Viruses Infect All (Vipoi)

Rushing through the halls as quickly as he could, Bing could hear distant screams and ricocheting bullets in a far-off room. Whatever was going on, it was bad news. He could sense more and more lives dying out, being killed by something. He couldn't sense the monster who was slaughtering countless lives, which meant it was probably an android just like Vipoi.

The humans frantic searching proved very ineffective. The massive labyrinthine halls confused his worried mind greatly. He couldn't focus properly when he could sense so many people being snuffed out! There were barely any people left, he had to reach them in time before they were ended as well. He dashed through the multiple halls of the facility until finally he found what he was looking for: The main lab! It was where Bing had headed to last time he came here. Back then he was much weaker, but he somehow terrified the scientists who worked here.

He slid to a stop in the doorway of the lab. The humans eyes widened in shock at what he saw. There were corpses everywhere, blood splattered on the walls and covering the computer screens. Worst of all was something had appeared behind Bing: It was Vipoi, but he was...different somehow. His artifical skin had noticeable red wiring flowing in every direction. His hair had changed from its normal dark azure, to a bright and bloody red. Even his eyes were different. His left eye had become a sinister crimson, while his right stayed its normal color.

Bing took a step back to gain some distance from the monstrous form once known as Vipoi. The human could tell something wasn't right with him, be it either some type of test gone wrong, or maybe an intentional upgrade. The human eyed the machine carefully as it addressed him, requesting some type of Visitor's Pass. It seemed some of Vipoi's memory was gone, as he didn't remember Bing in the slightest.

"Vipoi...What the hell is going on here? What's happened to you?" Bing spoke in a sincere tone, unsure of what exactly was going on. It was clear that his android friend was the cause of this massacre, but he wouldn't just fight him outright. He had to figure out what was going on first. Maybe Vipoi was being controlled by someone else, or maybe he had some type of off-switch? 

Bing took another step back, keeping his eyes locked on the robot. He tensed his muscles, readying himself to make a move in case Vipoi decided to attack.

"Hey look, your robot buddy got corrupted too! Maybe you guys can share stories over tea!" The voice known as Ping chuckled heartily from inside Bing's mind. It seemed the villain was enjoying this more than Bing was, but then again Ping wasn't the one who actually had to face Vipoi if it came down to it. "Shush Ping...I need to focus on Vipoi right now, and you are not helping!" Barked Bing at his villainous counterpart. "Jeez fine!...I bet Vipoi doesn't yell at his evil half..." Ping grumbled angrily, trying to keep himself quiet as he watched Bing do his thing.

This was not the same Vipoi, that much was certain so far. The android floated into the air upside-down, slowly floating around Bings head like a vicious wasp. The human tried his best to keep still, in fear of angering his former friend.

Vipoi replied to Bings question by stating he was perfectly fine, and that he had simply been promoted. He also questioned Bing allegiance, pegging him as a "Red Eclipse Loser". Bing couldn't possibly stop himself from taking this chance to throw out an insult. He spoke in a sarcastic tone "That seems a bit hypocritical don't you think? Calling the Red Eclipse losers when you yourself just dyed your hair? Are you sure you aren't the president of their Fan-Club?" Bing gave a cocky smirk to his villainous friend as he continued "But to answer your question...No, I don't work with the Red Eclipse."

Before Bing could continue, a soldier who was hidden amongst the chaos tried taking his chance. He rushed forward angrily, yelling as he shot a net towards Vi-Poi. Sadly his attack was absolutely pointless. The android turned his gun-arm to the soldier and shot a barrage of Ki bullets. The barrage cut through the net and filled the soldier with holes. The soldier fell into a heap, his body still smoldering from the attack.

How could this have happened? What changed in Vipoi that made him become such a heartless beast? If Bing had been on Earth instead of exploring the galaxy he might have been here to help his friend, but instead this happened.

Vipoi threw out another question, to which Bing responded quickly "It's me, Bing! Don't you remember? We explored an ancient temple together, wasn't it fun?" The human knew Vipoi probably wouldn't remember anything they did together, but it was worth a shot wasn't it?

The android continued, explaining he was planning on finding green men. Bing raised an eyebrow as he tried figuring out why he would want green men. Perhaps he was talking about the Saibamen? But that didn't make any sense, why would he want an army of Saibamen? It was then he realized that Vi-Poi mentioned Magic. It was obvious now, Vipoi was looking for the coordinates to Namek! He had to think of a way to stop Vi-Poi from getting this information, but how?

The human didn't have much time to think on it however, as he was assaulted from behind. Vi-Poi had swiveled to a straight-up position and delivered a roundhouse-kick to the back of Bing's cranium. The gray-haired warrior had no time to react, and was launched into a wall, embedding him into the concrete. An immense pain shot down Bings body as he tried ripping himself out of the wall. 

"What the HELL was that?!" Yelled Ping internally. The villain inside must have felt that too, otherwise he probably wouldn't have reacted so harshly. Bing replied in an annoyed tone "I think that was our cue to start fighting." 

Bing snapped himself out of the wall, large pieces of rubble falling from the human-shaped hole he left there. The humans body became engulfed in a Ghostly White aura as he spoke sternly "Vipoi, I don't know what exactly is going on...but I am NOT going to let you find your Magic Men!" He made sure to not specifically mention the Dragon Balls by name, in fear of it igniting an old memory of Nameks coordinates in the androids mind.

([SU] Ki Suppression De-Activated! Current PL: 2,654,800!))

The human wasted no time in attempting to harm his former friend. He dashed forwards, attempting to slam his right fist into the androids mid-section. If this was successful he would continue with a flurry of jabs, all aimed at random parts of the androids body. He would then finish off his combination by attempting to uppercut the android in the jaw, hopefully sending him airborne. 

Bing shot a cocky smirk at his opponent as he was sent airborne, becoming embedded in the ceiling. It seemed Bing could definitely tangle with the best of them, if Vipoi's reaction was to be believed. "Oh come now, you don't expect me to believe you'd switch your hair back to red just because you thought it looked cool! It's clear to me that you're just a fanboy!" He chuckled at his foe, showing that even if he was trying to stop Vipoi, he was still enjoying this little bout.

It was then that Vipoi dislodged himself from the ceiling, grinning like a madman as he grabbed at something. The android ripped a piece of rebar from the ceiling, causing more chunks of concrete to fall to the ground.

The robotic monster charged downward, rebar in hand as he intended on slamming the hard metal into Bing's cranium. He had no time to dodge, so he did the next best thing. He grabbed for the sword on his back and brought it up above himself just in time to defend against the attack. The ki-infused steel met with Bing's ancient blade, causing a shock-wave of energy to blow through the entire facility.




Vipoi hopped backwards, holding his mighty steel bar in a fencing stance as he beckoned the human to approach him. Bing readied himself, thinking of what his next move should be before he just ran in. If there was any opponent he had to play smart against, this would be the one. There was a chance he could fool the machine by using an After-Image, but his advanced ocular systems would probably see through the illusion...unless he used the illusion in a different way.

He'd always used the After-Image technique to appear behind the person, or to their side. But what if he used it to just re-appear a bit behind where he originally was? It might work in fooling the android, but the only way to find out was to try it!

The human rushed forward, sword held high as he yelled angrily. He swung his sword downwards at the android, but when the blade connected, Bing disappeared from sight! His form flickered and dissipated. As it disappeared, Bing re-appeared in the same place, but instead of swinging downwards, he was stabbing straight forwards, aiming for the machines wire-filled gut.

If his stab was successful, he would pull his blade back and swing it horizontally, aiming the blade for Vipoi's neck.

If his stab was unsuccessful or if Vipoi saw through Bing's trick, he would be at the mercy of the android as he was left wide open for any attacks the machine could possibly think of.

As expected, the super-computer inside Vi-Poi's head was easily able to detect the flaw in Bing's After-Image technique. The android was able to bring his faux-blade down on Bing's sword strike, causing the two weapons to collide and shoot out another massive shock-wave of raw energy. Both fighters were blown back by the energy, but Vi-Poi wouldn't end his assault so quickly.

Bing landed on his feet as he watched his android foe advance once again. Vi-Poi had begun spinning like a top, his faux-blade acting like a saw as he advanced towards his human opponent. Bing didn't have much time to act if he was going to dodge the blade, so he did the best he could. As the android approached, Bing did a few expertly timed back-flips, narrowly dodging the spinning death-trap coming towards him. The human could feel the blade just barely graze his back as he avoided it, ripping a part of his shirt.

The android wasn't going to let up however. One of his robotic arms detached from the elbow, and a machine-gun barrel slowly extended from inside. A stream of Ki bullets fired from the barrel, aiming for the young human who had just stopped his acrobatics display.

The gray-haired human had absolutely no time to react, taking the full force of the bullets head-on. The shots pounded into his stomach like miniature rockets, each one hitting harder than the last. As the bullets slammed into his form, they exploded as well, causing small pockets of smoke to plume out into a massive cloud. Vi-Poi continued his assault by walking forward and slamming the rebar he held into Bing's side, turning the mighty steel into useless bits. The human was launched by the force of the assault, but the beating continued.

The android let out a flurry of attacks. Punches and kicks slamming into Bing's form as he was launched across the room once more. The human slammed into another wall as the final kick connected, indenting the concrete once again.

Bing's body was decimated. His clothes were tattered and ripped in multiple areas, and his body wasn't doing much better. Massive gashes on the left side of his body were trickling blood, with small bits of metal stuck in some of the wounds. His chest and stomach were covered in bruises from the Ki bullets, and he was pretty sure his nose was broken.

He ripped himself from the wall in a similar fashion to before as he eyed his robotic opponent. The humans posture was hunched over, and his breathing was a bit ragged, suggessting immense fatigue. Bing wasn't sure he could hold out much longer against this foe, but he had to try. He coughed up a bit of blood before he spoke "D-damn...I guess you really did get a promotion..." He chuckled lightly before shaking his head, trying to re-adjust his somewhat blurred vision.

He stood up straight as he continued "...You've gone from Tin Can, to a crazy Toaster." He smirked as millions of thoughts raced through his mind.

It was clear that Vi-Poi was stronger, but Bing wasn't going to let him walk away with the information he needed. He had to figure out some way to stop the android from learning Namek's coordinates. As much as he thought however, he just couldn't focus. The pain his body was going through was hitting him too hard. He turned his eyes to his side and ripped some of the metal chunks out of his side, grimacing as he did. The metallic bits fell to the floor, caked in the humans blood as they clanged upon the cold floor.

His only option for now was to stall the robot. Stall until he could think of a better plan. There was no way he could stop the machine from wanting to fight, so just talking wasn't an option.

He tried holding his blade up high, but found it had gone missing. Sometime during Vi-Poi's assault, the blade was knocked out of the warriors hands. He couldn't dwell on that however, he had to fight bare-handed, which was what he preferred anyways.

The humans rushed towards Vi-Poi, his face contorted into a sneer as he rushed forwards. As he reached the droid, he got low and attempted to sweep-kick Vi-Poi, hoping to knock him off his feet. If he was successful in his sweep-kick, Bing would grab at the androids leg and try to throw him skywards. If successful, he would continue his assault by following the launched Vi-Poi into the sky and attempting to slam him back to the ground by kicking him in the back of the head.

If Vi-Poi dodged the sweep-kick by jumping into the sky or jumping backwards, Bing would follow him with vigor. The human would shoot forward like a rocket, intending on head-butting Vi-Poi in the chest as he jumped away.

If Vi-Poi blocked or dodged in some other way, Bing would be wide open to attack.

In hindsight, Bing realized that head butting Vipoi probably wasn't the best of ideas. He had tried it against one of Kami's students ages ago, and it was met with painful results. As expected, the head butt was once again an extremely poor choice for the young warrior. The android brought his fist down in on Bing's temple, and it hurt bad. The human yelled in pain from the force of the attack.

Vipoi hopped away and spoke, saying he was about to make things very painful. Bing chuckled again as he rubbed the side of his head "C'mon robo-boy, give me your best shot! If what you've been giving me so far is your best then I am sorely disappointed!" Though he was very clearly in pain, he still had to try his best to rile up his opponent. If he was lucky these insults might annoy the robot enough to make him slip up somewhere during his assault, but it was unlikely that would happen.

A group of footsteps could be hear from an adjacent room as a small group of BBA soldiers crowded around the duo. Hopefully they knew to stay out of the way, otherwise the death count would continue to build.

Bing suddenly felt a massive pain in his head. The beating he had received finally got to him as his vision blurred once again. His body felt like it was being shocked by electricity as the pain coursed through him. He grabbed at his forehead just as Vipoi shot upwards to begin his monstrous assault.

The android rocketed forwards, smashing his foot into Bing's abdomen. His eyes widened as he lurched forward, a stream of blood spewed from his mouth. The android didn't stop there however. He kicked with unmatched agility, sending out a flurry of kicks that became more of a blur as each attack slammed into Bing's already battered body. The machine continued by spinning around like a ballerina, slamming both of his fists into Bing's back.

A sickening Crack could be heard as something internal was broken. The human began falling forward until suddenly he was grasped by the throat. Vipoi's iron grip cut off Bing's breathing as he gasped for air. He desperately punched at the arm gripping him, but his efforts were futile.




The pain didn't stop there however. Shortly after being grabbed, Bing felt a piercing pain in his stomach. His mouth let out a squeaking yelp of pain as his eyes shot open wide. He looked down to see Vipoi's robotic hand had shot through his stomach. The bloodied human could feel the robotic fingers worming around inside his internal organs, painfully gripping at things that shouldn't be gripped.

Suddenly, the hand was removed from his stomach, and the pain was lessened just a bit. Vipoi cackled like a madman before slapping Bing across the face, another wave of pain washing over his body.

He could feel himself slipping away. This was it, he was about to slip into unconsciousness, and most likely die soon after. He couldn't let Vipoi win here, he couldn't get that data!

With the last ounce of strength, Bing lifted his arm and aimed it behind Vipoi. A small orb shot forward like a rocket and careened towards the main console in the room. Hopefully the destruction of the main console would mean the loss of the data, but he wouldn't be awake long enough to find out.

"...Hehe...You...Lose..." were the last words to come from Bing's mouth.

His pupils disappeared entirely as his head slumped over, leaning on Vipoi's arm as he finally lost consciousness.

(Bing is K.O'ed!)

(Generic Energy Blast used: 100,000 potential damage to the main console.)

Bing, you typed 3590 words, and your reward is 3275 Power Level!!

For the record, I really liked you guys' music choice

(172,965) + (3275) = (176,240)