Third Eye

He and G’nola flew all over the vast city. While there were many grand buildings all around, none fit the mould Xeon was after. Truly, it seemed that while humanity had progressed greatly in the realm of technology, they lost all style regarding construction.

“Just look at this place,” went Xeon. “It’s so loud...and the air is so polluted...I don’t see how anyone could live in such conditions. These people desperately need me to take over. Without me to rule them, they’ll likely kill themselves.”

G’nola flew slightly behind Xeon, saying nothing. That Xeon was certainly full of himself. It pained him to think that he had to be indentured to such an arrogant buffoon. Even with his incredible increase in power, G’nola was sure that he could destroy Xeon with no problem. What was a problem, though, was that jewel that seemed to be embedded in his chest. As long as he had possession of that jewel, Xeon could rip him apart.

What could he do to defeat that stupid jewel?

“There, G’nola!” Following the outstretched arm downward, G’nola found a rather large estate. It was only three stories high, but it’s depth, in contrast was rather fast. It was set in a garden-like estate with a fountain in the front walkway. It was the closest thing to a castle the city had to offer. “It’s a bit of a fixer-upper, but it has potential. This will be our home,” Xeon confirmed.

Touching down in the front yard, G’nola had to admit that it wasn’t a bad choice for a base of operations and the future home of the ruler of the world. He gave a passing glance to the front gate. It seemed to have some letters on the arch above the entryway. They appeared illegible to him and quite frankly; he didn’t feel the need to bother himself with such trifles.

If her were on the outside of the gate, instead of inside, he would’ve seen that the word in the arch clearly spelled out the name ‘Satan”.

Ah, Gohan. The mere thought of his name sent another jolt of electricity up Videl’s spine. She always knew of Gohan’s feelings for her, but she really wanted to hear him say it. She found it kind of funny that Gohan could go toe to toe with a being that wiped out the entire population with a raise of the hand and not bat an eye, yet he would shy and cower away when it came to saying three words.

Well, he finally told her those three magic, all-important words...and it only took her nearly beating him to death while under the control of an evil android to get him to say them. She really hoped it wouldn’t have to come to that to get him to say those words again, but it had definitely been worth it.

A smile crept across her face as she remembered the days immediately after the mess with Neo. She absolutely refused to let Gohan take one of the last senzu beans Piccolo had on his person. With her new strength, she hefted Gohan back to his house and nursed him back to health herself. That was a battle in itself, her having to constantly compete with Gohan’s mother to attend to him.

But that exercise was made worthwhile as, when Chichi’s attention was averted, she and Gohan shared their very first kiss. It wasn’t the long, romantic kiss she had seen in the romance movies, but it was one of the most amazing things she had ever experienced...up there with the first time she had learned how to fly.

With that done, she had taken to planning her next line of attack. In a few hours, Gohan would be stopping by her house for some ‘training’. Videl knew the training was sorely needed, because other than flight, she really had no clue how to handle her powers. She could imitate the things she saw the other fighters doing, but she would, no doubt, be a danger to herself and those she cared about unless she had proper training.

It was what would come after the training that Videl looked forward to. With her father out of town on one of his “I’m the savior of the world, adore me” tours, it was the opportunity she had been looking for. She was going to have her chef make the finest banquet ever. Dim the lights in the dining room, light a couple of candles, dismiss the help and it would be her and Gohan having their first romantic dinner. And after that...

Oh yes. Tonight was going to be a very good night.

Xeon watched with sadistic pleasure as the servants of the Satan mansion ran away in fear. This was more like it...and soon, people all over the world would fear him just the same. He charged a bit of ki onto the tips of his fingers and blasted a vase near the main door for good measure as the last butler ran for his life.

“The rest of the house is empty,” said G’nola, walking up behind him.

“Very good,” responded Xeon. “Now, it’s time I bring back my trusted generals. Hopefully they haven’t met any unpleasant fates as Dabura has.” Xeon placed his palms together, as if saying a prayer, and concentrated. The jewel on his chest began to radiate a glow, which soon encompassed his entire body. In front of him two rips in the fabric of space and time appeared and from those two rips, came two more demons.

As the two demons materialized, Xeon fell to one knee, panting heavily. G’nola looked at him with a raised eyebrow. This could’ve been the moment he was waiting for to free himself from Xeon’s servitude. He thought better of it, because he didn’t know whom it was he called over. With Xeon’s new allies at his side, he figured it would be better for him to continue to bide his time.

“Where am I” Went a tall, lanky yellowish demon. He turned and looked at G’nola and Xeon, menacingly.

Xeon looked up at him and smiled. “Come now, O’ro. Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten your master Xeon already...”

The demon Xeon referred to as O’ro blinked. “It...It can’t be...”

“I said that I would return, didn’t I?” Xeon stood up. “Well here I am. And I’m sure you are as interested in getting your revenge for the defeat we suffered at the hands of the Humans so long ago.”

A short purplish demon looked at the orb centered in Xeon’s forehead, which covered his third eye. “It...it is him!” The smaller demon immediately walked right in front of Xeon and bowed for him.

O’ro finally noticed his companion. “Grahm?”

“Yes,” said Xeon. “Grahm was always the most observant of the group. Well, O’ro, what are you going to do?” As Grahm had done before, O’ro walked in front of Xeon and bowed to him.

G’nola noticed something that perhaps Xeon missed or didn’t care about. It seemed, from the expressions of the newcomers, they weren’t thrilled with Xeon’s return and weren’t supplicating themselves to him by choice. It seemed they had felt the sting of Xeon’s gate at one point. That knowledge may prove to be useful in the future.

“Rise, my old friends,” went Xeon. “As we did before, we will put these people under our heels. And this time, our kingdom will envelop this whole planet.” As he spoke, his power began to radiate. O’ro and Grahm stood and took a step back, awed by Xeon’s new power. “The four of us should be able to take over this city ourselves. This will be our capital and this,” he turned and pointed to the mansion behind them, “will be our castle.”

“I don’t think so.”

Slowly descending from the sky, Videl touched down in the middle of the walkway between the house and the front gate. She surveyed the four intruders standing in her doorway. Three of them looked to be being similar to Dabura, whom she met while she was dead. She didn’t know who the fourth guy was but she could tell they were all quite powerful. Of course, she was no longer a pushover herself.

“I don’t know what you guys think you’re doing here,” said Videl, “But this is MY house. You will have to leave.”

“Oh really?” challenged Grahm. “I don’t think the little girl knows who she’s dealing with.” The small demon smiled. “Time to teach this child a lesion she’ll never forget...if she survives, that is...”

“You should be careful,” went G’nola. “There are Humans here that are incredibly powerful. You’d better watch yourself with this one.”

“Heh, I don’t know who you think you are,” said Grahm. “But you’d do well not to speak to ME in such a manner. She’s just a mere Human. I will deal with her with no problem.”

G’nola crossed his arms and scowled at his new comrade, “Feh...idiot.”

Grahm launched himself at Videl. He reared his fist back and threw a punch at her face that would behead any normal Human. Videl, with no effort, caught Grahm’s fist right in front of her face. She couldn’t help but smile when she saw the small demon’s surprised expression. In the blink of an eye, she dropped the Grahm’s hand and landed a spin kick on his head that sent him flying into a tree near the outer gate of the estate.

G’nola looked at the felled demon with an amused look. “That’s what you get for not listening...” Turning his eyes front, he noticed O'ro’s movements. “And now the other fool makes his move...”

The tallest of the three demons charged Videl. He rained down a barrage of punches and kicks, all of which Videl dodged with little effort. O'ro threw a stronger punch at her, which left him overextended. Videl took advantage of the opening by kneeing the intruder in the mid section and followed up by a backhand that propelled him to the other end of the estate.

Turning her attention to the remaining invaders, Videl said with a smirk, “Last chance. You can go out the easy way, or you can do like your friends and go out the hard way.”

G’nola stepped forward sporting a smirk of his own. “Those two were idiots. They underestimated you because you are a Human and appear weak. I know better...”

“Do you really?” Confidence swelling within her, Videl charged. This was what she had dreamed of ever since she met Gohan and his friends. True, she would’ve preferred having earned the power herself, but to be able to do so much so soon was like a dream. Her smile grew as she, apparently, was pushing G’nola back with her onslaught.

The girl, G’nola noticed, while quite strong, didn’t seem to have much experience. She seemed quite pleased with herself regarding the progress she was making in her attack. Any experienced fighter would’ve recognized right off that he wasn’t really backpedaling form her attack, but merely feeling her out.

‘The girl will be getting her experience,’ G’nola thought to himself. ‘It’s too bad she won’t be able to put this experience to any future use. Time to die girl.’

Unable to block or counter, Videl found herself the recipient of a hard punch to the stomach. The blow was so unexpected, she had no time to prepare herself for it, which left her doubled over and unable to further defend herself. That left G’nola open to follow up with an elbow to the back of her head that knocked her out.

“Heh...very good G’nola,” Xeon said. “Now, finish her off.”

‘Idiot...like I needed him to tell me that.’ Gathering his ki, G’nola took aim to finish Videl off for good.

It was lunchtime at the Son household. For Chichi, it seemed as if it was mealtime all the time seeing as how it was Goku, Gohan and Goten she was serving. She couldn’t help but smile as she watched her husband and two sons sitting at the table stuffing their faces. It had been a rare thing for the whole family to be sitting at the table and eating all at the same time. There always seemed to be some sort of crisis or something that kept them apart. It finally looked as though they were going to have a nice, quiet and (and if Goku had anything to say about it) long dinner.

Suddenly, Gohan snapped to attention, stopping in mid bite. His eyes darted left and right, as if trying to pinpoint something making a sound only he could hear.

“Gohan,” went Chichi. “What’s wrong?”

Without a word, Gohan bolted out of the dining room, ran outside and rocketed into the early afternoon sky.

“Well, that was rather rude,” mused Chichi. “I wonder what that was about?”

Goku swallowed what he was chewing and commented, “I don’t know. Maybe he had a date with Videl that he forgot about?”

“Heh...that wouldn’t surprise me,” Chichi said. “Gohan’s good with his schooling and his martial arts, but relationships is a great weakness for him. Well, I’m sure Videl will teach him all he’ll need to know. She’s a really nice girl...huh?” To her dismay, Chichi found that she was talking to herself. Goku had become so wrapped up in stuffing his face again, he wasn’t paying any attention to her. “*Sigh* I guess I should’ve known better...”

An hour or so after they left Roshi’s island, Kuririn and Yamucha with Kassex in his arms finally reached the mainland. It wouldn’t be long until they reached Satan City. As Yamucha and Kassex were the ones in the group that had already fought with Xeon before, they were totally absorbed in the encounter that was upcoming.

Only Kuririn noticed the energy spike from the Paozu mountain area. “Hey Yamucha, did you feel that?”

“Huh?” went Yamucha. “Feel what?”

Kuririn looked off to his left, apparently at nothing but open sky. “That feels like Gohan. Seems something has him spooked. His energy output is off the charts.” He paused for a moment and then continued, “Looks like he’s going to Satan City also.”

Great. So much for there not being any alien involvement. “Something must be going on at Satan City that we don’t know about. If only we could go faster...”

“If you can go faster, then do it,” Kassex said.

“Are you sure?”

She nodded. “Don’t worry about me. Just do it.”

“Okay then. Get ready...” Kassex buried her face into Yamucha’s chest to protect her face and eyes from the wind. Once she did that, Yamucha flared his ki and increased his flying speed exponentially with Kuririn following suit immediately after.

He could feel it happening again.

Something was tugging at the fabric of space and time. The barriers that were keeping him confined in that pocket of nothing were weakening at an amazing rate. He could already feel some of his power returning to him.

Freedom was so close he could taste it. He just had to try to break out of his confines. He gathered the little bit of energy he had and expended it as much as he could, trying to finish what the disturbance on the outside started.

Almost there...

His muscles began to throb and sweat rolled down his forehead at the arduous task he was undertaking. Trying to break even such a weak special barrier with so little power was very strenuous. One of his sort, however, never complained about how difficult a task was.

Almost there...

He was so close...to be able to fly free through the cosmos as he did before the Kaioshin locked him in this prison void. He was so close...he wouldn’t stop the exertion no matter how much stress he had to endure.

Almost...

There was an almost audible pop as the flimsy barrier that held him between the prison void and regular space finally collapsed. He was overjoyed at the appearance of a star field that appeared on the other side of the small hole. The moment he went through, he could feel his full power return to him. By reflex, he stretched his arms and legs as if he were finally able to move after being stuck in a cramped space for a long period of time.

…which in affect he was. But that’s all over with.

Now, that he had his freedom, there was only one thing he had on his mind.

He was going to destroy the Kaioshin for what they did to him.

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