by Jamie L. Word
"Paging Dr. Dreg"
Yoshio and Yuko moved quickly and began tearing into the mini-army of henchmen with a mixture of hand-to-hand techniques and basic energy attacks! The henchmen were having quite a difficult time keeping up with the two human fighters! Yuko and Yoshio proceeded to pummel them at will!
"Yuko's right!" Yoshio thought to himself as he noted his sister's increased battle prowess while fighting alongside her. "I think I actually feel sorry for these guys!"
One of the henchmen fired an energy blast at Yoshio, but Yoshio ducked under it and let it slam into another of the henchmen! As the blast-struck henchman plummeted to the ground from friendly fire, Yoshio noted the falling fighter and then turned his attention back to the one who fired the attack in the first place, grimacing in anger.
"Or maybe not!" Yoshio thought to himself as he clocked that henchman with a punch to the face, knocking him to the ground with a thud.
Meanwhile, Yuko was brutalizing several of the henchmen with an uncharacteristic ferocity that made Yoshio cringe to watch her! She delivered fight-ending kicks to the groin regions of her foes, painful palm thrusts to the noses of her foes, finger gouges to the eyes of her foes, double-handed ear slaps, and hair pulls into giant swings into other henchmen! She was wading through her opponents with brutal efficiency and savage ferocity!
Yoshio had to turn his attention away from his sister's brutality in order to concentrate on fighting the henchmen who were attacking him now! He delivered powerful shinkicks to the midsections of his foes, reverse elbow smashes to the faces of his foes, strong punches to the jaws and midsections of his foes, turning two-legged mulekicks to the midsections and torsos of his foes, and reverse spinning heel kicks to the heads of his foes! Within moments, all of the henchmen had been brutally dispensed from the fight!
"It looks like we got 'em all!" Yoshio declared, once again displaying his uncanny grasp of the obvious. "I wonder what's next though!"
Meanwhile, Android Prime fired a powerful beam of energy into the oncoming masenko ball that Kien launched at him! His beam began to slow the masenko ball's approach, but it was still getting closer! Android Prime intensified his effort to stop Kien's masenko ball, channeling even more energy into the endeavor, and the masenko ball exploded along with Android Prime's energy beam! The brilliance and force of the explosion forced everyone in the area to shield themselves and avert their gazes!
When the explosion subsided, Kien looked and saw Android Prime glaring back at him from across the battlefield, unscathed by the attack! The Zodorian heroes were amazed at that sight! The other androids were enthralled in the spectacle of the battle being waged before them!
Back at the lookout, Shun and Jontu stood mortified at the platform edge as they gazed out over the planet. Sweat beaded upon Shun's brow as he trembled in fear. Jontu still pondered what Shun saw.
"Kami Shun!" Jontu cried out in concern. "What is it? What is happening now? What do you see, sir?"
"There is a terrible power, and it's heading right towards the place where Kien and his teammates are fighting the androids!" Shun muttered in terror. "And things get much worse from there! This terrible power is after the androids!"
"But, sir, what is so terrible about that?" Jontu inquired of the planet's guardian in confusion. "If this power takes out the androids, isn't that good?"
"This powerful monster isn't out to destroy the androids, it's out to absorb them!" Shun answered, terrifying Jontu. "If the fiend absorbs all three androids, then he will reach his perfect form and be virtually unstoppable! We won't stand a chance! I hope Kien is able to defeat the android he's fighting and destroy it before that monster gets there!"
Meanwhile, Usami continued on his quest to find the androids, flying along at high speed. He was grinning sinisterly as he flew along. He knew it was only a matter of time!
Meanwhile, Yoshio and Yuko didn't have to wait long to see what would happen next outside the cave leading to Dr. Dreg's lab. Two male's dressed in outfits similar to the ones worn by the androids flew out of the cave and hovered in the air to confront the heroes.
One of them resembled an old man with long white hair and a big, bushy, long, white moustache. He wore a cape over his uniform. He had a slender physique and a serious expression on his face.
The other was shorter and somewhat fat, with a bald head. He was clean-shaven, and he wore a black skull cap on his bald head. He didn't have a cape on over his uniform, however.
"Who are you, and what do you want here?" the caped man with the white hair inquired irritably.
"I am Yoshio, and I'm from Earth!" Yoshio answered. "This is my sister Yuko, and we're looking for Dr. Dreg!"
"I am he," the old man answered in an aggitated manner as he continued to scowl at the human heroes. "And this is my assistant Borgo."
"Great!" Yoshio exclaimed excitedly as he realized they had found what they were looking for. "Then we've found you!"
"Uhhh," Yuko muttered nervously. "I'm not so sure that's such a great thing after all! They don't look too friendly!"
Dr. Dreg examined them, and his eyes read their power levels. First he read Yoshio's power level, and then he read Yuko's power level.
"Hmmm," Dr. Dreg pondered aloud. "The girl's power level is four thousand five hundred, and the boy's power is one hundred fifty thousand. Borgo, you take the boy. I'll deal with the girl."
"Huh?!?" Yoshio muttered in bewilderment as he looked at Dr. Dreg and Borgo. "What are they up to? How does he know our exact power levels without a scouter?"
"I told you they didn't look friendly!" Yuko replied as she and Yoshio assumed a fighting stance in mid-air.
"To answer your question, you small-minded simpleton, I developed technologies which enabled me to adapt android sensors to detect power levels," Dr. Dreg replied insultingly.
"Android sensors?" Yuko inquired as she looked at him in surprise. "You mean, you're an android too?"
"Both myself and my assistant Borgo," Dr. Dreg replied almost stoically. "You fools are tresspassing on my property. Time for you to go!"
Dr. Dreg charged an energy blast at the end of his extended palm, glaring at them with a mixture of enjoyment and anger on his visage! Borgo chuckled as he poised to pounce on Yoshio! Yoshio and Yuko both readied themselves for the battle!
Yuko charged up an energy blast of her own in preparation to defend herself against Dr. Dreg's blast! Yoshio flew forward to meet Borgo in hand-to-hand battle!
Meanwhile, Kien and Android Prime continued to fight! Their clash resounded across the landscape like multiple cannons being fired in rapid succession, and they moved with such speed that it became difficult for the Zodorian heroes to follow their movements! The other androids were quite impressed with Kien's power and skill as he fought Android Prime on an equal level, but everyone wondered how long this could last before Kien tired out - or the android made a mistake!