Previously on Dragon Ball F, our young heroes, Pan-Xevo, Khitan-Bra, Trunks-Mizuna organized a Dragon Ball hunting contest and embarked on a little adventure as couples. All seemed to go well when all of a sudden, Pan and Xevo have been captured in an enormous fortress by Commander Black and Mercenary Tao. Xevo found out about Commander Black's plans of world domination and managed to save Pan before he could steal all her energy. Afterwards, Black ordered Mercenary Tao to kill them both, but Pan managed to gather enough strength to put up a good fight and somehow helped Tao to regain his true memory which was erased by Black himself. Although Tao turned against Black as well, he's still out to kill both our heroes too while Pan has barely enough energy left in her to stand on her feet. Can our heroes find a way to escape the cyborg's wrath? Find out today on Dragon Ball F!
Mercenary Tao was closing in on our young heroes while all they could do was to wait for him to finish them off as quick and painless as possible; however, the mercenary's intentions were the exact opposite. Xevo didn't want to just die without a fight and despite having no powers, not to mention chances, at all, using his flying shoes which still had a bit of fuel left in them, he flew right at the cyborg attacking him to everyone's amaze. The boy repeatedly punched him as fast as he could, but of course, his efforts didn't even faze Tao. The mercenary only needed to poke Xevo in the face with one finger and the boy immediately bounced back like a ball while Pan caught him.
-Xevo, are you nuts?!-the girl asked madly-What the hell were you thinking?-while much blood was dripping from Xevo's forehead-If he hit you any harder, your skull would be broken by now!
-So what?-Xevo asked in tears caused by both the pain and fear-We're both going to die anyway, might as well die like a true hero rather than a coward!
-Don't say that! This fight ain't over yet until I say so!-then she laid Xevo's head on the ground, stood up on her feet and powered up to her max; unfortunately for her, she wasn't strong enough to become at least a Super Saiyan 1, as only a white transparent aura surrounded her.
Pan attacked Tao head-on, punching and kicking him repeatedly only to hit thin air; she was so slow for the cyborg that he barely had to move to avoid her hits. Eventually, Mercenary Tao got bored by her futile efforts, kneed her in the stomach, grabbed her hair and with one strong spin, he threw her away. If the walls weren't so impenetrable, she would likely broken through all of them, until she flew outside of the fortress miles away. But with a loud bump, she hit the wall hard and fell down on a table filled with many different laboratory equipment such as breakers, graduated cylinder or volumetric flask, which broke underneath her, while the shattered glass cut her skin badly. Xevo got on his feet and saw that blood was dripping from underneath Pan down the table, while tears started filling his eyes again. Enraged, he attacked Tao once more, but this time he had a trick up his sleeve. As soon as he reached in front of the mercenary, who stood still knowing that Xevo couldn't do anything to hurt him, the boy suddenly stopped in the air and positioned his feet next to the cyborg's face, and the flames coming out underneath the shoes destroyed both his eyes. Tao was screaming in agony, cursing the boy out loud while Xevo started to hit him all around his body, but the mercenary was more concerned about his eyes, rather than the boy's hits which he didn't feel at all. Meanwhile, Pan stood up on the table and seeing a good opportunity, she didn't mind her injuries and shouted towards Xevo to get out-of-the-way; she then charged up a big Kamehameha wave and fired it towards the cyborg. It connected and the energy ball pushed the cyborg backwards until he reached the wall; with it being impenetrable, the blast put so much pressure on Tao, that it seemed to be pulverizing him until it suddenly exploded, filling the entire room with whiteness for a few moments. After the whiteness faded away, the room became semi dark again; as their eyes got used to it again, the two younglings saw Tao's body laying on the ground faced-down filled with injuries, while most of his clothes were burned. Luckily, the area covering his intimate parts were still hidden. Xevo and Pan felt very relieved as they walked towards one another and hugged each other with joy. But the nightmare wasn't over yet; shortly after Mercenary Tao's body started moving again, as he slowly got on his feet, however, both his eyes were covered with burned reddish-black holes, where you could see his circuits.
"You blasted, kids!"-Tao shouted madly-"Look what you've done to me! You completely ruined my face, damn you both! Do you think you have defeated me, just by blinding me? Well, think again! Being a cyborg comes with many great skills which I not had when I was only a human: like extreme acute hearing, meaning I can hear every breath you inhale and exhale, not to mention the fact that I have heat sensors incorporated into my cybernetic body. Heck, I'm a living radar, for crying out loud, so there's no where you can hide where I can't find you? I know exactly where you two are so there is no escaping my wrath. Both of you, perish!"-and just then, he attacked our heroes head-on.
Pan knew that Mercenary Tao was way through playing around and this time he was going for the kill. She also knew that Xevo would die instantly Tao touched him and she would do everything it takes to prevent that, even risk her own life. So she put everything at stake and shouted "KAIO-KEN TIMES ONE HUNDRED!!!", while bursting crimson flames surrounded her, as she blocked Tao's left punch using only one hand. With a fierce look in her eyes, she pushed the mercenary back, far away from her boyfriend, then she smashed the cyborg's hand into pieces.
-AAAARGH!!!-Mercenary Tao shouted in pain-How is it possible for you to have so much power left in you?!
-When it comes to your loved-ones, you always find enough power within you to save and protect them.-Pan replied with a serious look, then she started punching the cyborg head-on repeatedly, but unfortunately for her, the power she was talking about started to fade away fast while Tao sensed her hits getting weaker and weaker.
-Oh, now I understand!-Tao started after he managed to block the girl's punches-It seems that it was nothing but a sudden outburst caused by your desperate rage and as the seconds pass, you're becoming more and more worn out. Victory WILL be mine in the end.-then the mercenary punched Pan with his right hand which Pan could barely block it.
Tao continued punching and kicking her fast, while Pan couldn't block them anymore and started receiving more and more of his hits. After a few more hits, she was already knocked down on the floor severely injured, as the cyborg stepped on her head with his right leg, squeezing it hard while she cried in pain. Pan hoped that Xevo wouldn't try again to foolishly save her, however, Xevo was already on his way flying towards them with his fists ready, yelling Mercenary Tao' name to draw his attention. Tao looked at him nervously and blasted Xevo with a small pinkish-purple energy ball; with him no chance dodging it, the boy took the blast head-on, which exploded on contact. Xevo's body crashed on the ground shirtless, filled with skin burns and...lifeless.
-That takes care of one pest; now it's your turn, girl!-Mercenary Tao said satisfied and started squeezing Pan's head to the floor harder.
-XEVOOOOOO!!! NOOOO!!!-Pan shouted desperately and in great pain, feeling that her skull will crack any moment now, but she did not care about that; all she cared about was Xevo whose body lied lifelessly on the ground-"If only I were stronger..."-she thought-"If only I've trained harder to master my second Super Saiyan form, we wouldn't be in this mess in the first place and Xevo would be still alive now. He's dead because of me, because I failed to protect him, to save him in time. But what if he's still alive? What if there's still time to save him? I just can't bare to lose him like this! I won't allow him to die on me like this, especially not because of my incompetence!"-afterwards she screamed out loud-I will not tolerate this ANYMOOOOOOOORE!-then something snapped inside her, a never before felt huge and desperate rage, a desperate cry for more power to stop Mercenary Tao from killing her and to save Xevo's life if possible; every second counted, and as the seconds passed by, she felt something within her was about to explode.
Tao was merely moments away from breaking Pan's skull, when all of a sudden, an extraordinary immense electric yellow aura surrounded both Pan and the cyborg, which of course, was originally emanating from the girl, who started lifting her head from underneath Tao's foot, until she threw him backwards. Pan stood on her feet while Mercenary Tao could hear a loud constant stream of lightning in front of him, but if only he could see how much Pan has changed by now. Without doubt, she unleashed the full form of Super Saiyan 2 just moments ago, clearly visible not just by her electric aura but by her appearance as well. Her hair was still black though, but now it was standing up and it became spiky while her eyes became green. But Tao didn't see, nor sense all these, so he was clueless of how strong Pan really got, that's why he attacked her head-on, but he only hit air, as Pan teleported herself next to Xevo and did not care about the cyborg for the time being. She made her aura disappear as she did not want to fry Xevo's body with her electric aura, then she kneed down and lifted the boy's body in her arms, as she hugged him tightly while tears flew down from her eyes.
-Please, Xevo...-Pan started-Don't die on me! I really don't want to wait a full year to see you again. Please come back to me!-and while hugging him, she transferred some of her energy into him, miraculously bringing him back to life as Xevo's heart started beating again, but his body was still severely burned and needed immediate medical care or he would risk dying again-Xevo, you're alive!-Pan shouted happily-Thank goodness I wasn't too late to save you!-then she hugged him tighter, at which Xevo yelled in agony:
-OUUCCH! Pan, you're hurting me!
-So sorry.-then she placed him on the floor carefully-I will take you straight to Dende after I finish things here, which will only take a couple of minutes, I promise.-then Pan stood on her feet and stared at Mercenary Tao angrily-I will never forgive you for hurting my boyfriend and killing so many innocent martial artists. I will make sure you and Black get what you deserve! Speaking of the devil, where is that creep?-while she looked around, but General Black was long gone-He won't go far away, I guarantee you that! Now it's time to pay for your crimes.-as she turned towards Tao and suddenly teleported herself in front of him; then she grabbed the cyborg's both metal ears and tore them off, as Tao screamed in great pain.
-AAAAARGHHH!!! DAAAAAMN YOUUUU!!!-as the cyborg backed down, you could see much black liquid dripping out of his ears on the floor.-You...you think you have won now don't you? But I haven't shown you my secret weapons yet. Soon you will feel my wrath as I will tear you from limb to limb just like you did to me. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!-and just as he finished his sentence, Pan got hit by an invisible object in her forehead so hard, that it caused her to bleed while she also got a little dizzy; but she didn't say a word, she readied herself in a fighting posture and looked around staying alert-Look behind you!-Tao suddenly shouted in a mocking manner, however Pan didn't buy it cause she didn't sense anything out of ordinary; however, she got banged from behind by something nonetheless, which hurt her even more, but when she looked around, she couldn't see anyone or anything.
-What trickery is this, you lousy cheater?!-she asked pissed off.
-He-he-he-he-he-he! Caught you by surprise now haven't I?-then Tao stretched out his right hand and three metal balls appeared in it out of nowhere; they were the size of the Earth Dragon Balls, but a bit smaller-Like my new gadgets Black built me? They're just prototypes for now, but they seem to do a pretty good job. I activated them to pursue the strongest energy source in this room, which is you, of course, so tell me, girl, don't you feel a little energy-drained?-however, Pan did not respond to him, not that he could hear her or anything; nonetheless, she had to admit to herself, she did feel that way a bit.-Want to know what these are? Hmm?-then suddenly, two yellow eyes appeared on each ball revealing them to be some kind of robots.-They are the future energy harvesters of this fortress. Just imagine these little things turning invisible and absorbing energy from martial artists without them even realizing it and killing them afterwards. Once I get rid of you and then Black, I will build my own cybernetic army; imagine, hundreds of these scattered all around the world. Why, world domination would be a piece of cake! And also with the Dragon Balls by my side, I would be truly unstoppable. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!-then the three metal balls lifted in the air and disappeared, but Pan also disappeared into thin air.
By now the metal roboballs stole enough energy from Pan to actually keep up with her, as she had a hard time dodging them. All she knew she had to find a way to get rid of them fast, because even though they could not touch her, they kept stealing more and more energy as they bypassed her. The thing is, she couldn't actually see, nor sense them, she just repeatedly teleported around the room aleatory and since the roboballs didn't have artificial intelligence built into their system, they chased her down on the same routes multiple times unable to hit her. In the meantime, Mercenary Tao decided that it was time to retreat and fix himself somehow, while the metal balls kept Pan busy. He sort of knew where the exit was based on the last thing he when he still had eyes, so he didn't care what objects were in front of him, he ran south-east as fast as he could, knocking down tables and many other laboratory equipment until he almost reached the exit door. Pan noticed all this and suddenly she had a plan to stop Tao from escaping and maybe deactivate the balls as well. She flew towards the cyborg and made sure all three balls were right behind her. As she reached near Tao's back, she suddenly teleported right in front of him, while the balls stopped at nothing to reach their destination, even if it meant going through Mercenary Tao and destroying him. One of them went right through his head, while the other two made a big hole in his chest, as the cyborg fell on the ground dead.
But only half of Pan's plan worked; she thought that the metal balls would deactivate themselves if the host controlling them would be terminated, but she was wrong. They just kept chasing her, and stealing more of her energy. "That does it!"-she thought to herself-"If energy they want, then by all means, they will get it."-she made sure to be far away from Xevo, then she powered up to he max, unleashing a great yellow electric aura around her. The roboballs halted near her and started absorbing her energy immediately as it seemed the electric aura didn't faze them at all. But soon Pan saw another opportunity to destroy them, so she raised a ki barrier not just around her, but around the metal balls as well, sealing and trapping them inside with her. Afterwards, she stretched out her left hand towards one of them balls, which was only a few meters away, made a big pink energy ball and shoot it towards it. The ball barely had time to react, but it did not have much room where it could bypass the energy wave as it was sealed in, so the roboball was destroyed by the blast. If the other two balls had AI's the would have learned something from the destroyed balls' experience and raised a ki barrier around them, but they didn't so Pan easily blasted them away too. It was finally over, as Pan felt relieved and powered down to her base form but she fainted from exhaustion. Xevo was also in great pain and could hardly move a muscle when all of a sudden, a female voice could be heard all around the fortresses' corridors:
"SELF DESTRUCTION INITIATED! WARNING! EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY! TEN MINUTES UNTIL SELF DESTRUCTION!"
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