Dragonball M, Chapter 4: Kidnapping! Invasion! A new Threat Strikes First!

[bruceleegreyhulk]

"Not as long as they are watching out for each other."

As she lands, Dash nods to the Archer before checking out who the targets are. "How bad is it now?"

OOC: Not sure of the current situation, so much seems to be going on.

Praxat lands right next to Dash and sticks her tongue out at the Archer and moves it up and down, which is her version of a nod. Praxat then puts her tongue back in her mouth." you're right, Dash. Plus Althena has Killrog and my sisters by her side," Praxat said.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

Shōchū, Jack, Nunlil, Parsley, and Inanna all make it to the open RoSaT doors. Sounds of combat inside can be heard and seen.

Lantro and Avoca manages to block or ‘eat’ the whirlwind of blades, but the Knight reappears and stabs both, his single spear now somehow two. Avoca gets stabbed in the hip, Lantro through the thigh.

The Knight rips the spears out and spins, blocking a summoned energy blade from Eva. The guardian huffs a few times and presses on, and the two exchange blow after blow.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

The Knight speaks to Praxat and Dash.

“Your comrades are within seeking to aid your guardian.”

[Sub-Zero MKA]

Shōchū, Jack, Nunlil, Parsley, and Inanna all make it to the open RoSaT doors. Sounds of combat inside can be heard and seen.

Lantro and Avoca manages to block or ‘eat’ the whirlwind of blades, but the Knight reappears and stabs both, his single spear now somehow two. Avoca gets stabbed in the hip, Lantro through the thigh.

The Knight rips the spears out and spins, blocking a summoned energy blade from Eva. The guardian huffs a few times and presses on, and the two exchange blow after blow.

"****!" Avoca hobbled back, limping awkwardly to keep herself from putting any weight on her bleeding hip. Her teeth gritted together as Eva moved to engage the Knight. The two traded blows almost evenly. "Tch." She looked for an opened while charging a ki blast in her hand.

When Parsley reached the opening to the RoSaT, she immediately walked inside and spread her senses. She could feel Avoca and Eva... and the half-breed Saiyan who attacked Turrip years ago. What the hell is he doing here? Her eyes narrowed, but she shelved it temporarily until Eva could be secured. That, of course, was easy to do.

With a flick of her wrist, she summoned her ax. "See that Eva gets to safety." The air around her shimmered briefly before Mirror's Edge swapped her and Eva's positions.

[Tami]

The Knight speaks to Praxat and Dash.

“Your comrades are within seeking to aid your guardian.”

"Not sure'n why ah should trust you yet, but if the Lady needs help. Good luck out here." Dash then motioned to Praxat before speeding inside to seek out where Eva and the others were. From the looks and sounds of things, it shouldn't be too hard to find out where the action was.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

"****!" Avoca hobbled back, limping awkwardly to keep herself from putting any weight on her bleeding hip. Her teeth gritted together as Eva moved to engage the Knight. The two traded blows almost evenly. "Tch." She looked for an opened while charging a ki blast in her hand.

When Parsley reached the opening to the RoSaT, she immediately walked inside and spread her senses. She could feel Avoca and Eva... and the half-breed Saiyan who attacked Turrip years ago. What the hell is he doing here? Her eyes narrowed, but she shelved it temporarily until Eva could be secured. That, of course, was easy to do.

With a flick of her wrist, she summoned her ax. "See that Eva gets to safety." The air around her shimmered briefly before Mirror's Edge swapped her and Eva's positions.

Eva staggers, sword disappearing as Jack and Nunlil quickly take her to safety.

The Knight doesn’t miss a beat. In between swings, when Eva vanishes and Parsley takes her place, the Knight keeps the heat up. Now there seem to be three, then four spears as the Knight somehow has four arms and four spears. Parsley will quickly find herself overwhelmed.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

"Not sure'n why ah should trust you yet, but if the Lady needs help. Good luck out here." Dash then motioned to Praxat before speeding inside to seek out where Eva and the others were. From the looks and sounds of things, it shouldn't be too hard to find out where the action was.

She sees a tired and battered Eva being escorted away by Jack and Nunlil.

[Tami]

She sees a tired and battered Eva being escorted away by Jack and Nunlil.

Stopping next to them, "Eva?" Dash getting angry, "Dang, what happened? Who did this?"

[Sub-Zero MKA]

Eva staggers, sword disappearing as Jack and Nunlil quickly take her to safety.

The Knight doesn’t miss a beat. In between swings, when Eva vanishes and Parsley takes her place, the Knight keeps the heat up. Now there seem to be three, then four spears as the Knight somehow has four arms and four spears. Parsley will quickly find herself overwhelmed.

Perfect Intuition: Katchin Mode

Borrowing a technique from that buffoon Majin, Parsley's skin turned into living Katchin, giving her enough sturdiness to withstand the myriad blows coming at her from for different directions.

"Fool," she spat. "Your pretender God has been humiliated. Every aspect of his plan had failed. Lay down your arms and be freed or die. It's your decision."

[Cthulhu_of_R'lyeh]

Inanna simply leans against the doorframe, arms crossed.

Evangeline was safe, and the Saiyans seemed to be having their fun. Depending on what the Knight said- or did- Inanna would either let them finish the Threshling off. Or an effort would be made to free them.

Honestly, in Inanna's opinion, thebLookout was getting crowded enough as is. Not to mention... this Knight was only Silver. Ah, who was she kidding...

"You're outmatched, SilverKnight. My power level far surpasses your own."

It was after all, 4... Ki.

[bruceleegreyhulk]

"Not sure'n why ah should trust you yet, but if the Lady needs help. Good luck out here." Dash then motioned to Praxat before speeding inside to seek out where Eva and the others were. From the looks and sounds of things, it shouldn't be too hard to find out where the action was.

Using specific combinations of jumps. Praxat speeds after Dash at an absurd speed and with great control stops on dime next to Dash. Praxat sees the condition Eva is in, and her skin turns a deep red.

Praxat turns on her goggles' X-ray vision to use it to check to see if Eva has any bone fractures." Eva, what the hell happen, Who the hell did this to you?" Praxat said.

[Sub-Zero MKA]

Meanwhile, on Vocado:

After the Threshling invasion and Auroc's failed attempt to kidnap Queen Sarada and Lady Maiz for his own devices, Vocado was deathly quiet. Members of both sides either fled in retreat or departed for Earth to quell the invasion on that world. Thus, Vocado was empty for the first time since its founding two thousand years ago. There was an eerie silence that settled over the mountainside jungles and barren plains. An overwhelming presence that always heralded a threat of monumental proportion. It never happened when Auroc arrived, insinuating his minor status as a world threatening force. Inanna confirmed it by easily casting him aside like week old garbage.

This presence however, even if no one was around to take note of it, proved that a greater threat was incoming. And quickly.

The mountaintop statue of King Vocado cast a heavy shadow over Oozaru Valley that stretched all the way to edge of Kakarot City. Yet, the morning sun was quickly blotted out by something large and imposing. A massive space vessel descended quickly, followed by hundreds more. The myriad smaller ships spread out, covering the sky strategically to minimize possibility of escape.

Tundra had arrived in one year's time, just as foretold by his lieutenants, Daroga and Lechee.

“My lord,” a faceless minion said. “It appears that the planet is vacant. Perhaps the Saiyans fled to another of their worlds?”

“The Saiyans? Flee?” Lechee scoffed. “Hardly.” He approached one of the viewing windows. From there, it was easy to see the signs that an intense battle had taken place there recently. Also, the ground was littered with the bodies of dead infected Saiyans. “Hm. Something... happened here recently.” He and Daroga, along with five henchmen, floated out of the rooftop hatch and quickly descended to the sight of the battle.

“These creatures are unlike anything I have ever seen,” Daroga noted. He kneeled down to get a closer look at one of the infected Saiyans. “It's a Saiyan, but... it appears to have been corrupted by something.”

“Interesting.” Lechee rose into the air, high above the former battlefield to gain a better vantage point. Not to survey the leftover carnage – he saw plenty on the ship – but to gain a better angle for his Past Sight ability. One of the techniques the former guardian of one of the planets he slaughtered a while ago was the ability to see into the past.

Six orbs of pure white power hovered around him. It was creation energy, siphoned from the six guardians – not including the one whose body he inhabited – he killed en route to rendezvousing with Tundra and Daroga. Thanks to this... almost neural link they all had with each other, it was easy to find them and even easier to gain their trust once he proved himself to be “one of theirs”. From there, he learned many techniques from them by ripping the information out of their heads with this body's natural telepathy.

It was a shame that the guardian of Vocado was gone, or else he would have easily done the same to her.

Disregarding that, he closed his eyes, then opened them again. A soft bluish white glow filled them, signifying that the guardians power had come to fruition. He saw the battle that encompassed the Threshling invasion as if it was happening before him at that moment.

He saw the fight between Parsley and the Silver Knight Noomh, the battle between Nevanlinna and Auroc, the brief fight between Inanna and the Gold Knight. What he didn't see was Queen Sarada. With an exertion of power, he went further back, all the way to the beginning. That was when he saw Auroc's arrival and the initial attack on the Saiyans. The Monkey Queen and Simian Princess arrived shortly after and began their futile attack on the strange looking creature. Even as Super Saiyans, they were no match for them. After puking up some black... substance on the Queen, she was rendered unconscious and then tossed into a portal.

Was this the end? Lechee thought so and thought they arrived too late, only to see that it was an illusion and she was still there. Another ape grabbed her and whisked her away. To the palace, he noted. Interesting, he noted silently as he drifted quickly toward the building. There, a mere second later, he noticed the Saiyan guardian in the clutches of Auroc's forces, and the second monkey confronting what appeared to be another Frost Demon. The ape allowed him to take the Guardian, keeping the Monkey Queen in her grasp.

Inside the palace, he noticed the ape taking the Queen to another world, Ruco.

He returned to the battlefield, armed with this vital information, and rewound the battle to view the rest. He witnessed the demonic goat... thing punch through an elf woman and all but destroy the strange creature. Hmph! This thing apparently wasn't much of a threat if it went down that easily! The rest was irrelevant, outside of the end. They all walked through a portal to another world.

Earth.

He closed his eyes, then opened them again, revealing that they returned to their normal black color. “The Saiyan Queen is on Ruco, Lord Tundra. Everyone else is on this planet Earth,” he reported once back on the ship.

“Earth, eh? Interesting. I wonder what that backwater mud-ball has to offer that would keep attracting such powerful beings.”

“Shall we send a party to confront them, My Lord?” Daroga asked.

“No. We'll deal with those other creatures later. We'll go to this planet Ruco and kill the Saiyan Queen, then go on to wipe out these wretched apes from the face of the universe.” He cackled and gestured for one of his henchmen to map a route to Ruco.

“There are two Saiyans on Earth,” Lechee noted. “Also, they have a portal to Ruco within the palace. We can arrive there instantly to give them no time to prepare.”

“Flushing out those apes on Earth would require actually stepping foot on that feces covered dust ball.” He shuddered, disgusted by the very idea. “I'll draw them to me, then deal with that other world later.” He floated out of his hover-chair and ascended out of the ship. His myriad henchmen did the same until the sky was filled with faithful soldiers prepared to rain havoc on whoever Tundra pointed at.

Tundra nodded, prompting Lechee to lead the way to the palace.

---

Pinach sighed heavily as he limped through the viceroy's home. He and Rutaba had spent the minutes since Parsley and Avoca's departure to raid the refrigerator for any food to be found. The invasion on Vocado seemed to be over. He hoped, anyway. The people invading were super strong, but they were too strong for him. While he liked a challenge and to push himself against stronger fighters, this wasn't the same as sparring. Sparring was how he got stronger. Fighting for his and every Saiyan's life wasn't. That was serious, and he wanted to at least be comparable to whoever he was fighting. He wasn't, so that was bad.

But Parsley and Inanna were, so it was okay.

“I wonder when Parsley will be back,” Rutaba asked. She shrugged and moved to lean against a wall. “I wanna go back home.”

“Yeah, me too.” He glanced down the hall. It was a long one and led directly to the healing chamber where his sister was mending. “But we can't leave without Sarada. Once she heals, then we can go back and figure out what to do about whatever the hell is going on.”

She nodded, but her frown persisted.

Elsewhere on the planet, a pair of Saiyans stood guard over the teleporter nodes leading to other worlds. Occasionally, a group of people would arrive, displaced from Vocado and in search of family and friends. This happened enough times that the guards didn't bat an eye when the node powered up without warning. But, instead of Saiyans flying through the portal, it was a battalion of soldiers.

“What the—” one managed to spit out before he was killed by a bevy of energy blasts. The battalion continued to pour through the portal and quickly spread across the sky, filling it like a swarm of locusts. Soon after, Tundra and his lieutenants stepped foot on the planet Ruco.

“Interesting little world these apes have forged for themselves,” Tundra noted lazily.

“My Lord,” Daroga said, “I sense an unusually high power in that direction.” He pointed at the viceroy's home, where Sarada was healing. “It must be the Saiyan Queen, as it is monumentally higher than anyone else other than ourselves.”

“Ohohoh! A mighty 'Super' Saiyan, hiding in fear like a coward, eh? Well then. Go and flush her out. The rest of you, kill every in sight. Not a single person remains, is that understood?”

“YES, LORD TUNDRA!” Like a swarm of killing bees, the battalion of soldiers moved in unison. It was a cloud of death that descended upon the unsuspecting Saiyans.

Daroga moved swiftly toward the viceroy's home, while Tundra and Lechee remained behind.

[Sub-Zero MKA]

Pinach sensed it first, then Rutaba. “Who the hell is that?!” Then, an alarm klaxon roared to life. The hall was filled with a flashing red light, followed by a voice over an intercom.

“Attention, the planet is under attack. This is not a drill. I repeat this is not a drill. All soldiers report to battle immediately!!”

One thing Pinach could notice was that within the muddled mass of powers that suddenly arrived and started spreading throughout was that only three stood out. The rest seemed to be around the same level and weren't that much stronger than they were. But the three that were stronger than they were... it was horrifying. The weakest of the three, who felt like a Frost Demon, was as strong as that Auroc guy, and the other two were even stronger than him!

Wait, Frost Demon?

He remembered what Maiz told them about her premonition from years ago and how that Tundra guy was more powerful than anyone she had ever encountered. He assumed that included Sarada and Parsley. “Oh no! It's him! It's Tundra!!”

Horror flashed across his cousin's face, even while the color drained from his. If Auroc and those Threshling were way stronger than them, they stood no chance against Tundra.

Mato sprinted into view and quickly flash-stepped toward them. “Get Her Highness out of here! Now!”

No sooner had he spoke, a grey-skinned, six-armed monstrosity of a man came into view. He was one of the strong guys, way stronger than anyone else there.

“GO!”

Mato tried to fight him off. His blows landed cleanly, but didn't so much as budge the Draconian. Suddenly, one of the six hands shot forward and burst through his chest, clean through his back. Mato spat up a gob of blood and gurgled something unintelligible.

Rutaba and Pinach reached the healing chamber and sealed the door closed behind them. His heart was racing faster than it ever had in his entire life. Mato, to them, had been the epitome of strength for so long. It was because of him and his kindness, however, that Pinach and Rutaba were as strong as they were. Seeing him killed so easily...

“He's coming!” Rutaba whispered harshly, prompting him to action.

He literally ripped the door off the healing pod. Healing solvent gushed out and pooled around his feet as Sarada's limp body fell forward into his arms. “What do we do? We have to get the teleporter nodes!”

“There's no ti—” Before she could finish, the sealed door, which was a foot thick, slammed into the wall adjacent to them.

Daroga stepped inside as Pinach started fiddling with his wrist.

“Child,” he spoke, voice carrying with it an odd sense of regret, “I do not wish to harm you. Hand over the Queen at once and flee with your lives.”

“Never!” Rutaba cupped her hands together and let loose a tremendous blast, a beam that would continue for however long she could keep it up.

“Fool. I gave you a chance.”

Several things happened at once. Pinach managed to open a portal. At the same time, Daroga let loose a blast in retaliation. It utterly overwhelmed and pushed Rutaba's back into her. It washed over them, the force of which took Pinach off his feet and threw him back through the portal. Rutaba, on the other hand, was in the line of fire.

The very last thing Pinach saw before the portal closed behind him was his beloved cousin being vaporized before his very eyes.

He landed on some hard surface and tumbled back. Sarada, in the rough landing, flew from his grip and slid back several feet. “No,” he cried, tears welling in his eyes and falling down his cheeks. “NO!”

Rutaba was dead.

The words sounds so foreign in his head that he couldn't help but wonder if any of this was really happening. It happened so suddenly, without any warning whatsoever. She couldn't even try to fight back, so resist like the heroes always did. There was no escape and attempt to regroup. Only a soundless scream and her form vanishing in a blinding flash of light.

He hoped she didn't feel any pain. That... that bastard! He'll pay for what he's done!! Pinach knew that he himself was in no position to exact revenge on anyone. But he knew who could. And that was why he came here, to Earth.

He could sense Parsley somewhere in the distance, likely on the Lookout. Between her and Sarada, Tundra and his cronies stood no chance!

That thought made him feel a little better, but not by much. If they were going to win, he knew they needed to get a lot stronger. But how? It wouldn't take long before everyone on Ruco was dead.

Pinach lifted himself up to his feet and walked over to pick Sarada up. First, Sarada needed to be healed and wake up. Then, she and Parsley, and Inanna and Avoca and whoever else wanted to help, needed a fast way to pick up a lot of power. Then, they could all make that six-armed guy pay for what he did! He lifted into the air and headed straight for his sister.

---

When the smoke cleared, Daroga found that he was the only one left. The girl's blast blocked his view of the boy behind her, so he could only assume that he -- and the Queen -- were also killed in the blast. An acceptable, if not regrettable outcome. It was an inevitable outcome, but he knew that Tundra wanted to be the one to end the Queen's life, not him in some random attack.

Regardless, what they arrived to accomplish had indeed been accomplished. Soon thereafter, the remainder of the race would fall. Then, they would travel to this mysterious planet Earth and gauge its worth and merit. If it was found lacking, it too would be wiped from existence.

With one final glance at the spot where the three Saiyans were felled by his hand, he turned to take his leave.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

Perfect Intuition: Katchin Mode

Borrowing a technique from that buffoon Majin, Parsley's skin turned into living Katchin, giving her enough sturdiness to withstand the myriad blows coming at her from for different directions.

"Fool," she spat. "Your pretender God has been humiliated. Every aspect of his plan had failed. Lay down your arms and be freed or die. It's your decision."

The Knight pauses, moving back.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

Inanna simply leans against the doorframe, arms crossed.

Evangeline was safe, and the Saiyans seemed to be having their fun. Depending on what the Knight said- or did- Inanna would either let them finish the Threshling off. Or an effort would be made to free them.

Honestly, in Inanna's opinion, thebLookout was getting crowded enough as is. Not to mention... this Knight was only Silver. Ah, who was she kidding...

"You're outmatched, SilverKnight. My power level far surpasses your own."

It was after all, 4... Ki.

The pauses Knight turns and looks at Inanna.

One spear shimmers, vibrating, and suddenly Inanna finds the tip touching her neck as it suddenly teleported there.

“Speak, Oni. Your kind cannot lie, I am told: is Auroc truly defeated?”