Chapter 28 New Insights and Complications Arise
In the GT Universe
Bulla was now snarling and growling with animalistic fury with a furious golden aura staring at the demon who just killed her father and possibly her brother. "Ha ha! Are you finished with your little tantrum there bitch?!" Phoenix insulted laughing. "I am a god and you think super wimpy dippy saiyan is gonna do anything to m- ahhh!" Phoenix's speech was cut short by Bulla rocketing up to his position in the sky and punched him in the jaw sending him flipping away from the force. Before Phoenix could recover Bulla launched a series of brutal kicks and punches to his body, him screaming in pain. "H-how is this happening?! Your a mere super saiyan and I'm divinity personified! So why are you damaging me so much?!" Phoenix asked frantically caught completely off guard by the half sayian girl's strength. Gohan joined in the beat down after getting over his own shock. Eventually after kicking Phoenix to the ground Bulla and Gohan paused their assault and flew high into the air. Their they began charging up their attacks, Gohan cupping his hands back gathering blue ki while Bulla got into a t like stance charging up yellow electric ki. "Kamehameha!" "Final Flash!" Gohan and Bulla shouted, unleashing their fathers's respective signature attacks onto the monster. They both hit where Phoenix lay point blank creating a massive explosion grazing against the already partially destroyed Satan City. Gohan and Bulla panted heavily to refill their exhausted empty lungs hoping to have killed or at least knocked out Phoenix. Bulla stared down at the massive crater below with killer eyes hoping the demon was dead. Unfortunately they were not destined to be so lucky. From the crater a surge of fiery black energy burst through and shortly afterwards Phoenix rose from the ashes. Unlike previous assaults on his person before however he looked to have actually sustained damage, his face bruised and cuts bleeding in some spots including his lips and his purple suit torn in places showing more bruising or cuts. "Well what do you know, the bitch can hit as much as she yaps ha ha ha!" Phoenix admitted laughing at his own joke/ admittance. "I-impossible... how strong is he...?" Gohan stuttered shaking in disbelief at his deranged little brother's resilience. Bulla growled in anger and frustration not caring how Phoenix was still kicking, only that he was and he shouldn't be after everything he did. The newly battle hungry woman warrior charged at Phoenix. "Alright playtime's over" Phoenix said quietly deciding he had enough. Powering up to about half of his true strength, the burst of ki blew Bulla away. Phoenix then zoomed to her flying body and slammed his own body on hers, ramming her into a nearby gas station and causing an explosion from gas ignited by his ki. "Bulla!" Gohan yelled in anger and concern before Phoenix zoomed to his location and kicked his back, partially breaking his spine. Gohan didn't get a chance to scream from the pain before Phoenix grabbed him by his mouth then rocketed the two of them to the streets. Remaining just above the concrete Phoenix pushed Gohan into the streets tearing them up as Gohan's backside crashed through them, adding to his immense pain any scream muffled by Phoenix's hand who just grinned evilly at the scene. Once they ran out of road Phoenix threw Gohan into the air then blasting him a beam of black energy. Gohan now so pained he can only whimper and squeal was sent plummeting close to where Bulla layed, her barely conscious, bruised and cut with half her clothing burned to some degree. Phoenix laughed hysterically as he descended slowly from the sky looking down at the attempted protectors of earth with triumph. "Ha ha ha! Good show mortals! I throughly enjoyed myself, aww it's too bad it'll be the last time" Phoenix boasted with fake sadness evident in his voice preparing a ki blade to finish the job. "This abattoir of a universe is teeming with the dead because men and women are born solely to die. Gods however, we live forever!" Phoenix declared raising his bladed hand about to strike Gohan and Bulla down. "Uncle no!" Pan voice rang out behind Phoenix. He turned around to see her pleading teary face. She was clearly still unwell, in fact now it looked like she was about to collapse at any second, her whole body was shaking profusely and she was clutching her stomach, also her eyes were crunched a little evidently still having a major headache. In spite of this however she was fighting through it all to stand up to her evil uncle, shaky as her legs were. Kibito Kai stood close by backing her up knowing she would need it in her illness. "Pan your sick, get back to the Kai and let him mend you before you hurt yourself!" Phoenix ordered firmly both so that she would get better and that she couldn't argue with him. "Uncle please stop this madness! My father, your brother is innocent! So is Bulla! None of are family or friends or any other person deserves to die!" Pan yelled out in desperation. "Pan! Your father is no better than Goku and Bulla is just like her damn parents , stubborn, arrogant, rude, disrespectful and a thorn in our sides!" Phoenix argued back. "Uncle Goten listen! The only one your truly after is grandpa! So let's just find him and get your revenge! Once you do, then you won't be angry anymore, you won't feel like killing anyone else!" Pan reasoned as best she could, choosing her words carefully. "Goku will be dealt with in time, but while we search and wait for him, we might as well extinguish the other mortal trash!" Phoenix countered with his own sick logic. Pan grew angered, seeing that Phoenix was gonna go through with his intentions. "Uncle I'm warning you...leave them alone" Pan threatened beginning to charge her own black energy. "Don't make me do this Pan..." Phoenix threatened back redirecting his ki blade to Pan, not intending to kill her but will punish her if necessary. "I'm sorry Goten.. but you leave me no-" Pan stopped when her black eyes suddenly turned grey. Then suddenly streaks of black lightning and purple beams of energy shot out from all pores of her skin "ahhhhh! Ahhhhhh!" Pan screeched in excruciating pain as the dark energy ravaged her body inside and out. "Pan!" All four of them yelled out in shock and horror. After a few seconds the bizarre event stopped as quickly as it started. Pan collapsed onto the ground barely conscious, eyes going back to their usual black, nasty gashes and wounds all over her body moaning in pain. "Pan! What's wrong?! Who attacked you?!" Phoenix asked worryingly running over to Pan kneeling down to look her over, extremely fearful for her life. "No one attacked her, that came from inside her" Kibito Kai said getting Phoenix's attention. "Huh?" Phoenix asked bewildered. "I think its Umibozu" Kibito Kai clarified. "What?! What do you mean?!" Phoenix questioned unsure what the Kai was telling him. "The essence of Umibozu in Pan is unstable and it's tearing her body apart, rotting what's left. Phoenix...she's dying" Kibito Kai explained with a heavy heart. Phoenix stared blankly shocked at the revelation. Gohan and Bulla overheard and while they didn't understand what Umibozu was, all they needed to know was that Pan was sick and dying from it and fast. "Kai why is this happening?! It made me into a god! Why is it killing her?!" Phoenix asked growing more scared and frantic by the second. "It's because unlike you she has a pure heart. When you went into the lake you already had some evil in your heart prior to your baptism. Umibozu's darkness merged and expanded with your own allowing it to stabilize within your being. Pan however did not have any darkness in her so this didn't occur. Because of this, Umibozu's dark energy is colliding with Pan's and it's winning. I've tried every healing spell I know and the sacred water won't work on demon ki. I'm...so sorry but she'll be dead by the the end of the day" Kibito Kai said sorrowful. Phoenix shook staring blankly at nothing unable to process the blow he just been dealt. Pan was gonna die, soon, and it was all his fault, he was just like Goku after all. "W-what have I done? No...no no no no no no!" Phoenix wailed in despair and rage knowing the one soul he loves will soon be gone just like his old family. Suddenly an idea came to him as he was remembering his family, the dragon balls. Phoenix flew roughly back over to Gohan and Bulla. "Are the dragon balls with you?!" Phoenix asked his former opponents frantically. "What?!" Gohan exclaimed surprised and shocked at his brother's question. "Come on! Spit it out! If you don't have them then give me the radar and I'll look for them! Hurry! We don't have much time! Pan is dying!" Phoenix interrogated Gohan getting impatient grabbing him by his shirt collar. "The...the dragon balls don't exist anymore Goten" Gohan answered sadly. "What?! How?!" Phoenix asked shocked. "Shenron along with our dad took them away a year ago and aren't bringing them back for a long time. Don't you remember?" Gohan asked sad but confused. "Why the fuck did they do that?!" Phoenix shouted enraged at the info. "Because they were being overused and nearly destroyed the universe! Do you really not remember anything?! Did you not think about that before getting Pan sick!?" Gohan asked getting fed up with Phoenix's insanity and the knowledge his only daughter was going to die. Phoenix growled in frustration knowing now that another Goku screwed him and the one he loves just like the one from his erased universe did and felt like hunting him down. He decided against it however as for once he had something more important to do. "Fine, then we'll use the Namekian dragon balls! Kai take us there now!" Phoenix announced ordering the Kai. "Porunga left too shortly after Shenron's departure, to make sure they weren't used excessively too" Kibito Kai reluctantly explained. "Grrr! Alright then we use the Super dragon balls!" Phoenix declared. "The what?" Kibito Kai said baffled at what Phoenix said part of him thinking he just lost it even more. "You mean the black star dragon balls?" Gohan asked equally befuddled. "What?! No! The super dragon balls! The ones that are as big as planets!" Phoenix yelled in frustration at this wasted time and his perceived company's stupidity. "We've never even heard of them, let alone seen them!" Gohan shouted back. Phoenix growled staring at Gohan, rage rising within him. "You...you had a chance to stop Goku but you did nothing! Why would you let him do something so ungodly stupid!" Phoenix screamed in Gohan's face in a fury he hadn't felt since the day Goku got his family erased. Phoenix in a blind rage, violently grabbed Gohan, lifted him up, one hand holding his legs and the other his head. With an animalistic roar, Phoenix pulled Gohan apart into two with his sheer strength. "Ahhhh!" Bulla screamed in terror and horror as some of Gohan's blood and guts spilled onto the ground and Gohan died from the unnatural fission. Phoenix then let out another roar lightning himself and the two half's of Gohan's corpse in his hands ablaze with black fire. When the inferno subsided, all that was left of Gohan was the two half's of his charred skeleton which quickly turned to ash as Phoenix slammed them back together. Phoenix took deep growling breaths before calming slightly and looked down at the time ring on his fingers. "Get Pan, we're going to another timeline, we'll find the dragon balls and make that dragon stabilize the divine energy within her!" Phoenix declared determined. Kibito Kai was hesitant but he did want to help Pan. Maybe he can formulate a plan to save her and stop Phoenix at the same time once he gets into contact with other versions of the Z warriors. "Alright let's go, I'll do what I can to slow down her deterioration" Kibito complied lifting the deathly ill Pan into his arms. Phoenix concentrated creating a portal with the time ring to an unknown point in time and space. He didn't care where they went just so long as there was a set of dragon balls to save his niece. He and Kai with Pan in his arms walked through the portal. Bulla looked on in anger. "No way are you getting away with this you monster!" Bulla thought vengeful in her mind. She quickly rose to her feet and went through the portal seconds after Phoenix and Kai went just before it sealed.
In the IW Universe
A fleet of empire ships were readying for the invasion to the Super Universe where there greatest enemies Goten and Shadow were located. Within the main Death Star like mothership Cell and his children were finishing preparations alongside the top four mortal empire generals. "Are the the klyntar secured in the containment units?" Infinite asked. "Yes although I really hope they don't cause too much damage" Starscream lamented. "Don't worry, not a word to Lord Shredder but I'm planning to keep them contained during the entire invasion unless we have to and we'll only do that if there is literally nothing else we can do" Deathstroke explained assuring his comrades understanding and knowing how vile the creatures can be. "I just can't wait to see Goten's face when I show him my new power and crush him beneath my foot!" Cell said sinisterly excited. "You'll beat him daddy! We know it!" One of the cell juniors exclaimed the rest cheering in agreement. "Thanks kids now go finish up we leave in two hours" Cell thanked his offspring in a fatherly way. "You are allowed to pummel Goten if you wish cockroach but the little bastard is mine to incinerate!" Azula yelled angrily at cell. Cell was perplexed by Azula's outburst, she was usually pretty cool headed despite her fire bending. "Hmm sounds like you have a particular grudge against the boy?" Cell inquired. "He murdered by mother during one of his team's raids! And it wasn't because she was accidentally caught in the crossfire, the little shit intentionally killed her right in front of me!" Azula ranted furiously remembering the terrible day vividly. Her mother Ursla along with herself were brought into the empire, given special medicines made by the empire's brightest minds to de age them and because she didn't approve, Ursla was placed in a cell that was made more luxurious than most others. Then one day Goten and his team raided the prison Ursla was held in and he killed her blowing her up into pieces laughing hysterically, the goblin having broken out again although Azula didn't know or care less. Cell was stunned that Goten could be so cruel and evil, he didn't think he had it in him, alternate universe or not. "So... the Goten here is a lot more...colorful with his morality... interesting" Cell said grinning with intrigue pondering if the Goten he knew was capable of the same dark deeds and how he could push him to do it. Suddenly there was a loud bang followed by alarms going off. "What's going on dad?!" One Cell junior asked scared. "I don't know, be vigilant" Cell advised as he and the generals scanned the area. "Surprise motherfuckers!" Deadpool shouted goofily dropping down from an air vent. "What?!" Cell and the generals all exclaimed in shock. "How did you get free?!" Starscream yelled in disbelief. Just then the metal door in the room crunched and then broken letting in Korra who had metal bended the door, Bumblebee and a very pissed off looking Venom. "Easy! I just annoyed the hell out of my favorite big guy and he broke those fancy ass chains of yours ha ha! I'm awesome!" Deadpool boasted proudly in awe of his own perceived genius. "I'm gonna bite your mouth off" Venom said quietly growling in frustration and hunger. "Now gents, and lassy! If you could please hand over your shiny cube and glowy gems we'll get out of your hair. Or ruffle it so hard it rips off, whatever happens first" Deadpool rambled on pointing a gun at the empire elite. "I've got a better idea, you shut the hell up and fall into line before we end you" Deathstroke threatened. "Hmm ehhh...no thank you, go X force!" Deadpool ordered beginning to fire his gun. "We are not calling ourselves that!" Venom shouted angrily charging towards the generals. Bumblebee began firing his beetle guns while Korra went into the avatar state unleashing a blaze of fire fueled by tornado force winds. Infinite however had shielded himself and his comrades from the combined assault with a mass of red cubes. Bumblebee and Deadpool's bullets just dropped to the ground ineffective while Venom just bounced off blown back to the wall. "Hmph so much for your last stand you lowlife freaks" Azula talked down snidely laughing. "Oh yeah? Well choke on this! Smoke bomb!" Deadpool announced throwing the aforementioned bomb onto the floor, blinding the elites with smoke. After a few seconds of coughing and burning irritated eyes, the smoke cleared the resistance team vanished. "Where did they go?!" Starscream yelled angrily. "I sense them! There heading for the containment zone" Cell answered. "Dammit there after the spark and emeralds! After them!" Infinite said him and the other elites along with cell and his children taking off in pursuit. Back with the resistance team, they raced through the corridors to their destination. "We need to grab the emeralds and the all spark and go to wherever Goten and shadow are!" Korra said with fiery determination. Eventually they made it to the containment zone and in the center surrounded by other rare and valuable weapons and creatures was a magnetic field holding the All Spark and three chaos emeralds within it. "Alright me and Venom will guard the door, you two figure out how those work and get us out of here" Korra said her and Venom turning away to face the entrance. "You got it babe! Ha ha!" Deadpool agreed hitting on Korra who seemed annoyed though did giggle a little behind his back. The autobot and madman grabbed the mystical items. Bumblebee fiddled with the all spark to try and get it to work while Deadpool just shook the emeralds hoping it would do something. "Hurry up! There coming!" Venom shouted him and Korra spotting the generals closing in fast. Him and Korra created a wall of bended metal and black goo to slow to hold them off. "Come on come on..." Bumblebee said impatiently almost finished with his tinkering. "Work damn you work!" Deadpool yelled in desperation shaking the emeralds more violently. Korra and Venom's barrier was quickly failing the empire elites attacks weakening it at an alarming rate. Then the groups luck changed as the all spark and the emeralds glowed and in a rapid burst of energy created a portal to an unknown location. "Yes we got it!" Bumblebee shouted triumphantly. "Whew thought I was gonna have to pleasure those gems to get them to work for a second, kinda wish it did" Deadpool said giggling. Just then the barrier was broken through and the empire elites stepped fourth. "Your time is up!" Cell said confidently preparing a death beam. "Quick! Grab them!" Korra yelled frantically pointing to the emeralds and all spark. The generals started preparing their own attacks. "There's no time! Everyone go now!" Bumblebee ordered. Him and the rest of the group raced through the portal forgoing their prizes to escape with their lives. The portal closed just before the attacks could reach. "Dammit they got away! Cell yelled frustrated. "It matters not, in all likelihood they went where their leaders are, which is where we're going, they'll be dealt with then" Deathstroke assured them knowing that they'll have their chance to exterminate the pests once and for all shortly.
In the GD Universe
It had been an excruciatingly frustrating nerve racking couple of weeks catering to Frieza's demands. Future Trunks and Mai had to practically treat the tyrant like he was a king or else he would have killed them all in an instant. But at last future bulma was putting the finishing touches on the reconstructed time machine. "Alright Frieza, it's done" Future Bulma said bitterness laced in her voice. "Wonderful, I was about a day away from blowing up this miserable rock of a planet and taking my chances elsewhere" Frieza remarked both thanking and insulting Future Bulma at the same time. "Ok I've written down instructions on how to work the time machine, here" Future Trunks said in a pained and bitter tone. He was forced to train with Frieza occasionally during his stay and he was still sore from the last one. "Ho Ho Ho, now hold on monkey, do you expect me to go by myself? You and your mate are accompanying me to ensure that are no issues or...tricks" Frieza ordered Future Trunks with an evil grin. "I promise you is will work and we didn't sabotage it at all!" Future Trunks shouted frustrated and scared of him and Mai sharing the time machine's small tight space with Frieza. "Ho ho, fantastic, then you two have nothing to worry about, right?" Frieza blackmailed Future Trunks using mind games raising his eyebrow. Future Trunks, Bulma and Mai looked at each other, frightened and uncertain what would happen but they saw no way out of this. Either they do this and risk getting killed or refuse and definitely get killed. "Alright let's go" Future Trunks agreed reluctantly. "Now that's a good monkey" Frieza said with a smirk. Frieza hopped into the cockpit of the time machine, Future Mai and Trunks hopping in seconds later. Future Trunks pressed some buttons setting the coordinates to the timeline where Frieza might have come from. "Good luck son" Future Bulma said solemnly standing below the unlikely trio. "Thank you Mom" Future Trunks responded back equally solemn as he finished programming. Upon completion, the latch closed and the time machine launched into the air, let out a few pulses of temporal energy and vanished from that reality.
In the Super Universe
Bulma had just finished rebuilding the Timeline Window and upgrading the dragon radar and was rushing to tell the hee friends. "Good news I'm finished guys! Now the Goten's and their friends can go home and save their universes!" Bulma exclaimed very joyful and proud of herself. "Well done Bulma" Super Krillin said with an unusually deeper voice and darker look in his face. Him along with his wife and all the z warriors that stayed behind shared the same uncharacteristic sinister look to them with black outlines around their eyes though Bulma didn't seem to notice. "Hee hee well I am a genius after all! Now how long do you think it'll be before they finish training? They can't take that much lo- hey!" Bulma was cut off when Yamcha shot a small ki beam at her, coming extremely close to hitting her. "Yamcha! What the hell?!" Bulma yelled angrily at her long time friend and former boyfriend for nearly killing her. Yamcha just smirked with an evil grin as did everyone else. "We're not using the device to help those sayians" Videl stated with disgust and contempt in her voice. It was at these words that Bulma finally noticed the bizarre looks hee friends had and was beyond scared and confused. "Guys? What's going on?" Bulma asked backing away fearfully now feeling uncomfortable. She stopped bobbing into someone and looked to see to her horror a evil being with a particularly parasitic reputation. "The beginning of my ultimate revenge that's what!" Baby answered laughing snickering manically standing alongside Bulma's parents, also under his control. Baby was making his move.
