10

Manipulated



High above the earth in Kame's lookout, stood two figures, they were standing over another figure that was lying down on the ground.

One of these figures was carrying a large staff; this figure knelt down and placed his hand on the fallen figures chest.

An eerie glow began to emit from the figure and envelope the two figures, the third figure just stood with his arms crossed. The energy grew stronger then flashed out and there was no light except those of the stars overhead.

"How is he," said Piccolo, overlooking the healing process?

"He took a pretty bad beating," said Dende. "Are you sure that Vegita did this? I mean I always thought that Gohan was stronger then him." Gohan was starting to come around.

"I saw it myself," said Piccolo. "He beat the living hell out of this kid. I knew Goku and I should have trained with him some more to keep up his techniques and strength."

"Still, Gohan should have been considerably stronger then Vegita," said Dende. "You are right something is wrong." Dende looked over in the direction at which the battle was going on.

"Something has happened to Vegita," said Piccolo. With that said, a wave of power struck the minds of all three warriors.

Gohan shot up like a jet. "Did you feel that," he said?

"Yes," said Dende. "It's a new power but it is emanating from Vegita."

All three figures walked towards the edge of the lookout and stared at the clouds covering the battleground.

"Well there's something you don't see everyday," said Gohan. As they stared down at the pocket of blood red clouds mixed in with the sea of black. The other two watchers paid no attention to the comment.

"What do you think it is," said Dende?

"It's Vegita's energy," said Piccolo. "It's so powerful, that it's distorting the area around him."

"Do you feel my dad," asked Gohan?

"Yes," said Piccolo. "He has powered up to his level 3 form, but he is dwarfed by Vegita now."

"This is not good," said Dende. "I sense a dark evil in the mind of Vegita. It's not the mind of Vegita, but of another being."

"You mean that Vegita's personality has split," said Gohan.

"No," said Piccolo. "It is not another personality, but more of another completely different being inside of Vegita's mind. It has taken control of him and unlocked all the power that is buried within him."

"So," said Gohan. "What the hell do we do?"

"We have to stop him," said Piccolo.

"How," said Gohan?

Dende shook his head as if an idea struck him. "I have a plan," he said. "Follow me to the Room of Spirit and Time."

With that the warriors turned from the ledge and headed towards the palace.





"Dad," screamed Goten, against the torrent of energy threatening to toss him away. "What do we do?"

Goku stood calmly and silently against the storm. "Get out of here now," was all he said. Goku took off towards Vegita; he stopped a few feet in front of him. "Vegita, what the hell are you doing?"

Vegita looked at him and smiled; then he raised his glowing red arm and fired a quick ki blast at Goku, a little too quickly for even Goku to dodge. The energy slammed into him sending him flying into the wall.

Goku struggled to gain control of his momentum, but the speed was too great. Just then two arms shot out of nowhere and grabbed Goku by the shoulders.

"Trunks, Goten," cried Goku. "You have to leave now, I can't protect you from him."

"Goku," said Trunks. "I can't leave him, he's my father."

"He is not your father anymore," said Goten. "He's changed into a monster."

"No," screamed Trunks over the wind. "He is still there, deep down inside of his soul. I can feel him."

"Ok," said Goku reluctantly. "We will work together on this problem. You guys know what you have to do."

"Yes," cried the boys. They both let go of Goku and struck the same pose as earlier. "FUSION," screamed the boys, and they were enveloped in a pure light. "HA."

Gotenks appeared again, and he was also a level 3 Super Saiyan.

"Lets do it," screamed Goku, and they both took off after Vegita.





"Where am I," screamed Vegita, as he looked around the blackness of where he was. The last thing he remembered is seeing his father and opening his true power inside of him, but something else came out with that power, something he had never felt before, a consciousness unlike his own.

"Don't you know where you are," said a familiar voice? All of the sudden the room lit up and there sat Vegita's father on his throne. He was at the royal Saiyan palace on Vegita.

"Father," said Vegita. "What is going on?"

"The prophecy is being lived out," said King Vegita.

"What prophecy," yelled Vegita? "Father what the fuck is going on with me?"

"You are the chosen one," said King Vegita. "You were never told the prophecy of our people, because you were too young to understand before we were all destroyed." King Vegita's face shimmered a bit in the light.

"Father," said Vegita. "What is wrong with you?"

"Nothing," said the King.

"So what happened to me," said Vegita? "Why am I no on Earth battling the other Saiyans?"

"I brought you here for a purpose," said King Vegita. "You will see in time."

"What happened to my power," said Vegita. "Why can't I feel it coursing through me?"

"Because this is a dream," said another familiar voice. Vegita turned to see a smaller figure walk out of the shadows of one of the pillars.

"Trunks," said Vegita.

"No," said the purple haired figure. "I am not the true Trunks. I have just taken his image, to show you how easily that you have been manipulated."

"What do you mean manipulated," said Vegita, his voice now full of anger?

"I mean that I am not the only one to use images from your mind to manipulate you," said Trunks. The boy walked up to face Vegita. He was identical to Trunks, but Vegita knew that it wasn't his son.

It then clicked in the back of his mind. Vegita quickly turned to face King Vegita. "YOU"RE NOT MY FATHER," screamed Vegita.