The Elders
#10: Sacrifices
Dende's Palace
Piccolo set Yin and Kai down and landed. "Yin, come with me to the main chamber. Dende is waiting." Yin nodded and followed Piccolo to the young Kami. Roshi landed and put down Karin. "Hey, tubs," said Karin to Kai, " where'd monkey boy and the raghead go?" Kai scowled at his feline companion. "They went to see Dende. I wasn't told why, and I would appreciate it if you wouldn't insult my weight! I'm the Lord of Worlds, you're just a bad Garfield knockoff, which makes me your superior."
Dende was busy trimming bonsai trees when Popo entered. "Kami-sama, Yin and Piccolo are here." Dende looked up and said, "Send them in." Popo nodded and waved the guests inside. "Dende, I've been told you have something to restore my strength, but I'm sure that's not why you called for me. What is it?" The Kami sat on his throne and let out a deep sigh. "It's a very serious matter. As you know, a new caste of Dragon Monks has surfaced and kidnapped Maya as a sacrifice." Yin had a look of shock on his face. "Sacrifice? For what purpose?" Piccolo turned to Yin. "They want to awaken a powerful being called Hosh T'Kar. The previous Kami encountered the being shortly after he arrived on this planet. He managed to imprison it with the help of Maya's grandfather, who drank the creature's liquefied form. It became part of his genetic material and has been passed on to Maya." Yin spoke. "So, buy shedding her blood, they hope to unleash Hosh T'Kar by transferring him to a new body. We have to find out where the monks are and stop the ceremony." Dende fell into a semi-meditative state and quickly came out of it. "I sense magical energy emanating from Yang and Empress Lau's old hideaway." Yin raised an eyebrow. "Why somewhere where we would think to look?" "Because Hosh T'Kar's original host body is hidden there. The Dragon Monks put it there and preserved it in preparation for the reawakening." Yin turned around to leave. Dende called after him. "Wait. Piccolo will go with you and I will give you these." The Kami handed him a bag of senzu beans and a red vial. "The contents of that vial will not permanently restore your power, but it should work long enough for you to defeat the monks." Yin thanked Dende and left with Piccolo to get the others.
The cave
Maya was chained to a stone slab in the middle of a pentagram on the ground. A monk stood at each corner. Each of the men at the corners held a chalice, while the man beside her held a curved dagger above her bare mid- section. "My brothers," he began, "the hour of reawakening has come. Our master's body lies in the next chamber, awaiting the blood of this sorceress. She will die now so he will live again!" The monk ran the blade through Maya. A group of monks rushed to fill their chalices with blood but were interrupted by the entrance of the Elders and Piccolo. Yin rushed at the monks with his scimitar, killing several monks and guards. Roshi snapped a guard's neck and dispatched another one with a kamehameha. The head monk hurried to the next chamber with three monks who ran quickly while trying not to spill blood. "They cannot stop us now, my brothers! We will still revive our master and." He was cut off when a knife thrown by Yin hit him in the throat. The monks managed to avoid a series of knives and made it to the next chamber, with Yin in pursuit. They had almost finished pouring the contents of their chalices when Yin decapitated a monk. The other two ran in fear for their lives and were killed by a blast from Piccolo.
The corpse opened its eyes to reveal red pupils. Yin knew that Hosh T'Kar was awakening. He took out the red vial and drank the liquid inside and turned into his gorilla form. "I can kill him now, before he regains his strength." He raised his scimitar, ready to decapitate the body, but then he felt that an invisible force was pushing his blade toward his own body. Yin struggled to hold it away, but felt his energy waning. His forehead became drenched in sweat and the blade was being moved closer. He could no longer resist Hosh T'Kar's control and let the blade run through his stomach. He let out a loud cry of pain that caused his companions to come running into the chamber. They were shocked to see Yin lying in a pool of his own blood, defeated. Roshi saw his lips moving and kneeled beside him to see what he wanted to say. "He.is still.weak. Take my scimitar.and cut off his head.quickly." Roshi took the scimitar. "It was nice knowing you, Yin." Yin turned back to human form and died. Roshi rose and tried to kill Hosh T'Kar, but was held back by his mind. Roshi strained to say something to Piccolo. "Kill.him.now." Piccolo nodded and blasted the evil entity through the head. Roshi saw the pupils change to black and then shut. The turtle hermit breathed a loud sigh of relief. "There's been too much death these last few days. First there was Chang, then those two psycho maniacs, Maya, and now Yin. I'm ready to sleep for a few weeks, but I'm too weak to go all the way back to the Kame House." Karin spoke up. "Yin's mansion is on the next island. We can all rest there and give monkey boy and his girlfriend a proper burial. Roshi smiled. "A great idea. Let's hope the world doesn't need us for a while." The four companions left the cave, ready to take one helluva vacation.
Dende's Palace
Piccolo set Yin and Kai down and landed. "Yin, come with me to the main chamber. Dende is waiting." Yin nodded and followed Piccolo to the young Kami. Roshi landed and put down Karin. "Hey, tubs," said Karin to Kai, " where'd monkey boy and the raghead go?" Kai scowled at his feline companion. "They went to see Dende. I wasn't told why, and I would appreciate it if you wouldn't insult my weight! I'm the Lord of Worlds, you're just a bad Garfield knockoff, which makes me your superior."
Dende was busy trimming bonsai trees when Popo entered. "Kami-sama, Yin and Piccolo are here." Dende looked up and said, "Send them in." Popo nodded and waved the guests inside. "Dende, I've been told you have something to restore my strength, but I'm sure that's not why you called for me. What is it?" The Kami sat on his throne and let out a deep sigh. "It's a very serious matter. As you know, a new caste of Dragon Monks has surfaced and kidnapped Maya as a sacrifice." Yin had a look of shock on his face. "Sacrifice? For what purpose?" Piccolo turned to Yin. "They want to awaken a powerful being called Hosh T'Kar. The previous Kami encountered the being shortly after he arrived on this planet. He managed to imprison it with the help of Maya's grandfather, who drank the creature's liquefied form. It became part of his genetic material and has been passed on to Maya." Yin spoke. "So, buy shedding her blood, they hope to unleash Hosh T'Kar by transferring him to a new body. We have to find out where the monks are and stop the ceremony." Dende fell into a semi-meditative state and quickly came out of it. "I sense magical energy emanating from Yang and Empress Lau's old hideaway." Yin raised an eyebrow. "Why somewhere where we would think to look?" "Because Hosh T'Kar's original host body is hidden there. The Dragon Monks put it there and preserved it in preparation for the reawakening." Yin turned around to leave. Dende called after him. "Wait. Piccolo will go with you and I will give you these." The Kami handed him a bag of senzu beans and a red vial. "The contents of that vial will not permanently restore your power, but it should work long enough for you to defeat the monks." Yin thanked Dende and left with Piccolo to get the others.
The cave
Maya was chained to a stone slab in the middle of a pentagram on the ground. A monk stood at each corner. Each of the men at the corners held a chalice, while the man beside her held a curved dagger above her bare mid- section. "My brothers," he began, "the hour of reawakening has come. Our master's body lies in the next chamber, awaiting the blood of this sorceress. She will die now so he will live again!" The monk ran the blade through Maya. A group of monks rushed to fill their chalices with blood but were interrupted by the entrance of the Elders and Piccolo. Yin rushed at the monks with his scimitar, killing several monks and guards. Roshi snapped a guard's neck and dispatched another one with a kamehameha. The head monk hurried to the next chamber with three monks who ran quickly while trying not to spill blood. "They cannot stop us now, my brothers! We will still revive our master and." He was cut off when a knife thrown by Yin hit him in the throat. The monks managed to avoid a series of knives and made it to the next chamber, with Yin in pursuit. They had almost finished pouring the contents of their chalices when Yin decapitated a monk. The other two ran in fear for their lives and were killed by a blast from Piccolo.
The corpse opened its eyes to reveal red pupils. Yin knew that Hosh T'Kar was awakening. He took out the red vial and drank the liquid inside and turned into his gorilla form. "I can kill him now, before he regains his strength." He raised his scimitar, ready to decapitate the body, but then he felt that an invisible force was pushing his blade toward his own body. Yin struggled to hold it away, but felt his energy waning. His forehead became drenched in sweat and the blade was being moved closer. He could no longer resist Hosh T'Kar's control and let the blade run through his stomach. He let out a loud cry of pain that caused his companions to come running into the chamber. They were shocked to see Yin lying in a pool of his own blood, defeated. Roshi saw his lips moving and kneeled beside him to see what he wanted to say. "He.is still.weak. Take my scimitar.and cut off his head.quickly." Roshi took the scimitar. "It was nice knowing you, Yin." Yin turned back to human form and died. Roshi rose and tried to kill Hosh T'Kar, but was held back by his mind. Roshi strained to say something to Piccolo. "Kill.him.now." Piccolo nodded and blasted the evil entity through the head. Roshi saw the pupils change to black and then shut. The turtle hermit breathed a loud sigh of relief. "There's been too much death these last few days. First there was Chang, then those two psycho maniacs, Maya, and now Yin. I'm ready to sleep for a few weeks, but I'm too weak to go all the way back to the Kame House." Karin spoke up. "Yin's mansion is on the next island. We can all rest there and give monkey boy and his girlfriend a proper burial. Roshi smiled. "A great idea. Let's hope the world doesn't need us for a while." The four companions left the cave, ready to take one helluva vacation.