All Hell Breaks Loose…Literally
A/N. Kay, I know I said I wouldn't update 'till I got some reviews, but no one seems to want to, which makes me think that no one likes me, which makes me sad :( Yes, I know, I'm a very pessimistic person for someone who's penname is "Bubble-Headed-Optimist" but oh well :P anyway, I finished this chapter, and thought, oh what the heck? Am going to post it anyway. Oh, and for future reference, Marron and Pan were never born, just because they're unnecessary complications and Kami's lookout isn't affected by the weather. Kay, enough rambling, on with the story. Disclaimer: I own a rather lovely chunk of nothing
Last time, on AHBLL
"I'm afraid s- aaaargh. OH NO!" King Kai yelled suddenly, causing the considerably shorter Kai to jump clean out of his skin.
"What? What is it?" the east Kai asked, trying to calm his long-time rival, who was bordering on hysteric.
"It's King Yemma! Somehow, Frieza and his goons got to him! He's gone! He's dead!"
"OH NO! B-but that means…OH NO!"
Chapter Two: The Portal Through Dimensions
Rain fell from the skies by the bucket load, the frigid water pounding the earth in relentless, icy sheets. In an almost routine cycle, an explosive blast of lightning would tear through the ominous black skies with a bang loud enough so that it could be heard many miles in any direction. The many street lights flickered and wavered threateningly due to the excess of static electricity such a flash generated in the atmosphere. They would not last much longer in such a storm.
It was an accurate thing to say that this ferocious storm had appeared, quite literally, out of nowhere. One minute, the early-risers of West City had been busy pottering around happily doing whatever it was that they were doing, enjoying the rays of the juvenile sun as it shone lazily from behind a few fluffy white clouds. The next, the sun had been swallowed, lost in the abyssal depths of the threatening purple and black clouds, through which very little light could penetrate. The rain had immediately begun to drown the earth; the many rivers burst their banks after mere minutes under the pressure of its onslaught. The winds screamed a mournful tune as it tore past the buildings with enough force and ferocity to fully test the endurance of their roofs and windows, if not simply tearing them off completely.
At the moment, most people were simply concerned with finding sufficient shelter in which to hide and weather through the storm, waiting for it to cease in its destructive rampage. Other people, however, were not so fortunate as to have such a carefree existence so as to make such a choice. One such person was the sayain prince, Vegeta.
He stood on the balcony of the Capsule Corp. building, his intense charcoal scrutiny turned skyward, towards the raging masses of purple and black that were the vicious storm clouds. It wasn't the storm, as such, that invoked the sayain's concerns, or even the most unusual circumstances in which it had occurred, but rather, the terrifyingly powerful aura the storm seamed to posses. The power was so intense that even the might of the sayain prince himself paled in comparison. The sheer force of it sent shivers down Vegeta's spine, and caused the fur on his tail to stand on end. He was certainly deeply concerned about this whole demonic phenomenon.
"Such power…I've never felt power like this before…oh, this is really bad" he growled to himself.
Many miles away, on a tiny, secluded island, stood Kame House, home of the aged Turtle Hermit, Roshi. Although this was a small house, it was certainly sturdy, as it was quite able to withstand the ferocious pounding the waves were currently inflicting on it.
Roshi stared out of his window with an intense, scrutinizing gaze, silently observing the wild, untamed forces of nature do battle outside. His aged face looked unusually tired and forlorn, quite a change from the normally energetic cheery man the hermit usually was. He had always had a sixth sense about these things, and knew that this strange energy that he could feel was just the beginning, and things were only going to get worse before they stood any chance of getting better.
The old hermit stood with his hands clasped loosely behind his back, his long, wooden staff leaning casually against the window frame. Roshi sighed, turning his back in the window, turning his gaze instead on the seven other worried faces that also occupied the room.
Yamcha, Krillin, 18, Chi-Chi, Ox-King, Puar, and Oolong were all gathered around master Roshi's TV, all intently watching the news bulletin that was currently airing.
"Reports are coming in from all over the world that bizarre weather patterns are occurring all over the globe. They say that unexplained, unforeseen storms are occurring everywhere. Scientists are looking into why…" the transmission was cut short by a particularly powerful blast of lightning, and all of the power in Kame House flickered into nothing. The house was bathed in complete darkness.
Krillin, Yamcha and 18 immediately summoned small balls of ki energy to substitute for the lights.
"Aw man, are storms like this really happening all over the country? Oh, Kami, this is bad" said Yamcha, anxiously fidgeting in his seat as he glanced out of the window, to where the rain was still hounding down from the sky, showing no signs of slowing down.
"You're telling me, I'll bet this whole thing was caused by that that evil energy we've been sensing" replied Krillin, scratching his bald head with his free hand.
"Gee, Sherlock, what was your first clue? I say we just get out of here while we're still in one piece and like, go hide somewhere till all this blows over" came the ill-mannered voice of Oolong, the shape shifting pig who had took up residence in the Kame House many years prior. The pig then turned to the blonde android who happened to be sitting in the chair across from him, "don't worry, darlin', you can come with me. I'll protect you" he quirked his eyebrows suggestively. 18 clucked her tongue in disgust, and -
CRASH!
An unconscious Oolong found himself sliding down the wall, after being punched square in the nose by the fiery blond woman. Krillin smirked at this development. But then there was a surge in the ominous force, bringing their attentions back to the growing problem at hand.
"Aw man, it…it keeps getting stronger…" said Yamcha, his brow furrowing with concern. "DARN IT. We can't even do anything to stop it, not as long as this storm keeps up. There's no way we can fly in that! Not without getting ourselves injured, and what good would that do?!" he hissed, gesturing vaguely towards the window, through which the sea raged violently, and the rain teamed down in frigid sheets. The howling winds caused the whole house to shudder.
Many minutes, each seeming like its own eternity, passed by and the occupants of the house remained silent, each lost in their own thoughts, all wondering what foul entity could cause such a power of malevolence to appear.
Roshi frowned as the energy took a pretty significant surge upwards. "Oh dear. I'm afraid if this energy keeps growing, there's not going to be anything that we will be able to do to stop it. Things can only get worse if this continues"
"Worse? How can things possibly get worse?" Chi-Chi demanded, "My poor little Goten is out there, all alone, in this horrid weather. And I'm stuck here, because none of you cowards have got enough guts to fly in a little rain. Oh, my sweet little baby Goten, he must be so frightened" she crooned, despite the fact that Goten was a teenager now, and more than capable of taking care of himself. This was a fact that Krillin soon pointed out, much to his immediate regret. Chi-Chi had yelled for a good solid seven minutes about how Goten would always be her baby no matter how old he got. Krillin never said another word on the subject.
"Master Roshi?" Krillin asked, a few minutes later "what you said before, is it true? Are things really going to get worse? Because this evil energy is giving me the creeps enough as it is!"
"I'm afraid so, Krillin. I can sense it" was the old hermit's only response.
Kami's Lookout was one of the few places one could go to escape the wild rampage of the storm, the floating, spherical haven being so high in the sky that it was immune to its destructive effects. The Earth's young, Namekian guardian, Dende, paced back and forth in anxiety, the amount of malevolent power he was sensing fraying on his already shot nerves. The awe-inspiring sight of the swirling purple and black masses of a raging storm, as observed from above rather than below, was lost on him.
Piccolo, another, much older Namekian, sat floating several feet in the air a little distance away from his younger, restless counterpart, his arms and legs folded and his face set into a calm, meditative expression. How he could maintain such a pose at such a time was anyone's guess.
"Dende, are you ok?" Dende's genie-like companion, Mr. Popo asked, evidently concerned for his friend's well being.
"Oh, this is really bad, Popo. I…I've never felt this much energy before. It's completely off the charts." Dende gasped, not ceasing his relentless pacing. At least, that was until Goku suddenly appeared in front of him with a loud 'pop', almost giving the young Namekian a heart attack and caused him to drop his staff in fright.
Piccolo opened his eyes with a scowl upon sensing the arrival of Goku's Ki. Goku suddenly looked sheepish that he had startled Dende to such an extent that the youth had turned a slightly paler shade of green.
"Sorry Dende, guess I shoulda called first. Heh, heh" he said, putting his hand behind his head in that way that Goku does.
"That would…have been good. Yeah" Dende gasped.
"I take it you can sense this energy, Goku?" Piccolo asked calmly, walking over to the small group.
"I sure can." Replied Goku, in an uncharacteristically solemn voice. Goku then related what he believed to be the cause of this malevolent disturbance.
"What?" Piccolo, Dende and Mr. Popo all gasped in unison, when Goku had finished his story. "King Yemma is dead? B-but how is that even possible?" Dende demanded.
"It was Frieza, somehow, he and the Ginyu force managed to escape from hell long enough to take him out and destroy the check-in station in the spirit realm" Goku answered calmly. "That's the disturbance we've all been sensing. There's been a shift in the balance of good and evil, and unfortunately it's not in our favour" the Sayain sighed.
"I'm afraid it's even worse than that, Goku" interrupted the voice of King Kai, who had opened up a telepathic link to the small group.
"whoa, Father, can you feel that?" Raditz asked, looking towards the north, where he could sense a huge power growing
"course I can. I told you things were about to get interesting around this dump. Come on, let's go check it out. I'm just itching for a good fight" said Bardock, preparing to take off. Raditz followed suit, excited at the prospect of having a good fight also.
Father and son took off, heading north, that powerful energy they were sensing growing stronger the further they went.
What they saw next made them both gasp in shock and set their tails on edge.
The ferocious storm, in all of its glory, vanished just as suddenly as it had appeared, with no prior warning or indications. this fact, of course, confused the already befuddled inhabitants of the planet to an even greater extent. Of course, they had little time to dwell on their confusion, once they took their first glances towards the sky.
"Hey," Oolong exclaimed, "the storm, it's over! Look!" he said, pointing to the window, that Master Roshi had yet to leave.
"Oh really?" Krillin asked hopefully, looking up from his thoughtful daze.
He went straight to the window to see for himself. The storm was over, that was true, as the sea had calmed and it was no longer raining. But Krillin saw something far more sinister than any mere storm. The very sight of it set his very bones on fire.
"Oh my…this is bad"
"Uh Dad, I think you should come look at this" Trunks called to his father.
"What is…?! Sheesh, what the hell is that!?
People all across the planet were crowding in the streets, getting out of their cars, hanging out of their windows, looking at the sky. They looked at it with fear, awe and wonder etched onto their faces.
A huge, gaping black hole had appeared in the sky. Or rather, a huge, swirling vortex crackling with the sheer force of the energy it possessed. Black thunder erupted from the core, burning through the skies in an instant. The once azure skies had bled into an ungodly shade of red. An ominous rumble shook the earth, causing her people to scream in panic. With each passing second, the vortex grew wider, until it easily surpassed three miles in diameter. Another deadly boom, and the vortex grew more frantic in its spinning. Even the humans could feel its power growing. Not even they could miss the blurred shapes beginning to form at the core of the apocalyptic entity of the sky. Blurred forms that quickly grew and moulded into defined shapes, all the while getting closer, and more threatening. That was when a frenzied panic spread through the hearts of those unfortunate souls who had stopped to observe the strange phenomenon.
On Kami's lookout, Goku, Dende, Piccolo and Mr. Popo had all just been told some startling news by King Kai. The walls separating Hell and earth had collapsed, meaning that there was nothing stopping all of the evil spirits from escaping.
"What?! But…but how is that possible?"
"I understand…" said Piccolo quietly.
"How?"
"They were planning it from the beginning. They knew this would happen if they attacked King Yemma. The check in station, that's where souls leaving this world go when they enter the next one, essentially making that the weakest point in the dimensional barrier between the two worlds. And when they attacked King Yemma at the check in station, they damaged that barrier, causing the whole thing to become unstable." Piccolo explained.
"Is that right, King Kai?"
"I'm afraid it is Goku!"
"Aw man, how are we going to fix this mess!" Goku sighed, scratching the back of his head in thought.
"Well, you better figure it out soon, Goku, because it's happening right now! Look behind you!" piccolo said, his eyes resting on something beyond Goku's field of vision.
Goku did so, and what he saw made his heart race with fear, concern, but most of all, excitement. He had been itching for a good fight for some time now, and it seemed his wish would finally be granted, as he observed the cataclysmic hole, that he knew instantly must be the portal through the dimensions that King Kai had spoken of just moments prior.
"Eep! L-look at the sky! That's not natural!" Krillin yelled, pointing a shaking finger to the sky.
"What? What is it?" said Yamcha, coming over "yikes, aw man, this day just keeps getting weirder"
"What are you two getting all huffy – eeep!" Chi spat, marching over to see what the two men were getting so worked up over, and promptly fainted from the shock of what she saw.
"Argh, chi-chi! Oh my…" bellowed the Ox King upon seeing his daughter collapse and promptly went to her aid.
Everyone else in the room had far more important things to worry about than chi-chi's collapse. The energy they had been sensing for a while now was shifting, changing. Before it was just one mass of power, wild, untamed and unharnessed, but in the form it was in, essentially harmless. Now, it was breaking down, and taking on many corporeal, physical forms, and was spreading wider and wider, further and further away from its original core of origin. The fortunate thing was that many of these new beings proved to have too little energy to be of any real threat, at least not to the Z fighters, but there were still many that were. And one of the ones that were, was very near by. Very near by.
Everyone froze. They all recognised that incredible energy. An energy signaturel that none of them had felt in nigh upon twenty years, and all believed they would never feel again. all of them, save for Chi-Chi, Oolong and the Ox King rushed outside and gathered on the little beach, and sure enough, they saw the hulking, brutish form of a man they thought long since dead.
Nappa.
Next time, on ABHLL
The plot has finally thickened, and the barrier between hell and Earth has crumbled into nothing. All the malevolent spirits of hell are now running rampage across the earth. And what's worse, the deadly sayain Nappa has found the Kame House. Do the Z fighters stand a chance against their powerful foe? Will help come from unexpected places? Or is all hope completely lost for our valiant heroes? Read and find out next time, in the next chapter of All Hell Breaks Loose…Literally. "Chapter Three: N-Nappa? But you're dead!" (Sorry, couldn't resist doing one of those corny narrations we all know and love! :P )
A/N …ok, I think this chapter got a bit repetitive…oh well…could be worse I guess…but seriously people, review. It only takes one minute! Just click the purple box. Chibi-Vegeta commands you! and I'm really not going to update until I get some reviews this time. I'm not continuing this story till I know SOMEONE actually likes it, and are not just reading, and going, ah, screw this crap. Please review? Tell me, should I stop embarrassing myself or is this story actually worth continuing? I'm not gonna know if you don't tell me &Gives Best Puppy Eyes&
PS what Raditz and Bardock saw was the same as what everyone else saw, just the other end!
Oh, and would anyone be interested in Beta'ing for me? My work is ok, and all, but I'm really not the best person when it comes to grammar and sentence structure. If you're interested PM me! Thanks.