"Rubeus…and Nehellenia!" Lita gasped.

"Master Zirconia!" Ami pointed.

"How…can this be…?" Michelle trailed. "That's Mistress 9!"

"Damn, and I thought I had long hair when I was a kid." Gohan muttered as he looked at the woman in question.

"And the Witches Five!" Amara said.

"But how did they all come back?!" Rei fumed.

"Hah! Those are the fearsome warriors of Bashgal's Cult?!" Vegeta laughed mockingly.

"Don't underestimate them! All of them are extremely dangerous!" Serena insisted.

"Supreme Kai, how are they still here?!" Mina asked.

"As I've told you, Mordred's magical abilities are immense, and he managed to save Rubeus and the Witches before they met what looked to be their ends. With Mistress 9, Mordred preserved her life force in another seed, this time constructing his own body for it to be planted in. Nehellenia and Zirconia were simply brought out of their seal- it was nothing for Mordred to break, and she was restored to the beauty she was promised if she followed Bashgal."

"And who's that guy in the center?!" Vegeta mocked. "Oh, I'm so terrified of that pretty boy!"

"Yeah…he's a real hunk." Mina said, and all the Inners, bar Mercury gazed at him with hearts in their eyes.

"That is Mordred himself." The Supreme Kai said, causing all of the swooning girls to backtrack in embarrassment. "And he is by far the most dangerous of them all." He narrowed his eyes.


"Master Mordred, I hope you were able to attain the energy." Antares greeted.

"Yes. Good job all of you."

"Now Lord Bashgal is that much closer to being freed." Nehellenia giggled.

"The Numba found the energy especially comforting." Mistress 9 smirked.

"Yes, a job well done Antares and crew. Unfortunately, you weren't so discreet about getting back here undetected…it appears you've been followed."

"We have some company?" Eugeal asked curiously.

"Yes, those Sailor Brats you all seem to have had so much trouble with in the past." Mordred smirked. "And it looks like they've brought some reinforcements."

"Are there any cute guys among those reinforcements?" Mimet asked with a blush.

"Shut up Mimet!" Mordred erupted, causing her to backtrack in fear.

"Master, what shall we do?" Antares asked.

Mordred closed his eyes and felt the surroundings for a moment. "Perfect, all of the Scouts and no Saturn- I'd rather she didn't die."

Mistress 9 huffed. "If you ask me, she should be the first to go!"

"You're only saying that because of the misfortune you suffered by being implanted in her body in the past." Mordred countered, causing the entity to sneer, but quickly backtrack at Mordred's glare.

"Well…what should we do with them?" Zirconia asked.

"What you all should have done a long time ago- terminate them, and their pathetic little reinforcements."

"With pleasure sir!" Cyprine bowed.

"Rubeus, do invite them in."

"Sir!" The ruby-haired man bowed his head.


"They're going inside!" Krillin peered.

"With every ounce of energy they gather, they make the Numba stronger, and with every bit of fear and pain they induce, they get that much closer to freeing Bashgal!" Kibito frowned.

"Yes, and once they breed them to be of sufficient quality, I fear they may have a strong enough force to form a true Numba army- then they will be able to extract fear and pain on an industrial scale!" The Supreme Kai grimaced.

"We cannot let that happen!" Serena declared, hardening her deep blue eyes.

"What are we doing cowering behind these rocks then?!" Vegeta huffed.

"Look- they left the door open." Piccolo observed. "It looks like they're expecting us."

"Let's not keep them waiting!" Vegeta stated. "I'll take all of them on myself if you don't have the stomach for it!"

"You are the most arrogant man I've ever met in my life!" Amara huffed.

"That's an understatement Amara, he's the most arrogant man in history!" Rei glared at him, which only caused his smirk to widen.

"That's been the general consensus among all of us." Krillin agreed.

"Well?! Let's go already!"

"Wait!" Serena objected. "You don't really mean to just walk right in their front door?!"

"It's obviously a trap!" Ami agreed.

"Yes, we must come up with a plan!" The Supreme Kai gritted.

"We've fought them all before, you have no idea what they're capable of!" Serena looked up into Vegeta's hard black eyes with her pleading sapphire ones.

His smirk grew even wider. "Well, let's find out then, shall we?"

All of the Sailor Scouts, the Supreme Kai, and Kibito gasped when Vegeta took off, floating down the cliff and moving toward the open door.

"Sounds good to me!" Goku muttered, quickly following.

Gohan looked at the girls and shrugged his shoulders, moving to join his father.

"I had a bad feeling about this! Those damn Saiyans, they're too full of themselves to think straight!" Amara huffed.

"They're itching for a fight! It's what Saiyans do!" Michelle muttered in concern.

"What do we do now?" Lita asked.

"There's no other option. We have to join them. This is the course of action that's in front of us. We have no choice but to stop Mordred, so we all need to work together. Don't worry, I've fought beside Goku, Gohan, and Vegeta for years and seen them all pull off the impossible time and time again. It is very well that they're in our camp."

"You can say that again, Piccolo!" Krillin agreed.

"…Alright, Piccolo." Amara said with wide eyes.

"If you say so." Michelle seconded.

"Don't worry, Serena, with all of us working together, we can do anything!" Trista smiled at the worried girl.

"All of us…together." Serena smiled warmly with sparkling eyes.

"Let's go." Piccolo beckoned and took off with Krillin, followed by the Outers.

"Hey! Wait!" Serena babbled.

The five people stared with bewildered eyes at the babbling Inner Scouts.

"Well, this poses a problem." Michelle giggled. "Each of us carries one."

Piccolo grunted in annoyance at the thought of carrying a girl. He grimace grew as he picked Ami off of the ground and carried her under his arm, he turned his head and frowned at Michelle's laughter.

"What are you laughing at?" He grunted.

"You." The turquoise-haired woman laughed more as she picked up Rei.

Amara and Trista both began to catch the contagious laughter, annoying the Namek further.

"Humans." He muttered under an annoyed breath.

The Supreme Kai and Kibito stared in shock as they saw all of them take off.

"Far too cavalier." Kibito frowned. "I don't like this."

"Me either, but we must go forward nevertheless." The Supreme Kai said as he hardened his eyes.


"Here they come." Mordred smirked as he watched them all enter the lair. He sat in his chair, a magic screen showing what was going on hung over the large doorway. He was surrounded by his followers.

"Like bugs to a bug zapper!" Mimet shouted in glee.

"Time to die, Sailor brats and friends!" Viluy gushed.

"Rubeus, roll out the welcome wagon." Mordred ordered.


The fifteen warriors walked past the huge double emerald doors leading to the building embedded in the cliff. The Inner Scouts looked up in awe as they passed by the at least fifty-foot-high set of doors. They saw that the tiles comprising the floor beyond them were just a bit lighter than pitch black. As soon as they all entered the doors slammed shut with an audible thud, startling the Inner Scouts, and making the room that much darker.

"Welcome, fools!" A voice boomed.

All of the Sailor Scouts, the Supreme Kai, and Kibito's faces grimaced as a ruby-haired man dressed in a brown vest and green pants with a black upside down crescent moon on his head appeared in the darkness.

"You've all walked right into our little trap." He sneered. "Now there are only three ways to escape this place: Master Mordred letting you out, you by some impossible feat kill Master Mordred, or your own death. One and two won't be happening." His sneer grew.

"Hah!" Vegeta mocked, and then formed an energy blast in his hands.

"Vegeta, wait!" The Supreme Kai shouted, but to no avail, as Vegeta threw the yellow ball at the doors.

The ball bounced harmlessly off them, then began to ricochet off the walls like a tennis ball. The Inner Scouts all flailed their arms in fear and jumped to avoid the shot, while the Outers, Z Fighters, and Kais simply gritted their teeth and jumped to avoid the blast. Goku ended the affair by shooting the blast with one of his own, destroying it in a yellow explosion.

Rubeus laughed as the smoke cleared. "The doors are magically sealed, only Master Mordred can break it!" He laughed louder.

"You idiot! Do you want to get us all killed?!" Amara hissed at Vegeta, who merely crossed his arms and frowned.

"Where's Mordred?!" Lita glared at Rubeus.

He laughed. "He is in the throne room, but you needn't concern yourselves. You won't get the pleasure of having him kick your asses again, because you won't get past me!"

The Sailor Scouts and Kais all glared, Vegeta looked at him with a dismissive stare, Piccolo and Krillin gave him guarded glances, and Goku and Gohan looked curiously.

"…Ok!" Goku laughed and smiled. He turned to the gathered group. "So which one of us gets to fight first?!" He asked in excitement.

"Huh?" Rubeus' smirk drooped into a confused expression.

All of the Sailor Scouts along with Rubeus sweat dropped as Goku, Gohan, and Vegeta prepared to play Rock Paper Scissors. The Kais tightened their jaws while Krillin and Piccolo showed no surprise whatsoever.

"Hey, don't you guys want to join in?" Gohan asked with curious eyes.

"Uhh…you've got it handled, Gohan…" Mina muttered in bewilderment. The other Inner Scouts gave a quick series of nods.

"Ok, suit yourself." Gohan muttered back and made ready to play.

"One, two, three!" All three said at once.

Rubeus' sweat drop grew.

"One…two…THREE!"

"One…two…three!"

Everyone had dumbfounded looks on their faces besides Krillin and Piccolo.

"One…two, three!"

"One, two, three!"

"One, two, three!"

"Hahhahah!" Vegeta laughed in triumph. "Scissors win!"

"Awww, I wanted to fight this guy!" Goku moped.

"Well, sorry, you won't get your chance!" Vegeta answered.

"Wait, please! You don't really intend to fight him by yourself do you?!" The Supreme Kai strongly objected.

"Of course I do, what other way is there?!" Vegeta crossed his arms.

Rubeus returned to his laugh.

"Wait! Vegeta!" Amara objected. "Think this through! This is foolhardy; we all need to work together!"

"SHUT UP!" Vegeta shouted, causing even the hard-headed Amara to backtrack from the sheerness of his voice, and then grit her teeth in anger.

"There's no use in trying Amara, he's a pigheaded jerk!" Rei sneered.

"Fine, if that's the way you want it, moron!" Rubeus said in excitement.

Vegeta smirked dismissively. "The only moron around here is Mordred! He obviously hasn't investigated this planet very thoroughly. He thinks these Sailor brats you've been dealing with are its primary line of defense, when in actuality the most powerful fighter alive is standing right in front of you!"

"You, the most powerful fighter alive?!" Rubeus mocked. "I will enjoy very much beating the life out of you! Every time I cause you pain your energy will be absorbed by the Sprite Sisters, and channeled to make our Numba stronger. And your negative emotions in association with the beating I'm about to give you will be channeled to help free Lord Bashgal from the Abyssal Void!"

"Well, that's too bad for you. Since you won't be able to hurt me, you won't be able to get any of that accomplished!"

"Oh, I'm going to enjoy this! It's been too long since I've had the chance to pound weakling humans!" He laughed loudly.

Vegeta frowned. "This guy is really annoying." He dematerialized and reappeared in front of Rubeus, getting into a fighting stance. "Welcome to the end of your life, and I promise it's going to hurt!" He grinned.

Rubeus grinned back.

"That fool!" Amara hissed. "He's doing exactly what Mordred wants! We all need to work together, not show off!"

"Vegeta…" Serena's eyes watered in concern.

"Aww, don't worry." Goku walked up to reassure them. He put a hand on Serena's shoulder. "Vegeta can handle this guy no problem!"

Serena looked up at Goku with saddened eyes, and then turned back to the scene. Amara merely shifted her gaze in a 'let's see him put his money where his mouth is' way.

The Sailor Scouts, minus Amara and Rei looked on in frustrated concern for Vegeta, along with the Kais. Piccolo and Krillin looked upon the scene curiously. Goku and Gohan however, smiled in total confidence.

"I think you'll find that Master Mordred's training has helped me attain even greater strength!" Rubeus bellowed confidently. He then shot a blast of black ball lightning at Vegeta, but the Saiyan easily avoided it by dematerializing.

"What?!" Rubeus involuntarily barked.

"Looking for me?!"

He turned his head to see Vegeta standing two feet away to his right. Rubeus gritted his teeth and shot another blast of the ball lightning- point blank. Vegeta again avoided it by jumping, floating toward the ceiling. Rubeus smirked and vanished, reappearing in front of Vegeta. He threw a kick, which was easily blocked.

"Huh?!" Rubeus sweat dropped, and then felt a tremendous force impacting his left cheek.

Vegeta's expression hadn't changed at all. He floated up higher and landed a kick straight to Rubeus' face. The ruby-haired alien gave a coughing scream of pain as he plummeted to the ground, the crown of his skull crashing into the wall.

Goku and Gohan's smiles grew as the Sailor Scouts gasped in gape-mouthed shock. The Kais widened their eyes. Piccolo and Krillin merely smirked and narrowed their eyes.

Vegeta floated back down to the ground and sauntered his way toward Rubeus, who struggled to get back to his feet, still coughing in pain. He met Vegeta's hard eyes in shock. Rubeus moved to punch Vegeta, who easily dodged it and countered with a straight punch to his enemy's gut, sending Rubeus crashing into the far wall. Rubeus again struggled to his feet and gritted his teeth, his lip bleeding.

"RAAA!" He roared in frustrated anger and disappeared, reappearing right in front of Vegeta's face. Vegeta didn't even flinch. Rubeus gritted his teeth and released two blasts of black ball lightning from either hand, but Vegeta dodged them both in a flash without even moving his body. He threw a combination of punches, kicks, and blasts, all of which Vegeta easily dodged. "Huh?!" His face began to show fear now. Vegeta dematerialized and rematerialized behind the alien. "What?!"

Vegeta's expression still hadn't changed. He threw a right hook, slamming Rubeus' left cheek again and sending him crashing to the floor, bouncing twice before reaching rest right in front of Sailor Moon's feet.

Rubeus struggled to open his eyes, coming face to face with concerned sapphire blues.

"Rubeus…you don't need to do this…"

"Sailor Moon…" He was shocked that she would show such concern for an enemy.

The moment was interrupted by Piccolo's booming voice.

"VEGETA! QUIT BEATING AROUND THE BUSH, FINISH HIM OFF, NOW!"

Serena gasped and looked at the Namek, buckling at the fierceness in his voice.

"Do it, Vegeta!" Gohan agreed, remembering his battle with Cell- and the consequences of toying with his enemy.

Rubeus smirked and got to his feet, disappearing and then reappearing in the center of the room. Looking at Sailor Moon made him remember his trump card.

The room began to change, becoming a green chamber. Rubeus emerged surrounded by crystals. He made motions with his hands, and then suddenly the girls screamed and collapsed to the ground, gritting their teeth at the pain. Vegeta only looked with a dismissive frown.

"Is this room familiar to you, Sailor Scouts?" Rubeus bellowed. "I think you'll notice that the gravitational force is even stronger now! Ten times normal gravity!" He laughed louder, then noticed that their reinforcements- and his opponent, all stood upright with no problem.

Vegeta bellowed even louder than Rubeus, causing the alien to stop his own. "Ten times gravity?! HAHAHAHAHA! Maybe if this room was five hundred times Earth gravity you might have an advantage! But ten, hah! I don't even feel it!"

"Vegeta…" Trista trailed in pain as she felt the weight crushing her to the floor.

"You're bluffing!" Rubeus declared and shot a flurry of black ball lightning at Vegeta, who to his astonishment dodged all the shots like child's play.

Rubeus' face lit up in shock and fear as Vegeta dematerialized, reappearing right in front of him. He instinctively leaned back, and in a flash, Vegeta pounded him with a bone crunching uppercut, breaking Rubeus' jaw and nearly taking his head off. The Prince of All Saiyans quickly followed with a roundhouse kick to the gut that sent his opponent crashing into the ceiling, then falling to the floor under the high gravity. He coughed up blood and struggled to push himself up, only finding a smirking Vegeta.

"Still think I'm bluffing?!" He cockily asked.

Vegeta immediately took off into the air. He held out his palm and a big blue ball began to form in it, and the Saiyan bellowed in its shine. Rubeus' eyes were filled with nothing but the glare and he cowered in fear.

"HAPPY DEATH DAY!" Vegeta yelled. "TAKE THIS AS A GIFT FROM ME TO YOU, TO SEND YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY TO HELL!"

He shot the blue bullet, sending it plowing into the ground and Rubeus.

"AHHHH!" He screamed as he felt every part of his body being vaporized.

Everyone else covered their eyes to shield them from the massive blue explosion that collided off all the walls in the room. The Sailor Scouts opened their eyes and gasped as the dust cleared, Rubeus was gone, and the room was back to normal, they could stand up again. As they began to get back on their feet, they heard a familiar booming voice.

"Hah! I'm amazed that Mordred would send us such a weakling!" Vegeta sneered as he floated back down to the ground.

"All right Vegeta!" Goku and Gohan cheered.

Everyone was silent as the door opened, leading to the next hallway.

"Gee, I wonder who they'll send next?!" Goku said excitedly, itching for action of his own.

"Well, let's find out!" Gohan answered his father.

The two ran through the door and into the next room.

"Children, so easily amused!" Vegeta muttered sarcastically and calmly followed them, his arms crossed.

The Sailor Scouts still stood there in gape-mouthed shock, even the Outers. The Kais were even wide-eyed.

"Amara…I think you should take some etiquette classes when this is all over." Her lover suggested. "You really need to learn to control your speech…"

"Uhhh…yeah…" She trailed, still in shock.

"Let's go." Piccolo broke their trance and they followed the Namek as he and Krillin began to walk toward the next room.

Lita smiled. "Hey, let's be nicer to them! With their help, this should be a cake walk!" She declared in amazement at what she just saw.

"Right…" Rei trailed.

Sailor Moon only walked into the next room with a saddened expression. She hated to see such violence.


"I don't believe it!" Eugeal said in shock. "That guy killed Rubeus like he was nothing!"

"That's because he was nothing." Antares sneered. "He always was a weakling!"

"Yes, but it appears that these reinforcements of theirs are stronger than I gave them credit for…" Mordred examined. He then widened his eyes in surprise.

"What is it, Master?" Chimera asked.

"The Supreme Kai, he's here."

This caused his followers to look upon him in shock.

"How do you know?" Medusa questioned.

"I've never seen him, but his appearance was described to me by the Duke and Queen Serenity. That's him, I know it." He pointed. "He must be behind these reinforcements the Sailor brats have."

"What now then?"

Mordred looked at Scylla. "Let's see." He turned his attention to the screen. "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen." He counted. "Let's separate them, shall we? Three groups of five. We'll put them in separate dimensional mazes, and challenge each of them to make their way here."

"Good idea, Master." Charybdis complimented.

Mordred turned his attention to all of those that had failed him in the past.

"Consider this your second chance. I'm giving you one last try to do what you all should have done before. Do not fail me again."

"Yes, Master." They all said and bowed their heads at once.


"Just how long is this hallway anyway?" Goku asked.

"I'm hungry!"

"Stop complaining Serena!" Rei sneered. "You ate an entire buffet at the tournament!"

Serena moped and narrowed her eyes.

Suddenly, the ground began to shake.

"It feels like an earthquake!" Gohan shouted as the Inner Scouts screeched.

"I don't think this area is over a fault line." Ami stated as she analyzed with her computer.

The ground shook, throwing everyone haphazardly into three separate piles. As the ground stopped shaking, glass-like walls formed in the room, separating the three groups.

"What happened?" Mina asked.

"Supreme Kai!" Mordred's voice sounded throughout the room. The purple being grimaced as he got to his feet. "Oh yes, I know who you are and what you are trying to do, but you will fail. Lord Bashgal waits for no one! You will not stop me!"

"Guys!" Serena shouted and pounded her fists on the wall.

"It's no use, Sailor Moon!" Mordred's voice bellowed. "You are now separated from your friends! The only way to reunite is to pass through to me!"

"Bastard." Amara muttered under her breath. She took a look at who was with who.

She, Michelle, and Trista were with Piccolo and Krillin. The Inners, minus Sailor Moon were with Kibito, and Sailor Moon was with the Saiyans and Supreme Kai. Secretly, Amara was very thankful that the princess was grouped with what obviously were the strongest warriors in their party- she would be protected that way, especially under the watchful eyes of the Supreme Kai.

"These walls are truly impenetrable." Ami stated as she was still doing analysis with her computer. "We have to follow the path they set for us."

"There appears to be no choice." Piccolo stated. "We'll have to play the current hand, and regroup later."

"Alright." Goku said. "Mordred will probably send more enemies to us along the way. So everyone be on your guard."

They all nodded.

"Goku, please keep our princess safe." Trista asked. "Piccolo trusts you with his life, so I trust you with hers. Please, you must protect her, don't disappoint us."

Goku smiled and gave a thumbs up.

"Good luck Gohan! I'll see you soon!" Mina blew another kiss, causing the half-Saiyan to widen his eyes in embarrassment.

"Let's get going, everyone." The Supreme Kai ordered calmly. "Kibito, watch over them."

His assistant nodded and the three groups began to walk along their walls, entering the dimensional mazes that Mordred had set up.


"Go now." Mordred ordered to his followers. "Do not disappoint me."

All of his followers nodded and proceeded to their assigned posts. Mordred got up from his chair and poured himself some wine, turning his head to look up the carpeted stairway beside it. The stairway lead to a magnificent throne which overlooked the entire room.

"My Lord, I promise, you shall be freed soon." His voice echoed throughout the empty room.