Reda: I don't own Dragon Ball Z. People, I admit it. I'm confusing. Does anyone agree?
Vee: I do!
Goku: I think so.
Gohan: Um...maybe.
Pan: Yep!
Chi-Chi: Yes you are!
Krillin: Um...well, you confuse me.
Jake: You're not confusing, Reda.
Vegeta: No one confuses the Prince of all Saiyans.
Reda: 2 against 6. I lost. I am confusing.
Vee: Ha! Ha! I win!
Goku: Vee, shut up.
Reda: Thanks, Goku.
Jake: Reda, you are NOT confusing. That's pieboy and that's why pieboy died.
Vee: Exactly! So, if Reda's confusing, we have to kill her!
Everyone: (except Pan) No!
Trunks: (walks in) If anyone wants to kill, Reda. They'd have to deal with me.
Jake: And me. Vee, you want to fight?
Vee: Later. I want to make a mess out of Reda, first.
Jake: That is not an option.
Vee: What? You think I'm serious? (Starts laughing) You seriously think I'm serious?
Krillin: Vee, it's not funny.
Trunks: No, it's not.
Reda: Ok people! There's enough tension in this room as it is. Jake, Trunks, leave Vee alone. He's just trying to annoy me, and he's NOT succeeding.
Vee: Oh, darn it!
Jake: All right then.
Trunks: Continue with what you were doing, Reda.
Reda: I will.
(Connection Pulled)
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Chapter 39: Emptiness
Emptiness- a vast area of nothing or containing nothing. Nothing- a thing that does not exist.
Those two words can mean a lot, but when Psyfoam uses the power of emptiness he uses it in the form of nothingness, in a way that cannot exist. It is hard for our minds to comprehend. How can emptiness be used? How can nothing be formed? It does not make sense, at least for us. For Psyfoam, emptiness and nothingness are a part of him. He is a part of emptiness and nothing is a part of him. And visa-versa.
And since our minds cannot comprehend a form of emptiness, we cannot comprehend the horrors of emptiness, either. But, what about a Special Saiyan? Can a Special Saiyan comprehend the horrors of emptiness? Why not?
Psyfoam is—was—the master of both Reda and Vee. So, of course they can comprehend emptiness because that is what Psyfoam is. But, think with me for a second here, if they've never seen the horror of emptiness, yet can comprehend it, won't it come as a bit of a shock when Psyfoam reveals what he has hiding underneath his dark black cloak? Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Horror of Emptiness...
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Goku struggled, twisting, turning, screaming. It was a fight to keep his sanity, his life, his self. He could feel the emptiness of Empty Space creeping ever closer, ever closer to the vital point in his heart. If it reached that point he would become like Psyfoam: pure, unrestrained, evil. And so he struggled against it like mad.
He could feel Reda and Vee fighting Psyfoam. Somehow he could pick them out...it was so clear. Amazing how he could see all that through all this torturous pain.
Vee had transformed for Pan. Reda had transformed for him. He loved his sister, but he had never known she had existed until just recently, so he didn't have the same feelings. She had known about him, worried about him, all her life. No wonder she got so angry at Psyfoam when she learned what that monster was putting him through. And Vee...Well, he loved Pan, though Goku would never understand why or when it had happened.
This was all well and good, but he was suffering over here. He was about to lose himself. Even Vegeta was feeling the pull of Empty Space now. If no one rescued them soon, they would both be lost and turn out to be just as cruel and evil as Psyfoam.
Goku wanted to shudder, but all he could do was scream and grip his heart as he continually fought against the powers of Empty Space. Reda, Vee, please hurry. I can't hang on forever. Please hur...ry...
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Reda charged forward first, Vee following her. They had a plan, made just for this moment, and it worked. Psyfoam put forth an attack against Reda, but of course she blocked it. That little time, in which Psyfoam had to realize his mistake, Vee had kicked him as hard as possible in the head.
Psyfoam actually bounced away at the force of Vee's kick. "Whoa...I got to watch my strength."
"No, Vee, you're doing just fine," Reda said as she sped off toward Psyfoam as fast as she could. In a blink she was there and Psyfoam looked up at her from his place in the dirt, rage in his eyes. "How does it feel to be the one eating mud, Psyfoam?"
He growled and then found his air supply temporarily stopped when Reda kicked him in the gut. Of course, Vee followed up on the attack with several energy blasts from the air. Reda glanced up when the energy beams stopped flowing, and through the smoke she caught sight of Vee's special attack: Vee Supreme. She reached her hand toward the sky, but got quite a shock when energy flowed into her outstretched hands, electrical energy. She smirked.
Vee, throw it!
Then get your ass out of the way!
In a flash she was beside Vee, her hands cackling with electricity. "What's that?" He asked after throwing his attack.
"I have no idea. Let's watch it together."
And then, Reda brought her arms down, aiming toward Psyfoam. At first nothing happened, but after the Vee Supreme proved to not get rid of Psyfoam, even if a very large crater was formed...The evil being smirked at their shocked faces and then he was the one to be shocked...by silver lightning from above.
Vee laughed, "Now whose turn is it to be electrocuted. See how you like it, Psyfoam!"
Reda laughed with him, but when the black-cloaked being began to laugh too, Reda was silenced, as was Vee. "You two still think you're winning?" Reda gulped when Psyfoam shook off the ash that covered him and saw him untouched underneath it all. "I have way more up my sleeve...or should I say...under my cloak than you think!"
Vee shivered beside her and Reda realized she was shivering too. This was not good. She seriously felt the evil in Psyfoam now. Reda looked down, got in control of her shivers, but then lost it all with a scream as she saw the emptiness of which created Psyfoam.
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She was washing dishes, several dishes. Her hands were getting calluses from washing too much. She would have to remember to ask Chi-Chi how she managed to survive washing Goku's dishes.
Trunks had gone out earlier to train. Of course, he would only train if the All-Powerful Kakarot allowed it. She let her thoughts wander, seeming to remember a time when she would train with Vee and when Kakarot, her blood related brother, went by a different name. Of course, the memories were fuzzy and probably for good reason. She could still remember fighting against Psyfoam and winning, but Kakarot had arrived and just picked up where Psyfoam left off. The universe was under Kakarot's control now.
Chi-Chi would tell stories whenever the women got together, but they were only stories. Who went by the name Goku? What kind of name was that? The stories usually said Goku was a hero, yet he had an evil side named Kakarot. And that was when the stories would end.
Reda found her way outside, she heard something odd when the door closed behind her, and when she turned around she nearly threw up with tears. Trunks had been mutilated and hung to the door; his eyes were poked out, his organs were falling out of his gut, and his heart was sitting on top of his bloodstained head. She couldn't believe it; Trunks was dead; her husband was dead.
Reda heard laughing behind her and spun around to see her brother, Kakarot, standing there with a dagger in hand. "You killed Trunks?" She asked, her throat tight as tears fell from her eyes.
"He disobeyed me, and as such, the whole family suffers with him," Kakarot said with an evil gleam in his eyes.
Reda knew it was useless to call for help. No one in their right mind would try to stop their leader: Kakarot. Still, it was quite a shock to find a dagger in her belly and her brother laughing in her face.
The Horror...
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Vee walked in the darkness. Everyone was gone, and he had been left to wander the emptiness in torment. Tears still came to his eyes at the memory.
Psyfoam: finally defeated.Vegeta: returning to make up for his attitude problem. Goku: lost to the cruelties of Empty Space. Reda: hardly finding any comfort in her new lover, Trunks. Goten: ending his life with his own energy. Gohan: leaving forever to search out his father, probably ending up in heaven or hell. Pan: sad, lost, yet still defiant.
It was not the way he pictured his win against Psyfoam at all. Everyone was supposed to celebrate, not die, or get lost, or go insane. If only they had saved Goku in time. Then, everything would have gone as planned. Now, Goku ruled the universe as Kakarot, and man was it hell!
That's why Vee traveled in darkness. He wasn't in Empty Space—hell no—just walking on a planet so desolate not even Psyfoam could care about it. A breeze ruffled his clothes, but he kept trudging on. He shouldn't be here; he should have been on Earth with Pan, but hell she had eventually died as well. They were all dead now, every last one of them, even Reda. He was the only Saiyan remaining. Or so he thought...
"Hey, Vee, is that you?"
He looked up at the voice and stared into the eyes of his younger brother, Vege. "Oh...Kami! Vege! You're alive! How?"
"I'll tell ya..." Vege suddenly stopped and slumped down into the sad arms of his brother. Vee didn't even need to check his pulse to know Vege, his favorite brother, was really dead.
This time, tears fell freely when he realized it had been his own energy blast, the one meant for himself, that had killed Vege for good. "Noooooooooo!"
...of Emptiness
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Trunks: Reda, that's what you saw?
Reda: (nods) Yeah...and now...I feel sad.
Jake: Don't worry about it, Reda. It's done and over with, right?
Reda: Yeah...(Smiles) Thanks Jake.
Vegeta: Vee, what's with Vege? Why did you see that little weakling?
Vee: For your information, Vegeta...Vege was even stronger than me!
Everyone: What?
Pan: Vege was stronger than you, Vee?
Vee: At least...he was; he had far greater potential than I ever did, and yet Psyfoam chose me instead of him.
Pan: That's good though, cause even if you say Vege is that awesome...I wouldn't trade you for him any day.
Gohan: Pan, are you serious?
Pan: Of course I am, father! Does it really matter what age you are; I mean, love is not limited by age.
Goku: That's true.
Chi-Chi: Oh yes it is! (Smiles at Goku, who blushes and turns his head away)
Krillin: (laughs) Shoot, I can't say anything about love and age, but I can say something about marrying a killer android.
#18: (Walks in) Krillin!
Krillin: Oh great!
Vegeta: What's with the flock of people?
Vee: It's normal around here you stuck up prince! Reda and I are much more popular than you!
Vegeta: Vee...
Reda: Guys, guys that's enough. We're in the middle of a fight with Psyfoam here. No need to get in a fight ourselves.
Jake: Reda, we're not actually fighting Psyfoam now, though.
Reda: I know that, but that's not the point.
Trunks: Yeah, the point is...you need to ask for reviews.
Reda: (sarcasm) Thanks for the nice reminder, Trunks.
Trunks: Oops.
Reda: All right people. Review please. I really want to see if my fans are still reading, or if you guys all gave up on me...so review!
Vee: Reda, are you tired?
Reda: Yes! I'm going to go to sleep now! Until next time, people! C-ya!
(Connection Pulled)