Family Ties
by BIGDADDY
 
CHAPTER 1: WORLD’S END
 
 
 “Wait up, Corran! Wait up!” a small boy of about eight yells as he runs through the tall green grass. “ Ha ha! See if you can catch up Tunnen!” a much taller boy yells as he runs faster ahead of the smaller boy. “ But I’m not as fast as you!” Tunnen yells panting loudly. “Well that’s your problem little bro!” Corran yells back increasing speed. Tunnen starts to slow down and eventually stops. Corran looks back, seeing that his little brother has stopped running he also stops. Tunnen sits down on the ground and tries to catch his breath. “ What are you doing?” Corran says walking back to his brother. “ I’m tired! I need to rest!” Tunnen yells back. “ But it’s almost noon and we need to get home for midmeal,” Corran says. “ Well just give me a little time to catch my breath!” “What kind of Saya-jin warrior are you? Are you going to be like this during battle?” Corran yells.

 Tunnen looks up at his brother then stands up to his feet. He wipes the dust off his clothes and off his furry tail. “Here” Corran says handing Tunnen his tail “hold on to it”. Tunnen grabs hold of his brother’s tail and is pulled hard as his brother starts to run at full speed toward their village. A large dust cloud looms behind them as they whip through the tall grass. “Slow down!” Tunnen yells as he holds onto his brother’s tail for dear life. “ We can’t! Overkill will tan our hides if we are late for midmeal!”
 In short time they are in the village surrounded by other Saya-jin people, all doing their own jobs in the community. “ Corran! Tunnen! Overkill was just looking for two! He’s at the house now! You’d better hurry up!” a short man selling fruit yells to the boys as they blur by.
“Aw man we’re dead now!” Corran says going faster.

 On the other side of the village a small quaint house stands with a beautiful garden in front of it. The two boys rush inside and sit down at the table. “Your late,” a woman says walking up to the table. “ Vertell was looking for you two,” She says. “ We know Mom, and we’re real sorry we’re late but Lazy here stopped to rest!” Corran says looking over at his little brother. “ I’m sorry, I was tired,” Tunnen says. “ Well if that’s the case I’ll get Vertell  to be lenient to you,” Their mother says smiling. She walks over to them and lovingly kisses them on their foreheads. They hear the door open and some one walk inside. “Well speak of the devil,” Their mother says smiling.

 “ Hey Mother” a teenage boy says as he kisses his mother’s cheek “Now where have you two been?”. Corran and Tunnen sink their heads as their older brother looks over at them. “ Well…..um…Overkill we um…” Corran stutters. “ You guys were over at the swamp weren’t you?” Overkill asks. All he gets is silence. “How many time do I have to tell you two not to go into there its too dangerous!” Overkill says. “ Sorry,” they both say hanging their heads. Overkill smiles and says “ its okay guys I forgive you,” Overkill sits down and waits for his dinner.

 Overkill is a tall, milk chocolate skinned, sixteen-year-old boy with a fade hair cut. He wears a sleeveless black leather trench coat with large baggy black pants. The coat is tied at the waist with a bright red sash. Under the coat he wears a tight red T-shirt. On his hands are two black leather fingerless gloves. He is medium build with tight muscles. He also wears metal boots on his feet for training and to add a little more pain to his kicks. On his right shoulder is a tattoo of the Eternal Dragon. He took the shoulder pads off a pair of Saya-jin armor and attached them to the shoulders of his coat. He also brandishes a long razor sharp Katana on his back. A hole was put in the very back of his jacket so he could slip his Saya-jin tail through it. There are not many black Saya-jins but he doesn’t care, to him that just makes him and his family special.

 Overkill’s mother finally arrives to the table with her arms full of food, and then she sets them on the table. It is an instant show down, Overkill stares at Corran and Tunnen, and he watches their every move. No one moves and the room grows silent. Corran and Tunnen just stare at Overkill and vise versa. And it happens, Corran suddenly blinks and the rush starts. In a flash of pure speed Overkill grabs the only two drumsticks in the pile of food. “Aw man!” both of the little ones exclaim. “ Ha ha! I am still the champ!” Overkill says holding up the drumsticks in his hands. “Every time there are drumsticks you always hog them!” Corran says. “Yeah!” Tunnen adds in.

 “Vertell! What have I told you about hogging the food?” the mother says coming in to eat. “ Mom please call me Overkill like every one else,” Overkill says annoyed. “No I wont! I’m your mother and I don’t care if you are the most powerful Saya-jin on the planet or that you are you only one ever to go Super Saya-jin either!” His mother says. “Yes mam” Overkill sighs as he eats his dinner. “Ec-hem!” His mother says looking crossly at him. Overkill sighs again and gives the drumsticks back to his brothers. “You didn’t think that I would notice did you?” Overkill’s mother says to him. Overkill sighs again and continues to eat his food.
After their meal is done Overkill, Tunnen and Corran walk out side. Tunnen and Corran wear their martial arts uniforms. Corran’s suit is red while Tunnen’s suit is sky blue. “Time for training!” Overkill says going into a fighting stance. Both Corran and Tunnen do the same. “Now charge up!” Overkill orders and his brothers do as they are told. Overkill feels their power grow as they power up. “You guys call that a chi?” Overkill says, “ I can barely sense it!” Overkill can definitely sense their great powers growing higher and higher he just says that to motivate them to do more. The rocks and pebbles around their feet start to levitate high into the sky. “Not bad boys, you’ve almost reached your peak! I wont be the only Super Saya-jin around here for long!” Overkill says smiling.

“Now for some sparring!” Overkill says going into his sparring stance and powering up. His brothers get into their stances and power up also. The boys look at each other for a second, nod their heads, then turn towards Overkill. Both at the same time give Overkill sly smiles then yell loudly as they perform a massive power up. Their auras explode into golden rays of light as their hair turns long and golden. Overkill stands speechless with his mouth hanging low. He is amazed at the site of his little brothers performing Super Saya-jin right in front of him. All the other members of the community gather around at their fence and stare in wonder at the momentous event.
 “Whoa, Whoa, Whoa! When did this happen?” Overkill says trying to hold in his excitement. “ Yesterday,” both of them say smiling to Overkill. “ That’s why we have been going to the swamp, to train and surprise you!” Corran says. Overkill walks over to his little trainees and hugs them both long and hard. They go out of Super Saya-jin as they hug back. All the other people surrounding them clap together for the touching site.
 “What’s that?” Corran says looking up into the sky. Overkill follows his brother’s finger and sees what he is talking about. A large ball of flame moves toward them at an amazing speed. “ It’s coming right at us!” some one in the crowd yells. “Everyone move!” Overkill yells. They do not complain as they quickly run away from the area.  “Mother get away!” Overkill yells as she does exactly what he says.   “That means you too!” Overkill says to his little brothers. “No we’re staying with you!” Tunnen says to Overkill. Overkill knows he can’t argue with them when they are like this so he just does what he is supposed to do: protect his family and his village!

    Overkill flies high into the air right at the ball of flames heading right at him. The ball of flames is the size of a city block and is moving towards him really fast. Overkill puts out his hands and “catches” the ball of flames. The force of the ball is still too much and pushes down on him and forces him toward the village. He knows he will die with the city if he cannot get out of the way. He suddenly notices that the ball of flames starts t get lighter. He opens his eyes and sees his brothers are right next to him using their strength to help him. He smiles and signals them of his intents by moving his head in sharp right turns. All three of them use their force to redirect the flaming ball away from the city. They let the ball of flames go as it moves away from the village and crashes on the side of it.
 All three of them pant loudly and smile at each other. Overkill rubs his brothers’ heads in appreciation for their help. “ Good job guys,” He says. “ Hey, look at that!” Tunnen says pointing to the crash site of the ball of flames, which has cooled down to reveal a circular metal space ship. “ What the?” Corran says amazed at the size of the ship.

 They land right beside the massive ship and study it. “ Who do you think it belongs to?” Tunnen asks. “Dunno,” Overkill says. They hear a loud whirring sound as a part of the ship opens up. A green skinned man wearing Saya-jin armor walks out followed by two others. The first man is a large hulking man; every part of his body was abnormally large. The second man had blue skin and a baldhead and was very tall and skinny. The third was orange skinned with long black hair his muscles rippled under his armor and was medium height.

 “Welcome to our world, hope you guys are ok from the crash,” Tunnen says walking towards the men with his hand out reached to shake their hands. Both Overkill and Corran put their arms in front of Tunnen to stop him. “Hello, welcome ” Overkill says watching the mens’ every move, “ were do you come from?” “None of your business you stupid little Saya-jin,” the green skinned man says rudely. Overkill’s face turns serious and he looks at the man angrily. “Hey I thought that all those Saya-jin weaklings died when we blew up their planet,” the orange man says to the green one. “ Me too except for that stupid prince…. What was his name? Oh yeah Vegeta! And the other one, Kakarot!” the green man says. “They ended up killing Freeza, Coola, and King Cold! With some stupid Super Saya-jin move! Their hair turned gold or something like that!” the blue man says to the others. “Oh yeah? Where are they now?” the green man asks. “ Some back water planet called Earth. Talk about a stupid name!”
 Overkill starts to grow enraged at the men and his energy starts to grow slowly and slowly with his anger. Overkill’s teeth grind together loudly and attract the attention of the men. “Oh…are you still here?” the green man says smiling. “Sorry to tell you kiddies this but we’re taking over your planet and we are going to sell it to some really nice investors!” the blue man says. “ Over my dead body!” Overkill says.

“Then so be it!” the green man says as he tackles Overkill and rams him through the trunk of a tree. The blue man kicks Corran far into the air and flies up after him while the orange man throws a punch at Tunnen.
 Tunnen easily dodges the punch and kicks the orange man across the face. The orange man is sent flying through the air and into the wall of the metal ship, leaving a large dent in it. Overkill regains his composure after the blow and gives the green man a roundhouse kick to the stomach. The green man throws a punch at Overkill but Overkill blocks the punch and quickly elbows the man in the jaw. The green man falls to the ground hard and quickly leaps up to his feet. He grabs Overkill by the shoulders and puts pressure on them. Overkill just smiles and leans far back. Overkill quickly backflips and kicks the green man right in the jaw and sends him flying into the air. Overkill quickly flies up after him.
 Corran fires a Ki blast at the blue man, which the man easily dodges. The blue man suddenly disappears and then reappears right behind Corran! Corran turns around is kicked in the ribs sending him plummeting to the ground. Corran puts down his hands and flips himself before he could hit the ground. The blue man disappears again but Corran is ready for him! The blue man reappears again but this time Corran swings his elbow back fast and catches the blue man in the groin. The blue man stutters and falls to the ground.
 Tunnen punches the orange man in the gut then kicks him in the face sending him high into the air. The orange man fires several Ki blasts down at Tunnen. Tunnen moves quickly and dodges the several blasts and fires one of his own at the man. The Ki blast hits the man and he starts to fall to the waiting earth. Tunnen rockets to the air and uppercuts the orange man, then he spins fast and does a spin hook kick that knocks one of the orange man’s teeth out. Tunnen fires another powerful Ki blast, which carries the orange man quickly to the ground and explodes. Nothing is left of the orange man except smoke and ash, and Tunnen smiles at his first victory!

 Overkill performs a series of quick punches and kicks to the green man and the green man stumbles in the air. Overkill knees the green man in the head then punches him in the neck, which snaps the man’s collarbone! “Now see you didn’t have to come down here and start a fight! Now me and my lil’ bros. have to end it!” Overkill says mocking the green man. All the green man can do is cough and spit out blood. The green man charges at him again but is given a backhand by Overkill. Overkill continues to decimate his opponent with very fast and powerful jabs, kicks and elbows. The green man just covers up his face and Overkill can hear a faint sound but isn’t sure what is it. So Overkill stopped his endless pounding and listens. Overkill was shocked to find out what it was. The green man was crying! Tears flowed down the green man’s face. “Please stop beating me!” The green man pleaded. “Your pitiful! You start a fight and then you start crying when you feel the pain of being beat? Now that’s sad!” Overkill says in disgust at the man. “ Go away you don’t deserve to be killed by me!” Overkill says turning around. The green man sniffled and stood up straight, then he smiles and pulls out a small knife from his pocket. Then he slowly moved toward the unaware Overkill with the knife raised high. Now he was right behind Overkill then the knife started to make its descent towards the back of Overkill’s head. Before the knife could pierce Overkill’s skull, Overkill had taken out his Katana brought it past his waist and plunged it into the green man’s stomach in one fluid motion. The man gave a silent URRCK! Then slowly slid off of Overkill’s sword and plummeted to the ground. Overkill smiled then cleaned off his blade with a cloth.

 The blue man threw several punches at Corran but all where either blocked or dodged. Overkill and Tunnen suddenly appear behind the blue man and watched the fight. Corran sees this and says “ Oh sorry my brothers are here so I’ll have to end this now ok?” Corran ducks down as another punch flies over his head then puts his hands up to the man’s chest. From the back all Overkill and Tunnen see is all of the blue man’s organs fly out as a Ki blast flies through him. The blue man falls to the ground and never gets back up. “ Man lil’ bro. That was I bit messy don’t you think?” Overkill says smiling to his little brother.
 All three stop suddenly as they feel a very powerful force in the crashed ship. “What is it?” Tunnen says shaking. “It’s got to be the ship itself!” Corran says. “N…No it isn’t! The force is moving! Towards us!” Overkill says amazed at the power. Out of the ships entrance comes the Doom! Doom! Doom! of footsteps. “Wha..what is it?” Tunnen asks scared. “We’re about to find out!” Corran says as a large man walks out of the ship. The man is at least twelve feet tall with huge biceps and thighs. He is wearing Saya-jin armor and carries a large battleaxe on his back. “ I am GOLEM! How dare you kill my soldiers!” Golem yells at them. “They attacked us!” Overkill yells back unafraid of the huge giant. “ They were some of my strongest warriors, and now I will need replacements!” Golem says in his loud voice that echoed like a lightning storm. “If you surrender now I will let you live as my new warriors,” Golem says.
 Now a large crowd had formed around the ship they had watched the fighting closely. “ I won’t serve a tyrant!” Overkill yells loudly at the giant warrior. Corran and Tunnen nod their heads showing they think the same as their brother. “ Who are you to think that you could actually beat me?” Golem yells. “ I never said we would beat you but now that you mention it, it sounds like a good idea,” Overkill says getting into his fighting stance. “Very well then Saya-jins you and your planet will die!”

 Golem yells as he punches Overkill and sends him crashing through a row of large trees. Golem then stomps on top of Corran forcing him into the hard ground. Tunnen then leaps into the air and uppercuts Golem hoping to uproot him from on top of his brother but Golem stands unmoved. Golem feels himself move as Corran tries to stand straight from under Golem’s foot, but instead Golem adds more weight to his foot. Golem smiles as Corran struggles to get up. A yell is heard as Overkill collides his fist with Golem’s face. As soon as Overkill lands on the ground he uppercuts Golem and gets him to step back. Overkill grabs Corran and flies into the air.
 “That guy is tough!” Tunnen says as he rejoins his brothers. Overkill lets go of his brother as his brother starts to keep himself in the air. “Yeah, my punch only got him to step back from you. Usually that would take someone’s head off!” Overkill says. “We’re going to need a lot of power! Tunnen! Corran! GO SUPER SAYA-JIN NOW!” Overkill says. The boys do as their told once again and they release their massive energy and their hair turns a brilliant gold. “Now we are ready for him!” Tunnen says. “Hope he can’t fly,” Corran says. Right when he finished his sentence Golem was on top of them. Golem elbowed Tunnen and kicked Overkill. Golem then punched Corran to the ground far below. Corran didn’t rebound himself like he did before, he didn’t have a chance to, he crashed into the ground hard and fast. Corran lay out cold from the hit. “CORRAN!!!” Overkill yelled to his fallen brother.

Tunnen looked up to Golem right when the back of Golem’s hand met Tunnen’s face. Tunnen reels through the air as he crashes into the nearest mountainside, leaving a gapping hole where he entered. “TUNNEN!!!” Overkill yelled over in the direction of the mountains.
 He didn’t get an answer; Tunnen was knocked out too. “My babies!” Their mother yells hysterically as she holds Corran in her arms. She couldn’t get to Tunnen so she held Corran. “ Stupid Saya-jin woman!” Golem yells as he fire a massive energy blast at Corran and their mother. “NO!!!” Overkill yells as he races the blast trying to get their first. Unfortunately he looses. The blast hits it’s target and explodes with a loud BOOM! The blast is so powerful that it rips apart the village and kills all the residents living there. The smoke clears the screams of mothers and babies stop and the light from the blast fades. All that is left is a crying sixteen-year-old boy who holds the destroyed bodies of his mother and his brother. Tears flow from his face to the ground.

 “Hey kid!” Golem laughs “ want to try and save the other one?” Golem charged up another blast and throws it at the mountain range that Tunnen crashed into. “NO!!!” Overkill yells as he rockets towards the mountain range. This time he makes it there before the blast. He out reaches his arms and takes to blast head on. The blast is too powerful though and sends Overkill flying toward the mountain. A valiant effort that proved stupid. Overkill and the blast run into the mountainside and the blast explodes tearing apart the whole mountainside. The sound of the explosion fades and the smoke clears. All that is left of the mountain is rubble.
 The rubble stirs as Overkill knocks away the rocks and small boulders that were on top of him. He exhales loudly and then remembers Tunnen. Frantically Overkill throws the boulders to the side trying to dig his way to his buried brother. Overkill starts to loose hope then hears a faint cough. He digs in the direction of the coughing. He picks up a large boulder and finds his little brother Tunnen barely alive. Overkill lifts him out of the rubble and holds him close to his body. “ Come on Tunnen keep strong, we’ll make it!” Overkill says to his brother but he knows better. “V..Vertell. I…I can’t feel my legs,” Tunnen says in between breathes. “ Hold on little guy, I won’t let you die,” Overkill says sobbing loudly. “ V…Vertell my body is going numb, what happened?” Tunnen says coughing,  “ Vertell… I’m tired… very tired,” Overkill cries softly and holds Tunnen closer. “ It’s ok buddy, just go to sleep, sniff, just go to sleep,” Overkill says softly. Tunnen closes his eyes and lays his head on Overkill’s shoulders. Tunnen then goes limp in Overkill’s arms. Overkill cries loudly and holds Tunnen closer to him. Overkill’s tears moisten Tunnen’s suit and turns it a dark blue.

 Overkill looks towards Golem and grinds his teeth loudly. Overkill kisses Tunnen’s forehead and lays him down softly. He stands and looks towards Golem who is laughing his large head off. Overkill’s rage peaks and he lets out a yell never herd before, one of pure rage, anger, sorrow and strife. He releases his power and his Saya-jin abilities show themselves. A brilliant golden light explodes from him with a loud SHOOOOOOM! And his hair turns a brilliant gold. Even tough he achieved this amazing level of power he refuses to stop. His power continues to grow to wondrous levels. Another explosion of power comes from him and his hair is even longer than before, he has reached his SECOND Super Saya-jin level! But rage and sadness beacons him to go farther and he does. A massive jolt of energy is released from him again and his golden hair now reaches far down to his knees, his THIRD Super Saya-jin level. That is when he stopped, the air was cold and all around him was silence. Overkill looked at Golem with cold green eyes that were filled with hate.
  With explosive power Overkill launches himself at Golem with the intent to kill him. Golem remained unmoved and waited. Overkill was now moving as fast as lightning and had a massive punch ready to give to Golem. But with reflexes just as fast as Overkill was flying Golem takes out his battleaxe and hits Overkill with the broad side of it.
Overkill falls and to him it seems every thing slowed down as he fell he had time to think about things, his life, his friends, and his family, how he has now lost all of them. Overkill hits the ground hard and lays still and closes his eyes hoping that he would die right then. He had failed to defend his village, his family and his life. What else was there to live for?

 He could hear Golem laughing and he could hear him walking up the ramp and into his ship. He also hears Golem say “ This planet annoys me, it is better to blow it up than sell it,” Overkill hears the ship’s booster kick in and it fly away. He was still alive, he knew he was too strong to die like this even if he wanted to. Another thing he knew was he wasn’t going to die this way! Overkill raises himself up and limps to the woods near the ruins of his village. He cleared away a pile of bushes and revealed a Saya-jin space pod. He flops inside and closes the door to it. “Destination please,” the on board computer asks. Where to? He didn’t think where he was going to go. So he said the first place that came to mind. “Set destination for… Earth,” Overkill says. The space pod lifts into the air and flies away in a flash. Overkill passes out in the seat and goes out of Super Saya-jin. It is good that he passed out he would have gone crazy seeing his home planet explode from an energy blast coming from Golem’s ship. He sleeps restlessly in the cockpit of the space pod dreaming of his dead family and of his REVENGE.
 
 



BIGHaRUko^: Believe it or not, I cried in some parts of the story....~_~

 

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