King Vegeta awoke on the floor of a dungeon cell, the walls, floor, and ceiling was all made of brimstone and was smoldering hot. As King Vegeta arose from the floor, he felt the severe blisters on his exposed skin from where he was lying on the floor; the more he moved, the more they cracked open and bled. He winced in pain for only a second and then stood tall and proud, there was nothing in the cell except a hole in the floor for sanitary purposes even though it was only a foot deep. The front of the cell was nothing more than a simple steel bar wall with a built in door integrated into it. He heard nothing but silence as he approached the cell door. He grabbed the bars in front of him and stuck his head out and peered to his left, there was one more cell on his side then a wall. He turned his head back the other way to peer to his right. He was at the end of a short hallway, each side housed 10 cells, which if they were like the one King Vegeta was in they were all about 15' x 15' x 15'. At the end of the hallway was a heavy wooden door and nothing more. There was no guard in sight nor any prisoners that King Vegeta was able to see. He called out down the hallway to see if there was anyone there with him.
King Vegeta: Am I alone in here or what?
After a few deathly silent moment a voice answered King Vegeta.
Voice: You are not alone. Welcome to Lucifer's Prison.
King Vegeta: Lucifer's Prison huh? I thought it was Hell's Dump Yard, it is disgusting in here.
Voice: You sound familiar, what is your name?
King Vegeta: I am King Vegeta! King of all saiyans, the most thorough bred warrior race in the universe!
Voice: I once was a king also. Until I watched my entire race destroyed in front of my eyes, my wife and children burned alive while I watched helpless. You see I was so consumed with gaining power that I turned my back on the ones that I truly cared about most. In my quest to conquer the galaxy, I allowed everyone close to me to perish.
King Vegeta: HA! Saiyans will never be conquered in such a way. You must have been cowering in the shadows as you watched your family die, coward! A true warrior cares for no one and nothing, for this gives him unlimited determination and strength in battle. If you are soft with pathetic emotions such as you speak of, then you will surely be defeated by a true warrior. A true warriors strength comes from the hatred inside his heart.
Voice: You realize not what you say King Vegeta. If one allows good to take over their heart, their strength is MUCH more powerful than one filled with hatred. Now that I have nothing, I have no will to fight, conquer galaxies, gain power, or live.
King Vegeta: How dare you speak to me in that manner! I will save you from your pathetic emotions and blast you into the next life! Such a pathetic outlook must be that of a human.
Voice: I'm not human, I am a former saiyan super elite.
King Vegeta: Impossible! You said your entire race was destroyed! LIAR!
Voice: In this time the Saiyan race still lives, but in my time I am the only one left. For you see, I am you, 10 years from the present time. Lucifer saw fit to torture me for all of eternity by allowing me to watch myself make the same mistakes in my life again and again and again. I watch my wife and child die each of those times.
King Vegeta: You must think me to be a complete moron, you expect me to believe your lies? What you say is absurd. I have no wife or child! Show yourself and let it be known who you truly are. NOW!
Voice: Not yet you don't, but as you wish, but please take my words seriously. If you do not change, you will cause the end of the Saiyan race and be forced to relive it for all eternity.
King Vegeta: ENOUGH OF YOUR MIND GAMES YOU FREAK!
King Vegeta decentigrated the steel bars to his cell with a single Energy Wave. He then stepped through the opening of his prison cell and proceeded down the hallway, looking in each cell for the man that he had been speaking with. When he reached the next to last cell on his left, he saw him. In front of King Vegeta stood a slightly older King Vegeta. The imposter smirked at the surprised face that King Vegeta had made as he started walking towards the door of the prison cell.
Voice: Heed my warning. Release the rage in your heart and experience the power of good.
With that the Old King Vegeta disappeared into thin air.
King Vegeta: What the hell is going on here? I must have been drugged, there is no way that was real. Or was it?
Voice: It was real, release the hatred before it is too late!
King Vegeta: I've gone nuts...
King Vegeta walked to the door at the end of the cell block hallway and ever so slowly cracked it open just enough to peer into the next room. The room was a gigantic circle with a door every 30 feet all the way around the room and a stairwell in the center of the room going up. King Vegeta figured that this was the lower level of the prison and the way out would be upstairs. Just before he took off to find his way out, something inside him urged him to use his Sense ability to scout out the area. King Vegeta could only sense that there was something very unusual at the top of the prison, possibly in a tower. He couldn't tell exactly what it was, but it was powerful and also inanimate. With his curiosity nagging at him, he decided to go find out what was emitting the strange power before he vacated the prison to continue his journey to Lucifer's Empire.
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