Sorry for not updating this story for a long time… it's just that I haven't been in what my friends call a 'killing mood'. In other words, I didn't know how the story should continue. Anyhoo, I've got over it and I am now back to writing this story. And I know I said in the last chapter that I may kill off Hercule, but that won't happen for a little while. Let's just say I got a little over-excited in writing chapter three, and I had to third it into three separate chapters cos it was too long! But I promise you: Hercule is NOT gonna escape the wrath of Gohan!!!
Chapter 3: The News Report
It didn't take long for Gohan to dispose of Chi Chi's remains. He put on her rubber gloves that she used for washing the dishes, shoved her body parts into an old sack and threw them into the river. He watched the sack float away into the distance and then went back inside the house to clear up all the bloodstains. He made sure that there would be no trace of blood whatsoever before he proceeded with his next action. He decided to put his acting skills to the test and flew over to Capsule Corps. He knocked on the door and Bulma answered, holding baby Trunks.
"Oh hi, Gohan! What brings you here? You know your mom will be mad at you for sneaking away at study time to come over! I sure wouldn't want to be you right now..." she said in a singsong voice.
Gohan cringed and composed himself enough not to rip Bulma's heart out when she said his most despised word. She just thought he was cringing from her warning.
"It was actually about my mom that brought me here. Did she come here at all today? I haven't seen her since this morning!" he asked, syrupy-sweet.
Bulma raised an eyebrow at him.
"No, I haven't seen her today. Do you think something's happened to her?"
"Please don't say that! I hope she's okay! It's bad enough that dad's not with us!" he wailed, crying crocodile tears.
Bulma thought for a moment.
"I'll tell you what, you can stay here until she turns up. She'll know to come here if your not at home!" comforted Bulma.
"Thank you..." sniffed Gohan. 'So far, so good...' he thought.
He followed Bulma into the living room and sat down on the sofa, when Bra (Bulma's mother) pranced through.
"Hello, Gohan!" twittered Bra. "You're just in time for some tea, or even a Shirley Temple!"
"Thanks, but no thanks..." he mumbled, staring at the floor.
"Oh! Whatever's the matter, Gohan honey?" she urged.
Bulma piped up.
"Chi Chi's missing," she said. "Gohan came over to see if she was here."
"I'm ever so sorry," cooed Bra, giving Gohan a hug to try and 'cheer him up'. "I'm sure she hasn't gone far!"
"Oh mother, you make Chi Chi sound like a lost puppy!" said Bulma sarcastically.
Gohan continued to stare at the floor.
"Gohan, why don't you turn on the TV to put your mind at ease?" suggested Bulma.
"Okay..." he said, and he picked up the handset and turned on the TV. A few more hours had passed, and Bulma was getting impatient.
"Where the hell is she?" she grumbled, yawning rather loudly. The midnight news had just come on television, and everyone squinted at the screen through half-closed eyes.
"Hello, I'm Nayko Guisuga and you are watching the news at midnight." said the reporter. "Tonight's main headline is about a murder investigation on the remains of a woman washed downstream in a sack."
"Oh! That's terrible..." gasped Bra.
"How people could do such disgusting things is beyond me..." growled Bulma. Gohan stayed silent, but he was talking and laughing out loud inside his head.
'So, they've found mom's body already, have they? All I have to do now is cry my eyes out when the reporter mentions her name. Bulma will NEVER suspect little old me! Heh heh, it's the perfect crime!'
The reporter continued. "A man made the gruesome discovery while he was fishing near the 549-mountain area. It is believed that the woman may have lived there."
"The 549-mountain area? But that's where I live! What if-that's..." wept Gohan.
"It won't be your mother Gohan! She's not the only woman that lives in the 549-mountain area, you know..." comforted Bulma.
"How could you be so sure? Mom hasn't been home since this morning!" he shouted, tears streaking down his face.
"Well, why don't we listen and find out?" asked Bra. "Oh, I do hope it isn't Chi Chi!"
Nayko continued with the headline. "The police have identified the woman as Son Chi Chi, who lived near Mt.Paos. No prints had been found on the corpse, and they are still searching for the killer."
Bulma and Bra just sat on the sofa, utterly dumbstruck. Why would anyone want to kill Chi Chi? What had she done to be worthy of such a horrible death?
Gohan faked his tears once more. They welled up in his eyes and trickled down his face as he fell to the floor, cursing the 'killer'.
"Why? Why my mom? She hadn't done anything to deserve that!" he cried.
"It's all right, Gohan! We can always bring her back with the dragonballs..." reassured Bulma.
"NO! No... mom wouldn't want us to do that... she once told me; 'If I happen to die from anything other than old age, don't bring me back with the dragonballs. I would rather die only once.' That's what she said." he sobbed.
"But Gohan, Chi Chi would always want to be there for you! Why would-"
"That's just what she said Bulma, okay?" he said sternly.
"Okay then, Gohan. It's up to you." said Bra. "You can stay here in the guestroom if you don't feel like going home!"
"I'm grateful. Thank you, Mrs. Briefs." said Gohan, as he kept on watching the screen and wiping the 'tears' away from his eyes. The reporter was now talking to Hercule Satan, the World Martial Arts Champion, and asking his views on the murderer.
"You really want to know what I'd do? I'm gonna find out who the killer is and I'm gonna make them pay! I hope that the killer is watching as I'll make them wish they were never born! Nobody messes with Big Daddy Hercule!"
'Not if I can help it...' thought Gohan.
Gohan's becoming quite a good little actor, isn't he? Who's gonna be in the morgue next? Ha ha, I know, and you don't! It's not Hercule, before you ask. His time will come…
Ja Ne!