Fallen Angel
Chapter 4
"Get up!" Ludoc snapped at the still crying form of Goten at his feet. He kicked him, but Goten didn't feel a thing. Ludoc growled and picked Goten up by the collar. Set him down on his feet, Goten swayed but stayed upright. He stared at the ground and the tears kept coming. Ludoc growled again and back fisted Goten, his head snapped to the side.
"Stop crying, or I'll put you back on the rack for a year!" He snarled. Goten swallowed another sob, and managed to stop the tears, he fixed Ludoc with a glare of pure hatred. Ludoc just laughed at the look.
"Good boy!" He said. "We'll make a good killer out of you yet." Goten shook his head.
"No." He said icily. Ludoc laughed again.
"Oh, really?" He said, he gestured towards the rack. "Have a look at your work, killer." Goten looked and was almost sick. His blast had destroyed everything above Krayns waist, even the rack behind was gone.
"I did that!?" He said in disbelief.
"Yes, you did." Ludoc said, chuckling at Gotens shock. Unknown to Ludoc anger and hate were reaching boiling point in Gotens heart. "I promise, the first is the hardest, the next ones will be easier." Goten glared at him again and his ki began to rise.
"There will be no more." He said. Ludoc chuckled, unaware of the danger.
"Of cause there will be, this is just the begini..." Ludoc was cut off as Goten suddenly went super saiyan and his ki kept rising. The scouters of the guards beeped and exploded. "What the?" Ludoc said shielding him self from Goten's aura. Goten screamed, and his hair stood up straighter and got brighter. Goten stood glaring at Ludoc, super saiyan 2. He smirked as his compared his own ki with that of Ludoc. Ludoc eyes narrowed.
"Why you dirty saiyan!" He said and launched into a flurry of attacks on Goten, who dodged everyone. Goten's expression didn't change at all.
"Why can't I hit you!" Ludoc cried out, and went for a head height kick. Goten casually caught his leg.
"You're not good enough." He said. He brought a hand down on Ludoc's leg, breaking it above the knee, at the same time he stepped forward, kicking Ludoc in the face with his own foot. Ludoc screamed, and Goten pushed him back. He stepped up to the side of the fallen general.
"I'll kill you!" Ludoc hissed. Goten smirked, and raised a hand.
"Am I a good boy now?" He asked, and blasted Ludoc's head clean off. He looked down at the dead general and shrugged.
"Your right." He said flatly. "Much easier."
Three energy blasts hit Goten, when the dust settled it revealed a totally unharmed and pissed off Goten. Without a second thought, Goten sent three blasts into the three guards killing them instantly. An alarm started blaring.
Alright, Goten thought, how do I get out of here? He looked up and grinned. The direct route, always the best! Goten launched him self in the air, strengthened his aura and shot up though the ceiling, and kept going until he burst though the roof. He stopped and looked round. Goten realised for the first time that he wasn't on earth, the sky was red and there were two suns. The building he'd been kept in was very tall, higher than any building he'd seen on earth, and the city seemed to stretch on forever in every direction. He'd need a spaceship to get home, and he had no idea how to get one, use it or even where the earth was! What was he going to do!
Suddenly he felt an insanely powerful ki heading his way, he recognised it as Gradus. He turned and was punched in the face, he shot down and into a building. Goten, pulled him self out of the rubble and shook his head. Where had that come from, he thought, he hadn't seen anything coming. He looked up at the sky and Gradus appeared in front of him, and kicked him though the remains of the building and though another two, before Goten came to a stop. Goten pulled him self up right. That hurt! He looked up again to see Gradus casually walking up to him. Goten wiped his face and looked at his hand, it had blood on it. Two hits and he was already bleeding, this isn't good, he thought. He dropped into fighting stance, and glared at Gradus. Who laughed.
"Come now, boy." He said. "Do you really think you can beat me? You can't even see me!" As if to illustrate this he suddenly appeared in front of Goten, who blinked. Goten growled and threw a punch. Gradus caught it and easily tossed Goten into the side of another building. Goten shook his head and pushed him self out of the indent his impact had left. He dropped to the ground and looked up again. Gradus was grinning at him and charging an energy blast. Goten dropped into stance and put his hands behind his back.
"KaaameehaameeHAA!" He yelled and let the wave off at Gradus, who'd also let his blast off. The beams hit each other causing a massive ball of energy, gradually Gradus's beam started to push Gotens back. Goten yelled and let more energy into his beam, but it didn't work. Goten's mind raced, if he didn't do something fast he was going to die. He transferred the beam onto one hand and lowered one hand to point at the ground. He started to charge another blast from that hand, he was using so much energy to keep the beam from hitting him that he had to dip into his vital energy in order to gain the energy for the new blast. He dropped the first beam and fired the second he shot up into the air. He just cleared the energy, before it hit the building he'd been against. The explosion that the impact caused flung him away, he had no energy left to keep him self steady. He hit the ground and it went dark.
Goten opened his eyes, and wished he hadn't, everything hurt. He couldn't believe that he was still alive. He really hadn't thought he would have survived that blast. He frowned, why had he wanted to live? There had been times in the last four years that he would have welcomed death. But he'd fought against it today, if it still was today, with all his heart. Death would have been so easy, no more pain, no more fear.
He realised what the truth was, he was afraid of death now. Before it would have been cut and dry that he'd go to Otherworld, but now, he was afraid that it wasn't. He had, after all, just killed five people, four of which had been in cold blood. In fact he'd enjoyed killing Ludoc. He was pretty sure that you shouldn't enjoy killing people, and the fact that he wasn't certain of that anymore scared him more.
He turned his head and hissed in pain. He was in the cell that counted as his accommodation. But he wasn't alone, Gradus was leaning against the wall watching him. He chuckled, as he saw Goten staring at him.
"Hello." He purred. "I must say I'm impressed. To escape that blast was quite a feat. Even if it almost killed you."
"I... don't... what.." Goten couldn't continue it hurt to much.
"To die?" Gradus asked. Goten nodded weakly. Gradus smiled. "Good! An assassin and torturer, with a death wish is never a good thing." Gotens eyes widened, even that hurt!
"Tor...turer?" He asked weakly.
"Oh yes!" Gradus said and smiled. "At first you were just going to an assassin, but after what I saw what you did to Ludoc, I changed my mind. To kick someone in the face with their own foot." Gradus chuckled. "That's the sort of vision I like to see! It makes you a special boy, Goten." Goten looked at him in horror. He couldn't remember doing that! He'd been so full of hate and anger that he only remembered that he'd killed, but not how. How could he have done that? What had happened to him? Goten summoned the strength to shake his head.
"No... more." He said. Gradus smile disappeared, he walked over to Goten, and towered above him.
"Oh, really?" He said, and smirked. "Let me tell you something, while you were out, you had a little operation." Goten frowned. "Seeing as you can't move at the moment, I'll tell you what you'd find at the back of your head. On the base of your skull there is a metal beam stretching from ear to ear. It is connected to your spine." Gradus held up a small device with a button in the centre. "And if I press this." He grinned, and Goten shivered. "Well, I think I'll show you."
Gradus pressed the button, and suddenly all Goten knew was pain. It was far worse than anything he'd ever felt before. His muscles stretched and contracted randomly and he felt like he was going to explode. It stopped and Goten fell back onto the bed, but random muscles still twitched causing more pain. Goten stared at the ceiling blankly.
"What do you think?" Gradus said, and chuckled when Goten didn't respond. "You should honoured, to be given this." Goten looked at him, confused. "Normally when someone tries to escape, I kill them. But as I said your special." Gradus turned and left, Goten stared at the door which Gradus had left though. He wanted to cry, but no tears came. He wanted to scream but his voice failed. He wanted to care, but didn't.
Alright, well I'm not sure where to go from here, so no more till I get some more ideas. But reviews inspire!