Ch. 59: Dodoria's Downfall (2)

"I shan shill sill shou, Vasheeta! shand shover she shouters or shi'll shrove -"

"Shut up, Dodoria." Nappa told the spiky pink blob. Even with his creepy new zen-like outlook on life, he couldn't bring himself to find any reason to convince Vegeta to leave Dodoria alive.

"You want my scouter? So, you have lost all of your scouters, huh? That's terrible! How will you and Zarbon find Frieza's backside to kiss up to without them?" Vegeta laughed.

Unable to speak coherently, Dodoria let out a grunt, making Vegeta laugh.

"Priceless, isn't it, Nappa?" 

"They'll never find those Dragon Balls without their scouters!" Nappa realized, letting out a laugh of his own.

"No wonder you didn't notice us coming to find you."

"Shou!!!" Dodoria shouted,

"Nappa. Give him your scouter." Vegeta ordered with a condescending smirk.

Nappa began to comply, taking his scouter off of his face and tossing it over to Dodoria. "Here."

"Shou really shar shmart, Vasheet-AH!" Dodoria started to compliment Vegeta on his 'wise decision,' when Vegeta mercilessly fired an energy blast at the scouter on the ground, destroying it. Then, he tossed his own to the ground, stomping it into nothing as well.

"WHY'D Shou Sho that?! Shose shere the shast schouters on sha blanet!" Dodoria shouted, mostly incomprehensible with his broken face.

"That they were. And now, we have an advantage."

"Huh?" Dodoria clearly had a lot of questions for Vegeta, but he couldn't get his jaw to work well enough to ask them.

"You see, on Earth, they taught me that it's possible to sense power levels without a scouter. Honestly, I could barely believe it, but our horizons have been... vastly broadened by our experiences on that planet. Isn't that right, Nappa?" Vegeta said, an unreadable expression crossing his face as he remembered the battle that had taken place.

"Yeah. I'll admit that I'm still not very good at it, but Earth did teach us quite a bit." Nappa agreed.

"It was very enlightening, and I'll repay the experience... in time. For now, I can feel the energy in the air all around me. I can even tell how strong somebody is without even looking at them. In short... we don't need those toys anymore."

"Shose shastards shIe shased shust shave sheen shearthshings! Shey shust shave shollowed shou shere shoo shteal she Shragon Shalls!" Dodoria shouted accusingly at Vegeta and Nappa. Naturally, nobody could really understand ninety percent of that, but it didn't matter. Nappa had caught the important part.

"Earthlings? Here on Namek?" He asked.

"Shey Shollowed Shoo Shoo!" Dodoria accused again.

"Ignore him, Nappa. There's no chance of those Earth scum... getting here so... quickly..." Vegeta faltered midway through his statement, remembering... "Because you're not dying yet. Mistress doesn't want you to." Could that... person... have brought the Earthlings to Namek on orders from her... Mistress? Vegeta couldn't totally shake the possibility, and it bothered him. But... loathe as he was to admit it, that girl had managed to casually save him from a certain death. She was that much stronger than him. 

He shook his head, dispelling that train of thought before it could go any further. "Even if they did somehow manage it, I'll just deal with them... the same way that I'm dealing with you now, Dodoria."

"Shou shink shou shan shill she! Shied Slike Sho Shee Shou Shry!" Dodoria shouted incomprehensibly, backing up a bit, his legs trembling. He remembered what he'd seen on his scouter before, when Vegeta was dealing with Cui. If his readings had been right, then Vegeta was stronger than him even when he was at his full power, which he wasn't right now. He could probably kill Nappa, but a Vegeta with that much power... far beyond Dodoria's capabilities.

"You look rather afraid, Dodoria. I'm guessing that you were monitoring my... fight with Cui earlier? You've seen my power!" Vegeta wondered aloud, a glint in his eye. Dodoria just trembled in response. "Seems I'm right. You know that you're going to die."

"Shou shan't she shat shtrong!" Dodoria shouted, "SHILL SHROVE SHAT SHOU SHANT SHEAT SHE! AAHH!! HAAA!" Dodoria brought his hands above his head and fired off a massive blast of energy... not at Vegeta. He targeted Nappa instead.

Vegeta looked at the dust cloud where Nappa had been impassively. ""Still as cowardly as ever, huh Dodoria? Picking on the weak in order to seem strong... how unsportsmanlike."

"Yeah, not very nice at all." Nappa agreed with Vegeta, emerging from the smoke perfectly intact. Dodoria couldn't understand how... Nappa was like a baby before him, with his measly power level of 7,000. How could that weakling withstand a direct blast from someone as powerful as him without even having his suit singed!? It didn't make sense.

"Shno shay!?" Dodoria screamed. 

"Tut tut. Dodoria, you clearly are as stupid as you look. Do you honestly think I'm the only one who got any stronger after the fight on Earth? Loathe as I am to admit it, Nappa's power level actually grew slightly more than mine after we were healed. The wonders of being a weak Saiyan, I suppose... Either way, while my own growth was impressive, Nappa's power level more than doubled. If I had to wager a guess, I'd say that he now has a power level of around 15,000 or so. In order to kill him in your... current state, you'll need to give it your all. I believe you could probably accomplish it, but unfortunately, you won't have a chance." Vegeta explained with a glimmer in his eye. 

"Shtay Shaway! Shtay Shaway!!" Dodoria screamed, finally realizing just how outmatched he'd been. Vegeta raised his hand.

"Let's just end this. You're worthless to me." Vegeta decided, gathering energy in his hand for the final blow.

"Shait Vasheeta! I shan shelp shou! I show shat shappened shou shour shome shorld!"

"What are you talking about?" Nappa asked.

"What does it matter? He's just talking nonsense in order to survive for a few more moments. I'm killing him." Vegeta decided.

"Wait, Vegeta. I want to hear this." Nappa argued. Vegeta reluctantly put his hand down.

"Talk, fatso." He demanded of Dodoria.