Chapter 4: Psychofemme



When Erik Damien Ravensky, or Vengeance as he preferred, sat in an armchair where Gohan had been standing shortly before, he brooded over the diversity of the people he had read about during this time of grief ...

There was Yamcha, usually so cool and confident, who looked sick now. His expression was shared by Gohan. Goten was gone, fell asleep, and was being watched by his girlfriend, what was her name, oh yes, Marron. But Erik had looked at her and he hadn't liked what he saw. From his crazy forays.

Goten seemed to have completely lost his mind. Erik hoped he was wrong, that Goten could find himself again, but at the same time he knew that those who survived a fight with Agony, and these were very few, barely returned with the appearance of the necessary sane state. Agony was so inhuman that touching it alone could bring a curse.

He knew that all too well.

And if Goten was hopelessly insane ... then there was nothing he could do.

Chichi, Goku's wife, was asleep. Videl and Pan weren't there. Goku had lost his goofy innocence, something that made Erik sad. Goku, despite what he had seen, always seemed able to entertain himself with certain amusements. That was a new Goku, his face hard as stone. He had lost his friends before, some of them several times, but it had always been in a fight wherever the honor was with it, and the few times it wasn't a fight it was quick, like lightning, and then they were on their way to heaven. Even Majin Boo had killed everyone on earth and then blew up the planet, done it again, it was instantaneous.

There was no honor, no speed, and absolutely no rationality in the crimes Agony had committed. It was just slaughter, and it was even more gruesome thanks to the fact that Agony ENJOYED it.

After their previous meeting, Erik had expected that there would be some problems with Vegeta. Even if he had forgiven Erik for taser-zapping, Erik had claimed he had sent Agony into this world. After losing both of his children to their diabolical lust for death and destruction, Erik had expected Vegeta to think that he had DELIVERED Agony into this world. Nothing could be further from the truth, really, it had been a terrible accident, but he had sent her here. Vegeta might choose to take out his rage on Erik, and Erik knew that if that happened, he would be pretty dead.

But Vegeta had changed most of all. Really, he wasn't even listening to Erik. He just stood in a corner, not moving, not speaking. Erik didn't have to be Agony to feel his pain, but what bothered Erik the most was that Vegeta hadn't shed a tear during the entire suffering.

But Erik didn't have time to tutor Vegeta in matters of grief. He had a lot of things to tell the Z-fighters, even if none of that helped them.

"OK, Mr. Ravensky ..."

"Erik please ... Son Gohan, right?"

"Yeah, but just Gohan is enough. So, you came here after waiting around, looked at Bra's body and Bulma's computer records, and you said you brought Agony here. How?"

Erik sighed and pushed back his long black hair. His metal arm was completely hidden, covered with an amazing artificial rubber he had developed that looked and felt exactly like skin, right down to the tiny hairs on his arm. It helped him look more human, and after what was done to his body, he definitely needed it.

"It's a very long story. Should I start at the beginning?"

Gohan nodded.

"Scientists and writers have often suggested that the existence in which we live is just one of many.They believe that there are many parallel existences, i.e. other dimensions, that exist at the same time as ours, maybe even side by side. And the popular theory is that these existences are different from the one you live in. These new worlds could be a little different, or even radical. "

"Oh yeah! I used to watch a show about that! This group of people had to travel all the time and they always came to different earths, and each earth had something different, like Hitler in WWII, or children who made the world rule, or something like that. It was called Sliders! ", put in Yamcha. Erik looked over at him.

"Thank you, Yamcha. This is a good example. Because the parallel worlds theory is not a theory. It exists, and I am the living proof. I came from a completely different earth."

All Z-fighters looked at Erik in shock. Yamcha looked at him as if he had a few screws loose.

"Yeah, I know it's amazing, but it's true.My world doesn't have any Z-fighters, in reality, it doesn't have anyone who even comes close to you guys in power, but on the other hand, it doesn't have anyone like Freezer or Cell either. But there had been something just as bad. "

Erik slowly told a long story of how the forces had created existence, or at least its existence, how the earth had been demarcated with an omnipotent Messiah known as Xaxargas. He recounted how humans had finally taken over the world, how Xaxargas had watched and became more and more fascinated by the little creatures that had conquered his prison, even as his power grew and the forces intensified insanely to find a way to take him to be completely destroyed before its seal of a billion years was broken. How they failed and Xaxargas was freed with enough power to destroy everything in the universe.

"But if they didn't have someone like us, how did humanity defend itself against this ... God, right?"asked Gohan.

"Yeah, I would say Xaxargas was a god. But all these eons of watching the people had influenced him a lot, really, he had taken on many of their qualities, mostly their bad ones. Then when he was released, he came went down to earth and decided to play a little before destroying the universe. "

Erik told the Z-fighters about the Change, the way Xaxargas swept over it and destroyed civilization in one fell swoop, how he had reshaped the land and given the basic form of reality into forms that he entertained found. And how he'd asked everyone what their greatest wish was, so that they could do the exact opposite, or truly grant them the wish, for their own weird endeavors. But his ultimate goal was to play with the humanity of this new world he had created until the species broke.

“He infected our world with gruesome creatures he made up, creatures from legends of religions and stories from all cultures on the planet, legends from past and present, and all kinds of monsters. Looking back, I think he was probably pretty into RPG games, "said Erik, a small smile twitching his mouth.

"Wait, you say he granted everyone a wish?" Asked Goku.

"Yes, but his wish was a trick. Even if he gave you exactly what you wanted, it either meant that he had other plans for you, or that you would regret the wish, or he knew that in the end Wish would cause disaster and death by itself. "

"What was your wish?"

This time Erik smiled.

"I didn't do one. Instead, I swore I'd hunt and destroy Xaxargas. He was the most vicious creature I had ever seen and I wouldn't let him threaten my planet ..."
"Wait a minute, you were the defender of your planet?"

"Not exactly. Patience, I'll explain everything in good time. Xaxargas was amused by my resistance and left me. But in the end he brought me his idea of ​​a" gift "."

"The woman ..."

“Her name is Agony.”



Agony was back in the woods and bored again. She had torn apart a few people she had found camping, but individual deaths were beginning to have less and less effect on them. She needed more ... or something much stronger ...

So she went on, slowly getting closer to an isolated hut deep in the woods ...



"You see, for his entertainment, Xaxargas chose to see what humanity would do to defend itself from him once their minds understood that their world was ruled by an invincible God. To make it all more fun meant for him, while he initiated the change, he also brought special powers into the air.That power ... well, let me just say it was an external ki that Xaxargas used to give people power. Before he came we had martial artists, but nobody like you. They were more like Mr. Satan. We didn't have people who could fly, or throw destructive energy, or people who didn't mind if entire buildings were pounded on them. We just had people. And that bored Xaxargas because our technology couldn't do anything to him. That is why he gave us this power. He knew there would be people who would use it to try to overthrow him. But while he found it amusing that humanity should follow suit, he found it beneath himself to fight. So he took eight people he found whose hearts and minds only thought evil, and he guaranteed them incredible power, and they became his elite.

Agony was the last of his elite and his crown jewel. "
Erik stopped. It was obvious that the words aroused emotion in him. But he went on, and in one long story he told of a warrior named Ash Merseric who had an ancient fate and started a group called Legacy. He spoke of their many struggles, and how ultimately he himself had become one of them. He told of the battles in which the elite died at their hands, one by one, and, as in an incredible miracle, Ash somehow found strength in himself, the human race and all of existence, at the end of the fight that nearly tore the earth apart and destroyed Xaxargas.

"Whoa! A human defeated a GOD?" Said Goku, fascinated.

"Yes, Goku. Just like you beat Freezer, or your son Super Perfect Cell, Ash found a force that defeated the seemingly undeadable Xaxargas. But it wasn't over. The world had changed and it would never change back again, and creatures kept walking around.And while Xaxargas was defeated, the power he had created for humanity