Survivors... [Open]

Alec kept grinning when the kid expanded and turned his hair gold and his eyes green. So he called this 'Super Saiyan.' Alec could definitely feel the kid's power jump much higher. He was honestly impressed with these Saiyans, but disappointed with how cocky and headstrong they acted.

Alec took off his left fingerless glove, seeing the kid wind up like he did when he fired that beam that turned Velo into what it was then. When the kid fired, Alec waited for the beam to near him, then simply extended his left arm and opened his hand, as if to say "stop," or as if he were going to catch it. When the beam neared his hand, it would be absorbed into the two diamond shaped tattoos on his palm. Fully absorbed, Alec closed his hand with a grin; the energies behind the attack rising from his glowing palm like smoke.

Dark Release: Inhailing Maw:

"Tell you what, kid... I don't say this often to people, but you're pretty cool. We'd be better off on the same side, rather than fighting each other. There's a lot you could learn from us, and us from you. If you like fighting so much, i'm pretty sure we could find you some assholes that deserved to get their faces stomped it. I think we could even schedule you a rematch between you and Vigilante if you wanted. What do you say? Sound good?"

Alec hoped the kid would take him up on his offer. He was quite interested to see just how far this Saiyan could go. Were there other transformations? Was there more to this Super Saiyan thing? Alec thought it would probably take some convincing; this kid didn't seem like the type to toss aside his anger and be willy nilly in becoming buddy buddy.

Destiny watched closely as this alien went into that strange mode that he had gone into when he had destroyed Velo City. She kept up the shield still: blocking the heat, flames, and any sly attack the kid might try and aim towards those who were still watching. Several of the boats were leaving behind her, but she paid them no mind – the majority of the other survivors were well on their way away from here.

The kid launched an attack and her father used one of his techniques to inhale it. She could hear the conversation even from her position and how her father was attempting to turn the kid onto their side. Would it work? Or would this be some sort of fight to the death?

”Hmm... “

The Kid started yelling. he sounded mad. Then, there it was again, that golden thing. When that kid did that, he must have been raising his powers. He had a golden colored aura, sort of like his own when he put them in use. Bishounen still had a lot to learn. It made him want to start training...

And then the kid did what he did before he destroyed Velo. Was Alec going to survive being so close? The kid fired... and Alec caught the blast? It made Bishounen's eyes just grow wider. Destiny didn't look surprised or anything. It was probably because she'd seen her father in so many fights. Who exactly were these Kane people?...

If Alec caught one of those beams with his bare hand, the same beam that turned a whole city into flaming rubble, then that had to mean this kid stood no chance against Alec. It became obvious that Alec was going easy on the kid; were Alec to cut totally loose, that kid would have been done for a long time ago. What was he waiting on? It appeared that they were talking again. How was this going to end?...

"Huh... It sounds like your father is trying to reason with the kid: to get him to join up instead of randomly going around destroying things... I wonder if he really could destroy the earth like he said earlier...", Zaqar said as she hopped down from her perch and walked over to stand near Destiny and the other guy. Her purple gaze remained trained on the fight that was going on: she saw Alec absorb some sort of devastating attack and it caused a brow to lift in curiosity. How could he do such a thing? And was such a power easily obtained?

Zaqar folded her arms across her chest; suddenly reminded that she was still in nothing more then the bikini she had been in during the attack that had destroy the city. This revelation caused her to frown again and ponder: not only was she going to need a new place to live, but she was going to apparently need a whole new wardrobe. It wasn't like she could wander around in her bikini forever, not without it drawing the wrong sort of attention to her.

What... what was this? Alec Kane was able to... simply grab his energy wave and absorb it as if it were nothing? To continue to just stand there and grin? This was simply inconceivable! What was this person that they could so simply stand against the powers of even a Super Saiyan? Could the statement made earlier, 'there's always someone bigger and badder' have merit? Could Alec Kane have not been bluffing when he said that he didn't need to transform even if Kyuuri did?

Furthermore, Alec Kane was offering Kyuuri to join him; join his "Company." Become the employ of another tyrant? Another errand boy, another goon to do their dirtywork? A chance to learn new things, a chance at another go at the costumed freak Vigilante... it would have sounded good if he weren't so filled with rage. Alec Kane was making his newfound powers look like nothing.

"You dare look down on me so early on? You think I would stoop so low as to serve you!? THIS FIGHT ISN'T OVER!" Kyuuri yelled, his golden arua growing in size, the winds blowing from him picking up in strength. He approached much faster than he did last time, aiming a heel kick towards the chest of Alec Kane. Kyuuri aimed to run straight through the man if he could. He was confident that his speed increase was enough to now catch him off guard.

Were this kick to connect, a plethora of blinding kicks would come next, ending with an upside down kick that would send Alec Kane on a trip through ruined buildings below, and end in a hole in the ground. His Endurance wold tell the tale if he would be able to survive or not.

The kid continued to look angry. Alec felt his words reached deaf ears. It was probably going to take some major convincing; some hard work to penetrate that thick skull of his. These Saiyans were definitely stubborn, even when faced with someone who could obviously easily beat them. This wasn't Alec's desire though.

With Zone Eye still active, signaled by glowing silver eyes, the kick came, and Alec leaned off to the side again to avoid it. He could hear the destruction of something behind him because of the force behind the kick.

"Yeah, I didn't think it was going to be that easy. You'd rather have this whole planet after you, kid? You're not gonna beat us all. The smart thing to do would be to make some friends while you can..."

The kicks came next, all of which Alec dodged and slinked around with little to no effort. The kid was just going to keep getting mad if this kept up, so Alec felt it was time to fight back.

"Here, you dropped this."

Dark Release: Judgement:

After one of the kicks, Alec put his left palm before the kid's face and chest to unleash the previous energy blast. At nearly point blank range, there would be very little to no room to dodge. Alec didn't know that this sort of energy was very highly volatile and explosive, so if it were to connect, there would be a big boom.

"Shit--"

A boom that would launch Alec backwards at a high velocity like a smoking glowing comet. He'd impact the waters between the escaping boats with a big splash that went several dozen feet upwards. The waters would settle and long moments passed with no sight of Alec.

After so long Alec surfaced and jumped to stand on one edge of the boat that Dez, the vampire and the kid from before were in. The Symbiote was reforming parts of his coat and wife beater that had been blown off. He was bleeding from a bruise on the right side of his head, but if one looked closely, they could see that the wound was closing itself. Alec had a comical look on his face as he shook his head, his jaws making smacking sounds in the process.

"Oww.... ok, not quite what I had in mind..."

”It'd be better to have him join up, give him proper targets to go after, then to leave him to roam around continuing to harm innocents..”, she muttered softly in reply to Zaqar's words. Meanwhile, her eyes remained on the fight. The Saiyan was attempting to kick her father, but he dodged the attempts easily enough. He then unleashed the attack that he had absorbed, something that sent him flying and into the water where he disappeared for quite a bit before resurfacing. He was injured, but her knee vision showed her that he was healing.

Through gritted teeth Destiny spoke, ”So, I won't be mentioning that to anyone... especially Demi and Junior. I'm sure they wouldn't be happy hearing about it...” Destiny herself was used to watching her father in battle; but she knew Demi would flip if she found out he had been injured – even though, Demi's job had been rather dangerous recently.

Still, she kept her gaze trained towards where the Saiyan had been, wondering what had become of him now...

The kid yelled something else and started swinging at Alec again. Something happened between them that produced a big explosion. Alec was thrown, to hit the water and cause a big splash. Bishounen squinted his eyes from the droplets. After a while, Alec jumped out of the water to stand on the side. His clothes looked like they were fixing themselves. Was he seeing this right?

His mouth dropped open some while continuing to wonder just who this Alec guy was. He said "We'll talk later," so maybe Bishounen would get the chance to find out. it didn't seem like Destiny was pleased with the fact that Alec was hurt, but it didn't look too bad, especially with the silly look on his face. Maybe his kids were very protective of him...

Bishounen looked back toward the burning city, bracing himself from the rocking of the boat on the waves, waiting to see if he'd see that kid again. Was that the end of him? Chances were that was a big no...

Zaqar simply kept watch as the two continued to fight; or rather, the Saiyan continued to try and hit Alec while he dodged as if the Saiyan were moving in slow motion to him. Then Alec unleashed something from his hand – likely the attack he had absorbed earlier – and was sent flying into the water. Zaqar winced, figuring that might've actually stung a bit, and watched as Alec resurface. She then glanced around, wondering where the Saiyan had gone to while listening to Destiny comment about how she wasn't going to tell anyone else about his little 'accident'.

Zaqar frowned somewhat: it had been thousands of years since anyone had made a comment like that too her, or cared about her well being. ”Meh..”, she commented softly, brushing the emotions off of her shoulder for the time being - now wasn't the time or the place for them.

"WHAT--!?"

This, wide eyed, was all he was able to get out. His own attack came out of that palm, and exploded upon impact. Alec was blown in the opposite direction, but Kyuuri was sent on his own trip. Being hit with his own powers stung quite a bit.

Kyuuri was thrown through 3 buildings behind the forces of his own powers. He fell and skidded along the ground, tumbling and rolling a while before coming to a stop. His own powers took their toll on him, as did the trip through three wrecked buildings, causing Super Saiyan to fade. The glow ceased, and his hair returned to it's normal black color.

Defeated, again, even as a Super Saiyan. Kyuuri was angry, but in too banged up a condition to do anything about it. What was it with these Earthlings? Why did he keep ending up like this, clinging to life? With the breath remaining in his lungs, feeling the warm trickle of blood on his face, he let out a loud yell of frustration. He just couldn't believe this could happen...

"Ahhh, cut it out. No need to get all over protective mode over me. Sometimes even I get hurt, i'm not invincible like most of you think I am. It's more my fault I got hurt than his."

Alec would say this to Dez while the Saiyan was busy flying through buildings. He could hear the kid yell loudly as more buildings fell and the dust settled. it wasn't Alec's intention to kill him, so engaging his wings he took off, rocking the boat from his launch, flying back towards the city quickly.

He found the kid easily enough, in a bad way. It looked like he wasn't able to take being hit with his own powers. The energies while in that Super Saiyan state had to be something else if this kind of damage had been done. Alec landed nearby and slid his hands into his coat pockets.

"So anyways, like I was saying before dude... It has to suck being alone, with no help, to keep ending up like this, all beat up and near death. If you think i'm a problem, imagine getting into a fight with some of my kids, or even my dad, who's stronger than me."

Alec reached down to put a hand on the kid's shoulder while activating his healing factor. Alec didn't have to touch him for long. The energies would eventually have the kid back on his feet as good as new. Afterwards, Alec stood up straight again and turned to walk away.

"Think about my offer, dude. You know where to find me when you want to meet again."

Alec blasted off, leaving behind a dustcloud, headed back towards the boats.

Destiny snorted with a grin at her father's response. It was hard not to get all over protective over family, especially when said family member was going up against someone as strong and as dangerous as this Saiyan. However, it seemed that this Saiyan couldn't take a hit from his own attack very well – and it was something that Destiny was going to keep in mind in case this kid didn't end up accepting her father's offer to join up. She still wondered how Vigilante or Ka'lara would take such a thing: she didn't think it was going to go over well with either of them.

”I wonder if he'll join up, or just keep coming back angry like he is...” Destiny didn't see that ending well if that kept happening – certainly he'd one day draw the attention of the wrong person and end up against someone who would aim to kill, not wound.

This was some of the strangest things he'd seen. Bishounen had seen and gone though a lot of strange things. He himself was a strange thing, able to turn into a hot young girl whenever his emotions got the best of him, but this was something else by far. Alec Kane was one strange dude. He could fly, and had on clothes that could rebuild themselves. He could catch people's attacks and throw them back at them. There had to be all kinds of other crazy things he could do too. The weirdest thing was that he had a daughter that looked older than he did.

"So I guess it's never a dull day where you two live, huh?" Bishounen asked of Destiny after Alec shot off like a rocket, the boat rocking, making him grab the side. The further out they went, the less he could smell the smoke and the burning embers.

There was also the matter of that girl with the bikini. With the strangeness going on around already, Bishounen knew there had to be more to her than met the eye too. He figured her story would come out sooner or later...

Zaqar was still quite amused by how things were turning out: this episode was an interesting one, and it was beginning to make her think that perhaps she should have gone to Edge first since that's apparently where the action had been lately. “Maybe I'll have to go looking for a new place over in Edge...”, Zaqar commented offhandedly.

She saw Alec blasting off again and was half wondering if this Saiyan was going to chase after him, or let him go. Was the fight really over this quickly? "Is that alien kid really going to give up so easily? He seems a bit too hotheaded for that...", Zaqar pondered out loud.

To be so easily defeated so soon after becoming a Super Saiyan... then to be healed by the one who defeated him, while continuously being offered to join them... Kyuuri's rage knew no bounds. He could feel his energies returning to him because of Alec Kane's sorcery, but his hanger only rose along with them. Alec told him to think about his offer, and then he was gone...

Kyuuri had been flattened yet again... only this time, he didn't get to do damage on his opponent as he'd done Vigilante, and that woman... He hadn't even landed a hit on him. Not one... single... blow. Kyuuri's fists were so tightly gripped that his hands were bleeding. His body began to tremble. With his wounds healed and his energies fully returned to him, Super Saiyan flared to life almost on it's own; the incredible blast of energy and winds enough to blow everything that was around him away.

His whole body was shaking. his eyes began to go bloodshot. He was breathing heavily, all because of his anger. Defeated flawlessly, even as the legendary Super Saiyan. Kyuuri thought that he'd reached the peak of his powers. He'd heard stories of how Super Saiyans of old were undefeated, and all who dared opposed them met the most gruesome of ends. Yet here he was, so young to have made the transformation when most had to train all of their lives for it... and he was defeated by a strange man with sorcery named Alec Kane, who'd somehow absorbed his own attack and hit him with it.

Kyuuri just could not beleive this. He just could not stand it. Beaten so many times on a useless backwater dustball planet by freaks and weaklings that had to rely on robotic suits... Kyuuri let out a scream to the heavens.

And he would find that his rage gave him access to something beyond the Super Saiyan. The ground began to quake violently. The aura surrounding him suddenly grew in size and intensity. Occasionally the spark and crackle of electricity appeared. His hair, already standing on end, began to stand even higher. After a tremendous boom, further leveling the area in which he stood, Kyuuri found that he had achieved an even higher form of Super Saiyan. So high, that the entire city trembled underneath his newfound powers.

Even So, Kyuuri began to use his brains. Alec Kane irritated him, but he was right. He was letting the Saiyan natural instincts over-take him. If he kept along this path, then he would surely just end up in the dirt again, or worse next time. He would have to start playing things smarter. With his form surrounded by a more blazing golden aura than before, accompanied by a violent field of electricity, Kyuuri looked down at himself. So there was more to the Super Saiyan than originally thought. Super Saiyan 2, then...

No... he wasn't going to go after them just yet. Perhaps he even had Alec Kane to thank for this new transformation. Vigilante, however, was in for it when they next met...

Alec quickly sped through the skies across the ocean to again land on the boat with Dez, the Malkavian and the school kid, making the boat rock again when he landed on it. His coat dropped down behind him. Alec ran a hand on the side of his head where he was bruised to feel that the wound had closed itself.

"Well... that was fun. We'll see if the kid grows a brain and decides to join up."

Then he felt trembling, like an earthquake. Alec looked back at the city to see a bright golden glow, and to see things spreading from it's center point, as if they'd been forcefully blown away. He could feel a rapid rise in energy coming from that direction. It made Alec simply scratch a hand through his black hair, looking back towards the scene curiously. There was a boom which blew up several more buildings and caused the scene dramatic changes, and Alec could feel a dramatic rise in the kid's power.

"Oh, now he's getting even stronger than he was before?... These Saiyans, man... If he comes back to Edge like that, with violence, we may have to put him down. That's too much power for just a little kid. Imagine if he grows up..."

Alec tried to imagine. At this rate, it was looking like the kid was going to surpass all of them, even his father Darkman. This kid could have even proved more of a problem than these Templar guys. Something was going to have to be done about him, and soon...

”Eh, it was peaceful for a while.. now all these weirdo's and maniacs are coming out of the woodwork. I highly doubt things are going to quiet down anytime soon, either...” She then glanced towards Zaqar, hearing she planned on finding a place in Edge to live; Destiny frowned. ”I don't mean for this to come out wrong... but I'm going to ask you to not say anything to my sister, Demi, if you happen to come across her Zaqar – and I know we both know what I'm talking about.” The last thing anyone needed was for Demi to remember that she used to be a vampire, let alone a Malkavian: her sister was happy now and very safe as a pure blooded angel. Plus, there was no telling what sort of consequences would happen if that kind of information surfaced.

Destiny was about to say to her father that she doubted that was going to happen so easily when sure enough the earth began to tremble and there was a bright glow. Destiny sighed, shook her head, and frowned deeper. ”I'm going to take it that that kid's having another temper tantrum. Hmm.. yeah, if he doesn't calm down and come to reason he's going to have to be put down. I don't want to see a threat like that going around unchecked. It's bad enough we've got these cross wearing weirdo's rolling around kidnapping people... an alien destroying villages in a single blow? No thanks...”

She glanced back towards where the glow had come from, wondering if the alien kid was going to come back and try for seconds, or fly off somewhere else and go find another person to target for a while...

Alec came back and said something the kid getting smart and joining up. The boat rocked, making Bishounen grab onto the side again. Were they actually trying to recruit that kid? "Wait, what the hell, man? That kid kills my father and blows up everything i've ever known, and you offer him a job? What kinda shit is that?"

He tried to keep his emotions in check but it was getting hard to. It was near the point where he could feel himself beginning to transform when the rumble came. Things were being blown away back in the city. There was another golden glow. The kid was getting stronger? Again? This wasn't going to turn out well...

Alec said if the kid came to Edge like that then they'd have to put him down. "Yeah, now you're speaking my language, i'm all for that. Me and my pops may not have had the best of relations while I was coming up, but he was still my father, and that little freak killed him in cold blood!"

These Kanes were pretty amazing, and there had to be much more to them than what they were doing today, but what they were saying was madness. Bishounen planned on handling this himself if he had to.

Zaqar was an outside of the box kind of thinker. That is to say: she liked to see things from all perspectives before passing judgment on ideas and actions. ”Hm. I can kind of see the point of hiring the kid on, really... imagine having that kind of power on your side. If he's that strong as nothing more then a kid then he's likely going to be even stronger as an adult.” She would then cock her head to the side, as if doing so would help her see things differently. ”Then again, the kid is a murderer with no regard for human life or otherwise.”

She would straightened her head, looking off in the direction that the alien was in. She had no intentions of meeting this kid in battle, nor of really involving herself physically: Zaqar was a mental fighter, and that was where her power and strength lied. Physical fighting just wasn't her style: mental mind rape was. ”Tricky... very tricky.”

And then, as if suddenly remember Destiny's warning to her – easily distracted Malkavian was easily distracted after all – she trained her violet colored hues onto the other female. ”No worries, Destiny. Cala and I got along rather well: I was the one who helped save her from that bastard of a sire of hers – in fact, I still have him locked up somewhere... As far as Demi goes... the girl has suffered enough, I have no intentions of reminding her of it.” She smiled suddenly. ”Just because you've had encounters with a few... bad eggs, shall we call them? Doesn't mean all of us are bad.”

Bide the time. Refine the skills. There was no reason to live up the the usual Saiyan antics of laying waste to all before him. He would 'play it smart,' as Alec Kane had told him.

As his powers were broadcast to any and all that could feel them, Kyuuri powered down to normal and took his energies down to the barest minimum, so that he couldn't be felt. Perhaps to those that could sense energies, it would seem that he died, or just... disappeared.

He began to walk away from Velo with an evil grin. Plans began to brew. Perhaps even being able to utilize Super Saiyan 2 he still stood no chance against those freaks, but that wasn't to say that he wouldn't try anyway. He was a Saiyan after all.

Beware, Vigilante...

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Alec couldn't blame the kid for wanting the Saiyan dead. He'd killed some of the kid's family, and blown up his home. The kid wanted revenge. Who was Alec to get in the way of that?

"If you wanna take revenge on that kid, then my all means, don't let me stop you. I'm sorry I couldn't have gotten over here before this all happened, but I think it better to have this dude on the team instead of killing him. Killing him would just make a big mess. With those kinds of powers, it would do more harm than good. More cities will burn. More innocents will die."

As far as what Dez said to the Malkavian in the bikini, it brought back bad memories. Alec wasn't one to judge all for the actions of a few, but just being around another Malkavian was... unsettling, after all of that shit with Maxi, and just recently with Nova. She said all of them weren't bad just because of a few rotten eggs. Alec too looked toward the girl with a grim expression upon hearing that she was coming to Edge.

"Yeah... I'mma remember you said that. A few bad eggs or not, it's no secret that you Malkavians are nuts. I'mma trust that you behave yourself, otherwise things won't end well. Especially now, with cults and aliens going around."

Then, the kid seemed to just... disappear. Was he dead? Did he raise all of his powers to the maximum and burn out? Or was he planning a sneak attack? Alec had no idea how this alien was thinking. He'd keep his eyes peeled for any funny business...

Destiny's head jerked in the direction of the Saiyan as she suddenly felt all of the power that had been there moments before suddenly disappear. A deep frown appeared on her face and she eyed the area wearily. She still had her holy shield up, but she had no idea how it would stand up against powers the likes of which that alien kid had. She glanced over towards her father, the guy who was angry over his father being killed, and then finally the Malkavian.

She nodded along in agreement with her father's words. ”Yeah, I won't judge you just because of what you are, but mind yourself.”

Destiny would then sigh, frowning. She didn't mean to come across sounding like some sort of bully towards Zaqar; but her sister had indeed been through enough shit and she didn't need reminded of it – or told about it as was the case considering she had no idea about the majority of it.

Destiny would then close her eyes, searching with her chakra radar for the Saiyan only to find him leaving the area. She watched him for a moment until she opened her eyes. "Hmm.. that Saiyan appears to be leaving."

What Alec was saying made sense, but it still didn't change the fact that the kid was a murderer. There had to some kind of justice, some kind of payback behind this. Bishounen wasn't going to just go somewhere and sit still while this kid got to freely roam around.

He didn't feel sad behind his father's death, just anger. Anger that he had to keep in check. Bishounen said nothing else. It appeared that this other girl was a Malkavian? Whatever that was. Destiny said something about a sister, Demi? And her not saying anything to her. Alec said Malkavians were crazy, and that he was trusting her to behave.

Bishounen didn't care about the details. He wasn't thinking about the Kane or that girl in the bikini. He had no family and no home anymore. All he had was revenge. He would master his Aura powers and go after this kid, alone if he had to. For the rest of the ride, Bishounen would remain silent, plotting vengeance...

[Exit]

”Sanity is a lie, Mister Kane. Everyone has a little crazy in them, even if they don't want to admit it.”, she added nothing else to her statement as her violet colored gaze focused off in the direction of Edge. She had no money, no valuables to speak of, so she would have to figure something out. Either way, she planned on keeping her head on straight and staying out of trouble for now. Crazy didn't equal being bad or evil after all – even someone as old as her had a conscious.

”Hm... looks like I have some things to figure out.”, she sighed, and glanced back in the direction of the Saiyan. From what Destiny was saying the kid was leaving, so at least – unless the Saiyan was attempting a sneak attack – they wouldn't have to worry about him for the time being.

"Sanity is a lie, sure, you're saying this to someone nicknamed The Psychotic Gunman. I have family members who aren't as nice as I am and won't talk to you like I will, try and keep that in mind, yeah?"

Alec didn't want to use his chakra radar to see which way the kid was headed. Like old times, he wanted to be surprised. The kid was likely to be pissed off at Alec which meant he was going to come after him again. The thought of it put a grin on his face. He probably still had it in for Vigilante too.

The Templars and this Alien. Things were looking entertaining for the first time in a long time. Alec put one of his feet up on the sides of the boat to lean on an elbow, settling in for the ride back home.

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