I wish I owned DBZ, but I don't. I own DVD's and tapes, but it just isn't the same. I also don't own the right to any of the music pieces you may see selected, just copies of merchandise, such a shame. The artists that created them are geniuses and we all must bow to them.
Chapter 13: Mind Control
After destroying the Sentinel base and Master Mold, I took a slight breather while remaining in the air and in Super Saiyan form, taking one last look just in case. A large part of the giant robot's head was lying in a make shift parking lot, but didn't show any signs of functioning. I backtracked back to the remaining mutants on nearby hill. Everyone was giving me the "holy shit how did you do that" look.
"If your wondering, I put forth plenty of energy to punch through despite my blast not working. Like most robots, the inside was completely vulnerable, that metal was tough though. Also, that little trick was quite stressing on my body as I was advised not to use it much by my instructors. Had I gone all out with it, the blast wouldn't have been pretty, and all of you plus me would be checking in with an afterlife judge," I explained, still catching my breath a little. I still wasn't used to that kind of strain. Go figure though, who really wants to explode from inside unless they really want to win a fight and take someone with them.
"Verto is it? Your hair is blond and your eyes are green, not to mention the glowing gold aura around you. What does that represent? I've never seen that before with any mutant or alien I've encountered," Magneto asked.
"Oh that, some of my people can reach extremely high levels of power, high for them I mean. This is one of those forms known as a Super Saiyan. Basically, if you were fighting me and holding your own, and then I did this; you should be running for the nearest exit. There are higher levels of power that I cannot reach, ahem...yet," I said the last part with a sly smirk that would've made Vegeta proud. I powered back down to normal, letting the golden aura turn blue, then vanish.
"Listen bub, we don't have time to chit chat about the kid's moves. We have to high-tail it over to Tibet and take out Apocalypse!" Wolverine broke in.
"I understand the problem at hand Wolverine. I am inquiring about the boy's abilities, not that you could spot any talent when you see it," Magneto said calmly, though I noticed he was wisely a little distant from Logan.
"Keep talking old man! I hope your mouth is still moving after I tear your head off!" Logan growled and looked like he could pounce at any second.
"Stay back Wolverine, I wouldn't want to have to send you to Master Mold's maker next," Magneto continued to taunt, "Now then, I am curious, are all your friends like you? As powerful as you? More? Less?" My eyes narrowed, thanks to Piccolo I could now detect certain emotions and discrepancies in a person's voice. I had been able to sense suspicious and malicious intent to an extent before, it was just to a much greater degree now. Magneto was currently emitting a signal that could put him on the list of every government branch.
Magneto must've noticed my reaction as well, but I spoke first anyway, "Depends on what you're getting at."
He smiled slightly, "It's good to be careful boy, and I am merely trying to learn a little bit about your race." I paused before answering, that sly smile was definitely hiding something, however I knew he wouldn't try anything himself, my power display proved that.
"Not all of my friends are like this, Gohan, the oldest, is strongest. Me and my brother Trunks are about even but are far below Gohan. Goten, Gohan's brother, is just below us. The only two above Gohan are his father and my, father," I explained, carefully adding and subtracting certain details so not to draw too much attention.
"How many battles have you been in son? You seem to know a lot about the battle field?" he pressed on.
"Not many, my sparring matches with my trainers were heavier and nastier then any battle I've been in, including this one," I said. Magneto was really pushing for information for another purpose, no one else would've cared if they didn't want something. I began to scowl a bit, and my tail twitched angrily and unraveling itself.
Magneto saw this as a chance for another question, "What does the tail represent, surely it must do something?" he asked.
I smirked slightly, swishing my tail so it pointed in his direction with the tip, "Depends on what you mean, let's just say when there's a full moon, a Saiyan with a tail will change. If the enemy knows what's good for them, they will be gone before the transformation ends. All I know about them is that a Saiyan's ability is increased by a factor of ten times that of the original. Similar to the Super Saiyan change, but let's just say, a little more disastrous. That little stunt I just pulled would fail in comparison if I were to change as I may not be able to control myself," I added the last part to my fountain of information just to throw him a little. Looking around behind me, most of the other mutants were gone.
Magneto's demeanor changed slightly as he absorbed the information, "In the few battles you've been in, have you ever killed anyone?"
That question threw me instead, "No, I haven't killed anything except for some monsters and those robots that I know of. Really I don't want to go that far in a battle unless the need arises. However don't get me wrong, if I have to kill someone evil, I will. Now if you'll excuse me, I have things to do," I said, cutting the conversation off.
"Seeing as your jet is destroyed, would you like a ride there? My magnetic field can levitate as you see," he said, agreeing for the time being. That's when my ki senses went off like crazy, either Goten got really mad, or Gohan did and they were fighting each other. What the hell? Why would they be fighting each other? Looks like I'm needed pretty badly.
"You can carry Wolverine and Jubilee. Judging by that energy spike I just sensed, I need to get there in a hurry. I can find them on my own," I said, raising my power a bit.
"Will do. Good luck boy, you'll need it." Magneto said, enveloping Wolverine and Jubilee into his magnetic bubble and lifting off. Without wasting time, I quickly powered back up to Super Saiyan and blasted off westward, hoping that if I was needed I could get there in time.
Interlude 13.1 –Brotherly Conflict-
Gohan paced impatiently. He wasn't picking up Verto or Goten's power level. Both were either suppressed or sleeping, therefore the ki level was too low to detect. It wasn't Verto he was worried about though, being trained by Vegeta and Piccolo, he knew the boy could handle whatever those robots threw at him. He scowled angrily, powering up inadvertently, but not too much. Trunks took notice, but wisely kept his mouth shut. He had seen Gohan get mad at Vegeta in a sparring match, also the only time he ever saw his father lose a sparring match, ever.
"Oh don't worry suga, I'm sure your little brother is okay. Apocalypse took him for a reason, not to kill him," Rogue tried to reassure him.
It didn't do much, "No you don't understand, all my life my friends or father have bailed me out when I was in danger. But when they needed help, I either wasn't there, or was too afraid to help. It finally came back to bite me when I had to watch as my father had to sacrifice himself for everyone else. I vowed I would never let that happen to Goten or anyone else, and I will not let that happen now. If Apocalypse has done him any harm, he will pay dearly for it. How long till we get there?" he said, a little more stirred up now.
"About five more hours, we're passing over Hawaii right now. It's about the halfway point. Why don't you sit back and take a nap Gohan, you need to calm down," Storm said. Gohan knew they were right, wouldn't do him any good to start venting his anger on them, he was better than that. Plopping down in a chair next to Rogue, he began to mentally and physically calm himself using a meditation trick Piccolo showed him. Involved in his thoughts, he failed to notice a certain gloved hand above his leg, until it made contact. His eyes shot open and downwards.
"So suga, had many girlfriends?" Rogue said, applying some of her natural charm. The now blushing Gohan shook his head no while Trunks gagged at the sight. Storm rolled her eyes while Jean just sighed and smiled before turning back to flight assistance with Cyclops.
Apocalypse observed his view screen and began to laugh loudly at the audio that came over.
"Oh Magneto you fool, I can always count on your curiosity! Now I wonder if I can turn the boy to my side. If I can, my entry to the time gate will be much easier, those Saiyans will be fighting with each other long enough for me to gain entry. Then I will rule all of time and space," he cackled loudly.
"I can implant one of my mind control larvae into his head. Surely a child will not be able to resist it," a voice came.
"You can if you want Sinister, the boy will probably be able to resist your little creatures. These Saiyans have a strong will, I am sure of that just by watching that other one take out those foolish robots. I have never seen a child fight like that before. If all else fails, I'll just take his energy, it would come in handy with the time gate. I would be a fool to pass up the opportunity on a powerful slave though. After all, I don't always want to get my hands dirty when your cronies fail, proceed at once!" Apocalypse said, mocking his subordinate.
Sinister frowned slightly, but wisely stepped backward, "Yes of course my lord. What is your bidding regarding the X-men approaching?"
"Let them come a little closer, if the need arises. I will go and destroy them before they even get here. But they're too weak to detour us, are the mutant power restrictors online?" Apocalypse asked.
"Yes my lord, anyone other than yourself not wearing the blocking device will not be able to use their powers whatsoever. They will be easily crushed," Sinister said with a cocky smirk on his face.
"Excellent, now only the boy needs tending to. While his powers are down, try your little larvae trick, and use persuasion to lure him to our side. Maybe give him candy or something to help turn him over, do what you need to get the job done. Once he is under control, send him out to confront his friends!" Apocalypse ordered.
"Yes my lord," Sinister bowed and left the room. As he was leaving, nasty thoughts began flowing through his head about universal domination and destruction.
Down in Apocalypse's dungeon, Goten woke up slowly, a bad headache pulsed where he had been struck.
"Owww, my head hurts!" he called out to whoever listened as he opened his eyes. His arms and legs were bound to the wall by strong green vines. "What is this place? Looks a little scary," he said, observing a darker environment then he was used to.
"This is Apocalypse's base in Tibet," a voice said. Goten turned his head to the source of the voice. Ten feet down from him he saw a bald man in a green suit tied up the same way that he was.
"Greetings young man, I am Professor Charles Xavier, you and I are the unfortunate ones today. Pity that Apocalypse has put up restrictors around this base, for it blocks out mutant abilities, things are looking rather bad right now. I'm sorry that you, Goten, and your group has to get drawn into this. Apocalypse is truly a being without regard to life, just his own selfish ambition. If only we could break free and shut off those restrictors, but I haven't the use of my legs even if we could break these vines," Xavier concluded, looking downward. Generally missing all of the other information, Goten got hyped up when he saw his face.
"You're that bald guy on the really neat TV. Yay, I found you first! But this stuff is really yucky, can we get rid of it now?" Goten asked, clueless.
Xavier just sighed at the boy's naive behavior, "Well if those restrictor devices were not active, we might be able to escape. But the only way to shut them off ourselves is to escape. That option is out unless a miracle occurs and someone breaks us out, we will have to wait for the X-men," Xavier explained.
"But I'm getting hungry, can I just go eat and come back later? I promise I won't let anyone see me, besides I need to find my brother!" Goten whined.
Xavier just shrugged, "Son, if you can get us both out of here, you can eat all you want. My treat."
"Really! Okay!" Goten said happily, promptly breaking the vines with ease and jumping down.
Xavier's jaw dropped, "How?"
"I dunno, I just did it," Goten said, showing off the traditional Son grin.
"The restrictors must not work on aliens, just mutants!" Xavier said, putting the facts together. Goten walked over and pulled off Xavier's vines, but didn't realize the professor was crippled. Thus he didn't catch him when he dropped like a rock.
Ignoring the obvious, Goten started jumping up and down, "Where's the food, where's the food!"
"Son, we have to escape first, and I do not have the use of my legs. It would be better for you to escape without me and go to your family and friends. I'd just slow you down Goten," Xavier said, lowering his head a bit.
Goten turned his head slightly, "Hey how did you know my name?"
"Ah that, my mutant power can read and if need be, control people's thoughts. I used it to get information when your group arrived, but I can't use it now because of those mutant power restrictors," Xavier said.
"So who is that big guy that hit me in the head? I think he's a bad person!" Goten said, agitated at the very idea.
"That would be Apocalypse, a powerful being. He though is not a mutant, and I'm not sure exactly what he is. I do know that he is bent on conquering time, we must stop him but we'll need help. He can't open the time gate without the correct spell and needs a massive amount of pure energy to do it with...that explains why he brought you here! He plans to somehow use your massive amounts of energy to open the time gate, now it all fits. It would certainly take him too long to just take it from mutants and humans," Xavier declared.
"Well Xavier, at least your group had a smart leader. Now if you will excuse me, the boy is needed," a voice said.
"Sinister! I should have known you'd want in on conquering the universe, it is pointless though. If you were any sort of being with a conscience, you would try to stop Apocalypse from this. He will only kill you once he has what he wants," Xavier said out of anger.
"Conquer the universe? That's bad isn't it?" Goten asked.
"Hahaha, oh you sure can pick them Xavier! Only a smart man would pick a complete moron for his organization!" Sinister laughed.
Goten turned to growl a bit at the newcomer in the doorway, "Hey bad man! Leave him alone, he didn't do anything to you!"
Sinister laughed some more, "What if I don't kid, what are you gonna do about it?" Not a second later there was a large dent in Sinister's cheek where a small ki blast hit him and he fell backwards, he was back on his feet quickly though. "Okay kid, come with me now, my master said for you not to be harmed, don't make me kill you!" he threatened.
"No way big bully! You won't take me without a fight!" Goten called out.
"I won't need to. Ruckus, do the honors," Sinister said as a blond haired mutant stepped in. Ruckus then opened his mouth and screamed unbelievably loud with a sound wave directed straight at the professor and Goten. Goten grabbed his sensitive ears in pain, and soon passed out from the noise, as did Xavier. Sinister approached the downed Saiyan and pulled something from his hand, a small green worm. He put the worm in the boy's ear and backed away, letting it slither in. About a minute later Goten's eyes shot open and he screamed loudly, holding his head.
"Okay boy, its simple. Obey me and you live, don't obey me, and this happens," Sinister finished as Goten screamed in pain again. "Now who do you serve?"
Goten stopped screaming and looked down with a nasty smile on his face, "I serve you, Mister Sinister. What do you want me to do?"
"Go and kill the Xmen, they are on their way here in a large black jet. Destroy them!" Sinister ordered. The now thoughtless Goten obeyed, lifting off the ground, powering up a little, and literally plowing through the ceiling and flying due east.
"How could you do that to an innocent boy? You really have sunk to a new low Sinister. When will you learn that your hatred for life will only destroy you in the end?" Xavier said as he was being chained up in the mystical vines Sinister's other two cronies, Hairbag and George.
"Spare me the speech Xavier, now that boy has a purpose with all of his power. Enjoy your stay, I'm sure Master Apocalypse will want you dead eventually," Sinister yelled at him before turning and leaving, his cronies right behind him.
Both Gohan and Trunks' heads shot up as they sensed a massive ki heading in their direction.
"What is it?" Storm asked.
"Someone is coming, someone powerful. The energy signature is similar to my little brother's, but it's lower than normal. Darker as well," Gohan explained, "How long is it now till we arrive?"
"About two hours Gohan, why?" Jean called from up front.
"You may need to let me out on the way. Whoever is out there is coming straight at us, and the power level is very high for any human or mutant," Gohan said, scratching his chin.
"I'll look ahead to see who it is…it is Goten. His mind is confused, half of it is full of evil intentions. The other half is confused and innocent, ...there's something in there, some sort of control device or organ," Jean said, using her telepathic powers.
"Sounds like Sinister's mind control worms, like he did to a former comrade Morph. He didn't have total control, but Morph sure as hell wasn't stable even after we freed him. If Sinister has infected Goten with those worms, he will not hesitate to attack you, and it's really hard to get those things out once they're in. If you can get through to him and maybe get that worm out, he should be okay. He will be fine if we destroy Sinister," Cyclops stated.
"Well I can tell you what will happen is if a Saiyan is crazy like your saying. Does mindless killing machine ring any bells?" Gohan asked.
The blank, but shocked stares began, "What do we do?" Jean asked.
"Trunks, you go with the X-men to stop Sinister and Apocalypse. I'll worry about Goten, drop me off here," Gohan said, as Jean slowed the blackbird down.
"Good luck Gohan, we'll be there waiting on you there suga," Rogue said, blowing him a kiss. Gohan flew out of the hangar just as it open to see a mixed up Goten floating there. The blackbird sped up again and vanished into the distance.
"The bad man said to kill the X-men, but I don't want to! Big brother, help! He's making my head hurt, make him stop!" Goten shouted angrily.
"Don't worry Goten, I'm going to help, the X-men are going to stop him so he can't tell you to kill people. It's your decision to hurt things, not his! Don't let him control your actions," Gohan pleaded.
"He's making my head hurt, he says he won't stop until I kill them. Now he wants me to attack you, I have to do it! Make him stop now!"
Gohan looked dazed, "Come on Goten, fight through it! You're better than this!"
"I can't hold it back anymore!" Goten said as he flew at Gohan with an outstretched fist.
I continued flying as fast as I could towards the high power levels I felt. The first was definitely Gohan, the other felt like Goten, but a dark icy feeling came with it. I closed in quickly, searching for any high power levels further past the first two, but didn't feel anything out of the ordinary. At first I had only felt the first one, but it seemed to run into the other one and were fighting ever since. I hadn't felt Gohan's full power yet, but this was still below his Super Saiyan abilities so it wasn't pressing. Still I wanted to get there quickly if I needed to help.
After another twenty minutes of constant ocean water, I made landfall and flew over what I knew to be parts of Asia. I didn't know the area well aside from a world map, but some of the shoreline was a good hint. I started hearing sonic booms, so I knew I was close to the battle. Powering down to normal, I scanned the area for Gohan. I finally spotted him in the distance, and he was fighting Goten! What the hell? In truth it was really Goten fighting Gohan, Gohan was just fending him off, not advancing on him at all. I got closer and saw the enraged look on Goten's face as he continued attacking.
"Gohan! Goten! Why are you fighting?" I shouted as I flew up to them. They both stopped momentarily, before Goten fired a small blast at me. I dodged and watched it fly down to the earth and explode on impact.
"Big brother won't help me, so I have to kill him!" Goten yelled at me.
"Huh?" I asked, dumbfounded.
"The X-men said that someone named Sinister implanted something in his mind and is controlling it. That's why he is acting this way," Gohan said loudly as Goten suddenly attacked again. As I watched the brothers duke it out, I noticed that Goten hadn't powered up much. Not only was he not a super saiyan, but maybe half of his full power in normal form.
"Why aren't you using more power Goten? Think you can beat your big brother that easily?" I called at him. Gohan looked at me with a confused look. Goten stopped and glared at me, then started raising his power level up near full in normal. When he got there, he grabbed his head as if I had hit him there with a rock.
"OWWWWW! The bad man is hurting me, stop it bad man! I can't beat him if you make me hold back!" Goten shouted at the air, as if there was a shadow haunting him and forcing him into having a split personality. He stopped powering up, but he also stopped fighting Gohan and kept shouting at the air.
"Hey Gohan, I bet they can't control him when he's powered up. Have him go Super Saiyan, I think that could break the control completely!" I thought to Gohan.
"Goten, tell him you have no chance of beating me unless you can use your full power as a Super Saiyan," Gohan suggested.
Goten seemed to think that one over, "He stopped hurting me, said to do it," Goten said, raising his power. He cranked it up as the golden aura surrounded him and he turned Super Saiyan. Then I felt a slight spike in his power, other than the obvious, and the icy cold feeling I was getting snapped and warmed back to normal. I spotted something green crawl out of Goten's ear and drop to the ground as the Saiyan powered up. Goten cried out in slight pain before it was suddenly gone, though there was a little blood coming from his ear.
"The bad man is gone!" Goten danced happily through the air, tackling Gohan in a big brotherly hug. I sighed slightly, knowing that it could have been much worse.
"Goten, are you ok?" Gohan asked, trying to shake him off.
"Yep!" he said happily as if nothing had happened.
"What happened to you?" Gohan asked again.
"I woke up next to the bald guy, Xcabater I think! Then one of the bad men screamed at me, it was so loud big brother! Then something made me feel bad, and then I came here to hurt people. I don't ever wanna do that again, promise me I don't have to Gohan! PLEASE!" Goten whined.
Gohan just smiled slightly, "Don't worry Goten, you don't have to hurt anybody except the bad guy. It's okay to hurt the bad guy, otherwise us good guys can't win right?"
"Right! YAY!" Goten celebrated like it was his birthday.
I floated closer, "Well we better get going over there if we're going to stop the real bad guy right?" I said.
"Yeah let's go, we can follow Trunks' power signal. He's still close enough to sense," Gohan said.
"Good, because I don't think I'd be a good map reference around here," I chuckled.
"This world is like yours?" Gohan asked. I paused mid laugh, realizing what I had just said.
"Similar enough, the land masses and oceans seem about right. Enough wasted time though, we gotta roll!" I explained briefly, and sighing heavily once Gohan turned around. With that said Gohan and Goten powered up slightly to white auras, mine blue, and then we took off towards Trunks and the X-men.
Power levels
Sinister: 50,000
Gohan: 45,000,000
Mind Controlled Goten: 7,000,000, Super Saiyan: 65,000,000