Dammit, dammit, dammit. Why didn’t he notice sooner? Why, HOW, was he so caught up in his thoughts, so busy thinking about that woman and the weirdo with no energy signature, that he had missed the battle going on around Master Kojiro’s dojo? The power level behind that blast was off the charts and he hadn’t even noticed until it damn near blew up the city.

If his Master found out about this he’d have his hide. He’d kick him out of his school. He’d stamp the word ‘failure’ on his forehead and ship him off back home. Worst of all, he’d wait until after he’d finished lecturing Alex to do it.

Arriving at the dojo it was easy to see which way the battle was going. There were a lot more people here than he had expected to see only two of which he recognised, the master of this dojo and his student, and almost all of them seemed beat up to some degree and only a few of them were even on their feet. And at the centre of it all was the Saiyan.

Even if he wasn’t pumping out more power than anyone Alex had even seen it would be easy enough to recognise him. From the stupid looking armour to the monkey tail to the futuristic looking monocle he wore he was clearly from the same place as the woman he had seen earlier; they even shared the same penchant for overly voluminous hairstyles. Standing opposite him, Alex was vexed to see, was the freak that had ruined his meeting with the woman earlier; somehow, even though he had gone the opposite way, he’d still managed to get here ahead of Alex and was for some reason squaring off with this threat. His attempts to get on their good side had apparently failed, but Alex wasn’t so ready to believe that he’d decided to join their side just like that.

Whatever the situation, it seemed the Saiyan was distracted for now. Using this opportunity Alex circled around behind Raditz, moving slowly and supressing his energy level so as not to attract notice until he was directly behind the Saiyan warrior. Taking a ready stance, Alex prepared himself to strike; he gathered his energy carefully, still keeping it supressed for the moment, before letting it all explode out at once as he dashed forward.

[color=aba000]“HA!”[/color]

He closed the distance to his target quickly and lashed out with a palm strike aimed at the centre of the Saiyan’s back, just below his shoulder blades and directly over his spine.

[color=aba000]“Piercing Ki Strike!”[/color]

A moment before the blow would land Alex unleashed a focused beam of Ki from the centre of his palm, a short range but powerful attack that would lance through both armour and flesh if it hit. Not only that, but it was much, much stronger than normal due to the fact that Alex had spent time gathering his energy before this strike, utilising the technique he called ‘Overdrive’ to increase his power at the cost of severely straining his body.

[@Weird Tales]