Maya, having remained quiet throughout the entire demonstration thus far, threw a dirty look over at the cat woman from her position by the archway.
The recipient of the glare simply grinned and wagged her tail playfully in her companion's direction. "Hey, don't give me that look. I thought the name suited it quite well."
The brown haired, silent party frowned and promptly looked away, "Pft. Whatever."
Giving a very mature giggle at her friend's pouty face, Kure looked back towards her boss and scanned her power level once again. When the readings came up, she arced an eyebrow, "Oh my. 500,000,000 riki. By my calculations, that's well over 24,000,000,000."
Completely ignoring the comments being thrown around her, the transformed warrior then clenched her fists even tighter and, assuming a wider stance, smirked at the two stunned soldiers. "And now… the final curtain." Her expression tightening up a third time, the woman's aura blasted off of her at an even greater rate and, with a loud growl, her energy level started to climb.
As it did, the castle, the countryside, hell… the entire planet began to shake as the gravity inside of the chamber started to go crazy. The two lackeys kneeling on the ground were nearly blown away when an invisible repulsive force struck them headlong, with the other audience members having to brace themselves against the storm that followed. To accompany the loud rumbling sound of the planet being rocked to its core, bolts of lightning shot off of the female Saiyan's aura as it blazed away like the sun itself, a cry of agony leaving her lips as her hair started to elongate in direct correlation to the amount of power she was steadily producing.
Outside, the clouds above the castle formed into a vortex, birds were startled from their roosts, and the moons orbiting the planet were suddenly shifted out of alignment as shockwave after shockwave rippled from the northernmost point of the globe. Judging from the way the world was trembling, you could swear the entire thing was going to explode.
However, just when it seemed like the planet would split in two, the female Saiyan finished her power up with an almighty howl; her scream echoing across the mountain ranges as a blinding flash of light blasted the room.
Everyone had to shield themselves from the hot wind and the energy burst that hit them. When the tempest finally died down shortly afterwards and everyone looked back towards the center of the cataclysm, the jaws of the two prisoners dropped at what they saw.
Standing in an electric golden aura with blue bolts of lightning crackling off of her body, the female Saiyan had gone through yet another startling transformation. However, instead of having her golden hair standing on end, it had instead pulled back and grown down to around knee height. On top of that, all of the locks were spiky and shining, almost as if they were radioactive. While most of it had grown behind her, only two bangs continued to hang on either side of her face, the latter of which had become hardened with killing intent and, not only had her irises developed pupils, but her eyebrows had disappeared.
This gave her a much fiercer appearance, and with the way gravity seemed to waft around her along with the wind that emitted from her new form, it was almost like she'd become a whole other being.
"Behold," the girl spoke, her voice raspy and noticeably lower in tone, "A technique known to only a handful of Saiyans in history; the Golden Mane Super Saiyan, otherwise known as a Super Saiyan 3."
At first baffled by her transformation, Tagoma quickly gathered his senses and shouted at her, "I don't care if it's called the Golden Haired Monkey Freak! So what?! You changed your hair and shaved your eyebrows! What difference does that make?"
Expression unchanging in the face of the man's anger, the glowing, female warrior then stepped to the side and gestured to the archway behind her. When he saw her move, the Namekian servant standing out on the terrace moved inside and out of the woman's line of fire. This gave both her and the two prisoners a clear view of the horizon beyond the balcony, and the enormous nebula floating beyond the planet's reach.
Upon gesturing their attention towards the transparent sky, the Super Saiyan girl spoke, "That enormous collection of gas and dust is called the 'Second Celestial Gateway of Vulpan', also known as the 'Doorway of the Gods', which is situated on the very edge of the Northern Quadrant. For countless eons that enormous quasar has given birth to thousands of galaxies and stars, all of which were molded and shaped into existence within its fiery, chaotic mass. It is a remnant of the great calamity that created this universe and the mother of many galaxies that we know of today." She then pointed to one of the random galaxies in question; a spiral cluster that was currently the closest to their world. "That system floating in front of us is referred to by the people of Dorgal as the Drssa Galaxy, which came into existence two billion years ago."
The pair of nervous soldiers acknowledged the brief astronomy lecture with suspicion. But before either of them could ask why she was telling them this, they suddenly saw her bring two fingers up and, producing a golden sheath of energy around the tips, pointed it through the archway and fired a highly concentrated ball of energy. The attack shot out of the chamber, over the terrace, through the atmosphere, and towards the galaxy. A split second later, an explosion bigger than any the two soldiers had ever seen lit up the core of the spiral galaxy and incinerated the entire mass in the blink of an eye. The hyper nova consumed eighty percent of the cluster, while sending whatever remaining stars hurtling into space in all directions.
Moments later, the explosion faded, leaving nothing but a ball of fire hanging in a vacuum, which slowly started to dissipate.
Lowering her arm to her side, the super powered Saiyan empress frowned, "It took a billion years to create that galaxy. I just destroyed it in less than ten seconds." She powered down shortly afterwards, leaving the girl standing there with a bead of sweat trickling down her face and her eyes fixed on the startled pair, "An empty galaxy with enormous potential to create new life, gone in the blink of an eye. Now, if I could do that to an entire star system without even flinching, think about how inconsequential your deaths will be once I'm through with you." It only took her a few steps before her shadow fell over the two hapless soldiers.
The faces the pair wore almost made it look like they were about to wet their pants. It seemed like a sure eventuality too, until one of them nutted up and decided to speak.
Sorbet swallowed heavily, "W-Who are you?"
The now powered-down Saiyan craned her head and lifted her nose at the two neophytes. "My name is Sandra. I am the Empress of the New Saiyan Empire, ruler of the Planet Corvus, guardian of the Vulpan Quadrant, and the most powerful warrior in the universe." Her eyes narrowed sharply as she glared at the pair. "There is not a creature alive that is stronger than me… not even your former master."
The Namekian guard, cringing at the girl's longwinded introduction, leaned over and whispered towards his companion leaning against the pillar, "She's more uptight than usual today."
Hearing him loud and clear, Maya nodded in agreement, "If you ask me, she really needs to get a boyfriend."
By this point in time, the bolder of the two elite soldiers had finally had enough with this situation.
As impressive an air as this woman was putting on for them, it did little in silencing his tongue. He was a loyalist through and through, and when someone else that wasn't his beloved master was making claims of superiority and leadership in the universe, there was no possible way he could remain quiet.
This Saiyan's words were blasphemy to him and he was going to put a stop to her the only way he could.
With good, old-fashioned shouting.
Tagoma snarled, "Fuck you, you wretched, Saiyan whor-"
These were the only words that managed to leave his lips before Sandra, with her hands resting comfortably on her hips, effortlessly threw a roundhouse kick and sliced the alien's head clean off of his shoulders. A spray of blood later and the topless body collapsed to the floor, hitting it with a dull thud.
While Sorbet shrieked at the sight of his comrade's swift death, Kure made a whistling sound to show how impressed she was at the display, while the white balloon man standing behind her tilted his head observantly.
"Beep."
"I agree. Ten points," the cat woman replied cheerfully.
After watching the rather brutal execution of the prisoner, Maya allowed a smile to cross her lips as she then glanced across at the old Namekian warrior standing nearby. "Looks like you've got some more cleaning to do, huh Gast?"
The green skinned warrior sighed and closed his eyes, "It certainly seems that way… yes."
Glancing down at the headless corpse, the armored Cal then looked towards their remaining prisoner, the blue-skinned man freaking out when all eyes in the room quickly fell upon him. Turning back to his hostess, he saw the terrifying woman fix her death glare squarely onto him.
Rotating slightly, the towel clad Saiyan nodded in the remaining captive's direction, "Here's the deal. If you tell me everything you know about Lord Frieza's death, I will let you go."
Sweating bullets, the scaly man gulped, "P-Promise."
"I swear on my honor as a Saiyan warrior that I will not harm you."
Considering this the best window he could possibly ask for after seeing the performance she'd put on just moments ago, the trembling Sorbet sucked in his pride and blurted out what he knew. "O-Okay! Okay, okay! Lord Frieza met his end over twelve years ago on the Planet Namek, along with his lieutenants Zarbon, Dodoria, and the entire Ginyu Force. That's what the officers of the planet we were stationed on at the time told us, and we went out in search of our master. By the time we were done sifting through the debris and hopping from planet to planet, we learned that his father and brother had died as well. We were heading to the outland areas of the northern quadrant looking for a way to revive our emperor, but we were captured by your bodyguard and brought here. Th-That's all I know. That's all I know. I swear!" His shouting ceased moments later when he tensed up and prepared for the worst.
But when no thrashing came, the short, elite warrior looked up to see the Saiyan female nod her head in understanding and, turning heel with an accentuated sashay of her hips, began walking back towards the terrace. The sight of her strolling away from him gripped and held Sorbet's attention, his face pale and frozen with fear.
"Okay. You can go."
The mercenary blinked in immediate surprise, "R-Really?"
There was a brief moment of pause, followed shortly by an answer. "I said that I would let you go, so I am." Sandra then stopped and waved over her shoulder flippantly. "Have a safe trip."
At first left entirely speechless, when he felt the energy suppressing cuffs keeping his hands tied behind him were removed by the black armored warrior, Sorbet soon realized she was being truthful. Taking his chance, the blue alien quickly leapt to his feet and, ignoring his grievous injuries, began scampering towards the nearest exit. Seeing as how there were archways everywhere, he had plenty to choose from.
His feet pattering along the ground, the elite under Frieza's banner dashed as fast as he could away from the group. A smile appeared on his sweat covered face as he neared closer and closer to the furthest balcony. Freedom was well and truly in sight.
However, just when he was only a few feet away, a loud bang filled the air followed instantly by Sorbet's head exploding like a water balloon. His body crashed to the ground a split second later, along with a splatter of blood.
All eyes in the area soon turned from the second headless body towards the terrace entrance, where they saw Maya standing there with a finger extended in the direction of the once retreating foe. Upon taking him out, she retracted her gloved hand and blew on her finger, almost as if she'd just fired a gun.
"I really do love a moving target," the brown haired woman exclaimed in a chipper tone.
Kure, regarding the now dead Sorbet for a couple of moments, then looked over at the Saiyan with a slightly disappointed look. "Why did you do that? Sandra said he could go free."
"Yes. Sandra said he could. That doesn't mean that I said he could," Maya replied, crossing her arms again before turning to watch her leader and friend stroll past, a smile visible on her face as well. "Besides. The man had it coming. Those two scumbags have killed more men and women then you can even begin to count, so there was no way I was going to let someone like that leave here with their life."
Her answer had the cat girl shrug in understanding, "Hm. Fair enough." She then deactivated her holographic scouter and removed the bud from her ear.
The sight of the clearly amused, luscious Saiyan female in the towel had the one standing by the post chuckle in amusement, "That was fun. We should do that again sometime." She was obviously impressed by the show her leader had put on, as indicated by her waving tail.
"Yes. Too bad they didn't have any new information that could assist us in tracking down the ones who destroyed Frieza," the Saiyan Empress replied, a frown appearing on her face once again.
Maya gave a brief chortle at her friend's dejected mood, "You still have your heart set on finding those guys, huh?"
The raven haired warrior's fist clenched tightly as she glared across the garden outside her throne room. "A Saiyan of unknown origins and status fought and bested Frieza in combat. On top of that, it was a Super Saiyan outside of our group that performed the deed." Sandra then narrowed her eyes dangerously as she set her sights on the distant stars surrounding the nebula. "The opportunity to kill Frieza was a desire held by many in the universe, myself included. He was a monster that didn't deserve the mercy of a swift death. I don't care how long it takes me or how many of that lizard's subordinates I have to go through. I will find the Super Saiyan responsible for destroying him and make them pay for taking that right away from me." With that said the raven haired girl breathed a sigh of exhaustion and sauntered on, proceeding down the steps through the arch and carelessly removing the towel wrapped around her. Allowing it to drop to the floor, the naked warrior stepped through the waterfall and towards the steaming hot pool in the middle of the garden. "I'm going to take a dip in the springs. Do me a favor and take out the trash, would you Gast?"
The Namekian bowed, "Of course, your highness." He then turned away from the terrace entryway and proceeded to gather up the bodies.
After watching the curvaceous young female Saiyan submerge herself in the hot water, Kure scratched the back of her head and sighed, before then sparing a glance towards the still silent Cal. When she saw the masked, armored warrior turn towards her, the woman shrugged.
"That's one way of interrogating someone," the towering guard finally spoke in a low voice, earning a grin from his cat-eared companion.
If nothing else, blowing up that empty galaxy was a nice touch.
**End of Zeru Arc**
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