[M][Namek] The Tempest

[Vad]

Another thing that soldiers hated, especially veteran ones, was waiting. Waiting for a mission to start for new recruits was nerve racking and slowly ate away at morale. On the flipside it was infuriating for those who were veterans of combat. The nervous chatter, the uneasy feelings of those around them, even the basic fact that they had to fight with those who were not accustomed to dodging automatic fire or punting a live grenade back to the enemy soldier who had thrown it.

Trixie still wasn't talking. Every now and again she would assure him she was still within his mind, but for the most part the reckless saiyan was alone with his own thoughts. The purple haired woman accompanying Juno had brought up the blonde haired courier from Central City. Juno had lead the group to the ship they were going to be using to infiltrate the Myreen Cruiser floating above the spaceport. Turning to head toward the forward outpost for a quick Situation Report Vad was intercepted by Juliet.

"I take it you remember my antics in Central City?" Juliet asked.

Vad turned to address the purple haired woman standing before him.

"Of course."

"Do you suppose we could put it behind us for now?"

Vad laughed. "Whatever. I don't give a shit. I'm the reason half that city was wrecked. If I hadn't been blackmailed into working for the Sentinels I probably would have left you alone. And because of whom I was working for I couldn't end the situation my way. If you thought your hostages would have stopped me from goring your stomach and feeding your intestines to your men you thought wrong. I was on a leash. Thus your head isn't on a pike."

With a quick once over Vad resumed his trek toward the outpost leaving the woman behind. Juliet was taken aback. Was what he saying true? This saiyan would sacrifice children to kill her? No. It couldn't be true. Then again the present condition of the saiyan, along with the fact that he was still standing, lead her to believe his statement. She returned to Juno with a disgusted look on her face.

Frankly Vad was only concerned about his wife at the moment. Without looking he bumped into a nurse crossing his path. Zulenkas' stature effectively knocked her to the ground, but her impact did nothing but make his arm throb a bit more. She was attractive; more cute than sexy. The woman's brown hair was tied into a bun which was neatly tucked under a hat that bore a red cross. Her white nurses dress was stained with various sources of blood, having come from the trauma ward. Holding his good hand out to her Vad helped the woman up. Without a word she reached into her pocket and pulled out a pill bottle.

"Mr. Zulenka?"

Vad focused a bit less on her chest, which made his wife growl with jealousy, and met her eyes with his.

"What." He said plainly.

"Thi-...this came for you in the trauma ward. I had a spare moment so I brought it over here. The soldiers coming off of duty said you had headed off toward the conference room." She held out the bottle for him to take.

"What is it?"

The nurse shuffled her feet nervously. "It's an experimental pill that induces a severe biological acceleration, completely restoring your body to full physical health. I was told that you are going to need to remove that cast if you plan to take it."

Raising an eyebrow at the woman before him Vad took the bottle and dismissed her. A pill that could completely restore his physical condition. Upon closer examination of the bottle he discovered the words "Vox Populi" on the side.

"That's strange. The realm research company is called Vox Populi. Could this be...? No..."

Whatever Vad had just been handed it had a meaning to Trixie. She was whispering aloud to herself. In her current state she probably wasn't aware that she was in Vad's mind; not surprising really. General Fum had literally tried to skewer her.

Twisting off the cap with his teeth, letting the metal on his broken arm dissolve, Vad popped the pill into his mouth and swallowed it. His broken limb has become black with bruising and was oozing through several lacerations that had been overlooked during his initial check up from earlier. Almost immediately the man's muscles tensed and bulked up slightly. A loud CRACK like that of wood snapping came from his injured arm as it was mended and returned to full strength. As if acting with a mind of its own his right bicep contracted, pulling his previously destroyed arm into a flexing position. The muscles around his newly healed elbow bulged with energy, the tendons strengthening themselves to match his other elbow.

As quickly as it had started, the process moved from his elbow and into the rest of his body. A pink mist began to seep out of every pore, healing each scrape, cut, and wound it came in contact with on his body. Lacerations were closed up, bruises were removed, swelling was reduced, and his muscles were strengthened back to a ready state. His blue aura was activated briefly in a flash that resulted in a brief scouter message that he had programmed to mean his operational status was now at maximum. As the process ended Zulenka's eyes flashed a bright shade of neon pink which faded with a second brilliant flash of pink energy from his eyes. Letting his right arm fall to his side, Vad pocketed the bottle and examined his newly healed body.

***

Vad was now aboard the vessel that was going to be taking them to the alien cruiser hovering precariously above the space port. Their task was to destroy it. The saiyan only hoped that Juno was smart enough to move it out from over the spaceport so it's falling debris wouldn't rain down upon the space port. Robert sat a couple seats to his right; the man was obviously scared of him. Finally once everyone was on board the ship took off and proceeded on its' path toward the Myreen.

It happened fast. A green particle beam ripped through the center of the ship after a course change from Juno. Quickly grabbing Robert, Vad burst through the glass window to his left. As the ship blew apart Robert's armor was ejected from the cargo hold and left to plummet to the ground. A streak of neon pink light exploded from Zulenka's body toward the armor. Reaching the falling device it shop upward, angling toward Robert. Striking him square in the chest the man was completely enveloped in a bright flash of colored light. When the light faded, the energy streak returning to Vad, Prototype was in place with his boosters on flight mode.

The targeting reticule on Vad's scouter quickly turned red and began tracking six different targets coming toward his vicinity.

"Fuck! Trixie! Evasive action!" The saiyan shouted aloud.

A violent explosion of pink energy burst forth once again from Vad's body, but this time a female emerged from within. Zulenka's blue aura rapidly formed around his body as he brought his energy into attack mode. Pile driving one of the drones Beatrix ripped out it's innards and tossed them to the ground.

Glitch count. One.