(Meanwhile)
As the sounds of war continued to rage over the horizon and filled the sky with the most spectacular lightshow the population of earth had ever seen, the Briefs family was hard at work trying to get their latest project up and running. On the other side of West City on Capsule Corp's extensive property, Bulma had just finished unfurling her latest invention. Upon releasing it from its storage capsule and dropping it on the front lawn, an enormous cannon of futuristic design, much larger than the company's main building, with cables hooked up to the main power grid, appeared from the smoke and stood proud for all to see.
To operate this thing obviously took a ridiculous amount of energy. Judging from the caliber of its barrel as well as the amount of power cables linked to its back, it would've been more than capable of punching through a mountain… or several if they were lined up correctly. However, this wasn't an ordinary projectile weapon, nor was it a conventional artillery piece.
After quickly typing a code into the main control panel at the base of the weapon's platform, the blue haired scientist then rushed up the metal stairs along its side up to the third level where her father was still jacking in the mains and switches. When she arrived there, she opened up the cold storage container sitting beside him. When the cold mist cleared, she pulled out a massive LED like globe and walked it over to the port, where she immediately plugged it in.
Doctor Briefs adjusted his glasses as he got a good look at the thing his daughter was now setting up. "What's that dear?" he asked, noticing the black ball sitting at the bottom of the glass.
"It's the magazine, dad; a tube containing trinity minerals that, when combined with several other elements, is capable of producing energy equivalent to the sun itself," Bulma replied, making sure the piece was secured good and tight, and that everything else was locked and in place. "Maybe even more."
"Ah. That's quite a lot of power," the old man murmured to himself as he leaned in to check out the contents. "Normally you'd only use this material in reactors, since the output they create can provide enough energy to last for several generations. But it looks like you plan on using this entire batch in one go." He was so invested in analyzing it that he completely missed the earthshaking tremor that rocked the facility.
Both of them ignored it in fact. The Z-fighters were obviously still out there fighting the massive invader from outer space and after seeing what'd happened to Gohan and the others, they were going to need every last bit of help they could get if they were going to defeat their planet's uninvited guest.
"This gun is an upgraded model of the surface-to-orbital cannons I originally designed and sold to the army, only this one is a thousand times more powerful. It works by accelerating energy particles and concentrating them around a single point, launching it at great speed towards the target by either cutting through it or disintegrating it entirely."
Her father, looking the enormous gun over, nodded his head in approval. "Impressive."
"Unfortunately, there is a massive drawback," the company president continued as she then clambered up the ladder and began readjusting the cables at the top. "This thing is ridiculously complicated to operate and maintain, and it requires a large amount of energy to run it. Not to mention the amount of heat it produces will melt the insides of the weapon after only a single shot. You'll be lucky to actually get two rounds out of it without blowing yourself up. That's why I never sold this one to the military." After screwing in the last bolt, she then dropped down from the ladder and began running to the next flight of stairs to the gunner's position. "If my calculations are correct, this thing should blast a hole through that thing's shields in one go."
Doctor Briefs quickly jogged after her, "Are you absolutely certain, dear?"
"Positive," the blue haired woman replied. Stopping halfway up the steps, she then pointed down at her old man and issued him her next instructions. "I'm heading up to the cockpit. You make sure those engines in the back are working and the readings on the drives stay below ten. When this thing fires the blowback is going to be massive, so as soon as the dials reach a hundred percent, clear out of there."
"Right," the father nodded, quickly turning and heading back down the stairs, giving his daughter the cue to continue up to her post.
This enormous gun seemed inflated and impractical, but it was the only thing Bulma could think of to actually help out her friends. It'd been years since her adventures with Goku across the planet searching for the dragon balls. Following on from that, all she'd been able to do was provide support for the group in the smallest ways possible as that woman with the gadgets.
Well, today she was going to take a little bit back for herself and really contribute to the team. Even if it was only one time, then that was good enough for her.
Hopefully her husband would be able to hold off that creature long enough for her latest creation to reach full power.
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(A few minutes later)
Vegeta's battle cry filled the air as he unleashed a continuous barrage of energy spheres at his target, peppering it with powerful shots that clouded the air with countless large explosions. But as his attack started to rip apart the landscape surrounding the alien, he quickly saw that it was having no effect on it whatsoever, as every one of his blasts were being blocked by its shield. The hexagonal barrier that leapt up in front of it flickered as it deflected each and every attack that rattled it, leaving the beast unharmed.
After a couple of minutes of incessant firing, the prince pulled his hands away and stopped, narrowing his eyes when he saw his target emerge from the smog. Its snarl had the Saiyan warrior huff irritably while he took a stance atop the ruined mountain he was now stationed on. "Nothing. Not even a blink. Alright then." Powering up once again, Vegeta's golden aura blasted off of him and cracked the ground. He then began focusing all of his energy to the front of his body, where he intended to make his next assault. "If that's how you want to play it, fine!"
His energy pulsing fiercely, the warrior brought his fists up and clenched them tightly. Then, as soon as he felt he'd gathered enough power, a menacing grin quickly formed across his lips.
"Brace yourself, you overgrown monstrosity! I'm going to rip you apart!" With a yell, the man took off from his position and rocketed towards the enormous extra terrestrial. Tearing across the ruined landscape at full speed and leaving a cloudy trail of dust in his wake, the Saiyan barreled down on the invader, which was now heading towards him at a labored pace. It seemed like the pair were set to collide with one another with catastrophic results.
But just when it seemed like Vegeta was about to run headlong into it and smash his skull against its shield, his attack pattern unexpectedly changed.
His course shifting, the Saiyan Prince hit the accelerator and rocketed skywards. The sudden route he took prompted the giant alien to stop in its tracks and follow him with its eyes, where it then saw the golden bolt that was his opponent stop just below the clouds. Then, upon securing a high enough altitude, Vegeta turned back to the ground and, with a sonic boom reverberating across the countryside, dove straight towards the creature at blinding speed. The Super Saiyan roared out when he plunged straight into his target knee first.
Vegeta collided with the alien with catastrophic force, driving his leg straight into its face and causing the beast to slam backwards into the ground. His impact with it not only buried the enormous titan several meters into the floor, but it also generated a shockwave so great that he punched a new crater into the earth's surface thirty kilometers across. The deafening thunderclap was matched by the sight of rubble and trees flying in all directions. Everything directly within range of the pair was disintegrated under the force of the blow.
In spite of the impressive hit, the Saiyan Prince found that his attack had been effectively blocked by the alien's stupid shield. Though a couple of the layers had shattered under his attack, Vegeta was instantly met with resistance when he hit an even thicker barrier put up by the monster in an effort to defend itself. The hexagonal barrier expanded to five kilometers in diameter as the warrior pushed down into the writhing beast. It seemed like he was getting nowhere fast. But with the alien pinned underneath him, its face only feet away and hiding behind a few inches of thick shielding, the man knew that this was the perfect opportunity to finish it off.
Grinning from ear to ear as his aura blasted around him at full power, Vegeta thrust his hand forward and, aiming directly between the gargantuan beast's eyes, charged his final move. "CHECKMATE, BITCH! BIG BANG ATTACK!" In the blink of an eye, the prince launched a fully charged, golden sphere of energy straight into the creature's face.
But just when it looked as though it would bypass the barrier at such a close proximity, a second, smaller hexagonal barrier formed directly in front of the energy ball just inches away from the creature's forehead, stopping it dead.
The sight had Vegeta recoil in shock.
Before the man could process exactly what'd happened, the creature writhing under his knee emitted a loud growl and, its energy suddenly spiking, fired its force field with its target pressed up against it. The result was a concussive shockwave that sent Vegeta barreling at high speed across the landscape like a ragdoll, covering a distance of over fifty kilometers. His body was literally propelled by the alien's expanding, multi-layered barrier, an event that resulted in an entire line of forest being blown away and several nearby plateaus to cave in on themselves. Moments later, the Saiyan Prince came to a painful stop at the foot of a cliff, his path marked by an enormous trench he'd dug straight through the earth.
As the dust settled around him, Vegeta, cringing painfully with blood trickling from various open wounds, looked up to see where his enemy had gone. His eyes then widened in disbelief when he saw the hexagonal barrier hovering directly over him. "SON OF A-!" The man flipped into a crouching stance and sprang away as fast as he could. The instant he left the cliff, the barrier hovering over the area slammed down at high-speed, punching a sinkhole into the ground a mile deep.
Had the Saiyan been lying there when that attack occurred, he would have been pulverized into dust.
Landing a kilometer out, the battered Vegeta spun around and snarled angrily. "Ugh. This thing is really starting to get on my nerves."
Taking a few deep breaths to calm himself down, the winded Super Saiyan quickly leapt into the air and landed atop another pillar of rock. Getting a good view of the battered and burning landscape around him, Vegeta spotted the invader floating several kilometers out, its tendril like arms flailing on the wind. Taking note of the city sitting to his left and the ocean not too far to his right, the warrior spat out the blood from his mouth and straightened up.
He then began assessing the situation from afar.
"I can see why Kakabrat and the blue harlot were taken out by this thing. Judging from the amount of energy it's giving off, it's even more powerful than a Super Saiyan… perhaps even an Ascended Saiyan," Vegeta murmured, finding this information beyond comforting.
So far this thing had handily picked off every single member of their group one after the other and had practically walked through everything he'd thrown at it. It even deflected one of his strongest blasts at pointblank range like it was a tennis ball. After all that, none of them had even come close to putting a scratch on it or come close to tiring it out. That was understandable considering this thing was reading more like a planet than a living organism.
Huffing irritably as he took his time to stretch his neck, Vegeta then opted to change tactics. "It's been a while since I've used that form, but I have no choice. I'm going to need all of the power I can get to break through that barrier." Its attacks were quick and its offensive power was biblical, but the fact of the matter was that the alien was slow and relied primarily on its impenetrable defenses to do battle.
Since it couldn't move fast, the prince had little to fear with using that particular technique.
"Alright, you intergalactic freak," Vegeta spoke, smirking at the alien floating on the other side of no-man's-land. "Let's see how well you do against a true Saiyan warrior." This was it. No more restraints.
Clenching his fists tightly and widening his stance, the prince dug in and began gathering energy, his aura exploding off of him with a clap of thunder. Allowing his ki to course through him at an accelerated rate, golden bolts of energy began crackling off of his expanding field, creating a miniature tempest while the countryside started to shake. The plateau Vegeta was standing on fractured little by little as golden currents of energy shot through it. It was an impressive light show, for sure. But this was merely a formality for the transformation to come.
Having not assumed this form in years, Vegeta decided to completely open up the taps and, with a howl of rage, the man's body suddenly bulked up and his muscle mass increased in several times. His hair also becoming sharper and his aura more defined, the Prince jumped from his Super Saiyan state to his 2nd Grade form, punching a crater into the earth and forcing the clouds above to separate.
Upon completing his impressive transformation, the warrior exhaled and, grinning menacingly, focused all of his attention on the alien floating several kilometers away. "Let the beating begin."
A sonic boom filling the air, the glowing warrior launched himself from his spot at a ludicrous speed. Causing the mountain to cave in from his takeoff, Vegeta rocketed towards his target along a sweeping path, coming at it from above with a howl of rage and his fist drawn back. With a quick Kiai burst, the Saiyan blasted through two dozen layers of the alien's barrier, shattering each pane in turn before eventually burying his fist into another.
The Saiyan Prince's terrifying charge was effectively stopped just a dozen yards away from his quarry by yet another shield, the hexagonal energy panel appearing in front of the alien and halting the approaching warrior. Growling against the translucent wall, Vegeta then sprang away and, arcing around, came at his target from another angle, only to once again be halted by the same layer.
Clenching his fist tightly, the Super Saiyan drew back and, after taking aim, plunged his fist straight into the barrier. His knuckles drilled into the force field, shattering several more layers, until he was blocked off once again. Suspended above the creature, the fully energized Vegeta began digging through the entity's defenses with punishing blows. Layer after layer was shattered as the prince hammered away, tunneling towards the beast floating directly in his path.
Vegeta yelled out with every punch he threw, trying with all his might to reach his foe. "RAAARGH! COME ON!" the Saiyan bellowed, slamming punch after punch into the protective field. The barrier slowly thinned out and the end came into sight.
He was almost there!
"JUST… A FEW… MORE!" Vegeta shouted between blows.
Because he was so preoccupied with trying to dig through the shield, the prince completely missed the sight of the skull-faced alien retracting its two, ribbon-like arms and rolling them up under its shoulder plates. While the warrior pounded away at the barrier, the extra terrestrial spread its cowl of smaller ribbons behind it like wings and, coiling its two main appendages into drums, took aim at its target.
Sensing an incredible energy spike, Vegeta stopped and looked up. A split second later, in a move similar to Piccolo's Mystic Attack, the alien suddenly fired its two arms at the prince at light speed, its arms shooting out like lances and catching the Super Saiyan completely by surprise. A gasp escaped the man's lips, followed immediately by a sickening 'crunch' when the alien's two extending appendages slammed into him and propelled the man forty kilometers across the countryside.
The alien's arms, capable of slicing through entire planetoids, extended even further, traveling over a hundred miles and cutting through mountain ranges one after the other like they weren't even there. Upon effectively impaling its target with its arms and leaving him hanging in the middle, it then whipped them in two directions. The result was instantaneous, as not only was Vegeta's side effectively ripped open, but his left arm was severed clean from his shoulder and sent hurtling into the forest.
Immediately upon dealing his enemy a devastating blow, the extra terrestrial retracted its two arms back to its sides.
With blood dribbling from his side and spraying out of the stump where his arm used to be, Vegeta gripped his wounds tightly and snarled in rage. Suspending himself in front of his opponent positioned several miles away the wounded Super Saiyan focused all of his attention on the creature and watched it float tauntingly out of reach.
"D-Damn you… damn yooouuu!"
The alien drew back its arms and coiled them under its shoulders once again.
Overwhelmed with pain and his adrenaline rushing through him like nitrous in an engine, the wounded Saiyan suppressed all fear and reason to the deepest pits of his stomach. Powering up once more, Vegeta then rocketed towards his foe with a howl of fury, "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!" Breaking the sound barrier several times on approach, he was well on his way to colliding with the beast.
But before he could even get half way, the creature, primed and ready for his attack, fired its ribbon arms at the man once more.
Vegeta only had a split second to recoil in horror when, in the blink of an eye, the attack slammed headlong into him with tremendous force…
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