Buster Squad:
Getting started
King Kai smiled as he looked at the Person sitting opposite to him. Now that the official had arrived, he was hoping that everything would work out.
"So..." said King Kai "About that misunderstanding."
Bob nodded. He took another sip of his tea.
"Well, I must apologize... these sort of slip-ups happen very frequently because of the carelessness of a few individuals and innocent people like you often fall prey to these sorts of problems. Well, Here we are, to help you by restoring the balance of your daily life and bringing everything back to normal." He said in a monotonous voice with no hint of enthusiasm.
King Kai frowned at him. ' Is this what they call 'Customer Service'? Because they're not very reassuring.'
Still, he had no choice. He had to trust the system.
Bob whipped out a tablet. He swiped his finger across the screen and browsed through a list.
Then he found the entry and frowned.
"Oh my..." He exclaimed.
King Kai perked up a bit.
"Did you find something?" He asked.
Bob handed the tablet to King Kai.
King Kai glanced at it.
It showed the details regarding the package he had chosen.
And everything seemed to be in order.
Goku looked over his shoulder and frowned.
"Are these the guys you chose?" He asked incredulously.
King Kai glanced at the picture which showed four bald guys wearing white suits and pajamas. Each of them had a toothbrush in their hands.
King Kai blushed. "That's none of your business! Besides, they're much stronger than you think they are!"
He turned back to the tablet and read through the terms and condition once again.
"What exactly is wrong with this?" He demanded.
Bob gave him a disdainful look. "You customers really are careless aren't you?"
His finger moved to the end of the terms and conditions, then hovered over the full stop. He tapped twice, zooming in on the full stop, revealing that it was actually another sentence.
King Kai's jaw dropped. This is what it said.
NOTE: Limited offer only. All those who register after the deadline will be presented with a random group of people.
King Kai gaped. He stared at Bob. "You can't be serious! How in the world is anyone supposed to read that!"
Bob put his chin in his hands. For a few seconds, he was immersed in deep thought.
Then he took a deep breath. "You must read it using your eyes." He said in the tone wise sages use when they impart knowledge to their disciples.
Goku and King Kai sweat-dropped. Was this guy really that stupid or was he just mocking them?
"Well..." King Kai conceded. "That may be so... but surely there must be some way to cancel this!"
Bob shook his head. "I'm afraid that it's not possible, sir. You cannot go back on this deal once it's made."
But King Kai wasn't going to give up so easily.
"Still! These people have rights! You cannot simply pluck them out of there own worlds without their permission!" He insisted.
Bob stared at the list. "Nope! I can assure you that permission was granted for everyone of them!"
King Kai was sweating.
'But none of them had any idea about what was going on!' He thought
He inhaled. "Are you saying that there is nothing you can do?"
Bob nodded.
King Kai sighed.
"I'll have a word with them first." He said. "Then, we'll sort this out."
"Take your time." Bob replied. "At the moment I have no pressing matters to attend to so.."
But King Kai had already walked into his tiny house.
"You can't be serious!" Percy exclaimed.
"I am. Apparently, they already had permission to select the three of you." King Kai replied.
Rock Lee frowned. "But who would they ask for permission if they didn't ask us?"
King Kai shrugged. "Well, to be honest, I have no idea. But I'm sure that it must be someone close to you, like a relative or a good friend."
Percy's face turned pale. 'Great! This is just great!'
He could think of a number of his relatives who would really find it amusing to send him away for a long time. But hey! It wasn't his fault that half of the people in his world wanted him dead, right? And what sort of stupid idea was this! How could you possibly allow someone else to decide what happened to you?
As for Deadpool, he honestly didn't care.
"Come on! This place seems kind of cool even if we don't have any chimichangas. Don't be wusses. You've gotta be tough if you want to survive." He bellowed.
'Yeah, you're one to talk! Everyone in your world wants to kill you!' said the voice in his head.
Deadpool ignored the voice.
He continued. "Besides, It's possible that we might find some hot chicks on the way."
Rock Lee frowned. "You're going to find a chicken that's on fire?"
Deadpool choked.
He glared at Lee. "You're quite a sheltered kid aren't you?"
King Kai didn't like where this was going.
He managed to interrupt their conversation.
"Anyway... The contract only lasts for about three months, so hopefully, you guys will be able to manage."
Percy looked like he was going to collapse on the spot.
'When I disappeared for a month, all hell broke loose and we ended up fighting a giant earth lady who wanted to destroy the world. Plus, Annabeth nearly killed me for leaving her. How am I possibly going to manage for three months?'
But he looked at the others and realized that they didn't seem particularly concerned.
He exhaled.
"Alright, King Kai. I'll join this squad. But could you give me a second. I need to make a call to one of my friends."
King Kai nodded.
Percy walked out of the room leaving Deadpool and Rock Lee with King Kai.
"Well, I'll be alright too! I'll miss my friends though.. " Rock Lee admitted. "But they'll probably think I'm doing some sort of training so they won't be worried."
He walked out of the room too.
King Kai noticed that he and Deadpool were alone in the room.
"Well.." He muttered while slowly edging towards the door. "It's good to know that all of you are being so cooperative so I'll just give you a moment of peace to uh.. figure things out!"
He stepped outside and slammed the door.
Deadpool looked around.
'Well, looks like I'm on my own...' He thought.
'NOT!' yelled the voice in his head.
Deadpool swore. 'Can't you leave me in peace!
'Sorry' the voice replied, though it didn't sound serious.
'By the way... where's the other voice?' Deadpool asked.
'You mean the bad-ass voice which tells us what to do and doesn't enjoy jokes?'
'Yeah, obviously.'
'Well he did say something about taking a break for some time, and I have no idea when he'll be back.'
'Good riddance! Did he say anything else?'
'Yeah, he said that he was the one who got you into this squad.'
'Seriously?'
'Yeah, you have been complaining about how being a mercenary's getting boring haven't you?'
'But I complain about everything don't I?'
'Well that's not my problem so don't bother me, OK. Right now, I think I'll go to sleep.'
Bob yawned as King Kai returned .
"They're ready." King Kai announced. "But I still think that this is absurd. "
Bob shrugged. "Well, there is nothing we can do about it now. I suppose I'll give the squad some instructions and advice before I leave."
They waited for a few minutes until everyone had assembled.
Bob cleared his throat. He pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and started reading.
"It's good to see all of you young candidates here. I'm sure all of you will have a bright future in the multiverse, by which I mean that you won't die a horrible death. For the first month,you will merely be sent to check out other universes and get a feel of the concept. You will only start getting important missions after the month has passed. On the way, you are welcome to recruit other member's who you consider suitable, as long as they are willing to do so. Successfully completing missions will fetch you rewards and help you to earn recognition for your team. To help you start your journey, we will provide you with the standard package which includes a cybernetic android assistant who will not actively participate along with your team, but observe you and provide you with information regarding anything you may come across. Another feature would be the teleporters which will be handed to each one of you. These devices will allow you to travel to different universes while also mapping unexplored regions. Lastly, you'll also- "
He stopped when he heard a weird sound. He looked at the audiences. Percy was looking somewhere else and Deadpool was fiddling with something which looked like a game-boy.
He sighed.
"You know... It's people like you who make me wish I'd listened to the stuff my teacher told me when I was small."
Rock Lee was interested. "Really? What did she tell you?"
"Kid, are you stupid? I just told you that I didn't listen to her." Bob shot back while maintaining his poker face.
He stood up and brushed his pants for no specific reason.
"Well then, I'm sure you'll all figure out the rest of the stuff on your own."
He dumped a giant box on the table and turned to King Kai.
"It was a pleasure to meet you, King Kai. I wish you luck with your team. Oh... and another thing. If you ever need any help in any matter whatsoever.."
He brought his face close to King Kai's.
"... don't hesitate to get lost!"
Before King Kai could reply, he had walked a few meters away and took out something which looked like a stuffed toy.
"And, yeah I forgot to tell you something. You're not allowed to kill other people, so you'd better watch yourselves!"
He pressed the nose of the stuffed toy and disappeared.
Deadpool looked like someone had taken his lollipop.
"What did he say?" He whispered.
"He said we're not supposed to kill anyone." Rock Lee replied.
"I... I can't do that! I love killing people... I've even got 'Dead' in my name. How can I possibly survive."
He got up and laughed crazily.
"Alright then fellows, It's been fun talking with you, but I'm on a tight schedule, so I'm going to have to leave now." He said as he started inching away from them. Then he turned and ran, before Percy tackled him.
"Hey you! What are ya doing! Get off me!" Deadpool yelled.
"You were the one who was talking about being brave and stuff. You can't just leave after saying all that!" Percy shot back.
Meanwhile, Goku was browsing through the contents of the giant box.
He put his hand inside and pulled out something which looked like a metal cylinder.
He frowned. "I wonder what this does?"
Goten and Trunks who had arrived at the scene seemed equally interested.
"Can I see dad?" Goten asked.
Goku shook his head. "Son, this is some sort of fancy technology. You kids won't be able to handle it."
He turned back to the weird cylinder, only to realize it wasn't there.
"Yikes!" He shouted. "It disappeared!"
Then he spotted Trunks fiddling with the device.
"Trunks, I don't think you should-"
Trunks pressed a button on the cylinder. It immediately shrunk and transformed into a pair of sun-glasses.
"Cool!" He yelled.
Goten ran to him and gazed at it.
Goku followed.
He stared at the sun-glasses.
"What are these things doing here?" He wondered.
Suddenly, a shadow loomed behind the two kids. It was Bubbles.
He snatched the sun-glasses and started running away.
Furious, Goten and Trunks ran after it.
"Give it back, you stupid monkey!" Trunks yelled.
But Bubbles slipped and fell face-first into the ground.
Goten winced. 'I hope he didn't break it.'
Suddenly, Bubbles' body started shaking. It looked like he'd just received an electric shock!
The kids jumped back, alarmed.
Then Bubbles groaned.
"Ouch!" He muttered. "That was unexpected."
Goku who'd followed them was gaping at Bubbles.
"What happened to you? How come you're speaking!"
Bubbles turned to them, the sunglasses plastered on his face.
"Well, to be honest, I'm not the one called Bubbles. I'm a Cybernetic Android Attachment and the one who is currently controlling this being's body."
Bubbles' fist went up and collided with his face. He flinched.
"Ok maybe I still need to figure things out, but I promise that I'll help you guys in any way possible.
Percy goggled at the monkey, his fight with Deadpool forgotten. "So you're that thing which that weird guy was talking about. And you've latched onto Bubbles. That would make you a robotic monkey who's trained in ten times normal gravity and is perfectly fluent in English."
"And French and Hindi and Morse code. You name it."
Deadpool looked interested. "You can speak in morse code? Well, let's have a conversation!"
He closed his eyes and pretending he was a robot. "- ... .. ... / .. ... / .- / -.. ..- - -... / .. -.. . .- .-.-.-"
Bubbles cleared his throat before replying. "-. - / -.- .. -.. -.. .. -. -."
Deadpool was impressed. "You truly are the greatest monkey alive."
Rock Lee had no idea what was going on. But it seemed interesting.
"What about the teleporters?" He asked.
Bubbles went up to the box and pulled out five stuffed toys.
Everyone looked bemused. Bubbles noticed this.
"Yes" he sighed. "A horrible design for a teleporter if you ask me, but.."
He pressed the nose of one of the toys and it popped open, revealing a tiny projector which he aimed at the wall of King Kai's house.
That managed to scare the living daylights out of Goku who hadn't seen anything like this before. He ran and hid behind a tree.
Deadpool snickered. "ha ha, 'fraidy cat! Have ya never seen a projector? Even you're kids aren't afraid. You should be setting an example for them. Isn't that right, Lee?... Lee?"
He turned to see Lee hiding behind Goku.
He sighed. 'What is wrong with these people?'
King Kai realized that the situation was getting out of control.
He coughed purposefully, but was ignored. He frowned a bit. Then he took out a microphone which he had reserved for a purpose like this.
"SILENCE!" He yelled.
Everyone stopped talking.
King Kai noticed that he was now the center of everyone's attention.
"Will all of you calm down? I understand that this is a lot for all of you to take in, but please control yourselves. I know that we've only known each other for a short while, but I've realized that I have faith in all of you. It may be true that we've just met and that it was because of an accident. But we will be together for a few months, so we need to set our differences are aside and work together. You might have been something else before this... Mad killers, Guys with big eye-brows or even mentally disturbed children ("Hey!" Percy complained.). But all that doesn't matter now. What matters is what we can become as a team. And once we're done with this I'm sure all of you will have grown into stronger people, both mentally and physically. That's all I wanted to say."
He took a deep breath. He didn't know why he had come up with a speech at a time like this, but he felt complete. He felt... free.
For a second, everyone stared at him, stunned by the display of enthusiasm.
Then they went back to fiddling with the things in the box. Deadpool continued playing with his game-boy.
King Kai sighed. He walked away from the crowd, hoping to get a moment of peace.
"That was an awesome speech,King Kai."
King Kai turned to see Goku grinning at him.
"Thank you!" King Kai replied.
Goku watched the crowd on the other side. "You know... these guys might seem a bit strange, even a bit silly.. but I feel a powerful sense of purpose, from all of them."
King Kai had to agree. These people might not be ideal warriors or soldiers, but they had potential.
Goku grinned. "It's just like old times, except that I'm the teacher, not the student."
King Kai smiled too."So, what are you planning for them."
Goku looked at the sky. "Nothing too complicated. For now, I'm going to do the same things you did."
And suddenly, Goku was boiling with anticipation.
"I think I'm going to enjoy it." He finished.
Blaargh...( Gasps for breath.) That was one hell of a ride. Sorry if I messed up someone's mood.
Yeah, that's all for now.