persisted. And while it could be used for good, it could also be used for evil. And the Legacy knew there would be others trying to destroy this New World, as Ash called it. So she and I became the guardians of the planet. This is the story of the Legacy ... "

"But how does Agony fit in there?" Asked Yamcha.

"I'm coming to that. Two of Xaxarga's elite survived his death, and one was killed quickly afterwards. But Agony stayed, and I've hunted her ever since, trying to stop her slaughter ... but she has escaped every single attempt I made to kill her, she makes fun of me all the time. But I won't stop ... and in one more attempt to kill her ... I sent her here. "

"Yes, but I have one more question. Why do you hate her so much that you've dedicated your whole life to killing her?"asked Gohan.

"Because she killed my entire family."



C17 was angry. The rabbits had eaten his carrots again, despite the traps he had set. For a moment he considered going into the forest and killing every single one he saw, then decided it would be easier if he just left some food outside that they could reach more easily so that they would stop his To eat harvest.

C17 brushed his hair back and checked reflexively whether it was already gray. Well, still the lovely black coloring that made so many women faint. Perhaps Dr. Gero's transformation of him into an android his hair from turning gray forever. Maybe not, but a guy could still dream.

17 pulled the half-eaten vegetables the rabbits had nibbled on and tossed them on his compost heap, and then turned and went back to his hut.He was thirsty.

From the woods, Agony watched the android walk into his house.

“What do we have here?”



From what the entire room had seen and heard, there was still a shocked silence.

"But why ...?" Said Goku.

"Because she loves to kill! She goes into death and pain and the way a body can break and bleed! It's her whole goddamn life! She eats, breathes and sleeps in PAIN!" Erik suddenly yelled. He quickly regained control of himself.

"Sorry."

"It's understandable. But why did she kill ...?"

"It happened years before the change. I was nine years old. My family went on vacation in a cabin we had in the mountains ..."

As he had before, Vengeance shared his tragic story of how Agony and her cult attacked his house, how they killed their parents, how they raped his younger sisters and made him watch their throats cut, and then how Agony, while drinking the blood of his mother and sisters, sat glass by glass in the hut and laughed when her men had tormented Erik for weeks at her command before she got bored and she got him from one of them Had thrown cliff.

"Agony took everything from me. My family ... and my humanity." When he spoke, Erik looked up.

And then suddenly it seemed as if his skin was melting, and Gohan flinched as gray metal appeared underneath. Virtually the entire left half of Erik's face was mechanical, starting from his forehead to his chin.

"She did that to me with an official baton. She also destroyed my right arm and my left leg to such an extent that it could no longer be saved, so they ... also ... had to be replaced," said Erik, as the rubber slid off his arm to reveal the tangled, clicking motors and gadgets underneath.

"Oh God. Please put your face back up!" Groaned Yamcha. Erik looked at him and did as he was told. In seconds the rubber had formed again and left Erik looking like a human again.

"That's interesting stuff you've got there," said Gohan, terrified but just as intrigued because he was a scientist.

"I developed it myself. I call it FS-X. It allows me to look in a mirror without shaking myself every time, but it didn't make me forget who did this to me ... and..." why. "

"Why?" Asked Goku.

"Why did she do this to me? BECAUSE SHE LOVES IT!" Shouted Erik. He calmed down again and asked for forgiveness.

"How I became a cyborg is a different story. Let me just say it was government related. But it kept me captive for eight years and made me a living weapon. Then when I was free I started agony to hunt, but she was gone. I followed her for years, following every clue I could find. In the end the change came and she came to me ... with the greatest horror of power. "

"Your power ... what is it?" Goku asked.

"Pain. Her power is pain. Her pain and that of others. From every wound that is inflicted on her, from every wound that it gives, the pain attracts her.She loves pain, her entire existence is built around causing it ... and getting it. And through that ... she can do anything. "

"Everything?" Said Goku, his throat tightening.

"Maybe not all of it, but I have telekinesis, pyrokinesis, the ability to make a body rebel against its own cells, super-human strength ... and God knows what she can do with it. But you've all seen her greatest talent, hers greatest power from pain, "said Erik.

"Regeneration," Gohan replied, starting to feel sick as his mind began to make connections. "But when pain gives her power ... does that mean ...?"

"Yes. Every blow you landed didn't hurt her, it just made her stronger. It just irritated her, gave her a target. Every cut, every injury, she enjoys it all."

Suddenly, from his corner, Vegeta spoke.

"How do I kill her?"

Erik looked over at the shattered Saiyan.A lump formed in his throat. He didn't want to tell Vegeta, but it was the only answer he had, the only answer he had after years of struggle, years of planning, and years of failure.

"I don't know."

Vegeta's head jerked around as his eyes flashed.

"YOU DON'T KNOW?"

"II ... I don't know. After all I've seen her do ... and she kept coming back ... I don't think ... it's possible."

"NO!" Yelled Vegeta as he reached back and punched a hole in the wall. "NOTHING IS INVINCIBLE! NOTHING! SHE MUST DIE! THERE MUST BE A WAY!"

Erik made a face.

"There has to be a way! I know! We'll poison you! There must be some neurotoxin that will destroy your nervous system immediately! And if there isn't one, we'll do one!", Vegeta simply started talking.

"Vegeta ... I tried that."

Vegeta was torn from his tirade by Erik's whispered words.

"What?"

"I tried that ... she doesn't need her nervous system to live."

The next second Vegeta's hands hit the table, destroying it as he stared at Erik with crazy eyes.

"That's impossible! No one could ..."

"Vegeta, SHE IS NOT A HUMAN!" Said Erik and got up. He was taller than Vegeta, but Vegeta had a more imposing presence. "She wasn't even human before she was given the power to live her only reason to live: Pain! And now she's something else! The power has changed her entire body! She feels pain, even in ways that no human could feel pain ! If you tickle her, it hurts! Even if you shut down her nervous system, she can feel the pain! I've tried everything! I tried to drown her, to crush her, to poison her, to tear her apart, I HAVE THEM EVEN THROWN INTO LIQUID LAVA! "

Vegeta didn't back down, but in the end Erik stepped back from him.

"Yeah, lava! How did she survive that? Her body kept giving her more pain and the molten rock couldn't burn her cells away faster than her power could regenerate them! She is a living paradox because she lives to kill people, to destroy life, and yet this is the ultimate example of survival! It's blasphemy! Cut it off, it heals. Cut off a limb, it can heal it, and if that fails, it can grow a new one Every single one of her cells, altered by her goddamn power, has a blueprint of her in it, and all she needs is a cell, just a cell to fully regenerate itself, and since destroying her cells causes her pain ... "

Erik struggled with the next words, he didn't believe in them, but he couldn't deny them.

"I don't think you can kill her."

Erik looked at Vegeta.

"God forgive me Vegeta, I don't think anyone can."



"This is INSANE! How can we defeat an opponent who gets strength from everything we can do to her? It's impossible! We could kill ourselves right away, that would be faster," yelled Yamcha. Erik's last words had frightened him.

"Yamcha, listen to yourself! Muten Roshi would be ashamed to hear that you give up so easily after everything he taught you!" Said Goku. He had called all remaining fighters to a new meeting. Erik was gone to study the recent deaths that had made Agony study, hoping to learn, and Vegeta had wandered away, back in his daze.

"He has a point, Goku. How do we defeat an opponent we can't hurt?" Said Kuririn. He looked scared, and after quietly listening to everything Erik had told them, he was.

"Oh, we can hurt her. It just blooms when it's hurt! There has to be a way to get around it ..." Gohan said, sitting on the table.He was constantly cleaning his glasses, which was a clear sign that he was worried too.

"First we have to find her, again ..." said C18, who was sitting next to her husband.

"I'm sure it leaves traces. It always does," Yamcha said bitterly.

"Yamcha! You disappoint me! Muten Roshi taught us never to give up, and the most important thing was never to give in to despair! What would he think of you if he heard you talk like that?" Said Goku.

"Goku, weren't you listening? Agony killed Trunks like nothing! Everything he threw at her gave her power! How are we supposed to defeat such an enemy?" Asked Yamcha. He was on the verge of tears.

Goku was silent, worry lines on his face.

"I don't know."

Goku clenched his right fist.

"But I'm not giving up, and especially not because of