by Jamie L. Word
"A Desperate Plight"
Eight years had passed since Koji defeated Xarlok on planet Veloria. Koji had married Yuko, and she bore him a son nine months later. They named the child Kato. Yoshio had become a doting uncle, and they all travelled together. Yuko had modified Koji's space pod so that it could be capsulised, and she did likewise with Chih's old Namek space ship. She had also modified Koji's space pod so that it was larger, capable of carrying more passengers, and she also had installed a gravity training machine in Koji's pod. All of them had been training hard over the last eight years, even Yuko and Kato.
But all was not right in the universe. Events were transpiring which would draw them into an incredible adventure of epic proportions. The future of entire world was about to be in their hands, and this future which was about to envelop them all would push them to their limits and beyond. Never before had the stakes been so high. Never before had they faced a threat so dire. Never before had they stood to lose so much. As if fatherhood wasn't enough of a monumental task for the mighty Super Saiyan, our hero was about to be faced with his greatest challenge yet.
Planet Zodoria.
The planet Zodoria was in ruins. It's cities were ravaged horribly. Across the landscape, a battle was underway, and heroes of the planet fought valiantly against the perpetrators of the horrible devastation which scarred their world.
A Namek warrior led the planet's heroes into battle. He was strong and stalwart, wearing a loose-fitting, sleeveless purple tunic with matching long, billowy pants. He also wore a red waist sash and brown Nameccian footwear. He wore no cape nor turban.
The other two heroes were locals. One of them was a male who looked very much like a human, but his skin was light green, and he was clean-shaven. He had long black hair tied in a ponytail, and he wore a blue outfit like the one worn by Goku. He was well-muscled, and he had a determined look on his face.
The other local hero was a female with light green skin and jaw-length black hair. She wore an outfit similar to that of her male counterpart, but it was more feminine in design. She was slender and athletically inclined.
Their opposition looked perfectly human, and there were three of them. One of them was a muscular, clean-shaven male with jaw-length black hair. He wore a skintight black uniform like that worn beneath Saiyan combat armor. He also wore white boots and gloves like those worn by Saiyans dressed in combat armor, and there was a design embroidered on the left breast of the top.
The most slender of the villainous trio was a clean-shaven male with shoulder-length blond hair, and he was like a teenager in comparison physically with the black-haired villain's size. He was attired similarly to his black-haired teammate.
The final villain was a towering mass of huge muscles, and he was a clean-shaven male with crewcut red hair. He wore the same style of outfit as the others, but he was much larger, both in height and in bulk.
The heroes struggled against their obviously more powerful opponents. The Namek first fired a masenko ball at the largest foe, but that brute crossed his arms in front of the blast and deflected the attack! The Namek then fired a special beam cannon attack at the brute, but the brute stood his ground, and the beam slammed into him and exploded!
"Keep it up, guys!" the Namek called out to his companions as he watched for the explosion to subside. "We've got to stop them!"
The male local hero battled the black-haired enemy, first firing a masenko ball at his foe, but the black-haired fighter extended his hand towards the incoming blast and snuffed it out when it made contact with his hand! The male local hero then followed that up by launching an energy sphere skyward and directing it to come crashing down onto his foe, but the black-haired fighter merely smiled as he let the energy bomb slam into his position and explode!
"Sumie!" the male local hero called out to the female local hero as he watched for the results of his attack against his foe. "How are you doing?"
"I'm doing fine, Sumio!" she called back to him as she launched the same two attacks in the same order as her male counterpart did, hammering the slender blond fighter with the attacks. "I hope Kuang is able to hold that big one at bay while we try to finish these two!"
"We can't tell for sure how much we're taking out of them since we can't sense their power levels or their life forces!" the Namek called back to his teammates. "We can only hope that we can stop them this time! Since I fused with that Namek warrior who visited this planet a few days ago, I am now stronger than I have ever been, and you two have also gotten much stronger since we trained together in the Chamber of Spirit and Time back at Shun's lookout for those two days!"
"Yeah!" Sumio replied with confidence in his voice as he smiled. "Our brother-sister team was the strongest force on the planet until you came along and made it even stronger, Kuang!"
"Even so, this terrible trio of Dr. Dreg's diabolical androids were so much stronger than we were when we first fought them!" Sumie added as she too waited for the explosions to subside. "Maybe this time we're actually strong enough to stop them!"
The heroic trio watched, but their expression of optimism changed into one of horrified disbelief as the explosions cleared to reveal that the trio of villains were completely unharmed! The trio landed on the ground in dramatic stances!
"You've improved quite a bit over the last few days," the black-haired fighter addressed the heroes. "I really must commend you, but it still won't be enough. Let's get our introductions out of the way this time. I am Android Prime. My slender, blond-haired teammate is Android Alpha. The big guy here is Android Titan. We're Dr. Dreg's greatest creations, and we're having too much fun destroying your cities to stop now!"
"Yeah!" the blond-haired Android Alpha chimed in as he smiled along with his other two teammates. "You're much stronger than you were before, but you're no match for us yet!"
"I could destroy the three of you by myself!" the big, red-haired brute Android Titan declared with unbridled confidence.
"But that wouldn't be much fun for the rest of us, now would it?" Android Prime responded with a smile. "Shall we begin again?"
"Grrrrrr! Blast it!" Kuang growled in his rage at his helplessness as he grimaced and clenched his fists. "This isn't possible! Our power has increased so much! How can they still be stronger than us! They're bluffing! They have to be! Let's put these tin toys down for the count, you guys!"
Kuang flew at Android Titan and engaged him in a fierce clash of hand-to-hand combat, but Android Titan seemed to be easily able to defend himself against the Namek! Sumio launched himself into a frantic attack against Android Prime, but the result was the same! Sumie found the same problem when she pitted her skill and power against Android Alpha! This clash continued for many moments before the androids increased their intensity and quickly crushed the heroes!
Android Titan pummeled Kuang with a series of power punches, rendering him unconscious! Android Prime drove a knee into Sumio's midsection, doubling him over, and followed that up with a two-fisted smash to the back of the head, rendering him unconscious! Android Alpha pummeled Sumie with a two swift punches and a roundhouse kick, rendering her unconscious! After rendering all three heroes unconscious, the androids laughed as they joked about how weak the heroes were, and then they flew away from the battle site with nonchalant disregard for their foes!