Gateway
By: DMEX
Nadda is mine…
Ch. 1
New Game?
-West City, Capsule Corp. 24 years ago-
Dr. Herbert Briefs is working on some sort of virtual like girl in his new computer program… He wipes the sweat of his face with a sweat rag…
Dr. Briefs: Looks like a harder job than I thought… And I only got her personality done…
Another 4 hours go by…
Dr. Briefs: Well now… I got your head all done… You should be done in no less than 3 days; provided, once I create your body in all…
Mrs. Briefs: Did you ever come up with a name for her yet?
Dr Briefs: (Hm?) Well now that you mention it, no I have not… I was going to figure that out when I finished her…
Mrs. Briefs: You should name her, now…
Dr. Briefs: Yes of course… I got it! I'll name her Bulma!
(Dr. Briefs makes a backup copy of her design on a CD and labels it with the name Gateway. He then hides it in a PlayStation CD case, for who would look for it in there?)
*THUMP! THUMP!*
*: PO-LICE! OPEN UP!
Mrs. Briefs: What do we do?
Dr. Briefs: I was afraid something like this would happen… We'll have to surrender peacefully… Hopefully one day, if not me, some lucky person will be able to finish Bulma.
The Police crash the house and surround both of them. They drop down to their knees without any sort of a struggle and both are carried out in cuffs, leaving Bulma all alone…
Officer: 'Ey Chief! I found a disc that says Gateway? You want it?
Chief of Police: Just send it to EB Games, I'm sure somebody will want it.
(They shut the computer off, not realizing a digital girl was living in there)
-West City, 24 years later-
(Joey and Tristan are in a GameStop store browsing)
Tristan: Joey, just pick a cheap game so I can get home. I wanna play Gears of War 3 sometime today!
Joey: Will ya put a lid on it!
Joey browses until he sees a case that read Gateway
Joey: Found one!
Tristan: About time.
(Tristan grabs it off him for a moment)
Joey: AY! Give dat back so I can pay fer it!
Tristan: Never heard of this one?
Joey: Neither 'ave I… Now give it back so I can pay fer it…
*: Sir that's been in our inventory for 24 years and nobody has taken it… You may have it for free, since I couldn't sell it.
Joey: AWRIGHT! HEHEHE!
-Bus-
Tristan: You got a game for free while I had to pay almost $60 for mine! You sure are lucky…
Joey: My question is 'ow come he couldn't sell it…
Tristan: Your guess is as good as mine…
(Meanwhile in Virtual Space)
The shape of a lone female's head is sleeping about… She seems rather warm and at peace… It's shadow turns a bright pinkish red…
*: …
-Joey's House-
Joey opens the PlayStation CD case and finally gets a good look at the disc
Joey: Dis ain't a PlayStation game, it looks like… a computa CD…? No wonder he couldn't sell it…
(Turns his computer on, logs in and his desktop appears)
Joey: No sense in drowin it away… Guess I'll see wha's on it…
(Joey pops the CD in, not realizing what or WHO was in it)
Computer: DO YOU WANT TO OPEN THIS FILE, YOU TWIT?
Joey: Ya can stop wid da insults! And yes, I want to open it, I went drough da trouble of puttin' it in ya!
Computer: YEESH! WHAT CRAWLED OUTTA YOUR ASS AND DIED?
(Computer blips to a reddish pink screen)
Joey: Dis is unusual.
Computer: THAT'S AN OBIVIOUS STATEMENT, YOU TWIT! DID YOU HAVE TO READ SHERLOCK HOLMES TO FIGURE THAT OUT?
The screen then turned a bright blue. And that's when-
*: Hello there.
(Joey yelped nearly jumped out of his skin and fell out of his computer chair when he saw the virtual girl's head show up out of no where. She looks exactly like Bulma in the Saiyaman Saga. Her hair bluish green boy's cut, and medium sized gold hoop earrings)
*: (laughs)
Joey: Ya scared me! Give a guy a li'l warnin' before ya show up outta no where!
*: Greetings, I am Bulma. What is your name?
Joey: huh? You talking ta me?
Computer: NO, SHE'S TALKING TO THE OLD LADY WITH THE CHAINSAW. YES, SHE'S TALKING TO YOU, YOU TWIT.
(types his name in)
Bulma: JOEY, is it? Would you be able to help me in some sort of way?
Computer: YOU CAN TALK TO HER AS YOU DO WITH ME, YOU PERVERTED TWIT!
Joey: Shut it…
Bulma (sadly): If you do not wish to speak to me, I understand…
Joey: I was talking to the MALE HALF of my Computa…
Bulma (happily): Then would you be able to help me?
Joey: How do ya want me ta help ya?
To be continued…!