Chapter Eleven – To Die For

'Vegeta, no!' She had to watch powerlessly as Vegeta walked right into his trap. Her wrists were chained to the wall and she was injured pretty bad.

'Karo, you son of a bitch! I'll kill you for this, I swear!'

"Now now, don't be so rude, Tara. After all, he's only a Saiyan. Since when so you care about others? When I first met you, all you seemed to care about was yourself."

'That's so not true,' she growled inside her mind. 'I just hate people who turn evil – like yourself.'

"You're calling me evil? You hypocrit!" he hissed while chaining Vegeta to the opposite wall. "You caused this shit! You weren't supposed to break so many rules… You're about to have them both, now how twisted is that?"

'My feelings are true, Karo. I cannot be blamed for them.'

"You wish! You should have sent Trunks back. If you had, I wouldn't be here now to punish you all."

'You won't get away with this,' she groaned. 'Trust me, you won't.'

Karo, a dark Magician who sold his soul to acquire more power, laughed evilly.

"Until the powers of good are going to save you – oh my! They won't since you're not a pureblood! – I'm going to have some more fun with this Saiyan monkey."

"Who are you calling a monkey, you ugly-faced piece of shit?" Vegeta had woken up and lifted his head to see his capturer only to get hit in the face by the staff of the dark Magician warrior.

Tara cursed the fact that she couldn't speak or telepathically contact Vegeta.

'Please Vegeta, don't tease him. You don't know what you're dealing with.'

She watched Karo beating up Vegeta and clenched her jaws together, trying to push back her tears. 'I got him into this… Karo's going to kill him!'

"Ah, now I see what you're trying to do," Karo suddenly cried out. "The time-traveler is here as well, isn't he? Waiting for a signal so he can storm in and kill the big bad guy, saving his princess and his father at the same time."

Vegeta almost jumped through the roof, but the chains stopped him from going that far.

"FATHER? What the hell are you talking about?" He coughed up blood.

"They haven't told you yet? This halfbreed Saiyan from the future is your son to be! Anyway, it doesn't matter now. You're all going to die. Let's invite him in, shall we?"

He spoke some words in Magician language and thunder came out of his hands. Vegeta got hit and screamed so loud the cave started shaking.

"Here he comes now," Karo says, obviously enjoying himself.

*You knew I'm his father and you didn't tell me?*

Because Karo shifted his attention to Trunks, Vegeta and Tara could talk telepathically. She felt his rage, but it felt good. He was a long way from being dead.

*Yes, I knew all along. Hit me if you can.*

*Does this guy have a weak spot?*

*He's a pureblood Magician and evil, his magic powers are way bigger than mine. To be honest, I really don't know what to do.*

*Great.*

Trunks came in, already in Super Saiyan mode, his aura flashing up with golden sparks. He drew his sword and shouted: "Release them right now or die!"

Karo got into a fighting stance.

*Trunks, whatever you see, don't believe it. He's a Magician-* Tara was interrupted by Karo's staff, sending an energy bolt towards her, hitting her in the face and shutting her up.

"Talking again, aren't we? I hope you enjoyed your last words, Tara." He started saying a spell, but before his staff stroke towards her, Trunks struck down the staff with his sword.

"You've got a lot of nerve to try and kill someone who cannot fight back," he hissed.

Karo looked surprised. "What kind of weapon is that?" He jumped back and got into a defensive stance.

"Take a wild guess." Trunks flashed him a smirk which was actually Vegeta's trademark.

"This complicates things slightly," Karo smiled. "But still you cannot win."

"And why is that?"

"If you kill me, your mother will die in her timeline." Karo showed Trunks a vision of the older Bulma inside a wrecked Capsule Corp.

"You have no power over her."

"Are you willing to take that gamble?"

Trunks was torn apart by the choice between the two dimensions. His hands trembled when he slowly put his sword down.

"I'm not. You win, Magician."

Karo put out his hand and the sword floated up to him. "I like it," he said with a horrible smile. "Now wouldn't it be ironic if the kid was killed by his own sword?" Faster than the eye could see, he attacked Trunks and stabbed him with his own sword. Trunks gasped for air and fell down bleeding bad.

Tara felt immense rage burn up inside of her and finally exploded. Her eyes became fully black and a cold breeze suddenly blew through the cave. Her nails became much longer and thicker, like claws.

"You… beast!" she snarled, breaking free and jumping onto Karo's back. She literally tore him apart, using her claws, newly unleashed magic power and her Saiyan strength.

"Trunks…" She fell to her knees crying and looked over to the motionless body of her close friend.

WHAT? Did I really just let Trunks die? Oww. Evil me! Read the next chapter, people. It's not always as bad as it seems…