The traveller really had doubts about his ability to trust these people but he really had no choice, their ship being the only ship that could get him off this planet. He didn’t know how else to handle it other than throw himself at the enemy and hope that something happened to help them win before he was taken away by the lot of them, hoping he wasn’t going to end up being a captive. He just couldn’t help but feel completely suspicious all the time around strangers but it wasn’t something he could help. Looking to her when she spoke he gasped as she let go of him, stumbling a little but as he turned around she was gone, the door shut hastily behind her. Now he was really feeling worried but before he could even turn around to take a look around the sudden roar caught him completely off-guard, his hand going to his head before he stumbled over to a window. Forcing his way along he looked out at the battlefield, easily seeing the massive creature that had spawned as a result of the creature slaughtering. That was definitely not expected, but he had no idea what they could even do about it. They should just flee while they can, he really didn’t understand why they were hanging back with it. “The hell is wrong with this crew…?”

While Shu was pleased that they had managed to get rid of the creatures he didn’t expect the massive one to suddenly pop up, his hands going to his ears before he immediately had to flee with his friend and brother as it popped right out of the ground. He was only in a brief panic by the time it had managed to crawl its ugly self out of the ground, his eyes looking at it up and down before immediately turning to Takeshi. “I-I’m ready! Gross monster!” He really didn’t know how they were going to take this thing on but it was definitely going to have to be a collective effort with that many limbs. Frowning a little he gasped when Vegeta suddenly started giving them orders, his eyes immediately going between T’charrl and Takeshi before everything was settled when Ricken took T’charrl and Takeshi grabbed his arm, his eyes looking up at him curiously. “Ooh! Okay! I remember that!” Squeaking as he moved around Takeshi he climbed up onto his back, wrapping his tail around him to keep secure. “Ready, ready! Quick!”

T’charrl had no idea how he was supposed to deal with this creature, staring up at it blankly. He shouldn’t had been scared of it but something inside was sparking something vicious and forcing it to the surface. He was panicked, his eyes quickly going to Ricken when he appeared right beside him and started giving him orders. Staring at him blankly he eventually nodded, muttering quietly. “I-I don’t feel too good…”

Viral knew it was a bad idea to come here first, they should’ve gone after the Dragonballs first and then come back for this obviously placed trap. It wouldn’t had been a surprise if the alien set this up on purpose, knowing their race. Everyone was in trouble with this thing, his eyes going to Yumi and Vegeta first. He had to do something, even if it was a risk to his health he couldn’t let them fight that thing after trying to get rid of all those creatures. Growling lowly his eyes quickly went to Haku, narrowing his gaze. “You’re a Saiyan…show some enthusiasm!” he snapped before looking back to the monster, “We have to! I can’t-…I can’t let Vegeta and Yumi get hurt…” Looking down from where he was he just made a sudden leap forward, his determination and sense of urgency kicking in as the threat was just too high for him to just sit back and watch. He didn’t care about his health, he knew Aito could fix his problem at any time and if he had to lose himself to keep his friends safe he knew he could rely on instinct to direct him to the Dragonballs in the end.

Sasha didn't need to be reminded of the importance of keeping the shuttle operational, as losing it could well mean losing their way off of Namek. That aside she now had a wounded to tend to, something she luckily knew all about. Giving the monstrous behemoth one last look she pulled hard on the controls, sending the shuttle turning around as she moved it out behind a large rocky spire some few hundred meters away. Not quite willing to land just yet she threw on the auto-pilot, letting it float as it were in the air as she undid her harness. There really was no way of knowing if this person were friend or foe, but she supposed it was only right to help them. "Nothing's wrong with this crew, we just like to fight," Sasha responded, smiling amused as she exited the cab, "I could ask what's wrong with you, refusing help when you're on the brink of passing out. Speaking of which, lie down," she added, pointing to one of the cots. It would be easiest to handle things if the alien could relax, and standing there grasping at his ribs was most certainly not relaxed. Stepping past the Frost Demon she grabbed a first aid kit from a container on the wall, setting it down on a different cot and taking out its contents. Bandages, vials of healing solution, splints, chemicals to help soothe burns, there were a few goodies in here and she'd hopefully only need one or two. "I'll get you bandaged up nice and quick, but you're not to go back to that fight, understood? We can handle it."

"You got it buddy, just blast away, that's all you've gotta do," Takeshi repeated, smiling as he used one arm to hold onto his brother. Glancing back at T'charrl again he saw how unsettled their friend looked, frowning as he turned his attention to the monster. "T'charrl, just be safe. We're fighting together even if we're not side by side, you know? And we'll be nearby to help if you need it," he explained, smiling as he gave another thumbs up, "So relax, this'll work out just fine." Hopefully Ricken wasn't too much a pain in the ass, though much as he disliked the rebel it was obvious that the guy knew how to fight. Also... They knew who that artificial arm belong to now! Weird he carried around a spare, they must get wrecked pretty often then. With Shu secure on his back Takeshi took off into the air, going to the far right as Vegeta and Yumi were busy on the left. Watching as one of the several limbs came swinging at them he reached out his free hand, firing off a quick Ki blast and easily striking it, blowing it apart and watching as the limb flew off, slamming into the ground. Astonishingly he didn't see the purple mist from before, but rather a purple liquid which he could only assume to be blood seeped out, spilling onto the ground below. "Holy crap, this one bleeds!"

He would get matched with the one person to get cold feet, wouldn't he? Now more than before everyone had to be ready for battle and yet T'charrl sounded like he was about to hurl or something, wonderful. Watching on silently as Takeshi attempted a pep talk Ricken let out a sigh, glancing at his injured arm and tearing away the remnants of the ruined sleeve. "Look... I may come across as an ass, but I would never let anything happen to a comrade in battle," he explained, frowning as he looked at the Kaesstrian, "Even if they were a Saiyan. So relax, I'd sooner take one of those limbs through the chest then let it get you." Tch, unbelievable that he had to try and reassure his partner, though it wasn't unheard of even for trained warriors. People got cold feet now and again, everyone had some kind of trigger or a certain scenario they never wanted to face and perhaps this was T'charrl's. "Just do what you were doing before, let's focus on slicing off those limbs. Stay close, we might need to back each other up." Taking off then Ricken moved right in for the lower extremities, dashing around as several limbs went swinging at him. Using his metallic arm he channeled Ki into it, creating a slight aura of energy that took the form of a blade. Dodging an incoming scythe he grabbed hold of the offending arm, giving it a yank before slicing it clean off just below his hand, dropping the writhing limb on the ground and frowning seeing the blood coming out. Since when did these creatures bleed? It was one of those things from before, wasn't it?

"E-Enthusiasm...? Look at that thing! How are we supposed to fight that?" If he went into a fight thinking he had the advantage then Haku was all over it, he'd more than happily dive right in. Going into this though, with the preconceived notion he was inferior and didn't stand a chance, well he wasn't quite feeling it. Lowering his gaze shamefully he wanted to try and help, he did, but his feet felt like they were plastered to the ground. Besides, what could he hope to do that the others couldn't? He didn't offer much in the way of power, nor did he really have any outstanding, unique powers like T'charrl. Alarmed when Viral took off abruptly he lifted his head, eyes widening as he reached out uselessly at his partner. "Viral, wait!" Haku shouted, looking around fitfully before letting out a groan, "Agh... Dammit! Wait up!" Jumping off of the rise he ran after the Beastman, staring up at the monster all the while. Honestly, what were either of them going to do? Seeing motion blur in the corner of his eye he turned his head and gasped seeing a limb swooping down at them, the scythe poised to strike Viral and probably cleave him in two. Stopping in his tracks Haku placed the heels of his hands together, fingers outstretched as he gathered Ki and released a single, continuous blast. At first it didn't look like it would even cut through, but after a second his energy appeared on the other side, severing the limb as the tip flew well over the Beastman's head and crashed into a nearby rock.

This was absurd, this damned creature shouldn't even be here. How had something this massive go undetected for so long, especially with this sense that it carried with it? Furthermore why was it bleeding, none of the other creatures bled before. Vegeta couldn't deliberate for long, he was far too focused on scrutinizing every detail of their foe, trying to find a weak point to exploit. So far all they were doing was slicing off some of the small limbs, but really there were so many it would take quite a while to get them all; once all the small limbs were gone there was the matter of the larger, main arms and the beast in of itself. Seeing everyone getting busy his eyes widened in shock when he spotted Viral and Haku below, extremely concerned the Beastman was getting involved. "Viral! What do you think you're-" he began, being cut off as an arm slammed into his back and knocked him away. Catching himself in mid air Vegeta turned around, paling as one of the scythes came straight at him, throwing his hands up and narrowly catching the blade between them. Struggling to hold the limb at bay he tilted his head to the side, and with a shout of force managed to snap off the blade, using the creature's own weapon against it as he hurled it into its soft body. "You can't be here Viral, get back!"

"Vegeta, focus on the fight! He'll be fine!" Yumi shouted, dashing up as she avoided a set of swinging limbs. She was worried as could be too, but knowing Viral nothing they could say now would deter him. Haku was there, and worst case scenario she or Vegeta could race to his aid as well, as could the others. Like her friend she was becoming a bit weary of just taking off the smaller limbs, seeing no point in bothering with them. The only plus side to it she figured was that the creature couldn't well attack any one person without being hit by another, meaning the larger, more imposing talons and its gaping maw were too confused to strike so far. Maybe she could try and attack it at its core, see if she could put an end to the fight quicker. Placing her hands at her side Yumi moved back out of the creature's range, gathering up Ki at a steady pace between her enclosed hands. "Ka-me... Ha-me... Ha!" Releasing all of the Ki in a single blast she had to brace a little from it, directing the energy into the beast's side in hopes of causing some real damage. For a moment it looked to be working, the creature roared and writhed about as her blast slammed into it, yet after a moment she stopped and saw it hadn't done nearly as much as she'd have hoped. A bit of a burn to be sure, and blood was oozing out, but it was scarcely the gaping wound she was intending to create.

All those people were in real trouble against that thing, but the reason for them fighting was still lost to him. He didn’t know why they would bother with a creature when it looked like it could barely move from the spot, not unless it was something that sapped the life from this seemingly deserted planet. Staring out at them he soon looked to the woman, frowning when she made him out to be the one in the wrong rather than questioning her crew’s strange combat choices. “It’s not that I don’t want it, I-…i-it’s complicated…” Slowly turning around he moved towards the cot, deciding to lean back into a hover and lying down that way. Gently dropping onto it he let out a sigh, closing his eyes for a moment before looking to her again. “I won’t…I won’t. I probably can’t get out of this spot, anyway…” he spoke, ending on a sigh, “Can you remove all my bio-armour, please…? It’s completely broken on the inside after the landing impact and is just making things worse…”

Shu was pretty well strapped on considering the fact he was just strapped on by using his tail, his legs being wrapped around Takeshi wouldn’t exactly be able to prevent absolutely every jolt in their flying. Getting mentally ready for anything that may come their way his eyes soon went to T’charrl who was doubting himself, probably because of his abilities. It was certainly a worry but if T’charrl did end up changing it would probably be for the best considering how strong their friend was, then again Ricken and Sasha didn’t know about it other than the fact that he was tall and skinny when they last saw him. “Friend! I believe in you! You’ll always be strong to me!” Not a moment later had Takeshi flown off with him, his eyes looking back to his friend before forward at the large monster. If they all attacked this thing at once then there would be nothing of it left, hopefully. Copying Takeshi he threw a ball of Ki straight for the creature, managing to hit it but immediately turned his attention to Takeshi he seemed surprised about something. “Ooh? Goopy goop? Is that bad?”

T’charrl didn’t know what he was supposed to do about this, the unknown really catching him off-guard. He hadn’t had to face something this massive before and it scared him, knowing he would have to face an unknown enemy of this size. His natural instincts were telling him to flee from this, his race’s natural predators often being of this size and viciousness. Looking to Takeshi quickly he stared at him with a look of bewilderment, opening his mouth to say something but nothing came out. He had no excuse for feeling this way but as Ricken spoke up about it he couldn’t help but feel guilty, knowing he was holding back this guy by being an unreliable partner. Staring at him as he spoke he lowered his head briefly before turning it into a nod, raising his arms slightly. “I’m sorry…I’m sorry. I won’t let you get hurt either”, he spoke, unsheathing his blades. It wasn’t hard to read how the guy felt about him, he could tell these things just by looking at him and feeling his emotions. Watching Ricken take to the air again he moved around him, trying to keep calm as he watched out for any oncoming attack. As Ricken sliced away one of the arms T’charrl immediately dashed in, catching one of the limbs and slicing it off before it could even rear back and go for Ricken.

Viral wasn’t risking anything even if it meant damaging his health, running off at a fair speed to get to the creature. It didn’t matter if Vegeta denied being his Master, he was still in charge of him and to help the one who was providing him with health and safety. Haku really needed to start thinking like a warrior if he was to be joining them on their journey, especially when they were all expected to take part in the battle. Only looking back for a moment as Haku tore an attacking limb away from his path he couldn’t help but growl in annoyance, coming to a halt and raising his paws as it crashed into a nearby rock. That was a little careless but what was even more so was when Vegeta called him out on his involvement in the battle, getting struck in the process. That’s what he came down there to prevent and there was Vegeta being the most careless by taking his attention away. Watching him he raised his claws, seeing Vegeta deal with it but still insist on limiting his involvement. “You think I will stay up there and watch as you take this thing on?? If anything ever happened to you, Yumi or anyone else then what am I supposed to believe was right??” At least Yumi wasn’t tearing his head off but if he stood around for any longer then he might as well lose it instead. Spinning around he immediately dashed forward, jumping straight for a stray limb before slamming his claws so hard into it the limb tore straight off further up, his claws taking it with them before he threw the limb down.

"Complicated? Kid you don't know complicated, trust me. Go ahead, tell me what's so difficult and maybe I can help." She might as well try and be social with the Frost Demon, even if personally Sasha didn't have much reason to. Tending to his wounds would be far easier if he were relaxed, and that would come in time with some chatting hopefully. Getting the alien onto one of the cots she grabbed the medical kit off the wall, laying it out across the cot beside his. "You're talking like you're trapped here, why is that? I mean... Other than your ship being in tatters," she said, smiling slightly as she gave a nod to his request. Grabbing a pair of scissors Sasha carefully grabbed hold of the armor, slicing through it and beginning to move down his torso as she worked on separating it all. Bloodied and bruised, yet as far as she could tell nothing was broken, at least not terribly so. "You're lucky to be alive, after a crash like that. I've seen tons of ships go down like yours must have and the results have never been pretty, so you're a rare exception," Sasha explained, taking away a large piece of the armor and tossing it aside for now. "What were you running from, exactly? People don't do what you did unless they're trying to escape."

T'charrl could probably use some support, but now was hardly the time for pep talks. Hopefully their friend could find it in himself to fight, he would have to do so for the time being. Though Takeshi and Shu both offered little words of encouragement he was a bit skeptical it had done much good, they would just have go in as they were and hope for the best. Taking to the sky Takeshi began looking for the best point of attack, settling on one of the closer limbs and letting loose a one handed blast, easily tearing through the flesh. To his surprise the creature actually bled when struck, unlike all the others before who just turned to mist when killed. "Yeah... I mean I don't know... I don't know what it means..." Takeshi replied, frowning as he watched the limb continue to writhe before finally settling and hanging limply at the monster's side. So it could bleed, and the limb almost looked like it died whenever they severed one... Huh. Shaking his head the older boy looked back at their target, sizing it up as he stared up at its massive head. With a small smirk he then grabbed a firm hold of Shu, flying up over the creature and beginning to gather Ki rapidly in his one free hand, "Let's blow the thing to pieces buddy! One big attack!" No sooner had he said that did Yumi beat him to the punch, sending a Kamehameha into the creature's side. Watching the attack excitedly he felt his breath catch when there was next to no damage, stunned that an attack like that hardly did anything.

"Good, just keep your head on straight and we'll be fine." That was the last bit of advice Ricken would bother with, he wanted to get down to business and see this creature dead. Taking off into the air he formed a blade of energy around his arm, using it as a makeshift sword as he severed one of the limbs effortlessly. Easy as it may be to take off one arm there were yet dozens more, and each was fitted with those dangerous scythes that could no doubt cause some serious problems if hit by one. Scowling in annoyance Ricken channeled more Ki to his arm, the blade glowing brighter as it took on a dull humming sound. Then, picking out a set of arms he made a slashing motion, a visible wave of energy flying off from the weapon and slicing off four limbs in a clean swoop. Evidently taking off more than one was this things trigger, as pretty quickly it targeted him with a few more to try and overwhelm him. T'charrl had finally remembered himself and took care of one, yet two more remained. Releasing the Ki on his arm Ricken extended both arms forward, gathering more energy and letting loose a two handed blast that engulf and evaporated each tendril, leaving naught but smoldering stubs in their wake.

Vegeta couldn't believe Viral was getting involved, this was utterly absurd. They were so close to curing him, why would he risk becoming involved like this? It was infuriating but there was nothing that could be done for now, everyone was far too engrossed in the battle. Cursing loudly he turned his focus back onto the beast, using the after-image technique to avoid an incoming scythe and putting himself closer to the monster, close enough to reach out and touch it. He now hovered in the spot where Yumi had blasted, and the smell of burnt flesh was nauseating at this distance. Figuring he had an idea however Vegeta stayed, pulling back a fist and letting it loose in the epicenter of the attack, his hand managing to pierce the skin and drive itself beyond the surface. Immediately gagging at the noxious odors coming out he yanked his arm free, moving away and looking at the thick purple ooze that now covered his hand. "It looks like its got a strong hide, we need to weaken it with blasts before striking!" he shouted, shaking his hand clean with a frown. That was helpful, but they still didn't know where the kill point was, or if this thing even had one. The heart, an internal organ, the brain, anything that could provide a swift end to this. Vegeta considered striking at the head but then the talons became an issue, and if that beast shrieked again it was almost paralyzing, so someone could be caught out and end up dead for it. Damn it all, there had to be a way to do this.

The Frost Demon frowned at her logic, not seeing it as particularly encouraging when he was supposed to be the one keeping secrets to himself; however, it wasn’t as if she was going anywhere and he wasn’t going to be able to fly away anytime soon. “Your ally said you’re rebels, right…? Rebels…hmm, I don’t think I could be called that myself, regarding my situation…”He didn’t know what to call himself whether criminal or rebel, but either way it was a little difficult to know if she was completely friendly or if he was in trouble just from being here. Frowning when she cut through his armour he looked away. “Well, you’re never going to let me go after all this, are you? I wouldn’t either. Then again…do you want me causing you further trouble…?” He didn’t know what to tell her regarding his luck in the crash other than he’s a survivor, the fact that he was alive being the best reason to feel glad it happened as it did. Looking to his broken armour he frowned when she decided further questioning was the way to go. He didn’t have much to lose at this point and maybe they weren’t interested in money, being rebels and all. “You know my kind. We’re not exactly the most beloved race in the galaxy…” he spoke lowly, “Hunters and the Galactic Police alike are always trying to hunt down members of my race, forcing us into crime to survive. I don’t blame them, we are incredibly powerful…I don’t even know my own potential…”

Shu was fairly confident T’charrl could handle himself now but maybe it was their fault for expecting he was ready to fight such big creatures as he was now. Their friend wasn’t used to fighting with them despite all the training he went through and if there was enemies that were too different from what he was used to then they might appear frightening. He didn’t mind fighting against something like this, it was no different from other monsters they might encounter or the dinosaurs back home, only this thing had many limbs that needed chopping away. Shu didn’t know why this one bled but if that helped defeat it then he was all for getting rid of it before everything got too over the top. “Maybe it mean it gonna die now and not disappear!” Keeping balanced on Takeshi he lifted his hand up as well, getting ready to fire his attack with Takeshi. “I’m ready!” Before he could think about throwing his attack Yumi had already gone ahead with one, blasting it hard but hardly creating a sizzle. It didn’t seem large attacks worked very well on this, but judging by everybody’s attacks doing quick slices certainly worked; however, it wasn’t going to help when he didn’t know how to make attacks like that with what he had. “Ooh! What do we do? Fly-fly and slice but how do you make Ki do slice?”

T’charrl was going to do his duty and keep Ricken safe from the blades, knowing that he wasn’t going to be able to grow his limbs back if he lost them judging by the metal arm he appeared to have. It was only his race that regenerated, it seemed. Flying away and keeping an attack off Ricken he spun around again, facing Ricken and the monster as he took care of a fair number of limbs in a couple of attacks. If this creature wasn’t going to be able to get an attack through then everything should be okay, nothing too hard hopefully. Immediately flying up towards its head now that it was clearing he vanished momentarily, reappearing again and immediately flying up towards the creature’s body. If that area could be weakened then maybe another attack on its hide would help a powerful blast through; however, his blades were hardly able to force their way through and he had to retreat soon after. They were hurting more than helping him and that was no good, his worry that even one attack could disable him pretty badly when he had the weakest frame of all the warriors.

Viral knew he was still strong enough to fight against such creatures when he had done before, even taking on a colossus even if he didn’t finish it off. He was still angry that he never had any victories and maybe if he could just get one more before the end then he would be satisfied. Taking down the limb through brute force he landed and spun around, growling in annoyance at the disgusting blood on his paws. It smelled foul and not like blood at all. Not wanting to take a moment to contemplate its smell he turned his attention to the creature again, seeing one of the limbs come into try and crush him at the last moment. Not having enough time to get out of its way he instead raised his arms and caught it, grunting as it nearly slammed him completely off his feet. Keeping a hold of it despite the creature trying to pull it up again he instead squeezed it, digging his claws into its flesh before making a vicious pull and yanking it right off; however, instead of letting it go he instead threw it at the monster to use its own force built up from the tug against it.

The Frost Demon was being terribly vague with all of this, eluding to some situation that he wasn't giving any detail on whatsoever. Were Sasha not trying to help him right now she'd probably be impatient and demand he be straightforward, but the questions could wait for a bit. Tossing away a scrap of the ruined armor she gave the Frost Demon a funny look, letting out a sigh as she shook her head and placed a hand on her hip. "Now why wouldn't we let you go? Sure, we'll want answers about what's going on, but after that we don't mind what you do. Stay if you want, or go off on your own, it doesn't bother us much." They weren't the police and they certainly weren't going to start turning into bounty hunters, chasing after questionable people. The way that the boy behaved Sasha was certain he was hiding something, and with a bit of questioning later she may be able to coax an answer out of him. Managing to cut all the way down the middle of the armor she grabbed both ends, parting it easily and sliding the now split armor off of the alien, placing it all in a pile. "So what if you're a Frost Demon? I have allies who are Saiyans, and everyone thinks they're the absolute worst in the galaxy. Just because some people are terrible doesn't mean everyone is," Sasha said, smiling as she set the scissors in the box and grabbed a vial of healing gel and some bandages. "Maybe you'll tell me this much," she continued, opening the vial and grabbing the alien's arm, beginning to apply some of the gel onto his wounds, "What's your name?"

So blasting this thing wasn't really going to work, at least not in of itself. Damn shame too, that was more or less Takeshi's go to mode of attack. If they couldn't blast away then they'd have to hit it head on, and somehow he doubted punching a monster this size was going to do all that much. They were making progress hacking away the limbs though, at this rate they might even manage to get them all. "Uh... Ki slices...? Like the sword?" he asked, looking back at Shu puzzled before frowning. Damn, he had no idea how Ricken was doing that, and he didn't have his sword on him either! He hadn't brought it since Vegeta had argued it could give the wrong message, but damn if he didn't wish he had it now. "Eh, we don't need that! What we were doing will work fine, just keep blowing its arms apart!" With Ki gathering in his palm Takeshi flew back down at the creature, reaching out and releasing a volley of blasts as he and Shu swept across the side and back of the monster. With his more erratic attack style he wasn't near as accurate, but a few limbs were struck and fell to the ground with a satisfying thud. Heh, this was actually getting to be sort of fun.

Haku wasn't quite sure how, but they were actually doing this. The monster was struggling to keep track of everything attacking it so all they had to deal with was the tendrils, and they were easy enough to kill off. Sure, everyone was on high alert and one single misstep could see you getting cut in two, but thus far things were going well for them. He had even managed to land a few good shots, claiming four or five disembodied limbs now to his name. Having Viral by his side was actually proving to be a bit of a reassurance too, what with the Beastman's impressive power; even in his poor condition Viral managed to tear a limb clean off, something none of them could probably do. Watching astonished as he hit the creature with its own severed limb he prepared another blast, freezing when the tendrils suddenly stopped flailing about and curled up against the body of the beast, then the frills of the monster closed around its head, leaving it sitting there like a gruesome flower waiting to bloom. Staring up at it baffled Haku nearly thought they had managed to win when the frills abruptly parted, another loud, piercing shriek echoing around the area as thick spews of slabber flew from the creatures mouth, its tendrils seeming to retract into its body. Then, alarmingly, the creature sank down some, now its head and main limbs all that was visible, as well as a slight portion of its body. Something seemed different too, it looked like it was trying to pick a target. "Oh crap..."

Vegeta's sentiments exactly, as a second later the monster took a big swing at him, its talons slicing through the air in his direction. Eyes widening in shock he extended his arms to try and catch the hit, doing so but being pushed back quite a lot in the process. Grunting with effort he used his Ki to slow his movement, grunting as he finally made the creature come to a standstill again. Then, from above he could feel the rush of air, instinctively diving away as the other claw came down on top of where he was, slamming into the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust. Looking up at the monster warily he frowned, wondering what in the world caused it to change the way it was fighting. Had it learned that quickly not to attack as it was? "Be on your guard everyone, something's changed!" To no doubt everyone' shock the monster turned its head towards Ricken, its eyes flashing before it opened its maw, a quick, wide ray of dark energy spewing out in a blast at him. Thankfully the rebel managed to dodge it, and the attack hit a small cliff some dozen meters away, smashing into it and blowing it to pieces as chunks of stone rained down around the area. So it could use energy now? And it hit very hard, things had just become much more dangerous.

"Seriously... What the hell are we even fighting...?" Yumi mumbled, shaking her head in disbelief at their situation. They had never seen something like this before, not in all of their travels together as a group. Was it something native to Namek? She doubted it, no way this thing could be native anywhere, it had to be another one of those strange creatures. Now with it suddenly taking on a whole new way of battle too she almost dared to think it might be intelligent, at least enough to figure out a better way to fight them. Something this strong, this large, this quick to think, she really wasn't thrilled with the prospect of fighting anymore. In just two attacks it had come perilously close to taking down both Vegeta and Ricken too, what else was it going to do? "Well... It's less for us to have to kill now, so that's good," Yumi said, smiling nervously as she poised for battle, "I guess we'll go the simple route and hit it until it stops moving? Sound like a plan everyone?"

On account of what he had been doing with his life up to this point the Frost Demon didn’t really want to spill too many details, instead being fairly brief when it called for it. He wasn’t asking for pity or wanting her to think any less of him, but then again this was the type of crowd that would probably tell him to get over it. They were strangers and that was it, not people who wanted to hear that sort of stuff. Frowning at her words he let out a groan, finding what she said to be a little too confusing for his liking. “I don’t even know you people”, he muttered, looking away before closing his eyes, “Your friends want to interrogate me, anyway…but, I don’t blame them. I don’t even know how you found me…” They were missing out on a pretty big reward if they really were going to let him go, but then again maybe it was a benefit as well if they saw no advantage to turning him in. He would have to think about that aspect and maybe come up with a plan, but first he was more concerned with his health and not feeling like he just got blown up with a planet. “Saiyans…hmm, I did hear one took over the Planet Trade Organization…or rebranded it…I don’t know, I don’t even know if I care enough…” Watching her for a moment he took care to not try and yank his arm away if things got too painful for him, wincing at first. “Agh! M-My name? Uhh, Kiton…yeah. Who are you people, though?”

Shu wanted to know how to do what Ricken did but then again if he even tried to form his Ki it would probably explode knowing his luck. He wasn’t entirely positive he was going to be able to learn it but he sure did have the desire to try and understand it and maybe Takeshi could do it and show him later. All of these Ki techniques did interest him, not only because they were bright and destructive, however. Raising his hand again he threw a ball of Ki at the creature to keep Takeshi happy he didn’t see how it was possibly doing anything to help, but at least he was doing something. “We should had brought your sword! Swish swish!” Shu hoped he was doing something but from the looks of it nothing was actually happening with his own but everyone else was doing well. Gasping when Viral suddenly threw one of the limbs at the creature he held onto Takeshi tight, looking to the big creature as it suddenly halted its behaviour. Looking to it curiously he let out a squeak when it suddenly shrieked, holding his ears as the creature suddenly started to change. He didn’t know what was going on with it now but it was definitely getting dangerous for all of them.

Viral was ready to keep attacking even in his condition, keeping control over himself only because he wasn’t being harmed. He had focus otherwise and felt he was doing pretty well with it when he managed to use his increased strength from his illness against the creature. Even if it was just parts of his forms the abilities they had continued through into his normal form, even if it was hard to control and rather painful. Looking up at the creature he watched as it instead changed its form, his eyes going down to his paws momentarily. So that’s why it smelled so bad; the thing was practically a giant plant spawning those things. How that Frost Demon had managed to carry it to Namek he didn’t know, but it had a lot to explain to them. “Vegeta! It’s not like those monsters! It’s a spawning plan-!” Before he could even finish what he was saying the monster let out another piercing shriek, the sound of it being so loud and strong against his sensitive hearing that he collapsed, falling forward onto his face as he became stunned.

T’charrl felt that shriek all over, shivering before he grabbed hold on his head as he flew backwards. That noise really didn’t help him at all and by the looks of Viral it definitely didn’t help him. Finding it hard to recover as he got the shivers all over he shook himself quickly, his eyes immediately going to the creature that immediately started acting bizarrely. Watching it for a moment his eyes quickly went to the others, trying to see what they were doing before a sudden burst of energy came out of the monster’s maw and almost hitting Ricken. That was very close but very close wasn’t going to cut it; either they kill it now before it killed one of them. Spinning around again he looked to Yumi who quickly shouted orders, his eyes quickly going to back to the monster. “Whatabout the eyes?? We should blind it so it doesn’t see us to target us in the first place!”

"We found you by tracking your ship, to a point at least. We were coming here to Namek anyways too so I guess it's just convenient you happened to be here as well." Sasha explained, smiling slightly as she applied more of the gel, "And you hardly have to know someone to get along. Like I said, we're not the enemy here, we've got enough of those to go making more too. As long as you don't do wrong by us you're fine." If they were the Saiyans then the Frost Demon would be dead already, probably killed simply because he was an inconvenience. That in of itself ought to be testament enough the rebels were of a different breed, that they weren't going to turn on someone when they were down and hurt. The topic of the Saiyans was never something she loved to get into, but this time around she felt it necessary to make their own stance perfectly clear. "Yeah, they did, and we're trying to beat them. The one who took it over, Yamate, is the King of Saiyans and he's a really awful man. We've been trying to get him out of power for months now," Sasha said as she began wrapping the alien's arm in a bandage. "Kiton huh? That's an interesting name, and like I said, we're rebels. We're the ones trying to keep the Planet Trade from going on under the Saiyans, we're trying to get rid of it altogether I guess. It's a bit idealistic I know but we've been making progress." Once Kiton's arm was wrapped in bandages she moved about treating his chest and shoulders, finding little injuries all over. "My name is Sasha, by the way. You're lucky we found you when we did, things looked pretty bad down there."

Takeshi really hated the notion of asking Ricken for anything, but he'd love to know the energy-blade technique he was using. It could be something wholly his own though, and if that was the case chances were the guy wouldn't share a single tidbit of information on it. They would have to just make due with their regular Ki attacks and his... Sword. "Well I woulda brought it with us if I thought we were killing this thing," the older boy remarked, frowning as he let out a sigh, "Woulda been real good practice too, damn." Casual banter had to come to a halt as the creature began screaming again, the sound making it feel like something was being drilled into Takeshi's ears. Covering them uselessly he cringed, clasping his hands over his ears tight as he could as he watched the monster begin to change itself. At least the few dozen tendrils weren't a problem anymore, but now those big trunks of arms were swinging, and apparently quite hard as Vegeta struggled to fend off an attack. Getting ready to charge an energy blast Takeshi's eyes widened seeing energy gathering in the monster's mouth, reflexively moving away to keep him and Shu well out of the blast range. It wasn't aimed at them but Ricken, and thankfully the rebel was quick enough to get out of the way, and good thing too; a sizable rock was blown to absolute bits from the blast, being hit by one of those would really suck.

This wasn't right, the creatures had never been this sentient before. What was it about this one that was so different? Much as Vegeta tried to apply logic to this he simply couldn't, there had never been an encounter like this before. To make matters worse the creature was changing its attack pattern, just when they had been falling into a rhythm of dealing with the tendrils too. Hearing Viral shouting for him he waited to hear what had to be said, gasping when the creature shrieked and cut off the Beastman. Once the screaming had stopped he looked down to his friend, paling seeing Viral knocked out from the shout. To make matters even worse the monster appeared to acknowledge this and was taking a swipe at their fallen friend, getting dangerously close to cleaving him in two. Were it not for the timely intervention of Haku grabbing Viral and moving away he'd probably have been killed then and there. The situation had just become quite dire, they had no idea how to attack this creature and yet the need to slay it was even greater than before. "Yumi... With all due respect that is a terrible plan," Vegeta interjected, frowning as he stared up at the creature. There had to be a better plan of attack, a way to weaken it. Fortunately T'charrl was the voice of reason then, suggesting they blind the beast with their attacks. It could backfire, it could attack erratically if blinded and that would be dangerous as well, but with no other recourse it was their best bet. "We'll try that! Everyone, avoid its talons and go for the eyes, we'll take away its vision!"

"So we're blinding it? Sounds easy enough!" Yumi said halfheartedly, smiling as she gathered Ki between her hands again, forming a decent sized ball before flying up into the air. With the energy fizzling away she hefted the orb above her head and tossed it down, aiming straight for the creature's face in an attempt to get to its eyes. Disappointingly however it appeared savvy to their idea, an arm rising up to take the blast and protect its face instead. Shoulder sinking some she looked at the monster in disbelief, absolutely confused as to how it could know what they were doing. Did it understand them? Watching as it turned on her and began to open its mouth Yumi gasped, flying up higher to try and keep well out of the monster's range, seeing the energy welling up within its maw. As it looked like it was about to fire the monster suddenly roared in pain, its head lifting up reflexively as the blast shot skyward and exploded well overhead; looking back down she could see Ricken at the monster's side, burying his arm in its flesh just behind the frills.

"You like that, you freak?!" Ricken snapped, pulling out his arm as he grinned and gathered Ki around his limb again, "Here! Have more!" Driving his arm back through the flesh he grunted from the resistance the hard skin gave, shouting as he pushed further and managed to pierce the outer skin. Then, fueling his energy he gave a shout and tore his arm down, creating a meter long gash on its neck before ultimately pulling his arm free. So they either needed really sharp edges for the hide or they had to burn away the protective layers before striking, that seemed to be the case. Smiling smugly Ricken let out a gasp as the monster began bucking, grabbing hold of its skin as he tried to keep from being thrown off. There wasn't much to grab onto, and after a moment the rebel was sent tumbling off, being smacked by the monster and sent crashing into a nearby cliff.

Kiton just wanted to know how they managed to do such a thing, essentially saving his life when the planet was uncharted already. He was worried that he would be stuck on the planet until he managed to find a map to the nearest planet. “Well…thanks. My kind may be able to survive in Space without aid, but whether I found my way…I don’t know”. The gel was really soothing and making everything feel so much better very quickly, but he still felt weak. He needed time to recover, but whether they’d dislike his presence after the trouble he caused he didn’t quite know. These people were essentially strangers and he didn’t want to intrude or cause them further trouble. “King of Saiyans…? To be honest, I didn’t know there was still a lot around, I mean after-umm…well uhh, what our Emperor did…” Frowning he stared down at his arm, watching it being wrapped up before weakly smiling. “Yeah, uhh…my race don’t keep family names anymore, we take names from other races nowadays. Trying to get rid of the Planet Trade is a little…ambitious, isn’t it? Won’t those worlds fall into disorder…?” he questioned her, finding it all too much of a task for this many people; then again, there was probably thousands of them elsewhere or at least he hoped there was. “I barely know what happened. Were they after me…? They ambushed me on the ship. I fought them off for days, just trying to control the ship. They don’t seem like the kind of monsters interested in money, at least…”

Shu had to really clasp his ears for that horrible noise but thankfully he wasn’t left deafened despite how close he was. Holding onto Takeshi tight he stared at the monster, getting a fright when it suddenly blasted Ricken before throwing down an attack for their fallen friend. While Haku did manage to grab him he felt confused to how they were supposed to deal with it. He didn’t quite catch what Viral tried to say but it must’ve been important if he felt the need to speak up. Looking around to try and figure out what to do he soon looked to his friend hovering a little further away, coming up with a fair good plan. “Ooh! Bad eyes! Get them!”

Viral was completely stunned, staring out blankly with no response. It was always something catching him out but this time he could had expected it if he was focusing on the creature. Hardly being aware that he had been moved he soon flinched, waking up again as if coming out after an electric shock. He didn’t know where he was or what was happening only that Haku had grabbed him. His hearing and vision was gradually coming back again, his paw moving to his head as everything started to come back to him.

T’charrl was sure he would be able to accomplish this but he would need to be faster than he was before. He knew it was dangerous when that thing had teeth, seeing how he had a lot of experience when it came to creatures with snapping maws. Feeling thankful that everybody else was complying with his plan he immediately started flying again, watching Ricken carefully but not trusting what he was doing. He shouldn’t be that close and taking that long, he was not guarded and there was no way T’charrl could get in that close. Wanting to warn him of the impending danger he yelped when Ricken was smacked away, smashing into a cliff. Hissing angrily he immediately turned around, throwing himself towards the beast’s head and trying to smash his blade into one of its eye, his attempt to blind it being made hastily but very quickly.

Surviving in space or not, all of these injuries weren't going to be pleasant regardless of where Kiton found himself. Sasha was fair convinced too had they not come along then the Frost Demon would be dead right now, so for that much he should be grateful. With the gel covering a fair portion of his injuries things ought to start healing up fairly soon, at least the exterior injuries. While the gel could even heal torn muscles and ligaments at the surface it was a mere shadow of the stuff in the tank, meaning if there were any serious internal problems it wouldn't do much good. "It is ambitious, and when my brother Ricken and I joined we even thought it was stupid. But you know what?" she asked, smiling as she began wrapping bandages around Kiton's midsection, "We've seen it work, and we know the plan can work out now. Once the rebels are taken off of a world we leave rebels there to help rebuild, and worlds have been helping each other out once freed; supplies, manpower, resources, it's kind of amazing how everyone's coming together after the Saiyans. Every time we've freed a world so far it's just gotten back to what it was doing before, no chaos. Maybe we've been lucky, but I'm hoping it keeps going that way." There was always concern that freed planets might have a hard time, and while idealistically they would like to help everyone their numbers were nowhere near vast enough for such a feat; either other planets offered to help their freed brethren or the rebels were made to try and do so, with as minimal help as they were able to offer. "No, they only seem like they want to eat you," Sasha retorted, smiling slightly as she applied bandages to Kiton's injured leg as well, "Weird that they would chase you though. Where were you that they ended up on your ship?"

Takeshi hadn't a clue how they were going to fight this thing, his usual plan of "just blow it up" probably not working here. By the looks of it they would have to be a bit more tactical, a department he was usually sorely lacking in. One benefit of fighting in a group though was he didn't necessarily have to come up with the plan, there were others to do that for him. Hearing what T'charrl had in mind he smiled eagerly, giving a nod of agreement as he looked back up at the monster. "Good idea T'charrl, let's poke its eyes out!" Just some well placed blasts ought to do it, they didn't really have anything on them otherwise to hit the creature with. Before any of them could get to action Ricken went ahead and dove in, doing what Takeshi could only guess to be was trying to distract the thing. It worked for a good moment as the monster was focused on the rebel, but in an instant his plan went south quick. Watching amazed as Ricken was thrown away and smacked like a fly his mouth hung open slightly, astonished he'd been so quickly knocked away like that. There wasn't a ton of time to go check on him though, as T'charrl took that as all the incentive he needed to go in himself. Watching their friend warily he smiled seeing a blade make its way into the beast's eye, a loud howl telling them it more than worked. Hoping to take advantage of the moment, taking up Ki in his hand and firing a blast right down at the opposite eye; with the monster flailing about again he missed though, the blast smashing into the ground just behind it and creating a small crater as a result. "Crap! T'charrl, get back!"

This really wasn't quite what Haku expected out of this fight, but at least he was being of use. Narrowly escaping becoming a pancake by the skin of their teeth he landed a decent distance from the fight, easing Viral back onto his feet as they came down from the air. He looked awfully shaken from that, though everyone was probably suffering a bit of disorientation from having their eardrums assaulted. "Jeez... This thing is freaking unbelievable..." he mumbled, raising his hands and rubbing at his ears gingerly. When the monster roared from being stabbed he immediately covered them again, easing up when he realized it wasn't one of those shrieks again. Well that was a relief, though at this point even a whisper would probably hurt. One look over at the behemoth and he could see what had been done to it, the blood dripping from its face a dead giveaway. Blinding it huh? Not something he would have thought of, but then that's why he wasn't the one making the plans here. Smiling uneasily Haku turned back to Viral, not sure if they should be trying to get in on this or not. "Er... I can fly you in... If you want. We're going for the eyes now," he explained, trying to fill in Viral quickly.

Kiton was not convinced that taking out the main boss was not going to do anything, especially when taking out their Emperor did no favours for his race, planet or the planets under his control. The lead just got switched to the second in command and if this King had any sense he would have heirs and people who could take control when he was gone or possibly killed. They would need to do a lot of work going to planet to planet taking care of any possible rebellion that may spark up eventually, but it was definitely something they could do in time. He just didn’t trust the transition very well because of what he had been taught previously, something his entire race probably knew about. Seen it work…but it’s still to be put to practice on a large scale, huh? How many planets does the King own, anyway…?” Whether they would help each other or not was another question, finding it too convenient that people would even think to help one another after a time of hardship. “Maybe some benefitted under his rule…or maybe they won’t want to do anything at all. They would be looking for a new King, probably…” He didn’t know if it was selfishness he was taking this from or what but he wasn’t prepared to put confidence that these planets would recover from long term rule by someone who was off-planet. Raising his head a little to look at her he soon dropped it again, letting out a sigh. “I was at some space port picking up some supplies and…I guess someone recognised me. However they spotted me I don’t know since I was the shortest one there”, he mumbled, finding it awfully sore to try and recall, “Chased me all the way to the ships and continued trying to flee the alien but after a while they just sort of…gave up. Maybe they knew I had stolen the stuff, but nobody saw-…umm…i-it’s not my fault, anyway. If they didn’t chase me I would’ve haggled it already…”

T’charrl knew he should’ve been able to protect Ricken from that attack if he just pulled him away in time but he barely got to react to it. He wanted to help him but now he had failed his temporary partner. The best tactic he had now was to attack the monster in the only way he knew best, using his speed to get in quickly and blind the creature. He wasn’t going to be very good with long ranged attacks when this thing seemed impervious to them. He wasn’t going to have strong attacks from afar so all he could rely on was his own bones and how strong they were in his blades. He didn’t have much practice since gaining the mutation but it was no different than handling a sword that happened to be attached to him. Throwing his arm forward once he got close enough he felt the blade collide with the eye, piercing it in a rather disgusting manner. Getting ready to throw his other blade into the beast he was soon flailed around with the beast, finding it hard to detach himself from it before he immediately sheathed his blade, managing to force his way out and sending himself spinning in the air from the momentum before catching himself upside down.

As Viral was finally placed down on his feet again he held his head for a moment as his senses came back, staring at the floor before his eyes went to Haku. He didn’t know what happened but he wasn’t feeling too sore even with his ears ringing, Haku’s voice being mostly drowned out by it. Letting out a groan before slapping his ear he shook his head, just getting angry that he had been made a fool off by falling like that. Looking back at the creature he growled lowly, its form gradually coming back to him as he finally managed to see what was going on. If he could get up there himself he should be able to take out the second eye without having to rely on the only other one with blades, seeing as how the other had disappeared somewhere. It was going to be really risky for his health but the thrill of battle was already getting to be too much for him to resist. It helped that they were finally on the planet where his cure lay, the worry of madness being eased knowing how close he was now. Looking down for a moment his eyes soon went to Haku, narrowing his gaze before looking up at the creature. “Great, the eyes…should’ve done that before…” he spoke before looking to Haku again, “Fly me up and throw me at its head. We can’t rely on only one for this…”

"Oh some people have definitely profited, don't get me wrong. There's some of our people who profited off of what the King was doing, but once our people were freed they were imprisoned and lost whatever they got from the Saiyans. It only takes a single person to let the King in, but it takes a whole army to get him out. The way we see it is that these people were fine before Yamate went in and took over, and only he is befitting from their being conscripted, so it just makes sense to free them. They can rule themselves, they don't need some foreign king telling them what to do." If the freed people wanted to instill a ruler after the fact fine, how they governed themselves wasn't really the concern of the rebellion. Ideally every world would have a fair and just ruler, but the reality of the situation would probably be anything but. Much as Sasha would like to see every peoples get to enjoy their lives she knew ultimately some would suffer, that was just how the world worked. Putting on the last of the bandages Sasha took a step back, examining her handy work to make sure Kiton was properly covered up, smiling satisfied to herself. Now that the injuries were seen to perhaps they could get an explanation now, she did want to know what the situation was. No doubt their superiors would too, and she would need something to tell them when they got back. "If you were just picking up supplies though why would someone chase you? Unless you did something to them?" she questioned, folding her arms as she scrutinized the Frost Demon, "You stole... So you mean to tell me you near killed yourself fleeing over a few supplies? Was it worth it?"

Ricken was awfully sore after being smacked, but far from out of the fight. Annoying he'd been hit too, his arm had only just stopped bleeding and now it was acting up again. Grunting as he pulled himself out from the rubble he glared over at the monster, only being able to watch as T'charrl successfully managed to take out one of its eyes, one of six anyways. They still had a ways to go if they were going to totally blind this thing but at least they had gotten a start. Unable to wholly pull himself out of the rocks he channeled a bit of Ki, releasing it all around him and vaporizing the immediate area, flying out as it crumbled behind him. Things weren't going too terribly for them yet he was sure it would still be a pain to take this monster down, it always was. Flying back out he only gave a passing glance at T'charrl as he was sent flying, seeing no reason to help as the alien managed to stop himself in mid-air. Gathering up energy again Ricken winced as he put strain on his arm, pretty sure it was dislocated or at the very least bruised from the impact. The monster had still been staring at T'charrl when it noticed him nearby, but before it could lash out he shot his attack, grinning as it raised an arm to block the energy again. Rather than have it explode on impact however he reached out and made a squeezing motion with his hand, the orb compressing before bursting, creating a blinding flash that caught the monster off-guard and managed to make it drop its guard, howling as it writhed about on the spot.

This was a pretty unusual fight for Haku, it almost felt like things were progressing in stages. First all of the little monsters, then the big monster was using all of the tendrils and now this, usually wild creatures like this were just swing and bite until either you died or they did. If more of these things were living on Namek he really wanted nothing to do with the planet, fighting another after this would really suck. He took a little solace in the fact he'd successfully kept Viral from being harmed, albeit that was going to be pretty quickly worth nothing with the request the man had in mind. Having only just set them down Haku looked over at his partner curiously as he spoke, curiosity changing to alarm and uncertainty at his idea. "W-Wait... You want me to do what...?" he asked, frowning as he looked at the behemoth again. Was that really such a good idea? It was pretty mad at being blinded, getting that close to it could be really problematic. They did get an opening though, courtesy of Ricken in the form of temporarily blinding it with a bright light. Seeing it as the only chance, and not wanting Viral to get angry with him, Haku begrudgingly grabbed hold of the Beastman and flew towards the monster with him, climbing steadily to come up to head level with it. Once they were high enough he reeled back, swinging his body and throwing Viral up at its head in the process, smiling nervously when the man landed. Hopefully he knew what he was doing, because Haku sure as hell didn't.

Nor did Vegeta, who had been preoccupied in trying to keep the monster from tearing T'charrl in two to see Viral at first. When he did finally catch sight of the Beastman as he flew by in his peripherals. Staring dumbfounded at Viral perched on top of the monster he shot a quick glare Haku's way, furious they were doing anything even remotely that dangerous. They were close to getting the Beastman cured, sure, but that didn't mean now was okay to throw all caution to the wind, betting on his getting better regardless. Groaning audibly he flew up to the monster, seeing the only course of action being to keep it from attacking his friend. Gathering Ki in both hands he threw each at various spots on the creature, annoying it further and dodging an incoming swipe at his person. "Keep it away from Viral! Just do what you can!" he shouted, diving in further and going for the arm itself. Aiming for the shoulder of the beast he flew just up over it, flipping over and coming back down with a hard kick with the back of his leg, striking it hard enough to make it stumble some. Swinging his body around 180 degrees Vegeta landed another kick, the force making the creature sway to the other side as he struck it.

"So just go nuts then huh? We can do that!" Takeshi said, grinning as he glanced back at Shu, "Buddy, I want you to just start blasting it, got me? I'll move you shoot, just keep shooting. Viral's doing something and we've gotta get his back here!" It'd be some fun target practice for the little guy too, so long as he didn't send himself flying off with one of his own attacks. Wrapping both his arms around Shu's legs just for good measure the older boy flew back in, tauntingly making a raspberry sound at the monster and laughing as one of its arms swung quite far off from them, being knocked off balance courtesy of Vegeta. On the other side of them Yumi was going to work too, constantly smashing into the creature's back and making it teeter unevenly with her and Vegeta's strikes combined. Hopefully Viral could steady himself up there, but as long as they kept this up it shouldn't hit him.

Ktion saw no reason why the people of those planets would suddenly become best friends to each other and have tons of wealth through donations and supplies. He didn’t know who would take over their planets and whether the rebels would assign someone or take control themselves. It was not exactly a very good plan in his eyes but what did he know other than nothing at all about politics. “Do you have a single leader in the rebellion? Maybe they plan on taking over everything…” he sighed, “Not sure if that’ll be a good or bad thing…” He wasn’t paying attention enough to know whether it was a good or bad thing on everyone else’s account. Maybe he should’ve been paying attention but to be someone like him meant the political state of planets was no big deal. Now that he was all wrapped up he made an effort to try and sit up a little, not even getting to lift his head before he had to drop it again. Groaning lightly he looked back to Sasha who was giving him a fairly sharp look, not looking happy at all. Blushing lightly he frowned, looking away. “I-…well, it’s something I…always have to do. At least not when I’m paying to keep my ship in good check. Not that it matters anymore now that it’s a wreck…” he sighed, looking back to Sasha, “I’m a bounty hunter myself when I’m not being chased down. Only way to survive, you know…? Sometimes I have to take things when I’m not making money, sometimes don’t. I know bounty hunting is illegal, but what else can I use my strength and speed in? Being born an outlaw didn’t help matters, you know…”

T’charrl felt a little confused to where he ended up but once regaining his bearings he flipped himself around again and turned his attention back at the monster. This thing was taking a lot and it was definitely taking a fair bit out of him at the same time. He wasn’t used to fighting something this large and the smell of the blood was making him a little lightheaded. Trying to shake it off he didn’t notice Ricken had returned and blocked an attack for him, not until the orb he had sent at it exploded in a bright flash. It was certainly bright for him too but he couldn’t care about that right now, rubbing his head to try and regain his senses before flying off again. Instead of retreating for now he dove at the monster again, flying around it and avoiding the waving limbs as he tried to slice it open all over, moving rapidly while trying to take advantage of it being blind.

Viral was doing all he could do to take down this creature, finding it hard to understand why he should sit out of it just because he couldn’t fly or was going through a genetic illness. He was just as capable as anybody even with his illness and what was even better was he had a lot of ways to slice this beast up even if it was too risky to use his own energy against it. The others were completely useless with their Ki and the only others who seemed to know what to do was the alien and the rebel. “Just take me up there already! Don’t question it!” When Haku finally complied he kept a hold of him as well, watching the beast incase it lashed out at them while they were climbing. Staring at it he waited until he was the perfect height before letting go as he was swung around, falling through the air with his claws out first before he crashed into the creature, his claws digging into its hide.

Managing to hold on fairly well he started to hop towards its face, hearing the others offer him up support on the field. Making sure to keep his balance on the beast he tried to move forward, holding ready before attempting to use his energy. A violent wave of it coursed through his body as he tried to bring it to the surface, almost throwing him off balance before he tried to force it to manifest. His energy truly was becoming untameable but he had to try and force it to form if this was going to work when his own blade wasn’t long enough. Growling angrily as it coursed through his body he finally managed to direct it into his paws, the energy forming into two katanas before he drove one down into the head of the beast and the other down into above its eye, trying to disconnect its sight rather than directly horizontally only to risk falling off.

"We do have a single leader, sort of. There's our Commander, Korian and I guess he's in charge of all of our forces. But then there's Sayomi who's in charge of communications and basically all of the intel. There's Leto who is the one training our troops, then Ricken and I are the go-to pair for those three. I suppose if there was one overall leader I'd say it's Korian, but he's said himself he's got no desire to rule after the King, so we're hardly worried about it. I doubt anyone here would support trading one king for another anyways, he'd never get the chance." While planet trading would hardly come to a close with just Yamate taken care of it would be a sizable portion of it, and once the Saiyans hopefully were against it as a whole people would be far less willing to try such a thing, lest they have the Saiyans knocking at their door. It was intimidation in its simplest form, and while Sasha wasn't overly fond of it she could certainly appreciate what having the empire on their side could mean. As Korian had argued before there were plenty of people who followed the King out of fear, and if he was gone more likely than not they would swear allegiances to another just like that. But never mind the future, Sasha was more concerned with the here and now; Why had Kiton been running, and what from? There were a lot of unclear details here, and for their helping him she figured it only fair he share. Hearing his story she frowned at the conclusion, looking in the direction of fighting as she felt a series of energy spikes. How was the battle going, she wondered. Part of her was compelled to rush in and help, but she had been asked to mind Kiton and she would. "What if you joined the rebellion...?" Sasha asked, smiling as she looked at the Frost Demon, "We've let more questionable people into our ranks before and they worked out, I don't see why you wouldn't also."

This idea of throwing Viral into the fray was ridiculous, but Haku felt more compelled to do as he was told than argue against it. If anything were to happen to Viral now it would be on him and the others would really have it in for him, so he would have to do his best to prevent anything from happening. Everyone else was going into it in earnest, smacking away at the monster to keep it too busy to defend itself. If that's what was going on then he'd have to join in, even if he didn't want to. Once certain Viral was steady and safe Haku dove down, going a bit lower than the others as he deliberated over what to do. Everyone seemed to be blasting it, yet it wasn't doing very much for any of them. Nor did he have a blade to slash away with, so he'd have to try something else. Getting an idea he hastily gathered up what Ki he could, his level of energy not being nearly what everyone else had. He didn't need much though, not for his idea. Once he had gathered enough power, his body glowing with a light hue, Haku dashed around and began releasing power as he went; by releasing the energy as he moved it simulated the afterimage technique, though his spin on it was a little different. Making a full rotation around the creature he finally came to a standstill, five of him now circling the lower extremities of the monster. Each of them began gathering more energy in their hands, and once they had a decent amount they reeled back, throwing the energy forward in a way that made it spiral slightly in midair. All at once the five blasts hit, the rotation causing quite a lot of friction as it burned away the hide before exploding, leaving five decently sized burns around its body.

Everyone was a bit wary about Viral going into the fight, but he was quickly proving he could hold his own. Doing what T'charrl had moments before but even better the Beastman had gone and blinded the monster further, also managing to cause some real damage by stabbing it in the skull. Takeshi couldn't help but watch on excitedly, thrilled that the guy was actually in a fight again and kicking some butt. "Damn I wish I had my sword! That looks cool!" he said, grinning as he rubbed his hands together. The monster let out another roar and once again began to writhe about, its arms trying to reach up and grab hold of Viral on its head. Vegeta and Yumi were both quick to stop it though, each taking one hand and smashing into it, knocking the hands away before blasting the palms for good measure, drawing blood on each. Getting really excited over all of this Takeshi had to do something, glancing back at Shu before racing up at the monster. He was hoping to blast it square in the face, maybe do some serious damage point blank and take out an eye or two. For some weird reason though as they were moving in it turned on them, snarling before its mouth opened and energy quickly began to accumulate. Coming to an abrupt halt he paled realizing it'd be really hard to avoid this, instead gathering as much Ki as he could in as short a time they had. "Shu! Fire, fire!" he shouted, letting loose his own blast as the monster fired off as well. The two energies collided in mid air, audibly crashing together as they hit one another and came to a standstill. Grunting from the exertion Takeshi continued trying to pour energy out, angry that he noticed he was beginning to loose ground.

Kiton really didn’t know if he could trust the rebellion or if they were just another association trying to take over the Organisation, seeing how they were not able to understand their own plan for when the King was overthrown other than throw supplies around. It seemed a little dodgy to him and he’d be fine with it if they had leaders for planets already organised other than thinking their leader could take care of it all. While this was all still a curious situation he was interested in seeing play out even when people like him who were not related to the war barely knew what was even happening in Space. “There will have to be at least one ruler to replace the King, even if the rulers are on single planets…whoever they’ll be when it’s over…” There will probably be a bunch of warriors who would fight to become rulers of certain planets but just now it seemed a little too uncertain a future. He did wonder if he would ever be able to take over a planet like the former Emperor took over many, but then again that would probably not make him any better than the King they’re fighting. Feeling rather tired after being patched up he was making all sorts of mistakes in his way of talking, but it seemed Sasha had other plans for him and how he might get more involved in the forces of good and evil that didn’t involve surviving to bring misery to others. “What? I-uhh, I-I don’t know…” he spoke, looking rather concerned, “’Questionable’ how? I’ll stay until I’m better, but…I’d rather understand your rebels more and how it will benefit me. You’re not just after my power, I’m sure…”

Shu was getting pretty anxious with how long this creature had been up and even as Viral stabbed it in the head it continued to move around. He was sure Viral had tried to say it was a plant earlier but if that was the case then it was a very ugly looking plant. He didn’t want to have this fight going on for too long to the point where someone might get hurt, namely one of his friends. He didn’t care if he got hurt, but then again if he got hurt then that meant Takeshi would too since he was riding with him. It was a case of either one of his friends get hurt or he got hurt but took Takeshi with him. It wasn’t something he particularly desired, either way. Looking to Takeshi he raised his hands, hoping to copy his brother as he attacked the creature again; however, as Takeshi attacked the creature it soon turned towards them looking ready to attack. Gasping he looked down at Takeshi before he immediately gathered up energy, firing it as fast as possible while nearly falling off Takeshi from the force of it. Shutting his eyes momentarily as he continued to fire he soon opened his eyes again, seeing the attacks clash together instead. Neither of them were winning, his eyes immediately searching for a way to break the attack. Finding no opening anywhere that wouldn’t risk everything he saw his friend T’charrl fly down and immediately started firing Ki to try and even out the score, but even that seemed to only adjust the levels of energy.

Viral held on after delivering his attack, trying not to fall off as everyone quickly got distracted by the flailing monster. If he lost his grip he would topple and end up in a much worse state. The hardest part was trying to keep control of his energy while all of this was going on. Vegeta was probably raging at what he had done but to risk T’charrl going in again was not going to work. The others were going to exhaust themselves while he sat around and did nothing just because of some illness. Moving his feet wider as the creature swung itself around he gasped when he realised what it was doing as it fired a blast at Takeshi and Shu. Almost falling completely off at the force he kept a hold of his spirit weapons, stabbing into it repeatedly to try and get it to stop; however, it didn’t do anything to stop the attack. This wasn’t good; both Takeshi and Shu was in danger and with the arrival of T’charrl things weren’t looking better. As energy continued to course through him it all became too much to bear and he was forced to retreat his blades, his paw going to his chest momentarily before grabbing onto the monster’s head. He had to stop it, but there was no other way to go about it. This thing was stronger than it seemed, even as everyone was attacking it with their best attacks. Growling lowly he saw no other choice but to push it, despite Vegeta’s protests; he just knew he was going to get crap for this later. Raising up a fist he slowly pushed himself up, pressing his feet into the monster’s head as he started to build up his strength through focusing his energy. Shaking as he tried to force it to his paws he raised them both up equally, the concentration of energy building up before he finally threw his fists down with so much force that the creature’s head could easily split right open as its attack was forcefully interrupted.

Sasha wasn't so naive as to think everything would work out perfectly, but she could at least be optimistic. No one wanted to be subjected to the Saiyan rule, save for the few who stood to benefit off of it, so she figured once free people would jump at the chance to govern themselves. Sure, the transition may not always be the most smooth or even peaceful but surely having their own kind ruling was better than Yamate? "It could be a group of people too though, instead of just one King. I've been on worlds where they have groups leading, and people work together to lead their people. I guess that would be our ideal turnout but you can never know, yeah?" Given the nature of Saiyans she was concerned someone was going to vie for power right away, and while she was confident Korian wouldn't do such a thing she couldn't say the same for other men of his caliber; Elites were always egotistical and arrogant in her experience, a factor perhaps common amongst the entire race. Even so, some were more so than others and it was those few she figured would fight over the throne. Doubtful they could come to a peaceful agreement either there would certainly need to be some intervention, lest the Saiyans end up exactly where they had started. With Kiton all seen to, Sasha began to pack away the medical supplies, throwing the used bits into a waste bin before placing the kit back in its container. "No, we're not after your power. However strong you are doesn't concern us, we need people of all backgrounds and skills if we're to beat the King. And by questionable I mean exactly that. We've taken former enemies, we've taken mercenaries wanting to make a change, we've even welcomed a few criminals into our ranks. Korian isn't crazy about it, but as far as he's concerned if you want to take down the Saiyans then you're welcome to join us. So... Where do you stand on it?"

Takeshi immediately regretted his decision of going in for an attack, and for putting Shu in imminent danger. If it were just him maybe he could focus on deflecting this blast, or knocking it astray, but with his brother in tow he was more focused on just keeping the little guy safe. Putting out as much Ki as he could in such a short period he struggled to stave off the attack, finding himself being pushed slightly as he fought against the much more powerful blast coming their way. "Damn it... Damn it!" he grumbled, putting yet more energy into his own attack only to see little change. The blast was getting dangerously close to them, and yet thanks to some intervention from T'charrl they managed to hold it back, but only just. Even with the three of them firing it was getting nearer and nearer, this thing really wanted them dead. Deliberating momentarily on throwing Shu out of the way Takeshi gasped as the struggle suddenly went in their favor, thanks entirely to the attacks on Viral's part. He only learned of that after the fact of course, initially confused as the monster suddenly lifted its head away, the beam tearing across the ground before ultimately going skyward, exploding well overhead and yet still knocking rocks and small plants away from the concussive blast. Jeez, if that hit them they'd have been totally dead, such a stupid move on his part.

To add to the monster getting a nasty blow to its skull, Shu, Takeshi and T'charrl's energy all found its way to its target, slamming into the monsters chest and splitting to either side as it burned against its flesh; the energy itself forked off in two directions, tearing across the ground and finally blowing up on either side of the monster some half a kilometer away. When all was said and done the monster definitely looked worse for wear, blood leaking down over its face and a noticeable wound on its body, bleeding fair well too. Even with these injuries sustained however it still wasn't dead, letting out a furious roar as it fell forward slightly, catching itself with its talons. Four eyes all turned up to Viral at once, glaring at him as the monster shook its head and reached up, swatting at the Beastman like a gnat as it tried to rid itself of its attacker. Missing its attack the creature roared, the roar turning into a muffled gargle as Ricken had come in and slammed his knee into its throat, winding and promptly silencing the creature. Vegeta was quick to follow after as well, driving his shoulder and side into its mouth and knocking its head violently to the right, with Yumi finally coming from above, landing with both feet on the edge of its snout and breaking a few teeth in the process. At this point the monster was having trouble staying upright, swaying unsteadily as it tried to keep itself right with its talons.

There was slight chance the creature may be dying now, its movements sluggish and only the occasional growl escaping its lips. With eyes unfocused it looked around at the group before it, wanting desperately to kill them all but struggling to find the strength to do so. It wasn't quite through yet, it could try one last thing to kill these things or die trying in the process. For a moment the monster came to an absolute standstill, not even appearing to breath as it stared straight ahead at nothingness. Then, a slight hissing sound could be heard, and a crack in its hide appeared on the side of its head, then another on its body, and soon more were following until the entire skin seemed to be breaking away. With a slight glow and a sudden spike of energy the skin looked to split away, viscous material sticking to the skin as it dropped to the ground all around it, and the creatures arms followed suit. As everything dropped off of the beast yet another creature seemed to be inside, this one similar enough yet having a deep red skin, clearly scaled with sharp thorn-like protrusions sticking off of it in every which direction. In place of where its arms had been there were now more tendrils on its body as well, though these were far larger than before, three on each side with a set of five talons on the end of each. The frill on its head remained, though the head itself became more slender and serpent-like in appearance; six eyes adorned its face, yet the two that had been put out before remained as such, and there was definitely notable damage done to its new form, with its face a bit crushed and blood already leaking out of wounds.

Unbelievable, how many times did they have to fight this thing? This was three iterations of the same creature now and yet somehow it seemed rejuvenated almost in this latest form, where all of them were beginning to grow tired. They never had a battle of endurance like this, fights were usually quick and far simpler than contending with such a monster. Vegeta was at a loss, especially since he was concerned there would be something new to this beast. At first it had been passive, using tendrils to attack, then it became far bulkier and more aggressive with its plated skin. By all rights this iteration looked less intimidating, even with the six arms, yet he couldn't quite feel at ease. No doubt it would be more sporadic in this form, and in no short order he would have that suspicion confirmed. Looking up at the monster his eyes met its, and with a sudden lurching movement it let out a screech, reaching out and swiping at him with one of its talons. Dashing out of the reach Vegeta had to move yet again when he was targeted a second time, ducking underneath one of the sharp limbs. A third came his way but it was deflected courtesy of Haku of all people, blasting it and making the monster withdraw its arm. That was hardly all it had though as it targeted Haku and Yumi both next, taking swings at them as they were forced to move around incessantly to avoid. "We have to kill it, now! One last push, give it all you've got!"

Kiton wasn’t too sure about this rebellion knowing that there was never a good side and bad side when it came to these things. The rebels would always destroy lives as well as restore them and vice versa. If he was to join anything he’d need to find out a lot about them first before thinking he could just go straight into something and everything would be okay. It was always going to be a little difficult to decide if a side was good or bad when he wasn’t given much information about them other than being told what they were like. He would need to find out so much more and see what they were actually like rather than rely on being told they were any good. “Hmm, I never noticed much at all when I was travelling…at least, not where there was intense tyranny…” he sighed, trying to think into the past. He did know there was criminals everywhere and outside businesses where they’d sooner hire you than finding yourself hired by some King or rebels. Feeling a little more comfortable after being patched up he sighed lightly, the gel managing to ease a lot of the outer pain. He would probably need to get checked up internally but he didn’t think that would take long considering his biology. Looking to Sasha he frowned a little at her wording, not entirely sure about their methods if they weren’t recruiting for strength. “My stand? Hard to say, I mean…this Korian guy. I would rather meet your people first than base my impressions just now. I’ve only known about your people from just now, I can’t say I know how to feel about you or your rebellion just yet”.

Viral really managed to put a lot of strength into that attack but was quickly paying for it as his energy struggled to keep itself contained. The movement of the monster couldn’t had been handled if it wasn’t for his tail maintaining his balance for him; however, the movements of the creature was still troublesome to keep his body upright. He needed to get off it and everyone bashing it down again was not helping even if he could jump off it; however, problem was he could barely move his body. His energy was not under his control after that and despite doing game-changing damage it was not enough to kill the beast, at least not as it started to shed its form again. Trying to keep his balance at first he was soon thrown off the creature, his paws going out to try and grab onto something but just as he nearly hit the ground T’charrl flew in and snatched him right out of the air, taking him down to the ground and out of the way. As soon as he was placed on the ground he moved away from the alien, his shaking hand moving to his face before another raised to T’charrl. “Don’t…get near me! Kill that monster…!”

T’charrl managed to help Viral but it didn’t appear as if the guy wanted it at all, but then again there was definitely something going wrong with his energy and must’ve been causing him distress. Backing off away from Viral he looked up to the changed creature before back to Viral, gasping a little. “Uhh! Y-Yes!” Seeing the Beastman’s visible eye through his paw proved to be more surprising than the creature, it glowing with energy he was trying to control. They had to get rid of this monster soon before something happened to their friend. Immediately spinning around he flew up high, seeing the creature had shed its armour and essentially showing its true form. Watching the others try to tackle it he quickly flew up and around the creature, trying to go for a gap in those awful thorns it had before concluding to go for the back of its head while it was distracted. Immediately flying as fast as he could he flew around it rapidly, waiting for when it was focused on the others before throwing himself towards its head to try and force his blades into it.

"It's hard to see on some planets what the Saiyans are doing, not all of them are as torn up as others," Sasha explained, frowning as she shook her head, "Some worlds are lucky. They might have a few of their kind conscripted, or their world used as a sort of base, but otherwise they're left alone. Then there are other worlds, like Shaharia, which are completely cleaned out for their people and resources and used until they're almost barren. It's hard to think some people are better off than others when both their situations suck, but that's the truth of it." It was yet another reason that the rebellion had to do its job and free everyone, as those under the really oppressive rule couldn't hold out forever. She feared that for some it may already be too late, as after all this conflict had been going on for some time, longer than she and Ricken had been involved anyways. The incessant bursts of energy outside continued to distract Sasha, and more than once she looked to the control room and considered taking the ship over, getting involved in spite of being told otherwise. Ricken would probably be mad with her if she got mixed up in the fight, as would Vegeta, but it would do her mind a lot better if she could see how they were fairing. "That's fair enough, I can't blame you for being cautious," Sasha mused, glancing back at Kiton and smiling slightly, "You'll have time to think it over, I'm sure. Whether you want to be stuck with us or not it looks like we're your only way off of Namek, so you'll be traveling with us for a short whole anyways."

The monster was livid at this point, feeling more than pressed to the point of death and struggling to kill these strange beings attacking it. They were a threat, they had to be killed and devoured, that was the only way this could end. It was difficult to strike down any single one however, they were fast and small, hard to strike out of the air as they dodged easily. Not wholly deterred however it continued to fight, swinging at Vegeta and Yumi as they each pummeled its side, making the creature writhe about painfully in its spot. With a vicious snarl it finally lowered two of its arms, striking out simultaneously at each fighter and narrowly missing catching them with its talons. The creature tried again with two others, but found its efforts halted quickly as a blast smashed into its upper body, courtesy of Haku hovering just before it. With a loud roar it gathered energy in its maw and tried to fire back at him, yet again it was interrupted as Ricken intervened this time around by managing to get his blade on one of its arms, not quite severing it but certainly causing a deep wound. Hardly a lethal strike, but enough to be bothersome. In the midst of all of this going on T'charrl had tried to flank it, and while initially going unnoticed the monster did inevitably, and literally, catch wind of the Kaesstrian. Snarling at the incoming attack it quickly folded the frills on its neck down over its head, the blade hitting but not piercing as they likely just skimmed off and across the hard, leathery skin.

"This thing just won't die... How many times we gotta blast it?!" Takeshi asked, sounding quite frustrated as he scowled. Every single one of them had blasted this thing several times over, even stabbed it and beat it for good measure and it still wouldn't go down. What more could they do to it at this point? Even with his, Shu's and T'charrl's blasts all hitting the thing it was still standing, and had gone and changed into whatever the hell it was now. The only thing he could figure was everyone go in for one big attack, an with any luck all of that power would be enough to kill the thing once and for all. unfortunately his plan may not quite work, the fighting was beginning to wear everyone down, himself included. Trying to pull off any big attacks now could totally wear them out, and if it didn't work then they would be sitting ducks. Damn it, there had to be a plan. "Vegeta! Tell us you've got something cooking in that big head of yours!"

Of course he had a plan, in fact he had several plans. Whether any or not were viable was another matter entirely, he didn't have enough data on this creature yet to act. It changed forms so quickly there was no time to think, and now that they were finally fighting another form it was too aggressive to give him a moment's thought. Even with their whole group going at it the monster was managing to hold on, even getting some close hits on them in the process. Just one blow from those talons would do them in, or a single blast from its mouth, they needed to be completely careful even when attacking. "We can't keep fighting like this... I know that much. This thing seems to be more durable than we are," he responded, frowning as he wiped some sweat from his face, "We need to locate a weak point, exploit it and deal a decisive blow. Just striking it as we have been isn't getting us anywhere." But where was the weak spot? The eyes seemed obvious enough, but the creature was far more guarded after the first two were put out. So where then? Glancing down at Viral warily Vegeta frowned seeing the state he was in, beyond frustrated there was nothing to be done for him right now. The Beastman would have to hold out, and once this was over he'd immediately see to his friend. "Do what we've been doing, search for the weakest point on the monster! For now that's all we really can do," he added, smiling darkly as he shook his head, "Oh... And don't die."

Kiton didn’t have time to notice what every other planet was doing whenever he visited one whether to get some money or to find supplies. Whatever planets were doing politically or what was happening to them didn’t matter to him, especially when he was just going to be there for a short while. He had seen a lot in his life that could be classed as dodgy behaviour on other planets but he was never one to judge when he didn’t exactly live on a planet himself. “I’ve always wondered what it’s like to live in a planet…even if it is a state of unrest”, he spoke, sighing lightly, “I was taken from mine just before I hatched so I never got to see it. Got to get straight to business after hatching, you know? I can’t imagine living on a planet. Don’t suppose you’re the same way…? Travelling through space, fighting all sorts…” Kiton didn’t know what was going on outside but it sounded like some strange fight to him, his curiosity to whatever was taking them so long to kill the creature definitely continued to rise. Looking towards the window his eyes soon went back to Sasha, frowning a little. “Where are you travelling, anyway? This can’t be your only ship…I’m not that dumb. This planet’s way off the charts and it freaks me out not knowing where I am”.

T’charrl was certainly trying as hard as he could to figure out the possible weaknesses this creature had, but it was difficult to determine given its form. He wasn’t used to alien species and this was completely different to what he had seen before on his planet. He could only do what he thought might help and go for the head again, but as he made his way in and tried to slash it nothing particularly interesting happened. It defended itself with the frills so the only logical explanation he found was to take care of the frills, however that might work. He didn’t know how they could cut those things down, his eyes going to Vegeta for any possible plan he might have on his mind considering he was very smart. Even Shu and Takeshi were looking to him for a possible plan. When Vegeta finally spoke up all he could do was say what he was thinking, not something that was very encouraging to hear. So all they could do was try and find a weakspot, but where that was he didn’t know. “Those things on its head keep protecting it! The eyes are still a problem…” He didn’t know what else they could do but he had to do something. Maybe he could distract it, but hopefully the others would follow suit with his plan. Flying around the creature he started firing energy at its face, using his own power instead of Ki to try and possibly burn it while the others looked for an opening.

Viral didn’t regret what he did; it was either him or everyone else and he had to protect them. It was in his nature to fight and protect, especially when it came to Vegeta. Now that the monster had shed its skin it was likely in its final form, but whatever he could do to it was completely reliant on whether he could control himself. He could barely move as he struggled to contain his energy as it attacked his mind again just like before. He needed to get it under control before he lost his mind, he was so close to getting his cure and only just needed to hold out for maybe a few more days. He couldn’t fail now, he had to remain strong. Forcing the thoughts and imagery out of his head was difficult when the only distraction was a monster he couldn’t attack and everyone else trying to defeat it. Looking up through his fingers he could faintly see everyone through the memories that continued to flash by, trying to focus on them primarily before the memories themselves.

Staring at them he was soon given a chance to breathe, watching their struggle as the monster proved resilient. Staring as them he was brought into a sense of the battle again, the obscuring memories shifting for a moment but the longer he remained the quicker things got worse. With a sudden build-up of pain he was forced to recoil back, his paws pushed to his head as he tried to find control. Feeling pain all over he almost fell at a sudden unsteadiness, his paws removing themselves from his head as he looked down at himself. His body was starting to change further as talons tore open his shoes as his feet changed into the same shape as his strongest form’s but soon became rather fuzzy with golden fur and webbed between the toes. Finding that all too off-putting in itself he took a few unsteady steps back, panicking before having to pull his belt up when a set of rough fins formed at his waist, growing out fairly large to his knees before his struggle came from trying to keep his shirt on as a large dorsal fin tore its way through it. Trying to halt the changes he grabbed hold of his head again, his cat tail thickening to its full size regardless of what he told himself not to do as the spines from his strongest form grew on top of it to make it look like an odd combination of cat and dragon. He had to do something since this wasn’t working, something to the monster. Removing his paws from his head he raised his fists up, his arm fins growing to full length and his arms enlarging greatly before he forced them down to the ground, the earth shaking horrendously before a fissure began to form and grow ever larger towards the creature before colliding with such force that the ground jutted out violently in the creature’s area. Pulling away his now large fluffy paws he stared at the webbed skin inbetween his fingers only to twitch as a lot of fur forced its way out around his shoulders and neck, his ears suddenly changing into his feline ears before he fell to his side, an ear twitching as he collided with the ground.

It was really hard to say what the state of the universe was exactly, if only because Sasha didn't know. The portions of it she had been to were all under Saiyan control to varying degrees, and some were most certainly worse off than others. There had been aspects of the universe too though, like Uuonoe, that were peaceful for the most part, if only playing a passive role in the war. The entire goal of the rebellion she supposed was to make more worlds like that, and rather than impose some rule let everyone handle their own affairs. It could be risky, as Kiton pointed out, there was always the chance of something bad happening, but they would cross that bridge when they got to it. "Me and Ricken, the other one that looks like me, we're not really warriors. At least we weren't originally, that's only since we joined the rebellion. See... Our people were attacked by the Saiyans and we were in pretty lousy shape because of it. To make matters worse Ricken was always really sick, and when the Saiyans had attacked we lost pretty much all access to the medicine he needed. He'd probably have died if the rebels hadn't shown up, and thanks to them my brother was saved. So you can kind of understand why we're siding with them, and they really are good people." She might be a bit biased perhaps, but Sasha was every bit as loyal to the rebellion as Ricken was, and neither of them would ever doubt what they were doing. Their goal was the greater good, on that they both agreed, and they would do everything they could to help that along. A fair massive spike in energy brought her attention towards the battle again, frowning concerned as she finally went into the cockpit of the shuttle, "Of course not, our actual ship is in orbit. We took this down just to look for some Namekians to talk to, we didn't expect this." she explained, taking a seat once again at the controls, "Damn it... I wish this had weapons..."

"Of course the eyes are a problem, everything about it is a problem!" Vegeta quipped, frowning as he sent another hapless Ki blast at the monster's side, "Just... Give me a minute! I'll come up with something!" There had to be a plan of attack for them, something they could do to really deal some damage. Blasts didn't appear to work unless done repeatedly in a single spot, and without knowing its vital points at best they could only wound the beast. Attacking its head wouldn't work evidently, as shown by T'charrl's attempts. Not only did the monster shield itself when the Kaesstrian tried to stab it but now it was using the frills to avoid the energy blasts; not everything was hopeless however as things took an interesting turn. Expecting nothing to come of T'charrl's attacks Vegeta's brow furrowed as the monster let out a pained roar, glancing up curiously to see what it was. As the frills folded back and the monster flailed he caught sight of the flesh that had been hit, noting how it appeared to be smoldering and sizzling even after the impact. Their Ki had managed to create abrasions and faint burns, but T'charrl's looked to almost boil it. "T'charrl! I need you to hit that with as much energy as you can! Try and spread out the damage!" Vegeta said, glancing over then at Yumi and Ricken, "You two! Whatever spots he exposes I need you both to attack, try piercing its skin and drawing as much blood as possible. It won't be a vital hit but it can bleed out, and we'll make it if we have to. Viral-" Turning to look at the Beastman, Vegeta froze where he was, face paling considerably as he saw what was happening. No... No no no, why was he changing, why here? Why now? Ignoring his own plan for the moment he rushed down to his friend's side, landing a meter or so away and hurrying over, "Viral! Viral you have to relax!"

Takeshi didn't know what Vegeta was shouting about until he looked down, eyes widening seeing Viral's twisted form. Well crap, that was a fine time for him to go and change into a fricken monster. The one guy who'd managed to do some serious damage was probably out of the fight now, just when they had something like a plan finally coming together. Cussing beneath his breath the Saiyan looked back at the monster, watching it warily as it seemed to be looking between everyone for a target. "Shu... Think you can go help Viral out? I don't think things are going to be safe here, I'd rather you go with him somewhere else," Takeshi mumbled, glancing back with a slight smile, "We've almost got this figured out anyways, by the time you get somewhere to rest we'll be done." They did have a plan, right? What Vegeta had been saying sounded like a semblance of one, and given the guy's track record they ought to be okay. Moving to get Shu off of his back Takeshi froze when the monster let out another roar, glancing back confused as he didn't think anyone was hitting it, not after T'charrl's blasts anyways. It had covered itself up with its frills again and all six arms were dropped to the ground, it looked like it was righting itself for some reason. Out of the opening of the frills Takeshi noticed an odd glow coming out, frowning before letting out an audible curse when he saw a mass of energy gathered in the monster's mouth. But why was it aiming straight up? The creature then clamped its mouth down on the energy, a really confusing thing to do until it then reopened it, the energy coming out in a wide concussive blast that was really quickly spreading out. Eyes widening in shock Takeshi grabbed hold of Shu, turning his back to the blast and holding his brother firmly against himself to try and shield him.

Yumi was ready to get to putting Vegeta's plan into action when the monster covered itself up, wondering if maybe it was going to retreat from the fight. As it happened it was doing anything but, and not a single person could have expected what was to come. Watching in a mixture of awe and worry as its energy began to build she gasped when it was suddenly released, seeing no way whatsoever they could avoid being hit. With nowhere to run all she could do was raise her arms to shield her face and lift her legs, yelling as the concussive wave hit her first and sent her flying backwards, easily knocking her off guard. Slamming then into a rocky outcropping she was knocked clean through, the formation giving way as it was shattered and debris flew all over the place. Yumi finally came to a rest some good few dozen meters from where she had started, landing in the ground and skidding before finally stopping in the water, bouncing on the surface once before coming to float on top. She wasn't dead, far from it, but most certainly sore and now bleeding from the hits and debris. Letting out a groan she opened up her eyes, staring out bewildered as to where that attack had come from. It was so sudden and unexpected, how did it gather that much power? From here she could hardly see anything but the area looked quite barren from before, rocks still falling from the air as dust clouds began to settle. Was everyone okay? She was too dazed to pick up energy, hopefully everyone was alright.

Takeshi didn't know what in the world happened, only that it felt like he was hit by a truck and then subsequently run over by it. His ears rang as he finally settled, opening his eyes and looking around blearily from where they had landed. He didn't recognize this spot, and it was a bit difficult to see much of anything with blood dripping down over one of his eyes. Wincing as he then began to feel just how banged up he was the older boy glanced down at Shu, relieved to find that comparatively the little guy was unharmed. Heh, he wished he could say the same for himself. Aside from the gash on his forehead he could feel the back of his left leg bleeding, and a glance back showed him a bit of debris was imbedded in his calf. On top of that his arms were all scraped up and bloodied too from sliding across the ground, having miraculously kept Shu from hitting the dirt in all of that chaos. Chuckling wearily the older boy let go of his brother, using his arms to support himself as he managed a small smile. "Hey squirt... You okay...?" he asked, swaying slightly as he felt lightheaded, "Do... Do you need help?"

No one really had seen that coming, how could they? Everything about this beast made no sense, from its behavior to the way it chose its targets, it all seemed so random and sporadic. Perhaps there was no methodology to it, maybe Vegeta was so used to fighting more sentient opponents that he was making assumptions. Whatever the case might be things had just become infinitely worse for them, as a quick survey of the area pointed out. Aside from Viral who he'd managed to grab he could only see Haku, lying by himself in a small crater but stirring and looking pretty hurt as well. Were the others okay? Were they even alive after that? Groaning as he tried to sit up he noted a sharp pain on his arm, looking over and frowning seeing it was buried under rubble. He could feel it, which was good, but it sure hurt like hell. Channeling Ki in spite of the injury he managed to burst the rock, looking at his bloodied and no doubt broken limb with disdain before turning his head to glance at Viral. Good... He'd managed to get the Beastman mostly out of harm's way. In the wake of the attack he'd grabbed his friend and tried to fly away, hoping to spare him from being hit. The last thing he recalled before being hit by the blast was giving Viral a toss, figuring falling was preferable to being hit by such an attack. "Good... You're alive..." Vegeta said, coughing as he smiled weakly and laid back in the dirt, "Dad would kill me if you died here..."