>>6081632As you descend, however, that encounter with the trio begins seeming less odd by comparison. As EVERY group of cutters you pass all stare at you with the same hate-filled alien glare. Something's wrong here, something's very wrong. There weren't any known mind-altering chemicals in the trees or this particular mountain from the survey, but if something's being released with mind-altering affects these people need to be gotten off the mountain, asap.
Returning to the base camp you drop the tree by the Delimber, the machine idling with the operator staring at you much the same way as the others had been. Shit, it's spread this far already? You need to warn Kajic now, before it's too late! But as you go to turn from you hear the machine roar to life, turning back to see it suddenly barreling towards you!
"Woah!" you exclaim, leaping aside and narrowly avoiding the machine as it charges past. "Hey! What the hell?"
"Filthy Saiyan." an unfamiliar voice says from behind, you turning to see Kajic approaching. However, you immediately realize that, whoever this is, he isn't Kajic. Whoever this is, their face is twisted in a scowl of bitter hate and rage. One that doesn't match the man you know.
"Dammit, not you too." you say with a sigh, wondering if there's anything you can do to save them from whatever this is. "Alright, who're you? And why have you taken over these innocent people's bodies?"
"Oh, so NOW the filthy <span class="mu-i">monkey</span> cares about the innocence of others, does he!?" the being controlling Kajic's body shouts furiously, trembling with barely-restrained rage. "What about MY people? MY race you ignorant apes senselessly slaughtered!"
"Here we go." you think to yourself, sighing out before speaking as you feel several others before crowding around. "Look, I don't know which race of people you're from, but if it's a problem with the Saiyans following Lord Freeza's orders, go take it up with them. I left them behind a long-"
"How stupid. So eager to shunt your sins to another. No, you apes conquered my people long before Freeza conquered yours." the voice says, your eyes widening in understanding. Which the creature wearing Kajic's face sees and grins, an evil, malicious grin that doesn't match his face at all. "That's right. Your kind have no one to blame but yourselves for what's coming. The revenge of the Tuffles begins today!"
"Redis, ready the ship! Now!" you telepathically shout to your wife, breaking your mental fortress meant to keep a certain someone out in desperation. "We need to leave!"
"But-!" she starts, only to suddenly feel her attention pull back a moment. "Radi, why are people here?"
"Listen to me, we're under attack!" you telepathically shout to her. "The Tuffles are back!”
