Chapter 12: Mad Doctor Getaway!
Akyasuma was trapped like a hamster in a plastic ball.
He didn't think that the Federation would be so thorough
in containing him...for once, the police weren't lazy or
idiotic. They had arrested the one person who was number
one on their wanted list for ever since Hardy became the
Chief of Police. Now they didn't have a humoungous
distraction to stare them in the face. Now they could
start doing the job that they were supposed to do, but
there were still a few incompetents that Hardy noticed.
Hardy, however, wasn't one of those officers. He goofed
off and ate more than he had done his job, true, but he had
always done his job right. Unlike a few other officers who
kept on throwing case papers into the shredder and couldn't
shoot straight with even a dinky holdout gun. Hardy had
been looking through his employee reports for three weeks
to weed out the bad cops and had found and fired 15
officers. A couple of them, since he was eating during his
checks, asked that he re-review them to make sure that an
accidental sauce blob didn't drop onto the papers and make
something look like it wasn't supposed to. He thanked them
for the concern of their employment and would give them two
weeks to improve, although the papers were not errored by
any sauces from his BBQ BLT's.
Akyasuma couldn't even try to escape, all his built-in tools
were locked down by The Kefka, so not even a passcode lock
could be cracked. The cell had no bars to saw off or bend,
and the walls were too strong for him to break through,
since, even if he was a robot, his configuration was that of
an old man. He thought that his odds of escape were next to
impossible, but he didn't know that he had backup
approaching.
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It was on the news that the Icers had hailed Samus and the
Federation as heroes for uncovering and arresting Akyasuma
and destroying every last vestige of the X. The planet
trade's dimplomatic connections with the Icers was severed,
and they had formed a new treaty not just between themselves
and the Federation, but also between their nearby neighbors
and long-time rivals, the Gennom, since now no longer the
ruling family of the Icers existed, they could finally act
more civilized to each other.
Samus didn't want to attend celebrations, and neither did
Royce. Houston and Ryu went to the parade being held
to be on the float of the 'Pork Roast' that was made.
Samus had a laugh at the paper mache Hardy that was on it
as well. Looked like he was so busy that they had to make
a substitute. Hardy had complained about the paper clone
being twice his size.
Ryu made the joke that 'TV does make you fatter', maybe
not because of Hardy, but because of the buffet restaurant
that they went to. Ryu didn't think that he ate THAT
much, but his waistline was what he thought was huge when he
watched the televised version. Samus cracked up at the both
of them as they had set up an argument of fat jokes at each
other. What made her laugh even more was that Ryu did
still have a bit of a leftover belly at the time. (It really
took the cake for her when Houston turned the radio on and
the song playing was Cartman and Ju-C singing "Fat".)
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Another reason for the celebrations was that it was the
momentous day of a new planet-bound people joining the
fold of the Federation before heading out to space as
their next goal. Bulma had a speech ready for the occasion,
and had even given mention of being able to sell the products
of Capsule Corp. across the galaxy. Things that several
people had never seen in the Federation before until their
introduction at a demonstration that Bulma held the day before.
The introduction to at least one of the Saiya-jin (Goku as a
child), had spurred Capsule Corp's. semi-development of space
travel when the pod Goku crashed in was discovered.
"Ladies and gentlemen of the Federation, I as you know, am
Bulma Breifs, daughter of the CEO of Capsule Corporation,
and the current emissary of the planet that you know as Green.
I am here on request of the commitee's approval of the addition
of Green to the Federation while our space travel technology is
still semi-developed. We have been waiting for a chance to
prove our capabilities in this field, and don't know where we
should choose for the destination. After consideration of where
our proving grounds will be, I have decided that Alpha Centauri
Station shall be the point of arrival for our first spaceship."
Bulma pauses for a moment. Seeing that everyone is silent at
the time, she continues.
"You are all aware of what plans that I have had in mind for
Capsule Corporation if we are accepted. Your decision will
be the influence of Green becoming a fully-developed planet
that much faster. I hope that your decision will be yes,
but all I can do is hope. Thank you for your time in letting
me share my message." Bulma exited the chamber with applause
ringing through the hallway outside the chamber. The applause
died down so that Keaton could speak.
"And now, for you, the members of the Federation commitee, to
decide whether you will accept this new world's people to be
part of us."
-------------------
Bulma was looking to the left and right, and sometimes behind
the table that she was sitting at in the restaurant for Goku.
She wanted to tell him about what was going on, and that she
was still worried about it, but instead she saw Hardy walk in.
"Miss Bulma? The Chairman would like you to have this." Hardy
holds up a document sealed in a plaque. On it, in very verbose
terms, was the approval of the Federation for Green to be a
legal part of the Federation. She was fumbling in her bag for
a videophone that she had bought the week before to call her
father and tell him.
"Dad? DAD?! Pick up will you?" Mr. Breifs appears on the
screen.
"Oh! Hello, Bulma! Would you like to hear a funny joke that
I just read on the paper?" Bulma gets a serious face. "It
looks like you might need a brightening to your day!"
"No thanks, Dad, look!" She holds the plaque to the screen
and then lowers it so he can see her face. "It's bright enough
as it is for today, we've been sanctioned by the Federation as
a fully-developed planet!"
"Oh, good! I've got just the people to send over there for the
test of our spaceship!"
"Who?"
"Tien and Chiaotzu. They came by asking where Goku and Piccolo
were, and when he didn't see you, he even asked about you. So,
I told them where you were, and they went on their merry way
after putting on the special suits that I gave them."
"THEY ALREADY LEFT?! Did you tell them how to get here?"
"No." Bulma scowls and yells.
"THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET HERE?! THEN WHAT WAS THE POINT OF
SENDING THEM OFF SO QUICKLY?! DAD, YOU'RE SUCH AN ABSENT-
MINDED-" Mr. Breifs lit up.
"You're right! I forgot that I put the ship on auto-navigation!
The course was already set, all that they had to do was start the
ship and off they went! So I had no need to tell them." Bulma
calms down a bit but still has an agitated face.
"Even so, you should still be navigator in case something goes
wrong, so why not go do that. Later!" She turns the phone off
and walks out of the restaurant. "Hardy, right? I'm going to
look for Goku. He should have been here by now." Hardy looks
in her direction with a partly blank face as she leaves.
"Who-koo?"
-----------------
A smaller IcSaucer ship sails at Alpha Centauri, passing by
the Capsule Corp. prototype only for a moment before it sails
ahead at a faster speed. An Icer much in the appearance of
Freiza (sans the girly voice, as this one's was halfway to the
tone of King Cold.) looks out the window.
"Now it's time for the ones who are loyal to Akyasuma to
rule over the rebellious ignorants, and I, Amroth, shall
be the strongest in the universe..."
-----------------
Goku was animatedly talking to Samus about all the misadventures
that he had while he was a child. A shape-shifting pig saving
the world by wishing for panties, his battles at the very first
World Martial Arts tournament that he had gone to, his encounter
with the Red Ribbon Army while searching for the Dragonball that
his adopted grandfather gave him, and many other things. He had
even told her about the Dragonballs and the power that they held
when all seven were gathered.
"Hey. I'll bet you'd like to be stronger. Since you're training
with weighted clothes, why not go to the gravity chamber on the
ground floor? It was originally meant for Ryu, but it's not a
private thing." Just after she had finished talking, a knock was
at her door. Goku answered it to see Radditz appear in the
doorway.
"Hello, Kakkarotto. It's probably coincidence that we met here."
Samus stands up.
"Oh yeah! Goku, this is Radditz." Goku makes a motion to shake
Radditz's hand, who accepts.
"Ow, you're strong! That grip kinda hurts!" Radditz chuckles.
"Well then, Kakkarotto, it looks like you'll have to train more.
After all, if you want to be stronger than your big brother, you
have a lot ahead of you!" Radditz laughs and Goku's face acclaims
shock.
"I HAVE A BROTHER!?" Radditz stifles his laughter for a moment.
"You're looking at him right now..." He continues to chuckle.
Goku's shock wears off slightly as Bulma walks up the stairs.
Radditz, having his guard off, gets shoved out of the doorway
a ways while Goku grabs his hand and pulls him to Bulma.
"Hey, Bulma! I'd like you to meet my older brother!"
"We were supposed to meet at the restaurant that we all planned
on being at!" Goku looks at Bulma with his usual happy face.
"Oh, you already knew about him?" Bulma looks at Goku funny.
"Him who?" Goku points to Radditz. "No, I don't know him."
"He's my older brother! Uh...what was your name again?"
Radditz stumbles.
"It's Radditz, Kakka...er...Goku."
-------------------
Chi-Chi, Gohan, Goku, Radditz, Bulma, and Hardy all sat down at
the table of the Fratze Rateau, a restaurant with a weird name
and an all-you-can-eat buffet. Guess which three wanted to hold
an eating contest? Vegeta and Nappa entered to see Hardy faring
rather well against two bottomless pit warriors at one of the
things he does best: eating. Nappa walks up to the table.
"Hey, Radditz! Who ya with?" Radditz turns around and points
out everyone.
"This is Bulma, you know Hardy, my younger brother Goku, his
son Gohan, and his wife, Chi-Chi." Vegeta approaches Radditz
from the other side.
"You're younger brother is Kakkarotto, Radditz!"
"Yeah, but they call him Goku, so..." Nappa grabs Goku's left
hand and shakes him up and down.
"Nice to meet you, Gokarotto...er...Kakkaku...uhm..." Nappa
lets go and scratches his bald head.
"Kakkarotto or Goku...but please, not both at once...it sounds
weird."
--------------------
Piccolo balances on the point of a skyscraper inside the main
city of the station. His mind and senses scan everything for
an abnormality, and he pictures how to handle each one.
An explosion. He felt the light shock and heard it in the
distance. He hadn't anticipated this. He flew off to the
source to find several planet trade troopers attacking the
prison area. This wasn't good. There was someone that had
to stay in there or else there was going to be trouble. But
Piccolo wasn't a good person, either. He wanted to kill
Goku for defeating him twice, once as Piccolo Daimaou, the
other time at the last tournament that Goku had gone to.
Kami went to that tournament to stop Piccolo once and for
all, but got caught in his own trap that he had in mind.
If trouble was what these guys wanted to cause, then he
could probably get Goku's attention and possibly destroy
him also in the midst of this. Piccolo ran to the cell
that held Akyasuma and blasted the door. The old robot
peeked out of the doorway and hobbled off with two of
Amroth's soldiers after they found him. Piccolo was given
a case with money in it, probably a pay for his unexpected
services. That was it? Goku wouldn't pick onto an incident
as small as that. He left before any of the Federation
officers arrived, and the only thing that they saw of the
scene was Piccolo's handiwork, not even knowing who did it
or how.
"It looks like things are gonna get interesting..." Hardy
said to the other two that he was with. "It looks like it
is gonna be..." Hardy drew the sentence out slowly, nodding.
"...one of those days..."
Fin
To Be Continued
Akyasuma was trapped like a hamster in a plastic ball.
He didn't think that the Federation would be so thorough
in containing him...for once, the police weren't lazy or
idiotic. They had arrested the one person who was number
one on their wanted list for ever since Hardy became the
Chief of Police. Now they didn't have a humoungous
distraction to stare them in the face. Now they could
start doing the job that they were supposed to do, but
there were still a few incompetents that Hardy noticed.
Hardy, however, wasn't one of those officers. He goofed
off and ate more than he had done his job, true, but he had
always done his job right. Unlike a few other officers who
kept on throwing case papers into the shredder and couldn't
shoot straight with even a dinky holdout gun. Hardy had
been looking through his employee reports for three weeks
to weed out the bad cops and had found and fired 15
officers. A couple of them, since he was eating during his
checks, asked that he re-review them to make sure that an
accidental sauce blob didn't drop onto the papers and make
something look like it wasn't supposed to. He thanked them
for the concern of their employment and would give them two
weeks to improve, although the papers were not errored by
any sauces from his BBQ BLT's.
Akyasuma couldn't even try to escape, all his built-in tools
were locked down by The Kefka, so not even a passcode lock
could be cracked. The cell had no bars to saw off or bend,
and the walls were too strong for him to break through,
since, even if he was a robot, his configuration was that of
an old man. He thought that his odds of escape were next to
impossible, but he didn't know that he had backup
approaching.
-----------------
It was on the news that the Icers had hailed Samus and the
Federation as heroes for uncovering and arresting Akyasuma
and destroying every last vestige of the X. The planet
trade's dimplomatic connections with the Icers was severed,
and they had formed a new treaty not just between themselves
and the Federation, but also between their nearby neighbors
and long-time rivals, the Gennom, since now no longer the
ruling family of the Icers existed, they could finally act
more civilized to each other.
Samus didn't want to attend celebrations, and neither did
Royce. Houston and Ryu went to the parade being held
to be on the float of the 'Pork Roast' that was made.
Samus had a laugh at the paper mache Hardy that was on it
as well. Looked like he was so busy that they had to make
a substitute. Hardy had complained about the paper clone
being twice his size.
Ryu made the joke that 'TV does make you fatter', maybe
not because of Hardy, but because of the buffet restaurant
that they went to. Ryu didn't think that he ate THAT
much, but his waistline was what he thought was huge when he
watched the televised version. Samus cracked up at the both
of them as they had set up an argument of fat jokes at each
other. What made her laugh even more was that Ryu did
still have a bit of a leftover belly at the time. (It really
took the cake for her when Houston turned the radio on and
the song playing was Cartman and Ju-C singing "Fat".)
-------------------
Another reason for the celebrations was that it was the
momentous day of a new planet-bound people joining the
fold of the Federation before heading out to space as
their next goal. Bulma had a speech ready for the occasion,
and had even given mention of being able to sell the products
of Capsule Corp. across the galaxy. Things that several
people had never seen in the Federation before until their
introduction at a demonstration that Bulma held the day before.
The introduction to at least one of the Saiya-jin (Goku as a
child), had spurred Capsule Corp's. semi-development of space
travel when the pod Goku crashed in was discovered.
"Ladies and gentlemen of the Federation, I as you know, am
Bulma Breifs, daughter of the CEO of Capsule Corporation,
and the current emissary of the planet that you know as Green.
I am here on request of the commitee's approval of the addition
of Green to the Federation while our space travel technology is
still semi-developed. We have been waiting for a chance to
prove our capabilities in this field, and don't know where we
should choose for the destination. After consideration of where
our proving grounds will be, I have decided that Alpha Centauri
Station shall be the point of arrival for our first spaceship."
Bulma pauses for a moment. Seeing that everyone is silent at
the time, she continues.
"You are all aware of what plans that I have had in mind for
Capsule Corporation if we are accepted. Your decision will
be the influence of Green becoming a fully-developed planet
that much faster. I hope that your decision will be yes,
but all I can do is hope. Thank you for your time in letting
me share my message." Bulma exited the chamber with applause
ringing through the hallway outside the chamber. The applause
died down so that Keaton could speak.
"And now, for you, the members of the Federation commitee, to
decide whether you will accept this new world's people to be
part of us."
-------------------
Bulma was looking to the left and right, and sometimes behind
the table that she was sitting at in the restaurant for Goku.
She wanted to tell him about what was going on, and that she
was still worried about it, but instead she saw Hardy walk in.
"Miss Bulma? The Chairman would like you to have this." Hardy
holds up a document sealed in a plaque. On it, in very verbose
terms, was the approval of the Federation for Green to be a
legal part of the Federation. She was fumbling in her bag for
a videophone that she had bought the week before to call her
father and tell him.
"Dad? DAD?! Pick up will you?" Mr. Breifs appears on the
screen.
"Oh! Hello, Bulma! Would you like to hear a funny joke that
I just read on the paper?" Bulma gets a serious face. "It
looks like you might need a brightening to your day!"
"No thanks, Dad, look!" She holds the plaque to the screen
and then lowers it so he can see her face. "It's bright enough
as it is for today, we've been sanctioned by the Federation as
a fully-developed planet!"
"Oh, good! I've got just the people to send over there for the
test of our spaceship!"
"Who?"
"Tien and Chiaotzu. They came by asking where Goku and Piccolo
were, and when he didn't see you, he even asked about you. So,
I told them where you were, and they went on their merry way
after putting on the special suits that I gave them."
"THEY ALREADY LEFT?! Did you tell them how to get here?"
"No." Bulma scowls and yells.
"THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET HERE?! THEN WHAT WAS THE POINT OF
SENDING THEM OFF SO QUICKLY?! DAD, YOU'RE SUCH AN ABSENT-
MINDED-" Mr. Breifs lit up.
"You're right! I forgot that I put the ship on auto-navigation!
The course was already set, all that they had to do was start the
ship and off they went! So I had no need to tell them." Bulma
calms down a bit but still has an agitated face.
"Even so, you should still be navigator in case something goes
wrong, so why not go do that. Later!" She turns the phone off
and walks out of the restaurant. "Hardy, right? I'm going to
look for Goku. He should have been here by now." Hardy looks
in her direction with a partly blank face as she leaves.
"Who-koo?"
-----------------
A smaller IcSaucer ship sails at Alpha Centauri, passing by
the Capsule Corp. prototype only for a moment before it sails
ahead at a faster speed. An Icer much in the appearance of
Freiza (sans the girly voice, as this one's was halfway to the
tone of King Cold.) looks out the window.
"Now it's time for the ones who are loyal to Akyasuma to
rule over the rebellious ignorants, and I, Amroth, shall
be the strongest in the universe..."
-----------------
Goku was animatedly talking to Samus about all the misadventures
that he had while he was a child. A shape-shifting pig saving
the world by wishing for panties, his battles at the very first
World Martial Arts tournament that he had gone to, his encounter
with the Red Ribbon Army while searching for the Dragonball that
his adopted grandfather gave him, and many other things. He had
even told her about the Dragonballs and the power that they held
when all seven were gathered.
"Hey. I'll bet you'd like to be stronger. Since you're training
with weighted clothes, why not go to the gravity chamber on the
ground floor? It was originally meant for Ryu, but it's not a
private thing." Just after she had finished talking, a knock was
at her door. Goku answered it to see Radditz appear in the
doorway.
"Hello, Kakkarotto. It's probably coincidence that we met here."
Samus stands up.
"Oh yeah! Goku, this is Radditz." Goku makes a motion to shake
Radditz's hand, who accepts.
"Ow, you're strong! That grip kinda hurts!" Radditz chuckles.
"Well then, Kakkarotto, it looks like you'll have to train more.
After all, if you want to be stronger than your big brother, you
have a lot ahead of you!" Radditz laughs and Goku's face acclaims
shock.
"I HAVE A BROTHER!?" Radditz stifles his laughter for a moment.
"You're looking at him right now..." He continues to chuckle.
Goku's shock wears off slightly as Bulma walks up the stairs.
Radditz, having his guard off, gets shoved out of the doorway
a ways while Goku grabs his hand and pulls him to Bulma.
"Hey, Bulma! I'd like you to meet my older brother!"
"We were supposed to meet at the restaurant that we all planned
on being at!" Goku looks at Bulma with his usual happy face.
"Oh, you already knew about him?" Bulma looks at Goku funny.
"Him who?" Goku points to Radditz. "No, I don't know him."
"He's my older brother! Uh...what was your name again?"
Radditz stumbles.
"It's Radditz, Kakka...er...Goku."
-------------------
Chi-Chi, Gohan, Goku, Radditz, Bulma, and Hardy all sat down at
the table of the Fratze Rateau, a restaurant with a weird name
and an all-you-can-eat buffet. Guess which three wanted to hold
an eating contest? Vegeta and Nappa entered to see Hardy faring
rather well against two bottomless pit warriors at one of the
things he does best: eating. Nappa walks up to the table.
"Hey, Radditz! Who ya with?" Radditz turns around and points
out everyone.
"This is Bulma, you know Hardy, my younger brother Goku, his
son Gohan, and his wife, Chi-Chi." Vegeta approaches Radditz
from the other side.
"You're younger brother is Kakkarotto, Radditz!"
"Yeah, but they call him Goku, so..." Nappa grabs Goku's left
hand and shakes him up and down.
"Nice to meet you, Gokarotto...er...Kakkaku...uhm..." Nappa
lets go and scratches his bald head.
"Kakkarotto or Goku...but please, not both at once...it sounds
weird."
--------------------
Piccolo balances on the point of a skyscraper inside the main
city of the station. His mind and senses scan everything for
an abnormality, and he pictures how to handle each one.
An explosion. He felt the light shock and heard it in the
distance. He hadn't anticipated this. He flew off to the
source to find several planet trade troopers attacking the
prison area. This wasn't good. There was someone that had
to stay in there or else there was going to be trouble. But
Piccolo wasn't a good person, either. He wanted to kill
Goku for defeating him twice, once as Piccolo Daimaou, the
other time at the last tournament that Goku had gone to.
Kami went to that tournament to stop Piccolo once and for
all, but got caught in his own trap that he had in mind.
If trouble was what these guys wanted to cause, then he
could probably get Goku's attention and possibly destroy
him also in the midst of this. Piccolo ran to the cell
that held Akyasuma and blasted the door. The old robot
peeked out of the doorway and hobbled off with two of
Amroth's soldiers after they found him. Piccolo was given
a case with money in it, probably a pay for his unexpected
services. That was it? Goku wouldn't pick onto an incident
as small as that. He left before any of the Federation
officers arrived, and the only thing that they saw of the
scene was Piccolo's handiwork, not even knowing who did it
or how.
"It looks like things are gonna get interesting..." Hardy
said to the other two that he was with. "It looks like it
is gonna be..." Hardy drew the sentence out slowly, nodding.
"...one of those days..."
Fin
To Be Continued