(Sometime later)
Needless to say, the commotion brought on by the meteorite heading towards the planet immediately kick started all of the Z-fighters into action. It was a good thing that they did too.
As soon as the members of the group started to move, word of the meteorite heading towards the planet got out through the media and alerted the public to the incoming danger. Much like the time of Lord Slug's arrival, the people of earth almost instantly descended into a panic. Riots broke out on the street, businesses closed down, and people started scrambling for the outskirts wanting to put as much distance as they could between themselves and civilization. Rule of thumb was that whenever an approaching disaster like this ever took place, the cities and the great landmarks of whatever nation they were associated with were targeted first.
At least that was what happened in the movies.
In here though, it was an immediate red light. Everyone started heading out of town and into the country to hide. But considering the size of the object heading towards them and the information they were able to get from the news, the damage this thing would have to the planet would be catastrophic.
It was an extinction level threat. That was how bad it was.
The signature on the object heading towards the earth was so big and so noticeable that it was almost impossible for any of the members of the group to miss it. Heck, even Android 18 picked up on the problem and she was usually impartial to these sorts of things. If it had her worried, then it had everybody else worried too. So upon sensing whatever it was that was heading towards the planet, Gohan, Krillin, Yamcha, and everybody else quickly flew over to Bulma's to get an accurate bead on the situation. When she informed them that her father had spotted a large asteroid of some sorts heading towards earth and that the military had also contacted her asking for a solution, she quickly turned to the people she knew she could count on most and instructed them to take action.
Being three of the first on the scene and the most willing to participate in a first strike on the meteor, Gohan, Zangya and Videl immediately took off. Still dressed in the clothes that they'd worn in the morning due to the massive hurry they'd been in to get to West City, the trio quickly flew across country and into the upper atmosphere. As soon as they broke through the white cloud cover drifting over the continent, they powered down and suspended themselves in the cold, windy milieu that was the upper stratosphere, glaring up into the cosmos they could see twinkling beyond their planet.
It was a familiar sight to all three of them, especially Gohan.
"So the plan here is the same as the one your dad and Krillin used before," Videl said, looking across at the half-Saiyan floating alongside her for confirmation. "We're going to fire a combined blast up at the meteorite and destroy it before it has a chance to hit the planet?"
"Yeah," Gohan nodded, fixing his gaze squarely on the blackness of earth's thermosphere. "By my count, a combined attack from all three of us should be more than enough to wipe this thing out for good. Any debris left over from the resulting explosion will simply scatter across the planet's surface and burn up in the mesosphere."
Nodding in understanding, the raven haired girl also turned her attention back to the celestial plain, "That sounds like a solid plan."
"Make sure you guys don't hold anything back, okay," Gohan said, taking a stance in midair and beginning to gather energy. "We'll either disintegrate it in one go or forcibly change its course. In all honesty, I'd prefer the first thing happening as opposed to the second thing. If we let this meteorite fly off in some random direction, there's a good chance it might end up hitting another planet with innocent people on it. That's something I wouldn't be able to live with."
"We'd better get it right on the first shot then," Zangya spoke up, before feeling a cool gust of wind rush past her, causing her to curl up and shiver. Crossing her arms over her chest, the woman vigorously massaged her shoulders. "Damn. I should have brought a jumper with me. It's cold as tits up here." That's what she got for wearing summer clothing in near sub zero temperatures.
Gohan smiled back at her in response to her remark, "Well at least you look amazing. That's the important thing."
Staring back at the teen in the center for several seconds, the orange haired woman smirked, "Hey, spike… have you ever had your ass kicked by someone wearing high heels?"
"I don't recall, no," the demi-Saiyan replied with a sly grin.
Shaking her head at the pair, Videl took a stance of her own and directed her attention back towards the solar system above, "Could you two hens stop clucking for a couple of seconds so that we can deal with the problem?"
"Right. Right. Sorry," Gohan apologized, tensing up and allowing his golden aura to explode off of him as he transformed straight into Super Saiyan. "Alright. Let's get this done." As soon as he made the jump, both Zangya and Videl followed suit and powered up as well, green and white energy cloaks shrouding the two fighters respectively. All three of them then floated side by side, glowing brightly like candles against the backdrop of the mesosphere above and the planet earth far below.
It was while they were in the process of gathering energy for their combined attacks that the trio suddenly had their gazes drawn elsewhere when they saw eight large missiles rocket out of the clouds, pass through the atmosphere, and shoot up into space. Looking on for several seconds out of curiosity, the super powered fighters then flinched in surprise when simultaneous flashes of blinding light filled the sky, followed instantly by several enormous, fiery explosions. They didn't even bother to shield themselves with their hands when the thermonuclear warheads all detonated against the approaching meteorite at once, choosing to instead observe from behind their auras as the miniature super nova went off before slowly fading away into nothing.
While the shockwave was incredible and ruffled the trio's clothing when it hit them, it pretty much did nothing to wipe the expressions of seriousness from the group's faces.
Despite the awesome display of raw, destructive power, the attack by the military did nothing as Gohan and his friends could still sense the meteorite on fast approach.
"There's your nation's tax dollars hard at work," Videl commented, earning nods of agreement from her teammates. Breathing a heavy sigh, the girl then cupped her hands beside her and powered up even more. "Come on. Let's show these guys how it's really done."
"I'm with you, girl," Zangya replied, also taking a similar stance.
The pair's actions were mimicked by Gohan and in a matter of moments, all three of them were primed and ready to fire.
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