>>5928813“Hold on, before we go. Tatsu, Tomi. I need you two to hang back for this one.” you say, turning your attention from Freeza to them. “Milha, Koruza, Okira, and Karn Jr, I need the four of you to wait behind as well. You're not ready for this level yet.”
“What?” Tatsu says, sounding shocked.
“Why?” Tomi asks, then sharing a glance with her twin as the two are still so out-of-sync.
“Very well. I shall remain here, awaiting your return.” Milha says, giving you a small nod and stepping back, grabbingonto Koruza and dragging him back too. “Come on.”
“Aww, okay.” Koruza says, allowing his older sister to drag him back away.
“You want me to stay back on standby, in case you need a retreat?” Okira asks, you giving her a small nod. “Very well, I'll remain at the ready.”
“Be safe everyone.” Karn Jr says, having not made a move towards you all and instead waving his arm overhead. “Go kick his ass!”
“You two aren't ready.” you say, turning back to Tatsu and Tomi. “You both still aren't in good shape after what happened. If things get dangerous, you can't reliably fuse either, can you?”
At this they both look down, not meeting your gaze. So, instead of saying anything you reach out to the both of them telepathically.
“You've both been hurt deeply, and need time to recover from what happened to you.” you <span class="mu-i">think</span> to them both, the twins looking back up to you. “Don't worry about this fight, focus on yourselves. All of you.”
“Understood.” they both reply, once again simultaneously before you end the mental link. Everyone you'd asked to stand back is now clear, your wife speaking up.
“We're ready.” she says, then without another word everything changes. The once-peaceful surroundings of New Salda change into a city. One that's currently on fire, hundreds of screams echoing out. You look around, seeing Golden Cooler laying on his back before you all at the end of a ditch leading through the city's main gate. Where a familiar figure hovers imposingly, the flames of the city burning behind him as he floats out of the city.
“Cooler? What happened, we were supposed to attack together.” Freeza says, taking a couple steps forward to get between his downed brother and the so-called god.
“Hmph. I had to see how I stacked up.” Cooler replies, dusting himself off as he rises back up to his feet. “You would do the same, after spending your time training. Even the monkey would have done the same.”
“Nice to see you too, Cooler.” you say, stepping up beside the brothers, not yet transforming yourself.
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