Chapter Two
The Mission

Gage stood in the middle of the room, waiting to see if anything thing else would happen, but nothing did. Eventually a door on one of the walls slid up, but it was unremarkable, so he never knew exactly where it was, especially after a battle because he was all over the place. The door that opened up was where his room was, also very plain. There was a small bed on one wall, and a picture of a person. Every once in awhile it would change to another person, and then another, and then to a picture of a small round hut. To this day he didn't know who the people were or where the hut was, or if it was near him, or if it where he was. He had no idea. None at all. But he had grown accustomed to them and paid them little heed anymore. Right now it was of a young man with black hair not unlike his own. He went to his bed and laid down, and was soon asleep, the events of this day (or night? he did not know) had worn him out. He dreamt little, but anything he did dream about was either things that had happened in the room or fleeting images of people that were familiar, and a planet he thought he used to live on, but as with all his memories he couldn't be sure. So was his life. Sleeping, training, eating when food was given to him.
He awoke some time later to find food on the floor. It came through a small door much like the door to his room, unremarkable and he wasn't sure exactly where, he only saw it for small amounts of time, because the food usually came when he was asleep or just looking the other way. That and he didn't really care, he got his food and that was all that mattered to him. He ate it and then relaxed and prepared for his training that he was sure would come soon enough, and sure enough his door opened a few minutes later.
He walked out cautiously, muscles tensed, ready to strike or dodge or whatever may be the case. He was ready for a fight. A fight that never came that day.
He walked until he was in the center of the room, where he heard that all familiar booming voice say, "Stay where you are, the next people you see are not meant for you to fight."
"Why should I believe that?" Gage yelled back, looking straight ahead, his gaze not moving. "All you have done is try to kill me it seems, so why should I think this isn't some sort of trick to catch me off guard?"
"Believe what you will, young Saiya-jin Gage, but when have we ever lied to you?" The voice boomed back. "When have you ever asked a question we haven't answered?"
Gage thought for a moment, and it was true it seemed. Although they never gave a straight answer, it was always very, very cryptic, but yes, they did answer. Gage replied, "True, you may have answered, but understanding the answer seems to be harder than these battles you give me, though that Android Blue was quite a person, but as you probably watched, he is no more. When will this madness end? I have yet to even see what my captors look like, now I ask again. When will the madness end?"
"Soon, very soon," was all the answer he got.
"How do I know when that will be? Will you tell me?" Gage asked back, but he knew it was futile, and he eventually stopped the questions. He then waited for the person they said would come in, and eventually a door opened.
A small man walked through, or Gage assumed it was, or something that looked like an Android. It was walking upright, and had a brown cloak on. It was very small and short, weighed probably no more than seventy pounds and only came up to Gage's waist. Gage thought he could destroy it if it came to that.
"No, you couldn't," the man-thing said, in a semi-high, raspy voice. Gage was taken aback. Had he read his thoughts?
"Yes, I have my dear boy Gage, I am a mind reader, and many other things." He replied to the unspoken question. "Please, do not let it hold you back," it said with a smile. "Well, you may be able to beat me, though it is highly unlikely, but there are many of us, and some more powerful than I, and two of them would probably be able to destroy you with little trouble." Gage wasn't sure of this, but he dismissed the thought quickly enough in hopes it would remain private.
"This...mind-reading makes me very uneasy. How am I to keep my thoughts private?" Gage asked, really hoping there was an answer.
"Well, there is a way, but you are going to have to figure that one out for yourself," The man-thing replied with a smile. "But I will tell you, you will know when you have figured it out. There are many ways to do this, though the one I'm sure you will find will be one of the best. It would only seem right." The small one replied cryptically.
"I have many questions....what shall I call you?" Gage asked the no-named small one.
"You may call me Master Deresis," he answered, "Or just Master for short, I do not care," Deresis said matter-of-factly, "but you may now ask, or think your questions, you choose."
"I am going to ask them, mind-reading will take a bit getting used to. So...well...who am I really? Where did I come from? Why am I here? Why do you keep me in this...in this..this prison?" he was getting agitated, really putting his room into perspective, even though he has had some fond memories in here, like going Super Saiya-jin One and Two, fighting the robots, then Androids. He loved to fight.
To his questions Deresis replied, "Whoa now Gage, slow down. One at a time, and I will only be here for a little bit, and then you will have your mission. Those last Androids were a test for you Gage, and you passed, better than we thought you would. We didn't think you would destroy Blue yet, for you are still very young. You had made such great progress we thought we would try him out on you, and if the worst happened we would just stop him from killing you."
The coldness of his response made Gage think, they talked about killing as if it were nothing, but on to his next question. "Will you ever let me out of this place?"
"Only after you have done something for us, then you would have your freedom," Gage's interest was instantly sparked at that, he had thought about freedom before, but he thought it would never come. He now had it dangling in front of his face, and he found it VERY nice indeed, the thought of being able to explore more than he could imagine. "But make no mistake, it is part of our grand plan, and it will involve....destroying more than one real person, some people that are closer to you than you know." Deresis replied in his cryptic manner, which was starting to frustrate Gage more and more.
"Well, Master Deresis, what is my mission? I would like to get going on it, I would appreciate my freedom." Gage replied somewhat more sharply than he had intended.
"You must learn patience Gage, your mission will be given to you in due time! Now you must wait, and I will tell you." He replied with a smile Gage interpreted as evil. Then Deresis turned his back to Gage and walked away.
"When will you tell me?!" Gage yelled after him, desperation creeping into his voice.
"In due time my good boy, in due time," He said back, and Gage caught the echo. The man walked through the door, out of the room.
Gage slammed his fist on the floor in frustration. He left a dent.

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Gage paced the room for what seemed like the hundredth time, waiting and waiting for Deresis to come back. He kept walking and walking, waiting and waiting.
"Dammit!!!" Gage yelled, and plopped down against the wall, slamming his head back, making a loud thump. "Screw this," he mumbled to himself, and went back to where his door was still open, never closing, and he lay on his bed, watching the shifting picture, as it was now a bald, green man-thing with antenna. He didn't know who they were, but all those pictures were stuck in his head to be sure, watching them for his whole life he could remember. The green man, the boy and the man that looked alike, and the very pointy haired evil looking man. He doubted he would ever forget them, even though all he knew was their faces. He then noticed the door was closed. Oh well, he thought, damn this place, damn the mission, and damn Deresis. He thought they were just messing around with his head, and it made him mad. He didn't like it when people played games with him, a few androids had done that in his weaker years, and all it did was make him angry enough to destroy them. He soon fell asleep, though it was unrestful, full of frustration and anger.
He woke up a little later, and he didn't know how long he had been out. He stood up and stretched, looking around his room. The picture was back to the boy. Whatever it meant, he thought, he was starting to not care. The idea of getting out of this place dangling in front of him and then taken away wore on his patience. He wanted out of this wretched hell hole, and he wanted out now.
His door slid open and he was quick out of it. He thought he might see Deresis, and sure enough, the small man was standing in the center of the room. He stopped about ten feet in front of the small man.
"I want my mission," Gage said in a monotone voice, and he put a mental picture of him ripping through this place and Deresis to get to his freedom, and he knew Deresis would see it, because he was reading his mind.
"Ah ha, I see you are getting more accustomed to the mind reading," Deresis said, "but it doesn't matter, the time of your mission is upon us."
Gage's eyes lit up at this, but he wisely held his emotions, but he couldn't help thinking that it was great, and he caught Deresis smirking at this. Deresis was glad Gage was eager, he would have to be, for he would be doing Deresis's race a very good thing.
"Gage, your mission is as follows. You must go to the planet Earth for us, and you must do something that should be fairly easy for someone of your power," Deresis said, "Now listen closely, you understand?"
"Of course, Master Deresis, I want to complete my mission to be free." Gage replied eagerly, and he did want to be off of this planet, to see the rest of the universe.
"Now Gage, you know that shifting picture in your room?"
Gage nodded.
"You must kill all of them as quickly as possible," Deresis replied, "the big man and his son are Goku and Gohan, the green man is a Namek named Piccolo, and the other man, who you say is evil looking is Vegeta. All besides Piccolo are Saiya-jin's like yourself, and all are capable of going at least Super Saiya-jin. Piccolo may not be a Saiya-jin but he is very powerful nonetheless. There may be a few lesser fighters as well, but they should be mere flies in comparison to your power. This mission may be very hard if you are caught in a battle with them all, so you may want to pick them off one by one. You have as long as you wish to complete this mission, just do it." Deresis explained gravely, and Gage was still eager to be off. He had no qualms about killing as he knew of, he had done it all his life. He didn't think killing Saiya-jin's and this Piccolo would be any different than killing Androids.
"Master Deresis, when do I leave?" Gage asked, fists clenched at his sides, blood pumping in his veins.
"When do you want to leave Saiya-jin Gage?" Deresis asked in reply.
The expected answer of "Right away!" came, and Deresis motioned to part of the wall where a door slid open. "Right through there, dear boy, into the Saiya-jin pod that will take you to Earth!" Deresis said, and Gage was gone.
Gage sprinted through the door and plopped down into the pod, and the door came down slowly, while a hatch in the roof opened up, and he shot out into space, toward Earth, the planet he would wipe out in order to get his freedom.
Deresis chuckled, all was going according to plan. Gage was going to eradicate what was most likely the planet that would be the biggest problem for them. Of what they knew, Goku was the strongest fighter in the universe, and having him wiped out would be extraordinary. He had come upon Gage in a trade with Planet Vegeta. They paid King Vegeta a gargantuan amount of money for a Saiya-jin baby, in order to train him. They knew he would be a low class Saiya-jin, but he also knew he could train him to be extremely strong warrior if he so chose. He did, and so was Gage, Super Saiya-jin Two. Going to challenge the planet that for all he knew the strongest in the universe. Deresis had masterminded a plan. It would probably take many centuries to complete, but he had time, he lived for many millennia. So this was the first big step. He had taken over many other smaller planets in the surrounding area, but this was the major one, if it succeeded, the rest would be easy, taking other planets one by one. Deresis was not weak himself, not by the least, but Piccolo or Gohan could probably destroy him with ease, so he had Gage, wonderful Gage, would do his work for him.
And death to all who oppose Deresis.