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 21: Aldaris takes over
We all sat around one of the big dinner tables that had been set up, but we remained with each other. Protoss lined all of the other ones, only Zealots and Templar sitting at the tables, as the dragoons and probes didn't need to eat apparently. Tassadar and Aldaris sat on what appeared to be a big stage setting with a few other higher members of their group. The meal was great, whatever these Protoss ate regularly, I wanted more of it for my next meal. It seemed to be mostly meat that they ate, which was fine with me. Goku of course didn't want to wait until the next meal, and paraded around other tables to nab what he could as soon as we ran out. After Bardock and Gohan chased him down, he behaved for the time being. The aliens didn't seem to mind that much, they didn't eat nearly as much of it anyway. Tassadar rose to the podium to make some sort of speech, but Aldaris stopped him short, saying he had some sort of great announcement to make. Humph, knowing him its just some cocky remark about us.
"Fellow Protoss, honorable Saiyan guests, today marks a new day in history!" Aldaris began. Massive cheering followed, though hardly anything more than a clap came from us. Aldaris waited for the cheering to stop before continuing.
"Today is the turn of the tide, when our enemies will revealed and crushed beneath our feet!" More cheering followed.
"A great many things have been done today. Even with the unfortunate passing of Praetor Fenix, his spirit will make the awaited journey to Adun and rejoin the Kalah!" Even more cheering, Tassadar clapped a bit this time.
"The Zerg are on the verge of final defeat, victory comes soon!" I wasn't sure what the point of all this was too be yet, must be like a pep rally or something.
"But first a few things must be done before they are a concern!" Huh? Most of the Protoss had no clue what he meant by that, but paid attention regardless, Tassadar wasn't sure what to make of it either.
"Over the past few days I have noticed something, different, about our great Executor Tassadar. Something I've never seen from a loyal servant of Auir!" This drew strange looks from everyone. Vegeta's eyes went narrow, obviously he felt something was up as well.
"After the alliance was made with our, friends, I saw a different gleam in the Executor's eye, one of extreme arrogance!" What the hell is he talking about?
"After our first battle as allies, I noticed that he seemed to ignore obvious Zerg movements and push ahead anyway," Aldaris said. Behind Aldaris a large video like screen arose and blipped to life.
"This will show you exactly what happened because of this!" The screen blipped on, showing a meeting between Vegeta and Tassadar. It skipped to a different scene of the battle inside the Protoss base, but only focused on Protoss accidentally being skewered by ki blasts during our first allied battle against the Zerg.
My eyes now narrowed, "Okay what the hell is he trying to do?" I asked aloud this time.
"An accident you say? Despite his seemingly good intentions, Tassadar has simply used all of you as his puppets in order to catch good favor from his true master: the Overmind!"
Tassadar was on his feet now, "What is the meaning of this Judicator?" Good question. Another video feed popped up on the screen, one I recognized pretty well since I had been there. It showed us marching with the Protoss before suddenly jumping into the air in the area we had discovered the buried Zerg attackers. Only once it showed the all of the Protoss get killed, it blipped forward to where I shouted at the Zerg to come out and they did. Not once did it show Tora and I trying to kill the Zerg.
"Hey wait a sec, that's not what happened!" Tora shouted out. Many of the aliens started murmuring amongst themselves, and many angry glances came our way.
"But the last straw was when Tassadar betrayed his closest ally and friend, Praetor Fenix himself! Not only did he betray him, he sent one of his greatest assassins from right under our armor! After all, who would ever suspect a child?" The view changed to the Infested Borgos fight, only it showed me firing a Masenko. Then it blipped to where Fenix was killed by a similar golden blast, as if to show I had killed him. Most of the Protoss troops were glaring at us now, making me feel quite unwelcome.
"I didn't do it, can't you see that he's trying to fool you?!" I shouted at them.
"This boy is innocent," I heard from the Zealot known as Krator. His declaration fell on deaf ears.
"And now to you Tassadar! On orders from the Conclave high council, I hereby declare your Executor position as void! You are a traitor to our people and will be taken back to Auir to stand trial for your crimes against our people! Your friends will be dealt with accordingly!" Oh great!
"Looks like we've outstayed our welcome, let's get out of here!" Bardock suggested. I nodded, and all of our auras appeared as we prepped for flight. Aldaris grinned and hit a button he had on his arm band. When he did that, it was like all of my ki was instantly gone from my body. I tried to summon it, but found nothing, as if it didn't exist anymore. I glanced around to see that everyone else was having similar trouble.
"Sorry Saiyans, you're not going anywhere! Arrest them!" Aldaris shouted from the stage.
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"Our powers have left us?" Goku asked as he looked slightly confused. Not three seconds after Aldaris issued the order did the Protoss come after us in anger. Without any ki to use, we had no choice but to run on foot. Problem with that, the aliens were everywhere.
"They haven't left us Goku, there is some sort of dampening field in here! And it is blocking access to your power!" Seventeen said as he glanced around. We ran around and around, looking for a place to go with only aliens baring Psi weapons around.
"Blast it all to hell!" Vegeta cursed, "Robot, do you know where the field generator is? If we can take that out these freaks will go down fast!"
"No, my scanners can't identify all this equipment!" Seventeen claimed. Zealots appeared in front of us just as another group came in from the sides and behind. We were surrounded.
"Great now what!" Gohan asked. We all backed into each other and fell into respective fighting stances, even Buu though he couldn't use any of his powers either.
"Who's first?" Vegeta dared an alien to come forth. Many were hesitant for good reason, but without his ki, Vegeta would not be quite as threatening. One Zealot finally rushed at him only to receive a punch that bounced off its shield. The alien punched back in retaliation, and caught a surprised Vegeta across the jaw, grounding him. He was up fast, but there were Psi blades in his face in an instant.
"Do not move, or this one dies!" the zealot warned. Shit! Seventeen stepped to the plate and fired a ki blast. Okay, maybe they're back now! I thought as I tried to summon my power, to no avail.
"You fools, I don't have ki!" Seventeen shouted as his blast struck the fighter over Vegeta, knocking the alien back. He leapt into the fray, taking on all the Zealots in front of us. As he dodged and blocked multiple blows, Vegeta got back into a stance, ready to plow someone over.
"Run, I'll hold them off!" Seventeen shouted at us. We attempted to run the other way, only to see a stampede of Protoss come running at us. I tried to attack the one that ran me down, only to have my fist bounce right off its shield. It grabbed my wrist and tugged harshly. I kicked towards its gut and the twisting released me as I ran the other direction. I was immediately surrounded by Protoss bearing Psi blades. I turned back only to see that everyone else was being beat down very quickly and the aliens starting to attach some sort of device to their necks. Goku was trying his best against the small group that attacked him, only to get shocked by some sort of stun baton. The others were getting similar treatment even as they tried to fight out of it.
"No!" I shouted running at the first one I saw, which stood over a knocked out Goku, trying to attach whatever the device was. Seventeen was still fighting off a large horde, so he wasn't available. I was going to have to face the hundreds of warriors by myself, with only my physical strength. I tried again to summon my power, but nothing came, not even a little. I grabbed the alien by his head, and even while the shield was shocking my hands, I drug him off Goku and turned hard on his neck. The bones didn't even hesitate to break, telling me that these Protoss may be vulnerable there. I had seen many Zerg hit them there and have success, shield or not. Shaking off the burns from my hands, I turned to the two trying to hold Vegeta down. I smashed one of them and threw him aside, enabling Vegeta to punch the other so hard that his shield didn't even go off, but his head did.
"That's their shield's weakness! Attack the head and neck!" he shouted to me, since I was the only one still moving, though Buu was making a case for himself. Oh I get it, their shield isn't as strong there so they can breathe, I think. I didn't care to further figure out the Protoss since they were all trying to capture us. I jumped on the next one, kicking its head, and then punching the face. He went down but not before turning on his Psi blade. I tried to dodge aside, but still got slashed across the shoulder. Blood spurted out as I cried out in pain.
"Boy! Argh!" Vegeta shouted as he was hit from behind. The warrior charged at me as I held my shoulder. I ducked down to avoid the swipe of his Psi blades, and then I hit him down low where most would not like to be hit. It turned out that Protoss were just as vulnerable there as humans were. Luck paid off and he bent over as I hit a hard uppercut that sent him a good twenty feet away, and his Psi blades came off his hands as he fell. No one was really close to me, so I reached out and picked them up. I slipped one onto my good arm, causing the stampede of Zealots to halt for the time being. It slipped on surprisingly tightly and I felt it clamp onto my body like a leech. Damn, how do you turn this thing on? I asked myself just as the blue blade turned itself on as I held it tighter in my grip.
"Okay, that was strange," I muttered, turning to face anyone who wanted a piece of me. I felt the weapon draw a little off my Psi energy, but it wasn't very much, barely enough to fly on if it were ki. Speaking of which I still couldn't use it, which meant no Psi unless I wanted to deal with a bad strain. I did have a better idea of where to concentrate within myself just as the blade tugged on my energy. Just as I turned, a Zealot rushed up and attacked. He swiped with one blade just as I raised mine to block. The blades crossed each other, which caused his shield to go off just before it penetrated and sliced his head in half. His blade in turn, cut my weapon apart at the seams, slashing my good arm. Well that worked well!
"Give it up boy, you're out gunned here!" Aldaris declared as he stepped out from the circle of Protoss.
"Why are you doing this? You know that we never attacked your men!" I shouted as I held my new arm wound painfully close.
"Oh but you did, didn't you see yourself kill Fenix with your bare hands?" he snickered slightly, "I can play the feed again if you like!"
"Ha, I call that bad editing! If all these guys really knew what you are doing, you would be standing where I am!"
"But I'm not, get him!" he ordered as the Zealot circle marched forward. I tried again to summon my ki, getting nothing still. Damn, well looks like I don't have a choice but to try my Psi energy, just hope my body can handle it with no ki! I could still feel it deep within me, so I concentrated hard to find it in the same manner that the Psi blade did. I cringed, as it was getting hard to bring out, and painful.
"Just what are you trying to do boy? Can't you see your powers aren't going to work now?" Aldaris sneered.
I opened my eyes just as he said that, "You'll see!" I searched even harder despite having no ki to work with. That had made it easier to find my deepest powers, without it I was looking for a twig in a darkened cave. The Protoss were about ten feet away on all sides before I finally found it. I then groaned loudly as I brought it out, causing the Zealots to stop for a second just to see what I was up to. I recalled the feeling of the Psi blade when it pulled my energy, helping me locate it a little better. I pulled my Psi to the surface once I found it, and spread it through myself much like a power up. Blue lightning flashed violently around me as my silver aura came to the surface and my body strengthened.
"How is this possible, his powers should be asleep for another minute!" Aldaris shouted in fear. I grinned as I struggled with the energy, as it was very difficult to hold onto without ki.
"One minute huh? I can hold off that long, bring it on!" I shouted at them. Man this hurts just like the triple Kaioken did, I better be careful since I'm not used to it! I fired a Psi blast right in front of me with both hands. The warriors flew apart in many pieces as it exploded, causing nearby alien buildings to crumble. The Zealots quickly backed off in slight fear, and I dropped back to send another big one.
I took aim right for Aldaris, "Kame, hame,.." I started, as Aldaris's face seemed to drain of color and turn white with fear as he backed up. As a Psi blade flashed next to my ear, I spun and caught the Zealot's arm, ripping it clean off as blue blood splattered onto my chest armor. Another Zealot punched at me from behind, catching my injured shoulder. I went down to one knee and a whole pile of Zealots jumped onto me, the pressure making me fall.
"Give it up boy!" one whispered in my ear. Flashes of anger hit me, and I saw everyone getting bashed around by the aliens.
"Never," I growled as my power flared, "NEVER!" I screamed again as I suddenly exploded with ki power. The output of my ki and psi combined sent all of the Protoss within thirty feet to the next world, and any others nearby went flying. I screamed in anger and rage, feeling my full powers come to the surface and into my silvery Super Mystic form, but I struggled to hold it. Just as I thought I had it, something hit the back of my head and I felt numb. It felt like a solid object, but was fierce like a blast. My power cut out and I fell to the ground, instantly surrounded by darkness and downed Protoss.
Interlude 21.1
Aldaris sighed as the Saiyan child Verto had finally blacked out. A Photon cannon had shot him from behind, and luckily put the powerful kid to sleep. Hundreds of injured and dead Protoss lay around him, he had been one of the lucky few that hadn't been near the boy when the ki disruptor shut down and he overloaded his power. The nearest Templar ran to the boy, attaching the ki restricting device around his neck, as he lay injured and unmoving.
"I thought you said that the ki disruptor would keep all of their powers in check?" Aldaris snarled at his scientist, Croton.
"My apologies my lord Judicator! It is possible that there are too many of these fighters around and it became overwhelmed before the time ran out. Unless the boy can access Psi energy as well. Is he one of those fighters?"
Aldaris growled at himself, "Yes, he is one of those, I never knew Psionic energy could be used like that! I must learn how he did it!"
"What about the artificial being there?" Croton asked as a few Zealots dragged Seventeen over to them. He was battered and beaten, but still awake.
"Take the fighters and the boy to the brig! This one however is no use to us, kill him and then download his memory bank!" Aldaris ordered, "Then take a squadron to the Western city and capture the Saiyans there, kill everyone else!"
Seventeen's eyes popped open, "You won't touch my sister!"
"Your sister is there, is she like you as well? Interesting, but nevertheless she will die!" Aldaris grinned wickedly. Seventeen turned his wrists just right and jumped out of the grasp of the Zealots. He launched into the air, flying high and out of the base, heading west.
"Blast it, find him and kill him, right now!" Aldaris ordered as several Templar scurried about with the orders and the Zealots marched out in pursuit.
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Seventeen struggled to fly as fast as he could. Despite everlasting energy, even he had his limits when he pushed his body too hard. His bleeding legs were demanding attention, his head was halfway cracked along the side and his chest was sliced open in many places. He began to hear sounds of something coming his way from all sides, so he quickly scampered under some nearby trees. Just as he was out of sight, several small alien ships came flying through. Seventeen recognized them as Protoss attack fighters. They were small, but very fast and durable. Seventeen didn't budge, though his knees were bleeding so bad that he felt they might snap at any second. The ships circled around his position for a few minutes, but ventured off. Seventeen dropped to the ground, breathing hard. The break didn't last long as several hundred laser shots rang in from overhead, shredding all of the landscape and blowing up a few of the trees he was under. Seventeen shuddered, and prepared to fly off again before his enhanced scanners picked something up. The attackers continued attacking the land, hoping to flush him out. Seventeen looked towards his south, spotting a few dozen flyers coming in. But instead of Protoss, they were Zerg. Seventeen scanned them carefully, identifying them all to be kamikaze flyers.
"Great, what else could go wrong?" he asked himself. The ships turned and fired on the Zerg, hitting a few with their missiles. The Zerg flyers got hit at point blank range, but plowed right into the ships as they died off. The battle waged for barely a minute, coming down to one damaged ship and one Zerg flyer. The flyer dodged several missiles and hit the ship, blowing it up an instant later. Seventeen sighed at his lucky break and tried to stand back up. His knee snapped when he did, exposing not only blood and bone, but sparking wires.
"Damnit!" he said just a bit too loud. He glanced around quickly, not seeing anyone. He turned his head forward in time to see a distortion in the air, similar to that of heat coming off the road or that of a desert mirage. Seventeen never saw such things as an android, so he paid attention better, figuring it was another Protoss ship or something. The distortion moved closer, and reshaped as a pattern of a person. Seventeen got his energy in order, preparing to blast at whatever this was. Before he did however, he heard running sounds behind him. Three Zealots marched up to the last tree, and spotted him right away.
"There he is, let's get him!" one grunted. The distortion to his right then moved swiftly. Before any of the Zealots moved an inch, the barely visible distortion moved through all of them.
"What sort of trick is this?" No one answered until three shields went off suddenly, showing they had been hit. Then all three of the Zealot heads came off of their owners and the bodies crumpled to the ground. Seventeen could hardly believe what he saw, then backed up a bit on the ground when he saw the distortion moving his way. It then stopped a few feet away from him.
"Who, what are you?" he asked the invisible being. The distortion then flinched for a second, before the invisible cloak around it vanished. Seventeen watched as the being slowly revealed itself. It appeared to be some kind of green woman, with thick blades of black hair that stuck out like an afro. She had several sharp talons on her back in an arranged pattern that resembled wings, but weren't. She was wearing what seemed to be a black battle uniform, though it was difficult to tell because it looked organic.
"What the, who the hell are you?" he stuttered.
"I am Kerrigan, I have come to help you," she said.