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 Starcraft or any of the music pieces you see selected, just copies of merchandise, such a shame. The artists that created them are geniuses and we all must bow to them.

Chapter 3: Sneak attack

The ground shook slightly as the monstrous Overmind made a landing on the other side of the planet. If anything, the Overmind looked like a big Octopus with all of its appendages. I didn't even want to imagine how much energy it must use to move just across a planet, never mind across a galaxy. Mom had gotten a good scan of it once it passed by our side of the planet; she measured its diameter to be about one and a half miles or so. But it probably had enough total mass within it to fill up a tenth of the eastern continent, and that wasn't exactly a small area. Just as Vegeta predicted, it did land right smack in the middle of the east, driving its huge tentacles into the ground as it landed. It felt like a huge meteor had landed somewhat gently despite the earthquake we were picking up. All of the Zerg in space came down as well, swarming around the Overmind. Once the Overmind had safely nestled into its place, all of the Zerg went back to work, adding defensive strength with something along the lines of guard towers. They were actually evolved forms of creep colonies, the buildings that helped to generate the purple creep on the ground. Now they were Spore and Sunken colonies, spores would shoot balls of acid clouds into the air to take out anything there. A Sunken would use its huge tentacle and plunge through the ground, popping up directly under the attacking force and stab them from a distance. Both guard tower structures were formidable to attackers, but the big weakness was durability, as it would take about the power required to kill eight to ten Zerglings to wipe one out, roughly. Tora and I hadn't even seen any of these when we destroyed our target base, the others had seen one or two Sunkens but that was it. Back to the point, the Zerg troops around their respective bases started to disappear. It was quickly seen why, all those with the ability to burrow into the ground were doing so, staying hidden from scanners and sight.

"I wonder why they aren't attacking more, it doesn't make sense," Tien muttered.

"Just goes to show you how strategic the Overmind actually is, no telling when it will begin attacking again," I said, folding my arms and scowling at the lack of action.

"I think its best we all take this opportunity to rest up. It appears to me that they are just fortifying their bases right now and are not going to attack until that is done. That should give us a little rest time," Piccolo suggested.

"Right, I'll have the alarm standing by to go off if the Zerg move away from their current positions, everyone go get some sleep!" Mom ordered. I complied, I figured I would need a little rest now. I had spent half the day anxious for the battle, and hadn't gotten much sleep the night before. I dropped my armor, scouter and belt on the floor in my room, dropping onto the bed a half second later. Fasha appeared a few minutes later, and curled up beside me.

"Are you as tired as I am, little lover?"

"You could say that, its what we get for not sleeping worth a damn and then standing half the day watching for Zerg attacks. It wasn't fighting the Zerg that wore me out, it was the waiting for the fight that did it," I explained, lying on my stomach.

"Well we could try to have a little fun now," she suggested. I snorted slightly; it was all she seemed to think about other than fighting.

"You know that won't work no matter how hard you try," I said, shutting my eyes.

"True, but at the very least I can make sure a toddler like you gets his rest," Fasha claimed. She attempted to grab my tail from where I had it, but I swished it away, I wasn't in the mood for one of her games. Eventually she did latch onto it, but I was already asleep by the time she did.

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My dream that night was probably the strangest one I've ever had, to start with anyway. It seemed like I was staring at a large pair of doors, waiting for them to open. I stood there for what seemed to be hours, watching them for no reason. It was dark in the halls; most everyone that required sleep was doing just that. Still I didn't move from watching the doors, like I was drawn to them. Suddenly I simply flew forward slowly, as if the doors had some kind of Saiyan magnet on them. I watched as I was about to hit them, but instead I passed through like a ghost would a wall. My deeper thoughts still controlled what I was thinking, even in REM sleep, and I was busy trying to figure out just what the hell I was seeing. Note to self, have Mom do a CAT scan.

When I passed through the closed door, I gasped slightly. There had been no sensation, just like I had passed through an illusion or a hologram of some kind. On the other side I came into a room I remembered very well. It was the large room inside the Capsule Corp dome, one that Dr. Briefs would usually keep his pets in. It had a stream running through it, along with a small pond and a lot of trees and grass. The front area was used as a party area most of the time, as the floor was tiled here and there, capping it off with a small stage. We mostly used the stage for Karaoke. There was something eerie, yet familiar about this room, even after identifying it. Why did I come in here anyway, I just can't dream about normal things can I?

The room stayed rather dark, but I could see and hear just fine, and I began floating around the room's perimeter. Something struck me as odd, I wasn't floating by use of ki at all, nor were my ki senses working. During sleep I never could use my power anyway, unless it was a sporadic night terror. Thus making me glad I was sleeping next to a strong Saiyan woman and not a weak human. She could then snap me out of it by beating the crap out of me, or call in Vegeta, enough said. The trees and bushes rustled slightly, and I felt a chilly wind go through the inside room, but I ignored that. I was drawn over to the corner of the room, a far corner where really only the pets dwelled anymore, unless Goten and Trunks were trying to hide. My mind was busy trying to figure out just why I was brought in here, before I saw the hole. The hole was actually not a hole anymore, but it had been. There was still a lot of dried blood, animal and human surrounding the hole, which had been sealed by me. We had been having a party and the Zerg crashed it, digging deep underground and coming up right under Capsule Corp, trying to take us out early it seemed. That little plan had failed, miserably; all of the Zerg that had attacked got turned into Zerg chunks. They quickly learned, you don't mess with a pack of partying Saiyans. Maybe if the Overmind had sent them to attack when were all asleep it would have worked!

I heard a scratching sound, but couldn't refrain from my floating position. The dirt on the seal started to move aside, like something was digging up beneath it. Something did come up, a few things actually, but it was so dark I couldn't see their bodies, just the glowing redness of their eyes. They're jaws opened wide and snarled, and one seemed to jump at me and swallow my field of vision. I woke up sweating like crazy, and probably shaking a bit too. What the hell kind of nightmare was that?

It had been forever since I had one that intense, in fact the last one involving true terror was before the Zerg even showed up. It had been that whole Android Twenty-one the babysitter ordeal we went through. Videl had come to help out the babysitter, mostly because she had fallen for the boys' tricky tactics. One minute they were the adorable pair of angels, the next they were the demonic duo. But that night I had a bad nightmare too, and one of the only ones I could ever remember clearly. The disguised Twenty-one and Videl had been chatting in the living room, nothing bad happening. Then suddenly Twenty-one grabbed Videl's throat and killed her right there. I had woken up scared out of my mind, and went downstairs to check things out. At first nothing like that was wrong, but soon something did go wrong, and it was precisely what I had seen, like a premonition. Vegeta believed it was the fact that I had formed a deep bond of friendship with Videl at the time, as we could communicate telepathically, but not like Saiyan mates do when you hear their thoughts. I actually had to send a message at Videl for her to hear it at all, much like Namekian telepathy, so I wasn't so sure that he was right. But this nightmare was sticking to my thoughts like glue, just like the last one did, and I felt compelled to go downstairs and have a look around, mostly to get my jittery body back into control.

Careful so not to disturb Fasha, a challenge since she had a hold of my tail, I crawled out of bed. Putting on only my belt with the holster holding a gun I hadn't even drawn yet, I crept downstairs through the dark house. My ki senses told me just about everyone was sleeping, even Vegeta. I entered the lobby, finding Piccolo meditating, though I wouldn't doubt it if he were sleeping at this point. Mom was crashed out on the couch next to Vegeta, who sat straight up while he slept.

"Why are you up kid?" Piccolo whispered, almost scaring the crap out of me.

"Bad dream," I whispered back. I wondered over to the door my dreams had remained on, and got the same look at it as my dream had, causing a wave of déjà vu to hit me.

"It sounds like more than a bad dream, I can feel your ki fluctuating. Now what was it?" Piccolo asked telepathically.

"Something about that dream was strange. I stood in front of this door for a long time, and then I passed right through it to the room on the other side. You remember when the Zerg crashed our party? Well I seemed to float over there without any control, over to the hole I sealed up. Something came out of that hole, something horrible," I whispered very quietly, but I knew he'd hear me.

"What was it?"

"I couldn't identify it in the dark, but the glowing red eyes seemed like a bad enough hint. I'm gonna go check it out just in case," I said, hand moving for the door key pad.

"But you said it was just a bad dream?" Piccolo asked, now standing up.

"The last time I had a bad dream, Videl almost died to that disguised android. I have the same feeling now that I did then, it felt like a premonition to me," I said, punching in the lockout code. The doors opened and a nasty stench hit my face. The smell of Zerg was not the best smell of the world, dead Zerg were even worse. No one had cleaned up all the Zerg we killed that night, nor did anyone care to, so Mom simply sealed up the room. The dark room reminded me of the eeriness I had just dreamt of, causing my heart rate to pick up. Piccolo stepped in behind me, glancing around. A scratching sound got my attention, coming over from the corner of the room, frightening my mind now. I scanned for any kind of ki, any, and found none.

"Great, what now," Piccolo asked in a slightly raised voice. The lights suddenly went red out in the lobby, and a very loud alarm went off, blaring like no tomorrow. Just as that happened, I picked up a familiar scattered ki signal, and backed up a step.

"They must have burrowed underground again, that's why we didn't sense it until now!" Piccolo shouted, his ki rising for battle.

"What the hell is going on in here Namek?" Vegeta's voice came from the door.

"Does sneak attack mean anything to you?" I asked without turning. I started to power up as well, figuring if the alarm didn't wake everyone up, that would.

"What are you talking about brat?"

"The Zerg are digging underground just like they did about a week ago, they're trying to attack us when we have our backs turned!" I yelled, as my ki had enhanced the tone I used with anyone while I was powering up. The scattered ki feeling must have hit Vegeta, because he jumped up, ready for action. The bushes rattled, and I saw two distinct red eyes, glowing at us with a very evil intent, and almost a smile from its disgusting mouth.

"Great, what type are those?" Vegeta asked, not caring who answered.

"Defiler, watch out for what it spits!" I urged as the thing started to emerge from the bush. Another bush nearby rattled, and another defiler stepped out. Then I could hear the familiar growl of a Zergling, shortly before a lot of them walked out from hiding. The left defiler then hunched back slightly, and then spit forward. Red mist spilled from its mouth, and shot out towards us. We all jumped out of the way and it passed by, hitting the far wall. Almost instantly the wall started to steam and hiss, before melting into the wall and leaving a large hole wherever the red had touched. Vegeta answered with a quick and small ki blast, blowing off the creature's head. All of the Zerglings then rushed out and charged us. I punched a few down, before jumping back and blasting them.

"Boy, go seal that hole!" Vegeta ordered as he dodged Zergling blows and countered with his own. I jumped into the air, flying quickly to the other side of the room. There I saw the hole, dug in from the same spot. There were no more Zerglings pouring out, leading me to believe that they were all behind me now. I charged a blast to seal the whole, when a small object came flying towards me at a high rate of speed. I turned my head just enough for it to pass by, then looked for the source. Down on the ground, was the Zerg woman from hell, and also Dabura's daughter. Kerrigan. She was decked out in her Zerg form, blade-like talons on her back, huge claws on her arms. I descended to the ground, keeping my fighting stance and watching her every move.

"And just why are you here?" I asked viciously.

"Shhhh, I'm not here to fight you young one. I'm here to help you!" she whispered.

"Yeah right, why should I believe that?" I asked, preparing to let her have it.

"Because if you don't, then this universe is done, finished!" she rasped a little louder.

"What is it then?" I asked, not moving from my stance.

"I need to show you something, if you will co-operate?" she stepped a little closer. Her form being larger than me wasn't what sent chills down my back, it was the fact she was partially Zerg. Just the green skin of her face and purple lips were enough to do that, never mind the yellow eyes.

"Drink this solution. When you do, it will show you a vision that I hope will allow you to change your destiny, hurry and drink it!" she practically forced a green bottle into my hands. I forced it right back, she was the enemy, and I wasn't going to follow her orders.

"What the hell are you trying to pull? I'm not just a naïve little kid you know! I ain't drinking anything that came from such a detestable breed of creatures!" I said, jumping back a little bit.

She sighed, "Fine, I suppose it is a little difficult for you to trust me. We'll do this the hard and painful way." With that said she stalked towards me with a vicious look in her eye.

"Let's go!" I said, daring her to attack. A small Zergling came up behind me and jumped at my back. I turned long enough to kick it away, but she was already on me by then. Kerrigan took one of her huge talons and batted my head with it, causing a hell of a lot of pain. I fell back, dazed, and she whipped one of her wing-like blades around, spraying some sort of green goo similar to what the defiler had used. Only once it touched my skin, I couldn't move. It paralyzed my limbs even underneath my jumpsuit, leaving a very numbing feeling. As I struggled with the stuff, she came closer, reaching down and grabbing the front part of my suit to lift me to eye level. I remained covered in the green goo, unmoving.

"Let me go!" I shouted, struggling some more.

"It's time for you to see what the future holds for you. I hope you have the strength and will to change it!" she said, leaning forward. Her purple lips opened very slightly, and I could see her tongue was green and scaly. Any other time I would have thrown up at such a sight, but I was too frightened, and I couldn't move anyway. She leaned forward and her larger purple lips captured mine in a kiss, but when that happened, her two hands grabbed the side of my head, forcing herself in so to speak. I could taste her saliva from her lips, as it had invaded my mouth and quickly went down the back of my throat. Her claws then dug into my back, right through the bodysuit and into the flesh. I groaned a little bit, before I suddenly stopped trying to get out. My throat started to burn and I screamed through it when the sensation spread through my whole body. An odd energy came to my brain, triggering some sort of chain reaction and making me very dizzy. She dropped me to my knees, as the green stuff had come off. I watched as my skin turned green, just before my stomach lurched and broke out in extreme pain. I emptied my dinner onto the grass as I clutched at it, feeling like something had just driven a spear right through me about twenty times. My back actually hurt more than my stomach, but the stomach was taking priority right now. The pain increased, and I could hear Kerrigan speaking.

"Forgive me for this, but it's for your own good. It's time to find out if you can truly resist us or not, see you again," she said as I lost track of her.

"Verto!" I heard Piccolo yell. I heard Vegeta as well, but I no longer cared to notice, and I plunged to the ground in blackness.