RISE OF THE SAIYANS

By: Cephius

A DRAGONBALL Z fanfic

Chapter 5

	Explosions rocked all around them.  The battlefield littered with the bodies of the dead and dying and the numerous craters from large explosions, still smolding.

	"I don't care how many there are!  We have to hold the line.  Millions of people are counting on us," a woman with flaming red hair yelled into her comm unit.

	"But ma'am.  We don't have enough people to stop them," a voice answered back.

	An explosion nearby caused her to duck behind the barracade.

	"Don't you think I know that!  But we don't have a choice!"

	There was a pause in the response from the other end.

	"I know," the voice replied softly.

	She suddenly felt bad.  She knew they were doing everything they could, and even more.  They were putting their lives on the line.

	"Good luck, lieutenant," she replied softly.

	"You too, commander," was the reponse before the link went dead.

	She turned back towards the battlefield and watched as the soldiers on the front line give one hundred and ten percent.  But she knew, deep in her heart, that they would not survive this.  There were just too many of the enemy to stop.  Sooner or later, they would break through.

	' Damn them," she thought to herself.  "Those damn admirals knew we were going to be outnumbered, but they sent us anyway."

	"Commander," a human male called from below her station.

	"What is it, Greeves?"

	"You should take a look at this," he said as he headed down to the lookout post.

	She crouched down and made her way to the lookout post, carefully staying low to stay behind the barracade, which was the only thing that was protecting them from the continual rain of fire coming from the enemy.  Once there, he handed her a pair of the telescopic binoculars and pointed towards the beach area where the enemy had first arrived.  As she looked, three large enemy dropships landed, opening their massive cargo doors.  As she watched, several devastator-class hover tanks slowly rolled out.

	"Not good.  Those things will rip us to shreds.  We've got to stop them."

	"Wish we could, but I don't think we have the firepower to stop them."

	'So, this is going to be the end,' she thought to herself and she lowered the binoculars.

	She thought for a few moments, deciding on whether or not to call a retreat, but there was no where to retreat to.  These were the last of the troops that were sent to stop the enemy.  But, as the battle raged on, it came to them that they were outnumbered, outmatched, and outgunned.

	"Alpha team, report," she yelled out across the battle lines.

	A very tall, very muscular, bronze-skinned man was the first to arrive.  A few moments later, a slender woman arrived, carrying her sniper rifle with her.  Another man arrived, with brown hair, around six feet, and a smirk across his face.  Finally, a young humanoid-lizard arrived.

	"Derdrick reporting," the bronze-skinned man said.

	"Gallaway reporting," the woman said.

	"Forrest reporting," the man with the smirk said.

	"Razoraz reporting," the lizard-man said.

	She looked at each of them and smiled.  These people have been with her for the last six years.  They've been through so many battles together.  They had been on so many missions together.  They were her friends.  They were her comrades.  And now, she had to do that which she hated to do.

	"As you know, our situation is very bad.  The enemy has just landed some devastator hover tanks on the beach.  You know their capability.  And, you know that we cannot leave.  So, I will not ask any of you to stay."

	"Come on, commander.  You know us better than that," Forrest said.

	"I know, but I have to ask."

	"We will fight," Derdrick said.

	The others simply nodded.

	"We fight together.  We die together," Gallaway said, matter-of-factly.

	The commander could not help but smile.  She was so proud of these people.  Through all the hardships they had endured.  Through all the pain and suffering they have gone through.  She could not have had a finer group of people to have worked with.

	"Then let's take out as many of them as we can."

	They all shook their heads and loaded their weapons and took their positions at the barracade.

	"Good luck, commander," Lieutenat Greeves said.

	"And to you, Lietenant."

	He was the newest member of their group.  Only nineteen years old, yet one of the best demolitionists she had every seen.  He knew his explosives like he had been around them all of his life.  And now, his short life was going to end.  She wanted to tell him to get out, to run away from here, but she knew that he would not go.

	She took her rifle and got into position, ready to fight to the death.  The only thing she missed was that the captain wasn't here.  He was the one who brought them together.  He was the one who forced them to work together.  He was the one who molded them into the elite force that they were.  And now, she would never see him again.  Never see his face again.  Never feel him nearby.  It was funny.  No matter how bad things got, knowing that he was around made the unit know that they were going to make it, that they were going to win.  That they were safe.

	She took aim at the nearest target when something in the back of her mind winked into existance.  Something that she was familiar with.  Before she could concentrate on it, Derdrick spoke up.

	"Do you feel that," he asked to no one in particular.

	Yes, she could.  Whatever it was, it was getting closer.  And it was powerful.

	"It's coming from the ocean," Derdrick said.

	Gallaway turned her sniper scope towards the ocean.  At first, she couldn't see anything, but a small golden glow appeared low on the horizon.  So low, that she could begin to see the water part below it.

	"There, at one hundred forty-five degrees.  Right above the water.  Whatever it is, it's moving fast."

	The commander lowered her rifle and brought up the binoculars.  As she zoomed in on it, she could tell it was moving fast.  The water below it splitting and spraying on the sides, as if some invisible boat was plowing through the water.  But the water was reaching over forty feet on either side.

	'What the hell is it,' she thought to herself.

	"Ma'am, look," Greeves said as he pointed towards the ground.

	As she looked down, the pebbles on the ground began to shake, as if an earthquake were happening.  Just then, she began to feel the vibrations of the ground below them.

	"An earthquake," Razoraz asked.

	"No," Derdrick replied.  "Whatever it is out there, it's causing it."

	She couldn't believe what he just said.  Nothing that they had ever encountered had ever caused the ground to shake and still be miles away.  Alpha team just keep looking at the ground, then looking at the now very noticable golden light over the sea.  The commander suddenly realized that the fighting had stopped on both sides, both starring over the sea at the light.  And is was growing brighter and brighter.  And, as it got closer, the ground began to shake even more.  Just enough to catch everyone's attention.

	"Is it a new weapon the enemy has," Greeves asked.

	"I don't know," the commander answered, staring at the light.

	"It's almost here," Gallaway yelled.

	The commander gained her wits and ordered everyone into defensive positions.

	"Let's hope it's friendly," Forrest commented

	The commander quickly looked at her team to make sure they were in position, but noticed that Derdrick was still standing, staring intently at the light.

	"What is it," the commander asked.

	"I'm not sure.  I've sensed this person before, but the power is unbelievable.  I can't..."

	Suddenly, a look of surprise and shock crossed his face for just a moment, before his composure returned.  He looked over at the commander very intently, a smile slowly building on his face.

	"It's him, commander," Derdrick said

	"It's who," the commander asked.

	"It's the captain," he said as the smile turned into a smirk.

	The entire team, stunned from what he had just said, turned their attention towards the sea, just as the light veered down towards the three dropships, heading right for the middle of them.  As the light struck the ground, an explosion of epic proportions ripped it's way through the beach, glowing so brightly that all nearby turned away from it, or be blinded.  The wind blast knocked down soldiers on both sides.  Alpha Team had to hold onto the barracade, or get knocked off their feet.  It tooks a few seconds for the explosion to fade out, but dust and dirt filled the air all around them, slowly falling back to the ground on everyone around.  The dust cloud screened out the beach, no one able to see anything on it.  A few seconds later, a glow could be seen through the dirt and dust, casting an eerie golden light on everything.  Some seconds later, a figure could be seen walking through all the smoke and dust.  The commander quickly brought up her binoculars, as did all the members of the Alpha Team, to see who it was that was walking out of the devastated area.

	"Is it," she said under her breath.

	"Yes, commander," Derdrick said, his gaze fixed on the figure.

	As if to answer his question, the figure finally made it through the smoke, walking out calmly, the smoke being pushed away from him by a golden aura that surrounded him.

	'Oh my god!  It's him!  It's really him,' she said to herself as she watched in disbelief as Tomo slowly made his way through the confused enemy lines, the enemy just staring at him as he walked passed, seeming to be undisturbed by the fact that he was walking through their ranks.

	Then he stopped.  Right in the middle of the enemy ranks, just standing there.

	"What is the captain doing," Razoraz asked.

	"I don't know," came the commander's reply.

	Tomo stood there, looking around at the enemy forces.  He recoginzed their uniforms.  That of the renegade admiral's elite troops.  The same ones, he had found out a couple of days ago, that were stationed on board the battleship that destroyed his home several months ago.

	"That's Captain Vegit," Greeves asked, stunned and the glowing figure.

	"That's the captain alright," Forrest said.

	Greeves saw that Razoraz was shaking his head in agreeance.

	Even Gallaway was smiling, which he had never seen her do except on very rare occasions.

	He turned back his gazed and stared at the man that was Captain Vegit.

	Tomo finished looking over the area, satisfied that he was correct about these people.  A smirk crossed his face.  Then, he powered up to stage two, creating several explosions that ripped through the enemy lines like they were nothing but paper.  Figures caught in the explosion vaporized instantly.  Everything that was caught was obliterated.  The multiple blast waves struck the barracade, forcing everyone behind it.  Once the explosions stopped, Tomo was no where to be seen.  However, they felt a powerful breeze nearby, coming from behind them.  The commander, about to turn around, noticed the look of astonishment on Derdricks face as he stared behind the group.  She looked back and gasped as she saw Tomo, standing behind them some twenty feet, yet this aura crackled with energy, bolts launching across aura every now and again.  Tomo just looked at his old comrades.  He was glad to see them, but there was a job to do.  He let his aura fade away, but stayed in stage two.  He walked over to the command center.  The commander standing in there just looked at Tomo in shock.

	"Commander Tenith.  It is good to see you again."

	"Captain Vegit," he stuttered.

	"May I borrow your comm unit?"

	He just stared at him for a few moments before what Tomo had asked sunk in.  He quickly handed over his comm unit.  Tomo strapped it to his head, placing the mouthpiece in front of his mouth.

	"All units, report in," he said

	"Tomo, is that you," a voice replied.

	"Klenis, good to hear from you."

	"It really is you.  By all the gods.  Good to hear from you too."

	Tomo had to smile.  They were good friends since academy days.

	"Sorry, sir.  Red Team One, reporting.  Commander Klenis in command."

	"Red Team Two reporting.  Lietenant Melbourne in command."

	And so it went, each unit reporting in.  Tomo found out that some of the units had been wiped out.  The survivors had joined other teams.

	"Currently the enemy is in shock.  Green and Gold Units, prepare for an assault on the left side.  Red and Blue units, prepare for an assault from the right.  The remainder of Yellow Unit, prepare for a headone attack.  Teams Alpha and Beta will assist."

	A flurry of 'yes sirs' came over the comm unit.  Tomo watched as the units positioned themselves.

	"On my signal."

	Tomo flew into the air about twenty feet, igniting his aura, staring at the enemy.  He powered up two energy balls in his hands.  Once they filled his hands, he lifted over his head and, just as he threw them, he yelled into the comm unit, "NOW!"

	The two energy balls struck the heavy armored divisions to the enemy, destroying all of their remaining tanks and armored vehicles.  Right on que, the allied forces opened fire on the enemy, beginning to tear into their ranks.  The enemy, caught unprepared and losing most of their heavy weapons, paniced.  Some officers tried to bark orders, but were quickly taken out by snipers.  With that, the enemy fell apart at the seams, breaking apart and trying to flee.  Tomo continued to rain down energy attacks at the enemy, targeting heavy weapons and extra ammo.  Another drop ship began to make it's decent towards the beach.  Tomo fired an energy attack right at it, ripping through it's shields and slamming into the cockpit of the vessel, destroying the first third of the ship.  The rest dropped several hundred feet onto the enemy forces, scattering them in every direction.  Finally, Tomo stopped his attacks and took up a rifle and joined Alpha Team on the ground, taking out what was left of the enemy.  After about another twenty minutes, it was clear that the other teams could take care of the rest.  

	The commander turned towards Tomo, amazement in her eyes.  It was good to have him back.  It was good to see him.  But how did he know about this battle?  How did he know they were here?  She was determined to find out.