's massive boot smashed into Cold. He erected a barrier in time, but the sheer force drove him through the wreckage of the building. With a massive crash and a rumble, Cold was impacted into the ground.

As the king tried to recover, Bardock and Raditz came rushing in for another attack. Goku leapt back and the other two Saiyans got to work. Raditz dragged his fingers through the ground and ripped Cold high into the air, leaving the king as a target for Bardock's attack. The older Saiyan had prepared a Riot Javelin in each hand. He waited until Cold was in position, and then with a smirk forming about his snout, Bardock fired both Riot Javelins as well as a powerful Mouth Cannon. All three blasts shot towards Cold, spiraling around one another, until they crashed into the king with a massive explosion.

Cold fell from the sky as all four Saiyans watched on. He came within inches of the ground before, in a massive surprise, catching himself midair and instantly summoning two Death Balls. With a devastating attack in each hand, Cold rocketed towards the four Oozaru. He threw both Death Balls and then followed them up with his Gravity Bolts. The King smirked, thinking that this maneuver would take out at least the two non-Golden Apes. But he was quickly surprised when all four Saiyans roared at the top of their lungs and then fired four, simultaneous Mouth Cannons. Cold's attacks were all swallowed up and the king had no time to dodge, so he erected another barrier.

The barrier did little to help the king as it only cushioned a small amount of the impact, being swallowed up by the searing blue light of the Mouth Cannons and sent flying back into a large, wrecked portion of his once mighty city. The attacks exploded in a brilliant display and left little more than rubble and smoke in their wake.

Meanwhile, hovering up in the stratosphere…

In his small scouting ship, a Cold Force soldier had tears in his eyes. He sat at the controls of his vessel and mumbled to himself. "D-Dammit... King Cold is gonna kill me..."

He gripped the steering handles of the ship tightly and sniveled to himself as he followed the path that his kidnappers had set out for him. "I... I swear... I going to kill all three of these-"

The barrel to his own blaster pressed into the side of his face and the soldier instantly began to whimper. The person threatening him, Genoa, placed her thumb on the trigger. "I'm sorry, what was that?"

He shook his head, nervously chuckling. "N-N-Nothing, m-ma'am~!"

As Genoa threatened the hapless fool's life, Faline Phars and Salam, using her Scouter's camera mode, stood nearer to the viewing screen of the ship. Phars motioned to the window, showing a full panoramic of the situation below, and continued to give her report. "You're seeing it here live, folks. The state of Planet Cold is in flux as it would appear that four Saiyan insurgents have taken the planet by storm! King Cold's reign appears to be, ironically enough, coming to a bitterly frigid end as these four rebels have left his castle and his army in ruins!"

Phars adjusted her glasses. "The long-thought-extinct race has come back with a vengeance, going against their former boss. A boss who, as the documents that I leaked in one of my more recent posts revealed, allowed his son to destroy the Saiyan race almost 25 years ago. That callous act has paid dividends as it would appear that the sins of the son are now reflected on the fath-"

A stray Mouth Cannon was shot by the ship and made the entire thing shake midair. Phars, Genoa, Salam, and the soldier all screamed in fear, but the soldier quickly got the vessel back on course. The feline reporter stood up and brushed her hair out of her face. "What the hell was that?!"

Phars looked down and smiled, turning to the camera. "Well, ladies and gentleman, it would appear as if the Saiyans have struck a devastating blow against the tyrant Cold! Stay tuned in for further developments!"

Back on the ground…

The four Saiyans stood confident. They knew that Cold was not dead, not from an attack like that, but they had taken quite a major advantage in this battle. They had evened the playing field.

With a burst of energy, Cold exhumed himself from his tomb of rubble. The king creaked and cracked as he stood up, dismayed at his current condition. Cold examined his body, furious at the sight of his various superficial wounds and the state of his once pristine armor. The chest plate was almost totally gone and his cape was little more than tatters. Unwilling to step back out looking a fool, Cold simply pulled his armor away and tossed it aside. He snarled at the state of himself, his dignified form being so bruised, burnt, and cut up. His prominent tail split down the very center and his pierced stomach still leaked his noble blood onto the ground. Cold picked up his sword and stepped from behind his hiding spot, ready to rain vengeance upon his foes.

Vegeta chuckled and turned to speak to his less-than-Elite comrades. "Is everyone doing okay? Have you all managed to keep your wits about you?"

Bardock nodded. "This ain't my first time in the saddle, Vegeta. I'm fine."

Vegeta turned to the others. "Kakarot? Raditz? What about you?"

Raditz gave a thumbs-up. "I'm... fine."

Goku scratched the back of his head and chuckled. "Still... fuzzy... But... here."

With their extended training sessions on Planet Namek, Goku and Raditz had worked themselves to the point of exhaustion as Vegeta pushed to teach them how to maintain 100% control in Oozaru form. Maintaining self-awareness, let alone full cognitive function and rationality over the sheer and sudden rush of the mighty ape form's feral instincts was quite difficult. But, after enough hard work and hounding from the prince, the two brothers had managed something of a breakthrough.

Vegeta shook his head. "Remember to carry yourself with dignity. Especially in battle. You represent the entire Saiyan race in this form. Don't embarrass us, Kakarot!"

Goku pointed to his clothes, made from Frieza Force materials by Bulma and Chi-Chi for when he transformed. "At least... we're not... naked~"

Vegeta slapped his hand onto his face. "Is the new standard for dignity really that you aren't naked?"

And then, the Prince cringed, realizing that he had just used his broken arm to facepalm. Vegeta clenched his fist tight as a wave of pain passed. He snarled. "We need to focus up. Cold is still alive. We must kill him quickly!"

The others were all quick to nod in agreement. Bardock spoke up. "We should split up and cover the area. He's smaller than us, so he's probably hiding somewhere in the rubble. We flush him out and then swarm him!"

Raditz and Vegeta both nodded in agreement. Bardock turned to his younger son. "Kakarot! You can do that?"

Goku nodded. "Y-Yeah...Think I can-"

Suddenly, Goku's entire body was enveloped in a thin, white light and he was forced to stand up as straight as a rail. The Saiyan's wrinkled face cringed and he instantly looked confused. Raditz, Bardock, and Vegeta all flinched back, but then they caught on to what was happening as three massive Death Beams came shooting towards Goku's chest.

Vegeta acted quickly, jumping in to kick Goku out of the path of the beams and saving his life in the process. The beams flew further and further into the distance, over the ruins of the castle, and hit a far-off communications tower. The tower exploded in short order and the burning debris rained down onto the town below.

Goku struggled to stand, having landed badly on his already broken leg. He turned over to Vegeta and bowed his head. "Thanks..."

Vegeta sneered. "I was only returning the favor for your saving me from Frieza's disc attack back on Namek. Now we are even."

The four Saiyan all turned towards the source of the attack and seethed at the attacker. Cold was floating there, totally naked and gripping his sword. He had a look of icy fury on his face. "You Saiyans seem too comfortable. You should know that I am nowhere near dead yet."

The King wasted no time. He thrust his hand out and fired his Gravity Bolts once more. Vegeta roared in response and charged right into them. To Cold's surprise and dismay, the bolts did not seem to affect Vegeta much. The prince's larger frame seemed to absorb most of the impact of the attack, allowing him to bulldoze through and deliver a mighty punch to Cold. The sheer force of the attack made the King go spiraling hundreds of meters away. Vegeta cackled. "That petty little technique won't work anymore, Cold!"

Cold caught himself after flying a little way and sneered down at Vegeta. "It's a good thing I am not a one-trick pony!"

The King held up his hand and produced more of that same toxic, blue fog from before. Rather than just shoot it at Vegeta, however, Cold coated his blade with it. He thrust his sword high into the air, and then Cold swung it downward. As he did that, the area around the blue fog sparked and resulted in a burning, flying slash launched directly at Vegeta.

The slash hit the prince dead on and cleaved a burning wound into his chest. Vegeta fell onto his back and Cold smirked. "Allow me to introduce another technique of mine: my Vacuum Mist! Another brilliant combination of my own extraordinary spiritual and telekinetic powers and the skills I have accrued over such a long life!"

Cold appeared before Vegeta where he gently placed his blade over the opposite shoulder and smirked. "Normally, my mist is only used to destroy oxygen. But when applied to an object and swung at a high enough speed to create friction. Well..."

He chuckled. "I have no need to breathe, but I do keep this planet oxygenated for a reason~"

The king swung his blade yet again and created another giant, burning arc with his sword. This slicing flame went flying down towards the still-recovering Vegeta, crashing into the prince's chest again and smashing him into the ground. Vegeta roared in pain and his other comrades quickly rushed over to help him. Goku and Raditz leapt up into the air and began to swing wildly on Cold. The King weaved through their attacks, occasionally being clipped by the side of a fist or the edge of a boot, but managing to stay mostly unharmed in the exchange.

Cold summoned a small blast in his hand and allowed it to explode once Goku and Raditz drew close. Both Oozaru were momentarily stunned from their faces being singed and Cold dropped. He fired off two more burning slashes at the Saiyans... but this time he had a specific target in mind. Both burning crescents were aimed squarely at Goku and Raditz's tails!

The two brothers were both still slightly stunned and stuck in the non-maneuverable airspace. At this point, they were both doomed to lose their Oozaru forms and be at the mercy of Cold on the ground. However, salvation came from a very unlikely source. As the slashes nearly hit their tails, Goku and Raditz were both suddenly engulfed in a massive energy blast. This attack might have hit both of them head on, but it also completely dispelled the immediate threat.

Goku and Raditz both smashed into the ground and Cold turned to glare at the one that had ruined his plan. Bardock stood there, smoke curling from his mouth and a smile on his face. He reached down and yanked Vegeta back onto his feet. Goku and Raditz both quickly recovered as well. They were a bit damaged, but still safely in their Oozaru forms.

Wordlessly, all four Saiyans charged at Cold, coming from all sides, and beginning another massive struggle. Cold weaved between their attacks, eventually rising above them with a determined scowl. "Big or small, simple apes are simple apes!"

And then, the king fired another errant blast towards Raditz's tail. Bardock was quick to react, rushing over to Cold's attack and slapping it out of the air. The King responded by charging right at Bardock, trying to remove the older Saiyans tail with a deft swing of his blade. But Raditz and Vegeta stepped in with a kick and punch respectively.

Cold was sent flying by Vegeta's kick, but caught himself and launched another slash at Goku's tail. Goku spun and countered the slash with a Mouth Cannon before falling from the sky and trying to body slam the tyrant. Cold managed to get out of the way and slash Goku across his left flank, only for a surprise punch from Bardock to send him flying once again. It was pandemonium and chaos as the king and the four Oozaru held each other at a stalemate. Each upper hand that the Saiyans gained was distracted by Cold launching an attack on one of their tails and damage was inevitably dealt to them in their distraction. But each attack on the tails left Cold open to absorb more punishment as well.

Vegeta dropped his foot to stomp Cold into the ground, but the King slashed at his tail in response. The Saiyan Prince cartwheeled out of the way of the attack, but then Cold aimed for Bardock's tail. Raditz leapt up and blocked the attempt with his body, injuring himself but giving Bardock the opportunity to rush in and attack once more. Cold sneered and froze Bardock in place with his telekinesis before firing a Death Beam right towards the Saiyan's heart. And then Goku leapt in and shoved his father out of the way at the last second. Vegeta took that advantage and caught Cold by surprise with a Mouth Cannon blast, sending Cold flying away and resulting in a massive explosion.

This confusing brawl continued on and on for quite a while, but eventually fatigue began to set in on both sides. Another Mouth Cannon from Raditz was easily dodged and Cold flew high into the air again. He was getting so very tired of all of this as he was forced to evade four Mouth Cannons firing up at him.

Cold avoided each of the attacks like nighttime searchlights and snarled at his foes. "Cease this pointless rampaging! I am so desperately sick of this fight!"

He raised his hand above his head and his eyes began to glow. Using his powers, Cold summoned a massive, icy blue blast above his head. "This is the end, you dirty little Saiyans!"

In a flash, Cold threw his hand downward and launched the blast. However, it was not aimed at a single one of the Oozaru beneath him. Rather, it was aimed at the surface of the planet itself! All four of the Saiyans instantly realized what that meant: Cold was pulling a Frieza! He was trying to destroy the planet, knowing that the vacuum of space would kill the four of them for him! In a panic, all four of them dived towards the blast and intercepted it. Cold responded by chuckling at their foolishness. "Frigid Waves Death Ball~"

None of the Saiyans made it in time. The blast hit the ground full-force, but the planet was not reduced to ashes as the Saiyans thought it would be. Instead, it burst and released a massive cloud of frigid energy for miles around the impact zone. The fallout of the attack settled on the ground after a while and Cold admired his work: four perfectly frozen Oozaru statues in the middle of a wintery wasteland. Cold smiled. "My third and final secret technique. The Frigid Waves~!"

Cold splayed his hands out to his sides and laughed out loud. "With my Gravity Bolts, my Vacuum Mist, and my Frigid Waves, I am truly the ultimate, dominating force in the universe! Not just powerful, but a living natural disaster! A sentient antithesis towards the concept of life itself!"

He stared down at his captive foes and sneered. "I must say now... I truly despise the four of you. You took my Frieza... my beautiful, supremely talented Frieza... and you killed him..."

Cold gripped his fists tightly. "And I was so close... I had developed my skills. I had managed to create the ultimate offspring. I had managed to establish a massive army and forced over 80% of the universe to supplant itself to my family. I even managed to install my own personal base of operations here in the Core Galaxy. I was so close..."

The king raised his hands into the air and his power surged. "My goal of supplanting the gods of this universe and replacing them with my own, magnificent rule was so close! I could feel it! I could taste it! And you Saiyans ruined everything! How dare you rob me of my ultimate weapon to establish myself as the Grand God?!"

Cold glared down at the frozen Saiyans, and then he smirked. "Oh well... it's not like I can't just make another. I've lived for so long already. And maybe this time, I can produce one who isn't as lazy as Frieza."

The King got lost in his own plight. "I will just ensure that this one is made with some common sense. Constructed to be powerful, intelligent, and loyal. I will not make the same mistake for a third time."

His attention turned back on the frozen Saiyans and sighed. "My my, I think I have waxed lyrically on my goals for long enough. It is time to end this little Saiyan rebellion for good."

Cold drew his sword to his side and smirked. "And then... I will raze your precious little Planet Earth into ash!"

And with that, Cold rocketed towards the Saiyans. However, as he set about delivering the finishing blow, he began to hear something. It started out low and nearly silent... but then it began to get louder.

"Ka...Me...Ha...Me..."

Cold turned and looked down to a sight he had not expected. Goku, in his Oozaru form, was still frozen solid. But he was frozen in a position where his mouth was wide open, and he was staring right where Cold currently was. And, beneath the ice encasing him, Cold saw a glowing force within Goku's mouth. The King realized his error, and he realized it was too late to avoid what was coming. "Conniving Saiyan bast-"

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

The beam fired from Goku's mouth, reducing the ice that encased him to nothing. It smashed directly into Cold. The wicked king was sent flying into the sky, taking the full force of the explosion that the Kamehameha Mouth Cannon caused.

Goku, meanwhile, stood and roared as loud as he could. The flaring power from the mighty golden ape echoed out in waves, colliding with his fellow Saiyans and rapidly melting away the ice encasing them. Vegeta, Bardock, and Raditz all stood up, now freed. The four Oozaru glanced at one another and Bardock eventually spoke up. "How in the hell did you manage that?!"

Goku chuckled. "Cold likes to... attack above. When he froze us... I knew... Cold would... attack above... so I looked... up."

Vegeta cracked his neck and chuckled. "Honestly, well done, Kakarot. If you keep up doing things like this, I might not be able to call you an idiot for much longer."

Goku chuckled. "We need to... get serious."

Raditz nodded. "This is... our chance."

Bardock punched his fist into his open palm. "Let's finish this!"

In the distance, Cold emerged from rubble, having narrowly erected a barrier at the last possible moment to defend against Goku's devastating attack. However, the barrier was only able to block just so much as Cold was indeed quite heavily injured. He pushed himself up, struggling to catch his breath. He then wiped off the blood dripping from his forehead and over his eyes. He snarled at the sight of his own blood being drawn in battle. "Accursed Saiyans. I will make you all pay for these continued offenses against me. Against my well-laid plans. I will pay vengeance upon every single person you collectively care for..."

Cold summoned a Supernova into his hand. "You will-"

He gasped as he laid eyes upon his foes. Not in the distance, as he had thought they would be, but right on top of him. Cold was injured. Too injured to dodge as he had before. And as a result of this, he was left at the mercy of the four vicious Oozaru.

Multiple blows rained down upon the King. Punches and kicks and swipes sent him flying from ape to ape in some twisted game of pinball. The evil monarch was being rag-dolled by his foes. Cold snarled as he was sent flying into the distance and levied his sword at the Saiyans once again, launching a series of burning slashes towards Goku and Vegeta. He was disdained, however, to see that these no longer did the trick. Goku tanked the burning slashes, taking the damage from them but taking it in stride. The Saiyan ducked down out of the way and Cold was then met with an even more unnerving sight.

Vegeta was standing there, Galick Gun charged in his hands and Mouth Cannon charged in his gaping maw. He fired them both at the same time. While both blasts surged towards Cold, the king erected a powerful barrier to block the oncoming assault. Vegeta smirked. His Mouth Cannon hit, full force, against the shield, but his Galick Gun shifted upwards. Vegeta directed the attack past Cold and around to the king's back. The Galick Gun struck against the wicked monarch and forced him to drop his shield, allowing the Mouth Cannon to crash into him with full force.

The end result of this assault was an even more damaged Cold.

The king was in pain and his sword had been obliterated by the attack. He couldn't even react as Bardock came lunging from behind. The older Saiyan grabbed hold of the mad king and forced him into his mouth, and then he fired Cold away with a mighty Mouth Cannon. Cold was stuck on the end of the blast, unable to escape until another Mouth Cannon from Raditz struck him from the side.

The sudden change in direction disoriented the king, so much so that he did not notice until the last moment that Goku and Vegeta were waiting. The two Saiyan both reared back their fists and punched forward at the same time, catching Cold between them and crushing him between their knuckles.

As he was held there, between the pressure of the two apes' fists, Cold's temper finally broke. Hiss last gasp came out and he fought back against his feral foes one last time. He roared in utter fury and the force of his power pushed Goku and Vegeta's fists away long enough to escape. "This nonsense ends here! I will kill you all!"

Bardock and Raditz wasted no time, both of them rushing in to assault Cold from the front, but the king responded with a massive cloud of Vacuum Mist. The devastating cloud spread out from all sides around Cold, destroying any and all oxygen around him and rendering the entire area without an atmosphere. Unable to breathe, both of the Saiyans were forced to retreat. They each fired a blast at Cold, but the King responded with a blast of his own. The blasts canceled each other out, and then Cold immediately started spamming Death Beams at Bardock and Raditz.

Unfortunately for him, Vegeta struck again. The Saiyan Prince took a deep breath and then, with a mighty gust, he forced all of the air out of his lungs. Vegeta closed his eyes tight and charged into the atmosphere bereft area and sent Cold flying out of it with a massive punch. Cold was thrown off guard and barreled forward in the air, leaving him open to an attack from Goku. Goku came launching forward and stomped Cold into the side of a building. This was followed up with Raditz rushing in. The elder brother ripped the entire building from the ground and fired all of his Ki into it, and then he threw it as hard as he could.

Cold could not move. His stamina had given out and the pressure of Raditz's energy was holding him still. Raditz's throw sent Cold and the entire building he was trapped in flying into the distance, all the way back to the ruins of his very own castle. The building crashed into the foundation of the castle and exploded with a mighty burst. The rubble settled down and smoke rose from it, but that was all blown away with a massive surge of power.

King Cold was left sprawled on his back shaking. He was weakened and he had reached his limits as he currently was. Cold glanced up at his enemies and saw each of their mouths wide open. Four Mouth Cannons shined down upon Cold: Kamehameha, Galick Beam Cannon, Weekend, and Ravage Cannon respectively. All four Saiyans glared down at Cold... and then they fired!

The four mighty beams crashed into Cold, his barrier instantly shattered and was driven into the ground with total power. The king was driven into the bedrock of his own castle and, after being forced far, far into the ground, a magnificent explosion erupted. The mass of Saiyans leapt back as lava and flames spewed from the ground. They stared as the magma spread out, engulfing all of what used to be Cold's throne room and melting it into nothing.

And with that, the Saiyans began to celebrate. They were victorious! They couldn't sense Cold's power anymore! They had won!

But their celebration was incredibly short-lived. All of a sudden, King Cold's power returned with a vengeance. Vegeta was the first to realize what was happening, howling with disdain. "Dammit! He's transforming! I didn't realize he could do that as well!"

Before the four of them could even start to discuss their next move, a deep and sinister laugh began to echo out. The Saiyans all stared back up at the flaming Hell that Castle Cold had become. It was much deeper than before but the Saiyans heard the voice that was obviously King Cold! "Congratulations, gentlemen... you have certainly pushed me beyond the limits of my daily form... Now... I will give you a sight of true Hell!"

A low growl began to emerge from the hole that Cold had been forced into. "I must ask... did you make Frieza transform before you killed him? You had to have done so, right?."

Raditz flinched back. "No... Cold... He's really...?"

Bardock sneered. "We can't act like we didn't see this coming. Cold looks exactly like Frieza when he was in his second form. It's easy to assume that he was probably in his second form as well..."

The older Saiyan clenched his fists tight. "It was stupid to think that we would be lucky enough to just kill him without something going awry..."

Cold let loose a dark, echoing laugh. "Indeed. Indeed. Indeed... it was quite foolish~"

And then, suddenly and without warning, a massively spiked appendage burst from the ground like a missile smashed into Raditz's side. The weakest of the four Saiyans gurgled in pain and went flying high into the air. The appendage, what appeared to be a tentacle covered in spikes at the very tip, quickly sank back into the ground.

Next, to the other Saiyans horror, a second tentacle came shooting from the burning hole. It shot through the air and wrapped around Raditz, catching him as he was falling. It snaked around the elder brother tight, and then dragged him into the burning hole. Raditz's bloodcurdling, pained screams rang out from beneath, making his three comrades flinch in shock and disgust.

Cold, meanwhile, continued to speak calmly. Too calmly. "Let me educate you Saiyans one more time. I am nothing like my children. I am quite comfortable in utilizing my own power. And, in that comfort, I have shed the need for the numerous frivolous forms that Frieza required to meter his strength."

The King chuckled. "As such, I only have two forms. Each of which is tailored to suit my personal comforts. There is the first one, the one you are familiar with, which I have dubbed my "Business" form. And then there is my second form..."

A massive serpentine head of silver, white, and navy blue rose from the depths of the flaming pit. Its hideous maw spread wide, from end to end into a vicious smile, and it spoke in a deep, devilish voice. "Pleasure."

A second head, identical to the first, rose from the pit. It had a furious scowl on its face and blood running from between its teeth as it chewed something. "Pleasure."

A third head rose with a playful glint in its eye. This one had a large tuft of brown fur stuck in its teeth. "Pleasure~"

Goku, Bardock, and Vegeta all took a step back as these three massive heads loomed over them. A pair of massive wings soon rose from the pit as well, wreathed in flames. They delivered a single flap and sent clouds of toxic smoke and burning ash rushing down into the city all around.

The monster loomed over them, all three of his heads glaring right down at them. His power was tremendously high, far exceeding Frieza's maximum!

Cold flew from his burning pit and landed atop the last remaining tower from his ruined castle. His massive legs and spiky tails were wrapped around something large as he landed. Bardock got a close look and gasped: it was Raditz!

The elder brother was in bad shape. His body was singed and burnt, and he had massive chunks of flesh missing from his right shoulder and the left side of his neck. He appeared to be totally unconscious. King Cold's three heads all pointed to the sky and then they let loose a massive roar, causing the entire planet to tremble uncontrollably. The Saiyans all took fighting stances, ready to fight this new threat as best they could, but Cold merely chuckled. The two side heads both stared down at the Saiyans, one hateful and one playful. The middle head smiled at them sinisterly, with an intelligence that the other two didn't seem to possess.

Bardock sneered and immediately started charging a Mouth Cannon, Cold's left head quickly whipped through the air and smashed the older Saiyan to the ground.

Goku quickly rushed to his father's aid, helping him up. "Don't worry, Dad. He's seriously powered-up, but me and Vegeta can take care of this."

Suddenly, Cold's center head stretched upwards and snapped its jaws down, swallowing the Power Ball in one mighty gulp.

Bardock was totally confused. "Why would he do that? He knows we still have plenty of residual energy from the artificial Blutz Waves of the Power Ball."

The Saiyan's question was quickly answered as Cold unleashed his Vacuum Mist again. Only this time, a very different effect took place. As the cloud covered the area, Goku, Bardock, and Vegeta suddenly fell into dismay and despair as the said Blutz Waves in their body rapidly went away. They all shrank back to their normal forms and were left standing there, right under Cold. Vegeta looked at his hands in utter disbelief. "What the hell?! How did Cold do that?! What did he do?!"

Goku stared solemnly at his own hands. "He…he modified it! He changed the effect of that mist. Instead of destroying oxygen, he changed it to destroy the energy from the Power Ball. I can feel it being reduced to nothing inside my body…"."

Vegeta and Bardock turned to Goku. The Saiyan father sneered. "That's nuts! To do that on the fly, he'd have to be some sort of genius…"

Cold's three heads all let loose a chuckle. He spoke. "Thank you for the compliment, good sir~"

And then, all three opened their mouths and rained attacks down: the left head spat fire, the right head spat ice, and the center head spat lightning. Goku, Vegeta, and Bardock had no time to dodge. They could only stand there and brace for impact as all three attacks came rushing right at them!