It Lies Within

By Moonraker One

CHAPTER FIVE – Unholy Power

            As his ship descended on the scene where all hell had just broken loose, Bibidi cackled loudly as he watched Pan look up at him. She knew him quite well; this was the evil wizard Bibidi, who had granted her the power that she wielded like a mighty weapon. She did not, however, desire to get to know this little imp of a being. She knew him deeply and did not want anything to do with a being lesser than herself. Now that she had the degree of power that she did, there was no way for him to take it away from her or to limit what she was capable of. That simple fact made him, deep down, fear for his life. Outward, though, he wanted only one thing; for her to obey his every desire.

            "Well," he said, stepping off of his ship. "I see that you are already in the process of discovering your new abilities!" She smirked as she proceeded towards him. He swallowed hard as she stood two inches away from him; she was close to six feet, and he was almost three and a half feet shorter than her. This gave her quite a commanding presence. "Well? Aren't you going to say something?!"

            She smiled a half-smile, with a sort of wicked sense about it. "I can see that you made me what I am," she replied. "I want you to know that I thank you for granting me the power of total dominion. Now that I am the being that I am, I give you a choice." He crossed his arms; he already sort of knew what she was going to say to him, he just did not want to accept it. She tilted her head left, then right, then straightened it out and stared right into his eyes; she seemed to be staring a hole straight through him. "You can either be my subordinate or my enemy. It would be extremely wise not to oppose me, for you can no longer harm me."

            "If you leave me no other option, I shall be your servant," he said, frowning a defeated frown. "But I want you to know that the first option I get to annihilate you, be it any means, I will do just that." He was right; the wizard Bibidi did not ever serve anyone. He gave orders and those orders were his to give. She should have and probably did know this fact. She just did not care.

            "Then I guess I have no choice. You will have to be my complete slave, with no free will of any sort or variety. You are a threat to my absolute rule." She then reached down and grabbed him by his neck. He screamed out loud as she drained his life force and his powers directly through the touching tissue of her hand and his throat. "Pathetic mage," she said as she hurled his lifeless corpse to the side.

            Ma-jin Rilldo, standing at the doorway the entire time, looked up to his new master with eager servitude. "Master!" he said. "May I ask you a question? Why, if you're a female, do you still have the body of that male human?"

            She lowered her head in a demeaning way. "Is it really that big a question on your mind, subordinate?!"

            He swallowed hard; he did not want to suffer his old master's fate. "Not..really.." he replied, hesitatingly. "I…was just curious!"

            She shook her head exasperatedly. "Rilldo," she replied, "I want to be female. It's just that by possessing a muscular male body, I can be far more imposing-looking."

            "B…but then why is your head the same?!"

            She was growing angry. "Because I want some part of me to look like me!"

            He shut up quickly. "Sorry master!"

            "Let's get moving! There is much work to do!"

            She flew up high in the air, close to a mile above the ground. She looked around until she located the energy signal of Goten, Trunks, and Maron. She smiled and tore off quickly in their direction; they were training at Kami's lookout post. Trunks, who was sensing the evil battle at Gohan's house from high up at the lookout, took stance quickly as Pan—who possessed Tien's body but her head—flew up and landed just feet from them.

            "Young ones," she replied. "You will be my servants. I understand that you will not defy me."

            He did not want to obey her, for he knew in his heart what was happening. He understood, however, that he could do far more to possibly stop her one day alive than dead. "Yes, Pan," he said. "I don't want to die." Goten and Maron, who were just hanging out more than training, came up and bowed right next to him.

            "That's more like it," Pan replied. "My first decision as Goddess of all that exists is to make a law regarding my subordinates." They all looked down in shock at their bodies; they had transformed. "My servants will, regardless of their prior design, have to wear my body and my clothing as their uniform to designate them as my servants. All will have a female body that looks just like mine in my true form, and my clothes on at all times. Their head will remain their own, as well as their voice."

            Trunks hated this decision; it meant that he was at her full control, unable to do anything but her will. He knew that somehow, someday, he was going to get back at her for this. "Pan?" Goten said. "Is there any way we can have our old bodies back?"

            She angrily shouted "NO!" She then turned around and stared down at the Planet Earth. "This will be my home. My house will be the castle here at the lookout. And, the entire planet's surface shall be my yard. As the master of this home, all things that walk the surface shall be subject to my will!"

            She smiled as she stirred up a storm that showered the sky with lightning. "My subjects," she said, spinning around to look at her servants. "You may roam this and all planets in the universe at your desire. I shall summon you when I have need for you. Also, the mortals I killed earlier shall be resurrected. I figure it will be far less boring with them under my control."

            Goten, Trunks, and Maron each felt themselves gain a large portion of power—nowhere near hers but close—enter them. It was with this that they had to find a way to topple ultimate power. None of the three knew what they had to do, or how to get what they needed. It was only a matter of keeping it secret.