Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Vegeta and Bulma were beside themselves. Trunks was twitching violently in his sleep, and Vegeta's extra ordinary senses could tell that he was in big trouble. Just then, the phone rang. It was, of course, Gohan, screaming, telling Bulma that they couldn't wake up Goten.

Freddy looked at the two boys with amusement. Trunks and Goten both hung limp now, the meat hooks severing their spinal chords. Both were paralyzed from the neck down. Blood dripped down their backs onto the floor. At least, because of the paralysis, neither was in a great deal of pain. "Please," Goten said very weakly, "let us go, please." Trunks was almost unconscious and said nothing. "Hmm," Freddy began, "let me think about that for one moment." Suddenly, the theme from Jeopardy began playing in the dream world. When it was over, Freddy said, "NO! You two are going to bring me ultimate power. Either of your fathers could make me stronger than ever before. Then, I'll finish the two of you, and every other brat in this dimension! NO ONE WILL SLEEP! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Vegeta was lying on his back, on he and Bulma's bed. Gohan and Chi Chi had carried Goten to their house, and he lay next to Trunks. "Please be careful," Bulma said. "Don't worry," Vegeta began, "that guy might be able to take on a bunch of kids, but I am a true Saijin warrior! I'm not worried in the least." Gohan said, "Do you want me to help?" "No," said Vegeta, "you stand guard with those Sinzu beans in case the kids get really bad. I just hope they can help. Keep an eye on them because we only have a few. Believe me, this won't take long."

Vegeta shut his eyes tight. He began to meditate, putting himself into a deep trance. Suddenly, to his amazement, he felt an unbelievable suction pulling at him. He tried to fight it, but it was no use. To his further astonishment, he saw he was shrinking, being sucked into Trunks' head! He landed on a cold, damp floor with a thud. He shook his head to clear the disorientation. In the distance, Vegeta could feel the boys' power levels. Both were very weak. He followed them until he came to a corner. When Vegeta turned it, he saw, to his horror, the two boys impaled on the meat hooks. Both were hanging limp, nearly drained of blood. Vegeta knew he didn't have much time. The sight of his son hanging there filled him with a horror he never knew before. He also couldn't help but feel sorry for Kakarott's boy. After all the kindness Kakarott's family had shown Trunks, Vegeta wasn't about to let him return from outer space to find his son dead. "Boys!" Vegeta yelled. "Hang on, I'm coming!" Vegeta began to run towards the kids, when suddenly a huge glass wall shot up in front of him. Vegeta reared back his fist, and punched the wall with everything he had. To his amazement, the wall wouldn't break. Vegeta tried kicks, energy blasts, everything. The wall would not budge.

Suddenly, as Vegeta reared back for one more mighty punch, something grabbed his fist. Vegeta was flung across the alley, hitting the brick wall with tremendous force. He couldn't believe it. Vegeta got to his feet immediately, and there stood you know who! "How they hangin', V?" said Freddy. "I've been expecting you." Vegeta was too astonished to even reply. "You? You're the guy who's terrorizing everyone?" Vegeta said. "You're a midget! This has to be some kind of joke! Fighting you is almost sinful!" At that moment, Trunks somehow mustered the strength to speak. "Dad…No…you…don't…" But, that's all he could get out. Vegeta said, "Don't' worry, son. I'll have you down from there in a second. Maybe less." Freddy began to grin. "So," Vegeta said, "cocky are we? He flew at Freddy and began to throw super fast punches and kicks. To Vegeta's astonishment, however, everything missed! His blows seemed to go through Freddy. Freddy wasn't dodging, Vegeta's punches were just going right through him. "What is it with you people?" Freddy said. "Did I end up in some kind of kung fu dimension or something? Okay. Let's play that way." Freddy raised his arms and began to scream. The whole earth shook. Vegeta was knocked down by the power. With a scream, Freddy began to glow like a Super Saijin, only red instead of yellow!!! "Meet Super Freddy!" he said. Vegeta instinctively turned into a Super Saijin. The two flew towards each other, and within seconds, Vegeta realized that Freddy's power was far greater than his. Freddy was landing blows, slashing Vegeta's chest, and just plain kicking his ass. Vegeta powered up to Super Saijin 2. Suddenly, Freddy morphed into a super hero outfit with a giant "2" on it. He shot an energy blast at Vegeta. Vegeta dodged it, but the nearby explosion nearly knocked him out. Vegeta realized he was in BIG trouble.

"Give yourself up to me," Freddy said. "I'll let your kids go if you just surrender." "Yeah, right!" Vegeta said. "You'll kill us all. I'm going to stop you if I have to drain all my power to do it." "You can't stop me," laughed Freddy. "You guys still don't get it, do you? You cannot kill what's already dead! I died a long time ago. I guess you can tell how I went. It wasn't pretty. But, dark forces have allowed me to keep killing, and you're next Vegeta!

Vegeta flew into the air. Freddy looked up and watched Vegeta gather his power. Freddy just smiled. After a few seconds, Vegeta screamed. "Let's see you stop this, you dead bastard! FINAL FLASH!!!" Freddy saw the beam coming toward him. "Uh, oh!" he said. The Final Flash hit Freddy and he began to scream. There was a terrific explosion, and after the smoke cleared, there was the clanking sound of Freddy's claw hitting the ground. Freddy was gone. The glass wall disappeared. "Yes!" Vegeta yelled. "How do you like that, fucker!" Vegeta ran over to pull the children down, when a voice stopped him. "Son," the voice said, "you have done well. I'm proud of you."

Vegeta turned and, to his amazement, saw his father standing there. Vegeta couldn't believe his eyes. He knew it was his dad. The power level was just right. Vegeta never forgot that level. "Father," Vegeta began. "How?" "This is the land of the dead, my son. Just like Freddy, I can come to this world, too. Freddy has been tormenting us for years, here, but no one could stop him until you came along. Thank you, son. I always knew you would grow up to be far more powerful than I. I never got to tell how proud I am of you, or how much I love you." Now, Vegeta had tears in his eyes. He never thought he'd see his father again. Vegeta walked over to his father, and they both embraced. As Vegeta hugged his father, he turned his head…and saw…Freddy's claw was gone! Suddenly, he felt an unbelievable pain in his chest. "DIE!" his father said. In Freddy's voice. Vegeta squinted in agony, as the claw was driven deep into his chest. It pierced his flesh. Blood shot out at high speeds as the claw hit the arteries leading to his heart. Freddy morphed back into himself and laughed. Vegeta went down, coughing up blood. He knew it was over. Freddy spread his arms, waiting for the incoming soul. But, suddenly Vegeta was gone. Freddy looked in astonishment. "NOOOOOO!" he screamed. "Not yet! NO!"

Vegeta sat up, coughing. Just as he was feeling his life slip away, Gohan rammed a Sinzu bean down his throat. "Come on, Vegeta!" Gohan screamed. "You can make it!" Vegeta collapsed back down on the bed as his wounds healed. Within seconds, he was fine. He jumped to his feet. "What happened?" Bulma yelled. "I still can't wake up Trunks." "There's no stopping him," Vegeta said. "No amount of training can stop him. He's some kind of demon. It's impossible. The rules of his world are different." "So, what do we do?" Gohan said. Vegeta jumped with a start. Keep feeding the kids Sinzu beans. I think as long as you keep them alive here, Freddy can't kill them. You woke me up just in time. I'm leaving for a bit." "Where are you going?" said Bulma. Vegeta said, "To talk to someone who knows more about the dead than anyone. Maybe he knows a way to stop Freddy. If not, all the children of the world are doomed."