While Zeru was in the process of digging its proboscis into the planet, it soon had its attention pulled across the countryside when it sensed three powerful figures approaching it. Snarling predatorily, it quickly retracted its tube from the earth and turned to face the incoming threat, where it spotted Gohan, enveloped in his golden aura, charging straight at him at full speed.
With a loud war cry, the teen attempted to drive a fist into the beast's face, only for his knuckles to slam into its translucent energy shield. His aura blazing around him as his fist vibrated against the wall, the demi-Saiyan then roared out and gave his attack another burst of power.
His aura's intensity increasing several times over, causing it to expand and rip apart the land behind him like a hurricane, Gohan then brought his other free hand forward and dug his fingers into the multi-colored force field. The hexagonal barrier putting up one hell of a fight, the demi-Saiyan eventually managed to worm his fingers into the pane and rip it open. Spreading the shield apart, the enraged young man faced off against the creature, which continued to glare at him despite its defenses effectively being torn open.
Almost instantly after the demi-Saiyan broke through, the creature's eyes lit up and an enormous purple blast slammed into Gohan. The attack was wide and powerful, sending the Super Saiyan 2 flying backwards for several miles. It eventually stopped when the young warrior forced himself to a halt, his left arm raised and blocking the beam as it drilled into him.
Feeling his skin burn and his clothes tear under the typhoon of energy, Gohan growled as he fought back against the full brunt of the alien's attack. His electric bio-field crackling around him in response to the strain he was under, the half-Saiyan then came up with a brilliant idea and, cocking his free hand to his side, began to gather electricity.
His energy converging around his arm to an absurd degree, the teen continued to push against the blast ripping into his forearm until, getting fed up of being on the receiving end of this creature's blasts, decided to fire back. With a mighty shove and a bellow of rage, Gohan thrust his hand forward and unleashed a storm of lightning upon the titan. "GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRGGHHH!" The bolts of lightning shot across the sky and struck the creature almost instantaneously, consuming it in a tempest that began to deep fry it from the outside.
Zeru's attack stopped the exact moment it was struck by the multiple streams of ki enhanced electricity, a screech of agony leaving its beak as it stumbled back across the countryside. Even as its arms flailed in front of it, the beast continued to be burned by the storm of power, which Gohan unleashed in enormous quantity.
As its skin started to cook, Vegeta and Zangya came in from above. Both charging a red and blue sphere of potent energy above their hands respectively, they then lobbed their attacks straight down at the planet's visitor. Their shots curved down in a glorious arc and struck the stunned alien from the side at blinding speed. Both the Saiyan's Photon Bomber and the Hera's Beauty Trigger attacks detonated with terrific force, causing an earsplitting thunderclap and a compressed, sphere-shaped explosion several dozen times more powerful than a super nova. The brilliant flash of light filled the air with embers and smoke, blinding everyone's view of the beast.
Gohan, exhausted from his counter attack, slumped forward in the air and panted heavily, while Vegeta and Zangya floated above the impact site.
Just when the three were starting to catch their breaths, a ribbon-arm shot out of the clouds and rocketed towards the Saiyan Prince. The battered warrior gasped in shock before being hit head-on by the fast-moving limb. Yelping as he was knocked out of the sky, Vegeta spiraled to the ground while Zangya retreated to a safe distance and watched the limb return to its host. When the smoke finally parted, it revealed the behemoth had been knocked over and had its entire left side blown to hell.
Now, not only did Zeru only have one arm left, it was extremely pissed off, as evident by the loud growl leaving its throat.
When Gohan and Zangya prepared for battle, two more figures flying in from their peripherals drew their attention toward the clouds. Eyes locking onto the shadows, the pair spotted Videl and Piccolo appear on the scene, their hands cocked back and ready to fire.
"Eat this!" the female fighter shouted, before unleashing a stream of energy attacks down at the alien from up high, at the same time the Namekian attacked as well.
The rain of golden blasts bombarded Zeru from above, enveloping it in a series of sphere-shaped explosions that hammered it into the floor. At first it seemed like they were actually dealing it some damage. But as the punishment continued, it revealed the creature was shielding itself with its barrier once more.
Nevertheless, the two warriors pushed on with their attacks, hitting it over and over again in order to buy time for the earth's strongest fighters to catch their breaths. It was a move that they hoped would pay off.
But just as their rhythm was beginning to pick up speed, the extra terrestrial they were shooting at roared out and fired a powerful Kiai towards the duo. It decimated their blasts and smashed into them with terrifying force, sending both flying away at great speed. The counter successfully knocked Videl for a loop, causing her to black out momentarily and send her body plummeting to the ground a few miles away.
Not willing to let another annoyance live, the creature charged a purple sphere of energy in its mouth and fired a powerful beam at the girl's descending, hapless form.
Intending to shoot her out of the sky, Gohan suddenly teleported directly in front of the falling girl, caught her, and took the blast right in the back. A shout of agony filled the air when an attack capable of incinerating a planet exploded against his spine, sending him falling out of the clouds. Following the earsplitting detonation, a surprised Videl quickly regained her senses and looked up at her best friend in shock.
"Gohan! You're hit!" the girl shouted in horror.
"Don't worry! I'm fine!" the demi-Saiyan replied, gritting his teeth against the searing pain.
That was a lie, of course. His back had practically been deep-fried by the blast, which had also cut into his vertebrae, making him look like a piece of meat had been left over a barbeque for a solid hour.
However, ignoring the critical damage done to his body and the smoke pouring from his open wound, the demi-Saiyan went into a sideways spin to gain momentum. Corkscrewing as he fell, the boy quickly charged a blast with one hand and, on his last rotation, fired a powerful blue blast at the creature. The attack streaked towards the observing Zeru like a bolt, only to impact uselessly against its barrier and rebound to n another part of the countryside, where it detonated in a massive, blue geyser easily comparable to a nuke. Seconds later, Gohan's form crash-landed in the forest, with Videl held protectively in his arms.
Making a gurgling sound of delight, Zeru was about to follow-up on its attack until a second presence drew its gaze elsewhere. Glancing to its left, it spotted Vegeta appear in the sky and charge another attack to throw. Obviously aiming for its side, the extra terrestrial countered quickly with a focused shockwave that slammed into the Saiyan Prince and caused him to launch his blast prematurely, sending his attack into the ground and punching a crater into the earth. The wounded warrior on the other hand was sent rocketing into the ocean, where he disappeared in a terrific splash.
Another one down, the creature shrugged off the multiple blasts fired by Piccolo and turned its attention to another part of the country, where its eyes quickly fell upon the grounded Krillin and Android 18. As soon as it had them in its sights, Zeru raised one of the ribbons of its cowl and swished it through the air, unleashing a salvo of grey spikes towards the warriors on the sidelines.
The barrage of spears shot towards the pair at light speed, catching the two fighters completely by surprise. But just when it looked like the couple was about to be skewered by hundreds of makeshift lances a figure suddenly flew in from the side and intercepted the attack. Hands and legs spread out, Zangya took the volley of spikes in the back, the poles skewering her and stopping just when their tips burst out of her front. The rest of the long spikes fired by the extra terrestrial ended up riddling the rest of the area around them.
The splatter of purple blood across Krillin and Eighteen's faces stunned the duo.
"Z-Zangya?! Why did you…" Eighteen murmured, watching her friend bend over and spew out bodily fluids.
Trembling from head to toe as blood dribbled out of her mouth, the Hera grinned back at her friend's bewildered expression and shook her head. "Yeah. Ah… fuck! That was stupid. Augh! So stupid." Making various choking noises as she collapsed to her knees, the winded Zangya, whose body now resembled a pin cushion that would make Vlad the Impaler jealous, threw up more blood and slammed her hands into the floor. "Damn it… Zangya… what the hell were you thinking back there?"
Krillin gulped, appearing just as stumped as his wife, "Y-You jumped in front of its attack."
The red-haired girl chuckled painfully, "Didn't have time… to dodge." Swallowing heavily, Zangya coughed a few more times and took a couple of deep breaths. In spite of having a couple of spikes sticking through her body, she was surprisingly articulate and… well… alive. "Did you think… I was going to let that thing… kill my friends… in front of me? Like hell."
The wounded pair quickly swooped down to help her, at the same time missing the sight of the enormous invader responsible for her current predicament rearing its head back and charging a blast.
A fiery orb appearing above its body, Zeru took aim at its targets and prepared to incinerate them in one go. It leaned forward and shrieked as the attack focused on the region, but was stopped in mid-launch when an orange, corkscrew beam struck it in the neck and shot straight through it, exploding against a mountain several miles away on the other side.
The unexpected surprise attack causing its eyes to widen in horror, the animal let out a cry of agony as it stumbled back from its spot. The Z-fighters watching it were at first baffled by the terrifying hit to its blind spot. But when they turned in the direction to see where the attack had come from, all confusion faded away and was quickly replaced by delight.
Smirking victoriously with his two fingers extended, Piccolo gave a harsh chuckle and watched as his target squirmed and writhed from a distance. "Did you miss me?"
Finally. His Special Beam Cannon worked.
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