Chapter 33 The Boogeyman Flips The Script
At the demolished blazing center of West City, dead silence fell as the brutal war practically paused after Xavier arrived on the scene. The Frieza force and mortal empire soldiers didn't know what to make of this being staring at it in confusion. The cluster of warriors had more range in their reactions. Most of the heroes had expressions of fear and dread while most of the villains were simply annoyed and confused. "Ok I'll bite, who that?" Phoenix asked seeing his opponents's reactions to this mysterious newcomer whose black canvas eyes made even him feel uneasy. "I concur, what is this...thing" Frieza asked with a mixture of disgust and uncertainty, unnerved by both the stranger's ghostly appearance and the bloody severed spine he held in his hand. He himself had severed limbs in the past but he had never gone so far as to strip them down to the bone, let alone use them as a weapon like what he had just witnessed with this man. "If I told you right now, you would not believe me" Both Vegeta and GT Trunks answered in the exact same tone simultaneously to their respective enemies. Future Trunks was very puzzled and stunned, having no clue as to who or what this person was and his horrific mangling of the other new arrival who the brainwashed z warriors had identified as Baby, though it seemed as though the others knew him. He leaned his head to get a closer look. Suddenly the figure turned to stare at him directly in the eyes. At that moment, Future Trunks gasped as he could immediately tell there was something very dark about him and somehow felt he should be more afraid of him than any of the other evil beings surrounding them. Meanwhile Goku, Gohan, IW, GD and Super Goten despite knowing some of the horrible sins he committed, felt some sympathy and sorrow for Xavier due to their family blood connection. "Bro?" Super Goten hesitantly muttered. "Son?" Goku said equally muttering. "Xavier!" IW Goten shouted, trying to get his twin brother's attention, but his call was ignored. "Xavier? So this is where you went" Deathstroke surmised. "What the hell have you been doing this whole time?! Why didn't you attempt to signal us?!" Starscream yelled angrily. "And what's with that ugly mask? Did you become ashamed of your own face like Mr short and angsty? Ha ha ha!" Azula snidely taunted referring and gesturing to Infinite. "Oh hardy har har" Infinite fake laughed dryly taking insult. Xavier didn't respond to anything said to him. Cell was looking on at Xavier with cautious curiosity. There was definitely an aura of incredible power irradiating from the twin brother of the IW version of his rival. That and some of the disturbing things he was rumored to have said however also made cell nervous, surprisingly to him more for his kids than himself. The bug like android then heard a deep growling sound next to him, turning around to see its source to be MC Goten. The boy was snarling with his previously calm, godly eyes now looking predatory. "You...!" MC Goten growled viciously tightening his fists hard enough that they bled. Cell was a little taken aback by his rival's change in behavior. Before Cell could ask anything, MC Goten let out a enraged scream. "Your gonna pay!" MC Goten roared launching himself towards Xavier and threw an explosive punch where he stood, creating a small explosion. Once the dust settled, to his shock and anger, his fist had only made contact with the dirt. He straightened himself up to see Xavier now a few feet away from where he was seconds ago staring back at him. "I don't care if you're my twin brother or not, your dead!" MC Goten threatened darkly. "Huh?!" Phoenix exclaimed, surprised by the fact he had a twin brother in another reality. He had put it all together earlier that there were four other versions of himself in this world for some reason including his good half but he didn't suspect that one of them had a twin brother. MC Goten was about to attempt another attack when three other well known people arrived. "Goten! You stop this right now!" Chi chi screeched landing holding onto Videl who was holding Super Pan in her arms. "Videl?!" Gohan yelled surprised and alarmed that his wife had come to the battlefield with their daughter. "Mom?!" All the Gotens shouted in equal shock and surprise. Phoniex gasped seeing Super Pan in Videl's arms, it being identical to the one he met when he was whole just before he and his pure self separated. Xavier turned his head to stare at the Super versions of two of his previous victims. "What have you done?! You've harmed our lord and savior Baby?!" Videl screamed out angrily her and chi chi spotting Baby on the ground barely conscious. "Uh... what is she talking about?" Future Trunks asked very weirded out and bewildered by Videl's statement. "Is she talking about her baby cause she seems fine" Starscream said also puzzled. The Goku and his allies quickly realized that Chi chi and Videl were under Baby's control just like the z warriors. "Mom! Snap out of it!" MC Goten shouted. "Your under Baby's mind control! Fight it!" GT Goten encouraged. "Mommy please don't be mean! Your not supposed to be mean!" Super Goten whined desperately. "Shut up! I'm already disgusted I have two saiyan children and grandchild, the least you could do is be a good boy and help Baby!" Chi chi barked coldly. Super Goten couldn't believe his own mother said that to him and backed away slightly sniffling. "B-but he's a bad guy" GD Goten stuttered teary eyed himself. "Your one to talk" Chi chi retorted referring to GD Goten's dark past. "Fine, you all won't submit to Baby's love? Then you shall all- ah hey! Let go of her!" Videl's declaration was cut short by Phoenix shoving Chi chi out of his way and trying get Super Pan from grasp. "No! She's mine!" Phoenix refused only intensifying his effort to snatch Super Pan from Videl but was not using no where near his full strength to make sure he wouldn't hurt the baby. "Hey! Leave her alone!" Gohan and Super Goten shouted angrily both intending to zoom down and get Phoenix to back down. Both however were halted by energy attacks of their respective enemies. "Hey we're not finished yet!" Starscream said. "Nor am I" Azula said smugly. "Me three!" Cell yelled out unleashing a death beam at MC Goten who dodged easily. "Oh man you have no idea how hilarious it is you saying that with that color on you and your losing streak he he!" Deadpool joked referencing Cell's ironically third their award bronze color form and his losing battle with MC Goten. The brainwashed z warriors got back into the fray, half of them to check on Baby, the other half to help Videl with Phoenix. Deathstroke and IW Goten resumed their fight as did Infinite and Shadow. The cell juniors charged at Gohan, Piccolo and MC Krillin. The Frieza force, mortal empire soldiers and human vigilantes resumed their sieges. Xavier took advantage of the commotion to slip away into the shadows. "Hey! Where he go?!" MC Goten screamed enraged glimpsing at Xavier's leave before he lost sight of him. "You should really focus on me!" Cell said nearly getting a kick at MC Goten.
Somewhere else on top of a building a good distance away from the battlefield.
Beerus, Whis, and Kibito Kai with GT Pan in his arms observed the confrontation on a projection made by Whis's staff. Kibito Kai was getting weaker using every bit of his energy casting healing spells to slow down GT Pan's deterioration with limited results. GT Pan had fallen asleep her pain numbed for the moment. "Oh my, I don't think in all the eons I've lived have I seen a war quite like this" Whis marveled watching it all transpire before him. "I hate this" Beerus grumbled lowly. One moment I'm the second strongest being in this universe, then these vermin from other dimensions show up! It's infuriating!" Beerus complained not happy that his status as the second most powerful in the seventh universe was being usurped by a legion of invasive beings from other timelines. GT Pan stirred awake hearing Beerus's ramblings. "Ohhh... what's going on?" GT Pan asked groaning, her pain though lessened still persisted. Beerus and Whis turned to look at GT Pan hearing her voice, looking at each other silently asking each other how to inform her of recent events. "Uh well, long story short, your uncles and their enemies are tearing up the place" Beerus said bluntly. "Uncle's?" GT Pan said confused by Beerus's words. "Five Gotens from alternate realities including the one you know entered this one through an accident with one of Bulma's frivolous time inventions" Whis explained. "And now their enemies plus the dark half of one of the Gotens, the person you've gotten tragically acquainted with Phoenix, are now fighting each other over there" Whis finished pointing to the center of the city and his protection where another ki explosion occurred. GT Pan got out of Kibito Kai's hands and walked around weakly looking on and hearing the violent war raging all around and above them. Up in the sky she could make out countless ufos shooting lasers and whamming into others. On the ground and on the buildings she saw that half of it was on fire with random explosions and could see people and aliens battling each other in droves, their yells and screams of victory, loss and death filling her ears. It made her tear up overwhelmed and heartbroken to see so much destruction and suffering. Then she glanced at Whis's projection of the core fights. She saw all the fights taking place. She was blown away by the power and ferocity of the other versions of her uncle and family. She spotted the Goten, Trunks and Bulla she knew running towards Phoenix amazed that Goten and Trunks had achieved super Saiyan four and Bulla Super Saiyan. Phoenix appeared to be trying to snatch a baby from a woman who looked strikingly like her mother. "Wait is that me?" GT Pan asked pointing at the projection. "Yes it is" Kibito Kai answered. "What is he trying to start a collection? Sheesh. He's almost as crazy as that creep of a twin brother of his in that one other reality. "Huh?!" Both Kibito Kai and GT Pan exclaimed in surprise. "Ah yes, I forgot to mention, one of your uncle's alternate selves has a twin brother who goes by Xavier" Whis cleared up. "Yea and honestly creep is an understatement, he gives that evil half of Goten who've been hanging out with a run for his money for heinous crimes" Beerus added with disgust. GT Pan looked back at the screen watching the fight's solemnly hoping that her uncle's will survive and that maybe she can help the two evil ones find the light when it was all over.
Back in the center of the city.
Super Krillin, Yamcha and Android seventeen grabbed onto Phoenix trying to pull him off Videl and Super Pan. "What the hell are you doing?!" Android seventeen yelled angrily. "Leave Pan alone! We're not gonna let you hurt her!" Super Krillin screamed furiously. "Me harm her?! She brought Pan into the middle of this battle and you say I'm harming her?! I'll save her from you mortal trash! Ahhh!" Phoenix screamed unleashing a shockwave of invisible energy blowing the z warriors off his back. "Let Pan go or I'll end you!" GT Goten threatened started to ready a dragon fist in his hand behind Phoenix's back. Bulla and GT Trunks appeared to the demented clown's sides charging up attacks of their own about to fire. Phoniex panicked though retained his grip on Super Pan. He could easily use more power and get Super Pan but she was just a baby. Much more force than what he was already using might hurt or even kill her, she was already making pained whiny murmurs. The demon was conflicted. Should he just let Super Pan go and get back to his mission to save GT Pan's life or should he risk it all and try to save both. Yes, that what he wanted to do. Sure one Pan by his side would suffice but Pan was a special soul, the only one he felt affection or love that wasn't fake or compromised. If he could have more than one than he was gonna try. Question was, how was he going to pull it off. The GT fighters, Phoenix and the baby brainwashed Videl were at an impasse. With Baby, the other brainwashed z warriors came to his aid. "Master! Are you alright?!" Android eighteen asked worryingly. Baby weakly cracked open his still regenerating eyes moaning. "Master! We'll get revenge on that bastard for hurting you!" Tien declared determinedly. Baby's eyes shot open hearing Tien's declaration. "No! Don't go after it! You won't survive! None of us stand a chance against whatever it is!" Baby shouted out frantically in utter terror. The z warriors by the parasite's side were shocked by there master's rant, now unsure how to respond to this crisis. With Deathstroke and IW Goten, both soldiers of battle were at each other's throats. Wrestling each other in a match of pure strength they both grunted fighting for dominance to topple the loser down. After a few intense moments of struggling IW Goten's arms buckled under the strain. "Ahhh!" IW Goten yelped in pain as Deathstroke roughly pinned him to the ground. "Like I said before, you can't win, last chance Son Goten, join us or die" Deathstroke threatened calmly giving his ultimatum. IW Goten growled in animalistic fury, hearing the goblin's voice in his head and trying to overcome it and Deathstroke's grasp. "Let me out! Now!" The goblin shrieked in IW Goten's mind. "No! Never!" IW Goten yelled back at both the Goblin and Deathstroke's words though the latter of course was unaware. "Then you leave me no choice, farewell Son Goten, you were a worthy opponent if nothing else" Deathstroke spoke in a farewell like tone, pulling away one of his hands. The mortal empire second in command aimed his free palm at IW Goten's head, charging up bright red ki, preparing to make a final, fatal strike. Just before he could deliver it however, Xavier suddenly appeared from behind him and stabbed Deathstroke in his side with the spinal bone. "Owww!" Deathstroke screeched in agony which got everyone else in the area's attention. Most of them especially MC Goten and those from the the IW universe were surprised that Xavier seemingly saved his twin brother's life given his history. "Maybe this is a sign! There is some good in him afterall!" Super Goten thought hopefully. GD Goten, IW Goten, Gohan and Goku held similar thoughts and hopefulness within. MC Goten, Future Trunks, Piccolo, Shadow and Vegeta however narrowed their eyes in suspicion. Xavier was up to something. The question was what? Deathstroke painfully got back up and ripped the spinal cord out of his side. "Hmph I knew we shouldn't have trusted him, there was always something off with him" Infinite remarked not too surprised. "Couldn't agree more, Deathstroke! Kill that traitor!" Starscream shouted. Deathstroke's one eye stared stoically at Xavier's masked black ones. "So, you decided to align yourself with your brother? I must admit, I find that rather noble and honorable" Deathstroke admitted. "Sadly your betrayal means you have to die along with him" Deathstroke said recomposing recreating the attack he was about to kill IW Goten with a mere minute ago. Xavier didn't let out a whisper or move a muscle to any of Deathstroke's actions or words. "For your service, I'll try and make your end swi- ahhh!" Deathstroke was cut off when Xavier suddenly grabbed his hand and twisted his wrist, disrupting and canceling out his attack. Xavier then raised his knifed hand and stabbed Deathstroke in his back three times. Before the general could get a chance to recoil in pain, Xavier punched him on the side where he stabbed the spine into moments ago and then grabbed the general's head dragging then bashed the general into the wall of a building. "What?!" Azula exclaimed her and most of the others shocked that Deathstroke was being overpowered so easily by Xavier. "T-this is impossible! Deathstroke is second only to Lord Shredder! How is that boy beating him?!" Starscream asked befuddled and though he wouldn't admit it, kinda scared. Deathstroke shakily tried to rebound but Xavier once again bashed his head on the wall, remaining conscious but now he was too dizzy and pained that he couldn't focus on Xavier, or anyone for that matter. Xavier then reached into a pocket of sorts on Deathstroke's outfit, pulling out a remote like device. It had two buttons, both had the portrayal of a monstrous humanoid thing on them though one depicts it being caged while the other shows it free and roaring. Deathstroke's vision straightened out just enough to be able to make out Xavier ogling over the device and immediately jumped in fright. "What are you doing?! Put that down right now!" Deathstroke yelled panicked. This made Xavier turn his head to look at Deathstroke. "We're not prepared if the klntar get out of hand! You know what they're capable of! Their dangerous! If you push that button now, you'll kill us all!" Deathstroke warned anxiously. The other IW universe visitors grew concerned and fearful at the mention of the klntar. "Woah Woah Woah! Dude! Don't invite those ugly assholes to this party! They eat everything! And everyone!" Deadpool yelled out joking but seriousness could be heard behind it. Xavier didn't respond to Deathstroke or Deadpool's pleas. He turned to look at the device again and with not a second of hesitation pushed the release button. "Nooo!" All the mortal empire elite generals screamed in horror, knowing the chaos and bloodbath that was just unleashed upon them all.
