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X4: equal to Rothax
Oh if only it were that easy...


Chita



Chita landed on the deck of Rothax's ship, a scowl on her face. Never had her pride been so insulted. Those wretched Saiyans had made a mockery of her and almost killed her! She would pay them back DEARLY for what they'd done to her.

But first, she had to get to the medical bay and have her hand looked at. She opened the door...

And she was greeted by a bloodbath. Tennan's green ichor and someone else's red blood soaked the floor, walls, and ceiling before her. Shreds of fabric and chunks of armor (as well as Tennan's exoskeleton) were strewn all about, and, on closer examination, what looked like an Earthling's skin was thrown over a pipe like a rug.

'...'

Chita stepped back and shut the door.

'I'll take the long way.' she thought dryly.

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A short walk later, and Chita had found the medical bay. Thankfully, it was relatively unscathed.

"Rinetst," Chita said firmly as she walked through the door, "my hand is injured. I need a-"

She stopped in her tracks as Rinetst's unconscious body came into view on the other side of a bed.

A bed occupied by a dead soldier.

Chita ran to a cabinet and pulled out some sort of syringe that looked something like a glowing pen with a thin metal tip. She brought it over to Rinetst and rolled him over, before sticking the needle into his arm and injecting it.

"Unnnh..." the doctor groaned, before slowly pushing himself up. "Vhat... happened..." he muttered, looking around. His eyes fell on the dead soldier next to him. "ACK!! VHAT HAPPENED?! WHO TOOK HEEM OFF LIFE SUPPORT!?"

"I don't know," Chita replied impatiently, "but my hand is broken and Bandlim is running amok and having a buffet one deck down. Maybe you could focus on THAT before you worry about this pile of meat, hm?"

Rinetst looked ready to snap back, but between his injuries and the likelihood that Chita would snap his neck if he didn't do what she asked, he simply grumbled and began to gather his supplies.

"Vhat has sat monster gotten into SEES time?" the doctor muttered, offhand. "Anyvun else needs treatment?"

"Tennan and one of the Earthlings." Chita answered. "They're both dead."

Rinetsts cursed to himself. "Sat monster..." he growled. "Vhy deed I ever agree to help create such a sing...?"

"Because Rothax would have killed you if you didn't." Chita replied flatly, her thoughts drifting. With Tennan dead and Rothax and Shimuto not on-board, she would have to handle their duties for the moment...

"I'll be right back." Chita said, grabbing the dead soldier and turning and leaving the medical bay. "You finish up here."

"Vhat?! Vhere are you going vis heem?!"

"The bridge." Chita replied. "I have work to do, and if I find Bandlim, I don't want him to use me as a chew toy."

"ZAT IS AN OUTRAGE!" Rinetst bellowed. "BRING HEEM BACK NOW!"

But Chita wasn't listening. She quickly made her way to the bridge, where Tennan's monitor was still running.

'The Kwalis,' she thought as she typed with one hand, 'Blaque and Whyte, and now Tennan are all dead. And we still have no leads on the last two Dragonballs. I have to find them, and quickly.'

The monitor zoomed out, sweeping over the entire region. Power level readings popped up everywhere. Chita was confused for a moment, before she realized that Tennan had set the power level reader to 1 for some reason.

'Idiot.' she thought, readjusting it to 10,000. Immediately, all of the power-level readouts vanished, except for a few small groups. The first was a massive blotch of red with two smaller ones moving around it, not more than 100 miles from the ship.

'Rothax has transformed?' Chita thought, a small smile crossing her face. 'I wish I could see that, but for now I have work to do...'

She zoomed out so that the entire planet was mapped on the monitor, the 5 Dragonballs in Rothax's machine generating enough energy for the computer to detect their signature from thousands of miles away.

BEEP! BEEP!

Two spots appeared. One was far to the north of Rothax's ship, and the other was west of it. Chita focused on the one to the north first... It was coming from the direction of that floating island Chita had fled from, and it was being carried by someone with a power slightly greater than Chita's...

"Him?!" Chita yelped, her anger peaking again. "He mocked me, broke my hand, AND he had a Dragonball?!"

But it was then that Chita realized that he was approaching two more power levels, one of great strength.

'Shimuto...' she thought, a sinister grin crossing her face. 'Perfect. He'll have the Dragonball in a matter of minutes... Now what about the other one...?'

She punched in a few commands, and the monitor swept across the map, towards the other Dragonball...


Rothax


WHAM!

The human who had been a former captive went flying from the force of Rothax's punch.

SMASH!

Vegeta flew the opposite way as one of Rothax's elbows smashed him in the face, likely breaking his nose.

"KAIO-KEN TIMES FIVE!"

Rothax sneered as he felt Vegeta's power level skyrocket again. The Saiyan flew at him, but Rothax spun around and inhaled.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH H!!!!!!!!!!!"

Vegeta halted mid-flight and covered his ears, Rothax's Supersonic Scream sending him tumbling back again into a rock face. The Saiyan's ears would probably be ringing for awhile after that one...

Rothax smiled slightly, before a pair of balled fists came down on the back of his neck. The alien warrior's eye flew open, temporarily seeing stars. Just the opening the human who'd struck him needed: He spun around and swung a sideways axe-kick that sent Rothax stumbling to the side.

Vegeta got to his feet, giving the human a quick look of gratitude before bringing his fingers to his forehead and charging his power.

"MAKANKASAPPO!!!" he yelled, thrusting out his sparking fingers and sending that yellow-purple corkscrew of energy flying at Rothax. The alien crossed his arms over his chest protectively, his power level skyrocketing as the piercing beam struck him.

"URNGH!!!" Rothax groaned as the blast seared at his arms, trying with all of its power to break right through Rothax.

"HRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!" Vegeta yelled with exertion as the beam blasted into Rothax. It surged and pulsed, beginning to force his burning arms apart.

"AAAAAAAAA-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!"

Rothax's power surged higher than ever, before he finally began to force the beam back. Strength massing, Rothax forced his arms open enough for his second set to 'catch' the beam, and then counter with his Ozone Burst Ray. The two blasts cancelled one another out in an immense explosion, sending dust and great chunks of the ground flying.

"You're getting a bit too close for comfort." Rothax snarled as the dust settled. "And I'm losing my PATIENCE!" He clenched his fists and yelled out, his power building ever-higher. Across the battlefield, Vegeta's Kaio-Ken vanished, a look of hopelessness on his face as Rothax's power level rose ever higher... If he still had his scouter, Rothax's power would likely be no less than 150,000 by now, and it was STILL going up!

"It's unreal." the human mumbled. "How can anybody be that strong?!"

"NOW, YOU DIE!!!" Rothax boomed, his four arms pulling back. Midnight-blue bolts of energy arced between his four palms, creating an 'X' of crackling power.

"...thax... Captain.... ...re are you?"

Rothax's antennae twitched. Did he just hear Chita's voice...?

"Capt... ...found a Drago... ...ear your position!"

Rothax's attack cancelled itself, and he turned around.

Several hundred meters away was some of his broken armor. And, as luck would have it, its communicator was still attached, and it seemed to be mostly undamaged!

"Drago..." Rothax mused to himself. "Dragonball?" He couldn't risk it. Turning from his enemies, he flew off and picked up the burnt bit of metal.

"CHITA!" Rothax yelled into it. "This is Rothax! Repeat your last transmission! This thing is broken!"

"...repeat," Chita's voice answered, "...last two...gonballs have been foun...!"

"The last two Dragonballs have been located?" Rothax echoed, a big grin crossing his face.


Chita



"Yes." Chita replied loudly. "One is approaching Shimuto's location to the north. A male Saiyan in blue and white armor is carrying it."

"One... proaching Shimu..." Rothax's staticky voice replied. "Saiya... blue armor...that correct?"

"Yes. And the other is being held by a female Saiyan not far from my location-"

"WELL THEN GO GET IT!" Rothax predictably responded.

"With pleasure." Chita replied, her eyes falling on the Dragonball's location. The female Saiyan and her human friend... Chita clenched her repaired hand into a fist.

"I have a score to settle with this one..."


Rothax


"Very well." Rothax replied. "I'm returning to the ship for now. I want to know where Shimuto has been slacking off myself. After that, I'll meet up with you. I expect you'll give me a good show...?"

"Yes, Capt..." was Chita's garbled reply.

Rothax smirked, then he turned around.

"COUNT YOURSELVES LUCKY." he called to Vegeta and the human. "I HAVE MORE PRESSING MATTERS TO ATTEND TO RIGHT NOW, SO I'LL KILL YOU NEXT TIME."

And then, he was gone once again, leaving Vegeta and the human in silence.


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In an unexpected turn of events, one of Rothax's own minions has inadvertantly saved Shitagi and Van from certain death. Will our heroes' luck continue to see them through the coming battles for the Dragonballs? Or will the winds of change soon be blowing in Rothax's direction? Find out next time, on DragonBall SU.