"AHHHHHHHHH!!!" Bardock and Vegeta cried out in rage and pain almost simultaneously...
"Hmm... what is this?" King Slug curiously pondered. Feeling their energies rise.
The the already dark, smoky sky grew smokier and darker. Lightning fell towards scorched earth as it's burning power started fires amidst coal covered mountain tops. The aura of Bardock glowing gold and shining warmly off of Raditz' soft expression. The first face of genuine peace Bardock's son has made in years and only found in death.
"No way..." Zarbon said.
"What is it?" Nail asked.
"..." Zarbon became speechless. He knew, but couldn't say.
"It's what Lord Frieza always feared." Nappa laughed. "They're Super Saiyans!" Nappa postured, pumping his fists in excitement. "I just wish Raditz were here to see it realized... then again, I suppose he's why the legend became realized." Nappa said softly.
Super Saiyans... Nail became troubled by the thought. This could be bad...
"AHHHHH!" The golden aura surrounding the two enraged Saiyans intensified.
The hairs on Zarbon's arms stood up. The pride in Nappa's eyes. The intrigue in King Slug's steady and calm posture. Golden hair clad and powerful, Vegeta and Bardock had become... Super Saiyans.
"Well..." King Slug said. "Looks like I was right all those years."
"Maybe..." Nail said as Slug looked his way.
"YOU SEE NAIL! FRIEZA, THE HEETERS, NOW THESE SUPER SAIYANS!"
Lord Slug yelled across the planet as he began undergoing a transformation of his own.
"THE ELDERS WERE FOOLISH TO STAY STAGNANT AND PEACEFUL. POWER IS ALL THEY CARE ABOUT AND US NAMEKIANS MUST FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE!"
Slug's arms, legs, and chest grew thicker and bigger. As he grew heavier and more dense the planet's "soil" cracked and shattered beneath his feet. That first layer turning to dust.
"WELL NOW SUPER SAIYANS, TIME TO MEET A SUPER NAMEKIAN!!"
"..." Bardock and Vegeta stared with quiet rage.
"AHAHA! SPEECHLESS NOW SAIYANS?"
Nail stood trembling at Slug's giant Super Namekian form. Even Zarbon wondered if Bardock and Vegeta stood a chance. Or even Frieza for that matter...
"Hmph." Vegeta said smugly as Nappa stared own in blissful confidence.
"Let's do this for Raditz!"
"Agreed!" Vegeta replied.
Slug attacked using blast beams from his mouth destroying their surroundings like asteroids hitting the grounds. But like flashes of light, there was a certain grace with how these Super Saiyans maneuvered through the air. Flashing in and out of sight. Drawing closer and closer to Slug before...
*POW!*
*SLAM!*
Bardock Punched Slug square in the jaw as Vegeta body slammed his knee, buckling it and send his lumbering body crashing to the ground.
*POW!*
*BAM!*
After that Vegeta and Bardock punched and kicked King Slug's giant, slow form into the ground. The coal infused dirt silting the air around him. The Super Saiyan duo seeing this as an opportunity to take Slug down a peg. Both unleashing a volley of ki blasts that not only inflicted massive damage to all parts of King Slug's body. But set fire to the air around him.
"ENOUGH!" Slug yelled as eye beams came piercing through the veil of smoke struck Vegeta and Bardock. Inflicting a bit of damage initially. Causing another smoke screen as well. Through the smoke came Slug's giant lumbering arm stretching forth beyond it's normal length. A common Namekian power. He grabbed ahold of Bardock, squeezing hard as Bardock felt his bones begin to crack. Bardock screaming in pain.
"..." Vegeta shocked gained some distance.
"HAHA! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW SUPER SAIYAN!?" Slug stood like a skyscraper. Squeezing the life out of Bardock all the while. "YOU THINK I COULDN'T SENSE WHICH OF YOU WERE STRONGER? NOW YOU'LL WATCH HIM DIE, THEN YOU'RE NEXT!"
Vegeta smirked. Too easy... he thought as he disappeared from sight. King Slug's heightened senses still didn't allow him to see or react in time. Vegeta was already going to work. Punching and kicking here then there and pretty much everywhere you could imagine. And it wouldn't be long before Bardock who'd been struggling to get away. Would break free.
*BLAST!*
Two well placed ki blasts to his face sent King Slug recoiling back in pain.
"How's your back?" Vegeta asked.
"Got a good cracking. Feels better now." Bardock replied.
King Slug watched as the Saiyans gracefully handled him at every turn. He saw the confidence in their eyes and the bravado of their posture. He wasn't winning this battle.
"I can't believe it. Slug might be at the end of his rope." Nail said as Nappa and Zarbon looked on in awe.
Slug then reverted back down to his original size. His power level diminishing with this decision. He then lowered his head to the ground in what seemed to be shameful defeat.
"Well it's over." Vegeta said as he raised his hand, ready to obliterate Slug on the spot.
"..." Bardock seemed uneasy. Like this was almost too easy.
"Haha... Hahahaha! HAHAHA!"
"What the hell!" Vegeta said as suddenly King Slug powered up being enveloped by an orange glow. His power ascending to heights that Bardock had never seen, not even in the other world in his training with warriors like Pikkon or Olibu.
And just like that his laughter stopped. His antenna stood straight up. Eyes bright red and skin a deep mandarin. This was Orange Slug.
(Orange Slug Art by: MrNegative04)