And here's a first highlight: Darkseid's plan is revealed ...



Can he still be stopped now ???



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Chapter 7: The Stubborn



Everyone was gone.

They were all on their way to stop the cruel despot Darkseid from doing what he was doing.

The air on the palace platform smelled fresh and cold, but the temperature wasn't to blame.

His cape swayed slowly up and down in the wind. A few minutes passed as he slowly walked towards the bottom of the freezing cold with calm and decisive steps ..

Vegeta leaned against a post and stared at nothing.

His gaze wasn't focused on the bright blue sky, the roaming birds or the beautiful palace facades, no. His gaze was turned inward and the man looked inside.

Superman focused his hearing on Vegeta's heart.It was beating at a maddening rate and his breath quivering with anger. His pride must have been badly injured by Green Lantern's unconventional way of fighting.

"What else do you want here?" he then hissed over to Superman.

"We are not enemies, Vegeta!" he replied in a calm tone. Stand a few meters away from him and looked in the same direction as the Sayjajin.

"Kakarot and the others may trust you, but not me!"

Vegeta turned to him with crossed arms. A small vein pulsed on his forehead. Superman could make out a small spot next to his eyebrow, exactly where the batarang had caught him. It had to bother him that he had been defeated by Batman, a normal human.

"I," Vegeta hissed on. "I would kill you without hesitation."

"Why?" Superman asked calmly.

Vegeta raised an eyebrow. He hadn't expected this question. He wasn't stupid.Vegeta tried to provoke him, tried to lure Superman out of reserve to give himself a reason to attack him.

Vegeta's heart began to beat faster. His testosterone and dopamine levels were reaching critical levels, and he was about to hit. But Superman realized that Vegeta wasn't human. His hair structure was pretty damn similar to Son Goku's when they morphed.

"You are also a Sayjajin? Like Son Goku?"

"I am the prince of all Sayjajins! You should show me respect, human!"

Superman smiled with a grim face. Now he had Vegeta where he wanted him.

"I'm not human either!"

The surprise in Vegeta's eyes could not be overlooked.

"W ... what?"

"My name is actually Kal El from the planet Krypton. When I was a baby, my parents sent me to earth because Krypton exploded. I was supposed to grow up there as a super being. The yellow sun that orbits this planet gives me my strength.A friend of mine once called me solar battery. A married couple found me and raised me as their son. They taught me to do what is right, to fight for what is good. You wouldn't be with the others if you didn't fight for it as well! "

Vegeta started laughing uproariously. He grabbed his stomach and doubled up, some tears even welling up in his eyes. After a minute he had recovered.

"You fool. I'm a Sayjajin. Before I came to earth, I slaughtered millions of beings and sold their planets. I'm not the hero you think I am! So, Kal El get off!"

The two stared at each other for a few more seconds, then Superman took a deep breath, turned around and took off. He stopped in midair and tilted his head towards Vegeta.

"Admitting your mistakes is often the first to go to the hero! I hope you will come soon!"

With that he left Vegeta alone. Again he paid attention to the Sayjajin's heartbeat.He had calmed down.



They dragged Dende down a hall.

They had put a needle in his forehead!

They had torn off the top layer of his skin!

They gave him power surges!

They had scorched his feelers!

They had pulled out his toenails!

They beat him up!

They had given him more power surges!

But every time he was dying, they healed him.

Only to then torment him again.

They didn't even give Him water.

He couldn't even cry anymore, the chains in which he was wrapped deprived him of his divine powers and even seemed to absorb his aura.

He heard a bulkhead open and he was thrown hard on the ground. He slowly opened his swollen eyes. Someone stood in front of him and looked down at him.

"Lord Darkseid. Your demons brought him!"
He knew that voice. Dende had often heard you in nightmares, too often.

"Thank you, Cell. Put him in his box seat!"

Cell lived again? Did Darkseid use the Dragon Balls? That couldn't be! Then everything was already lost!

Cell tied him in a cage. They were in a huge chamber, apparently in the center of the building.

"He looks weak, my lord. Maybe we should give him something to eat!"

“No!” Darkseid looked at Dende. "Only when he joins us!"

"Never," Dende stuttered back, spitting out some blood and a piece of tooth.

Darkseid gave a short laugh, although it was more of a giggle.

"Your friends can't save you! Their tactical instinct is almost zero. They rely on quick decisions and pure violence! They can't harm me!"

"You ... you will find a way!"

"Hardly! Activate the generator!"

A loud mechanical whirring sounded in the room, the floor slabs slid to the side with a scratchy noise and a kind of column drove out of a shaft into the room.To Dende's surprise, the seven dragon balls were lined up in a circle in sockets on the otherwise smooth pillar tip. A kind of glass dome approached from the ceiling and completely enclosed the lower part. With a soft click both parts sealed and Darkseid smiled contentedly.

"You probably thought I was using the Dragon Balls for some ridiculous purpose, to grant me three silly wishes? No!"

"Then what for?"

"Have you ever paid attention to what happens when your dragon appears? Have you ever seen how the dragon balls merge to release the necessary energy and materialize your wish-fulfiller? Do you know what energy potential it has if it can fulfill all of your wishes?" br />
Darkseid's diabolical grin widened.

“Of course you know that!” He stood in front of the cabin where the dragon balls were lying. "You protect them!"

"Whatever you have in mind! Whatever game you want to pull off!I promise you will not succeed! "

Cell stepped up to the little battered god. He shook his head and smiled.

"He already is!" said the cyborg believed dead in an unusually warm voice.

Darkseid started screaming.

"SHENLONG! Holy dragon, I call you! Appear to grant us our wishes!"

The dragon balls began to glow then they flared up, merged in a loud chirp and energy was released. The second Shenlog's body began to materialize out of the energy, Darkseid activated a kind of force field and Shenlong was trapped in it! Then parts of the walls began to glow, a loud howl vomited down the corridors of the fortress.

One expected Darkseid to start mocking or to show his inaccessibility, but he lowered his arms, even his grin was gone.

"Infinite energy, little god!" he then spoke with a reverential undertone in his voice."With Shenlong's sacrifice, I can do anything now!"



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oh oh .... the villain has infinite power?



What will our heroes do ???