Chapter 10: Good Times Gone
By: The Angel of Foof
Rating: R
Disclaimer: *Hires lawyer who writes out a 300-page disclaimer* care to read it? Didn't think so.
A/N: Last real chapter (and then the epilogue!!) and then I'm FINIT with this thing! (Finit is Italian or something for done) Be sure to read my other two stories that I'll be working on (at the same time, making me go crazy, lol). They'll be completely different than this one... but different is not bad... it just goes to show ya how random I can be.... hehe...
I love my reviewers!! (Even if you guys creep me out sometimes.... *ducks to avoid pudding bombs*) You guys are the greatest! Now let me go and finish this thing.
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"Okay, I'm leaving... I've got to try and fix this mess..." Bulma sighed. "I guess there really isn't much left to say but thanks, Goku. I really appreciate your hospitality and dealing with me this entire time." She stepped out of the house. "Thanks."
"Be sure to come back here when you get the rest of the dragonballs, and I'll show you how to make the wish, okay?" Goku asked.
"Of course, Goku," Bulma smiled and started to walk away.
"Hey, you need a car?!" Goku asked. He motioned toward the garage. "Take a couple of capsules or something."
"Thanks, Goku! You think of everything!!" Bulma smiled. She grabbed a couple of capsules and was soon on her way.
Checking the dragon radar every few miles, Bulma came up to where the second dragonball was. In a casino. "Oh, shit."
She went in without being checked for I.D. (A/N: What's with these idiot guards, anyway?! O.o) and started looking. She found a man at the roulette wheel with a huge bulge in his pockets. "Excuse me, sir?"
"What do you want?!" the old man grouched.
"Well, I wanted to make you an offer. I would like to have that dragonball in your pocket."
The man looked up. "And why would you like that?"
"Because I want to wish my lifelong partner back from the dead. I'm pregnant and I don't think my kid would be well off without a father."
"Well, tell you what, missy." the man stroked his beard stubble. "You can have it if you can get me a keg of beer from the bartender."
"Okay," Bulma went over to the bar. "One keg."
"Sure." the bartender handed it to her. "Enjoy."
Bulma dragged the keg back to the stunned man. "That jackass told me there wasn't any more beer! After I had had 16 glasses!!" he wobbled over to the keg and hugged it. "Here's your dragonball, missy."
She left the casino quickly, mostly to get away from the drunken bastard.
On she went in her car, to the next closest dragonball. After two days of driving, she came up to a mine. She capsulized the car.
"It's in a mine? That's weird," Bulma said.
She went inside the mine and looked around. Sitting smack on top of one of the mine carts was the dragonball. She grabbed it. A siren went off.
Bulma ran.
A guard ran after her. "Hey! You can't take that!!"
"Oh, yeah?! Watch me!" she pulled out the other capsule, an airplane, and took off.
Lost it on the chesterfield
Or maybe on a gambling wheel
Lost in it a diamond mine
It's dark as hell and hard to find
Well you can climb to the top of the highest tree
You can look around but you still won't see
What I'm looking for
Where the good times gone
Where the good times gone
All that stupid fun and all that shit we've done
Where the good times gone
Well I still don't know
Bulma flew off a little more, checking the radar for the closest dragonball. "Oh, there it is!!" she smiled and took off toward it. She landed in a field and capsulized the plane.
The dragonball couldn't be found.
"It says that I'm standing right on top of it, but I can't find it..." she stomped her foot and she fell through a three foot hole. "Dammit!"
She looked down at her feet and saw some scraping of her legs, as well as the dragonball. "Well, I guess I WAS on top of it!" she laughed. She tried to get herself out of the hole, but to no avail.
Finally, she took off her backpack with all her supplies and pushed herself up and out (A/N: not an easy thing to do when you're pregnant, or so I've heard).
She took out the plane again and took off.
The next dragonball was found in a desert, in the middle of a cactus. Bulma winced when she saw that the cactus had grown around the ball.
"Why me?!" she asked in agony. She slowly took her hand and reached for the ball. "OWWWW!"
The ball came a little loose.
Bulma had a few pricks in her hand. "This is not going to be fun!!" she shouted. She stomped her foot again. The ball fell out of the cactus. "Yay!! Now I don't have to go through as much pain as I would have had to!!" she collected the ball and took off.
Out in the back in the old cornfield
Underneath the tractor wheel
Thought I'd dig 'till I found it first
Broke my back and died of thirst
Well you can bribe the devil, you can pray to God
You can sell off everything you've got
And you still won't know
Where the good times gone
Where the good times gone
All that stupid fun and all that shit we've done
Where the good times gone
Well I still don't know
Bulma looked on the dragon radar for the next dragonball. From inside the plane, it didn't look like a very far flight. She sped up, hoping to find it faster. The five dragonballs clinked together in the backpack.
Bulma landed. "So it's inside there," she said. The building she was referring to was a church. "Excuse me, sir," she asked the guard (A/N: here I go with the guards again!!). "Do you know where I can find a bright orange ball?"
"Sure, it's in the sanctuary. But don't you dare touch it. It is the symbol of our god."
Bulma went inside, slightly angry, then took a look around. The gothic architecture was amazing. "Wow... wow... wow..." she echoed.
She went into the huge empty sanctuary and found the dragonball as the centerpiece. "There you are."
She lifted up the glass box to touch the dragonball, then came up with a better idea and grabbed an orange from inside her backpack. "Maybe that'll divert them for a while. I mean, they ARE cultists!"
She replaced the dragonball with the orange, put the dragonball inside her backpack, then quickly left without a word.
Saw it on the silveer screen
Preacher says "don't know what it means"
Last page ad in a comic book
Bought me a map, told me where to look
It ain't carved of stone or made of wood
And if you pay for it then it ain't no good
And you still won't know
What I'm looking for
Bulma drove off from the church quickly, and went into the nearby city, where the last dragonball was. She couldn't find it in the close proximity, though, and stopped at a newsstand.
"Can you tell me the main attraction of this city?" Bulma asked the man.
"Sure, it's obviously the art gallery this week. They have brought in several sculptures, espically the moving one!" He held up a brochure. "$1.50 for the brochure, $2.50 for the admission."
She paid for the brochure and went back to her car. She leafed through it until she came to the moving sculpture page. It was a sculpture similar to Michelangelo's "David", but it had an orange elbow, which allowed it to move. "Now, that's strange.... no, wait! That's the dragonball!!" She sped off toward the museum.
She entered the museum and looked around. Finally, she found the statue.
It was looking at her, almost pleading for her to free it of the dragonball, its burden. She nodded, then turned to the crowds and yelled "FIRE!!"
Panic started to ensue.
Where the good times gone
Where the good times gone
All that stupid fun and all that shit we've done
Where the good times gone
As the security guards tried to calm people down, Bulma went over to the statue , pulled off the arm (which was not part of the original statue, anyway, it was a fake!), grabbed the dragonball, and ran!
As soon as she made it to her car and drove out of the city, she took a look at the seven gleaming objects in her car. Her eyes lit up when she saw them glowing.
"Back to Goku's!" she exlaimed.
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Okay, well, that's the last "official" chapter.... I think pretty much everyone will know what the epilogue will be about. Anyway, R/R, of course... or else... or else... I'll take down the epilogue! (Nah, I'm not that evil or crazy... I think... do I think? OW.... my head hurts....) Just R/R, okay?
.:Angel:.
By: The Angel of Foof
Rating: R
Disclaimer: *Hires lawyer who writes out a 300-page disclaimer* care to read it? Didn't think so.
A/N: Last real chapter (and then the epilogue!!) and then I'm FINIT with this thing! (Finit is Italian or something for done) Be sure to read my other two stories that I'll be working on (at the same time, making me go crazy, lol). They'll be completely different than this one... but different is not bad... it just goes to show ya how random I can be.... hehe...
I love my reviewers!! (Even if you guys creep me out sometimes.... *ducks to avoid pudding bombs*) You guys are the greatest! Now let me go and finish this thing.
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"Okay, I'm leaving... I've got to try and fix this mess..." Bulma sighed. "I guess there really isn't much left to say but thanks, Goku. I really appreciate your hospitality and dealing with me this entire time." She stepped out of the house. "Thanks."
"Be sure to come back here when you get the rest of the dragonballs, and I'll show you how to make the wish, okay?" Goku asked.
"Of course, Goku," Bulma smiled and started to walk away.
"Hey, you need a car?!" Goku asked. He motioned toward the garage. "Take a couple of capsules or something."
"Thanks, Goku! You think of everything!!" Bulma smiled. She grabbed a couple of capsules and was soon on her way.
Checking the dragon radar every few miles, Bulma came up to where the second dragonball was. In a casino. "Oh, shit."
She went in without being checked for I.D. (A/N: What's with these idiot guards, anyway?! O.o) and started looking. She found a man at the roulette wheel with a huge bulge in his pockets. "Excuse me, sir?"
"What do you want?!" the old man grouched.
"Well, I wanted to make you an offer. I would like to have that dragonball in your pocket."
The man looked up. "And why would you like that?"
"Because I want to wish my lifelong partner back from the dead. I'm pregnant and I don't think my kid would be well off without a father."
"Well, tell you what, missy." the man stroked his beard stubble. "You can have it if you can get me a keg of beer from the bartender."
"Okay," Bulma went over to the bar. "One keg."
"Sure." the bartender handed it to her. "Enjoy."
Bulma dragged the keg back to the stunned man. "That jackass told me there wasn't any more beer! After I had had 16 glasses!!" he wobbled over to the keg and hugged it. "Here's your dragonball, missy."
She left the casino quickly, mostly to get away from the drunken bastard.
On she went in her car, to the next closest dragonball. After two days of driving, she came up to a mine. She capsulized the car.
"It's in a mine? That's weird," Bulma said.
She went inside the mine and looked around. Sitting smack on top of one of the mine carts was the dragonball. She grabbed it. A siren went off.
Bulma ran.
A guard ran after her. "Hey! You can't take that!!"
"Oh, yeah?! Watch me!" she pulled out the other capsule, an airplane, and took off.
Lost it on the chesterfield
Or maybe on a gambling wheel
Lost in it a diamond mine
It's dark as hell and hard to find
Well you can climb to the top of the highest tree
You can look around but you still won't see
What I'm looking for
Where the good times gone
Where the good times gone
All that stupid fun and all that shit we've done
Where the good times gone
Well I still don't know
Bulma flew off a little more, checking the radar for the closest dragonball. "Oh, there it is!!" she smiled and took off toward it. She landed in a field and capsulized the plane.
The dragonball couldn't be found.
"It says that I'm standing right on top of it, but I can't find it..." she stomped her foot and she fell through a three foot hole. "Dammit!"
She looked down at her feet and saw some scraping of her legs, as well as the dragonball. "Well, I guess I WAS on top of it!" she laughed. She tried to get herself out of the hole, but to no avail.
Finally, she took off her backpack with all her supplies and pushed herself up and out (A/N: not an easy thing to do when you're pregnant, or so I've heard).
She took out the plane again and took off.
The next dragonball was found in a desert, in the middle of a cactus. Bulma winced when she saw that the cactus had grown around the ball.
"Why me?!" she asked in agony. She slowly took her hand and reached for the ball. "OWWWW!"
The ball came a little loose.
Bulma had a few pricks in her hand. "This is not going to be fun!!" she shouted. She stomped her foot again. The ball fell out of the cactus. "Yay!! Now I don't have to go through as much pain as I would have had to!!" she collected the ball and took off.
Out in the back in the old cornfield
Underneath the tractor wheel
Thought I'd dig 'till I found it first
Broke my back and died of thirst
Well you can bribe the devil, you can pray to God
You can sell off everything you've got
And you still won't know
Where the good times gone
Where the good times gone
All that stupid fun and all that shit we've done
Where the good times gone
Well I still don't know
Bulma looked on the dragon radar for the next dragonball. From inside the plane, it didn't look like a very far flight. She sped up, hoping to find it faster. The five dragonballs clinked together in the backpack.
Bulma landed. "So it's inside there," she said. The building she was referring to was a church. "Excuse me, sir," she asked the guard (A/N: here I go with the guards again!!). "Do you know where I can find a bright orange ball?"
"Sure, it's in the sanctuary. But don't you dare touch it. It is the symbol of our god."
Bulma went inside, slightly angry, then took a look around. The gothic architecture was amazing. "Wow... wow... wow..." she echoed.
She went into the huge empty sanctuary and found the dragonball as the centerpiece. "There you are."
She lifted up the glass box to touch the dragonball, then came up with a better idea and grabbed an orange from inside her backpack. "Maybe that'll divert them for a while. I mean, they ARE cultists!"
She replaced the dragonball with the orange, put the dragonball inside her backpack, then quickly left without a word.
Saw it on the silveer screen
Preacher says "don't know what it means"
Last page ad in a comic book
Bought me a map, told me where to look
It ain't carved of stone or made of wood
And if you pay for it then it ain't no good
And you still won't know
What I'm looking for
Bulma drove off from the church quickly, and went into the nearby city, where the last dragonball was. She couldn't find it in the close proximity, though, and stopped at a newsstand.
"Can you tell me the main attraction of this city?" Bulma asked the man.
"Sure, it's obviously the art gallery this week. They have brought in several sculptures, espically the moving one!" He held up a brochure. "$1.50 for the brochure, $2.50 for the admission."
She paid for the brochure and went back to her car. She leafed through it until she came to the moving sculpture page. It was a sculpture similar to Michelangelo's "David", but it had an orange elbow, which allowed it to move. "Now, that's strange.... no, wait! That's the dragonball!!" She sped off toward the museum.
She entered the museum and looked around. Finally, she found the statue.
It was looking at her, almost pleading for her to free it of the dragonball, its burden. She nodded, then turned to the crowds and yelled "FIRE!!"
Panic started to ensue.
Where the good times gone
Where the good times gone
All that stupid fun and all that shit we've done
Where the good times gone
As the security guards tried to calm people down, Bulma went over to the statue , pulled off the arm (which was not part of the original statue, anyway, it was a fake!), grabbed the dragonball, and ran!
As soon as she made it to her car and drove out of the city, she took a look at the seven gleaming objects in her car. Her eyes lit up when she saw them glowing.
"Back to Goku's!" she exlaimed.
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Okay, well, that's the last "official" chapter.... I think pretty much everyone will know what the epilogue will be about. Anyway, R/R, of course... or else... or else... I'll take down the epilogue! (Nah, I'm not that evil or crazy... I think... do I think? OW.... my head hurts....) Just R/R, okay?
.:Angel:.