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::Goten storms in and throws a hissy fit:: MYSHEL TOTALLY HAS IT ALL WRONG!!!"
::Veda huffs:: "Pssssh, romance? As if. Goten has cooties and everyone knows it..."
::I giggle:: "You two are precious together and you know it!"
::Veda and Goten sputter and stumble over words::
::smiles evily:: "Hey! I can get around the system! It's just really confusing now! Woot!" ::smiles evily::
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Goten was... er... lost.
He had run around the same spot easily fifteen times, probably more. It wasn't easy dodging these monsters while carrying the terrified Veda. She still hadn't said a word, but was clutching tightly to him. Wishing he could sit down and comfort her, Goten continued to ATTEMPT finding this elusive 'other docking bay' Trunks told him about briefly.
There was one hall he hadn't tried using... Yet whenever he passed by it, a horrible feeling entered him, urging him to pass. It was looking like he would have to ignore his instincts...
GRAAAARAAAWR!
Eeep! Goten turned tail and ran the other direction, seeing a monster jump out of another hallway that WASN'T there last time he ran by. Did this place simply shift according to the will of the monsters? It was looking like he would need to snap Veda out of it, because he needed her help.
Turning a couple of hallways, he slid into the first room available, barley evading the charging creature. As it thundered past the door, he determined they couldn't sense ki. So at least there was that. A brief glance at the room told him that it was a closet, or something, because there were random objects placed in here, including a mop. Why monsters would bother cleaning, he would never know. Goten gently laid Veda on the ground.
"Listen... are you okay?" He asked her, shedding his own over shirt to give. Once again a fury burned inside of him, seeing how not 'okay' she was. Hastily taking the shirt, she turned from him. Putting it on was difficult, considering the cast on her arm. Goten helped her. She looked hard at the ground after she was covered. Shame and humility poured from her eyes.
"...Veda, there are bad men everywhere. I'm sorry this happened to you..."
She didn't answer. Goten sighed. Thinking quickly of some way to put her in a stable mood, he smiled softly.
"Do you want a glomp?"
"Oh, Kami, no Goten..."
"I think someone needs a glomp."
"Do you think now is any time to...?!"
"SUPER SAIYAN GLOMP!!!" Goten tackled her, as he would do as a child. Veda screamed out in half annoyance-half laughter. She could remember the first time he did that too...
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...and she could never find it in her to get mad over it...
After a laughing fit, they sat there for a while, basking in the moment. Goten sighed contently, while Veda simply smiled.
"Are you okay?" Goten asked. "Or do you need another?"
"No, I think I'm okay." Veda replied, looking around. "So."
"So."
"I think we can safely assume this isn't a hospital after all, huh?"
"Nope. I think not."
"That... thing... back there told me the women are succubus. What do you think?"
"Safe to draw that conclusion." Goten leaned back against the wall. "Trunks told me to meet him at the docking bay that we entered through. Do you know where that is? I've been trying to find it without resorting to asking you, considering what just happened, but I really need your help Veda."
She thought about it, crossing her arms and looking at the floor. She titled her head to the side, closing her eyes. "I know... I know it's by the receptionist office... if we found our way there I could get to it." Suddenly she started laughing. Goten glared at her.
"Did that guy beat you up harder than I thought? Shall I go mutilate his body further?"
"Oh, no, it's just that you still have your bandage on. That's all." Veda reached up with her good arm and yanked it off his head. "Wow, it was really bad. Are you sure you're fine?"
"I come from a long line of hard headed saiyans. I'm pretty sure I'm okay." Goten laughed. Veda joined him. "Alright... Let's get to finding that docking bay. I hope Trunks isn't already waiting for us, he probably won't be able to hold them off by himself..."
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Trunks Briefs made a fatal error in his calculations.
He did not account for how he was going to get back out of the entrance docking bay. Someone had to open it back up, and he was sure that the monsters surrounding him weren't going to do that. Sure, the Capsule 5 was near full repair by the time he entered, but apparently the wires had been tampered with. It was something he couldn't focus on now, he was just glad the ship was in flying condition.
Currently, he was keeping the ship airborne in the entrance bay, avoiding the throng of monsters underneath him. It was a swarming mass of... ugly. He mock landed a few times to fry a few of them, but it did more harm than good. They would just jump on, and the only way to get them off was to smear them against the walls. Let's just say he didn't try that more than twice.
A deep temptation was driving him mad. He wanted to attempt leaving without his friends, but he knew he would never be able to do that. But what if they never came? Someone would have to get back to Earth to tell the others... 'Oh, screw it!' Trunks thought to himself. 'They'll eventually try and wish us back after awhile, they'll wish me back too!' It had been nearly twenty minutes since he entered the way, and he had started giving up hope. 'That Conray guy probably killed both of them... MAN THIS SUCKS MONKEY BALLS.'
As if on cue, a familiar aura of gold burst through a wall. Turning his ship in the direction of the explosion, a smile swept up on his face. Goten and Veda stood there, slicing through the monsters to get to Trunks in the Capsule 5 ship. The super demi saiyan would deal fatal blows, and Veda would go through behind him to finish what he started.
"TRUNKS!!! ARE WE READY TO GO?" Goten yelled, and Trunks got on his loud speaker. Voice amplified and slightly distorted by the ships stereos, he yelled out.
'YEAH. EXCEPT FOR ONE THING... THE BAY ISN'T OPEN.'
Goten exclaimed a curse, looking around quickly. Both him and Veda were had taken to the air above the succubus. Apparently succubus wings weren't that helpful, especially all being mashed together like they were. "Veda, get on the ship." He instructed after spotting something. Veda looked at him curtly.
"And what about you?"
"I'll be fine, you go on ahead." He smirked at her, a certain charm attained while he was super saiyan that she couldn't resist.
Glaring hard at him, but trusting his judgment, she flew on to the ship. Trunks let down the ramp, and she entered. Not without a backwards glimpse at what Goten was doing. "You'd better be okay..." She whispered before disappearing into the ship.
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There wasn't much time to act. In the fury and berserk state of the creatures, they were making it more difficult by the second to get out. Goten blasted his super saiyan strength to make a path in the crowd of monsters, tackling through the door before they came at him. He slammed the door shut before they could come pouring in after him. What he had spotted earlier was a small control panel behind glass in the corner of the bay. It was apparently for opening the door of the bay, and the glass protected one from being sucked into the vacuum of space.
His eyes widened in terror as he turned to figure out the control panel. Behind the glass, the monsters were crashing themselves into it, apparently attempting to get to him. Long razor teeth, flashing red and yellow eyes, and red charred skin all beat themselves against his feeble protection. "It won't hold forever, I need to get that bay open!"
Trying to ignore the pounding on the glass in front of him, Goten fervently searched for the lever that would open the bay. He quickly realized he had not idea what to do.
"Awww... CRAP!!"
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Veda watched Goten helplessly. The last she saw of his golden aura was when he broke through the door so far away, and a glimpse of it in the control room before it disappeared as the monsters swarmed it.
"VEDA! GET IN HERE!" She heard Trunks yell.
"GOTEN'S IN TROUBLE!" She called. "We have to do something!"
"There's nothing we can do, JUST GET IN HERE!"
The saiyan enigma pulled herself away from the window and rushed in to see Trunks. His back was to her, but she could still tell how serious he was. His long, lavender hair was free of constraint as it flicked about while he was busy at work. Veda simply looked on, entranced by the complexity of the ship.
"Veda, check for holes!" Trunks called. "We need to patch them up before Goten opens the bay!" He kicked back a tool box for her to pick up.
"I already did!" Veda called, wanting to get back to watching Goten.
"I have no idea what those monsters did to the ship, hurry!"
Veda rushed off, throwing a worried glance out of a round window. Still no sign of Goten underneath the mass of writhing monsters.
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After studying the control panel for about thirty seconds, the monsters' work starting paying off. A sharp crack of glass caught Goten's attention.
They were starting to break through! No pressure, right?
Goten breathed out harshly. Focus, focus! Open the bay. That was what he needed to concentrate on. Scanning the board again, he could tell basically what the different knobs were for. He also had a good idea what would open the bay as well. Another crack! Blindly he grabbed a lever and pulled.
The only sound he could hear was the crashing and thudding of the monsters throwing themselves on the glass, the only thing protecting him. He couldn't tell if he had opened anything... Aug! The monsters would have been sucked into the vacuum of space if he had...!
He grasped the other lever he thought might do the job.
The shattering of glass was the last thing he heard before it all went black.
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Veda spotted and filled three holes in the ship, and searched fervently for more. Yes, she did want to hurry and help Goten, but little help she would be if the ship was unable to fly when they were ready. There was only one room she hadn't checked yet...
She slid down into the storage room, plopping onto the ground with little grace, if any. "Ouf!"
Cold was the air around her. Which implied... She hurried to her feet and searched. It had to be somewhere... Pushing aside a refrigerator that was not plugged in, she found what she was looking for. "Well, I'd say those little punks are more harmful than we thought..." Three large claw marks had made their way through the steel of the ship, so she pulled out a plate to cover it. Finding no glue this time in the box, she simply used a small amount of ki to fix it on...
Center of balance off! Veda tumbled on the floor with a scream, wondering what was going on with Trunks. She grabbed onto the ladder tight as she tumbled by, her eyes curious and large. Her job was done. Now it was time to check up on everyone else.
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He wasn't out for more than a second, but for the time he was out detrimental damage was done.
For one, a lone arm of a succubus had broken through. Two, this arm reached in far enough to grab him. And third, it had smashed his face into the glass, which is probably what knocked him out. Blood filled his vision and poured down his face, and he struggled to escape the grip around his face. Her nails were digging into his flesh, but hope still glimmered in the golden aura that still existed from his super saiyan strength.
While struggling to reach the lever that he was nearly positive would open the bay for his friends to escape, another hand burst in. And another. He pushed the sound of breaking glass from his mind and shut his eyes tight. One of the loose claws had clutched his shoulder and tore him back. "NO!" Goten cried, now pulled back against the glass, fading from super saiyan. "I- CAN'T-LET-THEM-DOWN!" He yelled, screaming out when the monsters started tightening their grip on him.
'GOTEN!'
It was Trunks speaker, and his eyes shot open in surprise. What was going to happen...?
'I'M COMING OUT TO DISTRACT THEM, GET THAT BAY OPEN!'
Goten tried screaming out warning, but it was too late.
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