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 36: Bonds Broken
Zerg-Verto growled as he heard a shout from behind him. He was so focused on killing the seemingly endless enemies coming from below that he never noticed anything coming up from behind. He yelled in anguish, sending an angry gust of energy at whoever was behind him. Multiple targets appeared before his eyes, but he locked on the first one that landed. It was another Broly look-alike that was wearing Saiyan armor. This one wasn't powered up to Super Saiyan like most of them had been, but it made no difference to him. He held two fingers up and shot an energy beam directly at his chest. The Saiyan dropped as the beam went through his heart, dying instantly. He could have sworn that this Broly was different from the rest of them, something felt different from what his eyes were telling him.
"Tora, NO!" he heard a shout from the air. There was another Aldaris standing to the right of his fallen form, and Verto's rage kicked up a few more notches.
"Die Aldaris, go back to hell!" Verto shouted, firing another small but potent energy beam. The Protoss warrior dropped like a sack of bricks. Another target demanded attention, and it looked like another Frieza. Zerg-Verto charged another beam into his fingers when he suddenly felt something inside of him shift slightly.
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I flew upwards to the white light, which seemed to take forever to get to. When I got there though, my whole world changed. My eyes shifted into seeing a large Zerg Hive chamber. My hands were blasting at the walls and roof. My head turned like a swivel, and more beams flew out and struck random Zerg that came into the room from below. Blood dripped onto my body, but I couldn't look at it or even move my hands.
I'm back in my body, but I'm not in control. My evil self must still be going, I thought as the madness continued. I sensed he was angry and was focused on these Zerg like they blew up his dinner. I tried to scan his thoughts, sensing that he regarded these Zerg like I would an evil super villain, much like Buu or Frieza. I heard a shout behind me, it sounded familiar. He turned to see my friends: Goku, Vegeta, Tora, Bardock, Gohan and Fasha all standing there. I also saw Tassadar and what looked to be Zealot Krator as well, but I wasn't completely sure. I felt my energy being pushed outwards and watched as it blew them back and separated them in the process. He saw Tora land first, and I heard him thinking about sending Broly back to Hell. He fired a mixed beam and it went through his heart.
"Tora, NO!" I said aloud, noticing that my voice actually said it. He turned to Krator and called him Aldaris while my own mouth said it, shooting him as well. Then he turned to Fasha and his icy mood went crazy with memories of Frieza.
"No, you're not killing her!" I shouted, powering up. I saw and felt my aura go up, but found I was already at Super Mystic and totally pumped up. I felt control slip into my left side, but not my right side, the side with the blast forming.
"Damn you, you picked the worst time to show up!" Evil-self said though it came from my own mouth.
"You're not killing Fasha! I won't let you!" I screamed at him, trying to pull my right arm down to no avail. My head turned to the left and down to look at my left shoulder like he was talking directly to my face.
"Fasha? What the hell are you talking about? If you had been here earlier or had been watching you would know that somehow another hole to Hell was opened and these guys keep coming back for more!" he stated a fact that he believed to be true.
He turned back up to stare at Fasha like I would Frieza, "And I keep sending them back!" I felt myself smirk as he charged up the beam, ready to fire. She wasn't in any form of Super Saiyan, so it would kill her easily. I powered up more and reached to grab my right arm, pulling it away from its path.
"I won't let you!" I said, pulling with all my might and struggling, but he was still in control of most of my body.
"You may have as much power as me now, but without more you're not getting this body back without joining with me. Forget about it!" he said, shaking my left arm off and rearming. My control of my one arm started to fizzle, I needed to get control back and right away.
"You'll know what to do, believe in yourself!" came to my thoughts from far below. I shut my eyes and concentrated on my power, my spirit and my mind. I didn't have all my power to go on though and I needed it for what I wanted to do. I felt the beam leave my right arm right away and opened my eyes. Fasha stood there with a shocked expression on her face, and a smoking hole in her armor. My world turned blue and slowed to a crawl while I watched her slump to the ground.
"NO! YOU SON OF A BITCH, YOU KILLED HER!!" I shouted aloud.
My Evil self responded right away, "What the hell are you going on about, I killed Frieza again, that's all. Look for yourself!" he said, looking forward. I felt him gasp and shake, "Huh? It's Fasha?" he said in surprise.
"Yes you bastard, you killed her!" I screamed back.
"But how, it was Frieza! I swear it was Frieza," he said, slumping to our hands and knees. Our power jumped up and kept pouring in from within.
"You killed her, I'm not letting you get away with this! Now get out of my body. NO MORE!" I shouted aloud. I managed to get both hands into a power up position as he stood back up.
"I told you, you can't get rid of me because you aren't stronger!" he argued, letting me power us up. He spotted Vegeta in the corner, who was gasping at what had been going on.
"Didn't I tell you to get lost, Buu? I said, get, lost!" he shouted, charging a big blast.
"I said no more, you're leaving!" I shouted back at him, linking my mind, body and spirit together as one with a familiar technique. He must have finally noticed the mental actions, he sure recognized it.
"No, you can't use that, we can't handle that kind of power!" he said, powering down the beam and shaking in fear. I allowed myself to smirk for a moment, fresh thoughts of my beloved Fasha refueled my determination.
"NO, VERTO! Don't use that!" I heard Goku shout.
"It's not worth killing yourself!" my evil half said.
"I don't care, it will get rid of you, murderer! SUPER… Kai-OU-KEN!!!!" I shouted my resolution.
"NO!!!"
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Gohan and the others shielded themselves from the increased energy output from Verto. His silver hair flashed back to black under the aura, but his aura was dark blue with a lot of energy lightning streaking through it. Gohan felt his power shoot through the roof, much higher than any of them could go, Broly included. The walls of the Hive blew off with the roof, some of it disintegrating. The ground shook violently and everyone had to get into the air, Goku holding onto Tassadar. Another gust of wind came from Verto's screaming body and blew everyone else out of the now crumbled Hive cluster. After about a mile or so of uncontrolled flying, Gohan managed to get control of himself, the others not far behind. All Zerg that were still in the area, were either blown away or flying away rather they were under their own power or not. The extremely strong power surge continued until a final scream came with a bright green explosion. It was small and concentrated, but there was no doubt about how much power was coming from it as it lit up the skies. Soon after the sudden eruption of power, it settled down into nothing. Gohan scanned for any trace of Verto, finding none at all. Gohan noticed the Zerg buildings that remained were starting to bleed on their own, and soon tumbled downward. The Zerg in the surrounding area started to wonder about, and he sensed some of them attacking each other.
"Hey look, these Zerg are going crazy," Gohan said as the others flew up to him.
"Their primarily Hive cluster has been damaged beyond repair. With the Overmind in hibernation, it seems that they have all gone out of control for now! Kerrigan may have been killed as well, but once the main hive is gone this will happen," Tassadar explained.
"Where's Verto at?" Goku asked. They all flew back down to the broken Hive, landing on the edge of a deep and wide hole. At the bottom, they spotted the bodies of Krator, Tora and Fasha, none moving as expected.
"I can't believe he killed them," Bardock whispered.
"It wasn't him grandpa, it was his dark side. I sensed both of them in his body at the same time. We heard them having that argument," Gohan explained.
Vegeta growled, "I told her not to come along."
"It's my fault Vegeta, I convinced her to come along. If I hadn't, then this may not have happened," Gohan said, though Goku looked pretty sorrow filled as well.
"It's not your fault boy, nor is it truly his," Vegeta said in a soft tone.
"What happened to Verto then?" Tassadar asked, looking straight down into the deep hole. Goku didn't want to answer, nor did Vegeta.
"His body overloaded and he most likely died from it, his body probably vanished with him," Gohan said, choking back a tear or two. Vegeta yelled in anger, firing a ki beam to the bottom of the pit, hitting the deceased dead on and turning the bodies to ash.
"They deserve a warriors burial. Let's get the hell out of here!" Vegeta barked, taking off into the sky. Everyone understood his quick exit, they all felt the same way. Vegeta didn't want to be in front of everyone should he decide to mourn at all, it was a pride thing. Everyone save Gohan took to the air, heading back towards the Protoss camp. Gohan took one last look around, sighing heavily.
"Sorry. I'm so sorry, old friend. Sorry...that I couldn't help you," he said softly, taking off as well.
Interlude 36.1: Other World
"Oh my, I never expected something like this to happen," Old Kai shuddered as he and Kibito watched Gohan leave the battered Zerg Hive.
"So should I go pick them up at King Yemma's then?" Kibito Kai asked carefully.
"Yes, please do so Kibito. Verto may have vanquished that dark spirit, but at a terrible price. At least he didn't have to live through all the suffering he was likely to endure with Fasha being dead, please go get him from Yemma's and send Fasha to North Kai for training. Tora is to go into stasis like the other two. The only reason I'm sending her ahead is a favor for Verto, he will need to get his grieving time out of the way if he is to get on with his training. But bring him here first, understood?"
"Yes sir!" Kibito bowed as he phased out. He arrived at King Yemma's right away, startling the judge of the dead.
"Supreme Kai! To what end do I honor your presence here?" Yemma asked, bowing a bit even though Kibito was in front of his desk.
"Just waiting on some new arrivals, friends of Goku's! Two are Saiyans from the past, Tora is to go to stasis like the other one, but Fasha is to go to North Kai's place. Verto should be coming as well; I will take him with me. Got that?" Kibito Kai explained.
"Understood sir, the portal should be appearing anytime from the other universe. They were very prompt in getting Shugesh's soul here!" Yemma said. A red portal suddenly appeared on the wall. Tora walked through it and into the palace, looking around in wonder. Just as he did, a fresh sheet of paper appeared on Yemma's desk.
"What the hell happened?" he asked.
Kibito Kai laughed slightly, "You died actually, and you need to go with this attendant to a stasis chamber. We will keep you as you are until it is time for you to be wished back!"
"Man, what a trip. The last thing I remember was Verto going berserk about something and he blasted me!" Tora explained.
"Yes I know, I'm what you would call the Supreme Kai. I was watching the whole thing from my world, my apologies for what it's worth!"
"It's okay, guess I'll go this way," Tora mumbled as the ogre attendant took his arm and led him away.
"I'm glad they sent their paperwork ahead, saves me all kinds of trouble getting it later," Yemma grumbled as another one appeared. Fasha came through next, also confused at the new environment.
"Fasha right? You're to take that path to the airplane pad and take a plane to Grand Kai's planet. When you find the North Kai there, you will stay with him for training!" Yemma bellowed, startling her.
"Hold on a sec King Yemma. Let's wait for Verto to come through!" Kibito suggested.
"Oh, of course," Yemma complied. Fasha looked even more confused, and even scared, but turned with the Kai to watch the strange red portal. A few minutes went by while Kibito waited and Yemma whistled a bit. Nothing came through, not even air.
"Is there a bit of a delay or what, I can't wait forever Supreme Kai! I don't want any more lines out my palace door today!" Yemma bellowed after five minutes went by. Kibito Kai was also confused, and so he went towards the portal and went through it, surprising Yemma and the other ogres to say the least. He came back a few minutes later, with a bit of a shocked expression.
"So what's the deal, are they keeping them there for some reason. They shoved me right through that portal!" Fasha said, stamping her foot a bit.
"Did they send him down to their own Hell?" Yemma asked. Kibito shook his head to both questions.
"No, he's not there," Kibito answered slowly.
"Not there?" Yemma and Fasha both asked.
"Yeah, they said he hadn't checked in yet, and I looked all around their check in station, he wasn't there at all, nor did I sense him! Even if he went to their Hell I would have sensed it! Unless he's keeping his energy extremely low. However, he has no reason to do that..." Kibito pondered.
"Wait a sec, if he isn't there and they hadn't seen him at all, then what happened?" Fasha asked.
Kibito Kai gasped as he looked up at her, "That means...!"
"What?" Yemma asked.
Kibito turned back to the portal, seeing it vanish before his eyes, "That means he's alive!"
A/N: Well now, that chapter was full of twists wasn't it? Only reason I spelled Kaioken wrong was to interpret that he was saying it slowly. A bit of a break from Char for the time being, but it won't last long.
Next time on DBV: Verto is alive, but his whereabouts are unknown. Fasha is taken to the Grand Kai's planet and meets up with King Kai and Videl. Just when it looks like there will be a catfight, Dabura shows up and both girls accept his challenge for a fight. Fasha tells Videl to back down, but is then shocked to see Videl's hidden power.