//------------------------------// // Chapter 9: Turles, the Space Pirate // Story: The Legend of Broly // by I-C-U-P //------------------------------// Things had taken a turn to the worse in the valley near Canterlot. Under the impression that there was a lone alien survivor, the group lead by Celestia and Luna went to deal with the situation. But while leaving Broly back at the castle. Unfortunately, by the time the anthro ponies made contact with the attacker, they found themselves in a trap. The alien wasn’t alone. The group were surrounded by a group of six alien warriors. Five of them were named Rasin, Lakasei, Cacao, Daiz and Amond. Despite their apparent power, the five were only minions. The one in charge of the group of misfits was an imposing figure named Turles. Looking down on the frightened group with a sinister grin on his face. As they looked up at the invader, the group felt that something was off about him. As if he wasn’t an ordinary solder. To the magic casters, he was the strongest warrior to be wearing the alien battle armour. “Turles?” Starlight whispered, finding the name of the alien boss strange. As the anthro ponies and dragon stood silently at their foe, Turles’s scouter started to gain readings on their power levels. Then after assessing the situation, he addressed the group. “All of your power levels are below average. So do tell me. How is it that you were able to fend off the Frieza Force?” ‘He doesn’t know about Broly?’ Celestia thought to herself. But then decided to keep it a secret. “We have our ways.” Turles replied with a raised eyebrow. “Not going to tell? It doesn’t matter either way. The Frieza Force must be getting out of shape if they fell to you bunch.” The way Turles addressed the alien army caught the group by surprise. Acting as if he was independent. “Wait. You’re not part of them?” Prince Shining Armor asked. Much to the curiosity of the others. “Well since you were able to survive against them, I suppose you’ve earned the right to know,” Turles said before he explained his history. “I was once a member of the Frieza Force. But obeying someone else wasn’t my forte. So I decided to abandon the force and make one of my own. I mean, why should I take orders from someone, whereas I should be looking out for number one.” “So you’re some kind of…space pirate?” Rainbow Dash asked. “Of sorts,” Turles replied before continuing. “I formed the Turles Crusher Corps. And these are my members,” He said as he motioned his hand to the other five aliens. As the group looked around at the surrounding aliens, each of them gave their origins. “I was once a criminal arrested by the Galactic Patrol. But I escaped when Turles attacked the planet I was imprisoned on. When we met again, he recruited be to the squad,” Amond said. “I was originally built on Planet Ikonda to fight in an interstellar war. I then became a bounty hunter before joining the Turles Crusher Corps,” The cyborg Cacao added. “I was once a prince on Planet Kabocha. At first, I lead a battle against Turles. But I fought so bravely he decided to let me become one of his henchmen,” Daiz joined. “Me and my brother Lakasei were once fossils of the long extinct Beenz people. But Turles revived us by using an extract from the Tree of Might,” Rasin added. The ponies were stunned by all of their origins. One was a prince, one was a bounty hunter and two were brought back to life. But it was something that Rasin said that caught the attention of Twilight. “Wait. The Tree of what?” She turned to Amond as he answered. “The Tree of Might, girly. It’s what we do.” The group were still confused of the whole situation. But whatever the Tree of Might was, it didn’t sound like a good thing at all. They turned back to Turles to see if he could explain more. But instead, the warlord turned his attention to the overturned soil beside his feet. Reaching down, he grabbed a handful of the equestrian dirt before standing back up. “What are ya doin’?" Applejack asked him. Ignoring her question, Turles began to use his scouter to analyse the soil. He was amazed by the results. “Magnificent. As weak as you natives are, your farming skills make more than enough for it. So full with nutrients. Almost like magic.” He then tilted his hand, dropping the dirt as he decided on what to do. “This planet will be perfect for my plans. We will grow the Tree of Might here!” He declared. Despite the evil tone in Turles’s voice, Pinkie Pie found it all confusing. “Wait. All you want to do is grow a tree. That doesn’t sound evil.” “It sounds rather nice,” Fluttershy added. To their confusion, the aliens started to chuckle in amusement. It started to set Rainbow Dash off. “What’s so funny!” “You clearly have no idea what the Tree of Might is. Should we tell them?” Lakasei asked Turles. The confused group turned to Turles as he explained everything. “The reason I started the Turles Crusher Corps. The Tree of Might is a gigantic tree that can grow so large it could be seen from space. Luckily for us, this planet is suitable for its growth.” Just as the ponies thought that a giant tree was a strange but cool idea, Turles explained the bad side. “But for the tree to sustain itself and survive, it would need all the nutrients of the planet. And by doing so, it will completely drain the planet dry of it. Every last drop. And once that happens, well, I think you would be smart enough to figure out the rest.” Luna was first to speak up in an angered tone. She knew exactly what would happen. “I know what would happen. Without nutrients, the planet will die. And all of us would die with it!” The group were horrified to hear the result of the Tree of Might out loud. They never thought that there could be a type of plant that could kill the very planet its rooted to. The tree sounded more like a parasite. In a way, it was opposite to the Tree of Harmony. Where it gave life rather than take it. “But why!? What’s the point of it!?” Twilight asked. “For the fruit, of course,” Daiz answered. “Huh?” The group uttered before turning back to Turles. “With all the nutrients it takes, the tree will be able to bare its fruit. Packed full of energy from the planet. And once we eat the Fruit of the Tree of Might, we will gain incredible power beyond compare.” The group were horrified of the outcome. Celestia especially felt hurt from the thought of her citizens all starving to death from lack of food and water. “Are you really willing to go that far? To kill a planet full of life, just to get stronger!?” Turles’s reply sent a cold shiver of dread through the whole group. “Why not. I’ve done it before.” The group fell silent at the thoughts going through their heads. Turles and his crew had already claimed numerous planets and killed millions of innocent lives. All in pursuit of power. Turles then finished explaining his grand scheme. “And once I’ve eaten enough fruit, the entire universe will be beneath my feet. Even Frieza himself.” He then turned towards Cacao. “Show them.” The group turned towards to face the cyborg as he prepared to do something. Reaching his right bicep with his left hand, he opened one of his numerous compartments. His arm acting as storage. After reaching into his arm, he pulled out an object. The ponies and dragon looked at it in fascination. The object was round and light orange. It also resembled the lychee fruit. “This is the Fruit of the Tree of Might,” Cacao said before quickly placing the fruit back into his arm for safe keeping. “But we won’t need that fruit to get rid of you pests,” Amond taunted. While Spike, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity started to feel afraid from the threat, Celestia, Luna, Shining Armor, Cadence, Twilight, Starlight, Rainbow Dash and Applejack got into defensive positions. “Ready to say goodbye to your planet?” Daiz added. “Nothing will happen to our home. Not on our watch,” Starlight replied. “On the contrary. There is a way to save your skins.” The group looked to Turles in surprise and confusion. Even the five other aliens turned their heads to their boss in surprise. As the ponies looked at him with uncertainty, Turles seemed oddly…fascinated with them. Eyeing the group, mostly the mares. He then grew a sinister grin. Creeping out the group before explaining his reasoning. “Yes. This could work. If you ask nicely, I’ll be willing to spare some of you. We could use some… pets,” He said as he turned his head towards Rarity with a raised eyebrow. Eyeing her form as his grin grew bigger. Puzzled at first, Rarity instantly knew what the otherworldly warrior was referring to. She gasped in shock as she tried to cover herself despite being fully clothed. “You sick pervert!” The white mare shrieked. “As if we would stand by and let you have your way!” The defiant Luna stated. Disgusted by Turles. “And you will pay for what you did to our guards,” Shining Armor added. “Well. Guess it’s time to teach you a lesson,” Rasin said as his brother, Amond and Daiz prepared to fight with Cacao standing by. “Step aside men.” The aliens looked to Turles as he gave the order for them to stop. Confused as to why. The ponies and dragon also were uncertain what the alien boss had in mind. Up on the hill he stood on, he untied the knot on his white cloak. Then after gripping it tightly, he threw it aside. Showing off his dark blue and black armour. All the while glaring down at his foes. “I’ll deal with them myself.” He began to scare the group more by levitating off the hill and then slowly descended towards the ground. Standing several feet away from them. The other five aliens grinned as they gave their employer some space. Standing beside a ridge. “Some of you, get back,” Twilight said to those who were too frightened to fight. Those were Spike, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity. “I didn’t think we would fight the one in charge so soon,” Starlight said to the others as she stood beside Twilight. “Don’t worry guys. I got this,” Rainbow Dash confidently said as she stepped in front of the group towards Turles. “Are ya sure, Rainbow?” Applejack asked in concern. “Of course. Because I still have this,” She replied as she raised her recently acquired wrist blaster. Then without hesitation, the blue mare pointed it in the direction of Turles. But despite having a laser gun pointing at him, he remained calm. “So what’s this? Bravery, or you making a foolish decision?” The alien asked her. “You think I won’t fire?” The rainbow maned girl asked back. Showing her determination. To her confusion, Turles moved his arms apart as he responded. Almost as if he wanted her to fire the weapon. “Oh no. Go right ahead. I just want to see you pull the trigger.” Then without hesitation, because she knows that many lives were on the line, she fired the laser. The energy beam exploded against Turles’s chest. Releasing a large cloud of smoke that completely shrouded his body. “A direct hit. But why did he just stand there?” Shining Armor asked. Unsure why anyone would take a hit for no reason. But just as Rainbow Dash was about to smile in victory, she and her friends were taken back by seeing the silhouette of the warrior. Then as the smoke cleared, Turles was left standing. Completely unfazed with a big grin on his face. “W…what!? But…that hit you!” Rainbow Dash shrieked in shock. Turles merely laughed it off. “Haha! Did you really think a standard laser cannon could even leave a scratch on me?” Then to Rainbow Dash’s surprise, Turles instantly vanished from sight and reappeared right in front of her. But before the mare could move out of the way, the warrior grabbed a hold on the barrel of the gun. Rainbow Dash had only a few moments to remove her hand before Turles crushed the gun with his bare hands. The frightened group watched as the destroyed weapon was dropped to the floor with a loud thud. Turles took notice of their expressions before responding. “I take it that from your reactions, the gun was your best weapon against me. Too bad.” Spurred on by the taunting, Rainbow Dash decided to fight back the only way she knew how. “Oh yeah!? Well get a load of this!” With a loud yell, she charged in and began her assault on Turles with a barrage of kicks and punches. Being a black belt in karate, her movements were nothing too basic. But to her shock however, Turles was blocking her every move with just a single hand. Even when she tried to land both a punch and a kick, Turles somehow was quick enough to block them at the same time with only his right hand. The others grew concerned for their blue friend. She was well known for her speed. But the expression Turles was showing looked as though he wasn’t even trying. Rainbow Dash froze when Turles suddenly raised his left palm directly at her face. Then without warning, fired an invisible ki pulse at her. The wave of energy acting as air to blow the girl away. She yelled as she flailed above the heads of her friends. But before she could hit the ground, she stabilized herself and took to the air with her wings. After gaining altitude, she looked down angrily at Turles. “A-Alright, how about this!” Her attempts to inflict damage on Turles was causing her to be careless. Such as what she was about to do. Flying down with as much speed as possible, she started to circle around Turles. Then gaining enough speed to make her own tornado. The swirling winds blew through the area. Her friends keeping low to not be blown away while the other five aliens merely watched on in amusement. Rainbow Dash’s plan was to use the tornado to either trap Turles or blow him over the horizon. But that was until she suddenly felt a very strong grip on her left ankle. Stopping her dead in her tracks. Much to her shock. With no momentum to keep up the winds, the tornado faded as quickly as it came. And with no breeze to support herself, the blue mare fell face first to the ground. But with her ankle still held up. All her friends were speechless at what they just saw. Something that Rainbow Dash would find out for herself. “Ow! What just…?” She said as she looked over her shoulder. Only to shriek out in disbelief. “What!!?” To her shock, her ankle was in the firm grasp of the space pirate Turles. Remaining still, only his left arm was outstretched to catch the anthro Pegasus. His smile never left his face. “You…you caught me mid-air!?” “Well of course I did.” Rainbow Dash started to panic as Turles raised his arm. Lifting her completely off the ground. Holding her up by her ankle, he gave his reason for catching her so easily. “You were moving so slow.” Then without any remorse, Turles tossed Rainbow Dash back to her friends. Yelling as she was skidding towards their feet. “Rainbow! Are you ok!?” Twilight panicked as she rushed to aid her friend. Despite the trembling, she was more in shock then in pain. The thought of herself being caught within her tornado was something she never thought would ever happen. Angered that her friend was treated in such a way. Applejack charged in to attack the one responsible. “Take this ya vermin!” Rushing in, she spun around to deliver a hard kick. But Turles caught her left foot as a counter. But learning from her fight with an alien solder before, she tried to counter the counter. Jumping up to shift her body right, she attempted to swing her right leg to side kick his neck. But unfortunately for her, Turles caught her other foot with his free hand. With nothing to support her body, her front half fell to the dirt covered ground. As she tried to recover, she tried to break out of the warrior’s grasp. Only to be held in place. “L-let me go!” Turles looked down at her with a sinister grin. “Well aren’t you a feisty one.” “That’s enough!!” Hearing an outburst, Turles spotted Cadence and Shining Armor charging in to assist the downed Applejack. With his grip firmly on the orange Earth Pony, he spun her around and threw her into the airborne Alicorn. Knocking her out of the way. But only had the time to see the Unicorn, with his fists magically enhanced, yelled as he threw a punch at the pirate. Since his punch landed, it created a loud boom. But after a couple of silent seconds, he saw the grinning face of Turles. “I’m sorry. Was that supposed to hurt?” The alien mocked as he grabbed a hold on Shining Armor’s wrist. Showing that the punch had zero effect. In retaliation, Turles delivered a light knee to the Unicorn’s gut. Despite the apparently light attack, the blow knocked the wind right out of Shining Armor. Gagging in pain. “Shining!” Cadence cried out before using a teleportation spell to get her husband out of the alien’s grasp. Deciding to take advantage of Turles’s surprise from witnessing teleportation, Starlight Glimmer teleported behind him and placed her hands together. Preparing to fire an attack spell. “Take this!” But before she could fire, something bizarre happened before her very eyes. Turles’s brown furry belt undone itself and quickly wrapped itself around her wrists. Restraining Starlight and holding her in place. “What! What the…?” The spooked Starlight yelled as she tried to pull free. Then without warning, it swung Starlight around Turles and back towards the group. After Twilight helped her up, the group looked back at Turles. As well as a wiggling brown oddity attached to him. The group stated at it in confusion, with Fluttershy figuring what it was. “Is that…a tail?” She didn’t need a reply. It was clearly obvious it was a tail. Turles smirked as he wrapped his tail back around his waist. “It may be a tail, but it was very strong,” Starlight said as she looked at her wrists. Remembering the squeezing pressure. “All of you, stand back,” Celestia said. Joined by her sister, Luna. “We’ll deal with him.” The two Alicorns stepped out of the group, standing between them and Turles. The warrior reassessed his scouter to measure their battle powers. Grinning in response. “Seems you two are the strongest here. Hope you entertain me in battle.” Seeing the threat that stood in front of them, Celestia and Luna began to channel their magic. Using enhancement spells to increase their strength. It was clear to them that Turles was no ordinary alien solder. He was his own warlord. They had to be careful when fighting. Then in a flash of blue and gold light, the two instantly switched out of their dresses and into their magically enhanced battle armour. Luna armed with a sword and Celestia her spear. “Wow,” Twilight said. It was her first time seeing her former teacher in armour. As soon as they were ready, Celestia and Luna charged in with their weapons bared. But just as they were about to swing their blades upon him, Turles leapt back. Judging the distance between him and her, Celestia spun around and threw her spear towards the alien blade first. However, Turles saw the projectile and tilted his head aside. Letting the spear pass, narrowly missing his head. But the spear turned out to be a distraction. From seeing a blue flash to his right, he saw Luna teleported beside him with her sword raised high. Ready to strike him down. But as she did, Turles raised his arm to block it. And as the sword struck his arm, the blade shattered into pieces. Time paused for Luna for two reasons. Firstly, was the fact that her enhanced sword was shattered from only a single swing. The second was a sudden flashback. The time during the fall of the Crystal Empire. During the time when she and King Sombra fought against Broly for the first time. The Unicorn king swung his crystal scythe directly at the Saiyan’s face. Yet the blade shattered upon contact. Just like her sword on Turles. ‘What?’ Her mental shock was shattered from the sound of Celestia’s voice. “Luna!” Joining with her older sister, Luna charged in and began the assault on Turles. The two Alicorns throwing a barrage of punches and kicks on the warrior. At first, Turles seemed to be holding his own. But then started to step back as the two kept up their attack. Pushing him back. “That’s right! Knock his block off!” Rainbow Dash cheered. Showing support. But despite appearing to have the advantage, Shining Armor felt differently. “Something’s not right. He’s barely slowing down at all.” “And he doesn’t seem to be trying,” Cadence joined, sharing his concern. It turned out to be true. Celestia and Luna were clearly showing effort. Whereas Turles was barely showing any emotion in his blocking and counters. Deciding to get more hits on him, Celestia and Luna charged some magic into their hands and fired point-blank blasts at him. Creating clouds of smoke from the explosions. But just as they thought they had inflicted a good amount of damage on him, Turles revealed to be unharmed as the smoke cleared. Charging forward, he tackled Celestia. Knocking her back to the shocked group. “Sister!” Luna cried out from seeing her sibling hurt. But doing so caused her to be distracted. Leaving her open for Turles to grab her from behind. His left hand pinning her left arm behind her back and his right arm locked around her neck. Luna yelled in pain from feeling the strain of her locked arm. She tried to break out of the hold. But with the strength of her foe, she couldn’t budge an inch. “Not so tough now. Are you?” But then as Turles squeezed his grip more, Luna began to yell even more from the pain. She tried to fight it, but it was too much. It was then she realised something. It was a situation she had been in before. Trapped within someone’s grasp, being slowly crushed, unable to escape with force alone. It triggered another flashback in her mind. The time when Broly was her enemy. She remembered being grasped by him. And no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t break his grip. She was in such a mental shock, she failed to pay attention to Turles. “You make such lovely screams. I think I might keep you.” Then to his confusion, Luna suddenly vanished from his grasp. And reappeared beside Celestia. Whom was responsible for saving her. “I won’t let you hurt her again!” She declared before firing a golden beam at the alien. Despite the magical beam ploughing into him, Turles was taking the hit with his arms crossed. When the attack ended, he remained unscaved. Much to Celestia’s dismay. “Our attacks are not doing a thing to him,” Celestia said. But to her concern, Luna looked troubled as she spoke. “Sister. This fight with Turles. It’s… it’s reminding me of our fight with Broly.” From hearing Luna’s words only elevated the worrying feeling in the group. After some thought Celestia too felt that there were some similarities. And began to fear that Turles might be far stronger than he was showing. As he landed firmly on the ground, Turles noticed the fear growing in the group. Smiling in satisfactory. “It seems you all finally realised the gravity of the situation. But how about I show you just how big of a gap in power there is between us. Cacao, pass me my spare scouter,” After opening another compartment on his body, he held out a second red scouter. Then tossed it to Turles. As he inspected it, the warrior looked over to Twilight. “You there. You seem to be smart. Here. A little gift.” To her surprise, Turles tossed the scouter to the young Alicorn. After inspecting it to get the tough idea on how it works, Twilight was ready to use it. With her ears not being in the ideal location for the particular model, she simply held it beside her head. Looking through the red screen and being the first pony in history to wear a scouter. As she looked at Starlight, he pressed the button on the side of the device that switched it on. At first, she was taken back by the sudden beeping. But calmed down when it stopped and started to show numbers. Looking at Starlight, Twilight read a number out loud. Remembering that it was her power level. “One hundred and ten.” Turles was right in his judgement. “Good. Now…scan me.” With hesitation, Twilight looked over to Turles and pressed the button again. She instantly gasped in horror just from the starting number. Shocking her friends in response. Before the numbers started to climb, it clocked in over ten thousand. “What is it Twi,” Applejack asked. But received no reply. After a moment of silence, the beeping stopped on the scouter. And Twilight read out Turles’s power level. “His power level… it’s four hundred thousand!” The group were stunned at the discovery. From what they remembered of the Frieza Force, none of them had such a high power level. Which was the reason why at times they were able to get a jump on them. But they couldn’t do the same with Turles. In fact, they quickly knew that none of their previous strategies would work on someone so powerful. Celestia was the most powerful Alicorn in the group. But her power level was only one hundred and twenty-five. To face against such a powerful foe, she knew there was only one way for them to stand any sort of chance. She quickly turned to Rainbow Dash. “Rainbow Dash. Go back to the castle and get Broly here. Quickly,” She whispered to the anthro Pegasus. With a sudden burst of speed, the blue mare tried her best to reach her top speed and make her way to the castle. But suddenly found herself with one of the alien brothers in her way. “And where do you think you’re going in such a hurry?” Rasin asked. He then tackled Rainbow Dash with his head. Pushing her back towards the battlefield. “Rainbow Dash!” Applejack cried out as she just managed to catch the blue mare before she could hit the ground. “Sorry. But you’re not going anywhere,” Lakasei taunted them. Then Daiz spotted something gathering in the distance. “Hay Turles! Looks like we gathered quite a crowd!” The eyes of the aliens and the group looked to where Daiz was pointing at. And to the dismay of the princesses, the citizens were starting to gather towards the valley. More likely disturbed by the sounds of battle going on and decided to see it for themselves. “Oh no no no! They’re putting themselves in danger!” Celestia cried out. Frightened that the innocent would get caught up in the struggle. “Oh good. An audience to witness my might,” Turles said, delighted by what was happening. Then to his surprise, he heard a new voice. “Stop right there, villains!” Looking up, Turles was greeted by two Pegasi. From the armour they were wearing, they were members of the royal guard. The two landed, standing between Turles and the group. “What are you two doing?” Shining Armor asked the two. But it was quite clear what they were doing. “It’s our duty to defend our princesses and this land from all threats,” One guard said, joined by the other. “These goons put most of our comrades in hospital. They will pay for what they’ve done.” “But what about the civilians?” Luna asked. “Don’t worry your highness. All our remaining guards are keeping them out of the battle zone.” The first guard replied. “Please. Let us deal with this scum.” The second guard said as he glared at Turles. The alien warlord looked at the two newcomers with disappointment. He didn’t need his scouter to tell that they were weaklings. “Well then… it looks like I’m going to have to make an example of myself.” With a beat of his wings, the first guard charged to attack the alien leader head on. However, before he could land a hit, Turles used his right hand to backhand the guard away. The blow struck him hard by the neck. The limp body of the guard skidded across the dirt-covered ground. Thinking that he was only unconscious, the second guard rushed to his aid. “Hey, are you ok!?” He received no reply. Confused, the second guard removed the helmet of the first guard to inspect him. Only to see that his expression was cold and featureless with blood dripping from the corners of his mouth. As concern reached its peak, he placed his fingers against his neck to check for a pulse. His expression darkened to horror before he spoke up. “He… he has no pulse! He’s dead!” The ponies and dragon in the group were deeply horrified at what just happened. One of their own had his life taken right in front of them. The guard possibly had a life back at home. A life he would never go back to. The thought of it made the princesses hearts sink. Feeling remorse. But the feeling changed to anger as the second guard glared at Turles in hate. “You! You killed him!!” Turles merely smirked as he replied. “Does it really matter?” His cold reply struck a nerve in the guard. He yelled as he charged to deliver a punch to the face of the killer. But Turles caught it with ease. The guard tried to push his fist further, but unable to match up to the alien’s strength. By smirking at the anguish look on the guard’s face, he rubbed it in by chuckling. “But don’t worry. His death is a blessing…” As he paused, he placed his other hand on the guard’s shoulder and gripped in tight. He then finished his sentence. “…compared to what I’ll do to you.” With his hand gripped onto the guard’s fist and his other pinned onto the shoulder, he began to pull. The guard instantly yelled in pain from his arm being pulled beyond its normal limitations. The strain was beyond what he could comprehend. Then with one forceful yank, Turles pulled the entire arm off. Violently ripping the limb out of its socket. The guard wailed in agony from the shear amount of pain. His free hand trying to cover the wound to stop the blood gushing. Unable to stand, he fell on the ground. All the ponies from the group and the distant crowd gasped in horror at such an awful sight. Something straight out of a horror movie. Some covering their mouths and eyes. Unable to bare the sight of such torture. Spike, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie cowered behind their friends. Not expecting the sight in the least. The guard gritted his teeth hard as he tried to fight the pain. But it was simply too much for him to cope. He looked up fearfully at Turles as he loomed over him. Holding his severed arm in his left hand. The alien then pointed his right arm at the Pegasus and opened his palm. Preparing to finish the guard off. “METEOR BURST!!!” A blast of purple ki left his palm and struck the ground beneath the stricken guard. Then within moments, a column of purple energy erupted from beneath the ground. Completely engulfing the guard, he only had a few moments to scream before being incinerated into dust. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Back at Canterlot Castle, after finishing off a drink, Broly gasped in shock before quickly standing up straight. Knocking his chair over and scaring one of the maids. The action caused her to fall to the floor. As she recovered, she feared that her fall caused her skirt to move up towards her hips. Exposing her undergarments. She instantly recomposed herself by moving onto her knees and pull the ends of her skirt back down. Covering herself as she yelped. “W-what was that about, sir!?” She asked, her face blushed hard from embarrassment. Hoping that the visitor didn’t notice. As she looked up to him, she saw that he didn’t notice. In fact, as he stood tall, Broly had a look of shock on his face. “What’s the matter?” She asked him. Broly ignored her. Because he was focusing on something far more important. He was staring at the window that lead outside. In the distance, he saw a bright column of purple light that reached into the sky. But it was the energy of the light that shocked him the most. It wasn’t magic, it was ki. But ki that he recognized. And that was what also confused him. He thought he was the only one. “Saiyan.” The maid looked at him in confusion. “I’m sorry, what was that?” Then without warning, Broly charged out of the room and leapt out the window. Smashing straight through it before taking flight. A trail of white ki followed him as he made a beeline towards the fading purple light. Determined to find out for himself.