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 26: Explosion of Rage
"Damn it all, the Saiyans are loose too! Gather everyone up outside, we're leaving immediately!" Aldaris ordered, dragging Videl with one arm and a Psi blade on the other.
"Let go of me you damn jerk!" Videl protested to no avail.
"Little girl, if you value your head you will be silent!" Aldaris growled, using his slightly superior strength to nearly drag her by the arm. Videl didn't fight against it much. Not only did she have to worry about herself, but the child she was carrying. Once they were outside, they were witness to extra Protoss troops warping in to help handle the remaining Zerg forces, who were attacking full on. The armored aliens seemed to have the upper hand with several hundred small attackers in the air to chew up any Zerg air troops. Ground battles had spanned out into a large circle around the compound. A few of the remaining small buildings was now burning to the ground. A large shuttle landed in the middle of the destroyed base, opening quickly.
"There's our ship, let's get out of here!" Aldaris shouted as his guards hung around him like vines, moving at his pace.
"ALDARIS!" a loud and angry voice shouted from behind. Aldaris spun and about swallowed his tongue, assuming he had one. Gohan stood at the entrance to the temple, and he was not even close to being in a good mood. Aldaris growled slightly as Tassadar walked up next to Gohan, followed by the rest of the Z warriors.
"So you're free as well Tassadar? No matter, you won't be going anywhere else!" Aldaris grinned.
"That is where you are wrong Judicator. How long do you think you can keep the Conclave in the dark about what has really happened, about your real intentions?" As Tassadar said this, a lot of the Protoss around Aldaris gave him a strange look. Aldaris knew he had better not say anything to his plans, it wouldn't be good if he did.
"Real intentions, maybe you should inform them of your true self. I'm interested to see when you make that information public!" Aldaris declared, trying to reverse the argument.
"Let go of Videl right now!" Gohan interrupted, ending that argument where it was.
"And what if I don't boy, what are you going to do?" he asked evilly. Gohan snarled and stepped closer.
Aldaris snapped his Psi blade to life and held it next to Videl's neck, "Ah ah ah, I wouldn't do that, I might slip and there goes her head, and if she dies so does the child she is bearing!" Everyone gasped at this.
"Oh? You thought I didn't know huh, that makes her twice as valuable to you doesn't it? Let's just see how much that is! We're going to be leaving without interference, aren't we my dear?" Aldaris said into Videl's ear. Videl continued to struggle in his grasp, to no avail without her ki.
"What have you done with the boy?" Vegeta growled, stepping up next to Gohan. Aldaris frowned slightly, but he thought that maybe he could play the card he no longer held.
"Oh that bothersome little pest. I've had him transported to our fleet in space, they are now on their way back to Auir. Don't worry, you'll probably see him again in the afterlife once were done studying him!" Aldaris laughed as Vegeta snarled a little more. Fasha looked over at the now broken Stasis cell, and just with that thought shot up to Super Saiyan. Everyone else who intended on at least getting a piece of Aldaris before Gohan ripped his stomach out started building some power as well.
"What the hell are you talking about prune face? I saw clear as day that the Zerg lady ah, owww!" Videl began to say just as Aldaris hit her hard in the back of the head, but not enough to knock her out. The growl that came from Gohan could of scared a lion. It did scare most of the Protoss guards standing between him and Aldaris, but everyone stood their ground.
"Be silent girl!" Aldaris said, shifting her a bit in his grasp because he was off balance. Videl noticed that her one leg was now in between his legs.
"And now, if you don't want to see her head separated, I suggest you cooperate fully with me! Any insubordination will be met with swift death for this Terran, understand me?" Aldaris asked, getting nothing but scowls from the gang.
"Touch her and I'll kill you one piece at a time," Gohan whispered loudly. Aldaris still felt safe behind Videl, which ended up not so safe. Videl prepared herself to run, and kicked straight behind her by bending only her knee, allowing her foot to go straight into the not so protected area of Aldaris's anatomy. He let go of her instantly and she took off running for Gohan.
"Argh, get her!" Aldaris shouted just as he was going down in pain. The guard spun and stabbed with his blade, hitting Videl in the right side area, leaving a noticeable bleeding gash that stopped her in her tracks as she gasped in surprise. The guard stared at his own blade, as if he didn't mean to hit her in a nearly lethal spot. Before he could say anything however, Aldaris conjured a Psi Storm from the air that struck both the guard and Videl, who was still dazed and stunned. The guard was hit directly in the head by the lightning, and pretty much dropped on the spot. Videl however was hit multiple times in the chest and stomach area by the energy storm. Some of it remained once the storm quickly passed, running up and down her body before dissipating. Everyone gasped in surprise, including some of the Protoss warriors that were standing by. Some of the Zerg fighting some distance away even stopped and turned a head or two.
"G-Gohan?" Videl whispered as she dropped to the ground, face down. Gohan's eyes focused wide on Videl as she fell to the ground, lifeless in an instant. Her low ki barely twitched before failing to register at all. Behind Gohan, Chichi and Bulma were ready to cry, trying to cover Trunks and Goten's eyes from the horror they had just seen. The ground under Gohan's feet cracked and chunks of rock began to rise just a little bit as dust swirls began to circle. Vegeta and Goku had been shooting the evil eye to Aldaris, but then saw Gohan's look of shock and quickly backed away.
"In the air, now!" Vegeta shouted to his comrades. Aldaris was trying to figure out what the fuss was all about when Gohan was left alone on the ground. The air was so silent that he swore he heard some sort of pop or snap from Gohan's direction. Then the ground beneath him shook and lightning struck all around despite not a cloud in the sky. Aldaris looked up in fear at Gohan's now glowing blue eyes underneath his silver aura. Then he heard the earth-shattering scream, one that he would never forget.
Interlude: Other World
Kibito Kai was reading a book on how to separate a fusion using a spell when he felt it. At first he didn't think much of it, he felt these kinds of things all the time. But then the force behind it hit him and he fell to his side in surprise. He looked up at his elder, who was watching the crystal ball with a fury.
"What's going on Elder, what is that massive energy I sense?" Kibito asked.
"The result of the tragedy I predicted, that is Gohan you sense now!" Old Kai explained.
"That's Gohan? How is that possible, even with his hidden abilities?"
"That is the full extent of his hidden powers coming to the front right now. And with that Psi energy coursing through him now, he is the most powerful warrior in the universe at this time!"
"Isn't that a good thing elder? We want him to defeat the Zerg and all the evil beings, right?"
"Not necessarily, if he can't control it properly or if it consumes him, it would be disastrous for everyone!"
"What can we do then?" Kibito asked.
"Like I said, nothing at this point in time. Gohan has mastered his powers before and he understands them better than anyone. It isn't with him I'm as concerned as with!"
Kibito was instantly confused, "What do you mean elder?"
"I mean the other child Verto. He has shown just as much potential as Gohan has, if not more due to his age. As pure hearted as he may be, everyone has their breaking point where evil can flood in. All we can do now is hope!" Old Kai said as he went back to his meditation, looking for hope in his thoughts.
"I hope you're right elder," Kibito mumbled, watching the crystal ball as it flashed with energy.
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King Kai watched the events unfolding on the Earth with hard intent. He had never anticipated that the Protoss would do something so awful to Gohan and Verto. But then the Protoss didn't know Saiyans like he did, and there was going to be a response to this. One hell of a response.
"What's up Northy?" West Kai asked as he strolled up to him along with his pride and joy, Pikkon.
"There's another battle going on Earth. I'm afraid that Goku's son has just snapped and unleashed his full powers!" King Kai replied.
"Isn't Goku your number one guy? What's to worry about?"
"If you ever saw this kid get mad, you would see what I mean," King Kai said, shuddering a little at the memories of the Cell games.
"Hmph, Goku wasn't that great, just lucky!" West Kai snorted. King Kai ignored that, as did Pikkon.
"Say Pikkon, could you do me a favor?" King Kai asked, knowing he had something to take care of now.
"Hey, he's my warrior, not yours! Just because your fighters beat Bibidi's madman doesn't mean you get to order everyone around!" West Kai protested. Again he was ignored.
"What is it you need sir?" Pikkon asked anyway.
"Can you go to King Yemma's place? I need you to bring someone back with you, she's a friend of Goku's!"
"Sure, anything for one of Goku's friends!" Pikkon nodded and flew off, leaving West Kai fuming. King Kai chuckled slightly, and walked in the other direction, towards his rebuilt house on his quarter of the planet.
"Now where are you going Northy?"
"To tidy up, we're going to have some more company soon," King Kai said, whistling for Bubbles and Gregory.
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Kerrigan was resting inside her personal transport Overlord, watching over Verto. The kid had not even budged since she broke him out of his stasis cell. She had begun to wonder if he was even going to breathe or not, which he finally started to a little bit. No matter, he'll be like this for at least three weeks before he's even coherent. Verto surprised her by tossing and turning a bit, moaning in pain slightly.
"Videl," he whispered. Must be some acquaintance of his. Sorry kido, you're not going to see them for a long time. He moaned some more before promptly going back into a half frozen sleep.
"Well that was brief, wonder what came over him," she snorted. Then the Overlord was shaken by a shockwave, and then another. Using her Zerg senses, she picked up the entire swarm being shaken up by the same. Then she felt it, a huge power that was putting out these strong energy waves. It terrified her to no end when she measured the energy coming from it. But at the same time she smiled, Nice going Aldaris, you finally went too far. It's too bad I wont be there to see you die! Kerrigan noticed that Verto's wounded shoulder had started to bleed again, a sign that his body was beginning to recover from the freezing process and his blood was at least flowing. She spat on the wound, sealing it as she had done with Seventeen. As she smoothed out the seal, she rubbed the boy's hair a bit. Don't worry kid, you're going to come out of this. It's going to be a bumpy ride but you'll be just fine and back home within a year or two if everything goes right!
A slight itch tugged at the back of her mind, prompting Kerrigan to pay attention to it instead.
"Yes, Cerebrate?" she asked.
"Do you really believe he's ready for this?" it asked.
"He'll have to be. Your master seems to have plenty of faith," she replied.
"Depends on which master you're talking about."
"Very true. You should not be contacting me in such a way right now," Kerrigan frowned.
"With all of that power coming from Son Gohan, I doubt anyone would be monitoring this minor communiqué."
"Astute as always. Just don't be too rough on him once he's bound to your commands. His mind feels quite fragile at this stage, to be expected," Kerrigan warned.
"I know, however I have a feeling that he may surprise us instead," Cerebrate said. Both of them were silent afterwards as the moderate shaking subsided, and Gohan's power finally stopped erupting.
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Back at the battlefield, all of the earth fighters and the others had either flown up into the air, or had been carried. Primarily to get away from Gohan. The Protoss and Zerg made a small mistake in not only stopping their fight with each other, but taking a slightly closer look before the energy waves starting hitting them. It wasn't enough to knock anyone over, but the air was filled with dirt and dust behind a lightning filled silver aura.
I cannot take this anymore
Saying everything I said before.
All these words they make no sense
I found bliss in ignorance
Less I hear the less you say
You'll find that out anyway
Just like Before…
Everything you say to me
Takes me One Step Closer to the edge
And I'm about to Break!
I need a little room to breathe
'Cause I'm One Step Closer to the edge
And I'm about to Break!
Aldaris had given up trying to threaten the Saiyans, he simply did the right thing this time. He ran for the shuttle, as fast as he could. When Gohan had snapped, he under went a transformation that Aldaris wasn't familiar with. He almost expected the golden form that these Saiyans were so proud of. But when his eyes went blue and his hair went silver, he knew he was in trouble. Aldaris had seen Verto do this when powering up his body with Psi, then his ki combined with it, but he was in a rather controlled state despite not being able to handle it. Gohan wasn't in a controlled state, no one calm and collected screamed that loud. Lightning surrounded the fiery Saiyan as he powered up. Aldaris reached the shuttle just as Gohan was done powering up, aided a bit by the stiff wind he was putting out. Then he simply ordered them to take off without their fellow soldiers. The pilots tried to protest, but quickly complied as Gohan had already destroyed the guards. The shuttle made it into the air, but was soon attacked. Aldaris was begging silently that he would be spared when he saw that it was the Zerg attacking and not the boy. Gohan was on the ground, attacking the Protoss troops that were also fighting the Zerg. The other Earth fighters had not joined in, and who really could blame them? Aldaris watched in fear as his Protoss army was cut to shreds in no time by the mighty Saiyan's punches and kicks. He fully expected Gohan to start blasting away on them at first, but his brute strength proved more than enough. Then the Zerg charged the Saiyan from all sides. They reached him only to be blown back by his power as it erupted again and a large number of tiny little energy beams flew out from him. Each Zerg, ground or air, was struck by one and was injured and or died instantly, collapsing to the ground quickly.
"Good gods, nothing is safe from that Saiyan!" Aldaris said as saw that Gohan's face was still very angry, but also determined and controlled now, which scared him even more. Aldaris punched up the video feed from the ground, one that was zoomed in on Gohan's face and another around his area. He flinched slightly and all of the Zerg bodies exploded, dead or not. Aldaris' fear kicked up a few more notches when he saw this.
"Set course for the main fleet, tell them to get the main cannon up and running!"
"Judicator, that will destroy the whole planet if fired! The Zerg have fled and there are hardly any remaining now!" one pilot protested. A rough shockwave shook the ship as it sailed into the upper atmosphere.
"Do you want to argue with that?!" Aldaris asked, his voice quivering. The pilots didn't answer and kept pressing towards the large fleet in space.
I find the answers aren't so clear
Wish I could find a way to disappear
All these thoughts they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Nothing seems to go away
Over and over again
Just Like before...
Gohan stared up into the sky in anger, but also somewhat calmly. He allowed his aura to drop, but stayed powered up.
"Gohan?" Goku asked, landing next to him.
"It hurts dad," he said, trying not to cry.
"It's okay son, you can let it out," Goku said, offering him the shoulder to cry on. Chichi had already broken out in tears several meters away. The others that didn't cry held that hard but sorrow filled expression, even though Vegeta attempted to hide it. Gohan shed but a few tears, walking over to Videl's fallen body and kneeling down to it. Dende came over as well, trying to comfort his friend, but not knowing any words that would help at the moment. After all, what do you say to a man who just lost his mate and child at the same time? Tassadar and Krator stayed away from the group, trying to contact the ships in space from the transmission tower that was slightly wrecked.
"Dende," Gohan whispered.
"What is it Gohan?" he asked right away.
"Will King Yemma let her travel to the upper world?"
"More than likely Gohan, not to worry," Dende said, putting an arm around the Saiyan's shoulder.
"Thanks, I promise I'll wish you back Videl!" he declared as he watched her body disappear.
"It seems that King kai has personally made sure she's well cared for," Dende said, trying to provide as much support as he could as he received the telepathic message.
"Come on son, we should get back and try to get a spaceship ready to go to Namek with. Or maybe I can go get Kibito Kai to get us there. We'll get her back!" Goku said, pulling Gohan up.
"Yeah, let's do it," Gohan whispered, trying to hold back the flood of tears that were ready to pour out at any given minute. Meanwhile, Tassadar was busy trying to get someone to answer from the ships in space. He didn't get any response, but he did notice that one of the sensor readouts were going crazy. Gohan's attention shifted upwards suddenly.
"What's wrong Gohan?" Goku asked.
"I don't know dad. I feel something up there, like a huge power surge!"
"Oh no, Aldaris has ordered the Psi Cannon be fired on the planet, it will destroy it upon impact!" Tassadar announced, grabbing a shocked gasp from everyone.
"But he can't, the Zerg have left!" Eighteen argued.
"Looks like he is going to anyway!" Tassadar said with a grim face. Gohan then spotted a bright blue flare in the sky, coming straight at them.
"No, we can't let this happen!" Gohan shouted, powering up again and drawing his arms back for the Son trademark attack. Goku and Bardock lined up next to him, powering up to maximum of Super Saiyan levels and following the same pattern.
"KAMEHAME, HAAA!" all three shouted at once, firing the huge blue beam at the incoming one.
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"1stp Kloser" by Linkin Park, part 1
Next time on DBV: The Zerg have fled the Earth and one problem is solved. Now another has arisen as Aldaris fires his incredibly powerful Psi cannon to destroy the earth. Can Gohan and the others stop this from happening, or is the earth doomed to destruction once again, find out when the final battle for the Earth is decided on the next chapter of DBV.