Post by Turles on Sept 30, 2010 13:35:06 GMT -5
Peasant's work, that's what it was. Turles may not have been an elite warrior, but he felt sure that his status in the army could lead him to greater tasks than this. Maybe with a true invading force Turles would have been satisfied, but taking out some lowly, poverty-ridden pirates was not his idea of a battle worthy of such strong Saiyan blood. Clearly the whole of Keldor's company felt exactly the same way, with few even readying the whole of their armour before the command was given. Commander Keldor was less than impressed with his King, uncharacteristically sharing a few harsh words with him before gathering the 20 or so troops at his disposal and heading off through Vegeta's red sky. Turles turned to another Saiyan who had started talking to him.
"Will our scouters actually pick anything up here?" Daiz asked. Turles crushed his scouter in his hand, thereby giving his opinion on their use in the upcoming battle.
"Heh, guess not..." Daiz replied, and followed Turles' lead with his own scouter. Turles smirked at Daiz before offering him a challenge.
"Well, now we're on even ground, we could turn this into a sport. If I kill more pirates, I'll take that elite armour I heard you stole from Keldor's dead brother." Daiz's face dropped, hoping that people generally wouldn't have known about it.
"Fine." he said sharply. "And what if I win?" Turles simply laughed at Daiz's remark and sped up to keep up with the commander, leaving Daiz somewhat humiliated and angry.
Upon their arrival the group of Saiyan's landed softly on the floor, with nobody making an attempt to look any more fierce than usual. A group of 50 space pods crashed around them, though not a single warrior even flinched. A few chuckled at the scouter readings they were being shown, including Keldor. The commander fired a minor ki blast at one of the pods, destroying it and its 3 inhabitants before the battle even began.
"Pirates!" Keldor yelled as three dark figures in black cloaks emerged from each of the space pods. "This is probably the point where we should inform you that your actions are not taken kindly, and that our leader would like to speak with the one who initiated this. But I'm afraid you landed on Planet Vegeta." The Saiyans erupted into laughter as the pirates cocked their energy guns, clearly lacking the power to properly fight Saiyans with ki.
"Good luck, you brave fools!" Commander Keldor yelled as he warped around the wasteland, taking out numerous enemies with just one punch each. Turles and the others powered up too and charged into the fight.
Energy rifle bullets were bouncing off Turles' armour from everywhere, with none of them even having the slightest effect. Turles launched two splitter balls at oncoming foes, with one of them ripping through two pirates with its sheer speed.
"That's 3..." he muttered to himself, remembering the competition he had going with Daiz. Two more pirates attacked Turles from either side, but he cut them off by punching each of them in the gut simultaneously, knocking their lifeless bodies to the ground. The warrior uttered a battle cry, simply for effect, as he launched himself at the nine opponents in front of him who were trying to group together. Turles punched four in the face before they could react, and charge up a ki blast to send a fifth flying over the edge of a nearby cliff and to his grave. A spinning kick dealt with the sixth, just before Turles violently grabbed one of the energy rifles and used its automatic fire against two others, ripping their turquoise bodies to pieces. The final pirate in the group punched Turles twice, but his attacks were just absorbed by the Saiyan's superior endurance. Turles slammed the rifle into the side of the attacker's head, knocking him to the ground. Cries of agony rang out even in the midst of battle as Turles continued to bash the pirate on the floor with the gun, fiercely bludgeoning him to death until the gun literally broke.
"Hmm... fourteen." Turles gritted his teeth as he prepared to fight on.
The fighting continued for a short while, with Turles finding himself able to take down just four more pirates before Keldor wiped out a massive chunk of them with a circling energy wave. The elite warrior's cape looked still intact as he came to join the others, who were now messing around with the final seven pirates. The rest of the 'invasion' force lay broken and defeated on the ground, and not a single Saiyan was injured. Keldor put his hand on Turles' shoulder and nodded at him. Without hesitation Turles strolled into the middle of the pirates and readied an attack, barely powering up.
"Ki Explosion!!" he called, as a massive explosion destroyed the area around the Turles and the pirates. As the smoke cleared only Turles remained. A few black cloaks littered the floor, but there were no bodies for any of the seven.
"That brings my total to twenty five," Turles exclaimed arrogantly as he walked back towards the group.
A couple of Saiyan's spat on the ground as they prepared themselves to leave, but Commander Keldor held them up with his orders.
"Stand your ground, men!" They all turned around in confusion, but Keldor seemed entirely determined to have his troops hold their position. The wasteland fell deathly silent once more; only the whistling wind could be heard. Without warning a thin blue beam of energy screeched towards Keldor, tearing a big wound in the side of his neck and snapping his prized necklace, which fell to the ground. The commander dropped to his knees, grunting and breathing heavily in pain as he began to lose all of his blood.
"Don't let them know... the fruit... AHHH!!" Keldor ended the unbearable pain by blasting himself in the head with an energy ball, killing him instantly. Six more blue beams spiraled towards the Saiyans from afar, each of them piercing a warrior's heart.
Still confused, each warrior powered up and flew towards the beams, but they were all picked off with strong ki waves, knocking three unconscious and killing others. Only Turles, Daiz, and one more Saiyan remained, though Daiz had been struck by an energy wave himself and was lay coughing on the ground.
Three new figures approached the few Saiyans, with a speed unmatched by any warrior Turles had seen. They each prepared one small bolt of energy on the tips of their fingers. Turles' other comrade was shot quickly, but Turles and Daiz were questioned first as they remained in silence out of fear.
"Negleckk whyo tayo 'Fruit'?" One of the aliens asked.
"I can't understand you!" Turles' voice was frantic. If there was a way to avoid death, he might as well have searched for it.
One of the other aliens stepped forward, pushing his friend backward.
"He said we want to know where our fruit is. Or we'll start with you two and continue on to the palace." Turles wasn't so sure if the first speaker had said the last bit, but at least now he had a chance to talk to one of them.
"I don't know. Maybe check some trees..." The naturally arrogant reply from Turles angered the aliens, and one f them fired a thin beam straight through Daiz's leg, weakening the Saiyan beyond belief. As Daiz cried out in pain, Turles realised his error.
"Stop it! I honestly don't own any fruit, and neither did my Commander..." Turles glanced over at his fallen superior with regret. The aliens looked also, and their beady eyes were drawn to the blood-drenched necklace.
"Is this the one known as Keldor?" The talkative alien asked, approaching the dead body. Turles simply nodded, keeping close watch on Daiz's health.
"Then we have found our fruit." The alien picked up the necklace as a small electronic device extended from the roof of his metallic-looking head. A flash of blue light appeared to scan the necklace up and down before it was tossed back into the pool of blood.
"Gethrok!" A bolt of lighting came down from the sky as the alien summoned one of his attacks. Turles sidestepped it quickly, but a big explosion still engulfed him and Daiz. This time, when the smoke cleared, neither warrior was moving. The aliens chuckled and teleported away, leaving all of the dead Saiyans on the ground.
Pretty much instantly Turles rose back to his feet.
"Guess that Ki Explosion works defensively too..." he said, brushing off his armour. The lighting had simply made Turles tickle a little thanks to his powerful attack. Still, asking questions about the nature of the attack and his foes would not help Turles in that single moment.
"Daiz!" Turles was still worried about Daiz though, and what could happen to the two of them if they reported back on such a horrific failure. Turles picked up the injured warrior and carried him on his back. Before flying off though urles walked back towards Keldor. He bowed his head in respect, though made sure to take off with the necklace as he left.
"You won't have died for nothing Commander. I'll protect your secret, whatever it takes..." Turles had no idea though that his noble cause could be corrupted so easily on the quest he was about to take. He glanced at the inscription on the necklace, which read 'The Bark of The Tree, the key to its mighty fruit.' Turles clutched it hard and set off into the sky slowly, looking for a portable rejuvenation chamber.
"Turles..." a voice grunted. Turles looked above his head, noticing Daiz had come around for a short time.
"I... I got 26..." Daiz fell unconscious again as Turles couldn't help but smile. Whatever had just happened that day, and wherever it may take him, Turles at least could acknowledge his score as respectable. But now, there was a new race. A race to solve the mystery of the necklace, and the fruit that was craved so religiously.
WC - 1,694
"Will our scouters actually pick anything up here?" Daiz asked. Turles crushed his scouter in his hand, thereby giving his opinion on their use in the upcoming battle.
"Heh, guess not..." Daiz replied, and followed Turles' lead with his own scouter. Turles smirked at Daiz before offering him a challenge.
"Well, now we're on even ground, we could turn this into a sport. If I kill more pirates, I'll take that elite armour I heard you stole from Keldor's dead brother." Daiz's face dropped, hoping that people generally wouldn't have known about it.
"Fine." he said sharply. "And what if I win?" Turles simply laughed at Daiz's remark and sped up to keep up with the commander, leaving Daiz somewhat humiliated and angry.
Upon their arrival the group of Saiyan's landed softly on the floor, with nobody making an attempt to look any more fierce than usual. A group of 50 space pods crashed around them, though not a single warrior even flinched. A few chuckled at the scouter readings they were being shown, including Keldor. The commander fired a minor ki blast at one of the pods, destroying it and its 3 inhabitants before the battle even began.
"Pirates!" Keldor yelled as three dark figures in black cloaks emerged from each of the space pods. "This is probably the point where we should inform you that your actions are not taken kindly, and that our leader would like to speak with the one who initiated this. But I'm afraid you landed on Planet Vegeta." The Saiyans erupted into laughter as the pirates cocked their energy guns, clearly lacking the power to properly fight Saiyans with ki.
"Good luck, you brave fools!" Commander Keldor yelled as he warped around the wasteland, taking out numerous enemies with just one punch each. Turles and the others powered up too and charged into the fight.
Energy rifle bullets were bouncing off Turles' armour from everywhere, with none of them even having the slightest effect. Turles launched two splitter balls at oncoming foes, with one of them ripping through two pirates with its sheer speed.
"That's 3..." he muttered to himself, remembering the competition he had going with Daiz. Two more pirates attacked Turles from either side, but he cut them off by punching each of them in the gut simultaneously, knocking their lifeless bodies to the ground. The warrior uttered a battle cry, simply for effect, as he launched himself at the nine opponents in front of him who were trying to group together. Turles punched four in the face before they could react, and charge up a ki blast to send a fifth flying over the edge of a nearby cliff and to his grave. A spinning kick dealt with the sixth, just before Turles violently grabbed one of the energy rifles and used its automatic fire against two others, ripping their turquoise bodies to pieces. The final pirate in the group punched Turles twice, but his attacks were just absorbed by the Saiyan's superior endurance. Turles slammed the rifle into the side of the attacker's head, knocking him to the ground. Cries of agony rang out even in the midst of battle as Turles continued to bash the pirate on the floor with the gun, fiercely bludgeoning him to death until the gun literally broke.
"Hmm... fourteen." Turles gritted his teeth as he prepared to fight on.
The fighting continued for a short while, with Turles finding himself able to take down just four more pirates before Keldor wiped out a massive chunk of them with a circling energy wave. The elite warrior's cape looked still intact as he came to join the others, who were now messing around with the final seven pirates. The rest of the 'invasion' force lay broken and defeated on the ground, and not a single Saiyan was injured. Keldor put his hand on Turles' shoulder and nodded at him. Without hesitation Turles strolled into the middle of the pirates and readied an attack, barely powering up.
"Ki Explosion!!" he called, as a massive explosion destroyed the area around the Turles and the pirates. As the smoke cleared only Turles remained. A few black cloaks littered the floor, but there were no bodies for any of the seven.
"That brings my total to twenty five," Turles exclaimed arrogantly as he walked back towards the group.
A couple of Saiyan's spat on the ground as they prepared themselves to leave, but Commander Keldor held them up with his orders.
"Stand your ground, men!" They all turned around in confusion, but Keldor seemed entirely determined to have his troops hold their position. The wasteland fell deathly silent once more; only the whistling wind could be heard. Without warning a thin blue beam of energy screeched towards Keldor, tearing a big wound in the side of his neck and snapping his prized necklace, which fell to the ground. The commander dropped to his knees, grunting and breathing heavily in pain as he began to lose all of his blood.
"Don't let them know... the fruit... AHHH!!" Keldor ended the unbearable pain by blasting himself in the head with an energy ball, killing him instantly. Six more blue beams spiraled towards the Saiyans from afar, each of them piercing a warrior's heart.
Still confused, each warrior powered up and flew towards the beams, but they were all picked off with strong ki waves, knocking three unconscious and killing others. Only Turles, Daiz, and one more Saiyan remained, though Daiz had been struck by an energy wave himself and was lay coughing on the ground.
Three new figures approached the few Saiyans, with a speed unmatched by any warrior Turles had seen. They each prepared one small bolt of energy on the tips of their fingers. Turles' other comrade was shot quickly, but Turles and Daiz were questioned first as they remained in silence out of fear.
"Negleckk whyo tayo 'Fruit'?" One of the aliens asked.
"I can't understand you!" Turles' voice was frantic. If there was a way to avoid death, he might as well have searched for it.
One of the other aliens stepped forward, pushing his friend backward.
"He said we want to know where our fruit is. Or we'll start with you two and continue on to the palace." Turles wasn't so sure if the first speaker had said the last bit, but at least now he had a chance to talk to one of them.
"I don't know. Maybe check some trees..." The naturally arrogant reply from Turles angered the aliens, and one f them fired a thin beam straight through Daiz's leg, weakening the Saiyan beyond belief. As Daiz cried out in pain, Turles realised his error.
"Stop it! I honestly don't own any fruit, and neither did my Commander..." Turles glanced over at his fallen superior with regret. The aliens looked also, and their beady eyes were drawn to the blood-drenched necklace.
"Is this the one known as Keldor?" The talkative alien asked, approaching the dead body. Turles simply nodded, keeping close watch on Daiz's health.
"Then we have found our fruit." The alien picked up the necklace as a small electronic device extended from the roof of his metallic-looking head. A flash of blue light appeared to scan the necklace up and down before it was tossed back into the pool of blood.
"Gethrok!" A bolt of lighting came down from the sky as the alien summoned one of his attacks. Turles sidestepped it quickly, but a big explosion still engulfed him and Daiz. This time, when the smoke cleared, neither warrior was moving. The aliens chuckled and teleported away, leaving all of the dead Saiyans on the ground.
Pretty much instantly Turles rose back to his feet.
"Guess that Ki Explosion works defensively too..." he said, brushing off his armour. The lighting had simply made Turles tickle a little thanks to his powerful attack. Still, asking questions about the nature of the attack and his foes would not help Turles in that single moment.
"Daiz!" Turles was still worried about Daiz though, and what could happen to the two of them if they reported back on such a horrific failure. Turles picked up the injured warrior and carried him on his back. Before flying off though urles walked back towards Keldor. He bowed his head in respect, though made sure to take off with the necklace as he left.
"You won't have died for nothing Commander. I'll protect your secret, whatever it takes..." Turles had no idea though that his noble cause could be corrupted so easily on the quest he was about to take. He glanced at the inscription on the necklace, which read 'The Bark of The Tree, the key to its mighty fruit.' Turles clutched it hard and set off into the sky slowly, looking for a portable rejuvenation chamber.
"Turles..." a voice grunted. Turles looked above his head, noticing Daiz had come around for a short time.
"I... I got 26..." Daiz fell unconscious again as Turles couldn't help but smile. Whatever had just happened that day, and wherever it may take him, Turles at least could acknowledge his score as respectable. But now, there was a new race. A race to solve the mystery of the necklace, and the fruit that was craved so religiously.
WC - 1,694