The Sundering 2: Big Monkey in Little City
Disclaimer: Animorphs belongs to Scholastic, while DBZ belongs to Funimation, and someone else that I don't know how to spell.
To those that are purists, I apologize, because I haven't been able to see any DBZ but the dub, and all the Japanese I know is restricted to 'baka'. Sorry, but I will do my best to write a good story.
"So, now we have giant rampaging monkeys to worry about!" shouted Jake, when they had retreated into the barn.
They had decided that it probably had nothing to do with the yeerks; it wasn't there style. There was no reason for them to do a remake of King Kong.
"Uh, now what?" Marco asked, looking over at their 'glorious leader'.
They all looked at each other in confusion, but did the only thing that they could. They got into bird morph, and decided to see if they had any useful morphs against a large, bloodthirsty ape.
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Bra didn't know what was going on. She only knew that one moment she had been flying along, looking at the gloriously full moon, and feeling this wonderful sensation of wildness.
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The monkey monster was smashing another car.
It had thrown a semi into one of the skyscrapers that was in front of it, and was climbing up another. There was no sense to its glowing eyes, other than the joy that could be heard in its roar.
We are going up against that? shouted Marco, wondering if he should run and hide. There was a murmur from the others, as they thought the same thing.
I guess this means fighting morphs, said Jake, his voice in too-calm-mode. He only got like that when he was scared out of his wits.
Ax, do you have any idea what that is?
I have never heard of anything like that before, Prince Jake. I have only seen creatures like that on earth.
You think that they yeerks might have been experimenting on something and it got away from them? Some kind of super-controller?
Don't say that! You might give them ideas!
Everyone sweat-dropped.
We don't know where is came from, it could be completely innocent. I think we should try to knock it out first before we do anything else, came, predictably, from Cassie.
They were all listening to the moans and howls of fury that came from the people and the monster.
Cassie? That thing doesn't look all that innocent to me, commented Rachel.
They flew in a circle around the creature, and decided to land on one of the many roofs. Demorphing, they tried to come up with a battle plan.
"Tobias? You go for its eyes. Rachel, from the look of that thing, we are going to need something stronger than your bear or elephant. Go Hork-Bajir," Jake told her, and she nodded.
"Ax, try to acquire it while we have it distracted, then the rest of us can strike when it is in the trance."
"What are you going to morph?" asked Cassie, who was looking worried. She had an idea of what he was going to do.
Jake grimaced. The idea of what he was going to morph did not bring out any pleasant memories.
"I'm going Howler."
More sweat drops; but then they looked over at the rampaging beast beside them. They didn't think that he was doing overkill now.
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Their battle plan was simple. They would distract it, then kill it. Of course, there were several really big holes in that, like the fact that the National Guard was already out there, and was firing at it. The problem with that was, it only made the beast madder.
Ax was in his normal body, but on the roof of the building that the creature was clinging to. The floor beneath him rumbled and shook.
Are you sure that this is a good idea, Prince Jake? he asked, wondering if there was any chance that it would work at all. There was another deep growl, and the floor they were on splintered with hair fine cracks.
I believe that this is not the best plan you have ever come up with, Ax commented, feeling panic begin to well up in his guts, as the floor slowly started to cave in.
AHHH!
Both Ax and Jake started to fall, both screaming their heads off.
Whoosh!
Both of the falling heroes were suddenly both airborne.
Why aren't we falling anymore? asked a very confused Andalite.
The Howler and the Andalite saw that they were being carried, gripped roughly by the scruff of their necks by a pair of denim-covered arms. They both were able to use their inhuman builds to crane around and see the face of the person carrying them. He was concentrating on the ape, and not paying any attention to them.
He deposited them on a ledge. "Its tail is its weak point. You should try to cut it off," he said before taking off.
There was the sound of gunfire, and a raucous bellow. The Animorphs could be seen fighting for their lives, and being flung about helplessly.
"Or," said the man, a strange look on his face. He took off.
Great, the flying dude takes off, and we get stuck playing gorillas in the mist! shouted Marco from across the street.
He was in gorilla morph; he had been getting bystanders out of the way because just about everybody else was out for the count.
Then, out of nowhere, the moon exploded.
There was no sound, at is happened in space, and the force of the blow sent all the fragments out, away from the Earth.
For a moment, no one knew what to think. Then, there was a loud wail from the beast, and the flying man could be seen diving down at the rapidly shrinking ape.
Okay, I would love to get a pass into Clue City sometime soon! shouted Ax, and even in the midst of their battle, all the Animorphs sweat dropped. It couldn't be helped.
Where the heck did you get something so corny! screamed back Marco.
More sweat drops.
Jake, Ax, Marco and Rachel were all watching the bad joke tableau; meanwhile, Cassie was shrieking, What the heck?!!
She had been watching the actual action, and had seen what the others had missed. The blue girl had been caught by the purple guy, who looked even more shocked than she felt, probably because the girl was stark naked. He flew off.
The rest of the Animorphs snapped their attention back to their friend, and saw what was happening.
Tobias! After them! ordered Jake.
The bird-boy took off, but even he had trouble following them.
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Trunks looked at the unconscious girl with a tail. For a moment he had thought that it was his mother, she looked so much like the elder woman. In fact, he could imagine that this girl was almost a reflection of his mother in her youth. Yet she had never had a tail.
What could it mean?
His mother had told him stories about how Gohan and his father had changed into the massive apes, but as far as he knew, he was the only one of his kind left.
It hit him then; he wasn't in his own time. He had been about to return after the Cell games, and had boarded the Hope, and had exited that time. He had been traveling forward through time, and there had been a huge explosion. Trunks had suddenly emerged back into normal time, had seen some aliens fighting an oorazu.
He knew what it was, and he could figure out what would happen if he allowed it to keep going. There was little chance that anything could take it, even a Super Saiyan would have trouble with it.
This was a little too much for him to absorb right then. Looking at the half-breed, he shook her gently. She was in the deep sleep that most oorazu would go into after their transformations, but he needed some information.
Blushing suddenly, Trunks also realized that she would need some clothing. Good thing he had taken her back to the Hope. He had some spare clothing with him.
He wasn't having any luck with shaking her. Searching the Hope, he found a capsule with a refrigerator and water in it. Popping it open, he dumped the water on her head.
Bra's eyes fluttered open. She inhaled at the wrong moment, and looked up to see a familiar face- but there was something weird about it. But, that didn't matter, as she responded with the traditional response of all little sisters…
"Trunks! What the hell are you doing! I told you that if you ever dumped cold water on me again, I would tell Dad!"
Trunks was take aback. She spoke to him like she knew him.
"Uh-"
"You stole my clothes! What kind of trick are you and Goten up to now?"
"I don't know what you are talking about!"
"Sure you don't, like the time that you put a frog in my lunch, and told Mom that you had no idea how it got in there!"
"I'm Mirai Trunks!"
"What???"
Bra stared, her mouth falling open. It stayed open so long that a fly buzzed in.
Coughing, she still stared, and she wondered if her face was as pale as-
There was no moon.
Bra gaped at the sky, and she remembered the last thing that she had seen before going to sleep…
The full moon.
Tail, full moon- she knew what that meant.
"Oh my Kami, did I do what I think I did?"
Trunks nodded, a wry smile on his face.
Bra shook her head to clear it. She put out her hand.
"Hello, I'm your almost sister, Bra. I'm about eight years younger than you, my time."
"Uh, hi," Trunks answered, taking the offered hand. "You need to get dressed."
Bra squeaked, and dived for the clothes that Trunks offered. Trunks turned his back to her, and he heard the noise of frantic dressing. All that he had was his trademark black tank top and baggy pants, and he was wearing his only jacket.
Tobias had finally caught up with them, but had gotten confused because it was night. He had landed, and listened to their conversation.
"How did you get here?" brother and sister asked at the same time.
Ah-ha, Tobias thought, as he listened in. So they know each other.
Bra sighed. "I was warming up in the gravity room, when the gravity went up to 150 g's. I'm used to training in fifty; that's the highest father will let me use. I think it may have gotten higher, but there was no way to tell. I passed out, and the next thing I knew, I had woken up here, and I had re-grown my tail!"
"That's weird," said Trunks, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. His eyes narrowed, and Bra giggled.
"What's so funny?"
"You look just like Dad!"
It was Trunk's turn to sigh.
"I had gotten into the Hope, and was going back to my time. There was an explosion or something, and my ship was thrown back into regular time. That was when I saw you."
Tobias, who had been listening, almost shouted. Their stories had been so strange that he didn't know what to think about them.
He realized that he had to get to the others, but then-
Both of the demi-Saiyans whipped their heads around, looking thoughtful.
"Do you-?" asked Bra. Trunks nodded. He fired a small beam of energy at the branch that Tobias was sitting on. Tobias shrieked, a hawk's war cry.
"A bird?"
Moving at super speed, Trunks had caught the red tailed hawk in his hands before he could react.
LET ME GO! he screamed, rage making him bate crazily.
Shocked, Trunks dropped him.
"A talking bird-"
Both of the Saiyans powered up. Seeing the two glowing warriors, Tobias thought about morphing, but he didn't have time.
He decided that now would be a good time to talk.
My name is Tobias, and I-
There was a loud crashing, and an elephant rushed into the clearing.
Rachel!
An owl swooped down after the behemoth, and an Andalite and a Howler following after that. Tobias switched his attention back to the two bright figures. What he saw disturbed him.
Neither of them looked worried. It was then that a loud rumble got everyone's attention.
"I guess I'm still hungry," said Bra. Trunks grinned.
"I think that the elephant would make a nice snack. Right, sis?"
A gorilla appeared, and grabbed Bra from behind.
Marco was promptly thrown backwards.
Guys, I don't think that fighting them will do any good! shouted Tobias, trying to stop his friends' suicidal charge.
The owl dived at Bra, and was followed by the elephant.
I'll teach you to think about eating me, you blue haired freak! bellowed Rachel.
Jake opened his mouth to let out the horrific howl that was his trademark, but then Trunks shot into the air. Jake swiveled around, and tried to grab the Saiyan. The fight began.
It was over fairly quickly. For all that the Howler had been built to be the perfect hunter, it was nothing compared to the strength and speed of Trunks.
We surrender! shouted Tobias, trying to get his friends to stop their suicidal, not to mention stupid, charge.
BANG!
Most of the Animorphs were now unconscious.
Uh, like I said, we surrender, he called out again, lamely.
He started to demorph. Maybe then they would stop beating the crap out of them.
Bra's stomach growled as she reluctantly stopped pounding on Rachel. She made a face.
"That was a nice little warm-up," mentioned Trunks, who wasn't even breathing hard. In fact, he looked bored.
Bra grinned.
Neither had noticed Tobias' morphing. It took a moment, but when they did, their mouths tried very hard to hit the ground.
Bra shut her mouth and brushed the grass stains away. "Uh-"
Trunks looked like he felt the same way.
"What are you?"
Tobias took a deep breath, and let it out slowly. It was kinda funny, how weird this situation was. He had to stop the laughter that threatened to bubble up from inside him. If he started, he might not stop…
"My name is Tobias. These are my friends, the Animorphs…"
The others started to wake up as Tobias told their tale, and the two demi-Saiyans listened intently.
"What year is this?" asked Trunks.
Tobias told them.
"That doesn't make any sense," said Bra. "I haven't even heard of that dating system. I learned the Namek one, and it didn't sound even that weird!"
Aren't Nameks legends? asked Ax, who was looking at the two newcomers.
"No, they're humanoid, green skinned, and are asexual. Usually peaceful, but you don't want to get them angry. Their homeworld was destroyed buy Frieza before we were born," answered Trunks. He and the Andalite looked at each other.
"Does anyone know what it going on?" whined Rachel, who was rubbing her head.
I BELIEVE THAT I CAN ANSWER THAT, RACHEL.
Bra and Trunks looked at each other, and shook their heads.
"What in Kami-sama's name is that?" they said at the same time.
The Animorphs answered them grimly.
"That was the Ellimist."