Keys - Part Two
by TAFKAE
Disclaimer: I own some nail polish, a hell of a lot of homework, and... my bucket hat! *grins* Bucket hat, bucket hat, bucket hat!
~*~*~
It was only a few minutes later that Goku and Gohan arrived at Krillin's house. The front door was wide open, so the two Saiyans entered.
"Krillin?" Gohan called. "You in here?"
"In the living room" came Krillin's reply. He sounded distracted, almost like he was in another universe. Gohan and his dad ambled down the hall into the living room. Krillin was standing next to the sofa upon which his wife lay, motionless, her eyes still locked wide open.
"She's not dead," he said, not turning around. "She's been shut down, though, and that's as close to the same."
"And you don't have any ideas on who did it?" Goku asked.
Krillin shook his head. "Not one."
Gohan turned his head to look back into the kitchen. "I saw the note on the way in, but it really doesn't look that much like blood. More like..." He thought for a moment. "...red paint."
"Yeah, I figured that out already." Krillin sighed. "Eighteen..." He leaned over and stroked one side of his wife's exquisite face, whispering to her. "We'll find out who did this to you... and I'll wring their neck with my bare hands. I swear it."
Just then shock hit all three of them. "What in the name of -" Gohan shouted, getting into a fighting stance.
"Was that... Goten?" Krillin asked worriedly, turning around and taking on a similar position.
Goku nodded once. "His power level just shot up by a lot. Something's going on at home!"
Nothing more needed to be said. All three knew their destination as they took off into the sapphire sky.
~*~*~
"Get outta here!" Goten yelled, his now-golden hair flowing in waves from his tiny head, a whirlwind of aureate energy swirling around him, turquoise eyes narrow and blazing. "I'm not gonna let you hurt my Mom!"
Chi-chi stood a ways behind him, not wanting to get hurt or see her son do the same. "Be careful, Goten..." she said, almost inaudibly.
Before them stood two ogres. Actually, only Quarter was standing; Vermy was sitting on his left shoulder. The former laughed harshly. "We're not planning on hurting your dear old mommy, kid," he said in his deep, husky tone.
"Tha's right," Vermy said quickly. "Just gon' take her back to Master! No big dilly yo!" He then waved his right hand dismissively. "So get lost. You're startin' ta bug me!"
Goten growled. "You get lost! You can't have my Mom! Get your own!"
Quarter smirked. "I killed my mom, kid. I killed all of my brothers and sisters."
Vermy laughed crazily. "I ate my momma, jus' like I'm gonna eat you!" With that, he jumped down and grabbed Goten by the arm too fast for even the child's quick eyes to see. And Goten screamed.
~*~*~
Goku's eyes went wide. "Damn it! We're too late!" he yelled. All three put on an extra burst of speed.
Somehow, some way, Goten was dying.
~*~*~
Only a few seconds passed, but it seemed like an eternity. Goten could tell by the way he felt his energy draining out of him that he was going to die. He could almost see heaven...
"That's enough, Vermy," Quarter suddenly smacked his comrade upside the head. "Let 'im be."
Now Chi-chi was mad. "What did you go to my Goten!?" she screamed.
Vermy let go of the boy. Goten dropped to his knees, then to the floor facedown, his eyes locked wide open just like 18's. His skin had turned grey and clammy, and his hair had already reverted to its original state. His mother got into her trademark fighting stance, hands drawn like knives.
"He's dead, ma'am," Quarter said, smirking. "And you're comin' with us."
"Ya ya, lady, yo' comin' wid us to see Master!" Vermy waved one of his tiny, dirty fingers at her. "Unless of course ya try and ee-scape, in the case of which we would be obliged an' forced to force you to come along."
Chi-chi yelled and charged.
~*~*~
"Chi-chi!" Goku shouted, running through the front door of his house without opening it, which knocked it clean off the hinges and threw it into (and through) a lamp. No one cared.
All three fighters reached the kitchen at about the same time, but Gohan was the one who saw it first. Goten, lying in the middle of the floor like a corpse.
"Oh no! Goten!" he shouted, running towards his brother's pint-size body, then kneeled down next to it and picked it up, looking just as distraught as Krillin. Goku bolted in as Gohan stood up and turned around, then touched his younger son's face.
"Goten..." he murmured, then spoke up. "He's ... so cold..."
"He's not dead," Krillin stated distractedly. He wasn't sure how he knew, but somehow, he just did. Goten was alive - though just barely.
Gohan checked his brother's pulse. "You're right, Krillin, but he's hanging on by a thread."
Goku put one hand on Goten's chest and spoke to him softly. "Who did this to you, son?" he asked, not expecting an answer. His hand started glowing gently.
Krillin gave him an odd look. "Uh, Goku? What're you doing?"
"He just looks like his energy's been drained. Maybe if I give him some of mine, he'll stand a better chance of living."
Gohan nodded. "Good idea."
It was only a few seconds later that Goku removed his hand. Goten was looking better already. His greyish skin had returned to its normal pinkish color, his eyes had closed, and the rise and fall of his chest was visible now.
"Looks like it worked," Goku commented. "I can feel some power levels off to the north of here. You two go and find them; I think I'd better stay with Goten."
Gohan nodded. "Right."
Krillin started looking around again. "Hey, where's Chi-chi?"
"They probably took her just like they took Marron," Gohan stated angrily. "We've gotta find her!"
Gohan and Krillin then bolted out the front door and rose into the air as Goku put his younger son on the couch. "Good luck, guys," he murmured, turning his face to the window.
No one ever noticed the blood-red scribble on the wall, saying, "SIX DOWN NIX TO GO".
~*~*~
Finally getting to the good part! *pumps arm* Yes! Yes! Yes! I love one-hour lunches, they are the only good thing about finals week! STORIES!!!! R+R please.
(o^.^o) The Artist Formerly Known As Ed (who is on crack today!)
by TAFKAE
Disclaimer: I own some nail polish, a hell of a lot of homework, and... my bucket hat! *grins* Bucket hat, bucket hat, bucket hat!
~*~*~
It was only a few minutes later that Goku and Gohan arrived at Krillin's house. The front door was wide open, so the two Saiyans entered.
"Krillin?" Gohan called. "You in here?"
"In the living room" came Krillin's reply. He sounded distracted, almost like he was in another universe. Gohan and his dad ambled down the hall into the living room. Krillin was standing next to the sofa upon which his wife lay, motionless, her eyes still locked wide open.
"She's not dead," he said, not turning around. "She's been shut down, though, and that's as close to the same."
"And you don't have any ideas on who did it?" Goku asked.
Krillin shook his head. "Not one."
Gohan turned his head to look back into the kitchen. "I saw the note on the way in, but it really doesn't look that much like blood. More like..." He thought for a moment. "...red paint."
"Yeah, I figured that out already." Krillin sighed. "Eighteen..." He leaned over and stroked one side of his wife's exquisite face, whispering to her. "We'll find out who did this to you... and I'll wring their neck with my bare hands. I swear it."
Just then shock hit all three of them. "What in the name of -" Gohan shouted, getting into a fighting stance.
"Was that... Goten?" Krillin asked worriedly, turning around and taking on a similar position.
Goku nodded once. "His power level just shot up by a lot. Something's going on at home!"
Nothing more needed to be said. All three knew their destination as they took off into the sapphire sky.
~*~*~
"Get outta here!" Goten yelled, his now-golden hair flowing in waves from his tiny head, a whirlwind of aureate energy swirling around him, turquoise eyes narrow and blazing. "I'm not gonna let you hurt my Mom!"
Chi-chi stood a ways behind him, not wanting to get hurt or see her son do the same. "Be careful, Goten..." she said, almost inaudibly.
Before them stood two ogres. Actually, only Quarter was standing; Vermy was sitting on his left shoulder. The former laughed harshly. "We're not planning on hurting your dear old mommy, kid," he said in his deep, husky tone.
"Tha's right," Vermy said quickly. "Just gon' take her back to Master! No big dilly yo!" He then waved his right hand dismissively. "So get lost. You're startin' ta bug me!"
Goten growled. "You get lost! You can't have my Mom! Get your own!"
Quarter smirked. "I killed my mom, kid. I killed all of my brothers and sisters."
Vermy laughed crazily. "I ate my momma, jus' like I'm gonna eat you!" With that, he jumped down and grabbed Goten by the arm too fast for even the child's quick eyes to see. And Goten screamed.
~*~*~
Goku's eyes went wide. "Damn it! We're too late!" he yelled. All three put on an extra burst of speed.
Somehow, some way, Goten was dying.
~*~*~
Only a few seconds passed, but it seemed like an eternity. Goten could tell by the way he felt his energy draining out of him that he was going to die. He could almost see heaven...
"That's enough, Vermy," Quarter suddenly smacked his comrade upside the head. "Let 'im be."
Now Chi-chi was mad. "What did you go to my Goten!?" she screamed.
Vermy let go of the boy. Goten dropped to his knees, then to the floor facedown, his eyes locked wide open just like 18's. His skin had turned grey and clammy, and his hair had already reverted to its original state. His mother got into her trademark fighting stance, hands drawn like knives.
"He's dead, ma'am," Quarter said, smirking. "And you're comin' with us."
"Ya ya, lady, yo' comin' wid us to see Master!" Vermy waved one of his tiny, dirty fingers at her. "Unless of course ya try and ee-scape, in the case of which we would be obliged an' forced to force you to come along."
Chi-chi yelled and charged.
~*~*~
"Chi-chi!" Goku shouted, running through the front door of his house without opening it, which knocked it clean off the hinges and threw it into (and through) a lamp. No one cared.
All three fighters reached the kitchen at about the same time, but Gohan was the one who saw it first. Goten, lying in the middle of the floor like a corpse.
"Oh no! Goten!" he shouted, running towards his brother's pint-size body, then kneeled down next to it and picked it up, looking just as distraught as Krillin. Goku bolted in as Gohan stood up and turned around, then touched his younger son's face.
"Goten..." he murmured, then spoke up. "He's ... so cold..."
"He's not dead," Krillin stated distractedly. He wasn't sure how he knew, but somehow, he just did. Goten was alive - though just barely.
Gohan checked his brother's pulse. "You're right, Krillin, but he's hanging on by a thread."
Goku put one hand on Goten's chest and spoke to him softly. "Who did this to you, son?" he asked, not expecting an answer. His hand started glowing gently.
Krillin gave him an odd look. "Uh, Goku? What're you doing?"
"He just looks like his energy's been drained. Maybe if I give him some of mine, he'll stand a better chance of living."
Gohan nodded. "Good idea."
It was only a few seconds later that Goku removed his hand. Goten was looking better already. His greyish skin had returned to its normal pinkish color, his eyes had closed, and the rise and fall of his chest was visible now.
"Looks like it worked," Goku commented. "I can feel some power levels off to the north of here. You two go and find them; I think I'd better stay with Goten."
Gohan nodded. "Right."
Krillin started looking around again. "Hey, where's Chi-chi?"
"They probably took her just like they took Marron," Gohan stated angrily. "We've gotta find her!"
Gohan and Krillin then bolted out the front door and rose into the air as Goku put his younger son on the couch. "Good luck, guys," he murmured, turning his face to the window.
No one ever noticed the blood-red scribble on the wall, saying, "SIX DOWN NIX TO GO".
~*~*~
Finally getting to the good part! *pumps arm* Yes! Yes! Yes! I love one-hour lunches, they are the only good thing about finals week! STORIES!!!! R+R please.
(o^.^o) The Artist Formerly Known As Ed (who is on crack today!)