"Psh, it's all clear!!" Zoa hissed under her breath, waving for Gohan to follow her as she tiptoed across the opening to hide behind the opposite wall. She rolled her eyes and heaved a sigh. "I feel like freakin' James Bond…"
"What?" She could almost she Gohan's eyebrow raised beneath his helmet. "Nothin, just talking to myself. Okay, look there."
Zoa pointed across the room to the side of center stage where Chobi sat sleeping in a small iron bared cage with a padlock on the front. Gohan looked around absently as if hoping someone might have left the keys in a nice accessible spot. Zoa noticed this and grinned, waving a finger at him. "If you're looking for the keys, don't worry. I have my own way to get around that."
Gohan nodded and smiled, starting to head towards the cage. "Alright, then let's do this!"
"WAIT!" Zoa reached out and grabbed Gohan's cape as she let out a breathy yell, her heart pounding. "You gotta be more careful, or we're gonna get busted!!" Gohan frowned and tilted his head. "What??" He suddenly spun around rather nervously. "You saw someone?!?!"
"No," Zoa explained, grabbing him by either side of the helmet and pointing his head towards the roof, "That."
Gohan nodded his understanding as he saw the surveillance camera. There were about five, stationed around the main ring. He put a hand to his chin pensively and studied them, flaring up his Ki slightly. "Want me to fry 'em?" Zoa shook her head, raising a hand and lifting her visor. "No, it's k." She giggled and winked at him, turning her head towards the camera. "I'll use a little trick Piccolo taught me."
Gohan's eyes widened in surprise as Zoa narrowed her eyebrows, her eyes flashing a bright solid red. The cameras shattered in chain reaction as she shook her head, turning back to him, her eyes the same azure blue as usual. She grinned and gave him a goofy thumbs up as she pulled her visor back down.
"Awesome!" Gohan whispered, taking her wrist and pulling her forward. "Now come on, let's hurry!"
The two scrambled across the floor to where Chobi was sleeping. Zoa quickly grabbed a bobby pin out of her hair and shoved it in the lock, using her Ki to feel the spaces and combinations and pop it open. Chobi shook his head, opening his eyes drowsily. Gohan lifted up his helmet for a quick moment so the little dinosaur would recognize him, sending Chobi into a fit of happy squeaks.
"Hey hey, you gotta be quiet little guy, so we can get you out of here!" Gohan explained, hoisting the dinosaur onto his shoulders and gesturing for Zoa to follow him quickly towards the back way where they had snuck in. They were almost at the exit when Gohan stumbled slightly and cringed as an alarm abruptly started blaring.
"What the f-"
"Oh no!! You tripped a wire!" Zoa moaned as she noticed the tight black cord on the ground. "I never even saw that when we came in…"
"Well no use worrying about it now!!" Gohan declared grabbing her hand and shooting off through the window. "Let's just get the hell out of here!!"
After they were out, they took off down the back ally towards the street. Gohan looked back over his shoulder to make sure Zoa was still behind him as he had lost her hand, and suddenly smashed head on into something. Or someone…
Videl smirked, hands on both hips as Gohan fell backwards into Zoa. They had just reached the sidewalk, and already cop cars were on their way to the scene.
"Well well… I always knew you two were trouble." Videl snorted as the two embarrassed Saiyans hurried to their feet, Chobi clinging tightly to Gohan. "So, the two amazing 'Saiyafighter' turn out to be nothing more than petty thieves!"
"Gohan shook his head quickly. "No no! It's not what it looks like! Those guys, they stole this little dinosaur from his parents!!"
Videl laughed, uncrossing her arms and balling her hands into fists. "Yeah right. It looks like you're the one doing the stealing to me!" She paused, reaching out and shoving a surprised Gohan to the side. "But this is good." She took a step toward Zoa and gave her an angry glare. "Now I can finally prove that this city doesn't need another female savior!" Zoa dodged to the side as Videl threw a punch at her, putting her hands up in front of her.
"Hey!! We're on the same team!!" Zoa sputtered, moving backwards towards the street as Videl advanced towards her.
"Not anymore!" Videl shouted. "I'm booking you and you're boyfriend!! Now fight me!!"
Zoa spun to the side easily as Videl hurled towards her. She quickly ducked to the ground as Videl spun kicked, and backed up a bit more, shaking her head. "Come on, stop it!! I have no reason to fight you! Please-"
All three stopped as Chobi began to make an excited noise, his gaze aimed toward the sky. Upon following, the source for his happiness was quickly discovered.
"Aw SHIT!" Zoa groaned as she caught the glance of the huge and angry father Pterodactyl. "It's Tobi!!"
Gohan shifted Chobi on his shoulders, gesturing for Zoa to hurry. "Come on!! We have to get to him and give him Chobi back before he starts attacking people!!"
"Oh NO you don't!!" Videl lunged out and grabbed Zoa's cape. "We're not finished here!! If you go anywhere, I order the men to open fire you criminals!!"
"Ohhhh!" Zoa spun around, catching Videl's fist as it swung towards her face and shoving it a side. "Listen!! Can't you see that if we don't do something, people are going to get hurt!??!"
Videl stopped and took another look at the enraged dinosaur, hovering ominously above them. She scowled and backed up a bit, tossing her hair to the side. "Fine… But we'll finish this later."
Zoa let out a small sigh, but was at least happy that she had gotten around one of the rapidly growing problems. However the feeling was short lived as Videl took off towards Gohan and yanked Chobi off his back, hurrying out into the street before Chobi could retaliate. "Hey!!" Gohan shouted, "You really don't want to do that!!"
"I'm taking this dinosaur into custody, and if anyone will be solving the problem of this things father or whatever it will be me." Videl declared, her nose in the air. The biggest problem was, Tobi was not about to wait, and was already heading towards Videl with an angry light in his eyes. Zoa made a 'For the love of God' face and took off towards Videl, grabbing Chobi and shoving Videl to the pavement. "Let us handle this!!" She pleaded, turning towards the advancing father Pterodactyl.
"Tobi!! It's me-!" Zoa stopped as she realized she couldn't give away her identity. She furrowed her eyebrows and moaned. "This isn't good…"
Gohan's pulled at the antennas on his helmet nervously from the sidelines. "Damnit Zo-, uh, Saiyawoman, just attack!! He doesn't recognize us!!"
Zoa shook her head, ignoring Gohan's close slip, and the suspicious glance now on Videl's face. "I can't!!"
Gohan gritted his teeth, running into the fray, stretching out his arms as he stood in front of his girlfriend. "No!!" Zoa reached out, grabbing Gohan's shoulder. "Don't attack!! Please! He's just protecting his baby!"
Gohan gave her a pleading look. "Yeah, well so am I!"
Zoa found it very ironic that a similar line had been said in a dinosaur movie she had seen once…
But there wasn't much time to think as Tobi closed in. Unable to decide what to do, Gohan braced himself, taking Tobi's charge head on. However, this hurt the dinosaur just as much if not more than Gohan as the young Saiyan instinctively flared up his Ki, knocking Tobi backwards and to the ground. Gohan rubbed his cheek, helped Zoa up, and took Chobi from her, running over to the hurt Pterodactyl.
"Hey buddy, it's me Gohan…" He whispered, lifting up his helmet slightly so only the dinosaur could see. Tobi shook his head and tilted his head, making a low noise of recognition. "I'm sorry about hurting you like that," Gohan continued, "But the circumstance… Oh well, you seem okay right? Yeah, well, here. Take Chobi and get out of here!!"
Tobi nodded as Gohan placed Chobi on his back. Afterwards the dinosaur lifted up into the air and headed quickly back in the direction of home.
A few members of the police force had rushed over to Videl, guns drawn. "Videl, should, should we fire?!"
Videl frowned and shook her head. "No Captain, let them go. I think I have things figured out now…" The Captain gave her a quizzical look. "What do you mean?"
Videl smirked. "I'll get them…"
"Wow, that weekend sure was eventful…" Gohan murmured sleepily as he closed his locker, waiting for Zoa to grab her books as well for morning class.
"Yeah no joke… Well, at least Chobi is back with his parents though."
"Well good morning Gohan, Zoa! Or would you like me to address you as 'The Saiyafighters?"
Gohan and Zoa spun around as Videl reached over and shut Zoa's locker door, smirking evilly at them. She reached out and pulled the band-aid from Gohan's cheek that had been covering a scratch he got when Tobi charged him.
"I saw the 'Great Saiyaman' get scratched in exactly that same spot! And I heard him call his 'side kick' a name beginning with z and o. Like maybe, ZOA?!" Videl laughed. "Look, just give it up, I figured you guys out. And guess what? Now you get to do something for me."
Gohan sighed heavily and looked sadly down at his feet. "Okay, just don't tell anyone please…"
Videl snorted. "Oh you don't have to worry about that. Because, first off, you're going to teach me how to fly. And after that, I want you to stop this little 'Saiyafighter' charade and leave the protection of the city to me, got it?!" She grinned, turning her back to them. "Cause if you don't comply, the whole city finds out you're secret identities! I'm sure you'll make the right choice…"
"Wait."
Videl's eyes widened as she was suddenly frozen to the spot. "Wha, what's going on!?!"
Gohan watch bewildered as Zoa's eyes glowed eerily. Without moving a muscle, she used some inner power to turn Videl back towards them, keeping her frozen in place. Gohan frowned. Zoa always had had some unordinary powers… Powers that Kame and Piccolo had always been very interested in…
"Listen." Zoa continued, her tone a lot heavier than usual, "I TRY to be a calm and understanding person, but I am tired of your 'superior' bull shit attitude. We only want to HELP. So get off your high horse and listen to this. You want a deal? I'll give you one. You want to fight me so bad? Well I read in the announcements about the new World Tournament coming up. So, I'll enter and give you a chance at me, IF you keep our identities under wraps. Sound GOOD?!'
Videl stuttered, unable to decide how Zoa had prevented her from moving like that. "A-A cheap trick…" She mumbled under her breath. Snapping out of her dazed state, she clenched her fists tight. "Fine, but only if you BOTH enter? How does that sound bitch?!"
Zoa glanced at Gohan who nodded slightly, then back at Videl, a satisfied Saiyan smirk planted on her lips. "Sounds just great."