"Get away from him!" V flew across the field and plowed her head into Recoome's stomach. Recoome doubled over actually surprised by the force of her hit. V grabbed him onto her energy grew, his energy meshed with hers.
"Veroca!" Veltro yelled as Dronare struggled to hold onto him.
"What's she doing?" Jeice wondered as V not only copied the energy from Recoome but took it.
"His energy…" Jeice read his scouter "It's going down."
"Don't touch my brother." V used his energy and threw him across the field and into a rock formation. His brutality seeped into her, tainting her. seeing Gohan with his neck broken on the ground did nothing to remind her of his gentleness. She could barely feel him anymore. Her anger mixed with Recoome's influence and her energy continued to climb she charged forward.
"Veroca!" Veltro yelled and shoved Dronare away from him,
"Veltro, no!" Dronare chased after him, Berter appeared in front of Dronare.
"Let the kid have some fun." Berter sneered.
"Get out of my way." Dronare swung at Berter but the alien dodged it easily and slammed his fist into Dronare's face.
"Veroca." Veltro flew to her "Veroca I'm here." He stood beside her.
"Get away." V's growled darkly. There was a voice in the back of her mind reminding her of the look on Gohan's face the last time she had lost it, but this power, this was too much she couldn't ignore it, she didn't want to ignore it.
"Veroca." Veltro reached or her.
"Get away!" V's energy pulsed and threw Veltro back as she charged forward.
"Veroca!" Veltro recovered and chased after V.
"I told you not to touch him." V yelled hammering Recoome into the ground. "I told you not to touch my little brother!" V yelled "I told you, I told you, I told you!" V kicked Recoome into the sky. Veltro hesitated in his pursuit. He'd never seen Veroca like this. She was powerful and so angry.
"but you did it." V growled in that low dangerous voice. "You touched him… you hurt him." V drove her knee into Recoome's face.
"Veroca!" Veltro yelled as he grabbed her "Stop it!" he yelled in her face.
"Get away, Veltro!" She yelled back trying to brush him off but he stood firmly in front of her, his hands squeezing her arms.
"Stop it, Veroca, please." He tried to look her in the eye, fear lingering there. He wasn't afraid of her, he was afraid for her.
"Veltro, get away from me." V growled not meeting his eyes.
"No, you have to stop now." Veltro shivered at Recoome's influence in her energy, he didn't like it, it didn't feel right. "this is not you."
"I need to be this to beat him." V shoved past him and drilled Recoome into the ground. Energy filled her hands as she glanced back at Gohan laying there on the ground, his neck bent at a strange angle.
Gohan V felt tears in her eyes but it was like there were two of her. Gohan's sister version of herself and this version, this brutal energy stealing version of herself where Gohan's innocence and light couldn't reach her.
I'm so sorry Gohan V's hands filled with the stolen energy, she pushed all of it in there. As she pushed the wild, dangerous energy out of her and into her hands she saw the bruise forming on Veltro's head,
I did that she heard fighting behind her, Dronare's and Berter's voices. She finally looked at into Veltro's eyes and saw his fear and then she heard him
Veroca, this isn't you. Stop now, please stop.
I can't She thought back to him I can't, I have to save Gohan and you and Dronare and Piccolo
Not like this Veltro didn't move toward her but he reached for her through the link she established.
I'm not strong enough to save you guys any other way. V pushed the energy into her hands forming it into a ball, draining the last bit of Recoome's energy.
This isn't right and you know it. Veltro told her stubbornly.
I have to V's sense slowly returned, she lost control of the energy. I have to she thought as the energy flew from her hands at only half the strength. Recoome raised his arms and blocked it.
"No…" V felt Recoome's influence leave her.
It's going to be okay Veltro grabbed her arm we can do this together he liked talking to Veroca like this, in her head, like Gohan was always doing.
Dronare battled against Berter but he wasn't going to fool himself into thinking that he was actually a match for this guy. Berter was just playing with him to pass the time.
"We can't do this." V felt the anticipation of Recoome's movements. It wasn't so much energy as she felt him in her head, the idea of his movements, the prediction of them.
"My turn." Recoome charged and before V could realize the shift in his movements, the change in target, Veltro was flying into the ground.
"No!" V was trying to chase after him but Recoome clotheslined her the opposite way.
"Veltro!" Dronare yelled out as Veltro slammed into the ground.
"Aren't you going to check on your son?" Berter laughed intercepting Dronare each time he tried.
Recoome slammed V into the ground. "looks like your friend is hurt." He taunted "maybe you should go and check on him." Recoome grabbed her by her leg and threw her into Veltro.
Veltro cried out in pain at the impact. V tried to regain her bearings but that last[GM1] time she used her absorption power also drained her own.
"Veltro!" she exclaimed grabbing his face "I'm so sorry." She squeezed him to her with all the strength she could muster.
"I'm—" he winced "okay." He tried to smile the way Veroca does when she's hurt and she's trying to pretend she's not but his looked more like a grimace.
"Stay here." She ordered Veltro.
"Just give me a minute." Veltro struggled to his feet but the second he got up he fell right back down.
Dronare was right he thought helplessly I wasn't ready
"Is that all you've got!" V yelled at Recoome. Her legs begged her to just fall but she willed them to hold her up. Just a little bit longer V wasn't sure what she was feeling but it wasn't energy not yet but somehow it was familiar, it felt like… the energy hit V almost like a physical force daddy! She screamed the word in her head. he's here! He's going to save us V's legs finally gave out and she hit the ground.
"Awe." Recoome grumbled "Was that it" he landed in front of her. "I wanted to have more fun." Recoome poked at V with his shoes but her energy was fading.
Gohan, hold on she opened their link as wide as she could. She imagined a room with her and him it's okay, dad is here
Daddy… Gohan's thoughts were weak but they were there.
Yeah, and when he gets here it's going to be okay. V felt the room disappearing, her own fatigue taking her over.
Goku
The door opened revealing the strange planet to Goku. It wasn't visually all that different from Earth but it was the feel of it. It felt clean.
Gohan Goku thought searching the planet for his son's energy V he reached out for hers as well, hers was usually easier to sense but the two energies that seemed to match his children's were low and fading by the second.
Daddy!
Goku winced at the intensity of the yell in his head but he'd recognize that voice anywhere.
Hold on, V, Gohan, I'm on my way. Goku took off toward the energies. Just hold on, guys, Goku pleaded with them just hold on.
V
Just hold on V felt comfort in her father's words. She felt him getting closer.
"What about this one?" Berter wrangled Dronare into a head lock and held him out for the others to get a look at.
"Think this one will be any use to Frieza?" Berter asked.
"Yeah right." Jeice chuckled "he's as useless as the rest of them… but I'll tell you what, greenie." Jeice raised his hand toward Veltro "I'll let you pick who I finish off first."
"No!" Dronare struggled against Berter "get away from him, he hasn't done anything, he's just a boy." Desperation gave Dronare some strength but it was nowhere near enough.
"Then how about the pet?" Jeice looked Dronare in the eye.
"Leave her alone." Veltro grunted pushing himself up. He had never hurt so much in his life. Dronare had never hurt him during their training, not like this, he'd never been hurt like this, not even when Raditz hit him when he first met Veroca.
"Then the other one." Jeice aimed at Gohan
"I wouldn't do that." V started to laugh.
"What are you talking—huh." The scouter beeped. "What's that?"
"That." V smirked.
"It's-it's Goku." Krillin started to laugh and V waited to hear Gohan but he was still hurt, he was almost dead.
"You're in for it now." V's chuckle was muted by the ground.
This is your father? Dronare asked V inside her head.
Yes, V said her relief filling Dronare he's going to fix everything.
How can he possibly be strong enough to do anything? Dronare asked.
I don't know V said honestly
Then how can you be so sure? Dronare was incredulous.
Because that's what heroes do. V told him without a shadow of a doubt.
"Take your hand away from my son." Goku's voice was like a loud clap of powerful thunder.
