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 63: Unstoppable
This is the year where hope fails you
The test subjects run the experiments
And the bastards you know, is the hero you hate
But cohesion is possible if we try
There's no reason, there's no lesson
No time like the present, telling you right now
What have you got to lose, what have you got to lose
Nothing! Except your soul... just listen!
"How is this kind of power possible?" Vegeta asked aloud as all of us were gasping at the power Zerg-Broly was giving off. It didn't matter whether I called him the Overmind or Broly now, they were one in the same. Unlike my fusion, this one was done with agreeing parties, somewhat anyway. Also unlike my fusion, his energy skyrocketed from his previous level, far beyond what I thought anyone was capable of alone. He was currently admiring himself head to toe, laughing like a maniac now that he had inherited Broly's psychotic personality. He held one hand up and shot out several energy blasts that soared into the distance and blew up in far away areas. I instantly felt several thousand Protoss suddenly die in cold blood. I growled slightly as he continued his sick pleasure.
"So...how are we going to deal with this one?" Bardock asked during the laugh-a-thon Broly was going through.
"Doesn't matter how, as long as we finish him off for good," I said as I slipped into a mid air stance. Zerg-Broly stopped laughing and finally turned to us with his deathly grin. He was gone in a flash and I heard four distinct yells of pain behind me. I spun to see the others tumbling to the ground just as a loud whoosh went by my ears, revealing itself to be the powerful Broly right behind me.
"How in the hell did you…?" I asked as I turned. I never got an answer, only a gut-wrenching fist right below my rib cage. I held it in surprise and shock, no one had ever hit me that hard before, and the pain was almost not even there because the nerves were probably smashed. A large hand wrapped around my neck and throat and Broly held me up to his face while I struggled to get out.
"To think I was threatened by you," he sneered.
I managed to get my much smaller hand under his just enough to breathe, "You still are!" I said in defiance. He cranked up and threw me out of control to the ground at incredible speed. I hit ground before I knew he had let go of me. Oh man, I've never faced anyone this strong before. Technically everyone I had faced to date was stronger than the last, but not like this. I sensed the other Saiyans recovering, Gohan was up first. Broly floated towards me slowly, but kept his eyes moving around for any other movement. I powered up my aura and activated my mixed energy sword, its green light seemed to null my pain for the moment. I charged up and swung at Broly's head. He ducked as I slashed over, then dodged to the side as I swung a little wildly at various parts of him. I never saw the smile leave his face. How in the hell? He's just playing with me! Well, play with this! I stabbed forward while faking to the right, penetrating the black skin of his chest and right through his sternum like I had before. He glanced down like a bug had landed on him, and I felt his energy surge up. Next thing I knew was that I was flying away from him very fast as he moved his hands forward, his energy had welled up and pushed me away. I looked back in horror as the wound I inflicted never even fazed him, even as the blood trickled out.
"Even you can't stand up to that attack, that had to have hurt you!" I declared.
Zerg-Broly nodded slightly with his sick grin, "Yes...Yes it did. However, you may have hurt the puppet, but not the puppet master!" Great, whatever we throw at him he may not even feel. Gohan seemed determined to make him feel pain though, he was charging another maximum Kamehameha just for Broly. It was ki only, but at top Mystic power it would do some damage for sure if it hit. Broly didn't wait for him to fire and threw his own blast at him. Gohan phased out the instant it arrived, reappearing behind Broly. Nice.
"HAAA!!!" he shouted, letting the beast have it right in the back of the head and upper body. The black skinned Saiyan vanished in the blue light, only to reappear not a moment later. His smile remained, as he never turned around, his back smoking just a little bit. The shocked look on Gohan's face didn't stay there as he soon joined the rest of us on the ground.
"Dear boy, you really shouldn't be that surprised, for nothing you do can hurt me!" Broly cackled into the air as his aura appeared once again.
I fight for the unconventional
My right, and it's unconditional
I can only, be as real as I can
Because advantages
I never knew the plan
This isn't the way to just be a martyr
I can't, walk alone any longer
I fight, for the ones who can't fight
And if I lose, at least I tried
The planet shook violently as I was able to truly gauge his power level and compare it to my own. The last time I felt anything this big was the Buu battles when everything on Earth got crazy with Super Buu absorbing everyone in sight and Goku and Vegeta's fusion with the kai earrings, and then going Super Saiyan three. I very well realized that I was not capable of that kind of power alone, nor was Gohan. I glanced over at Goku and Vegeta, who were standing ready at Super Saiyan two, but not moving.
I punched the button on the side of my scouter and whispered into it while the Overmind was laughing, "Fusion!" Goku and Vegeta right away looked my way and I nodded, getting a quick scowl out of Vegeta in the process. He didn't argue though, and they proceeded to line up and regulate their power levels to even. Broly stopped laughing and observed this with a bright grin on his face. Yeah that's right, keep standing there like an idiot and let them do it, its not like you know what it is! I thought with a slight grin. His smile only grew as he watched Goku and Vegeta line up perfectly, and I felt his energy surge. He was gone in a flash, reappearing between them as they were stepping towards each other.
"You didn't think I would let you do this, did you?" he asked with the same smile on his face. Once again I spoke too soon, I thought while groaning a bit. Both Saiyans attacked Broly, and both punches were caught easily. The kicks landed, but had no visible effect. Broly held onto their arms tightly and threw them both into the air and out of control. An instant later they were tumbling to the ground from a double knife hand chop from the evil Saiyan.
Gohan slumped down a bit next to me, "Hope you've got a plan, I'm out of power and ideas," he said in a depressing tone.
"It may look hopeless, but we've been led here today to vanquish the Overmind and we're going to do it, no matter what," I said calmly, watching Broly float around and laugh some more. It took more than a few seconds for Goku and Vegeta to recover, both ready to give another go. A feral yell erupted from them at the same time as they shot into Super Saiyan three, their hair growing out to the waist. Just as they were ready to fly after Broly, they stopped and lined up quickly. Zerg-Broly was between them again in barely a second, only to get hit with large ki blasts as he landed. Their trap only worked for a few seconds, the blasts didn't do hardly any damage.
"Bardock, we've got to help in the attack, get ready!" I shouted out to the older Saiyan. He nodded as he pushed his power to his maximum in Super level two form. I already had my power ready for action, it was only a matter of using it. Goku and Vegeta stood together in the air and fired multiple ki blasts at a charging Broly. They only forced him back for a moment, giving them all the time they needed for a big one. They lined up together and charged their next attack between them.
"Final Kamehameha!!!" They both shouted, firing a huge gold beam at the charging monster. It hit instantly and gave off quite an explosion. Once the golden light was gone though, I saw a dark shadow emerge, nearly unscathed from their attack as he continued flying towards Goku and Vegeta. Argh, no effect, why am I not surprised. Goku and Vegeta are probably too tired to remotely keep up now. That was confirmed once I saw that their hair and power level had changed back to Super Saiyan two.
I motioned with one hand to Bardock, "Go!" He soared into the air just a moment before I did, heading straight for Broly. Broly's blackened head didn't turn to acknowledge us coming and he proceeded with the attack against the other two Saiyans. He split between the two Saiyans as they dodged aside, Bardock arriving just a split second later in between them. I phased out and sped across the lands as fast as I could, staying underneath Broly but out of sight. He turned around and let loose a furious load of energy blasts that struck all three Saiyans multiple times quickly as they fell backward. He kept the assault up as I rushed up from behind with my sword in hand. Just as my sword would have sliced his head, he was suddenly facing me and the sword was halted in mid air. An energy shield emerged around him, barely an inch away from his large head.
"Nice try boy, but you'll have to do better!" he grinned wickedly. I slashed and stabbed at him multiple times from several angles, watching my green sword just stop against his barrier and split apart a bit until I pulled back. I growled a bit and backed off, reforming my sword into a ball and overloading it with energy from both hands.
"Block this one," I dared.
He crossed his arms, no apparent intention of moving at all, "Do your worst boy!" He dared as I sensed his shield dissipate.
"Super Galic Gun!" I shouted as my eyes flared a bit. My beam roared out of my hands as I sent it forward, the bright intensity of it blinded me easily. It exploded just a moment later, a direct hit on my target. I kept the energy flowing for just a second as the main force dissipated. The light and smoke cleared, showing a dark figure behind them.
"Oh shit," I mumbled my dismay aloud. Zerg-Broly's evil face emerged first, but he didn't seem too happy. His body then revealed itself as a paler surface like it had been, with trickles of red blood here and there. His power level hadn't gone down, but the Zerg cells had been blown off. However this wasn't a moral victory I could easily celebrate, as he threw his head back and concentrated for a moment, a grunt or groan escaping him. Black cells oozed back onto his skin surface, covering him quickly as his aura reappeared. He breathed a quick sigh of relief as he checked himself over.
"Nice try, you little brat, but simply removing the outer coatings will not be sufficient!" he growled a bit.
"Tell me something I don't know then!" I muttered as I prepared to give him another attack. I quickly separated a large portion of Psi energy from my body and surrounded him with some of it, layering the air with it and holding it into place. The air grew cold and a shield of Ice formed quickly. Before seeing if it even held him for very long, I gathered the rest into a positive Psi ball and fired it a moment later. The feedback ball went through the ice and struck him as he powered up to break free. His energy level then started to rise and fall with quick intervals, and I knew I had to do whatever possible to down him while I could. I spread my arms wide as I spread out my energy again and covered the air with it in a wide bubble of mixed energy now, moving it around him at a high rate. Just as the ice started to crack, I sent it all at him at once, bringing my hands together and creating a large display of green lightning much like the Psi storm. The ice shattered as my energy arrived, and a loud and pain filled scream echoed off of the sky as it struck him. I didn't dare let up when I heard this, and poured it on as it slowly took Zerg cells off of his skin once again. I sped up the attack along with its intensity and threw just about all of my power into the energy field and out through the storm. With hundreds of strikes per second, the black Zerg cells melted right off as he jerked around in pain. I kept up the effort, but quickly drained my power supply, as he didn't stop his struggle. He showed faint signs of wavering, but they were limited to that. I almost lost control of my position and dropped down about a few feet and my energy storm lost its greatest intensity. His arms cinched down and I sensed his energy flow outward. Soon my lightning attack only struck his energy shield and he stood up easier. I stopped the attack once this happened, pulling the remainder of the energy back to me. He's just too strong, I thought as he scowled at this. I glanced down for a moment to see if Goku or Vegeta had any ideas. Goku was floating a long ways away now holding a position above the others, and had his arms held straight into the air in his normal form. Vegeta was barking into the scouter and I felt a lot of energy rise from the planet and rush our way from afar. The Spirit Bomb? Might as well give it a try, I've gone through the majority of my arsenal. Guess I'm the meat shield, again, I grinned slightly as I focused my energy ahead of me to ward off the coming assault.
We, we are the new diabolic
We, we are the bitter bucolic
If I have to give my life you can have it
We, we are the pulse of the Saiyans!
"I can't ever say I've seen a grin on the face of one who is about to die," Zerg-Broly mused slightly as he hovered closer. His black skin had returned once my attack was over, and I was backed down a bit to at least give him a fight and stall him a bit. He didn't seem too concerned about what Goku was doing, but odds are he would figure it out soon enough.
"It certainly wouldn't be the first time. If I die, you're going with me," I said in a stern voice, waiting for him to make a move. He started laughing again, no real surprise there.
"Hahaha, and how are you going to take me with you? You've used your best attacks and you are low on power, much too low to even consider getting near me. Do tell!" he dared. That's right moron, keep blabbing, I'd wager Goku only needs a few more minutes.
"I'll manage, there's still a trick or two I haven't used yet. Besides I want to savor beating your head in before I wipe you out with my final move!" I bluffed slightly. I still had a few things I could try, but I didn't want to if I didn't have to. Sure would help if I could just keep him from regenerating or something like I did before. Then again a multiple attack combo kept him back for a moment, guess I'll just change up the order some more.
"And your final move is?" he chuckled as he asked. I sighed, what I considered doing next was going to take a lot of my remaining energy, but it would buy the time I needed, and I was too low now to beat him anyway.
"Okay, big guy, here it comes!" I said with a serious glare. He hunched up slightly, with his back to the growing spirit bomb, so he didn't even see it getting bigger. I gathered nearly all of my remaining power and focused it in my hands. I separated a small portion of Psi and fired the same amount of ki out the other side to balance it a bit as I sensed that I might be a bit out of sync as it was. He caught the small ki bolt just as I finished another feedback ball. I tossed it at him at a slow rate, pulling up more power once it was gone.
"Again? Don't you get tired of these redundant moves?" he asked as he powered up to repel the white ball.
"Super Galic Gun!" I shouted in response. His eyes lit up a bit, the feedback ball hadn't reached him yet. My beam roared past it and struck him dead on. I cut it off within a few seconds, and the green light flowed off as he powered out of it. He was missing quite a bit of the black Zerg skin, but not all of it. My feedback ball hit a bare area and seemed to have a better effect as it erupted into a white light and began to shock him all over his body. The black skin must be apart of his barrier, this is a huge chance to strike him down! He grunted and struggled with this while I gathered my energy sword and charged him. His aura reappeared, but he was still very distracted trying to eject the feedback effect, and I had the perfect opening. I shouted out a battle cry and poured energy into the green sword, flying at him quickly. I swung it high and slashed downwards right through the top of his head. I cut through easily and kept going all the way through him. Once my sword was clear, I backed off slightly and reformed it into a ball once again, firing the new blast at the remains. Both halves of Zerg-Broly exploded in bright green light, though it wasn't as large as an explosion as it could have been.
That has to be it! Even if he can regenerate, that had to have weakened him, Goku can finish him off for good if he regenerates! I gasped for breath as I noticed the spirit bomb was getting pretty big, no doubt Vegeta's barking had been towards all of the Protoss around the planet. I got a really good feel for the Spirit bomb now, it felt like mixed energy. No surprise I guess, its power from everyone's life and spirit. Wish I would have known that before hand though, might need to learn it someday. I watched the smoke clear and found Broly's two halves were still floating there, dripping blood from a few spots. Man, what the hell do I have to do to this guy? The two halves then floated together and I saw the organs and tissues mold back together. His power level shot back up and his body healed itself in record time. The look on his face wasn't pleasant looking, and judging by the way his energy was starting to fluctuate, I was about to get knocked around. Oh crap, Goku you better hurry up! I didn't have another thought enter my head before every part of me exploded with red pain.
Interlude 63.1 –Waiting for the End-
"Fenix, send out a message to all of your people, tell them to offer Kakarot a portion of their energy by lifting their hands to the sky. This will give our plan success!" Vegeta ordered into his scouter. He and Bardock were standing guard while Verto threw the kitchen sink at Zerg-Broly. Gohan stood below and watched the battle going on, knowing that if he tried to jump in he would only get killed. He wanted to help his friend so badly, but all of his power was used up trying to destroy the beast. He hadn't expected anything like this fusion to happen, nor did anyone else. He kept his faith in his father's Spirit bomb, it seemed to be the last option. As the energy slowly poured in from around the planet, Gohan felt the different sense of the bomb just as Verto had. He also noticed a potential problem, it was mixed energy. That meant that the high Psi energy of the Protoss was useless because it combined with their very low ki. The high ki from the Saiyans would help, except they had just been beaten around easily and didn't have a lot of it left to give. Gohan frowned, knowing now that this may have caused quite a delay in power and almost a disaster against Kid Buu. He wondered why the power of the Z fighters combined wasn't enough before, and now he had the answer. It could easily happen again now if his father didn't pull up enough power to beat Broly, who was now far stronger than Kid Buu was. Gohan was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't see a mirage in the air next to him. He was startled quite a bit when Zeratul appeared there, about taking the old master's head off.
"What vexes you my friend?" Zeratul asked.
"Just the battle, I need to be up there right now, but I'm out of power and I don't have enough time to rest and recover," Gohan said as he watched Verto's assault take a new turn. Green and white light exploded in the skies, and then what looked to be Broly was revealed sliced in half before regenerating.
"Why can't he just go away?!" Gohan growled slightly. Zeratul remained silent to Gohan's temper, but knew the young Saiyan wasn't going to do anything stupid.
"Good and Evil must balance sometimes, when there is an overwhelming amount of Good, Evil will eventually strengthen enough to balance it back out. Same goes for the opposite situation, I suspect you understand my meaning?" Zeratul asked.
"You mean that freak is going to win?" Gohan asked with a raised voice.
"Perhaps, but I suspect our young friend is going to do anything in his power to overtake him. I sense he is still unsure of himself, the loss of loved ones leaves large holes in his heart and mind. Once these obstacles are cleared, he will succeed where others would fail," Zeratul preached.
"I don't mean to rain on the parade here, but that might take longer than we've got," Gohan added.
"Of course, that takes time and training, and we are out of both right now. Getting back to the good and evil topic, the Overmind is trying to preserve its place in the existence of Evil. When you and your friends came for it today, Good was stronger than Evil. Its fusion with Broly flipped the equation around to where Evil is stronger once again. When its end comes, it may never exist anywhere again, and another Evil must take its place, a stronger Evil. Its only perceived threat right now is Verto, and therefore it is fighting for its future and doing whatever it can to sustain itself. There are strong forces at work here, much stronger than anyone here, and they have chosen those two to decide things. The Overmind may win the battle here, but what it doesn't know is that winning here may guarantee its destruction in the future!" Zeratul summed up.
Gohan looked at him strange, "You sound a lot like the Kais with that kind of speech!"
"Are they gods that you worship?" Zeratul asked.
"More or less," Gohan said, turning back to the battle.
"I am honored," Zeratul said with an amused look.
A war had broken out above, and Verto had definitely got the worst end of it. He looked like a piece of raw hamburger even as he tried to fight back. Zerg-Broly's attacks just came too quick and too hard, especially when he started knocking him back and forth across the skies.
"Man, he needs our help," Gohan said as he felt Verto's energy start to slip a bit.
"He does need assistance, but not from you. Just as you said, you are no help in this battle now, but I see that help may be on the way!" Zeratul said, pointing out the extra large blue ball that Goku was gathering.
"Argh, come on Dad," Gohan said under his breath, torn between attacking recklessly and staying put logically.
"Do not worry Gohan, I am sure you will be of some help in this battle yet again, but you must know when you have to intervene in order to be successful!" Zeratul said as his voice faded into the air. Gohan turned to look for him, but he was gone. A loud wail of pain got his attention to the battle above, and he barely controlled his temper.
We, we are the new diabolic
We, we are the bitter bucolic
If I have to give my life you can have it
We, we are the pulse of the Saiyans!
Vegeta managed a content look as he saw the Spirit Bomb grow ever so slightly. He felt lucky that the Protoss were more understanding that the humans ever would be, and that had caused his plan to work faster. He was concerned though, Verto had taken a beating ever since his last attack, one that Vegeta thought successful. With every other Saiyan low on power or just too weak to take on the monster, Verto was the only one left to fight him, and was losing. Zerg-Broly was just too powerful, and the Spirit bomb appeared to be the only option left.
"Kakarot, is that damned thing ready yet?" Vegeta shouted at his rival. Goku was struggling to hold onto the bomb, he had donated a lot of ki energy to it to make it stronger, which had an interesting affect on the whole thing once the energy from the Protoss arrived. It strengthened a bit more for reasons he didn't understand, but he didn't care right now either. A loud cry of pain got his attention as a small figure plunged into the ground and left a decent sized hole. The ground around this figure exploded a moment later and it looked like he was ready for another round. But then his aura dropped as he gasped for breath, and his hair reverted to black as he fell to the ground, out cold.
"Argh, he's going to die for that!" Vegeta declared, charging through the air. He hit Super Saiyan two on the way up and released a huge ki wave at the monster Broly. As impressive as it looked, it paled in comparison with the sight of a barely singed Saiyan underneath it. Broly phased out and pounded the Saiyan prince into the ground with one blow, not far from Verto's unmoving form. Broly then turned his attention to Goku's Spirit bomb, laughing just a bit as he floated closer. Bardock jumped into the air to block Broly's path, only to get swatted away as soon as he was there. Goku didn't look too alarmed however, and awaited Broly's form as he closed in from several hundred yards out.
"Broly, Overmind, whatever you are now. You cause pain to others and harm to the innocent, your evil ends now! Here's a gift from them to you!" he shouted, throwing his hands forward. Below, Gohan watched patiently and hopeful, this is it!
Power levels:
Super Mystic Verto: 600,000,000
Mystic Gohan: 580,000,000
Vegeta (SS2): 470,000,000; (SS3): 570,000,000
Goku (SS2): 480,000,000; (SS3): 580,000,000
Bardock (SS2): 440,000,000
Zerg-Broly: 820,000,000
Next Time on DBV: The Spirit Bomb has been launched as the last hope against the Overmind. With everyone so weakened, can they actually win with Goku's final attack? I'm not gonna give anything away, but this battle takes a shocking turn before its all said and done. Check in next time for the final chapter of DBV Series 5: End Game.