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"Remnants of Earth"Written By: Taker DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN DRAGONBALL, DRAGONBALL Z, AND DRAGONBALL GT FRANCHISES. AKIRA TORIYAMA DOES, AND HE'S FILTHY RICH DUE TO HIS OWN GENIUS. THIS IS A ALTERNATE UNIVERSE. RATING: G for the Prologe, PG-13 or R for main story. SUMMARY: Tull’s Choice and the aftermath. Author's Notes: Feed back is WANTED. Got questions or want to give feedback? Go ahead. If you flame me, you WILL be 0wn3d. "Remnants of Earth"
CHAPTER TWO I’m laying in my bed thinking about my choice.
Perhaps I was a little too brash with my decision. But perhaps it
was the best choice? What if the Saiyans didn’t keep their word
even after? Best not worry about it now, what’s done is done
and it’s unchangeable. I decided that I’d try again to talk
to Sarah once more, hopefully she’s calmed down enough to be
civil. “Hello, Sarah.” ”What do you want?” Sarah hissed “Still angry? Get over it. What’s done is
done.” ”Blame you I could forget such a thing?” ”No, but I’ll learn to live with it. I suggest
you start playing nice with the Saiyans for your own good, Sarah.” ”So that’s what those people are?” Tull approached Sarah’s cell door ”Yes, perfect for annihilating what was once our
kind. Think about it. Remember everything you've seen on the news
or heard on the radio. Rapists getting only 3 years and life therapy?” ”You’re only looking at the negative side
of life, Tull. What about the miracles that happen every day?”
Sarah moved closer to Tull ”Please, you know as well as I do that the rich
got away with almost everything and the poor got nothing. The rich
make the poor fight their wars for oil and lumber. Need I continue?”
Tull motioned for Peaires to come over ”What?” Peaires demanded ”Can you take her out? I’ll be responsible
for her. I just want to talk for a few minutes.” Tull asked Peaires ”No. Sorry, but Cas’ orders until you finish
your training. If you want to make your keep you have to be able to
fight. You may have been a great fighter on your planet but to where
we’re going, you’ll be dead before the first sun set if
you can’t fight us,” Peaires said grabbing Tull’s arm. Peaires proceeded to drag me out of the room by my arm
like my mom did when I wanted something. What am I? Six years old
again? He brought me to this big empty room; from the looks of the
ground things just seemed to change depending on the situation. I
saw Appla standing in middle of the room. ”Okay, Tull. I’m going to set the basic training
program up to train you on how to throw strong punches, enough to
break armor. Appla here will be your battle buddy.” Peaires went
into an adjacent chamber ”Wait, what?” Tull said looking shocked at
the young boy “We’re a warrior race if you hadn't figured
it out already. Peaires and I will teach you how to fight physically,
and with Ki energy so you can make your living with us,” Appla
said stretching out ”Okay, but what’s Ki energy?” Tull himself
started stretching his muscles out once more. ”Ki energy is your energy that can save your life
by performing incredible attacks on your enemies. I’ll teach
you how to throw Ki and charge; Peaires will teach us how to fight
hand to hand.” ”You’re NOT a master of your fighting style?”
Tull stopped and looked at the young Saiyan. ”No,” Appla said, getting a little embarrassed. “Quit your yakking ladies! Appla, let's go easy
with him, the fragile human that is. Teach him how to gather energy
first,” Peaires announced from the loud speaker above them. ”Okay! First you need to be able to concentrate
at a moments notice. Then, focus on gathering the energy in the air
and from around you like so.” Appla stood away from Tull, grinding his teeth and growling.
Appla was squeezing his fists hard, his gloves didn’t give away,
his knees bent slightly. A white aura started gathering around Appla.
With a loud scream, Appla came to a sudden halt. ”See Tull? It’s not that hard once you do
it the first time. Creatures as weak as yourself cannot normally use
Ki, however, while you were asleep I took a blood sample and checked
your DNA and it says you’re the strongest person on your planet,
you just haven’t awoken your full powers yet.” Appla tried
giving Tull words of encouragement “Now you try it, concentrate very hard think about
only raw energy, try getting it to focus on you yourself, forget everyone
here,” Peaires said trying to help him out as well. To be honest, what did I have to lose? Nothing really,
so I tried. I bit my teeth down, clenched my fists and thought only
about energy. I thought about the sun, nuclear explosions, anything
that would invigorate me. I could feel my energy gathering around
me at a rapid pace, everything seemed to get hotter, however, I felt
I could breath much easier than I normally could. Then, suddenly a
rush of power came over me and I could feel my Ki around me. I felt
like I had been standing there for hours but only minutes had passed
since Appla's demonstration. I looked over and saw that in my awakening,
I had knocked him down. I dropped my aura out of concern for him,
I thought I had hurt him. ”WOW! Big brother did you see that?!” Appla
said, getting excited and jumping to his feet. “YES! That was amazing, his first attempt at unlocking
his Ki energy was 100% successful! Maybe this human isn’t a waste
after all. Tull, you should be able to keep that aura field up when
you need oxygen, that field can save your life. Trust me, it's saved
mine a number of times. I also took your power level, for a weak creature
you’re actually pretty strong.” Peaires started playing
with some instruments up in the chamber “Yeah, I am pretty impressive,” Tull said
and started to gloat “Don’t get cocky, punk. I was tracking your
power level, and you’re still weaker than my baby brother.” ”I’m not a baby!” Appla yelled. ”Whatever, baby,” Peaires joked with his younger
brother. ”You two are brothers?” Tull asked, trying
to see a family resemblance. “Yes, now shut up. I want you do it again, but
put as much effort as you can to gather energy, we need to see how
strong you are. I need to reset the machine.” Peaires flipped
a few switches. “Go ahead, try one more time.” Once more, I thought about nothing but energy, however,
I also thought about what I just did. It took a little longer to get
it up since I was feeling kind of drained, but when the field got
up I just tried my best to unload. I was screaming at the top of my
lungs, I could see Appla’s hair getting stirred around a bit
from my charge, however, I just stopped completely after what felt
like 5 minutes. I felt super charged instead of drained. Weird huh? ”Okay, I got the test result. Your power level
is 1,950. Like I said for a human that’s very VERY good. But
not good enough by Saiyan standards,” Peaires said, resetting
the machine ”WHAT!? Then what's yours?” ”Mine? In weakest to strongest its... Appla with 2,500. Me and Drive are about the same at
8,000. Captain Cas with 12,000. All of us are hardened combat veterans,
except for Appla. He just became a man not to long ago.” “I thought Drive was the weakest?” Tull questioned
Peaires. ”Cas lied to you. He lies to things he usually
kills later. You’re an exception.” Peaires began to get
annoyed by the humans questions. ”He’s about 13 from what I figure, how about
you?” Tull looked depressed. ”I’m 28 in your years, Drive is 22. Funny
she's first class at young age and I’m older yet second class,
and Captain is 46 but he’s first class and rightfully so. Now,
this isn’t 20 questions, Appla show him how to use his Ki. Destroy
these targets.” Peaires summoned two, 3 feet tall creatures,
with huge heads, big eyes that were red with yellow pupils and were
green with segmented bodies. However, they were in restraints. “Those are Saibaimen. They’re genetically
engineered combat training creatures we use. You’re equally as
strong as them. Now to use your Ki as an attack, envision the attack
coming out from you hand, concentrate on it in your head and extend
your hand like so.” Appla extended his hand with his fingers slightly parted,
gathered some of his energy and shot it at a Saibaiman that wasn’t
moving. The Ki ball hit the Saibaiman and it exploded; the end result?
There was nothing remaining. ”See? Not that hard. You try it.” I looked at the odd creature. I put my hand in front
of me and thought as hard as I could. Appla could do it so why couldn’t
I? I tried, but nothing worked. “Try harder!” came Peaires voice ”I’ll give you harder, punk.” Tull gripped
and tried again, this time the yellow sphere of energy came flying
and hit the Saibaiman. It was hit, but not fatally. The Saibaiman
screamed and growled; it was clearly injured. ”It’s not dead... Let me try again.”
Tull extended his hand again and tried once more. This time the attack
hit and the Saibaiman exploded. ”Not bad, but you’ve got to get stronger.
The weakest third class Saiyan will kill you in a fight. Keep practicing.”
Peaires continued to send restrained Saibaimen to Tull and Appla.
We continued taking turns to attempt to get stronger
and more experienced with our Ki. The kid was strong for a 13 year
old boy. However, I was starting to get hungry and drained. Those
Ki balls required a lot of energy to hurl. “Very good boys. We’ll take a short break.
Get some food into you then I’ll give you two the physical training.”
I thought to myself 'Oh God'. I remember the lunch since
I ended up eating it for several days after.It was basically emergency
provisions that had ONLY calories. It tasted HORRIBLE. I felt bad
for Sarah since she got fed the same thing. How these Saiyans lived
off it surprised me. However, we had just five minutes to eat and
before I'd finished one pack, the Saiyans were done eating their entire
meals. They don’t waste time eating I guess. I’ve actually
NEVER seen anyone or anything eat so fast but when I really think
about it I once ate a extra large pizza all by myself in under two
minutes. . ”All right boys, elevenses is over. Get up and
get ready.” Peaires started stretching his muscles out. I rushed to finish the slop, it was better than nothing.
I stretched real quick with Appla. I wonder what kind of Physical
Training he was talking about? Was it offensive or defensive? ”Appla, show him how to punch and kick like a Saiyan,”
Peaires ordered his brother. ”Watch carefully Tull.” Appla dove at Peaires
with a slow but paced series of fists and kicks. I still remember the intensity they were fighting with.
I’ve had my share of vicious fights but this was training, and
it was greater than any title defense I’ve ever had. I made mental
notes of these moves, I figured I would try to add them to my own
moves. I just wondered how did he hit strong enough to hurt him? By
rights I had killed Drive but she just laughed at me. ”Tull, when fighting you must concentrate on focusing
your attack so it hits hard enough to get through armor, it takes
less energy and stamina to fight physically, however, you have to
be close, as you already know,” Appla shouted out before Peaires
tripped him. “Energy attacks require a lot of energy and stamina,
however, they can be used from afar and I’ve heard about some
people being able to control it to go the way they want it to go.”
Peaires slammed his brother into the titanium plated floor with his
right foot on his back. ”Good job, Appla, you’re improving but you’re
not improving at the rate I want you to. Just practice against some
Saibaimen while I get Tull toughed up.” Peaires let Appla go.
”Your turn.” I still remember that smirk. I’m not going to talk
about my epic ass kicking but let's say it wasn’t near noon and
I was busted up, bleeding, bruised, and tired. It was my first day
and Peaires was giving me the worst beating I’ve ever received.
For some reason while I was “training” against him, I thought
about the last UFC fight I'd had. I remember passing out from blood
loss and waking up in the tank again. ”Wow, you’re alive.” ”Gee thanks, I think. Clown shoes.” Tull climbed
out the tank and again dried himself off. ”Clown shoes? What are those?” Appla looked
puzzled at Tull. ”They’re really big, really floppy, really
foolish boots that are colorful and only clowns wear them.” Tull
looked over at the Saiyan boy. ”What are clowns?” ”Oh god, do you people ever have fun that’s
not fighting? Like laughing?” ”Laughing?” ”Sweet Jesus, its like I’m teaching a Vulcan*
what emotions are. DO NOT RESPOND to the Vulcan comment. Laughing
is what you do when something really entertains you.” ”I know what laughing and entertainment are, but
what do clowns and shoes and laughing have to do with each other?”
Appla stared back into Tull’s annoyed Hazel eyes. “I’ll tell you later. How long was I out this
time?” ”Just two hours. Peaires wants you to fight me
later instead of him. He went a little overboard with you.” ”A LITTLE OVERBOARD?! I WAS ALMOST KILLED BY THAT
PUNK!” Tull loomed over Appla, screaming Appla off his chair. “Yeah.” Appla was clearly scared from Tull’s
sudden explosion. ”Sorry, I’m not mad at you. I’m just
mad at your brother.” Tull helped Appla off the ground by taking
his hand up and kept it grasped. ”So, did I miss something here?” Drive walked
in seeing the two young men holding hands ”No, something wrong ma’am?” Appla quickly
released Tull’s hand “The captain said we’ll be stopping at the
Seti Lunar Colony which has some problems with a slave rebellion.
She’s sending a distress beacon. We’ll be taking a detour
before going home. Also the captain wants to speak to you in private,
Appla. Tull, I need you to come with me.” Drive proceeded to
grab Tull by his collar and drag him out. ”What?!” Tull tried getting his footing while
Drive dragged him along the hallway. “You really need to toughen up. Peaires wasn’t
using a small fraction of his power and yet he clearly destroyed you.”
Drive let go of his collar. ”Yeah, I know, I’m hoping I have a chance
against Appla seeing I’m nearer his power level.” Tull again
started staring elsewhere on Drive’s body. “My eyes are up here,” Drive said, her anger
building up ”Yeah, I know, I just like what I see, that's all.”
Tull glanced up at her eyes again then back to where they started. “Animal.” *SLAP!* Tull got knocked off his feet and felt his skull
bounce off one of the windows in the corridor, he barely yelped since
he was already quite acquainted with pain. “Ouch. At least you’re the toughest and prettiest
lesbian I’ve ever met.” *CRACK!* Once more Tull screamed in pain as Drive dug
her heel into his chest and slammed him into the ground. ”DO NOT CALL ME THAT!” Drive stomped again
but this time Tull rolled out and gave her a left sweep to trip her. ”Call you what? A lesbian? That's like saying the
stars are bright!” Tull jumped back giggling at Drive. ”I’M NOT! STOP SAYING THAT!” Drive shot
a Ki blast at Tull. As she fired that Ki blast, I could see in her eyes,
tears. Apparently I struck a really emotional nerve. I remember learning
how to block attacks from Peaires but he never mentioned a defense
against Ki. I just put my arms up across my face and hoped for the
best. The Ki blast exploded, I remember the burning sensation in my
arms. ”Whoa!” Tull screamed and seeing that this
could get uglier, he ran towards the training room. “DON’T RUN AWAY FROM ME! TAKE YOUR ASS KICKING
LIKE A MAN!” Drive tossed another Ki blast at Tull. He again
blocked the attack, but was tackled by Drive and fell into the training
room. ”DAMN! I was only kidding!” Tull tried wrestling
Drive off him. ”You’re still going to have your ass kicked!”
Drive tried to strangle Tull, he wasn’t doing a good job of keeping
her at bay. ”Fine, I guess I’ll have to take you on, butch.”
Tull was able to roll Drive on her back, and break off her attack. He ran away a little to get some distance while Drive got up. Drive got up and lunged at Tull with lightning speed
with her fist extended. He ducked under her attack, and brought his
knee to meet her stomach, this time he actually heard her gasp. He
followed up with a double fist smash against her back, and knocked
her into the ground. Drive, however, counted on Tull doing that, and
followed up with a ground attack, proceeding to attack straight up
the front with a driving back hand fist. Tull grabbed his bruised
and battered ego and began gasping for air. Drive got up and stared
down at Tull, laughing at his manly weakness. ”What’s wrong? Your spirit broken? Where’s
your guff? Your pride? Your dignity? That smart tongue?” Drive
laughed. “Butch.” Tull jumped up and gathered energy around his fist and
delivered a upper cut right on Drive's chin. She fell back on the
ground with a thud, this time she was holding her jaw. Tull rolled
off his uppercut and looked back at Drive. She was visibly hurt. He
didn’t want to hurt her any more. ”Drive? Are you okay?” Once more Drive rode up the middle of the road, and
once more Tull came down gasping for air, screaming in agony and crying
in pain. ”I am now.” Drive spat blood at Tull. Drive grabbed Tull by the collar of his armor and let
his face know how she felt about him. She swung three times each making
a more and more gruesome sound as her fist started taking effect on
his teeth and cheeks. After the three punches, she threw him down
in disgust. “Now, it’s over.” Drive began walking
away. “Not so...” Tull barely squeezed out as he
tried getting to his feet. ”What was that? ”Not so...” ”Not so, WHAT?” ”FAST!” A bright orange Ki blast flew from his tightly clenched
hands, the palms facing her, catching Drive completely off guard and
sending her into a wall where the ball exploded on her... I couldn’t believe what just happened. I got what
I deserved from a bad attempt at humor. I got into a fight with the
woman who'd beaten me half way into submission the first time I met
her. Yet somehow I launched a massive energy attack. My teeth hurt
along with my cheeks but the attack had left me spent. I was really
tired. But I had a feeling she wasn’t down yet. After a few moments,
I didn’t see her moving at all. Maybe I did take her down. Yet
as soon as I started approaching her, I heard her laughing. I remembered
her coming from behind and throwing me down to the ground, yet it
didn’t have the ferocity she had before. When my vision returned,
I saw her sitting on top of me with her legs wrapped around my thighs.
This was a favorable coincidence to wake up to. I did notice that
I had done some considerable damage to her armor. “You’re ferocity is good but your strength
is for NOTHING.” Drive squeezed harder on Tull's pelvis. ”AH! What’s that supposed to mean?” Tull
tried getting out of the vice like grip, but couldn’t. ”You have potential. Don’t take this ass kicking
as business, it’s personal.” Drive sent a fist into Tull's
right cheek. Swing after swing Drive laughed with pleasure as Tull
tried helplessly to get out. Tull knew she was only toying with him,
otherwise he would have been dead. All she needed to do was let her
fist move all the way across his face to snap his neck, she could
have also driven a fist through his skull, or she could have snapped
his spine with her grip, yet she just wanted to beat him around. After
twenty minutes of the beating, Drive got off Tull, although bruised,
battered and beaten, Tull was barely able to get up, but his ego,
as before, was put down by the young female Saiyan. ”So, Tull, why are you so obsessed with me?”
Drive dusted herself off. “I’m not obsessed with you. A little infatuated,
yes, but not obsessed,” Tull said feeling depressed. “I can smell the lust on you.” ”I’ll admit I yearn for you, but it’s
not motor drive. Did you really have to beat me so harshly though?” ”I could have killed you.” ”Really? I thought you wanted me for your bedroom
pet.” ”You really are self conceited aren't you?”
Drive giggled at how cute Tull could be when he was sarcastic. ”Can I ask you a personal question?” ”Yes you may.” ”Are you married? I didn’t see no engagement
ring like humans wear.” Tull continued checking himself for any
serious wounds. ”No, marriage doesn’t mean anything to me
NOR do I yearn for women soldiers!” Drive turned aggressively
to Tull. ”SORRY! I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings
again, I was only joking at first.” Tull felt the fear wash over
him. ”I don’t take to jokes very kindly. I did
go rough on you didn't I?” Drive looked over Tull as he got back
up. “It’s okay. Can ask you something else?” ”Sure, walk with me. I need new armor.” “Sorry about that. Could you tell me how things
work here? I have a vague idea, but I want to know now before I do
something that will get me or Sarah killed.” ”Sure. Saiyans are homosapiens like you. The difference
is we retain some of animal instincts and characteristics such as
our tails, hunger and sexual drive. Our strength likewise surpasses
yours, however, your intelligence is magnificent! The weapons your
planet had were so advanced, 1000 first class Saiyans didn’t
have the strength some of your weapons had.” ”That would be our nuclear weapons, we only used
those once and we're still paying for it. Our brain is our most deadly
weapon.” ”True, though unlike you we’ve evolved as
a warrior race, we can retain our youth to fight longer, we also live
longer life spans at least a minimum of 150 years without any major
health injuries from fighting. Humans sadly have a life expectancy
of 100 years, most didn’t live past 70 let alone 50 in some areas.
We have an hierarchy of rule, a kingdom to be exact. Our King gives
the law, and we obey. Our race clears other planets and then sells
them to the highest bidder. Usually our clearings go to the Hydroxian
or the Changlings. That’s how our job works, clear the planet
first, after our King approves them of clearing we then sell them.
Does that help any?” ”Yeah a little bit, so either I fight and help
kill or you don’t get paid and we die. Cheery.” “One more thing, by fighting any one of us. You’ll
help make us stronger, literally. Saiyans get stronger after very
fight and after every near death situation. So thanks sweetie for
the boost.” ”You’re welcome. Also are there any showers
on the ship, I smell like a hog, as do you. NO OFFENSE INTENDED!”
Tull backed up in case she wanted to slap him across the face once
more. ”None taken as long you noticed you smell rancid.
The showers on the ship aren’t working, but since we’re
going to the aid station, you can shower with us there. The showers
are unisex, so don’t get too excited. Here.” Drive took
a new male suit of armor and tossed it at Tull. ”The one your wearing isn’t very good, I actually
had to take it much easier on you than I do Appla. Someone gave you
faulty armor.” ”Peaires. What's up his ass? “He’s a jerk. I dated him at one point so
I know how rude and mean he can truly be,” Drive said getting
choked up. ”Are you okay?” ”YES!” Drive snapped once more. ”Did he hurt you?” Tull began moving very
slowly towards Drive. ”It’s none of your business,” Drive said
choking up a little more. “Sorry, I’ll stop. But you shouldn’t
keep things like that pent up. It made for some of the worst serial
killers back on Earth.” ”I’ll talk to you later. Until then rest up
before dinner. I’m sure Peaires and Appla will want you to train
with them again.” Drive grabbed a set of armor made for her physique. ”Thanks, also for the better armor.” ”Your welcome.” Not much happened until dinner, the armor wasn’t
any heavier than the set before, I wonder how they make this clothing
so light and durable? The dinner was the same as lunch, carbs and
protein. THAT’S IT. Why bother complaining? I still eat the stuff.
As Drive told me, there was training immediately after dinner. The
ship was set to autopilot while the six of us trained. Nothing much
happened, however, I saw how all the Saiyans fight, and they really
do fight like animals. Drive really did suppress her power against
me, Appla was tough but he eventually got bested by me. I think he
was going easy on me. I hate it when little kids go easy on me, firstly
I lose to them all the time at video games and now on my turf in fighting?
Peaires wasn’t as merciful on me as Drive, but he did go easier
since Cas was watching him intently. I fell beaten and tired after
that slug fest. Eventually, after many bruisings, Cas told us to call
it a day and that we’ve about three hours before we arrive, good
nap I guess. We’ll be heading there first. TO BE CONTINUED Authors Note: Vulcan is a race from Star Trek. So smart
yet so emotionless. Most of the science facts I’ve gathered are true.
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