CHAPTER THREE: THE INFAMOUS DALTON STRIKES!!! ...... OR NOT......
Disclaimer: Hey, guess what! I still don't own DBZ Or Chrono Trigger!
BAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
With a loud thump, Crono, Marle, Lucca, and Trunks fell out through a hole in the sky and onto the ground.
Trunks was unlucky enough to fall on his head. "Ouch..."
Lucca stood up and adjusted her helmet. "Wow, that hurt!"
Crono, of course, said nothing. He merely rose to his feet and brushed dust off his slightly dirty clothes.
Marle stood up and rubbed her sore bottom. "I'm totally beating the crap out of Gaspar next time I see him," she grumbled.
"Speaking of time..." Trunks looked around. "What time are we in now?"
"Man, this place is DARK!" Marle said to Crono, who nodded in agreement. "We must be back in the time before the Big Bang!"
"No, that's both impossible and illogical," said Lucca.
"How would you know?" asked Marle.
"Well, it's like this..." Lucca elapsed into a long, boring lecture about how they, the time travelers, couldn't POSSIBLY be in the time before the Big Bang.
Soon Crono and Marle were snoring after five minutes of listening to Lucca's science mumbo-jumbo. The only one awake when she was finished talking other than herself was Trunks, who, having an equally scientific mind as Lucca's had listened to the entire spech raptly and attentively.
"Oh, I get it now," he told Lucca.
"You... you do?" Lucca was blushing furiously. "Usually NO ONE listens to me talk about science..."
"But... you're a genius," Trunks said, confused. "Who wouldn't want to listen to you talk?"
"Obviously those two over there." Lucca jerked a thumb over at the still-sleeping Crono and Marle.
"Well..." Trunks hesitated. "I... I think you're interesting..."
A strange, glazed look came over Lucca's face. "Why, thank you, Trunks... that's one of the nicest things anyone's ever said to me..."
They looked at each other for a long time.
*Funny,* Trunks thought as he stared at Lucca. *I never noticed it before, but Lucca sure has pretty eyes...*
Almost immediatedly after he thought this Trunks wanted to punch himself. *Good grief, Trunks! You don't REALLY have a CRUSH on her, do you!?*
Trunks' internal monologue was interrupted when Marle yawned and opened her eyes. "Wha... where are we?" she mumbled. "What happened?"
"We're in the same spot we've been for the last twenty minutes," Lucca told her.
"Oh, that's right," said Marle. "You were talking about the Big Bang and then I fell asleep..." She tugged on Crono's sleeve. "C'mon, Crono, wake up."
Obediently, the spikey-headed kid opened his eyes and got up off the floor.
"So back to my original question...," said Trunks.
"Hey, someone's coming!" cried Lucca.
She was right. Footsteps could be heard approaching the heroes, coming ominously closer and closer...
"Yikes," said Marle when she saw someone appear from the shadows. "You're..."
"...DALTON?" gasped Lucca.
The man whom had appeared from the shadows looked very evil and menacing indeed. He shook his fist in anger at Crono, Marle, and Lucca, completely ignoring Trunks. "You three! What are YOU doing here!?"
"What are WE doing here!?" said Lucca angrily. "What are YOU doing here!?"
"You guys know each other?" asked Trunks.
"Yes," said Marle. "Trunks, meet Dalton. He's this-annoying-as-hell guy we met in our time travels awhile back, where he declared himself Supreme Ruler of the earth and was later sucked into his own energy warp and into another world." She paused. "Hey! That must be where we are now!"
"You fool!" cried Dalton. "You once defeated me, but now I shall have my REVENGE!"
"Think again!" snapped Lucca. "Crono, take 'em down!"
Crono nodded and lunged at Dalton, sword drawn. To everyone's surprise, he was knocked back by an invisible forcefield protecting Dalton's body.
"Ha!" cried Dalton. "Physical attacks cannot touch me! Fools!"
"You seem to have forgotten that we can use magic, Dalton," said Marle.
"You can use magic?" asked Trunks, not very surprised. When you hung out with a mute swordsman, a female genius, and a stunningly beautiful girl, all of whom could travel through time, nothing much surprised you anymore.
"Yeah, watch this!" Lucca said, taking a step forward. "FLARE!!!"
The air exploded with red lights. Following the red explosion came smog.
When the smoke cleared, Dalton was still standing there, not a scratch on his body.
"It... it didn't work!" cried Lucca. "What are we going to do?"
Dalton smirked. "Die."
"I was hoping there was a less obvious choice," groaned Lucca.
"Hmph," said Dalton. "Not only is your magic ineffective on me, I can copy it and use it against you!" Still grinning evilly, Dalton pointed straight at Lucca. "FLARE!!!"
"NO!" yelled Trunks as the red lights surged towards Lucca. Quick as a flash, he seized her around the waist and pulled her out of harm's way. Dalton's Flare exploded some feet away on the ground.
"Damn you!" cried Dalton, turning red in the face.
Lucca's eyes were wide as she stared up at Trunks. "You saved me!"
"It was nothing," said Trunks, glaring at Dalton.
Dalton laughed. "Oh, are you mad at me, now?"
"You can bet your life on it!" said Trunks. He turned to Crono, Marle, and Lucca. "You guys stand back. I'm taking this creep down."
"And how are you going to do that?" asked Dalton. "Brute strength won't work, though you look like a strong one...... and magic? I'll only copy it."
"Cheater," grumbled Marle.
"Copy this," snarled Trunks, turning Super Saiyan.
Immediatedly everyone, including Dalton, jumped at least twenty feet away from Trunks.
"Um, Trunks," said Lucca," your hair, um, it's... it's on fire..."
"Oh my GOD!" shrieked Marle. "You look even sexier than before! I didn't think that was POSSIBLE!"
Crono shot Marle a very pained look.
"Oh, don't worry, Crono. You're still the main guy in my life," Marle quickly amended.
Crono looked relieved.
Dalton, on the other hand, was scared out of his wits. "H-h-how did you do that!?" he yelled at Trunks.
"Better start worrying more about yourself, Dalton!" growled Trunks.
"I didn't know Trunks could do that," Lucca said uncertainly. "Did he do it....... for me?"
"Oooooooooooooohhhh!" squealed Marle. "How romantic!"
"SHUT UP!" yelled Lucca.
Crono began to snicker (noiselessly of course) until Lucca shot him the famous Death Stare.
"Hey you guys, look at this!" Marle said suddenly. "Trunks's thrashing Dalton!"
This was the untarnished truth. Crono, Marle, and Lucca could only watch in amazement as Trunks began to beat up mercilessly on Dalton with various punches, kicks, and ki blasts.
"P... please...," Dalton finally managed to croak. He was having serious trouble talking because Trunks had knocked out most of his teeth. "Let me live...!"
"Why?" snapped Marle. "What will you do for us?"
"I... know a way... out of here...," whispered Dalton.
"You know a way out of this weird black place?" asked Trunks, regressing back to his normal form.
"Yes... in fact... I was... just about to leave... this place when you... showed up..."
"...And?" asked Lucca.
"I can take you with me...," gasped Dalton. "But first... I must be healed..."
"I can do that," said Marle, stepping forward.
"Hey, wait a minute, Marle!" said Trunks. "He might be lying!"
"He might be, and he might not," said Lucca. "We'll never find out unless Marle heals him."
"Well, OK," said Trunks reluctantly.
Marle knelt beside Dalton. "You sure beat him up bad, Trunks," she said.
"Is that a compliment?" Trunks asked dryly.
A minute later, Marle stood up. "I'm done."
Dalton wearily rose to his feet. "I'm... alive."
"You won't be alive for long if you don't show us a way out of here," grumbled Trunks.
"OK, OK!" said Dalton. He cleared his throat and began to chant under his breath.
When he was done, a red portal appeared.
"Wonderful," said Trunks sarcastically. "More portals..."
Dalton elegantly swept his cape aside. "Well, shall we go...?"
"You first!" said Lucca.
Dalton shrugged. "Whatever." After a final bow, he walked on through the red Gate.
"OK, me next,"said Marle.
After she had disappeared through the Gate, Lucca and Crono walked on through.
Trunks was the last to go. He could only wonder as he did, where would he end up...?
END OF CHAPTER THREE
Weird... Dalton, a former Chrono Trigger villain, now an ALLY!? More importantly, what about Trunks and Lucca? Is there really a romance between the two??? Will Marle leave Crono to get to Trunks??? Find out in Chapter Four!
Disclaimer: Hey, guess what! I still don't own DBZ Or Chrono Trigger!
BAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
With a loud thump, Crono, Marle, Lucca, and Trunks fell out through a hole in the sky and onto the ground.
Trunks was unlucky enough to fall on his head. "Ouch..."
Lucca stood up and adjusted her helmet. "Wow, that hurt!"
Crono, of course, said nothing. He merely rose to his feet and brushed dust off his slightly dirty clothes.
Marle stood up and rubbed her sore bottom. "I'm totally beating the crap out of Gaspar next time I see him," she grumbled.
"Speaking of time..." Trunks looked around. "What time are we in now?"
"Man, this place is DARK!" Marle said to Crono, who nodded in agreement. "We must be back in the time before the Big Bang!"
"No, that's both impossible and illogical," said Lucca.
"How would you know?" asked Marle.
"Well, it's like this..." Lucca elapsed into a long, boring lecture about how they, the time travelers, couldn't POSSIBLY be in the time before the Big Bang.
Soon Crono and Marle were snoring after five minutes of listening to Lucca's science mumbo-jumbo. The only one awake when she was finished talking other than herself was Trunks, who, having an equally scientific mind as Lucca's had listened to the entire spech raptly and attentively.
"Oh, I get it now," he told Lucca.
"You... you do?" Lucca was blushing furiously. "Usually NO ONE listens to me talk about science..."
"But... you're a genius," Trunks said, confused. "Who wouldn't want to listen to you talk?"
"Obviously those two over there." Lucca jerked a thumb over at the still-sleeping Crono and Marle.
"Well..." Trunks hesitated. "I... I think you're interesting..."
A strange, glazed look came over Lucca's face. "Why, thank you, Trunks... that's one of the nicest things anyone's ever said to me..."
They looked at each other for a long time.
*Funny,* Trunks thought as he stared at Lucca. *I never noticed it before, but Lucca sure has pretty eyes...*
Almost immediatedly after he thought this Trunks wanted to punch himself. *Good grief, Trunks! You don't REALLY have a CRUSH on her, do you!?*
Trunks' internal monologue was interrupted when Marle yawned and opened her eyes. "Wha... where are we?" she mumbled. "What happened?"
"We're in the same spot we've been for the last twenty minutes," Lucca told her.
"Oh, that's right," said Marle. "You were talking about the Big Bang and then I fell asleep..." She tugged on Crono's sleeve. "C'mon, Crono, wake up."
Obediently, the spikey-headed kid opened his eyes and got up off the floor.
"So back to my original question...," said Trunks.
"Hey, someone's coming!" cried Lucca.
She was right. Footsteps could be heard approaching the heroes, coming ominously closer and closer...
"Yikes," said Marle when she saw someone appear from the shadows. "You're..."
"...DALTON?" gasped Lucca.
The man whom had appeared from the shadows looked very evil and menacing indeed. He shook his fist in anger at Crono, Marle, and Lucca, completely ignoring Trunks. "You three! What are YOU doing here!?"
"What are WE doing here!?" said Lucca angrily. "What are YOU doing here!?"
"You guys know each other?" asked Trunks.
"Yes," said Marle. "Trunks, meet Dalton. He's this-annoying-as-hell guy we met in our time travels awhile back, where he declared himself Supreme Ruler of the earth and was later sucked into his own energy warp and into another world." She paused. "Hey! That must be where we are now!"
"You fool!" cried Dalton. "You once defeated me, but now I shall have my REVENGE!"
"Think again!" snapped Lucca. "Crono, take 'em down!"
Crono nodded and lunged at Dalton, sword drawn. To everyone's surprise, he was knocked back by an invisible forcefield protecting Dalton's body.
"Ha!" cried Dalton. "Physical attacks cannot touch me! Fools!"
"You seem to have forgotten that we can use magic, Dalton," said Marle.
"You can use magic?" asked Trunks, not very surprised. When you hung out with a mute swordsman, a female genius, and a stunningly beautiful girl, all of whom could travel through time, nothing much surprised you anymore.
"Yeah, watch this!" Lucca said, taking a step forward. "FLARE!!!"
The air exploded with red lights. Following the red explosion came smog.
When the smoke cleared, Dalton was still standing there, not a scratch on his body.
"It... it didn't work!" cried Lucca. "What are we going to do?"
Dalton smirked. "Die."
"I was hoping there was a less obvious choice," groaned Lucca.
"Hmph," said Dalton. "Not only is your magic ineffective on me, I can copy it and use it against you!" Still grinning evilly, Dalton pointed straight at Lucca. "FLARE!!!"
"NO!" yelled Trunks as the red lights surged towards Lucca. Quick as a flash, he seized her around the waist and pulled her out of harm's way. Dalton's Flare exploded some feet away on the ground.
"Damn you!" cried Dalton, turning red in the face.
Lucca's eyes were wide as she stared up at Trunks. "You saved me!"
"It was nothing," said Trunks, glaring at Dalton.
Dalton laughed. "Oh, are you mad at me, now?"
"You can bet your life on it!" said Trunks. He turned to Crono, Marle, and Lucca. "You guys stand back. I'm taking this creep down."
"And how are you going to do that?" asked Dalton. "Brute strength won't work, though you look like a strong one...... and magic? I'll only copy it."
"Cheater," grumbled Marle.
"Copy this," snarled Trunks, turning Super Saiyan.
Immediatedly everyone, including Dalton, jumped at least twenty feet away from Trunks.
"Um, Trunks," said Lucca," your hair, um, it's... it's on fire..."
"Oh my GOD!" shrieked Marle. "You look even sexier than before! I didn't think that was POSSIBLE!"
Crono shot Marle a very pained look.
"Oh, don't worry, Crono. You're still the main guy in my life," Marle quickly amended.
Crono looked relieved.
Dalton, on the other hand, was scared out of his wits. "H-h-how did you do that!?" he yelled at Trunks.
"Better start worrying more about yourself, Dalton!" growled Trunks.
"I didn't know Trunks could do that," Lucca said uncertainly. "Did he do it....... for me?"
"Oooooooooooooohhhh!" squealed Marle. "How romantic!"
"SHUT UP!" yelled Lucca.
Crono began to snicker (noiselessly of course) until Lucca shot him the famous Death Stare.
"Hey you guys, look at this!" Marle said suddenly. "Trunks's thrashing Dalton!"
This was the untarnished truth. Crono, Marle, and Lucca could only watch in amazement as Trunks began to beat up mercilessly on Dalton with various punches, kicks, and ki blasts.
"P... please...," Dalton finally managed to croak. He was having serious trouble talking because Trunks had knocked out most of his teeth. "Let me live...!"
"Why?" snapped Marle. "What will you do for us?"
"I... know a way... out of here...," whispered Dalton.
"You know a way out of this weird black place?" asked Trunks, regressing back to his normal form.
"Yes... in fact... I was... just about to leave... this place when you... showed up..."
"...And?" asked Lucca.
"I can take you with me...," gasped Dalton. "But first... I must be healed..."
"I can do that," said Marle, stepping forward.
"Hey, wait a minute, Marle!" said Trunks. "He might be lying!"
"He might be, and he might not," said Lucca. "We'll never find out unless Marle heals him."
"Well, OK," said Trunks reluctantly.
Marle knelt beside Dalton. "You sure beat him up bad, Trunks," she said.
"Is that a compliment?" Trunks asked dryly.
A minute later, Marle stood up. "I'm done."
Dalton wearily rose to his feet. "I'm... alive."
"You won't be alive for long if you don't show us a way out of here," grumbled Trunks.
"OK, OK!" said Dalton. He cleared his throat and began to chant under his breath.
When he was done, a red portal appeared.
"Wonderful," said Trunks sarcastically. "More portals..."
Dalton elegantly swept his cape aside. "Well, shall we go...?"
"You first!" said Lucca.
Dalton shrugged. "Whatever." After a final bow, he walked on through the red Gate.
"OK, me next,"said Marle.
After she had disappeared through the Gate, Lucca and Crono walked on through.
Trunks was the last to go. He could only wonder as he did, where would he end up...?
END OF CHAPTER THREE
Weird... Dalton, a former Chrono Trigger villain, now an ALLY!? More importantly, what about Trunks and Lucca? Is there really a romance between the two??? Will Marle leave Crono to get to Trunks??? Find out in Chapter Four!