Dragonball Super Otherworld Chapter 2 - All Hail Lord Slug!

Why do you like playing around with

My narrow scope on reality

I can feel it start slipping

I think I'm breaking down



Why do you like playing around with

My narrow scope on reality

I can feel it all start slipping away



See but I don't get it

Don't you think maybe we could put it on credit

Don't you think it can take control when I don't let it

I GET STUPEFIED!

And I don't get it

Don't you think maybe we could put it on credit

Don't you think it could take control when I don't let it

I GET STUPEFIED!

Look in my face, stare in my soul

I begin to stupify

"Stupify," - Disturbed, DBZ Movie #4: Lord Slug

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Genji walked with the man across the landscape, noticing how a lot of it was dying off. Some of the grass felt dry under his bare feet, and several of the trees had leaves that were clinging for dear life to their branches. The boy was suspicious. Piccolo would sometimes tell stories about Nameksei, and none of this was how he described it.

'Something feels wrong here. I'm not sure why....'

It felt like little time had passed before they reached what looked like a giant building.

The guard stopped just in front of it.

"Ah, here it is. Lord Slug's ship."

Genji's eyes almost popped out of his head. A ship! He didn't realize they could be so big! It resembled a circular building with a single tower in front, almost like an old fashioned theater. The hull was a shiny black metal, and the windows around it seemed to have a purple tint to them. It rested on six giant legs almost like how a beetle would stand. The overall size of it was what impressed Genji. It was as big as a millionare mansion!

'Oh man.......this is just GREAT! How much worse can this bad feeling of mine get?!'

Suddenly, the man next to him got down on one knee in bow as another figure approached him. Genji looked at the one approaching, and instantly felt fear. It was another man, although dressed differently than the others around him. Genji noticed the crashing force of the man's ki before he got a good look at the face.

The man approaching was about six feet tall, and was on the line of bulky and scrawny, just somewhere inbetween. He wore a black cloak over his head and shoulders, but it didn't hide his bright yellow tunic. The tunic was draped over purple and white armor. Genji squinted to get a look at the man's face, and could only see a wrinkled face in the shadows of the cloak.

"Fru ec drec?" the man demanded of the soldier on his knee. Genji just gave a polite mini-bow to the powerful one as the soldier shook.

"My lord," the soldier studdered, then explained in the strange language: "drec puo fyc cbuddat hud vyn vnus rana. Ra lyhhud cbayg, yht ryt hu nalummaldeuh ruf ra kud rana. E druikrd ed pacd du pnehk res du oui, Lord Slug."

'So, this is Slug....' Genji thought, looking at the man's face. Slug got closer, allowing Genji a better look. The face was green, and very wrinkled. There was also a pink scar going across his eye. Genji evaluated that Slug was a strong and powerful warrior sometime in his life, but the strength seemed to have vanished with time. The power was still there, Genji could feel it.

Slug captured Genji's chin in one hand, and held the boy's head up. Genji remained perfectly still as his head was turned side to side and in several different angles of view.

"A human?"

Genji nodded meekly.

'Phew, he can speak English too....'

"So, you cannot speak, boy?"

Genji just shook his head, biting his lip.

"That's alright." Slug smiled. "I can find out everything myself. Hold still."

His hand went off Genji's chin and grabbed the top of his head. Surprised, Genji tried to back away, but the old Slug's grip was too strong.

**What are you doing? Stop it! Let go!**

"Just relax, boy." Slug soothed.

Genji suddenly couldn't help it. His body lost the freedom of movement and he felt incredibly drowsy. He slumped over foreword slightly, and his eyes partly closed. Behind his eyelids, he could see his life flashing by. His friends, his family, his home on the mountain, the wolf Gods of the mountain, his training as a skilled archer, his travels across the Earth........

.......finally, to last night.....with the girl, and her message for him.......

It all went by in just a few seconds.

Slug smiled at the boy and took his hand away. Genji fell limply to the ground, feeling little to no ki in his body. Then, he felt someone pick him up and drape him over a shoulder.

"Bnabyna drec puo y rud saym yht haf lmudrac!" he heard Slug shout. "Ymand sa frah ra fygac ib!"

Then, he heard the old man's low voice whisper in his ear.

"I will speak to you when you wake up, Genji."

The boy then fell fast asleep.

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Genji then awoke in a very cold atmosphere. He opened his eyes and found himself in a large bed. He promptly sat up, and looked around. He was in a rather elegant room, decorated with dark colors. He noticed that on the bed next to him was a red and black uniform neatly folded, and next to that was a tray of food that looked like shrimp with noodles on the side.

Genji's stomach insisted that it was time to eat, so Genji pulled the tray towards him. Without utensils, Genji scooped up the shrimp-like food with his hands. He wiped the surprising amount of grease on his shirt to clean his fingers. The food was very warm, which helped to heat him up a little, but he was still cold. He took a look at the uniform, seeing that it was long sleeved, and felt very soft and flexible. Looking around to be sure there was no one else in the room, he slipped the clean clothes over his own.

The uniform was a black one-piece outfit that stretched to his wrists and ankles. Along with it was a red tunic piece that looked more like a long vest. He put that on, and strapped it on with a yellow obi cloth, tying it off at a knot in the back. There were also some boots handy. Since Genji wasn't wearing shoes, he decided to put the yellow leather on. He didn't really care how he looked, but he did feel more comfortable and much warmer.

He wandered around the room, looking for the door.

'How do I get out of here? I need to find that girl......she's the only one who can tell me what's going on.....'

Then, a door opened just opposite of the bed. Genji turned his head towards it, seeing a trooper walking into the room. Genji could see his face: it looked like a purple lizard! The lizard turned to the boy.

"Lord Slug has learned your name is Genji. Is this correct?"

It sounded like the man who led Genji here! Slightly surprised, he nodded. The lizard handed the boy what looked like a mini-computer.

"Here's the holopad I was talking about." Then, he handed him what looked like a metal pen. "Use this to write on the screen. The pad will decifer your words to a language Lord Slug can understand. Got it?"

Genji nodded. Sounded simple enough.

"Good. Follow."

The lizard walked out the door, and Genji followed. The corridors were lit to a dim indigo, much like how the windows of that ship were tinted.

'Whoa......are we.......INSIDE THE SHIP?!'

Genji started to shake as he walked behind the lizard. He spotted several other soldiers walking through the halls past them. There was a very small variety of other species on board. One looked like a flat-headed iguana colored orange with small bat wings. Another alien looked like a squat frog with giant, red lips and googly yellow eyes. Other looked close to human with marble colored skin, fire orange hair, and a purple tunic.

Genji decided to test out the holopad and wrote down a question in English.

"Who are you guys, and who is Lord Slug?"

As soon as he wrote out the entire question, the words changed to strange charcters of straight lines and triangles. He showed it to his lizard guide, letting the man read it.

"Heh." the lizard grinned through it's small but sharp teeth. "Not many have heard of us, but they soon will. We are the Demon Tribe from the planet Slug. That is also where our Lord origonates, too. However, Slug was destroyed by that evil space tyrant, Freeza. So, we are looking for a home to call our own."

The words were erased from the holopad, so Genji wrote another question: "And you came to Nameksei for a new home?" Then, he showed it to the lizard.

"No." the lizard replied. "We came here to get something before we move on."

Genji nodded, understanding their problem. Freeza was also well known in his world too, Piccolo told the boy all about the horrible pale-colored lizard. However, one thing felt wrong, still. Even though he never heard of Lord Slug, there was something.......not right about him. And what the lizard guide just said........Not many have heard of us, but they soon will.........that didn't feel right either.

'I wonder what is going on here.......'

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Genji was soon taken to a spacious command center. It was shaped in a circle, with navigation computers lining the walls. Squat little creatures wearing cloaks and hoods were monitoring the computers, tapping away at them. In the center of the room was a grand throne made of black metal and lined with red fabric. Sitting in the throne was Slug.

The old man looked Genji right in the eye, making goosebumps siccor right up Genji's neck. Genji clutched a fist behind his back to contain his fear, but kept his face straight and emotionless. He tried to be like Piccolo or his father in situations like this.

"Come in, Genji." Slug offered, beconning with his hand. "The two of us have much to discuss."

Genji relaxed his fist and brought it from behind his back as he walked in. He got his holopad ready, about to ask his first question when it suddenly floated out of his hand. It drifted to Slug, who caught it and set it aside.

"That's not neccesary. Let's talk the way you do."

Genji blinked in confusion as Slug narrowed his eyes at him.

**Let's talk like this, Genji, m'boy.**

Genji shocked himself into tumbling towards the wall. He didn't see that coming!

Slug laughed at him.

"Did I scare you? Catch you off guard. I'm so sorry, Genji."

Genji walked away from the wall, standing straight.

**That's fine. There's not many off my planet who can speak the Language of the Gods.**

"Oh, is that what you call it? The Language of the Gods?" Slug chuckled. "Interesting. Well, let's get started, shall we?"

Genji crossed his arms, trying to look more like his father.

**Started with what? What did you need to know?**

"I know all that there is to know about you, m'boy." Slug shook a hand of halt at Genji. "I read your mind, saw your entire past. Very fascinating, for a human."

Genji tried to not look afraid.

**Well, that saves us a lot of time. So, I don't have to tell you anything about myself....**

"No, that's fine." Slug smiled. "I just wanted to make you an offer."

Genji remained silent, letting Slug continue.

"We came to Nameksei for it's dragonballs. You know what those are, right?" When Genji nodded, Slug continued. "Well, there is a wish I want from Porunga, the dragon god. I wanted to know if you were interested in joining us."

Genji bit his lip, still sensing something was wrong.

"Hesitant, son? Well, your memories have shown me that you have an exisit power. That power will be of some use to us during this dragonball hunt. You see, my crew is short on a lot of men because of these dragonballs. Nameksei is actually a very dangerous place to those who do not know the land."

Genji narrowed his eyes.

**So, you want me to go out of my way just to be another one of your men? To be a part of a Demon Tribe?**

"Don't like the sound of it, eh?" Slug chuckled. "Well, you can't hide the fact that you have qualities of a demon yourself, Genji."

The boy refused to be phased. Whatever Slug said to him, Genji could let it roll right off his shoulders.

**So?**

"You don't want to join us, Genji DragonLore? Son of Cell?"

Genji fiercely shook his head.

**No offence, Lord Slug. An inner voice is telling me that I shouldn't join forces with you. I should be trying to get back home instead. Thanks anyway.**

Slug suddenly frowned, raising a hand in Genji's direction.

"Feh. Kids these days......"

He fired a ki blast at Genji. It didn't feel strong, so Genji held out his hands and caught the blast. He flung it up to the ceiling, letting the blast explode up above. Slug sat up as small pieces of debris rained down on them.

"That was a warning shot. I'm not letting you go, Genji. You're too valuable to let slip through my fingers, esspecially if you have the attention of that Agent of the Fate."

Genji blinked.

**Agent of the Fate?**

'That girl....... Is that what he means? That girl with olive-green hair?'

Genji powered up his ki as high as it would go, creating his aura of screaming souls. The squatty creatures in the room screamed and ran into the halls for safety while Slug walked towards the boy.

"You don't scare me, boy. You're just making me more interested in you. You'd be a valuable lieutenant for my crew."

Genji clutched his fists in front of him.

"Now, now. You'd fight a helpless, old man? Just listen to me a moment."

**I don't think you're that helpless, but go ahead and talk.**

"Imagine what your power can do for you, and for both of us. See, that Agent brought you to this planet, because she is also interested. She wants to keep you from going back home. But I can take you back, in this very ship, without her knowing."

Genji gnashed his teeth, hesitating to reply.

"You see, this is a fair trade. If you help me to get all seven dragonballs, then I will take you home. How does that sound? Deal?"

There was still something wrong. Genji decided to get outside as fast as he could, but with Slug in the way that was just impossible.

'I don't want to be here........but I want to go home........but I can't join with Slug. Something just feels.....incredibly wrong.....'

Slug extended his right hand to Genji, trying to seal his deal with a handshake.

"Do we have a deal?"

Genji quickly got an idea. He smirked, and grabbed Slug's hand.

"Oh, good. I knew you'd see it my way."

**Psyke!**

"What?"

Suddenly, Genji gripped Slug's hand hard and flung the old man across the room. Slug was slammed into his throne, breaking it apart, and crashing into the opposite wall. Genji turned to the wall his back was against and fired at it with a ki blast. It broke open a hole in the hull, showing the Nameksei landscape outside. He quickly jumped out of it, and flew off as fast as he could.

Inside the ship, the crew quickly ran to Slug's aide. Although his arm was snapped and bending the wrong way, the old man laughed.

"He is amazing, isn't he?!" he roared in amusement. "How many people can say they've managed to break my arm in combat?" He sat up, holding his lame arm in his other hand.

"Yvdan res!" he ordered. "Pnehk dryd puo du sa ymeja yht eh taleahd luhtedeuh!"

The soldiers saluted, and jumped out the hole Genji made, flying after him. Slug grinned as he ripped off his own injured arm.

"You're not getting away, Genji. You have no idea where you are........"

He roared as he powered his ki, and the arm regrew from it's socket, covered in blood.

"........and we do........"



TO BE CONTINUED!



Author's Note: Okay, for those who are wondering about the language Slug and his guys are using.......it is supposed to be Namekian. But I was too lazy to come up with Namekian words, so I used the Al Bhed language in it's place (it is spoken in FFX). Here's a translater I use to help write Al Bhed:

http://www.squareinsider.com/games/ffx/translator/translator.php

Have fun deciphering!

~Masq