The Pride, The Glory: Vegeta's Destiny!

Ch. 9 : R.I.P Ginyu Force

   The very instant Vegeta caught glimpse of the ginyu force's pods burning through the atmosphere, he realized the obvious solution to his problem. It made him think of the pods being destroyed, killing all occupants, rendering them useless before even getting the chance to start. Vegeta thought of the countless times he had been in that same scenario, dropping towards a planet at break neck pace. Each and every time he was just as vulnerable as the ginyu that occupied each pod that was streaming from outer space.
   Without hesitation he took flight, heading to cut off the trajectory of the ginyu force's atmospheric entry. His golden aura ablaze, he was making record time. Staring thru his teal eyes, he watched the space pods grow larger and larger. With one last grunt, Vegeta was right where he wanted to be: directly in the path of the ginyu!
   Wasting not one second, he squared his shoulders with the incoming fleet and stretched his arms out directly in front of him; fingers up and palms out. The pods were blazing at a tremendous speed, terrifying everybody else who was watching them plummet. But that's because none of them were super saiyans. . . Vegeta timed it remarkably, considering that his qi was now practically on fumes. He let out a roar, simultaneous with a barrage of energy attacks. It would only take 3 of those blast's at most, although 1 was just as likely, to reduce a pod to ashes.
   Frieza's space pods were designed to cushion a saiyan's body upon impacting a solid body, being only slightly reinforced on the shell to prevent constant maintenance and repairs. They were not designed with shields, which are necessary to minimize the amount of damage a particular ki blast does.  Then an explosion in the distance. He kept firing and, moments later, two more explosions; back to back. He didn't relent. Two dozen blasts, three dozen, four. A fourth explosion, and he thought to himself this is too easy. . .
   At that exact point in time, his qi completely gave out on him. He had been so murderously focused on shooting his qi that he completely neglected to keep track of it. The fifth saiyan pod punched thru, just feet away from where Vegeta's last attack penetrated the smoke that was created by the explosions.  He would have taken it hard on himself for missing by yards, if it weren't for the pod heading directly for the path he was falling in.
   He had collapsed mid air, nearly three miles above the surface. As his consciousness faded, he saw the vessel closing the distance unimaginably fast. He was certain that it was going to kill him, but instead he was showered with hypersonic debris, as it had exploded about 100 feet before hitting him.  The last thing he remembered before blacking out was seeing the sunset thru the storm clouds, which had begun to dissipate. A yellow star behind the purple mountains, and a peach horizon that faded into a dark rose color, was the backdrop to the two dark clouds, which had split down the middle and seemed to stretch into eternity. Gorgeous, he mumbled to himself. Beautiful.