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She backed off out of his reach in an instant but didn't attempt to counter attack, it irked him gravely that she came to a stand still. If there was something Dashade was never able to get over was his sense of paranoia in fights, especially when he's already been attacked form behind twice. Has she spotted a weakness? Or is one of her allies sneaking up behind me?

"We're not stealing anyone's land, we're defending ourselves. We arrived here to announce the death of Lord Frost and the ascendence of Lord Heeta, they reacted with violence. While I do not wish for a slaughter, I will not allow any more casualties of my people"

The sea of confused and sometimes blinded soldiers flooded what had been a battlefield minuetes before, the stage for what they thought would of been an easy fight. Just an unarmed monkey and some strange ice woman against an entire army? It should of been like stepping on an ant. But now half the army had fallen to the might of both the warriors, with an additional third slug creature comming in to add even further damage with Ki blasts. For some, there was no denying it, they stood no chance against these warriors. But they didn't have too. Commander Holly wold arrive soon, maybe with some enforcers. The most distant of hopes was that Lord Heeta himself would arrive on the planet to sqaush these bugs, but if Heeta was anywhere near, everyone would feel his presence.

So now, an army of 500 stood amoung the wastland that was their battlefield. Some dead some knocked out, some cowering and some ready to go and fight once more. But all stood watching the lone Arcosian that stood between them and death's doorstep. It was strane, from most rumors spreading around the empire of HIS clan, it was a surprise that the Arcosian was actually that strong. Maybe he could distract the attackers until the real help arrive... If it was comming at all.

"Common, you ass...holes..." THe random insult had come from the ground, where various rocks seperated for Nion to strugle to her feet. "I can take you all on with one arm tiedbheind my back... Then... Then I'll go after the lizard king up there..." I'll give you a chance to have your fun, Partner... But when he kicks your ass I'll be smiling... And I need time to recover some lost pride.

The aliens deceleration of heroic intent was a quite a surprise but not one that came unwelcome, in fact it was a relief to hear those words and how the alien truly believed that the cause he and his men fought for was just, even if they where mislead. To Taao that that his enemies had honer, they all valued each other's lives as much as any warrior who would fight beside each other would. In that very insect they became more than just grunts in the enemies army, yet even so he would do what he must to protect this planet from another Tyrant's war, even if it meant killing good men. But maybe, maybe they didn't have to fight? They're own commander had revealed weakness to them with his words, a weakness they could exploit with violence, sure they could ransom the lives of all the soldiers but there was an even simpler solution, talking. Perhaps Taao could bargain for the peace and freedom of the maintains, or at least for a end of hostilities for now It was possible, it had to be, he hoped it could be for the sake of the meltains.

His hopes where quickly dashed as a pile of rubble transformed into a woman who'd clearly not had her fill of fighting. To his lament the one he perceived to be more than a little high on battle with no intentions of coming down soon. He admired to woman's fighting spirit, and wonderful complexion, but he wished she would have stayed down a little longer

"I can take you all on with one arm tied behind my back... " She boasted to the remaining soldiers proudly, and while he could tell by their beaten down expression that most of them knew they where completely outmatched which was a relief. However there where plenty among them who their unneeded fighting spirit on their faces and who knew well before they actually charged forward that it was time. The soldiers charged, and not just in the blue woman's direction but some where headed for him as well, a good 50/50 of a hundred or so fighters. He too felt as though he could take them on with just one arm but he wasn't about to take that chance.

" AHHHHHHHH! " Taao roared as his power level would suddenly begin to spike. He focused his energies within him on the task of regenerating damaged cells in a similar manner as when he healed the beaten up meltain boy, only this time it was his own body he was working with which made it much easier. In no time at all another arm slick with greenish-yellow slime was born in place of the stump attached to his right shoulder, which gave both groups of men pause long enough for Taao to remove his cloak and prepare to fight.

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"Crush them! " one of the more burly soldiers with a red scouter called out to his comrades. " Look how Dashade fights for to protect US! Are we mice or are we men, Shall we fail Lord Heeta here?! " All the men who'd initially stepped forward to fight answered with a resounding NO, even a few of those who'd formally accepted defeat chose to step out with strengthened resolve

"FOR LORD HEETA!" The cries of determination from the many soldiers threatened to cross the planet, even in the middle of his own fight Dashide could hear the battle cries loud and clear. Their confidence and willpower astounded him, even against odds that were demonstrated to be impossible, they were prepared to fight for their cause. The Arcosian couldn't help but smirk. Lord Heeta could ask for no finer followers While he didn't want any casualties, he would not forbid these men from fighting for their Lord, he could only hope that he wins his current battle and is able to aid in theirs.

His scouter COM was still on for the moment and with a quick glance to the remaining opponents he attempted a few pieces of advice towards his comrades. "Do not underestimate your enemy, men. The green one is a Namekian, a race known for their healing abilities and, as you can see, self-regeneration. I suggest attacking the heavily wounded warrior first before the Namekian has a chance to make her an even bigger threat. Fight with vigour, for Lord Heeta!"

The Saiyin in front of him seemed to have the same distaste for any more killing as him, but as her partner has already proved. A peace would be improbable.

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The battle cries of many Soldiers filled the battleground, some charging towards the suggested blue target, while others sought to hold off the healer. The name of their Lord left the mouths of many, their spirits rising as they began their assault yet again.

The Saiyin woman rose from the groundwith a slow grow rising in the back of her throat, her eyes swept over the battlefield at the opponents that charged before her, her aching muscles tensing up. If Pikruel would hog the lizard Nion would just have to settle for these weaklings. Maybe they would at least put up a fight together.

A quick glance up had her staring at the Namekian that dis-cloaked, preparing for the upcomming battle; the thought of a Namekian fighting made Nion chuckle. "I'd say its best if you leave while you can, Namekian. This is a Saiyin's fight, no place for a paccifist"

Pikruel glanced behind her, careful not to give the Arcosian an opening. Fortunately for her, Heeta's men didn't try to attack her, choosing instead to let the Arcosian fight. Perhaps they saw that they would only be getting in the way of their much more capable warrior. She turned her full attention back on the Arcosian.

"I just realized, I don't know anyone's name here. Mine's Pikruel. I don't want any more of your men to die either, but I can't say I'm not enjoying this. It's been a while since I've faced an opponent as strong as you. This may be easier said than done, but I'll try to end this battle quickly and force the rest of your men to retreat."

Rushing forward, Pikruel would appear to be preparing for a head-on attack on the Arcosian. This, however, was only her Fake-Out Mirage at work again. Trailing a little behind would be her true self, and while the illusion would make a punch for the Arcosian's face, the real Pikruel would be releasing her Galick Gun. The lack of charge would make it relatively weak, but she hoped it would catch him unprepared and wide open.

"I am Dashade of the exiled Clans, loyal soldier of the Arcosian Empire. And as long as there's a slither of a chance of you speaking falsehoods, I cannot allow you to leave here alive" Dashade began to charge up his Ki as the Saiyin rushed towards him, he could feel the battle taking it's toll on him, he knew if he didn't finish this soon he would simply collapse. I have to fight on... I have to stay standing!

He prepared to fire at the woman, but a sudden thought occured that made him change his earlier plan. The woman had tricked him before with her Fake-out Mirage . And considering how simply charging me now would put her at a disadvantage... I can't take the chance that she's tricking me He charged up a Ki blast and lept up to soar over his opponent, looking down on her to see if the actual Pikruel was staying around, that's when he saw the crackle of purple energy signifying the charge up of a powerful attack.

Quickly he charged up his Ki blast in one hand and the milky cannon in the other, he was using all of his energy for this. If the attack didn't succeed, he would be completely at her mercy. The arcosian fired the milky cannon just moments before firing his crimson Ki blast, pushing his other attack towards her. "Let's finish this!"

The Arcosian was smarter than she gave him credit for, seeing right through her trick. She was too close now to dodge his attacks. The Milky Canon and energy blast were headed straight for her, but that didn't mean that the energy from her Galick Gun had to go to waste. She turned around and fired her attack towards Dashade just before the Milky Canon blew up on her. She let out a yelp of pain and fell limply down to the ground. That attack hurt more than she expected. Before crashing into the ground, she gathered enough of her strength back to soften her landing. As she laid there in the dirt, she looked over to her two new allies to see how they were doing.
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Aboard the mothership, Holly was losing his patience. He tapped his foot, with his arms crossed as he watched the battle from his screen. Some of the soldiers had cameras attached to their suits, which delivered him a first-person view of the action.

"Enough. I'm tired of waiting. If Dashade hasn't finished the Saiyans off yet, then it's time I take care of this myself. Open the door!"

A hopeful expression graced Dashade's features as he witnessed his attacking connecting, but it feel as he saw the Galik gun heading straight towards him. There was no dodging or blocking, or redirecting; The Arcosian Warrior was at his limit. He could only hope that the blast managed to kill him before he saw the destruction that would be raught upon his men. "Llord Heeta... Comrades... I apologise; I wasn't good enough".

The blast hit him on causing a sevear paint to envelop his body, like fire itself coursed through his veins in an orchestra of pain. His body collapsed, sending the Arcosian down to the ground, forced onto his knees as he struggled to stay up right. "Blast... It didn't kill me, and I can muster no strength to keep this fight going. How humiliating..."

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"O-Of course, Commander!" Another soldier saluted at the Commander's barking, pressing a few keys on the control pannle to open the roof of the ship. Allowing Commander Holly a clear way out. "Shall we send in more troops to accompany you, sir?"

Smoke enveloped the peak of the mountain from the burned out engine of the small wreckage of a space ship that had planted itself on the side of what had used to be a twin peak, the choking chalk of the smoke rising to disfigure the beauty of the planet's clear blue sky. An old insectoid man grumbled at the sight, irritated by the lack of symmetry that now plagued the beautiful landmark. "Kia, darn it. Which one of you kids exploded the mountain this time!?"

"Grandpa, the mountain doesn't matter right now!" A child whined, gripping onto his Grandpa's leg.

"What could possibly be more important then the desecration of our rocks?"

A cough came a few metres away from the arguing family, a squad of Soldier's looking very peeved off at the fact that they had been ignored. "Hello! We have guns... We're raiding your house. Killing your people. Did you seriously forget about us!?"

"Quiet you! I am talking with my oaf of a child!"

"Oh, sorry..." The man paused for a moment, before reeling back in surprise at his words. "Wait, no I'm not! Put your hands where I can see em, you old geezer!"

Another soldier approached the man from behind, tapping him on the shoulder "Uh.. Sir, the wreckage is moving..."

"Not now, I'm intimidating the elderly!"

"But, Sir!"

"What is I-" Before the man could finish his sentence a large flaming engine had dropped from what had seemingly been from no where, landing directly on the man's head and bringing him to the floor.

"I think he's dead..." Commented another soldier.

"No, my engine!" A soft and high pitched squeal came from above them, looking up the soldier were surprised for their gaze to meet that of a bright mixture of green and yellow, te small frame of what could be seen as a woman landed just atop of the engine, madly stomping out the flames. "Oooooh, Master is going to be so mad at m- Arg! HOT! HOT! HOT!" The fire had began to spread all over her clothes, leading to the small green woman to dive to the ground, rolling around the field in a desperate attempt to shake off the fire while everyone around her watched in confusion.

"W-what the hell is that thing!?" The woman in armor raised her arm cannon at the creature with wide eyes "It's some sort of bubble gum abomination!" With that she fired wildly at it, again looking to the body of her easily killed team mate.

Within a few seconds of the cannon firing, the small girl had disappeared from view to the surprise of the attacker. Before any reactions could be seen, the blob of green had appeared in front of the soldier, her arm pulled back, stretching back to inhuman lengths. Without hesitation the grinning green devil let her fist launch forward and collide with the woman's chest, shooting the body backwards like a bullet and blasting her through the side of a near by bolder. "That hurt!" The creature screamed.

"But the blast never hit y-" The other soldier forgot the rest of his questioned as he noticed a peculiar thing about the blob (More peculiar then that she looked like she was made from gum); her right ear was missing. The blast had hit. "Y-your ear! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU!?"

"I am...uh... The Mysticulous Trumpeter!" She replied with gusto, raising her hand in the air to cup her lost ear, though frowing as she thought to what she said. "Wait... THat's not right... The Stainger? Nope... Bbah! I forgot" sMILING AKWARDLY, THE GIRL PUSHED HER PALMS INTO HER SIDES. "I mean, I'm Kazaam. What is up, people that I am friendly with"

"Friendly!? You just killed two of us!"

"It was just a spar, she'll be up any second now"

"SHE'S DEAD!"

"Pfft... Probably just tired, from all that... Oh, blarg. I did it again!"

The old man tilted his head at the supposed invaders of his planet. "I expected you to be much more threatening..."

"Hey, don't blame us. We're just rookies. The real soldier's were all sent to deal with the Saiyins..."

Kazaam's head perked up as she heard them, her eyes widening with glee. "Saiyins!? You mean the grumpy furry guys?" With a nod from the man, Kazaam jumped off of the body of the other dead man and gleefully jogged past the two. "I was looking for Saiyins! Secret Mission from Master, still a go!"

As she seemed to gleefully skip past the two corpses of their dead friends, the soldiers were only confused. "Should we call the Commander...?"

"Hell, no! Do you want to tell him we got beat up by a bubble gum monster!?"

Taao looked down at the blue woman and smirked at what he now knew to be a saiyan warrior. He was sure he'd heard of their kind before, a warrior race bred only for battle who only knew only war for war's sake. Though it was obvious their love for prowess in battle was no myth, they where clearly not the monsters his elders made them out to be.

He smirked down at the blue warrior, for the first time since the fight began that he felt eager to show his abilities. He enjoyed being underestimated " Just watch saiyan, you're not the only ones who can fight."

Taao took a fighting stance as a mass of soldiers surrounded the two of them, his cocky smiled dropped into a look of steel resolve as the enemies cut the two off from each other knowing full well that the two of them together would make quick work of the bunch. He suspected this is how it would end up anyways, the saiyan clearly had no intentions of allying with the likes of him. From his flank one of the soldiers rushed him from his blind spot with a right hook meant to knock Taao out, but the nameks senses were too sharp to fall so easily. The soldier came at him from his right shoulder so he brought up his left palm in time to catch the fist before it could connect with his temple, and wasting no time he unleashed a heavy ki blast that exploded from his right hand into the warriors abdomen where it continue until it burned right through and out the warrior's back. An expression of shock and agony froze on the warriors as he was released to drop to the ground.

Nion smirked again as the Namekian spoke, shaking her head as she charged the soldier's comming to attack her, slamming her fist into one's stomach before raising her arm and brought her elbow crasing down on the man's head. Three more rushed towards their fallen comrad, to which she simply raised her hands ''Crippling Assault!"

Without hesitation spear shaped green Ki blasts began to shoot out of her palms in rapid repitition, most of the blasts colliding with some more vital areas of her enmies's bodies. When they were down and heaving in the air she appeared just beside them, reachign down and taking one's leg in her hand and swinging him around in a small spin of apeed; before letting go of him and sending the man hurling into his friends.

They were all sent to the ground with the throw, but Nion allowed them one little present; before they hit the ground the Sayin let loose a large and powerful Ki blast to accompany their broken bodies. This resulted in a huge explosion. "Sure, stay.But don't come crying to me when you're a bloated corpse, Namekian" It was more of a challenge then an insult.

Another soldier rushed him directly and Taao made quick work of him by sending first a weak ki blast to his face which was blocked by the enemies cross guard, but by the time the ki blast made contact with the soldier's block Taao was on him with both fist together raised above his head and like a hammer he brought it down on his head, splitting the soldiers skull at the top and sending him crashing to the ground. As that soldier sailed to the ground he held his hands above him again, a purple ball of plasma formed in the space between his hands and grew to the size of a globe before he fired it vertically where it would continue just a couple meters before breaking apart into smaller blast that would rain down on the enemies surrounding him. Those that where hit exploded in a cloud of purple and black and dropped to the ground, bodies smoking. This technique was called Hellzone Grenade and he felt the stamina it took to launch the blast drain from his body the instant it fired, but he wasn't close to being done.

Taao unleashed a viscous elbow to strike the gut of another soldier who attempted to lock him in a grapple from behind, but Taao's blow landed before he could lock a grip on his arms. The soldier held his gut with both hands as all the oxygen was suddenly forced out of his lungs and Taao's immediately followed up by turning and chopping at the base of the soldiers neck with all the strength in his right arm which sent the man flying.

Then several soldiers attempted to rush him from four directions thinking they would use their numbers against him, but he just waited until the last possible moment before he darted up vertically leaving the soldiers to collide head first with each other and holdings his palms out in front of him, side by side with the bottoms of his palms touching and fingers extended outward like a blooming flower bud. " Explosive...WAVE! " Taao shouted and a yellow flash proceeded a violent ki wave that exploded outward and consumed the four warriors in light and pain.

Commander Holly stepped out of his ship, stopping only a moment to reply to the question directed at him. "No. I have no use for weaklings like them."

In a few moments, Holly was hovering just over the battle. He locked in on the blue-skinned Saiyan and fired a huge and powerful blast in her direction. On its long travel to its target, several of Holly's own men were caught in the blast. Once it would make contact with the ground, the blast would explode and leave a huge crater in its place.

Pikruel, who was still laying several yards away from Nion, saw the huge blast coming. "Look out! Uh... What was her name? Dang it... Blue Saiyan, look up!"

Holly removed his helmet, showing his green-skinned face and red hair. "Listen up, insects!" he yelled from his place in the sky. "You may be strong, but you are nothing compared to one of Heeta's elites! I'll make an example out of you, so that no one on this planet dare challenge our power again!"

Nion immediatly made a mad dash to the side as the Ki blast came down on her, usually she would of attempted to blast back, but she wasn't in the best condition to do so. The waves of pain knawing at her body made it perfectly clear for the moment. Quickly, she made her way over to her partner with an irratated scowl. "Nion! My name is Nion! Remember the name, because youll be hearing it a lot!"

Looking up towards the bigger foe she simply let out a side-ways smirk. "And I was wondering how your soldiers were so weak, but when somone as pathetic as you is considered a commander; it makes perfect sense" Her gaze swept over the body of the Arcosian beside her when she realised her foot her hit it's side. "But if you'll give me a moment, I have to take out the trash"

Without hesitation she raised her leg and delivered a swift and strong kick to the kneeling Arcosian, aiming to send the warrior into the sky and hopfully plummet to his death. "I hope you're stronger then this idiot" Though considering it took three of us t take the Arcosian down...

''C-commander... F-f-" The pain overtook the Arcosian warrior as the blue one's foot slammed into his sides, pretty much defenceless before this sudden attack Dashade could do nothing but take it. Within moments he felt his body lifted from the ground by the sheer impact of the kick, his eyes struggling to stay open while his body shot through the air; even going right through the mountain, completely demolishing it. Before long he was only a glimpse in the distance, eventually trickling out of sight and plummeting to impact the ground.

His collision with the ground left a small crater, barely clinging onto his life with his broken bones. Damn it... That monkey had one hell of a kick A finger took great effort to move itself up to the just working scouter, Dashade knew there was nothing he could do here, but he could still listen to the battle over the COMMs. His only hope for survival was that the battle would end quick and scouts would be sent to find his corpse at least. It's up to you, Commander. I'm sorry I failed... Lord Heeta...

"Alright, where are the Saiyins... They gotta be where all the fun is, so..." The grass green girl closed her eyes with a calm sigh, her mind reaching out around her. She could feel it all over the place, the energy that tricked from every living thing, behind her was the low energy of the planet's inhabitance. Though even that was hard to sense over all the high power miles away in the distance. One of those powerful warriors had to be the Saiyin she was looking for. And it seemed that the fight was only heating up with the arrival of another large power drawing closer; it made her pretty excited.

And that's when one particularly lowering energy came through a mountain and created a crater right in front of her eyes.

A few blinks of confusion later, Kazaam stood with her mouth agape leaning over to peek inside the rough landing of the individual inside. "Is that a Saiyin?" Her eyes roamed over the dark skin and bright orbs. "That's a lizard... Are Saiyins lizards? Maybe they're all lizards hiding in dead bodies!"

"Hey, Mr! Are you a Saiyin? And why are you sleeping on the ground? It's not that comfortable..."

Dashade didn't reply to the odd question, he didn't have the energy to point out the obvious or even scowl at the girl. He could only slightly shake his head in a stiff and disappointing motion. And now this thing shows up? This planet seriously has a problem with attracting the strange crowds... He wanted to move, the get up or at least drag himself away; but his body still ached like hell. Maybe she can help... Thin lips opened, his words coming out as more of a croak then an actual word. "Help..."

Just as Taao was preparing to unleash an even greater energy wave on on another small cluster of enemies, which would have brought him close to his limit, but the appearance of a massive power on the battlefield. When it arrived all the soldiers stopped and looked up, then back to him with wicked grins as the lowered their guards, laughing. One of the soldiers in the cluster he was gunning for, a purple muscular alien with a patch of white hair on his otherwise bald head. " Looks like your luck's run out green man, you think you're so tough but now your all dead. "

Taao looked up just in time to see a helmeted man in a red suit aim a weapon of some kind right at them and he immediately understood their lives where in danger. The fiend pulled the trigger and unleashed a blast with massive amounts of energy straight for Nion and though he where not the direct target he was still within the blast radius, as well as the soldiers around him. It was obvious no one was expecting their commander to fire so indiscriminately, Nion dodged the blast of course but the soldiers where not so fortunate as most of them was consumed in a blast that left a massive crater. Taao himself had broke off from the soldiers and dashed away in the opposite direction of the blue saiyan leaving the fighters whom he fought to be thrown about like rag dogs by the resulting explosion, Taao had gotten far enough away that the immediate blast did not effect him, but as he continued to run the shockwave caught up and threw him to the ground with force, the collision with the ground knocked all the wind out of his lungs but he was otherwise fine.

He turned over and sat up on his elbows to survey the damage done to the battlefield and was horrified to see that the enemy had murdered almost half the remaining troops out of cold blood, just to strike at them, and now the ones who weren't killed instantly lay sprawled on the battlefield, scorched and broken by the flying dabris Just like that the battle was over. Taao felt utter revulsion for the green skinned alien. Unlike his comrades it was clear to see that this one had no honer, this so-called elite, it was obvious he looked down on them and his own subordinates by the way he looked down on them even as he slaughtered his own, Taoo spit at the ground in disgust. Every cell in his body cried out for him take charge and engage the enemy while his guard was down, but he saw no openings, and something told him that if he tried to take this enemy alone, he'd be killed.

Kazaam offered a sympathetic frown to the fallen Arcosian, watching his struggles to move. "Oh, you hurt. Aren't you?" Without hesitation she leaped up into the air and descended into the crater, landing right next to the warrior and kneeling down beside him; the bruises and damage left on him became much clearer up close. "Uh, don't worry! I have green icky stuff that helps me when I have a booboo"

Her hands snuck underneath the creature easily, her stretchable limbs allowing her arms to reach out and wrap around his whole body. Soon Dashade looked like a badly wrapped Christmas present being held just above the green girl's head. "I just hope that geezer hasn't messed with my stuff..."

Those remaining of Heeta's men who weren't dead or seriously injured pulled back to avoid being caught in another blast. There were very few of them left, and now that Holly has stepped in himself, they knew that they were no longer needed. The new foe and his earth shattering attack inspired Pikruel's second wind. She slowly lifted herself off of the ground.

"Nion. My name's Pikruel. This new guy may be trouble. We'll definitely have to work together if we're even going to stand a chance. To be honest, I don't know if we can beat him. That one attack did so much damage, and I get the feeling he's holding back.

Pikruel then turned her attention to their unexpected ally. "Hey! Green man! You're on our side, right? Come on! Let's do this together!"

Holly watched as Nion kicked Dashade far away, apparently unphased by the loss of his loyal warrior. "We really must raise our standards. This is getting ridiculous. Oh, well. That's why Heeta keeps people like me around."

The green skinned alien shed his metallic red armor. His chest was bare, but he wore maroon colored pants underneath. He waited from his place in the sky for his enemies to make their move. "Come at me, you fools... Show me all your best moves, and I'll show you mine."

"He blew up the people we were making minced meat out of easily an hour before, it's not that impressive" The Saiyin retorted to Pikruel sudden fear of the man's power. "We took down that pathetic excuse for an Arcosian, we can take on anything these knuckle heads dish out" She took time to charge up her Ki, trying to ignoring her aching pains as she continued to force a smirk towards.

Her gaze went back to the other Saiyin with aslightly restrained smile. "We are partners, right?" She held out her hand towards Pikrule, admittedly she had been impressed with the other woman's battle prowess and certainly wouldn't mind beating up this 'Elite' along side her.

Beaten, bloodied and carried to safety after being forced to his knees. How humiliating it was for Dashade, the Arcosian still couldn't move anything aside from his tail, a bitter tone escaping his lips as he attempted to talk. "P-put...Me down..." Pathetic The thought was spoken with full displeasure, he could imagine his older brother's narrowed eyes looking over the pathetic sight. "Beaten down by a monkey? You should of died back there, at least you would of regained a little dignity"

The voice continued to echo in his mind, no matter what happened he could ever ignore the disgust in it's tone, nor the feeling of an ashamed gaze. "How ungrateful, I always took it upon myself to teach you to stop being such an small minded fool, and yet you allowed this to happen? Worthless welp. Yet another shame to our bloodline."

Dashade's tail swung more furiously on its own, the words always stung and constantly nipped at his mind. It made him wonder if there was any time in his life where he actually impressed his older brother when they grew up together. 'Welp' was a phrase the older Arcosian had never grew tired of, and despite Dashade's best efforts, it stuck. Just as much as most of his childhood memories, a small hot-headed child beaten to the metal floor of the training room, an older brother pushing him down and yelling at him to get off the ground, demanding to know if he was 'An Arcosian, or a Worm'

"Where are we going?" Dashade resorted to asking when it was clear he would be able to escape this shame, he might as well not go in blind.

Taao heard the other saiyan but it was hard to take his attention off the enemy, this man, he was so relaxed and confident in the face of them even though they'd beaten down their army nearly to submission. Taao shook off the momentary shock and made his way over to the saiyans with a single leap, making sure to position himself behind the two of them as he would waste no time in gathering his energies, pooling all his remaining strength to bring to bear against their new, strong enemy, after this he would have nothing left to hold back. He squatted slightly with his legs spread at shoulder length and his arms tucked at his sides as he powered up to the max, to onlookers his green skin would appear to glow as an aura of a deep violet energy surrounded his body like a thin membrane just above his skin, the air around him crackled with energy as dust and debris where blown away from his immediate surrounding. Veins in his arms, legs, and skull became prominent as blood pumped through them at an extreme rate. Taoo stood tall when the power up was complete, his muscles bulged, puffed and grew as they where infused with all the energy Taao could bring to bear. He certainly felt stronger, but deep inside he was aware that there was more, he just couldn't reach it as he was.

" Yeah, let's do this. " was the reply that came only after he'd powered up. He could see the smirk forming on the commander's face, he was obviously surprised but not impressed, as if things merely became a little more interesting but no less dangerous than before. " Show me your best moves " the villian challenged, and Taao was going to do just that. Knowing that even in his current state if he got to close, he could be defeated rather handily if he took one of those blast, he was already thinking back on his attack against the arcosian warrior, thinking that if he just goes for the heart the first time and the fight could be over in an instant, he just needed an attack that could pierce his enemies heart before they even realize their in danger. Using his claws was one method, but against this man without the element of surprise he'd end up dead for sure if he tried it. A beam attack, it was the only way, he'd have to overcome his inability to focus a blast down to a beam, right here, right now. If he could achieve that do that then he had no doubts he'd be able to hit his target, even if it was moving. All he had to do was teach himself a new technique in the heat of battle, no big deal.

"Yeah," Pikruel replied to Nion. "We're partners."

At the Namekian's declaration of readiness, Pikruel nodded and rose up to meet Holly. She waited for the others to gather around the enemy before starting the fight. Holly didn't seem at all concerned, which made Pikruel really worried. Is this guy underestimating them, or is he really that strong? She looked into his eyes, and it felt like he was inside of her head, invading her mind. Pikruel felt like she needed to act and act now, so she turned her body to the side and put her hands together, charging the purple energy for her Galick Gun attack. What Holly did next made her heart drop. He made the exact same pose and started charging up his own Galick Gun.

"What!?"

Holly smirked as he continued to charge up the attack.