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The Prince and the Phoenix - Chapter 24
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Get out of my mind!" Vegeta screamed in agony.
"You Saiyans were all the same. Always increasing your power through physical fighting. Focusing the energy around you into ki attacks. But, you have always neglected the one muscle that had a real chance of improving your pitiful species. Your mind." The Dark Phoenix was on the ground now, standing over the shuddering Saiyan, who was clutching his head and crazed with pain.
"All beings have the potential for psychic attacks. Even the weakest fighter could easily overpower you with a single blow to your mind. You monkeys only concentrated on one small insignificant piece, and even that you're not much good at." She kneeled down next to him. "Little prince, you've never faced a goddess before. There is so much you cannot fathom that I can accomplish with the same ease with which you draw breath. You never had a chance. How can you possibly defeat the ultimate guardian of life, the chaos-bringer?"
Vegeta brought his hands down to his sides and clenched his fists. "Get. Out. Of. My. HEAD!" He backhanded her with as much strength as he could muster. Her head snapped to the side, swung back, and tilted to one side. The Phoenix narrowed her eyes and frowned.
"Such passion. Such stupidity." The Phoenix was suddenly very bored with her little sport. "I have better things to do."
She was about to stand when she was tackled from behind by Wolverine. The distraction momentarily freed Vegeta from the Phoenix's psychic hold. Wolverine had rolled Jean over and was straddling her, his claws pressing into the skin of her throat. The Phoenix laughed. "Don't you know I like to be on top, Wolverine!"
Her eyes glowed, and she was about to unleash an attack when Vegeta grabbed her by hair, yanked her from beneath Wolverine, swung her overhead, and slammed her down onto the sand hard enough to leave a crater.
"That's for invading my mind, bitch!" Vegeta stomped on her face. "That's for hurting Bulma!" He followed it with a ki blast. "And that's just because I'm angry!"
The Prince looked over at Wolverine. "She's all yours." He turned and walked back to where Bulma was at, not waiting for the Dark Phoenix to rise. However, Bulma was not where he left her, only a trail through the sand where she had apparently dragged herself over the next dune. Frantically, he ran after her.
Bulma was huddled by the seventh Dragonball, clutching it with her hands and arguing with the rest of the X-men and Krillin who were carrying the other six. When she saw him, she stopped what she was saying and beamed up at him.
"So you survived, eh, Vegeta?" Krillin asked.
Vegeta ignored him. "What are you standing around for? Call the Dragon!"
"That's just what I was saying!" Bulma agreed. "I said, 'We need to call the Dragon so that...hey, wait a minute why do YOU want it called?!," she asked him warily.
"Because, you baka, so I can wish for immortality and take her down once and for all!"
"Always with the immortality! Forget it, Vegeta! I'd rather destroy the Dragonballs like they want to before I'd ever imagine the world cursed with your eternal presence!" Bulma retorted.
"Listen, woman! Shut your yapping mouth! We've got to act quick!" Vegeta threw his arms in the air in frustration. As if on cue, the smoldering, but still breathing body of Wolverine thudded to the ground nearby. The ground shook, and the form of the firebird dominated the sky. In another moment, the dark goddess was hovering above them, anger and annoyance coming off of her in great waves. Cyclops, Storm, Krillin, and Vegeta exchanged glances. As a unit, they turned to take her on.
The four fought with Cyclops using his eyebeams at the maximum power. Storm threw giant tornadoes, ice storms, and lightning at her. Krillin formed as many destructo disks as he could and threw the spinning energy blades at her. Vegeta hit her with multiple ki blasts since she was too hot to get close to without incinerating himself, but he was holding back. He took the moment to think. She'd told him that Saiyans had only learned one small portion of psychic attacks, the ability to draw in the energy around them and force it back into an attack. He backed off from the fight and concentrated on doing just that.
The other three were surprised when the Dark Phoenix stopped short and whirled on Vegeta. Krillin's mouth dropped open at the sight in front of him. Vegeta was absorbing energy at an incredible rate of speed. In fact, though it must have been an optical illusion, it looked like the tail of the Phoenix was being channeled right into him. The air around him crackled and split, dimmed and brightened. The aura of the Phoenix seemed to be focusing itself around Vegeta as he began to glow in flashes. Even his hair was taking on the bright yellow glow of the Phoenix fire. Krillin could barely gauge his ki, it was so high, and it showed no sign of stopping.
"What are you DOING?" The Phoenix cried, looking very much in pain and distress.
Vegeta let out a giant scream as the sudden whooshing sound of a Super Saiyan rose above the burning rushing sound of the firebird. He looked down at them with blue eyes and glowing crackling hair. He stopped yelling and just smirked.
"Oh, NOW you're going to get it!" He launched himself at her with a full Super Saiyan assault.
"But how did you do that?!" The Dark Phoenix cried, breathless even though she didn't need to breathe to survive.
"You said it yourself, you big piece of pigeon crap, that Saiyans only knew one psychic attack. I simply FED off of you. And when you insulted me and my race, and particularly when you hurt Bulma, you opened up a capacity for power I never knew I had. Now, it's feather-plucking time!"
He was about to launch an attack when a giant spaceship appeared overhead. The X-men seemed to recognize it, but Vegeta and Krillin only stopped and stared in amazement. The Dark Phoenix even rolled her eyes. "Great, my favorite Imperial Guard has come to play."
Krillin turned to Storm, "Who's that?"
"That would be the Empress Lilandra of the Shi'ar empire and her Imperial Guard."
"What do they want?"
"They've come to destroy the Dark Phoenix. Again." Storm and the rest of the X-men backed up as a giant light illuminated on the bottom of the ship. Even Vegeta flew back a little ways. As the energy blast hit her, the last sound they heard was her laughing. In her place was a giant hole, filling with seawater. Vegeta panicked when he realized that Bulma had also been down there, but she was safe on another sand dune and was busy rearranging the Dragonballs. A few green flashes appeared on the beach, and a woman dressed in some sort of metallic armor and flowing cape surrounded by as strange a group of freaks as he'd ever seen made their way to the rest of the group. Still a Super Saiyan, he flew down to investigate.
The Prince and the Phoenix - Chapter 24
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Get out of my mind!" Vegeta screamed in agony.
"You Saiyans were all the same. Always increasing your power through physical fighting. Focusing the energy around you into ki attacks. But, you have always neglected the one muscle that had a real chance of improving your pitiful species. Your mind." The Dark Phoenix was on the ground now, standing over the shuddering Saiyan, who was clutching his head and crazed with pain.
"All beings have the potential for psychic attacks. Even the weakest fighter could easily overpower you with a single blow to your mind. You monkeys only concentrated on one small insignificant piece, and even that you're not much good at." She kneeled down next to him. "Little prince, you've never faced a goddess before. There is so much you cannot fathom that I can accomplish with the same ease with which you draw breath. You never had a chance. How can you possibly defeat the ultimate guardian of life, the chaos-bringer?"
Vegeta brought his hands down to his sides and clenched his fists. "Get. Out. Of. My. HEAD!" He backhanded her with as much strength as he could muster. Her head snapped to the side, swung back, and tilted to one side. The Phoenix narrowed her eyes and frowned.
"Such passion. Such stupidity." The Phoenix was suddenly very bored with her little sport. "I have better things to do."
She was about to stand when she was tackled from behind by Wolverine. The distraction momentarily freed Vegeta from the Phoenix's psychic hold. Wolverine had rolled Jean over and was straddling her, his claws pressing into the skin of her throat. The Phoenix laughed. "Don't you know I like to be on top, Wolverine!"
Her eyes glowed, and she was about to unleash an attack when Vegeta grabbed her by hair, yanked her from beneath Wolverine, swung her overhead, and slammed her down onto the sand hard enough to leave a crater.
"That's for invading my mind, bitch!" Vegeta stomped on her face. "That's for hurting Bulma!" He followed it with a ki blast. "And that's just because I'm angry!"
The Prince looked over at Wolverine. "She's all yours." He turned and walked back to where Bulma was at, not waiting for the Dark Phoenix to rise. However, Bulma was not where he left her, only a trail through the sand where she had apparently dragged herself over the next dune. Frantically, he ran after her.
Bulma was huddled by the seventh Dragonball, clutching it with her hands and arguing with the rest of the X-men and Krillin who were carrying the other six. When she saw him, she stopped what she was saying and beamed up at him.
"So you survived, eh, Vegeta?" Krillin asked.
Vegeta ignored him. "What are you standing around for? Call the Dragon!"
"That's just what I was saying!" Bulma agreed. "I said, 'We need to call the Dragon so that...hey, wait a minute why do YOU want it called?!," she asked him warily.
"Because, you baka, so I can wish for immortality and take her down once and for all!"
"Always with the immortality! Forget it, Vegeta! I'd rather destroy the Dragonballs like they want to before I'd ever imagine the world cursed with your eternal presence!" Bulma retorted.
"Listen, woman! Shut your yapping mouth! We've got to act quick!" Vegeta threw his arms in the air in frustration. As if on cue, the smoldering, but still breathing body of Wolverine thudded to the ground nearby. The ground shook, and the form of the firebird dominated the sky. In another moment, the dark goddess was hovering above them, anger and annoyance coming off of her in great waves. Cyclops, Storm, Krillin, and Vegeta exchanged glances. As a unit, they turned to take her on.
The four fought with Cyclops using his eyebeams at the maximum power. Storm threw giant tornadoes, ice storms, and lightning at her. Krillin formed as many destructo disks as he could and threw the spinning energy blades at her. Vegeta hit her with multiple ki blasts since she was too hot to get close to without incinerating himself, but he was holding back. He took the moment to think. She'd told him that Saiyans had only learned one small portion of psychic attacks, the ability to draw in the energy around them and force it back into an attack. He backed off from the fight and concentrated on doing just that.
The other three were surprised when the Dark Phoenix stopped short and whirled on Vegeta. Krillin's mouth dropped open at the sight in front of him. Vegeta was absorbing energy at an incredible rate of speed. In fact, though it must have been an optical illusion, it looked like the tail of the Phoenix was being channeled right into him. The air around him crackled and split, dimmed and brightened. The aura of the Phoenix seemed to be focusing itself around Vegeta as he began to glow in flashes. Even his hair was taking on the bright yellow glow of the Phoenix fire. Krillin could barely gauge his ki, it was so high, and it showed no sign of stopping.
"What are you DOING?" The Phoenix cried, looking very much in pain and distress.
Vegeta let out a giant scream as the sudden whooshing sound of a Super Saiyan rose above the burning rushing sound of the firebird. He looked down at them with blue eyes and glowing crackling hair. He stopped yelling and just smirked.
"Oh, NOW you're going to get it!" He launched himself at her with a full Super Saiyan assault.
"But how did you do that?!" The Dark Phoenix cried, breathless even though she didn't need to breathe to survive.
"You said it yourself, you big piece of pigeon crap, that Saiyans only knew one psychic attack. I simply FED off of you. And when you insulted me and my race, and particularly when you hurt Bulma, you opened up a capacity for power I never knew I had. Now, it's feather-plucking time!"
He was about to launch an attack when a giant spaceship appeared overhead. The X-men seemed to recognize it, but Vegeta and Krillin only stopped and stared in amazement. The Dark Phoenix even rolled her eyes. "Great, my favorite Imperial Guard has come to play."
Krillin turned to Storm, "Who's that?"
"That would be the Empress Lilandra of the Shi'ar empire and her Imperial Guard."
"What do they want?"
"They've come to destroy the Dark Phoenix. Again." Storm and the rest of the X-men backed up as a giant light illuminated on the bottom of the ship. Even Vegeta flew back a little ways. As the energy blast hit her, the last sound they heard was her laughing. In her place was a giant hole, filling with seawater. Vegeta panicked when he realized that Bulma had also been down there, but she was safe on another sand dune and was busy rearranging the Dragonballs. A few green flashes appeared on the beach, and a woman dressed in some sort of metallic armor and flowing cape surrounded by as strange a group of freaks as he'd ever seen made their way to the rest of the group. Still a Super Saiyan, he flew down to investigate.