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 19: The Infested Saiyan
"Take this you damn freaks!" I shouted, firing a Galic Gun into a large pack of air type Zerg, killing most of them. We had been lucky and had caught them off guard for once when we rolled into their base. We four Saiyans picked one half of the base to tear apart, the Protoss took the other. Broly and Gohan stuck to the ground, dodging subterranean tentacles that liked to pop up from time to time thanks to the Sunken Colonies. Most of the Zerg were on the other side of the large base, fighting with the Protoss. Since the numbers were quite reduced, no one had even gotten close to using up their power. Broly and Tora hadn't even transformed to Super Saiyan yet, never mind any stronger. I was probably the only one who powered up much at all, but me being weaker than the others had something to do with it. In less than fifteen minutes since entering the large base, most of it was destroyed. The rest was soon to follow as we were taking our time. The Protoss didn't fare quite as well as we did in tearing up the base, but still conquered their end pretty well. Fenix probably had over two hundred kills by himself, he was very impressive to watch considering he apparently couldn't channel any energy at all. We watched as the Protoss finished off the primary hive cluster, which was barely defended at all once we were done with the Zerg. It blew up shortly afterward, to my dismay, showering everyone with Zerg blood.
"Ugh, I'm hitting the bath first when we get home!" I declared.
"Well done my friends, pity these Zerg couldn't be more of a challenge!" Fenix shouted as his comrades raised their Psi blades in celebration.
"Better watch what you say," Broly warned, but the Protoss were cheering so loud that no one else heard it.
Gohan happened to look out the corner of his eye, "Hey Fenix, I think we missed one over there! You guys wanna do the honors?"
Fenix glanced over at the remaining Zerg building, "Men, take it out!" The Zealots and Dragoons happily coasted over to destroy the last Zerg building that stood a bit away from the rest. I got a better look to see it was a Nydus canal, meaning the Zerg could have backup troops waiting to come through. Wait a sec, I never saw any come through there. Either they are getting weaker, or something is up! Something was indeed up, because a few seconds later I sensed a ki presence coming from the canal opening. But the signal threw me. It felt like Zerg, but it also felt like a Saiyan! Tora and Gohan must have noticed pretty quickly too, as their power went up. Broly didn't react much, but did glance over. The Zealots ran up to the canal, slicing it open on its outer walls. The remaining Dragoons scampered up and shot at it. As their Psi blasts hit the building, it exploded. But then I saw it had exploded from the inside just as the large power appeared there. Golden light filled the view before dimming and revealing a golden form at what used to be the canal opening. I heard Tora gasp once he got a good look. I did as well and right away I thought I had seen a ghost. Standing at the opening was Borgos.
"Borgos! You're alive?" Tora was more than a bit surprised. Borgos didn't answer, but started to walk forward a little. His appearance had changed drastically, but his ki was definitely Borgos.
"What the hell happened to him?" Gohan asked first. That was hard to say. His head was half normal, the other half looked to be covered in Zerg attachments. His skin was a sickly green all over. His body was partially Saiyan, but looked mostly Zerg. His chest was covered in what looked to be Zerg skin, but was very rough like some sort of body armor. His tail was completely entrenched with Zerg tissue as well, totally green. His legs were about half and half.
"Oh my god, he's infested!" I stuttered out. The Protoss had already figured that part out and started to attack.
"No don't!" Gohan shouted. Started was all the Protoss could do before Borgos' power erupted and blasted into Super Saiyan two. The energy he was putting out was incredible! That sent every alien nearby flying right by us. Gohan, Tora and I were pushed back slightly before regaining ourselves with our ki, though Broly didn't even budge.
Fenix had managed to stay put right behind Gohan, "Is that a Saiyan or a human?"
"That's a Saiyan, he was our teammate before the Zerg got him. We were certain he had been killed and even buried him!" Tora exclaimed.
"He looks pretty alive to me! He's infested as well, we must destroy it!" Fenix declared. I measured Borgos' power, despite the half Zerg feeling. The measurement I received was not pretty, and it had nothing but anger behind it. Borgos was now as strong as Gohan in his mystic form, and it felt like he was still powering up!
"No way, how could they increase his power that much?" Gohan gasped. Broly looked a bit more nervous now, though it was hard to tell if he ever was nervous. I powered up quickly then, shooting for my maximum in mystic form. Gohan and Tora followed suit, hitting their maximums respectively as Tora shot into Super Saiyan two form. Broly didn't power up until after we were done, but he stayed at level one and stood off to the side a bit with his arms crossed. When I re-measured everyone's power, I determined that unless I could hit my Super Mystic level, I stood no chance in a straight on fight, even with Kaioken. Hitting my Super mystic level was not going to be a walk in the park, as neither me nor Gohan had mastered it yet so it wasn't worth the drain in power. Tora was the same, without having another level to rely on. Gohan may not be able to do it, but stood the closest chance. Broly seemed to know that his speed decrease would hurt in a fight like this, so he didn't bother going to his ultra-buff level. Looks like were going to have to outsmart him.
Once Tora realized he wouldn't match him, he dropped back with Fenix and me as Gohan stepped up to the plate. Borgos came a little closer, his face looking to be a cross between anger and pain. Then he attacked with incredible speed, dashing straight at Gohan. Gohan dodged aside, ki lightning crackling around him as he did. Borgos turned and fired a big ki blast from near point blank range. Even Gohan wasn't fast enough to dodge that one, and the blast hit as aimed. Borgos gave off a smirk that reminded me of Majin Vegeta, without the Zerg tissues. When the dust cleared, Gohan was gone. Borgos frowned right away; he knew he hadn't won yet. As did I, I glanced up to see that Gohan was fine and his eyes were now blue.
"Hey, wasn't that Kakarot's instant transmission move? Looks like his son has learned it as well!" Tora noticed.
"Yeah, he figured it out with his Psi energy," I commented, watching Borgos fly up at Gohan. The anger coming off Borgos was just about overwhelming, and he attacked in a similar way. He punched and kicked with aggressive strength and speed I hadn't seen since we fought Buu, it was all Gohan could do to block or dodge. Borgos shot another point blank ki blast for Gohan's head. He barely dodged aside, taking the scouter right off his ear. He grabbed at his singed head by reaction. Borgos took the opening and pounded Gohan's stomach with a nasty punch combination. When Gohan tried to counter he got kicked in the head and smashed all the way back to the ground.
"Pitiful!" Borgos shouted down at him before firing a volley of ki blasts. His voice sounded like a fusion voice with a scratchy counterpart, and was down right frightening to hear. I wasn't sure how many ki blasts hit and how many didn't, but Gohan was getting eaten up at this rate despite his new abilities. Borgos let him get back up, and watched as he managed to get to his feet, gasping for breath.
"Damn this isn't good," Gohan muttered. He drew his arms back and started charging a big one.
"Ka, me, ha…" he started.
"Weakling! Nothing you can do can defeat me!" Borgos declared, charging a ki beam behind him as well. The clash was on.
The huge beams collided in the sky; the energy being put out from it was great enough to push me away and into the air. I managed to hold my position, barely. Gohan's blue beam and Borgos' gold beam easily shredded anything that was nearby. That included the Protoss, who were stumbling about, trying to get away. I felt out Gohan's power, seeing it was still high, but draining. Borgos remained much higher, and soon his gold beam increased in size and began to push Gohan down.
"C'mon Gohan, you've got to do it!" I shouted. He was trying his hardest, but he was fighting a losing battle and he knew it, as did I. He pushed his most of his power into the beam, only to see it fade when Borgos did the same. The gold beam slammed into Gohan before exploding.
"Shit, what are we gonna do now?" Tora asked.
"Anything we can!" I said back as the light faded. Gohan was on the ground and out; his ki power had all gone into his Kamehameha to no avail. Tora flew at Borgos first, but tried to talk it out with him.
"Borgos, what are you doing? Don't you recognize us?" he shouted at him. Borgos revealed a smirk only Vegeta should have been able to pull off, and pure evil was radiating off him.
"I'm doing what needs to be done, Tora!"
Tora was a bit taken aback by that, "What the hell did they do to you?"
"Made me stronger than any other Saiyan in the universe! You should come with me, the feeling is invigorating!" Borgos claimed.
Tora looked like he had enough, "Last chance Borgos, don't make me destroy you!"
Borgos laughed like a maniac, "You destroy me? Muhahahaha, you always were the joker Tora, and that is the biggest joke of them all! No one can defeat me!" I growled slightly, but Tora attacked head on. Borgos dodged aside just as Tora flew in with a kick, counter-punching Tora's head so hard I thought it would come off. That got Tora's attention, but not long enough before Borgos had already landed a few dozen hard blows on him. A powerful ki blast was fired half a second later and Tora fell from the sky, reverting back to normal when he landed. Shit.
"Now then boy, come with me! Or receive the same fate as our friend here, the Overmind wants you to join him!" Borgos called down, directed at me.
"Not a chance!" I shouted back, making sure I was at full power.
"Oh it is a great chance! You either come willingly, or I will beat you to an inch of your pathetic life, and then take you to him. Surely your senses are telling you that you have no chance at all. Tora was much stronger than you and now look at him! The same applies to Gohan, give up now brat!" Damn he's right, I can't fight him in my current state, and I doubt he's going to give me the time I need to find my Super Mystic form. I need to think of something! At least I won't have to worry about him killing me if they want me alive.
Borgos laughed, "Such delay, it pains me to believe that you might actually have a few ideas! Better decide quickly boy, I'm sure the Overmind would much rather you come in a healthier form rather than shredded! He can access your full powers easier that way!" That's it, that's why Gohan didn't beat him, he only uses Psi for Instant Transmission!
"How about we take a spin with those right now!" I grinned and using my ki, activated my sleeping Psi energy.
"Wow, your eyes turn colors now! Any more overrated tricks or can we get down to business?" he asked mockingly. Well, no time like the present to try using this in a real battle! I held out my hand and grasped my Psi into my fist, creating a small Psi blast. Borgos must not have been able to sense it, or didn't care, because he didn't react. I fired the blue energy ball at him and watched as he prepared to catch it. Judging by his ki signal, I guessed he was going to try and send it back. I grinned when he suddenly lost his index finger and his thumb. They disintegrated in the blast when he pulled back suddenly as it sailed into the sky and vanished. He seemed to shake off the pain, but growled furiously. The energy I used wasn't that strong, so I could only guess it was because it was so potent to begin with.
"How did you do that you little brat?!" he shouted in anger.
"My Psi power is much stronger than it looks bucko! You want some more?" That answer came quickly as he rushed down in a frightening blaze of Super Saiyan speed. Damn, I may not be able to pull that trick out of my hat much more! I dodged to the side only to receive a painful kick from the right as he was already there. I flew backwards, focusing on Borgos' energy until I lost it again. A punch that must have busted most of my teeth reminded me where his ki was, and then a kick to the lower chest sent me to the ground and gasping for the air that I had lost. I felt blood come into my mouth, spitting it out along with a tooth that came loose.
Borgos landed with a cocky grin on his face, "When will you learn boy? You won't beat me even with your little tricks. Besides, I think my new fingers would like to take a test drive!" he held up the hand I had hit. To my great surprise, and horror, the fingers had already grown back, they were covered in a sticky looking green substance.
"Yes, Zerg qualities are quite interesting! Not only did they upgrade my power but they gave me the power to regenerate myself at any given time!" Shit, I forgot they could do that, but that fast?!
"Since when can Zerg cells regenerate that fast?" I asked, buying a little talking time while I caught by breath.
"Not sure myself brat, but it may have to do with the fact that it has much energy to draw from and therefore work faster. And here you're considered to be one of the smarter ones of the group!" Borgos laughed again. I stood up with a deep scowl on my face, facing him only ten feet away.
"Ready to give up yet?" he asked.
"You should know I never surrender without a fight!"
Borgos chuckled, "Yes I do know that, however this isn't much of a fight. No matter how hard you try, you just can't do it!"
"Well, I'm not convinced yet!" I screamed at him, drawing up my power into both hands. He smirked and stood ready to receive whatever I was going to give him. Well if one worked so well.. I fired a Psi blast volley straight at him, at least a dozen of them. My Psi blasts severed his arms and legs, the rest he took in the chest. Those cut right through and caused an odd blood mixture to spew out, some red and some green. He plummeted to the ground with a groan, and I felt his ki drop. A minute passed before I did anything else. That seems wrong. Gohan and I hit each other with low-level Psi blasts and they didn't come close to this kind of damage. What is going on here? Wait a sec, he just regenerated his fingers pretty easily. Ah crap!
I pulled back, jumping into the air and calling upon my ki as I raised my hands, "MASENKO-HA!" I shouted, dropping the gold beam right on his remains. I stayed up in the sky as the smoke cleared, showing that Borgos was now a shredded mess of matter, his ki signal was nearly gone as well. So my ki is tearing him up too, there must be something else wrong with him. I know it isn't me, and Borgos would not have been torn up from a blast like that if he were normal. Maybe it has something to do with the infestation process. He can heal as fast as Buu and he might be strong, but his body is weak. Ugh, there's incentive not to get captured by those freaks!
"Humph, serves you right for hurting my friends!" I grunted, dropping out of the sky and over to Tora, who was struggling to stay awake.
"Hey kid, you got any, hack Senzu beans?" Tora coughed.
"No, stay still. I can use my energy to heal like Dende can!" I explained, covering him in a green light. Since he was mostly injured, I had to use the mixed energy. Once I felt his ki return to normal, I retracted my power back to me and took a deep breath.
"Not bad kid. I think you missed my butt though, OW!" Tora said, grasping his backside. I laughed slightly as Fenix and a few Protoss warriors came up to us.
"Did you get that monstrosity?" Fenix asked.
"Looks like he's going nowhere fast!" I smiled.
"Good, we need to make sure it's completely dead. They have a nasty habit of regenerating when there shouldn't be anything left. After that quick recovery from your attack earlier, we need to make sure that thing is taken care of! I will do the honors!" Fenix declared as he and a few of his warriors trotted over to where Borgos lay. I glanced over to see Gohan getting up, barely.
"Need me to heal you Gohan?" I asked.
"Nah, I think I'm okay since he's down now, just low on power. How'd you get him?" he asked.
"Energy blasts cut him apart, literally. Once he was chopped up and I hit him with a Masenko. Fenix is gonna make sure he can't regenerate!" I explained. All of a sudden my ki sense went bonkers and I turned to see what was up. Fenix's warriors were suddenly thrown back as Borgos sprang back up, new limbs were forming and his chest plate of Zerg shell was coming back together!
"Man, no way!" Tora exclaimed. Great, now what do I need to do? Fenix stabbed forward with his Psi blades, but went a bit too slow as Borgos caught both of his arms. Fenix struggled with the Saiyan briefly, to no avail.
"What's wrong little Protoss, not quite as easy as you expected?" Borgos laughed in his face. Fenix kicked forward and managed to escape before rushing at him and slashing with his blades right at his face. Borgos dodged so fast that only his hair was nicked by the blades. Fenix was thrown off balance and came up only to see Borgos' hand in his face.
"One toasted Protoss to go, the world is now a better place!" Borgos laughed as he gathered ki into his hands. He spent too long and Fenix took advantage by stabbing him right in the gut with his right-handed blade. Borgos groaned and fell backward, but quickly recovered and phased out. He reappeared behind Fenix and smashed him into the ground.
"Goodbye!" Borgos shouted and blasted a strong ki blast. Fenix was enveloped and torn to shreds.
"No!" another Protoss warrior shouted. Fenix's body flew out from the explosion, smoking and missing a few limbs. There was no signal of life coming off him at all, he was dead.
I growled in anger, "You monster!"
"Hahaha, you can't actually respect that piece of trash can you? He is no warrior like you or myself! Just another alien thinking he's got it all, and he couldn't even use his own powers, pathetic!" Borgos stated.
"He was more respected than you will ever understand, now I'm going to take you down!" I declared. Tora and Gohan got ready to fight as well behind me.
"No guys, I'm taking him down!" I said with a deathly glare.
"But Verto, he's stronger than you!" Gohan warned.
"But not smart at all, I can take him!" I said, lifting into the air and up towards where Borgos was still laughing at what he did. I scanned his energy and noticed that it had dropped a bit from before, enough to where Gohan might have taken him down at full power. Maybe I can wear him out quickly.
"So you want some more huh boy? Didn't learn your lesson the first time?" he taunted.
"Yeah, I'm a slow learner! I'm not the only one around here apparently!" I said as I concentrated my Psi back into my fist, but this time spread it out. My Psi sword appeared at my command, spreading out to about three feet long as I grasped the end of it in my hand. I had a pretty good idea what I wanted to do with it as well. I felt it would cut through about anything and someone who couldn't stand up to small blasts became its target. Borgos looked mildly interested in the blue sword, but not much. Better catch him off guard before he figures this thing out! I held up my other hand to my head with two fingers extended and concentrated a small amount of my ki into them.
Borgos grinned slightly, "It doesn't matter what you do!" Try this one on for size then!
"Special Beam Cannon!" I shouted, firing the spiraled beam at him. His smile widened, as he no doubt sensed that it wouldn't be anything he couldn't handle. As he prepared to deflect it, I phased out and blasted into the skies above him.
"Foolish boy, your attacks won't work on ME!" he screamed at the end because as he deflected the beam cannon with a blast in his own hand. I phased out and came at him with a downward slash of my Psi sword while descending from above. I struck the top of his head and cut all the way through to his feet. Borgos' priceless stare of shock split in half as well as the rest of his body. I slashed across him several times, turning the infested Saiyan into floating chunks in the air. I could see that the Zerg implants were already trying to regenerate him, and rather than have that happen, I dropped backwards in the sky and put my sword away. Then I brought my hands up to position and decided to try something new. Let's see what a full power blast does! I pulled ki from one hand and Psi from the other, pulling a lot from either side of the coin, but making sure it was balanced with the same amount of power on both sides. I charged a ton of energy into the blast, so keeping it half and half was a little tricky, but nonetheless I was going to let this creep have it.
"Try to come back from this, FINAL FLASH!" I shouted, firing the beam right at the remains. The power that came from it sure wasn't what I expected. It probably could have killed Kid Buu instantly, and as one would think, I had some trouble holding it on target. The beam came out green as it streaked toward Borgos. The beam hit and I watched the infested remains of Borgos disintegrate into nothing. I guided the beam into the sky before discontinuing it. The instant I stopped, my power felt so drained that I thought I actually had been fighting Buu. I dropped down to the ground and sat so I could catch my breath.
"Wow kid, that was sweet!" Tora came running up along with Gohan and a few Protoss warriors. I nodded as I looked back up into the sky, not seeing even a trace of the infested Borgos left.
"Well done young warrior!" another Zealot said.
Gohan looked a bit amused, "Wow, combining a blast like that sure did have an impact. Good thing you had control of it!"
"I barely did," I admitted as the Protoss went over to where Fenix lie dead.
"We must take Praetor Fenix back to the base and send his remains through our warp gate back to Auir!" one of them claimed. I nodded, knowing they probably had some strange rituals regarding death, I had seen a few of them send dead Zealots back through when we fought the Zerg in their base. I was completely wasted and almost out of power, but still had plenty to make the journey back.
"Let's get going, it's a long walk since we need to stick with the ground troops," Gohan suggested, giving me a hand up to my feet. I dropped out of my Psi mode, noticing that when I did I nearly collapsed.
"Note to self, don't use any more Psi for today. Feels like I've been under one of Vegeta's five hundred times gravity sessions!" I said as I caught my breath.
"I heard that!" Gohan grinned and walked next to me. I sensed Tora not moving at first.
"What's wrong Tora?" I called back.
"Guys, where is Broly?"
Power levels
Tora (SS2): 415,000,000
Gohan: 565,000,000
Verto: 250,000,000
Infested Borgos (SS2): 610,000,000; Weakened: 550,000,000
Verto's Chi powered Final Flash (ki and Psi combined): 500,000,000
Preview of next chapter: The Z Fighters and Protoss gather for a victory feast. Little does anyone know that their new alliance is in jeopardy. The Overmind goes into a weakened state of disarray, and what happened to Broly? Next time on DBV!