Somewhere in a dimension that exists outside the normal laws of time, void of life, the genius Dr. Wheelo gathers all of his new allies to finally begin their master plan. They all gather around a large table and after a few moments Dr. Wheelo stands and begins to speak.

“Gentlemen, the time has come. We who’ve all originate from worlds apart, linked by our desire for more and our shared truth of absolute power.” Dr. Wheelo proclaims, rallying his allies together. “Brothers, we will unite, we will stand together, AND WE WILL TRIUMPH OVER ALL WHO DARE OPPOSE US! THE SYNDICATE WILL PREVAIL!”

“It’s almost difficult to believe that our infantile Syndicate is three years ahead of schedule.” Says a cloaked figure, hunched over, resting his head on his fist.

“I disagree.” One For All smiles charismatically, using telekinesis to juggle a few chess pieces. “Our unity and cooperation made all of this possible. However it’s a shame that Zahha refused to join us, he would have benefitted from this deadly alliance with us. At least his crystal and dark ki will further aid our cause. What do you think, Shishio?”

“This is all fine, but we need to address the elephant in the room.” Says another cloaked figure as he pulls his hood down, revealing himself to be Makoto Shishio. Before continuing, he casually takes a sip of his saké, “ What of your home dimension Dr. Wheelo? Yours is the only dimension that can naturally produce warriors capable of stopping us.”

“No need to worry about my home dimension.” Dr. Wheelo answers, stroking his chin while laughing. “I sent a contingent of our forces to deal with Shadow, Goku, and their friends. As for the gods, they won’t interfere as long as we don’t intrude on their jurisdiction too much.”

After going over their final preparations, the various members of the Syndicate disperse to enact their plan, leaving Dr. Wheelo to his lonesome.

At last, after all the planning and scheming… Dr. Wheelo thinks to himself. Soon all of my ambitions will be fulfilled.

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Meanwhile on planet Gelbo, Shadow, Wu, Pikkon, and Hunter are all training together. However, Hunter is less than static about it.

“WHY AM I EVEN HERE?! I SHOULD BE AT MY RESTAURANT!!!” Hunter whines, cooking while Pikkon and Wu spar in the distance with Shadow observing.

“Firstly, none of us are good cooks. Secondly, this is retribution for hitting on my wife.” Shadow scolds, continuing to watch Pikkon and Wu’s training match. “And lastly, you have a decent amount of power we’ll need for the coming storm.”

“You don’t have much reason to complain.” Wu muses as he walks back with Pikkon, finishing their sparring. “After all this planet hails you as a hero for saving them from a volcanic eruption the other day.”

As the sun begins to set, the group begins to eat, but after a short while, Hunter passes his bowel to Shadow.

“What’s this?” Asks a confused Shadow, stuffing his face.

“I just watched you inhale a mountain of food...” Hunter groans. “Who wouldn’t lose their appetite.”

“Things could be worse.” Shadow casually warns, sensing that they're being watched. “You could’ve been ambushed with your back turned while eating.”

Shadow then immediately uses his thumb to fire a Death Beam directly behind him. The beam hits thick bushes and trees clustered together, causing a massive explosion. The assailants are all able to jump out into the open, escaping the beam and ensuing explosion with no effort. The demonic namekian, Tambourine stands among them, the other members of his group consists of three cloaked figures and a number of those humanoid bird creatures.

One of the cloaked men’s energy feels familiar, but also different… Shadow thinks to himself as he readies himself for a fight.

“NO WAY!! I’m calling you on your bullshit!” Wu rants with panic in his tone, sweat profusely running down his face. “It’s too early for you to be doing anything! I’ve seen your plans and the resources at your disposal, it’ll take another three years before you can do anything.”

“Haven't ‘cha heard? Since last month, we’re ahead of schedule.” One of the cloaked figures taunts as he pulls off his cloak. He has a massive build as his body is round with relatively thin limbs. He has a big mouth with several broken or missing teeth, a pronounced crooked nose and a very large and hairy chest and torso. Long, thick, woolly black hair falls down the back of his neck, underneath a black bandanna, and a small scruffy black beard grows around his jawline. He also wears golden hoop earrings and a black tricorne with a yellow bandana with red polka dots. He has a light purple shirt with a black captain’s coat with red linings, has a red and white feather with a purple flower on the side of his tricorne. He has an orange plume alongside his coat, wears dark blue pants with light blue floral designs on them and dons a pair of sunglasses. “The name’s Marshall D. Teach, but you can call me Blackbeard.”

“Enough chit chat, it’s time to die!!” Blackbeard cackles, punching the air in front of him. The very instant after, the Shadow’s group is blasted away and the entire area is destroyed, leaving a cloud of dust in the air. “ZEHAHAHA! Were the others really scared of these posers?!”

“Watch where you’re firing that off!” One of the cloaked individuals yells, waving his fist in anger. “The rest of us were nearly caught in the blast too!!”

“ZEHAHAHA! Relax, you guys made it out all right!” Blackbeard says while still laughing, clutching his stomach. “Now we can move on to the rest of this dimension’s fighters.”

“Interesting, you have an ability that allows you to create shockwaves that devastate large areas.” Shadow says, hidden in the dust cloud. He fires an Explosive Wave to disperse the dust cloud, revealing himself to be unharmed and unfazed by Blackbeard’s attack. Shadow then takes the time to dust himself off with Tambourine, Blackbeard and the rest of their group stare at him with gaping jaws and wide eyes.

“No way!! HOW DID YOU SURVIVE THAT!!” Blackbeard shouts in anger, coming back to reality.

“I don’t know about your dimension, but warriors making shockwaves is pretty common here.” Shadow nonchalantly answers. A fire then ignites in Shadow’s eyes and he begins to smile. “Also, you may have blasted my companions away, but that was nowhere near enough to hurt them either.”

After Shadow finishes speaking, Pikkon appears right in front of Blackbeard and uses the Fire Kick technique, knocking villain away with Pikkon flying after him. Tambourine powers up into his Dark Ki state and goes to engage Wu who came flying in his dragon form. They both soar high into the air firing various, numerous ki blasts at each other.

“You sons of bitches ruined the feast I made…!!” Hunter growls as claws himself out of the rubble. As he gets to his feet, Hunter uses the Potential Unleashed form and then stacks Kaioken on top of it. “I SPENT ALL DAY COOKING THAT!!!”

Hunter then fires Emperor Death Beams at the remaining foes. The bird creatures are destroyed, but the two cloaked figures jump into the air and hover, avoiding the barrage of beams.

“Just who ARE these people?!!” One of the Cloaked figures shouts in disbelief. “One just destroyed our supply Saiba-Nomus and two of them are fighting Teach and Tambourine to a draw. I can’t accept this!!”

The cloaked figure in disbelief emits a green aura and fires a large energy ball at Hunter. Hunter flies up and circles around the ball, avoiding it and proceeds to uppercut him. The cloaked man quickly recovers, backflipping and charges at Hunter, the two trade rapid fire punches and kicks. The cloaked figure disappears and then quickly reappears kicking Hunter to the ground, but Hunter is able to safely land on his feet, clutching his chest.

In the distance, Wu flies through a mountain and claws at Tambourine. Tambourine however, is able to keep enough distance to only get nicked. Tambourine uses the Evil Eye technique to break Wu’s guard. While Wu is winded, Tambourine grabs Wu by the tail and throws him through another mountain top. Wu retaliates by firing a Break Cannon.

In a different area in the sky, Pikkon fires a volley of energy blasts at Blackbeard, but Blackbeard has cloaked himself in a dark, shadowy aura and absorbs the blasts as he lunges at Pikkon. Pikkon circles around and the two engage in rapid fire punches and kicks. They knock each other away, but quickly recover and charge at each other, trading headbutts. The instant their heads make contact, the clouds in the sky part.

Shadow is left to engage the last cloaked figure. Shadow transforms into SS2 and then performs a roundhouse kick, it lands, but it’s revealed that it was an afterimage. The real cloaked figure appears behind Shadow and attempts to chop at his neck, but Shadow dodges by ducking.

He likes to perform cheapshots, meaning he should appear right there…! Shadow thinks to himself as he fires a Big Bang Crash to his left, it hits the mysterious figure and sends him flying some distance away. The dust clears to reveal that the mysterious enemy is seemingly unharmed, but his cloak was destroyed, unveiling his true identity. “Raditz?! I knew your energy felt familiar!!”

“Do I know you…?” Raditz asks.

“No you don’t, but I’ve trained with alternate versions of you.” Shadow replies while transforming into SS4.

“No matter, I will destroy you in an instant!” Raditz decrees as he powers up with an evil aura. He creates two energy hands with his evil aura and uses them to double ax handle Shadow to the ground followed by a Double Sunday. Shadow quickly recovers and rockets right back towards Raditz, throwing a Ki-Blast Thrust. The attack lands, but as the dust clears, two hands erupt from the smoke and sledgehammer Shadow into the ground hard.

“Oh my, that was so easy… I must be the most powerful saiyan in all the multiverse! Even more powerful than Vegeta and Broly! Heh heh aha ha ha ah!!!” Raditz laughs gleefully as the dust settles, revealing Raditz with glowing pink hair and a dark and evil aura. “Let’s see now, Evil Saiyan and Super Saiyan Rosé? I’ll call this composite form, ‘Evil Super Saiyan Rosé’ or ‘Evil Saiyan Rosé’ for short.”

“That Rosé form, how did you achieve it?” Asks a curious Shadow, prepared to continue fighting. “There’s no way you could have naturally attained it.”

“Why a balanced diet of fruit from the Tree of Might.” Raditz sneers.

The fruit would help explain how he’s so much more powerful, but he’s clearly hiding something. Shadow thinks as he charges up his energy. “I’ll pry the information out of you if I have to!”

“Don’t push your luck.” Raditz warns, staring with a cold gaze. The evil saiyan then reaches into his armor’s breastplate and pulls out a device. He activates it causing a portal to form. “There’s no one here worth my time. I’ll leave you and your weakling friends to be dealt with by my allies.”

“You’re not getting away!!” Shadow decrees as he flies at Raditz who is about to enter the portal. Just as Shadow is about to catch up and tackle the evil saiyan before he can enter the portal, both Wu and Hunter are sent flying at Shadow causing all three to crash into the portal right behind Raditz. Both Tambourine and the final cloaked figure fly into the portal right after them, the portal finally closes leaving Pikkon to deal with Black Beard alone.

“Looks like you’re all alone now.” Black Beard says mockingly. “Easy pickings.”

“You’re one to talk.” Pikkon snaps back. “Even when separated, we’ll still find a way to defeat you and your cohorts.”

Black Beard proceeds to fire a concentrated beam of darkness and shockwaves while Pikkon counters with his own Full Power Thunder Flash. The two energy beams collide, causing a massive explosion. In the aftermath, there is nothing but smoke and silence…

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Meanwhile, after exiting the portal Shadow, Wu who has reverted back to his human form, and Hunter fell and crashed onto a riverbank surrounded by pieces of two large statues with a waterfall overhead.

“We’re not done yet!” Shadow screams as he jumps back onto his feet and fires a barrage of ki blasts at the three foes hovering in the sky.

Unfazed by the assault, Raditz makes another portal and continues on his way, quickly closing it behind him. The other two on the other hand, take the full brunt of the attack.

The cloak of the last enemy is destroyed, revealing a man with long, bright red hair. His skin is chalk-white and he has an odd-looking scar on his chest that appears to spread across his torso. He also bears blue tribal markings on his face that resemble a spider.

“And who are you supposed to be?” Asks a now extremely irritated Shadow.

“I am the demon known as Rando.” Rando says, twitching due to the damage he sustained from Shadow’s last attack. “And my hobby is stealing other warriors' techniques and using them to kill humans.”

“I’m not all that interested in dying.” Rando announces as he uses his own device to open a portal and begins to walk through it. “Plus I have a certain Spirit Detective to kill. Ta ta for now.”

“Wait--!” Shadow calls out but that portal quickly closes as well.

“Why are you worrying about others when you should be focusing on ME?!” Tambourine yells as he dive bombs with a Spirit Sword prepared to swing at Shadow. “First I’ll kill you three, then Goku and Piccolo!”

“TAKE THIS!!” A now recovered Hunter yells as he blindsides Tambourine with a powerful uppercut and then proceeds to finish him off with a Kaioken x20 Kamehameha.

“Not again…! NOT AAGAAAAIIIN!!!!!!” Tambourine screams in horror as he is vaporized by the wave of energy.

“I beat him? I BEAT HIM!!” Hunter yells in triumphant victory. Hunter then descends back to the ground, performing a celebratory dance.

“Yes, congratulations, you destroyed him.” Wu says, smiling ominously. “AND YOU DESTROYED OUR ONLY WAY OUT OF THIS DIMENSION!! LET ALONE, FOLLOWING THE ENEMY!!”

“Lord Shadow, can you use Instant Transmission to get us out of here?” Wu asks while beating down on Hunter.

“Actually, I’ve been trying the moment Hunter killed Tambourine, but to no avail...” Shadow says as he’s growing more depressed by the second. “Also, you don’t have to call me ‘lord.’”

Wonderful, we’re one man down, we’re stranded in a foreign dimension, and our enemies are free to drag all of creation down into chaos. Shadow thinks to himself full of frustration and despair. He sits down on a boulder in defeat, leaving Wu to keep attacking Hunter. Could things possibly get any worse...?