Broken Mirror (Invite TELZHUD)

Telzhud walked through the city for the last time, after his interaction with Policy of the Zaibatsu The Program determined South City could no longer be its main base of operations. The android had only landed on earth about a month ago and within that time it had a number of run ins with the group that claimed to own the droid. Telzhud understood the Zaibatsu Corporation most definitely owned pieces of the droid, even the equipment that constructed that droid, but did that mean the man was owned by those who owned the food it ate? Thoughts such as these enveloped the android’s mind constantly.

Telzhud felt strong human emotions for South City and its departure was logged as difficult to handle. Nonetheless the droid understood the need to leave and so it did. Its final route out of South City went through the Port, a place the android had yet to visit.

“So much of South City is unexplored. Directive to explore upon return. Once Zaibatsu can be overwhelmed, I shall return!”
Telzhud held the straps of its backpack and roared in glee.

Telzhud had relieved itself of all its bandages, it was dressed in pants, boots and a long jacket equipped with metallic spiked shoulders. Scars were stickered across the chest and back of the droid from some of its recent more brutal encounters, the healing process not quite completed. The droid thought back to its session with the mysterious alien, there had been so many aliens on earth lately the droid wondered if they were all associated.

The sounds of crashing filled Telzhud’s ears from not too far away, its sensors picked up the signs of power from the source of the crash and The Program knew something drastic was underway. The android jumped into the air and began to fly towards the action. As Telzhud got closer it could determine the power was made up of multiple small powers that amounted to a large amount, there was also a familiar subject within the center.

“The alien!”

Telzhud approached from the sky and as it hovered above it made out the familiar alien amongst the crowd of others. The android analyzed the scene and determined that the alien was surrounded and most likely under an attack, Telzhud lowered to the ground. A loud roar rang from the Jaguar’s mouth and the crowd all backed up a few feet giving the duo some space between them and the others. Telzhud looked down to his ‘friend’ and saw the alien planted into the concrete. The android pulled the alien up from the small crater and helped him to its feet.

“Alien, it is I, Telzhud. Are you in need of assistance? Or is this another sparring match you prefer to resolve on your own?”
Telzhud asked as it held the alien up.

Behind the two a small bunch of the assailants jumped to attack Telzhud in its back with a lead pipe. The metal clanged against the droid’s spine and shook the pipe vigorously causing the attacker to drop it like it was hot.

“My question has been answered. Thank you!”
Telzhud roared a mighty roar.

The android jumped towards the disarmed attacker and clotheslined him into the ground. Telzhud returned to its feet by using a spin-a-roonie and tripped up another couple men on its way up. It would lastly perform a jumping leg drop, simultaneously landing on both of the now downed attackers. Telzhud Roared. The rest of the men began to swarm, a few others in the back ran off towards a different direction.

“What is our goal here alien?”
Telzhud asked as it grappled with three attackers.

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Telzhud looked around its surroundings and had assessed the situation to be beyond critical. The Innocents were on the roof, encaged, afraid, their energies erratic and fading. The Program had made its claim to protect those of South City long ago and today would be no different. The android pledged to evacuate the city because of the threat it posed to those same Innocents, but while the android was still here it would do right by its chosen directive to protect.

… … Situation critical. … Locate Innocents… Discovered… Assessing threat level… Threat Level Critical. Sequence_#0bl01 Activated. Power Level Increased 100,000PL. Commence Rescue Protocol. Engage. … .. .
Telzhud’s body bulged and its muscles grew with its power. The android looked back to the familiar alien and let out a roar as it pointed towards the roof.

“The Innocents! Alien, take care of this being. I must rescue The Innocents!”
Telzhud jumped into the air and began its short ascent towards the roof but was cut off by the fused Lembocha.

“Not so fast earthling!”
Lembocha wagged its finger back and forth to tell the android, no.

Lembocha spun around and mule kicked the android straight into the wall of the warehouse embedding the android in the metal. Telzhud peeled itself from the crater in the wall but as soon as it did Lembocha dashed forward and forced the android further inside. Telzhud crossed its arms and braced for the oncoming assault it predicted. Lembocha let loose with a series of kicks, punches and elbow smashes all intending to deal major damage.

The android moved and shifted with each attack in attempts to minimize the effect of each blow, blocking what it could and forcing glancing blows from the others. The android pushed off the wall with both legs and used its head as a spear to force some space between the two. Lembocha stumbled back through the air and gave Telzhud enough room to fly upward towards the roof of the facility.

“Where do you think you’re going!”
Lembocha started upwards after Telzhud but was in turn cut off by the mysterious alien Barracuda.

Telzhud continued as he sensed Lembocha’s progress had stopped, the android’s path towards its mission was clear. It flew up onto the roof and as it approached found The Innocents locked within a steel cage as if they were to be readied for transport and enslavement. Telzhud rushed towards them without much concern for any other goings on up there and was immediately shot down by a large cannon’s worth of ki energy.

The android stumbled out of the air and crashed into the steel cage holding the humans captive. They all shouted in fear as the giant android forced the cage to nearly topple over. The android collected itself and got right to its feet. Crispum stared the android down from across the roof, his palm extended outward and smoking from the last blast he sent Telzhud’s way.

“Heh, heh. Don’t you look exotic freakshow? Maybe we collect you too!”
Crispum shouted at Telzhud.

Telzhud examined its situation again, here it was in another scenario that it foresaw casualties for The Innocents. It drove the android’s processors into overdrive to calculate ways in which to resolve this ordeal without any innocent deaths. There were very few ways to accomplish this, but despite the severely logical thought process The Program was ingrained with, it had an ever growing human element that tested that very logic at every turn.

“You’ve made a mistake. This is MY city!”


The people inside the steel cage cheered and cheered, some started to recognize the local hero and their fear subsided because Telzhud was here to save them all.

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Telzhud braced itself against the cage and reached behind its back with its other hand. Telzhud pulled out a microphone and began to pace in front of the cage, the jaguar’s eyes open, focused and never blinking. Telzhud scanned his opponent and could not determine his true power level, so instead The Program took a different approach.

“You know, alien invader, you are not the first to attack this fair city. Hell, it hasn’t been more than a couple weeks, so just know… YOUR ORIGINALITY IS SEVERELY LACKING!”
Telzhud dramatically pointed at the large saiyan brute.

A breeze passed between the two, and some leaves, there was a substantial amount of space apart as the silence was felt after Telzhud’s brief monologue. Crispum’s brow raised, he had no idea what this jaguar person was talking about. The cheers behind the android grew louder.

“Now, if I could tell you what was about to happen, right here in Yahhoy Port, South City… You are in for the beating of a lifetime!"
Telzhud’s finger pointed up into the sky and if there was something there to gaze upon.

Crispum scoffed and shot a snot rocket from his right nostril, not making any effort to whip the bit of mucus from his beard. His bushy black hair surrounded his face like a mane, his beard unkempt and his overall size looked to match Telzhuds, Crispum was no mini.

“You? Threatnin me? AHAHAHAHAHAAH!”
The boss laughed hard and let out a snarl of his own.

“This is my Port now earthling! We take what we want, when we want it. Wanna do somethin bout it huh cat-man?”
Crispum tossed aside the golden goblet he had procured from one of the crates of loot and walked towards Telzhud as he spoke.

Telzhud threw the microphone to the ground and flexed its muscles at the oncoming saiyan. A huge roar erupted from the jaguar and it too walked towards its opponent. Each one quickened their pace and the walks became furious sprints, each fighter aiming to crash into the other. Telzhud’s fist cocked back as did Crispums. The two met in the middle of the roof and their fists clashed, two immovable objects in time sat there pushing back against one another. Bursts of energy shot out from between the two like bolts of lightning.

The bracers around Crispum’s wrists began to glow red, a familiar glow that Telzhud had seen back in South City during his conflict with Policy of the Zaibatsu. Telzhud’s optical sensors picked up the Zaibatsu logo in a number of placements throughout the roof: Crispum’s bracers and the crates filled with loot each had large Zaibatsu logos engraved across their surfaces. The android also picked up the bill of lading taped to the side of the crate, it was destined for East City.

“What do you know of the Zaibatsu?!”
Telzhud roared in Crispum’s face.

“Zai-What?!”
Crispum’s bracers glowed even brighter.

BOOM - BOOM! Two huge blasts of energy shot out from the bracers and sent Telzhud flying back into the air. The android caught itself mid backwards flip and flew back down towards Crispum. The saiyan didn’t allow Telzhud to get close, he jumped up and uppercut the incoming jaguar droid. Crispum didn’t stop there, he followed Telzhud as he went higher and higher with each follow up punch.

Crispum’s huge black mane of hair swayed side to side as he put all of his weight in each launched fist. Dark red liquids splashed out with every blow, the jaguar was getting some of this and that and it had no say in the matter. Telzhud grabbed the last punch and wrapped his legs around the large saiyan’s arm, the android twisted about into jumping armbar position but the saiyan didn’t budge. Telzhud pulled back against his wrist but Crispim only flexed and began to fly back down towards the building. The bracers glow started all over again.

A huge blast was sent out and sent Telzhud flying down towards an arriving Barracuda. The alien would attempt to stop the android from going any farther but the momentum was too great, Telzhud crashed into Barracuda and the both of them destroyed the roof below and were sent into the mass of storage within the warehouse.

The two immediately blasted back up into the air through the same hole they crashed through, two beams of light flashed through the sky as they exited the warehouse again too meet Crispum. The three met in a flurry of attacks in the air, kicks and punches from both Barracuda and Telzhud flew at the boss but to no avail, every attack was blocked and countered with a blow of his own.

Telzhud grabbed Crispum by the wrist once more and let out a huge beam of energy from its mouth directed straight for Crispum’s face. The beam hit! A direct hit in Crispum’s face, but his head did not move an inch and the beam did not dissipate. Crispum countered the attack with a mouth beam of his own that absorbed the energy of Telzhud’s technique, the beam exploded and sent Telzhud flying backwards uncontrollably, smoke trailing from its body as it tumbled into a storage room on the roof, completely destroying it.

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Telzhud’s sensors went off, recording power levels it had never experienced before. Crispum would be the android greatest challenge to date and the jaguar enjoyed every moment. The Program was adapting as always and this would be an accomplishment beyond any match its had yet, it had to overcome this fight. Telzhud wrung its wrists and stretched its neck side to side, then roared.

Cripsum, glowing red, descended down towards the cage of prisoners and pulled one from out the hatch in the top. He dangled the person from their ankle and levitated back up. Telzhud took action immediately and dashed towards the saiyan in the air but the Gemmoonian cut Telzhud off in mid air.

“Wait. We must work together to overcome his new power, think.”
Barracuda suggested to the android.

Telzhud roared in displeasure as it watched the human dangled by their foot, Crispum laughing cockily and without a doubt in his ability at all.

“Then what?!”
Telzhud scanned the saiyan, his armor, his almost four hundred pound frame, every piece of him looking for a weakness. Telzhud could discover nothing, The Program’s frustration grew, another roar.

The saiyan squeezed at the ankle of the human and blood trickled down from his grip. The young woman screamed out in agony and passed out, the almost lifeless body hung limp until the saiyan let go and watched her plummet.

Telzhud and Barracuda flew forward towards the saiyan and the falling girl, Telzhud aimed for the latter. Cripsum cocked his arms back and then forward in unison with a shout, a huge ball of ki came from his palms and went right for Barracuda. The alien was able to dodge the blast by just a hair, a bit of his shoulder was singed by the energy as he barrel rolled out the way. Telzhud caught the girl and held her tight as Barracuda joined the android mid air. Telzhud placed the girl on his back, piggy-back style and secured her ankles to its waist, her wrists around its neck.

“Alien, I have assessed the #001 vessel can withstand at least one full attack from him. I will distract him and suppress his next attack! If you can flank and lock him up then we will be set! Victory will be ours!”

Telzhud positioned itself ready, its fists tight, its knees bent and ready to move. The mind of a wrestler was often different from the norm, Telzhud was far from the norm. This wrestler was the model of the future and the android knew it. Telzhud let out a mighty roar!

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Telzhud pushed against the barrels and pipes and such that he crashed into and stood its ground. The android reached out from the huge crater in the side of the storage shed and pulled itself into the night air once again. Telzhud picked up the rushing attacker only yards away from contact, the android analyzed possible outcomes and made a decision.

“THESE ARE THE MOMENTS HEROS ARE MADE OF!”
Telzhud shouted out, his finger pointed directly at Crispum as he charged towards him, a number of female captives feinted in sight of such courage.

The android braced itself for the attack, Telzhud’s power had risen greatly but its calculations showed that Crispum would overcome. The reinforcements within Telzhud’s legs doubled down and locked its joints in place in preparation for the attack. Within a moment of Telzhud lower its arm Crispum was face to face, the saiyan threw both hands forward from his sides and held them out inches from Telzhud, a field of energy radiated from the saiyan and pushed forward.

Telzhud’s defense system activated and a huge dome of energy came out of the android and clashed with Crispum’s attack, Telzhud stood idle within. The two fields of energy pushed against one another like space and time, each fighting for existence in a world of so much more. The faces of the fighters intensified, Crispum’s fangs showed rivaling Telzhud’s, so did Crispum’s claws. The boss pushed further, his shouting growing louder with each new inkling of energy he expended.

The energy field around telzhud was bending, small cracks showed across the surface of the energy dome. Telzhud stretched its arms forward and began to shoot out beams of energy right at Crispum which broke the barrier as soon as it touched. Crispum’s attack quickly overcame Telzhud’s and the wave of ki overtook the android entirely. Light was all that could be seen, everyone would be blinded, only laughter would be heard as the light returned to normal levels.

Telzhud lay yards away, having been blasted across the roof along with the storage shed itself. The droid lay in a pile of building materials and debris, its body riddled with abrasions and wounds, fluids leaked from the gashes. Telzhud struggled to return to its feet but with some effort the jaguar did and gave a labored roar. Crispum laughed some more and stepped slowly towards his weakened foe.

“HA HA HA. Looks like I’ve about cleaned you up trash! What say you do me the favor and do yourself in and save me the trouble? HA HA HA! Trash! Nevermind, I want to do it myself!”

Telzhud responded with a mouth beam that Crispum countered with a mouth beam of his own. Crispum’s attack easily engulfed Telzhud’s in its weakened state and smacked the android across the jaw with a nice jolt of energy. Telzhud staggered backwards and ultimately fell to a knee. The android smacked his fist into the ground and felt what it could only define as, after some quick online searching, disappointment.

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Telzhud did not allow any time to pass from Barracuda’s last backhand before the android jumped into action. The disappointment fueled the machine like wood to the stove and the android’s fist met the gut of the saiyan with just as much intensity. Crispum reeled over, blood splashed from his lips. Telzhud pumped another fist into the saiyans chest, then another and another until the android’s fists disappeared with how quick they were firing off.

Crispum chopped Telzhud’s hands away and gave himself some space as the android staggered. Crispum leaned to his side, completely lost of breath and struggling to find any bit of it to breathe. Telzhud regained his composure and turned to face Barracuda who was running his way. The android instinctively knelt down to a knee and held out its hands with fingers interlocked.

Barracuda took the hint and stepped right into the android’s hands, Telzhud catapulted the alien miles into the air out of sight. Telzhud turned back towards Crispum who was now running shoulder first for the android. Boom! Telzhud took a sharp elbow into his chest and rode the mighty saiyan as it stomped ahead. Crispum sandwiched the jaguar between a cement wall and his brawny round, stepping away only to let the android slide off and onto the ground.

Crispum’s stub of a tail squirted blood and so did the many cuts around his body. He picked up Telzhud by his jaguar head and nailed the android hard with a gut punch of his own and then another and another. Fluids sprayed from the jaguar’s mouth and flung from his torso with each impact. Crispum looked to the girl that acted as Telzhud’s decorative backpack, her body still wiped out from the whole alien invasion ordeal. The saiyan’s mouth watered, his eyes focused.

From high in the sky a shining star shone bright with the light of hope that Telzhud imagined humans believed in. The android thought often of these godly ideas and creations of the human mind, right now the droid wished to be human so that it too could be graced by the helping hand of a god, then Barracuda fell from the sky. The alien speared the saiyan from the heavens with a dropping heel kick that caused the entire foundation that they stood to cave in and crater. Telzhud adjusted its head and neck and roared in relief as it floated above the great crash.

Telzhud looked back at the girl that hung from its neck, she was barely conscious but was alive and well enough given the circumstances. The android could not put her down, the fight must continue, the alien must be defeated.

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Helicopter blades chopped around in the air above the chaos below. They were large black military styled helicopters, with multiple men dressed all in black hanging from its open side doors, circled the area. The sound drowned out anything else going on and all the attention below switched to focus onto the flying weapons.

“Hey- is this thing… HEY!- yea ok I see- HEY EVERYONE BELOW! DO NOT MOVE! I REPEAT DO NOT MOVE! YOU ARE STANDING ON ZAIBATSU PROPERTY AND HAVE VIOLATED TRANSGRESSIONS AGAINST THE CORPORATION! DO NOT MOVE! YOU WILL ALL BE PLACED UNDER ZAIBATSU ARREST! ALL ZAIBATSU MUST REMAIN, THAT INCLUDES YOU ANDROID #001!”
A LOUD… voice screamed through the filter of a powered megaphone.

The helicopters circled and created small whirlwinds of air across the landscape of the crater and what was left of the other warehouses on the port. Telzhud, some distance outside the crater now, looked up and watched the Zaibatsu once again. The girl that hung to Telzhud’s neck began to awake and as she did Telzhud placed her on the ground.

“Th… Thank you hero of South City… You don’t know how much we prayed for you to save us when they started attacking! And then that other alien showed up! It was so scary thank you so much for saving us!”

“Don’t worry my fair lady! The city of the South will always be safe, I will ensure it!”
Telzhud gave a roar and a subtle thumbs up to the woman.

“Oh hero…”
Hearts replaced her eyes and she swooned over the android.

Telzhud’s sensors told it that this was a human moment of romance, yet another human scenario the android had only hoped to have experienced. He sensed the rise in her temperature, the increased heart rate, her sweaty palms and her inability to form words in any known language. She was in love and so was the jaguar.

The two left this realm and fled to a field of bliss. The air was rose tinted and they frolicked in fields of flowers for an eternity. As they lay amongst the pink and yellow flowers they looked into one another’s eyes, the rosy cheeked girl with her eyes full of joyous tears and the jaguar head completely lifeless.

“Telzhud..”

“Yes my dear…”

“This life… this life we have has been so amazing I couldn’t imagine living without you.”


“My dear ophelia, I did not know life until I met you. Your love has breathed life into this lifeless shell and created a true man of earth.”
The two held hands and interlocked fingers as they rolled to face one another fully.

“I… I… I love you Ophelia!”

“I lo-”

Ophelia’s head was crushed by the falling blade of one of the helicopters. Reality came back into picture for the android, the crater, barracuda and the saiyan, everything. Crispum had grown tired of the choppers above and without even turning his head he sent multiple ki blasts that shot out from his living aura straight for them. Barracuda had no time to react and the blasts struck home and sent the helicopters down towards earth in thousands of pieces. Two parachutes could be seen in the distance, the names Policy and Procedure were heavily marked across each of the two’s parachutes like giant name tags as they drifted out of sight.

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