Last time on Dragon Ball X: Unite, after meeting up with Colm, Gokin and his friends decided that enough was enough. They stormed over to Mercenary Tao's base, the same base for the Red Ribbon Army long ago, once they got there, they met up with Nim's dad, 17, and also Nim's aunt, 18. They even awakened the newer version of 17 and 18's old friend, Android 16. With 17 and 18's help, Gokin's team...or rather the newly named Team Z stopped Mercenary Tao from stealing anymore energy from martial artists and Pokemon for the Syndicate's Doomsday Machine. However, Tao wasn't gonna give up that easily, he summoned a bunch of Syndicate Troopers known as Syndicate Fighters to fight against Team Z. Now, it's time to save West City once and for all! Good luck, Gokin!
Team Z VS. Mercenary Tao
Many of the Syndicate Fighters were not pulling any punches, they were fighting pretty hard against Team Z. Be that as it may...they still couldn't keep up with Tierno, his Crawdaunt, Roserade, Talonflame, Hawlucha or their well planned out dance moves. "Okay, guys! Show these creeps the results of our dance training!" Tierno told his Pokemon.
Following their trainer's order, Crawdaunt, Roserade, Talonflame, and Hawlucha started using their attacks against the Syndicate Fighters. First, both Crawdaunt and Talonflame gave themselves a boost with Swords Dance while Hawlucha decided to use his Feather Dance on the enemies. One of the Troopers tried to slash Talonflame, but Roserade went with a Poison Jab to knock the enemy away. Once Crawdaunt and Talonflame finished powering up, they went on the offense. Crawdaunt bashed some of the Fighters on the head with Crabhammer as if he were playing some bongo drums. Talonflame quickly bashed a bunch of the Syndicate Fighters using his Quick Attack while Hawlucha helped with his Acrobatics. Even Roserade blew some enemies away with her dazzling Magical Leaf performance.
Tierno wasn't the only trainer who brought his Pokemon out. Shauna, Serena, Trevor, and even Gokin brought their Pokemon out to fight as well. Serena watched as her Pokemon bashed some more of the Syndicate Fighters away. Meowstic held some in place with Psychic...just to make them easy targets for Absol's Night Slash attack. Some Syndicate Fighters were about to attack with an energy filled fist and/or foot, but Chesnaught used his Spiky Shield to not only block the attacks, but also make the Fighters cry out in pain. While they were busy being big babies about being poked, Altaria smacked them against a wall using her Sky Attack. While cornered, Clefable suddenly began to sing to the Syndicate Fighters. At first, they were confused, but then they started to feel really sleepy. Clefable knew that her Sing attack was working as the Syndicate Fighters quickly fell asleep. She gave off a call...just before they were blasted away thanks to Vaporeon's Hydro Pump.
Shauna and her Pokemon were being surrounded by some sinister looking Syndicate Fighters, but instead of being worried, she just smiled. "Get'em, girls!" At the signal, Goodra used Earthquake to knock the Fighters into the air. Sylveon provided her Swift attack to help Delcatty get to the flailing Syndicate Troopers in order to bash them all very hard with her Play Rough attack. Shauna turned her head to her starter Pokemon. "Okay, Delphox, get Delcatty out of there, and then fry them up with Mystical Fire!" First Delphox used her Psychic to pull Delcatty to safety. Once she was safe, Delphox used her wand to burn the Syndicate Fighters to a comical crisp with Mystical Fire.
Trevor was on his Aerodactyl just as the Prehistoric Pokemon unleashed a Supersonic attack. It confused the Syndicate Fighters so much...they began to bash one another in confusion. Seeing this, Trevor gave off a whistle, signalling his Pokemon to attack. Raichu, Aerodactyl, Florges, Tyrantrum, and Aurorus got them good at once using their combination of Thunderbolt, Ancient Power, Moonblast, Dragon Claw, and Stone Edge. The combo quickly destroyed the Fighters.
One red devil-like Syndicate Fighter was firing a bunch of fire balls at the team, until they were sliced in half by Greninja's Water Shurikens. He then charged towards the Fighter and used Waterfall to not only defeat the Trooper, but also cool him off. Some yellow and blue Syndicate Fighters with wings were closing in on Charizard, but he just smirked before he fired a Flamethrower their way. Some got hit with it, some flew around to dodge it...only to get zapped thanks to Heliolisk's Parabolic Charge. The Generator Pokemon just smiled while standing on Charizard's back.
On the ground, Lucario and Marowak were back to back, surrounded by a bunch of blue and purple serious looking Syndicate Fighters. The two Pokemon turned their heads to each other and nodded. They waited patiently for the enemy to strike, Marowak even tightened his hold on his bone. After a couple of seconds of silence, the Syndicate Fighters began to fire energy balls at the two Pokemon who growled and got ready. Just before the energy blasts could hit them, Lucario was able to hold them in place using Psychic. The Syndicate Fighters blinked in shock while Lucario just smirked at them before returning the energy blasts back at them. That's when both Marowak and Lucario got to work. They were quick on their feet and were smacking the Troopers away with Bone Rush and Close Combat. Afterwards, the two of them stood side-by-side to blast the remaining Troopers with a combination attack made from Lucario's Aura Sphere and Marowak's Focus Blast.
Android 16 Was smacking some of the Troopers away, he even used his Eye Beams to blast some far away ones. Some green muscular Syndicate Fighters were charging at him from behind...but he just calmly turned around literally fired his fist at the Trooper like a rocket, it smacked the Syndicate Fighter hard before going back to 16, he calmly clicked his fist back into place just as a dozen more of the martial artist Syndicate Troopers came to him.
16 just stood there and aimed his palms to the floor. "Hell...Flash!" From his hands, two separate energy waves shot into the floor, and multiple more energy waves shot out of the ground and got the Syndicate Fighters. They weren't even safe in the air. Why? Because they were being shot by someone else, and that someone was Android 18 who was blasting them away one by one with her Endless Shoot.
After knocking some of the Syndicate Fighters away from him, Android 17 looked over at the Syndicate Troopers being beaten by 18 and 16, then his hands began to glow green. Just as more Syndicate Fighters came his way, he smirked. "They kinda remind me of the poachers that never learn. Super Electric Strike!" Android 17 fired his attack. It not only hit the Syndicate Troopers that were going to him, but it also got to the Troopers 16 and 18 were battling. It was enough to destroy all off the Troopers the three Androids were fighting. After that, the three of them smiled at each other.
Some more Syndicate Fighters were charging in to attack, but they were suddenly frozen in place. Timmy froze them in place thanks to his Freeze Glove.
"Now it's time for you Syndicate Troopers to face..." With a 'Poof' Timmy's outfit changed to that of a Super hero's sidekick. "Cleft: the Boy Chin Wonder!" With a push of a button, a cannon popped from his utility cleft. He used it to blast away the Syndicate Fighters.
From behind him, more Syndicate Fighters screamed as they were knocked away by something. When Timmy turned around, Jimmy ran over to him with his Tornado Blaster in his hand. Just as they met up with each other, more Syndicate Fighters charged towards them.
"Think you can use that cannon of yours again, Turner?" Jimmy turned the dial on his Blaster up before he aimed it at the Syndicate Troopers.
"That and much more, Neutron." Timmy pressed the button on his utility cleft again. From it, a bunch of more weapons appeared with the cannon. And Timmy got his Star Shooter aimed at them as well. Once they got close enough, the boys let them have it...full force!
Mercenary Tao just stood there, watching the battle unfold. He saw how these meddlesome brats were actually beating on his Syndicate Fighters. Once he saw Majuub use a beam to turn some of the Syndicate Fighters into chocolate, he scowled.
SpongeBob just gave an enemy a karate chop when the Syndicate chocolate bars landed by his feet. Seeing the bars made the sea sponge smile. "Ooh, chocolate!" He picked up one of the pieces of chocolate and happily ate it. SpongeBob looked up at the Team Z member in the air. "Thanks, Uub!" He picked up the other chocolate bars before getting back into the fight.
Tao angrily growled as he watched the battle. "Those little brats really know how to get under my circuits!"
Colm was running away from a bunch of flying Syndicate Fighters, but they were able to corner him. They smirked and dived down to him, but suddenly Nim landed in front of Colm and formed a barrier around them. The Syndicate Troopers banged against the barrier to try and get their enemy. "Having trouble, fellas? Here, let me help you move. Power Field!" Nim pushed his own barrier forward and knocked the Syndicate Fighters away. "Colm, let's do this together!" He told his friend.
Colm nodded. "Right!" The two of them prepared to fire their attacks. "Seagull Feather Barrage!" Colm fired his energy feathers at the Troopers. "Whirlwind Spin!" Nim joined in by throwing his own attack, the one he learned from Oceanus Shenron, the Six-Star Shadow Dragon. The combined attacks was enough to tear the flying Syndicate Troopers to shreds.
Tao finally decided that he's seen enough. He just can't take it anymore! "Forget it! I'll deal with them myself!" With that, he quickly vanished from where he was watching the fight.
Gokin was knocking and bashing the Syndicate Fighters away from him using his Power Pole...That's when Mercenary Tao appeared behind him. "I'll start with you, foolish grandson of Goku." Gokin heard Tao speak up from behind. By the time Gokin turned around, Tao sent him flying a little with a hard punch to the face. During that, the Power Pole slipped out of Gokin's grip and it landed next to Danny. The ghost boy got a Flying Trooper with a Ghost Ray, but when he saw the Power Pole by his feet, he raised an eyebrow.
Gokin got up and glared at the cyborg that was coming his way. With a shout, the young Super Saiyan charged right back at the cyborg member of the Syndicate.
Once the two of them got close to each other, they blocked each other's elbow. The two of them growled and struggled to overpower the other. Quickly, the two of them shot up into the air. Gokin unleashed a barrage of swift and powerful punches and kicks. Tao was blocking the attacks, but he still got hit a couple of times. The two of them backed away from each other and then they bashed against each other multiple times in the air.
Tao tried to attack the young Super Saiyan with his Dodon Ray, but Gokin was able to avoid or deflect the attacks. "Now it's my turn!" With that said, Gokin put his hands together and formed an energy ball, it split in two and Gokin moved his arms around to make them dance around his body. Finally, he launched the energy balls at Tao, they exploded and covered Tao in a cloud of smoke.
Gokin waited and braced himself for what Tao might do next. Suddenly, Tao's hand shot out of the smoke and grabbed Gokin by his throat. The smoke cleared to reveal the chuckling Mercenary Tao, his right arm is pointing forward and Gokin saw a sturdy metal wire connecting the arm to the hand grabbing him.
"Thanks to the upgrades Calamitous and Plankton have provided for me, I feel stronger than ever! Here, let me show you some of my new power, boy!" Mercenary Tao began to swing his wired hand around and also making poor Gokin smack into different parts of the room. Everyone else just finished off the last of the Syndicate Fighters and watched as Tao was using his wired hand to send Gokin into different parts of the room.
Seeing Gokin get tossed around made Shauna gasp. "GOKIN!" She screamed out.
Pan angrily growled at the cyborg. "You put my brother down right now!"
Tao turned his head to Pan and smirked. "If you insist, little girl...I'll do just that!" Thrusting his arm down, Tao made his hand and Gokin slam into the ground pretty hard. Tao chuckled as his hand attached itself back to his arm.
Pan was the first to rush over to Gokin. Following her were Nim, Shauna, and SpongeBob. "Gokin? Gokin! Are you okay?!" the sponge cried out with concern. They saw that Gokin looked pretty rough. His clothes were a little torn and he even had some blood on a couple parts of his body.
Gokin grunted and tried to get up, but he was struggling to do so. Shauna placed her hands on his shoulders. "Don't overdo it G-meister."
Tao chuckled and landed on the ground in front of them. "That was just a sample of my new power. Once I get you annoying kids and those traitorous androids out of the way, then nothing will stop me from exacting my revenge."
"Oh, come on! What Grandpa did to you happened a long time ago! Just let it go already!" Pan snapped.
"...And who said it's only Goku I want to get revenge on?" Tao suddenly asked them.
"Huh? You want revenge on someone other than Goku?" SpongeBob asked in confusion.
"Of course, sponge. And since you, the ghost boy, and the other two young man aren't from this world, I'll tell you that I'm also after two other characters. One is a martial artist known as Tien Shinhan, and the other is his little friend named Chiaotzu." Tao said.
Nim raised an eyebrow. "Tien and Chiaotzu?" Timmy shrugged in confusion. "Why would he want revenge on them?"
Jimmy thought to himself, but after a little bit, his eyes widened in realization. "Because Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu were once students of Tao's brother, Shen the Crane Hermit!"
"That's correct, Jimmy Neutron. You've done your homework." Tao told the boy genius. He explained his reasons to the rest of the team. "Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu were indeed my brother's students. In fact, Tien was Shen's star pupil. Now, both he and Chiaotzu are nothing more than a couple of traitors. Shen was generous enough to teach them what he knows about fighting, and they repay him by turning their backs on him." Tao clenched his fists a little bit. "I thought their futures were gonna be bright, but I was wrong. They're nothing more than a bunch soft cowards. No shred of honor in either one of them."
"You're...You're wrong." Everyone turned to see that Gokin was back on his feet. "Gokin, what are you doing?" Shauna asked.
"You want to run that by me again, child?" Tao asked.
Gokin narrowed his teal eyes on Tao. "Tien and Chiaotzu are both more honorable than you'll ever be. And...they're definitely NOT cowards."
"Oh? Is that what you think?" Tao challenged. Gokin coughed a little before he replied. "I don't think...I know. I believe they're two of the most amazing members to Grandpa's team of fighters...Whenever Dad or Master Piccolo...or even Vegeta are not around to fight, you can always count on both Chiaotzu and Tien to fight in their place."
Tao laughed at that. "You're confused, boy! Tien and Chiaotzu are now being used to power up the Syndicate's Doomsday Machine as we speak! I would've had my Syndicate Troopers capture you and your Pokemon during our first encounter, but since you don't seem as strong as your grandfather, that would've been a waste of time and a pod."
"Oh yeah? Well, I've got some news for you. I have yet to unleash my full power. Just wait until I power up to my ultimate Saiyan form!" Gokin said.
That made Tao stop laughing. "What? You mean you've been holding back? There's another form other than that golden hair!?"
"Sure is. Here, let me show you!" Standing tall, Gokin tore off the red part of his outfit, leaving him in his black shirt, black pants, his shoes and his gloves. Then Gokin's aura flared up as he grunted and began to power up.
"What's he doing?" SpongeBob asked in confusion. Nim quickly pulled the sponge away. "Stand back! Gokin's powering up to the ultimate form of Super Saiyan!" Pan and Shauna followed them back to the others.
"You mean there's more than one form of Super Saiyan?" Danny asked them once the four of them made it to the rest.
Tao even took a step back while Gokin grunted as he kept powering up. The young man's aura kept flaring fiercely around him.
"Actually, there's about four different forms of Super Saiyan. And our little Gokin's able to skip two levels and go right into the last one." Bulla answered.
With a mighty shout, Gokin was engulfed in a bright light. Once the light died down, Tao gasped in shock to see what happened to Gokin. The young man's black shirt was gone so everyone can see that he was now covered in blood red fur, minus his hands and chest. His hair turned black again and looked a little wilder than it did earlier, growing a little over his shoulders and down a little bit on his back. And finally there were red linings around his now yellow eyes. But he was still wearing black pants, a blue belt, black shoes, blue socks, black gloves, and he also still had his Mega Ring on his left wrist.
"Whoa! What is that form? That looks awesome!" Timmy exclaimed. He definitely thought Gokin's form looked cool. "That happens to be the ultimate Saiyan form. A Super Saiyan form beyond any other form of Super Saiyan. Gokin is now a Super Saiyan 4." Bulla answered.
"Super Saiyan 4...It looks so much different than the first one. His hair isn't even gold." SpongeBob mentioned.
Tao heard them...he just couldn't believe it. "Super...Saiyan...4!? This can't be real!"
"Oh, it's real, Tao. When you hang around Saiyans like my grandpa and Vegeta, there comes a time when enemies, some stronger than the last, will show up. So your best bet is to train hard to maintain peace in the universe." Gokin told him seriously.
Tao was quite shocked, but he shook his head and snarled. "So, you got hairier! Like that's gonna save you!" He charged towards Gokin. The young Super Saiyan 4 just stood there as the cyborg quickly got closer. Tao tried to punch Gokin, but the young Saiyan kept moving his head to dodge the attacks. Gokin fought back, starting with a punch to the cheek the sent Tao crashing to an empty pod.
Gokin flew in to keep attacking, but Tao fired his hand out to grab him again, this time by the arm. Swinging the wire around, Tao was swinging Gokin around the room again. This time, Gokin was prepared. He grabbed the wire, and yanked it to pull Tao closer so he can send him flying with an energy sphere.
Tao came flying back. As he did, he pulled his hand off again to extend a sword. He was slicing and dicing in Gokin's direction, trying to cut the Super Saiyan 4 to ribbons. Gokin was able to avoid the swings, even if some managed to get a little bit of his hair.
Just as Tao was about to swing his sword once more, Danny suddenly flew over to them. "Gokin, catch!" The ghost boy tossed the Power Pole over to his Saiyan friend. Gokin jumped up, caught the Power Pole, and quickly used it to not only block Tao's blade...but also break it in half!
Tao was shocked, but Gokin just pointed his pole at the cyborg. "Power Pole, Extend!" At the command, the Power Pole began to stretch and jab Tao in the gut. Since it was still extending, the Power Pole pushed Tao to another empty wall.
Not one to give up, Mercenary Tao shot right back at Gokin. Just as Tao was about to punch the young Super Saiyan 4 in the face...Gokin jumped up to dodge the attack. But that's not all, Gokin also quickly grabbed Tao's wrist...using his tail. Landing on his hands, Gokin quickly spun around, spinning Tao around as well. After a couple of spins, Gokin released his grip on Tao, tossing him up and through the ceiling.
Gokin flew up to follow him outside the room. Just as he got outside through the hole, the first thing he saw was a big ball of yellow energy. Holding the big energy ball was Mercenary Tao who was snarling angrily at Gokin. "That's it! I'm tired of messing around with you, you annoying little brat! This attack will reduce you, your little friends, and even those androids with you to dust! ULTIMATE DODON SPHERE!" At the shout, Mercenary Tao tossed the sphere down in Gokin's direction.
Gokin grunted as the sphere got closer and closer. "I can't let that get near Pan and the others!" Thrusting his hands forward, Gokin caught the Ultimate Dodon Sphere and struggled to keep it away from where his team was currently standing. However, the only thing it did was slow it down. It's still getting closer and closer.
Down below, Jimmy and the others watched as Tao's attack was getting closer and closer. Knowing how much damage an attack like that could do, 17 quickly thought of a way to protect everyone...even those still inside the pods. "Nim, quickly! We've got to keep everyone safe!" he told his son. Nim nodded. "Right!" The father son duo combined their power to form a powerful barrier, one big enough to cover the team and all of the pods.
The Ultimate Dodon Sphere made contact with the ground somewhere in the old Red Ribbon Army base. Once it hit the ground, it let out a huge explosion...one so big it destroyed the remains of the old base!
Mercenary Tao gave off a big smirk as he looked at the destroyed area that used to be the Red Ribbon Army base. "Just as I thought. Not even a so-called 'Super Saiyan 4' couldn't withstand the power of my Ultimate Dodon Sphere!"
Down on the ground, both 17 and Nim made their barrier vanish, revealing that not only were the androids and Team Z safe, but also the captured martial artists and Pokemon in the pods that landed on the floor.
Jimmy looked at the damage done and gasped. "Leaping leptons! Tao's attack destroyed what was left of the Red Ribbon Army base!"
Trevor gulped. "Good thing Nim and his dad protected us with that barrier."
"Not all of us. I don't see Gokin anywhere!" Serena looked around. The others were quick to look around for the Team Z leader as well. "Gokin?" Timmy called. "Hey, G-meister!" Tierno called out as well.
Tao noticed them down below and laughed once he saw what they were doing. "Don't bother wasting your breath!" Once they looked up at him, he continued. "The little brat is as good as dust thanks to my attack! He was a fool to try and block my Ultimate Dodon Sphere and now he's on a one-way trip to the afterlife!"
Pan growled angrily, but she noticed that Lucario was sensing something. The Aura Pokemon opened his eyes, turned to Pan, and nodded with a grin. This was enough to make Pan smirk. "You wanna bet, Tao?" She challenged the cyborg mercenary.
Tao scoffed. "That's a sucker bet, little girl!"
"You got that right, Tao!" Gasping, Tao quickly looked up... only to get smacked by a blood red tail. Gokin floated next to Tao with a smirk. "Only you're the sucker."
Mercenary Tao was shocked at the sight of the young Super Saiyan 4. "What!? That's impossible! How could you survive my Ultimate Dodon Sphere!? That was my ultimate move, it should've reduced you to nothing!"
"If I were just any normal fighter, I would've been toast. Only I'm not, I have the blood of the Saiyan race running through my veins. And the thing about Saiyans is that they know how to take a hit. Even if the warrior is only 1/4 Saiyan." Gokin answered seriously.
Tao was no so angry, the human part of his face was turning red. "I WILL KILL YOU!" In anger, he charged right towards Gokin. But before he could get a punch in, Gokin kicked him higher into the air and flew after him. Once Gokin caught up with Tao, he gave the cyborg a barrage of incredibly fast punches and kicks. All Tao could do was grunt and strain since he couldn't block the fast attacks.
After one more jab to the gut, Gokin flew higher above Tao and cupped his hands in a Kamehameha stance. "Ka-me-ha-me..." Just as Gokin was about to fire at the mercenary...he turned his body around, aiming the wave into the air. "HA!" Using his Kamehameha Wave to shoot himself down like a rocket, Gokin bashed his arm on Tao's back. Now the two of them were coming down to the ground...fast.
Everyone else saw this and Colm's eyes widened. "Here they come!" SpongeBob gulped. "Aren't they coming in a little too fast?" Timmy couldn't help but agree. "Yeah! It's not gonna end well for them once they hit the ground!"
16 kept his eyes on the falling duo, then he aimed his fist at them. "Allow me to assist the young hero." The others turned to the android just as he shot his fist in Gokin and Tao's direction. Once it was close enough, the hand opened up and grabbed Gokin by the arm, pulling him away from Tao. The others sighed in relief. "Nice thinking, 16." 18 said...just before Mercenary Tao came crashing down hard on the ground.
Once 16's hand gently dropped Gokin on the ground, it went back to the gentle android. Gokin's friends wasted no time gathering around their Super Saiyan 4 leader, cheering and congratulating him for his victory over Tao. 17, 18, and 16 just smiled at the kids.
"Gokin, that was awesome! You turned that cyborg into a pile of scrap metal!" Timmy commented. Gokin rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Come on. You guys should be glad to be able to defeat his Syndicate Fighters."
Jimmy smiled and crossed his arms. "I guess it's safe to say Tao won't steal anymore energy from West City." Bulla looked over at where Tao landed, and what she saw wiped the smile off her face. "Uh, guys? You might want to take a look at this."
Everyone looked at the crash site and looked at what the Saiyan Princess was looking at. They saw that the body of the cyborg was now broken into multiple pieces...and not a single one of the pieces was moving, only giving out a couple of sparks here and there. "He broke apart!" Shauna and Serena gasped at the same time. "I didn't mean for that to happen!" Even Gokin looked kinda worried.
Android 18 walked over to get a closer look. Once she looked at the wreckage carefully, her eyes widened in disbelief. "Wait a minute...This isn't the real Mercenary Tao!"
Now everyone looked confused. "What are you talking about, Aunt 18?" Nim couldn't help but ask his aunt. "Just take a good look." 18 pointed at the junk pile.
Everyone gathered around to get a good look. They gasped a little once they saw some parts of skin have been peeled off, revealing some more metal underneath. They also noticed a small speaker right next to the mouth. Pan didn't look very happy. "Hey, she's right! It's just a stupid copy!" "We went through all that just to defeat an impostor!?" Nim asked in annoyance. "Well that was a rip-off." Tierno deadpanned.
"Wait, if this is a fake, then what happened to real Tao?" SpongeBob asked. Just after the question was asked, the fake Tao's eyes lit up and shot an image for them all to see. Due to the damage taken, it was a bit staticy, but they were still able to see an image of someone.
The image was of none other than Mercenary Tao...the real one! Tao laughed. "Well now, you young ones did a fine job defeating my fully robotic double."
"Tao!" Gokin growled. "However, that robotic double was still a prototype that Calamitous and I made just for you and your little friends." Tao told Gokin. "You see, my young friend, I knew that you were gonna come for me the whole time. Vlad and Plankton did inform me on what you did to them, so I devised this whole plan in West City to throw you off track."
"He knew we'd come here?" Danny asked. "Does that mean he already got the energy from martial artists and Pokemon for the Doomsday Machine before we even got here?" SpongeBob looked worried.
Suddenly, Tao began to laugh. "You foolish sponge! Do you really believe that the Syndicate needs energy from all those useless martial artists and Pokemon for our master plan?"
The others were kinda surprised. Jimmy was starting to realize. "Wait, you mean that...?"
"That's right, I lured you children into a trap the whole time! I had my Syndicate Troopers capture martial artists and Pokemon, put them into a deep sleep with my pods filled with powerful knockout gas, and made it look like I was stealing their energy." Tao explained.
Uub raised an eyebrow in confusion. "So, you weren't stealing any kind of energy from this world after all?"
"Oh, I was. The Syndicate still needs some sort of energy from West City, so I DID do some research on what Goku and his friends have been doing over the years...and decided to get the energy from the three strongest fighters from my world." Tao explained. Suddenly, the image changed. Everyone gasped once they saw the unconscious forms of Goku, Gohan, and Vegeta.
"Dad!" Bulla gasped. "Papa! Grandpa!" Pan gasped. The image changed back to Tao. "That's right. The energy from these three should provide the Syndicate an amazing amount of energy for the Doomsday Machine."
Gokin growled. "Where are they, Tao?" "Oh, don't worry, young Gokin. I can assure you that Calamitous, Vlad, Plankton, and myself are taking good care of them in Calamitous' secret lab." Tao said. "You're more than welcome to try and get them back, but remember we're still getting energy from Dimmsdale. We're getting closer and closer to finishing the Doomsday Machine. There's no way you can stop us in time! Just give up, you and your so-called Team Z have lost!" Tao ended his message with an evil laugh.
Gokin growled in extreme anger, he even shot an energy blast at the remains of the fake Tao, destroying it completely and ending the video message. "Darn it! We fell right into their trap!"
"We might as well hurry and find out what Crocker's been up to in Dimmsdale." Timmy said. Jimmy got a portal to open up for them. "I've set the machine to take us straight to Dimmsdale. We're not too late. They haven't won yet." He assured Gokin.
Gokin looked at the boy genius, then he gave him a serious nod. "You're right. Like I said; it's never impossible to be a hero." He turned his head to his friends from his world. "Sorry to run off, guys. Jimmy, Timmy, Danny, and SpongeBob still need my help to save the entire universe."
Pan smiled and nodded. "We understand. Don't worry, everything should start to settle down around here." "So go, stop the Syndicate and save dad, Goku, and Gohan." Bulla agreed.
Gokin nodded. "I will." "If anyone can save the universe, it's Team Z." 16 smiled and gave Gokin, Jimmy, Timmy, SpongeBob, and Danny a thumbs-up. "Good luck."
Danny returned the thumbs-up with a grin. "Count on it." "Let's go, gentlemen. It's time to save Dimmsdale!" Jimmy told Gokin, Timmy, SpongeBob, and Danny.
After everyone's Pokemon was returned, Team Z and the androids waved as Danny, Gokin, SpongeBob, Jimmy, and Timmy jumped into the portal just before it closed. "We'll always be there for you, Gokin. Please be careful." Shauna quietly said with a soft smile.
Thanks to Tao's surprise trap for Team Z, the Syndicate are now even closer to finishing the Doomsday Machine! Will Gokin and his friends be able to rescue Goku, Gohan, and Vegeta from the Syndicate's clutches? Can they save Dimmsdale from Mr. Crocker before it's too late? Find out next time on Dragon Ball X: Unite!
