Wow two weeks on schedule. And I even edited all of the earlier chapters this week, surprised me! Of course right now I'd rather write this story than work on my actual job! This is so much more fun. I've added even more details to my outline of the story. Seeing as how I never stick to outlines and tend to add more stuff as I go anyway… At the conclusion of this story it should span 4 major arcs and over 120 chapters… And I'm barely getting to chapter 10! I hope you guys continue to enjoy the ride!
Last time on Legend: School DAZE
It was a Birthday Blowout for Gohan's 13th atop Kami's Lookout with his old friends and Mt. Paozu with his new ones. Gohan had reached the decision to hint at his identity to his friends and make them aware that he is The Dragon. Things don't go according to plan as the typical dangers of Mt. Paozu don't seem to be giving Gohan any opportunities to show off his abilities. In the end Erasa had an affinity for animals, the Bear Thief turned out to be a fan of Videl Satan, and Vodka offered to be Sharp's movie agent. Even Icarus decided to be absent while he followed his new girlfriend around. Will Gohan get a chance to reveal the real him to his friends? Find out on Legend: School DAZE!
And of course a huge thanks to everyone who reviewed over the last chapter:
wheathermangohanssj4 - Hopefully Gohan's friends will believe it when they see it. Once it happens it should be pretty hard to deny lol!
enarmonios - Oh man you got it so right there! Gohan needed to be able to see the world from outside his box and that's exactly what his friends are going to help with.
Ern Estine 13624 - Thanks again!
shugokage - Glad you enjoyed it!
anonymous - Basically things never tend to work out the way we plan them, it was time for Gohan to get his first lesson in that subject, lol! And when things do come out that also is almost never as it was planned… And thanks a lot for the kind words. You're right, there have been many nights where it's hard to do anything at all. As much criticism as I get for doing things like this though, I really do enjoy it and I don't want to stop despite the fact that I'll never get anywhere with it. But that's not what a hobby is supposed to do. I just have to keep in mind that not everyone learns to play guitar to go be a professional musician and keep following that train of thought while not getting too drunk lol. Thanks again
windblade8 - Cute preteen Gohan and friends, though I suppose no longer preteen after the last chapter lol. There's definitely been a lot of Erasa hinting, and in all honesty I'm not sure what is going to happen with Erasa in the short term. I have a few ideas… but we'll see…
EnixFairy - Vodka's talent scouts, creepy buggers… The more you think about the scenario the creepier it sounds huh… Thanks for the review!
abyssdoor - I'm not a detail person when it comes to power levels. If Akira Toriyama disregarded the idea of power levels so much then I definitely don't feel the need to try and stress their accuracy. Thanks a lot for the review!
yunayuu - I do worry though! Thanks a lot and I'm glad to have dedicated readers so I'll do my best not to let you down.
dcp1992 - It's always cool to get a little binge reading in! I've always hated time skips that gloss over early teenage years. I've always looked at those being the years that define what a person grows up to be. 12-16 is all about discovering yourself and the world and it's when relationships and events matter the most to you even if in the long run they turn out to not have been that big of a deal. It actually took a little while to come up with The Dragon, I seriously teetered for a while on calling him Gungnir after Odin's OP spear. I was playing Mega Man Star Force though and ended up using that as my inspiration and I'm happy with how it turned out. And the identity of The Dragon… I think it's been dragged out long enough, don't you?
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Zuchiku - Thank you much, I was really hoping to capture some original Dragon Ball feel with this story. I felt it's what Gohan was missing was some of that solo adventuring time as a kid. There's a lot in store for Gohan… as I mentioned above, about 120 chapters worth if I follow the outline as it is now… and I hope throughout that time the story will travel across the entire bandwidth of emotions. Thanks for reading!
And even if you didn't review, thank you to everyone who is continuing to read this story. I keep an eye on the hits, favs, and follows, and it's great to feel a little popular around here. I hope very much you all are enjoying the story.
On to the Chapter!
Chapter 10: Interrupted by Shooting Stars
So cold and so dark. How much space exists between even the closest of worlds? Years of nothing, even in the jetstream of hyperspace. Long enough alone for even something that may or may not have ever been alive to question itself. Protected from the harshness around it, a fading light blinked on and off and on again.
After having seen no other light, or heard no other sound for so very long in this lonely place, the protective shell around it began to glow. Dull at first but quickly the orange light grew brighter, and everything became intensely hot.
A woman screamed as she was shoved against a building, her assailant tore her purse from her arms before running away. The mugger ran into an alleyway as a silent shadow saw the mugger and gave chase.
The alleyway was a dead end, but a fire escape led up the side of the building. The thief grabbed onto the ladder and began climbing up as something crashed into the side of the ladder and knocked him back to the ground.
"Just a common purse snatcher? You had my hopes up being so late at night," The man opened his eyes and saw Videl Satan standing in front of him.
The man smiled sinisterly, "Only too happy to oblige little lady." He threw off his jacket revealing a karate gi underneath.
Videl slapped her forehead, "Oh please, do you really think that makes you any more of a challenge to me?"
On cue the windows around her began to shatter. Videl looked from her left to her right as thugs decked out in fighting uniforms jumped out from the surrounding buildings. There were at least twenty of them all around her and closing in.
"A trap?" Videl crossed her arms retaining a look of utmost confidence, "Your chances may have gone up a little bit, but think about it, how many of you are going to be making trips to the emergency ward after this little escapade? Really think it's worth it?"
The original mugger took a step forward, "Oh Miss Satan, tonight is all about delivering a message. You see we're growing stronger, and we're not afraid of you, or your pathetic father anymore. We're calling him out and using you to do it. Once he's humiliated in front of this stupid town everyone will realize there is no safe place for them and they'll have to give in to our demands if they know what's good for them."
"Look, you're a charming fellow, but I've gotta warn you about something," Without warning Videl punched the guy to her left in the nose and swung him around to bash into someone on her right. Like a whistle blowing for recess, everyone charged the field. Videl flipped through the air and kicked a man in the jaw. She landed in a split leg position and elbowed another one in the crotch on her way down. She rolled between the legs of a large man in front of her and then kicked his knees out once she got behind him. Gaining some leverage she uppercut the next attacker before back kicking someone behind her. She was surrounded by so many attackers it was hard to focus and prioritize, but she willed herself to remain calm.
It didn't take much to lose track of what was going on behind her and a man made a running tackle at her. Caught in the momentum, Videl was pushed all the way to a building and pinned against a wall with his shoulder on her back. Videl grunted as she hit, but pushed off the wall enough to get her legs up and then kicked off into a backflip, kicking the man hard on the way down.
The first man caught up to her and grabbed her by the hair and held in place long enough to punch her in the gut and send her to the ground.
Videl pushed herself up immediately, "You're going to regret that!"
Before she could recover, she was jumped on and held still by six men, one on each leg, and two on each arm. Videl grunted as she pulled forward, almost lifting the two men on her right arm off their feet, "Do you fellas really think this is manly of you? Using twenty men to take on just one little girl?"
The mugger stepped forward and cupped Videl's chin, "I don't see it like that at all, I see it as plain ordinary people stomping out a beast; you should be flattered."
Videl spit in the man's face, "Haven't you heard that you should treat people the way you expect to be treated?"
"Let's see where your own advice lands you!" The man punched at Videl's left eye causing her to yell as she took the hit. The man lifted Videl's chin up to face him again, "Feeling a bit tamer yet?"
A fiery light shone in Videl's eyes, "I'm not so easy, you can go ahead and knock me down, I'll just get up stronger every time!"
Some of the men were looking intimidated that this girl's spirit refused to break.
"Let's put this theory to the test then, aye dear?" The mugger pulled back again and threw his fist towards Videl's nose.
A gust of wind picked up and blew the man off his feet away from Videl. From above the top of the building descended the boy with a blue winged aura.
"The Dragon!" The men yelled as they regrouped.
"It's just another kid, don't let him frighten you, we're prepared for this!" the defacto leader called to the troop.
Before the thieves could react, The Dragon flicked all six assailants off of Videl faster than they could see and without hurting the girl.
The twenty men all charged as The Dragon extended his ki every direction like a great flap of the dragon's wings and tossed them all away to the surrounding brick walls, pinning them under a surreal force.
Once the force let up off the men, most of them sank to the ground. "Don't let up," the mugger yelled, "We need to show them we're not afraid of people like him!"
"You should be," The Dragon spoke menacingly, "Anyone who would purposefully harm the innocent is my enemy. And my enemies will receive no mercy!" The Dragon flew forward and punched the leader of the bandits in the stomach hard enough that his body mass visibly shifted. He stepped back clutching both his stomach and his mouth. He keeled over and lost everything he'd eaten that evening.
In the next moment chaos broke out. Most of the bandits charged to attack, others beat the hasty retreat. Videl jumped on top of one man and flipped him over her legs before rolling herself back and elbowing two men in the crotch at the same time. The Dragon swiped his hand back and forth, knocking aside everyone in his way. As the scene cleared, sixteen of the bandits laid on the street unconscious leaving four to have escaped.
Videl was about to run after them but The Dragon stopped her, "Let them get word back on how bad they lost today, it will make them think twice about trying something like this again in the future."
The woman who was mugged saw everyone in the alley knocked out except the two heroes. She ran in and grabbed her purse, "Thank you…" She said meekly.
The Dragon nodded to her and turned around as the woman pulled a strange item from her purse and attempted to stab it into The Dragon's back. Videl grabbed the outstretched arm with the weapon in it and kicked the woman in the face, knocking her out, "Even she was a decoy? You've gotta be kidding me…"
"Some of these crooks are getting serious…" The Dragon looked over the woman who otherwise didn't look suspicious.
Videl kicked at the rod she dropped which let off enough voltage to light up the entire alleyway like daylight. Sirens were heard as police approached.
Videl crossed her arms, "I could have taken care of them on my own you know."
The Dragon nodded, "I know, but you don't have to."
The police sirens were only a block away now, "I should be going," The Dragon started to float away.
"Not quite yet!" Videl jumped up and grabbed onto The Dragon's back.
"What are you doing?" The Dragon blushed awkwardly.
"It's time we had a chat, take me someplace private," Videl demanded as if nothing about it were out of the ordinary.
Her actions caught The Dragon by surprise, "Sure." He flew them up out of the alley just as the police sealed the area off.
Videl looked over The Dragon's shoulder, taking in his cloud like view of the city, "There's no jet propulsion; how do you fly like this?"
"Is that what this is about?" The Dragon grinned.
Videl had to think about her response for a moment, "It's one of many questions I have for you."
The Dragon nodded, "Alright, hang on tight then."
Though confused at first, Videl soon found herself enveloped by The Dragon's aura as his speed increased dramatically. She had to shield her eyes against the wind behind The Dragon's helmet. As suddenly as the ride began though, it ended, and The Dragon touched down on the ground.
Shaky at first, Videl let go of The Dragon and looked around, "No way…" She gazed down at Satan City from a mountain top, "We're on top of Mt. Peel? But this is fifty kilometers away from where we just were!"
The Dragon nodded, "You can see the whole city from here. From this perspective it doesn't seem nearly as crime infested as it tends to feel when you're in the middle of it."
"Yeah, it almost looks… peaceful," Videl sat and stared in silence at the twinkling city lights with The Dragon.
After a moment The Dragon decided to sit beside her, "So…"
"Yes?" Videl turned quickly seeing only the reflection of herself and the city in The Dragon's visor.
"Umm…" The Dragon tried to find his gruff voice again, "You wanted to talk to me about something?"
"Oh!" Videl turned her head to look at the city and then back to The Dragon again, "Why are you here?" The Dragon's mouth formed a confused shape so Videl clarified, "I mean, why do you do the things you do? Glory? Fame? Power?"
The Dragon looked up for a moment in thought. After only a few seconds he shook his head, "Hope," He smiled genuinely at the girl beside him, "People need hope and to believe that when things are looking bad that there's something good that they can look forward to. I'd like to think that what I do allows people to live their lives not in fear, but in hope that they can enjoy peace."
Videl looked down at her hands, "I've seen so many would be heroes come and go, and each of them have always had a glory streak, myself and my father included, but I don't see that in you. It's so hard for me to believe that someone like you even exists."
"Why?" The Dragon asked almost immediately.
A look of almost shame crossed Videl's face, "Because I think that makes you a better person than me."
The Dragon looked at Videl's face for a moment. They were both quiet but then he smiled again, "Why did you become strong?"
Videl looked over at The Dragon out of the corner of her eye, "I wanted to prove myself, a lot of people thought the lineage of my father would die with him since he had no sons, so I needed to prove that I could be just as strong as any boy could hope to be."
The Dragon nodded, "That's why you started, now why did you keep going?" Videl's mouth hung open as she took in The Dragon's words. "Why did you decide to take your training to such a level where you beat up crooks in the middle of the night?"
"I saw how it made people feel," Videl seemed to shock herself with the answer, "I saw the look in the other kid's faces at school when I would stop them from being bullied. Like they suddenly had hope that things were going to get better for them."
"We're no different," The Dragon smiled, "We've both seen our fair share of bullies and decided to be the ones to make it end. You're not just a good person, you're amazing!"
Videl tried not to get emotional, but it was hard when she heard so much sincerity in The Dragon's voice. She looked again and the darkness allowed her to stare at the hero's eyes through his visor. Somehow, even with the red filter between them, Videl felt a connection in the eyes of the boy beside her. One that she somehow always knew would be there if they were to ever meet like this. Her hand came up and gently cupped his cheek inside his helmet.
The Dragon's eyes shot open and he gulped nervously as he realized what was happening. His mouth hung open and his breathing changed as he allowed the girl to continue to stroke his face, "Videl…"
"Shhh…" Videl slowly leaned in closer. The rhythm of both their hearts began to race. The Dragon took Videl's other hand in his own and cautiously leaned in to further close the gap between them. The breath from the other ghosted over the skin of their lips. Both teens were almost shaking from a cocktail of anxiety, excitement, and fear as they closed their eyes.
The Dragon's helmet beeped loudly causing the two to jump with a start.
"What's wrong?" Videl asked seeing worry in The Dragon's eyes.
"Something just pinged on my radar. Something's coming, and fast!" The Dragon pushed himself to his feet and looked up as the sky began to glow.
Up in the sky a meteor like object was flying through earth's atmosphere and heading toward Satan City. It lit up the sky in a brilliant orange like the morning sun.
"Oh no, is it gonna hit the city?!" The Dragon opened a panel on his arm, "Full radar!" His armband projected a holographic radar in front of him that he positioned over the falling object, "Range equals launch velocity times the square root of twice the height divided by gravity; that means we need the square root of one hundred and forty two point eight five seven, which is…" The Dragon snapped his fingers a few times apparently as he calculated out the math, "eleven point nine five two. So multiplied by entry velocity means… Landfall is fourteen point three four kilometers east of the city limits!" The Dragon breathed a sigh of relief.
Videl eyed The Dragon curiously, "Did you just solve an equation for trajectory in your head?"
The object hit a few kilometers outside the city limits just as The Dragon predicted, "There's nothing in that area, but I should check it out and make sure everything is okay."
"I'm going too," Videl grabbed onto The Dragon's back again.
"You weren't worried I'd just leave you up here were you?" The Dragon actually chuckled as he lifted off into the air towards the crater.
A blush came over Videl as she looked to the side, "I also don't want you thinking that you're off the hook so easily, I still have more questions for you once we make sure everything is alright down there."
The Dragon closed his eyes and nodded, "Any question you have… I'll answer."
Videl grinned, "Oh really? Any question? So if I were to ask, who are you really? You would honestly tell me?"
"If you really wanted to know," The Dragon closed his eyes and smiled as he looked over his shoulder, "then yes, I would tell you."
Videl held on tighter as she thought about whether she really wanted to know or not. Now that it was on the table that The Dragon was willing to just remove his helmet for her she wasn't sure if that would ruin part of the mystery and charm that she wanted to remain in place over the boy. Suddenly she found the situation much more confusing than she had intended it to be.
"We're here," The Dragon dropped from the air at the edge of the crater.
"Whoa…" Videl whistled at the sight of the hundred meter wide crater, "It's pretty big."
"We lucked out that it isn't any bigger," The Dragon kneeled down and scooped some of the charred earth into his hand, "It wouldn't take much more mass to have put a much bigger crater in the middle of the city."
The heat began to dissipate away from the crater and the metallic object in the center became more visible, "That doesn't look natural…" The Dragon slid down the black loosened dirt to inspect the object with Videl close behind him.
Once up close The Dragon held his hand over the beach ball sized object, "I thought it was metal, but from here it almost looks like… bone… or some kind of strange hybrid material."
"Creepy," Videl leaned in close as well. The structure was oblong shaped, most likely warped from the fall, but it did look a lot like a shell.
The Dragon finally touched the object and the two were startled as the shell suddenly cracked open in two lines like a flowering bud. From inside the two could see a faint red light.
"What the heck is this?" Videl tried to see inside through the openings in the shell.
"*Beep* Ge…" It made a sound that caused the two to jump back.
The Dragon slowly approached first, "Hello?"
"Ge…" a voice intermixed with static like it was being played through a breaking speaker spoke to them, "Get… detects… life forms… detected."
"It can talk!" Videl was astounded as she neared the object again, "Two life forms right here."
"It's some kind of alien computer," The Dragon condensed his energy into a ball to form a light to see inside the shell easier.
The red light began to flash rapidly and the components almost tensed, "*Beep* High energy output detected! Cannot withstand another energy blast… Destruction imminent."
"What? No!" The Dragon shook his head and reabsorbed the power in his energy ball, "I was just trying to use the light to get a better look at you, I'm not going to hurt you."
"Powerful beings…" The broken words were hard to understand without focusing, "…monsters… so much power… they destroyed… jettisoned… core survived!"
"Is that what happened to you?" Videl asked sympathetically.
The light began to dimmer, "Sought life… so alone… Was many voices… Now only one…"
"What are you?" The Dragon looked confused, "Are you… alive?"
There was no answer for a moment, "*Beep* Unknown… this unit… purpose… travel the universe… detect energy… collect data… archive samples… interact with life forms… social experimentation… Lost… All archives lost… monsters burned everything… took away the voices… Now… so alone..."
"It's a Von Neumann Probe…" The Dragon felt a tug on his heart strings, "A very sophisticated one…"
Videl was unsure what words would provide such a thing with comfort, but the computer's story made her worry about a few things, "These monsters, what can you tell us about them? Are there a lot of them, might they be following you?"
The light was starting to glow a little brighter, "Monster location… *Beep* unknown… unable to track… current location… unknown… escape uncontrollable… was caught in gravitic space fold wake until interception of current planet… *Beep* Great powerful… destructive monsters… two in total… So much power… stole sustenance… cut out heart… destroyed body… Core all that remains…"
A spark exploded from within the shell startling the two observers. The Dragon kneeled down closer, "Are you okay?"
The broken audio box tried to speak again, "Matter drive… malfunction… can't… acquire… energy reserves… depleted… data engrams corrupting… Final shutdown imminent… *Beep*"
The light continued to blink, every time it came back on it was a little dimmer.
Videl didn't know what to do, "Can we help it?"
"I don't know," The Dragon spoke honestly as he continued to look the device over.
"I have a friend, Erasa," Videl started, "She knows a lot about technology and gadgets, she may be able to help it."
"I have some other friends who may be able to help as well…" The Dragon stood and shook his head, "But there's not enough energy left to last long enough to get any help for it."
"So there's nothing that can be done for it?" Videl cast her eyes downward.
The Dragon bit his lip, "I may be able to help, but I really don't know if it will help or hurt it actually."
"If it's going to die isn't it better to try?" Videl encouraged The Dragon knowing he'd agree with her.
"Yeah," The Dragon smiled confidently at Videl, "Listen… ummm… computer… I'm going to give you some of my energy, hopefully it can keep you going until we can get you to someone who can fix you. Our energies may not be compatible but it's our best option right now. Do you want me to help you?"
"*Beep* Help… Ge…" was the only response the fading light gave.
A determined look came over The Dragon as he held his hands close to it, "Here we go then." The Dragon focused, even if their energies were compatible he didn't want to push so much energy into the computer that it might explode.
Videl watched in amazement as The Dragon removed his gloves and reached into the shell to lay his hands on the computer. From where he touched the computer, a soft golden glow began to emanate around The Dragon's skin and the computer's shell. The light very slowly brightened until it lit up the crater like a campfire.
Nothing else happened. The red electric light continued to flicker, dim, and dissipate altogether. The Dragon bit his lip as he gently applied more energy.
Another few moments of nothing passed, but then the red light reignited brightly, "Energy reserves increasing!" The computer shouted with what appeared to be excitement in its voice.
The Dragon smiled, but then felt a pull which caused him to look oddly at his hands. His hands were forced to the surface of the computer as if they were magnetized. A white glow rippled through The Dragon's entire body starting from his back and exiting out his hands, "What the?!"
"Beginning full start up initialization!" The light began speaking louder and more clearly, "Archive engrams online. Accessing purpose systems. Bio matter engines activating. All systems returning to online mode!"
Videl was growing concerned as something seemed wrong.
From inside the shell, the computer appeared to be twisting in shape. It began to almost ooze out of its shell and made contact with earth. Then everything happened at an exponentially fast rate.
The ground all around Videl in the crater began to glow in patterns like a circuit board. The liquid bone metal expanded from its shell, wrapped around The Dragon's hands in the process.
"Reactivating all systems… Ge… Get… Get…t… Gete Star systems online!"
The Dragon's eyes widened in horror, "No way!"
The gate pulling on The Dragon's power opened wider and gave off an intense light as the boy screamed while his energy was forcibly ripped from his body. The metal bone structure continued to expand and soon huge pillars of it were shooting from the ground.
"LET HIM GO!" Videl lunged with a kick at the component that was holding The Dragon in place but the amount of energy flowing between them was strong enough that it blew her away before she could get too close.
The energy around the crater began to swirl in spiraling golds and reds reaching up toward the sky. The pillars which rose from the ground were beginning to close around them. The glow around The Dragon was beginning to fade. He opened one eye and looked at Videl, "Get away from here!"
"I won't leave you alone!" Videl shouted back.
The Dragon's knees buckled under him the lack of energy, "Warn others… The Gete Star absorbs bio matter for… energy… The city… isn't safe!"
The space to exit between the pillar structures was almost sealed, "What about you?!"
"GOOOO!" The Dragon yelled.
Videl's fist shook from frustration. She felt as though if she left that she was giving up and running away. But she also knew it would do the city no good if she was trapped inside and couldn't warn anyone of the danger, "I'll come back and bring help!"
The exits from the new dome being formed by the curving pillars were almost shut, but Videl managed to grab hold of a new pillar as it shot from the ground and swung herself out from the Gete Star just as it snapped behind her.
The Dragon watched her escape and grinned, "Good… Now hopefully Mr. Piccolo and the others… get here soon…" A Pedestal formed around The Dragon and a new room twisted out of the material around him.
Videl slid down the side of the new dome and landed on the ground with a roll. The Gete Star was larger than the crater it created on impact already, and strange growths were forming at its base and stretching towards the plant life. Grass, flowers, and trees were all being absorbed by the strange material and were apparently fueling its growth which wasn't slowing down.
"We offered you help and TRUSTED YOU!" Tears of anger and frustration were actually running down Videl's face, "I will never forgive this, NEVER!"
There was no response from the Gete Star as it continued to devour surrounding biomaterial and grow. With little other choice Videl ran towards the city. She pushed herself to sprint as best she could for ten kilometers and came across a police blockade.
"Videl Satan!" One of the policemen ran out to her. Videl noticed most of the other cops were staring wide eyed behind her, "What is going on out in that field?"
Videl turned around and saw how tall the Gete Star had grown in that short time. Nearly as tall as a skyscraper and much bigger around, "Trouble."
"Yeah… but…" The police officer tilted his hat and looked up, "What can we do about it?"
"Evacuate," The officers all looked startled at Videl. "Get everyone in its path as far away as you can. I have no idea how big this thing is going to get, but it doesn't look like it's going to stop growing anytime soon."
"We can do that Videl," The officer blew his whistle to call over some of his companions and get to work.
Videl ran up to an officer standing alone by a squad car, "I need a ride into town also."
The media was running live coverage of the growth approaching Satan City. "So far there are no reported human causalities. The origin of the growth is unclear, what is clear at this time is that it is consuming land and growing at a phenomenal rate."
Sharp held the remote tightly in his hand as he watched the happenings. An air strike siren was bellowing through the city waking up citizens and warning them to leave.
"Come on Sharp," Erasa pushed on her brother, "You should be packing."
"Yeah…" The two couldn't believe the sight being shown on the TV directly outside their city.
Before Sharp could pry himself away from the news feed, blue and red flickering lights shined in through the window.
"Police?" Erasa questioned just before there was a knock at the door. "Videl!" Erasa exclaimed not expecting to see her friend so late and during an emergency.
"I need help!" Videl was still shaking as she entered the house.
Her friends, unused to seeing her look so nervous knew something was off right away, "Besides the big tumor growing outside of town, what's wrong?"
Videl tried to quickly find the right words, "It's The Dragon, that thing took him!"
"Whoa whoa," Sharp tried to calm Videl down, "Slow down just a bit, what happened, and what do you mean took him?
Videl's hand ran down her face as she tried to put what she saw into words, "I don't know, but The Dragon and I found that thing first, but it wasn't like that yet, it was this tiny little dying computer AI thing. The Dragon offered to feed it some of his energy or something like that, but then when he laid hands on it and I could see energy moving between them, that thing grabbed The Dragon and just started sucking all the energy out of him! He's weak and now he's stuck inside that thing while it eats him alive!"
It was plain to see that this affected Videl greatly, her shoulders were shaking and her typical confidence wasn't around. Erasa put her hands on Videl's shoulder, "I understand, we'll do everything we can to help."
Videl shook Erasa's hands from her and paced the room in frustration as she pieced together what she wanted to say, "I was in trouble today… These crooks set a trap for me and I walked right into it. I definitely would have gotten hurt if he hadn't helped me. But when the tables were turned and he fell into the trap there was nothing I could do!" Videl almost punched at the wall, but stopped herself at the last moment not wanting to damage her friends' home.
Both Sharp and Erasa understood how difficult it was for Videl to express her feelings this way.
Sharp stuck his head into the hall, "Hey mom, dad! We're going with Videl."
"Oh good!" a yell came echoing back, "You'll be safe from this thing with the Satans. Be safe you two."
"Yes mom," The two sang synchronously with each other.
"Thanks you guys," Videl sniffed.
"Of course," Erasa threw a thumb's up pose, "Though I suppose if MASK is going in to rescue The Dragon, we may need to redefine ourselves."
"We'll worry about that afterwards," Videl took a few calming breaths, "For now we need get any gear that can help us, save The Dragon, and stop this thing!"
End Chapter
The Big Gete Star is on earth! And it has a new saiyan battery. How big will the star grow, and how long before it starts forcibly harvesting biomass? Worlds are about to collide as rescue plans spring into action, next time on Dragon Ball Legend!
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'Til next time!