Reprogrammed

In the Belly of the Beast

"Whoa, what happened?" Trunks asked, completely shocked. "His energy just went through the roof."

"This is the true power of Luud." Said Biyakuyo, looking on in horror. "I knew he was powerful, but I never imagined this."

Even 18 seemed concerned. "This isn't good."

Luud suddenly vanished, moving too fast for them to see. He appeared in the air behind them, firing beams of energy from his eyes. Trunks and 18 were fast enough to avoid the rays, but Biyakuyo wasn't so lucky. The beams struck him and poof he vanished in a puff of smoke.

When the smoke cleared, Biyakuyo was gone. In his place was a miniature doll that looked very much like the Namek.

"Did you see that?" Trunks cried. "He… turned him into a doll."

"That's the attack he saved me from." 18 realized, staring at the doll in disbelief.

Luud opened his mouth and sucked inward. The Biyakuyo doll flew towards him and into his mouth. Luud swallowed it and then became still. A moment later, his power shot up even more, equal to the amount of power Biyakuyo had.

"Whoa, you feel that?" asked Trunks. "He absorbed his power."

18 nodded. "He seems to gain the power of however he eats. The monster."

Trunks' fists clenched. "Don't worry, we can bring him back along with everyone else that Luud's eaten with the Dragon Balls."

Luud roared again and suddenly appeared behind them. He swung his arm, his open fist smacking into the two of them, sending them crashing to the ground.

"Ow." Trunks grunted, sitting up. "You ok, 18?"

"I've been better."

Luud was suddenly standing over them, lifting his massive foot. 18 and Trunks flew out of the way as Luud's foot came crashing down. Once in the air, they fired blasts of energy at him, but Luud remained unaffected. Turning towards them, he held up his hand and unleashed his own energy blasts.

"Look out." Trunks warned, as he and 18 avoided the blasts.

"I'm going around back." She told him.

Flying around Luud, she delivered a powerful punch to the back of his head. Luud didn't even flinch. His head turned around and he fired energy beams from his eyes. 18 was careful not to touch them, not wanting to end up like Biyakuyo.

Trunks flew past Luud's head, getting the monster's attention. "18, lets give him some target practice."

18 nodded. "Got it."

They began flying in different directions around Luud's head. The monster didn't seem to know which one to attack, reaching for one, then going after the other when he caught sight of them.

"Looks like you were right about him not being that smart." Said Trunks.

"Lets use that to our advantage."

As Luud proceeded to swat at them, still unable to decide which one to go after, Trunks and 18 began firing blasts of energy as they continued flying around him. Though the attacks didn't seem to be damaging him, they did make him angry.

Finally getting fed up, Luud tensed up and began gathering energy. Trunks and 18 stopped flying around, looking at Luud curiously. With a mighty roar, Luud unleashed a massive amount of energy. Trunks and 18 cried out as they were thrown backwards from the large explosion that enveloped the land. When the attack finally dispersed, an enormous crater was all that was left.

Trunks had been thrown into a large rock formation, and was currently stuck to the rock wall from slamming into it so hard. But 18 had been thrown back even farther, having not crashed into anything.