Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ The Chosen One ❯ Chapter Fourteen ( Chapter 14 )

The Chosen One

Chapter Fourteen

Siber and Android 17 landed outside the Roxians' mountaintop base. Gohan and Raditz then landed, but stumbled a bit. Siber looked at them with concern. "Are you guys all right?" he asked, but Android 17 waved a hand dismissively.

"It's the air up here," Android 17 said. "There's less oxygen at higher altitudes."

"Why did they . . . have to put . . . a base on . . . a mountain . . . as tall as . . . Mount Everest?" Gohan gasped.

"Actually, the mountain is not that high," Android 17 responded. "This mountain is about the height of Mont Blanc."

"But still . . ." Gohan trailed off. Siber walked over to the door and inspected the retinal scan.

"There was a . . . device like . . . that on the . . . base on Quarr," Gohan said. "Vegeta . . . blasted it . . . and then he . . . hotwired it." Siber, however, put his eye up to the scanner.

"Slave 6173 retinal identification confirmed," an electronic voice said. "Access granted. Please step into the repressurization chamber." They walked in and the door shut behind them. The door in front of them did not open until air pressure was normal and Gohan and Raditz no longer had trouble breathing. The instant the door opened, Android 17 pulled out his handgun and clicked the safety. The instant they rounded the corner, two Roxians spotted them. Android 17 fired an iron bullet into each of them, killing them instantly; however, more Roxians were drawn to the source of the commotion. They rounded the corner and were instantly cut down by Siber's kienzan discs. From there on out, the halls were relatively quiet; a single Roxian occasionally appeared, but died just as quickly from Android 17's bullets. Suddenly, they found themselves faced with a dead end blocked by a computer screen.

"We took a wrong turn somewhere!" Gohan exclaimed.

"Stand back," Raditz said, and began gathering energy into his hand. Siber, however, halted him.

"This is a map station! This could be very helpful to us!" Siber walked up to the screen and activated it. After a moment, he said, "All right, I've found our princess! Now all we have to do is memorize this map."

"Already done," Android 17 stated. "Now, let's go, before we're found again!"

"What, scared of the aliens?" Raditz remarked.

"Shut up," Android 17 responded. "I just want to save all of my bullets for the head honcho here."

"Hold it right there!" Two Roxians blocked the last door, and one of them locked it.

"Get out of our way!" Android 17 exclaimed as he fired two shots, one at each Roxian. Siber ran up to the lock and tried to operate it. It was a hand scan, and Siber was denied access. Raditz began charging an energy blast, but Gohan grabbed his arm, for it might harm the princess. Instead, he blasted the lock and Siber began to hotwire it. Finally, the door slid open.

Gohan ran into the room and saw the princess with her back to him. She was wearing a white dress that had been torn in a few areas and her wings had feathers sticking out at odd angles. The only thing that seemed untouched was the beautiful blonde hair that cascaded down her neck.

"What do you want now?" the princess sobbed. "Come to jeer at me? Or are you here to torture me?"

"Actually, Princess Sephra, I'm here to rescue you," Gohan said.

The princess hiccuped. "Pardon?"

"He said, 'We're here to rescue you,'" Android 17 said. The princess stood up and turned around. She looked to be about the same height as Gohan, and had large, green eyes and a lovely figure. Gohan stared for a moment, then shook his head, reminding himself that it was impolite to stare.

Sephra looked around at her rescuers. "My goodness, you don't have any wings! You can't be Gabrians . . ."

"No, we're not," Android 17 said. "I'm an android, but with a few human components. Siber is a member of Frieza's species, Raditz is a Saiyan, and Gohan is half-human and half-Saiyan."

Sephra walked up to Gohan and smiled. "Shall we?"

"Um . . . well . . . yeah, I - I guess so," Gohan stammered, nervous from the princess's angelic smile. Android 17 covered his mouth, probably to hide a snicker.

"Hold it right there!"

Gohan, Android 17, Siber, and Raditz tensed at the sound of the voice. A Roxian stepped into the room. This Roxian was more powerful than any other that they had fought, and it was wearing a different kind of armor. "You're not going anywhere!"

"I beg to differ," Android 17 responded. He pulled out his handgun and fired a shot. This time, however, the bullet bounced harmlessly off of the Roxian's armor.

The Roxian laughed. "We caught you on surveillance," he said. "I saw you were using iron bullets, so I outfitted myself with lead armor to protect myself.

"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Lieutenant Colonel Karkess, bane of aliens!"

"You seem pretty cocky," Raditz remarked. "Allow me to demonstrate what happens when you fight a real warrior!"

"I've already read your power level," Karkess said, "and your chances of winning are in the negatives!"

Raditz merely chuckled. "You fool. I'm hiding the bulk of my power! This isn't even close to my real strength!" With that, he began to power up. Karkess's scouter began running, but Raditz issued a particularly powerful surge of strength and destroyed it. Raditz let out a yell and his power level surged upward as he became a Super Saiyan.

Karkess stood with his upper arms crossed. "What is this?"

Raditz laughed. "For your information, I am the older brother of the Saiyan who defeated Frieza on Namek!" he stated. "I, like he, have become a Super Saiyan!"

"Super Saiyan, huh?" Karkess responded. "Well, I highly doubt that it will be enough!"

Raditz leaped forward and delivered a kick that could topple a skyscraper, but Karkess dodged the attack. Raditz then jumped up to dodge a punch, then came down with an axe handle smash, but Karkess moved again. Raditz leaped at Karkess and threw a volley of punches, but Karkess managed to block every punch. Raditz then leaped back and fired an energy blast from his hands. Karkess knocked it away with a swipe and fired his own energy blast, which knocked Raditz to the ground. Then, Karkess leaped forward and began throwing punches with all four hands, viciously attacking Raditz. Finally, he threw a kick that caught Raditz in the neck and knocked him to the ground. His hair faded to black; he had been knocked out.

"That's enough!" Gohan shouted. "It's my turn!"

Karkess laughed. "A fully-grown Super Saiyan coudn't do the job! What makes you think you'll do better?"

"For your information, I happen to be even stronger than my uncle!" Gohan shouted as he began to power up. Karkess watched with amusement (for he was unable to read power levels) as Gohan became a Super Saiyan, then a Super Saiyan II, then reached his maximum power. Gohan leaped forward and caught the Roxian off guard with a punch to the solar plexus. Gohan seized the opportunity and attacked with a relentless volley of punches and kicks. He then finished it off with an energy blast. However, when the smoke cleared, Karkess stood without a scratch, but his armor was broken.

"I really hope that was not your best shot," Karkess said, "because if it was, you'd better give up now!" However, Android 17 noticed the hole in the armor and got an idea.

"Hey, ugly!" Karkess rounded to face Android 17. The android pulled out his handgun and pulled the trigger. However, the only thing the gun emitted was a hollow clicking sound.

"No way!" Android 17 exclaimed. "I'm out of ammo already?" Behind Karkess, Gohan stood with arms outstretched and palms out. Android 17 realized what Gohan was about to do and shut his eyes and, using his hands, covered Siber's and Sephra's eyes.

"Hey, Karkess!" Gohan yelled. As Karkess turned around, Gohan lifted his hands up to his face, turned the palms away, and yelled, "SOLAR FLARE!"

Light filled the room and Karkess was momentarily blinded. "My eyes, my eyes!"

Gohan grabbed the hilt of Testament and pulled the sword from its scabbard. As he did so, his hair and his eyes returned to normal. "Hey Karkess, have you ever heard of the Testament sword? Or, as your people call it, Asok's Bane? Well, here it comes!" With that, Gohan drove the blade deep into Karkess's body.