Black Dawn: part 2
Sugakoo
He was sealed inside a pod of organic material, just like Cold had written in his personal diary. The substance they needed to melt it was difficult to obtain, now that the Cold Empire was gone, but when it was poured on the pod, it worked instantly. Within a few seconds, a strange being lay in the puddle that had been his tomb. "Sugakoo," Saicho gasped. He was strong, obviously, Saicho could tell by just looking at him. He had to be as strong as Coola in his fourth form now, and that wasn't near what he could offer at full power. At full power, he would be the strongest. Sugakoo's eyes snapped open. He was awake. Saicho and the two scientists quickly stepped out of the room, closing the energy resistant door. It was lucky. Sugakoo stood slowly, and then, unleashing a mighty raw, he let loose his full power on the laboratory around him. The power flooded from his body, uncontrolled, shooting from his arms, legs, eyes and mouth, creating a brilliant, thundering aura around him. Then it was all over. The lab was in ruin and Sugakoo stood in the middle of it, stretching his muscles. The door opened and Saicho stepped in. "Who are you?" Sugakoo asked. "You are not Coola. This is Freeza Planet#79, but there are no powerful soldiers on the planet. Nobody manning the guard towers. You are one of the strongest on the planet! What is this?!!"
"I am sorry sir," Saicho said, "but the Cold family has been overthrown. Freeza was defeated and injured seriously by a saiyan worrier, on planet Namik. He disappeared, following the saiyan to his home planet, along with his father. Coola came to that planet 1 year later, and also disappeared. All three are presumed dead." Sparks came from Sugakoo's fingers. "He went to Namik! He disobeyed me to the last! He even went after the saiyans! What if he has killed one of them?! If he were alive I would make sure he did not keep that status, in fact, I may pay him a visit after I've been to the Kai planet! Now I have only one hope."
"Sir, I resurrected you," Saicho said, "I recovered Freeza's logs. I know about the Black Dawn Prophecy. I could help you!"
"You could," Sugakoo mused. "I am leaving for now. I want you to organize a force of the strongest men you could find. I will return in ten days. Have a ship prepared to transport the army. We will leave soon after my return."
"Yes sir," Saicho said, but Sugakoo had already disappeared.
***
Gohan walked out of the Orange Star University, increasing his pace as he got further from the building, and then breaking into flight. He rocketed over the city faster than any aircraft. The three-day mathematics tutorial was over. He turned west and headed towards Dende's lookout, a quick detour before heading home. He would be back before Chi-chi missed him.
***
Kibitokai and his ancestor were on the planet of The Grand Kai. Ever since he had seen Majin Buu defeated, Old Kai had been pondering over Earth. The saiyan, Goku was stronger than all of them put together. It looked like he was the strongest in the universe, now that Gohan had stopped training for so long. Even The Supreme Kai after fusing with his assistant couldn't match him. This bothered him that a saiyan stronger than all of them combined existed. If something went wrong, if Goku got out of control, then it would all be over, which was what he was trying to convince North Kai of now. "I've learnt to trust Goku," North Kai said. And the universe would be in a big mess without those guys. Not only would we still have the Cold family on our hands but the androids, Cell and Majin Buu would still be here."
"May I remind you," Said Old Kai, "that if Goku never existed than the androids wouldn't have been created, and Buu could never have been woken as strong? And if it wasn't for Vegeta then Freeza would never have learnt about the dragon balls, and would have grown old and died anyway."
"May I step in to the conversation?" asked Kibitokai, "I think Goku is an insurance policy. You live by the old ways, ancestor, and if you were to, put Goku out of the picture, it would still take a lot of training to bring us to his level, and besides, both you and North Kai are still in power only because you have nobody to replace you. You are both dead, are you not? You yourself break the rules that bound your generation of Kai's. Those laws are obsolete because they only work in a situation where the Kai's are the strongest in the universe."
"Which if Goku wasn't alive would be true," Old Kai retorted.
"Wrong," a third voice said. "If Goku was dead, I would be the strongest, and I am most certainly not a Kai."
Kibitokai spun around. In front of him was a demon like worrier. His skin was blood red, and he wore a form fitting suit that seemed to swell out when he breathed, as if it were alive. He had long fangs and deep red eyes that glowed malignantly in the dim light rapidly fading as the demon stood, emanating an evil aura around him. "Greetings Kais," he said, venom dripping from his voice, "what an honor it is to be here among you today. My name is Sugakoo. How do you do?!!" He raised two fingers and shot an incredibly fast beam from them. Kibitokai dropped to his knees, clutching his chest in agony. "Where is Dai Kaio when you need him?" Sugakoo taunted. "Oh no! Buubuu ate him! Now your only defense is this weak Supreme Kai, who is out after one single attack! You can't risk bringing the worriers you trained into battle! They're all dead, and would be no match for me anyway! And to think, you wanted to take Goku's strength, or even have him killed! Then you would really be in trouble! Nobody to save you! In one single attack I could have taken over the universe!" All the kais looked on in shock, as the demon taunted Kibitokai. "This can't be," North Kai said. "The Black Dawn Prophecy. I thought Sugakoo could never be awoken. I was a fool. I should have had it destroyed! This is just like Buu, only worse! Buu could be beaten, but this, it can't die!"
Sugakoo spun. "Something wrong, North
Kai? Does it bother you that you could not anticipate my reawakening? Are you
following in the footsteps of your ancestor? Are you going to stand back while
I kill everyone else? After all, there's no point in killing you. Goku did that
for me!"
North Kai stood his ground. "It won't happen that way," he said. "I'm not like The Supreme Kai. Goku and the people from Earth will defeat you, somehow!"
"I doubt that. You Kais depend on Goku. What if you were all alone?! What if Goku was really dead, like one of your own people planned?"
"If Goku was dead, we would give up," North Kai said. "But he isn't. You should think of the present, after all, the present is most important."
"The future is the result of the present. What happens now will determine what will happen in 100 years, and besides, I have a prophecy to fulfill, so to me, the future is much more important!" His voice quieted to almost a whisper. "But for you, Kais, the future will be very bleak."
***
All was quiet at Capsule Corporation's living quarters. Vegeta had damaged the gravity room, again, and had come inside and collapsed on the couch in frustration. Since then he had turned on the sports channel, and now had his eyes glued to a wrestling match. Android 16 stood in the doorway, looking on silently. Since he had no readable power, Vegeta couldn't sense him. He stepped into the room. It was time to announce his presence. "Vegeta?" The saiyan was up in a second, charging up a weak energy ball in his right hand to hurl at the android. He had recognized him from the Cell Game 11 years earlier. He launched the ball, to give him time to transform into a Super Saiyan. Android 16 caught it in his hand and bounced it harmlessly out the open window. Before Vegeta could transform, probably wrecking the room and a lot more, 16 grabbed him by the arms and slammed him into the couch, leaving his imprint in the back of it. "Vegeta, I did not come to harm you," he said, "I have been revived to help you. Please find your son, and then we will fly to Goku's home. There is trouble on the Kai planet which will soon be here."
***
Goku, Chi-chi, Gohan and Goten (phone disconnected by strong winds) were outside enjoying the peaceful night. "The sounds of the animals," Goku said. "They're-"He was interrupted by Vegeta, Trunks and Android 16 coming in to view, settling down in front of them. "Hey Trunks," Goten said.
"Oh Vegeta, how are you," Goku greeted his nemesis, "and aren't you that android who was going to kill me? I thought Cell blew you into a million pieces!"
"He did," 16 said, "but I was revived to help you. You have a battle to fight. The Supreme Kai has been attacked by a crime lord almost as strong as Majin Buu, and much more dangerous."
"Oh no," Chi-chi said, "not again!"
"Looks like it is Chi-chi," Goku said, "don't worry, I'll keep my promise."
"Kakarot and his wife," Vegeta muttered. Gohan who was standing next to him chuckled softly.
***
"In five days the Earth will be attacked by a huge force. The kai planet is probably now under the control of the demon who engineered this. We need to save both planets." Android 16 and the saiyans were inside now, around a table. "Both?" Gohan asked, "How can we do that?"
"In 5 days some of us will go to the Kai planet, where the larger threat is," 16 explained. "The weaker ones will remain on Earth to take on the force that is coming here and then once Earth is safe Goku will come to collect the ones who stayed, and we will complete the job on the Kai planet. Goten and Trunks will stay in the charge of Piccolo, wile Goku, Gohan, Vegeta and I will travel to The Kai world."
"I thought you would be considered one of the weaker fighters android," Vegeta said. "You were defeated by Cell."
"When I was revived I was granted much greater strength so I could be more use to you," 16 told them, "I was actually meant to survive the Cell game and become one of you, but all the time travel made the timeline unstable and for a time nobody could accurately predict what would happen."
"So the timeline actually changed without any real reason?" Gohan wondered, "Strange. It was Androids 19 and 20 who first attacked us in this timeline, and we never quite figured out why the two weren't the same, and in future Trunks's timeline you never seemed to show up at all." The conversation was interrupted by Goten falling off his chair. He had fallen asleep suddenly. Goku picked him up. "I know that androids don't get tired, but we do," he said, "I say we can continue this conversation tomorrow." The others nodded and got up. #16 stood against the wall recharging. Vegeta slept on the couch, and Trunks slept on the floor in Goten's room. Tomorrow, the fighters would begin preparation for the time when the Black Dawn came.
Tonight will be the last peaceful night they have.
Author's Note: Kibitokai is what the dubs and I call The Supreme Kai and Kibito combined. Vegeta called him Kibitoshin, but everyone else called him Kibitokai and so that is what I will call him. Dub terms only in this fanfic, because I started out a dubbie and it's less confusing that way.