Saiyan Anti-Hero
"You sure it was okay to return from your training? You have to get as strong as you can for the Cell Games." Superboy questioned, running alongside the rooftops of Gotham while Kali was flying.
"I had to. When Batman contacted me, and told me Dr. Ivo had escaped custody, I knew I had to do something. I can't just let him run amuck, not when he's the one responsible for creating this new Cell in the first place." Kali sighed. "Plus, the house I was using for camping in, needs repairs after my fight against Broly on Vampa."
"Robin and Miss Martian checking in."
"Go ahead Robin." Kali replied.
"There's nothing in our quadrant." Megan said.
"Same for us. No sign of Dr. Ivo." Aqualad said.
"Which means he's gotta be somewhere in our quadrant." Superboy said.
"We'll keep looking. Keep to your quadrants in case he shows himself there." Kali said.
"Roger that." Aqualad said.
"Yes Ma'am." Robin agreed.
"Can you track Ivo's Ki?" Superboy questioned.
"No I can't. I think he might have used Amazo to put himself through the same android treatment Dr. Gero used on himself." Kali said.
"That's both disturbing and annoying." Superboy groaned.
"Wait, I think I can hear something."
Looking around on the rooftop they were on, Kali realized the noise was coming from inside the building they stood on.
"Everyone, I think I found him. Rendezvous at Gotham Academy." Kali said.
"Gotham Academy? That's where I go to school." Robin said.
"We're on our way." Aqualad said.
"What are we gonna do while they're heading here?"
"We're gonna do some recon, scout out the area." Kali said.
"If we run into Ivo?"
"Be careful. If he has gone through the same procedure as Gero, then he's dangerous."
Floating into the air, Kali flew around the school, and found an open window, leading into the academy.
"What could Ivo want from Gotham Academy?" Kali questioned flying through the window without touching it.
Keeping to the shadows, on the ceiling of the academy, Kali flew through the halls, trying to find where Ivo might be. Being careful when looking through the windows of the doors, Kali groaned in annoyance when she couldn't find him, before she had to move her head to the side, evading an arrow that was sent straight at her.
"Impressive, I didn't think you were capable of sensing Ki, Arrow. But why are you firing at me?" Kali questioned, lowering herself to the ground, after pulling the arrow out of the ceiling, before the one who shot it, came out of the shadows, with another arrow pointed at her.
Standing in front of Kali, was a blonde girl, wearing a midriff-baring costume that highlighted her build. Colored in various shades of green, consisting of a mask extending from the hairline to the cheekbones, a sleeveless top with a stylized arrow tip on the front of her chest, fingerless gloves, pants with black knee pads, and black combat boots. She had a black utility belt and pouch strapped on her left leg that were likely filled with assorted tools. She carried a quiver along her back with a bow and a multitude of multi-purpose arrows.
"You're not Green Arrow."
"An' you're not a student here. What are you doing here?"
"Let me guess, another Gotham vigilante?" Kali asked.
"You could say that. I'm being a vigilante to rebel against my old man." She said. "I'm surprised I missed you though, what with those giant knockers you've got, it should have been easy to hit you."
"So what brings you to this Academy? Looking to get in?"
"I asked you first."
"Alright, if you must know…" Kali paused to remove her com-piece. "You see the broadcast right?"
"The one given by that Cell guy?"
"Yeah. I'm hunting down the man who created him. His name is Dr. Ivo, and I think he might be just as dangerous as one of his previous creations, called Amazo." Kali explained. "So I ask again, what brings you here?"
"I spotted someone creeping into the school." The archer said, lowering the bow, and putting the arrow back in the quiver.
"That might be who I'm looking for." Kali said.
"Name's Artemis."
"Kali." The Saiyan girl smiled with a chuckle.
"What's so funny?" Artemis questioned.
"It's just ironic. We're both named after Goddesses." Kali said. "Talk about girl power."
"I guess that is kinda funny." Artemis smiled. "So, if you're hunting this, Dr. Ivo down, does that mean you're with the Justice League?"
"Sort of. My team and I are all comprised of the Justice League's sidekicks." Kali explained walking down the halls, with Artemis, both of them checking out the doors.
"So you formed your own team when they wouldn't respect you?" Artemis questioned.
"Basically. Though one other member and I weren't made sidekicks until after the team was formed." Kali said.
"So, who's sidekick are you, Superman's, Wonder Woman's?"
"Son Goku's actually. He's also my dad." Kali said.
"Wait, as in the legendary Saiyan Martial Artist, who even Sports Master respects?" Artemis questioned, looking at Kali.
"Wasn't aware of the respect he had from a villain, but yeah, that's him." Kali stated as she checked the last classroom. "He's not in any of the classrooms."
"All that's left is to check the cafeteria and the gym." Artemis said.
"I'll check the gym, you check the cafeteria." Kali said.
"Got it." Artemis nodded, heading for the cafeteria while Kali put her earpiece back in.
"Superboy, you in the building yet?" Kali questioned heading for the gymnasium.
"I'm in, but I can't find Ivo." Superboy said.
"I think I've found him." Kali said, spotting someone standing in the middle of the gym. "He's in the gymnasium, and it looks like he's waiting on something."
"Or someone. How far out are the others?" Superboy questioned.
"I can sense their Ki, they're close. I'll distract him, and buy time for everyone else to come. When they get here, explain to them what Ivo might have done to himself." Kali stated.
"Be careful." Superboy said.
"I will." Kali sighed, before removing her earpiece.
Opening the gymnasium doors, Kali for a second, felt Ivo's Ki before the doors closed again, and it disappeared again, leaving Kali stumped for a moment, as she walked towards who was in the gym, and saw she was right, as Ivo turned around, and just smiled when he looked at her.
"I was hoping you'd come alone." Ivo said.
"Glad to know I didn't disappoint." Kali glared. "Why were you waiting for me?"
"Oh, no reason really in particular. But I thought you and I could have a bit of a brawl." Ivo said.
"I see. If you're feeling this confident, then you did undergo the same android operation Gero underwent." Kali said.
"I did, but unlike him, I didn't go for the power draining model." Ivo smirked. "I went for the model he used for reanimating his dead son's body."
"Android 16." Kali said. "You know he rebelled against Gero, and chose to protect life, rather then destroy it."
"I'm well aware of that. But I'm also aware, if he hadn't been such a soft hearted fool, he could have easily surpassed Androids 17 and 18." Ivo said, removing his jacket. "But, I'm far superior to all three of them. After all, I did give myself, the same body as my Amazo. Which means all powers he took from the Justice League, are also at my disposal."
"Just great." Kali groaned, taking the Turtle Hermit battle stance. "Guess we're gonna be doing this until my team arrives."
"That won't be an issue. I have a few of my own Androids, none of them as powerful as Amazo or myself, taking care of your team." Ivo said. "An' even if they do somehow defeat my Androids, they won't be able to make it here. The moment the doors closed behind you, an energy field was put up, preventing anyone from coming in or out."
Kali just growled and glared at Ivo, as she realized, she was up shit's creak, and with Ivo having the powers of the League, one of which was her father, she was without a paddle.
"Accessing Superman." Ivo said, his eyes lighting up red.
Almost instantly, Ivo charged at Kali, getting in her face in seconds, barely giving her time to duck below his fist as he threw a punch at her, taking a few strands of her hair.
'He's using Superman's speed and strength. I am not strong enough to fight against the actual Man of Steel.' Kali thought, pivoting under his arms, and getting behind him, hitting him in the back with a double spin-kick.
"Was that a flea I felt on my back?" Ivo questioned, twisting around to face Kali, hitting her in the face with a backhanded strike, sending her flying into the bleachers, building up a cloud of dust and dirt with a pile of wood and metal falling on top of her. "This is the end for you Saiyan brat."
Reaching into the pile, Ivo pulled Kali out of the debri build up, with the Saiyan girl covered in bruises, cuts, and gashes. Holding her up by the hair, Ivo slammed his fist into her stomach, sending her into the ground, causing it to shake and rumble.
"I'm afraid you'll be letting my greatest creation down, by not being able to show up for the tournament." Ivo stated, picking Kali up again, and slamming his foreleg into her torso, as he kicked her, straight into the basket ball hoop and backboard. "You'll be far too busy that day, feeding the worms and maggots with your corpse."
Ivo caught Kali as she began to fall from the hoop, and slammed her down, his knee striking her back, causing her to cry out in pain, before he threw her into the air, keeping a tight grip on her right arm, and slammed her into the ground. Ivo threw Kali into the air again, repeating the process of slamming her into the ground, over and over, not letting up a single inch.
"You Saiyans aren't so high and mighty. You're just full of hot air."
'He's not giving me a chance to fight back. He's striking with intent to kill, not giving me an inch of space.' Kali thought as she was barely conscious.
"I'll show the world, even the might of a Saiyan is no match for my genius." Ivo smirked, slamming Kali into the ground, and putting his foot on her right shoulder blade, while pulling on her arm.
Kali's eyes widened and she screamed in pain, when she felt her shoulder dislocate from its socket, as Ivo continued to pull hard on it. She clenched her other fist, and tried to push herself up, but she fell back to the ground as two red hot lasers shot through the muscle tissue and bones.
"Ah, ah." Ivo said, his eyes prepped for another blast of laser vision. "Try that again, and you'll die sooner then I want you to."
'Damn it. I can't get him off of me.' Kali thought, her teeth grit in pain as Ivo continued pulling on her arm, as she could now feel blood, as well as muscle and flesh tearing. 'I can feel my arm tearing. I can't take it. The pain is too much.'
"AAAAHHHHH." Kali cried in agony as Ivo tore her arm clean off.
Gasping for breath, as her consciousness was waning, Kali heard the echoing footsteps of Ivo as he walked around the Saiyan girl to stand in front of her. Forcing herself to look up through the pain, Kali glared at Ivo, dark circles under her eyes as the Android Doctor was simply smiling at her.
"I think a fitting end to this, would be if I ended your miserable life, with an attack that came straight from your father." Ivo stated, holding his hand over Kali, and preparing his own Ki attack.
"Kali."
Kali turned to who had called her name, and standing there in the open gymnasium doors, slamming his fists against the energy field, was Superboy and the rest of their team, looking on in anger and concern as they stared at her literal torn body, and the dismembered arm that was thrown to the side.
"Aqualad to base come in, we are needing back up I repeat, we are needing back up." Aqualad said.
"Kali." Superboy shouted slamming his fists into the energy barrier. "M'gann, do something."
"I can't phase through the barrier. It's blocking my powers somehow."
"Hit all you want Super-brat, the more damage it takes, the stronger the energy barrier becomes." Ivo smirked.
Kali just stared up at Ivo, a glare etched onto her face as she felt defeated. This was a big blow to her pride, but then she remembered something Vegeta told her when he was teaching her the Galick Gun.
"A Saiyan's Pride is their strength. Never let your enemy overcome your pride. Show every opponent you face, why they should fear the Saiyan Race."
"No, this is not the end for me." Kali growled, clenching her fist.
"Now watch, as your beloved team leader dies." Ivo smirked.
Just a second after he fired the Ki blast, Kali used one of her own to push herself back, rolling across the ground, leaving a blood trail behind, before she stopped at the far wall.
"You really are, a stubborn monkey." Ivo glared as Kali forced herself to stand.
"What can I say?" Kali chuckled, reaching into the pouch on her hip. "I am my father's daughter."
Running at Ivo, Kali popped something into her mouth, before she was in front of the android man, and she slammed her right fist into his face, sending him back into the other end of the gym, hitting the wall. Falling to the ground, Ivo glared at Kali with a look of shock on his face.
"How? I tore your arm off." Ivo stated.
"Senzu Beans really are an amazing thing. They can even regenerate lost anatomy." Kali smirked. "From what I understand of Senzu Beans, they were grown in the blood of Kami, Earth Omega's previous guardian, who was a Namekian which soaked the soil, and created these miracle beans. An' the more powerful the Namekian, the stronger the Senzu Beans."
Ivo just glared at Kali, before he ran at her again. Moving to the side, Kali twisted around, and slammed her elbow into Ivo's stomach. But that wasn't enough to stop the android man, as he turned around, and grabbed Kali by the throat.
Grabbing his hands, Kali put all her strength into prying Ivo's hands from her, and when she removed them, she slammed her face into his, with a headbutt, and kicked him in the chest, sending him flying back.
Looking down at her hands, Kali realized she was still holding some of Ivo in her hands, and it was his skin.
"The hell?" Kali questioned, looking at Ivo as he picked himself up.
"Well, seems my disguise was torn. Oh well, I was getting sick of it anyway." Ivo said.
Ivo's body began to bulk out as his skin began to tear, before his clothes and skin fell to the floor, and all of them were looking at a young, taller, and buffer Ivo, with a smirk on his face.
"You have no idea, how constrictive that disguise was." Ivo sighed, his voice sounding different to.
"He sounds like Vegeta, or Piccolo." Superboy said.
"But he looks as buff as Superman." Robin said.
"What the hell has Ivo done to himself. I mean I get he's a man of science, but this… this is…"
"He's gone too far." Aqualad said, finishing Wally's statement.
"Now then, shall we get serious?" Ivo questioned, rotating his shoulder.
'I've still got one trick up my sleeve, but I'm concerned about it not working.' Kali thought, looking at the capsule Dr. Briefs gave her.
Pressing the button on the capsule, Kali threw it on the ground in front of her, covering herself in a cloud of smoke.
Ivo stopped his stretching when Kali did this, and just looked at the cloud, before he began to laugh.
"You can't escape. The entire gymnasium is covered in a kinetic energy barrier." Ivo smirked, thinking it was an escape attempt.
"Who said anything about me trying to escape?" Kali's voice echoed from the smoke.
Ivo looked straight at the smoke, before Kali came charging out of it, her outfit having changed from before.
She was now clad in a sleeveless bodysuit with a hooded leather vest and a sleeveless mesh top connected to a choker around her throat with a tear shaped sapphire outline in gold on it, with a matching red lined lace-up the back corset, that hugged her figure, and made her chest pop against the mesh fabric, stopping right above the diamond shaped hole over her belly button, with a belt around her waist. Around her head she wore a silver circlet with a red gem on the forehead.
Her forearms were covered by what looked like red samurai bracers, and a skull themed emblem on the back of the hand guards. On her legs she wore armored sky high combat heels, with small curved blades sticking out of the back, connected to the back seams. Attached to the back of her belt were two braided strips of leather, with two silver sickle blades on the ends.
But what was most surprising about her new change, was she had six curved blades, trailing behind her, without any strings.
(Cue Music… Phoenix: League of Legends)
"Let's dance." Kali growled, turning Super Saiyan.
Swinging her arms forward, Kali sent the blades spinning at Ivo. The android man crossed his arms, and blocked the blades, before they spun around and embedded themselves into his back.
"You little bitch." Ivo growled, before the blades pushed him forward towards Kali.
Sliding to a stop, Kali used the momentum to slam her fist, hard into Ivo's stomach, before she grabbed his head, and slammed it into her knee.
"Accessing, Martian Manhunter." Ivo said, before he phase shifted, and the blades went right through him.
Flipping back onto her hands to evade her own blades, Kali pushed up with her hands, and when Ivo solidified again, her heels slammed into the underside of his jaw, sending him back.
"How the hell is this possible. I'm as strong as Amazo." Ivo stated.
"You might have the same abilities as Amazo and the League, Ivo, but you're still flawed." Kali stated, getting back on her feet and kicking Ivo in the stomach, before she held her arms out, and spread her fingers, doubling the number of blades at her command. "You don't have a clue on how to harness that power, to its fullest potential."
Throwing her arms forward, Kali sent more blades at Ivo, dancing through them with expert skill as they surrounded the android, allowing herself to get closer to him, before she was in his face, and slammed her knee into his chest.
Grabbing his shoulders, Kali jumped into the air, before hooking her arms in his, and her legs around his neck, and began pulling hard on the androids appendages.
"Doesn't feel so good when you're the one being pulled apart, huh?" Kali questioned, before she released her legs from Ivo's neck, flipping over and around, resulting in her back facing his, and Ivo's arms crossed over behind his back.
"What is she doing?" Aqualad questioned.
"I think I know." Wally said. "If enough damage to a robotic system is dished out, its system will fail, and will be forced to reboot."
"An' if Ivo's systems are forced to reboot…"
"He won't have the powers of the League anymore." Aqualad said.
Pulling harder on Ivo's arms, Kali back kicked the android in the ass, sending him forward, and causing the sound of metal tearing, to echo throughout the gymnasium.
"It's over Ivo." Kali stated, releasing his arms.
"I don't think so." Ivo growled. "Accessing Superman."
The sound of mechanical whirling filled the room, before Ivo reached behind himself, and grabbed Kali, and threw her across the room, and slamming into the wall, causing an indent to form.
"My body has a self repair program. You cannot win against a superior being such as myself." Ivo smirked.
"We'll see about that." Kali said, removing herself from the wall, and taking on a forward stance, with two hands at her right hip, with her blades flying and encircling them.
"Oh, a final strike battle. The winner will be decided by who's left standing. Accessing Son Goku." Ivo said, taking the same stance.
"Ka…Me…Ha…Me…" Both Kali and Ivo called out, as they built their attacks up.
"Accessing, Martian Manhunter." Ivo said, before phase shifting and allowing an arrow to pass through him.
However, that proved to be his downfall, as his Kamehameha wave died down, leaving him vulnerable against Kali's oncoming attack.
"HA!." Kali cried out, sending the attack at Ivo, her blades acting as the barrel of a cannon as they compressed the attack into a thinner stream of energy.
The attack came straight towards Ivo, hitting him right as he became solid again.
"NO!" Ivo cried out, before the attack enveloped him.
(End Song…)
When the attack died down, Kali was the only one still standing, or she was, before she fell back and was breathing heavily while looking at her suit returning from Super Saiyan.
"Thank you Dr. Briefs." She smiled.
"Kali."
The Saiyan teen looked up to see the rest of her team coming towards her.
"What did you do, where's Ivo?" Robin asked as Superboy came to see is she was alright.
Kali just chuckled, and pointed up. There, the team looked and saw the actual Dr. Ivo, hanging from a rope like a hog tied boar, with a gag stuffed in his mouth, and a blindfold over his eyes.
"Wait… I thought…"
"That was my first assumption as well." Kali said, standing up with the help of Superboy. "But, I was able to sense his Ki for a moment when I came into the gym. That's when I realized something had to be up, and when Miss Martian said she couldn't phase shift through the barrier, I realized that it was doing the same with blocking someone's Ki." She sighed. "He wasn't an android, he was just hiding behind a barrier that prevented me from detecting his Ki, all while controlling an android lookalike."
"But, who took down the barrier, and tied up the real Dr. Ivo?" Aqualad asked.
"My guess is, the same person who shot this at the android, preventing him from finishing his Kamehameha attack." Robin said, going and grabbing the arrow that had phased through Ivo's android.
"But how did they get in?" Superboy asked.
"Most likely through there." Kali said, pointing to the air duct near the catwalks. "He was so confident his barriers would keep you all out, he didn't think to put one up in the ventilation system."
"Classic Ego driven defeat." Robin chuckled. "So, aside from your obvious exhaustion, you feeling okay?"
"Yeah, just feeling the aster." Kali smiled.
"Come on, let's get you back to base. We need to report this to Batman and the others." Superboy said, helping Kali to her feet.
"Not to mention, we need to get you checked out. Your arm was torn off, and it's still over there." Kid Flash said, pointing to the dismembered limb.
~Mount Justice: After the Report~
"Good work out there. You captured Dr. Ivo, and you've successfully destroyed his creation." Batman said. "You did a good job on your own."
"Except it wasn't on our own. You still didn't trust us, and Green Arrow was watching to make sure we didn't screw up." Kid Flash stated.
"What are you talking about?" Flash questioned.
"I'm talking about this." Kid Flash said, holding up the arrow Robin picked up.
"Kid, that's not Green Arrows." Kali said, as Arrow took the stationary projectile, and compared it to his own, showing the arrow head, was completely different to his. "I was trying to tell you. The one who shot that arrow is a vigilante, and she's actually a really good shot."
"So, you were saved by someone outside of the league?" Robin asked.
"Yeah." Kali said.
"Kali, there you are. I see you put on the suit."
Kali turned to see Dr. Briefs coming towards her with a smile on his face.
"Who's this old fart, and how'd he get in here?" Wally asked, before he was elbowed in the gut by Superboy.
"Show some respect. He's the smartest man on Earth Omega, and someone who see's Kali like a granddaughter." Superboy said.
"Gramps, how'd you get here from Earth Omega?" Kali asked.
"Oh I asked Goku to bring me." Dr. Briefs said, pointing to Goku who was talking with Black Canary. "I wanted to see if you'd used the Capsule I gave you. Seems like you have, so I wanna let you in on a few things about it."
"What about?" Kali inquired.
"Well first off, you've already used these, right?" Dr. Briefs questioned, pointing to the blades hanging from Kali's hips.
"Of course, I used them recently, against Ivo's android in battle." Kali said.
"Well I'd originally designed the suit for Bulma in case she ever bothered to learn how to use Ki. I based it off a character from one of Trunk's video games, L.O.L I think it was called."
"League of Legends, he's shown me the game a few times." Kali said.
"Yeah that's the one."
"I'm more of a Vi fan myself."
"Anyways, the blades are controlled using your Ki. I'm assuming it felt natural to use the blades?"
"It did. They even formed a sort of barrier over my hands then turned into a cannon barrel when I executed a Kamehameha Wave." Kali said.
"Good, then I guess all I have to do now, is give you a warning." Dr. Briefs said.
"What's he talking about?" Robin asked.
"Be sure to not overdue it with the suit. You're strong, but the power you showed when fighting against Beerus, is still out of your reach in terms of gaining it on your own. But when you do reach it, be careful. The suit can only handle so much, before it's destroyed." Dr. Briefs said. "When you eventually access your diving power, be sure not to let it go to your head."
"Oh please." Kid Flash said, stepping to him. "You're supposed to be the smartest man on Earth Omega? I'm calling bullshit on that. If you were, you'd know that Deities and Gods, are nothing more then superstition, and don't exist."
"That's where you'd be wrong sonny boy." Dr. Briefs said. "Gods do exist, and one of them crashed my daughter's birthday party not too long ago. You'd be wise as to not be so closed minded. You'd see there's a lot more out there then just what you can perceive with your eyes."
"I apologize for my sidekick's behavior and attitude towards you Dr. Briefs." Flash said, coming to Wally's side, and putting a hand on his shoulder. "He's still learning."
"It's quite alright Flash." Dr. Briefs said. "But, is he the one who keeps sexually harassing my granddaughter?"
"If you're talking about Kali, yes." Flash stated, taking a step back.
"Why are you stepping back?" Wally questioned, before looking back at Dr. Briefs as he pressed the top of a capsule and tossed it to the ground, and out of it came a cage, with something inside.
"Sick him, girl." Dr. Briefs said, as the cage opened, and a feral ape came running out of the cage, and ran at Wally.
"AAAHHH." Wally said, running away, but it didn't help him. "How the hell is this thing keeping up?"
"Easy, I put a power dampener on you when I grabbed your shoulder." Flash said. "You need to learn a lesson in respect, and this is the only you'll learn."
"Where'd you even get an animal like that?" Superboy questioned.
"It's a rescue from a black market smuggling operation. I'm taking her and several other animals to an island, Android 17 works at, so they can be protected, and safe from persecution, after I'm done here." Dr. Briefs said.