As the Makyan faced off against the snarling beast from another world, Goten, who'd traveled all the way here with her to find out what was going on, flew down to where Trunks had crash-landed and knelt down beside his fallen friend. Taking him by the shoulders, the raven haired youngster shook him gently, "Trunks. Trunks. Are you okay?" A couple of shakes and a few words of encouragement later soon roused the youngster from his slumber, putting a smile of joy back on the demi-Saiyan's face. "Yeah. You're alright."
Groaning, the lavender haired boy looked up to see his friend beaming down at him. "Ugh. W-What happened?"
"The big monster knocked you and everybody else out. It's really powerful. Even Mr. Piccolo was taken out and he's one of the strongest people on this planet," Goten answered, before then turning his attention to the plateau and the towering, ribbon-armed alien glaring at it. "Don't worry. Paprika will be able to beat it. Just you watch."
"Paprika?" Trunks murmured, looking to see who his playmate was referring to and spotting the white haired woman standing atop the distant mountain. "Oh, her."
The enormous creature floated closer, its eyes boring into the tiny figure staring it down. Despite being so insignificant in comparison, the beast could obviously still feel presences and regarded her with contempt and annoyance. In response, the Makyan glared right back at it while its ribbon arms waved hypnotically on either side of it.
Eyeing the odd looking giant suspiciously for a couple of minutes, the teenage demon then tilted her head at it and raised an eyebrow. "Ugh. You know I've seen some freaky aliens in my time, but this one just takes the cake. You're like a really big, ugly… skull-faced, octopus thing with the biggest cock-blocking space I've ever seen," Paprika said with a distasteful frown on her face. "But I guess you can't help that. You are what you are, and so am I. So let's cut the useless chit-chat and get to the fun part." Her eyes then hardened when she focused all of her attention on the towering behemoth.
In response to her remarks, the alien let out a bellowing shriek as its hollow eyes flared a bright red.
Paprika smirked, clenching her fists in response, "Alright, you overgrown side-dish. Let's dance!" With a wary cry of her own, the woman powered up, her green aura exploding off of her and shredding her scarf. At the exact same time, her body bulked up, making her even taller and curvaceous as she jumped straight into her Super Makyan form. As soon as she reached maximum, the girl sprang off of the plateau and charged, her take-off creating a sonic boom that caused the mountain she was on to crumble to the ground.
With a fierce battle cry, Paprika tore across the sky towards the creature with her energy blazing around her. When she came within range of it, the alien swung at her with its arm, missing her when she evaded and causing it to strike the countryside with an earthshaking crash. The Makyan dove for the trees directly under it, to which it responded by bringing about its other appendage and whipping that one down at her as well, only for the girl to shoot skywards and dodge it once again. The alien's tendril carving into the ground like butter and annihilating another area of pristine landscape, Paprika took full opportunity of its miss to swing around over its shoulder from behind, and slam a punch into its face.
Her roar was followed by her knuckles burying into its cheek, but her fist was stopped dead when it slammed against the hexagonal barrier appearing between her and her target. The force of her deflected blow sent her spinning away when her momentum was effectively reversed, prompting her to halt in midair. As soon as she did, her eyes widened when she saw it raise its right arm and swing it down at her, forcing her to block with both hands. The attack slammed into her with catastrophic force, the impact causing a thunderclap and a shockwave that split the earth beneath them and sent rubble flying in all directions.
After catching the hit, Paprika shoved the ribbon away, cocking back her hand for a blast, only to see its eyes flash brightly followed by a powerful blast that shot up at her at blinding speed. The heat ray slammed into her chest, knocking out her aura and sending the Makyan spiraling for several kilometers. A cry of pain leaving her lips, the girl managed to right her body a few seconds later, by which point the creature was bearing down on her once more. Snarling back at it in kind, the Makyan powered up and rocketed up into the sky.
Suspending above the behemoth, the teenager brought both hands overhead and with a valiant cry of effort, formed a pulsing pink sphere of energy between her palms. "PAN BLASTER!" Taking aim, she lobbed the sphere straight down at the creature, which looked up just in time to receive the attack directly in the face… or so it seemed.
The explosion to follow was colossal, easily compressing a planet-splitting worth of energy to a single point. A fiery mushroom cloud filled the sky and blocked Paprika's view of her practically demolishing an entire region of landscape and the monster itself. From the way her attack landed, it looked like she'd finished it off once and for all.
But just when the flare of the blast died down and was replaced by smoke, Paprika was caught completely by surprise when one of the alien's ribbon arms shot out of the cloud faster than she could track it and smacked her out of the sky. The impact was biblical, causing a thunderclap that sent her flying twenty kilometers across land before eventually crash landing in another ruined mountain. She collided with the side of it at full speed, sending dust and debris flying into the air.
Shocked at seeing his best friend get tossed over the horizon, Goten reacted instinctively. "PAPRIKA!" the demi-Saiyan cried out, flying up from the forest with his friend hot on his tail. "You leave her alone, you big bully!"
"Goten! Wait!" Trunks shouted, desperately following right behind his companion as both of them powered up and took to the sky. "You can't stop that thing on your own!"
Powering up, the gutsy raven haired youngster brought his hands to his side and, powering up a blue sphere of energy, hurled it at the extra terrestrial as soon as he was within range. "Ka-me-ha-me-HAAAA!" The powerful stream of energy left his hands and rocketed towards the enormous alien, only to slam against its shield and explode harmlessly.
Its attention being drawn to the explosion, the alien snarled and glared at the two hybrids flying towards it. When its eyes flared red, the pair stopped in their tracks, only to then hear the creature shriek and unleash a concentrated Kiai that slammed into them and knocked them to the ground. The two children cried out in agony as they bounced across the terrain several times and ended up stopping at the foot of a hill.
Their impact caused the ground for miles to shake, a sensation that roused the downed Piccolo from his state of unconsciousness.
Feeling his skin prickle unpleasantly, the Namekian gritted his teeth and looked up fearfully. "No… Goten…"
Android 18 and Android 17, the latter of whom had managed to drag his way back to shore, slowly regained consciousness as well; both of them rising up and shaking their heads clear of the demoralizing hazing they'd been subjected to. Krillin was already up and at 'em, but he was fairing no better than anybody else.
Nevertheless, he could still see everything that was going on and after watching Goten and Trunks get knocked out of the sky, alarm bells started kicking in.
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