Author's Notes- Hey guys, we finally have a new chapter here. I've been out of town, and I'm going to be on vacation, so the update schedule is a bit crazy right now. But the next chapter will be out sooner than usual. Also, this chapter goes into Nomu's POV. Anyway, enjoy!
I don't own any of the characters or anything, except for my OC's.
Super Saiyans Among the Stars: Bojack Saga
Chapter 9- Caulifla
"How dare you! Let us go right now, you idiots! I'm going to kill you and make it hurt so bad you'll..."
Corono stopped listening after that. The three Saiyans, the Namekian, and the murderer had all been rounded up and placed into the transport ship to be taken back to North Galaxy Prison. Corono couldn't believe that Commander Chauff had managed to not only find him, but apprehend him just as easily as he had the first time. And as if that weren't bad enough, Lazuli woke up and started screaming her head off. As if she wasn't the only person on this ship that actually needed to go to prison.
Corono looked around and saw that her screaming was affecting the others too. Scallio only looked slightly annoyed. Cut was wincing, and Corono could tell that he wished he could cover his ears, but all of them were restrained by the energy cuffs. Corono thought it was a little funny, since Cut was the reason Lazuli was able to cause such a rampage. Nomu, on the other hand, was someone Corono could sympathize with. Well, he felt a little bad for Cut, but definitely more for Nomu. The Namekian's face was scrunched up in agony. Thinking back, Corono had learned about Namekians back in Universe 6, because there were some there too. He knew that their ears were sensitive. Lazuli's screaming was truly agonizing for him.
"Shut up!" One of the guards yelled at her.
"Or else what?" She shot back.
Commander Chauff wasn't driving, so he reached for a small gun and quickly shot something made out of energy onto Lazuli's mouth. It was essentially a gag.
"Now, if you want me to remove that, stop screaming." Chauff told her. When she adopted a sour look, but quieted down, Chauff pushed another button and the energy gag disintegrated.
"Cut, seriously, what were you thinking?" Corono demanded.
"I didn't know this would happen." Cut answered lamely.
"Why would you give a psycho like her that much power?" Corono asked.
"I didn't give it to her. She stole it. I probably should have guarded it more closely." Cut admitted.
"Why did you give her some of your blood? Now she'll be able to get stronger." Corono told him.
"I honestly didn't plan on having to answer to you about it. I thought we were the strongest in the galaxy and had it at our fingertips. Plus, I thought she had stopped killing." Cut argued.
"To be fair, Corono, he was not the only one to misjudge the situation. I too believed she had changed. So did the residents of Earth." Nomu spoke up.
"It was also probably the dark energy corrupting her mind-" Cut started.
"Look at this! He's still defending her!" Corono exclaimed.
"He's been talkin' about meetin' a girl who's good lookin' and strong ever since he was a preteen. You ain't talkin' him out of it." Scallio said.
- At North Galaxy Prison -
The transport ship approached the landing pad for the prison, and Corono got a sick feeling. This was the place that he never wanted to see again. At least he knew a few more people this time. Hopefully he would be placed back in the cell with Caulifla. If not her, maybe Scallio. Or Nomu. Even Cut would have been better than being placed with a stranger. As bad as his decisions were, Corono could tell that Cut did care about others, even if he himself thought he didn't. He did fight to protect those people. Hopefully Corono wouldn't be placed with anyone horrible, like Lazuli or Bido. The thought of once again being in the same prison as the blue giant sent an unpleasant shiver down Corono's spine. He was stirred from his thoughts by the Super Galactic Patrol soldiers.
"Alright, worms. Let's go!" Commander Chauff barked.
The door had opened, and the group was led out of the ship and into the prison. Nomu was first, followed by Lazuli, then Cut, Scallio, and finally Corono. The group was led to the mugshot counter, only this time, Corono was exempt, since he had taken one before. Surprisingly, Chauff walked all five of them to a room which was different from the other cells. It was rather large. Their restraints were removed.
"We're not sure what to do with the lot of you just yet, so sit tight, worms!" Chauff spat before leaving and shutting the door.
"What do we do now?" Corono wailed.
"We might be able to escape, or maybe we can somehow make a deal with Commander Chauff." Cut told him.
"A deal? How?" Corono asked.
"I'm not sure yet. I need to think." Cut responded.
A few minutes of silence followed. Apparently Cut didn't come up with anything, as he looked to be deep in thought the whole time. After a few minutes, the door was unlocked and opened again. A single Super Galactic Patrol guard stood there, and it wasn't Commander Chauff.
"Hey kid, it's a real shame they got you again." The guard said.
"Oh, it's you!" Corono exclaimed. Corono could tell by the guy's voice that he was the one who had given him the tip that allowed him to escape before.
"Yeah. Listen, I heard you were here so I figured I'd do a little something nice for you." The guard said. He stepped aside and a new person emerged from behind him. Corono's face brightened instantly.
"Caulifla!" He cried, seeing the girl he had been imprisoned with walking into the holding room.
"Corono! It's good to see you. I mean, not that it's good that you got captured..." She trailed off.
"It's okay, I know what you mean." Corono said, and the two embraced in a hug. His ribs protested in pain, though.
"I know you guys were friends and all, so I figured I'd put you together." The guard said. "I've got to go now, guys."
The guard left, and Corono smiled. Suddenly, a smell hit his nose. It kind of smelled like a weird chemical or something. It was faint, but noticeable. Corono didn't think much of it.
"Corono." Cut suddenly said.
"Huh?" Corono responded.
Cut pulled out a small device and threw it onto the floor. It exploded like a grenade. But now a small container had appeared. Cut opened the container and pulled out a small green seed.
"Eat this." He said.
"What is it?" Corono asked.
"It's a senzu bean. It heals your wounds, and I got some from Earth. I still have some left over. Listen, a fight with Lazuli can leave you injured for a while, so you'll need it." Cut explained.
Corono ate the bean, and he felt his body heal back to normal instantly. Wow, what were these called again? Senzu beans? Someday Corono would need to go to Earth and get some.
"Wow, that's amazing." Corono said. Then he turned to Caulifla. "Hey, I'm so sorry for leaving you here. Has everything been okay since I left?"
"It's okay, Corono. Nothing much has gone on here since you left. What about you? Who are these people that they put in here with you? Some of them have energy that feels like Saiyans." Caulifla asked.
"They're a bunch of people I met. Remember how we were supposed to meet some strong fighters in this universe?" Corono reminded her.
"Yeah." She responded.
"Well, these guys are all pretty serious." Corono said.
"We've actually all fought him at some point." Cut interjected.
"You guys are Saiyans?" Caulifla asked. "I thought there were hardly any Saiyans here."
"Well, there ain't many, but my brother and I are Saiyans." Scallio said.
"Okay, so the guy that just spoke is Scallio. He's been letting me stay at his base on planet Flora. That other Saiyan is his brother, Cut. Well, his real name's something else but he has this bounty hunter crew called the Cut Crew so he leads it. I don't know if he's a good guy or not, but the Namek that works with him is Nomu, and he seems cool." Corono explained to her.
"What about the girl?" Caulifla questioned.
Corono looked down, declining to answer. She was a psycho, but he knew that if he said something like that, it would start a fight between him and her, and he didn't really want to spend time fighting when he needed to figure out how to get out of here. But Lazuli didn't feel the same.
"Go ahead, kid. Say something bad about me, I dare you." Lazuli said menacingly.
"He doesn't need to say anything, I can already see that you're a piece of work." Caulifla told her.
"What did you say?!" Lazuli snarled.
"Guys stop!" Cut said, getting between them. "We need to focus on coming up with a way to get out of here."
At that moment, locks on the only door in the room activated, and alarms began sounding.
"Alert. Riot in progress. All doors sealed shut. Repeat. Riot in progress. All doors sealed shut." The mechanized voice said.
"Well, that's going to make things a bit harder." Cut said. "I mean, the doors were already shut, but now it looks like the barrier is reinforced."
As he spoke, Cut had begun stepping backwards. Corono hadn't noticed this until he felt a hard shove. He turned to glare at the person who shoved him, and saw Lazuli, grinning cruelly.
"What is wrong with you?" Caulifla shouted, coming to Corono's defense.
Lazuli wasted no time rushing over and punching Caulifla. This enraged Corono. His eyes widened as he saw his friend go sailing into the wall and crumble onto the floor. He turned back to Lazuli, his face twisted with rage, while hers had an amused smile.
"How dare you!" Corono shouted, powering up to Super Saiyan.
He rushed over to Lazuli and tried to punch her, but she blocked. Corono felt her knee slam into his gut, only this time, it didn't hurt quite as much as it had before. He quickly punched her in the face, sending her crashing into the wall.
"Corono, your power..." Caulifla stammered, getting up. "You have the same transformation as Kale."
"Oh yeah. I'm a Super Saiyan now. Actually, Cut and Scallio can do it too." Corono told her, smiling.
"Wow, that's amazing! You got so much stronger in such a short time!" Caulifla gushed.
Corono blushed lightly. Hearing that kind of praise from Caulifla just made him feel warm and fuzzy inside. He really liked her. His thoughts were interrupted by a cruel snarl.
"I'm guessing your girlfriend there can't go Super Saiyan. Which means she's weak, and it will be so easy to kill her." Lazuli said. Corono moved to stop her, but Cut ran in front of her first.
"What are you doing?" Cut asked. "You aren't usually this violent."
As Corono saw them talking, he noticed that Lazuli looked different than before. The parts of her eyes that were normally white were slowly darkening to a dull gray. She was laughing like a crazed lunatic. Cut looked confused, like he wasn't sure what to expect.
Lazuli suddenly phased in front of Caulifla and charged up a blast. Corono was quick to kick Lazuli away before her blast could fire. The blast instead harmlessly hit the reinforced wall. Not taking any more chances, Corono decided that it was time to knock her out. He charged over and threw a punch at her, which connected. He followed it up with several more punches, but when he tried a kick, Lazuli dodged, spun around, and kicked him in his back. He turned quickly and the two began exchanging blows at high speed. Corono landed several hits. He threw a strong punch to her face, then kicked her into the adjacent wall. He then charged up a full power energy wave and fired it at her. The blast connected and kicked up smoke. When the smoke cleared, Lazuli was laying on the ground, seemingly unconscious. Corono hadn't done too much damage to her, though, so he had a feeling she'd be back up soon.
Corono powered back down to his normal state. He took a few seconds to regain some energy, then ran over to Caulifla.
"Are you okay?" Corono asked.
"Yeah, thanks to you." Caulifla responded.
Corono was about to respond to her, but suddenly something happened. He couldn't explain it, there was just an intense sensation in his head. He felt anger, inexplicable anger. And the desire to punch something. He stepped back, away from Caulifla. She was the last person he wanted to punch.
"Corono? Are you okay?" Caulifla asked. He was unable to reply.
Corono felt his battle urges rising up. And he felt angrier, no particular reason for it was apparent. He looked around the room and spotted Cut. Cut seemed like the guiltiest person there, besides the one he already knocked out. Without warning, he assumed his Super Saiyan form once again and charged at Cut. He threw a punch to the other Saiyan's face, and Cut was sent flying. Cut flipped over in the air and landed on his feet, quickly assuming his Super Saiyan form.
"What are you doing?" He demanded.
"Corono, please!" Caulifla begged. Corono looked at her, and she gasped. "Corono, your eyes!"
Corono wasn't able to pay her any attention, so he focused back on Cut. Corono charged again, but Cut was ready this time. Cut fired a full power energy wave which hit Corono. The young Saiyan was able to recover, and he charged at Cut again. He threw a punch, and Cut threw one as well. Both fists connected, and the two began to exchange blows rapidly. Cut back flipped over and kicked Corono away, and fired another full power energy wave. Corono was hit yet again, and descended to the floor.
Cut hesitated to attack again, and Corono took advantage of that. He phased in front of Cut and began an assault that the darker skinned Saiyan wasn't prepared for. This time, Corono began his combo with a kick, which Caught Cut off guard. Corono quickly switched to rapid punches. After a few of them hit Cut, Corono used a hard blow to knock Cut away, but Corono flew after him. He caught up and hit him with another barrage of punches. Then Corono put his hands together and slammed Cut to the ground. Before Cut could recover, Corono unleashed a blast volley towards where Cut had landed. An explosion rocked the large holding room.
"Corono, what the hell are you doin' to my bro? Stop!" Scallio called out.
Corono ignored Scallio and charged towards the smoke where he knew Cut would be. The smoke dissipated just as Corono was going in for an attack, but Cut used an explosive wave to knock Corono back. Cut fired a quick energy wave, which hit Corono, but didn't hurt too much. Cut rushed forward, but Corono had a blast in his hand. Also moving forward, Corono unleashed the blast on Cut. It impacted him and sent him backwards. Corono then rushed forward and performed a downward smash, sending Cut to the floor again. Only this time, Cut landed on his feet.
"I… will not lose… to you AGAIN!" Cut roared.
"I told you to stop attackin' my brother. Now you're gonna PAY!" Scallio roared.
Both brothers rose to float in front of Corono.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" They both screamed at the same time, powering up. Their eyes also had darker tone where the whites were supposed to be.
Both of them charged Corono at once. Corono fended off Scallio's attempts at a punch with a small blast volley. He was going to follow up with a physical assault, but a hard punch from Cut sent him sailing into the wall. Cut had phased to Corono's location and began pummeling him with a barrage of punches. When Cut was done punching, he kicked Corono across the room, where Scallio was waiting. Scallio began his own punching assault on Corono, after which he put his hands together and slammed Corono onto the floor.
"No, stop! You two are hurting him!" Caulifla wailed from the sidelines.
Corono looked up and saw Cut and Scallio each charge up full power energy waves. Corono knew that he had no time to get up or dodge as both blasts came sailing towards him. The energy crashed into him and sent a wave of pain sweeping over his body. Corono still had some energy left, so he charged Scallio, but Cut phased over there too. Corono tried to exchange blows with the two brothers at high speed, but it soon turned into him being pummeled as Cut's and Scallio's fists pounded him relentlessly.
…..
Nomu was shocked at the display of violence from Cut and Scallio. He wanted to step in before Corono was seriously injured or worse, but it would be unsafe at the moment. He watched helplessly as Corono was beaten by the other two Saiyans until he was unconscious.
"No!" Caulifla summoned a burst of power and readied herself to charge into the fray to defend Corono, who was apparently a friend of hers. Thinking quickly, Nomu phased in front of her.
"Please, you must not!" Nomu told her.
"But they're hurting him!" Caulifla argued.
"It is unfortunate, but they are much too strong for you to handle on your own. And also, it was Corono that started this fight." Nomu said.
"He must have had a good reason!" Caulifla insisted.
"No, I believe he did not." Nomu said.
Caulifla started to say something else, but Nomu failed to hear her. He was focused on Cut and Scallio, who had already knocked out Corono and were now eyeing Caulifla and himself. Though Cut was his friend and normally would never attack him, the Namekian could sense that this situation was not normal. Both Cut's and Scallio's eyes had their white parts darken to gray, just as he had observed Corono's and Lazuli's doing just before they attacked. He didn't know exactly what was happening to them, but he suspected that it would somehow cause the two of them to attack Caulifla and himself.
He was proved right when Scallio roared and charged at him, Cut following his lead. Nomu quickly fired a blast from each hand, one of them hitting Cut and the other hitting Scallio.
"What are you guys doing? Cut, he's your friend!" Caulifla shouted, not understanding the situation.
"Caulifla, was it?" Nomu asked. "Something is causing them to attack us. We must get out of this holding cell and find out what the cause is."
"But how do we do that?" Caulifla asked. "Those walls are too strong even for Super Saiyans to break."
"I've been traveling with Cut long enough to learn that some doors can be unlocked if an energy blast hits the inside of them at the precisely correct angle." Nomu explained. He dodged a blast from Cut as he spoke. "I have opened security doors for him that way a few times, when a criminal that we were trying to capture for a bounty would try to barricade himself away from us."
"But how will you have time to do that?" Caulifla asked, as she kept Scallio at bay with small ki blasts. "These guys aren't exactly going to just sit here and let us do our thing."
"I would need you to keep both of them at bay while I use my ki control to open the security door. I will work as fast as I can, but you will need to hold them back." Nomu told her.
"Okay." Caulifla responded.
Nomu saw her hit each of the attacking Saiyans with ki blasts to draw them to her, and he immediately began to form small ki blasts in his hands. He fired two of them and concentrated hard. Each of the small blasts entered the cracks between the sliding doors. He made the one on the left turn upwards, then right, while simultaneously having the blast on the right turn upwards and then left. Each one made another downward turn, and one more turn towards each other. When the blasts both contacted the appropriate unit at the same time, the release function was triggered, and the door slid open.
Before he could even step out of it, or turn around to tell Caulifla to come with him, something hit him in the back and sent him sprawling to the floor outside the room. He pulled himself to his feet and discovered that Caulifla had been punched and knocked into him.
"Caulifla, are you okay?" He asked, worried. He knew that at her power level, a punch from Cut or Scallio could injure her.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I only got hit once." She assured him. "But we need to hurry. They're coming after us!"
Nomu didn't really need any proof to know that what she said was probably true, but he turned around and looked anyway. He could see Cut and Scallio charge after them. He turned and flew in a random direction, and luckily he noticed Caulifla follow him.
"How are we going to lose them?" Caulifla asked between pants. She had been running on foot.
"I… I am not sure." Nomu told her.
Nomu wanted to try to talk to Cut through their mind link, but it would have taken time to concentrate to get it started. And he had no time to spare. He heard small explosions and looked back. Caulifla was using small ki blasts to try to slow them down. It may or may not have slowed them temporarily, but at the rate it was working, she would surely run out of energy before they could get away.
"Hurry, fire a full power energy wave. I will do the same." Nomu told her, charging up a blast.
"Alright, here it goes!" Caulifla said, charging up the energy wave.
As soon as Nomu saw her fire, he quickly fired his own, and he flew using a burst of speed. Luckily, Caulifla caught on and took to the air as well, keeping up with Nomu. Strange, he had the overall power level of an early Super Saiyan. Caulifla was not a Super Saiyan, yet her speed still matched his.
"Hey, you two!" Nomu heard a voice shout. He looked down a hall to the left to spot three Super Galactic Patrol guards running towards them. The guards looked as if they had been in a struggle. "Stop right there!"
Nomu kept flying, and so did Caulifla. They weren't sure how far behind them Cut and Scallio were, but they could not afford to stop. Nomu glanced back and saw the guards readying their guns. He silently panicked, but luck was on his side. As the guards tried to fire, nothing came out.
"Shoot! We're out of ammo!" One of them said.
"We must have used it trying to contain the riot." Another one said.
"Aww crap, look!" The third one says, pointing in the opposite direction from where Nomu and Caulifla were.
A second later, Nomu saw Cut and Scallio burst past the guards. The three guards foolishly tried to stop them, and the two out of control Saiyans began attacking them. Nomu turned to look where he was going and noticed a turn he could make. Glancing back one last time, he saw Cut and Scallio leave the now wounded, but still alive, guards on the ground and continue to run towards them. Nomu turned the corner. Before long, he spotted another turn and took it, then another. After that he suddenly stopped, pushing his energy all the way down, and panted heavily. Caulifla didn't notice him stop, and she crashed into him.
"Nomu, why are we stopping? Cut and Scallio will catch us!" Caulifla asked frantically.
"You must push your energy down!" He replied sternly. She did, and then he continued. "We cannot run forever. They would have caught us eventually, but I believe that as long as they cannot sense our energy, we may be safe for now."
"Do you have any idea what's happening?" Caulifla asked him. "I heard some guys say something about wanting violent people for their plan. Is this what they meant?"
"I'm not sure who you are referring to, but I believe that a chemical agent has been released into the prison, which is the reason for the riot, and the uncharacteristically violent behavior from even our most trusted friends." Nomu explained. "Whether the chemical has been released on accident or deliberately, I do not know."
Caulifla thought for a moment. "That does make sense. I thought I smelled some funny toxic fumes earlier."
"Yes, and our friends' eyes changed to gray, which indicates that something inside the body is what caused this to happen."
"Oh my god! Kale!" Caulifla suddenly exclaimed.
"I don't understand." Nomu told her, confused.
"Kale. She's my friend and protégé, and she was arrested for something she didn't do. We tried to help her, that's why Corono and I ended up here." She explained.
"Oh yes. I heard it all from Cut, how the evil Super Saiyan killed her parents and she was arrested for it. Cut was told by Scallio, who learned it from Corono." Nomu told her.
"I need to make sure she's alright." Caulifla said with worry in her voice.
Nomu studied her face. It was clear to him that the two of them had a very deep bond, and there was no way she would be convinced that checking on her friend would be too dangerous for them.
"I understand. But we must stay together, and we must be careful." Nomu warned.
"Don't worry. Her cell isn't too far from here." She said.
Nomu followed her lead. He continuously looked around for either guards or other rabid prisoners, especially Cut or Scallio, but fortunately he didn't see them. Caulifla stopped when she saw two large men, one of them holding a shy looking girl by the neck. He could sense her Saiyan energy, and he knew that she must be Kale. The two men both had large power levels, and Nomu could tell that they were suppressing theirs as well.
"Bido! Let her go right now!" Caulifla demanded angrily, her energy rising seemingly out of anger. But it was the even larger man, the one who wasn't holding Kale, who spoke.
"Ah. So you're the other one that Bido told me about." The large man said.
The speaker had blue skin and long orange hair, and on his head he wore a black bandanna. The top of his clothes were blue, though it was hard for Nomu to make out the details in the dark corridor. His pants were white.
"I said let her go!" Caulifla repeated. Then her voice took on a more gentle tone as she spoke to her friend. "It'll be okay, Kale. Just stay calm."
"But I need her to be angry." The large man said. "After all, anger and malice is what activates the chemical virus that my crew released on this prison."
"Hey boss, are you sure we should tell them our plans?" The other man, presumably named Bido, said.
"Are you questioning me?" His boss demanded.
"No boss!" Bido quickly replied.
"It doesn't matter if they know our plans. They won't stop us from escaping." The boss said.
"So it was you who released the chemical agent." Nomu stated.
"Yes. The guards mentioned a violent incident on planet Meicon, and they said that your little friend who had escaped was there. That's when I knew we'd have the violent people necessary to put our plan into action. It'll be just the distraction we need to give the guards in order for us to escape. I'll have to thank your Super Saiyan friends. My associate in the security office tells me they're doing an excellent job defeating the guards for us." The boss explained.
"Hey boss, what if one of us gets infected with it?" Bido asked.
"Why do you think I gave Borigo a sample of the cure?" The boss sighed exasperatedly.
"Oh yeah." Bido replied stupidly.
"Now hurry up and do what you need to do, and let's contact the rest of the crew and get out of here before the Super Galactic Patrol catches all six of us." The boss instructed.
Bido savagely threw Kale onto the ground, kicking and stomping her. She curled into a ball, but did not get angry.
"Stop it!" Caulifla shouted.
The boss looked at her, and Nomu could tell that a sadistic idea had formed in the criminal's mind. He suddenly launched an energy wave at an unsuspecting Caulifla, sending her flying back into the wall.
"Sis!" Kale suddenly spoke up.
Bido then kicked Kale in the face again, but the Saiyan girl blew him back with a burst of power. Nomu could tell that her power was being unleashed, and she was likely becoming rabid as the others had. He saw Kale stand up and began powering up, her face twisted in pure rage.
"That should do. Let's go, Bido." The boss said, and he and Bido quickly flew away.
Both Nomu and Caulifla stared at Kale worriedly. Both of them knew it was coming.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kale screamed.
Nomu could feel Kale's enormous power as she seemed to lose all control. She first transformed into a Super Saiyan, but then… she became something else. Her body grew and her muscles bulged. The pupils in her eyes disappeared, and her energy took on a very aggressive feel. Her hair burst from the pony tail it was in, and went from the shiny blonde of Super Saiyan to more of a yellowish, greenish color. And, of course, her eyes were now a dull gray color, indicating that she was infected just like the others. Except that her power far exceeded Cut's, Scallio's, Corono's, or Lazuli's.
She stood, panting. Then she eyed Caulifla and Nomu, without so much as a hint of recognition in her eyes when she looked at Caulifla. Then, without warning, she charged shoulder first at the both of them.
Author's Notes- Okay, so that's the end of chapter 9. This is somewhat of a two part thing, so the next chapter will be out sooner than the others. But after that, updates will be on a short hold until I get back from vacation. Then they'll go back to the "week and a half" updates as usual. Reviews are appreciated, and stay tuned!
Next time: Will Nomu and Caulifla make it out of the prison? What about the criminals who were looking to escape? Cut and Corono, and the others? Find out!
