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 54: Reign of Aldaris Ends

"B-b-but the big Saiyan said you were d-d-dead?!" Aldaris stuttered a few times.

"Just like your beliefs that you're invincible, completely false!" I said, keeping a strict eye on his energy. When I first landed I had to act fast to stop that killer blow he was giving Gohan. I had sensed the degree of power Aldaris was using with his Psi storms, and counted myself lucky that he hadn't killed any of them yet and was still just as arrogant as before. Now that I had him backed up and slightly fearful, I could get a better scan of his power. He had a lot of it to, that power up from the pylon nodes had boosted it way past Gohan's Super Mystic level and most definitely mine as well. I was thanking Zeratul a lot for all that training he made me do with meditation. I could tell now that I had won the battle and had yet to even attack. It was the way Aldaris used his energy, almost completely raw, erratic and unfocused. He spread it out as well as I did with energy fields, he just didn't focus it overly well into his attacks. He just let it go and added energy to it when needed, just throwing a ton of energy out there rather than concentrating it into an attack. Had he been using his energy in a more concentrated form, I was willing to bet none of my friends would still be there. My last fight against him only taught him not to use his ki energy apparently, because he was more focused then. My basic training had made me focused to the point where I didn't need a lot of energy to have a big impact, I could only guess Aldaris didn't try to improve himself any. It was ironic to know this since the Psi storm was a very concentrated attack, but now Aldaris had been sloppy with it. Aldaris took a minute or two to settle down, he must have started to gain back his shaken confidence.

"No matter I suppose, I wanted to kill you myself anyway!" he shouted, shooting another potent round of lightning my way. Gohan was still behind me on the ground, so I quickly spread my Psi energy outward and formed a thick barrier a few feet ahead of me. The lightning had plenty of energy behind it, but as I said, unfocused and erratic. It bounced off and split outwards easily, barely making me try to block it. The attack halted, leaving Aldaris a little stunned at his failure. He had put more power behind it than before, but the simplicity of his attacks was laughable.

"Looks like you've attained a pretty good imagination in whatever training you've done lately. Give up Aldaris, you have no idea what I can do to you!" I threatened, inwardly knowing that I was going to have to hurt him anyway. Zeratul's teachings had taught me to be more like Goku in nature, a kinder soul with my abilities. This could feasibly keep me from making a mistake in battle by using positive thoughts and emotions to my advantage. There was nothing positive about this fight, all of us wanted a piece of Aldaris. His elder, the matriarch, had taught me to trust my emotions but keep them under control, making me indifferent overall. I understood it well, it was to better my future choices so I could see past them easier, sort of like Zeratul's lessons but more in depth. Either way, I was going to finish this fight as fast as possible.

"So you have learned to shield yourself against attacks as well, not too bad child. But you're about two hundred years too soon to defeat my power!" he boasted. I sighed, this idiot was going to learn one way or another, hopefully before I was bored from his speeches. In one part I was surprised that I was going to have such an easy time against him unlike last time, fighting Mr. Satan now almost seemed to have more difficulty. I needn't worry, I'm sure I'm going to have a tougher time against the Overmind.

"I'm warning you Aldaris, give up now," I said one final time.

"That would be the day, boy! Come on, give me your best shot, you won't even scratch me!" Aldaris dared. I looked at him like he was crazy, but if he wanted to be lying defeated on the ground that soon, that was his business.

"Okay, you lose," I muttered, drawing back one hand. I cleared my thoughts and closed my eyes, picturing happy moments and concentrating a pretty decent load of Psionic energy into my palm. I threw in more than I felt necessary, just to be sure I hadn't underestimated Aldaris too much. The white ball grew and spun in my hands, letting it's own lightning streaks emerge in short three inch spurts. I smiled and focused on Aldaris, turning serious and throwing the ball at the same time, guiding it with my hand to right smack in the middle of Aldaris' chest. It struck and faded into him just as I had intended. He gazed down and started to laugh evilly, not knowing of the doom he faced by doing so. I turned my back to him to give Gohan a hand up, who seemed a bit panicked.

"Don't turn your back on him bro, he can hit you with the lightning storm even faster than you said he could!" he said, pointing back at the laughing Aldaris.

"He isn't going to be hitting anyone now," I said with calm confidence. Gohan hadn't seen me use the feedback technique yet, but he soon would see the effect. I sensed Aldaris start to draw on his power, and then a scream of agony came from his throat as he collapsed in pain not a moment later.

"What the?" Gohan managed to ask as bright flashes of white glared off his pale skin.

"I'll be glad to train you on focusing your Psionic energy Gohan, as you can see, this fool has no idea of its potential," I scowled as I turned to see the effects of my attack.

Aldaris was throwing a screaming fit as his energy was turned against him. He tried harder and harder to get up off the ground and send a counterattack my way, backfiring on him every time. Soon it looked more like a baby's temper tantrum than any sort of warrior, whining and crying to whatever gods he worshipped, if any now. It seemed that all of that raw energy had added to the effect even more than I thought it might.

"How is this possible, I have the greatest powers of the universe!" he cried out in pain as the white lightning buzzed around him, preventing him from moving until he calmed down.

"Your evil ways did this, all I did was trigger what needed to be done. Until you change, you will no longer use your power to inflict harm to anyone including yourself. Now leave this place and suffer for your dark deeds from now on! Don't attack us again, or it will be the last time you do so!" I warned, pointing in the opposite direction. He managed to get up, but stopped trying to access his energy, calming the technique to a simple white glow around his body. I still sensed the evil within him, but I turned around to see if anyone needed a healing job, as Vegeta looked the most beat up and exhausted. I heard something click and open from Aldaris. I closed my eyes and searched with my out of body vision, seeing Aldaris slip on a concealed Psi blade from a compartment in his artificial leg, easily activating it's artificial power. I scowled at this but kept my back turned until he did something with it.

"I will never lose to your un-evolved pond scum species you little fool!" he shouted and ran towards me on ground. I grumbled now, seeing that I was going to have to finish this for good. I quickly phased out as he arrived and moved behind the unsuspecting Templar. He stumbled and fell at Gohan's feet, who only looked down, stunned himself at this. Aldaris instead grabbed Gohan's leg and thrust the weapon towards him as he was trying to shake him off.

"Surrender boy! Or your friend gets his just like his mate did!" Aldaris warned as he had the blade near Gohan's chest. Okay, now you've done it. I turned my sword back on, and walked forward while Aldaris' head was turned. Gohan was struggling a bit to shake off Aldaris and avoiding the weapon at the same time. He managed to get his hand up near the Templar's face while blocking the other hand with the Psi blade. He shoved him off just as I ran up and spun high with my blade. A severed head bounced onto the ground a moment later, ending the threat of Aldaris once and for all.

"Incredible boy, simply incredible," Vegeta mumbled while I gave him a bit of energy to stand with. Goku and Bardock had suffered damage as well, but not much more than to just knock them out, Vegeta and Gohan had gotten most of it.

"It's not that impressive, that moron just didn't know how to concentrate his energy that well," I said, looking back at the fallen body.

"Considering what he did with it, it is a remarkable accomplishment, be proud of that," Bardock said, giving me a nod. I sensed four low power signals coming close, one of them felt human, the other three were Protoss. Raynor emerged from the woods along with Tassadar and a tall and unfamiliar figure dressed in robes. There was another behind them, and it felt a little familiar but also Protoss, so I couldn't be sure.

"Where is Aldaris, did you defeat him?" Tassadar asked before looking around. All I did was look toward the headless corpse in the field, giving him the answer. Their jaws dropped open, or at least that's the emotional reaction I got from the Protoss. Raynor didn't look too surprised; he was giving off that "Duh" feeling towards his comrades.

"So you're the gifted child of the Saiyans, I am honored," the taller Templar bowed slightly and extended his hand. There wasn't anything misleading about his energy, so I shook it with slight caution.

"I am the former chancellor of the Conclave, Zorbon. On behalf of my race, I extend my apologies for my actions upon this blood shedding scenario that I had created. I beg your forgiveness," he said, dropping to one knee. Even on one knee he was taller than me, until he bent his head further down below to where he was looking up.

"Why are you claiming responsibility for what has happened so far?" I asked.

"Because of my quick and unguided decision to the actions of Aldaris on your planet, some of your lives have been lost and your own capture by the Zerg took place. It was my order that sparked all of the events until now!" he said in a sorrow filled tone.

"Humph, the one that is guilty is Aldaris, he manipulated all of us to this and he has paid for it. Back on your feet, I don't like beggars," I said sharply. He rose back up, a little nervous at my reaction, but he needn't worry too much.

"And the one who you should be apologizing to is Gohan," I said, stepping to the side.

"Forgiven," Gohan said before he got down to his knees again.

"My many thanks to your wise and powerful spirit, may the Kalah smile upon you always, Great One!" Zorbon bowed again. I rolled my eyes slightly, I had a feeling I was going to see this a lot.

-

I heard a roar of ships coming from behind, back towards the partially ruined city and the bigger one I had seen beyond it. A large string of ships flew in overhead, Protoss in nature. There were hundreds of them, of all sizes, the bigger Carrier ships took more notice above the swarm of smaller ones. A bright blue hue appeared in front of us not far from the remains of Aldaris, a squad of easily forty zealots and dragoons shimmered into view, weapons on and ready to dice. One loan Templar stood in front of them, the squadron leader no doubt.

"Attention outsiders and traitors of Auir, I order you to surrender immediately. Your assassination of both Praetor Fenix and High Executor Aldaris are the greatest sins and we will bring you to justice with force if necessary!" he announced. I glanced at Vegeta, who looked anxious for any of them to try arresting him.

"That won't be necessary young Templar, Aldaris was behind all of it from day one!" Zorbon said as he stepped up to them.

"The evidence suggests otherwise, Fenix was killed by this young Saiyan as was the great Aldaris and we have it all on file. Protoss law demands he pay with his life! The other crimes these Saiyans have committed against our people demand that they are terminated as well," the Templar said as if he was reading a script.

"I did not kill Fenix, one of our friends was taken by the Zerg and did that, I destroyed that monster back on Earth. Aldaris edited the video evidence of it to make it look like it was me, a bad job of it I might add," I said, recalling that day very well.

"Surely you do not expect your lies to work against us, only Praetor Fenix himself could prove such a lie if it was true!" the Templar said.

"Then proof you shall have!" a voice far behind me shouted out. I turned and about let my eyes fall out of their sockets because they were so wide. It was Fenix, walking out in a similar artificial body that Aldaris had, only this one covered a majority of his body, the damage he suffered had been extensive.

"Did you guys use the dragonballs or something?" I asked Gohan quietly.

"Nope, I guess Zorbon did it when they sent his remains back through that warp gate back home. I think they can bring people back from the dead a little easier than we can. But they probably had to hurry and work on him for a while, I don't know all of the details," he whispered back.

"P-Praetor Fenix?!" the Templar said as the Zealots bowed, he sounded a lot like Aldaris did when I first showed up.

"Stand down commander, you soldiers get back to your posts in the city and prepare to engage a large Zerg force heading this way. You have until ten minutes ago to get a move on!" Fenix stomped out in front of them and ordered. The Zealots scattered until a blue field of energy picked them and the dragoons up, and the ships hauled ass out of there, back to the capitol city. All of this happened in barely a minute, if that. The lone Templar commander bowed at my feet and asked forgiveness. Ugh, here we go again.

I'd list the power levels, but they would be meaningless.

A/N: Short chapter, but it got the point across didn't it, Aldaris is headless toast. You all knew Verto was going to win, admit it.