Chapter 12 - Goku's Story
The two reluctant combatants were both sitting on the floor of the hellish catacombs, trying to figure out what to do next. The smell of death in the air was unbearable, and the sights around them were unimaginable, like something out of a grade B horror flick. They had no other choice at the moment but to stay, they did not know what to do next. But that was the excuse they gave to themselves. The truth was, they needed to get themselves together. At this point, there was too much confusion and disbelief for them to go rushing into another battle. Goku especially seemed to need to get his emotions together. He had never been exposed to death in such a graphic form as this.
The two were sitting diagonally from each other with their knees' up and their elbows hanging over them. Their bodies were facing each other, but they kept their eyes fixated on the floor. Neither of them could bare to look up. Goku spoke up first.
"Where are we?"
"Some where in the prison." Vegeta sighed for a second. "They destroyed the only way up as far as I know. So, now we're looking for a way out."
"Wha? How did they destroy it?"
"They blew it up."
Goku was a bit shocked. Vegeta paused a second. Then he started back up.
"I don't how bad it is up there, but it seemed bad. It looked like the whole upper half of the complex caved in."
"Why don't we just blast through?"
"Where I found you, there was a huge machine...a generator of some sort, connected to the planet core. It's wired to the whole complex. If it's ruptured, it will destroy the whole planet."
"Oh", Goku said very sadly and meekly. Vegeta was talking in almost the same way. He didn't have the usual anger and feeling that everyone is inferior to him in his voice that was stereotypical to him.
"Well, what happened to you?", Vegeta asked, finally picking his head up and looking Goku in the eye.
Goku picked his head up and returned the gaze. Then his mouth opened slightly and looked down at the ground again. It was obvious by the blank stare on his face that he was searching for something in his mind, memory, a visual picture, anything. But it was hard for him. It was all a haze, like trying to look through the glasses of a near blind person.
"You can't remember a thing."
"I...I remember we were fighting...then you kicked me...the next thing I remember clearly was 3 minutes ago."
The two put their heads down again and went silent for a minute or two. Then, Goku spoke up.
"They were dragging me away," Vegeta picked his head up and looked at Goku. He still had his head down with that same blank stare. "That's when I got my first good look at them. I...I thought I was dreaming or something," Goku seemed confused now ,"I never saw anything them. So, I tried to get away. I couldn't see straight, my vision was blurry, and was really dizzy. I broke free and got up, ran a few steps, and fell flat on my face. Then I remember being picked up again, facing the floor. I can't remember anything after that."
Vegeta's eyes wandered for a second.
"I guess if you didn't break me out, I'd wind up like them." Goku gestured his head above him.
"Don't think I'm going to make a habit out of it. I was going to save you to kill you."
"Anyway, thanx." Vegeta spoke up imeadiately.
"Shut up."
The two fell silent once again.
"What's next?" Goku asked.
Vegeta slowly got to his feet. As he got up, he grunted. He looked down a long dark hallway that lead out of the room.
"We head that way."
The two reluctant combatants were both sitting on the floor of the hellish catacombs, trying to figure out what to do next. The smell of death in the air was unbearable, and the sights around them were unimaginable, like something out of a grade B horror flick. They had no other choice at the moment but to stay, they did not know what to do next. But that was the excuse they gave to themselves. The truth was, they needed to get themselves together. At this point, there was too much confusion and disbelief for them to go rushing into another battle. Goku especially seemed to need to get his emotions together. He had never been exposed to death in such a graphic form as this.
The two were sitting diagonally from each other with their knees' up and their elbows hanging over them. Their bodies were facing each other, but they kept their eyes fixated on the floor. Neither of them could bare to look up. Goku spoke up first.
"Where are we?"
"Some where in the prison." Vegeta sighed for a second. "They destroyed the only way up as far as I know. So, now we're looking for a way out."
"Wha? How did they destroy it?"
"They blew it up."
Goku was a bit shocked. Vegeta paused a second. Then he started back up.
"I don't how bad it is up there, but it seemed bad. It looked like the whole upper half of the complex caved in."
"Why don't we just blast through?"
"Where I found you, there was a huge machine...a generator of some sort, connected to the planet core. It's wired to the whole complex. If it's ruptured, it will destroy the whole planet."
"Oh", Goku said very sadly and meekly. Vegeta was talking in almost the same way. He didn't have the usual anger and feeling that everyone is inferior to him in his voice that was stereotypical to him.
"Well, what happened to you?", Vegeta asked, finally picking his head up and looking Goku in the eye.
Goku picked his head up and returned the gaze. Then his mouth opened slightly and looked down at the ground again. It was obvious by the blank stare on his face that he was searching for something in his mind, memory, a visual picture, anything. But it was hard for him. It was all a haze, like trying to look through the glasses of a near blind person.
"You can't remember a thing."
"I...I remember we were fighting...then you kicked me...the next thing I remember clearly was 3 minutes ago."
The two put their heads down again and went silent for a minute or two. Then, Goku spoke up.
"They were dragging me away," Vegeta picked his head up and looked at Goku. He still had his head down with that same blank stare. "That's when I got my first good look at them. I...I thought I was dreaming or something," Goku seemed confused now ,"I never saw anything them. So, I tried to get away. I couldn't see straight, my vision was blurry, and was really dizzy. I broke free and got up, ran a few steps, and fell flat on my face. Then I remember being picked up again, facing the floor. I can't remember anything after that."
Vegeta's eyes wandered for a second.
"I guess if you didn't break me out, I'd wind up like them." Goku gestured his head above him.
"Don't think I'm going to make a habit out of it. I was going to save you to kill you."
"Anyway, thanx." Vegeta spoke up imeadiately.
"Shut up."
The two fell silent once again.
"What's next?" Goku asked.
Vegeta slowly got to his feet. As he got up, he grunted. He looked down a long dark hallway that lead out of the room.
"We head that way."