Infinite Justice: Beyond (Marvel,DC,DBZ X/Over, IC, Open)

[Finland SSR]

The Ultimate Majin

Part Twenty: Finale

Atiala Hypernova

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I don't think she will make it. I don't think we have much time left, or else we will lose her, like we lost me. That... attack she used, the power of the Flash Cannon, was beyond anything I could hope to produce, and yet, Majin Buu survived. He always survives. He can't be destroyed. Frank and Lucien were just as shocked by the pink blob's endurance. Itaku wasn't holding out well - Buu was beating her around, pummeling her to the ground, constantly blasting her... I could hear her heart rate slowly drop as she was slammed into a crater, seemingly for a finishing attack.

"I'm not going to let this stand for much longer!" I exclaimed. "She's not going to make it!" I powered up, and although still in my base form, I charged forward, only to be stopped by Frank's arm grabbing onto my shoulder.

"You won't even last five seconds. None of us will." he spoke. I turned around to face him. Now I wasn't shocked. Now I was just furious.

"Oh, and THAT is a reason to leave her to die?" I replied.

"Look, I know you want to be a hero, but you should not be so reckle-"

"Are you... for real?" I honestly don't get his thought process. What is he, a sociopath? Or a robot who's incapable of processing emotion? "The person who's going to perish if we don't intervene, Itaku - she loves you! And you're just going to leave her like that?"

Frank suddenly let go of my shoulder and moved back a little. "What?" he spoke. As soon as he said those words, the final nail in the coffin arrived - a telepathic message from Itaku, saying only one word - 'Help'. All I ever needed to hear. My fists clenched almost automatically, followed by my aura and hair rising, spikying up and turning golden, all within the timeframe of only a few seconds. Huh. Transforming has become much faster and easier nowadays. As soon as my Solar Super Saiyan transformation finalized, - of course, sowing shock into my team members' eyes - I turned around and shot towards the little kid Buu at full speed. He's charging an energy attack in his hand... one strong enough to wipe this planet off the face of the Universe in an instant.

Oh crap, he's firing it! I must hurry! Moving thousands of times faster than light, I appeared in front of the speeding pink energy ball in an instant, and slammed my right fist precisely into the attack's core, punching it into outer space almost immediately. Phew. That's one time I saved the planet, at least. Buu looked at me weirdly, as if he's sick of seeing my face. Fine by me. Before he could respond or start wrecking me with that gargantuan power of his, I charged up some energy in my palms and fired it as a two-handed golden energy beam, flinging him away far enough that I could safely descend to the surface of the crater below me and check up on Itaku. And she was not looking well. Although she was still in her weird blue-haired unsensable form, she definitely didn't look like she could keep fighting. It would be easier to find patches of her skin that aren't covered in wounds or blood. And the clothes didn't look any better.

Though, her bra was showing, so that's a plus. She looks pretty neat from here.

"Are you okay, Itaku?" I spoke and kneeled down, holding my teammate's head.

"I'm... fine, I guess." she replied. I promptly exclaimed:

"No, you're not! Just look at yourself! I think it would be easier to count the number of your bones that aren't broken!"

Itaku coughed up some blood, right on my arm. Eww! Gross! "Well, then I'm not fine..."

"That's not the spirit! We shouldn't just give up!" Wait, did I screw up somewhere? Pretty sure. I lifted the Heran girl from the pile of rubble she was laying on and helped her stand up. Good, she can still stay on her feet - though barely.

"Well, see? She's still alright! And now Buu is coming here as we spea-" Frank's voice reached my ears - he caught up to me - but I quickly cut him off:

"He was going to destroy the planet!"

"I WAS GETTING TO THAT!"

"Buu not like you shouting!" Oh. No. Crap. But... I should've flung him to outer space with that attack! How is he already up?

!

And then Frank got slapped away. He was replaced by the little pink monster, who started stating at us with a creepy face and smirking. I turned to Itaku and spoke:

"So... Itaku... do you have any last-last-resort moves up your sleeve?"

"Well... kind of. But I need some time to recover my stamina."

"Oh... It was actually meant to be just a rhetorical question making fun of the fact that we're going to die a painful death. Together."

"Why did you put emphasis on 'together'?"

Oh. Buu was sleeping in mid-sized throughout our entire conversation, then suddenly woke up, roared, beat on his chest like a little pink gorilla and then charged right at us. Well, Itaku, if you have a move up your sleeve that hopefully actually works, and you need me to hold him off, I'll bite. I gave the Heran a thumbs-up, then leaped forward and slammed my fist between the Majin's eyes. He staggered a bit, but it didn't seem to do much damage, and then a flurry of punches flew across my nose as retaliation. Nose already broken - that ain't good.

I powered up as much as I could, then kicked Buu away and proceeded to fire a barrage of high-speed energy blasts at his flinging body. Then a few more energy beams, then finger lasers. Then I appeared in front of the battered pink body, grabbed it by the leg and slammed him to the flat ground. Phew... Huh! What came out of the cloud of dust and pulverized rock was a pink ball that struck me in the stomach, then flew across me and started hitting me over and over from all sides. It's... him! Him, Majin Buu, just that he crouched into a ball! Every single hit was more painful than the other - he kept pounding me without remorse - until he finally moved back into his normal humanoid form, inflated his fist to a comically massive size and smashed me into a boulder.

Ugh...

Blood from the forehead was dripping across my eyes. While still in the wreckage, I fired a beam if Heat Vision at the Majin, turning his chest into a hole. He regenerated. Of course. I zipped out of the rubble pile and sent my fist at his jaw, only for him to catch it with his left hand and push it back. I sent another, he stretched out his antenna and slapped me in the cheek with it. You... You... Buu then started charging energy in his right palm, preparing for an energy attack, but he got suddenly kicked away by a familiar person.

Lucien! Super Saiyan Sparky! It's interesting how, while me and Frank were commenting through the right between Buu and Itaku, he stood calm and father away from us. Was he always such a loner? Or is he depressed or something? But now, his face was just angry.

"You leave my friends alone, you ugly monster!" Lucien exclaimed and fired a volley of energy blasts at the Majin, only to deal no damage to him whatsoever. Crap... Buu teleported in front of the little Saiyan - standing almost equal in height - and proceeded to send a flurry of punches to his chest and face. He's definitely doing worse than any one of us. The monster was about to finish it off with a chop to the neck, but a yet another familiar sight pulled him out of close combat range.

Frank! In his Definitely Not Super Saiyan mode. He was holding Lucien in his arms, as if he were his child. Probably unintentional.

"Are you okay, Lucien?" he commented.

"Ah... agh... He's very strong..." the boy responded. Frank placed him down on the ground, then looked back at Kid Buu.

"Having fun yet?" he exclaimed. Buu beat on his chest and started laughing. "I figured." Frank charged towards the Majin in all of his Transcendent speed, then sent his right fist at his cheek. No damage. Ooh crap, not good. Buu smirked, then his eyes flashed and started charging energy. Frank's not going to take an eye beam. Am I still in Solar Super Saiyan? Yeah... And then I immediately appeared next to the man and pulled him out of range, getting a beam pierce through my shoulder...

instead...

AH! The pain caught me! I soon descended back to my base form and grabbed onto the place of the wound, desperately trying to avoid bleeding out. He just one-shot me! I thought I could no-sell it... but it appears that he was actually stronger than I thought...

"Oh, no! Are you alright?" Frank exclaimed and approached me.

"What... does it... look like?!" I muttered out, focusing more on the wound than him. He was about to reply, but he suddenly turned around and clenched his fists. Kid Buu descended in front of us. Oh, that's why. We're as close to losing as ever... Every capable member of our little superhero group has been incapacitated, except for Frank, who isn't expected to do any better. ITAKU! WHERE ARE YO-

"Hey! Majin Buu!" A familiar voice was caught by my ears. I turned my head to that direction to see the Heran, in full health, completely restored, surrounded by a massive and this rainbow-colored aura, looking at the Majin with a furious look in her eyes. H-How? Magic? Plot? I collapsed on my knees from the pain and the blood loss. He hit a major blood vessel there... "Every action you take creates an echo - one that is either good or evil. Your own negative energy will be your undoing." That's out of character for her. She seems so... determined, and profound. Kid Buu frowned, then charged forward, shouting and muttering incoherent phrases while throwing his fist forward. He's about to hit! Oh, she teleported behind him.

Itaku then raised her right palm to about her shoulders' height, then created a white glowing ball of energy above it. It's weird - I don't sense much power in that attack, and yet even I can feel it's purity - there's not a trace of negative energy in it!

"I think I finally understand you, you creature. You can survive anything, but you are pure evil - and if that evil is destroyed, you will become history. STARFIRE FLASH!"

The next thing Majin Buu knew, he was hit by an attack that quite literally ripped him apart at the most basic level. It didn't attack his atoms, it didn't attack his cells - it attacked his very essence, the evil inside him. His body soon turned into disconnected dust, gas and pieces of gum, and once the light show was finished, I could no longer sense him. Nowhere in the Universe. He was gone.

It was so... humbling.

"Is he... dead?" Frank spoke. Itaku responded with:

"I hope so. I can't sense him anymore." The Heran girl then teleported in front of me and drew some strange symbol in front of my chest, and in an instant, I was back in perfect condition. Magic...

"What was THAT all about?" I exclaimed.

"I... healed you."

"No, no, the Starfire Flash thing. How did you even do that?"

"A wizard did it." she jokingly replied, then teleported in front of Lucien and healed him, too.

"Don't you pull jokes on me!" I spoke. Darn... well, this is incredibly unfair. I trained as hard as I could in the Time Chamber for a year, and I'm still leagues below some one who merely got to stand around for a few hours and get her potential unlocked... I'll have to train even harder, from now on.

"So, it's over... it's finally over." Frank descended back down on the ground and spoke. "No more deaths, no more pink goo."

"So, in the case that another overly snarky evil dude comes in, where could I find you?" I asked.

"I think I might have to check up on my home planet, see how they're doing." Itaku was the first to detail her plans. "After all, we still haven't completely pushed the Celestial Androids out of our territory."

"Speaking of the Celestial Androids, Xicor has been bugging me with that. I guess I could give my brother a visit for him to stop bothering me."

"Uh, Frank," Lucien turned to him. "Back on that island, you said you were going to train me, right?"

"Oh, uh, maybe. We'll have to see about that."

"After all, everyone here has surpassed me so far that I need someone as a training partner."

"Well, I suppose this is where the story ends, but a whole other one begins." I commented. "I can already imagine the posters: 'Third Alternative - a fire-forged superhero team!'. So..."

I placed my palm in the center of the ring. Itaku went back to her base form and placed her hand on top, then Lucien, and then, though rather reluctantly, Frank. I continued:

"And now... say with me! When the corrupt big names don't cut it... THIRD ALTERNATIVE!"

Thankfully, they followed my order, and after saying the chant, we moved the palms out. Frank was quick to comment:

"This is so dumb. And the name is dumb, too."

"Well, how about you try coming up for a superhero group name?" I replied. Even though it sounded a bit angry, I didn't mean it. It's just friends screwing around. After all, we just defeated one of the most powerful enemies this planet has ever seen!

Wait.

We defeated a powerful villain as a team. Darn, we're actual superheroes now! I'll have to think of a name for myself, and a costume...

And this is where we can finally fade the screen to black.

[The Rebel Alliances]

Ralph the Rat-16-New Namek

The celebration would have to wait, after I harnessed this new power, it felt for a moment that Frost was beaten. I had after all punched him literally into orbit. But now only moments after his defeat seemed at hand. Everything seemed as if it were about to rip apart. The trees from the earth as well as the earth itself began to shear away under the massive force which erupted from the Monster, whom after receiving a beating, transformed once more. He had unleashed such a titanic wave of telekinetic energy that the structural integrity of New Namek was threatened. I thre both of my arms out, preparing to meet his force equally with my own, but as I did so, my eyes took in the sight around me. His own power, was taking a huge toll on the planet. If I were to fight back in equal force, I was certain the world would tear itself apart.

As the attack grew ever closer, I felt the presence of another being, one far more powerful than even my current state. A golden entity, had arrived during our battle but for now stood on the sidelines. My own self appointed mission, had been accomplished. The line had been held, until reinforcements arrived. Allowing my small arms to drop to my side, I met the telekinetic attack with only my gaze. Saying nothing to Frost. But a look of smug confidence, that a being had finally arrived who would finish what I started, and save this world.

But as a result, the attack met me full force. I was not harmed, for being in my Mystic state, but I was hurled across the continent. Plowing through two mountains, five forests and a desert before I came to a halt. Buried in a mound of cold sand, I pushed sand from me as I looked into the sky...seeing stars upon realizing.

He actually blasted me to the other side of the world...

As it was mid day where we did battle, in contrast to the midnight here. Dusting myself off, I caught a glimpse of my hands as I saw that I was no longer in my Mystic Form, being cast out of it early by the attack. Add to that, the momentarily drained Chaos Emeralds surrounded me, missing the glistening shine they once had. I began to pick them back up, knowing that they would return to power in time.

With my chapter in the struggle for New Namek written. And the emeralds collected, I gave a silent sigh as I began the long trek back to the battlefield, to see if the faith I placed in that golden hero to finish the fight was well placed.

[New Rnclave]

Hiroshi: After Buu's Defeat

Warm.

Warm and comfortable.

Cracking his eyes open, Hiroshi squinted through the bright light of the sun, slowly managing to get into a sitting position as he fought through his soreness. The first thing he noticed, to a measure of relief, was that Buu's power had disappeared, meaning the battle had ended. With a small sigh, Hiroshi climbed to his feet.

" Incredible." Letting the words slip past his lips, Hiroshi glanced over the lush planet as he walked along the stone. This was hardly the most beautiful planet he'd ever visited, but compared to the twisted wreckage of a city, he could enjoy this. Continuing his slow walk, Hiroshi spotted the Supreme Kai ahead.

" Hey!" The Saiyan finally shouted." Where's everyone else?"

[Finland SSR]

Hiroshi: After Buu's Defeat

Warm.

Warm and comfortable.

Cracking his eyes open, Hiroshi squinted through the bright light of the sun, slowly managing to get into a sitting position as he fought through his soreness. The first thing he noticed, to a measure of relief, was that Buu's power had disappeared, meaning the battle had ended. With a small sigh, Hiroshi climbed to his feet.

" Incredible." Letting the words slip past his lips, Hiroshi glanced over the lush planet as he walked along the stone. This was hardly the most beautiful planet he'd ever visited, but compared to the twisted wreckage of a city, he could enjoy this. Continuing his slow walk, Hiroshi spotted the Supreme Kai ahead.

" Hey!" The Saiyan finally shouted." Where's everyone else?"

Supreme Kai

Alright, how about I do this... Looks like the sorting out is almost finished. I noticed that the people from the other universe have a different and somewhat distinct signature compared to one of ours, so I could separate them from the rest fairly easily. The last few sleeping bodies were placed telepathically to neat and orderly rows. Now, how to bring them back to their universe?.. Huh?

I heard someone speak behind me. Huh? I turned around. Hiroshi? How is he already awake? Nevertheless, I should respond appropriately.

"Oh. Hiroshi. You're awake." I spoke. "Don't worry, Buu has been defeated and your daughter is still alive and on Earth. It was a very close call, though. So, do you want me to teleport you back or..."

"Or what? Come on, youngling, where else could he go?" Old Kai commented. "The young generation always tries to make things dramatic and everything..."

[Galnius]

Cora
Cora heard Jamie's question about her knowing someone in prison and couldn't help but smile slightly. "Well, they're not in prison exactly. He's a guard there. He used to work for the government but he's retired, that's how I know him." Cora told her teammates and soon after they finally arrived a the prison. Cora showed her clearance badge at the gate before the security guards let them inside. It was a large gated facility, with nothing but open field visible for miles beyond the service road. They made it to the lobby of the prison and Cora realized they'd have to pass a metal detector. "Um, we should try to find another way to the holding facility. I'd rather not have to explain why I set the metal detector off." Cora whispered to Jamie and Marybeth, clearly a little embarrassed that she hadn't considered that detail.

Marybet considered for a moment, eyeing the area as well as thinking about the knives in her pockets and elsewhere. "I'm not really sure..." she replied. "If you could hold some things for me, i suppose I could find him easily enough...maybe. What's his name? " She heightened her hearing, listening throughout the prison, finding conversations. Using this, she found what could be both the visitors area as well as the mess hall. "If we are feeling risky... We could go through the prisoners yard."

[The Republic of Atria]

Xander watched as Frost took a new form that he didn't use when he was on Earth while he fought the strange creatures. Hmmm. Interesting. He has gotten stronger. I wonder by how much? Hopefully it was enough to where he would get a decent fight out of the Arcosian. It took a little bit, but Frost did seem to come out on top against the creatures. Which led Xander to clap. "Well done! You defeated some woodland creatures! Must've been quite difficult if they forced you to transform." Admittedly they did had a rather large suite of telekinetic abilities from what he understood. He hadn't fought too many of them, but from his little experience, it was a pain in the ass. "You probably remember me from such adventures as, My Ex-girlfriend Tore Your Legs Off and Brain Surgery Featuring Me."

"But I do see that you're back on your feet again. That's good. Poor Julie didn't have the heart to end your life." Xander said. "It's weird though. Lately, every single person that I wanted to kill, just lined themselves up and let me remove them. It's like a dream come true. And then. I get a call that you're back and making a ruckus. And I see that you've got a new form. Neat. I've got one too. But if this is anything like last time. There's a good chance I won't need it. I did some searching and research. Found out a lot about myself. Changed my name, got married. Started a country. You know how it goes. Life, right?" He asked in a pleasant tone.

[New Rob Halfordia]

Xander watched as Frost took a new form that he didn't use when he was on Earth while he fought the strange creatures. Hmmm. Interesting. He has gotten stronger. I wonder by how much? Hopefully it was enough to where he would get a decent fight out of the Arcosian. It took a little bit, but Frost did seem to come out on top against the creatures. Which led Xander to clap. "Well done! You defeated some woodland creatures! Must've been quite difficult if they forced you to transform." Admittedly they did had a rather large suite of telekinetic abilities from what he understood. He hadn't fought too many of them, but from his little experience, it was a pain in the ass. "You probably remember me from such adventures as, My Ex-girlfriend Tore Your Legs Off and Brain Surgery Featuring Me."

"But I do see that you're back on your feet again. That's good. Poor Julie didn't have the heart to end your life." Xander said. "It's weird though. Lately, every single person that I wanted to kill, just lined themselves up and let me remove them. It's like a dream come true. And then. I get a call that you're back and making a ruckus. And I see that you've got a new form. Neat. I've got one too. But if this is anything like last time. There's a good chance I won't need it. I did some searching and research. Found out a lot about myself. Changed my name, got married. Started a country. You know how it goes. Life, right?" He asked in a pleasant tone.

Frost chuckled as Xander spoke, "I'm glad to see your attitude hasn't changed a bit. It's bringing up such fond memories." the Arcosian said, as red lightning shot through the sky above him, "Its going to be so fun catching up, I haven't seen for, well, several years by my count. And my legs have recovered quite well. I'd say they've even improved. My calves are so defined in this form, I really have to thank you. If it weren't for my seething rage, I never would have felt compelled to train myself to this point."

Suddenly, the warlord cracked his neck, stretching his arms, "I suspect you're not here to shoot the shit though, right? I'm glad you've accomplished so much, because now I can burn all those achievements to the ground. First, I'll not just destroy your country, but the planet it's located on. Then, I'll kill your loved ones, although, that could occur in step one as well. Hell, I may even find a way to legally change your name back to Alex if I can be bothered, if only to get a good laugh. Then I'm going to hunt down Julie, Arctico and ones who killed my nephew and return to Arcos." he said, sarcastically, "Sound like a plan, buddy?"

[Zarkenis Ultima]

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Black Sun blinked at Prototype's violent reaction to her polite words. She hadn't expected him to shout at her simply for explaining something that she thought was too much for primitive minds to grasp; after all, he had been the one to say that he wouldn't have known. Whatever this 'sarcasm' was, she figured, it was probably a defense mechanism for lesser species to defend their pride and intelligence. Regardless, she opted not to say anything more about it, not wanting to make Prototype angry once again, if only because then it would be an unnecessary hassle to deal with him.

"Not stupid. Just less advanced." She clarified, hoping that it would cheer him up.

"Dragon Balls? I've heard of those. I can help you look for them if you want. I really just came here because I thought finding the threat might be fun. My sister is recovering on Earth so I can't wander very far until she's okay." She stated, not really realizing that Earth and New Namek weren't exactly close to begin with, in other people's perspectives. Looking around, she found a strange small ball near one of the dead PTO soldiers' corpse. Picking it up, she analyzed it, her eyes flashing red once again. "Is this one of them? If so, I think I can sense another one..." She said as she looked out at the horizon, her eyes still flashing. After a moment she pinpointed the location of a similar object, and the soles of her shoes lit up with nuclear energy as she rose into the air. "I think I found it. Follow me." She spoke, before heading off.

Unbeknownst to her, she and Prototype were headed towards a Namekian village where Frost's soldiers were causing a massacre in search of the Dragon Balls.

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As she carefully and delicately used her claws to scrape the pink paint from her dressing table's mirror, Kirisvala felt something in her head, what could only be described as an incoming thought. Listening to it, she was happy to hear Mars' voice, but this was quickly overshadowed by the surprise she displayed upon learning that his room, too, had been painted over near-completely. She almost chuckled at the absurdity of the whole situation, but instead, she simply answered the question.

"Yes, Mars. Everything is covered in pink, even my mirror." She conveyed to him through their intimate link, wondering what exactly had happened, and if it had happened to everyone else as well. "Who do you think could've done this? Most of us were out in the mission, and I think everything was already painted over when I came back... I don't think anyone broke into the tower just for this, either..."

Meanwhile, downstairs, one of the many speakers hidden throughout the room spoke to Ava once Rin had left.

"IT IS PURPLE, MISS AVA. BUT PLEASE DO NOT INFORM MISS TARLA OF THAT." ADAM, the computer, stated.

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As swiftly as possible, Sarah jumped into the way of the wizard's attack, shielding Hannah from it. Yet, even though she was still armed with the gauntlet of shadows and used it to block the attack, her entire arm hurt from the sheer impact. Hannah would've likely sustained less damage from the attack, even with nothing to shield her, but Sarah did not think of that. Besides her own frailty, her greatest weakness was her concern for her sisters, which often kept her from acting rationally. To make matters worse, despite Samantha's attempts to keep Roy safe, the wizard had now taken hold of him as well, meaning that now, he had not only one, but two hostages that he could use against them if he so wished. The black-haired woman frantically alternated her gaze between the two captives and her sisters, wondering how she should proceed.

Eventually, she made up her mind, and, taking a deep breath, she slashed at the arm that was currently holding Roy, managing to sever the limb, which was less flesh and bone and more sheer chaotic energy by this point. Regardless, the shadows cut through it, releasing Roy, but the hand quickly reformed at the wizard's side and he proceeded to backhand Sarah while she was distracted, sending her flying back and crashing into the flipped-over limousine, letting out a sharp cry of pain. She was fragile, and battles like these were not a place for her to be, not to mention that she was already growing tired, even though they had only fought against the wizard for a short time. Things weren't looking bright.

Meanwhile, the wizard teleported away from the reach of the sisters, standing atop a nearby rooftop and laughing maliciously as he held John in his grasp.

"She has chosen, brave knight! Do you see? She has made a choice, and it wasn't you." He teased the struggling man as his twin yellow eyes glared at Sarah. "She freed the boy instead of you. I wonder if you would have saved her from me if you knew she would do this?" He asked, turning his gaze towards John, having suddenly grown deathly silent as he watched his response, all while Sarah helpessly observed them below.

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Etla looked back at Serene with a smile on her face. "Oh, well, you're the ones who asked to come along, no? Didn't you hear from Cloudy that this place was a warzone?" She asked, before pointing at an approaching wave of Dathomiri forces with her sword. Cyclone's tip glowed brightly, and in a moment, a large beam of light shot forth from it, taking out several troopers with ease. "See? They're not even that hard to deal with. They're probably weaker than the golems, so just have fun. I'll join you once I find out where Craig is." She stated, wanting to see him for at least a moment before she moved on to the Dathomiri and began help culling their numbers.

It was very fortunate for her, then, that a few seconds after she had spoke those words, she heard her boyfriend's voice coming from behind her. The Rainborn turned around and grinned widely as she looked into his eyes, merely standing still as she felt him caressing her cheek, happy to see him. When he challenged her to see who managed to take out a hundred opponents first, she simply giggled. "You might as well include the legion, it's not like they will change much." She teased him, before watching him walk towards Serene and Darian and introuce himself to them. She smiled, hoping the three would get along well.

As Craig explained the terms of the match, however, Etla turned very serious. All of the sudden, there was something incredibly important at stake, and not giving it her best was no longer an option. "AHHH! I didn't even bother to count the ones I took out before you arrived here!" She shouted, alarmed, recalling the burst of light she had created upon landing in Chad, which had obliterated several footsoldiers, and the wave of light she had fired at a few of them before hearing Craig's voice. Alarmed, she was about to rush off into the battlefield, but before she did so, some of the manners she had learned during the time she had spent on Earth so far were brought to the surface, and she turned towards the one who had introduced him as the Deity of the Void. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Lord. I'm Etla." The golden-haired girl waved at him.

Then, she rushed into the fray at blinding speeds, shooting into the enemy troops and causing mayhem wherever she passed, beams and explosions of light suddenly gracing the entire battlefield as she used part of the power of her Star Core to get rid of the invading forces as soon as possible, not to save Chad or the Earth, but to make sure that she wouldn't have to watch Craig eat all the donuts once they went back home. Eventually, the Rainborn found herself rather close to the area where Gaia's Scion and Storm were making their stand. One of the Dathomiri warhounds present in the battlefields was about to leap towards them, but before it could do anything, and most importantly, before they could retaliate, Etla flew forward and smashed her shoulder into the Warhound, causing massive damage and sending it flying away from the battle despite its size.

"That's probably the hundredth." Etla decided, not knowing that she had already inflicted a hundred casualties on the Dathomiri troops several times by now. After all, it was not too easy to notice the progress made, considering how more and more Dathomiri soldiers and machines were being dropped off or teleporting to Chad. Still, she was not in as much of a hurry as before, and so, she decided to say hello. Thus, she flew down to where the two African women were fighting, and waved at them. "Hello there. I'm Etla." She said, before pausing and frowning. "Hey! Haven't I seen the two of you on TV?" She wondered.

Just about then, the Rainborn happened to hear a familiar voice, and smiled brightly. "Hey! Ihra! I'm over here!" She shouted at her sister over the roar of the battlefield.

[The Dark Brotherhood of Deros]

Prototype
Once again Prototype sighed at the girl, how naive was she anyway? Whatever, she offered to help him find the Dragon Balls, so he may as well accept her help. "Whatever." He said, responding to her remark that he was "Less Advanced". If anything as an android, he was more advanced then she could ever hope to be! She rose into the air, and Prototype flew up to join her.

"You do realize that Earth and New Namek are several light-years away from each-other right?" He asked as he flew beside her. His sensors then detected the enemy forces up ahead in the village, and he froze, stoping Black Sun with his arm. "Do you feel that? I'm detecting life signatures up ahead. Both Namekian and some other race. And the Namekian signatures are decreasing in number." He informed her, his eyes narrowing as he tried to get a better picture of the situation.

[The Republic of Atria]

Xander watched as Frost took a new form that he didn't use when he was on Earth while he fought the strange creatures. Hmmm. Interesting. He has gotten stronger. I wonder by how much? Hopefully it was enough to where he would get a decent fight out of the Arcosian. It took a little bit, but Frost did seem to come out on top against the creatures. Which led Xander to clap. "Well done! You defeated some woodland creatures! Must've been quite difficult if they forced you to transform." Admittedly they did had a rather large suite of telekinetic abilities from what he understood. He hadn't fought too many of them, but from his little experience, it was a pain in the ass. "You probably remember me from such adventures as, My Ex-girlfriend Tore Your Legs Off and Brain Surgery Featuring Me."

"But I do see that you're back on your feet again. That's good. Poor Julie didn't have the heart to end your life." Xander said. "It's weird though. Lately, every single person that I wanted to kill, just lined themselves up and let me remove them. It's like a dream come true. And then. I get a call that you're back and making a ruckus. And I see that you've got a new form. Neat. I've got one too. But if this is anything like last time. There's a good chance I won't need it. I did some searching and research. Found out a lot about myself. Changed my name, got married. Started a country. You know how it goes. Life, right?" He asked in a pleasant tone.

Frost chuckled as Xander spoke, "I'm glad to see your attitude hasn't changed a bit. It's bringing up such fond memories." the Arcosian said, as red lightning shot through the sky above him, "Its going to be so fun catching up, I haven't seen for, well, several years by my count. And my legs have recovered quite well. I'd say they've even improved. My calves are so defined in this form, I really have to thank you. If it weren't for my seething rage, I never would have felt compelled to train myself to this point."

Suddenly, the warlord cracked his neck, stretching his arms, "I suspect you're not here to shoot the shit though, right? I'm glad you've accomplished so much, because now I can burn all those achievements to the ground. First, I'll not just destroy your country, but the planet it's located on. Then, I'll kill your loved ones, although, that could occur in step one as well. Hell, I may even find a way to legally change your name back to Alex if I can be bothered, if only to get a good laugh. Then I'm going to hunt down Julie, Arctico and ones who killed my nephew and return to Arcos." he said, sarcastically, "Sound like a plan, buddy?"

"See. The problem with that is, you're assuming I'm going to let you leave this planet as anything more than a smear on the bottom of my foot. Well. That and the... Other thing." He spoke waving his hand in circles. "Don't wanna spoil the surprise. You're a smart guy. Mostly. I'll let you figure it out. And as for me not just being here to chew the fat. I don't see why we can't do both. I mean at least until you die. Then it'll get real quiet. So let's just jump into the meat of things. I'll start you off at a nice and easy 1% power just to see how you stack up. If you're a good boy, I'll go up to 2!" There was something about Frost. The only person not to call him out on his sarcasm, but instead, return it. It made the fight all the more exciting. It was almost like he saw a bit of himself in the Arcosian. A sarcastic dickhead. The part of himself he embraced.

And thus, it was time for the actual fight to begin. Xander bent his legs and launched himself at Frost with such power, that the entire island behind him was smashed into the water. Readying his hand, supercharged with energy that when it came into contact with it's target, not only would it be a powerful blow, but followed up with a massive energy wave.

[New Rob Halfordia]

As Xander launched himself towards Frost, the Arcosian's mask quickly deployed, and he braced himself for the strike. He had no idea just how powerful the hit would be, and if he had to be pained for a moment to gauge that, then it would be worth it later in the fight. Given that he was at 1% power as well, this would be an accurate indicator of just how large or small the deficit between the warriors was. The Arcosian was sure of one thing though. He was being vastly underestimated.

Frost crossed his arms as the strike hit, the punch sending a massive shockwave through the air. It was at precisely that moment that Frost remembered why he wished to fight Xander, as his body went spiraling out of control, flying through the air like a ragdoll. The Arcosian couldn't help but smile under his mask as he found himself planted in a mountainside. He had forgotten what an actual challenge felt like, fighting somebody who has the potential to push him to his limit, and perhaps, even farther.

As he slowly yanked his body from the rocks, Frost rubbed his wrist, yelling out to Xander, who floated in the out in the sky, "Come on, that was a cheap shot!" the Arcosian caustically shouted, "Where I come from, both parties usually agree before the actual fighting starts, you don't just come out swinging like a madman. Learn some etiquette."

As Frost finished, he lifted his hand, as it began to glow orange. Firing it at Xander, he chuckled under his breath, as it wasn't just some normal energy attack, but a Cold Clan signature. An attack that paralyzes anyone it touches, encasing them in an explosive orange bubble that only the person who used the attack can touch. If Xander tried to deflect it or simply block, it would do its magic and capture him in the bubble.

[New Rnclave]

Adrian had actually stopped listening to everything around him, excluding the two infront of him. The Saiyan noisily demanding money from him would have to wait, it seemed.
He was really wondering about Hiroshi. Part of him wanted to punch him in the face to throw him back into his rude/angry attitude and another part of him didn't...but that would power him down.
He idly stood and shook from side to side as he 'kept the momentum going' or something along those lines.
"Not to cut things short but weren't we going to find out why everything and everyone is dead or dying? That sounds more important"He grit his teeth.

Hiroshi:

Glancing over, Hiroshi shrugged at Adrian, quietly building up power into his body, preparing to reveal his Ascended Saiyan form. Every moment of energy left him with time to weigh his options, to decide whether this guy was actually with training, and whether he should stay on Namek.

" We know why they're dead." Hiroshi spoke slowly, his onyx eyes swirling with emerald as his power spiked once again." All I want to know is who and why they did it."

[The Republic of Atria]

"I don't fight to play fair, Frost. I fight to win. Besides. We have a saying back on Earth. All's fair in love and war. It makes me almost sad. In another universe, you and I could've been friends, but that's neither here nor there." Xander admitted and prepared to swat the bright orange blast away from his body as a show of force, but quickly found himself duped. Instead of sending the blast elsewhere into the sky, he found himself surrounded by a bubble. "Ah- Oh... Frost. If you wanted to take me out to dinner, you could've just asked first. I would've said no, but I'm getting a really weird vibe here." Was taunting his opponent who had him trapped a smart idea? No. It rarely is, but he just couldn't resist.

[The Starlight]

"Oh, hello, Ihra," stated the inventor as he caught his doscs, before throwing them at some approaching foes. He searched the battlefield with his eyes for Etla, and soon found her tearing through hundreds of Dathomiri. "She's over there, with those two women, Valancy and Storm" , he said, pointing with a finger. "I am so going to lose this bet..." He muttered in resignation, before turning his attention to Ihra again. "How have you been?"

"Any suggestions then?" Craig asked a few minutes after his conversation with Ihra as he took the Dark Lord's hand, dispatching another Dathomiri with a swarm of his nanobots. "And er, do you have an name besides tour title. It's a bit unwieldy to call you by your full title in normal conversation. What is this Void, if you don't mind my asking. And what brings you to Earth?" He'll queried, intrigued.
---

Valancy looked up at the woman, having seen her interaction with Criag, surmised that this was the illustrious Etla whom Craig was enamoured with. "Hello! You're Etla, right? I knew Craig back in college, and we keep in contact every once in a while. It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Valancy, and this is Ororo."

"Since when were we on television?" Asked Storm, curious, Valancy herself wondering how they had somehow failed to notice media coverage of their journey around Africa."

[Tomia]

Darian and Serene
Serene smiled and nodded to Etla, Darian did the same. "Killing weird creatures is something I can get behind!" He said, lifting his massive blade into the air. Serene smiled at Craig when he introduced himself. "So you're Craig huh? Etla has talked about you. She says your a genius." Serene told him. "I'm Serene, it's nice to meet you. And this..." She looked aorund and saw that Darian was already hacking through enemies. "Well that's my brother Darian. Well, I should probably help him, we should talk after though!" She called before rushing off with Darian to join the battle, firing arrows that soon turned into giant blasts of light, killing dozens of enemies at a time.

[New Rob Halfordia]

"I don't fight to play fair, Frost. I fight to win. Besides. We have a saying back on Earth. All's fair in love and war. It makes me almost sad. In another universe, you and I could've been friends, but that's neither here nor there." Xander admitted and prepared to swat the bright orange blast away from his body as a show of force, but quickly found himself duped. Instead of sending the blast elsewhere into the sky, he found himself surrounded by a bubble. "Ah- Oh... Frost. If you wanted to take me out to dinner, you could've just asked first. I would've said no, but I'm getting a really weird vibe here." Was taunting his opponent who had him trapped a smart idea? No. It rarely is, but he just couldn't resist.

Frost was gripping his stomach laughing as he floated up to Xander, as his now incapacitated opponent let out a series of snarky remarks, as was expected. Frost ironically made a tear wiping motion under his eye, his laughing simmering down, "You know, Goldie, can I call you Goldie?" he asked, rhetorically, "The only people I've known who ever fell for this trick were Saiyans. Saiyans. What does that say about your intelligence?"

Suddenly the Arcosian cracked his knuckles, "But, enough insults." he said, stretching his arms, "I've got a high score to beat."

"One!" Frost yelled, suddenly kicking the ball Xander was entrapped in, sending it flying towards a mountain. But, just before it struck the cliff face, the Arcosian appeared in between the ball and the rocks. "Two!" Frost yelled once more, giving the ball another kick, this time towards the ground. Once more, he appeared between the ball and its target, kicking it away just in time, and yelling out the number he was at. He repeated this process until eventually, both he and the ball were moving to fast to properly see, and he was getting in hundreds of kicks in mere seconds.

Finally, he slammed the ball into a mountain side, causing it to implode, creating a massive blast which covered the island, containing massive power despite the small blast radius. As the explosion faded, Frost landed on the ground several meters away from where Xander had been kicked. "How many was that by your count?" he asked, using his fingers to count, "I think I got up to 8,000. May have even beat my little shit nephew."

[The Republic of Atria]

"I'd prefer Xander, honestly. You don't get to call me nicknames until after the first date. And... Yeah. I walked right into that one. I'll give you that." He managed to get out before Frost started his onslaught. Knocking him all over New Namek. Shattering his bones. The amount of compound fractures he received was inhuman. He managed to crawl out of the rubble before his regeneration kicked in. " 'Ooo eee. Un se'ond." He tried to speak with his jaw effectively powderized. One bright golden flash later, and his bones were back on the inside where they belonged. "There we go. Good as new. Cool new trick I picked up a few months ago. Well, that one and a few others. Like this one for instance."

"Here's a funny story. My wife made play this stupid game we have back home. It's called Dance Dance Revolution. I can't dance. However, we're gonna see if you got the talent. If you survive. Good on you. The more likely outcome... You'll resemble a Thanksgiving ham crossed with Swiss Cheese." He said and pointed both of his pointer fingers at Frost and fired a massive barrage of thin, matter cutting beams at the Arcosian. The beams were capable of slicing the electrons off of an atom.

[New Rob Halfordia]

Regeneration. How annoying. Frost was about to make a remark when he suddenly found himself being assaulted by hundreds of matter cutting beam. The Arcosian began dodging the beams as Xander fired them, weaving in between them with immense speed. Sure, his atoms were packed denser than almost anything in the universe, as part of his mutation, but he wasn't going to put them to the test right now. He was easily fast enough to keep up with the beams, when suddenly, something happened.

He jumped away backwards, out of the beams' paths, and lifted his tail in front of his face. One of the attacks had sliced directly across it, leaving a skin deep cut over half of his tail's circumference. "That really... really... hurts." Frost mumbled, as blood dripped down his tail. Inhaling deeply, he looked up at Xander, "I just want to assure you, what I'm about to do, I do not out of love, but out of rage and hatred. Just clarifying because I don't want there to be any confusion when I put you out of your misery."

Suddenly, the Frost's muscles bulked up slightly, and he grew several inches taller. Not only that, but his power increased by over fifty times, causing a small crater to form around his body. "Earlier you said if I was a good boy you'd let me see more of your power." the Arcosian said, in a slightly deeper voice, "Well I'm about to earn a good noodle star."

Suddenly Frost disappeared, as the land behind where he stood was all but annihilated, as miles and miles of land were absolutely shattered from his movement. Moving massively FTL speeds, the warlord launched himself at Xander, throwing a punch with the concentrated power of a large supernova.

[The Republic of Atria]

"Awe... Did big bad Frosty get a boo-boo? Don't worry. I'll kiss it and make it all better-" It was then that Frost moved faster than he could keep track off and hit him hard enough that he quiet literally exploded in a fantastic display of gore. It actually took a second for him to regenerate from that. But once again, his signature bright yellow flash had him restored and laughing. Genuine laughter. "Okay... Okay. That was funny. Oh.. It's been awhile since I've had this much fun. I must've struck a nerve somewhere... I mean that literally and figuratively. Since I kinda... Shot your tail." He said and took a deep breath. "Alright. You've been the good noddle I asked for. So you'll get the treat. I'll boost all the way up to 5%. Just for you." Of course that was his maximum safe limit before reality started to become rather mushy and explosive, but Frost didn't know that.

Xander's power shot incredibly high. Bright golden lightning surrounded his body and grew more and more intense. Splitting the ground, gravity began to shift, causing minor anomalies such as rocks and mountains that floated into the air, stayed floating there. The soft flesh and bone was replaced by pure golden yellow energy. His true form. "Do you like it? Of course you do." He snickered. "Now that you've seen me in all of my glory. You discover my secret yet? That's right. My hair tie is now gone. Well that, and I'm quantum energy given sentience. But Naja, that's my wife's name by the way, is gonna be so mad when I go home having lost it for the fifth time this week. But enough about me."

"I'm gonna show you just how fucked you really are." He rapidly teleported, delivering a massive barrage of blows with each new angle he took. "Do ya want me to slow down?"

[Charmera]

Blood...

I'm covered in blood...

Lisa opened her eyes and looked around, seeing she was lying prone among a puddle of blood, her entire body was covered with it. She could not remember why she was covered in blood, nor reason why exactly it was a concern for her, but she could not help but scream, getting up and hyperventalating. She looked around, confused, scared and horrified. She realized oxygen was not getting into her lungs. Lungs? Wait. Did she even have lungs? She opened her mouth, breathing in, but no air followed. Her mouth was not designed that way it seemed. Designed? Oh God...

She got up, trying to remember how she got her, or anything at all about whom she was. She knew some basic things about how the world worked, but there were things she could not explain. She looked around once more, seeing she was in a basement with a poker table and three corpses. Parts of their body were severed, heads, torsos and even limbs. Lisa did not understand, was she one of them... or... or did she do this? Why would she do this? Who were these people?

She needed to get this blood off her. But how? She knew water was a way to get blood off, and she had some odd memory of a strange device which poured water if you turn another special device. It was worth a shot. She moved upwards,going towards the stairs and then going upwards. Then she did this once more to get to the second floor. Here she found a room with what she thought was the device. She looked it up and down, then turned on the water. She let it fall on her body for a few seconds. She paused, wondering if she should be feeling something. She remembered feeling. When something touched you, you... felt something. She didn't. The drops of water were no different from the air before.

She sat down in the fetal position, grabbing her legs and frowning. She also remembered something called "Crying" which was supposed to make you feel better. She never found out if it would work, she tired and tried, but the only water that ran down her face was the water from the shower.

After precisely 43 minutes and six seconds, she got up, Then she remembered there was some sort of exit to this house. She had saw it on the first floor. One of the few memories which she could confirm she discovered herself. She got up, walked towards the door, and then stopped. She wasn't quite sure how to move through it, but then noticed a knob. She pulled it downwards, then pushed. The door opened.

She walked through. it was dark, yet she could still see. She did not need much light to see.

In the dark she noticed three people, each with some sort of black jacket and holding some tool. A sharp thing with a black handle. Then looked to her, then smiled. Lisa smiled back nervously. Maybe they were friendly?

"Um, hello?" She spoke. "Would one of you be able to tell me where I am?"

"You're in our turf bitch, thats where you are." Spoke one. "Still, I might let you by... If you do us a favour."

"Favour?" Lisa asked, confused.

"Yeah. You're a fine ass young woman." Spoke the leader, walking towards her. "I'm sure there are lots of... favours you can do for us..."

Lisa started to move backwards a bit. But two of them grabbed her by the arms and the leader stood in front of her with a knife. "Where you going darlin'? We're just getting started..."

Suddenly, Lisa began to fight back, moving wildly. The two men holding her at first compensated, but then suddenly Lisa's eyes went red and her arms became suddenly much thinner. Like blades they sliced through the two guys, though she only hurt their arms, leaving them alive. Then the leaders eyes widened. He was shaking as he saw the red eyed woman in front of him.

"Shit! I didn't know you were a mutie! Please, I don't want to fuck with no mutie!" He dropped his weapon and cowered. Lisa's eyes returned to normal.

"Oh..." She looked around, seeing the blood again and the two weeping men. "Oh... I'm sorry." She spoke, almost forgetting the two men tried to attack her. She paused, looking around, then ran.

[The Fallen Jedi]

- Snip -

The Fall of The Masaki
Part 10 Finale: A Pyrrhic Victory

Mercy

Usually, neither Alastir or Satera would be surprised by a show of mercy from their enemies, but when Asumar and Kazuko were slain by Xander and Maxwell respectively, the two gods thought that they wouldn't be spared from Maddox's wrath yet it seemed as if the Mad King had no intentions of having the two of them cut down without remorse "How can he decide to give mercy to us when he nearly murdered Ryuichi in cold blood?!" The two gods thought in astonishment as they stared at the Mad King with unsure expressions on their faces. They knew that the consequences of continuing the fight would outweigh the advantages, even with the Primordial Twelve backing them up it was still very much likely that they would all fall under the combined might of the heroes of Earth. This was something that could not happen, Ryuichi needed someone to watch after him during this time of uncertainty, the two gods exchanged glanced with each other, nodding in confirmation of what they would do next: lying their arms down and accepting defeat.

"We may not see eye-to-eye, Maxwell, and Xander..." Satera began, representing both himself and Alastir as he continued to speak "But we feel that continuing this fight would result in further pain for young Ryuichi to endure, so It would make sense that we put an end to this battle right here, and right now." With that, Satera's golden aura began to slowly die down, but the passion in his eyes still burnt brightly as he continued to speak "Even though we feel understandably angry for what you and Xander did, in front of Ryuichi's eyes no doubt, It is for the best that we go our separate ways." The Immortal-Primordial Fusion stated, the burning passion within his eyes beginning to fade away in recognition of the situation before him, Ryuichi was now going to have to endure the harsh reality of living without his father and his uncle, but perhaps Satera could fill that void in Ryuichi's heart and at least mend the damage done to his innocence? Only time would tell if Satera's involvement in his grandson's life would mend the wound.

Alastir carefully stood up, holding onto Satera's shoulder as a shroud of darkness began to envelop the two gods "Until we meet again..." Alastir's voice echoed before the large plume of darkness shot off into the distance, following the Primordials that had taken young Ryuichi away from Sigma Island "At least I managed to follow Shimura's will, young Ryuichi is safe from harm, but at what cost? How will he recover from witnessing the death's of his father and uncle?" Alastir contemplated, the darkness beginning to tend to his wounds as he continued focusing on flying and getting as far away as possible from the remnants of Sigma Island

[Charmera]

---

As swiftly as possible, Sarah jumped into the way of the wizard's attack, shielding Hannah from it. Yet, even though she was still armed with the gauntlet of shadows and used it to block the attack, her entire arm hurt from the sheer impact. Hannah would've likely sustained less damage from the attack, even with nothing to shield her, but Sarah did not think of that. Besides her own frailty, her greatest weakness was her concern for her sisters, which often kept her from acting rationally. To make matters worse, despite Samantha's attempts to keep Roy safe, the wizard had now taken hold of him as well, meaning that now, he had not only one, but two hostages that he could use against them if he so wished. The black-haired woman frantically alternated her gaze between the two captives and her sisters, wondering how she should proceed.

Eventually, she made up her mind, and, taking a deep breath, she slashed at the arm that was currently holding Roy, managing to sever the limb, which was less flesh and bone and more sheer chaotic energy by this point. Regardless, the shadows cut through it, releasing Roy, but the hand quickly reformed at the wizard's side and he proceeded to backhand Sarah while she was distracted, sending her flying back and crashing into the flipped-over limousine, letting out a sharp cry of pain. She was fragile, and battles like these were not a place for her to be, not to mention that she was already growing tired, even though they had only fought against the wizard for a short time. Things weren't looking bright.

Meanwhile, the wizard teleported away from the reach of the sisters, standing atop a nearby rooftop and laughing maliciously as he held John in his grasp.

"She has chosen, brave knight! Do you see? She has made a choice, and it wasn't you." He teased the struggling man as his twin yellow eyes glared at Sarah. "She freed the boy instead of you. I wonder if you would have saved her from me if you knew she would do this?" He asked, turning his gaze towards John, having suddenly grown deathly silent as he watched his response, all while Sarah helpessly observed them below.

---

<"SARAH"> Shouted Hannah as she ran towards her sister who had just taken a hit. She growled as she looked towards where the Wizard was, still having his scent, but then looked to her poorly sister. She sighed as she picked her up in her panther arms, cradling her big sister. She mournfully looked down as she saw her sister hurt. <"Sarah, are you okay?'> She knew Sarah was frial, and that she could have tanked those blasts. She was the tough one after all. It was her responsibility to take the hits for them.

Claudia paused as she moved from a crouch to a standing position, her arms folding as she looked at him. “I thought you were looking for Tomia.” She spoke, a little stern in her tone, but then she sighed, uncrossing her arms, maybe she wasn’t being fair. “What are you doing here Hiroshi? What’s going on?"

Hiroshi:

Lowering his guard, Hiroshi let his fair fall back to black, his eyes timidly looking away.

" Well... Um, this guy here, asked me to train him... So I am?"

He had no idea why he was so nervous. It wasn't very Saiyan at all to shake in your boots while your significant other reprimanded you like a child, but Earth had shown him that there was scarier things then demons and Legendary Super Saiyans. If it was true Saiyans thrived on battle and conflict, then Claudia really shouldn't be to suprised he was here.

Claudia frowned. "So, let me get this strait..." Claudia spoke. "Your daughter is missing, and I am working my butt off to find her. And some random person asks you to train him on this fucking backwater, NOWHERE near where Tomia could be. And you say yes?" Claudia asked, raging.

[New Rnclave]

As swiftly as possible, Sarah jumped into the way of the wizard's attack, shielding Hannah from it. Yet, even though she was still armed with the gauntlet of shadows and used it to block the attack, her entire arm hurt from the sheer impact. Hannah would've likely sustained less damage from the attack, even with nothing to shield her, but Sarah did not think of that. Besides her own frailty, her greatest weakness was her concern for her sisters, which often kept her from acting rationally. To make matters worse, despite Samantha's attempts to keep Roy safe, the wizard had now taken hold of him as well, meaning that now, he had not only one, but two hostages that he could use against them if he so wished. The black-haired woman frantically alternated her gaze between the two captives and her sisters, wondering how she should proceed.

Eventually, she made up her mind, and, taking a deep breath, she slashed at the arm that was currently holding Roy, managing to sever the limb, which was less flesh and bone and more sheer chaotic energy by this point. Regardless, the shadows cut through it, releasing Roy, but the hand quickly reformed at the wizard's side and he proceeded to backhand Sarah while she was distracted, sending her flying back and crashing into the flipped-over limousine, letting out a sharp cry of pain. She was fragile, and battles like these were not a place for her to be, not to mention that she was already growing tired, even though they had only fought against the wizard for a short time. Things weren't looking bright.

Meanwhile, the wizard teleported away from the reach of the sisters, standing atop a nearby rooftop and laughing maliciously as he held John in his grasp.

"She has chosen, brave knight! Do you see? She has made a choice, and it wasn't you." He teased the struggling man as his twin yellow eyes glared at Sarah. "She freed the boy instead of you. I wonder if you would have saved her from me if you knew she would do this?" He asked, turning his gaze towards John, having suddenly grown deathly silent as he watched his response, all while Sarah helpessly observed them below.

---

<"SARAH"> Shouted Hannah as she ran towards her sister who had just taken a hit. She growled as she looked towards where the Wizard was, still having his scent, but then looked to her poorly sister. She sighed as she picked her up in her panther arms, cradling her big sister. She mournfully looked down as she saw her sister hurt. <"Sarah, are you okay?'> She knew Sarah was frial, and that she could have tanked those blasts. She was the tough one after all. It was her responsibility to take the hits for them.

Hiroshi:

Lowering his guard, Hiroshi let his fair fall back to black, his eyes timidly looking away.

" Well... Um, this guy here, asked me to train him... So I am?"

He had no idea why he was so nervous. It wasn't very Saiyan at all to shake in your boots while your significant other reprimanded you like a child, but Earth had shown him that there was scarier things then demons and Legendary Super Saiyans. If it was true Saiyans thrived on battle and conflict, then Claudia really shouldn't be to suprised he was here.

Claudia frowned. "So, let me get this strait..." Claudia spoke. "Your daughter is missing, and I am working my butt off to find her. And some random person asks you to train him on this fucking backwater, NOWHERE near where Tomia could be. And you say yes?" Claudia asked, raging.

Hiroshi:

" I intended to leave him under the control of the Namekians." Hiroshi remarked back stiffly, his jaw tightening as he spoke." Don't yell at me as if you're the perfect guardian Claudia. I'm as new to this as you are."

Anger still very much flowed through his veins as he swallowed his temper, he'd walked right into this, and it was frustrating to say the least. For almost a week now, he'd been in a stupor. Buu had completly manhandled him, his apartment was gone, and his daughter had left the hospital shortly after numerous surgeries had fixed the variable internal injuries she'd gained at the Demons hands.

Right now, he and Claudia were in a bubble, built around their shaky mutual feelings and dedication to Tomia. Once they stepped out of it, or it burst, things would be as spur as they were after Myosai. So in other words, he would have to fix this before it went beyond just an isolated incident, and broke the shaky bond the two had forged.

[New Rob Halfordia]

"Awe... Did big bad Frosty get a boo-boo? Don't worry. I'll kiss it and make it all better-" It was then that Frost moved faster than he could keep track off and hit him hard enough that he quiet literally exploded in a fantastic display of gore. It actually took a second for him to regenerate from that. But once again, his signature bright yellow flash had him restored and laughing. Genuine laughter. "Okay... Okay. That was funny. Oh.. It's been awhile since I've had this much fun. I must've struck a nerve somewhere... I mean that literally and figuratively. Since I kinda... Shot your tail." He said and took a deep breath. "Alright. You've been the good noddle I asked for. So you'll get the treat. I'll boost all the way up to 5%. Just for you." Of course that was his maximum safe limit before reality started to become rather mushy and explosive, but Frost didn't know that.

Xander's power shot incredibly high. Bright golden lightning surrounded his body and grew more and more intense. Splitting the ground, gravity began to shift, causing minor anomalies such as rocks and mountains that floated into the air, stayed floating there. The soft flesh and bone was replaced by pure golden yellow energy. His true form. "Do you like it? Of course you do." He snickered. "Now that you've seen me in all of my glory. You discover my secret yet? That's right. My hair tie is now gone. Well that, and I'm quantum energy given sentience. But Naja, that's my wife's name by the way, is gonna be so mad when I go home having lost it for the fifth time this week. But enough about me."

"I'm gonna show you just how fucked you really are." He rapidly teleported, delivering a massive barrage of blows with each new angle he took. "Do ya want me to slow down?"

As Xander transformed, Frost prepared himself for the attacks, and when they came, he was not disappointed. Xander released a flurry of immense punches, causing the warriors to fly all over Namek. As he Golden Guardian released his strikes, Frost began moved to block, before countering with his own set of punches, leaving massive craters all over the surface of the planet with each attack. The two were circumventing the planet at speeds well beyond light, and were nearly completely even in power and speed

"Slow down?" Frost asked, as the two came in for another volley, separating momentarily before finding themselves interlocked again, "I was about to ask you if you wanted me to." he said, breaking the deadlock and flying back several meters, panting, "I'll admit, you're no pushover. This is the most interesting fight I've had in a long time. Five percent though?" the Arcosian continued, "Tell you what, since you're such a good guy, and powered up to five percent just for me, I'll skip the prolonging and just kick it up a notch right now."

Frost, placed his hands by his side, as a purple aura surrounded him. His muscles grew significantly larger, and bioelectricity cycled around him. His power more than doubled, and his wounds from the matter destroying beams and recent pummeling began healing. The Arcosian cracked his neck and it let out a satisfying pop. "Damn, that sounded badass." he said out loud, as he looked back to Xander, spreading his arms and leaving himself open, "Now, I want you to hit me as hard as you can. I don't want you to hit me half as hard, not 64% as hard. Come at me with everything you've got, because I don't just want to kill you, I want you to know you can't kill me. And so, I want you to really hit me. Got it?"

[New Neros]

-Snip

Maxwell gave a stern nod and turned from the duo, ensuring a decent peace and pinning the blame on the Praetorian Emperor for the deaths of the Masaki Brothers. Still, he'd keep an eye on the Gods to minimize a counter-attack. But, standing before him was the muscle-clad Shatterstar, his wounds steaming and bleeding horrendously. Looking him over, Mad Max gave a smirk. "I bet that stings, huh?" He asked sarcastically, Maddox grabbing the side of his abdomen where Satera's light spear had pierced him, glaring at his King with disdain. "Calm down, calm down, I was kidding." Maxwell said, offering Maddox his palm, glowing a bright blue.

Encasing his subordinate with energy, the wounds inflicted on the enforcer began to close up and heal. "Your tissue is so dense that it takes actual effort to mend them, Shatterstar. Your durability is incredible, but maybe we need something to aid in regeneration. Or armor to further enhance your durability." Maxwell quipped, Maddox closing his eyes as Max patched him up. "Not talking?"

"The pain I feel is unreal. Forgive me for not wanting to mix my words up with agonizing screams." Maddox shot back, Maxwell grinning at the comeback.

"Right, right. Let's head back to Madworld, hopefully we haven't missed much."

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The wicked and wild streets of New York weren't Daud's favorite place to be, but he would suck up his pride and go anywhere in the world if he had good reason. Intention was an entirely different story. Sitting down a local bistro, Daud sunk his teeth into the best Reuben he had ever had in his life once more, his face taking on a nearly orgasmic glee as the flavors and textures mixed perfectly in his mouth. To Daud, he'd risk life and limb - Even if it meant never growing them back - To eat at this place one last time. Poppa Panelli's Bistro and Cafe, Daud's favorite restaurant, discovered when he popped in for a bite to eat some years ago.

"Leave it to an Italian man running a French cafe to make the best American sandwich I've ever ate. Holy fuck." Daud said to himself, taking another bite of his sandwich and falling in love all over again. He chewed with the intention of making every bite last, but the crushing realization that he'll very quickly be finished with the sandwich brought him to the edge of total despair. Before he could weep silently, he took another bite, and started the process all over again. Now, Poppa Panelli's wasn't in a very popular or crowded part of the City, so commotion was big whenever it decided to show up, and right before Daud took another bite of his meal, a woman bolted past him, bumping his shoulder, and making the reuben flop onto the ground. It could have been salvaged, had it not spilled it's contents all over the dusty concrete with it.

"MOTHERFUCKER!" Daud exclaimed, jumping up and flipping over the table he sat at in comedic fashion - Had he not cracked the sidewalk and crumble the iron mesh table into scrap. Whipping around, one of his arms knocked into the metal chair he sat at, sending it flying directly into the side of a yellow cabbie, making the car bend at a ninety-degree angle from the impact. He breathed hard and heavily, spotting the woman who had offended his ancestors. "Who the FUCK do you think you are?!" He screamed, breaking into a dead sprint to catch up with, and surpass the woman.

Jumping out in front of her, the enraged look on Daud's face was unmistakable. "You cost me the greatest sandwich in the world." He declared, pointing a finger directly at Lisa. "I don't know who you are or who you THINK you are, but you're coming with me. You're going to SEE and TASTE exactly what I had lost!" Daud said with passion. "Follow me! A Big Poppa's Reuben waits for no man, meta, or mutant." He looked at Lisa up and down, noticing the blood on her arms, but making no immediate mention of it. "I'm buying, c'mon."