Chapter 20 Evil Deeds Brew
In the IW Universe
"Curious" Shredder said intrigued, "you seek the resistance leader Son Goten as well?". "I have absolutely no idea what resistance your talking about, unless your referring to his pathetic bald friend Krillin?!" Cell shouted in frustration still trapped in Infinite's energy cube. "I have not heard of this Krillin of which you speak, but then again I have not heard of you, Cell. What is your history or connection with Son Goten?" Shredder asked with great interest. "I gloriously purged his family and half of humanity from his precious planet earth thirteen years ago and have been wandering the universe since. I was unaware that his father had managed to plant his seeds into his wife beforehand so it came as a shock to me to find him when I returned to destroy earth and it's bothersome dragon balls" Cell explained boasting. "Hmm strange, none of my scouts have reported a being like yourself in the time we've been in universe seven" Shredder said puzzled. "How could you not have heard of me?! I've destroyed countless imperfect planets! Why just a couple days ago I blew up Planet Namek!" Cell shouted indignantly. "Namek? That's not possible, I destroyed it two years ago" Shredder said even more befuddled. "You are mistaken mr samurai! I distinctly remember killing off the slugs! Screaming and burning as my blast disintegrated their planet!" Cell boasted with an evil grin. Shredder pondered Cell's words though a bit repulsed by Cell's excitement and joy out of such an unnecessary sadistic act. He could see that Cell was far too proud and serious about his claims indicating that he was telling the truth, yet he knows for a fact that he destroyed Namek so it had to be lies. Just then Starscream came into the room and bowed down to Shredder. "My Lord, Xavier vanished while I was discussing the takeover of planet mandoo. I did a ship wide scan, there's no sign of him and no one is reporting him to be on any other ship or planet though some of our scientists have detected large disturbances in the temporal fabric of our universe" Starscream explained. "When did this start Starscream?" Shredder asked. "Approximately three hours ago lord, about the same time Xavier disappeared, we're investigating to see if the events are connected" Starscream said. "That's about the same time this thing popped up in the cargo hold" Azula said pointing to Cell. Shredder pondered for a few moments about these strange occurrences. Then an idea lit up in Shredder's mind. "Cell, are you familiar with the concept of multiverse?" Shredder asked cell. Cell thought it over and suddenly everything made sense. That's why he's never encountered this empire until now and it's also why they never heard of him, he was in an alternate reality. Cell stared baffled for a few moments before regaining his smug grin. "Well no matter the reality, I am the perfect being! No one can match me!" Cell yelled out triumphantly. To Cell's surprise Shredder and everyone else in the room laughed hysterically at him. "What's so funny?!" Cell asked enraged at their laughter. "Perhaps in your universe you are the best, but here the only thing that stands out is your ugly mug!" Starscream said insulting the reality jumping bio android. "How dare you! Release me and I'll stomp on all of you!" Cell yelled in a murderous rage. "You are beneath us bug man, but I am curious, let's see how you handle the foot ninja's" Infinite said belittling Cell and releasing him from his cubicle imprisonment. Within seconds 30 something ninjas all wearing identical clothes entered the room, appearing from multiple locations, some from the door, some by the wall and others jumping from the ceiling previously concealed by darkness. They all wore black masks and undercoats with grey sashes, gloves boots and had yellowish eyeholes. They pulled out various weapons, some drew swords, some spiky nunchucks and a few even pulled metal ropes. Cell looked at these ninjas with cockiness. "Ha! Please! I'll vaporize these insects and then I'll crush yo- ahh!" Cell's declaration was interrupted by three foot ninjas zoomed and slammed right into him sending him flying. Before he could impact the wall several more ninjas appeared behind him and kicked him back towards where he began. Another ninja came down from above and kicked the flying Cell to the ground mid flight. Cell was already bleeding from his mouth and sustained a good bit of damage. He achingly tried to pick himself back up only for half of the army ninjas to rush in and stab him with their swords, puncturing every area of his body except his head while on his knees. Cell could do nothing but scream in agony as more ninjas wrapped their metal ropes around his body and electrocuted him and with their energy conducting through the ropes. The few foot ninjas that had been staying out of the fight when came and struck Cell's head several times with their nunchucks, breaking and denting it severely. "That's enough!" Deathstroke called out to the foot ninjas. In an instant the foot ninjas relented, pulling their swords out of Cell's decimated body and back away as his upper body collapsed onto the floor barely breathing and puking out blood or whatever his bio android body spewed out. "That will be all" Azula said dismissing the ninjas. The foot ninjas bowed in unison to their masters before gracefully and skillfully retreating to their unseen posts. Through his excruciating pain Cell was dazed, scared and shocked all at once. These mere minions had utterly destroyed him in less than a minute. What frightened him the most was that those same minions obeyed and bowed to these commanders instantaneously with no question or error, indicating that they were far more powerful, which meant they each outclassed him by a wide margin. "It appears your reputation does not transcend realities" Shredder taunted chuckling before refocusing, "that being said I sense a great amount of potential in you, perhaps if you serve under me, I will help you to truly become the perfect being and crush Son Goten". Cell's swollen eyes somehow managed to widen at Shredder's proposal and with a strained smirk he replied, "I'm listening".
In the GD Universe
Frieza and Future Trunks had been going at it for almost three hours now. Their new forms, Frieza's recently perfected Golden form and Future Trunks's Super Saiyan Rage form made the two evenly matched. Neither was willing to back down with their respective goals for revenge though the nature of those revenges were total opposites from one another. "Damn saiyan monkey! Bow down and die!" Frieza yelled angrily as he shot several death beams at his opponent. Future Trunks slashed the beams out of existence with his sword and rushed to Frieza to slice him though Frieza blocked the attack. "I will stop you!" Future Trunks threatened. "Ho ho as if! Once I rid of you I will exterminate the rest of you filthy apes including your son!" Frieza yelled back laughing. "What?!" Future Trunks exclaimed in utter befuddlement jumping away from Frieza and hovering a short distance away. "What in the world are you talking about? I don't have a son!" Future Trunks asked immensely confused. "Don't play dumb with me saiyan! I saw your son along with Goku's two offspring, you were with the one that looked disgustingly identical to him!" Frieza barked back. "But I never..." Future Trunks was about to rebuke Frieza before he suddenly remembered about Goten and his young counterpart in another timeline were best friends. A possible answer to Frieza's appearance came to Future Trunks's mind. "Wait, my father in the past told me of your brief return and the fight you had with them, your from a different timeline!" Future Trunks surmised. "Past? Timeline? What are you saying?" Frieza asked now curious. "I'm that boy you saw with Goku's kid! I'm the same boy, but this is a alternate timeline. I traveled to yours a long time ago and destroyed you and now you've somehow come to mine!" Future Trunks explained still frantic. Frieza took all of this information in and thought about it all. "Hmm that would explain why I can't contact my fleet. I tried summoning them the moment I appeared on this mud ball but no one answered" Frieza said. "How did you get here?" Future Trunks asked apprehensively. "How many times do I have to say it! I don't know! In a flash was on my mothership, then here!" Frieza yelled frustrated at Future Trunks's incompetence. "Well your not going to able to reach your empire in this timeline Frieza, it was destroyed along with most other mortal life" Future Trunks revealed. "Really? How did that come about? Frieza asked bewildered. "Goten, Goku's other kid you said I was paired with in the other timeline in this one became evil and exterminated them with the help and manipulation of a deranged supreme Kai" Future Trunks explained. "Ho Ho Ho!" Frieza bellowed out laughing, "oh my, now you've got my attention! Tell me do you have means of which to get me back to my reality? If you do, I want you to take me back, and tell me more about this evil version of Goku's offspring". "Like I'd help you!" Future Trunks screamed out defiantly powering up for another assault. Frieza however then whipped past Future Trunks and stood on the ground holding Future Mai by the back of her shirt. "Mai no!" Future Trunks cried out in horror and fear. "Ho Ho I gathered that this was your mate, now help me get back to my reality and share all the knowledge I want from you or else her head will be hanging on my wall! Ha ha" Frieza threatened now holding Mai hostage and held a energy disk in his hand centimeters away from her neck. "Alright I'll help you! Just let her go!" Future Trunks begged Frieza. "Good monkey" Frieza smiled devilishly pulling his energy disk away, "I'm holding onto her for now, she's insurance you won't try anything". Future Trunks gulped at this turn of events, he only hoped Mai would be unharmed and that his Mom had been brought back by the mysterious force that revived them earlier.
In the MC Universe
A little girl of about four years old was being put to bed by her mother. "Goodnight by little princess" the mother said tenderly kissing her daughter on the forehead. "Goodnight mommy" the little girl replied sweetly snuggling herself further into her bed. She looked out the window that led to a balcony on her floor of the house. She admired the beauty of the stars, the moon and the night sky, being one of the few children to not be afraid of the dark. Her mother walked into her line of sight to pick up her dirty clothes from earlier. After she walked out of it however, a strange man figure had appeared on the balcony and it's pitch black eyes and ghostly white blank face stared at the girl. "Ahhh!" The girl screamed in fear. "What is it honey?!" The mother asked alarmed. "The boogeyman!" The girl shouted turning to her mother. "He's over- wait where he go?!" The girl asked pointing at where she saw the supposed boogeyman only to find him gone. "Honey there's no boogeyman, the boys at school are were just trying to scare you" the mother assured her daughter turning to see no one where she was pointing. The girl relaxed, knowing her mother was usually right and figuring it might just be her imagination. "Alright, goodnight mommy again" the girl said giggling laying her head down and shutting her eyes. "Goodnight dear" the mother said giggling as well walking out of the room and closing the door. The girl's eyes opened halfway looking at her SpongeBob light bulb before shutting them again falling asleep. An indiscernible time later, a scream from an unknown location was heard startling the girl awake. "Hello?! What was that?!" The girl yelled confused and scared sitting up straight on her bed breathing somewhat heavily. She received no response, an eerie quietness permeated in the house, she began to notice some odd things. Her nightlight had gone out, darkening the room. It wasn't the only light to go out, her blind covered windows would normally be slightly illuminated by the street lights but now they were as dark as the rest of the room. Then she heard a creaking noise and saw that her door had been opened swaying back and fourth slowly. She looked at her dresser next to her bed. Even shrouded in the blackness of night, she could make out a piece of paper. She grabbed it and immediately noticed the red smear on portions of the paper and a strange odor. She then noticed it was a note and it said "Come to the neighbor's house across the street when you wake up". "Why do I need to go to the neighbors house?" The girl wondered out loud. "Oh well, if mommy says so I guess I should do it" the girl said and got out of bed. The second she stepped onto her carpeted floor she felt a little bit of wetness on her feet. She lifted her foot and saw that there were spots of a red liquid on the soles of her feet. She saw that their was a trail of red tinted spots leading out of her room and into the hallway. "Did my brother spill punch again?" The girl asked somewhat annoyed. She proceeded to leave her room, putting on her sandals that she kept near her bedroom door. As she made her way down the stairs and her eyes adjusted to the dark, she saw that the house was messier than usual. Part of the wooden handles on the stairs were broken, her father's trusty recliner chair was flipped over and somewhat ripped apart, some kitchen and cleaning utensils were scattered all over the floor, some smeared with red liquid and there were some dents and cracks on multiple spots on the wall, also tinted with red liquid. "Jeez did bro have some friends over and play break and spill?" The girl asked jokingly chuckling to herself. She then headed out the front door. Once outside it was confirmed that the street lights had indeed gone out, indicating that their was a power outage. The girl made her way over to her neighbor's house across the street. As she walked she began to feel uneasy. Normally she didn't mind the dark, hell she usually loved it, but this time was different. Without the street or porch lights it was a lot darker than what she was used to. Also she couldn't shake the feeling that someone or something other than her parents was watching her. Suddenly she heard a heavy breath and felt it too. "Who's there?!" The girl asked frantic turning around rapidly only to see nothing behind her. "Must be my imagination again" the girl resigned resuming her approach to the house. Finally she got to front porch of the house, spotting another trail of red liquid, only it was thicker, a lot more liquid like, enough for her sandals to make tiny splashes when walking. "Ok bro now your not even trying" the girl sighed as she walked into the house. Entering she was met with an unexpected sight. There was no one around and the house was an even bigger mess than hers. She was expecting to see her family and the neighbors all sitting around having coffee while the kids ran around with toys. Instead she saw a smashed tv, an entire glass figurine case destroyed, tiny holes in the walls as if someone fired a gun and red liquid splattered on almost everything, everywhere, sometimes concentrated into big spots on the carpet. "Hello, mommy? Daddy?! Where are you? I'm here!" The girl called out getting impatient and a little scared of everything she was seeing. Suddenly she heard footsteps upstairs. "Hello? Brother is this another one of your pranks? The girl shouted somewhat expectant. Yet again she received no answer so she decided to head upstairs. After she got upstairs she saw a door that appeared to be lit somehow . Thinking this is where everyone was she quickly headed into the room. What she saw was soul shattering. On a bed, in the middle of the room lit by candles, lied her mother, her skin drained of almost all color, blood draining from a ghastly wound on her stomach along with several cuts, gashes and bruises across the exposed portions of her skin. Her face was frozen with a terrified screaming expression like a ghost. The girl gasped and began to cry at the sight of her dead mother's corpse. She shakily backed up to a closet. Almost instantly a body swung from above nearly hitting her. Screaming in fright and then more when she realized it was her dad's corpse, his upside down face showing a peaceful sleeping like expression. Before the traumatized child could even remotely process, she accidentally opened another closet door, revealing her brother's corpse blood dripping from a wound on his neck and holding a curious expression on his face. The girl screamed her lungs out again rushing out of the room clutching her head in terror and disbelief. She leaned on the wall crying hysterically desperately trying to comprehend what she had just experienced. Unknown to her a ghostly white expressionless face had appeared from a dark room behind her. She quieted down, still moping and moaning making her way towards the stairs. Then the figure came out and slashed at the girl's arm with a kitchen knife. She screamed in pain and terror falling down the stairs. The man then moved to the top of the stairs staring down at the girl as she painfully got back up and ran out the door. "Help! Somebody help me please, it's the boogeyman!" The girl screeched in terror running to another neighbor's house. When she approached though she saw to her horror the residents of the house hung up on their roofs by their own organs, dead showing portions of their skeletons. She screamed again running back across the street and to yet another neighbors house. She saw nothing on the porch so she pounded on the door. "Let me in! The boogeyman is here and he's trying to kill me!" The girl wailed nearly breaking her tiny arm knocking on the door. No one answered. She looked into a window and saw the grizzly remains of a family, bodies smashed and smushed together and nearly unidentifiable. This time the girl just let out a squealing whimper, her throat having been hurt from screaming so hard before. She turned around and immediately saw that the boogeyman had emerged from the house she ran out of and was staring right at her from the bloodied porch, knife still in hand. The murderer then began to slowly move away from the house. The girl ran away in fear, all while looking at all the other neighborhood houses and they were all either empty or littered with corpses in various states of horrific disembowelment and frozen expressions of terror. She ultimately ran back to her home. She tried to open the door and then found it locked, remembering that she locked it before shutting it earlier and didn't bring any keys. The girl turned around in fear and saw the boogeyman had somehow despite his slow walk about halfway to her spot. Exhausted, in pain and scared she collapsed onto the ground, shutting her eyes. "This is just a dream! This is all just a dream!" The girl yelled trying to deny everything but the illusion was shattered when she opened her eyes and saw the boogeyman staring down at her casting a shadow over her being faintly hearing his heavy breathing. "Please don't..." the girl pleaded whimpering. Her pleas were ignored the man raising his knife over her preparing to finish it. "What did I do?... I've been good..." the girl asked crying before she was stabbed in the heart and then repeatedly on numerous areas of her body, leaving her dead.
In the GT Universe
The rest of the surviving Z fighters and their families regained consciousness. "Ugh what was that?" Gohan asked getting up to his knees. "Ahh big bro nice to see you again" the demonic voice said making Gohan look up seeing his daughter pan standing shakily and the source of the voice, the devil looking clown. "What the..? Who are you?!" Gohan shouted quickly getting on his feet and over to pan holding her protectively. "Awe big bro I'm crushed, how the high and mighty forget. Don't you recognize me?" The demon asked somewhat tauntingly with a fake sad voice. "No and don't care! Why do you keep calling me big bro?! You just killed thousands of innocent people and almost killed my friends and family! Any brother of mine would never do that and I only have one and he's not you!" Gohan yelled defiantly. "Well that's disappointing, I would have thought all that scholar stuff would have made you smart enough to figure it out. Then again you share Goku's tendency to be oblivious to things outside of your interests despite your intelligence. That was clear during the awkward lessons you tried to teach Videl years ago. Oh well I guess it doesn't matter, I'll be dyeing the oceans red with your blood in mere moments ha ha ha!" The demon lamented laughing. "Wait.. lessons with videl? But the only one that was around to see that was..." Gohan's face froze as he realized there was only one person that ever saw him train videl back when they first met. "G-goten?!" Gohan asked shocked. Pan as well as everyone else that had regained consciousness gasped and eyes widened at the revelation. "Now your catching on ha ha! But I don't go by that name anymore, it's Phoenix now" the demon now known as Phoenix said creepily. "W-what happened to him?!" Bulla asked both sad and frightened by this new Goten as he looked deranged and evil, nothing like the one they knew. Suddenly Phoenix vanished and reappeared close to Bulla, making her and most around them jump back in fear. "Oooh hello there cutie, I almost feel sorry you have to die, but alas all mortals regardless of outer beauty are ugly inside and must be made extinct" Phoenix monologued sinisterly as he gathered black flame like ki in his hand and aimed it at Bulla. "Hey! Leave my daughter alone!" Vegeta yelled enraged tackling Phoenix disrupting his attack. "Bulla? Ahh yes the last baby to ever be born in my universe before it was erased, how fitting you'll be my first blood sacrifice he he he! "Phoenix said evilly not even struggling to hold Vegeta's assault back. "What?!" Vegeta exclaimed confused as to what Kakarot's demented spawn was talking about. Then Phoenix twisted Vegeta's wrist, breaking it and with his other hand blasted Vegeta away with the attack from earlier. "Vegeta!" "Dad!" Bulma and Bulla yelled in horror. When the smoke cleared Vegeta was revealed to be alive but unconscious and burned almost to a crisp. Phoenix slowly turned his head around to face the rest of the group with an insane toothy smile and said, "who's next?". Pan couldn't take this and ran towards Phoenix. "Goten! Why are you doing this?!" Pan screeched out crying not wanting to believe her uncle was a monster. "Ok I guess you're next little girl ha ha ha!" Phoenix said as he reached out to grab Pan. "No! Get away from her! Pan run!" Gohan yelled trying to get his brother to stop and get his daughter to safety. But he didn't need to as something strange happened. Phoenix stopped, hand still stretched out, it and his whole body shaking slightly as he stuttered and muttered in a dazed tone, "pan?". "Uncle?" Pan asked seeing the recognition and slight regret in her uncle's eyes despite their red, demonic glow. The others froze unsure of what was going to happen next. Phoenix continued to stare at Pan for what felt like five minutes before decision crossed his face and he chopped Pan in the back of her head knocking her out and grabbing her putting her over his shoulder. "No! Pan!" Gohan yelled charging towards Phoenix only to have Phoenix faze away and reappear above him and kick him to the ground, creating a crater and leaving Gohan unconscious. "She's mine now!" Phoenix yelled out and then shot a big fiery blast at the rest of the group injuring them further and rendering more unconscious. Phoenix then zoomed away to an unknown location with Pan in his arms, his intentions a mystery.
In the Super Timeline
Bulma had just finished watching the two groups of fighters leave for their respective training areas. From behind her, her father approached. "Hello my daughter" Dr Briefs greeted in an unusually deep voice. "Hi dad what's up?" Bulma asked. "I overheard most of what is happening and I was wondering if you needed any help with that dragon ball radar or repairing that Timeline Window?" Dr Briefs asked inquisitively. "Sure that'd be great! It'll make the grumpy Goten happy, I don't wanna get on his bad side, poor kid" Bulma accepted happily finishing with an air of sadness. "Quite, well shall we get started?" Dr briefs asked coly. "Yeah let's go" Bulma said as she and her father made their way to her lab. Little did she know that her father was host to the evil parasite Baby who smirked sinisterly as he's plan was working so far.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the outer reaches of the galaxy a Frieza force base was in a frenzy due to the sudden disappearance of Frieza. "Commander where could have Frieza have gone?! He just vanished and nothing can find him!" A Frieza soldier asked frantically. "We will travel to earth, no doubt the saiyans and their earthling allies have something to do with this" answered the commander. "Ready the entire armada, we'll need every weapon and every soldier if we are to stand a chance against them" the commander ordered. "Right away sir" the soldier bowed before running out and summoning the Frieza armada. Within minutes hundreds of Frieza ships had taken off, getting into formation before zooming off into the coordinates of Planet Earth.
