I wish I owned DBZ, but I don't. I own DVD's and tapes, but it just isn't the same. I also don't own the rights to any of the music pieces you see selected, just copies of merchandise, such a shame. The artists that created them are geniuses and we all must bow to them.

Chapter 7: Freddy's Nightmare

I smacked Freddy in the face with a hard right hand, sending him into the ground. He got up slowly and held his face in surprise. I noticed a small trickle of blood coming from his charred face; the blow had hurt him.

"Impossible!" he exclaimed.

"Okay, what about this one?" I asked. I charged in and punched him multiple times in the chest and stomach. Each hit left major damage behind as I heard a rib or three snap suddenly. Freddy coughed heavily as he spat blood onto the ground once I backed off. He looked pathetic, unable to muster anything on his own turf.

"You really are not worth the effort," I said.

"Shut up, you little shit!" he fired back. That response got him a small Psi blast to the arm, and it blew completely off.

"Argh! Not my arm!" he cried out.

"Say goodbye to your other one!" I declared as I blew the other one up with a slightly stronger blast. I wasn't anywhere near half power and I was still easily outclassing him.

"Tell Babidi that he needs to come up with a better plan. Murdering a bunch of humans with a weakling like you sure didn't work!" I suggested as I formed my Psi sword.

"No, you can't!" Freddy pleaded.

"I can, and I will, goodbye!" I said, slashing right through his head and body, cutting him in half. His painful scream filled the lands even though his throat had been cut in half, and an eruption of blackness from his body expanded outwards until it filled everything. I sighed and powered down as this happened, and soon what felt like sleep took over.

I awoke with a slight jolt, seeing a smiling girl's face with lavender hair surrounded by blue skies. Her eyes seemed to sparkle even more so than usual.

"Hey, you're finally awake. Took you long enough!" Lenz said, sounding a bit relieved.

"Did you beat him?" another voice asked, belonging to Trunks.

"Yeah I think so," I replied as I sat up. I glanced around and saw many of the children playing around the grounds, and saw no real sign of disaster. I thought I told those damn cops to send them home.

"How long was I out?" I asked as a sudden headache hit me for a moment.

"All night and nearly half the day, these two just woke up too. Just in time for a beautiful day now that the freaks are gone!" Lenz declared.

"Did Jason show up again or has he been quiet?" I asked.

"Not a peep from that big dude, I can only guess that since you got the other one that he's gone now too," Lenz said. She sounded a bit clueless in that regard, not surprising. I stood up slowly as the boys ran off towards the lake, noting that is was a very nice day considering what had happened. Maybe its one of those post battle things with fate; it was like this after Buu as well.

"So what do you want to do today?" Lenz asked.

"I just got done fighting a dream demon. Not much else is on my mind right now," I replied.

"Then how does a nice calm walk around the lake to settle your nerves sound?" she asked.

"Works for me," I said.

I walked alongside Lenz and circled the lake several times before I noticed something strange. There were many more children present, as if Cochteau had restocked so to speak. I shook it off though; I hadn't taken much of a headcount before things went down the way they did. The lake was sparkling clear today, even more so than I had thought. Then again, sunny days do that sometimes. Lenz was smiling about something, but I wasn't sure what exactly until she giggled a bit. I rolled my eyes slightly when she stopped to suggest whatever she was planning. Whatever it was, it couldn't be good.

"Wanna go for a dip?" she asked. I took note that we were on the far side of the water, so likely no one would even see us out there.

"If you are about to suggest what I think you will, then go get a bathing suit on," I replied, knowing from training her that she preferred to swim in her birthday suit.

"Oh no one is going to see us!"

"Look, I know where this is going since Videl spilled the beans about my past. She tortured me like this too a few times," I said simply.

"Oh, it won't be torture by any means," she said, swaying towards me a bit.

"And I understand the whole affection thing you have in your blood, but that's just not my style okay? You're my student and its not right," I said, knowing exactly what road she was going down.

"Oh shut up, most men wouldn't complain, and you'd be getting a free peek. It's not like we're going to do anything anyway!" she pouted slightly.

I grunted slightly again, "Fine, I'll at least turn around so you can get in first!" I gave in and turned around with my eyes closed. A hand grabbed my shoulder and back suddenly and I was thrown into the water. I swam to the surface quickly, watching as Lenz laughed loudly, her prank successful.

"Okay, you had your fun, my turn!" I said as I thrust my arm forward suddenly. The tidal wave left a dripping and stunned Lenz once the water drained away, but it faded quickly, along with her clothing as she jumped in. Surprisingly, she actually did have a bathing suit on. Not that it hid much of her anatomy. I tossed my boots and shirt aside and swam slowly beside her as we ventured out into the deeper water.

"Tell me something kid, you wanna go diving?" she asked suddenly when we came to a stop and treaded water.

"Sure, but there isn't any sort of cliff around here to jump off of, and that's the only way it would be any fun for us," I said.

"I didn't mean into water!" she said with a very large grin. That statement shot my questioning eyebrow into the air until I figured out what it meant.

"No, you aren't going to persuade me into a "Verto-Experiment" no matter how hard you try," I replied as I turned around.

"Oh but I want to! I know you want to! You can't deny it!" she pleaded as she wrapped her arms around me and held me close, her chest pushing into my back suggestively. Man, it might be a good thing that I'm not older, that might have done it right there. I felt hot breath go over my ear just as a pair of teeth found it.

"I said no and I mean it! Now stop!" I said, forcing myself away. I heard slight whimpering a moment later, but I refused to face her, as it was probably part of her plan. Okay this is going a little too far; I know she's usually frisky, but this is getting out of hand even for her. "Why are you acting this way?" I asked in an irritated tone as I turned around.

"I just want to be with you!" she whined.

"You are with me; that's solved. You don't need to behave this way to get my attention! I don't mind if you want to eat together, train or just hang out, but you don't need to go to this length for my attention, teacher or not," I explained in a calmer tone.

"I only want to protect you!" she said with a desperate look in her eye.

"Protect me? I think that's my job right now, not yours. I don't need it and you should know that by now," I replied.

"Oh, sorry," she said as she swam away. I thought about telling her off in a slightly more scornful way that involved a lecture about how to protect someone, but it appeared that she got the point. I sighed slightly, glancing up and noticing that the sky was starting to darken and turn orange; a clear sign of the day coming to a close. I got out of the water and turned back towards the campgrounds. I only took one step and everything flashed bright white and I found myself in a burned landscape covered in fire and blood. What the hell?

"Help!" Someone shouted as I took another step and stopped in shock. A pair of hands latched onto my arm and pulled me back.

"No, don't go; stay with me!" Lenz said, dripping wet from the lake, which was now the color of blood. Behind her I saw a stretch of land that remained the same, nothing had changed, and a line between the two environments cut right through the lake as well.

"I have to go Lenz; you know that," I said as I shrugged her off.

"No, I don't want to lose you!" she cried as the water works got going. I stared at her pearl-like blue eyes, seeing that she was being sincere, yet I had never seen her act quite this way. Something wasn't right; Lenz had never been quite this affectionate, and she had usually been very bold in what she did, not timid unless she was extremely frightened. I turned around and stomped into the hell zone before me, I felt the answer to this was in there.

"No!" she cried out again, to no avail.

I saw little to no movement besides several small and large fires raging. The skies were filled with ash clouds and the occasional burning meteor flew by, making this place look like Armageddon had come down. I finally spotted one of the tiny campers being chased by something that was flying. When I took a step closer, I saw this something was actually alien in nature, and had Saiyan like armor on. A Frieza goon? Well whoever he is, he's dead! I charged in and caught up to the minion just as he shot his blaster at the child. I tried to catch up, but the blast just moved to fast. It struck right through and blew through the kid's chest, killing him instantly. I growled and punched the face of the alien as hard as I could, sending his head flying. I snarled loudly as I was unable to save the child, but soon something else caught my attention. The sound of air being displaced drew my angry glare upwards, where I saw a distant figure blasting the grounds below him and laughing about it. I charged up and intercepted this evildoer, finding it to be Recoome of the Ginyu Force. He barely had time to stop before I knocked him out of the air and sent a string of ki blasts at him. His ashes floated to the ground a moment later as I put two and two together. Okay, this is obviously some sort of invasion. The question is; how did they get here, and can I send them back to hell and fix everything? I sensed a powerful presence nearby and flew towards it quickly, finding Frieza himself standing with Cell along the side of the blood filled lake.

"Oh, look who it is!" Frieza pointed out with a grin on his face as I landed.

"Okay, what the hell is going on here?" I asked.

"Just your death boy!" he shouted as he pointed his finger at me, firing his patented death beam. I dodged aside quickly and drove my knee into his face, thus driving him into the dirt. I immediately glared at Cell, knowing what he tended to do in these situations. His confident grin remained, though he didn't move.

"Well, you care to have a go of it too?" I asked with a threatening glare.

"I think he's the one you should worry about!" Cell said, pointing upwards. I turned and spotted a black figure in the sky above, which had darkened as well. At first I thought it was the monster Kaa, but I didn't see any claws, nor was his skin green. The figure lowered and I could barely make out black spiky hair around his head. All of a sudden deep red eyes opened up and he began to laugh slightly. The voice sounded familiar, but I couldn't quite place it.

"I believe we will step out of this, it looks like you and the boy have some unresolved issues!" Cell said as he dragged Frieza away. As soon as I turned back to the mystery person, I was floored by his large fist as it met my stomach. I bent over in sudden pain, not expecting it.

"You caused me harm, and I do not like that!" he bellowed. His voice was even deeper than I expected, and I glanced up to see one of my worst nightmares reborn. The blackened and hard scales covered him head to toe, but it was his sickening grin and evil eyes that gave it away. What I saw was the Overmind, fused with Broly's body.

"You, but that's impossible; I destroyed you!" I claimed as he stepped closer.

"And now I'm back for my revenge! I believe you call it a recurring theme! You should have stayed with that little tramp; then you wouldn't have had to face me again! I guess I'll have to pay her a visit after I'm done with you!" Zerg-Broly said.

"Leave her out of this!" I shouted back.

"She's already brought herself in! See for yourself!" he said, pointing to the skies. There I spotted Lenz flying through the air, decked out in Saiyan battle armor similar to what Vegeta usually wore. Her lavender hair was also wrapped in a pony tail.

"No, get out of here," I whispered. Broly lifted into the air and blasted off towards her. "NO!!" I shouted as I prepared to chase after him. A pair of arms snatched me down, belonging to Cell and Frieza.

"Watch as she dies runt!" Frieza snickered. I tried to overpower their grip, but was unable to. Lenz didn't even see Broly coming until it was too late. He punched her once in the ribs and almost knocked her out before he threw her towards the ground.

"Stop it!" I shouted, trying to get out of the villains' grip. I tugged on my ki to come out so I could overpower them, but nothing happened. What the hell is going on? Why aren't my powers working? They were just a second ago. I watched helplessly as Broly's foot landed harshly on her stomach, sending blood and spit into the air.

"Argh, get off of me!" I shouted as I thrashed around, finally getting loose. I ran full sprint at Broly and punched him hard across the face. Nothing happened, absolutely nothing, and he returned the favor in a flash, throwing me aside, next to Lenz.

"Time to die along with your tramp!" Broly declared as a large green blast formed in his hand.

"Get off of him freak!" another gruff voice shouted. To my surprise, Vegeta flew in and bashed Broly across the face, knocking him away. He grunted slightly and glared down at me, his green Super Saiyan eyes piercing into mine.

"Get a hold of yourself boy, you can't just give up now!" he growled. Then he blasted off into the sky just as Broly joined him, and a brief brawl broke out before he bashed Vegeta into the ground. I tried to summon my power again, and still got nothing. Come on, what's wrong with me?

"Hey, little bro?" Lenz barely whispered.

"What is it?" I asked as I looked into her eyes again.

"Do I, do I look good in this?" she asked as she coughed hard.

"Yes, of course," I replied with tears forming in my eyes.

"Glad to hear it, oh," she gasped as her head fell to the side, lifeless.

"No! Don't leave me! Don't leave me!" I whispered and then screamed. No response came from Lenz as I shook her slightly. I pouted a bit just by reaction, I wasn't ready for this. I didn't understand any of this and now people were dying because of it. I stood up slowly and marched towards Zerg-Broly, Frieza and Cell, whom were all standing by, grinning. I suddenly didn't care if I had no power to fight them with; I was still going to try. Just as I started towards them, Vegeta sprang up and charged in. Broly met him with a large green blast, and the only thing left of Vegeta afterwards was red mist with a few golden hairs that dropped to the ground in front of me.

"No," I whispered as my eyes overfilled with salt water. I tried to summon my power again, finding it was still missing.

"Why, why why why?!" I shouted as I dropped to my knees and struck the dirt.

"I told you I would find out what you're afraid of!" Broly said. I snapped upwards as I glared at him, his words said it all for me. This isn't real. I got up once I realized what was going on and looked back at where Lenz had been. Her body was swimming in a pool of blood, but for a brief moment, she seemed to fade away. This is just another illusion. He tricked me into thinking I had beaten him.

"What happened brat, did you finally snap and lose your mind too?" Frieza asked.

"Actually, I think I just got it back," I replied. I refocused my thoughts and found my Psi energy easily. "Now let's try this again," I said as Broly flew towards me. Using minimal power, I knocked him aside and into the red lake. Yep, no way I could have done that for real.

"What the hell, how did you do that?" he shouted back.

"Argh, get out of my head right now, Freddy!" I shouted.

Frieza and Cell looked at each other and laughed, "Who are you talking about, boy? You really have lost it!" I powered up a large blast and turned both villains into dust a moment later, ending their laughter before I turned towards Broly.

"Fine then," he said before he promptly vanished.

"And here I thought that would do it for sure. It nearly did, I guess I'll have to dig a little deeper next time. I didn't realize your mind was so resistant to telepathic interference," a voice said behind me. I turned to see Freddy, who looked pleased and disappointed at the same time, if that's possible.

"Then those visions of Lenz and Vegeta was my own mind fighting back wasn't it, trying to keep me safe?" I asked, holding back for a moment.

"It seems so, I was unable to actively affect what happened until you crossed over here, and it still interfered despite being under my control. You are without a doubt the toughest mind I've ever tried to crack; it usually takes no effort. You should feel proud!" he claimed, clapping his hands a bit.

"Save your congratulations, you won't fool me again! Now get out!" I growled.

"Oh you think it's that easy. You're in my domain and what I say goes! It may be your mind, but it's my battlefield. Let's see how far this delightful game takes us!" he laughed slightly.

"I said, GET OUT!" I shouted as I powered up in anger. Lightning struck around the grounds in the form of my Psi energy as I took it up to full.

"Now now, what good does a little explosion do here? Nothing, just like before!" he claimed. He suddenly looked nervous for some reason, and the ground below my feet began to vanish into blackness. I expanded my energy field just slightly and the same happened there as well. And there's my ticket out of here!

"Don't be so rash boy, you never know what could happen if you try to leave this place without my permission!" Freddy said nervously.

"Shut up! You don't control me!" I shouted again. I sent my Psi energy outwards in all directions, watching as the scenery faded to black. Freddy snarled a bit and suddenly vanished just as the energy reached him. I stopped charging it and searched for any signs of him, but found none. I suddenly felt feint, until something touched my arm.

"Verto, wake up!" a voice said. I opened my eyes as I suddenly realized what was going on and sat up quickly, scaring the crap out of Lenz, Trunks and Goten in the process. Am I really awake, or is this just another illusion?

"What happened to you in there?" Trunks asked first. I attempted to scan around for any and all energy signatures, and found them quickly and normally, aside from some heightened levels next to me due to stress.

I sighed slightly, " You don't want to know."

"Your face is bruised," Lenz pointed as she touched my cheek. I winced as a painful spurt came from it, exactly where the fake Broly had punched me. I looked Trunks and Goten over, seeing they were just as battered as they were in the dream, except for their clothes.

"You powered up suddenly with that energy that we can't sense, and then you woke up. Before that you were out like a light and except for the occasional twitch you were quiet," Lenz explained.

"Well I got you two out; that's what's important right now. I don't think he's gone though. I think I only kicked him out of my mind with that power surge. What's happened out here since then?" I asked.

"The cops found that kid Blake dead in the woods shortly before that hockey dude showed up again, we took care of him though," Trunks said with pride.

"Anyone else get killed?" I asked.

"No, while you were out a delivery truck showed up and passed out some sort of medicine to everyone. They tried to get me and the boys to take it, but I threatened to disembowel them if they tried to force us," Lenz said with a deep grin.

"What does disembowel mean Trunks?" Goten asked suddenly.

"Uh, ask me again later," Trunks said with a pale face. I stood up and tightened my belt slightly while I surveyed the area. It was the same as when I first when to sleep; police tape and bloody patches in the grass along with a burnt cabin.

"What were you afraid of?" Trunks asked me.

"What do you mean?"

"Well you said that he uses our fear against us, and he sure did. So what was yours?" he asked again.

I hesitated just slightly, "There's only one thing I could be afraid of Trunks, I trust you can figure that out," I replied.

"I've heard it helps if you admit what that is. Go on, tell us," Lenz suggested.

I frowned at her for it, but didn't shout, "I'm afraid of losing someone dear to me. Happy?" Neither of the boys seemed inclined to answer, but that wasn't the case with Lenz.

"Oh, that's so sweet!" she said, sounding delighted.

"And I just got it shoved in my face, imagine how sweet that was," I growled.

"So what now?" Lenz asked.

"It isn't over yet. We're going to find a way to beat him," I whispered.

A/n: Ya'll likely knew it was a dream pretty quickly, and that's fine by me. Dreams never make much sense once you think about them, too bad we can't actually think about them until they are over, and even then you have to concentrate pretty hard or you'll lose it. You can however, keep dreaming and dreaming if you try hard enough, even after that alarm clock goes off. But once you crawl out of bed, poof, it's gone!