Chapter 23 Evil's Grip Tightens

In the Super/Main Universe

At Capsule Corp

Bulma and her father Dr Briefs were hard at work rebuilding the Timeline Window and modifying the dragon ball radar. Bulma was still unaware that her father was possessed by Baby. "So Bulma when do you think those saiyans will return?" Dr Briefs asked. "Uh not sure, why did you refer to them as saiyans?" Bulma asked perplexed by her father's strange wording. "Well most of them were saiyans right? Sometimes I simplify my questions when I'm working you know this" Dr Briefs said trying to play it off. "Yeah but you've never said it that way before and their friends and family so it's a bit rude and a little racist dad" Bulma retorted. "Oh what difference does it make? Whether it's you and the prince's or Goku and his wife's spawn there all overpowered brutes that crave nothing but violence and mountains of food" Dr Briefs scoffed with hate clear in his voice. "Dad! What's wrong with you?!" Bulma shouted shocked by her father's hate rant. "Nothing, now let's finish this thing so they can leave and be out of our hair" Dr Briefs said dismissing his daughter's distress. "Get outta here dad! I'll finish these on my own! I don't know where this animosity towards our family came from but I don't want to hear anymore of it!When this is over we are going to have a serious conversation!" Bulma yelled pushing her father out of the lab and angrily shutting the door. "Very well Bulma" Dr Briefs said quietly then turning to look at all the Z fighters and their families that didn't go train in the living space. "I'll just make some allies out of your friends while you finish my tool for absolute revenge" Dr Briefs said giggling sinisterly walking towards the unsuspecting home group.

In the GT Universe

Pan started coming to from being knocked out waking up in what appeared to be a dark wooden room. "Ugh what happened?" Pan asked groggily in a daze. "Good morning princess!" Phoenix yelled out happily greeting Pan appearing from nowhere with his yellowish fanged teeth standing above her. "Ahhhh!" Pan screamed in terror memories of previous events rushing back in her mind. "Oh I'm sorry princess did I scare you?" Phoenix asked actually sounding concerned kneeling down. Pan just lied on the floor shaking making whimpering noises very afraid of her apparently deranged uncle. "Please don't hate me princess, here you wanna play with these dolls? You like dolls?" Phoenix asked pleadingly presenting a set of dolls for Pan. Pan stopped whimpering and looked at Phoenix with teary and confused eyes. "Come on princess! I'll start a story!" Phoenix said excitedly sitting down and picking up two of the dolls. "Jon we're late for worship service can you please hurry up?!" Phoenix said taking the girl doll making a girlish voice. "Just a second sweetheart I have to make sure I'm presentable. We don't Phoenix the almighty to slain us, he will just for bad breath" Phoenix replied to himself with the man doll making a new mannish voice. Pan sat up fully both unsettled and utterly bewildered by her uncle's strange behavior. "He'll also slain us if we're late! Come on before he notices!" Phoenix retorted switching back to the girl doll and voice. "Bitch I already noticed, did you forget that I see all?" Phoenix said in his normal voice as if addressing the dolls himself. "Ahhh!" Phoenix make believed both dolls screaming in their respective voices. "Please show mercy oh great god of justice!" Phoenix made the girl doll say. "Take my wife! She made me sin!" Phoenix made the man doll say. "Harold!" Phoenix made the girl doll yell in shock. "Relax puny mortals" Phoenix said rather calmly as though he was going to be merciful. "I was going to kill you anyway"Phoenix said abruptly leaning his head to the doll's before unleashing a blast of fire from his mouth burning and melting the top half of the dolls. "See? Fun righ- ow my beautiful divine hands!" Phoenix yelped in pain flinging his hands everywhere and the dolls away the melted plastic flowing onto and burning his hands. "Now it's your turn princess!" Phoenix said encouragingly after recovering and blowing his hands. Pan's confusion and fear quickly turned into rage as she stood up glaring daggers at Phoenix. "You murderer!" Pan yelled angrily. "Hey! That's no way to talk to your uncle Pan! Didn't Gohan or Videl teach you any manners!" Phoenix scolded Pan insulted and irritated. "My uncle Goten would never burn an entire city and try to kill my family! Who are you?!" Pan shouted in denial. "Well missy I'm your uncle whether you like it or not! And the name's Phoenix now!" Phoenix shouted back sternly. "Your not my uncle! Your an ugly freak! Now I'm gonna kick your ass for hurt..." Pan's threat halted when she to her surprise that Phoenix was starting to cry. "No... pan...my sweet princess pan... you hate me..." Phoenix whimpered turning his head away from Pan's view in shame. Pan was taken aback by this lunatic's reaction to her words, she didn't think he would actually get upset, not like this at least. She tiptoed to where she could see the side of his face. Something about him seemed familiar yet different. Then she recalled hearing of the Trunks from an alternate timeline that came to warn her father and grandfather about a future android apocalypse many years ago and how the time travel just created a new timeline rather than actually change the future. Was this really her uncle? One from another timeline? "Um u-uncle?" Pan stuttered nervously. "Yes pan?" Phoenix responded sobbingly slightly turning to look at Pan. "H-how old was I last time you saw me?" Pan asked. "You were just a baby last I saw you Pan, I remember giving you piggy back rides, although the way we played they were more like horse rides ha ha" Phoenix explained laughing weakly. Pan's eyes widened. She had faint memories of being given rides by her uncle that her baby self treated like horse rides. Goten was the only one she did that with since Goten when he yelped as she yanked on him sounded like a horse. It was confirmed, this was her uncle Goten, but clearly it wasn't the one she knew and something went very wrong with him in his timeline. "Goten... what happened to you?" Pan asked beginning to feel sympathy for her alternate reality uncle, desperately wanting to know what turned him into...this. Phoenix's head rapidly turned to look at Pan now with a crazed, bloodshot eyes mad look, making her yelp in fright. "Goku happened! Him, Trunks, and Zamasu! They made me what I am now! A god of vengeance! Of justice! And once I find them! There bones will be harvested from their charred carcasses for my new divine throne as I exterminate all mortals and the other worthless deities and take my rightful place as the supreme god of existence! Ha ha ha ha ha!" Phoenix declared proudly then laughed hysterically. Pan was frightened to say the least at her uncle's insanity and bloodlust especially towards her grandfather Goku. She knew he could be annoying but what could the Goku of Phoenix's timeline have done to drive her uncle this mad. And why does he see himself as a god? Who was Zamasu? "Uncle Goten wha-" Pan's question was interrupted when Phoenix suddenly got really close to her face with an insane grin on his. "And you Pan shall be a goddess at my side! We'll spill Goku's blood then reshape existence itself in our own image together! Aren't you excited!?" Phoenix asked wistfully excited giggling crazily. "Woah hold on! Look I can tell grandpa did something really bad to you but this is going way too far for revenge! I still love my family and we're not gods!" Pan retorted trying to bring her insane uncle back to reality. "Oh Pan my sweet princess, those mortals have brainwashed you...they are the plague...full of lies and deception , I am a god! The solution, scorcher of sinners, the truth. I will help you see all mortals especially Goku for what they really are and then you'll understand everything... come" Phoenix ordered gesturing for Pan to grab his hand. Pan was scared but she did want to know why this version of her uncle was so evil and insane so she decided to play along with hopes he would explain during his...education. "Alright uncle, whatever you say" Pan said deadpan hiding her fear. "Oh goody! I was so worried you wouldn't join me but this is turning out to be a very good day after all ha ha ha! Come princess your journey into a beautiful goddess starts now! Ha ha hee hee!" Phoenix celebrated in a child like manner which made Pan snicker in spite everything before and what was to come.

In the GD Universe

Future Trunks had escorted Frieza and Future Mai, the former holding the ladder hostage, to capsule corp. They entered the building and within was someone Future Trunks would've died to see again. "Trunks!" Future Bulma shouted happily running to her son for a hug. "Mom! Your back!" Future Trunks yelled back also running towards his mother. The two hugged each other joyfully briefly forgetting the troubles that came before or the one currently in progress. "Ugh affection, makes me want to vomit" Frieza commented dryly announcing his presence. "Wha!? Frieza?! H-how -why are you!?" Future Bulma stuttered in sheer fear and terror. "Ho ho I see my reputation proceeds me even across timelines where I've long since passed on hm hm mmm" Frieza said amused while still holding Future Mai by her throat. "Mom I'm sorry but somehow Frieza has come from another timeline and we need to help send him back or he'll kill Mai! Please help us!" Future Trunks pleaded. "Oh of course I'll help son, I'll start on a new time machine right away" Future Bulma agreed though she glared daggers at Frieza who smirked back in satisfaction. "Good, begin immediately earthling and do be quickly about it, I have an empire to rebuild and saiyans to squash" Frieza ordered. "It'll take some time but I should be able to construct the machine and make fuel much faster now that Black isn't around anymore" Bulma stated confidently. "Black?" Frieza asked confused. "That's what we were calling Goten before I learned who he really was" Future Trunks clarified. "Goten?" Both Future Bulma and Mai asked in befuddlement. "Ah yes the deliciously despicable spawn of Goku I've been hearing about, now monkey why don't you tell me the full story while your mother commences the project hmmm?" Frieza asked snidely. Future Trunks sighed in defeat, "alright here's what happened".

In the IW Universe

Within a distant asteroid belt in an unknown galaxy lied a secret hideout/base for the resistance to the mortal empire. Spread out and built in to over multiple asteroids, some half the size of a continent, the base had thousands of members and whatever technology they had on them or could steal from the empire during missions. Within the compounds, there are labs, war rooms, launching and landing sites for the many alien pods and jets and living spaces though the latter was minimal priority and thus were more like huts than homes. Inside one the lab's bumblebee along with an alien who looked like a tall, blue skinned, yellow eyed version of classic grey aliens were frantically searching for something on their computer screens. "Dammit where the hell did Goten and Shadow go?! Our scanners and scout bots can't find them anywhere and we've searched most of the galaxy!" Bumblebee shouted in frustration. "I'm thinking our captains's disappearance has something to do with these temporal anomalies I've been detecting the past couple days, I'm running tests now" the tall blue alien said calmly. "Well do it fast TR-54, Goten and Shadow are our leaders and best hope of overcoming the mortal empire" Bumblebee said. "You guys still staring at the screen. That ain't healthy kids" Deadpool said jokingly walking into the room. "Deadpool your not at all worried that Goten and Shadow are missing and could very well be dead?!" Bumblebee asked annoyed by his teammate's perpetually joking demeanor. "Dude pour yourself a glass of coolant and chill, your gonna overheat and blow out a gasket if you keep stressing out, literally!" Deadpool said continuing to joke around. Just then Korra and Venom walked in. "I've contacted the spirits and they can't find them either, not even as spirits themselves, it's like they just vanished from reality" Korra explained despondently. "We don't understand, we were all together talking about our next mission when the two of them suddenly disappeared in a flash and I know neither were attempting chaos control" Venom yelled out in frustrated. "Calm down babe, they probably decided to go on vacation!" Deadpool said to Korra. "Quite frankly they needed one, I mean do you know how angry the two of them are, I mean I'm sorry but come on, I think their nerves are rounded up too tight, way tighter then my dick last time you and I-" Deadpool's rambling was cut off by Venom grabbing him tightly by his throat. "Why don't you spend less time yapping and more time helping us find them!" Venom yelled angrily in Deadpool's face and throwing him hard on the ground partially destroying his jaw. "Ow that hurts" Deadpool complained with very slurred speech. "What? You've shaken off worse injuries" Venom asked confused. "Not that, your breath! Ugh it smells like halitosis mixed with love from an experienced prostitute! My nose is burning!" Deadpool clarified. "Why you!!" Venom growled in anger getting ready to bite the merc with a mouth's head off. Just then however a strange cockroach like being popped up in the middle of the room. "My my they weren't kidding, you really are all freaks" Cell insulted with a smirk. The four warriors immediately readied attacks and battle poses, Venom baring his teeth and hunching, Korra's eyes glowing with earth rising before her, bumblebee aiming his stingers and Deadpool popping his jaw back into place and pulling out his duel swords. "Who are you?! Where did you come from?!" Korra asked seriously. "Aww is the big girl gonna throw her rocks at me? Oh I'm shaking" Cell said sarcastically. "Now listen here you overgrown bad dragon toy! Nobody insults my girl!" Deadpool said sounding somewhat serious for a change. "Why are you here?!" Bumblebee asked. "Let me bite his head off!" Venom yelled out clearly ravenous. "Go ahead you ugly behemoth, it'll just grow back" Cell said with confidence stunning Venom. "Oh I almost forgot, here's a surprise" Cell said putting out his left arm and unclenched his hand revealing a device that was blipping red and beeping. "Hey what is that?!" Venom asked angrily. "It's beacon!" Bumblebee shouted in shock alarming the others. "Sir!" A grey alien like being came running to the door of the room. "What is it C4-138?!" TR-54 asked frantically. "Thousands of empire ships just came out of hyperdrive right into our area!" C4-138 said panicking. "What!" Everyone except Cell screamed in shock and fear. "Oh yeah I invited some new friends of mine, we're gonna have a hell of a time! Ha ha ha!" Cell laughed evilly in delight.

In the MC Universe

Society had fallen into complete disarray. People had become consumed by fear, paranoia and rage due to the now over two thousand unexplained murders scattered all over the world in the past week with the perpetrator still unidentified and unable to be caught or tracked. As a result riots and many other forms civil unrest had erupted in cities across the globe. The police and government were overwhelmed and spread thin trying to quell the mayhem sometimes giving up the search for the killer entirely as the mobs were quickly becoming dangerous in their own right. It was possible not all the murders were caused by the murderer, some might have been done either accidentally or intentionally by the rioters and it wasn't clear when it was the former or the ladder. "Attention citizens of the world" King Furry addressed the masses via television on emergency broadcast. "Stay in your homes and board them up as best you can until the military sorts out the chaos. Anyone seen not abiding this order will be arrested under suspicion of attempting to riot, steal or to be the mysterious mass murderer. Stay safe and pray" King Furry finished somberly unsure if anybody will listen to his precautions or if the precautions will be effective. "Dad are we gonna be alright" Videl asked her father Hercule Satan fearfully. The two of them were boarding up in their house in Orange Star city, the city never being renamed Satan City due to Hercule not being able to attain glory at the Cell Games. "Of course we will be sweetheart, no rioter or murderer is getting in here, and if they do I'll give them the Satan Beatdown! Yeah!" Hercule assured his daughter boasting his strength and skills. Videl giggled slightly at the display of bravado from her father. "Normally I hate it when you do that Dad, but the way things are right now, it's actually comforting in a way" Videl said sweetly. "Thank you Videl! I'll cheer you up anytime you need me to so long as both of us are breathing" Hercule returned the kindness. "Now can you please run down to the basement and get more steel boards Videl?" Hercule asked. "Sure dad be right back" Videl said as she went downstairs. She entered the basement turning on the lightbulb scanning the area for the steel boards. She then spotted them on the far end of the basement and started making her way towards them. After taking three steps however she suddenly saw a black shadow streak past the wall looking like it was being made by someone behind her. She whipped around only to find no one there. A little more slowly she resumed her way but just two steps later she heard something being knocked down and broken. She turned to the side where some stuff was shelved and on the ground was her deceased mother's vase. "What the hell?! How did this break?!" Videl said in shock and sadness. She was down in the basement a few days ago before things got bad and she was certain she checked to make sure the vase was in a place where it wouldn't fall. She decided the boards were more important so she resumed her way again but now very slowly starting to feel like she wasn't alone. She finally reached the board which were stacked near a closet door. As she bent down to get them, she heard a deep heavy breath come from somewhere close to her. "Dad? Is that you?" Videl asked looking around fearfully not being able to make out the source of the sound. Then she noticed the closet door was creaked open and their were bits of dirt on the little bit of floor she could see inside. Deciding to investigate Videl moved the boards over and opened the closet door. What she saw inside destroyed her. It was her dead mother's skeleton and tombstone dung up from her grave in their backyard, set up for Videl to see on the wall of the closet partially lit by the light bulb. Videl gasped in horror and fear tearing up and trembling at the cruel sight. Suddenly from behind her she heard footsteps and a shadow once again casting over her, this time not moving away. She turned around rapidly to see a man with a white ghost like face and black canvases for eyes, holding a bloodied knife with one of his dirt caked hands right in front of her. "Ahhhh!" Videl screamed in terror before the man grabbed her head with his free hand, turned her around and threw her up to the ceiling where the lightbulb was, shattering it, casting darkness in the basement as Videl crashed back down to the ground on her back, her nose now broken and shards of glass in her face. "Dad! Help!" Videl screamed in pain. The man marched his way over to Videl who quickly got up and kicked him in the face. However he wasn't affected by it at all and instead he grabbed it and crushed her knee into pieces making Videl scream in agony collapsing to the side of the wall. "Videl?!" Hercule yelled out from upstairs having heard his daughter's screams and banging. "Dad! The killer he's-ahhh!" Videl's cry was interrupted as said killer stabbed her in the abdomen three times. Hercule ran down the stairs and saw Videl being stabbed again. "Get away from my daughter you son of a bitch!" Hercule yelled enraged rushing to the man and punched him right in the face. Surprisingly the man stumbled from the blow and backed away. "Videl! Are you ok?!" Hercule asked very worried kneeling down to Videl. "Dad..." Videl said. Suddenly then rushed back over grabbing Hercule by his shirt and throwing him to the row of shelves knocking them down along with their contents. Then killer then weirdly let go of his knife leaving it on the floor then walked out of the basement up the stairs. Hercule recovered and sat up just in time to see the killer make up the stairs. "Hey! Get back here!" Hercule yelled angrily wanting revenge. He quickly stood up and picked up the knife from the floor and ran up the stairs. Back up in the house Hercule didn't see the man anywhere so he ran out knife in hand waving it around like a lunatic. "Show yourself so I can kill you!" Hercule screamed hysterically not noticing the patrol of four military men. "Look Mr Satan's the murderer!" One of the men said. "Shoot him down!" Another man said. Hercule froze as all four men aimed their guns at him. "Wait!" Hercule screamed in desperation but it was too late. The men fired a whole round of bullets from each of their guns at Hercule, putting holes all across the would be champion's body, including his head. Hercule with a stunned expression fell to the ground lifeless. "Noooo!" Videl screamed in horror getting the men's attention. She had managed to limp up from the basement and saw the whole thing from the doorway. "Daaad! How could you!" Videl screeched out in a mix of anger and sadness seeing her only parent left gunned down. Suddenly a hand grabbed Videl by her mouth and she was violently pulled back into the house the door shut, the men witnessed this. "Videl!" The men shouted charging into the house. They kicked down the door and there they saw Videl now lifeless her neck twisted and snapped. "Shit! We killed the wrong guy!" One of the men yelled hysterically. "Hey don't pin this on all of us! You gave the order to shoot!" Another man argued back. "Calm down people we'll worry about it later, right now we need to-" the man was shot in the head by the fourth guy who was trembling in fear and regret, accidentally firing. "You shot him?! What the fuck man!?" One of the men shouted. "I-I'm sorry I panicking and-" the man's apology was stopped when he was shot in the head by the other guy. "Ahhh!" Both remaining men shouted pointing their guns at each other and firing simultaneously, both now were dead. After the bodies fell to the ground out from a corner stepped out the man, looking down at his work, tilting his head, seemingly studying and admiring it. He looked out the window seeing fires in the distance and faintly hearing the screams of chaos sweeping the world, it's fear of him now practically doing the work for him.