As you stand within the confines of this excuse of a ship, arms crossed as you typically are, you feel the splitting pain of a massive headache as someone enters your mind. As you grunt and groan, you grab onto your head and let out pained sounds in your discomfort.
You feel the
prodding inside your mind, an internal attack from that freak, Babibi. The agony is unrelenting, hitting at the very fiber of your being, within even your soul.
"Vegeta, hey, what's wrong?!" Kakarot's eldest demands of you.
You can't answer him, you let out a scream of pain as you grab onto your head again, desperately trying to fight it with everything you have. It is one of the most agonizing things you have ever felt. Flashes and visions of your past circle in your mind.
"Vegeta, what's going on?" Kakarot questions you.
"Somethings… Attacking me!"
"Where!? We can't see anything!" He declares.
"
Inside!" You manage to let out through the pain.
You continue to scream, and Babidi continues his attack. He's not letting up, and you never could have prepared for this. You had thought most of what he was now using against you was gone.
"Fight it! Resist!" Supreme Kai begs of you.
"I can't!"
"You must!" He begs once more.
You only continue to scream, fighting this with everything in your power. You think of Trunks and Bulma. Those who you'd never admit to it, but. . .
"That's it! Resist!"
You continue to scream, powering up and transforming, bathing the inside of the vessel with a familiar golden glow. Even with the power of Super Saiyan, Babidi still invades your mind and seeks control over you.
"Don't let him win Vegeta! Don't let him do it! That's it! Fight! Fight it!" The insufferable…. He keeps encouraging you.
You writhe around, trying to hold yourself together. Flashes of who you once were come back to haunt you.
The pain you've caused.
"Supreme Kai, what's happening to him?" Kakarot's question isn't answered straight away.
The people you've murdered.
"Vegeta no! Don't let him! You've changed! You're not that way anymore! Babidi has no claim over you!"
The planets you've enslaved.
"What's Babidi doing!? Trying to kill him!?" Gohan demands an answer.
You never had any mercy for them.
"Worse than that, he's trying to take over his mind and enslave him so that he'll do what Babidi wishes him to do."
They never stood a chance against you, and you
killed them.
"Isn't there any way we can help him!?"
You roar and howl in agony and pain as the memories attack you, your own evil used against you. The sins of your past a weapon that Babidi wields with honed expertise.
"He struggles because his heart is impure! He has to choose himself! Don't let him take you Vegeta! Let go! The past is the past. Don't think of it, be innocent and clear."
You manage a response, "How can you say that? I'm
not innocent."
Truly, you're not. Everything you've done in your life. Slaughtering and killing innocents in the name of Freeza. Causing the deaths of Kakarot's friends indirectly. Massacring that village on Namek. Allowing Cell to achieve his final form. In search of innocence, only guilt is found.
Your struggle only intensifies, at some point, you had fallen to your knees. You continue to scream as you try to fight this off. Red energy begins to flow around you while you lift off of the ground. You only continue to scream, desperately fighting to keep your old desires from surfacing. You have a family. . .
"No...No way," You only just make out Gohan's disbelief as you rise further, screaming more.
Energy almost explodes from you, washing over the room as your vocal cords are pushed further and further by agonized screams escaping you. Snarls and growls begin to emanate from within you.
That's right, Vegeta…. You'll get what you've always wanted…
"Don't let them do it Vegeta! Don't let them use you! You're stronger than they ar-" Gohan never finishes his sentence, as an arc of red lightning shoots out from your body and sends him careening across the room. Your screams only further.
You'll no longer be second best.
Through your screams, you make out Kakarot crying out to his son, something you . . .
"Gohan! Are you okay!?"
You scream.
"Yeah, I'm fine." You overhear, if only just.
The room begins to shake due to the sheer amount of power you're putting out trying to fight this.
"Vegeta! No!"
"Fight it Vegeta!"
You only continue to scream, desperate for anything to hold onto mentally. You're certain had anyone been around the ship, they'd hear you even this far underground. You know the Earth itself is shaking as you continue to scream.
Your eyes shake as your mind races, something inside you tells you that you
want this, and you do. For years you've been second best. That clown has made a fool of you, time and time again. Shame has been pressed upon you every time you so much as think of his name, much less look at him. He's surpassed you in so many ways, and now you finally have the chance to
get even.
Finally, you
give in.
"What a monstrous power! It's terrible! I can't even approach it!"
Your aura fades, and you land on your feet. At first, the sounds of pain are heard from within, and they soon turn into laughter as you raise your head, revealing the
Majin Symbol upon your forehead.
Kakarot, Gohan, and the Supreme Kai gaze upon you, jaws dropped and in shock at the sight. You feel
powerful, beyond anything you have ever experienced before.
"It's… Too late!" Supreme Kai exclaims.
You grin before you all hear that voice that once was only inside your head.
"Let's give you a more interesting place to fight,
Papparapapa!"
The four of you are transported once more, this time you recognize your surroundings. The World Martial Arts Tournament, in the very center of the ring. The crowd gawks at you, questions abound as to how you got here, what are you doing. Of course, none of that drivel matters. You allowed this to happen for one thing, and one thing alone. Kakarot.
"Hey! We're back at the tournament!" Gohan announces. How astute.
The announcer eventually pipes up, "Excuse me, gentlemen, the championship has already been concluded! You all look very strong but there's always next year."
Before anyone else can pipe in, you make your statement, "We're just here for a little exhibition match."
The Announcer then yells out, ignoring you, "Ahh! Goku, I didn't see you back there! Welcome! I'm afraid you and your friends have arrived a little too late.
This is getting annoying. You glare at the man as he approaches Goku, ill intent fills your body.
Kakarot tries to warn the fool, "Look out!"
Too late, Kakarot. Your surge of power sends the annoying man flying. Fortunately for him, Gohan flies up to catch the useless snot. Kakarot, you've seen, took the blast for the Supreme Kai. That other annoying
champion has no one to save him you notice, as he flies into the brick wall and leaves an imprint much the size of his own body. You smile, letting out a small chuckle.
Once again, Babidi seeks his way into your mind, trying to give you a command.
"Vegeta, this is your new master Babidi speaking, it's time for you to have a little fun! You can start by killing your friends!"
You struggle slightly, before overcoming his influence, "I won't, my goal is to fight Kakarot, the others are nothing."
Kakarot's face shows nothing other than betrayal, as he questions you, "Vegeta, how could you?"
Having turned to face him, you stare that pathetic warrior down. He knows what you've done. Even as much of a fool as he, there's still enough of a brain inside of him to know. It's almost impressive. You raise your hand to point a finger at this man.
"It's time, Kakarot."
You open your palm, readying a blast. Kakarot's face goes to one of almost fear, and shock as he watches you.
"Vegeta no!" His words mean nothing.
You chuckle, sending a blast at the fool. He blocks, and you simply turn it into an energy wave that pushes him further back. If he'll only defend, you'll simply overwhelm him.
"Haaaaa!" You yell as you throw more power into the energy wave, enough force to keep pushing Kakarot backward in the ring, towards the very edge of it. Eventually, he concedes and flips out of the way. You don't stop the blast as it careens into the audience.
The wave simply continues, finding little resistance even after exiting the arena wall. Nearby buildings in its path are found wanting for strength, and fall before your power. After the blast subsides, you can make out a mushroom cloud in the distance. It matters little to you how many you've just killed.
You can hear the screams from the audience, and the disbelief as Kakarot and Gohan gasp out in shock. You begin to chuckle once more. Red lighting flickers around your aura.
In the distance, you can barely make out Bulma's shocked words at your actions, "This is, too awful.. .There must be some…"
In any other circumstance, you would pity how much she cares for you.
The panicked onlookers begin to flee in terror, their screams filling the air. This simply causes you to chuckle as you fix your gaze upon Kakarot. He faces you, his face boiling with fury over your attack.
He takes a scolding tone, "Shame on you. The Vegeta I know would never have done this."
You simply grin. Somewhere, Gohan begins to beg you to stop your actions, but you ignore the brat. Kakarot is your only focus.
"Hey! Maniac!" You hear from behind you, "I'm afraid I can't allow you to move another inch! Your crime spree will end at my glorious fists! You've come head to head with the Champion of the World big guy!"
You just begin to laugh and laugh, and
laugh. The man next to him mutters something that doesn't matter to you.
"On second thought fighting, you would be too much of a joke, so here's what I think we should do. You seem to have unresolved issues, I say you two fight for an exhausting amount of time and then I'll take over-"
Enough.
"Quiet!"
He cowers in fear.
"How about it? Shall we commence?" You demand from Kakarot.
"This isn't the time, Vegeta."
"You'll fight with me, Kakarot, unless of course, you want more bodies to pile up on your conscience!"
That got his attention.
"Vegeta, certainly you didn't." He understands now.
You chuckle.
His face hardens, "How sad, I didn't think you were weak enough to be controlled."
The other two wear shock on their faces, with Gohan trying to stop his father from antagonizing you further.
"Answer me! Vegeta! Did you let yourself be a slave!?"
You raise your left arm, hand ready for another blast and face your palm to the stands to your immediate left. Your smile never leaves your face. You fire a single blast. Kakarot looks on in horror. The stands explode, and your hair brustles in the wind caused by the shockwave as smoke seeps through the air.
Then, you answer him, "Tell me! Is it slavery when you get what you want?"
You cock your head back as your
grin only expands on your face. Screams fill the air once more as panic ensues further. Kakarot transfixes his eyes upon the slaughter, anger welling up inside. Slowly, his eyes return to you. You chuckle once again.
Gohan stands up to you, "Stop it you don't know what you're doing!"
You growl, before yelling at him and sending a shockwave of ki at him, "Stand aside!"
It knocks him away with ease, this was the warrior who bested Cell?
"This does not concern you! It's between me and your circus clown of a father."
"Circus clown? Well, that's a new one."
Kakarot's hair begins to move, almost as if touched by the wind. You know better. Finally, it starts to stand up on edge. He lets out a sound of effort, and transforms into a Super Saiyan.
"No Goku, you musn't! If you fight him here you will be doing precisely what Babidi wishes! Every injury that Vegeta causes will be sent back to the ship, and Buu will be revived!"
"Tell me Vegeta, with that stamp on your head I know Babidi's been giving you orders. Is this one of them? Are you trying to fight me because of him, or is this the same old story between you and me? Which one!?"
Gohan interrupts, "Does it really matter?"
Oh, but it does. Truly, this has always been the case. The humiliation you've suffered must now come to an end, and you know Kakarot understands.
"Not to you, Gohan, but to a warrior it matters greatly. And you know this as well as I do, Kakarot, at the end of the day you'll be back to the dead, and I will
not miss this opportunity."
The Supreme Kai still bothers to stick his head into your affairs, looking at you as he speaks, "Who are you people? Don't you see that the Universe matters more than your meaningless squabble?"
That's done it. Your fury begins to take control once more.
"Meaningless, huh!?
What do you know of meaningless!?" You power-up, rage flowing through you, "Spend most of your life ruled by another, watch your race dwindle to a handful, and then, tell me what has more meaning than your own strength! I have in me the blood of a Saiyan prince, he is nothing but a joke! Yet I've had to watch him surpass me in strength, my destiny, thrown to the wayside! He's… He's even saved my life as if I were a helpless child! He has stolen my honor, and his debts,
must be paid!"
The two of you continue to stare one another down, Kakarot as unyielding as you. Supreme Kai looking between the two of you.
Kakarot snarls, before speaking, "Babidi! Transport us to a place away from people! If you give me that, then I will fight Vegeta."
At last.
"So be it," Supreme Kai steps in front of you and facing towards Kakarot, extending his arms as he does so, "If you truly believe this is the right decision, then you will have to get around
me to do it!"
You await Kakarot's choice. It feels like an eternity, time dragging by. You almost respect the Kai for offering to sacrifice his life.
Almost
"Don't do this, Supreme Kai."
"Goku, I'm afraid I have no choice."
"Neither do I."
Kakarot raises his palm, and a sphere of blue energy begins to form. You gasp, even for Kakarot, this is… Well, he is a Saiyan after all.
The sphere only continues to grow in power, as Kakarot stares the Supreme Kai down. Kakarot's face is unyielding, you can tell that he's serious about this. There is no doubt in your mind that if that blasted Kai doesn't move that Kakarot will obliterate him.
It was never really a question, as the Kai puts his head and arms down, admitting defeat before he says anything, "Fine, do what you will. I can't stop you."
He then steps out from between the two of you. Despite his admitting defeat, there is still some semblance of respect.
"I'm sorry, Supreme Kai," Kakarot claims, though you, for one, cannot hear the sincerity in his voice.
"So am I."
Kakarot once more turns his attention to you. You smile with glee.
Within an instant, the four of you now stand in a desert, far away from anyone else.
"I trust you'll have no more excuses." You stare him down, firm in what you intend to do.
"None."
"Dad, don't do this!" Gohan yells out.
"It's alright, there's no point resisting what cannot be helped," Supreme Kai speaks to Gohan with an almost eerie calmness, as he walks towards the entrance to Babidi's chamber, he then turns his gaze to Gohan, "We will just have to continue our efforts with a new strategy. While you two fight up here, Gohan and I will break open the ship's entrance and continue our assault against Babidi and Dabura. I believe we still have a chance at stopping them before Buu's revival. If tampering with the ship's entrance ruptures Buu's shell, it will still be better than letting him reach full power from the energy lost by Goku. After all the time I've spent tracking Majin Buu, I will avert him with my own hands."
Supreme Kai raises his fist, readying himself to strike the entryway into Babidi's ship.
Kill him! The only way is to kill the Supreme Kai! Yes, kill him Vegeta!
Once again, you grab at your head as Babidi tries to wear away at your mind and your willpower. Once more, you struggle, and you fight as the others look on in shock. You scream and again fall to your knees as you struggle.
"Babidi's entered his mind."
You can't afford to let him live Vegeta!
Pain, intense pain as you put your face on the ground, holding onto your chest as you writhe in agony.
Kill him Vegeta, kill him!
You begin to rise, the mark on your forehead throbbing with pain as you stare down Kakarot.
"I refuse."
You can hear Babidi's shocked gasp in your mind.
"Your business with the Kai, it means nothing to me. Kakarot is my only objective."
That's amusing Vegeta, but I'm serious. With every fiber in your body, I command you to destroy! Kill! Kill the Kai!
"N-no…. Get out of my head! I
already told you, I… Will not be distracted from this anymore! I won't! It will take more than head games to stop me!
You may have invaded my mind and my body. . . . But there is one thing a Saiyan always keeps. . . HIS PRIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!"
You surge your power to maximum, shattering Babidi's connection to your mind. The shockwaves of your surge in power shatter nearby mountains, and then you slowly ease yourself out of the second Super Saiyan form, fixing your gaze upon Kakarot. Finally, you
will get what you want.
