Disclaimer: If you've seen it somewhere else, I don't own it! Sorry, but that's just they way it has to be.
"I'll handle this." Vegeita coolly announced as he stepped up to the doorway. He powered up a shot and launched it at the robots.
His energy bomb hit the first robot, but instead of destroying it, the energy passed over it, shrinking noticeably in the process. This repeated with every robot in its path until it had diminished to nothing.
The robot's eyes began to glow even brighter.
Vegeita glared out over the sea of machines. "Cryos, Zeethra. You must take the others and go ahead. Get past this and face The One. Save my daughter. Tell her… tell her that I'm sorry I could not be the one to save her."
"Dad, you can't!" Trunks yelled as the robots began to move in on them.
"But I must. I know I'm just an old man. I stand no chance against The One. This is all I'm good for now." He grabbed the closest robot and twisted it's head off.
"We'll stay as well." Said Jake, leader of the Animorphs. "I know we don't stand much of a chance against all these robots, but we stand even less of one if we try to face off against The One."
"Are you sure about this Vegeita?" Cryos asked. "This is your big chance to get back at The One."
"I'm sure, now GO! Before I change my mind…"
Vegeita started his slow ascension to Super-Sayian while the Animorphs started morphing.
Cryos saw Kentra wipe a tear from her eye as they flew over the heads of the robots. He was a little surprised, he'd thought that she hated Vegeita. He decided to not say anything about it just yet.
"Cryos!" Vegeita yelled after them. "Seal the passageway on the other side."
Once they reached the other side, Mewtwo set up a barrier while Draco and Draca iced it over to keep the little machines on their own side.
They weren't sure how long it'd last with them chipping away at it, but it would last long enough.
Another large door was on the one far side of the room. But unlike the last one, this had a control panel next to it.
Washu tapped a few buttons and it opened right up.
"No way…" Cryos said when he saw whit was on the other side. "I can't believe he installed an elevator in here!"
"Well, lets get this over with." Said Piccolo as he stepped inside.
Cryos took one last look back at the wall of ice and caught a brief glimpse of yellow glow, Vegeita locked in battle with the robots, before he stepped inside as well.
It was a very long ride down. It took almost ten minutes till, with a loud 'DING!' The doors opened.
Cryos looked out into a huge dark room. Pahrac hissed and it was a fill fifteen seconds before they heard the echo.
Cryos and Kentra stayed in the elevator longest of all. "Kentra," He said. I want you to listen, because this is the hardest thing I've ever had to say. You can't come with us here."
"But why?!" She demanded. "I'm almost as strong as you anymore! I could help!"
"True," Cryos agreed, "But strength and ability to fight are two very different things. You are a fighter of passion. Meaning that you fight on pure emotion. That's good for street fights and beginner sparring matches, but for something like this, you're more likely to get in the way than anything else. Or even worse, you could be caught and absorbed by The One. Besides," He put his hand on her stomach, "Think of your condition. You can't even go all-out without risking yourself and the baby."
She glared at him. Oh no, I know that look.
"I see what this is about!" She shrieked. "Your precious baby! We can't have the baby hurt now! Think of the baby! Well maybe I don't even WANT to help out! Did you think about that."
Cryos knew perfectly well what was coming up next. "DUCK AND COVER!" he yelled as he dove from the elevator just ahead of Kentra's energy wave.
The doors closed, and he used a low-power beam to weld them shut.
"Why did you weld them like that?" Trunks asked. "Seemed like you'd be lucky to even see her again."
"Her mood swings follow a pattern. She hates me now, but in a few minutes she'll be all over me if I let her. I just can't have her come barging in on this battle. Especially now, those mood swings could help, but she'll probably break down in tears halfway through the battle."
"Are we going to fight The One, or let him die of old age!?" Narakoo demanded.
"NO FEAR OF THAT HAPPENING…" Boomed a horrifying voice from all around them.
"Where did that voice come from!?" Piccolo yelled and peered out into the gloom.
Cryos heard typing and turned to see Washu frantically tapping away at her keyboard. "Activating lights… NOW!"
The room flared into sudden brightness, and for a moment, Cryos saw nothing but a strange puddle of slime on the floor.
Then looking up he saw the most horrifying thing of his life.
A jumble of grisly body parts was collected on the domed ceiling. At first Cryos thought he was seeing The One's trophies. Then he realized that the mass was moving! It was ALIVE!
As the terrified fighters stood in shock, the… things… on the ceiling began to liquefy, flowing together into one huge mass at the exact highest point on the domed ceiling.
The resulting blob dropped off and, before it even hit the floor, began to change into a being.
A worm-like creature shifted into a Kelbrid, then more humanoid things as well. Until it slowly turned into an almost human creature.
It stood on two long, thin legs, with a tall body and arms so long and thin that they didn't even look real. It's thin and pale face was sharply contrasted by the eyes. Dark black that didn't even reflect the light from their surface.
It was bald, but dressed in a rather fanciful suit and long cape that reached to the floor, no small feat when the being wearing it was over twelve feet tall.
The creature smiled at them, revealing sharp fangs. "They call me The One. The One who knows all, The One who IS all…" It said in a voice that was best described as pure evil mixed with equal parts of hate and loathing. "Welcome to your doom…"
