"Yang you should probably stay inside, ok?" Weiss asked the brilliant yellow bird she was gently patting. Tilting her head to the side and giving an affirmatory chirp Yang took to the air leaving her caretaker and friend behind to go explore the metal structure that had become her home. With a quick glance Yang looked back just in time to catch Weiss' tail brush against Tyr's own. With an agitated chirp Yang continued her flight pushing thoughts of the scaly interloper out of her mind, she had other matters to focus on.
Over the last few days she had made it her goal to learn every inch of the ship that she now called home. On one of these early morning searches she caught the scent of… it. Just one whiff was all she needed to know that she needed it. So over the last few days Yang searched, planned and waited for her moment. Now that the rest of the crew, but most importantly the grumpy blue haired one was gone the vibrant bird could now put her plan into action.
Yang quickly made her way to the bridge staying aloft just in front of the door until the sensors detected her and granted her entry. Many of the rooms across the ship were locked and couldn't be opened without a special card, one that Yang knew the blue haired one carried with him at all times. One of these locked rooms held her prize, luckily there was more than one way to unlock them.
Flying over to Nadan's work area, Yang spotted her target. It was a console that the blue haired one frequently worked from and gave him full access to the entire confines of the ship. Through hours of diligent study Yang developed a vague understanding of which buttons did what. Touching down on the console Yang quickly made her way over to one of the larger buttons with a strange symbol on it. One downward peck later and the entire device had come alive.
It took several minutes of trial and error, pecking at various buttons and combinations she had remembered seeing while roosted on the scientist's head. Yang's persistence was rewarded though as eventually one of the screens shifted to a live feed of a locked door. Unfortunately it was impossible to determine if this door held what she sought so instead she pecked down on the button she knew would unlock the door remotely.
The green blip indicated it had been successful but Yang had no way of knowing if this was the room she sought. To remedy this obstacle Yang turned her head to the side and hit a different button, this one shaped like an arrow, off to her side. The viewscreen shifted to a new door which was also locked, turning her head back to the right she pecked the unlocking button and chirped happily as she saw that door unlock as well. The crafty bird would continue this process until she had come full circle and was back to the first door she had unlocked several minutes ago.
Chirping eagerly Yang took to the air and left the bridge as fast as she could. As she flew through the corridors of the ship her thoughts were drawn to her prize, it would soon be hers and nothing was going to get in her way.
"It's over Weiss you can't stop me, I guess you just weren't strong enough to beat me" Raijin jeered from across the room triumphantly.
"It's not over yet four eyes, if you think I'm done then come at me!" Weiss called back defiantly. She was completely out of options, she had one hope left otherwise Raijin would steamroll her with ease. But if there was one thing Frieza had taught her, it was that when a fighter was cornered they were at their most dangerous.
"Ugh you guys are such nerds" Tyr whined from the middle of the viewing stands. They had entered the arcade about an hour ago and both Raijin and Weiss had made an immediate beeline to the Galactic Champions card game arena. Tyr knew Raijin was a huge fan of the game, he had been for years, but Tyr was completely blown away when Weiss whipped out her deck from her handbag and challenged Raijin. The two were on their final game, Raijin had claimed the first game with ease while Weiss took the second by the skin of her teeth. All the while Tyr sat and watched from the stands doing his best to pay attention to the complicated game.
"I prefer the term intellectual" Raijin stated as he crossed his arms. Looking back over to Weiss he smiled smugly, with her last champion now defeated she was wide open for the final direct attack that would end the game. "Sorry Weiss but this is my game and you are done, go my Saiyan Berserker attack Weiss directly with Oozaru Blitz!" Upon the young Zamt's command the hologram of a burly armoured Saiyan rushed forward transforming into a Great Ape as he did so.
"Sorry to disappoint you Rai but you just activated my trap card!" Weiss called out triumphantly as she turned over her only facedown card. It was time to unleash her ace in the hole.
"No way there's nothing that can save you, my Saiyan Berserker is unaffected by traps when he declares an attack!" Raijin called out in disbelief.
"But my trap isn't stopping your champion, it's calling in some support" Weiss smiled as a blinding light filled the arena. "Since you destroyed three of my champions this turn I can activate Emergency Signal Ginyu Tokusentai!" Weiss exclaimed triumphantly.
"No way! You let me destroy your champions on purpose?!" Raijin exclaimed in disbelief.
"You got it, it was my only hope and you are going to pay for destroying Appule, Zarbon and Dodoria" Weiss' eyes narrowed towards her Zamt opponent. As if on cue the light faded away and standing in its place were five new armoured champions. "Let me introduce you to my new friends The Ginyu Force!" Just as Weiss declared their name each member of the now defunct Ginyu Force settled into a coordinated pose bringing the attacking Great Ape to a halt.
"Impressive Weiss but you forget my Saiyan Berserker has a power level of three hundred thousand, and can attack every champion on your side of the field" Raijin called back smirking. The strongest of Weiss' new champions was Captain Ginyu himself but with a power level of only one hundred and twenty thousand even he was no match for Raijin's ace.
"Then come and attack if you got the guts" Weiss retorted with a confident smirk.
"You got it! Saiyan Berserker continue with your attack, wipe them all out!" Raijin commanded to which the hologram immediately obeyed.
"Alright boys let show him what we got! I activate the effect of Guldo! When an opponent's champion declares an attack I can use his effect to permanently stop that champion at the cost of not being able to change Guldo's battle position." Upon her declaration the stout green Bas stepped forward and with a high pitched cry halted the approaching Oozaru with his telekinetic hold.
"Grr, a minor setback this game's still mine" Raijin declared irritably, he had been so close only to have victory snatched away by someone even shorter than himself. Taking the last card in his hand he set it down quickly before crossing his arms once more "your move Ice Queen."
"Thanks Rai time to end this" Weiss smirked as she drew another card from her deck. "Time to give my boys something to do, I activate the effect of the illustrious Captain Ginyu!" Weiss exclaimed. "At the mere cost of one of my other champions Ginyu will use his body swap ability, sorry Guldo" Weiss apologized as Guldo vanished with a flash, a brief look of panic passed over the holographic Bas' face before disappearing.
Stepping forward the holographic Ginyu spread both arms wide facing the Saiyan Berseker. "Change now!" Ginyu shouted as a beam of bright orange energy streaked from his mouth to the Saiyan's. When the smoke finally cleared both champions had switched positions on the field, Ginyu's body was now on Raijin's side looking around in confusion while the Saiyan Berserker now stood dancing on Weiss'.
"If that's how you want to play, then I'm calling for backup as well!" Raijin snarled slamming his hand down on his own console. "I activate Intergalactic Warp Zone! With this card I can call forth as many champions as I want as long as my forces don't exceed yours in numbers! So come on out Crodan Hivelord and Konatsian Legend!" At his call two portals opened up from the ground, out of the first one stepped a Konatsian garbed in a brown tunic with pale skin and a mohawk of fiery red hair. On his back he bore a sheathed sword and an ocarina hung from his waist. Out of the second emerged a hulking Crodan, his armoured carapace a dark brown and his eyes were a deep purple in colour, apart from the difference in colouration he looked eerily similar to Seluba. As both new arrivals settled into position, a holographic sixty thousand appeared over both their heads to indicate their power levels.
"Not bad four eyes, but you're going to need more than that to beat the Ginyu Force!" Weiss exclaimed excitedly. "I activate Jeice's effect next, once per turn I can have him transfer his power over to another member of the Ginyu Force, I think Burter could use a boost don't you?" Weiss asked cheekily as her tail swished from side to side. The holographic form of Jeice walked over to the towering blue figure and placed a hand on his teammates shoulder. The transfer of strength was instant and Jeice's power dropped to zero while Burter's doubled to ninety thousand.
"Nice try but did you forget my Deckmaster Weiss? I activate the effect of my Namekian Shaman, by giving up my life energy I can transfer that amount to the power levels of all my champions!" Raijin declared and as he did the robed Namekian at his side stuck his hand out transferring forty thousand points to his champions. This would bring both his Crodan Hivelord and Konatsian Legend to one hundred thousand each with the body swapped Saiyan Berserker rising to one hundred and sixty thousand.
"Impressive, but I didn't forget about your Deckmaster, but it looks like you forgot about mine" Weiss smiled as she pointed to her left. Sitting in his old floating chair sat a smug looking Frieza in his first form eyeing the battlefield intently. "I think it's time I use his effect as well, by cutting my life energy in half I can do the same to your champions. Go Frieza! Use intimidating presence!" Upon the young Frost Demoness' declaration Frieza glared down at Raijin's assembled forces that quivered in fear at the Frost Tyrant. Just as she had said each one of the Zamt's champions had their power level cut in half.
"Sorry Rai but this game's over, I'll use Recoome to attack your Crodan Hivelord first!" Weiss declared as Recoome crouched into a fighting position getting ready to launch his attack.
"That's crazy they have the same power level nothing will come of the battle" Raijin argued only to be shut down with a wag from the Frost Demoness' finger.
"Wrong again Rai, see if Recoome battles and opponent's champion and they're still around at the end of the battle they get returned to their owner's hand" Weiss's grin widened at the shocked look on the Zamt's face. "Now go Recoom attack his Hivelord with your Recoome Eraser Gun!" Weiss commanded of the muscular warrior.
"The name's Recoome, it rhymes with doom, and you're gonna be hurting all too soon!" The holographic Recoome declared striking a pose with his hip off to the side and his hands in the air. Then with a mighty inhale Recoome opened his mouth wide unleashing a destructive wave of Ki that slammed into the bulky Crodan who only just managed to block the incoming blast of energy with his massive arms. The explosion that followed kicked a large amount of dirt and debris into the air, when it finally cleared the Crodan Hivelord was still there but quickly disappeared through the portal it had arrived through as Recoome's effect kicked in. "I really am a man of many many talents" the orange haired mercenary proclaimed smugly as he scratched his nose.
"One down" Weiss smirked at the disgruntled look on Raijin's face. "Burter you're up next, attack his Konatsian Legend with your Mach Kicks!" Weiss declared and watched in smug satisfaction as the blue mercenary disappeared only to reappear just behind the Konatsian Legend before delivering a barrage of kicks at blinding speed the Konatsian Legend did his best to defend himself but was quickly overtaken and slammed into the ground, fading away as Burter touched back down on Weiss' field.
"Don't beat yourself up about it, what chance did you really have against the fastest in the universe?" Burter smirked flashing Jeice a thumbs up from his position.
"Did I forget to mention Burter's effect?" Weiss asked in mock innocence.
"Yeah you did, what does he do?" Raijin bristled at how quickly this battle had turned.
"Well as the fastest in the universe he gets to attack two times per turn" Weiss smiled holding up two fingers to emphasize her point. "Burter be a dear and take out his Saiyan Berserker" Weiss watched as Burter crouched down and took off in a blinding flash of blue light appearing just overhead of the body swapped Saiyan. The Berserker did his best to defend however he too was quickly overwhelmed and faded away as Burter did a victory lap around the battle field.
"Now that you're wide open it looks like it's all over, Captain Ginyu attack Raijin directly with Milky Cannon and end this!" Weiss shouted watching with excitement as the body swapped Ginyu thrust his hand forward unleashing an enormous ball of purple Ki that streaked across the battlefield.
Looking down helplessly Raijin shut his eyes as the blast connected with his podium violently shaking it back and forth. When the young Zamt finally opened his eyes the first thing he saw was his life energy at zero, he had lost the game, to Weiss of all people. The second thing he saw was the smiling Frost Demoness herself who had made her way over and was now sitting atop his console.
"Great game Rai, we should do this more often" Weiss continued to smile as Raijin stuck out his hand, to which the young Demoness eagerly shook it.
"Is it over? can we please go do something fun now?" Tyr whined walking over to the pair of battlers.
"Fine dolt, what did you have in mind?" Weiss asked as she slipped her deck back into her handbag for safekeeping.
"Well for starters I think we should…" Tyr trailed off, being interrupted by an incredibly loud gurgling sound coming from the young Dramon's stomach. "Uhh can we take like a ten minute detour to grab a bite to eat? I guess I'm hungry" Tyr chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Sure I guess, I could go for a bite as well" Raijin sighed, stepping down from the arena platform. He looked over to Weiss, who was descending far more gracefully "hey Weiss you have the credit chip right?"
"Of course" Weiss replied patting her bag to indicate the chip's location.
With a quick nod the trio headed out leaving the arcade behind and began strolling down the side of the street with Tyr leading the way. The great thing about city planets like Langden was that there was never a shortage of stores and restaurants to choose from as almost every location they passed tried to entice them inside with the wide variety of products in the display windows.
The restaurants themselves were so plentiful and varied that it was actually quite difficult to choose which one to go to. It didn't help matters that the streets were still pretty packed with people who would end up obscuring their vision of many of their possibilities.
"Why are we walking, we could cover way more ground if we flew" Tyr moaned as he sidestepped yet another oncoming bystander.
"Frieza said keep a low profile" Raijin muttered as he ducked his head to avoid a passing person's outstretched arm. "But maybe it couldn't hurt to get some air" the young Zamt said dodging another person who didn't seem to be paying the slightest bit of attention to his surroundings.
"Agreed let's get some elevation – OW!" Weiss cried out as a burly man in a thick leather jacket walked into the young Frost Demoness nearly knocking her to the ground. "Hey watch where you're going jerk!" Weiss called out to the man who had already vanished in the churning crowd. "Let's get out of here" Weiss mumbled as she took to the air much to the surprise of many of the people along the sidewalks and in the buildings themselves.
"Hey you ok?" Tyr asked as he and Raijin joined the disgruntled Frost Demoness in the air.
"I'm fine just these idiots need to watch where they're going" Weiss grumbled. After a few moments Weiss sighed pushing what just happed out of her mind, they were supposed to be having fun, after all that had been the whole point of this trip. "Come on guys lets go find us a place to eat" Weiss said as she composed herself once more. The trio took off and it didn't take long before they came to a restaurant with a bright red sign, it was in a language none of them recognized, however the enticing aromas wafting from the restaurant quickly drew them in.
"This place smells awesome!" Tyr exclaimed, his scaly tail whipping from left to right in excitement. The trio quickly made their way inside. Just as they entered the front doors they were immediately greeted by a cheerful looking Securan. "Welcome to the Bedlam Steakhouse, my name's Laseema and I'll be your waitress this evening" the slender woman said to the kids who stared back in shock. They hadn't actually met another Securan apart from Aayla. This one was completely different from the woman who had quickly grown to be the matriarch of their crew.
Laseema was slightly taller than Aayla and her frame was far less muscular than the Azure Beauty. The most striking difference however was her skin colour, it was a magnificent shade of emerald. She wore a black and red pant suit with the logo of the restaurant emblazoned on the left side and wore high heels which gave the already towering woman a boost to her already substantial height.
Weiss was the first to snap out of shock of seeing a surviving member of the Securans. "Yes sorry about that, thank you very much" Weiss finally replied with a curt bow. She had not expected to ever meet another member of Aayla's race as Frieza had informed her of Secura's destruction at the hands of King Cold.
"No need to bow sweetheart, just follow me I'll take you to an open table, or would you prefer a booth?" Laseema inquired turning back to face the three kids.
"Oh oh oh a booth, let's get a booth!" Tyr exclaimed excitedly from behind Raijin.
"Ok there's one available just over here" Laseema laughed at the child's exuberance and led them over to the rightmost wall of the restaurant which was lined with a series of comfortable looking booths. The kids took this time to examine the restaurant itself, it had an interesting style to it. The tables and chairs were all made from actual wood and much of the décor had a rustic feel looking to incorporate Langden's more natural history. An entire wall had been carved to look like the trunk of a massive tree and the tiles used in the floor itself looked more like actual stones than anything else. It was a different idea and was in stark contrast to the cold mechanical feel the rest of the planet put off.
"This place is so cool" Tyr cooed looking around in all directions trying to see every part of the restaurant.
"It's definitely a one of a kind restaurant, Mr. Bedlam was adamant that he give the establishment a more homely feel" Laseema replied. "So can I start you off with something to drink?" she inquired as she set down the menus for the kids to look through.
Upon opening the menu Weiss was relieved to find it was written in galactic standard and that the prices were fairly reasonable. Frieza hadn't set a limit to what she could spend but she still didn't want to blow too much in a single night. After the three kids ordered their drinks Laseema thanked them and walked away leaving them time to look over the menus.
"This all looks so good" Tyr said a huge smile growing on his face. Weiss and Raijin shared a quick glance knowing exactly what that meant. Tyr already had a voracious appetite, if he was already this excited by just the pictures of the food then this was going to end up being an expensive evening after all.
Hearing a commotion from across the restaurant Weiss turned to see the source of the noise. Sitting in a group was an assorted bunch of people in varying degrees of cleanliness. They all had one thing in common though, they all wore the same style of leather jacket with the words HFIL'S ANGELS emblazoned across the back. It wasn't their raucous behaviour that drew the Frost Demoness' attention, it was the man in the center. He was the same burly man who had bumped into her from earlier.
And so began the debate of how to proceed, on the one hand Frieza would have put the burly drunk in his place. On the other hand however Aayla would have told her to let it go, after a few moments of thought Weiss breathed outwards choosing to let it go. The idiot had bumped into her on accident there was no need to make a scene.
Laseema was quick to rejoin them with their drinks in hand. "So have you decided what you're going to be having tonight?" She asked cheerily, handing Raijin his water as she did so.
Weiss and Raijin placed their orders with the delightful Securan who scribbled on a small notepad getting the details for each dish just the way they wanted. When it became Tyr's turn to order he was still staring intently at the menu a crease crossing over his forehead.
"So dear have you decided what you're going to be having?" She asked the Dramon youth who gently laid down his menu. After another moment of silent contemplation Tyr finally raised his head to stare at the patient Securan.
"I'll have one of everything please" Tyr stated.
Weiss immediately shoved her face in her palms in embarrassment and Raijin spit out the water he was sipping in shock. The poor waitress could only stare back at the smiling Dramon in disbelief. "One of everything?" She repeated to which Tyr merely nodded his approval. "But we have over thirty dishes" Laseema said still trying to grasp the situation.
"Trust me the dolt can eat them all" Weiss moaned from her hands. "Don't worry about the cost we can cover it" Weiss said as she tried to compose herself.
Laseema could only nod in astonishment as she jotted down the young boy's order. "A-alright then, one Chimeran flank steak and a Trivium melon salad for you sweetheart" Laseema read back nodding to Weiss who returned the gesture. "One Delish stir-fry with a side of assorted peppers, and a refill on that water for you" Laseema stated pointing to Raijin's now empty glass. "And lastly one of… Everything for you dear" Laseema said to which Tyr nodded happily. The emerald Securan quickly made her way across the room shaking her head in disbelief at the order she now had to deliver.
"I can't believe you dolt!" Weiss hissed at Tyr who looked taken aback by the sudden hostility.
"What?" Tyr asked in clear confusion.
"Everything on the menu is kinda excessive don't you think?" Raijin asked timidly from across the table.
"But I'm hungry and I'm pretty sure one of everything will fill me up, plus did you look at what they had on the menu? How could I not try everything?" Tyr shrugged at his friends not seeing what the big deal was.
"Unbelievable" Weiss muttered as she shook her head.
Laseema was back in no time with dishes for the trio placing each one in front of them. "I'll have the chef make the next dish when you're done with this one dear" Laseema said as she placed a steaming fillet mignon with a side of strange potatoes that were purple in colour.
"It'd probably be better if you just keep it coming" Tyr replied cheerily as he took the first bite of his meal, taking a chunk out of half the slab of meat in one go.
Laseema's eyes widened in shock as the Dramon youth devoured the steak in two more bites and followed that by shoveling the potatoes into his mouth at an incredible speed. Out of the corner of her eye she could see the others, Weiss had once again buried her head in her hands in embarrassment while Raijin looked at his closest friend with a look of mild disgust on his face. They had known each other their entire lives but he still couldn't get over Tyr's appalling eating habits.
Without another word Laseema hurried away to tell the kitchen to start churning out the dishes as fast as they could. She sighed deeply knowing she was in for quite a long night.
Weiss and Raijin had finished their own dishes fairly quickly, but both were more than satisfied with what they ordered as they both felt stuffed. Tyr on the other hand was an unstoppable garbage disposal shoveling food into his face at a sickening rate. When he thought no one was looking he would spear a piece of meat on the edge of his tail while he attacked the rest of the dish with his fork and the one he had grabbed from Raijin when he had finished his own meal.
Laseema was having the night from hell, not only was she running back and forth between the kitchen grabbing fresh dishes for Tyr but she also had to deal with the party of HFIL's Angels that were getting increasingly rowdy in their drunken state. All the while Weiss watched from her table as the group of bikers became increasingly belligerent with the overloaded waitress. Weiss almost jumped to her feet when one of them grabbed poor Laseema's butt as she bent over to reach across the table. The thought of Frieza telling them to behave themselves though put a halt on her plans and she tore her gaze away from the site in a huff. "I'm giving her an enormous tip when this is over" Weiss mumbled just as a deafening belch rang through the restaurant bringing every eye in the establishment to their booth.
"Man that was awesome!" Tyr exclaimed as he pat his belly and picked at his teeth with his clawed hand.
"Un-Freaking-Believable" Weiss hissed in embarrassment, just as the flustered Securan returned to the table.
"That was the last of it dear, how was it?" She asked trying her best to calm her nerves.
"It was great! We got to come here again!" Tyr cheered leaning back. "Hey, can I see the dessert menu?" Tyr asked only to shake his head at the horrified look on Laseema's face. "I'm kidding don't worry I'm pretty full" he said as the colour returned back to the Securan waitress.
"Ok, I'll get the bill ready then, is it separate or all in one?" She asked the group who all looked to Weiss.
"All on one bill please, thank you" Weiss replied as she unzipped her bag and began searching for the credit chip. Just as Laseema began making her way over to the register to ring up their order Weiss felt her heart plummet as she began searching her bag more and more frantically. "Where is it, where is it, where is it?!" Weiss hissed as she turned her bag over letting contents spill out on the table.
"What's wrong Weiss?" Tyr asked concern etched over the Dramon's face.
"It's not here!" Weiss exclaimed doing her best to keep her voice low.
"What isn't?" Raijin inquired looking over the mess that had spilled out the young Demoness' bag.
"The credit chip! I know I had it when we left!" Weiss stated in horror. It was gone and she had no way of knowing where it was. She could almost imagine the look Frieza and Aayla were going to give her, she had convinced them she was responsible enough to have access to the financial accounts and now she had lost the credit chip. Not only that but it was a credit chip to one of the largest accounts in the known universe.
"So how are we going to pay for the meal" Raijin asked a hint of worry spreading through his voice.
"We have no choice we need to call Frieza, Aayla, Cooler or Nadan, they're the other ones with the chips" Weiss mumbled, first Tyr had to go ahead and eat like a barbarian and now this! This night just kept getting worse and worse for the disgruntled Demoness.
A chorus of drunken cheers and obscenities rang out from across the room drawing Weiss' attention to the bikers. The one that had bumped into her earlier was now standing in front of his comrades, bowing to them as he brandished a credit chip to them. Weiss' blood ran cold as she focused on the chip in the man's hand. It was emblazoned with the insignia of the Cold Empire and the case was completely ivory in colour.
Standing up Weiss made her way across the room doing her best to keep her Ki under control. That oafish biker trash had swiped the chip from her bag and used the ruse of pumping into her to cover the steal. Weiss could feel Tyr right behind her trying to get her attention and she could sense Raijin was still at the booth conversing with Laseema who looked over at the two kids with a worried expression.
Weiss planted her foot down as she came up to the table shaking almost the entire building with her growing rage. "Oy what do you want ya dumb bird!" the burly biker piped up glaring at the infuriated Demoness before him.
"You took my credit chip, give it back, now" Weiss demanded, her hands curling into fists as they did so.
"Sure I'll give it back but how about you give me and me mates here a little dance first" he chortled as his drunken friends around him burst out laughing.
Before Weiss could even think of how to respond however, Tyr appeared just in front of the laughing drunk who had no time to even register the Dramon's fist before it was slamming into his puffed out cheeks. The blow wasn't full power but it was strong enough to send the burly man sailing through the air and slam into the wall on other side of the room opening a massive hole in it. Everyone looked at the enraged Dramon who caught the falling credit chip before handing it over to Weiss with a smile.
"Sorry about that but he deserved it for what he said to you and what he's been putting Laseema through" Tyr stated before waltzing back to their booth ignoring the rest of the gang who were busy frantically tapping out messages on their communicators. After a brief moment of admiration Weiss followed suit arriving just as Laseema turned to them.
With a rush of embarrassment Weiss immediately bowed her head to Lassema as the events that had just transpired began to sink in. "I'm so sorry for everything Laseema we didn't mean for any of this to happen, I'll cover the damages and get out of your hair" Weiss stated hanging her head in shame at all the trouble they had caused the poor waitress.
"Don't worry about the damages, we'll just blame the bikers and make them pay for it" Laseema replied as she knelt down and hugged the young Frost Demoness. "Also I don't have hair" Laseema laughed as she separated from the Demoness.
"Really, you don't want me to cover the damages? Because I can do it!" Weiss asked in disbelief.
"You bet sweetheart, but you still have to pay for the meal" Laseema said smiling warmly as she held out the chip reader.
Weiss was quick on the draw immediately placing the newly recovered chip in front of the reader which beeped twice before Laseema handed it to her to finalize putting the order through. Once Weiss accepted the charge, which was exceedingly high thanks to Tyr's bottomless hole he called a stomach, the machine then asked if she would like to provide a tip. With a small smile Weiss began punching in numbers until she found the amount she felt was appropriate for the situation, she was probably going to get a scolding from Frieza but it was worth it this time around.
As Weiss handed the machine back to Laseema her jaw almost hit the floor as she took in the amount displayed on the screen. "Sweetheart I said you didn't have to pay for the damages" the Securan waitress said as she tried to hand the device back to Weiss to reverse the transaction.
"Oh that's not for the damages" Weiss said happily pushing the device back to Laseema who picked it up gingerly with both hands.
"It's not?" she asked looking at the number displayed.
"Nope, that's your tip" Weiss responded with a smile that almost brought the Securan waitress to tears.
Laseema fell to her knees in shock and pulled the three kids into a huge hug. Life had been exceedingly hard for her since the destruction of Secura but with what the kids had just given her she could really get her life back on track. "Thank you so much" she cried happily into their shoulders.
"Don't mention it, it's the least we could do Weiss replied breaking the hug and smiling warmly at the shaken waitress. They quickly said their goodbyes, with Tyr running into the kitchen to tell the entire cooking staff that they did an amazing job.
Tyr led the way out of the restaurant hands behind his head and his spirits high as he enjoyed the feeling of a full belly. "You know all things considered I think that went… well…" Tyr trailed off as the others joined him outside and came face to face with what had cut off young Dramon's thoughts. They were now surrounded on all sides by over three dozen angry looking bikers, all of them sporting the same leather jacket as the ones inside.
Craning his neck upwards to get a better view of the congregation of irate looking thugs, Raijin ended up being the first to speak. "Can we help you?" he asked worriedly as a murmur ran through the gathered crowd.
"As a matter of fact you can" a portly Brench stepped forward, on his arm was a blaster cannon, the kind that most of the Frieza Force had once been outfitted with. "I hear you brats roughed up one of my boys in there, but more importantly you have a credit chip with a… substantial amount on it" the Brench thug chuckled as he stared down the trio a treacherous glint in his eye.
"Yeah and what are you losers going to do about it?" Tyr piped up taking a step forward, the scales along his tail bristling in agitation.
"Me and the boys here are gonna ask politely that you give us the chip, otherwise we might have to get… violent" the Brench chuckled as he rubbed a scar that ran along the side of his jaw.
From his position Raijin could already see that Weiss' tail had completely stiffened and the muscles in her legs were tensing, she was ready to spring forward at any moment. Tyr was no better his scales were slowly emerging from his skin covering his arms and legs, if Raijin could see the young boy's face he would have seen that the scales had also started to form around his eyes. A fight was about to break out at any moment and Raijin knew it, that was when Frieza's words from earlier ran through his head.
"I expect you to be the responsible one, keep them in line."
Reaching out Raijin grasped both his agitated friends' shoulders trying his best to pull them back. "Come on guys let's get out of here, Frieza told us not to start any trouble" he implored hoping his friends would listen to him.
Upon hearing Raijin's words the tension in Weiss' muscles slackened as she took a deep breath. Raijin was right, they were here to have a good time not start up a fight. "You're right Rai, come on Tyr let's get out of here" Weiss commanded rising into the air, much to the surrounding biker's astonishment. Raijin was quick to follow but Tyr simply stood his ground his teeth barred in anger while his tail twitched from side to side as he stared down the group.
Finally the young Dramon also took to the sky following his friends but before leaving he pointed a single finger downwards unleashing a single fiery Ki blast that struck one of the parked hoverbikes off to the side. The blast impacted the bike which exploded in a shower of metal and fire causing the gang members to run to cover. With a small smile Tyr flew off to catch up with his friends who had already departed.
"What was that for dolt?!" Weiss exclaimed as they passed between several skyscrapers.
"What?" Tyr asked shrugging his shoulders.
"You blew up one of their bikes, there was no need for that, Frieza specifically said to…" Raijin stated before being cut off with a wave from Tyr.
"Look I'm sorry I had to make a scene but those jerks had it coming, I mean they were gonna rob a bunch of kids!" Tyr exclaimed his scales bristling in indignation. Upon seeing the skeptical looks on both his friends faces Tyr decided to keep explaining. "Ok so yeah they really didn't have a chance at actually robbing us but what if we were just regular everyday kids? We wouldn't stand a chance!" Tyr exclaimed.
"He's… kinda right Rai" Weiss admitted as they continued their flight. "Who knows what they would have done if – ARGH!" Weiss cried out as she plummeted out of the sky a scorch mark sizzling on the small of her back. "What the hell?!" Weiss roared as she regained altitude, her eyes flashing in outrage.
"We want that chip and your hides girly!" It was the same Brench biker from the restaurant with what looked like every member of his gang behind him. They all seemed to be armed with various arm based blaster cannons, while some brandished hand held guns, a few of them not armed with traditional weaponry seemed to be swinging metal pipes over their heads threateningly. All in all they weren't a threat but they were still annoying, and a quick glance told the trio that there was a lot of them.
"What do we do?" Raijin asked nervously as incoming bikers unleashed the first volley of blaster fire.
"Let's ditch these idiots" Weiss growled swatting aside a bolt before it could impact her again. Both Tyr and Raijin nodded in agreement accelerating to put some distance between themselves and the gang of thugs. Unfortunately they soon found themselves cut off as more bikers joined the fray this time from right in front of them.
"We got y'all surrounded!" One of them jeered as he passed the trio who had taken defensive positions in a tight group.
"So what's plan B?" Tyr asked taking stock of the crowd gathering around them, for a bunch of brainless thugs they seemed to know how to surround a target. They had formed a tight dome of bikers constantly circling to keep their prey inside.
"We crack some heads" Weiss grinned creaking her neck from side to side. A quick glance over at Raijin reminded her of what Frieza had commanded of them. "Keep it non-lethal ok guys? Frieza did say to stay out of trouble" Weiss said tightening the strap on her bag to keep it in place.
"And what a wonderful job we've done of that" Tyr chuckled his scales completely covering his skin.
"Alright… NOW!" Weiss shouted as the hoverbikers unleashed yet another barrage of laser fire. Both Weiss and Tyr broke off in opposite directions to combat the horde of brutes while Raijin held his ground forming an Ion Barrier to absorb or deflect the incoming projectiles. Raijin watched in satisfaction as most of the weaker blaster bolts ricocheted off his barrier to impact against the bikers around them knocking a few off their bikes while the rest broke into evasive maneuvers to avoid the redirected attack.
That was when both Weiss and Tyr made their move, Weiss began to pick off the distracted bikers with precision strikes. With lightning quick reflexes Weiss unleashed a barrage of jabs that incapacitated any that were unfortunate to get too close. She could feel bones give way, ribs crack and tracheas collapse under her relentless assault, and whenever the opportunity would arise she would snag some poor fool with her tail flinging him into his oncoming comrades or straight into a building.
Tyr took on a different tactic flying amongst the swarm of bikers he lashed out with his hands and tail. Using his armoured appendages to gouge holes out of the hoverbikes themselves, Tyr found he was making short work of the otherwise unimpressive thugs. After the first few tries he found the sweet spot, if he punctured a hole just underneath the left side of the seat it would bring the bike to a screeching halt allowing gravity to take over and drag the bike gently back down as it fought to stay airborne.
Though the kids had the clear advantage in terms of strength the gang itself had the edge in numbers and shear tenacity. Although they had each dispatched around twenty of the bikers they just kept coming and what was worse was that the stray blaster bolts that missed, which was all of them, were streaking down to the streets below. Weiss dodged one stream of fire just to watch it streak down and strike a pedestrian's leg, bringing the unfortunate bystander to the ground in a pained heap.
Weiss' eyes flashed in anger as she took off towards the one who had fired the burst, as luck would have it, it turned out to be the heavy set Brench from earlier. She quickly grasped the man's face in her right hand as she swatted aside one of his gang members with her tail. "You know we're supposed to be on vacation!" Weiss exclaimed in anger as she hauled the man off his bike only to hold him dangling hundreds of feet above the ground. "We're supposed to be having fun today, does this look like fun?!" Weiss exclaimed gesturing around at the destruction from the stray shots, the trapped man in the Frost Demoness' grasp could only shake his head from side to side in terror.
"WOOOOOOOO! This is awesome!" Tyr yelled as he smacked a biker off his ride with his tail. The shocked man flew through the air and into the window of a nearby office building.
"Ugh never mind" Weiss moaned as she flung the panicking thug through the same opening opened up by Tyr. Turning around she took a moment to assess the situation, Tyr was doing a good job of disabling the group. Raijin appeared to be on damage control catching bikers and saving them from plummeting to their deaths while simultaneously trying to protect bystanders with his shields but he couldn't stop everything. Looking down Weiss could see several people hurt from the altercation whether that be from stray blaster bolts or falling hoverbikes.
"We got to get out of here, lead these guys away from the populated areas" Weiss called out which caught both her friends' attention. The truth was they shouldn't have had this fight here in the first place there were too many people getting hurt.
Spotting an opening in the biker's ranks Weiss took off with Tyr and Raijin following closely behind. "So where we going captain?" Tyr joked as his tail swatted away an incoming bolt.
"Somewhere less populated" Weiss replied taking a mental note of the bikers tailing them. At this point she counted no less than fifty Ki signatures, not bad considering there had literally been hundreds when this whole mess started.
"Um hate to bring up the obvious but Langden's a city planet, there isn't really a non-populated area to go to" Raijin called out blocking an incoming rocket with one of his smaller shields.
"Well there's got to be somewhere we can go" Weiss responded sourly. She spun around firing a quick Gorgeous Beam which blasted the bike out from under one of the thugs who was quickly caught by one of his comrades. "How about an industrial area or a dump?" Weiss asked to which Tyr broke into a fit of laughter. "What?" Weiss demanded glaring at the still chuckling Dramon.
"Are you saying we're going to be taking out the trash?" Tyr asked with a huge grin on his face. Both Raijin and Weiss groaned in exasperation at the poor attempt at humour of their Dramon friend.
"Just shut up dolt, Rai can you find us the nearest dump?" Weiss asked as she looked back to her Zamt friend. Raijin was already on his personal datapad scanning through data while trying to keep his shields up.
"Already on it, there's one just over to the east about fifteen miles away" Raijin called out pointing in the direction of their destination.
"Then that's where we're headed let's keep these idiots following us!" Weiss commanded slowing down enough for the bikers to close the distance.
The trio were making good time and with them staying just ahead of the bikers the blaster fire had trickled to a tiny stream as they weaved in and out of buildings. Everything was going exactly according to plan until the sounds of piercing sirens cut into the night.
"Oh hell it's the fuzz!" Tyr exclaimed as he spotted the warning lights in the distance.
"That's not the worst of it" Weiss said worriedly pointing just over to their left and well within view was a news aircraft keeping up with the chase one of its cameras were pointed directly at the worried trio.
"Well… I mean… Frieza doesn't always watch the news right? He might never know what's going on…" Raijin began before the trio felt an ungodly surge in menacing energy spike in the distance. It may have been miles away but there was no mistaking the immense power of the Frost Prince.
"I think he knows" Tyr deadpanned.
"Oh crap oh crap oh crap" Raijin panicked.
"Look we're at the dump already let's just finish these guys off and get out of here ok?" Weiss commanded as she turned around to face the oncoming bikers. "Look the police are right behind them, we take them out and the cops can arrest them" Weiss pointed out swishing her tail back and forth in anticipation.
Looking over to the panicking Zamt Tyr placed his hand on his shoulder and gave him a quick shake. "Come on man I'm sure if we just explain what happened, Frieza will be cool with it" Tyr said trying his best to calm his panicking friend.
"You think?" Raijin asked tentatively.
"Of course I mean Frieza can be reasonable when he wants to be right" Tyr joked as he spun around to join Weiss.
With a deep gulp Raijin joined his friends facing the oncoming bikers, using his senses Raijin determined there were only thirty seven of them left, many must have been caught by the police as he could have sworn there were more chasing them.
"Alright let's wrap this up quick and don't attack any police, that won't go over well no matter how we spin it" Weiss said igniting her aura, she was officially done with these obnoxious hoodlums.
Weiss, Tyr and Raijin broke off into different directions making short work of the bikers. Originally the bikers had the numbers advantage and were able to exploit being in an enclosed area where maneuverability was hampered. Now in the wide open air with no one around to get hurt they found their advantages vanish as the trio of kids picked them off one by one.
Tyr continued to disable the hoverbikes while simultaneously knocking others off of their rides and into the immense trash heaps that had built up at the facility. "So where do you want to go pal" Tyr grinned at the gang member he held in the air with his feet. "We got recycling over there, just over there we have general trash oh and over there's electronics although that looks kinda painful" Tyr snickered as the man struggled against his grip.
"You little brat just wait until I get my hands on you!" the man roared in anger.
"Woah ok compost heap it is" Tyr grinned as he dropped the screaming man into the immense pile of decaying organic matter.
Raijin was making quick work of the bikers as well bringing up barriers just in front of them as they made attack runs on him. Most slammed headfirst into the impenetrable walls only to gently slide down as Raijin guided his barriers back down to the ground carrying the gang members he disposed of into the waiting arms of the police that had gathered on the ground below.
Weiss soon found that the remaining bikers were scattering only now realising their cause was a hopeless one. Catching one fleeing biker by the neck with her tail, Weiss hauled the choking man to face her. It was the same man Tyr had punched through a wall back in the restaurant, the same one that had pickpocketed her. "I hope you realise this is all your fault" Weiss growled tightening her grip on her tail. "If you weren't stupid enough to steal from me none of this would have happened and we could have all had a nice evening, instead most of your friends are going to jail and spending a long time in the hospital."
Weiss' eyes narrowed as the man clawed at her tail gasping for air. It would be so easy one quick squeeze and it would be over. They were already at the dump so disposing of the body would not be difficult. As the man's eyes began to bulge out of his head Weiss sighed releasing her grip on his neck and letting him fall to the ground below. Even from up in the air she could hear the crack of the man's leg shattering on impact soon followed his howls of pain. It hurt like hell alright but he would live through it.
Taking off Weiss soon joined Tyr and Raijin behind some equipment watching as the police rounded up the incapacitated gang members. "So if they found us could they arrest us?" Raijin asked as he peaked around the corner his four blue eyes locked on the nearest police vehicle.
"Doubt it, we're minors after all plus it's not like they could catch us anyways" Tyr joked. Looking around at their surroundings a wry smile crept onto the Dramon's face "you know we were having such a nice day, now it looks like we're just in the dumps" Tyr snickered as his friends groaned in exasperation.
"That's it we're getting out of here" Weiss moaned into her hands as she rose into the air.
"Any idea on what to do now?" Raijin asked joining his friends as they took off back to the city.
"You know on the way over I saw a stadium hosting a fighting tournament we could always check that out" Tyr chimed in his scales now fully retracted back into his darkened skin.
"Sounds good dolt, do you know who's fighting?" Weiss asked moving closer to the Dramon youth.
"No idea but I bet it's gonna be awesome!" Tyr exclaimed putting on another burst of speed as he approached the stadium off in the distance with his friends just behind him.
Author's Notes: Hey everyone glad to be back and I hope you enjoyed the chapter. We're at over 21k views, that's awesome and as always I'm constantly blown away by how many people are reading the story I never expected it to get this popular but I am so happy it did.
So for this chapter I didn't originally plan it to be only about Weiss, Tyr and Raijin but as time went on the whole chapter just fleshed itself out more and more to the point where I felt like it worked as a standalone chapter.
Next up will be Nadan and Tukkan's night time activities along with Cooler and Shuyo at the tournament mixed with the conclusion of Yang's little story. So to surmise expect next chapter to be on the long side of things.
So I still don't know where the idea for Space Yu-Gi-Oh came from, but the moment it popped in my head I knew I had to add it in I hope you guys enjoyed it cause it was a lot of fun to write. I actually had to rewatch a few episodes from the show to get the feel of their dialogue down.
All in all I just wanted this chapter to be fun trying to limit the dark themes, as those are approaching and I'm personally dreading what my sick mind has in store for Frieza and the gang.
As always hope you guys enjoyed the chapter and hope you're enjoying summer.
Until next time see ya!