"Hold position!" The Field Hetris commanded.

Roughly one million Saiya-Jin halted the progression from becoming the dominant species on the planet. The Field Hetris tapped his earpiece, "Unit 507, are you in position?"

From fifty miles away, across the jungle lands the stronghold was set in, stood a lone SSJ4 unit, standing just outside the radar range, awaiting the signal. He stood with tall, waving, jagged hair, with a blood red tone of body hair. His body was cleanly defined, but his face told of his years. From a small plateau, Morex observed their movements, and readied for the sign. Unknown to the time of day, the sun was just about to set, and on the eastern horizon, rose the nearly invisible moon.

Martek watched from a far. The legions were just inside the jungle, and the lone SSJ4 was waiting. He was very uneasy about something though. This anomaly tugged and nagged at him until he couldnt stand it anymore. He began to look around for anything unusual. The Paxians were mobilizing their fleets, the Saiya-Jins were waiting for the signal to fight, the sun was going down, there seemed to be airborne units flying in from the south and-, "Wait a minute!" Martek's head screamed, "The sun is going down." He said to himself.

'Yeah, so?' His head told him.

"I know this planet has moonlight, but how much?" He said aloud, talking to no one but himself. He began to look around, and in the corner of his eye, he saw a horrible sight, the moon was just over the eastern horizon, and the only thing he could say was, "Oh no..."

The sun was enveloped by the horizon, and the jungle became a fortress of shadows. No one noticed the moon slowly creeping up the eastern sky, eventually shedding its light for all to see. Martek could think of nothing else other than to look away from the treacherous light, but others did not. The legions set out against the Paxians absorbed all they could, all their bodies would allow. They started to grow bigger, and bigger with each passing moment, their bodies spasming and expanding as it reacted to the light. Suddenly, SSJ2's and 3's sprang up from the ground as golden Oozarus. In this form, the Oozaru body takes a golden color while the aura and the hair represent the level. When the Paxians saw this, they went berserk.

"Legonus! There are monsters out there!"

"What are you talking about fool?!"

"Follow me!" The desperate Paxian grabbed his arm and forced him outdoors to meet the glowing white eyes of the Oozaru legionaries. Their eyes were all they could see, but they shed light on they bodies, showing the faded yellow. The air fleet was close off in the distance, but they would not be enough now.

"Ginuris! Launch all silos!"

"Sir??!!"

"DO IT NOW!"

"Yes, Sir!"

The Ginuris ran back into the stronghold, flipped a cover to expose a red button, and closed his eyes while pressing it.

"Nuclear launch sequence, initiated... please assign silos..." The feminine computer responded.

"All silos!" The Ginuris yelled while crying.

"Silos, one through one hundred confirmed. select co-ordinates..."

The Ginuris punched the buttons necessary to set the missiles, only to have the computer scold him, "Damage or destruction to stronghold imminent..."

"Override, command code, Forus, Daso, Verun, Tigim."

"Command code, accepted. Nuclear missiles, ETA fifteen minutes, twenty three seconds.

The Ginuris collapsed his face into his hands and cried till it hurt, they would destroy the planet, all for what...?

The first Oozaru attacked, blasting a gaping hole into the fortress, thousands more followed, destroying anything they saw. Air combatants screeched in, dropping bombs on the beasts, only to see they merely annoyed them further, driving them into a deeper primal rage. Within seconds, they were shot down, causing flame to the forest, but far away, their destruction was incoming, and there was nothing they could do to stop it...

Martek knew something was especially wrong now. Using his amazingly keen ears, he heard in the distance, sounds that would resemble rockets, lots and lots of rockets. Martek flew towards the sounds, making his eyes elude the moonlight. He flew faster and before he knew it, one hundred missiles passed right above him, two nearly grazing him.

"HOLY SHIT! THEY'RE GOING TO BLOW THE PLANET UP!!!" Martek screamed to himself. He raced ahead of the missiles, in an attempt to warn his brethren before it was too late.

The Oozarus reveled in the destruction they were reeking. Havoc spread like the wildfire in the jungle, setting flame to anything living. Martek suddenly arrived there, to see his people killing without even feeling. He roared above them, gaining the attention of all, "My brethren! You are all in great danger!"

Immediately, the Oozarus paid him no heed. They were much to arrogant in this form to even consider getting hurt. Martek saw this and realized, he was on his own, or so he thought, Morex flew to his side, also avoiding the moonlight, remembering the drills he was taught as a child, "Martek, let me help you!"

"Yes, go find Lexan, she didn't leave the camp with the army. If you find her changed, the only way to change her back is to cut off the tail. If I know my Lexan, that will not be very easy." Martek said with a smirk.

"Yes, Legend."

Martek brought his aura back to life, powering himself to a maximum charged level nine, and awaited the projectiles. He could see them now, all one hundred. They screamed like a wild banshee in the night, telling of fury and wanton destruction. Martek glared at them, he would not let this atrocity kill his people.

The missiles were within miles now, it was going to be mere moments before the inevitable happened, and the mighty Saiya-Jin race, was erased from the books of history, like the Paxians.

Martek formed a force field around him, getting ready to expand it to cover the entire area. Suddenly, Martek screamed with all him might, swelling the field outward, absorbing the Oozarus within its peaceful tranquility. And then, a deafening roar as the missiles detonated.

The explosion impacted against the force field, shaking the sky and creating the most beautiful and yet the most ugly mushroom cloud the universe has ever known. Martek faltered under the strain of the blast, but he held fast. He would not, nor could not fail. For the survival of his race, he would prevail.

The blast rained heavier on Martek, causing him to fall back a little. His face told of the pain his was feeling with the blast inches from his face. The explosion was tearing apart his field and they would all die. Suddenly, light overtook them all. They were covered in a blinding light that surrounded them and penetrated them, just like the tainted supernova, but would this one cause the passing of an immortal?

The being opened his eyes, slowly to be sure the sun did not blind him. The glaring orb was rising still, it must have been around eight in the morning. He suddenly sat up, aware of what happened and what he last remembered. He found himself in a huge crater, at least fifty miles in diameter. The ground was dead underneath him and in his mist laid many, many Saiya-Jin.

He became aware of himself after wondering what had happened. His name was Martek, he told himself, he was the Legend of the Saiya-Jin, he brought them to the Canan system to inhabit a new world, and apparently, their enemy had launched some sort of... what was it? Nuclear attack? Martek had heard the term before, but nothing beyond that. Previous enemies of the Saiya-Jin had used such means, but Martek was ignorant as to its abilities until now. He surveyed the now barren wastelands of the once prosperous jungle that surround the fortress, which was obliterated into nothingness.

"Lexan!!!" His mind bellowed.

He looked desperately to the skies, trying to find any sign of Lexan, or Morex for that matter. The Saiya-Jin began to wake, without haste. They had no knowledge of what had happened that night, they were just wondering why they were in a crater when they remember coming to the edge of a forest. They all saw the being with long, white spiked hair and remembered he was the Legend. After that, everything slowly came back to their sluggish minds.

Martek took to the air with great haste, trying to find his beloved and kicking himself for leaving her at the camp. He took off with demonic speed as the desperate Legend compelled himself to believe that she was still alive.

In mere moments, he arrived at the camp. It was in disarray since the blast affects managed to hit it. As he flew over head, he noticed something unusual. There was a giant tail on the ground, covered with brown fur. Martek smirked as he realized Morex must have been able to cut it off of her. He dove from the skies, prepared to rip apart the planet if it would prove necessary to find her. He hit the ground with such a great force, any normal Saiya-Jin would have been splattered all over the ground. The earth crumbled under his landing, but he quickly stood up, yelling, "LEXAN!! LEXAN!!"

"Martek!" A masculine voice answered. Martek turned behind him to see Morex waving in front of a small, artificial cave. He ran over to him, grabbed him by the shoulders and violently shook him, asking over and over again, "Where is she?!"

Morex managed to slip away from Martek, and said to him, "Martek! Breathe!"

He slowly inhaled, and exhaled. Morex continued, "It was a pretty hard fight, but as you probably saw, I managed to get the tail. She's in the cave-"

Martek rushed past him, leaving Morex not enough time to blink.

There, in front of Martek, was Lexan. She was curled up in a ball, stark naked and shivering.

"She's been like that all night, plus she hasn't blinked since the blast."

Martek looked to Morex, then to Lexan. He waved his hand through he line of sight with no reaction. He snapped his fingers, again no reaction. He clapped his hands, with the same result. Martek sighed and breathed in almost a whisper, "Lexan..."

She blinked, turned her head, then jumped into Martek, embracing him with her smooth, silky skin. Martek was somewhat startled by this, assuming she was in shock, or a coma. He hugged her back and kissed her over and over again.

Lexan spoke first, saying, "When we heard that explosion go off, I feared the worst. And then I saw it with my own eyes. It was apocalyptic... where are the others?"

"In the crater, most should be awake by now." He responded.

"Alright then, let's go!"

"Uhh... Lexan..."

"Yeah, what?"

"You're clothes..."

"What about them?"

"You're not wearing any."

Lexan suddenly blushed in realization. Her clothes tore when she became an Oozaru. She kicked herself for not putting on her Saiya-Jin armor. That would have at least expanded with the body.

Morex, having heard this, smirked and ran off to find some. He was respectful of the matter but recognized its humor. He was gone about two minutes before clothes were tossed into the cave. Martek turned and walked out of the cave to let Lexan change in private. This gave Morex and himself a moment to talk.

"Was she Oozaru when you found her?" Martek asked.

"No, just turning. She was almost able to look away, but she barely missed it." Morex responded

"Where did this cave come from?"

"After I cut off the tail, I picked her up, and blasted a hole as deep and as fast as I could into the hillside, we were just lucky the explosion came from the side and not head on."

"Indeed."

"What the hell were those things anyways?"

"I believe they would be called, nuclear weapons, highly primitive if you ask me."

"Oh yeah! I've heard of those before," Morex said with child-like excitement, "Pretty nasty stuff I'd say."

"Yeah, that explosion must have been at least fifty miles in diameter. But wasn't there a side affect to the explosions?"

"Yes... I believe there is... I forget though-, wait... something called... ray, no wait, uhh... ra-dia-tion, radiation, yeah that's it."

"It's a good thing it doesn't affect Saiya-Jins, and for the moment, it doesn't seem to be affecting this planet either." Martek responded.

"What kind of affects would there be?"

"Well, I think there's something called a nuclear winter, not sure how it happens, but it causes long periods of winter weather. One thing's for sure though, they didn't know energy manipulations."

"It's a shame we don't actually know how we do it."

"Eh, I have my theories. I may not have known the damn power level fraction, but the energy manipulation I've almost got worked out."

"What do you think?"

"Dark Matter."

"Dark what?"

"Complicated, I'll tell you later." He said putting a period on the conversation. Lexan was nearly done and he wanted to get going, to say his farewell to the Saiya-Jin people. The need was over. The planet was theirs. Martek would now fulfill his promise and leave them to govern themselves as they see fit. In a way, it would be sad never seeing Morex or Ashila or Kaijin again, but he would always remember them as he was sure they would remember him.

"Okay, guys, I'm done." Lexan called from the cave. She walked out wearing out Pugnatris gear, a skin tight uniform with Saiya-Jin armor. The armor could take massive punishment without cracking or breaking, as well as it could expand if the Saiya-Jin ever transformed into an Oozaru, so when they come out of it, they are not naked. Very useful as Lexan found out. Martek smirked at her then turned to the south, determined to help his people.

When they arrived, Lexan was pleased to know that the most serious injury was a small gash across the leg. Ashila had sustained it when another Oozaru fell backwards and sliced her deep. Everyone stood up in final realization that the planet was theirs. The Paxians were now scattered and divided, hiding in fear of the mighty Saiya-Jins. A great cry bellowed from the Saiya-Jin ranks, praising their Legend for the victory. Martek smiled and waved from above them as they raised their hands and voices, extolling their savior. Martek signed to them to be silent, he must speak to them, "Mighty Saiya-Jin! The battle is won!" The army roared with delight. Martek continued, "As I had said before we arrived at this planet, I will only appear to you, when needed the most. Thus, I will disappear from you, leaving you to govern yourselves. Saiya-Jin! May you live long! May you live proud! May our kind live forever!" The mob responded with cries of sadness yet, with cries of joy. They would never forget the Legend, they told themselves. Everyone looked to him, shining now with the light of the sun. Lexan was cradled in his arms. He shown brighter and brighter with each passing moment, until no one could bear to look at him any longer and suddenly, the light disappeared from them. There was a sudden surge toward his previous location, only to be quickly subdued by their own thoughts. He held true to his word, and they all took comfort knowing that somewhere, their Legend was watching them, and keeping them safe. Now they looked to their bright future, full of prosperity and hope. But never could they know, the events that were to be their destiny.

As for Martek, his name would live on forever in the minds of the Saiya-Jin and his people. And for generations to come, grandparents would tell their grandchildren about their ancestor who fought shoulder to shoulder to Martek, savior of the Saiya-Jin and Great Icon of Light.