Chapter 24 Nefarious Events Unfold

In the IW Universe

Hundreds of empire spaceships had invaded the space of the resistance asteroid belt base. Some of the smaller crafts started swarming into the belt and beaming soldiers into the many compartments. The bigger began firing random lasers at the belt destroying many asteroids either destroying parts of the base or sending debris to disrupt other parts of it. Resistance fighters within the complex fought valiantly against the incoming empire forces while other members started making retreats. Back at the computer room the standoff between Cell and the four remaining members of IW Goten's main team was broken off as Cell charged in to attack. Cell kicked Deadpool away but was then hit with a pillar of rock Korra had created. Cell blew himself out. "Galick Gun!" Cell screamed launching a purple electrical beam towards Korra. Korra attempted to redirect the beam with a tornado but the blast was too fast and hit her before she could finish. Cell was then rammed by Bumblebee who transformed into his car form. Cell yelled in pain as Bumblebee transformed back into his robot form crushing Cell again with his changing gears. The bug man was then sent back to the ground through Bumblebee's exhaust now bleeding. "Eat my stingers!" Bumblebee shouted as his hands changed into electrical stingers and shot many times at Cell electrocuting him. Before Cell could recover Venom picked him up, ripped off his arms and bashed his head against the floor breaking part of his head crown. Venom then threw Cell into the air. "Banzai!" Deadpool yelled out in excitement charging and jumping into the air to meet Cell drawing out his sword and slicing his legs off. Cell landed back on the ground seemingly defeated completely disabled. "Alright asshole! You gonna cut this shit out or do we have to keep slicing and dicing it out of you, your choice?" Deadpool threatened somewhat jokingly. "Why did you lead the empire right to us?!" Bumblebee interrogated. "Hm mmm well I thought it might be fun" Cell responded laughing, "say where's Goten? I heard he was in this neighborhood?". "We don't know" Korra answered. "And even if we did why would we tell you?!" Venom shouted angrily snarling. "Heh heh three reasons, one" Cell stopped as he suddenly sprouted his arms and legs back stunning the group before him. "Two them" Cell said pointing behind him. The team was horrified to find Deathstroke, Azula, Starscream and Infinite blocking their exit alongside eight miniature blue cell like creatures. "My new family and friends have some business with your leader" Cell joked menacingly grinning. "And three, if you don't surrender now, we will annihilate this breeding ground for god worshiping resistance filth" Infinite threatened with disgust. "Like hell you are! Come on Venom let's send these dicks and bitch all the way to New Jersey! That's worse than hell!" Deadpool shouted in defiance. He along with Venom and Korra charged towards the empire elites. However their efforts were in vain. Korra sent a wave of water only for four of the Cell juniors to halt it with their energy and this allowed Deathstroke to charge to an off guard Korra and strike her at her nerve points, partially paralyzing her and rendering her unable to bend. Deadpool struck his sword at one of the Cell Juniors but the little monster got it and broke it pieces. "No! That was my favorite blade!" Deadpool whined stopping to mourn over his sword before Starscream stomped on him, rendering him flattened, smashed and unconscious. Venom readied his teeth and claws to slice his targets. His targets however, Azula and Infinite combined their abilities, making a red energy cube containing flames. It was launched and hit Venom directly making him writh in agony the fire covering his body upon impact and the cube trapped him inside it. The remaining Cell juniors took the cube and tossed it around like it was a game, the hits and impacts of the cell juniors's hands making Venom's pain worse. Finally they kicked the cube to the ground resulting in it exploding leaving Venom alive but much of him disintegrated, it would be awhile before he could fully regenerate. "So autobot, you gonna go for a shot like your stupid crew or are you gonna use your processor correctly and surrender?" Starscream asked condescendingly. Bumblebee looked at his comrades in disbelief and fear while overhearing the continuing attacks on the base from the empire ships. He knew not everyone would be able to escape and his crew was just manhandled by the elites and this bug man's offspring. If they didn't surrender they would certainly perish. "Alright we surrender" Bumblebee said glumly putting his hands up. "Good, stand down!" Deathstroke ordered through a communicater, telling the ships to stop firing. The ships and the soldiers stopped their assault. Any resistance members that had made to the escape ships took off for another facility. Any that didn't were rounded up by the empire soldiers and the resistance leaders were captured and wrapped in absorbtonium chains. "Strange that Goten and Shadow are no where to be found" Azula commented. "Where are they?" Cell asked. "We-we don't know, they just vanished" Bumblebee stuttered in fright. "Hmm is that so, fine perhaps you'll be more talkative after some...persuasion" Infinite said menacingly. They were all hauled into the empire ships and the ships engaged hyperdrive to meet at the heart of The Mortal Empire for imprisonment and interrogation.

In the GD Universe

"And that's the whole story, at least as much as I know" Future Trunks said. He had just finished telling the story of Goku Black up until he was killed by his dark half. "After that I'm not sure exactly what happened but seeing as how he is no longer around and everyone is coming back to life, I can only guess that Goku and/or my father defeated him and reversed the damage with the dragon balls" Future Trunks finished. "Oh my god..." Future Bulma muttered in disbelief covering her mouth with sad eyes. "I never thought I'd feel sorry for Black but shit that would make anyone go crazy" Mai lamented sadly in shock. Both women were completely overwhelmed when they heard of Goten losing his universe and then getting infected with an ancient demon all while being brainwashed by some deranged supposed god. "Ho Ho Ho! Well well well, Goku finally managed to monkey around so much that he ended creating his own worst nightmare?! Ho Ho Ho!" Frieza laughed hysterically finding the whole thing to be hilarious in the sickest way possible. "I'd hate to admit it but yeah you have a point" Future Trunks admitted sadly. "Oh I'm going to have a hell of a time once I encounter Goku again with this information! I must try to find this young lad. Maybe I can recruit him into my empire and give his splendidly dark desires a more palpable outlet" Frieza pondered. "Your as insane as he is if you think that'll work Frieza! He's most likely dead and if he isn't he doesn't want to rule over other mortals he wants to destroy them! Including you!" Future Trunks shouted in disbelief and anger. "Foolish monkey! At the end of the day that's all he is! Another stupid saiyan monkey and a pretty easily manipulated one at that! He'll just need to be taught who's the superior one and then he'll be obedient" Frieza argued back. "Well I guess I can't stop you, but it's fair to warn you. If you do find him, it's your funeral" Future Trunks warned firmly. "Nonsense monkey, it'll be Goku's funeral, oh the anticipation of seeing Goku's face when he realizes his own son has joined me might kill me though! Ho ho ho!" Frieza laughed in delight before settling down and turning to look at Future Bulma. "How long until this time machine of yours is completed?" Frieza asked feigning politeness. Future Bulma gulped in fear. "Well it's hard to say, it's been years since I first built the machine from scratch, even with the peace and reconstruction it'll take some time to gather all the materials needed and I'll need to run tests to make sure-eep!" Bulma's explanation was cut short by a small beam Frieza shot from his finger, the tyrant having an annoyed look on his face. "Well you better stop complaining and start on it immediately before I kill you and everyone on this miserable rock, you have two weeks" Frieza threatened in a low creepy voice. Bulma shook in fear before putting her hands up. "Alright alright, I'll have it ready by then! Just don't hurt Trunks or Mai please!" Bulma begged. "Good girl, get to it!" Frieza ordered with a evil smile. Bulma ran to one of her labs to begin the project. Future Trunks walked towards Future Mai seeing her still distressed from all the recent occurrences. "Don't worry Mai, we'll send Frieza back to his timeline and then you'll be safe, I promise" Future Trunks said comforting his girlfriend as best he could. "What if he tries to kill us anyway after he gets what he needs from us?" Mai asked afraid. "Then I'll stop him or die trying" Future Trunks declared with fiery determination. "Trunks... I don't know..." Mai's reply was interrupted when her lover put his fingers on her lips. "It's alright, if it happens it'll make us even, after all you died protecting me from Goten so it's only fair I do the same for you against Frieza, Mai I love you" Future Trunks confessed leaning towards Mai's face. "I love you too Trunks" Mai smiled back the two of them kissing on the lips for the first time. "Eck! What the hell do earthling women see in these monkeys?! It's maddeningly disgusting!" Frieza exclaimed in disgust ruining the moment.

In the GT Universe

Up at the lookout the Z fighters and their families had all gathered here when they woke up after their encounter the crazy evil Goten. "It just doesn't make sense...w-what happened to Goten?" Krillin asked in despair. "I don't know but there's something very wrong with him" Bulma commented worryingly, "I hope Trunks didn't run into him, he still isn't answering his phone". "Yeah I worry for him, Goten just burned an entire city in seconds without hesitation, he looked and sounded like what I would imagine Satan himself to look like" Uub said fearfully. "Huh?" Hercule Satan murmured loudly. "Oh I mean the devil Satan not you Hercule Satan" Uub clarified apologetically. "I'll find out, he's still my brother, but first we need to get Pan back!" Gohan declared determined. "I've contacted the Supreme Kai to see if he can come and maybe help us, he can read peoples minds and track where they are better than I can" Dende informed, "he should be here any second". Right there at that moment the Kibito Kai appeared in front of the group. He was still Kibito Kai in this reality since he never used the Namekian dragon balls undo the potara fusion between Kibito and Supreme Kai, for some reason. "I got your message" the Kai said greeting the others, "I was shocked to learn that Goten turned on you". "He's turned into an ugly psycho freak!" Bulla shouted in anger. "Can you help us Kibito Kai? We really need you find Goten and Pan and figure out why Goten is like this now" Gohan pleaded with the god. "Of course my friends I'll help in anyway I can" Supreme Kai agreed happily. "Oh your gonna help someone alright, but not them!" Phoenix's voice rang out above the lookout. Everyone looked up in surprise and terror to see Phoenix hovering in the sky with Pan being held by her head dangling in fear while his other hand glowing with a Ki blade. "Pan!" Videl shouted in terror. "Now listen mortals and listen good! Kai! Transport me and my hostage to the Hell realm immediately or else she won't get to celebrate her eleventh birthday! Ha ha!" Phoenix laughed hysterically at his threatening joke. Everyone gasped froze in shock and fear at the threat. "Goten! This is madness! Stop! Why are you doing this?!" Gohan screamed angrily desperately hoping his brother would come to his senses, if he had any left. "Shut up Gohan! Unless you want to see your daughter become a red stain on the lookout floor! Ha ha ha!" Phoenix yelled back. "Let her go!" Uub yelled as he powered and zoomed to where Phoenix and Pan were to extract her from Phoenix's clutches. Before the reincarnation of Majin Buu could attack however, Phoenix's demonic eyes glowed and then from his mouth he blew out a blackish gas making Uub freeze in bewilderment. The gas seemed to stop itself and started to take on another shape. Eventually it took the form of a smaller black gaseous version of Phoenix himself but with no legs, just a ghostly tail. The little abomination then flew at Uub and fazed into his body. In seconds Uub started yelling and convulsing in pain as his body seemingly moved wildly out of his control like he was having a seizure. Blood started pouring out of his eyes and mouth his screams becoming gurgles. Black veins covered his body as it was pot marked by random wounds opening up. Finally Uub just stopped his bloodshot and dripping eyes frozen dead, his limps drooping and his mouth hung open the little black demon coming out of his body and fazing out of existence. Kibito Kai and the rest could only gape in horror at what just happened and as the ravaged corpse of Uub fell back to the lookout ground. "Ha ha ha! Thought Gotenks's super ghost kamikaze attack was silly, well how do you like my possession technique?! Ha ha ha!" Phoenix taunted laughing manically. "Now last chance! Take us to hell or she dies!" Phoenix threatened once more putting his ki blade closer to Pan who squeaked in fright. "Kai! Do what he says!" Gohan yelled out to the Kai. "Alright I'll do it just don't hurt anyone else!" Kibito Kai said frantically. "Yay! I'm so excited! Let's get going roadie!" Phoenix exclaimed joyfully in a bizarrely childish manner as he disappeared then reappeared next to Kibito Kai dissolving his ki blade and extending his hand out for the kai to grab. After getting over his terror and confusion Kibito Kai shakily took Phoenix's hand. "Kai kai" Kibito Kai said teleporting off earth leaving the z warriors utterly terrified and helpless to whatever Phoenix was up to.

Somewhere in Hell

Phoenix, Pan and Kibito Kai popped into existence near a cave now in the land of dark souls. "Alright Pan the plan worked good job" Phoenix complemented Pan as he let her go to the ground. "Y-your welcome uncle..." Pan thanked stuttering in horror and nervousness. "Wait! You were only pretending to be a hostage?!" Kibito Kai yelled in complete shock and bewilderment. "It wasn't entirely an act" Pan answered sheepishly referring to her horror at watching Uub be destroyed from the inside out. "Enough doddling you two! Pan, you are about to experience something no other mortal other than myself as ever seen or deserves!" Phoenix announced excitedly. "Uncle you still haven't told me what happened to you or why we're doing this" Pan stated unsure of what her troubled alternate uncle was planning for her. "Oh I'm sorry Pan my sweet, it's only fair you learn about my legend before you embark on your own" Phoenix apologized exuberantly. "Kai! Can you read take memories and put them into others?!" Phoenix asked demandingly. "Y-yes!" Kibito Kai answered quickly in fright. "Wonderful, take my memories and then feed them to my little princess's mind so she can comprehend our mission" Phoenix ordered grinning in sinister delight. Kibito Kai immediately started extracting Phoenix's memories and transferred them to Pan's mind simultaneously reading them himself. With that Pan and Kibito saw Phoenix's whole past and merely a minute later were left stunned. Pan began to tear up at the memories of Phoenix's universe getting erased and the pain he went through as well as his descent into madness and darkness. "Goten..." Pan muttered as she instinctively ran over to Phoenix and gave him a tearful hug. "Aw I knew you'd understand Pan, you were the only one that never hurt me in anyway and comforted me on my worst days" Phoenix said affectionately hugging pan back. "I'm so sorry Goten, I'll help you! I promise!" Pan vowed determined. "I know you will Pan, and you can start by following me into this special cave" Phoenix said releasing his hug and gesturing towards the nearby cave entrance. "Wait is that...?" Kibito Kai asked his and Pan's eyes widening in realization. "Yes the divine lake where I ascended beyond humanity! Now it's your turn Pan, my beautiful soon to goddess! Ha ha ha!" Phoenix laughed hysterically in utter happiness that his plan was coming together.