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Brushing off the Saiyans proved a bit more trying than she'd given them credit for. She had to admit that they were tougher than she expected. The one who oddly caught her off guard for a moment was the one who raced in before to rescue the first fool who attacked her. She came up close, almost too close for comfort and activated an attack she called "Avalanche Strike."


It took an instant to process what was happening, but as the attack built up strength and exploded outward from the Saiyan she simply took the hit.


She was blown back, but her feet remained firmly planted on the ground as she skidded across the battlefield. Finally she came to a stop, her hardened skin glistening like metal in the light of day above. She was bent forward slightly, but straightened herself and used one hand to brush a bit of dust off of her shoulder.


"I'm impressed. You're the first to actually hit me with something. Your friends... Well. They're less than adequate thus far." She taunted.


From the hilltop the plant-like humanoid observed the fight as it progressed and took note that Korvaiis was slowly flying over to her and away from the main battle which was raging behind him.


He landed in front of her, and the two glared each other down.


"What do you want?" She demanded.


"Your comrade could have killed him... Why didn't she?" He demanded in return.


"She wants to drag the battle out. Killing him so quickly would not only be child's play, but it would end her fun."


Korvaiis' eyes narrowed.


"So you say." He said calmly.


"You should focus on the battle." She growled.


"I will focus on the most immediate threat at hand... And that is you."





One of her eye ridges rose, as she didn't have eyebrows.


"You spoke first, and your friend followed your lead. That tells me that between the two of you, you give the orders."





She smirked.


"Furthermore, I took a gamble and relayed our true purpose to you openly. Despite that you chose to engage us in battle rather than immediately try to kill us as any other servant of Inecros would. Your friend holding back is proof enough of that. So what is it you are truly after?"





She closed her eyes.


"I will say this once, Saiyan: Give up trying to understand us. You never will. Nobody will. For us, serving Inecros is all we have left. Your intentions change nothing. My partner will kill your comrades in due time, so perhaps you should return to their side. You are the most powerful among them by a decent margin. They'll need you."


He smiled.


"I doubt that."


"You seem to carry a lot of faith in whatever you think you have figured out about us. Forget it. Whatever you think you know is off the mark."


"We'll see about that."





He turned and flew back towards the battle as the others continued engaging the insectoid.
 
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Brushing off the Saiyans proved a bit more trying than she'd given them credit for. She had to admit that they were tougher than she expected. The one who oddly caught her off guard for a moment was the one who raced in before to rescue the first fool who attacked her. She came up close, almost too close for comfort and activated an attack she called "Avalanche Strike."
It took an instant to process what was happening, but as the attack built up strength and exploded outward from the Saiyan she simply took the hit.


She was blown back, but her feet remained firmly planted on the ground as she skidded across the battlefield. Finally she came to a stop, her hardened skin glistening like metal in the light of day above. She was bent forward slightly, but straightened herself and used one hand to brush a bit of dust off of her shoulder.


"I'm impressed. You're the first to actually hit me with something. Your friends... Well. They're less than adequate thus far." She taunted.


From the hilltop the plant-like humanoid observed the fight as it progressed and took note that Korvaiis was slowly flying over to her and away from the main battle which was raging behind him.


He landed in front of her, and the two glared each other down.


"What do you want?" She demanded.


"Your comrade could have killed him... Why didn't she?" He demanded in return.


"She wants to drag the battle out. Killing him so quickly would not only be child's play, but it would end her fun."


Korvaiis' eyes narrowed.


"So you say." He said calmly.


"You should focus on the battle." She growled.


"I will focus on the most immediate threat at hand... And that is you."





One of her eye ridges rose, as she didn't have eyebrows.


"You spoke first, and your friend followed your lead. That tells me that between the two of you, you give the orders."





She smirked.


"Furthermore, I took a gamble and relayed our true purpose to you openly. Despite that you chose to engage us in battle rather than immediately try to kill us as any other servant of Inecros would. Your friend holding back is proof enough of that. So what is it you are truly after?"





She closed her eyes.


"I will say this once, Saiyan: Give up trying to understand us. You never will. Nobody will. For us, serving Inecros is all we have left. Your intentions change nothing. My partner will kill your comrades in due time, so perhaps you should return to their side. You are the most powerful among them by a decent margin. They'll need you."


He smiled.


"I doubt that."


"You seem to carry a lot of faith in whatever you think you have figured out about us. Forget it. Whatever you think you know is off the mark."


"We'll see about that."





He turned and flew back towards the battle as the others continued engaging the insectoid.
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So far, every single member of the raid group who attacked so far had charged in, taking a purely offensive approach. And the extra limbs of that insectoid gave the alien a decided advantage in close combat, halting the efforts of even Korvaiis. But Karas, right now, had the highest power level there. So he decided he wouldn't make the same mistake.


A transparent tower shield reaching from head to toe, corresponding to Guardian's Tools, appeared in his right hand, his flesh one. He held it in front of him, the bulwark of ki partially curving around his sides to make it harder to hit him directly. There was a reason behind putting it in his right hand: His left was what he would be using for offense.


His robotic arm could, right now, attack with a power level of 181,867.72942, due to its superior efficiency. And a one-handed Guardian's Salvo, if he put more power into it, could do the damage of a two-handed version of the same attack in fewer beams.


So, with all of that planned, he put his left hand inside the surface of the shield, small holes opening up for his fingers. He then let fly, with five extra-powerful blue beams heading towards the insectoid's vulnerable areas: Two for the the roots of the extra limbs in her back, one for the slit in her protective visor, and two heading straight for her kneecaps. If they missed, they would attempt to home in on her and pierce her armor. If they couldn't do so after impact, they would violently explode.
 
She brushed off another wave of attacks from Era and Sil who tried to tag-team her from the front and back. No such luck. One leg was all it took to bat Sil away from behind her while she dealt with Era's assault from the front before throwing her backwards into her old friend. With the girls out of the way, the insectoid noticed a particular light on the ground and swiftly turned to face the source.


It was the one with the robotic arm. He was charging some kind of Ki blast and aiming it directly at her.


Well that was no big deal. She could sense his power level rising and it was ever so slightly higher than the power she was using... Impressive. Either way, a Ki blast was nothing to worry about.


... But then it was launched at her.


What an odd attack to target five different areas at once. Her eyes traced the pathways and found them aimed at vulnerable spots.


Clever boy.


She raced back and into the air observing as they started following her. Under his direction they continued to follow her around aiming for their intended targets. She dared not risk them making direct contact with her power at its current level.


As she raced through the sky she powered up rapidly, finally turning to face the oncoming blasts once she was certain her power was high enough. She brought her arms and legs in at the last instant as the blasts began to come closer and turned her body sideways so those aiming at her back would instead hit her arms while the others also would be thrown off target.


The Ki blasts connected and a giant explosion engulfed the skies. A massive fireball followed by a cloud of disproportionate size dwarfing the explosion itself was next. For a moment it seemed like it had to have worked. Right? A blast like that would have hurt her no matter how strong she was. 178,000? That blast would at least take a limb off. Even though she powered up, how could she have enough to just brush it off?


... Era had an answer.


Sil looked to her old friend and found Era's eyes wide with fright and her body trembling in fear.


Era was never afraid of an enemy. Ever. Korvaiis flew over to Era's side and put a hand on her shoulder, but her wide eyes remained glued to that ball of smoke.


"Era. What is it?" He asked loudly.


Nei, Kendra, and Urod's attention were all grabbed by the question as they were nearby and within earshot.


"Era!" Korvaiis yelled.


"H... He... Her power..." Her said through something of a squeak.


"What about her power?" He asked.


"I felt it. When the Ki blasts hit her it..." She stammered.


"Era! Pull yourself together! What was it about her power?!" He yelled.


She slowly turned to face him.


"It multiplied by more than 10 just before they hit, Commander." She said weakly.


Korvaiis' eyes widened to nearly match her own.


"... Ten times. You're certain?" He asked.


Era nodded slowly.


Korvaiis looked to the cloud of smoke.


"What kind of monster is she?" He asked.


The smoke cleared and there she was floating in the sky as if nothing had happened. No damage at all. Just her usual mocking stance as she floated with one hand on her hip and the other waving in the air to blow away some of the smoke around her. Her power level was back to where it was before at around 178,000.


"I must say that came the closest to doing some real damage." She called out to everyone below.


She cracked her neck and rolled her shoulders.


"But if that's your best shot, then I suppose there's no point in wasting further time with you." She said ominously.


Korvaiis could hardly imagine it. If her power was 178,000, and if what Era said was true about her power multiplying by more than 10 times, that meant her power jumped to over 1.78 million just before Karas' attack hit her. And she was a servant of Inecros with power like that at her disposal? And who knew if that was even her maximum? Just what purpose did she have toying with them like this? Was it really just for her own pleasure? Was Korvaiis truly wrong about what the two of them had planned?


At this point even Korvaiis had lost his confidence in what he thought he had figured out about this pair of enemies. It was no wonder they were so calm. If they were hiding that much power then there was no way the Saiyans could win. Not like this. But then why were they continuing to toy with them? That was the big question.
 
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Raze looked at Dicchio. Dicchio nodded back. They both charged to their maximum and fired an Ultimate Beam Shot. The four beam shots total, combined into a giant one, as they rocketed towards the insectoid. After they let it fire they both charged after the beams, not expecting the beams to hit after what they just experienced. Their best bet was to blind her, Beam Shot, and go close range with Dicchio preparing his Ki Kick Barrage and Raze preparing his Melee Barrage.
 
Phew!


Taking the time to charge that much power to avoid that blast was a bit of a rush. She hadn't used that kind of power in years. It had been more than overkill, as that blast was only around as powerful as she was so powering up even just to around 300,000 would have stuffed it well enough. But the Saiyans seemed to have gotten the message... At least the female with long purple hair did.


Most of the others, well... Did that.


The two who were glued at the hip launched an attack at her despite her display of power. Seemed they were gluttons for punishment. But she wouldn't let that stop her. At least they were enthusiastic about dying.


She powered up as the attack came in, charging to just above 400,000 as the attack struck her body. A small explosion and cloud of smoke appeared around her, and she used that opportunity to disappear. Streaking through the skies she moved about the battlefield unseen and unheard as Dicchio and Raze continued their charge towards what they believed was still in the smoke.


Era was having doubts though. She could still feel the insectoid's Ki, but she was unable to track her movements. She was moving. That was clear. But where? Did the difference in power really make that big of a difference in her ability to track a moving Ki source? Perhaps there was some deeper reason why she couldn't track it? Maybe leftover Ki was distracting her senses preventing her from honing in on the source properly? It was likely. With power like hers it wouldn't surprise Era in the least if the Ki she left in her wake managed to fool her senses, if even only temporarily.


Era closed her eyes and relaxed her body. Breathing slowly she cleared her mind of all outside sights and sounds until he was just the sound of her own breathing.


*Zing*





A flash of power to her right.


*Zing*





A flash up ahead.


*Zing*


A flash behind and to the right.


*Zing*





A flash up ahead and to the right.


She was moving in circles. Era slowly and patiently waited for each flash to give her an idea of the speed and direction before she finally managed to figure her out. Era began charging a Ki blast in her right hand, and as she tracked the pattern of movements she fired just ahead of where the insectoid was about to appear given her pattern.


The insectoid appeared and stopped short of attack letting the Ki blast shoot past her.


Even if that blast wouldn't have hurt her in the slightest, it was impressive that the purple haired one managed to track her movements like that. Was she improving while on the battlefield?
 
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Just as he was within striking range, three pairs of extra limbs sprouted from the humanoid insect's back. Two of which hammered right into his midsection, shattering his body armour and knocking the air right out of him. He was pushed back and his intended kick to her back ultimately disrupted. His body hunched at the impact and his mouth wide as he gasped for air. Zarytto couldn't grab hold of the limbs which pushed his shoulder back and had no way of deflecting those at his hips. In a matter of seconds, his assault was stalled with ease.


He stared down at his abdomens, expecting to see a couple of holes and blood, only to find none. The others finally rushed in then. Attacking the female “insect” from all sides. Then, he felt himself being tugged away right from the back of his collar armour. For a moment, he thought it was the doing of their enemy, but he sensed and felt no ki blast from her. Before he could entirely grasped what was going on, Zarytto was on his back staring up into the sky. Then he noticed Eve half kneeling beside him. He felt her soft hand over his hard abs before he heard her speak.


Saved my tail? When did I ever ask for your help? Hold back? And let those who mocked our race get away with it? Help the others? When they don't even dare to help themselves? And out first?


Zarytto sat up just as Eve stood and turned her back towards him. A sharp glare of disdain thrown her way as she blasted off to engage the enemy. Out first?! He scowled. His whole being now trembling with anger. Getting back up to his feet, he watched the battle that was going on. They were being toyed with. Their numbers made up for nothing. And that's just on one of them. The other was merely observing still.


Out first?!


The word rang over and over again within his ears. “I'm not out of this, yet! I'm not! I can still stand and my heart still beats! I can still fight!” he whispered to himself, as if assuring himself with them. Enraged, he held his own wrist and began gathering his ki, determined to use his Spiral Blast. For a fraction of a second, Eve's back did came across as a target to him. But he wouldn't allow himself to stoop so low and attack one of his kind from the back. He'll have to deal with her later! So he focused and studied the insect's form for now.


Out first?!


Fueled by the haunting thoughts, his power quickly increased over time. However, as one after another of the crew unleashed their own towards her and after having witnessed of how she'd either swatted them away or simply brushed it off of her, the mohawked Saiyan's confident began to dwindle. Especially right after Karas delivered his strong blast. There, for a brief moment, he thought he just felt the presence of a very high wall towering over them. The ki gathered in his hand slowly dissipated. His jaw dropped and he no longer could prevent himself from buckling down to his knees. He hammered the ground with both clenched fists. Toyed with them she sure did!


How could this be?! Zarytto asked himself silently. The Saiyans are supposed to be the strongest race in the universe!! How could there be another with such a high power level? No! Even though he couldn't quite tell exactly where her power level was, he knew it was ridiculously high. Both adrenaline and fear then coursed through him. His eyes began to water. No! He repeated. With a mixture of anger, fear and the overwhelming sense of being powerless, Zarytto could also no longer contained the tears from falling. They're going to die here before they could even avenge their people? Before they could even face Inecros? No! This must not be happening!


Korvaiis, this was his plan! He'd noticed how the Commander have excused himself from the main fight to approach the other spectator. He saw them exchanged words before Korvaiis rushed over to the rest of the crews. If anything, it was the flaws in the Commander's strategy that'd led them to their death. Did he just attempted to talk his way out of this situation? First, he exposed his plans to them, then he tried sweet talking to them? Was it all a gamble? Was he actually hoping these two enemy who clearly he'd not be acquainted with, not kill them right then and there? Hoping they would be the two out of perhaps thousands of Inecros's men to betray the tyrant and agree to their course? To share the same goal? What were the odds? Furthermore, at the rate they're going with her alone, where all she did was deflect and stop their attacks in its tracks, Zarytto just couldn't see how they're going to benefit from this fight. At best, they could gain two powerful allies in which the chances for that to happen would be very very slim! At worst, well, they die!


Out first?!


Something in Zarytto then snapped. He threw his head back and looked up. His expression now feral as he got up to his feet. Gathering ki once more before he shot himself up into the sky, levitating a little higher than the enemy, “You better dodge this one just like you did with the rest!” said Zarytto as he held the ki by a shoulder. “No matter how strong you are, you won't be able to take this head on like you could with some of theirs!” he challenged. “SPIIRAAAAAL BLAAAAAAAAAASTTT!!” and with that, he extended his arm out, shooting the crimson beam of spinning energy towards the female insect. He'd even brought himself at an angle so that should the insect get out of the way, it'll head right for her partner.


It's all or nothing, he'd said to himself. And that technique held almost all of his power reserves. Its the strongest in his arsenal, meant to be used against those with high power level. It wasn't exactly an impressive skill but its drilling effect was what caught most of his superior foes off guard. They wouldn't be able to see the spinning energy until it'd came close and by then, it'll be too late for even them to escape totally unscathed.
 
You really think that this is wise?


Yes.


But why? To what end?


Because we might need them. They may be weak now, but who knows how strong they may become?


You're willing to gamble our lives on that?


I am willing to gamble my life, Elise. If you don't wish to gamble yours, then I won't force you.


... Your gambles are mine, as are your battles and enemies. I stand with you though I still don't see the point of-





“SPIIRAAAAAL BLAAAAAAAAAASTTT!!” Zarytto had screamed.


Elise turned just in time to see the attack launching at her, and the clever little ape had angled himself so that if she got out of the way then Zyra would be struck with it... Well, not to worry.


The name of the attack held the term "spiral." That had to mean only one thing: spiraling energy meant to pierce stronger and tougher materials than the standard flesh most humanoid life forms possessed.


Clever one, but foolish. I can feel your energy reserves already draining and the attack hans't even reached me yet... This is your last ditch effort, isn't it? She thought.


Her power, currently 400,000 compared to Zarytto's roughly 86,000 meant that this attack was useless as it was anyway. The difference between their strength was far too great for his attack to work no matter what kind of Ki he was using. Spiral or otherwise, he just didn't have the power to break through.


Still... it couldn't hurt to rub salt in the wound.


Elise powered up rapidly, her power quickly spiking once more to just over 1,000,000 as she put her hand out and let the attack land. True to form, the attack's Ki was spiraling and trying its best to break through her armor.


"Not good enough little Saiyan!" She yelled down to Zarytto.


She curled her fingers and charged a Ki blast of her own which caused an explosion to occur once more engulfing her in a fireball before disappearing from view in the resulting smoke. Moments later she charged her Ki blowing the smoke away in all directions... She was fine. Not a scratch or blemish to be seen anywhere. Zarytto's attack had failed miserably.


Elise floated down to Zarytto and crossed her arms.


"Your attack is impressive, little man. But producing a massive attack like that has one fatal weakness: If the difference between your opponent's power and your own is too great, not only will your attack fail regardless of its design, but you will have wasted your energy for nothing just like you did today." She said in a taunting manner.


Elise then turned her back on Zarytto to look at the others floating nearby.


"Do any of you cowards have any real attacks capable of damaging me?" She asked.
 
Eve watched as the creature was knocked back a portion by her Avalache Strike. A direct hit? Her face lit up then. She felt a power level behind her skyrocket, turning to see who it was coming from and noticing Karas creating a barrier. He fired some blasts at the creature who flew away at a rapid pace. And then...an explosion. Eve was still watching the creature but spun as Korvaiis rushed to Era's side. What did she just say? 10times her current power level? Eve's face paled significantly and her eyes drifted back to the creature. They had no chance... none whatsoever.


Even so Raze and Dicchio were in next flying at a fast speed, firing together and dashing in. They were side stepped...and then...a scream...her eyes moving up now to see the lone mohawk Saiyan firing a huge drill blast at both. Or rather at one in an angle that might hit the other.


Once again, the creature stood like nothing happened. Goading them all. Egging them all. Her breath hitched in her throat as she appeared near Zarytto and Eve's power excelled at an alarming rate. She stood no chance, not if Era was right. She wanted to stand down, run away, but she would never abandon her Raid Group like that.


She drew a hand to a hip as a sphere started to gather in her palm. Flooding it with a huge portion of her Ki, making it spin faster and faster, to the point the sphere seemed push the air around it away. It wouldn't kill the creature but she'll be damned if they would get away with treating them all so inferior.


Besides she had an idea.


While everyone was focused on the insect girl, the only person to draw attention to the plant woman was Korvaiis and Zarytto's attack. Eve's blue eyes narrowed down dangerously and she even let out a disgruntled tsc.


She took one step forward like a baseball pitcher and swung her arm sending the rotating sphere firing at inhuman speeds. A gust of wind so strong coming from it, it crushed boulders and rocks in it's way, sending debris and dust into air in it's wake.


But it wasn't headed towards the insect.


Oh no.


Eve had it pinned right at the plant woman standing far away uptop the hill, observing.


"Supersonic Shot!!" She screaming but by that time it was already on top of the plant creature.


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The insectoid watched the group, waiting to see if any of them would come forward with an attack. Several of them did, in fact. Urod, Nei, and Kendra all seemed to be ignoring Era's warning of her power level and were once again coming at her full force in formation hoping to get some kind of angle on her. They knew where her "legs" were in her back, so they knew to stay out of range from behind. But just how far did they extend? That was what they were now testing.


Nei and Kendra both came from the front while Urod came from above and at a slight angle, also from the front. Their goal was to see just how far her legs could reach, if she used them at all. But what they didn't know was that she saw through their tactics, and allowed it. She extended all six of the legs from her back out as far as they would go, which was to say approximately one full arm's length in front of her as they took defensive positions. They blocked the incoming assault and pushed the trio away.


Korvaiis watched all of this from a short distance away as the wheels in his head began to turn.


She's so powerful it's almost unreal, and yet... She takes orders from-





No sooner had that thought crossed his mind than he saw Eve gathering Ki. Was she shooting it at the insectoid?... No. She turned and shot it at the floral creature instead. Her supersonic shot, capable of traveling at speeds in exponential proportion to the Ki she infused within it, began hurtling towards its new target.


Could she dodge or block it?


Korvaiis even had trouble keeping his eyes on the Ki blast as it rocketed through the air. In fact he lost it for a brief moment but picked it up again as it was on top of its target. But what Korvaiis saw once again destroyed his confidence in their battle against the pair.


One instant the floral creature was there mere inches away from Eve's attack, and the next she was gone. No trace of movement. No trace of her Ki signature... Nothing.


The supersonic blast Eve fired flew straight past where the floral creature had been and through the air into the far distance before finally exploding harmlessly in the upper atmosphere. Korvaiis turned to Era, and Era was looking at Eve. Era's face was pale and her eyes wide with fear as she began pointing to Eve with a trembling hand.


Korvaiis looked, and there she was. The floral creature had reappeared behind Eve without so much as a single sign of her approach. But she was there. She had her arms crossed and a small smile was on her lips.


"Your attack was impressive, little one. But it was far too slow to catch me off guard. I may not be as powerful as my companion, but with my speed not a single one of you stands a chance of so much as grazing me with your pitiful attacks." She laughed.


Korvaiis took a breath and began to suspect something new about the pair and their purpose here.


Originally he had thought that they were merely testing the Saiyans to see if their course wasn't one worth trying. Surely they had no love for Inecros. Not if he was "all they had left."


... Wait... That was it!!


Korvaiis' face relaxed and he floated down to the hilltop where the floral creature had once been and stood with his arms crossed as well as powering down. The floral creature observed his movements and sensed the drop in his power level and disappeared from behind Eve only to reappear at his side an instant later.


"Why have you powered down, Saiyan? You know we're going to kill all of you, don't you?" She asked through a scowl.


Korvaiis' mouth curled in a smile.


"No. I don't think you will. In fact, I know you won't kill us." He said confidently.


She arched an eye ridge.


"I've got you two figured out now. It doesn't matter how much you deny it. I know your true purpose now." He said.


She released a sigh.


"I'll never understand what makes you Saiyans tick. But then, it's probably for the best. When you're dead, I'll have your brain removed and studied to see if our scientists can't figure it out." She said as she turned her back to him to watch the battle.


Urod, Nei, and Kendra were still trying to take down the insectoid. But it was not going well. Korvaiis watched as Era floated there too scared to engage, and Sil was by her side trying to get her back in the game.


But Korvaiis knew what held Era back: true fear.


True fear, contrary to the commonplace state of mind everyone viewed as fear, was deeply rooted in the psyche to the point where it became a paralytic. True fear could freeze even the mightiest of warriors down to their core, and prevent them from so much as lifting a finger. Normal fear could be overcome and challenged, but not true fear. Not the kind that paralyzed mind, body, and spirit. That was what held Era back this day. But why?... Why be afraid of these beings that badly?


Surely it wasn't just the power level she had been sensing from the insectoid, right? Was there some other reason Era had barely engaged in the battle save for a Ki blast and a few physical blows early on?


He'd have to worry about that later. This battle was rapidly coming to an end with everyone beginning to exhaust themselves in their struggle against this pair of creatures. If Korvaiis didn't bring the fight to an end soon, someone was going to die even if by their own hand.
 
Karas watched as the insectoid attempted to escape his Salvo. For a moment, it looked like it he might actually do some damage against her. Within the emotions of battle--fear, anger, exhaustion--Karas felt a glimmer of hope. That hope was quickly dashed when the insectoid powered up to an almost unimaginable level of power, one that Karas had never felt or measured before, and tanked both the piercing attacks and the explosion that went off as a failsafe. It seemed to take a psychological toll on Era in particular. Even Karas was scared, and he had seen plenty of carnage throughout his life.


He watched as the others began attacking once more, only to have their strongest attacks brushed off like specks of dust. The two aliens would claim they were toying with the Raid Group, but there was another possibility that would line up with what Karas was witnessing: the aliens were merely testing the Saiyans. It was quite possible that their purpose was just to feel their enemies out rather than kill them outright. But that was the thing: If they were really here to "test" the enemies of Inecros, why wouldn't Inecros give Zyra and Elise orders to kill them all if the Raid Group proved to not be a threat? The pair had more than enough intelligence on the Raid Group's capabilities by now to justify giving no quarter, so why hadn't they done so already? The answer could be that they were actually thinking of betraying Inecros, and this was really to see if the Saiyans were worthwhile allies.


Every single "attack" that Zyra and Elise had performed was an act of self-defense. So Karas decided to test his theory by flying up to Elise and stopping about 10 Leid away from her, arms crossed. "So I've come to realize something. You claim you're toying with us, that you're going to kill us all any minute now. I think you're lying through your teeth. You're clearly here to test our abilities, to see if we're really a threat to Inecros' power. If you were toying with us before killing us, you would be actually be going on the offensive at some point in an effort to inflict more pain. Instead, every attack you've made was an act of self-defense. Combined with your taunting earlier, it's blatantly obvious that you're trying to exploit our Saiyan Pride to make us give it our all and completely exhaust ourselves. Now why would you do continue to do this when you have more than enough evidence of our inferior power to warrant a complete slaughter already? The answer? You're testing us, but not for Inecros. You want to betray him, and you want to see if we're worthwhile allies. Now, I could be incredibly wrong, so I'm going to test my theory. If you really are our enemy..." Karas said as he uncrossed his arms and put them at his sides, open palms facing Elise. "Hit me."
 
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Elise was enjoying this, and Zyra was as well.


However, Zyra was concerned about that Commander of theirs. He was clearly no fool to have seen through them so easily, and it now seemed that the one with the bionic arm had seen through them as well. The others still thought they were being toyed with for fun before the slaughter, but these two... They were a different breed of Saiyan altogether to be able to put this together like that.


Elise as well was taking note of this fact. The bionic armed one was now asking her to hit him to prove that she was his enemy. Elise took a casual glance back to Zyra, who did nothing in response. She merely stood nearby on her hilltop, arms crossed, watching and waiting.


Elise turned to the bionic armed one, and just as her intended course would have been made clear she was attacked by Urod, Nei, Kendra, and Korvaiis all at once. She had been caught off guard, and the only thing that saved her was the fact that her power level was so high. Had it not been, she'd have been knocked around like a rag doll under the weight of their assault. But she managed to brush them off one by one, save Korvaiis, who evaded her leg at the last moment though his armor did take a scrape across the abdomen.


Korvaiis floated down next to Karas.


"It seems that my comrade has also seen through your act." He said as he crossed his arms.


"So are you going to hit him to prove you are our enemy or aren't you?" He asked.


Elise closed her eyes, thinking hard about her response.


These Saiyans had seen through her. That much was clear. These two at least. The others? Hopeless. But still...


She smiled without opening her eyes.


"You two are awfully clever, I'll give you that... But for you to take the fight to Overlord Inecros, your powers are nothing." She said.


Her eyes opened.


"However, I too am nobody's fool. I know that Saiyans have a limit to their strength. For you all to reach such heights, you must have found a way around that limit. And if that so..."


She let her arms fall slowly to her sides before her hands clenched into fists.


"Your Saiyan abilities of recovering and growing stronger after being brought to near death must be pushed even further!!" She screamed.


Elise let her aura flare for the first time in the battle, and it was a brilliant shade of white which was nearly blinding to the eyes.


Her power, oddly enough, was decreasing. She dropped from 10x her base power to only 4x her base power, putting her roughly around 700,000.


If they can't handle 10x the average strength among their group for more than a minute, then they deserve to die... Zyra, I hope you were right about this group. For our sake, and the sake of the galaxy, I will put my faith in your plan. She thought.


Elise rocketed forth and slammed one fist each into the stomachs of Karas and Korvaiis. The blows dug deep. Not enough to pierce the flesh, but more than enough to push their stomachs in over two inches putting tremendous pressure on their internal organs and knocking the wind out of them the instant the blows landed. Both of them were sent flying back skidding across the ground for several hundred Cint's and finally into a small pile of boulders.


Elise then looked to the others, most of whom were petrified with fear by now, and raced through attacking each of them a single time each with a heavy blow to send them down to the ground. One by one they all fell. Eve. Urod. Nei. Kendra. Era. Sil. Dicchio. Raze. And Zarytto.


All of them fell under the extremity of her attack, and she floated into the sky to see which of them, if any, would be able to rise and continue the fight. She was now counting in her head to 60 seconds. If they could survive and find the courage to fight within that time, then they would pass this test... If not, then they would be killed.
 
Raze fell down under the attack (55 seconds). He felt as if he was throwing up. He groaned as he fell down. (At about 30 seconds left) Unexpectedly the pain subsided and when he looked down he didn't see any gashes.


"At first I expected her to be toying with us. But she just punched everyone in the gut and NO ONE has a major injuries. Could it be that we happened upon the small percentage that wants to go against Inecros." Raze thought to himself. (15 Seconds left) He didn't stand up but he got into a comfortable position. He aimed one of the fingers on his prosthetic hand at Elise. He's practiced enough to know that his aim is dead on. She wouldn't expect an attack from this far back, but he's also practiced enough to know that his attack will move fast enough and far enough to hit. Even if she does see it coming, she'd probably expect it to fade away before it reaches her. He charged up a new move he's worked on. After charging for a couple of seconds, he let it rip, "Nerve Piercer", he yelled, as he sent it then stood as he was uncomfortable on the ground. He watched in anticipation. With this attack, he sends a VERY small but long line of ki towards a targeted nerve. Piercing the skin and armor, and damaging the nerve systems. An attack like this would kill if it hits the correct nerve, meaning if she uses her powers to send it back, it could kill any one of them. If she doesn't, which everyone knows she has the capabilities to do, then there's something else going on. (At 5 seconds) He stood up , to have a better sight with his hawk-like vision.




Dicchio was knocked down. He waited until the pain subsided and sat up to see Raze charging his new attack. When he let it rip, he watched with hope in his eyes.
 
That hurt. A lot. For a good ten seconds after he was punched in the gut and knocked into the pile of boulders, Karas was incapacitated, unable to so much as move. He was surrounded by coldness and darkness, only able to see a patch of blue sky inside of his prison.


Should he bother trying to beat her? He knew it was fruitless to try. He couldn't so much as lay a scratch on her. But then a flood of memories came unbidden to his mind's eye. The nausea he felt at having killed his first foe on the battlefield, unheard of for a Saiyan warrior, even a low-class rookie. Visiting an alien station-city while on leave, and being taken in by the sights and sounds of true civilization. Coming back to Metahnn and being appalled at his own species. Memories of Xol and the other friends he made, happy times, sad times, arguments. Hearing the stories of Inecros from the traumatized survivors of his path of destruction. Killing a Borodian spy, looting her subspace transceiver, and having an entire world of universal communication opened up to him with some tinkering of his Scouter. Watching an intercepted broadcast of an ancient Earthling film and being absorbed by a work of fiction for the first time in his life.


Inecros was going to destroy all of it, starting with him and his friends. Karas didn't care for the Saiyan species as a whole. But there were a few people that he cared about among his own kind: Era. Sil. Korvaiis. Urod. Eve. Dicchio. Raze. These rare individuals made up the core of his new family, one which he greatly preferred to his biological one. But more damningly, Inecros posed a threat to the entire universal society. Everyone he had met on those stations, the societies they hailed from, all of them had a ki blast pointed at their heads so long as Inecros lived. If he couldn't find the strength to stand up to a mere servant of Inecros, one that had plans to betray her master, what hope would he have to stand up to the "Overlord" himself? And what chance did he have to fix his own repugnant society?


Around the 30-second mark, the rocks around Karas began to shift, a blue light shining from within the pile. It exploded outwards, revealing Karas, staring straight at Elise. He looked at her with determination in his eyes, and flew up to her, a grand mace and tower shield forming in his hands. While holding a two-handed mace in one hand could be cumbersome, Karas easily had the strength to wield it with no reduction in speed, especially since his weapons weighed about the same as their steel equivalents. The mace, notably, bore a sharp point on the tip this time around. With a weapon this bulky, it paid to enable thrusts. "So, even though you plan on betraying Inecros, you still insist on fighting potential allies? Very well then. I'll fight you as long as it takes to knock some sense into you!"


He rushed forward to fight her, but then he heard Raze yell, "Nerve Piercer!" Momentarily flicking his eyes downwards, he instinctively moved about 40 Leid away in an attempt to avoid getting caught in the attack, and watched the yellow beam rocket towards Elise. He still had his weapon at the ready and his transparent shield up to defend himself in case she tried to pull something, like deflecting the attack at him.
 
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Eve was still stunned. She had sent her supersonic shot towards the plant girl, who had literally disappeared. Even Eve who could track her own shot, couldn't spot the creature...and then she turned her head to see Era shaking a finger behind her. Eve's face fell when she heard the voice behind her. It spoke, then was gone again.


Fast.


Much too fast.


And then in a flash there was a punch to her stomach that made her groan in agony, haunching over and dropping to her knees with a resounding crash. She gulped to try and get some air in her lungs, eyes clenched closed in agony. Eyelashes fluttering.


50seconds


She had half a mind to just give up then, lay down, pass out, let death claim her. Inviting her in. But she still felt the energies of her comrades..down, but not out.


40seconds


Why was she doing this? She crossed an arm over her chest to brace herself and shakily got to her feet. Vision blurred. The only thing keeping her standing was her stubborn Saiyan Pride. While her comrades stood, she would to.


30Seconds


She started a slow, shaking pace now, dragging the tip of each boot against the ground in her slumped manner, almost limping, but moving steadily forward. Thud...thud...thud... her boots echoing loudly in her own mind. Where was she going? Not towards the creatures. She wasn't even sure how she knew where she was going, she just did. She needed to.


20Seconds


Finally the outline of a body came into view. Was it him? Would it even matter? Why was she doing this? She finally got within a pace of the tall mohawk Saiyan, snaking an arm around him suddenly, throwing his arm around her shoulder while she hoisted him up to his feet. Her spare hand resting on his chest to keep him upright.


10Seconds


She used every last portion of her strength to keep the mohawk saiyan upright, not looking at him, her blue gaze locked onto the insect creature. Her gaze daring her to try and attack them again. Any of them.


Then she shouted in a booming, threatening voice, much stronger then her body felt at the time.


"Saiyans will not give up! They will not roll over and die! We will fight to the bitter end...so if you intend to watch us grovel, you may as well kill us...it is not going to happen...we are all much to stubborn for that..." A half grin working into her face.


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((I'm going off the presumption that Zarytto, being drained of his power reserves, would not have the strength to respond or attack again after his Spiral Blast))


Zyra was impressed by their commitment, but upon observing how fragile they seemed to be after Elise's first onslaught she doubted they'd rise again.


Elise, however, wasn't so sure.


Elise watched as the Saiyans all began to stir after her attack. Most, if not all of them, had the wind knocked from their lungs at the very least and were unable to continue fighting at worst. But one minute seemed like an eternity as she watched the events unfold.


60 Seconds Left...


Era and Sil were near one another, both struggling to breathe. Urod, Nei, and Kendra were all down, but trying to get back up. And Korvaiis was already free of his rocky prison almost immediately after being tossed down. However he too was struggling to breathe. He was conscious and floating into the air, but holding his stomach and trying to keep his back straight as best he could.


55 Seconds Left...


Korvaiis was breathing slowly to get his breath back while the other three veterans were all doing the same down below. Era and Sill were still struggling to even breathe, let alone stand.


50 Seconds Left...


It seemed that most of the Saiyans were up at around this time save for two or three of them. Elise was not surprised, but Zyra was. She was sure they'd be too fragile to continue. But there they were getting up again.


30 Seconds Left And Counting...





The Saiyan with the bionic arm began glowing and rising out of the rocks he was thrown into previously. His power was surging, and he began to do the typical prideful Saiyan thing of giving speech at her about what they were doing. Elise rolled her eyes at Karas' words, but then took note of another attack aimed at her by the one with the fake hand. Some kind of long thin Ki attack not typical of a Saiyan at all.


Nerve Piercer.





If that wasn't a dead giveaway as to the purpose of the attack Elise didn't know what else was. So he wanted to attack her nervous system eh?


Elise began chuckling to herself as she held her hand out and powered up to her previous level of 1.7 million. The Nerve Piercer attack struck her hand and fizzled to nothing. She then placed the same hand she used to block his attack on her hip and continued to chuckle down at the young Saiyan. The one with the bionic arm was nearby and still prepared to attack at any moment, but his power was still far too insignificant to cause her any alarm and she was watching him out of the corner of her eye like a hawk.


Surely the one who fired the Nerve Piercer attack was going to be confused as to why his attack didn't work, so Zyra thought it best to set his mind at ease. She disappeared from her hilltop and reappeared next to Raze, leaning forward to whisper in his ear.


"Your attack's purpose is clear and concise. The problem is that you have no idea where the nerves of any alien life forms, aside from your own kind, actually are. How can you expect a nerve attack to work based on an approximate guess that's modeled after your own anatomy? Do we look like Saiyan's, my little friend?" She whispered.


She stood up straight, arms crossed, and took a step away from him as she then spoke at a normal volume.


"By firing that attack at her, you may as well have tried to spit on her. Her armor is far too dense for such a weak attack to pierce it, even if it's designed to do just that. Your power needs to be within a certain range of your target's power level to be effective. Otherwise it doesn't matter what its purpose is. It is doomed to fail."


With that she disappeared and reappeared on her hilltop.


Elise watched and listened, still chuckling, before taking a breath and releasing it on a sigh.


Well Zyra? Have you reached a conclusion yet? She asked Zyra mentally.


Not yet. I have to see more of their courage before I finalize my opinion of them... In particular, I want you to aim at that one with purple hair. Something about her is bugging me. I can't put my finger on it, but there's something about her energy I find disturbing.


Disturbing eh? How so?


I don't know... It's strange. There's a difference between her energy and that of the others. I doubt the others have even noticed since they've been around her for so long, otherwise they'd probably not be so quick to consider her a comrade. Don't tell me you can't sense it.


Elise looked at Era and found that she had finally made it to her feet. She was a bit roughed up and still breathing hard, but she was up and ready to fight if need be. Elise focused on her energy for a moment and found Zyra to be right. Her energy felt different. Elise couldn't put her finger on it either, but it was as plain as day that Era's energy had a different feel to it.


Elise floated down slowly until she landed right in front of Era. She reached out and grabbed Era's lapel, pulling her in close to just within an inch or two of her own face. Looking deep within Era's eyes she began to probe her mind and use a special technique to search her Ki. What she found was no more revealing than just trying to feel it out, but there was definitely a kind of deeper and unrestrained Ki within Era's body which none of the others yet possessed.


This one was the source of their ability to bypass the genetic limit that Saiyans were known to live by. That much was clear to her as she searched her mind. But was that the reason why she felt so different? Was it because she was the original propagator of their ability to gain such power through this Zenkai, as they called it?


No. There had to be more to it than just that. But then why? Why did Era's energy feel so different?


Elise released Era and floated away, landing next to Zyra on the hill.


"Feel it?" Zyra asked.


Elise nodded.


"Something about that one troubles me." She said.


Elise nodded once again, looking back at Era with a curious eye.


Why does your Ki feel this way? She thought.
 
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ZARYTTO

His energy was quickly depleting as soon as he was done. Limbs trembling as his body weakened. Eyelids grew heavy and slumber was beckoning. Both his arms fell to his sides, hung loosely now and almost dangling. He was panting. Hunched slightly forward and breathing heavily in hope to quickly regain his exhausted energy. He was having a hard time maintaining the levitation alone. Zarytto looked up to the insect with droopy eyelids then. His hazel brown eyes watery. He smiled but said nothing at her remarks. Disappointed as he was at the results of his attempt, Zarytto was somewhat satisfied that he'd given it his all. Even if death was imminent, at least he was glad he'd lived his final moment fighting against a monster.


He knew his Spiral Blast carried about three times his fighting power. Capable of penetrating through almost any surface and even through that of a superior foe. So when he saw it did no damage whatsoever on this enemy, he knew her power was just too high and the gap too great for his to damage her. Just as she'd mentioned. Everything else that happened soon after was a blur. He blinked to keep himself awake. Determined to see the end result of this lopsided confrontation. Then, something hit him. Something hard enough to stop him from breathing. The last thing Zarytto saw before everything turned dark was the ground.


Am I dead? Why is it so hard to breath if I am? Why do I even need to? THUMP THUMP! And what's that sound? THUMP THUMP! It sounded like– ....sounded like the beating of my heart.. I'm still alive! Get up! I got to get up! GET UP!


With trembling arms, Zarytto pushed himself up. On shaky legs, he forced himself to a stand. He was unstable and if Eve hadn't given her support, he would have collapsed right back to the ground. He had his chin held high, seemingly as if to stare right into the gaze of his enemy. He wore a serious expression, absence of fear and most shocking of all, absence of exhaustion. But should anyone give him attention, they'd realised that the mohawked Saiyan was out of it. He was still unconscious. His eyes were open but nobody seemed to be in. Yet his heart and pride allowed him to stand right under the minute they were given.
 
Eve's eyes had focused in on the insect woman. Every attack, every hit, every blast, missed missed missed. Nothing could seem to penetrate her, to take her down a notch. She was just far too outclassed for any of them. Her sky blue resting to the Commander with a watery gaze. This was his mission, he retained Commander by vote, he lead them so far, only to come to this battle, to this day. So far... only to crumble now.


She had such high hopes, that maybe with smart enough battle tactics and power, they would pull through...but no...not today. The pedastle she had created for him crumbling. They were going to die, it was just a matter of when. Would Korvaiis even care?.. She always knew she would die in battle, but die valantly giving her all...not to be toyed like this.


Suddenly and without warning, the weight of holding Zarytto up almost doubled, a dead weight. His whole body seemed to curl over and cave down, and despite her best effort she could only gasp, eyes wide as he dropped with a resounding thud to his knees.


His body only capable for standing for very precious few seconds before even his pride couldn't keep him upright...She slide a knee under him and the hand that was on his chest now slide to his shoulder, bringing his upper body to rest against her, his head turned outwards from her neck, cheek on her shoulder.


He was limp, not even his chest seemed to be rising or falling, Eve's arms clutching at his biceps as panic flooded her. So still...


"Wa...wake up! Please Wake Up!!"


Shaking him now as her heart thundered in her chest, hyperventilating.


"Zarytto!! Don't you dare give up, not here...not now...WAKE UP!" Her voice screaming enough to gather the attention of the others.


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Zyra and Elise held a whispered conversation between themselves, all the while looking at Era with rather serious expressions. Era herself was not enjoying this exchange at all. She didn't enjoy being talked about like this, let alone by enemies in the middle of a battle.


"So are you certain of this course?" Elise asked.


Zyra nodded.


Elise took a breath and let it out on a sigh.


"If this blows up in our faces, I will not hesitate to blame and punish you for it Zyra."


Zyra smirked.


"If you can catch me, I'll gladly accept your issued punishment."


Elise shook her head and turned towards Era, floating down to land in front of her.


"What do you want?" Era demanded.


"Your energy disturbs us... You will answer this question: What are you?" Elise asked.


Era's eyebrows narrowed.


"I am a Saiyan, of course. Shouldn't my tail be proof of that?"


Elise crossed her arms.


"You say that you're a Saiyan, yet your energy feels off. Why is that?"


"How should I know why my energy feels a certain way to you or not? I was born to Saiyan parents in the middle of a Raid operation, and raised a Saiyan through and through. I am a Saiyan, and will forever be proud of that fact. If you don't like it, then you can wipe your mouth with my tail."


Among Saiyan culture, "you can wipe your mouth with my tail" was the lowest of the low in terms of insults. This insult was almost never used by respectable Saiyans of any generation or Class, and when it was used it was only against those who had fallen so far from grace that they'd never get their honor back no matter how hard they tried to redeem themselves.


Elise didn't know or care what the phrase meant, and to her it barely even registered. She was thinking about the first sentence, and the first sentence alone.


"You truly don't know why your Ki feels different than that of your companions, do you?" She asked.


Era clenched her fists.


"If my Ki feels different than those of my comrades, what difference does it make? I am a Saiyan, and I will stand with my brothers and sisters on the battlefield until the very end." She growled.


Elise used her thumb and index finger to cradle her chin as Era spoke. This was most interesting indeed.


Elise then rushed forward and grabbed Era's forehead, her thumb on one temple and her index finger on the other. Era went limp, eyes wide and mouth hanging agape as if all nerve activity was shut down.


Concentrating hard, Elise closed her eyes to feel out Era's energy once more to try and ascertain the reason behind this foreign sensation. All the while, Sil was attacking Elise to no avail. She wasn't even flinching. Every blow landed, but didn't move Elise's body so much as a micrometer. Urod, Nei, and Kendra joined in, but they too didn't move her so much as a micrometer. Her power level was just too high.


Meanwhile, within Elise's concentration she felt out Era's Ki. Somewhere deep within the Saiyan's Ki source was a strange sensation which Elise had never felt before. She'd fought and killed Saiyans before, so she knew their Ki signature. All of the others had that Ki. But Era... She had it as well, but had something extra too.


It took nearly a full minute before Elise found what she was looking for in the deepest depths of Era's Ki. A tiny vestige of a foreign body living within her. It was feeding on her Ki. Drawing from her power to sustain its existence. As far as Elise could tell this foreign body had no real mind of its own. Otherwise she'd have been able to infiltrate and access its consciousness as she had Era's.


Elise opened her eyes and let go of Era at last, and as her fingers let go Era gasped a huge breath and fell to the ground unconscious. Sil was first at her side, cradling her head to her chest as she kept her held protectively while the others remained between Elise and Era. However, Elise was now floating back towards Zyra so their protective stance was now no more than a posture effort.


Elise landed.


"She has something living inside her body feeding off of her Ki. That's why we were able to sense something so out of place."


Zyra crossed her arms.


"... This isn't good at all. If that parasite isn't removed, she's going to die."


"How?"


Zyra shook her head.


"I wish I knew. If we can convince them to stand down and let our scientists examine her, they might find a way. Perhaps the medical team? But I doubt they've seen anything like this before so they may not be able to do anything from her. But if that thing isn't removed, she's as good as dead."


"I'll go tell their Commander."


"No. I'll do it."


Zyra floated over towards Korvaiis who had since moved not too far away from Era's unconscious form. She landed in front of him and he kept a wary eye on her.


"Your comrade has a Ki parasite living within her. If it is not removed, she's dead. How long it will take before she dies is anyone's guess. But it's a certainty if you leave her as is. If you don't want her to die, let us take her back to our facilities and give the medical teams time to run some tests." She said.


Korvaiis let out a breath.


"Just like that?"





She nodded.


"Commander! You can't be seriously considering accepting her offer?!" Kendra yelled.


"I agree. Let Raze deal with this parasite." Nei added.


"Has he any experience with Ki parasites? Given his youth and the fact that Saiyans live on the wrong side of the galaxy to encounter them, I'm willing to bet my right arm he didn't even know they existed until now." Zyra countered.


"Commander. We must make a decision soon. Era's body is... reacting." Urod said urgently.


Surely enough, it was.


Era was beginning to sweat profusely and her power level was dropping like a stone. Not only that, but it her chest was glowing with a faint green light that she had never emitted before.


Zyra pushed Nei, Kendra, Urod and Sil out of the way and took Era up in her arms.


"I shall not wait for your reply any longer. You were right that we were testing you, but our tests are not over and this one is no good to us dead. I shall see her taken to our medical team and my companion will keep an eye on you all here until our return. If this one lives, she will be with me upon our return. If she dies, I shall return to you alone." She said.


With that, Zyra disappeared from view as Elise landed next to Korvaiis.


"... So. You have yet more tests for us?" He asked.


Elise crossed her arms.


"My comrade loves to test those she encounters. Conversely, I do not. Had it been up to me I'd have killed all of you right away."


"Then I'm glad cooler heads prevailed."


"You should be grateful. Your powers are minuscule compared to my own. Yet as easily as I've brushed you aside today, Overlord Inecros would brush me aside even more easily as if I were not but a common fly... Just to give you some scale, my maximum power level is 7.5 million." She said.


Korvaiis' mouth hung open a moment before closing immediately.


Nei, Kendra, Urod, and Sil all did the same except their mouths stayed open. 7.5 million. 7.5 MILLION!! That was this insectoid's true power?!... They never stood a chance. It was now made as clear as day just how hopeless this course was beginning to seem. If Inecros could brush her off like a common fly with a power level of 7.5 million, just how much more powerful was he than they'd originally thought?


Korvaiis was taken aback by this information as well. He knew the Overlord was beyond powerful. But to brush away someone with a power of 7.5 million. It was outright ridiculous.


So they were down one member because of a Ki parasite. This insectoid had a power of 7.5 million. And Overlord Inecros was powerful enough to brush even her away like a common fly...


Korvaiis was beginning to wonder just what kind of a suicide mission he'd started them on.
 
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Raze chuckled at the insectoid. When she left, he mumbled to himself," My hypothesis must be correct... They're here for other reasons, not to kill us. Then he watched the exchange between the insectoid and Era, confused.


" The only thing hing she could possibly be doing is searching her body, but is she really powerful enough to do so." Raze thought to himself. He's only heard of that ability in legends, not expecting to see someone do so. He watched as Sil, Nei, and Kendra all tried to stop Elise but failed.


When she finished, " He was alarmed to hear that Era had a parasite. More so shocked to here that the floral one was willing to take her to their medical team. He listened to Nei's and Kendra's suggestions for he to handle it but the floral one was right. Although Raze was probably THE most qualified medic out of all Saiyans, as he was basically a medical prodigy as a result of his hard work, he's never actually learned how to treat a parasite, most Saiyans not believing they exist, but despite not knowing how to treat them he's studied how to identify them based one where they are attacking from, the color, and species and can identify one like the back of his palm. Although, Saiyans don't have the necessary technology for identifying them and he got his info from a doctor who actually raided a planet that had info on them. He quickly sent a message to Korvaiis, stating what he was doing.


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Commander Korvaiis


I'm with Era


I am going to go be with Era to learn how to treat these Ki Parasites. ~Raze




But by the time he received the message, Raze was already with the floral one and the medical team.
 
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Era was rushed through the medical facility on a gurney to a sterile room with all of the doctors wearing protective and air-tight suits to prevent any spread of natural germs or bacteria. This was going to be a surgical operation, and they couldn't risk any spreading of whatever other germs were on their clothing, armor, skin, or through the very air they breathed.


Zyra, in the meantime, sat outside the room meditating.


Once inside the sterile room Era was prepped by the team of doctors and Raze. She was then propped up onto a surface that was attached to a fully realized 3D projection of her body which could be analyzed in very special ways.


"Strip the armor, clothing, flesh, and musculature." The lead doctor, Solos, ordered.


One layer at a time the corresponding elements were removed. First her armor. Then her clothing. Then her skin. And finally her musculature.


"... Remove the skeleton." Solos ordered.


The skeleton was removed, showing only internal organs and a general outline of where the rest of her body would be.


"Zoom in on the solar plexus region!" Solos ordered.


The projection zoomed in on the center of Era's chest to where her heart, lungs, and a portion of her stomach could be seen.


"All right. Strip the vital organs and enhance the Ki pathways." Solos ordered.


The major organs disappeared and the body was all but empty save for the nervous system and the Ki pathways flowing through her body. The image was somewhat mystifying. The nervous system showed up as a solid orange-red series of lines throughout the body. The Ki pathways were smooth, flowing, and a light blue coloration which followed the nervous system quite closely save for the fact that it held its origin just off center of the chest behind where the heart would be.


"Zoom in on the Core." Solos ordered.


The projection zoomed in on the center of the Ki pathway just behind the heart's location. The pathways thickened to a spherical body of Ki flowing in a near perfect circle leading out to the rest of the Ki pathways which branched out of it.


"Zoom in further! We need to see this foreign body!" He ordered.


The projection zoomed in further until the Core was taking up nearly the entire projection.


"There it is." He said at last.


Within the Core was the faintest green dot of foreign Ki. That was the parasite.


"All right, let's open her up. Flip her onto her back and we'll begin." He said.


The projection remained as it was on the wall, but flipped 180 degrees horizontally to mimic the fact that Era was turned onto her stomach. Over her mouth was a breathing apparatus as well as an IV in her arm to deliver fresh and viable blood as her blood type had been taken just before entering the sterile room.


The doctors carefully removed Era's armor and clothing from her back above where the operation was to take place, but left the rest of it as it was. They then draped a large cloth over her body and opened a hole above where they'd removed her armor. Once this was set, the first doctor swabbed her back with a reddish liquid to numb the flesh and deaden the nervous system temporarily while the operation took place.


(Incoming graphic content)


An incision was made just to the left of the spine approximately 8 inches in length vertically. The flesh was peeled back slowly revealing the musculature of her back and a portion of the spinal chord itself. The flesh was then fastened in place by surgical clamps so the doctors could move more freely.


"Scalpel, please." Soros requested.


Another doctor handed him the requested item and he began carefully cutting the lining of the musculature so that he could pry it to one side and reveal what lay beneath. The pumping heart could be seen, as well as the lungs, ribs, stomach, and portions of the upper region of her kidneys.


The doctor then brought out a specialized microscope attached to a kind of surgical needle. The microscope was capable of zooming in to over 5,000x normal magnification if needed. Such extreme magnification wouldn't be necessary this time. Maybe a few hundred times. But it was capable. Solos then flicked a glass lens over the microscope which revealed Era's Ki pathways to him. Everything but the Ki pathway was dark blue while the pathways themselves were a glowing white.


He focused in on her Ki Core once he found it, and zoomed in until he could just barely see the parasite within. The needle was moved in closer until it came into view within the microscope's outer edge. Solos then zoomed in further until the parasite was a few millimeters in length in his field of vision.


A bead of sweat dropped from his temple inside his suit.


One misstep at this stage would permanently damage Era's Ki pathways and cripple her ability to concentrate Ki throughout her body. She'd never be able to power up as rapidly, gather Ki in her hands as quickly, project Ki as precisely, or even heal properly from injuries as Ki was a necessary component of Saiyan biology as far as their natural recovery speed was concerned.


The doctor carefully moved the needle in closer until it once again appeared on the outer edge of his field of view through the microscope. Then he zoomed in one final time and moved the needle into view.


"Everyone, please remain absolutely silent." He ordered.


He then carefully moved the needle forward once the alignment had been made. The needle penetrated Era's Ki Core, and this was where things got dangerous. If he so much as twitched in his hand the needle would tear her Ki Core apart and then it'd be over. If her Ki Core was damaged beyond a certain extent, the entire Ki pathway would go dead and Era would die on the spot within minutes of the operation's failing.


Slowly, steadily, he manipulated the needle into position above the Ki parasite's location. Once it was set, he ever so gently touched a button on the microscope's controls. A tiny "whisp" was heard, and the green parasite on the projection nearby was gone.


It had been successfully sucked into the needle and into a specialized containment tube on the back, but that was only half the battle. Now Solos had to remove the needle without damaging her Ki Core. Slowly and ever so carefully he retracted the needle making sure that both it and Era's body remained perfectly still. Nanometer by nanometer the needle was retracted until at last, after nearly 30 agonizing seconds it exited her Ki Core.


Not out of the woods yet. The Ki Core had a visible hole in it from where the needle had entered and disrupted its flow. They had to wait until the Core managed to revitalize the flow of Ki. Seconds ticked by, and the hole began to close and fill. And finally it filled completely. Her Ki Core was undamaged and had returned to normal.


An audible sigh of relief was heard throughout the room.


"Everyone, a job well done." Solos said.


The doctors all began to quietly congratulate one another for the successful removal of this parasite. Era's musculature was reset and sealed in place with a natural adhesive, her skin sewn shut, and a large bandage applied to the area as well as a new numbing agent so she wouldn't feel too much when she awoke. Already on the screens nearby her power level was returning to normal now that the parasite wasn't feeding off of it as before.


Everyone was ushered out of the room save for Solos who remained by Era's side to wake her up so that she might be able to fly back to the others with Zyra and Raze.


Meanwhile, Raze was taken aside by one of the other doctors just outside the room.


"That parasite was identified by the computer as Iptus Conrachtum, a deadly strain of Ki consuming bacteria which lives and grows normally on the far side of the galaxy. How your friend contracted it, I don't know. However if it's any kind of possible answer it is most commonly found in the Ghectin species which are a subservient species under the rule of Overlord Inecros. By chance did your group encounter some of them before?"


((As I mentioned to Zuka this species was among those on the first Scout vessel that came to the planet we went to with Korvaiis as our new "home planet" before Inecros destroyed Metahnn and the other worlds. Raze would remember them.))


"Either way, your friend is safe now and should recover without any issues. But I advise that you check the rest of your team for any other signs of parasites. My Lady, there, was able to sense this parasite along with her companion. If they didn't detect it in any of you aside from this one then there's next to zero chance that you or anyone else in your group is infected. But still, a once over would be in order. If anyone does have such a parasite, bring them back here." The doctor advised.


Era then walked out of the room. She was drowsy, but on her feet. Zyra stood up and walked over to her.


"Glad to see you up and about, little one. It's time to return to your friends. Follow me." She said.


Era was too drowsy to even remember that Zyra was an enemy and she followed her order without question. They slowly flew back to the others, whom Elise had remained with the entire time. As Era landed Sil rushed to her side and gently embraced her while Zyra landed in front of Korvaiis.


"Your friend is lucky beyond words, Saiyan Commander. Your group arrived mere minutes before the parasite entered its final phase of life. I overheard the doctors telling the one with the bionic hand that had it been left like that the parasite would have utterly consumed and shut down her Ki Core which would have resulted in her death. As it stands, she will live."


Korvaiis gave a bow of his head.


"You have my thanks for saving her life."


"You are all, as of this moment, officially labeled as prisoners under my authority on this planet. You will all come quietly to the facility where you will be placed under armed guard until such a time as I decide what to do with you. Any attempts to resist will be met with death by the hand of my companion."


She gestured to Elise who's arms were still crossed in front of her chest.


"Do you understand your position?" She asked.


Korvaiis took in a breath, and let it out on a sigh.


"Yes. We understand."





Zyra nodded.


"Good. Then come with us immediately. I am not known for making decisions quickly, so once we get there make yourselves at home." She said.


She and Elise then led them back to the facility where the entire group was placed in a single large room with ten beds, a dining table to hold just as many, and a few extra chairs. That was it. No windows. No doors save for the one Elise was now standing guard outside of. No water. No food. Nothing. An empty room with only a place for each to sleep, sit down, or stand around. The dining table was there as a method of psychological torture reminding them of food when they were being denied it by their captors.


Korvaiis sat on the floor and began to meditate, leaving the others to figure out what to do with themselves as they waited for the floral one to make a decision about their group.


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Eve was paniced beyond words, Era was taken away something to do with a parasite, there foe's were not attacking anymore, and still Zarytto barely breathed he had drained so much of his power. In a random act, she didn't even know why half the time she put the effort in to save the mohawked saiyan's tail, she closed her eyes and let her ki flood into her hands on his biceps. She'd never tried this before, didn't even know it was possible, but she gave a significant portion of her energy. Not enough to wake his subconscious state, but enough for his body not to panic and shut down from a lack of Ki.


Once Era returned and they were lead away to be prisoners practically, Eve slung Zarytto's arm over her shoulder and wordlessly carried him with the others. Regardless what the rest of the comrades thought.


They may hate his guts as she did, but he was apart of there team. And she would not see him die regardless how he or the others felt about it. Once they were lead inside the room, Eve oddly dumped Zarytto's body unceremoniously onto the closest bunk, sighing outwards and walking over to Urod as she sat down by his side on a bunk, crossing her legs and leaning back with hands resting on the bed behind her. Her voice a whisper as her sky blue eyes peered to Korvaiis.


"Did you know about the Commander's plan to tell our foe's everything? He must have had a reason but I can't think of why! He almost got us all killed out there!" Making an almost half pout in her distain.


@Kyero @Anime King Kaleb @Genon @Lord Zanicus
 
Urod glanced to Eve.


"He has something of a sixth sense for people and it has seldom led him astray. Had he not been gifted with this, Era would never have been a part of our team and we would all be dead along with every other Saiyan on Metahnn. It was only because of Era's discovery of the Zenkai that Korvaiis had the gall to remove us from Inecros' path that we might face him in the future."





He sat down on another bunk and crossed his arms.


"However, I admit to not knowing he would go as far as to tell these two exactly what we had planned. It was a bold move, even for him. But I trust his judgement." He said.


Nei and Kendra were not so convinced.


"Honestly I think you went too far Commander." Kendra said to him.


Korvaiis was leaning on the wall nearby, watching them.


"You think so?" He asked.


She nodded.


"Eve is right. Your telling them what we had planned nearly got us all killed." Nei added.


Korvaiis closed his eyes.


"So the fact that they only attacked and tested us after my revealing our plan, and the fact that we would all likely have been killed had we told them any kind of lie both count for nothing?" He asked.


Nei and Kendra couldn't argue that. They only lived because these two individuals thought they were worth something after hearing that they planned to kill Inecros. But still, it was too big of a gamble.


"Even so Commander you took too great a risk to announce it so casually. You could have at least tried to pry deeper and for more information before just blurting it out like that." Kendra retorted.


Korvaiis smirked.


"So you continue to complain even though we're alive?" He said.


Kendra was fuming, but said nothing as did Nei.
 
Eve watched Urod then, taking him in. Even with his doubts he still followed deligently under Korvaiis. Here Eve prided herself on her ability to follow orders without question, and yet here she was the first to question her Commander's intentions. While Urod just blantly followed. Without question.


Eve had a long way to go to be as good a solider as that and she curled her legs into her chest, wrapping her arms around her knees. Chin resting on her tights as she peering around. "You don't have doubts about Korvaiis at all?" She whispered to Urod, letting slip in her voice an almost jealous tone. Jealous she couldn't just blindly follow orders.


@Kyero
 
Urod glanced to Eve.


"I do not blindly follow. I have my opinion and I sometimes have doubts. But as I said many times in the past Korvaiis has never once led me into a situation we could not overcome or work out. I may sometimes disagree, but unless I find something tangible to use against him I will remain silent and follow my orders. In this case, no matter how close to death we may have come, it was his revealing of our plan that spared our lives."





Nei and Kendra sat down on bunks as far from Urod and Korvaiis as they could, both still fuming.
 
Eve took a little huff as she remained curled on the bed. Eyes glancing from Urod and Korvaiis. Lost in her own thoughts. She imagined what kind of situation they be in had she been promoted to Commander, no doubt she would have blataly attacked the two female forms, been swept away, and the whole team dead. Failure. That word alone sent shivers of fear up her spine so she curled herself tighter into her own legs, just her blue eyes peeking out from the tops of her knees.


Yeah, she was glad not to have a team of 9 angry Saiyans under her feet, the thought alone gave her a headache. Still it would take some time to repair the pedastle she had created for Korvaiis.


After one more flicker of her eyes between the two men, she straightened her back and stood, wandering over to the two girls across the room. She sat on the other side of Era, hand reaching out to place soft fingers on her shoulder, whispering to her now. "Hey...are you Ok? How are you feeling?"


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