The Reality Vortex: The Black Rose

Brachi, Bara and Dielec all blinked at the initial outburst of Spina that had momentarily locked them out of the use of any ki energy, and the subsequent rescue pulled off by the magic man with his car and taking them into said vehicle before taking them to the lab in such force left them quite dazed and confused.

Just what on Earth was going on? Brachi wouldn't have minded the sudden lack of ki energy, but the situation just spiraled in such a rapid fire motion even she was confused as to what was going on, though she was admittedly also grateful for being pulled to safety.
 
Victor says after entering the car "not my first time entering a weed mobile." Oddly he seems fine.

Victor asks, "two things, where is the pot and is ok if we use it?" Victor thinks "with how bizarre of an adventure this has been I think getting a little high will help."
 
Beach City

Despite Mooli attempting to shield him away from seeing Whis’ charred remains, Daiman had already witnessed the destruction. The fear had settled, rendering him paralyzed to move on his own nor speak freely.

Struggling to speak, Daiman’s eyes narrowed upon seeing the illusion that appeared behind the Red Witch. While he didn’t understand entirely the stranger’s words, he couldn’t help but remember something awful. He felt a sharp pain from his chest, clenching it tightly as his panic attack had begun. The feeling of being powerless, others risking their life to save him and the situation went from bad to absolutely worse. He knows that feeling all too well.

In the moment of being caught up in that strange illusion he saw, Daiman fell on his butt after Mooli and Vegetto shove him out of the way of the monster. He didn’t want to run—he turned to the others like Avalon to see if they could come up with something. But it was not enough—the effects of Spina’s Dark Energy were too damning for them to do anything but fight in a futile manner or die.

Daiman stare at Spina—he was the only one who’s capable of actually doing anything. As best he could, the young man shouted at the old Saiyan. “Spina! You have to help them! If you don’t, we’re all going to die!” He hopes that his words reached Spina’s ears and kicked some sense into him.

In the chaos unfolding around him, Daiman’s words reached Spina. The old Saiyan turned to Daiman, lifting the young man’s hopes that he would do something to fight them off or even help them escape. But none of that happened. Instead, Spina ignored him and sped off to Sinister Bernkastel and Vegetto Black instead, leaving them to fend for themselves. “S-Spina!?”

Rather than wasting time fighting the monster version of Lambdadelta nor entertained understanding the words from that strange shadow figure, Spina took advantage that they weren’t in total sync with one another. “Livestock!” He shouted at her, as a trail of blue light slip from his fingertips—soon turned pitch black. In his heart, the matter of strength little to him—what matters of is the meaning. What is this meaning…. Or why its triggered him to act out this way… not even Spina knows for himself. What he does know is that his first impression of Sinister Bernkastel, he sees her as disingenuous based on her reaction of Whis’ destruction. “Stop pretending to have any sort of feelings!

Before he could go any further, the old Saiyan’s eyes widened upon seeing Sinister Bernkastel being struck by the car. He stopped in his tracks as the vehicle circled around him. “What the hell…?” He wondered if this was another trick by the duo but suddenly felt a strong pull from it. “Huh?!” Spina attempted to fight against the pull, but it was too powerful. “Argh!” He was soon sucked in right away, along with the others piling on top of him. The dark energy from Spina vanished as the car drove away.

Unknown Lab

Upon arrival at the lab, the others were still in the car, pushing the old Saiyan against the window. He was agitated, not because he was interrupted in battle. No, it was worse than that. Spina hated the idea of being cuddled up in extremely small spaces. Felt like he couldn’t breathe, he flings around a bit until he got a good position for his legs. “GET OFF!” He shouted, pushing everyone out of the car using his legs. He jumped out of the car and took a second to catch his breath.

“Oof!” Daiman landed on his butt; but Coella, Bernkastel and Zenta landed on top of him. “Ouch… huh?” They were in a strange laboratory, but it was quite mess with snacks and cigs everywhere. He covered his nose since it was a foul smell to him as he struggled to wiggle his way out of the pile on top of him. At least he felt that his powers were back. “Where the heck are we…?” He asked. He was taken aback by Victor’s comments about getting high. Bernkastel and Zenta were here, and everyone else as well. At least they managed to get out of that intense situation and they’re safe… for now.

Daiman saw Whis reforming himself from being mincemeat. He obviously approached Mooli and Vegetto since they protected him with concern. “… Are you okay? You don’t look so good…”

As Spina calmed down a bit, he looked around to observe the new area they arrived in. He couldn’t sense the doppelgangers anymore, so they must be far away from Beach City. “What is this…” He spotted the man in the car and went to approached him. Grabbing him by the collar, he lifted the man out of the car and asked a question in an aggressive manner. “Who the hell are you, and why did you drag us here?”
 
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Beach City Outskirts
The monstrous nightmare Lambda let out a frustrated shriek from having to wrestle with Vegetto for control over her weapon, and with her would-be victims ripped from her grasp she ultimately failed to fulfill the orders of her master. It slumped forward with its glowing red eyes taking in what was going on around them; knowing it had ultimately lost to the interloper driving the car, the monster stood eerily like a statue facing the direction that the teleporting car went. Having been unceremoniously sent flying by the interloper's car, Sinister Bernkastel wasn't in any worse shape than the kinds of blows Spina had been dealing out on her earlier but it certainly disoriented her. She groaned as she managed to sit up in a slumped position, gripping her spinning head to calm her violently jostled brain. Cognizant enough to parse Vegetto Black's stern question, the Red Witch immediately glared daggers at his back, the corner of her lip twitching with rage as it bared her teeth into a grimace.

"I had him! He'd reached his limit pushing himself to keep up. After I took down my inferior (Bernkastel), they were all good as dead--Until that rabbit witch butted in at the last second!" Sinister Bernkastel retorted indignantly, trudging up to him as though getting closer would get him to turn around. "What were you doing, screwing around? Why didn't you butcher her too? Thanks to you, she somehow hit the jackpot and flipped the odds completely in their favor! It's impossible without that kind of power!"

Then the witch squinted, crossing her arms as she continued to seethe like a spoiled child. "Besides, that reeking trash (Spina) was going to steal our kill!"
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The Unknown Lab

"A little worse for wear but... ow... I think I'll be okay." Mooli winced reflexively as she sat up, slouching to minimize the pain of moving. "Just need a little time. Feels like we're back to a normal atmosphere." She was clearly hurting but managed to give Daiman a smile of relief. "You're not hurt and we all made it out so I'm glad for that. It's them I'm worried about more..." Mooli glanced over at the unconscious ones of the group and then eyed the worrisome cracks all over Whis after he reformed. As she realized they were not alone and were in the den of the stranger who saved them, the Saiyan warily moved closer to Daiman.

"Thanks for saving our butts Magic Car Man, but I agree. Who the heck are you?" she asked while adjusting her cracked tinted glasses. Mooli swore she heard a female voice inside the car, but there didn't seem to be any sign of her. Although there was no imminent danger like the doppelgangers the Saiyan felt uneasy in this environment.
 
Unknown Lab

Cayde also waved his hand, nodding at Victor with a proud tone in his voice.

"There we go...Victor asking the important questions here. It won't do me much good with my mechanical lungs and no blood flow...but can we get some stress relief for everyone here?"

While the others were orienting themselves, Vegetto quickly looked over Whis while he stood. The two did not share a word, the angel dismissively waving off the idea of needing help from the Potara fusion. Vegetto stood for a moment in silence, thinking of what he could still do, but hearing Mooli and Daiman speak caught his attention. He glanced over his shoulder, seeing the two help themselves up in the moment of peace the team had from before. Yet before he could turn his attention away and back onto Whis, he felt a small poke of the angel's scepter pushing him on the shoulder towards the others. Vegetto glanced back at Whis after he had been pushed, but did as the angel encouraged and walked over towards the pair while Whis looked on with a small, warm smile.

Vegetto walked up to the two first, and while he stood with Mooli, his eyes turned down at Daiman's question if they were ok.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Didn't take too much damage back there..."

His eyes glanced down at Mooli, however, seeing her struggle with her wounds. His expression softened, having witness Mooli fight so fiercely and aggressively to protect Daiman and the other Breakers against the strange monster. He thought for a moment on how rudely he treated her, and Vegetto cleared his throat for a moment in summoning the courage to admit he was wrong.

"Hey ummm...sorry for-"

Vegetto stopped, however, Mooli having already jumped in and focusing on the matter at hand: who was the savior and where they were exactly. Vegetto let his words hand for a moment instead, turning his attention and waiting for Kire to respond to the group.



Beach City Outskirts

The more Sinister Bernkastel complained, the more Vegetto Black's eyebrows turned inwards. The growing displeasure mounted further at her criticism, another wound to his ego when she complained and talked down to him about not stopping Coella's lucky shot. His mind immediately went into the worst direction possible; without a moral compass of a soul, he thought immediately about simply spinning around and blasting his only friend out of existence.

What a waste of time...how annoying that I have to rely on this unstable child for power.

Vegetto Black paused, however, looking upwards to the sky for a moment and sighing heavily to disperse the intense ego driven thoughts out of his mind. He turned around finally, and while he managed to defuse himself, his glare remained strong. Instead of outright snapping on the Red Witch, the doppelganger spoke in his traditional condescending, and slightly envious, tone in his dual voice.

"Impossible?! Spina is a weakling at his core; he's protecting himself using cheap tricks with that blasted Dark Energy of yours. If I had even a modicum of that power, *I* would've been able to stomp him into the dirt."

He stepped towards the Red Witch, his condescending tone shifting however in having to take his attention away from that prospect for a moment. The intense glare softening instead into disappointment.

"So if I could do it...how could it be impossible for the almighty Red Witch? We spent countless hours dueling for the fun...and you were always so smart. So much better than me."

Vegetto Black knelt down to meet Sinister Black at eye level, reaching out with his right hand and gripping her shoulder.

"You have to be better than this. You're letting your pride blind you again...and it led to you being outwitted by someone so far below you. Stop letting them get to you, and focus on what matters: our mission. Our vision for this world will be realized. The Breakers are nothing, and we won't waste any more time on those little ants."

He raised his right eyebrow, forcing the direction of the conversation to go his way and giving her no room to protest with his demanding rhetorical question.

"Do you understand?"
 
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Victor says unphased as he attempts to summon a creature to heal those that needs it "It seems that we need the strong weed for Spina." Victor says to Daiman "What can I say, it's a given they need us for some reason. What not a given is them sharing some their pot." Victor thinks "Odds are good we will have to take on whatever request they want."

Victor asks Cayde "I would imagen that there would be some drugs that could affect you out there Cayde." Victor thinks "Were in the Vertex after all and it looks like there a chance our hosts may have something for everyone."
 
“Hey, hey, easy there, buddy!” the redhead snarled, shoving himself free from Spina’s grip. He struggled, given that he was only a man, a human.

The man plopped down onto his feet, dusting himself off and scoffing with annoyance; however, with this many people in his lab, he might as well give a proper introduction, much to his disliking.

“Name’s Kire, Kire Rebbel. You’re in my lab, so don’t touch anything you ain’t supposed to.” Kire gestured to the ceiling, a vicious pink and purple pair of robotic tendrils waved innocently to the Breakers. “And this cutie is Jaz, my daughter. I created her using code and a hella good algorithm, which I also made. Basically, for the many small brained individuals of your group, she’s a sentient A.I, capable of understanding basic emotion.”

Avalon coughed as he escaped the car, moving to his feet and helping Asher and Coella out. His eyes glanced around the lab, not familiar with such high-end technology. Asher, on the other hand, rose to his feet and was taken away by the technology he witnessed. He didn’t understand it, but he was interested, particularly in the robotic arms.

“So, uhm, Kire,” Avalon began. “Where… are we?”

“You’re in my lab, or, rather, a lab I took over. Some edgy guy called Dr. Doom made this lab, and I found it. I took over it, hacking my way through the security, entering the mainframe, accessing all his data, personal records, files, and other garbage he might have in his computer.” Kire said, taking a seat on a comfortable swivel chair, spinning it to grab a bag of honey butter chips.

“Hey, Jaz, why don’t you tend to the dog thing and the little girl with the tail.” Kire said, gesturing to the unconscious Zenta and Bernkastel. “Remind me to clean my car, hate having animal fur on my leather seats.”

The pink and purple tendrils gave a thumbs up before reaching over to carefully grab Bernkastel and Zenta. Jaz moved their bodies into a tube, shutting it close before it began to fill with a mysterious glowing green liquid. Asher gasped, seeing his grandfather being submerged underwater.

“Hey, they’re gonna drown!”

“Relax kid, it’s just a healing liquid that leaves the user in a suspended animation while it seeps into the body, fixing all wounds. They won’t drown, trust me.” Kire waved his hand dismissively. “They’ll wake up in a bit, it’s fast working.”

Avalon was almost dumbfounded at the situation they were in. However, it was the Breakers, so things like this were normal. However, there was one question that Avalon, and probably the other Breakers, were thinking.

“Uhm, not to sound ungrateful, but…” Avalon paused, his eyes shifting to Kire. “Why did you save us?”

“Oh! Yeah, I forgot!” Kire blinked, sliding his chair towards the main computer, a massive screen that took up the entire wall. He cracked his knuckles and let his fingers fly over the holographic keyboard before him. He pulled up several files loaded with information both from Doom and ones he made.

“Okay, so I read all about you guys, no need for introductions,” Kire began, munching on his chips. “You guys are tough and that’s exactly what I require. See, I got two goals in mind.”

Kire gestured to Jaz, or, rather, the pink and purple robotic tendrils.

“Jaz is my daughter, and as a loving father, I want nothing more than the best for her. See, I want to give Jaz a body she can use to roam freely. A human body is tough, so I’ll settle for placing her code in a robot body. I wanna watch her grow and give her a normal life, y’know? But, in order to do that, I need more tech, more Doom labs to raid. That’s where you idiots come in! I want you to find me more of Doom’s labs. Whada’ya say?”
 
"Finding more of Doom's labs, you say?" Brachi asked, "anything else you would like assistance with?"

Brachi figured that, with Bulma Briefs, one of the smartest Humans and a bonafide genius as part of her after all, she could possibly assist in the endeavor, provided the intentions were genuine to help them out and hopefully put an end to the entire chaotic situation as a whole and bring some form of order back.

On her turn, Majin Bara was discreetly putting her headtentacle out to scan the area as a whole, using it as an antenna/sensor array to detect anything untoward.

Dielec was just fiddling with some tiny sparks of lightning in her right hand, keeping it concentrated to ensure she was once again capable of using it now that they were out of the reach of the Dark Energy that had previously affected them.
 
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