Chapter 8- Unknowing Traitor
"Vegeta…", Goku said, in shock, "You traitor…" "Goku, he's not himself.", Piccolo said, pointing out that Vegeta had milky white eyes. "You bastard…", Goku said. Tarian laughed, Vegeta laughed along with him. "Let's go somewhere more…exciting.", said Tarian, who, along with Vegeta, immediately disappeared. "He teleported…", Piccolo said, "But he's not far. Let's go." "Right", Goku replied, nodding, "Gohan, are you up for it?" "Yeah. Let's do it.", said Gohan. The three ran out of the cave, and flew as fast as they could, following Vegeta's power.
The group found where Vegeta and Tarian had went, and it seemed that Tarian had all of this planed. They were waiting on a plateau, at least 100 feet in the air, with jagged rocks at the bottom on all sides. Goku, Piccolo and Gohan landed about 30 feet from Tarian and Vegeta. It was a classic gunslinger moment, both groups staring at each other in high wind. "Why, Tarian?", Goku asked, "Why do you do such things?" Tarian laughed, "I already explained this to that brat of yours, but I suppose I'll tell you before you die. You killed someone very close to me, Lord Slug. He was my father. I want revenge, but not any old revenge. I want you to watch your son suffer before you die. That's why I enlisted the help of Vegeta. As you already may know, I am very gifted with psychic powers, and I am using them to…persuade Vegeta into helping me. I am also using them to cause the nightmares your son has been having. I had to get you here somehow, and I figured, you would come to me if your son's sanity was in danger. And here you are." Piccolo spoke up, "Why does New Namek look like this? It should be green and tropical." Tarian laughed again, "I decided that it needed to be, oh, redecorated. I told you that I was a powerful psychic, powerful enough to change the appearance of an entire planet." "You'll pay for what you've done! Gohan, stay here! Piccolo lets go!" The two charged forward, running towards Tarian and Vegeta. "Vegeta, you take the Saiyan and Piccolo is mine.", said Tarian. Vegeta just nodded. He powered up as much as he could and met Goku head on. They began to fight, evenly. Piccolo charged Tarian, who easily avoided all his attacks. "SPECIAL BEAM CANNON!", Piccolo yelled, unleashing the powerful attack on Tarian. The evil Namek just stood there, and the beam of light stopped in front of him, deflecting upwards. "Wha-?", Piccolo yelled. Tarian chuckled, "You can't beat me like that. In fact, you don't have a chance at beating me at all." Piccolo screamed and charged towards Tarian again, who sidestepped and landed a punch deep into Piccolo's stomach. "UGHHH!", gasped Piccolo, who fell to his knees and passed out on the ground. "PICCOLO!", yelled Gohan, who couldn't watch any longer. He yelled and ran towards Tarian, but the Namek held up a hand, and Gohan could move no more.
Goku saw Gohan charging Tarian, and then stop in his tracks, with the evil Namek walking towards him. He didn't care about Vegeta's safety anymore and quickly turned Super Saiyan. He took Vegeta's arm and, using his elbow and leg, cleanly broke the bone. Vegeta didn't even flinch as Goku punched him in the face, knocking him cold. "GOHAN!", yelled Goku, who charged Tarian. "Ah-ah-ah.", said Tarian who turned and wagged his finger at Goku. Goku stopped dead in his tracks when he heard Tarian say, "You take one more step, and I make your son, jump straight off the cliff." Goku noticed that Gohan was standing within three feet of the edge of the cliff. "YOU BASTARD! I'LL KILL YOU!", yelled Goku. "My, my. That wasn't very nice.", said Tarian with a smile, "Gohan, say goodbye to your father." Goku looked at his son and saw that he too had the milky white eyes of the possessed. In a monotonous voice Gohan looked at Goku and said, "Goodbye, father." With that, he stepped over the edge. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!", yelled Goku who charged forward to save his son, and then stopped. Goku looked over the edge, and then looked back at Tarian. "It's time for you to die.", said Tarian, with a laugh. Goku glared at the Namek, "No. Now it's your turn."