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

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"This is very confusing..." Mioi scratched her cheek, perplexed. "If they bicker now, nothing is done, if they bicker later, nothing is done. This is difficult to understand."

Though what annoyed her more was all this talk of a bigger picture and nothing seemingly was related to said big picture. It didn't seem like they would be getting any hints. 

"I find it ironic given the circumstances. Well then, what is it you suggest? Perhaps they won't claw each other's throats out if we allow them to meddle around. Last I saw of such bickering, nothing was resolved anyway."
 
Jaz, Solaris, Mioi and Kire's Vision

The Dread Saiyan's narrowed eyes turned towards Mioi first.

"I already told you what you should have done; it is too late for any future action."

He then nodded towards Gogeta Jr.

"Had you been listening to their feud, you would've heard his main complaint: your involvement in the war. He believes Arcann invaded the universe because of your assassination of me, having specifically stated Arcann had no reason until you deliberately jumped head first into a fight."

The Dread Saiyan turned back towards the others.

"But you already knew that your friends, Goku and Vegeta, had died on Earth trying to stop an invading force. You knew from Darth Marr's and Vegetto's questioning when you were first captured that Arcann was the one who sacked the planet and killed the defenders."

He nodded towards Gogeta Jr.

"One of those defenders being his own mother. As you say, he is a smart individual. And upon the delivery of that devastating counter point, he would've come to terms with what Arcann truly represents and go about the process of forgiving you, as that would've proven your innocence in his eyes."

The Dread Saiyan's glare returned, dancing amongst the group.

"Instead, you dismissed the argument because it occurred at an inopportune time. It occurred for a reason you did not understand, and because you did not see how the conflict would benefit anyone, you did everything in your power to stop it. This is not the first time you could've strengthened your ties with your allies at the arise of an argument amongst the team, but everytime two or more of your friends have disagreed over a point, you've done your best to dismiss the argument. And if you continue this line of short sighted thinking, you will discover more enemies than allies by the time you're ready to finally face my son."
 
Solaris frowned.

"How in the name of Sola was I-" his tone shifted from aggregated to apologetic.

"I have to work on reading other people. Learn what and who they are quickly."
 
"A crash landing, great..." Oriko sighed as he looked at the group. "Look, can you all just--- stop your bickering until we know for sure that we've escaped Arcann's grasp?"
 
"....when you put it that way, one can't argue with that." Mioi's voice was quiet. "Communication is definitely something I am bad at. I completely forgot about the invasion on Earth." Looks like that carbonite freezing definitely wasn't doing well for her memory. "..." she went silent for a while.
 
"Well... how was I suppose to know that?!" Jaz argued. "Besides, a memory like that isn't one that people just scream out." Jaz grumbled to herself and felt a little ashamed at herself for yelling at Gogeta earlier. She didn't believe the Dread Saiyan entirely but the way Gogeta was acting made her think that he was actually telling the truth.

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Kire, on the other hand, still had his doubts. He wasn't as gullible as his daughter and he didn't accept the words of others, especially gossip or assumptions. He nodded, however, showing the Dread Saiyan that he agreed with him; however, he just wanted to see things for himself rather than have the ideas spill to him. He wanted to take the maters into his own hands rather than listen to anyone else.

"Right, you got a point there." Kire said, crossing his arms. "I'll keep that in mind next time an argument sparks up. I'll just keep my nose out of that kid's business. He don't need me in his life and I don't need him in mine. Now, can you end this crafty illusion, good sir? I got stuff to build and a boy to terrorize, wrap this up."
 
Vision

The Dread Saiyan kept his eyes narrowed, locking onto Jaz.

"You didn't need to know the specifics, even. Mentioning Earth alone would've done it: you knew enough to not only counter his point, but enough to change his mind."

His eyes traveled to the other frozen members of the group.

"The others are easier to mold, as they merely adopt their philosophy of combat towards communication and debate. But you are different."

The Dread Saiyan ignored the remaining responses, having arms crossed behind his back.

"Do not follow Kire's advice, or end up divided between yourselves. This alliance needs the support of each individual, looking to better the other. You need each other, and if you seek to break your connections, you will assuredly fail."

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The scenary returned to normal, the Dread Saiyan having disappeared into a plume of purple smoke. Koth glanced over his head, his voice tense.

"Buckle up everyone. Ship's thrusters just went completely critical, so this is going to be a rough landing."

The ship began to rock slightly under the turbulence, Vegetto and Gogeta both reaching for a support on the adjacent wall to grasp onto.
 
It was then that the ship itself seemed to slow down rather gently. Although the turbulence was still present, it appeared that something was slowing the ship itself down in order to make the landing less rough. The only time that the turbulence was getting a bit worse was as if something was catching the ship itself. 

"What happened?" Brachi asked, blinking as the ship seemed to approach the impending landing site somewhat slower.

"This must be possible due to us being caught in some kind of tractor beam; starships whom have those things installed can use it to help in towing other ships to safety in case they aren't able to make it to a specified destination under their own power." Xenest said. 

"But the only ships we have seen with such tractor beams are the Martian Ships!" Brachi then said.

"That is correct. It doesn't rule out the possibility of other ships being responsible for this, but it appears that whoever is making the landing softer must be a Martian Vessel." Xenest said.

"How are you so sure of that?! I don't see any Martian Ship around!" Brachi said, looking out a window, before reaching an epiphany, "do you presume they are cloaked?" 

"I'm pretty sure they are cloaked... and from the looks of it, they must have found a way to perfect the cloaking device itself!" Xenest said.

"How exactly?" Brachi asked.

"As you may be aware, the only ways to detect a cloaked starship is by means of surges in tachyons, neutrino emissions or detecting residual anti-protons, which could give away a cloaked ship's position. Now, if the cloaking techonology has been continuously investigated, researched and improved to remove those weaknesses..." Xenest began.

"... then the end result would be that a ship with such an advanced cloaking device would render it virtually impossible to find at all!" Brachi concluded.

"Exactly. And if the Martian Ship in question has made no offensive move of any kind, none of us would even know it was even there in the first place." Xenest replied.
 
"Sure that no one would be able to sense their connection to the Force!?" Kira asked Xenest. Solaris meanwhile shook his head looking at Gogetta before prepping himself.

"We're not out of the frying pan yet, much less the fire." He said.
 
"The Martians are physically primitive, and they are not the kind of Martians you're familiar with. The Martians whom are our most worthy allies hail from the same universe Brachi and I are native to and their technology is far more advanced than ours. Due to their primitive physical form, their primary form of communication goes through telepathy and use a mixture of telepathy and telekinesis to control their machinery." Xenest replied to Kira.
 
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