Dragon Ball Z Infinity/Skewered (episode)

Season 2, Episode 6
== Cold Open - Sacred World of the Kai; Aftermath of Shin & Ramon's battle ==
The episode begins with a blurry view of Ramon. Voices were muffled.
Yamon: Ramon. Ramon. Ramon!
Ramon was still lost in a thousand-yard stare. Meanwhile, Shin was explaining to Goku why he and Ramon fought. The view became pellucid and the voices were clear.
Shin: There was simply no getting through to him. I only fought Ramon to get him to calm down. Only thing that did was rile him up even more.
Goku nodded.
Goku: Couldn't you two y'know… make a deal or something?
Shin: I tried too!
Yamon: No, you didn't! You wanted to take the sword from us! Plain and simple.
Goku: See this is what I mean. No one agrees with each other. I don't know about you, but the best deals happen when everyone is happy.
Shin: It's not that simple, Goku. Especially in a case like this.
Goku: Well, can it be? My son Gohan says that compromise isn’t about who’s the loser. It’s about making sure that the other guy has just as much of a right to be happy with the end result as you are.
Ramon: You’re right.
Ramon’s two word statement staggered everyone.
Yamon: Ramon!
A fatherly hug ensued. Moments later, Ramon let go of his father.
Yamon: What happened to you earlier?
Ramon: My brain was all fogged up. It felt like my life was over and everything that I worked for was gone. And it all would’ve been my fault.
Yamon: Your fault?
Ramon: I let my selfish pride get in the way of a meaningful conversation. None of this was necessary. I didn’t see it then, but now I do.
Ramon turned to Shin.
Ramon: I’m truly sorry, Shin.
Shin modestly grinned.
Shin: Apology accepted.
Goku: Yes! Now that’s more like it!
Goku powered down from Super Saiyan to base. He, Trunks, and Elder Kai were happy with the reconciliation. Yamon was still understandably upset at Shin for hurting his son, but he’s at least glad that the fight was squashed.
Just then, Kibito teleported in via Kai Kai. The beautifully multicolored shining Infinity Sword in hand.
Elder Kai: Where were you!? You missed all the action!
Kibito: Forgive me for my absence. I saw how disturbed the Yardrats were over the loss of their sword. I wanted to appeal to our side and theirs. So I used the sword to search the universe for anyone that knew of it.
Beginning a montage, cut to Kibito on the surface of a yellowish planet. In a small town square, he spoke to a group of anthropomorphic bee-like people. Kibito inquired about the sword, but most didn’t even know what it was. One older person identified the Infinity Sword, but even he previously dismissed it as nothing more than a legend.
Kibito (voice): Only a few knew what the Infinity Sword was. Most of the ones that did, thought of it as a long lost tale.
Cut to Kibito traveling to an icy world with a small population of highly advanced people, then to a grassy world with technology similar to Earth’s, and then to a volcanic world where feudalism and empires reigned.
Kibito (voice): Even fewer wanted to use the sword for malicious purposes. One power hungry ruler from Tatan [the volcanic planet] wanted to use all the stars in the sky to obliterate his enemies. In the grand universe, though, they are all non-threats.
Cut back to the Sacred World of the Kai.
Ramon: So the threat that you guys were worried about… doesn't exist?
Kibito: As far as exterior threats are concerned, no. But there is still the threat of self.
Goku and Ramon tilted their heads in confusion.
Kibito: I found myself wanting to change so much of what was happening in every world I visited. But that is not my job. My duty is to assist the Supreme Kai in safeguarding the universe, not babysitting it.
Ramon: So what happens now?
After a slight pause, Shin responded.
Shin: I'm going to trust you with the sword.
Elder Kai's face became red at that very moment. His ears fumed with smoke.
Elder Kai: WHAT!? YOU TWO LITERALLY JUST FOUGHT EACH OTHER!
Shin: And we mended fences, didn't we? Like I said initially, the Yardrats are good people. They won't do the universe harm.
Elder Kai: That's not what we were concerned about, remember!?
Shin: But you heard Kibito. There aren't any universal threats that want the sword.
Elder Kai: Not yet.
Ramon: In the spirit of compromise, how about this? I'll hand over the sword whenever a significant enough threat rises.
Shin: That sounds good to me.
Kibito: I agree with whatever the Supreme Kai wishes.
Elder Kai calmed down and crossed his arms.
Elder Kai: That sword should be in our possession all the time.
Shin: Yamon, do you have anything to say on this?
Yamon didn't respond out of passive-aggressiveness. Ramon tugged his arm.
Ramon: Come on, father. You can let it go. It's over.
Yamon walked up to Elder Kai and got in his face.
Yamon: The sword should be in OUR possession all the time. We earned it.
Elder Kai: You dare taunt me!?
Elder Kai then got in Yamon's face. Another feud would've ensued if Ramon and Shin didn't back the old men away from each other.
As Ramon struggled to keep his irate father in check, he asked Goku…
Ramon: Are we good to resume training tomorrow, Goku?
Goku: Yeah, absolutely. Uh, let me help you out there.
Goku lent his support in keeping Yamon at bay while Trunks did the same in helping Shin with Elder Kai.
Opening title sequence and credits.
== Earth - Somewhere out in the Bogi Desert ==
Fade open to the next morning. We see a shot of a lone tarantula roaming the Bogi Desert. The spider then suddenly gets stomped by a black boot.
Cut to a bigger, wider shot. We see Tien's delinquent students (Disset, Samuel, Mia, and Kijimu). All were dressed in desert camouflage uniforms. The desert was monumental in scope. They were small dots in comparison to the dunes.
Cut to a closer shot of the four. Disset stepped forward, leaving behind the dead spider. He looked around, then nodded.
Disset: This is the spot.
He looked at Kijimu.
Disset: Want to do the honors?
Kijimu: With pleasure.
Kijimu charged a large ki blast and seemingly shot it at a random place in the sand. The attack proved to be calculated, however.
The destructive explosion revealed a trap door that was previously deep within the sand.
Samuel: Ladies first.
Mia rolled her eyes and opened the door. She went in. Then Samuel. Then Kijimu. And then finally Disset.
Inside, a set of lights brightened and dimmed as they walked forward near them. It was probably the only contraption that still worked in there.
As they continued forward, they found all manner of skeletons, skulls, swords, gems, and scrolls.
Samuel: You could sell half the stuff in here and make a fortune for generations.
Mia: Seriously.
Disset: Remember guys, Bloodvard's Heart is the goal here.
They continued walking forward until they came across a deep ravine. Way at the bottom, something caught their eye. A dazzling shimmer of light. There was a ladder meant to climb down the ravine, but it was long eroded.
Kijimu: Is that it down there?
Disset: There's only one way to find out.
Each of them formed a ki blast in the palm of their hands, using it as a source of light. Mia briefly looked up and saw a group of symbols on the ceiling.  Possibly the writings of an ancient, forgotten language.
They then flew down the ravine. Slowly. The symbols on the ceiling lit up a bright red with a terrifying thunderous noise. The group was rattled.
Samuel: What was that!?
Mia: Up there!
Mia pointed at the ceiling.
Disset: We need to move!
A set of wooden spikes then came out of the sides of the ravine with ferocious speed. Disset, Samuel, and Mia frantically dodged the spikes. Kijimu… wasn't so lucky.
He got impaled through his lower left abdomen. His mates screamed in despair…
Disset, Samuel, & Mia (in unison): KIJIMU!!!
Mia immediately flew to her befallen friend. She tried yanking Kijimu out of the spike, but Disset pushed her away.
Disset: He'll die if you pull him out!
Mia: He's gonna die anyway if we do nothing!
Samuel: GUYS!
The symbols on the ceiling grew an ever brighter red. More and more spikes came out at blazing speed. Disset, Samuel, and Mia were forced to flee. Leaving behind their friend who got skewered all across his body.
They flew down to the light source with no time to look back.
Samuel: Are we gonna talk about what just happened!?
Disset: There’s no time! Let’s just get the thing and go!
Disset quickly grabbed the brightly shining object. Upon a closer look, we see that it’s an antique box.
They then flew up, dodging all manner of spikes within an inch of their lives. They passed by their dead friend, again without a glance.
Cut to the outside desert. They hastily flew back out of the trapdoor. Their uniforms were all torn up from barely missing the spikes.
The trio stood out in the open dunes. Mia couldn't help but break down into tears. She collapsed onto the ground bawling her eyes out. Disset held her up.
Disset: Hey! Hey! HEY! Look at me!
Mia looked at Disset with her tear-ridden eyes.
Disset: This is not the end for him!
Mia: I can't do this anymore, Disset! We already have more money than we know what to do with! Every time we take a new job, we come this close to kicking the bucket! [Mia held two of her fingers very close to one another]. And now we've finally run out of luck!
Disset tried his best to console her.
Disset: We can bring him back. You have to believe me.
Mia: HE'S DEAD, DISSET! D. E. A. D. DEAD! HE'S GONE! I'M DONE WITH ALL OF THIS!!
Samuel: Mia, hold on-
But Mia didn't wait. She flew off in a mix of unfettered anger and grief. Disset and Samuel watched on as she disappeared off into the distant blue sky.
Samuel: Should we be following her?
Disset: She won't snitch if that's what you're worried about.
Samuel: I know but… she's hurting. Really bad.
Disset banged his head repeatedly in frustration.
Disset: There's nothing we can say to her right now that will change her mind!
The antique box began to faintly glow red, reacting with Disset's exasperation.
Disset: After we deliver Bloodvard's Heart to Robinson, we're through.
Disset sighed.
Disset: And it's probably for the best.
Samuel shook his head in disbelief. He then yelled out in astounding rage. After doing so, a tear rolled down his eye. Having no more raw enmity, Samuel only had heartbrokenness.
Disset patted him on the shoulder.
Disset: Come on. Let's go before the feds get here.
They then flew off into the sky.
The camera pans far to the left. About a couple thousand feet away, we see footprints in the sand. Moments later, Tien and Chiaotzu appear into view, having followed Mercenary Tao's coordinates from the previous night.
Their faces were horrified at what they heard and saw. Tien clenched his fists. Cut to black.
== Morning at Hamford Finesse; Goku's Suite Room ==
Fade open to Goku, in his white T-shirt and grey shorts, waking up with a loud yawn. He peered at the diamond-patterned curtain to his right with half-shut eyes. Sunlight bled through ever so modestly. Chi-Chi was still asleep. Her eyes twitched ever so slightly. Goku looked at her lovingly.
He then gave a good look around the bedroom part of his suite. The bed, the ceiling, the walls, the windows, and even the television were all adorned with gold.
It was the first time Goku saw the bedroom in broad daylight. He went over to the dress cabinets. Goku put on his comfy vacation wear. A thin light blue shirt with palm trees all over it, navy blue wavy shorts, and some red sunglasses.
He opened the doors to the outer bedroom where Goten slept. But instead of finding his son sleeping, Goku found Goten up early playing what looked to be a Super Mario-esque game.
Goku: Uh, Goten?
Goten was spooked. He paused the game.
Goten: Dad! Uh… what's up?
Goku looked up at the screen. He saw a portly plumber, frozen in time, about to stomp on an enemy.
Goku: What is this?
Goten: It's called New Super Plumber Bros. U Deluxe. Wanna play?
Goten handed his dad a controller. Goku sat down and took it.
Goku: Krillin and I did something like this once a while back. I stank at it.
Goten: Don't worry. I'll guide you through it. Lemme just add you as a player.
Goten went through the pause screen and added Goku as Player 2. Goku's plumber bro then dropped into the level.
Goten: Alright, so basically anything that moves in this game can hurt you if you touch it. BUT… if you press the jump button and stomp on an enemy, you can kill it that way.
Goku: Hmm. That's a pretty interesting technique. Kinda harsh, though. Don't ya think?
Goten: It's not as bad as it sounds.
Goten unpaused the game and showed his dad moving around as Player 1 with the controller. He jumped on a mushroom-looking enemy and it poofed into thin air.
Goku: Huh. I was expecting that to be way worse than that.
Goten: Try it!
Goku followed what Goten did and jumped on an enemy, except that it had spikes all over it. His character took damage.
Goku: Hey! What gives?
Goten: Uh… I forgot to say that some enemies can't be stomped on.
Goku: Toldja I stank at this.
Goten: It's alright. We're near the end anyway.
Goku and Goten's characters came across a flagpole, thus completing the level. The screen then overlaid, "Course Clear!" 
Goku: Did we win?
Goten: We won that level!
Goku: Alright! High-five.
== Hamford Finesse; Roseland Sauna Pools ==
=== Roseland Sauna Pools ===
Cut to a wide open shot of an indoor pool. The pool was 100 ft. long! The building that housed the pool had an ultramodern Mediterranean feel. Utterly futuristic while still exotic.
We see Tony Robinson, the CEO resort owner, alone in the pool on the phone. He had a surprisingly fit build while shirtless. He still had about half an hour before the pool was open for everyone to use during the day. Cut to a closer shot of him.
Tony grinned as the person on the phone sang praises over him.
Caller: Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for sponsoring my kid! I just… thank you!!
Tony: You're welcome, Mrs. Lambert. Your son shows a lot of promise in the swimming arena. I think he has a future in the Olympics.
=== Lambert Residence ===
Cut to the Lambert residence. A small home in an arid, poor neighborhood away in a far off country.
Cut to inside of the house. We see the living room. And one big multigenerational family. The star swimmer, his mother, his grandparents, aunt, uncle, two sisters, and cousin.
Mrs. Lambert: That's what we've been saying! He set a new record for our country, and we couldn't be prouder.
Tony (over the phone): I'm looking forward to our partnership. Is the date that I set still good for you?
Mrs. Lambert: Yes, absolutely!
Tony (over the phone): Great. I'll see you in a week.
Mrs. Lambert: Okay!
As soon as the call ended, the whole family shouted for joy! They smothered their star swimmer with hugs and kisses until it was too much to bear.
=== Roseland Sauna Pools ===
Cut back to the sauna pools. Tony's grin turned to a smirk. He was self-pleased with his act of philanthropy.
Tony: I hope that boy succeeds. I really do. [He muttered under his breath]
His personal assistant soon came in from the entrance behind him, clearly in a panic.
The Assistant: Tony! Two of the people you had on assignment this morning are here!
Tony turned around nonchalantly.
Tony: Hmmph. They're pretty early.
The Assistant: They're not happy.
Moments later, Disset and Samuel burst in. The door slammed against the assistant, knocking her down with great pain.
Tony: Tomoko! Are you alright? [The CEO turned to a furious Disset and Samuel] What’s the matter with you two!?
Disset took out the antique box he and his crew scavenged earlier. He chucked it at Tony. The CEO had to think fast and only barely caught the relic.
Disset: Price has tripled.
Tony was utterly flabbergasted.
Tony: On what grounds?
Samuel: On what grounds!? You two-faced bastard. You kept vital information away from us and now one of our own is dead!
Tony’s eyes lit up. As he was processing the information, his mouth looked like it wanted to say something. But it couldn’t. Tony got out of the pool and helped his assistant up.
Samuel: You don’t have anything to say?
Tomoko: Thank you.
Tony: I'm… I'm terribly sorry. Who died?
Disset: Kijimu. He was brutally killed by a spike trap.
Tony sighed.
Tony: We had a deal…
Disset: Not anymore. You didn't tell us everything, dude.
Tony: The story of Bloodvard's Heart happened over 2,000 years ago! Not everything that happened back then was recorded.
Tony pointed to the antique box.
Tony: This doesn't even fit the picture I gave you. Did you check if the stone was inside?
Disset: Yeah, it's in there.
Tony: It better be.
Samuel laughed.
Samuel: "It better be."
Samuel then stepped forward, ominously.
Samuel: You need to do right by Kijimu. Three million. To me, Disset, and Mia.
Tony: I don't take kindly to threats.
Samuel charged an energy wave directed right at Tony's head. Sam then briefly turned towards Tomoko.
Samuel: Scream. I dare you.
Tomoko remained silent. Only looking on in awestruck fear. Sam turned back to Tony. The CEO didn't budge.
Samuel: I will blow you into the next century!
Tony: I’m not on that side of the fence.
Tomoko: Tony!
Tony: If you go ahead with this, you'll never get your money. I have records of what all of you have been up to. They'll be released for the world to see if I die.
Samuel looked at Disset with a face that said, "Is he serious?"
Disset: But you're not a good person either. Your legacy will be tarnished. Hamford Finesse would go up in flames.
Tony: People who used to hold senior positions at top federal agencies now work for me. My money trails are untraceable to the point where heaven itself wouldn't know where to start looking.
Cut to a close shot of Tony.
Tony: My people are solid. From the chief financial officer all the way down to the hotel greeter. Everyone is paid more than generously, and they know to stick to the company's interests no matter what. Even long after I'm gone.
Tony took a step forward, making Samuel take a step back even with his charged energy wave.
Tony: Really, I should be taking the million off the table because of your threat. But like I said, everyone is paid more than generously. So here's what's gonna happen.
Tony turned to Disset.
Tony: You, Samuel, and Mia will still get your million each. But our work together from here on out is over.
Samuel's energy wave began to waver. Tony took another step forward, only inches away from death.
Tony: Are you still gonna kill me?
Samuel choked back tears. He looked down and took a hard swallow. Then he looked back up at Tony.
Samuel: Kijimu was one of us. We trained at the same dojo, had the same teachers. His life is not worth one million.
Tony: Your friend got to live a life that most could only dream of. The deal doesn't change, he knew the risks. But again, I'm terribly sorry for your loss.
Moments later, Samuel relinquished his energy wave. He stormed out of the sauna pools with tears rolling down his face. Disset chased after Samuel, giving a quick glance back at Tony and Tomoko before leaving.
Outside of the sauna pools, families walked back and forth enjoying their morning in paradise. Then there was Samuel who was a downtrodden wreck. Disset tried to console him, but Sam's spirit was broken. Some walked by wondering what was going on, but they all continued minding their own business. Disset looked Sam in the face.
Disset: I'm gonna make this right. I promise.
Sam's response was apathetic. He simply walked away. Cut to black.
== Outer Space - 14 Days away from Namek ==
Fade open to Madden's ship in outer space. Inside of the training room, Thrune and Madden were sparring at hyper speed. Amelia and Lavender sat down watching.
Madden threw out an overhand punch to which Thrune blocked with a forearm. Thrune then dished out a flurry of jabs. While Madden did well avoiding and blocking them, he was getting pushed back. Thrune saw the opening and planted a roundhouse kick right in Madden's abdomen.
Madden was flung back against the wall, but he made sure to land on impact. Thrune gave pursuit with a flying kick, but Madden somersaulted away from the wall just in time. In mid-air, Madden punched Thrune down to the ground.
Thrune quickly got himself up. He and Madden then collided with an onslaught of punches. Neither of them were letting up. Amelia and Lavender were quite entertained from the spectacle.
The two fighters then landed a blow on each other's face at the same time, launching one another in opposing directions.
Amelia: Woah.
The fighters were dazed for a few moments, but Thrune was the one that snapped out of it quicker. He rushed towards Madden, picked him up, and gave him a hard uppercut. Madden was catapulted into the air before crashing back down on the ground.
Madden: Ow! What the heck!?
Thrune walked over to Madden and helped him up.
Madden: Why did you uppercut me like that?
Thrune: To illustrate a point.
Thrune turned to Amelia.
Thrune: Even if your opponent is down, always strike the final blow.
Amelia nodded. Cut to the bedroom next door. We see a slow zoom-in of Lavender’s urn under the bed. Upon a closer look, the small crack on the urn has grown much larger. Something Gemrant-related was amiss.
The episode ends and goes to closing credits.
(Main End Credits Theme)
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