vineri, 15 februarie 2013

Episode 81: Who's the True Commander?

    Previously on Dragon Ball F, Xevo managed to escape from the dungeon where he was held captive and found out the terrible secrets which lain hidden in the fortress. After also discovering Pan's whereabouts, we can only wonder, can Xevo rescue her once more, this time without any weapon? And who's really behind all this gruesome work? Find out the answers today on Dragon Ball F!

    Xevo looked helplessly at how the cables attached to Pan's body were painlessly zapping her, and draining her power fast. If she hadn't had so much power in her, she would be dead long gone. The boy decided to fly over the cables and try to melt them with his flying shoes, but whatever they were made of, the cables just wouldn't melt.

-Pan, please try to resist for a little while more until I can figure out a way to free you!-Xevo shouted desperately.
-No, Xevo, get out of here! You're in grave danger as well.-Pan shouted back.
-I will not leave you behind! I care too much about you to let them kill you!-then Xevo recklessly tried to pull one of the cables off her, which instantly zapped him as well, and the electric shock threw him meters away to the ground.
-Xevo!-Pan shouted almost wanting to cry, but when she saw that Xevo woke up and managed to stand on his feet after a few moments being ok, she couldn't be happier.
-I'm alright...-Xevo said slowly while his whole body was still trembling from the shock; just then, the cables stopped zapping Pan anymore and the entire room got filled with silence, at least until someone broke it with his speech.
-Nice try, boy, but as you can see, it's quite futile.-a voice behind Xevo said and two persons stepped out of from the dark revealing their identities; Xevo did not know them personally, but he heard many awful things about them and saw pictures of them either on TV or the Internet.
-You two...-Xevo said while breathing a bit hard from the electric shock suffered earlier.
-Surprised?
-Not at all. When I heard that the organization's name was changed into the "Black Ribbon Army", I knew who the person could be behind all this: Commander Black, duh. And seeing Mercenary Tao with you is also not surprising; well, I bet you even let him absorb a good amount of ki energy gathered, more like stolen, from those poor souls in the dungeon.
-Clever boy, I must admit.-Mercenary Tao added.
-So, general, you decided to continue Commander Red's legacy, huh?
-That cretin was never worthy to be a commander of this proud organization in the first place!-Black shouted angrily-He cared of no one but only himself; while his soldiers were fighting the enemy sacrificing their lives, all he could think of was to wish the Eternal Dragon to make him taller, thinking that would bring him true power. The fool...But I, on the other hand, know that true power lies within having brute force, and the stronger you are, the better. Then again, achieving it on your own, meaning all that training, requires a lot of hard effort, not to mention time. So, then it hit me: why go through all that when I could just simply steal someone else's power? All their lives' hard work, taken away within only a couple of hours. Ingenious, don't you agree?
-Indeed, it is. But of course, you were selfish enough to drain them completely; with so many powerful martial artists in the world, you just couldn't be satisfied with taking only at least half their power. Hurting them wasn't enough for you, you just had to kill them like domestic animals!-meanwhile, Pan was listening to the dialogue between the three persons, while she was also thinking a way to escape, a task which wasn't any easy, cause she was already too drained to gather enough energy to transform into a Super Saiyan 2 to break free; on the other hand, she was quite amazed at Xevo's attitude as she never saw him so enraged before-But tell me something! How did you manage to pull all this off on your own? Surely, you're not that intelligent...
-Spending all that time with the true mastermind paid off after all; Dr. Gero taught me many interesting things in Hell over the years. Who would have thought that one day, I would accidentally be revived and use all that knowledge to conquer the world? Your friends may have destroyed Gero's main lab, but he also had one underneath the organization which that girls' grandpa destroyed many years ago.-at which he pointed towards Pan-It was in Hell I learned about the Saiyans as well, and about their unimaginable strength and power. I had to start with small fries to get strong enough before facing those human monkeys. But transferring someone's ki directly into another person's body is very dangerous, not to mention painful, so I decided to build robots and put the harvested ki into them. Real life soldiers are so fragile anyway and having robot bodyguards at your side is a lot more secure. But I wanted a more reliable bodyguard until I could put all my plans into action, and that's when I hired, or better yet, rehired, Tao, the best mercenary martial artist in his time period. I also shared with him some of the gathered ki, making him the strongest cyborg ever. But the real power lies within this fortresses' walls, also powered with ki, making in impenetrable. Afterwards, that scrawny Pilaf and his crew came along and shared their knowledge of how to locate the exact location of the Dragon Balls. And I thought: why not? Great power deserves infinite time to use it, so becoming immortal became my next step in conquering the world. In return, I built Pilaf and Co. three robot suits which would make them stronger, and which they could use, of course, under my surveillance."
-Is that how you plan to become strong as well? By making your own suit?
-You nailed it again. Isn't this boy a genius, or what? When I saw your girlfriend's true power, I knew she could only be a Saiyan, or part Saiyan in her case. With that much power I will slowly eradicate all the remaining Saiyans and steal their power; and that much power combined with my immortality, will make me the true God of this world, heck, the entire Universe.
-One last question?-Pan asked from behind Xevo still immobilized-How come we haven't felt your presence or this ship's before?
-Because of the ship's special invisibility shield, which not only masks the ship itself, but any emanating ki from it. So, you can rest assured that no one will come to rescue you two. Why do you think I so easily shared all this information with you? It's because my shared info will remain shared only for a very little while...Mercenary Tao, dispose of this boy "gently", meaning don't spill any of his blood on the floor, unless you want do clean the place up afterwards! Use your tongue! I remember it being one of your favorite finishing moves.-just then, Xevo's mood suddenly changed and he became frightened.
-As you wish!-then Tao began slowly walking towards Xevo, who, of course, backed down-Don't worry, boy, I promise you won't feel a thing.
-Why do you take orders from a guy like him, anyway?-Xevo asked while still backing down.
-And why not? He made me stronger than I was ever before. And ruling the world by his side isn't half as bad as not ruling it at all.
-But you're the stronger one! You always were, you should be the one ordering around, not him! What if he'll dispose of you after reaching full power, when he won't need you anymore?
-That's none of your concern!
-What?! The Mercenary Tao I heard about would never allow anyone to boss him around!
-The Tao you heard about no longer exists, boy-Commander Black added-When I made him stronger, I also erased his memory, keeping only his personality. You're quite right, he would have become very troublesome if I hadn't done it, the mind reading machine "told" me so.
-We're hopeless...-Xevo added in the end, afterwards he turned around towards Pan and shouted blushfully-PAN! I LOVE YOU!

    But Pan was already concentrating really hard to summon enough strength so she could briefly transform into a Super Saiyan 2 to break herself free from the attached cables. And just as she heard Xevo's last phrase, a big yellow electric aura surrounded her, which destroyed all the cables around her. Mercenary Tao's tongue was only a few inches away from Xevo's head, when suddenly, Pan whooshed in between them, grabbing Tao's tongue and pulling it out, which caused the cyborg to cough blood out from his mouth. Afterwards, the young Super Saiyan smashed her punch into the cyborg's head so hard, it instantly short circuited Tao's brain and he crashed on the ground dead. Pan immediately reverted back to her base form and kneed down exhausted while Xevo ran next to her, hugging her tightly, not caring of what she might think. Commander Black, of course, became worried to death of his own fate. All seemed to be over, when suddenly, Mercenary Tao's body began to slowly twitch, then his legs and arms started moving, while finally the cyborg stood up to his feet facing the two younglings.

-Thanks, little girl, I owe you one!-the mercenary said eventually-But this doesn't necessary means I will spare your life. You ripped my tongue out and that will cost your dearly.
-Mercenary Tao, are you alright?-Commander Black asked rather relieved while putting his left hand on Tao's right shoulder; the cyborg, however, instantly turned around, grabbed Black's arm and broke it in two-Aaaargh, my arm!!! Why the hell did you do that, you worm?!
-Thanks to that little girl, I somehow regained my memory which YOU have "stolen" from me!-at which Black started to back down scared-I'll deal with you later, after I finish the girl.-afterwards, he turned back towards the two teenagers.

    With an overpowered cyborg and with her little energy to spare, Pan's chances of survival are equal to zero. Will this be our heroes' last adventure together? Find out on the next explosive episode of Dragon Ball F!