Dragon Ball: The Mrovian Series: Nitro saga

The Nitro saga is the second segment of The Mrovian series.

Characters

 * Cuber
 * Chaiva
 * Kailon
 * Nitro
 * Fassfu
 * Kirka
 * Srief
 * Borgur
 * Nukket
 * Zota
 * Salhior
 * Ashuroas
 * Quoeyg
 * Aysuida
 * Fadjist
 * Jimdaj
 * Fayg
 * Krant
 * Litri
 * Lunuma

Chapter 1: Kailon's True Power








<CHAIVA PUTS AN END TO CUBER’S BARRAGE BY TURNING AROUND AND KICKING HIM AWAY WITH A RIGHT ROUNDHOUSE; SHE THEN FLIES PAST CUBER AND VERTICAL-KICKS HIM STRAIGHT UP INTO THE SKY WITH HER RIGHT FOOT; ONCE AGAIN, CHAIVA FLIES PAST CUBER, THIS TIME ABOVE, AND SENDS HIM TOWARDS THE GROUND WITH AN OVERHEAD DOUBLE HAMMERFIST; CHAIVA IMMEDIATELY FLIES IN CUBER’S DIRECTION UNTIL SHE ENDS UP BELOW HIM, AND THEN RAISES HER RIGHT HAND TO CATCH THE BOY ON THEIR WAY DOWN; ONCE ON THE GROUND, CHAIVA PUTS CUBER ON HIS FEET>

Cuber:  Come on, I was so close to winning this time.

Chaiva: Well you weren’t close enough.

Cuber: I can’t believe I still haven’t beaten you once. I’m getting stronger, but you always end up winning every fight.

Chaiva: You’re not the only one getting stronger, Cuber.

Kailon:  My turn!

Cuber: Wait until the next planet. We’re tired and we don’t have healing tanks.

Kailon:  Okay…



Chaiva:  We’ll go here next. It’s still pretty far away from Frieza’s empire.

Cuber: Got it.  You’ll get to fight when we get there.

Kailon:  Yay!



<CUTS TO WHAT APPEARS TO BE A DARK THRONE ROOM OF SORTS; A BEING, RESEMBLING FRIEZA IN HIS THIRD FORM, EXCEPT WITH PRIMARILY PURPLE SKIN, IS SITTING ON A THRONE, WITH A PLANET TRADE ORGANIZATION SOLDIER STANDING ON EACH SIDE OF HIM; TO HIS LEFT IS A TALL ALIEN WHO IS VERY MUCH HUMAN-LIKE, SAVE FOR HAVING RED-COLORED SKIN, AND HAS SHORT, BLACK HAIR AND BLUE EYES; THIS HUMANOID IS WEARING PAULDRON PLANET TRADE ORGANIZATION ARMOR THAT IS RED TRIMMED WITH YELLOW, A FULL BLUE JUMPSUIT, WHITE BOOTS, AND A RED CAPE; TO THE RIGHT IS A MUCH SMALLER, IMP-LIKE CREATURE WITH DARK SKIN AND FOUR YELLOW EYES; THIS ONE WEARS A FULL SET OF PLANET TRADE ORGANIZATION ARMOR THAT IS BLACK AND PURPLE IN COLOR, COMPLETE WITH FULL CROTCH AND LEG GUARDS; YET ANOTHER HUMANOID PLANET TRADE ORGANIZATION SOLDIER, WEARING FULL ARMOR AND A HELMET, WALKS UP TO THE FRIEZA RELATIVE AND KNEELS>

Soldier #1: Lord Nitro…

Nitro: You wished to see me?

Soldier #1: Yes, your highness. A pair of Attack Balls hailing from Frieza’s empire are on approach to Planet Nitro 297.

Nitro: Frieza? We only just claimed that planet weeks ago. What does he want?

Soldier #1: There’s more, milord. We have scanned their interiors and believe the occupants to be Saiyan children – three in total.

Nitro: Is that so? Very well then, you are dismissed.



Nitro:  Kirka, I will personally pay these Saiyans a visit, and you are to come with me.

Kirka: As you wish, milord.

Nitro:  General Fassfu, I trust that you will keep everything in order while I’m gone?

Fassfu: Of course, your highness.

Nitro: Good.  I thought my brother exterminated all of the Saiyans. It seems that he was sloppy in his attempt at genocide. <GRINNING> Some day, his hubris will come back to bite him.

<CUTS TO THE SPACE PODS HEADING FOR THE DESTINATION PLANET; THEN CUTS TO THE INTERIOR OF CHAIVA’S POD, WHICH SHAKES AS IT IMPACTS THE GROUND; WHEN HER DOOR OPENS, SHE SEES PLANET TRADE ORGANIZATION SOLDIERS STANDING JUST OUTSIDE, ARM CANNONS AIMED AT THE SAIYANS>

<WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT, CHAIVA AND CUBER UNLEASH ENERGY WAVE VOLLEYS, KILLING ALL OF THE SCOUTS BEFORE THEY CAN TAKE FURTHER ACTION>

Cuber: I thought you said we were still far away from Frieza’s empire!

Chaiva: That’s what the computer said!

Cuber: Are you sure?

Chaiva: Why wouldn’t I be? It doesn’t matter now. Let’s turn our scouters on and see if there are any more of them. We’ll wipe them out before they can start tracking us.

Cuber: Alright. <TO KAILON> Come on, Kailon, let’s go.

Kailon: Bad guys?

Cuber: Yeah. We’re gonna kill all of them so they can’t find us.

<CUTS TO MOMENTS LATER, WITH ALL THREE SAIYANS IN THE SKY LOOKING AT A PLANET TRADE ORGANIZATION OUTPOST FROM ABOVE>

Chaiva: At least they’re all pretty weak. <AS SHE CHARGES UP AN AURORA BOMB; TO CUBER> You’re welcome to join in.

Cuber: Right.

<CUBER’S HANDS GLOW BLUE-WHITE AS HE RAISES HIS ARMS OUTWARDS TO MEET HIS HANDS ABOVE HIS HEAD; ONCE HIS HANDS ARE TOGETHER, HIS INDEX FINGERS, AGAINST EACH OTHER, POINT UP WHILE THE REST OF HIS FINGERS INTERLOCK; CUBER THEN POINTS AT THE OUTPOST WITH HIS INDEX FINGERS AND HANDS STILL TOGETHER, DISCHARGING A MASSIVE BLUE-WHITE BEAM THAT TAKES ON THE APPEARANCE OF AN OVERSIZED SPECIAL BEAM CANNON>

<SIMULTANEOUSLY, CHAIVA THROWS HER AURORA BOMB AND KAILON THROWS A METER-DIAMETER BLUE-WHITE ENERGY SPHERE OUT OF HIS LEFT HAND; ALL THREE ENERGY ATTACKS CREATE A MASSIVE EXPLOSION, BURNING THE ENTIRE BASE AND EVERYTHING AROUND IT TO THE PLANET’S MANTLE>

<SUDDENLY, THE SAIYANS’ SCOUTERS BEEP FURIOUSLY BEFORE EXPLODING; CHAIVA AND CUBER’S EXPRESSIONS CHANGE TO ONES OF FEAR>

Cuber: Di-did you just see what I thought I saw?

Chaiva: We need to get out of here!

<CUBER GRABS KAILON BY THE WRIST AS THE SAIYANS START FLYING TOWARDS THEIR SPACE PODS; THE APPEARANCE OF SIX ENTITIES STOP THE SAIYANS IN THEIR TRACKS; FOUR OF THESE ALIENS ARE OF THE SAME SPECIES AS FASSFU, WHILE THE OTHER TWO ARE NONE OTHER THAN NITRO AND KIRKA>

Nitro: Hello, Saiyans. I am Nitro, Emperor of the Southern Empire of the Planet Trade Organization. You are trespassing and have destroyed one of my outposts; such an offense is punishable by death. However, I will let you live if you serve under me.

<CUBER AND CHAIVA REMAIN SILENT, COMPLETELY UNSURE OF WHAT TO DO; CUBER PUTS HIS ARM IN FRONT OF KAILON TO PREVENT HIS BROTHER FROM DOING ANYTHING RASH>

Nitro: I haven’t got all day. If you do not answer me soon, I will assume you’ve chosen death. Or perhaps you need some convincing first. <TURNS TO ONE OF HIS HENCHMEN; THIS ONE HAS NO HAIR AND WEARS PAULDRON BATTLE ARMOR WITH THE SAME COLORATION AS RADITZ’S> Nukket?

<NUKKET NODS AND THEN RUSHES INTO CUBER WITH A LEFT GUT PUNCH; THE SAIYAN BOY COUGHS UP BLOOD AS HE BENDS OVER>

Chaiva: Cuber!

Kailon: Brother!

<BEFORE EITHER OF THE OTHER TWO SAIYANS CAN REACT, NUKKET FLIES BEHIND CUBER AND RIGHT-ELBOWS HIM DOWNWARDS IN THE BACK, SHOOTING HIM STRAIGHT DOWN; ON IMPACT, CUBER’S BODY CREATES A HUGE EXPLOSION; CHAIVA REMAINS FROZEN IN FEAR, UNABLE TO ACT>

<CUE CUT VERSION OF AN INSTRUMENTAL REMIX OF FAINT BY LINKIN PARK>



Kailon: <ANGERED> You...you hurt him…

<FAINT REMIX REACHES 0:13; KAILON’S BRIGHT GREEN AURA FLARES UP AROUND HIM AS HE ASSUMES THE TYPICAL POWERING-UP STANCE; THE SCOUTERS OF NITRO AND HIS HENCHMEN ALL BEEP MULTIPLE TIMES>

Nukket: Heh, what are you going to do with a power level of only 4,000?

Kailon: I’ll kill you!

<FAINT REMIX REACHES 0:30; KAILON’S AURA CHANGES INTO A YELLOWER SHADE AS IT GROWS LARGER; THE FORCE OF THE SUDDEN SURGE PUSHES CHAIVA AND NUKKET AWAY; ALL SCOUTERS BEEP FURIOUSLY AND THEN EXPLODE>

Nukket: What?!

<NITRO AND HIS HENCHMEN CONTINUE TO STARE AT KAILON IN AWE; ALL OF HIS SUBORDINATES EXCEPT KIRKA THEN ASSUME FIGHTING STANCES IN PREPARATION FOR THE INCOMING THREAT>

Nitro: <WITH A SMILE> Now that is power I can use.

<WITH HIS NOW YELLOW-GREEN AURA CONTINUING ITS GROWTH, KAILON’S PUPILS AND IRISES DISAPPEAR, AND HIS HAIR STANDS STRAIGHT UP AS IT CHANGES FROM BLACK TO THE COLOR OF BRASS>

<FAINT REMIX REACHES 0:58; WITH A YELL, KAILON JETS FORWARD AT NUKKET>

<FAINT REMIX REACHES 1:05; WITH A CLOCKWISE SWEEPING MOTION OF BOTH OF HIS OWN LEGS, THE POWERED-UP SAIYAN TODDLER DESTROYS THE ALIEN BELOW THE KNEES; AS NUKKET SCREAMS IN PAIN, THE RESULTING ORANGE-WHITE SHOCKWAVE OF KAILON’S ATTACK BLASTS CHAIVA BACK, ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT ACTUALLY DAMAGE HER MUCH AT ALL>

<FAINT REMIX REACHES 1:12; KAILON THROWS A RIGHT FLYING SIDE KICK INTO NUKKET’S ABDOMEN, BLOWING AWAY THE ARMOR FROM HIS LOWER TORSO AND CAVING IT IN, CAUSING NUKKET TO IRONICALLY COUGH UP BLOOD>

<FAINT REMIX REACHES 1:18; KAILON READIES HIS LEFT FIST FROM BELOW, AND THEN FLIES STRAIGHT UP WITH AN UPPERCUT IN HIS MOST POWERFUL SHOENKEN YET; THE RESULTING PUNCH VERTICALLY BISECTS NUKKET AND COMPLETELY OBLITERATES HIS HEAD; THE TWO CHARRED HALVES OF THE ALIEN’S REMAINS CONTINUE THEIR WAY UPWARDS INTO SPACE>

<FAINT REMIX ENDS>

<CUTS TO CHAIVA, WHO IS NOW ON THE GROUND, HOVERING TOWARDS A CRATER, THE ONE CREATED WITH CUBER'S BODY>

Chaiva: <TO HERSELF> I knew Kailon was strong, but I've never seen anything like that before. I never believed in the story, but could he be it? Is Kailon a Super Saiyan?

<WHEN CHAIVA REACHES CUBER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CRATER, SHE DISCOVERS THAT HE IS STILL ALIVE>

Chaiva: <WRAPPING CUBER’S LEFT ARM OVER HER SHOULDER> Come on, let’s get you out of here.

Cuber: <AWOKEN, WEAKLY> Where’s...Kailon…?

Chaiva: <WHILE FLYING CUBER TOWARDS THEIR ATTACK BALLS> I...I think he’s the Legendary Super Saiyan. He just killed one of those guys like it was nothing.

Cuber: He...is? Dad would be so proud…

<CUTS TO CHAIVA PLACING CUBER IN DOGOM’S SPACE POD AND ENTERING COORDINATES INTO THE SHIP’S COMPUTER>

Cuber: Wait...what about Kailon…?

Chaiva: Don’t worry; I’ll take him with me when he kills Nitro and his minions.

Cuber: Thanks, Chaiva...I’ll see you later…

Chaiva: Don’t mention it. I’ll catch up with you when this is over.

<CUBER’S DOOR SHUTS BEFORE THE ATTACK BALL TAKES OFF; AS SHE PROMISED, CHAIVA MADE HER WAY BACK TO WHERE KAILON WAS>

<CUTS TO NITRO’S SURVIVING RED-SKINNED SOLDIERS, ALL OF WHOM ARE SHOOTING BLUE-WHITE EYE LASERS AT THE ENRAGED KAILON; THE SAIYAN TODDLER FLIES TOWARDS THE THREE ATTACKERS AS HE SPINS HIS ENTIRE BODY CLOCKWISE WITH BOTH OF HIS ARMS OUTSTRETCHED TO HIS SIDES, FISTS CLENCHED, HITTING AWAY THE ENERGY BEAMS; ONCE KAILON IS CLOSE ENOUGH, HE STOPS SPINNING, CURLS HIS BODY IN FETAL POSITION, AND THEN OPENS UP HIS LIMBS, FISTS STILL CLENCHED; AN ORANGE-WHITE EXPLOSIVE WAVE EMANATES FROM THE SAIYAN’S BODY BLASTING ALL THREE OF HIS ENEMIES AWAY>

<KAILON TURNS HIS ATTENTION TO THE ONE WITH LONG HAIR (WHO WE’LL CALL ZOTA, AND IN ONE SWIFT SEQUENCE, THE TODDLER BACK-FLIP KICKS HIS TARGET AND FOLLOWS UP WITH A RIGHT FOREHAND DIAGONAL KARATE CHOP; KAILON’S RIGHT HAND CUTS INTO ZOTA’S LEFT COLLAR AND PROCEEDS TO CLEAVE THROUGH HIS ENTIRE TORSO, ULTIMATELY SEVERING THE UPPER-RIGHT PART OF HIS BODY FROM ITS LOWER-LEFT>

<WASTING NO TIME, KAILON FLIES UP TO THE LARGEST ALIEN (NAMED BORGUR) AND IMPALES HIM THROUGH THE STERNUM WITH A RIGHT SPEARHAND, BLASTING A SIZABLE HOLE THROUGH BORGUR’S CHEST WITH AN ORANGE-WHITE ENERGY WAVE>

<THE LAST OF THE RED-SKINNED ALIENS (NAMED SRIEF), NOW FEARING FOR HIS LIFE, ATTEMPTS TO FLY AWAY; INEVITABLY TOO SLOW FOR KAILON, THE YOUNG SAIYAN EFFORTLESSLY CHASES HIM DOWN AND FROM ABOVE, HE LANDS ON SRIEF’S HEAD WITH A DRILL KICK; NOT ONLY DOES THE ALIEN’S HEAD EXPLODE, BUT ALSO HIS SHOULDERS, CHEST, AND ARMS>

<CUTS TO CHAIVA, WHO IS ON THE GROUND, WATCHING AT A REASONABLY SAFE DISTANCE FROM BELOW, UNDERNEATH A FOREST OF TREES>

Chaiva: Get ‘em, Kailon.

<CUTS BACK TO KAILON, WHO TURNS HIS ATTENTION TO NITRO; KIRKA SLOWLY BACKS AWAY IN FEAR, AND THEN TAKES OFF>

Chapter 2: The Mrovians
Nitro: Bravo. I may have lost some of my strongest warriors, but you’re far stronger than any of them. Join me, and– <KAILON FLIES AT NITRO WITH A SAIYAN BOLIDE ATTACK; NITRO IS JUST BARELY ABLE TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY> Nitro: <ANGERED> How dare you?! <KAILON MAKES A U-TURN TO REPEAT HIS PREVIOUSLY-MISSED ATTACK; NOW ACCEPTING THAT THE SAIYAN HAS TRANSCENDED ANY LEVELS OF REASONING, NITRO FIRES A DEATH BEAM AT THE INCOMING TODDLER WITH HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER; THE PINK LASER-LIKE BEAM STRIKES KAILON IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER, COMPLETELY HALTING THE YOUNG SAIYAN’S APPROACH; WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS, KAILON’S SHOULDER IS SEVERELY BURNED, MUCH LIKE HOW GOHAN’S IS IN HIS CONFRONTATION WITH SUPER PERFECT CELL; KAILON, HOWEVER, APPEARS TO BE BARELY BOTHERED AND CONTINUES TO POSSESS HIS FULL INTENT TO KILL; KAILON THEN RESUMES GOING AFTER NITRO, WHO FLIES BACKWARDS AND IN CIRCLES, ALLOWING THE SAIYAN TODDLER TO CHASE AFTER HIM> Nitro: You stubborn monkey! No wonder my brother chose to drive you all to extinction! You’ve costed me valuable warriors and an entire planet! <NITRO CHANGES HIS TRAJECTORY AND FLIES HIGHER INTO THE SKY AS HE RAISES HIS RIGHT FINGER STRAIGHT UP ABOVE HIM; A PITCH-BLACK SPHERE SURROUNDED BY BRIGHT-VIOLET PLASMA ARCS FORMS ABOVE HIS FINGER> <CUTS TO CHAIVA BENEATH THE TREES> Chaiva: Oh, no… <HOVERING NO MORE THAN TWO METERS ABOVE THE GROUND, CHAIVA FLIES BACK TOWARDS HER SPACE POD> Chaiva: <TO HERSELF> I’m sorry, Cuber...you won’t be able to see your brother again. <CUTS BACK TO NITRO, WITH HIS DEATH BALL NOW MORE THAN A METER IN DIAMETER>

Nitro: You might be strong, but… <THROWS THE DEATH BALL DOWNWARDS AT KAILON> you’re still nothing compared to me. <THE DEATH BALL PUSHES AGAINST KAILON, WHO PUTS UP HIS LEFT HAND TO BLOCK THE ENERGY SPHERE; AS THE DEATH BALL CONTINUES TO PRESS DOWN ON KAILON, THE TODDLER IS FORCED TO USE HIS ENTIRE BODY TO TRY TO PUSH BACK; NITRO’S ATTACK, CLEARLY TOO MUCH FOR THE SAIYAN BOY TO HANDLE, CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY PUSH HIM TOWARDS, AND EVENTUALLY INTO, THE GROUND> <CUTS TO A VIEW FROM SPACE OF THE ENTIRE PLANET, WHICH EXPLODES, INEVITABLY FROM NITRO’S DEATH BALL> <CUTS TO NITRO, NOW IN THE VACUUM OF SPACE; A SPACESHIP THAT LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE FRIEZA’S THEN APPROACHES; UPON SEEING THE SHIP, NITRO ENTERS> <CUTS TO THE SHIP’S INTERIOR, WITH KIRKA ON THE CONTROLS; THE DOOR TO THE BRIDGE OPENS, REVEALING NITRO> Kirka: <TURNING AROUND TO FACE NITRO> Milord… Nitro: Get us out of here. Kirka: <TURNS BACK AROUND TO THE CONTROLS> Of course, sir. <CUTS TO NITRO’S SHIP FROM THE OUTSIDE AS IT WARPS AWAY> <CUE AN INSTRUMENTAL COVER OF IRIDESCENT BY LINKIN PARK> <CUTS TO CUBER’S ATTACK BALL, WHICH SILENTLY CONTINUES ITS WAY THROUGH EMPTY SPACE>

<IT IS AGE 741, TWO YEARS SINCE THE EVENTS OF THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER>

<CUBER’S ATTACK BALL APPROACHES A BLUE PLANET; WHEN IT REACHES THE THERMOSPHERE, SIX GOLD-COLORED DRONES APPEAR, FOLLOW THE SPACE POD, AND THEN SLOW IT DOWN WITH BLUE TRACTOR BEAMS; THE DRONES CARRY CUBER’S SHIP TO A GOLD-COLORED BUILDING, WHICH OPENS UP TO ACCEPT THE OBJECTS, AND THEN BRING THE VESSEL DOWN AN INTERIOR RUNWAY AND INTO A LARGE ROOM; A DARK, COLORLESS ENERGY BUBBLE SURROUNDS CUBER’S SPACE POD BEFORE ITS DOOR OPENS>

Cuber: <OPENING HIS EYES; HE IS STILL IMMENSELY WEAKENED> What? Where am I?

<ONE OF THE DRONES FLIES INTO CUBER’S SPACE POD AND HOVERS TO THE LEFT OF HIS HEAD; BEFORE CUBER CAN REACT, THE DRONE SHOOTS A SMALL BLUE-WHITE ENERGY BEAM TO THE BACK OF CUBER’S HEAD FROM THE SIDE, RENDERING HIM UNCONSCIOUS>

<CUTS TO SOME TIME LATER; CUBER WAKES UP, FINDING HIMSELF FULLY HEALED AND IN A BED IN A SMALLER ROOM AS HE SITS UP; HE NO LONGER HAS HIS ARMOR ON AND WEARS ONLY LIGHT GRAY LEGWEAR THAT ALSO COVERS HIS FEET; IMMEDIATELY INTENDING TO ESCAPE, HE OPENS HIS RIGHT PALM TO CHARGE A KI SPHERE IN IT, BUT NOTHING HAPPENS; SUDDENLY, A VERY TALL HUMANOID ALIEN MATERIALIZES OUTSIDE OF THE ROOM CUBER IS IN, BEHIND A WALL MADE OF THE SAME TYPE OF ENERGY THE BUBBLE WAS MADE OUT OF; THE ALIEN IS CLAD ENTIRELY IN WHITE AND GOLD ARMOR, SAVE FOR HIS FACE, WHICH HAS GREEN SKIN, A PAIR OF BLUE EYES, AND NO NOSE OR MOUTH>

Salhior: <TELEPATHICALLY> I see you have awoken.

Cuber: <STARTLED AT THE VOICE IN HIS HEAD> Where am I?! Where’s Chaiva and Kailon?!

Salhior: You came alone. Your vessel arrived several hours ago and we found your broken body inside. As you can see, we have seen to your full recovery.

Cuber: You’re lying! She said she’d come with my brother! <CUBER LEAPS OUT OF THE BED TOWARDS SALHIOR; TO HIMSELF, IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS LEAP> Why am I so slow?

<TEMPORARILY PUTTING ASIDE THIS REALIZATION, CUBER TURNS HIS ATTENTION BACK TO SALHIOR MID-FLIGHT AND THROWS HIS LEFT LEG OUT IN A FLYING SIDE KICK; CUBER’S FOOT MAKES CONTACT WITH THE ENERGY WALL, BUT DOES NOT DO ANY DAMAGE TO IT; STILL POSSESSING HIS REACTION TIMES, HE LANDS ON HIS FEET>

Salhior: I do not lie. We have scanned the entire system to ensure that no others had accompanied you.

Cuber: Let me go!

<CUBER HITS THE ENERGY WALL WITH A BACK-FLIP KICK, WHICH ALSO DOES NOTHING>

Salhior: You wish to be released? <CUBER SILENTLY GLARES AT SALHIOR> You are a Saiyan, yes? Then show me what you are made of. If you can defeat me in combat, I will grant you your freedom.

Cuber: How can I fight you when I’m stuck in here?

Salhior: Worry not. You will be allowed to use your full power when we battle.

<CUTS TO A HUGE ROOM; CUBER AND SALHIOR ARE STANDING ABOUT THIRTY METERS ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER; MULTIPLE MROVIANS (ALIENS OF SALHIOR’S SPECIES) ARE SPECTATING FROM SMALLER ROOMS OF VARIOUS ELEVATIONS FROM BEHIND WINDOWS MADE OF HARMLESS PLASMA>

Salhior: Whenever you are ready.

Cuber: You’re going down.

<CUBER RUNS AT SALHIOR WITH A RIGHT ROUNDHOUSE KICK, FOLLOWED BY TWO STRAIGHT PUNCHES, LEFT-THEN RIGHT, AND THEN A FLURRY OF LEFT SIDE KICKS; SALHIOR SIMPLY STANDS STILL, RECEIVING ALL OF CUBER’S BLOWS, BUT DOES NOT TAKE ANY DAMAGE; WHEN HE REALIZES HIS ATTACKS ARE DOING NOTHING AT ALL, CUBER STOPS>

Salhior: Fight me seriously, or do not fight me at all. <CUBER GROWLS IN ANNOYANCE> I am waiting.

<CUBER POWERS UP, HIS YELLOW KI RADIATING AROUND HIM; ONCE IN HIS FULL POWER, CUBER THROWS A FLYING LEFT SIDE KICK, WHICH SALHIOR SIMPLY SIDESTEPS; CUBER TURNS AROUND TO REPEAT THE SAME ATTACK, BUT THE RESULT IS THE SAME; THIS TIME, CUBER JETS FORWARD IN A LIGHTSPEED DART, FLYING AT HIS OPPONENT EVEN FASTER THAN BEFORE; THIS TIME, SALHIOR GENERATES A BLUE ENERGY SHIELD, WHICH CUBER ENDS UP GLANCING OFF>

<CUBER FLIES AT SALHIOR WITH YET ANOTHER FLYING LEFT SIDE KICK; INSTEAD OF DODGING, SALHIOR CATCHES CUBER BY THE ANKLE; HE THEN RELEASES CUBER AS HIS EYES GLOW VIOLET; THE SAIYAN, WITHOUT ANY CONTROL OVER HIS OWN BODY, REVOLVES RAPIDLY AROUND SALHIOR BEFORE BEING FLUNG STRAIGHT UP; SALHIOR FOLLOWS CUBER INTO THE AIR AND ACTIVATES A BLUE-WHITE ENERGY BLADE FROM LEFT HAND; THE MROVIAN SWIPES UPWARDS TOWARDS HIS OWN RIGHT SHOULDER, HITTING CUBER WITH THE BLADE THAT IS NOT CONCENTRATED ENOUGH TO CUT THE SAIYAN AND LEAVES ONLY SURFACE BURNS>

<SALHIOR RETURNS TO THE GROUND AS CUBER FALLS, UNABLE TO FLY FROM BEING IN TOO MUCH PAIN; JUST AS CUBER LANDS, SALHIOR HITS THE SAIYAN BOY AWAY WITH A LEFT SWEEPING REVERSE ROUNDHOUSE KICK; AS CUBER HITS A WALL, SALHIOR, WITH HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER, POINTS TO THE TOP-LEFT AS HE CHARGES BLUE-WHITE KI ON HIS FINGER; HE THEN POINTS TO CUBER WITH HIS ACTIVE FINGER AS HE FIRES A BLUE-WHITE ENERGY BEAM OUT OF IT; THE BEAM EXPLODES ON THE INTENDED TARGET, AND WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS, CUBER IS REVEALED TO BE UNCONSCIOUS>

<CUTS TO LATER, WITH SALHIOR WALKING DOWN A HALLWAY ALONGSIDE ANOTHER MROVIAN WARRIOR; THIS ONE IS WEARING ARMOR THAT IS OF SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AESTHETIC DESIGN THAN SALHIOR’S AND IS COLORED PRIMARILY GOLD WITH WHITE TRIM>

Ashuroas: Perhaps the High Council is right. It amazes me that you managed to convince them to allow the Saiyan to live.

Salhior: You know as much as I do that Frieza had betrayed the Saiyans. I will not deny that he could still be working for the Planet Trade Organization, but he is just a child and came here alone. Given his condition and responses upon his arrival, he certainly did not come knowing that he would find us.

Ashuroas: I only voice my concern for you, Supreme Admiral, as you have agreed to ‘take full responsibility’ for any negative consequences that may come with keeping the Saiyan alive.

<THE TWO MROVIANS REACH A LARGE GOLDEN AUTOMATIC DOOR, WHICH OPENS; BOTH MROVIANS STOP WALKING>

Salhior: Worry not, Ashuroas. I will continue to keep a watchful eye on the Saiyan.

<ONLY SALHIOR WALKS THROUGH THE DOORS AS ASHUROAS STAYS BEHIND; THE SUPREME ADMIRAL CONTINUES HIS WAY INTO THE ROOM UNTIL HE ARRIVES AT CUBER’S CELL; CUBER IS SITTING ON HIS BED>

Cuber: What do you want?

Salhior: I do not believe we have been properly acquainted, Saiyan. I am Salhior, Supreme Admiral of the Mrovian Navy. And you are...?

Cuber: Cuber.

Salhior: Tell me, Cuber. What brings you to the Mrovian Republic?

Cuber: <AFTER A FEW SECONDS OF HESITATION> I was with a friend and my brother. After Frieza betrayed the Saiyans, we managed to escape. We kept it up for a long time, but we accidentally landed on a planet owned by a guy named Nitro. One of Nitro’s soldiers almost killed me, but my friend got me off the planet. She said they would follow me after my brother killed Nitro and his soldiers. You told me they never came. I wish I knew what happened to them.

Salhior: Nitro? Do you mean Frieza’s younger brother?

Cuber: He’s Frieza’s brother?

Salhior: Yes, and I can assure you, he is very much alive.

Cuber: Wait, so does that mean...no… <TEARS WELL UP IN CUBER’S EYES AS HE LOOKS TO THE GROUND> I’ll never get to see them ever again. I won’t get to see Kailon...my brother, the Legendary Super Saiyan, kill Frieza...and...I’ll never get the chance to beat Chaiva.

Salhior: The likelihood of their survival is indeed slim. However, you are a Saiyan. If I recall, you are from a species of warriors who care only about strength and combat.

<CUBER CONTINUES TO SOB AND DOES NOT ANSWER SALHIOR>

Salhior: Will you continue to allow your friend and brother go unavenged?

<CUBER LOOKS UP BACK AT SALHIOR>

Salhior: I can help you become stronger.

Cuber: You can?

Salhior: But first, you must promise me that while you learn under my tutelage, you will not bring any harm to my people, and you are not to pilot any of our vessels without my permission. In return, you will no longer be held prisoner. Do we understand each other?

Cuber: Yes…I promise I won’t hurt anyone.

Salhior: Good. <THE ENERGY BUBBLE DISSIPATES> Now wipe your tears and follow me. We will begin your training immediately. Brace yourself.

Cuber: For what?

<SALHIOR AND CUBER DARKEN UNTIL THEY FADE TO BLACK; THEY THEN DISAPPEAR FROM HEAD TO TOE RAPIDLY, LEAVING CUBER’S FORMER PRISON IS EMPTY>

<CUTS TO ANOTHER GOLDEN ROOM, WHICH IS INITIALLY EMPTY; SUDDENLY, CUBER AND SALHIOR MATERIALIZE IN THE REVERSE FASHION THEY HAD DISAPPEARED EARLIER, GOING FROM BLACK TO BEING RESTORED TO THEIR NORMAL COLORATIONS>

Cuber: Whoa...what just happened?

<IGNORING CUBER’S QUESTION, SALHIOR WALKS TOWARDS A LARGE PAIR OF AUTOMATIC DOORS, WITH CUBER FOLLOWING BEHIND; THE DOORS OPEN, REVEALING A MASSIVE PLATFORM WITH THE VIEW OF OUTER SPACE MAKING UP MOST OF THE IMMENSE CEILING AND WALLS; NO MORE THAN TWO DOZEN MROVIAN WARRIORS, WEARING NOTHING EXCEPT GOLD-COLORED CLOTHING THAT COVERS ONLY THE GROIN, ARE SPARRING WITH EACH OTHER ACROSS DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE PLATFORM>

Salhior: Behold the Lance of Mrov, the mightiest warship of the Mrovian Fleet. This is where your training will take place.

Cuber: Whoa, this ship is huge!

Salhior: This is actually just the training ground for our warriors. We are only in a section of the entire vessel.

Cuber: No way…

Salhior: I understand your astonishment, and you will have plenty of opportunities to explore the ship. Are you ready to begin?

Cuber: <WITH A SLIGHT SMILE> Yeah, definitely.

Chapter 3: Path of a Warrior
<SALHIOR AND CUBER STAND ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER ON THE MASSIVE GOLDEN PLATFORM; UPON SEEING THEIR SUPREME ADMIRAL PREPARING TO TRAIN, THE OTHER MROVIAN WARRIORS STOP THEIR SPARRING AND MAKE THEIR WAY OUT OF THE TRAINING GROUND; SALHIOR’S ARMOR THEN BEGINS TO DARKEN AND THEN VANISHES IN THE SAME WAY HE AND CUBER HAD WHEN THEY TELEPORTED INTO THE LANCE OF MROV, AND THE SUPREME ADMIRAL NOW ONLY WEARS THE SAME UNDERGARMENT THE OTHER WARRIORS WERE WEARING>

Salhior: Quoeyg, set the gravity to 100 g.

Quoeyg: <OVER THE COMMS> It will be done, Supreme Admiral.

Cuber: Wait, what?

<CUBER COLLAPSES INTO THE GROUND, BELLY-DOWN>

Salhior: <IN A SLIGHTLY SURPRISED AND DISAPPOINTED TONE> For one who effortlessly endures the unrelenting forces of relativistic acceleration, this amount of gravity should be nothing to you. Yet here you lie, unable to even stand.

<CUBER RESPONDS ONLY WITH GRIMACING, STRUGGLING TO EVEN LIFT HIS BODY OFF THE GROUND>

Salhior: Very well, then. <TO THE UNSEEN QUOEYG> Set the gravity to 50 g.

<CUBER LIFTS HIMSELF UP ON ONE KNEE, AND EVENTUALLY IS ABLE TO STAND>

Salhior: <IF MROVIANS COULD SIGH> We have much to do.

<CUTS TO A LATER TRAINING SESSION; CUBER IS STANDING IN HIS FIGHTING STANCE, THE ONE THAT LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE CAULIFLA’S WITH THE RIGHT FIST NEXT TO THE CHEEK AND THE LEFT FIST IN FRONT; HE IS SURROUNDED BY COPIES OF SALHIOR; THESE ARE NOT AFTERIMAGES, BUT RATHER SALHIOR’S ABILITY TO CREATE ILLUSIONS OF HIMSELF AND THE REAL SALHIOR IS AMONG THEM>

<CUBER JUMPS AT ONE OF THE SALHIORS WITH A LEFT FLYING SIDE KICK, BUT CUBER PHASES THROUGH, HAVING TARGETED A FAKE; THE REAL SALHIOR COMES AT CUBER FROM THE SIDE AND HITS HIM WITH A SMALL BLUE-WHITE EXPLOSIVE WAVE; AFTER CUBER REGAINS COMPOSURE, THE REAL SALHIOR IS ONCE AGAIN HIDDEN AMONG HIS CLONES>

Salhior: You have relied too much on your scouters in the past. You must reach out with your mind.

Cuber: But that’s what scouters are for! Can’t you guys make them?

Salhior: Mrovian warriors have no need for such primitive tools. We are all trained to sense energy.

Cuber: How do you know I’ll be able to sense energy?

Salhior: You ask too many unnecessary questions. If you must be enlightened, so be it.

<SALHIOR’S CLONES FADE OUT AND DISAPPEAR INTO NOTHINGNESS>

Salhior: I will close my eyes. You may attack me however you wish.

<SALHIOR SHUTS HIS EYES AS HE SAID HE WOULD; CUBER RUNS UP TO SALHIOR AND THROWS A BACK-FLIP KICK; SALHIOR SIMPLY BACKS AWAY FROM CUBER’S ATTACK; CUBER THEN REACHES OUT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TO GRAB SALHIOR BY THE THROAT, BUT THE MROVIAN ONCE AGAIN BACKS AWAY; CUBER THEN TRIES TO CHASE DOWN WITH MULTIPLE LEFT FLYING SIDE KICKS, ALL OF WHICH SALHIOR DODGE; AFTER SEVERAL MISSED KICKS, SALHIOR CATCHES CUBER BY THE ANKLE LIKE HE DID IN THEIR FIRST FIGHT, AND THEN THROWS CUBER OVER HIS OWN HEAD AND BEHIND HIMSELF INTO THE DISTANCE; CUBER IS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF HIS BODY AND LANDS ON THE PLATFORM ON BOTH FEET>

Salhior: <OPENING HIS EYES> Do you see now?

Cuber: Are you sure you didn’t open your eyes just once?

Salhior: If you need proof, I will show it to you. Quoeyg?

<A GIANT HOLOGRAPHIC SCREEN APPEARS AGAINST A WALL, SHOWING THE VERY SAME PRIOR SEQUENCE OF EVENTS SLOWED DOWN TO ALLOW CUBER TO SEE THAT SALHIOR INDEED TOLD THE TRUTH>

Cuber: Ugh, fine. Scouters blow up all the time anyway.

Salhior: Are you ready then?

Cuber: Yeah, let’s do this again.

<SALHIOR ONCE AGAIN SURROUNDS CUBER WITH HIS CLONES>

Salhior: Reach out with your mind.

<CUBER RESUMES HIS FIGHTING STANCE AND TAKES A DEEP BREATH; THIS TIME, ALL OF THE SALHIORS LUNGE AT CUBER SIMULTANEOUSLY; IN RESPONSE, CUBER AIMS TO HIS LEFT AND THROWS OUT A FLYING REVERSE ROUNDHOUSE KICK WITH HIS RIGHT LEG; CUBER’S HEEL CONNECTS WITH THE REAL SALHIOR’S RIGHT SHOULDER AND SENDS THE MROVIAN AWAY WHILE THE FAKES VANISH; NOT ACTUALLY INJURED BY CUBER’S KICK, SALHIOR IMMEDIATELY LANDS ON HIS FEET>

Salhior: Well done.

Cuber: Thanks. I think I’m getting the hang of it now.

<CUTS TO TWO YEARS LATER, 743 AGE; SALHIOR, IN FULL ARMOR, IS STANDING ON A PLATFORM IN THE CENTER OF A ROOM THAT CAN ONLY BE THE BRIDGE OF THE LANCE OF MROV; A FEMALE MROVIAN HOVERS HER WAY ONTO THE PLATFORM FROM BEHIND SALHIOR; UNLIKE ALL OF THE ARMORED MROVIAN WARRIORS AROUND HER, SHE DOES NOT WEAR ANYTHING>

Aysuida: I am now off-duty, father. You wished to see me?

Salhior: <TURNS AROUND> Yes, Aysuida. Come with me.

<CUTS TO SALHIOR AND AYSUIDA WALKING DOWN A HALLWAY IN A DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE SHIP>

Salhior: Do you remember the Saiyan who arrived on Glaysia?

Aysuida: Yes, and you convinced the High Council to allow him life. What about him?

Salhior: I have been training the boy and he is becoming a mighty warrior.

Aysuida: What? And what of the Council?

Salhior: They know only that he is under my watchful eye.

Aysuida: Father, this is dangerous. If the Saiyan decides to betray us…

Salhior: He has lost his friend and his own brother to Nitro and wishes only to be able to avenge them. As you know, the Arcosian’s empire is expanding increasingly close to the Mrovian Republic. Should Nitro choose to declare war upon our people, the Saiyan boy can aid us in defeating him.

Aysuida: Even so, what if the Council discovers what you have hidden from them?

Salhior: I will ensure that they do not. Should that come to pass, however, I will accept their judgement, whatever it may be. Regardless, you have not had an adequate partner to spar with for many years.

Aysuida: Are you suggesting that I use this Saiyan to improve my skills as a warrior?

Salhior: Indeed. After all, you often lament to me how none of your peers are able to offer you such practice.

Aysuida: Your faith in this lesser being is perplexing.

Salhior: And why do you assume he is a lesser being?

Aysuida: Saiyans are nothing more than savages who live to only fight and kill.

Salhior: I once thought as you do, daughter, but I have come to learn much from the boy since I have taken him in as my pupil. In time, your perception of him will also change.

<CUTS TO CUBER WHO IS NOW SEVERAL CENTIMETERS TALLER THAN BEFORE, BUT STILL VISIBLY A CHILD; HE IS ALONE IN THE SAME TRAINING GROUND OF THE LANCE OF MROV; HE IS RUNNING BACK AND FORTH INCREDIBLY QUICKLY WHILE FIRING STUN BLASTER BOLTS IN BETWEEN CHANGING DIRECTIONS; HE THEN JUMPS, BUT THE INCREASED GRAVITY SUDDENLY SHUTS DOWN, CAUSING CUBER TO ASCEND HIGHER THAN HE INTENDED; HE IS ABLE TO REACT JUST IN TIME TO PREVENT HIMSELF FROM HITTING THE CEILING>

<THE TRAINING GROUND’S ENTRANCE DOORS OPEN AND SALHIOR AND AYSUIDA WALK INTO THE VAST ROOM; CUBER FLIES DOWN TO THE MROVIANS TO GREET THEM>

Salhior: Cuber, this is my daughter, Aysuida. She is the second strongest warrior in the Republic.

Cuber: <LOOKING OVER AYSUIDA> I’m guessing you want me to fight her?

Salhior: Indeed. She may not be as strong as I am, but do not take her lightly.

Cuber: Of course.

<THE GROUND AT THE PERIMETER OF THE TRAINING GROUND DESCENDS INTO DARKNESS, LEAVING A CENTRAL PLATFORM FOR CUBER AND AYSUIDA TO FIGHT ON; THEY FLY TO THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE PLATFORM, FACE EACH OTHER, AND ASSUME FIGHTING STANCES>

Salhior: You may begin whenever you are ready.

<CUBER JUMPS AT AYSUIDA AND POINTS AT HER WITH HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE SHAPE OF A GUN, PREPARING TO FIRE A STUN BOLT, BUT SHE ACTIVATES A BLUNT ENERGY BLADE OUT OF HER RIGHT HAND AND IMMEDIATELY HITS HIM WITH A DIAGONALLY UPWARD BACKHAND SLASH BEFORE HIS FINGER BEAM EVEN COMES OUT; THIS KNOCKS CUBER INTO THE EDGE OF THE PLATFORM, CRACKING IT ON IMPACT, AND HE BOUNCES OVER THE EDGE; CUBER CATCHES HIMSELF BY GRABBING THE PLATFORM, AND THEN PROPELS HIMSELF UPWARDS AS HE FIRES A PAIR OF STUN BOLTS IN QUICK SUCCESSION; AYSUIDA SHRUGS OFF THESE FINGER BEAMS, HOWEVER, AND BEFORE CUBER CAN THROW OUT ANOTHER ATTACK, SHE TELEKINETICALLY PULLS THE SAIYAN INTO HER LEFT PALM, GRABBING HIM BY THE MOUTH; SHE KNEES HIM IN THE ABDOMEN BEFORE THROWING HIM STRAIGHT UP, ONLY TO TELEKINETICALLY PULL HIM BACK DOWN INTO HER HAND ONCE MORE (A TECHNIQUE WE WILL NOW CALL PERPETUAL GRAVITY); AFTER SUCCESSFULLY REPEATING THE PERPETUAL GRAVITY TOSS THREE MORE TIMES, AYSUIDA REACHES OUT FOR A FIFTH TIME, BUT CUBER MANAGES TO CHANGE HIS OWN TRAJECTORY TO NARROWLY ESCAPE HER GRASP; CUBER BOUNCES ON THE GROUND AND THEN ROLLS AROUND AYSUIDA TO END UP BEHIND HER; ONCE ON HIS FEET, HE RESUMES FIGHTING STANCE>

Aysuida: I did not expect you to have the will to continue. Your tenacity is most commendable.

Cuber <TO HIMSELF> Is she mocking me?

<NOT LETTING AYSUIDA’S WORDS GET TO HIM, CUBER FIRES ANOTHER STUN BOLT AT HIS OPPONENT, WHO LEAPS OVER THE BEAM AND SWINGS AT CUBER VERTICALLY DOWNWARDS WITH HER ENERGY BATON; CUBER SIDE-STEPS AYSUIDA’S ATTACK AND RESPONDS WITH A FLYING LEFT SIDE KICK, WHICH SHE ALSO FLIES OVER; FROM ABOVE, AYSUIDA STRIKES CUBER WITH A BACKHAND SWORD SWING, BUT HE ENDURES THE HIT AND RESPONDS WITH AN EXPLOSIVE SHINE; THE MROVIAN BACKS AWAY JUST OUT OF THE EXPLOSIVE WAVE’S RANGE AND TRIES TO HIT CUBER WITH AN UPWARDS VERTICAL BACKHAND CUT; CUBER JUMPS BACK JUST OUT OF THE WAY AND THEN COMES BACK WITH A DRILL KICK>

<CUBER’S ATTACK CONNECTS AND HE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS UP WITH AN EXPLOSIVE SHINE, BUT AYSUIDA BLOCKS IT WITH A BLUE ENERGY SHIELD; NOT RESPECTING CUBER’S SPEED, THE MROVIAN DEACTIVATES HER SHIELD TO TRY TO FIGHT BACK, BUT CUBER CATCHES HER WITH ANOTHER DRILL KICK, THIS ONE SUCCESSFULLY LEADING INTO ANOTHER EXPLOSIVE SHINE THAT SENDS AYSUIDA STRAIGHT UP ABOVE; CUBER PURSUES HIS OPPONENT INTO THE AIR AND HITS HER AWAY WITH A RIGHT FLYING BACK KICK; ONCE SHE REGAINS CONTROL OF HER BODY, AYSUIDA TRIES TO HIT CUBER WITH A DOWNWARDS VERTICAL SWORD SWING, BUT HE IS ABLE TO RETREAT AND SHOOT A STUN BOLT AT HER; THE MROVIAN BLOCKS THIS STUN BOLT AND TRIES TO APPROACH CUBER WITH ANOTHER DOWNWARDS VERTICAL SWORD SWING, BUT HE INTERCEPTS HER WITH ANOTHER STUN BOLT AND THEN JUMPS AT HER WITH HIS OUTSTRETCHED LEFT LEG>

<CUBER’S FLYING SIDE KICK GRAZES AYSUIDA, WHO IS ABLE TO CATCH HERSELF AFTER FALLING OVER; THE SAIYAN TURNS AROUND TO FIRE ANOTHER STUN BOLT, BUT THIS TIME IT’S THE MROVIAN’S TURN TO ROLL AROUND HIM; WHEN SHE STANDS BACK UP, AYSUIDA THROWS AN UPWARDS BACKHAND SLASH AT HIM, WHICH CUBER HOPS AWAY FROM BEFORE FLYING BACK AT THE MROVIAN AS HE FIRES TWO MORE STUN BOLTS; THE FIRST BEAM HITS AYSUIDA, BUT SHE DUCKS UNDER THE SECOND AS CUBER CONTINUES HIS ADVANCE; CUBER THROWS ANOTHER LEFT FLYING SIDE KICK, ALTHOUGH AYSUIDA DUCKS UNDER CUBER AND JABS HIM IN THE ABDOMEN WITH HER ENERGY BATON; BEFORE CUBER CAN REGAIN CONTROL OF HIS BODY, AYSUIDA GRABS HIM AGAIN BY THE MOUTH WITH HER LEFT HAND, KNEES HIM, AND THEN THROWS HIM STRAIGHT UP YET AGAIN FOR GOOD MEASURE; AS SHE TELEKINETICALLY PULLS CUBER BACK DOWN, THE MROVIAN SWINGS HER ENERGY BATON IN A DOWNWARDS VERTICAL CUT FROM OVERHEAD, HITTING CUBER ON HIS WAY DOWN AND SENDING HIM TOWARDS THE WALL>

<JUST BEFORE IMPACT, CUBER VANISHES IN MROVIAN TELEPORTATION STYLE, FADING TO BLACK BEFORE DISAPPEARING COMPLETELY; A FAINT BLUE TRACTOR BEAM THEN LOWERS CUBER FROM HIGH ABOVE BACK ONTO THE PLATFORM>

Salhior: That is enough for today.

Cuber: <ON HIS RIGHT KNEE> She really is strong. <THINKING TO HIMSELF> Kind of like someone I knew…

<AS THE IMAGE OF CHAIVA APPEARS IN HIS MIND, CUBER’S FACE BRIEFLY CHANGES INTO AN EXPRESSION OF SADNESS, ALTHOUGH HE DOES NOT LET IT GET AHOLD OF HIM>

Salhior: Do not let this defeat discourage you, Cuber. No other warrior has done so well against Aysuida in decades. I will return to the bridge; go to Quoeyg if you need to be healed.

Cuber: <AS HE GETS UP> Yes, master.

<AYSUIDA STARES FIXEDLY AT CUBER FOR A MOMENT BEFORE LOOKING AWAY; SALHIOR AND AYSUIDA LEAVE THE TRAINING GROUND AND THE AUTOMATIC Door OORS CLOSE BEHIND THEM>

Aysuida: Father, I will admit that I have misjudged the Saiyan. He has exceeded my expectations.

Salhior: I am glad that you have kept an open mind. <HE PAUSES, CAUSING AYSUIDA TO STOP AND LOOK BACK AT HIM> But before you go, I have a favor to ask of you.

Aysuida: Yes, father?

Salhior: Do not speak of this to the High Council.

Aysuida: You have my word.

<SALHIOR NODS AS A SILENT THANKS BEFORE MAKING HIS WAY BACK TO THE BRIDGE>

Chapter 4: Proving Intentions
<CUE ELYSIUM BY CHELSEA GRIN>

<CUBER AND AYSUIDA ARE SPARRING WITH EACH OTHER ON THE TRAINING GROUND, AND BOTH ARE SOMEWHAT WORN OUT, CLEARLY HAVING BEEN FIGHTING FOR SOME TIME; CUBER SHOOTS A STUN BOLT AT HIS OPPONENT AND GOES IN WITH A LEFT FLYING SIDE KICK; THE ENERGY BEAM HITS AYSUIDA, BUT SHE IS ABLE TO BLOCK THE SUBSEQUENT KICK; FAST AS EVER, CUBER HITS AYSUIDA WITH AN EXPLOSIVE SHINE BEFORE SHE CAN RETALIATE, AND THEN FLIES ABOVE HER BEFORE DRILL-KICKING HER DOWNWARDS FROM ABOVE; BEFORE AYSUIDA IMPACTS THE GROUND, CUBER LANDS UNDERNEATH HER AND LAUNCHES HER BACK UP WITH A RIGHT SCORPION KICK; HE THEN FOLLOWS FROM BELOW WITH A SUCCESSFUL FORWARD-FLIPPING KICK (THE DOGOM FLIP), HITTING AYSUIDA EVEN HIGHER; AGAIN, HE FLIES ABOVE HER AND DRILL-KICKS HER BACK INTO THE PLATFORM>

<AYSUIDA CATCHES HERSELF JUST BEFORE IMPACT WHILE CUBER LANDS; THE SAIYAN TRIES TO CHASE HER DOWN WITH A LEFT FLYING SIDE KICK, BUT AYSUIDA ROLLS AROUND CUBER TO END UP BEHIND HIM; CUBER TURNS AROUND AND SHOOTS A STUN BOLT, WHICH AYSUIDA LEAPS OVER, AND SHE THROWS A DOWNWARDS VERTICAL CUT, WHICH CUBER SIDE STEPS; THE SAIYAN JUMPS UP AND CATCHES AYSUIDA WITH A LEFT FLYING SIDE KICK, SENDING HER AWAY, AND THEN PELTS HER WITH A BARRAGE OF STUN BOLTS AS HE FOLLOWS HER; WHEN CUBER IS CLOSE ENOUGH, AYSUIDA TRIES TO TELEKINETICALLY PULL HIM TOWARDS HER, BUT THE SAIYAN IS ABLE TO REALIZE HE IS IN THE DANGER ZONE AND RETREATS OUT OF HER PULLING RANGE AND CONTINUES HIS FINGER BEAM BARRAGE>

<AYSUIDA CLOSES THE DISTANCE BY SPINNING HER WAY AROUND THE ENERGY BEAMS, PROMPTING CUBER TO THROW OUT A DRILL KICK; AYSUIDA BLOCKS CUBER’S DRILL KICK, AND THEN SPINS AROUND HIM AND LANDS FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE RANGE OF HIS SUBSEQUENT EXPLOSIVE SHINE; NOT LETTING UP, CUBER FOLLOWS WITH THE SAME SEQUENCE OF A STUN BOLT, DRILL KICK, AND EXPLOSIVE SHINE, BUT AYSUIDA ALSO AVOIDS THESE HITS IN THE EXACT SAME MANNER AS SHE DID BEFORE; NOW SEEMINGLY DRIVEN ONLY BY INSTINCT, CUBER REFUSES TO CHANGE HIS STRATEGY AND FIRES ANOTHER FINGER BEAM TO BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER DRILL KICK; INSTEAD OF SIMPLY BLOCKING AND EVADING THIS TIME, AYSUIDA CATCHES CUBER BY THE ANKLE AND THEN TOSSES HIM STRAIGHT UP; SURE ENOUGH, AYSUIDA GETS CUBER WITH FOUR PERPETUAL GRAVITY TOSSES IN A ROW>

<AFTER THE FIFTH TOSS, CUBER SWAYS TO THE LEFT, EVADING THE SUBSEQUENT PULL ATTEMPT; THE SAIYAN THROWS OUT AN EXPLOSIVE SHINE, BUT AYSUIDA, ALREADY EXPECTING A PANIC ATTACK FROM CUBER, DASHES AWAY; CUBER TRIES TO FOLLOW HER WITH A DRILL KICK, BUT SHE CATCHES HIM WITH A MID-AIR DOWNWARDS VERTICAL SWORD SWING, DROPPING HIM TO THE GROUND, AND THEN SUCCESSFULLY HITS HIM FROM ABOVE WITH A BACKHAND SLASH; AS CUBER SKIDS ACROSS THE PLATFORM, AYSUIDA FOLLOWS HIM AND REACHES OUT WITH A TELEKINETIC PULL; CUBER IS ABLE TO FLY OVER WHERE AYSUIDA AIMS, AND THEN COMES DOWN WITH YET ANOTHER DRILL KICK AND A SUBSEQUENT EXPLOSIVE SHINE, BOTH OF WHICH AYSUIDA BLOCK WITH A BLUE ENERGY SHIELD; THE MROVIAN ONCE AGAIN SPINS AROUND CUBER TO GET BEHIND HIM AND GIVE HERSELF SOME SPACE>

<CUBER FIRES A STUN BOLT AT AYSUIDA’S HEAD, BUT SHE DUCKS UNDER IT AND RUNS FORWARD WITH A BACKHAND HORIZONTAL SLASH, SWATTING CUBER OFF TO THE SIDE; CUBER SLOWS HIS MOMENTUM BY PUTTING HIS LEFT HAND ON THE GROUND, AND THEN ROLLS AWAY; ONCE CUBER IS BACK ON HIS FEET, BOTH HE AND AYSUIDA CHARGE AT EACH OTHER; CUBER THROWS OUT YET ANOTHER LEFT FLYING SIDE KICK THAT AYSUIDA JUMPS OVER, AND THE MROVIAN IMMEDIATELY RESPONDS WITH A DOWNWARD VERTICAL SLICE THAT CUBER DUCKS UNDER; CUBER TRIES TO HIT THE MROVIAN WITH A RIGHT FLYING BACK KICK, BUT SHE CATCHES HIM BY THE ANKLE AND THEN SWINGS HIM OVER HER HEAD AND INTO THE GROUND ON HIS BACK, DENTING AND CRACKING THE PLATFORM; AFTER RELEASING HER GRIP, AYSUIDA SITS ON CUBER’S THROAT WITH EACH KNEE ON THE GROUND ON EITHER SIDE OF HIM AND LIFTS HER RIGHT ARM AS SHE POINTS POINTS HER ENERGY BATON AT CUBER’S FACE>

<CUTS TO A LATER SPARRING SESSION; CUBER AND AYSUIDA RUN AT EACH OTHER, WITH CUBER ONCE AGAIN SHOOTING A STUN BOLT; THE MOMENT HE FIRES HIS FINGER BEAM, CUBER DASHES AWAY FROM AYSUIDA, WHO SHRUGS OFF THE BEAM, IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION; THE MROVIAN REACHES OUT FOR CUBER WITH HER LEFT HAND, BUT HE IS JUST FAST ENOUGH TO AVOID HER GRASP; AFTER SHE MISSES, CUBER RETURNS WITH A LEFT FLYING SIDE KICK, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS UP WITH AN EXPLOSIVE SHINE THAT LAUNCHES AYSUIDA UPWARDS>

<WHILE HIS OPPONENT IS STILL IN PAIN, CUBER FLIES ABOVE HER AND KICKS HER BACK DOWN WITH ANOTHER DRILL KICK, AND THEN APPEARS BELOW HER TO HIT HER WITH ANOTHER VERTICALLY-LAUNCHING EXPLOSIVE SHINE; CUBER REPEATS THIS EXPLOSIVE-SHINE-DRILL-KICK COMBINATION THREE MORE TIMES UNTIL AFTER THE FOURTH DRILL KICK, INSTEAD OF AN EXPLOSIVE SHINE, CUBER PERFORMS A FRONT SPLIT ON THE GROUND, KICKING AYSUIDA AWAY WITH HIS LEFT FOOT IN FRONT AND SENDING HER TO THE WALL; LIKE WITH CUBER IN THEIR FIRST FIGHT, AYSUIDA IS TELEPORTED TO THE TOP OF THE CHAMBER AND IS LOWERED BY A TRACTOR BEAM; STILL ABLE TO CONTINUE, SHE REACTIVATES HER ENERGY BATON; CUBER RAISES HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE SHAPE OF A GUN, PREPARING ANOTHER STUN BOLT>

<TRANSITIONS TO ADULT CUBER (STILL SHIRTLESS, BUT HIS LEGWEAR NOW ORANGE INSTEAD OF GRAY), NOW IN GLAYSIA’S STORMY ATMOSPHERE AND HIGH ABOVE ITS OCEANS, FIRING THE NOW POINT-BLANK STUN BOLT AT THE UNARMORED SALHIOR; THE MROVIAN FLIES UNDER THE FINGER BEAM AND JUGGLES CUBER WITH TWO BACK-FLIP KICKS, A LEFT FOREHAND DIAGONALLY-UPWARDS ENERGY BATON SWIPE, AND A BICYCLE KICK, IN THAT ORDER; SALHIOR TRIES TO HIT CUBER WITH ANOTHER FOREHAND SWING WITH HIS ENERGY BATON, BUT CUBER DUCKS UNDER IT AND RETALIATES WITH AN EXPLOSIVE SHINE; AS SALHIOR IS LAUNCHED VERTICALLY, CUBER TRIES TO FOLLOW HIM TO HIT HIM BACK DOWN WITH A DRILL KICK, BUT SALHIOR BACKS AWAY FROM CUBER’S DESCENT AND SWATS HIM WITH A FOREHAND ENERGY BATON SWIPE; SALHIOR THEN FLIES AROUND CUBER TO END UP BEHIND AND HITS THE SAIYAN WITH A SCORPION KICK>

<AFTER SENDING HIS OPPONENT FLYING, SALHIOR THROWS A BLUE-WHITE ENERGY SPHERE AT HIM; CUBER FLIES OVER THE KI ATTACK AND APPROACHES SALHIOR WITH HIS LIGHTSPEED DART TECHNIQUE; THE MROVIAN TRIES TO INTERCEPT CUBER WITH A BACK-FLIP KICK, BUT THE SAIYAN FLIES OVER THIS ATTACK AS WELL AND RESPONDS WITH A DRILL KICK FROM ABOVE; SALHIOR ENDURES CUBER’S STRIKE, HOWEVER, AND GRABS THE SAIYAN BY THE FACE WITH HIS RIGHT HAND BEFORE AXE-KICKING CUBER AWAY WITH HIS LEFT FOOT; THE MROVIAN CHASES CUBER DOWN AND THROWS OUT A LEFT REVERSE ROUNDHOUSE KICK, BUT THE SAIYAN FLIES OVER SALHIOR AND ENDS UP BEHIND HIM; CUBER THROWS OUT A RIGHT FLYING BACK KICK, WHICH SALHIOR BLOCKS WITH AN ENERGY SHIELD, AND THEN THE MROVIAN TURNS AROUND AND BLASTS CUBER WITH A BLUE-WHITE EXPLOSIVE WAVE>

<SALHIOR FOLLOWS CUBER AGAIN AND WITH ANOTHER BACK-FLIP KICK, ALTHOUGH CUBER FLIES AWAY OUT OF THE RANGE OF SALHIOR’S LEG BEFORE HITTING HIS MENTOR WITH A RIGHT FLYING BACK KICK; NOW WITH CUBER ON THE OFFENSE, THE SAIYAN TRIES TO FOLLOW UP WITH A LEFT FLYING SIDE KICK, BUT SALHIOR FLIES OVER CUBER’S ATTACK; THE MROVIAN DECIDES TO GIVE HIMSELF SOME SPACE AND FLIES AWAY, PROMPTING CUBER TO GO AFTER HIM; WHEN CUBER CATCHES UP, SALHIOR THROWS OUT A SCORPION KICK THAT CUBER REACTS TO AND FLIES OVER, BUT THE MROVIAN TELEKINETICALLY TRAPS CUBER AND THEN USES HIS MENTAL POWERS TO FLING CUBER OVER HIS HEAD AND BEHIND HIMSELF; SALHIOR ONCE AGAIN CHASES AFTER CUBER AS THE LATTER REGAINS CONTROL OF HIS BODY; THE SAIYAN ATTEMPTS TO FLY AROUND SALHIOR TO BETTER POSITION HIMSELF IN RELATION TO HIS OPPONENT, BUT THE MROVIAN INTERCEPTS HIS DISCIPLE WITH A SCORPION KICK>

<SALHIOR’S KICK LAUNCHES CUBER FAR INTO THE DISTANCE; THE MROVIAN FOLLOWS CUBER AND CATCHES HIS STUDENT BY THE ANKLE BEFORE HE LEAVES THE PLANET’S ATMOSPHERE>

Salhior: Most impressive. You have come so far.

Cuber: Thanks, master, but I’m still nowhere near your level.

Salhior: In time, you will be. <SALHIOR’S ARMOR MATERIALIZES OVER HIS BODY> I must return to Mrov. I look forward to our next battle.

Cuber: Yeah, I’ll see you then.

<SALHIOR VANISHES IN MROVIAN TELEPORTATION; HIGH ABOVE, THE BOTTOM OF THE TITANIC LANCE OF MROV DISAPPEARS INTO THE CLOUDS>

<CUTS TO THE BRIDGE OF ANOTHER MROVIAN SHIP; ASHUROAS, THE MROVIAN OFFICER WHO VOICED HIS CONCERN IN REGARDS TO SALHIOR’S DECISION TO KEEP CUBER ALIVE, IS IN COMMAND OF THE VESSEL; SEVERAL MROVIAN WARRIORS OF LOWER RANKS ARE SEEN OPERATING THE CONTROLS OF THE SHIP>

Mrovian Warrior 1: Admiral, multiple Galatrix vessels are on approach.

Ashuroas: I did not think those vermin would ever be so bold. <TO THE REST OF THE BATTLE GROUP OVER COMMS> Bring them down!

<GOLDEN PLATFORMS THIRTY METERS ACROSS, WITH LARGE CANNONS ON THEM, FIRE VIOLET LASER BEAMS AT THE INCOMING SHIPS; THE SMALLER MROVIAN WARSHIPS, THE DESTROYERS, STILL MASSIVE AT 640 METERS (2100 FEET) IN LENGTH EACH, ALSO OPEN FIRE WITH BRIGHT-BLUE ENERGY BEAMS>

<THE SLAVERS’ SHIPS EXPLODE AS THEY NEAR THE ORBITAL CANNONS, BEING DECIMATED BY THE DEFENSIVE ATTACKS; SEVERAL OF THE OCCUPANTS, WHO ARE WEARING MASKS AND SUITS TO ALLOW THEM TO BREATHE IN SPACE, BEGIN RAISING THEIR KI AS THEY TUMBLE OUT OF THE EXPLODING VESSELS; AS THEIR AURAS OF GOLD AND RED AND GREEN AND BLUE FLARE UP IN THE VOID, THE ORBITAL DEFENSE TURRETS BEGIN TARGETING THEM>

<THE CAMERA CUTS TO ONE SUCH SLAVER WITH A VIRIDIAN GREEN AURA CHARGING UP; A TURRET LOCKS ONTO HIM AND OBLITERATES THE SLAVER SOUNDLESSLY, TEARING HIS BODY TO PIECES; HOWEVER, BEFORE THE TURRET CAN LOCK ONTO ANOTHER TARGET, THREE SLAVERS SWARM IT, PELTING THE TURRET WITH ENERGY BALLS, EVENTUALLY CAUSING IT TO EXPLODE>

<THE CAMERA PANS OUT AND SHOWS THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO MANY OF THE OTHER DEFENSE TURRETS; SOUNDLESS EXPLOSIONS RIPPLE ONE AFTER ANOTHER AND THEN RATHER SUDDENLY, THERE ARE NO MORE>

<CUTS TO ASHUROAS AND HIS CREW>

Ashuroas: Pursue them! They will not breach Glaysia’s defenses!

<THE CAMERA CUTS BACK TO ASHUROAS’ FLEET, WHICH BEGINS MOVING IN TOWARDS THE PLANET; THEN, THE CAMERA ZOOMS TO ONE OF THE SLAVERS, WHO IS ORANGE-SKINNED WITH WHITE FUR AND SIMIAN FEATURES; THE CAMERA PANS BACK SLIGHTLY, REVEALING AT FIRST TWO, THEN TEN, THEN TWO DOZEN, THEN FIFTY SLAVERS ALL APPROACHING GLAYSIA, THEIR AURAS EVERY COLOR ONE COULD IMAGINE; A FEW HUNDRED MROVIAN WARRIORS, CLAD IN ARMOR, POUR OUT OF THE LARGER MROVIAN SHIPS, THE CARRIERS (THESE BEING 1400 METERS OR 4600 FEET LONG EACH) AND FOLLOW THE SLAVERS TO THE SURFACE, AND THE PARENT VESSELS FOLLOW SUIT>

<ONCE THE MROVIANS IN ORBIT ENTER THE ATMOSPHERE, HOWEVER, THE SLAVERS ARE ALREADY WAITING FOR THEM AND BARRAGE THEM WITH ENERGY BLASTS; THE MROVIAN WARRIORS RETURN FIRE WITH VOLLEYS OF THEIR OWN, EVEN SUCCEEDING IN VAPORIZING THE WEAKER SLAVERS WITH THEIR VOLUME OF FIRE; THE STRONGER ENEMIES, HOWEVER, SHRUG OFF THE MROVIANS’ ASSAULT AND KILL A FEW DOZEN WARRIORS AND ALSO SEVERALLY DAMAGE SOME OF THE SMALLER SHIPS>

<THE SAME ORANGE-AND-WHITE ALIEN MENTIONED EARLIER CHARGES UP A BLUE-WHITE ENERGY SPHERE IN EACH HAND; TARGETING ONE OF THE MROVIAN CARRIERS, HE UNLEASHES HIS ATTACK IN THE FORM OF A PAIR OF ENERGY BEAMS OUT OF HIS PALMS; CUTS TO THE BRIDGE OF THE SHIP, WHICH REVEALS THE TARGET TO BE NONE OTHER THAN ASHUROAS’ VESSEL; THE WHOLE SHIP SHAKES AS IT TAKES A DIRECT HIT>

<CUTS BACK TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE CARRIER, THE HULL IS PARTIALLY DAMAGED, BUT THE REMNANTS OF ITS ENERGY SHIELDING FLICKERING IN THE FORM OF DYING SPARKS; CUTS BACK TO THE BRIDGE OF ASHUROAS’ SHIP>

Mrovian Warrior 2: Admiral Salhior, our shielding is depleted! The Keeper of the Hidden cannot take another hit of that caliber!

<CUTS BACK TO THE BATTLE ON THE OUTSIDE; THIS TIME, A BROWN HAIRLESS ALIEN WITH GREEN STRIPES CHARGES A BLUE-WHITE ENERGY SPHERE ABOVE HIS HEAD IN BOTH HANDS; INTENDING TO FINISH WHAT HIS COMRADE DID NOT, HE TOO TARGETS THE KEEPER OF THE HIDDEN AS HE DISCHARGES A SINGLE HUGE BEAM OUT OF BOTH OF HIS PALMS SIDE-BY-SIDE; SUDDENLY, A WHITE STREAK FLASHES FROM THE SIDE AND ENDS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE MROVIAN CARRIER; THE SLAVER’S ENERGY BEAM EXPLODES FANTASTICALLY REGARDLESS>

<WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS, THE INCOMING WHITE STREAK IS SEEN TO BE NONE OTHER THAN CUBER PERFORMING HIS LIGHTSPEED DASH, ARRIVING JUST IN TIME TO INTERCEPT THE ALIEN’S ENERGY BEAM WITH HIS BODY; DESPITE TAKING A DIRECT HIT, CUBER IS FAR STRONGER THAN HIS ENEMY AND DOES NOT TAKE MUCH DAMAGE AT ALL>

Cuber: Sorry I’m late.

<WITH BLINDING SPEED, CUBER FLIES UP TO THE BROWN-AND-GREEN ALIEN AND VAPORIZES HIM WITH AN EXPLOSIVE SHINE; NOT STOPPING HIS PATH, HE IMMEDIATELY FLIES FROM TARGET TO TARGET, KILLING EACH ENEMY WITH THE VERY SAME ATTACK WHILE LEAVING A TRAIL OF BLUE-WHITE LIGHT OUTLINED WITH ORANGE; IN AN INSTANT, NONE OF THE SLAVERS REMAIN>

Cuber: <ALMOST YELLING> I didn’t miss any, did I? I don’t sense anything that doesn’t belong here anymore.

Ashuroas: <TELEPATHICALLY FROM INSIDE THE KEEPER OF THE HIDDEN> You have slain them all, Saiyan, and for that...I was wrong to ever doubt you or the Supreme Admiral. This was not your fight, and yet you have saved us all.

Cuber: Thanks, I guess. I’ve lived here for so long. I thought I’d lend a hand.

Ashuroas: The Council may still mistrust you, but I will not forget what you have done for us today.

<CUTS TO SALHIOR’S BRIDGE; A HOLOGRAPHIC PROJECTION ABOVE THE HEADS OF THE WORKING MROVIAN WARRIORS ACTIVATES, REVEALING A MROVIAN WITH GOLD-YELLOW EYES WEARING A DARK-BLUE HOOD DECORATED WITH LINES OF GOLD>

Fadjist: Supreme Admiral Salhior.

Salhior: High Councilor Fadjist. I imagine you wish to speak about the Saiyan. I know I have violated the terms we have agreed upon. You may refuse any explanation I have to offer, but know that I–

Fadjist: The High Council has witnessed the Galatrix’s invasion of Glaysia and the valiancy of the Saiyan’s actions. Neither of you will be punished and the Saiyan may continue to live free; after all, he has done so under your care all these years without bringing harm to the Republic.

Salhior: <SURPRISED> You...have my thanks.

Fadjist: You have always served our people well, Supreme Admiral. We are aware that your intentions are pure, even if we may sometimes perceive your actions as reckless.

<CUTS TO GLAYSIA, FIRST OUTSIDE ITS MROVIAN RESEARCH FACILITY, AND THEN TO ITS INTERIOR; CUBER IS WALKING ALONGSIDE AN ELDER MROVIAN WITH BLUE EYES DOWN A HALLWAY; THIS ONE IS ALSO WEARING AN EXOSKELETON, BUT UNLIKE THE ARMOR WORN BY THE WARRIORS, THIS SUIT IS BULKIER AND NOT FULLY-SEALED AND HAS NO HELMET>

Quoeyg: Now that you have joined the Mrovian Navy, we have prepared a suit of combat armor for you.

Cuber: I’m so much smaller than the rest of you. Did you really make a suit just to fit me?

Quoeyg: Indeed. We have always monitored your physical dimensions. Constructing this suit for you was not too difficult a task.

<CUBER AND QUOEYG STOP AT A SET OF AUTOMATIC DOORS AS THEY OPEN UP; UPON ENTERING THE ROOM, A FULL SUIT OF GOLD-COLORED MROVIAN ARMOR, TAILORED FOR CUBER, IS SUSPENDED BY INVISIBLE FORCES>

Cuber: Nice! You even remembered about my tail.

Quoeyg: You may put it on whenever you are ready.

Cuber: Uh, how do I do that?

Quoeyg: Your neural implant. The armor will teleport onto your body.

Cuber: Oh, right.

<CUBER OPENS HIS ARMS BEFORE THE ARMOR FROM ITS INVISIBLE STAND VANISHES INTO BLACKNESS AND REAPPEARS ON CUBER’S BODY>

Cuber: <VOICE SOMEWHAT ALTERED BY THE FULLY-SEALED HELMET> Whoa, awesome…

<CUBER’S HELMET TELEPORTS BACK ONTO THE INVISIBLE STAND, BUT THE REST OF HIS ARMOR REMAINS ON HIS BODY>

Quoeyg: Now, are there any colors you would prefer for your armor?