DBZ: The Fallen Empire (Chapter 3: The Outlanders)

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Solaris rushed, grabbing Kira by the back of the robes and moving to the ship.

"What!? No!" Kira rejected. Solaris was silent.
 
"What do you mean?! What the hell do I have to do with anything?!" Jaz noticed the vision fade, as well as the Dread Saiyan. "Hey, w-wait!"

Look beyond the normal realm of reality..? Jaz said mentally. I.. I need to get stronger!

Once her vision returned to normal, she let out a gasp and blinked several times to confirm that everything was back to normal. With a quick rub of her eyes, Junior's voice caught her attention and before she can say anything, she almost instantly knew what she had to do. She rushed to Junior and gripped his arm, following Vegetto and the others into the ship. However, as Jaz moved, her feet did not touch the ground; for the moment, she was flying but it seemed as if she didn't even notice.

"No time to talk! Let's go Junior!"

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Kire rushed to his daughter but stopped almost halfway to notice her flying body. His eyes widen but he couldn't stop now. Once he saw Jaz rush inside the ship with Junior, he felt odd and the rage he kept inside of him only grew and grew. He felt his legs move faster and faster but towards Junior rather than the ship however he contained himself from outright attacking the boy. He stopped and turned back to Mioi, waving for her to follow.

"C'mon Mioi!" Kire yelled. "Hurry, our ride is here!"

Kire turned back to face his daughter and he held nothing but rage against the couple and the boy's father. He growled under his breath.
 
Oriko bolted with the others, albeit a little slower due to having been hit in the leg by a blast earlier.

"I'm trying to get there... C'mon..." He silently muttered to himself.
 
"Coming!"

Mioi scrambled to her feet and began to dash forward with the others as fast as her legs would allow her, not wanting to get stranded anywhere near Vaylin. On her way, she grabbed Oriko by the ark and continued to run, not caring if she was basically dragging him by a limb.

"Faster!"
 
Panich and Bage quickly turned their heads to Gogeta Jr.'s call and quickly dashed for the ship.
Paprika and Basil followed behind the Z-fighters to protect them from any ambushes.
Zibarica watched as each fighter passed him, making sure no one was left behind before following behind them in a hurry.
 
Vegetto Jr. blinked, stopping for a moment in observing Jaz levitating off the ground slightly. A large explosion of ki returned the man back to reality, bolting after her with the others.

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Gogeta Jr. quickly grabbed onto the railing, steadying himself on the open ramp as he guided each member of the group inside. The fusion's quickly stopped their defense, and once they along with Brachi's team defending had made it onto the ramp, the Saiyan turned his gaze towards Vaylin, still covered in the smoke.

He glanced over his shoulder, watching on as a rust colored humanoid droid descend to the edge of the ramp.

"Objection: Master please. If we plan to consistently dive into Zakuul territory on missions to secure highly valuable meatbags, I insist that I be a member of the ground troop. Think of the fun!'

Gogeta Jr. kept his eyes narrowed, sighing lightly.

"Maybe next time. Fire the parasites so we can at least have a starting second on Vaylin."

The droid simply lowered the launcher it held down from it's shoulder, a black missile rapidly shooting forward towards the smoke cloud. The ship's ramp rapidly closed forward, the group disappearing inside as the shuttle sped out towards the middle of the city.

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Onboard, the group was crammed slightly into the main control room, enough open space for everyone to stand somewhat comfortably. Vegetto Jr. rubbed his forehead a bit, watching Gogeta Jr. slowly make his way up to Koth.

"Three minutes?! Do you even know how to count?"

Koth narrowed his eyes.

"Hey, it wasn't like I stopped to eat lunch on the way. The Zakuul military isn't exactly friendly this time of the year."

Vegetto raised an eyebrow, having crossed his arms.

"How did you all manage to find where they were holding us."

Gogeta Jr. glanced back towards the fusions, pausing for a moment. His eyes turned back to Koth.

"Are we safe?"

Koth nodded his head once.

"Yeah, Vaylin's gonna be a bit distracted with those vocal parasites long enough for us to slip into the swamp. We'll have plenty of time to reach it; better fill your new recruits in on what's been going on for the past 25 years."

Gogeta Jr.'s eyes immediately widened, along with Vegetto Jr.'s as the two cried out in unison.

"KOTH!!"
 
Solaris took off his helment and looked unconcerned.

"Twenty five years? That's only-"

"A quarter of a human life cycle." Kira replied eyes wide. Solaris blinked.

"Lily..."

"Master... Doc... Scourge..." Kira herself muttered.
 
"A sliver of a lifetime by my planet's solar year estimate." Mioi chimed, sounding almost exasperated. She rubbed her eyelid in exhaustion. "Care to 'fill us in,' then?" Mioi asked before turning her telepathy solely to Kire for the moment.
"The small one that calls you her father informed me that it is a Cutie. I do not know to trust it, as it mimics Lord Vegetto's form. I suspect it is a symbiotic parasite that he is familiar with." She reported to Kire almost haughtily, pointing towards Vegetto Junior. She was entirely unaware of the real reason Kire disliked the two, thinking he suspected Junior was a parasite too.
 
Basil and Paprika smiled awkwardly at the exchange between the three, while Zibarica simply watched the reactions of the fighters.
Bage placed his hand on his head in disbelief at Koth's words. 

"25 years..." He sighed heavily.

"Well this is... Interesting." Panich replied, finding it hard to believe that they had been gone so long.
 
At this point, both Brachi and Xenest's minds went blank, although Xenest recovered sooner.

"Are you kidding me?" Xenest then asked after a few seconds, "25 years have gone by?!"

A sudden *THUD* startled him and the others. When looking to his right, Xenest saw that Brachi had fainted, her expression alone being borderline catatonic. He was instantly at her side, trying to get her back up, making sure she wouldn't swallow her tongue. He was relieved that Brachi woke up about a minute later, but as he went to put his arms around her back to help her get up, he could hear her faintly whispering. Blinking at this, he leaned in closer to listen properly, finding out that Brachi was whispering names... her whisper being shaky, as if she was trembling...
 
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