After watching and sensing the 'meteorite' or whatever the hell it was shake off three fully charged energy blasts capable of wiping out the earth several times over, Piccolo, Krillin and Android 18 could only stand there and gawk as the creature made its final descent through the atmosphere. Breaking through the cloud cover at a casual pace in the form of a raging fireball, the colossal extra terrestrial slowed as its silhouette came within sight of West City.
With its ribbon like arms waving around it like a phantom in flight, the creature started bearing down on the hapless planet at its own leisure.
Due to the shocking turn of events, the Z-fighters weren't exactly in the right state of mind to respond to the issue right off the bat.
"D-Did you see that?" Krillin stammered out, eyes almost bugging out of their sockets as he stared up at the beast heading towards the country. "That thing cut through Gohan and Zangya like they were speed bumps!"
"They didn't even scratch it," Android 18 murmured, unable to believe what she'd just witnessed either.
Staring slack-jawed at the gargantuan alien for several tense seconds, Piccolo was then shaken out of his trance when he came to the full realization of their situation and the danger this new enemy presented. Tuning into the correct frequency, the Namekian fighter then linked up with all of the other Z-fighters scattered across their part of the country. He then made a connection with the guardian of earth; someone he knew was watching the situation closely from afar and could give him a more accurate report on the situation.
The warrior in the turban and cape gritted his teeth nervously, as if expecting the worse. "Talk to me, Dende. What happened? Are the three of them okay?"
"Don't worry, Piccolo. Gohan, Zangya and Videl are alright. They're just knocked out," the young overseer of the planet replied immediately as he plugged himself into the state of affairs, which seemed to be growing direr with every second that passed. "They crash landed on a farm somewhere in the southern parts of the continent. I had Korin send Yajirobe to go find them as soon as they hit the ground."
The three fighters relaxing at the news, Piccolo then nodded his head in relief, "Good. Tell him to make it fast. We're going to need those three back here as soon as possible." After everything he'd seen so far, they were going to need all the help they could get. "Damn it. And I thought this day couldn't get any worse-"
While the three of them were still telepathically linked with the guardian of the planet, a couple more frantic voices suddenly sprang up over the airways. Moments following the quick banter between the two Namekians, the panicked voice of the human fighter Yamcha spoke up. Needless to say, while everybody else had been able to maintain their cool for the most part, the scar-faced human fighter was, in a few words, spazzing out.
"Can we all focus on the current problem here? What the hell is that thing?!" the man shouted, causing the group to wince at the volume of his voice.
If Dende was with them, they would have seen the young guardian clench his jaw nervously. "I have no idea. But it's big." Really big. The thing was pretty much a fifth the size of West City and its two ribbon-like arms stretched to about ten kilometers in length.
Big… didn't quite cover it.
Android 18's expression became somewhat deadpanned at the Namekian's words. "That's pretty perceptive for a guy watching from on top of a floating castle. Now how do we kill it?!"
The blonde's question had Piccolo's fists clench tightly, "I'm not sure we can."
Krillin looked across at the green fighter in alarm, "WHAT?! Seriously? C-Come on man… there… there has to be some way we can bring that thing down!" Considering it was able to shake off a combined shot from both a Super Saiyan and a Super Hera, there didn't seem to be much that the any of the other Z-fighters could do. "Hell, I'll take a slim chance at this point." In all honesty, they were just flies compared to whatever this outer space monstrosity was.
With Vegeta having flown off to parts unknown for some secret training, the group didn't have any more heavy hitters left to tackle this thing. The only two that even had a snowball's chance in hell of defeating it had been knocked out of commission in the opening assault and they'd nearly been at full power.
At least they had the mighty Piccolo on their side. That had to count for something, right?
"Well… we're not going to find out anything by just standing here." Upon speaking his part, the Namekian slowly levitated off of the roof and took off at full speed, heading in the direction the creature was going to land several kilometers away. "Come on."
Following suit, Android 18 chased after the Namekian, with Krillin accompanying her. The trio blasted over the enormous metropolis and towards the horizon, leaving Bulma, Trunks and Doctor Briefs watching nervously from the balcony.
Upon seeing the warriors take flight, Trunks, taking on a serious look, turned heel and rushed back indoors. Not even bothering to ask where her son was going, the president of the corporation narrowed her eyes and turned towards her father. "We need to help them. I'm heading down to the garage to get the accelerator cannon online."
Catching on to what his daughter was aiming for, the man with the square-rimmed glasses and the black cat seated upon his shoulder nodded in understanding. "You need someone to manually reroute the power from the city terminals. I'm coming with you."
Acknowledging her parent's words, Bulma then turned heel and dashed into the building with Doctor Briefs right behind her…
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(Minutes later)
On the coastline many miles outside of West City, the King's armies had amassed on the water and across the countryside surrounding the area the meteorite had initially been expected to make landfall. All of them had been assembled there as a final deterrent; a last resort should the main assault from the planet's surface-to-orbit defense cannons and missiles fail to destroy it. Upon witnessing both forms of weaponry unsuccessfully destroy the object and seeing the asteroid finally enter their atmosphere, the forces on the ground and water were quickly kick started into action.
It was only the sight of the asteroid unfurling and revealing to be an enormous, intergalactic monster that gave the officers in charge of the armies a few moments of pause.
The crews onboard the fleet of battleships, destroyers and aircraft carriers on the water could be seen gawking up at the sky as they watched the gigantic creature descend towards them, its shadow growing closer and closer with every minute that passed.
When the admiral onboard the main carrier finally shook herself out of her stupor, she spun around and pointed towards her radio operators. "Battle stations! Order all ships to fire on the extra terrestrial with everything they have! Now!"
The officers and naval personnel onboard the bridge quickly threw themselves into action.
"All personnel! Man your battle stations! Repeat! Man your battle stations! General quarters! General quarters!" the officer at the radio shouted, seconds before the entire ship lit up with the familiar blare of the warning siren, signaling the vessel was preparing for combat.
The men at the helm went about moving the vessel into optimal position for engagement and the radiomen went about contacting the neighboring vessels with the admiral's orders. Now that everyone on that level was on full alert and going about their duties at a frantic pace, the highly decorated captain then spun around and pointed towards the airmen nearby.
"Alert all stations. Have all carriers in the area ready their aircraft for launch and prepare to intercept the target! I want our planes up in the air ten minutes ago!"
"Yes, ma'am," the lieutenant replied and quickly jumped to the nearest monitor, where he instructed the operator to get him in touch with the men on deck.
Within seconds of issuing her orders, the admiral watched all battleships and destroyers in the area rotate their guns and point them towards the approaching extra terrestrial. As soon as all vessels were locked onto the target, a chorus of deafening explosions rang out as every single battery and cannon opened fire on the meteorite. Flashes of gunpowder went off as all of the big guns floating on the water unleashed their ordinance upon the gigantic creature, the lead projectiles hurtling through the air at terrific speeds in the form of hundreds of golden spheres of light.
As soon as the ships started lobbing cannon shells into the sky, the creature became engulfed in a storm of miniature explosions. At first it seemed like the first wave of attacks would rip through the creature and take it out for good. But as the battleships continued pouring everything they had onto the approaching demon from outer space, every one of their projectiles either bounced off of the creature's hide or detonated just feet away from it against the invisible force field it was producing.
Adding to the bombardment of artillery fire from the massive guns, the frigates, destroyers and battleships also began firing missiles up at the creature. The rockets blasted from the decks of the ships and arced through the air leaving trails of white smoke, joining the barrage of shells tearing towards the beast and smacking against its barrier. But in spite of the terrifying display of military power, the navy's attempts to ward off the creature or destroy it were effectively neutralized.
To the titan, the onslaught of landscape reducing artillery and rocket fire was like a cool, refreshing breeze against its skin.
Continuing its descent under the most impressive display of firepower ever mounted by man, the creature gave a quiet shriek as it passed through more cloud cover at a crawling pace and set its sights on the coastline nearby.
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