The Vicious Gods Wrath
Chapter 2: The Worst Wish In History
Age 762, War on Namek
"Whats the matter Freeza?" Asks Goku after shrugging off a Death Beam strike hit to his forehead, smirking at the tyrant's failure to kill him. "I can't be harder to destroy than a planet, right?"
The galactic overlord gawks at him with fear and shock smeared all across his face. With hesitation in his voice, he demands answers. "Y-you... you... what are you...?"
"You haven't figured it out yet?" Replies the golden-haired warrior before him confidently. His smirk vanishes, replaced by an unnerving scowl. "I'm the Saiyan who came all the way from Earth with the sole purpose of beating you."
Freeza trembles in mid-air from his words, the harsh realization finally hitting him no matter how hard he tries to deny it.
"I am the warrior you've heard of in legends, pure of heart and awakened by fury. That's what I am." The mountain behind him explodes like a volcano though he ignores it, remaining silent for a moment to let his words sink into his enemy. With a mighty roar and a bright, golden aura bursting forth, he declares. "I AM THE SUPER SAIYAN! SON GOKU!"
The wind gusts blow away the smoke erupting from the island below, leaving only the sound of his buzzing aura and the pained gasps of a still shaking Freeza. The tyrant stares into his green eyes and knows that his worst fear has indeed come true. "No... I won't let him and his ridiculous legend break me..."
His calm composure returns as Freeze clenches his jaw and scowls at the Saiyan before him, eager to crush him more than any other foe he has fought thus far.
3 and a half minutes later
"You can run!" Proclaims Freeza with a smile and malice to his voice capable of petrifying a lesser warrior. "But it doesn't matter where you hide, they will find you!" With a cackle, he watches Goku fly away from his two Death Saucers, utterly incapable of escaping or destroying them. "Escape is impossible! You'll soon be sliced to bits!"
Goku changes direction and flies back towards Freeza, temporarily evading the two disks trying to cut him by directing them at a rock formation. He stops for a split second and scowls at Freeza, furious at his continued but futile efforts at victory.
"Knock it off! Just give up already!" He demands through a vicious roar before flying in-between the two Saucers, setting his sights on their master.
"Ah! This move again! You're not as clever as I thought!" Freeza mocks with a hearty laugh. Goku merely responds by firing a small Ki blast inches away from Freeza's feet. The surrounding area is immediately engulfed in a cloud of smoke, leaving the tyrant blind to his foe and the Death Saucers coming directly at him. Regardless, he catches a glimpse of the attack even through the bothersome distraction leaps into the air."
"I already told you I won't fall for that! Come out and face me, you coward!" The demand initially goes unanswered as Freeza surveys his surroundings for a glimpse of the Saiyan. And a glimpse he gets just before a roaring Goku comes from above and brings down his elbow to Freeza's skull with enough force to send the tyrant's head spinning.
Gritting through the pain, Freeza recovers from the momentary black out and curls his fingers into a mighty fist. Goku effortlessly catches his punch and knees the overlord in the stomach, prompting another torrent of blood to burst from Freeza's lips.
"You've finally met your match!" he smacks Freeza from left to right over and over as if he's nothing but a naughty child. The last smack sends Freeza flying backward though he has no intention of letting this drag out for much longer, immediately appearing before the tyrant, Goku cups both his hands together and smashes them against his head.
Freeza plummets downward, helpless to defend himself as Goku headbutts him right in the chest, sending him crashing towards the ground below with a speed he can barely fathom, let alone match. In the last possible moment, Freeza manages to land on his feet, cracking the floor beneath him on impact. "I will not admit defeat to a dirty Saiyan, not ever!"
Still resolved to fight, Freeza powers back up to re-engage Goku, instead of meeting him or running away, Goku merely floats high in the sky and yells to him in clear distress. "Watch out Freeza! Stay down!".
Scoffing at the monkey's warning, Freeza continues his ascent when he hears a distinct buzzing noise closing in on him, a moment too late, he catches a glimpse of his own, out of control attack rushing towards him. An instant later, it cleaves him in half.
"No... it can't be..."
Present Day, Earth
"So, this is Earth," Comments a pleased Sorbet as both he and Tagoma manually operate the pair of drones sent to retrieve the Dragon Balls, not wanting to leave anything to chance. The machines stand atop a flat hill, with nothing but a barren wasteland going on for miles all around them. "Nice blue sky, not many settlements in-between the open areas..."
"I thought you didn't want to meddle with this world sir, especially with its strong fighters around," Tagoma points out his earlier sentiment, somewhat surprised that Sorbet even wants to consider taking the planet with the power levels reported to exist there.
"Oh no, of course not," He corrects his lieutenant. "But when you've spent as many years as I have checking potentially promising worlds to conquer, it kind of becomes natural to you. Such a shame we can't claim this one, but who knows, that may change in the future. Right now, let's find those Dragon Balls and sort out what we can do here, shall we?"
"Of course," Tagoma activates the scouter system built into every view mode of the mechs, while it immediately picks up on the various high power levels throughout the planet, he ignores those and instead picks up on five unique energy signatures approaching the sixth. "According to this, they're 10 kilometers north of our current position."
"Then what are we waiting for?" The machines take to the air, flying at top speed to the Dragon Balls as fast as they're able with wildly differing thoughts crossing their respective pilot's minds. Sorbet eagerly awaits the return of his master so that they entire universe can once again be under the boot of the PTO, along with a generous reward from Freeza for both his revival and the many years he's spent keeping the organization going.
Tagoma, on the other hand, tries to keep his usually calm demeanor in check, not wanting Sorbet or anyone to realize his utter disgust at the thought of that tyrant returning to terrorize the universe once again. A disgust only matched by his anxiousness about Jaco arriving in time to stop all of this, yet there's still no sign of his comrade from the Patrol and the drones get ever closer to their goal with each passing moment. The constant beeping of the scouters doing little to make him feel any better, however, it does let him notice something.
"Stop for a moment," Says Tagoma with both his and Sorbet's drones halting over a dense forest area consisting of gargantuan trees shooting up into the sky. "It seems the grouped Dragon Balls are moving towards-"
"RRRRRUUUUUNNN!" Says a frightened, somewhat high-pitched voice from inside the forest followed by two others, one of an older woman and of another male. All three being overshadowed by the roaring of a very loud, and seemingly large animal knocking down trees in its path. "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT MAI!"
"I'M NOT THE ONE WHO LOST ALL OUR STUFF FOR A POKER GAME!"
"WELL MAYBE IF YOU WEREN'T SO UGLY YOU COULD'VE KEPT THE SECURITY OFF US-"
"Are- are those the Earthlings with the Dragon Balls?" Inquires Sorbet, not pleased by the prospect of having to cross paths with a group such as this one.
"Unfortunately for you sir, yes, yes they are." Replies Tagoma with his usual even tone before the two command their drones in the direction of their screaming. The tumbling trees making it quite easy to spot them quickly, from afar they spot a short, pointy-eared wrinkly skinned blue Earthling, a canine clad in ninja gear and grey-haired woman running away with a large, brown lizard with two stubby front arms and razor-sharp teeth.
Not wanting to risk the creature devouring the Dragon Ball inadvertently, Sorbet opens fire on the T-Rex pursuing them and with a single shot from his blaster hits it square in the head. Its eyes immediately go back into its head before it topples over onto the ground dead, nearly crushing the trio in the process.
"W-what happened..." Questions Shu while he, Mai and Pilaf stare into the recently deceased dinosaur before them, confused by it simply keeling over like it that. "M-maybe it had a stroke?"
"Dinosaurs don't have strokes Shu," Replies Mai with a hint of annoyance in her voice.
"Who cares what happened to it!" Proclaims Pilaf while jumping onto the head of the dinosaur victoriously. "Now we can find the last Dragon Ball and make ourselves young again!"
"Not a bad wish to ask for," States Sorbet as his and Tagoma's mech land behind Pilafs servants, the two glance behind to see them and immediately run behind the dinosaur with screams of terror escaping their lips. "But unfortunately for you, you'll just have to wait a bit longer to get it."
Pilaf scowls at the newcomers, annoyed by the fact of yet another in a long list of obstacles standing in his way of achieving his wish. "I don't know who you are metal man, but if you think I'll let you or anything else stand in my way from attaining my youth back you've got another thing coming-"
Sorbets mech aims its minigun blasters directly at Pilaf, silencing the blue Earthling as he gulps in fear of it while Sorbet smirks at him. "You were saying?"
"Bbbbuuutttt then again..." Corrects the elderly Pilaf nervously. "As my mother always said, share with others son and you shall be rewarded in kind."
"A nice sentiment, however, if these orbs can only grant one wish, then regardless if you cooperate or not, we'll be the ones getting it." States Sorbet as his blaster minigun starts spinning, ready to open fire at any moment while Pilaf gawks at it, trembling in fear.
"W-wait, WAIT!" Yells Pilaf with his hand shaking at the two mechs. "You don't have to kill us! The Dragon can grant multiple wishes! We can both get what we want!"
"Oh?" Says Sorbet, taking his hand temporarily off the trigger button, prompting his mech to stop spinning its gun. "Tagoma, is he telling the truth."
His lieutenant uses the mechs scouter to check Pilaf's heart rate as a means to detect any potential lies. "It seems so, his heart rate states as much."
"Hrm, well... we only need one wish," Ponders Sorbet out loud while Tagoma keeps an eye out in case Pilaf and his crew tries something. "How many wishes did you say he can grant?"
"T-three, three wishes that can get you anything you want..." Admits the still trembling Pilaf.
Sorbet rubs his chin at this while he did consider simply reviving Freeza, the prospect of two other wishes for use could end up greatly aiding them. Then again, his lord being back alone would turn the tide of their situation regardless. "Very well, we'll allow you to use the Dragon Balls to make your wish, but the first one goes to us, understood?"
Pilaf and his crew nod in agreement.
"Splendid!" He claps his hands together with a smile. "Now then, let's find that last Dragon Ball and conclude our business here."
"Allow me to do the honors of recovering the final Dragon Ball sir," Tagoma suggests, eyeing the group of humans with suspicion. "One of us should remain here and keep an eye on them."
"A simple enough task, just be quick about the recovery Tagoma, every minute we spend here we're pushing our luck further and further."
Commanding his mech into a small bow, Tagoma's machine flies off in the direction of the final Dragon Ball located in a nearby ocean. The group of Earthlings nervously stand behind Sorbet's own operated mech, holding their Dragon Balls tightly.
"Hey boss," Shu whispers into Pilaf's ear. "Are you sure this is a good idea? What's stopping these guys from just killing us anyhow and using all the wishes for themselves?"
"Nothing," Pilaf gulps. "But we've got no other choice but to do as they want and hope it doesn't come to that."
"We've really got no luck with the Dragon Balls." Mai sighs, their horrible luck giving her the latest in many years worth of migraines.
Pilaf shoots her a glare. "We'd already be young and ruling the world if you two didn't get drunk and waste three wishes on more booze, a copy of Mister Satan's greatest hits and an ice cream machine!"
"Oh no!" Mai shakes her head. "Don't you blame that on us! You're the one who suggested having a celebration party for finally getting the Dragon Balls 4 years ago!"
"Besides, we made a lot of good money with that ice cream machine!" Shu interjects. "It's basically kept us from starving to death-"
"Will you three shut up?!" Sorbet's drone spins the upper half of its body 180 degrees, it's spinning guns planted firmly in front of the trio. "Today's been a very bad one for me and the last thing I need is your pointless bickering! Understood?!"
The trio immediately fall to their knees and bow to him for forgiveness "Y-yes sir! P-please, don't kill us!"
Age 764, Near Idiot Rock
"Hey Freeza, you wanna hear a secret?" Asks the young, sword-wielding warrior standing before the galactic tyrant in question with a smirk, his only response is silence and the un-amused glares from both Freeza and King Cold. "I happen to know that Goku isn't the only Super Saiyan, the matter of fact is you're looking at one."
"What?!" Proclaims a shocked Freeza, prompting the warrior to start powering up, the earth beneath his feet floating up in the air in small pebbles as his aura attains a golden glow all too familiar. A smirk forms on his face as lightning sparks jump outward with his upright, faintly glowing hair. Freeza stands there, dumbfounded as his mind is soon invaded by images of Goku in his Super Saiyan form, staring at him. Despite himself, he takes a step back, earning a disapproving glance from his father.
"So, this is a Super Saiyan," King Cold looks back to the young fighters newly completed transformation.
"I-its those eyes..." Freeza utters with terror in his voice. "H-he has... the... the same eyes." Once again, his mind is flooded by the Super Saiyan Goku, scowling at him with Namek dying all around them.
"Whats the matter Freeza? You look like you've seen a ghost." Comments the second Super Saiyan with confidence in his voice and an equally confident smirk to back it up.
Freeza grits his teeth and scowls at him, his anger at the boy's insolence finally managing to overtake his fear of him. "I... am NOT SCARED OF YOU!" He proclaims with a yellow beam of energy bursting from his arm, directed at the Super Saiyan. The explosion shakes the entire surrounding area, forming a large crater and seemingly leaving nothing of the defiant boy.
King Cold lands next to his son and chuckles at the display. "Excellent work my son, that yammering fool was all bark and no bite."
"Hmph, it was a nice warm up before the real Super Saiyan arrives-"
"HEY FREEZA!" The boy's echoes from atop a nearby hill positioned behind them, wiping the satisfied smirk off Freeza's face. Whipping around to face the insolent youth, Freeza and Cold only narrowly avoid a ball of energy sent hurtling towards them.
"Fool, you missed by a mile!" Freeza mocks the effort before hearing the boy roar above him. Raising his head, a look of utter dread smears across his face as the boy descends on him with the sword unsheathed and ready for cleaving. With an overhead swing, he boy slices through Freeza with such speed and precision the tyrant doesn't even register where the sword cut through.
With a mouth agape and a blank stare, Freeza's eyes meet those of the boy as the two seemingly float in the air, frozen in time. Then the pain reaches him. From his skull to his thigh, a horrid, burning sensation assaults Freeza's senses. At that moment, he realizes he's been cut right in half. Usually, such an attack would immediately kill a lesser being, but for a powerful mutant who's body defies what most would deem possible.
Freeza usually considers this a gift, an evolutionary sign of his superiority above inferior creatures. But now? He feels it all, even as the following swings come and carve him into pieces of bloody flesh and metal, he is keenly aware of it all. It isn't until the seething fire of Ki completely consumes him that he achieves some semblance of peace.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Yells a horrified Freeza at the top of his lungs as his eyes shoot open, sweat covers his entire body and he pants heavily, in shock yet again from the constant nightmares that've been plaguing him every time he falls asleep for the past 12 years. "D-damn it all..."
Just as he manages to somewhat calm himself, his senses return to him and he instantly remembers where he is. Immediately, his shock is replaced by hatred and utter disgust as he scowls at the various animals, angels and other cute and cuddly creatures playing all around him, singing their songs and playing their instruments. Teddy bears cute children with angel wings and the creatures so adorable they could melt the coldest heart, all things Freeza loathes.
"I truly am in Hell..." States Freeza under his breath as the nauseatingly cheerful, colorful and lively landscape of Hell invades all his senses, from the sight of the lush green fields, to sounds of their music, to the smells of their cookies, he almost wishes he was back on Namek getting beaten up by Goku again. Almost.
"Gggggoooddd morning, Freeza!" Exclaims a cheerful, child looking angel with a red colored helmet adorned with a heart on, earning a look of utter disgust from the tyrant. "Have you started repenting for your sins?"
"That depends, have you stopped being the most horribly annoying little bastard ever to be spawned in the history OF THE UNIVERSE?!" Yells Freeza at the top of his lungs, his breath managing to send the small Hell angel flying back a bit though it doesn't faze her one bit.
The angel merely chuckles at him and smiles before lightly touching him on his nose. "Silly Freeza! If you don't start repenting for them, King Yenma will never let you get reincarnated!"
"So everything I am can be erased then sent back to the living world as a lesser creature? I'd rather be wiped from existence itself than allow that to happen." Replies Freeza, disgusted by the idea of attaining such 'peace'.
The angel chuckles again before pulling out an electric guitar out of nowhere. "Looks like someone needs to listen to the Friendship Album again!"
Darkness falls over Freeza's eyes, his mouth hanging open upon hearing this. "P-please, not that! Anything but that-"
Ignoring his plea, the angel gathers the other angels and residents of hell as they too get out their appropriate instruments and begin singing a deafening tune on the values of love, kindness and most sickeningly of all, friendship. With all his might, Freeza tries to squirm out of his cocoon, despite knowing full well that all his power is gone and that it's futile, he simply refuses to give up.
"Letmeoutletmeoutletmeoutlmeoutletmeout... LET. ME. OOOOUUUUUTTTTT!"
"I've recovered the final Dragon Ball sir," States Tagoma as his mech flies out of the deep ocean with the orb in his hands. "I apologize for the delay, there was a... monster of some kind down there."
"Yes, this planet seems to be crawling with them," Comments Sorbet before turning to the frightened Earthlings carrying the bag of other Dragon Balls with them. "Get them out."
Without question, Shu steps forward following a jab to the side from Mai and gulps before taking the Balls out of the bag and places them onto the ground with Tagoma placing the final one. All magical orbs start glowing due to the close vicinity between them.
"Do it," Commands Sorbet to Pilaf, the old, blue Earthling nods in agreement before directing his open hands towards the orbs.
"Eternal Dragon," Proclaims Pilaf as loudly as he can. "By your name, I summon thee forth! Come, SHENRON!"
Immediately, the sky of Earth blackness as if it's the darkest night as a gargantuan, spiraling beam of yellow energy bursts forth from the Dragon Balls, amazing all present, even Sorbet and Tagoma. Soon, the beam takes form, creating massive, green-scaled, blood red-eyed dragon who's size far eclipses that of its summoners.
"I am the Eternal Dragon Shenron!" His deep, booming voice proclaims. "I shall grant you any three wishes that you desire, now speak!"
Despite himself, Pilaf gawkes at the Dragon, happy that he's finally managed to summon him after so many failed attempts. Yet his joy is cut short by Sorbet knocking him to the ground, taking his spot as he looks at the wish granting being.
"Mighty beast! I, Sorbet of the Planet Trade Organization wish for the revival of the mighty Lord Freeza! Can you grant me this desire?"
"I can off-worlder," Confirms Shenron much to the delight of Sorbet who all but leaps from his seat on the ship from joy. Tagoma's reaction to this news is non-existant. "However, reviving one who has been dead for over a year is a taxing wish, as such, it will require the energy of two wishes, leaving you only with one."
"Not a problem, these Earthlings only need one," He turns his mech around and addresses the frightened Pilaf gang. "Isn't that right?"
The threatening edge to his conversational voice doesn't go unnoticed by the Earthling's who all feverishly bob their heads up and down in hasty agreement to his condition.
"Wait, I thought we were gonna wish for a boat load of mon-" Mai puts her arm around his neck while Pilaf smacks him upside the head.
"Shut up you idiot! We'll collect them again once we're young! Now shush!" Commands an annoyed Pilaf.
"The body of the one called Freeza was also damaged heavily prior to his demise, as such I cannot return him in proper form," Shenron warns them.
"Not a problem," Sorbet shrugs the dragons warning off. "With our technology, we will be able to fix him easily enough! Now revive him already!"
With red glow emanating from his eyes, Shenron does as he is commanded. "As you wish!"
Sorry about the lack of Gohan getting a wedding ring for Videl with Piccolo, I fully intended on putting it in there but between Freeza's nightmares to his past defeats and the already jumpy feel of the issue, I opted to cut it out. But maybe next time ;)