[IC] Dragon Ball: Legacy (Mogtaki and Vena Sera)

[Mogtaki]

Viral was keeping a close eye on the man ahead despite all his protests to take care of the other men, seeing how Takeshi and Shu were the ones trailing behind. They weren’t going to catch up to this man anyway, at least not while carrying him but the most he could do was watch where he was heading. Briefly looking up to Yumi he let out an annoyed sigh. “So now you’re mocking me? The way you’re talking to me might as well be telling me I have a disability compared to you”. As he was beginning to wonder just what he was here for a moment he looked back to Yumi when she tried to lay out the plan to get off the subject, looking away from her again before behind as the explosions sounded out. Despite all that he didn’t feel at all impressed and was just seeing it as something slightly convenient, seeing how they still had the real fight ahead of them. “If we can ever catch up. There will probably be much worse than just him waiting for us once we land”.

Shu didn’t know how powerful his attack was going to be until it was all over, gasping at the state he had made once he could see. Well they certainly managed to take care of the cannons, now all that was left to do was to keep going and find where the man was heading. Holding onto Takeshi as they continued to travel for a while he let out a squeak once they finally saw where the man had been going, the place looking much bigger than he thought it might. It certainly looked scary and oddly abandoned, but there was probably thousands of people inside with all sorts of horrors going on too. Frowning a little he looked to Takeshi, letting out a groan as Takeshi proceeded to express his concern through his tone of voice. The place certainly didn’t look welcoming to anyone, even if you worked there. “Is there a front door…?”

Viral wasn’t at all surprised at the extent of the place once they found it, he was partly responsible for such a mess being out here in the first place. With the flight being almost over he couldn’t help but sigh knowing he was going to be back on the ground again, especially when the flight had been generally pretty uncomfortable and forcing him to feel his weight all the way along. It may had been easy for the rest of them, but he was not able to accomplish flight naturally and having to do so was proving to be quite the pain. As they finally headed down to the ground he waited for Yumi to let go of him before rubbing at his sides, finding both them and his arms to be feeling rather uncomfortable now. If there was ever a reason for extreme discomfort having to come down after a flight like that was definitely acceptable with his main hope being towards his recovery. Staring at Yumi as she spoke he frowned when her eyes instead looked expectantly to him as if he was the one who was supposed to have the plan. “…You really do think too much of me. To kick the wall down and barge in that way is the best I have in this kind of situation”, he spoke, letting go of his sides, “They already know we’re coming so why do we have to hide it??”

[GambolMuse]

"N-No, I'm not mocking you! Just trying to keep the mood up, that's all. A little joke." Things were about to become tense again, nothing wrong with trying to laugh some of the tension away right? But then maybe now wasn't an appropriate time for it, they should stay focused and be prepared for anything. Glancing around the area Yumi took a few sniffs at the air, unable to pick up any scents other than those of her friends; some plants here had very strong odors, it was probably impossible for her to look past those anyways. Now that they had managed to find the place they had to come up with a plan of attack, something that Takeshi seemed more than ready to suggest. Barging right on in hardly sounded like the best idea though and she hoped Viral might have something better in mind. "Oh, you think we should barge in too...?" Yumi asked in slight surprise, perhaps expecting a different method from her friend. Glancing back at Takeshi and his smug smile she rolled her eyes before sighing, seeing no alternatives just now. If those two thought barging right in was best then they would do just that. "Alright, but we should be careful where we go in. We don't want to rush right into the thick of things do we?"

Fair question on Shu's part, was there a front door? Heck come to think of it Takeshi hadn't seen a single door on their way down. Plenty of black tinted windows sure yet not a single door. If they were indeed going with his and Viral's plans of simply barging on in though there wasn't much need for a door now was there? Blowing open a building, now there was something he could do! "Hey, if we find them all right away it just makes out job easier, you know? Less time looking for everyone," Takeshi said with a grin, rubbing his hands together as he approached the nearest building sat down among the trees. As expected there wasn't a single door anywhere on this side anyways and he was sure the other side was probably the same. That was fine, if there was no door then he just had to make one! Placing his hand on the wall he gave it a small push to test its strength, finding it was fairly thick and cold to the touch, probably metal? "Alright, well this shouldn't be too hard," he began as he stepped back, rubbing at his shoulder with a grin, "One door coming up!" Amassing a decent orb of Ki in his right hand he condensed it into a small ball, reeling back like he was throwing a ball before letting it loose. With a satisfying explosion the energy slammed into the building and split the wall in two, leaving a sizable hole where the steel once was. "And there you go, one door! You can thank me later."

[Mogtaki]

Viral didn’t believe they should be wasting their time with the kind of crap that would just end with them being caught out and just fall into an obvious trap by searching for a suitable entrance to make their already failed sneaky infiltration. They were never going to be able to surprise anyone since the man had got here first, they should’ve just shot him out of the sky like he wanted to and forced the location out. They would’ve had a suitable ambush if they did that, but instead they had to tail the guy and obviously end up in a trap. It was definitely a nuisance having to do it this way and he wasn’t going to care about being sneaky, he just wanted to get into the place at this point. Looking to Yumi when she seemed to momentarily wonder about his decision his eyes soon went to Takeshi who seemed to agree, but of course he was going to seeing how much he loved destroying things. Taking a step back he sighed lightly, folding his arms as he waited for Takeshi to ready his attack. Watching it carefully he didn’t even blink as the attack was thrown at the wall as he simply watched it explode the wall open, his eyes going to Yumi when Takeshi tried to sound all proud of his actions. “Let’s go. We’ll probably have to fight the Beastmen, I’m sure you’re aware. I hope you have a good plan on how to deal with them…”

Shu didn’t really know what to do concerning a door, but when Takeshi took care of it he let out a squeak and covered his head. He didn’t expect the blast to be so loud but it seemed to had done the trick, but they were probably going to have to deal with the consequences and have to come up with a plan quick. He didn’t know how this was going to go, he hadn’t needed to fight inside a place like this before and already looking inside it looked way too cramped for his liking. It was probably going to collapse if he decided to give it his all inside. Looking to Takeshi expectantly he smiled at him, unsure on how he should react to Takeshi’s little triumphant gloat. “Umm, we go in? Hope not get shot, then thank?” he questioned him, giving a little smile before he quickly hid behind Takeshi, “They must be coming now! What we gonna do now? Fight again? You did that too quick…”

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi wasted no time in blowing the wall wide open, always too happy to do such a task. Smiling satisfied as parts of the wall crumbled to the ground he dusted his hands off and looked at the others, giving Viral a thumbs up before looking at Shu. He sure didn't seem to be very ecstatic about this if hiding behind him was any indication. "We'll be careful of course buddy, it's not like we're rushing in blind," he explained, reaching back and patting Shu on the shoulder, "We'll fight if we have to, chances are we gotta work our way through to the Beastmen. And nah, I mean if we waited they might send people out, you know? Do it now before they have a chance to do anything." Hell the explosion probably confused them even more as they'd probably imagine the whole base was under attack. Troops would come running to the hole any moment now, it was best they go inside now before they had to fight their way in.

"If we have to fight them then we can't help it, but we'll fight to subdue them. I mean... We can try and reason with them, but I don't know how well that's going to work," Yumi admitted with a small smile. Her ability to soothe others may do some good in that regard, yet even once calmed down there was no guarantee their words would be taken for the truth. She loathed to fight the people they would be saving though sometimes you had to beat it into a person's head they weren't in danger. Looking at the hole in the wall she exchanged a silent look with Viral before nodding and taking the lead, running into the building and the apparent computer room they had broken into. Monitors lined the wall and several desks with displays and boards lined the room, several of which were broken or showing static from the blast. A door on the far side of the room was sealed closed, a red light pulsing silently just over it. Heading over to that Yumi gave it a good push and found it wouldn't budge, frowning before stepping back, leaning a bit and kicking out, knocking the door off its frame and slamming it into the wall on the outside, pinning two guards behind it subsequently.

Takeshi took the lead after that, being the first into the corridor as he rushed headlong out of the room. Aside from the two soldiers pinned and knocked out behind the door another four were fast approaching them, all of them carrying blasters or energy blades. Running right ahead to meet them he sidestepped a sword and grabbed the man's arm, twisting him around and using his own blade to parry another before pushing the man into his comrade, kicking the former in the back and causing them to tumble away. Swiping then at a blast he answered with a quick Ki shot of his own that destroyed the weapon, jumping up and kicking the man in the face to knock him out easily. The last man took a few panicked shots with his weapon but only managed to burn the wall, finding himself thrown through the wall, legs dangling idly from the hole he now found himself in and most likely seeing stars. "Jeez, wasting no time to come greet us!"

"We kind of broke into their base, are you surprised?" Yumi pointed out with a roll of her eyes, hurrying past Takeshi as he admired his handiwork. They couldn't just stand around and wait like this, the more time they wasted the harder this might be. Finding a room not too far away she found yet another group of guards trying to scramble together to form some defense. Another corridor lie beyond them and probably was where they wanted to go, meaning they had to get through them first. Smiling she ran at them and jumped well over the entire group, and as soon as she landed sprung backwards and tackled the nearest man, rolling once head over heels with him before throwing him into a wall with a thud. There were about 10 soldiers in the room in all, not terribly imposing but enough to be a nuisance. Backpeddling to avoid a larger man swinging at her she reached out and grabbed his arm, using her own body for leverage as she flipped him over onto his back, quickly leaning down to punch him across the bridge of his nose and send him off into dreamland as well.

[Mogtaki]

Viral felt it was worth asking Yumi her battle strategy when it came to the Beastmen. He did wonder if she had any plans on how to deal with them when they fought, but from the sounds of it she was just going to treat them like they were Saiyans or her own kind. Giving her a disappointed frown he looked away, shaking his head. “That is hardly a good plan. The best way to handle them is to treat them for what they are! Show some dominance or something, not treat them like children…” She clearly had never tried to deal with an animal before and it wasn’t as if they weren’t close to wild animals already, the only difference being their intelligence and human-like traits. He should know, he was a Beastman himself whereas Yumi had only been made to be one. Turning away from her he ran on in after, his eyes immediately looking around at the room they were in. He already didn’t like anything that he was seeing. Being surrounded by technology made him uneasy straight to his core. Letting out a groan he looked off to the flashing light, he followed behind Yumi while keeping his distance. Everyone other than him were the main firepower around here and to run on ahead would probably lead him into getting ambushed and shot at with no means of defence. Watching as the door was kicked straight off and into a couple of guards he frowned, disliking this method of breaking and entering. “I thought you were wanting to not kill anyone. Could’ve squashed them…”

Shu followed on behind Takeshi, his eyes going to all the flashing lights and blinking screens. It was pretty scary to look at, everything here was pure technology and the complete opposite of what he grew up with so it was a little overbearing to look at. Letting out a groan he kept close to Takeshi, staring at Yumi as she moved to the door before squeaking when it was kicked down, his eyes going to the door before he quickly raised his own fists at the sight of the new soldiers coming their way. Before he could even get going at them Takeshi was already off attacking them men, watching as he dealt with them pretty hastily too. While he was pretty scared right now he could still fight, he was fine with punching the guy’s faces in too. Staring at Takeshi he quickly looked to Yumi before running after her as well, staring at the soldiers momentarily. He was sure they were going to be in trouble if they rushed through this place, they might end up knocking someone out that shouldn’t be knocked out. Keeping to the back he squeaked at the sight of the next load of soldiers, staring at them before quickly charging up Ki. Just as he went to throw it Yumi was quick on the attack, bouncing straight at one of the soldiers and placing herself straight in the fray. Well now he didn’t really know what to do with this Ki so instead he threw it at a random guy, hoping he was going to be able to fight in the way he was trying before.

Viral was not having any of it, these men were in the way and they hadn’t found once Beastman soldier among their ranks. Maybe there was some sort of restriction when it came to using them for combat because of their capabilities or how they were worried about wasting perfectly good Beastmen on them. Maybe they were scared of him, or maybe they were just not confident enough in their abilities as Beastmen. It definitely made him feel rather annoyed, especially when these people were not the men they were after and were simply in their way. Growling in anger he rushed forward, throwing himself into the fray and kicking a soldier square in the chest, sending him flying. They were going to get out the weapons to use against him the moment he let his guard down, he just knew it.

[GambolMuse]

"So we should try to overwhelm them then? If that's what you think is best..." Yumi said with uncertainty, it not making too much sense to her. They could try that if her method didn't work, she didn't want to be aggressive right off the bat and possibly alienate them. Besides for some people it was easier to be nice than it was mean and she happened to be one of them. Kicking away the door to get out of the first room she cringed inwardly when seeing two men knocked out and pinned behind it, looking to Viral with a sheepish smile. "I didn't know they were there! I-I'm sure they're fine," she laughed weakly with a wave of her hand, "Come on, let's keep moving!"

Takeshi didn't need to be told twice as he surged ahead to attack the group of soldiers incoming, making short work of them. If this was all the base had then they'd be out of this place in no time, where were the real fighters? Sending the last guy through the wall he dusted his hands off and grinned at Shu, flashing him a thumbs up before watching Yumi run ahead yet again with Viral on her heels. "Sheesh, we're going to run out of people to pummel at this rate," he mumbled with a shake of his head, chasing after the others with Shu in tow. On to a side room next that joined with an adjacent corridor, and several troops were stood around blocking off the door. This had to be something important with all these troops here, and if not then at least they could have some fun while in the room. Watching as Yumi and Viral went right on in he rolled his eyes, seeing Shu throw a blast out of the corner of his eye before laughing. "Nice shot!"

Something felt a bit odd, why were they only fighting regular soldiers? Sure they only just broke into the building but they should be responding faster than this so what gives? Blocking an incoming punch Yumi pushed the fist away and slammed her own into the soldier's gut, punching him then in the jaw and knocking him off his feet and onto his back. She couldn't feel any powers coming that might suggest an Elite, yet there were clearly troops coming to fight them. Knocking away another blast from a weapon she yelped as her hair was grabbed from behind, being yanked to the ground by it forcibly and glaring up at the woman responsible. Ignoring the tearing on her scalp she lifted her legs up and wrapped them around the woman's neck and pulled, yanking her and flipping her over onto her back, keeping her legs around the woman's neck until she passed out. Nursing at her head as she got up she examined the tufts of hair in her hand and grew red in the face, turning to the soldier charging her and punching him square in the face, growling as she ignored him crumpling to the floor. "That witch pulled my hair out!"

"Come on Shu, kick some butt! These guys are pushovers!" Takeshi encouraged, slapping Shu on the back before going in to join the fray. Not having nearly the finesse of Yumi he simply reached out and grabbed the nearest soldier, giving him a single good hook to the jaw and releasing him at the same time to put them down. A few more soldiers were coming into the room now and several were armed with different looking weapons, nothing like the blasters he was used to seeing. New versions maybe? Seeing one of the men take aim at Viral, Takeshi flitted across the room and grabbed the man's arm, wrenching it upward as the shot went off and put a hole in the ceiling. Kicking one of their legs out from under them then he grabbed the arm and spun the man around, using him as a bat of sorts to hit another soldier, letting him go and sending both flying off.

[Mogtaki]

Shu didn’t know if what he was doing was correct but when Takeshi gave him a good response he figured it was good, now he just had to try and figure out how to enter the fray himself properly instead of from a distance. If he got close they would probably kick him away before he could get any closer, but if he flew he might be able to get one; although, if he flew too quick he might end up overshooting and just fly into a wall. He really needed to work on flight control and until that happened the whole flying part was completely out of the question, he was going to have to do what he knew and hopefully get into fighting like the rest of them could. Squeaking when Takeshi broke his thought process by slapping him on the back he quickly looked to him before watching as he quickly went to work on the soldiers, even going after another group. Looking around quickly for another good target he gasped at the blaster shot that Takeshi diverted before he finally decided to move. Running up to the soldiers Yumi was fighting off he threw his fist back before making one quick punch, managing to land a fair punch right in the crotch of a soldier and sending him flying back into one behind.

Viral wasn’t pulling any punches and was trying to quickly dispatch them as soon as they were within his reach. While he didn’t know what he was supposed to do once he had taken care of them, he knew once they were down he could figure out where to go and how to move on from the room to find these Beastmen. He desperately wanted to find them, but not for their safety. He wanted to see them existing himself and to finally feel like he was a part of something rather than just the by-product of some idea, even if it was the Saiyans who had created them. If they were anything like him then that was fine by him, but he needed to find them first. Kicking one completely out of the fight he turned when a shot was fired, seeing it create a fair puncture in the ceiling. Seems like they were going to try and ambush him with those weapons just when he thought they might, but he wasn’t going to have to contemplate over how he might deal with people shooting from afar. Making a quick glance to Yumi he grunted, not really in the mood for her whining at this particular time as he decided to try and push his way through, trying to get to the door of the next room just so he might find where the Beastmen were being held. “Try not to humour them too much! We still need to figure out where the hell we are!”

[GambolMuse]

They weren't terribly difficult to beat, these soldiers, but they sure were annoying. Throwing aside the tufts of hair ripped from her head Yumi frowned as she heard a man whimpering pitifully on the ground, glancing over briefly to see him with his hands between his legs and rolling on the floor. What in the world happened to him? Shrugging it off she then saw Viral pushing for the door, giving chase as she began putting down the few soldiers remaining. "Well... Maybe we go further into the building?" she suggested hopefully, pausing to grab a soldier's shirt and lift him up, swinging him around and throwing him across the room into a wall to get him out of the way. "They're probably further in where there's more soldiers, so we just keep going in." Made the most sense to her anyways, they would put something most important the farthest away they could from all the action, protected by more troops than anything.

Hard to say whether Takeshi was proud of Shu for that one or if he should admonish the little guy for it. There were a handful of things you never did in a battle: beating a man that was already down, using someone else as a shield, hurting an innocent person, oh and punching them right in the jewels. His own hurt just from seeing the man struck, cringing slightly before shaking his head. "Hehe... Good hit buddy," he laughed meekly, ignoring the whimpering to the side as he started after Viral and Yumi. The few soldiers that were left were easily dealt with and they left the room full of beaten troops, going into the next corridor. Taking a right seemed to loop back to the hall they were just in, so best to go left then! Making sure Shu was close by he hurried along with their friends, no one apparently too sure where to head. Further in as Yumi had said, but even that was hard to figure out. Part of him just wanted to keep blasting through walls to make it easier but that would probably be frowned upon, they'd have to use doors like normal people. So annoying...

Yumi hoped they were going deeper into the facility, it didn't look like they were retracing their steps. Aside from the occasional small pocket of soldiers they weren't encountering much resistance along the way either, both good and bad. By now everyone must have figured out the troops were somewhere else getting ready for them, only issue with that was they had no clue where that might be. Chatting wasn't exactly an option and she doubted the grunts would be told that information anyways, probably just sent out to buy time. "Where the heck are they? I don't get it..." she mumbled as they ran, looking at the various rooms on the sides, each proving to be either empty or not what they needed. Awfully quick of them to go into hiding considering they only broke in a few minutes ago, unless there really weren't as many troops here as they thought? She didn't like this, way too much left to question.

As they rounded another corner Yumi's eyes widened seeing a glowing light at the far end of the corridor, immediately recognizing it as Ki. With a gasp she turned and tackled Viral to the ground, with Takeshi doing the same to Shu as the blast narrowly missed them, tearing through the space and blowing apart the walls and the ceiling. When the blast subsided the roof was gone and they were exposed to the outside world, the walls being melted and blown back, curved from the high heat and force. A quick look to the far end showed there was a Saiyan Elite as well as that one from before, wearing a stupid grin on his face and looking mighty pleased with himself. Getting off of Viral she bit her lower lip, not exactly thrilled to be having to fight both of them. "Well... I guess we're going the right way," she said with a smile, glancing at Viral, "Want to show them what Beastmen can really do?"

[Mogtaki]

Shu was hoping his attack would be effective and by the looks of the man on the ground it had very much been, his eyes quickly going to Takeshi for approval. He somewhat sounded like he approved at least, although it sounded like he was a little uncomfortable as well. Hoping that was an approval at least he tried to move in Yumi’s direction but with Viral now moving he was soon trying to follow after her, stumbling behind a little bit until he saw Takeshi was also now following. Well just as he hoped he wasn’t going to fall behind Takeshi was there to accompany him, pushing through the soldiers as they came. He hoped there was going to be some progress made soon, everything so far just seemed to be too easy. “Ooh! Are we real strong or are they not trying?” he asked quickly, trying to keep close to Takeshi, “Can’t see any Elites or really tough people yet!”

Viral had about enough of this fighting through meaningless soldiers business, he knew they had to get moving before everything was moved and the Beastmen were no longer here. These soldiers were no better than rookies so maybe they had been training soldiers here too in an effort to teach both groups at the same time. That was annoying because if they were sending rookies then the Beastmen were probably being led away with these guys being used as a distraction. Managing to make it through the fray he continued through the facility, watching where he was going while keeping an eye on their openings to make sure they weren’t going to be cornered and overrun. It was getting tricky to tell what may be coming and without a map they could end up wandering this place for hours. Getting quite impatient he turned a corner, but almost immediately he was tackled not by an attacker but by Yumi instead and immediately sent to the floor.

The tackle had been to avoid an oncoming Ki attack and as he lifted his head he raised an arm as the attack exploded the building open. That was hardly what he thought he would be greeted with around that corner, but he wasn’t going to give their attacker the last laugh. Looking to Yumi as she finally decided to get off him he sighed lightly, staring ahead as he pushed himself off the ground he made a quick glance at her suggestion. “Considerably less than he can? Unless you’re talking about yourself, I just do what I can…” Without wasting any time Viral immediately pushed himself forward, moving at some speed to get to the Elite to give him no chance to charge up another attack like that before he tried to get in close range, a fist aiming for his head before turning around to try and kick him down.

[GambolMuse]

Clearing out that room had been no problem at all and the few troops left knew better than to fight. Normally an Elite would discipline cowardly soldiers, at least in Takeshi's experience, but if the Elite was all battered and bruised he'd be a bit too busy to do that. In a way then they were doing these guys a favor even if they didn't know it. "Eh? Uh... A little bit of both I guess. I mean they're regular troops, you know? We're more like Elites," the older boy explained as they ran, "They only probably fought us because they had to, otherwise they'd get in trouble." Lucky for them they weren't out for blood too, that would be loads of dead people. Shu seemed to be feeling pretty good about it too which was always a plus. While running after Yumi and Viral Takeshi noticed the same thing she did, a sudden burst of energy further on ahead. As soon as he caught sight of the blast incoming he turned and grabbed Shu, pulling him to the ground to avoid the attack entirely. It tore through the air around them and howled loudly, erasing the building above and to the sides. When the attack passed they were left in what was now a much larger, open room, the sound of the wind outside hissing as it passed through the walls.

After a sneak attack like that Yumi was feeling a little cross and ready to pummel some bad guys. They were so proud of their Beastmen? Well then it could be Beastmen that would take them out too. Smiling slightly as Viral immediately went on the offensive she got to her feet and chased after him, letting her friend take the Saiyan as she attacked the man from before. Weaving to the side to avoid a fist that caved in the floor she jumped up and kicked him in the head, watching him stumble but hardly budge otherwise from the attack. Gritting her teeth she began bouncing back and forth on the balls of her feet, fists raised as she tried to change up her style on the fly. Ducking under a punch she quickly threw one of her own into the man's ribs, then dodged again as he swunblastg a wide arc toward her head, punching him in the jaw. No matter how hard she hit him though he didn't want to go down, and she swore she was putting a lot into it. Throwing another punch at his side Yumi gasped when her arm was grabbed, though instead of letting herself be thrown she swung her body up and got onto the man's shoulders, pulling him backwards with the momentum and finally getting him onto his back, wrenching his arm in an attempt to break it.

"So the Commander returns a traitor, what a surprise," the Saiyan taunted with a grin, watching as Viral charged right for him. Raising a hand to block the incoming punch he absorbed it nicely enough, air pushing out from the impact with an audible blast that almost sounded like breaking the barrier. Throwing Viral's hand down the Elite nimbly dodged backwards to avoid a kick as well, stepping back in and trying to drop his leg down on Viral only to slam his foot into the ground instead. "Our orders are to protect the facility against any and all intruders, and that includes you and those brats. You picked the wrong place to invade, traitor!" Dashing at Viral he lifted both hands up over his head, holding them together and trying to swing them at the Beastman's head in hopes of bludgeoning him into the ground.

[Mogtaki]

Shu didn’t really understand what was going on with these people but it probably didn’t matter anyway since it didn’t appear as if they were wanting to stick around for much longer. They had either been knocked down or had fled so they were in the clear for now. Continuing on ahead he felt confused about the notion that they were like Elites, feeling like there was nothing ‘elite’ about him. “Oooh, maybe you but not me! I am not very strong like them!” He didn’t think he would be having that kind of power anytime soon, it was just too unrealistic for him. Carrying on through the corridor he squeaked when he was suddenly tackled to the ground by Takeshi as a Ki blast flew overhead and blew up the wall behind. That was surprising to say the least and even though he was safe he didn’t know how to feel about it. Looking to Takeshi he slowly crawled back, gasping when Viral and Yumi quickly went to battle the attackers. “Ooh! That the guy we chasing before? I can’t tell…”

Viral threw himself at the Elite with ferocity, throwing in a strong punch at the man as he tried to take his anger out he found it was quickly blocked. With the frustration still raised high on his bar he quickly threw a kick around but had that blocked too. Growling in annoyance he looked to the Elite quickly before backing off as he had to move to avoid a counter attack, moving back on his toes in light steps. “You think I would just forget about a project like this?? You should’ve long been expecting me!” Growling as the Saiyan moved in for an attack he dashed in as well but was forced to immediately raise his arms to avoid a severe hammering to the head. Bracing for the attack he grunted as the was forced down as his arms clashed with the fists, his knees barely able to hold as he tried to regain his ground before trying to throw a vicious kick to the side as he swung himself out from under the fists. “Where are the Beastmen??”

[GambolMuse]

"You're right... We just didn't think you were so stupid as to come here!" the Elite taunted as he took another swing, missing by just a hair. Throwing another strike he slammed into the Beastman's arms and nearly toppled him over, though frustratingly Viral managed to stay upright. Raising an arm then to block an incoming kick he caught the blow with his forearm, gritting his teeth from the force as he slid backwards on the soles of his boots. "Beat us and just maybe you'll get your answer!" the Saiyan retorted with a grin, dashing back in to attack, "I doubt that will happen!" In his dash he reeled back a fist and threw an uppercut Viral's way, and should it miss he'd spin his body around completely and swing a leg at Viral's side to try and knock him into the shattered wall. "You never should have returned, traitor!"

Yumi was trying to disable the man in some way, any way that could give her an advantage. He was far larger physically and built sturdy enough most of her blows did nothing. In trying to fix that she was wrenching his arm to tear it from its socket yet even that had no effect. Gasping as the man lifted her up and slammed her back down onto the floor she released him, scrambling away as he slammed a fist down at her and rose to his feet. It wasn't her first time fighting a larger opponent, she'd just have to get a little more creative with her attacks, that was all. Frowning as he sneered at her she waited for the Elite to charge in, flipping backwards onto her hands a few times to avoid swinging limbs then ducking as a fist punched through the wall at her back. Using two fingers she hit the underside of his bicep with a quick jab, then the side and one on his shoulder, pushing off of him to get away from a swing of the arm. While it didn't seem to do much at first he moved that limb now, his right arm, with notably less fervor and speed. It hadn't numbed it completely but she'd managed to slow him down some, and with that she could smile proudly. She had a way to deal with him, it was just a matter of hitting the right spots.

"Sure you are bud, you just gotta see it for yourself," Takeshi answered back, giving Shu a small smile before hastily turning and tackling him. It might seem unreasonable to do such a thing, but as a massive Ki blast ripped through the space they'd been standing in surely the little guy got it. Once the blast had subsided Yumi and Viral wasted no time going on the offensive, leaving him and Shu to watch them fight. Getting off his brother he got to his feet, helping Shu up and glancing at the destroyed building. "Yeah, same guy, and I don't know who that Saiyan is..." he muttered as he inspected the damage, not terribly impressed by it. A blast like that wouldn't have taken them out, it was more a reaction than anything, he was certain. Scoffing he heard the clatter of boots behind them, looking back to see a small group of soldiers coming up from the rear, armed with blasters and blades alike. Furrowing his brow in annoyance he turned around and cracked his knuckles, glancing to the side at Shu and nodding to the troops. "Well we'll let them handle the Elites, let's swat some flies," he said with a smirk, turning back before darting ahead, tackling the nearest soldier to the ground with a shoulder charge before kicking another past everyone else, sending him flying down the corridor.

[Mogtaki]

Viral didn’t know if he could keep up with the Elite as well as he might be able to if he was at full health, even if he could hit hard and block fairly well. He could feel the strain his body was going through when he blocked the pound. He was trying hard to keep up already but his problem was he didn’t know how to find his fighting edge again. He had been out of commission for so long that he was incredibly rusty and what was worse was Aito had done a fairly good demonstration of that. Managing to stay on his feet he was starting to show his frustration very quickly, demanding the location of the other Beastmen. “You’re a disgrace, being so juvenile!” he snarled, “I was a part of this project more than a lowlife like you were!” Trying to keep up with the Elite he managed to keep up with the man’s movements, his fist punching the uppercut away as he pulled his other fist around again to counter; however, he was quickly put in a bad position as the Elite caught him off centre and he was quickly kicked into the remainder of the broken wall. Crashing into the ruined metal he was dazed, his body burning for a moment before he managed to push himself up with an angry growl. “Was that it?? The wall hurt more than you did!” Throwing himself in again to try and get on top of the fight again he went in fists first, trying to throw a flurry of punches in retaliation.

Shu was pretty concerned and was starting to wonder just how many Elites there might be in this place if there was these two guys who had a fair sized power behind them. It was hard to tell what the Beastmen’s power might be, he couldn’t even try to understand the strength of Viral even if he tried so the rest of them would be pretty unknown too. He wasn’t very good at sensing power but he could tell these two were pretty strong. Staring at the fight he gasped at the sound of soldiers coming from behind, his feet quickly moving in response to get on the floor and get back to standing. Seems they were having to get into a fight of their own, his eyes quickly going to Takeshi before he smiled. “Ooh! Okay! Don’t see flies, but I see people!” Running after Takeshi he was quick to get into the fray as well, throwing himself forward and kicking his feet into a soldier’s chest, forcing him into another behind him before both dropped to the ground underneath his small frame.

[GambolMuse]

"Hah, you were nothing but a subject, a tool for the project! I've been entrusted with its protection," the Elite shot back with a grin, taking another swing at Viral and missing by just a hair, "You're no longer of use to us here!" Having two more strikes blocked the Saiyan twisted his body around and kicked at Viral's chest, having it blocked yet knocking him away into the remains of the wall with a satisfying crash. Smirking proudly his mouth quickly contorted into an annoyed frown as he was provoked, stalking forward to pummel some sense into the Beastman. With surprising speed however Viral came at him as well, throwing a series of rapid and powerful punches. The first one or two were easily blocked, but the second made it through and slammed into his side, the second into his shoulder and the third into his jaw. After that his guard was broken and he took several hard strikes, finally ending up on his back when it was all done. "Hah... I should expect nothing less... From a former commander," the Elite chuckled, sitting up and spitting out blood as it dribbled from between his lips. "But it takes more than that to beat a Saiyan, you should know." Pushing himself up he dashed back in at Viral, throwing a flurry of punches of his own.

Takeshi figured he was being kind of cool with that line, provoking the soldiers and all too. With Shu pointing out the obvious though his shoulders sagged and an eyebrow twitched slightly as he found it totally lost on his brother, letting out a sigh and deciding to hell with it. Charging into the fight he knocked off two soldiers right off the bat, smirking seeing Shu getting all involved right away. One nice thing about fighting soldiers like this was it didn't take much to put them out of commission, just one good strike usually did it. Turning to another nearby soldier he leaned to the side to avoid a fist, grabbing the man's arm and holding it under his own before punching him twice in the face, letting go and watching him simply drop backwards in a daze. "Man... I kinda wish we were fighting the Elites..." he mumbled, letting out a slight gasp as a blast hit his back. Stumbling forward a few steps he frowned and glanced back at his burned shirt, shooting a blast in turn at the soldier responsible for hitting him and sending the guy careening across the floor.

Yumi knew how she had to fight the Elite now but that didn't make it too much easier. He still struck hard with what he had left and it wasn't as though hitting pressure points permanently numbed a limb. She had to deal with a lot more than just a single limb too if she wanted to beat this man. Taking advantage of her speed she began ducking and weaving to avoid his strikes, finding her speed was at least greater than his own. Managing to evade a nasty chop that made the air reverberate around it Yumi struck out again at his leg, hitting the spot just above his knee and again on his thigh, spinning her body and kicking the dead leg out to bring him to a knee. Trying to kick him in the face and knock him down she grit her teeth when her leg was grabbed instead, being lifted up and slammed back onto the floor. Trying to wrestle her leg free she was dragged across and slammed into the wall, letting out a groan as her body smashed against the hard surface. In a fit of desperation she gathered Ki and threw it at his face, hitting him and causing him to drop her and send him back. Ignoring the pain in her back and sides Yumi charged him down and tackled his leg, popping it out of the socket and knocking him over, sitting on top of him then and giving his jaw a good few punches in hopes of knocking him out.

[Mogtaki]

Viral couldn’t let that continue to happen to him, even if his strength was being sapped by his weakness he had to try and stand up to the Saiyan and show he was still the warrior he used to be. The attack had managed to knock him off completely but he was ready to try harder to keep up with the man and show off the power he had. He was supposed to be one of the strongest, but for so long he had been unable to fight and couldn’t even keep up with those who he managed to before. He was hurting pretty badly from that attack but so long as he could remain unharmed for the most part he would recover as he fought. Throwing in a flurry of punches in an attempt to punish the man for underestimating him he managed to do just that as several broke through and forced the man to the ground, staring down at him as he cracked his fingers. Glaring down at the man he watched as he got back to his feet, growling lowly as the Elite just got back up, moving his hands back momentarily. “You underestimated me the moment you picked a fight!” The moment the Saiyan started throwing punches Viral threw his own to counter them, their fists clashing together. “If you believe yourself to be in charge then you should know what you’re up against! I am not going down easily!” Even as some of his punches missed he remained standing, only being pushed back a little bit each time before he suddenly pulled back and tried to deliver a much harder punch to try and throw the Elite off his feet again.

Shu didn’t know if he was doing well against these men until he got approval from Takeshi so looking to him every so often was proving to be a little difficult as he had to try and fight off the soldiers at the same time. He was more or less playing with them in his swings and punches, even going as far as to jump on a soldier’s head and spring onto another. The soldiers couldn’t handle a springy kid like him and were struggling to try and bring him under control. None of their usual tactics were working against Shu when he was more concerned with bouncing around and making a fool of them. Jumping on another soldier’s shoulders Shu instead grabbed their neck with his tail, wrapping it around him quickly before jumping off and pulling them to the ground. While he was having an easy time with these guys he was more concerned with trying out some techniques on them so instead of only punching and kicking he seemed to be bothering them into submission. Giggling a little he soon turned to Takeshi, watching him for a second before needing to bounce away and annoy the soldiers even more. “Ooh! Not me! Not good at fight yet! It too hard!”

[GambolMuse]

Defeating a former commander here and now, just thing of the acclaim! The accolades! He would be promoted to general after a victory here today and even greater if they brought the princes in. He couldn't fail, there was too much at stake without even considering the project being in jeopardy. That being said bringing down Viral was proving to be difficult, he was supposed to be a broken, shadow of his former self. Shadows didn't land you flat on your behind after pummeling you. "Bah! I don't even need the weapons to defeat you, you're nothing compared to a Saiyan!" the Elite shot back, grinning as he climbed to his feet, "Defeat only makes us stronger, you've no hopes of winning here!" Even if he was beaten he would return to take revenge, he'd never suffer the humiliation of losing to a Beastman. They were tools for the Saiyan empire and were inferior in every way! Striking out with a flurry of punches he found every strike to be either blocked or met with one from Viral, ending up being knocked down again by a hefty blow. "Hah... So you're not falling apart any longer, pity..." the Elite panted as he rose once more, grinning as he wiped blood from his mouth on the back of his hand. "You may be strong, but you cannot do anything against this!" Placing both hands before him, heels together, he began amassing Ki at a rapid rate, his body bulking up as energy grew. He'd blow Viral into cosmic ash if he had to, then the others would be easy picking.

Takeshi was having fun fighting the troops even if they were pitifully easy to beat. At least more kept coming, it gave them something to do while Yumi and Viral got the real fights. After blasting away that annoying soldier he disappeared with his Ki between two more men, smirking as they tried to flee and only have the collars of their shirts grabbed, with Takeshi bashing their heads together and simply dropping them at his feet. "What are you talking about buddy? You're fighting right now and you're kicking ass!" the older boy replied, lazily leaning to the side to avoid a punch, throwing a fist back and clocking the soldier in the bridge of the nose, "You can fight, you're showing me that right now! Keep it up!" Though fighting these guys was slightly easier than an Elite, he could do this in his sleep. Hearing another soldier running up behind him he swiveled his body around, kicking the energy blade from his hand before spinning again and kicking him in the chest, knocking him into three more and causing all of them to fall over. Charging a small amount of Ki then in his palm he aimed at them, smiling as they all looked panicked and shook their heads. "Oh I'm not gonna kill you, you're just going for a trip," Takeshi said, aiming below them and blowing apart the tiles by their feet, causing them to soar up into the air and out of view fairly quickly.

Takeshi and Shu were having fun no doubt, shame the same couldn't be said for her and Viral. Relaxing and goofing off were two things they couldn't afford to do when fighting two Elites. Managing to ground her opponent Yumi began punching away in hopes of knocking him out cold, drawing blood but failing to reach her goal. Instead her fists were grabbed and her head smacked by the Elite's, becoming dazed as she was kicked off by his one good leg. Seeing somewhat blurry for a moment she watched the alien get to his feet in spite of the pain and stalk towards her, Ki in his hand and no doubt primed to put her down. Waiting until he got close to shoot she spun her body and kicked against the wall, causing her to slide along the floor and between his legs. Using her hands to stop herself then she sprung up and kicked him in the back, sending him face first into the wall. Following that up with another kick to his bad leg she brought him again to a knee, and another kick to his back to put him into the wall a third time, denting it. She was going to deliver yet another but instead was thrown back across the hall as she was hit with a blast, taking relatively little damage but being caught completely off guard. Seeing the Elite airborne and bearing down on her she hastily rolled aside as his fist impaled the wall, being blown apart by his Ki shortly afterwards as she scrambled to avoid the debris.

[Mogtaki]

Viral knew he needed to put this man down fast or he was going to cause even more problems with them as they continued their way through the facility. He would need to knock the man out so badly that he wouldn’t wake up for a long time, seeing how he wasn’t allowed to kill with the others around. He needed to beat this guy into the ground to get it through to his thick skull that he wasn’t going to win even if he was an Elite. He was above Elites when he was still in the army, only the best were promoted to a title of command. Throwing everything he had at the Elite with the punches he watched as the Elite once again was knocked down, his eyes staring down at him like daggers as he only got back up to his feet. “You just underestimated me greatly…” He was injured himself but he was the one who was still able to stand if only to show he was not going to be easily put down just because of what he was. Staring at the man he watched as he decided it was suitable to start charging up Ki, his eyes quickly turning behind him to the others. If this guy was going to start blasting away he was most likely going to injure the others. He couldn’t let the attack get through, otherwise they were going to lose this. Growling angrily he blinked as he realised just how strong the attack was going to be. “Don’t you dare, you coward!!” he snapped, throwing himself forward as he aimed to break past the Elite’s arms to throw a punch right for his face.

Shu didn’t feel that he knew enough about fighting techniques to be able to fight like the others do, but at least he was going to be able to defeat them without them. He was going to be able to manage for so long and hopefully this was all going to be over before somebody caught on and completely destroyed him for his goofing around. Managing to flip a soldier down to the ground he looked to Takeshi quickly, gasping and pointing at him. “You said bad word again!” he squeaked before having to go back into fighting, throwing a soldier down when he tried to punch him by simply pulling them to the side of him. While he wasn’t really knocking anyone out he was still managing to annoy them greatly, watching as they soon tried to get up again only to jump onto their backs when they tried. He was certainly monkeying around at this point but he was just doing all he could to avoid being stricken down himself, watching the soldiers who were still trying to get him in any way possible. He wasn’t going to use any Ki attacks like Takeshi seemed to be wanting to do, he couldn’t trust himself at this point after his little moment of excitement while they were flying. He might end up firing off an attack and accidentally hitting Takeshi because he wasn’t concentrating enough and watching what he was doing. Turning around quickly when Takeshi finally fired off the attack he squeaked and covered his ears, watching as the soldiers went flying off and away because of the blast. That was pretty scary and hopefully they were going to be okay after that, even if they were bad guys.

[GambolMuse]

Viral was meant to be weak and broken by this point so how was he putting up a fight? Whatever was going on now that he was out of their hands was completely against plans they had made, they never anticipated having to fight him. Of course the damn doctor was nowhere to be scene otherwise they might have a chance of subduing him and turning him on his comrades. "And you're a fool to think you can defeat a superior! You're a tool for Saiyans and nothing more, nothing will change that!" the Elite laughed as he rose to his feet. He knew what would take down Viral, he'd simply blow him to bits and be done with it. To hell with trying to beat him into submission, he had better things to waste time on. Beginning to amass Ki at a rapid rate he grinned when the Beastman picked up on what he was doing, nearly prepared to let his attack loose. "I'll turn you to ash, traitor! Die!" Before the Elite ever had the chance to release his attack he was struck hard in the face by Viral, his nose breaking as a fist smashed into him and knocked him off his feet. Ki dispersing and flying through the air and out of the base the Elite went flying back into the wall, smashing through it and landing in the room opposite the corridor, smashing into a table and finally coming to a rest, utterly out cold.

"Oh come on, it's okay if I say them!" Takeshi retorted as his face flushed slightly, looking to Shu as he spoke, "Just don't say them back, you know?" Shu didn't have to do everything he did, certainly not that. If he so much as uttered a single curse then Yumi would probably stop what she was doing, storm over here and pummel him for being an idiot or something. She was too busy for that so it looked like he'd get off the hook until later. Just as well because they were working on whittling down the number of soldiers, some of which were beginning to think of better and run away. Knocking down three men he aimed a Ki blast at them, smirking as they panicked before simply blasting the floor and sending them flying off. It wouldn't kill them and chances were they could fly, no harm done other then maybe making them crap themselves. "Woah, I wonder how far they're going!" Takeshi laughed, placing a hand on his brow to watch them vanish into the distance. By this point the final soldiers were more or less done with the fight, and it may have something to do with the Elite getting thrown through a wall courtesy of Viral. So that's what all that Ki had been about, he probably should have paid more attention to it. Heh, oops.

She had to find a way to put this man down for good, he was being worn down yet nowhere near as quickly as she was. Taking a moment to catch her breath as he pulled himself from the wall Yumi came up with a plan of attack, getting back up again and bouncing back and forth on the balls of her feet. She let him come in for the attack and nimbly ducked beneath his first strike, using the second for leverage as she blocked the uppercut with both hands, getting hoisted high into the air by it. Managing to kick off the wall with her feet she drove her body hard into his chest and winded the man, and as soon as she landed again she jumped up and drove a fist into his jaw, causing him to nearly topple over but not quite. Lowering herself closer to the ground she swung out a leg at his bad one and took him off his feet, and as he was falling she fell back on her hands and kicked out with both legs, throwing him through the same wall that the other Elite had gone through. Watching through the hole as he tumbled across the room his head eventually slammed into one of the consoles, knocking him out in the process. Expecting him to get up again she watched with baited breath for any movement, exhaling with relief when he showed no signs of getting back up. "Thank goodness that's over... What a lug..."

[Mogtaki]

Viral was determined to put a halt to this man’s attack even if it was going to kill him, placing himself directly in the risk area and right in the path of the possible Ki attack. He was anything but a simple tool if he was able to do all of this, to be able to surpass an Elite Saiyan who was also a seasoned veteran. Managing to get the man to a much more desperate stance in the fight he threw himself forward, swiping at his face with a punch that he hoped would end the attack and save both himself and the others from the attack. Thankfully his fist managed to connect just in time to stop the attack and with the momentum created from his rush he stumbled a few steps while the Saiyan crashed even further away into quite the mess beyond the corridor itself. Staring down where his opponent had landed he slowly stood back up straight again, letting out an annoyed groan as he looked down at his fist before looking back to the others to see if they were managing and hopefully okay.

Shu was going to start bugging Takeshi every time he said a bad word now, especially when he didn’t believe he was bad himself. If bad words were for bad people then the Saiyans and every other evil person they faced would be saying them all the time, only thing was they didn’t really from what he heard from them. Takeshi was just making excuses to try and make himself sound bad, but really they were just confusing and words that didn’t really belong anywhere. While he managed to take down or annoy his opponents into them simply fleeing from the fight, Takeshi was the one who really ended it. Watching as they went flying off he looked back to his brother and wondered whether it was a good thing that he did that in the first place, seeing how someone was probably going to get really hurt from that. Slowly tilting his head he soon gasped and looked back around to Viral’s opponent, or rather where he landed before to Viral. He had managed to beat his opponent too it seemed, but he seemed to had been hit a lot too. Hopefully he was going to be okay. While he was focusing on Viral he squeaked when he looked to see if Yumi was alright too since she had gone to handle the other guy who appeared to be of higher status in the army. Luckily for them Yumi had managed to beat her opponent into submission too from the looks and sounds of it, his eyes quickly going to Takeshi as he pointed furiously. “Ooh! Ooh! Miss Yumi and Mister Viral!”

[GambolMuse]

That was a tough fight, is what Takeshi would like to say. Working over a few dozen of your everyday soldiers though was so easy he could do it in his sleep. Hell it was so easy Shu could do it while goofing off, not bad for someone who was convinced they couldn't even fight. While they toyed around with troops Yumi and Viral got the real fight and managed to win them too, much to no one's surprise; they had trained a lot recently and gotten stronger and better at fighting, he fully expected them to win. "Yeah, they kicked those Elite's butts huh? Let's go congratulate 'em!" the older boy said as he ruffled his brother's hair, heading then to the others with a grin. Between all of the soldiers behind them out cold and the two Elites knocked off in the room besides they'd certainly left a mark on the base, and they still hadn't even found what they were here for. "I hope they got more Elites, that was barely a warm up," Takeshi said nonchalantly as he placed his hands behind his head, "You guys made it look easy, I hope they're not getting rusty. What's the fun in fighting Elites if they aren't strong?"

"Only you would think fighting an Elite is fun," Yumi commented in exasperation, rolling her eyes then as she turned to Viral, "We still have to find the Beastmen though... And I'm guessing this is the way to go." They wouldn't have posted Elites here unless there was something important beyond them right? It could be a distraction too but then she doubted that, if they never came this way the Beastmen would be completely unguarded. No this had to be the right way she just knew it. Despite being sore from being knocked around a bit she was prepared to keep going too and find these people before too much longer. On a whim she lifted her head and closed her eyes, taking a few sniffs at the air then letting out a sigh when she noticed nothing. "Whole place must be sterile or something, I can't smell a single thing," she complained before glancing at Takeshi and Shu, "Aside from two boys that is. So where do we go from here then...?" As she thought continuing on the way they had been made the most sense, but then she'd never been in a place like this, at least not that she could recall. If the others had a better idea of it then she was all too happy to let them make the decision.