Part 3 by dbzmomma (Vicci)
A great brooding shadow swept over the face of the planet, alive, yet dead — cold, without heart. Too long had it been just existing in this place! But now its disciple approached.
Come quickly and all the power of darkness will be yours, it whispered, and its disciple heard. They would get here first, before those of Earth. That's the way it must be for only its disciple was willing.
The shadow pulsed and swelled, engulfing the small planet, calling for the Others. There was no living thing here but they; and they had existed since creation. How they longed for life!
We are nearly there, it heard within its being. Ahhh!
Did you hear that? They are near!
The closest thing to joy that it had felt in a millennium shot through its black soul. The Others joined in exaltation. Soon. Soon they would be mobile again and off this planet of exile.
Soon the Kais would feel their wrath. Soon... the Saiyans would be theirs...
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Goku stared at the darkening sky with a frown. This was no ordinary storm brewing. Thick dark clouds were roiling overhead, spinning like a vortex, seemingly able to rend time itself. Something was terribly wrong...
Vegeta had opened the gravity room door to Goku's knock.
Do you feel that, Vegeta?
Of course, I do. There are three.
Not them. The other.
Standing beside Goku, Vegeta assumed his crossed-arm stance and frowned, looking skyward. His thick brows drew downward until they nearly met over the bridge of his nose. He dropped his arms and opened his mouth, looking sharply at the taller Saiyan.
This power has grown beyond what I thought was possible, he said. It has taken on life. And it's close...
We need to get the others, Goku said. This is worse than King Kai had imagined.
Vegeta nodded once, curtly, and the two of them left to gather the Z-fighters.
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Yule piloted the ship to the surface of the dark planet. With his sister and companion watching wordlessly, he sent out a probe to determine the air quality and gravity. The air was breathable, but just barely. The gravity was similar to the planet they had once called home.
Neimi deftly worked the controls bringing Earth up on the screen. She smiled sharply. They had got there first. They would BE the first! And then the Earth, the Saiyans, the half-breeds — the Kais — would know who was superior.
Bern came up behind her and chuckled, reading her thoughts, putting his hands on her shoulders and kneading the fine muscles. They're no match for us now, he whispered in her ear. Imagine what it will be like after.
Neimi. Bern. They turned at Yule's voice. It's time.
Bern's hands dropped and the three of them moved out of the ship into the darkness. The only light was from a dim star, younger and farther away than the planet they had just left.
Neimi inhaled quickly, panting, shivering in the blistering cold.
Belly breaths, Neimi, Yule said. Get enough oxygen into your system.
She closed her eyes and focused, her Saiyan instincts taking over. When she opened them, Yule was watching her with half a smile.
Don't waste your oxygen, he said. It will soon be over.
His eyes drifted shut, the long pale eyelashes brushing his cheek. His lips parted.
Breathe in breathe out, Neimi thought, hugging herself. Bern came up beside her and frowned, looking upward. There were no clouds in the darkness. So why were the shadows moving?
Neimi began to shiver uncontrollably.
Tell me again why we're here, Yule? she said, panic along the edges of her voice.
Be still, he said soothingly. They're coming. Just relax.
The shadows were moving, collecting, gathering themselves. Neimi watched in horrified fascination as they flowed up until they were undulating forms — black on black, deathly cold, deadly. Were these awful shadows the Others?
she whispered, but he didn't answer, and at his sharp intake of breath, Neimi turned her head quickly. Bern's eyes were bulging, and a look like ecstasy had come over her lover's face.
she screamed.
But Yule was lost in his own ecstasy, as the biggest, the coldest shadow of all, entered his body, consuming him, until he screamed and screamed and screamed.
she whispered, dropping to her knees. This isn't what was supposed to happen! They were supposed to empower us! We were supposed to become...
But she was unable to finish her sentence, as the third shadow loomed over her and she stared, terror-stricken into the face of evil.
...continued...