Z-Force Chapter 0 (Nash's Opening)

Deep in the bustling concrete jungle of North City, among the crowds and hordes of shoppers hoping to get all of their Christmas shopping done, there strolled a young lady with shoulder-length teal hair and a bushy tail that swayed in motion with her steps.
She brushed a stray piece of hair behind her pointed ears as she studied the list she grasped in her hand; carrying 5 bags of cut-price bargains in her other.
"And that makes it the 12th item off the list" She exhaled as she scribbled away at the piece of paper before turning to look over her shoulder. "Will you stop dragging your feet, we're almost done now."
10 feet behind her slowly waltzed a young man of the same age; 7 bags of presents evened out over both hands.
"Can we get something to eat Sweetheart?" The man asked, rubbing his stomach while knocking the bags together.
"Nash we've got one more item to get for your mother and then we're done. Besides, you ate not 20 minutes ago." The young lady replied with a small tone of annoyance at his appetite.
"Oh be fair Echa, that was only 2 donuts and you know how my metabolism gets." The timing was perfect as his stomach began to rumble.
"Well what did you have in mind?" She asked, knowing all too-well what he was going to say as they had just passed an Ice Cream Stall.
"I dunno..." Nash played with his words until eventually, "Maybe an Ice Cream? You want one?"
"You and your sweet tooth" Echa sighed as she bumped him on the arm.

They continued to walk along the lines of shops, and carefully dodging the busy crowds so they wouldn't accidentally knock an innocent and causing them harm.
"So why are we shopping for christmas so early anyway?" Nash asked, he was sure Echa had said why before but he clearly forgotten.
"Early? It's November. Besides, I told you why, I'm not rushing around the stores a day before Christmas Eve again like last time." Echa shuddered a little at the memory of all that chaos.
"Oh yeah that was funny. I remember that lady tried to take that last perfume bottle out of your hands because she needed it for her daughter." Nash giggled.
"Yep. And I lost my temper and poured the whole bottle on her head..."
"Haha, priceless!" Nash burst out laughing as Echa noticed they arrived at the store they were looking for.
"Ok Nash, you want to wait out here while I get your mom's present?"
"Yeah I'll hold the bags, you go on in. I'll be right here."
"Ok..." Echa leaned in and gave Nash a kiss as she handed him the extra 5 bags. "I won't be long."

Echa had lost track of the time but eventually found what she was looking for, for Roselle. She had it gift-wrapped in the store for a little extra, she couldn't get to grips with wrapping stuff herself, and Nash was no good at it either. She walked out and checked the time on her watch before looking for Nash.
He was nowhere to be seen, normally Echa could sense his energy but there was nothing. As she looked around, she noticed that everyone around her had also stopped what they were doing, but were looking up into the sky.
The young Garthian followed everyone's line of sight to the skyline to see something she would never have imagined.

Hundreds of feet up in the sky floated a giant message board. It looked alien as it seemed to hover over the world. On the giant screen, Echa saw Nash's face portrayed with a red warning symbol. Next to his picture was a message;

"Attention Citizens of Universe 20146984, by the order of the Multiverse new Justice System we seek the arrest and capture of the Saiyan called 'Nash'. This individual has been deemed a danger and threat to your universe.

Crimes:
- Mass Genocide
- Slave Trafficking
- Illegal Weapons Manufacturing
- Arms Dealing

Any information leading to the capture of this criminal will be rewarded greatly. Thank you and have a nice day."

Echa couldn't believe what she was reading, who put this message above the city? Was it a prank? If it IS real, where is... She had a sudden sickening thought. 'Have they already taken Nash?' She thought before crying out "Nash! NASH!"
Again there was nothing until...
"What's the matter?"
Echa turned round and found that her Saiyan Boyfriend was standing behind her with a puzzled look on his face.
"Well you were gone for a while so I..."
"WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GO?!" Echa shouted out of relief, but the answer was clear when she looked down and found he had bought two large ice cream cones.
"I wasn't sure if you wanted one so I bought you one... if you don't want it, I’ll have it." Nash laughed.
"Have you seen that?!" Echa pointed towards the sign in the sky.
Nash looked up and squinted while reading what the message said. "Oh yeah... there's a '69' in our universe code." Nash chuckled to himself.
"NOT THAT!" Echa blurted frustratingly, "Look at what it's accusing you of!"
"Huh?" Nash looked again and read aloud the accusations, "Arms dealing? Has PAD been doing some dodgy deals that I don't know about...?" Nash scratched his head.
"You know PAD wouldn't do that, you two don't make weapons anyway, just armour, what if someone tries to take you...?" Echa thought aloud.
"Take me? Oh this is just an elaborate prank! What the hell is the 'Multiverse' anyway? I didn't know there was more than one."

As the two were talking, up high on the giant floating message, hundreds of camera's scoured the land below it until multiple scanners came across a match with what they were looking for. A person fitting the description in North City with a blue-haired girl.
"Target found!" A booming mechanical voice echoed through the City.

Nash and Echa stopped and looked up to see red flashing lights as the giant message shown a live-feed of Nash looking back up.
"Errm, I don't think it's a prank..." Nash concluded, still holding both Ice creams and bags.

With that, a large spaceship broke through the clouds above the giant message board. It came swooping down with such speed and came to a halt only a few hundred feet above Nash and Echa's heads. Hundreds of, what looked like, soldiers dropped out of the ship and surrounded the young couple. Clad in dark armour, their faces were hidden as they focused their strange-looking weapons primarily at Nash.

"Nash...?" Echa looked to him, not knowing what to think.
"Ok, I think I know what this is about... I didn't return that book when I was 9 and this is what happens when it's 15 years overdue?" Nash called out, he couldn't help himself.
"Come quietly and this will be over as soon as possible." One soldier shouted out.
"Like hell are you taking him!" Echa shouted, readying herself for a fight.
"He either leaves with us quietly or he leaves with a few injuries, your ca..." The soldier was cut short as Echa's elbow came full force, shattering the helmet and knocking the soldier out cold.
"Okay, negotiation's over!" Nash said as he kicked two soldiers out of the way and charged into a cluster. The soldiers readied their guns and fired, a strange energy emitted from the guns. Nash avoided the shots with ease, however, he noticed they were not something they had come across before. "Be careful Echa!" Nash called out.
Echa was having too much fun to notice Nash's shout. She had taken down a large group of the soldiers before they could retaliate. However, it didn't last as one soldier got a lucky shot and hit Echa square in the back. This sent the Garthian flying towards her partner.

"ECHA!" Nash caught her in time and the fighting had stopped. Echa was not responding; he couldn't sense her energy at all, was she...? It had been over a decade since the young Saiyan had last lost his temper, but Nash's rage began to well up as he turned Super Saiyan 1, 2 and then 3 in quick successions.
"Wait! She is unharmed." The Captain of the squadron spoke up. "These weapons are non-lethal. They act as a ki-restraint that depletes a person's energy so that they are nothing but harmless. The effect is temporary."
Still in Super Saiyan 3 form, Nash lay down Echa gently and rested her head on her arm. "Ok, you've got my attention..."
"Please don't fight back, my men have all of their restraints aimed at you right now. If you come with us, all of this can be resolved quickly and none of your family will be harmed." The captain offered.
"Is that a threat? Heh, you really don't know my family..." Nash smiled thinly.
"Just as you really don't know what's beyond this universe of yours. It's not me or my men that threaten... only my employer. But if you comply and come with us. No harm will befall you or your world." The captain replied with a menacing tone.
Nash looked up at the sky and pondered about what this 'captain' was saying. The aim never wavered from a single soldier as the Saiyan 'criminal' sighed and said, "Very well."

After a little while, a soldier came to Nash and placed Ki-Restraint Handcuffs on his hands. Nash felt his energy drain in an instant, turning his long blonde hair back to his usual black spiky hair. 'These guys aren't kidding... I feel like a normal human.' Nash thought to himself as they began to instruct him toward the ship.
"Wait, just let me do something first." Nash requested. The Captain nodded as two soldiers let go of him.
Nash walked over to Echa, who was still unconscious. He kneeled down and whispered in her ear, "I'm sorry sweetheart. It doesn't look like I've got a choice but to go with these creeps. I'll try and be back before christmas." Nash then kissed Echa on the cheek as she seemed to react to what he was saying. "I love you." Nash finished and joined back with the soldiers who grabbed him by the arms and forced him onto the ship.

The engine's revved as the ship lifted from the ground. The craft began to position itself for a quick take-off as Echa jolted herself awake. Alert with some of her energy restored, she looked around and found the shopping bags along with two upturned Ice-cream cones on the floor.
The spaceship revved one more time, catching Echa's attention.
"No No NO!" Echa regained her balance and burst into flight with so much force the ground and the building's around her warped and cracked. "Give him back!"
The ship exited the Earth's atmosphere with Echa not far behind. She was about to punch a hole in the fuselage as the ships entire body began to dematerialise and then vanish completely.

Her breathing was becoming exasperated and her anger began to build as much as the tears began to form in her eyes. There was nothing she could do, this was beyond her and that brought forth the anger even more.
Echa let out a painful cry that could be heard from across the galaxy as it parted the atmosphere and clouds around her.

"Give him back..." The words tried to come out but Echa was too distraught as she began to fall back to Earth.