"Oh my Gami Kai..."
"I never knew you could devastate a planet this bad without destroying it."
Goku and Superman were surveying the area. It was in ruins, buildings decimated, bones destroyed, and there wasn't a sign of sentient life in sight.
There was an atmosphere for Goku to breathe, however, but even if that did become a problem, he had a special capsule that would give him a suit so he could breathe.
"I'll see if I can't sense anything." Goku said.
Superman nodded, "You do that. I'll investigate, see if I can't find out what happened here."
The two went off to do their separate tasks.
Superman arrived at a building that at the very least, seemed to be still standing. "Hello? Is anyone in there?"
No response.
"Look, there's no reason to be afraid, I'm only here to help."
Still no response.
The Man of Steel felt uncomfortable, "At least Batman has a heartbeat…" he muttered.
He ventured onward, until he found-
Oh great.
Goku appeared next to him thanks to instant transmission, "Superman! I sensed something here. What are we dealing with?"l
"Xenomorphs." The Kryptonian's eyes narrowed. "And by the looks of it, they got to different species to make different hybrids."
Goku flinched a bit, "At least we know they don't have any saiyan or kryptonian hybrids. That would be hard to fight." He offered.
"I thought you enjoyed a good fight." Superman quipped.
"Not at the cost of an innocent person's life." Goku countered.
"Coming from the guy who gave Cell a senzu bean." The red and blue clad hero replied.
Goku rolled his eyes, "You do that one time…"
"Relax, I'm joking. At least we can defend ourselves. All we have to do is take down the queen." Superman reassured.
"The sun isn't out though. You'll have to be careful about how much power you use." Goku observed.
"And people say you're dumb." Supes joked.
"Whatever." Goku replied. His eyes widened, as did Superman's.
"Here they come!"
Goku fired a volley of ki blasts at the target, who slid around to avoid them with ease.
"Ugh! What kind of hybrid is this?"
Superman's eyes flashed for a brief moment, "By the looks of it, some kind of dinosaur. Possibly velociraptor"
"What, we ended up in a world where the dinosaurs never got wiped out, or in Jurassic World?" Goku asked, finally landing a hit on the Xenoraptor.
"Probably the former. If this was the Jurassic World universe, there would be a few humans here too-"
"Just detected some?" Goku asked.
"Yep, and THEY'RE GOING TO GET AMBUSHED!" He shouted.
"You go save him. I can handle myself here!" Goku urged.
"Are you sure?" Superman asked.
Goku's aura turned a bright red, and his eyes now also shined with the same color. "I'm sure."
"Alright." Superman flew off to save the civilian, he caused a brief sonic burst that downed some flying Xenomorphs.
Goku watched on, "That never stops being awesome." He turned to the new Xenomorphs, seeing what could only be described as Triceratops, Stegosaurus, and Brontosaurus Xenomorphs. "Alright, let's rock the dragon!"
Energy started to gather at his hands, "Kame… Hame...
"HAAAAA!"
Superman looked back briefly to see the Saiyan unleash his most famous attack, "Heh, that never stops being awesome." he muttered to himself.
He scanned the area with his super-vision. He found the group backing away from another Xenoraptor.
"No… Someone help!" one of the men screamed.
Superman flew faster.
One of the others looked in his direction, "What is that? Up in the sky!"
One of the others squinted, "A… Bird?"
Another was more optimistic about a rescue, "Maybe a plane!" She offered.
"No…" The one child in the group realized, "It's Superman!"
The group cheered as Superman tackled the Xenoraptor and flew into the building they had ran out of earlier.
Several moments passed, and the Man of Steel emerged unscaved. "No need to fear, I'm here to help." He reassured the group.
The people had a look of hope on their faces, "Tha-thank you Superman. You are a true hero."
"I'm just here to help." He got the group to hold onto him and he flew off to a safer location. "Alright," He started as he got the group to the mainland, many miles away from the island, "I have to back there to stop those monsters. Stay safe." He requested.
"Superman?"
"Yes, young lady?" He asked the little girl in the group.
"Can you say the line?" She asked.
Superman smiled, and turned around to face the island, "Up, up, and away!"
"Destructo Disk!" The disk of ki energy sliced off the tail of a Xenomorph ankylosaurus hybrid, "Blast it! That thing is difficult to control, no wonder Krillin can't hit anything with it."
He fired a volley of ki blasts against the hybrid, effectively ensuring that it was pinned down, At least for now.
Goku started panting. There was a massive swarm of these creatures that kept coming out of the building, and he had to keep blasting with little time to rest. He may be a powerful warrior, but even he couldn't keep fighting for an eternity.
The Ankylomorph lifted its large head, and prepared to spit out some acid-
SPATCH!
A fist pierced right through the heart of the creature.
"Alright, you okay Goku?"
Goku gave a thumbs up, "Yeah. Thanks Superman."
"No problem." He turned to the building, "So, sense anything in there?"
Goku closed his eyes, "Yeah… It's not like these things. Whatever's in there is incredibly powerful," He opened his eyes, "Think it's the queen?"
Superman nodded, "Either that, or the thing that we've been chasing for the last couple of months."
"Maybe another hybrid?" Goku asked, as the two started flying deeper into the nest.
"I doubt it," Supes replied as they cut through more debris and slime, "That thing is way too powerful to be taken down so easily."
"Maybe," Goku trailed off, "But the guys back at the hotel and a lot of our foes have proven time and again that strength isn't the only thing that matters." he reasoned.
"True. But sometimes, you can't simply outsmart your opponent. Remember what happened to Gammera?" the two of them blasted a couple of eggs on the way.
More grime and slime were no match for the duo, "I figured that he lost because his defense wasn't all it was made out to be."
Superman shrugged as a few more eggs got blasted or bisected, "True. But still, strength does play an important role in fights."
Goku and Superman arrived at a doorway and landed, "Maybe, but so does all the other stats."
"Whatever." Superman shrugged, "We have a job to do, let's continue this later."
"Agreed." The saiyan nodded.
"May I?"
Goku nodded again.
Inside the room was a large being. The man of steel deduced that it was the Xenomorph queen. A quick scan of the creature's DNA revealed that it was, for lack of a better word, spliced with a tyrannosaurus' DNA.
Thankfully, they were stealthy enough to not have been detected yet.
"Careful Superman, I sense a dark energy from that thing. It's pretty darn likely that thing lent its power to the queen." Goku whispered.
"Gotcha. We have to be strategic about this." His comrade replied in a low voice.
"On three, we blast the thing with our best." Goku offered.
"Right." Superman nodded, "One…"
"Two…"
"THREE!"
"KAMEHAME..."
Goku quickly turned to his Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan form and charged his attack while Superman likewise charged his heat vision.
"HAAAA!"
The dust settled, and revealed the creature had its arms and tail blown off.
"Alright! We did it!"
The atmosphere started to get dense, and a radio got hit. A dark music came on, as a dark aura surrounded the dismembered limbs.
"What the…?"
They grew back.
"Great Scott!"
Goku reached into his pouch and pulled out two senzu beans, "We're going to need a recharge if we want to beat this thing. Senzu?"
"Thanks. I was hoping that we wouldn't need it." Superman replied as he took the bean and started chewing, "Hmm, the taste is always a surprise to me."
"I got used to it a while ago." Goku swallowed, "Alright," He powered up, "Let's see if it can keep up with this."
"I have a plan. Use the spirit bomb, I'll keep it distracted." Superman said.
"Got it." Goku started charging his attack, while Superman started hitting the creature with rapid fire punches.
"Draaahhh" The creature screamed.
Goku kept gathering energy. Unfortunately, a Xenoraptor started to creep up behind him.
"Look out!" Superman used his heat vision to blast the alien and it fell before his might.
"Thanks!"
"No problem-gah!" The Xenosaurus hit Superman with its tail. "Ugh, I think it's got magic." He groaned.
"Drrriiiaaaeeee!" It screamed.
"It… Almost seems as if it's trying to say something…" Goku observed.
Superman got back up, and grabed the alien queen's tail. A spit from the creature made him flinch a bit. "Ugh, that hurts a bit…"
"Almost ready!" Goku called.
"DIIIIIIIEEEEE!"
Superman's eyes just widened, "Did it just…?"
Goku was equally surprised, "Yeah…"
"YoU wiLl FaLL bY THe hANDs oF AgAR fEN!"
"Agar Fen?" Goku questioned.
"Questions later! Spirit bomb now! Superman yelled.
"Ha!" Goku launched the energy at the creature.
"GRaAAaAahHaH!"
The creature had all of its dark energy stripped. Leaving a shell in its place.
"I'll just toss this into the sun." Superman simply said as everything cleared up.
"I'll take care of the eggs." Goku replied.
Just who is this new threat? Who can stand up to him? Can our heroes defeat him? Find out next time! On Aftermath: The DB Chronicles!
The disclaimer… Kinda got melted a bit by the Xenos. Gonna need to get that fixed.
