Part V: The Attack


"Goten, I've found another!" Yamcha yelled out to the group as he unburied the 3-Star dragonball.
"That's great, Yamcha!" Goten came up and looked at the 3-star ball. "So, that makes 4 of them; 3 left, than!" Goten took the ball and put it in his pouch. Goten clicked the dragon radar. He sat pondering for minute as everyone gathered around him, waiting for him to tell them where to go next. "It looks like there's one to the East, 50 miles. And, the other 2 are North and are 200 and 500 miles away."
"So, let's grab the one in the East and climb up North to the last two." Krillin said. Everyone nodded in agreement. Goten took the lead and flew off. Soon followed by the rest. Piccolo stood only 10 miles away, on a cliff, keeping a close eye on them. Piccolo was quite nervous ever since the attack on Gohan.
Piccolo looked to the dirt below. "Gohan...I'm sorry, I wasn't there for you!" Piccolo clenched his fist and let his rage take over as his power increased just enough to make the cliff crumble under him. He floated there, looking at his clenched fist. "I will make that assailant pay for what he did to you!"
Piccolo looked up. And, proceeded to follow the group, keeping a good 15-mile distance from them, and only landing within 10 miles, just in case.



Gravity Room....

Goku sat there, meditating. Vegeta soon walked in and went to the gravity's control panal.
"You ready to start again, Kakarotto?" Vegeta said, not looking at Goku. Goku stood up and blasted into SSJ2 form. Vegeta took that as a 'yes' and turned the gravity on to 1000g. Vegeta didn't even have to power up to stand in this high level of gravity. He walked about 10 feet opposite of Goku, facing him. He stood there for a moment and blasted into SSJ2, as well.
"Ready?" Vegeta didn't wait for a reply, but simply flew towards Goku with a punch. Goku ducked and attempted to kick Vegeta's gut from below. Vegeta caught his leg and flipped over, taking Goku with him. Vegeta proceeded to slam Goku into the tiled floor. Goku did s push-up and spun his leg in Vegeta's hands, and his entire body. His foot came towards Vegeta's head. Vegeta simply put his arm up and blocked the attack.
Using the same hand he had blocked with, he pushed aside Goku's foot and extended his arm, gathering energy. Goku tried to break to break his other leg free, which was still caught in Vegeta's grasp. Instead, he extended his arm in attempts to deflect the attack. Vegeta kicked Goku's leg which was in his hand, which made it bend horribly; but, did not break. It did cause Goku to scream a little from the pain and stop his ki ball he was gathering energy for. Vegeta blasted his ki ball which impacted Goku's upper torso and head.
Vegeta flew back some from the blast and looked, waiting for Goku to stand back up. Goku stood up and flew into the air. Vegeta followed, slowly. They stared eachother down, than, Goku blasted three ki balls at Vegeta. Vegeta caught two in his hands and kicked the third away. Goku instant transmissioned himself behind Vegeta as Vegeta was still kicking the ball off to the side. Vegeta knew Goku would try something like this and continued his momentum in his kick and spun, flinging teh ki ball into Goku, who had been attempting a punch.
Goku blasted back into the wall, making an imprint of himself in the wall. Vegeta flew up and proceeded to punch and kick Goku while he was trapped in his body imprint. Goku began to cough up blood. Vegeta wouldn't let up his assualt, he continued to punch and kick and knee Goku not allowing him to move from the spot....



In some sandy area....

"Damn, this one's really hard to find," Uub said to the others.
"I know, but keep looking, it's gotta be around here somewhere. Just keep looking." Goten said back to Uub.
Buu was digging like a dog-he probably learned it from Bee-he made mounds of sand cover atop Krillin and Yamcha, who were digging behind him.
"C'mon Buu, knock that off," Yamcha reasoned. Buu turned around. "Buu, sorry," Buu went a few yards away and proceeded to dig like before, this time launching sand atop Tien.
"Any luck, 18?" Goten came over to where 18 had been digging. "Nope, sorry, Goten." Goten looked to the sand. "It's ok, do you think we could just blast this area?" Krillin walked up beside Goten. "Not if you want the dragonball to be destroyed." he stated.
"That's true," Goten said, he turned around. A ki blast spiraled towards Goten. Completely brown in coloration, Goten looked up, just as it came within 3 feet of him. His eyes widened in fear, as he knew he couldn't do anything about it. Just as the ball impacted his chest, it got deflected away. Goten still flew a few feet back, since it had indeed left Goten's gi smoking black from the close encounter. Goten looked to his torn and burned gi and than looked up to see Piccolo standing with his arm outstretched to blast the other ball away. Goten looked up and saw a man floating there.
Goten saw a man with a shaved head, a regular white tanktop, orange baggy pants, and the most perculiar part of the man was a symbol above his left eyebrow. It was formed like an 'X'. 18, Uub, Buu, Krillin, Yamcha, Pan, Tien, and Chaotzu stood looking at the man. Piccolo turned towards the floating killer.
"What are you?!" Piccolo said in his raspy voice. Silence. "Well, answer me, damnit!"
The man was staring at the group. Its eyes than reverted to Piccolo. "I am an android. Created from C-" Goten cut him off, he couldn't contain himself, this android had killed his brother. "That's complete shit! No one can create an android after what Doctor Gero did! Who are you really, and you better answer truthfully or else, I will kill you quicker than I planned to!"
The android's eyes reverted back to Goten. "Who am I? Well, on a capsule, I was brought out of, it said, 'X'....Project X!"
It sounded funny to everyone, they would've laughed only if this android hadn't completely destroyed Gohan and all in a blink of an eye. Not to mention, dissapearing before anyone could get a clear look at him. Goten, and everyone else, just glared at this foe. X floated down to the sandy area and surveyed each person. He stopped at Yamcha.
He lifted his arm up, which made everyone step back and get into a stance, ready to defend or attack. The android's finger pointed at Yamcha, than turning his hand upwards and making his finger wiggle back and forth, in a motion indicating for Yamcha to come forth and fight him. Yamcha sneered at the android but showed no fear, as he stepped out in front of everyone. Piccolo came in front of Yamcha and placed a hand to hold him back. Piccolo shook his head at Yamcha and returned his head to the android's.
"You will fight me, first!" Piccolo stated. X shook his head. "No! I want to fight with the great desert bandit, Yamcha!" Yamcha wondered how in the world did the android know of his earlier years, let alone, his name. Piccolo stated once again to fight with him first but, to everyone's surprise, Yamcha pushed aside Piccolo's arm.
"I will fight with him, You can always wish me back with Gohan." Yamcha said quietly to Piccolo. "You better not die, Yamcha, I'd rather not make that wish!" Yamcha smiled, which Piccolo returned with a simple smirk. Piccolo went back and stood by Goten. "Let him fight, his determination and will to, is real high; there's no way to talk him out of it." Goten nodded in response, knowing it to be true.
Yamcha knelt down in his Wolf-Fang-Fist stance. X simply stood there. "You ready?" It asked. Yamcha smiled and took off towards the android....



Gravitation Room.....

Goku's gi was completely torn, the shirt burned off his body. The pants torn in all sorts of palces. He even lost a boot. Vegeta stood in SSJ2 form, in prime condition. A cut on his lip was all. Goku still was able to retain his SSJ2 status, but he knew if Vegeta's assualt kept up, he would revert to regular form in no time!
"Why don't you ascend to the next level, Kakarotto? You need it!" Vegeta smirked at Goku.
"What's wrong with you Vegeta? I know you like a fight, especially against me, but this isn't like you! Not like you at all!" Vegeta smiled at this comment. "Oh, just shut up, Kakarotto and go SSJ3!" Goku looked reproachful at Vegeta, but decided not to hold back. He soon started whailing with tremendous force. His hair fell a good 3 feet, almost to his feet. His eyebrows faded off his face. His aura expanded and grew darker in golden coloration. His muscles grew and his ki grew astronamically. Vegeta had a smile the whole time, on his face.
Goku flashed a bright light that, temporarily, blinded Vegeta's vision. But, when Vegeta gained his vision back he looked towards Goku figure. Goku was staring at Vegeta. "You happy now?!" He lashed out towards Vegeta. "Extremely...Happy!" Vegeta retorted and began to power up.
Goku's looked at Vegeta awkwardly. [i]"What the hell is he doing?!"[/i] Goku thought, looking completely dumbfounded. Than, Vegeta's high pitched scream, shattered Goku's hearing for a brief second. Goku collapsed his hands to his ears. Closing his eyes, trying to concentrate on what Vegeta could be doing.
After a few seconds, Goku took his hands off his ears; the screaching of Vegeta was gone. Goku looked up and opened his eyes. What he saw horrified Goku. "What?...How?" Goku looked Vegeta over. "How did you reach SSJ3, in only 2 hours?!!?"
Vegeta smirked as he stood in SSJ3 glory. His hair was more spikey than even Goku's, it stretched done to his ankles, his eyesbrows were gone, his aura had an eerie red color to its original bright golden color. Goku checked his power. Goku almost fell back from what he felt radiating from Vegeta. "HOW!?" Goku yelled out. Vegeta simply smirked....



The sands.....

Yamcha was bloodied, looking completely exhausted. X hadn't even broken a sweat. "Damn, how strong is this guy?!" Yamcha asked himself. Goten, Piccolo, and the others, stood in awe. "He's beaten Yamcha in less than 3 minutes. How strong can he be? We can't sense his power and since he's not Gero's creation, 18 can't decipher anything more about him!" Goten said.
Tien's eyes, all 3 of them, were twitching slightly from the fear of this android. "Damnit! If Yamcha can't stand up to him what more chance do I, Chaotzu, or Krillin have?! And, everyone else, for that matter. Only Gohan, Vegeta, or Goku could take this guy! But...Gohan's been annihilated by this freaking android. Goku and Vegeta are off training in the gravity room, to make matters worse, they can't sense ki from that room! Damn!"
Goten heard every word Tien said, and knew it all to be true. Piccolo placed a hand on Goten's shoulder. "We will win this! I will risk my life for you, and so would everyone else! Goku and Vegeta will be here. They'll have to take breaks sometimes. And, besides, here," Goten looked at Piccolo's hands.
Goten's eyes illuminated with glee. Piccolo was holding 2 dragonballs. "Where's the third than? Is it here?" Goten asked, excitely. Piccolo shook his head. "No, sadly, the last one, is 825 miles North of here!" Goten took the 2 balls and placed them in his pouch. Pan walked over to her uncle. "Uncle Goten?!" She said, looking up to him. "Yea, Pan." Goten replied.
"If you want, I can go retrieve that last dragonball and pick up Grandpa and Vegeta along the way." Pan said, Goten smiled. "That's good thinking, Pan, you go and do that. Here," Goten handed her his pouch with all 6 dragonballs, the radar, and 2 senzu beans. "What are these for?" Pan asked. "Just in case, Dad, or Vegeta haven't recovered from their training!" Pan nodded at Goten's words. Pan went behind them and started to head off.
"Hey, Pan," it was Chaotzu. "Yea, Chaotzu?" Pan questioned why he was following her. "Tien said I should go with." Pan smiled. "Ok, cool, good, we will get things done quicker with you." She said and they flew off into the distance. Piccolo, Goten, and everybody else were preoccupied listening to the plan, and watching Pan fly away that they completely forgot about the battle at hand.
"If you all are done, trying to save your pathetic and pointless lives, than may I continue with my killings!" X's voice echoed into everyone's ears. Everyone turned back to him. They saw X holding onto Yamcha's dead corpse. He flung it at them. Tien caught Yamcha and laid him down.
"You won't have time to greive for him, it is time for me to take on my next competitor." X continued. He looked everyone over. "You know what, I want a challenge, Uub, Buu, or Piccolo. Decide which two of you will fight me at the same time!"
"No, only one of us will fight you, and that will be me!" Uub spoke up. Piccolo and Goten forgot about how strong Uub and Buu were. "Maybe, we won't need to have Goku or Vegeta! Uub and Buu are both quite powerful themselves!" Piccolo said to Goten, which seemed to cheer everyone up some.
Uub took up a stance, first bowing to X; Although he was a vile villian, Uub would still respect him. X, actually, bowed back. Uub thought this as X just mocking him. Uub blasted off towards X....


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