19: Shocking Secret. Tell Me It's Not So!

Dark Spectre defeated the mighty super sayan Blaze and now Mason stood alone against him. Mason prepared himself for the fight of his life. If he wins, he saves the rebels, but if he loses, then Dark will get the crystals, and it will be all over. The fate of the universe now rests in his hands.

They hit each other crazy, not caring about pain. Mason went offensive, punching and kicking about. But eventually he tired out, and Dark hit him non-stop in his face and chest. Pak-pak-pak-pak. Mason was slammed against the wall, and he was a little dizzy from the beating.

"Uhhh." Mason grabbed his head.

Zelfire crawled slowly. "M-Mason. Good luck…"

Blaze: "Damn it…I'm the one who's supposed to kill Spectre…"

Dark fired the Dark Atom Blast and Mason countered with the Ultra Blast. Mason's beam broke through Dark's beam, but Dark knocked it away. Then he sent an energy wave. Wham! Mason was hit and got pushed a few feet away, leaving a mark on the ground.

"Ha ha ha ha! Now I'll show you why it's futile to go against my empire!"

Mason stood up, panting for breath, as Dark charged into him, and punched him non-stop. Doosh doosh. Mason was thrown in the air, and Dark kicked him higher. Wham. Dark appeared from above, and knocked him sideways. He continued appearing and hitting Mason in a similar fashion. Mason was like a ball in the air, getting hit again and again.

"Ugh! Aah!"

Dark appeared, and hit him against a wall. Crash!

"Ugh! Aah!" the sayan screamed.

Doosh doosh! The wall behind him broke, and he was slammed into the building, and out the other wall.

"Oof!" Mason fell to the ground. "Why…why am I losing?" he said grimly.

"Don't give up now!"

"Who's that?"

"Did you forget the voice of your father already?"

"F-Father?"

"Are you just going to give in and die like this?"

"But my enemy is too strong."

"That has never been a problem for you, hasn't it? So what are you waiting for?"

Just then, Burdok's voice vanished. Another voice came in. It was the voice of Master Lang.

"Mason."

"Master Lang, it's you?"

"You must defeat your opponent…searching your past and remember what I taught you."

"I've been using everything you've taught me."

"No. There is something else which I deliberately made you forget. Use it!"

"What? What is it? Master?"

Dark: "Is he talking to himself?"

Mason took heed of his late master's words. He closed his eyes, and everything became pitch black. He raised his arms and gathered energy from the cosmos, and put it into the form of a ball.

"What…what is this?" Mason said to himself in disbelief.

"What? That is the Death Star!"

Mason threw it. Whoosh! Dark avoided getting hit and the energy almost touched him.

Mason: "I did that?"

Dark: "You just used the Death Star, the most powerful attack known in the universe...it can destroy anything with its energy."

"Death Star…"

Dark: "You idiot! You didn't even know? And you just used it..."

Zelfire: "Th-That's the same move that Master Lang used just before he died...but he never taught it to Mason...how can that be?"

Dark: "Impossible! I'm the only one who knows it, the only single person in this universe!...Unless...you know Master Lang!"

"Master Lang? He was my master."

"So, now it all makes sense. He was the only one else who knew it..."

"How do you know about Master Lang? Tell me!"

"He was my master too."

Mason: "What?!"

Zelfire: "What?!"

Blaze: "Dark Spectre...was trained by that old man with the crystal? I find that hard to swallow."

"What did you expect? Every single great fighter had to have a master, and mine was one of the strongest humans I've ever known."

Mason: "I can't believe it...Master Lang trained him...but he never told us about this."

Dark: "Of course not! Training me was his biggest mistake, at least that's what he said. That fool...back then he was still young and so was I. I was only a boy when I lost my family. They were killed before my own eyes. He pitied me, so he decided to accept me as a student. He taught me everything I know."

Mason: "But...Master Lang teaches people to be peaceful. How did you turn out this way?"

Dark: "It wasn't his fault...I wanted revenge badly. And with my superior training, I knew it would only be a matter of time. He tried to convince me not to do it, not to kill, or feel hate. How could I not feel hate, after all that's happened?! So I followed him along, until he was no longer of use to me. After he taught me the Death Star, I abandoned him."

Mason: "You scum. You used him and then you left him."

Dark: "Hmmmph, he always said that I had a certain evil force within me, and if I don't overcome it, it'll consume me..."

"And he was right..."

"No! I'm not evil! That's a bunch of balony! I am only taking what's rightfully mine - the throne of the universe."

"This universe belongs to everyone who lives here, not you!"

Zelfire: "The Death Star is the most powerful force known? But...Master Lang used it on Blaze, and it didn't hurt him. It doesn't make any sense."

Blaze: "So that old man was that popular?"

Mason: "No, he was probably the greatest being that ever existed...he tried to promote peace throughout Earth, but he made one tragic mistake and it stuck with him for the rest of his life."

Dark: "He called me a mistake, but look at him now! He's dead! And I'm the head of an Empire. Who's the mistake? I'll show you how to use the Death Star!"

Mason: "Wait, there's still one thing I don't get. Master Lang hit Blaze with the Death Star, but nothing happened..."

Blaze: "I'll tell you. He didn't actually hit me. He missed me."

Mason: "Missed? It's not like him to miss a target-"

Blaze: "At first, I thought it was my speed that saved me, but I realized that he had intently shot somewhere else."

Mason: "You're saying he missed on purpose?!"

Blaze: "That's the only logical explanation I could think of. He could've blown me up, but he chose not to."

Zelfire: "Master Lang...spared Blaze? No! This is ridiculous! I can't believe what I'm hearing! Why would Master Lang spare Blaze's life, so he can get killed?!"

Mason and Zelfire were shocked to hear this news. Mason couldn't say anything, and didn't know what to think of Lang anymore. The biggest question circling his head was 'WHY?'

"I knew from the beginning that you were a Sayan, a descendent of the Burdok family. I predicted that one day you would fight against the ultimate evil of the universe."

And that was the answer, Lang can predict the future. Now it all made sense to Mason. Yes, it did. Master Lang knew what was goiong to happen in the future, knowing that it couldn't be avoided. Master Lang knew from the beginning that Blaze would join the heroes. He knew the future, and changed it many times. But he knew that killing Blaze was not beneficial. He knew that he was just too weak to help Mason...he would only get in their way...though a great fighter, he cannot deny his age...

"I-I understand now..." Mason said.

"What?" Dark asked.

"This was meant to be...Master Lang told me I would have to fight you. He sacrificed everything, including his own life just to correct his mistake, and I'll do it for him!"

"That old fool! He didn't think he could stop me, so he trained a sayan to fight me!"

"All this has been his plan all along, it's my destiny to fight Spectre..."

"Enough about the old man! Let's see who can truly harness the power of the Death Star!"

Mason: "As you wish."

Mason and Dark, concentrated on their fighting, didn't even realize that Blaze wasn't there anymore. They began charging the Death Star, the ultimate attack taught by Master Lang.

Dark and Mason charged the Death Star, but Mason was too weak to get enough energy. "I need more energy...I just can't do it by myself..." Seconds later, he realized that he needed to borrow some energy from his friends. He tried to communicate with them with his mind...

("...Guys...can you hear me? Can you hear me?")

Everyone was injured and could barely stay alive, but they could hear him clearly in their heads.

Zelfire: ("Mason?")

Blaze: "I'm hearing a voice in my head....is it you Mason?"

Margrit was far away from him, but she heard him too. ("Mason...?")

("Listen...I need your help...")

"You need my help?" Blaze said.

Mason: ("Please, lend me your energy...I need more energy for my attack...")

Zelfire: ("I'd be glad to help, old friend...")

"Anything for you Mason..." Margrit said weakly, still on the ground. She extended her left arm, trembling. Bright sparks of energy went into the sky. "Good luck, my love..."

Zelfire, laying on the ground stuck out his arm, releasing whatever energy he had left.

Blaze: "You want me to give you energy...I barely have any left...forget it! I'm the...strongest sayan in Arlia...I don't give my energy to anyone!"

Mason: ("Please...I need more energy...")

Zelfire: ("Do it Blaze! Please! For the sake of everybody! You want Spectre to die too, don't you? Do it.")

"No...I won't!" Blaze said stubbornly.

Mason gathered energy from himself, Margrit and Zelfire, but it wasn't enough to complete the Death Star.

Dark: "You better hurry up! I'm almost finished!"

("Blaze...Dark Spectre is my enemy and yours as well. If we must win me must work...together...")

After much internal conflict, Blaze finally agreed to give energy to Mason. He released all the energy he has from his body and it went to Mason.

"Thank you...Blaze." He said out loud. Mason formed the Death Star and now was ready to attack.

"Take this Mason!"

WHOOSH! Mason and Dark both threw their death ball and collided into each other. The Death Stars twisted and bent into each other. The energies exploded and blew up the whole city again. It knocked away Mason and Dark and destroyed all buildings standing up.