Burter's Instant Defeat

"Y-you... how are you this fast?" Vegeta looked stunned.

"Brat, Saiyans are nothing but inferior life-forms, yet you dare call yourselves a warrior race. Heh, weren't you supposed to be fast? What's wrong? Not so cocky now, are you?" Burter grinned at Vegeta, thoroughly enjoying himself.

"Is that so?" Vegeta chuckled. "Then take a look at this."

"What?" Burter froze.

"Impact Cannon!" A brilliant blaze of light erupted from Vegeta's hands, and an enormous surge of energy shot straight toward Burter.

Burter's eyes went wide, and his jaw nearly hit the ground.

But it was already too late for him to dodge the devastating attack.

Boom!

With a thunderous blast, the powerful energy completely engulfed Burter.

By the time the enormous surge of energy dissipated, Burter's body was a mangled wreck. He looked barely a breath away from death.

"Vegeta, you cheated!" Burter bared his teeth and glared viciously at Vegeta.

"This is war, idiot." Vegeta shook his head, ignored him, and flew swiftly into the distance.

"You... you... you..." Burter refused to accept it, but it was no use. He soon croaked.

"What? Burter's dead? That idiot! Didn't I tell him to be careful?" Ginyu flew into a rage and issued an order. "Stay where you are. I'll be right there."

Then Ginyu turned a hostile glare on Guldo and barked, "Guldo, you motherfucker! This is all your fault, you bastard! If you weren't holding us back, I'd have caught up with Jeice and the others ages ago!"

Guldo was so frustrated he nearly coughed up blood. Fuck, did I ever need you to babysit me? Of course, he only grumbled inwardly. He didn't dare say it aloud.

"Guldo, I'm done looking after you! Pick up the pace!" With that, Ginyu abruptly accelerated and soon vanished from Guldo's sight.

Guldo gave a cold chuckle and muttered, "Hmph, what's so great about you? I don't even want to play with you guys anymore!"

Ginyu soon caught up with Jeice and Recoome. Once the three met up, they couldn't help striking their team pose.

"Fuck, without Burter and Guldo, our three-man pose looks awful. Looks like we'll have to rack our brains and redesign it." Ginyu gritted his teeth and spoke bitterly.

"Captain, what do we do now?" Jeice was drenched in sweat. Thank goodness he hadn't chased after Vegeta. Vegeta was terrifying-he could kill him in an instant.

Burter was the perfect example.

"Since we can't find him... why don't we kill everyone on this planet and let that brat Vegeta enjoy hiding on an empty world?" Recoome, who had been silent all this time, offered the suggestion.

"That won't work. Saiyans are even more cold-blooded than we are." Ginyu shook his head. "Even if we killed everyone, Vegeta wouldn't care. He could just go to another planet."

"Then what do we do, Captain?" Jeice asked again.

"What if, instead of killing the people, we destroyed the planet itself?" An evil grin spread across Ginyu's face.

"Huh? Captain, didn't Lord Frieza tell us to bring Vegeta back? If he dies when the planet explodes... how are we going to explain that to Lord Frieza?" Slightly startled, Jeice couldn't help glancing over the vast landscape.