To See the Old Neighborhood.....

Part 29

Goku could see the battle, the REAL battle. He saw Gohan and Lomen's chi running around in circles through their touching hands. It was insane, head spinning, exciting, random, wild and frightening all at the same time to him, as he watched in a helpless sort of way.

Bardock, however, could not see nor feel chi. He saw only Gohan and Lomen, hands clenched, straining and oblivious.

The father and son had hurried to the battle site, hoping to be able to join in. But both could see as the fighting duo came into view that entering the battle at this point would be difficult. It was at it's climax. The final chapter. The last leg. The letter that comes before the period in a sentance.

Chances of jumping in now were slim pickin's.

Gohan, too caught up in his tug of war for his power, didn't notice his father's approach at first. Concentrating on the moment's activities was wreaking havoc on his chi feeling ability. He only became aware of his father and grandfather's presence when he saw them out of the corner of his eye, floating above him, watching.

This sight was enough to bring him out of the slight power stupor he had drifted into. He didn't think he could win this fight like this. Lomen had so much more practice and stamina with long term chi absrobtion that Gohan feared he may be the first one to fold despite his rigorious and youthful strength.

So he ended it. With one last mighty tug, he jerked his chi out of Lomen's grasp. With his power once more with him, he raised a foot and used Lomen's chest as a spring board to jump away from him, flipping and landing about five meters away.

Both were slightly out of breath.

"Nichan........," Goten's voice came out quietly, "Are you okay?"

Gohan, despite his exhastion, smiled at his little brother and opened his mouth to issue encouraging words.

He never got the chance to say them, however, as Trunks, little Vegita, and Radditz came barroling into the scene.

"You guys okay?" Trunks was quick to ask. The same question hung on the lips of Radditz and Vegita, but died there.

"Fine," Gohan said.

"I'm fine, too" Lomen said, grinning, though his eyes were blazing with fury.

"Who asked you, pretty boy?" Radditz hollered.

Lomen opened his mouth to holler back, but was interupted as Vegita suddenly came flashing into the scene.

"Eesh, how many of them ARE there?" Lomen wondered to himself, eyeing all the new arrivals as well as his previous opponents.

Eight. He had eight people to fight now. Gohan, Goten, Goku, Bardock, Radditz, Trunks, Little Vegita and adult Vegita.

Things were suddenly NOT looking to be in Lomen's favor.

He was now the desperate one.

And that called for desperate measures.

"FINE!" he shouted, "I'LL TAKE ALL OF YOUR POWER AT ONCE!!!!"

And, this said, he held his hands out at arms length and started to concentrate.

Gohan, who's chi had been linked to Lomen, felt it first, "What the......."

"Nichan?" Goten asked his brother, noting the suddenly disturbed look on his brother's face.

"He's-"

"He's taking our power!" Trunks yelled, as he felt the nastily familiar feeling of having his energy syphoned out of his body.

"Resist him! We can't let him do it!" Radditz yelled, as he too felt his power drop.

"I'm ready now," Lomen said, opening his silver eyes to look cunningly at the struggling Saiyans and half-Saiyans.

"ULTIMATE KYUSHU SURU!!"

He didn't know if he would be able to do it. He didn't know if he would be able to harness the kind of power he had a feeling he was dealing with. That, and he had never done this in a combat situation before. He had become a human vacuume, sucking all the power around him into his body. Not just the Saiyan's chi, but the power and life in the air. The life of the limited plant life.

In a way, it was an evil, retarded form of the Genki dama, for it took alittle power from nearly all the life around him. Yes, not even the sun's power went unscathed. And this power went directly into Lomen's body. The ground beneath him turned gray as all the power that was there was stripped from it, reducing it to dust, never to vegitate again.

But for the most part, the living things were suffering. The Saiyan population as a whole suddenly started collapsing, passing out with fatigue. Exhasted for no reason they knew, they suddenly became weak and powerless. Stopped in their tracks.

Vegita could feel the sudden fatige that ran over the planet's population like wild fire. He felt it even as he started to feel his own power start to lose its edge. He desperatly grabbed at his power, tried to pull it back into himself. Tried to stuff it back where it belonged, nice and safe in his body.

But it seemed Vegita just wouldn't be having his way at the moment, as his power continued to be sucked out of him.

Little Vegita, whose power was the lowest of the group, was the first to fall to his knees, Radditz was soon to follow, no power left to keep themselves standing. Trunks slumped agenst a rock, eyes closed peacfully. He hadn't regained all of his power from the last time he had it stolen.

Goku strained his eyes shut, darting a quick look at Bardock in time to see him drift to the ground, collapse to his side and pass out. Goku gritted his teeth at the thought that he, too, might end up in that position if he didn't gain control of this situation fast. But he was getting suddenly light headed, weak. He was so tired all of a sudden...........

Goten started to lean agenst his brother's leg, his head resting agenst his knee, eyes half open. He wasn't able to keep his mind straight. He was confused, tired, he didn't understand. Why were they even struggling agenst Lomen again? What was the point? He was so tired. Weary. Resisting only made it worse.............

"Why not just let him have our power?" he muttered to himself, his words slightly slurred with exhast.

Gohan, who was suffering the worst due to the link Lomen had already made to him, looked down in shock at his brother's words, "What did you say, Goten?"

"Jus' give 'im yer power already! Let's end this........" Goten's words were muttled to the point of near inaudibility as he slowly drifted into unconsciousness.

But Gohan didn't notice his brother's limp form slump down his leg. He was too busy thinking, and quickly a lightbulb appeared in his mind.

Of coarse! Why not give him his power?! YEAH!!

"Let's give him all we have!" Gohan yelled to everyone still with a thought process.

And then Gohan went Super Saiyan.

"What the hell is that brat babbling about?" Vegita groaned, his head pounding from the sudden decrease of power.

Goku stared down at his Super Saiyan son for a moment. What WAS he talking about? Why would he............. Then Goku got it.

Going Super Saiyan as well, he yelled to Vegita, "Change and give Lomen all your power at once!"

"What the hell, Kakarotto!?" Vegita responded with a yell, but transformed into Super Saiyan anyway. Kakarotto may have lacking qualities, but winning a fight was something he seemed to have a knack for. No point to bother arguing, anyway, Vegita thought to himself, he was just too tired to argue.

"NOW CRAM ALL YOUR CHI DOWN LOMEN'S THROAT!!" Gohan yelled, his cold blue eyes blazing with desperation.

And the three Super Saiyans did just that.

Lomen, who was already having difficulty dealing with all the pure Saiyan chi now withing, could do nothing about it.

The chi of three Super Saiyans, two of which were thorough-bred, entered his body at once.

It was more than the blue skinned man could take.

"WHAT ARE YOU?!" were Lomen's last words as his body started spazming violently, bending, breaking, burning from the inside out at the chi within him started to destroy him. And, most horribly, there was nothing he could do about it. It was too strong to discharge. Too strong to touch. It was just too strong...............

And then Lomen's body exploded.

The explotion threw Gohan off his feet, sent Goku and Vegita, still air born, reeling through the air. The both crashlanded, knocked out before they even touched the ground.

Everyone was now unconscious, totally whiped out from loss of chi.

But they had won.

To be continued........