Chapter 27: Emperor taken Hostage

Vegeta continued to struggle, unable to move in General Rilldo's liquid metal grip. His entire body was covered, the prince was unable to see or breathe as the General strangely traveled under the surface of the machine planet. Moments later the two resurfaced, arriving in the metal coated room filled with various tools and flashing screens. The familiar figure of Dr. Myuu turned to face them, an eerie smile on his face. "Welcome, Emperor Vegeta."

Separating himself, Rilldo slowly formed a second body a few feet from his old one, leaving a blob of metal sprouting from the ground, still surrounding the Prince of Saiyans. Vegeta continued grunting and fidgeting, trying to free himself, but his prison was too much. Recognizing the blue skinned man as the man from the video, Vegeta stopped for a moment. "I'm gonna kill you and I will obliterated this planet. I won't even leave a speck of dust behind."

"Rant and rave all you want, but you are at my disposal now." Dr. Myuu's smirk could barely be noticed behind his orange mustache, "Well done, Rilldo."

The general put his hands on his sides, bowing slightly to the doctor, "Thank you, sir."

Dr. Myuu nodded and turned to a large tube in the middle of the room, "My dear Prince, do I have a plan for you.."

Back on Earth…

"Our next match certainly seems like it will be an interesting one! Our first combatant, the son of of a former World Martial Arts Champion and the martial arts master of our savior Trunks, the incredible Son Gohaaaaan!" The Tournament Announcers voice once again echoed through the air, only matched by the ferocity of the crowd.

The spectators had erupted as Gohan slowly made his way out to the arena, his metallic arm shining bright in the sun. The Half-Saiyan looked around slowly, it was a strange setting to him. He had always heard of his father's exploits in the World Martial Arts Tournament as a child, but the events of Gohan's childhood turned out quite differently. Between his overbearing mother and his otherworldly exploits, the son of Goku never got the chance to participate in a public bout such as this. Just as he thought of his mother, Gohan could hear her screaming words of encouragement from the crowd, causing a flush of red to the Half-Saiyans face.

"Facing off against Gohan is another stranger, a large, man with origins unknown to us, the large, devastatingly powerful, Broly!"

The crowd was unsure what to think of Broly as the large Saiyan made his way opposite of Gohan, facing his Half-Saiyan adversary. "Hello, Gohan."

Gohan smiled brightly, "Hi Broly, I haven't had the chance to tell you that it's good to see you again. It's been a while."

"That it has." Broly spread his feet a bit and took a fighting stance.

"Let's just be up front huh? I got a surprise for you that will make this interesting." Gohan smirked, crouching and bending his arms at his sides as an explosion of energy burst from the Half-Saiyan. Little sparks of electricity surrounded the now golden aura of the son of Goku, his hair spiked straight up and rigid.

Trunks' was observing quietly, but the spike of energy caught the Half-Saiyan's attention, Gohan's energy and form thoroughly surprising him, "Well..that's unexpected."

Broly stood stoic, observing the same form in his Half-Saiyan opponent that Trunks had opposed him with multiple times in the Time Chamber. The energy was similar, but it wasn't as high as Trunks' current full power. The large Saiyan put his arms at his sides, a familiar combined yellow and green aura erupted from Broly, though not as electrified or erratic as Gohan's.

"Their energy..it's really really close." Trunks watched eagerly, but his enthusiasm was interrupted by a strange, covered hand on his shoulder.

The Half-Saiyan turned to see his opponent in the next round, the masked man, facing him. Before Trunks could speak, the man's surprisingly high voice came out, the first words that any of the Z-Fighters had heard from the stranger, "Those two are strong..but you're much stronger, aren't you?"

Trunks was taken aback slightly, he hadn't exposed his true power in any form throughout his fight with Piccolo. Sure, he had ascended to Super Saiyan 2, but just barely and only for a brief moment. Whoever this was, knew more about Trunks than the Half-Saiyan was comfortable with. "Who are you?"

Trunks couldn't see his face, but he could almost feel the warmth of a smile protruding from the man's covered face. The stranger abruptly turned away from the Half-Saiyan, waving his covered hand as he walked towards the opposite side of the combatant area, "In due time, Saiyan."

A puzzled look came across the Half-Saiyan's face, he shook his head as he turned back towards the spectacle about to take place in the arena between Gohan and Broly. The Tournament Announcer's voice echoed over the crowd again, "I can feel the ground shaking beneath my feet. I have a feeling we are about to observe a clash for the ages!"

Back on M-2…

"So..that thing is your plan?" Vegeta chuckled a bit, staring at the strange, tiny figure contained in the gigantic tube, "What is that infant going to do?"

"More than you think.." Dr. Myuu pressed a large button on the console in front of the tube, watching as the fluid drained from the strange machine, "Wake up now, my Baby.."

The strange, blue figure opened it's pitch black eyes as it fell to the ground. Slowly standing up, the full figure of the machine mutant was revealed. It was maybe three feet tall, adorned in similar armor to Rilldo's original form. A sinister smile came across its face as the machine turned to Dr. Myuu, "Thank you, Doctor."

"My pleasu-Guah!" Before the Doctor could finish his sentence, the strange figure known as Baby had shoved his arm through the torso of his so called creator.

"I think I'll take it from here." Baby pulled his arm out from the Doctor's torso, chuckling quietly as Myuu's lifeless body fell to the ground, revealing a strange mess of wires and sparks.

General Rilldo was taken by complete surprise, whatever form of anger a machine had, he felt it in leaps and bounds. The silver bodied General rushed towards the small machine as he screamed, "DR. MYUU!"

Baby turned towards the charging Rilldo and smirked as he lifted his hand, "Ah ah ah, I can't believe you didn't figure it out already, I hold the cards, General." The General suddenly found himself unable to move, stopped in his tracks by the smaller mutant. "I made this planet. I programmed Dr. Myuu. You, and all of my fellow machine mutants, are under my control."

"So..this was your master plan all along." Vegeta smiled, no longer struggling to break out from his metal prison, "I knew something was kind of fishy about this whole thing.."

"Did you, Prince?" Baby turned, lowering his hand used to hold Rilldo back, the General regained his footing. "I find it funny. You know, your race was never exactly known for its intelligence.."

"I've always thought of myself as quite exceptional, even for a Saiyan." Vegeta's energy suddenly exploded, the prison around him blown away by his outburst of power. A new, sharp aura surrounded the Prince, sparks of lightning shooting across it intermittently. "As your friend so eloquently told me before taking me here, it's time to end this charade."

"Indeed." Baby raised his arm towards Rilldo again, "Do my bidding, General."

"Yes, Master Baby."

Back on Earth…

Gohan's electrified aura sparked intensely, the Half-Saiyan was nearly overwhelmed by the incredible power he was displaying. It wasn't brand new to him, but Gohan had only just gained access to this form a little bit over a month ago.

Broly stood across from him, his own energy spiked to a nearly even level as Gohan's. The large Saiyan wasn't quite a Super Saiyan 2, but his own form of Super Saiyan seemed like it would be enough of a match for the Half-Saiyan.

The Tournament Announcer shouted into his microphone and extended his arm, one finger pointed upward, "Begin!"

Gohan lunged forward, knee first towards Broly's face, but was quickly blocked by the larger Saiyan. Using his knee against the block, Gohan pushed back and twisted around, throwing another kick towards Broly's temple, which was quickly blocked again.

Broly retaliated with a massive fist towards Gohan which was caught by the Half-Saiyan's metal arm. Gohan threw a punch back, but it was caught by the large Saiyan as well, leading to a struggle of pushing back and forth between the two, their aura's sparking in contrast to each other. Though they were nearly even in energy, Broly's physical size and strength still outmatched Gohan's and he quickly gained the upper hand, throwing the Half-Saiyan up into the air.

Careening upward through the air, Gohan took a few moments to regain a defensive stance, just in time to block Broly's large fist, further pushing the Half-Saiyan upward. The Super Saiyan 2 responded by exploding his aura outward, unleashing a large kiai that blew Broly back to the ground. Gohan soon descended opposite of Broly, the two Super Saiyan's standing in the arena again, breathing heavy and sweating profusely.

Back on M-2...

Rilldo rushed towards Vegeta, but it was in vain. Vegeta's newfound power and speed was too much for the Machine Mutant. The Prince vanished out of thin air and reappeared behind the General, unleashing a powerful blast strong enough to obliterate the Machine Mutant's metal body.

Smirking as the smoke cleared, Vegeta turned towards Baby, "That was too ea-" before he could finish, the Prince of Saiyans realized the small machine mutant had disappeared. "Damn.."

As if it was coming out of his own head, Vegeta could hear a strange laugh, followed by the familiar voice of the small Machine Mutant, "Oh poor Prince..you didn't get the full magnitude of my plan, you never could have.."

"What..what is going on?!" Vegeta found himself unable to move, but his opponent was nowhere to be seen.

"I am inside you..in just a few moments, I will have full control of your pitiful Saiyan body, then I will get my revenge."

"Inside me? Revenge? Revenge for what?"

"Your people destroyed them all. Destroyed my entire race. You can't even figure it out?" Baby chuckled again, "Have you always stooped so low? Caused that much destruction?"

Clearing his mind, Vegeta searched for the Machine Mutant's energy, "You're no machine at all, you're a Tuffle.."

"Finally, you pieced it together. Before my people were destroyed, they created prototypes for superior life forms, cloned from the Tuffle King. I am the last remaining of those clones, the last Tuffle. My subconscious created Dr Myuu, and he completed me, made me an entire army of superior life forms to exact my revenge. Revenge I will take while in your disgusting Saiyan body."

Vegeta could feel his body slipping away from him, he tried to subconsciously fight the control, but it was futile. Baby soon gained full control of Vegeta's body, the Saiyan Prince's hair and aura turned a bright silver instead of the usual Super Saiyan gold.

The now gray haired Saiyan form of Vegeta spoke, Baby's voice echoing over Vegeta's own, "Ah..finally. This power is a lot more than I expected.."

The familiar form of General Rilldo slowly formed up from the ground beside Baby Vegeta, taking a puzzling look at the new form. "Well done, Master Baby...what is our next step?"

The Tuffle controlled Saiyan calmed his aura, breathing slowly as his grey hair went to black, looking strikingly similar to an uncontrolled Vegeta. The only distinction between the two would be the voice of Baby echoing over the Saiyan Prince's own as he spoke, "Earth."


Thank you for reading! Another short chapter, I know, but life has gotten a bit busier recently. I appreciate you all for reading and if you have any questions, feel free to ask!