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 47: Ice Cold
"Allow me to show you the greatest power in the universe, that of the true Saiyan!" Broly shouted as he flew towards Aldaris.
"You are quite mistaken! It is I that will show you!" Aldaris fired back, but standing his ground. Broly flew straight towards him until he hit an invisible wall of energy. He punched at it a few times, keeping an angry glare locked on Aldaris.
"Hiding behind a shield you old fool?" Broly asked.
"If you want to call it that, but then you brutes never seem very smart once your in battle!" Aldaris said, igniting his shield with a small hand movement. Instantly blots of Psi energy emerged from it and shocked Broly, causing him to stop his attack while the lightning stunned him. Aldaris kept this up until Broly dropped to one knee, smiling evilly while this happened. He let up on the Psi storm attack once he saw Broly breathing a little harder.
"You cannot defeat my superior powers Saiyan, I suggest you make it easy on yourself!" Aldaris suggested.
He heard Broly laughing a few seconds later, "You think you have me beat with a tiny little storm?" Broly jumped back and fired a small but powerful ki blast at Aldaris, who just stood there. It smacked against the shield with a bright explosion, shredding the ground away underneath it. Aldaris floated there while watching the ground was crumbling beneath, still with his shield shimmering in the daylight. Broly chuckled a bit more, firing three more of similar caliber. The first two bounced off of the shield, but the last one went right through it and straight at its target. Aldaris' eyes widened with surprise, barely dodging out of the way while the blast exploded behind him.
"How did you do that? Blast it, I must not have applied enough energy to deflect it!" Aldaris growled.
Broly laughed harder, "You think your puny shield is going to block against everything I throw at you? I dare you to try it now!" Broly then started charging something big in his right hand. Aldaris floated backwards a few feet in nervous tension, having a feeling that the last attack was going to seem miniscule. He saw Broly arch back slightly, seeing his eyes leave him for a moment. Aldaris smiled slightly as the Saiyan was ready to fire, and concentrated on himself for a moment before moving out of the path.
"Omega Blaster!" Broly shouted, firing the big green and yellow blast at Aldaris. The blast hit and charged itself into a much larger ball before exploding, leaving a bigger crater behind.
"That will teach you not to underestimate a Saiyan!" Broly laughed. A thin blue beam smashed into his shoulder suddenly. He turned to see who had done it, only to get a few dozen of the same, enough to knock him down and leave his bare chest smoking and bleeding in a few spots. He spotted Aldaris standing about fifty feet behind him, with a single finger outstretched.
"You didn't really think I was foolish enough to stand there and let you hit me with that, did you?" Aldaris asked, firing several more thin Psi beams at Broly. They bounced off a ki shield a moment later, which then shrank away into another small and potent blast. Broly let it charge there for a moment, deciding what he was going to do. He finally tossed it at the older Templar, before diverting it away and letting it hover over a nearby Templar, who was still alive. Aldaris glanced over, and then looked back at Broly who had a nasty grin on his face as he let it fall. The Templar vanished in a heartbeat, leaving only a smoking hole in the ground.
"What do you think? Wasn't he pathetic?" Broly asked, trying to get under Aldaris' nerves.
"Most of my people are pathetic and weak, you probably did me a favor. I'm surprised you would waste your time with them if your power is so great," Aldaris said with a calm tone, reversing Broly's hopes.
"You've got it wrong, all of your people are pathetic just as you are! With just a handful of useless little tricks, you don't deserve to face me. It's time for you to lie dead at my feet!" Broly declared, jumping backwards to a nearby hill. Aldaris stood tall, waiting to see what he would do.
Broly launched another powerful Omega Blaster at Aldaris, who returned fire with a bigger Psi beam directed by both hands, much like a Kamehameha. The collision ball was big and green, wavering to either side before pushing back towards Aldaris. Aldaris frowned, releasing and focusing more energy, pushing back against it. Broly returned the favor by releasing another blast, sending it back to Aldaris again.
"Argh, how is this Saiyan so powerful?" he muttered as he summoned more and more power. He was already using more than he thought was necessary to destroy him, only making him madder. His blue aura glowed bright as he continued to pour energy into his energy beam, barely pushing to a stalemate. He could hear Broly laughing again, and decided to add a new factor to this battle by releasing the small amount of ki energy he possessed and pulling back on his Psi. The beam turned bright green as it filtered into the air to the collision. Aldaris got the surprise of a lifetime when Broly's big ki ball suddenly rushed down to meet him. He swore he didn't sense him release another blast, figuring he must have just cut too much power to his own Psi beam. He used his power to turn more of his energy into ki before releasing more to the point where he was firing the same amount of ki and Psi into the beam. He knew from his fight with Verto that mixed energy was potentially greater than the original two. At first it began to push back towards Broly, but then it stopped cold and plunged towards him without a bit of resistance once Broly fired another round. Aldaris quickly cut off his power and moved away just as the energy ball got there. The resulting explosion liberated him of his artificial leg, but only that. He smashed into the side of a hill, stunned to say the least as he blinked a few times before the pain finally registered.
How? I used the mixed power of Psi and ki that the boy is so good with. I used a lot of energy on both sides, it should have turned the tide of things to my favor. Aldaris reexamined himself, again knowing that he had much less ki energy than he did Psi energy. Then the answer hit him like he should have known it.
Oh of course, how could I be so blind? Since I have much less ki, I have to lower my Psi energy for the mixture to work properly and double the power. Transforming the Psi into ki wastes energy in this case. But my own Psi energy is greater than that silly combination. No wonder the boy defeated me, my own ki energy is useless! Aldaris was too caught up in his own thoughts to notice Broly come in for a sneak attack. BAM! The forearm burrowed Aldaris into the mountainside, while Broly laughed at him some more.
"Is that all you've got you old codger? A few amateur moves and you're done already? I thought you were going to show me something? You did, but only that you are a true piece of trash!" Aldaris fumed at this as he coughed up his own blood and powered up his blue aura before releasing a stronger amount of Psi energy into the air as Broly backed off of him. He felt that his rib area was smashed into his internal organs, and began to lose feeling in his legs. He didn't care though, he was going to take the Saiyan down now, even if it killed him. Broly continued to laugh at this while Aldaris watched him float away before slowly surrounding him with the energy and letting it float around. Broly didn't seem to notice until Aldaris snapped his fingers. Blue lightning struck Broly from the air with undying fury. Aldaris' aura kept going, adding power to the Psi storm. Broly plummeted to the ground out of control, but the lightning bolts followed him there and continued. Broly continued to moan and groan while the storm started to churn through his body and out the other side, zapping his energy as his body received more damage. Aldaris flew up to him as the lightning continued non-stop, a murderous look in his glowing eyes while his now shortened leg bled a little more. Broly's size began to shrink a bit as he lost his ultimate form with new wounds making themselves present despite the Zerg cells all over him. Soon Aldaris focused his energy storm onto the Zerg cells, burning them off before putting the focus back on Broly's whole body. The lightning bolts became larger in width and began to leave holes where they struck. Broly coughed and groaned, but managed to laugh a little more.
"Still relying on your tricks to defeat a true warrior? I dare you to let me get up!" Broly said, trying to get up but getting pounded to the ground. He managed to gather a big ki blast into his hand, punch it into the ground and point it at the ground beneath Aldaris' feet, but not firing it yet. Aldaris continued to look on with full intent on finishing Broly with this one attack. Broly could tell that he was going to lose now, the Psi lightning hitting him was getting bigger and more painful by the moment.
"It doesn't matter what you do, I will live forever!" Broly laughed, firing another ki blast from the other hand. Aldaris' shield deflected it shortly before the lightning bolts increased in number and potency. Broly felt his body giving out and powered the last bit of ki into his other buried hand. He grinned as he managed to pull his head up just as a much larger Psi bolt struck him through the heart.
"Die!" Aldaris shouted as eyes glowed when he pulled that final Psi bolt down from the air above them. Then he saw Broly's other arm glowing for a second. The ground underneath his feet shook, and in an instant, he knew. He managed to jump a bit before a huge green ki beam shot out of the ground, going through the shield and making everything from the smashed ribs down to his feet vanish before shooting into the sky. He groaned loudly as he dropped to the ground a hundred feet away from the large hole in the ground. He felt his insides start to spill out and drag behind with a lot of his blood as he tried to crawl. Aldaris struggled to even move his arms, but did manage to push a small button on his metallic wrist. Instantly his shuttle came alive and landed nearby, the pilot emerging. He was pulled onto the safety of the shuttle as it took off and flew off to the nearest medical facility. Life support was attached while Aldaris stared at the wall, amazed at what had happened. He wasn't worried about dying, or having artificial implants again. His face twisted into a scowl, knowing full well that he could have prevented the Saiyan from doing it and foolishly thought that he couldn't even move. He knew deep down that he would see Broly again, if the Overmind could bring him back from nothing, he could certainly bring him back from that. His surprise appearance had thrown Aldaris off of his plans, he hadn't known what to expect at all from the Super Saiyan, and some of that fear prevented him from fighting with his brain. That's the last time I underestimate a Saiyan. When I face you again Broly, you will die quickly!
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A/N: Aldaris won, but should we call it a draw?
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I snapped out of meditation when another powerful surge in energy hit my senses. It had most certainly come from Auir, involving those two powers I partially sensed before. Someone had won that battle, but it was impossible to tell whom yet. I felt no other disturbances, so I figured that both must have been at least damaged. We were traveling at warp speed on the Norad Three, though I could sense that the Hyperion wasn't far behind. A beep came at my door, signaling there was someone there.
"Come in," I said calmly. Zeratul walked in with a grim expression, but that was nothing new.
"I have a final technique to teach you today, a relatively simple one now that you have gotten used to the others. It is a technique designed to capture, or imprison another being, primarily an evil one. The intent is to prevent this lost soul from moving around to commit harm to himself or others. It is called the Stasis Field," he said, sitting across from me.
"I think you used it on me at one point, it sounds familiar," I said, not moving.
"I have, but you broke out of it. It was proven useless when you were able to power out of it and nullify the effect with minimal effort. Broly broke out of it quickly as well," he explained.
"Then why are you going to teach it to me if it's useless against some enemies that I fight? Won't they simply power up to get out of it?" I asked.
"First of all, it is my deal to instruct you in our ways. When I first approached Vegeta about your training, our agreement was finalized when I agreed to teach you everything. You have passed all tests that I doubted you could easily perform. Secondly, the Stasis technique may come in handy some day. There are other ways to use it besides just restricting the movement of another, keep that in mind! Even if it seems useless over time, slowing down the opponents you're used to fighting can vastly change the outcome of your fight," he said in a scolding voice.
"Okay, just wondering," I said.
"The idea behind this ability is simple, use your Psi energy to surround an opponent like you would a Psi Storm. But this time you will literally place this energy around him and connect it together, holding it there instead of sending charges of energy at him. Keep adding energy until there is a stable and restricted field of Psi that is completely around your opponent, and keep it held there with him stuck inside. You will likely see a special kind of ice appear around your enemy as you do this, and it may even seem a little colder in the air due to the water vapor freezing and the air molecules slowing down or stopping. Add energy until the ice is completely formed around your enemy, the entire process should only take a few seconds. Once done, do what is necessary. Most enemies will freeze into a coma like state within five minutes unless the field is removed. No energy will easily penetrate this wall of ice except for pure Psi energy. But that doesn't mean it can block against a planet destroying power beam. I would think it would block against most of them, but beware the more powerful energy blasts, now try it out on me!" he ordered again.
I gave him a blank stare, but complied, surrounding him with my Psi as I powered up a bit. Nothing happened at first, until I did as he said and started to picture my energy falling together like invisible building blocks around him. The room's temperature became noticeably colder as I continued to build the strong field of Psi around Zeratul, careful not to ignite it like the Psi storm with sudden movement. I opened my eyes once and saw that there were icicles hanging from his raggy cloak.
"You're doing it, a little further!" Zeratul urged. I could hear him shivering a little, meaning I was doing it right. I continued to piece together the lock of Psionic Ice, most of it was complete. I added layers of thin Psi onto it, strengthening the unmoving field of energy, until I no longer heard Zeratul breathing. I opened my eyes back up to see a thick blue piece of ice sitting there in Zeratul's place. It looked like a collection of crystals, like a stalactite sticking up from the ground. I stopped adding energy now, seeing that Zeratul was inside and frozen.
"Great, now how to I melt it without blowing up the ship?" I asked aloud. No answer came from the Ice cluster, not that I expected one. I hovered a few feet and pulled slightly at the top of the ice chunk where I could get my hand around it. Nothing happened. I punched at it with a little bit more effort, again nothing. I scowled a bit, this ice was tough. He said that pure Psi could penetrate it, kind of like my feedback technique, that's pure hearted in intent! I gathered a small white Psi blast in my hand, keeping positive thoughts in order and firing it straight at the Zeratul ice block. It passed through without a hitch, and then passed out the other side quickly. I stared sharply at the ice block while the feedback technique bounced off the wall and dissipated. Nothing happened, it went right through the ice and Zeratul. Duh, he's pure hearted just like I am, but why didn't it affect the ice? Doh, the ice doesn't have any evil to feed off of, its just solid energy, and to be more specific its my energy. I stood up and sighed, summoning my sword with nothing but good and cautious thoughts behind it. I stabbed forward on the side, trying to cut off a small slice of it so he could breath while I broke up the rest of it. I was stunned to see my sword slice a solid chunk out, no air was directly beneath it, and from what I could tell, not even in a small layer around his body.
Oh great, I'm gonna end up hurting him. I tried a small ki beam to melt the frozen prison, only to see it hit and do nothing. I increased the amount of energy flowing out and continued to try to cut him out. Nothing, it didn't even polish the ice. I rubbed the spot where my ki beam had hit, feeling a warm spot there. That stunned me for a moment, since when is Ice ever warm without melting? I thought about it for a moment, before mentally slapping myself. I realized again that it wasn't completely made of water or matter, it was made of energy, therefore its properties were different. I sighed and tried to cut a small hole across the top without hitting his head, by pushing my sword through it. It went through and out the other side, just an inch above his head. I again saw there was no air bubble around him, all ice.
"Forgive me Zeratul, I hope this doesn't hurt much," I said as I sliced along his shoulder area. As I cut through, the ice burned away where my sword passed. I came to a portion of his lower arm, seeing his elbow set upwards a little farther in the ice than my sword was. The fact that he wasn't a human prevented me from just cutting around it. I kept focused and closed my eyes, knowing I was going to have to cut through to get him out. It was better to cut off an arm than cut out off a head, it was going to be way to hard to cut around. I held my breath and swung quickly, hearing the whoosh of my sword followed by ice coming apart and crunching against the ground. When I opened my eyes again, I was very shocked to see his elbow was still there, but the ice around it was gone, right where I cut through. I pulled on it a bit, making sure it wasn't just stuck there. It wasn't just stuck there, it was attached and there was no wound at all. I stepped backwards in surprise, looking at my sword in surprise.
How could that have happened? I know I cut right through him. I didn't want to have to, but I know I did it. Unless… it's my pure Psi energy. I stopped for a moment, knowing that I had never sliced someone with the sword except for infested Borgos, who had enough evil intent to fill up a continent. My sword can be just like the Feedback technique; it can't hurt anyone if they and I have pure and good thoughts. The only one that I ever truly hit with it was Borgos, and he was as evil as it gets. I smiled slightly and started slicing away at the ice block without caution. I passed through every part of it and Zeratul as well, watching most of the ice chunks fall right off. Again no wounds or slash marks appeared on Zeratul, he was completely unharmed. Some was still stuck to his skin, but was easily removed with the edge of my sword.
"I see you have begun to understand why it is so important to keep positive thoughts when using your Psionic power. That is enough for today, you shouldn't need a whole lot of practice with this technique to master it. I want you to rest now, for tomorrow we will work on something you will probably be more comfortable with," Zeratul said as he slowly rose. He seemed a little stiff, understandably so as he walked out the door.
Power levels:
Mind Controlled Shugesh (SS2): 420,000,000
Infested Broly (Ultra form): 730,000,000
Super Aldaris (Psi only): 650,000,000
A/N: I meant to write out a longer Aldaris/Broly fight, but there wouldn't have been much of a point to it. Add to that the fact that it was the first time either warrior had met and neither knew what the other was going to throw at them. Broly getting downed by an enhanced Psi storm seemed appropriate since there was no way Aldaris was going to beat him the regular way. But I also had to have Aldaris learn something from that battle that he keeps screwing up, underestimating a Saiyan. If you're disappointed with the battle in general, I understand, but how many times do we see a bad guy vs. bad guy fight anyway? I couldn't draw it out like Freddy vs. Jason where they basically kill each other, though it almost turned out that way.