(Back near West City)
A chain of thermonuclear explosions ripped across the decimated landscape of the west coast, each blast taking the shape of a fiery crucifix as the attacking alien rained hell down upon his opponent. In response to the terrifying assault, the still infuriated and adrenaline driven Vegeta returned fire with a series of concussive blasts of his own, which tore into the alien's defensive barrier and managed to strike it several times in the body. But after a furious barrage that would've made even the strongest warriors on the planet flinch, the creature simply took the bombardment and walked right through it.
Bearing a few scuff marks, cracks and burns from an already lengthy battle, the extra terrestrial beast emerged from the attack relatively unscathed.
Collapsing to his knees in the middle of the ash-covered wasteland, the still powered up Vegeta panted exhaustedly as he glared across at the invader. Clenching his fist tightly, a current of electricity shot up his arm as he motivated himself to keep going. He threw Zeru a hate filled look, which he quickly topped with a menacing smirk. "Come on. I'm not finished… you disgusting freak!"
His shout eliciting a snarl from the titan, the enormous, ribbon-armed creature then decided to take more effective action against his now noticeably more powerful adversary. Suddenly crouching low to the ground, the floating invader then sprang high into the sky, rocketing straight into the lower atmosphere. Its ascent causing the clouds to part, Vegeta then watched in bewilderment as the beast raised its head and began charging a large sphere of energy in front of its mouth.
Photons of light converging around the orb, it soon began to grow and expand to a gargantuan size. In a matter of seconds, the fiery collection of energy became as big as a small moon, its light spilling across the entire region. The observing Z-fighters who were still conscious, Piccolo, Android 18 and Trunks included, could only gape in disbelief and fear as the ball of ki filled the sky and its glow filled them with a sense of foreboding.
"I-Impossible," the Namekian choked out. "There's no way that blast is meant for us! That's enough energy to wipe out the entire planet ten times!"
The sight of the blast horrified Vegeta, whose body started to tremble under the pressure instilled by the growing blast.
As soon as the attack achieved stability, Zeru leaned forward and hurled it straight towards the planet. Literally breaking through the atmosphere due to its size, the fiery attack instantly picked up speed as it plummeted towards the earth's surface, when in reality it was aimed directly at the wounded Saiyan Prince.
Clenching his jaw fearfully, the man prepared to stand, "Darn it…" Beads of sweat trickling down his face, the warrior felt the heat of the attack engulf him as it came closer and closer.
In the condition that he was in, Vegeta knew there was no way he would be able to stop that attack. As far as he knew, he and this entire planet were about to go out like a light bulb reaching the end of its cycle against the backdrop of space.
As the attack continued its descent, causing gale force winds to rip across the entire nation, the wounded prince was then caught completely by surprise when a figure landed directly in front of him.
Her long hair flushed red and skin green, the outline of Zangya appeared before the wounded prince, assumed in her Super Hera form with a determined look pulled across her face. Gritting her teeth at the approaching planet-splitter and sending energy into her finger tips, the woman quickly took a stance and cocked her hands back.
"Beauty Net!" With a shout of effort, the Hera swiped her hands through the air, producing several strings of energy-absorbing wires that created a protective net over her before expanding towards the approaching attack at blinding speed.
Her large barrier struck the fiery sphere headlong and sliced it to ribbons, carving the entire ball up like a birthday cake. When it was only a few hundred meters above the ground, the enormous orb of hellfire and energy broke apart; the pieces suddenly compressing and scattering across the country with a clap of thunder. The individual segments rocketed off in random directions, some flying up into space while the others impacted randomly on different parts of the continent, going up in flashy, dome-shaped explosions. Those that shot off across the solar system blew up harmlessly away from the earth, sparing it from further punishment.
When the shaking eventually subsided and the energy ball had been successfully dispelled, Vegeta looked up and stared at the back of his savior. Zangya, who was still staring up at the sky where the alien could be seen floating, grunted and glanced over her shoulder at the Prince. One look at his current state and condition told the Hera everything she needed to know.
"Hey, Vegeta. Need a hand?"
The Super Saiyan 2 spat to the side and glared back at her, "Fuck off."
"Thought so." Grinning at their short, verbal feud, she then spun around and glared ahead of her, where she saw the enormous alien land a couple of kilometers away. "Gohan's currently checking up on the others. He'll be here in a minute."
Vegeta grunted in response. "Whatever. It's not like I need his help. I have it on the ropes."
Swinging her arms around and limbering up, the red haired alien girl ignored the man's retort and fixed her toughest glare on the titan. Upon hearing it give a screeching battle cry, Zangya smirked back at it. "Alright, cockbite. Round two!" Green aura exploding off of her body as she powered up, the Super Hera then blasted off from the ground and rocketed towards the alien faster than any of the observing Z-fighters could track.
Arcing through the air and breaking the sound barrier several times, she reached her quarry in under a second and opened up with a swinging right overhand. A loud bellow escaping her lips, she attempted to deck the massive alien across the face, only for her knuckles to collide with its specially reinforced shield. The hexagonal wall sprang up at full power in front of the girl, causing her fist to ram into it with a resounding clang. Despite her attack bouncing off of it, Zangya persisted and began pummeling the barrier with focused power shots one after the other, causing her target to lurch backwards with every hit as she attempted to get to it.
Gritting her teeth as she saw the energy field begin to crack, the Hera continued hammering away until she saw its eyes flash red, followed immediately by a deafening roar. What came immediately afterwards was a colossal shockwave, which not only shredded the ruined countryside around the creature like it was confetti, but sent Zangya spiraling through the air.
Pelted by rubble and debris, the frustrated Hera stopped her flight with a quick ki burst and glared at her foe heatedly. Exhaling sharply, the girl powered up and charged in again. But just as she was diving for it, she suddenly observed Zeru's two main appendages retract and form into two drums under its shoulder plates. The sudden spike in ki alerting her to danger, Zangya then saw the beast take aim and launch its arms at her, extending them at ludicrous speed.
Reacting instantly, the girl pulled up and evaded the ribbons when they shot past her. Seeing them arc across the sky, she then noticed the ends of the spears suddenly change directions and fly after her. Giving a frustrated yell when she realized they were tracking her, the Hera pulled up and rocketed up into the sky, its two extendable arms chasing her down like a pair of heat-seeking missiles.
Leaving a vapor trail in her wake, Zangya performed a variety of aerial maneuvers and flips, attempting to throw the arms off her tail.
Eventually getting sick of being chased by this thing, the girl pointed her hand down at Zeru and let loose a continuous stream of red energy blasts. The attacks rained down on the creature like rockets, smashing into its shield one after the other, to no avail.
"Shit!" Immediately finding annoyance with the extra terrestrial, the Hera kicked away its ribbon arms when they eventually caught up to her and sent them off to the side. Seeing them retract after their failed attempt to impale her, Zangya cocked her hands back before throwing them forward, unleashing a green blast down at the invader. "Suck it!"
Eyes flashing red, the creature let out a howl and fired its own beam at the approaching attack, its counter easily overpowering hers before continuing its flight up to the Hera. Caught by surprise, Zangya prepared to deflect it, only to see a golden sphere shoot up from below and smack the approaching beam out of the way. Watching the attack detonate elsewhere over the horizon, the redhead spared a glance towards ground zero, where she saw Vegeta standing with his hand extended and smoking.
Gritting his teeth, the Super Saiyan 2 turned his attention to the extra terrestrial and lobbed a blue blast at it. The alien promptly slapped his attack out of the way with its arm and, snarling, turned its attention to the prince.
Eyes lighting up, it prepared to fire a third blast at him. But just when it was in the middle of charging up, a flash of golden light directly to its right caught its attention before a Super Saiyan 2 Gohan teleported directly beside it and slammed a fully charged Bakumadan right into its face. The sphere of energy exploded with concussive force against the alien's cheek, consuming it in a blinding flash of fire and smoke that sent it barreling across the countryside. It eventually collided with a partially destroyed mountain and caved it in as it collapsed to its back.
When it eventually recovered, the writhing beast's face appeared from the smoke and revealed half of it had been blown away, leaving only half of its skull-like mask intact. Clearly wounded and surprised by the attack, Zeru glared in the direction of its new opponent and saw him standing atop a plateau several clicks out.
Hair and gi bellowing on the wind, the golden haired warrior narrowed his eyes on the snarling creature and, upon getting a good bead on his foe, allowed a few sparks of electricity to shoot off of him. "Here I go!" Taking off from his spot, the boy shot towards the creature in a blur of movement. Zipping left and right, throwing the alien off with his sudden directional changes, he eventually appeared directly on its left and slammed a kick across its face, sending Zeru staggering across the countryside.
Giving chase, Gohan closed the distance on it and avoided the arm it swung out to counter him, nailing it between the eyes with an elbow. Causing stumble, he then nailed it with a swinging punch over the top of its head, followed by a hook across its face and then a kick straight up into its lower jaw. Each blow was marked by a deafening thunderclap, indicating just how much force the boy was inflicting upon his foe. Eventually, following a vicious assault, the Super Saiyan nailed it with a sidekick across its cheek, giving the demi-Saiyan an opportunity to spring off of it and spin to the ground.
Landing deftly atop another plateau, Gohan then sprang into the air a second time and, powering up, flew at the creature's face with his right fist cocked back. With a yell, he decked the creature in the neck with a full-power swing, a blow that not only caved in its flesh in that particular area, but sent the enormous beast hurtling across the West Coast. It eventually crashed into the ocean, causing a massive tsunami that washed over a large island before Zeru's back slammed into it and flattened it under its weight.
Trembling, the creature sat up against the isle and glared in the direction of its powerful attacker. But just when it was in the process of recovering, the invader suddenly saw its opponent power up and, in the form of a golden comet, slammed into it headlong. Gohan ploughed the beast through the ocean and back onto dry land. Destroying several islands along the way, the Super Saiyan 2 eventually pinned the beast against the cliffs of another beach further up the coastline, where Gohan then knelt atop Zeru's chest and began driving punches into it from above one after the other.
Yelling out with every blow he drilled into the beast's ribs, the teen started burying the extra terrestrial into the planet's surface with attacks capable of turning entire moons into dust. The shockwaves echoed all around, stunning onlookers and rattling the planet at the amount of raw power being displayed.
He had it on the ropes!
The Z-fighters thought Gohan was going to win!
But just as the teen was starting to break through the alien's sternum, Zeru's eyes suddenly shot open and flashed with rage. A split second later, a purple blast exploded from its gaze, colliding with the boy and sending him rocketing across the sky, consumed by fire and raw energy. Crying out in agony as his clothes were shredded and his skin was burnt in the inferno of the beam, the Super Saiyan eventually rolled out of the path of the attack and allowed it to shoot across the planet's surface and out of its atmosphere.
When the planet disintegrating beam ceased, Gohan spun to face the downed Zeru and cried out at the top of his lungs, "NOW'S YOUR CHANCE, ZANGYA!"
Just as the monster was in the process of sitting up, a yell from the side drew its attention into the path of Zangya's kick, which connected with a deafening 'boom' and sent it crashing across the coastline. When its shoulder slammed into a mountain, it snarled and launched one of its extendable arms at the Hera, who leapt over the ribbon appendage and produced a stream of energy wires from her fingers. In the blink of an eye, the Hera managed to loop all of them around the alien's limbs and torso, entangling it and stopping it in its tracks.
Lurching forward when the beast fought against the strings, Zangya gritted her teeth angrily and powered up. Touching down on solid ground, the woman then proceeded to hold the enormous beast in place with all her strength. Her feet dragging through the dirt while she focused all her energy into her legs and arms, she then yelled out across the countryside to all those who could hear her. "FINISH IT!"
Appearing in the skies above the beast, the Z-fighters, having each received a Senzu Bean from Gohan, opened fire on the creature. Videl led the charge with a Kamehameha wave alongside Krillin, Goten, Trunks and Yamcha. They were shortly joined by Tien and Chiaotzu unleashing their best attacks on it as well, golden blasts rocketing from their hands and slamming into the alien from above with tremendous force. Androids 17 and 18 added to the assault with a combined rain of continuous energy blasts, which began hammering away at the creature without remorse. This was then topped by Piccolo launching a powerful Masenko beam from its flank, hitting it square in the neck and pushing it down even further.
To finish off the attack, Gohan came in with a Flash Madan, his blue beam slamming into the creature and drawing a shriek of agony from it, while Vegeta caught it in a cross fire with a one-handed Galick Gun from behind.
Beam attacks fired from all sides proceeded to roast the creature into oblivion. Writhing under the onslaught, Zeru attempted to fight its way free. But due to the streams of wires holding it down, all it could do was writhe and screech helplessly as the attacks began carving into its flesh. The smell of burning cephalopod filled the air along with an arrangement of blinding lights and smoke, setting the stage for a spectacular finish.
Determined to bring this fight to an end, everyone put everything they had into one last spurt.
However, the creature wasn't finished yet.
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