Small Warning: This movie is based on not only DBZ, but my fanfic DragonballBC. If you are a newcomer, I suggest reading DBBC first. At least until episode 30! Then you'll get the idea. The characters Bardock, Tora, Fasha, Panbukin, Totepo, and Pikon are property of Akira Toriyama and FUNimation Productions. Zucina, Cole, Doggie, Puppet Master, etc., are mine, and copyrighted under law. If you want to use them, ask first.
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Cotton candy pink clouds loomed over the soda-pop rivers and minty green fields on Planet Toi-Ches. A blue and red train zoomed past the large, surreal houses. All of the cars had keys on their backs, and the farm animals stood still, never moving. The gum-drop sun shown high in the sky, with a happy-face decorated with white frosting watched over the kingdom of the Puppet Master.
This serene atmosphere was broken by the smash of a small, round, one-man spacepod. The pod, recognizable as an old model designated to those working in Freiza's empire, landed with a resounding CRASH in the fresh ground, crunching the metal exterior.
Curious on-lookers, all resembling stuffed animals, moved cautiously towards the site of the phenomenon. Was it a star?
The pod door opened slightly, causing the citizens to run for cover. However, the crash ruined the mechanism for automatic release, so the inhabitant had to kick the door down. Cursing in her British dialect, Zucina tumbled out of her pod, hurt and furious. She held her broken arm, and tried to calm herself. "Gawd blimey!! That is the LAST time I follow up on Bardock's challenges to play chicken in a meteor shower!! Just a game, HA!!" She looked at her pod, and groaned. "Blasted hunk of junk!! Well, at least I survived."
The animals had come back, but this time not alone. A huge, dark creature leered over Zucina, and started growling. The agrizoophobic [afraid of animals] Sayin trembled in her spot. "My mistake; I've died and landed in Hell!"
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~~Come with me and you'll be
~~In a world of pure imagination
~~Take a look and you'll see
~~Into your imagination
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~~We'll begin with a spin
~~Trav'ling in the world of my creation
~~What we'll see will defy
~~Explanation
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~~If you want to view paradise
~~Simply look around and view it
~~Anything you want to, do it
~~Want to change the world, there's nothing to it
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~~There is no life I know
~~To compare with pure imagination
~~Living there, you'll be free
~~If you truly wish to be
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~~If you want to view paradise
~~Simply look around and view it
~~Anything you want to, do it
~~Want to change the world, there's nothing to it
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~~There is no life I know
~~To compare with pure imagination
~~Living there, you'll be free
~~If you truly wish to be
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"Check stats on surrounding planets. Inform me which ones have and have not been colonized or explored by Lord Freiza." Third Class Captain Cole's AI responded instantly, and several star charts appeared on his screen. "Okay, team," the courageous captain spoke into the com. "The planets Zucina possibly crashed onto are these two."
"Only two," asked Panbukin on the intercom.
"Yes, only two. The small planet due south of here and the larger planet with two moons due northeast."
"Oh, only," said Tora sarcastically. "And here I figured this was going to take time!!"
"Calm down, Honey," said Fasha. "It narrows the list down."
"Yeah, four instead of sixteen!" - Panbukin
"So easy!" - Tora
"We'll be home by 0600 hour!" - Panbukin
Cole pushed two buttons, and a loud buzz sounded in the two pods containing the formerly mentioned two owners around him in space. After several grunts, Cole continued. "We'll each take a heavenly sphere to search. Fasha and me'll take the large planet. Panbukin, Totepo, take the moons. Bardock, you and Tora get the lone planet."
"Got it," they all responded, and took off. Tora's face popped onto Bardock's screen. Tall, chocolate colored, and smiling as usual, Tora was one of Bardock's best friends. His hair spiked up, except for the mullet in the back, and he wore blue/dark blue armor. "Always having ta look after the Psycho Bitch, eh buddy?"
Lieutenant Bardock, a teenage, strong, handsome, former recluse, and future father of the famed Super Sayin Son Goku, chuckled and shook his wildly spiked head. "Yeah, I guess so. Get ready to land in a few minutes." He pressed a few buttons. "Stinky?"
A small, spherical, blinking piece of metal "head" lowered down to Bardock's eye-level. "I really wish you didn't call me that," it commented.
Bardock smiled evilly. "Questioning my decision?"
"If you had listened to my protests earlier, Private Zucina would not be lost, sir."
"Ain't my fault she's no good of a pilot! Wish you wouldn't call me 'Sir.'"
"You still dared her, sir. Why must the two of you always be so competitive?"
"That's what rivals do! We compete!" He leaned back, stretching and scratching an itch near the scar on his tan cheek. "Just pull up the stats on the planet we're headin' to. Send all info to Tora's ship, too."
"Scanning, sir," the robot responded. Several beeps went off, and electronic charts appeared on the screen. "The planet is called 'Toi-Ches.' The inhabitants are unknown, but apparently very powerful. All of Lord Freiza's men who have entered the planet's atmosphere have never returned."
"Perfect," grumbled Bardock sarcastically. "Air?"
"40% Oxygen, 2% Carbon Dioxide, 5% -"
"I don't care about all that mumbo-jumbo!! Is it breathable!?"
"Yes, sir. You should be-"
Before it could finish, the spacepod jerk violently for a second. Bardock grabbed the sides. "What the-!?!"
"Sir, there has been a breach-" Another jolt shook the ship. "Send word to Cole, IMMEDIATELY!!!!!" yelled Bardock. "Already done, sir," replied the ship. "Anything else?"
"YEAH!! STOP MOVING!!!!" Another, longer, more violent jolt shook. "Stinky, get Tora on the intercom! Stinky?! STINKY!?!?" There was no response. Bardock stared at the small, round window. Although it was already tinted red, the glowing and fire informed Bardock of the situation. "Shit," he swore.
With bated breath, Bardock waited for the pod to get closer to the atmosphere. Desperately, he pressed the button for the hatch to open. No luck; the system was failing. "No no NO," he screamed, pressing buttons at random in his panic. "Don't do this to me! Don't you FUCKING do this to me!!" He tried pushing the door open. Again, no luck. The ground began speeding towards him very fast, but Bardock tried to keep his cool. Finally, a blast tore open the pod latch, forcing it open. Tora held onto the outside of Bardock's pod, having evidently escaped from his own to save his friend. The rushing wind and clouds nearly suffocated them, but they strained through to jump.
Bardock regained his balance in the air quickly, helped by Tora, and landed on all fours, tripping slightly. The pod crashed into the stream nearby. Bardock exhaled, relieved they were alive. "Well," joked Tora after a moment, "that was fun!"
Then they heard a fizzing sound and tensed, anime eyes bugging. An explosion sounded and Bardock and Tora found themselves flying along with the strange, pink water, landing with a splash. Tora ended up on his head, Bardock on his tail.
"Owwooooo," he moaned in pain. The liquid from the stream sloshed past and bubbled. "Why's this water sticky," he asked.
"Don't know, and frankly don't care," stated Tora. He stood and surveyed the remains of his ship, a few feet away from the stream.
Bardock walked over to his. Not much was left but several burnt chunks of machinery, some still smoking and sparking. Bardock lifted a familiar round, metal sphere. "Stinky," he whispered sadly.
A rustle in the bushes brought him back to his senses. They spun around, forming classic fighting stances, fists balled up, power levels rising. But they froze in place when the creature came into view. From behind the tree emerged a large, pink, fluffy elephant. It stared at the two with big, blue, shiny button eyes.
Bardock's pupils shrank. "What . . . what are you!?"
The elephant was then joined by a giant wooden horse and a navy-blue-and-yellow teddy bear. The group looked at each other, then back at the Sayins. Bardock's face had blue anime fright lines. "I . . . I think I'm losing my mind," he muttered. Tora was silent; his jaw dropped.
The horse spoke sharply in a language standard to space travelers called Basic [similar to English], ordering the bear to warn the villagers that "more have come to the Puppet Master."
"Wait," said Bardock in perfect Basic. "Please! What do you mean by 'more.'"
The creatures froze. The bear spoke to the horse. "He can talk our language, Archie! We must warn him about the Puppet Master-"
"No," growled the horse. "You know the law!"
"But they are just children," offered the elephant. "Maybe they won't be strung."
"Shut your mouth, Elena! That is blasphemy!"
Tora was getting a little annoyed. "Hey! Can't you at least talk TO us instead of ABOUT us!? We don't mean any harm!"
"We know," replied the Warren. "We just aren't allowed to talk to you."
The elephant, Elena, and the horse, Archie, covered the bear's mouth. They looked around, scared as rabbits, then motioned for Bardock and Tora to follow them. The group walked quickly into the small village. Most of the houses appeared to be made out of marshmallow, with Hershey's kisses as the roofs. The others, gingerbread and gumdrops. The villagers, who all resembled stuffed animals, paled at the sight of the Sayins, and ignored them as though they carried the plague.
Elena held open a gumdrop door and hurried them all inside. She and her companions took one last glance around to make sure they were not being followed, then shut the door.
"Are there more of you coming," she asked, very frightened.
"I'm not sure," admitted Bardock. "Why? Who is the Puppet Miser?"
"Master," corrected Archie, "and you must escape before you end up strung like the other one."
"Other one," asked Tora. "So, Zucina did land here!"
"If this Zucina had purple hair, a tail, and a very foul mouth, then yes."
"That's her alright! Psycho Bitch to a tee! Where'd she go? Cole will skin us alive if we leave her behind."
Warren tugged Bardock's leg warmer. "She was taken! The Puppet Master has her! You'll never see her again!"
"Warren is right," said Archie. "Once the Puppet Master strings them up-"
"Who is this goddamn Puppet Master," screamed Bardock angrily.
The toys covered his mouth. "Shh," whispered Archie. "Doggie might hear you!"
Bardock shook his head. "Okay, listen, I'm about ready to beat the shit outta myself 'til I wake up. Now, tell us what the hell is goin' on, or I'll blow up this planet to dust!!"
They looked at each other, then fell on their knees. "Oh please do it! Destroy us!!"
Bardock blinked twice. Then turned to the wall and banged his head a few times.
"I think I'll explain," came a voice from an adjoining room. A pretty lioness opened the gumdrop door. She smiled good-naturedly, and offered them a seat on the mat with her paw. "Sorry about their attitude. Our ruler, the Puppet Master, has us all - well - wound up a little tight. My name is Julianne." She set a tray of milk and cookies in front of them. "Would you like a pillow?"
"No thanks," said Tora. "Ano . . . Why are you treating us so nicely? A second ago, you guys were ready to throw us to this Puppet Master guy."
Archie turned on the fire and Elena got out a giant storybook with magical changing pictures. "This is starting to become too sickeningly cute for me," Bardock commented to his bud.
"Once upon a time," a disembodied narrating voice started, "Toi Ches had a king, a queen, and a little prince. One day, the prince fell ill, and the queen had the wizard create a giant computer to tell him stories." Pictures appeared on the pages magically and moved as it spoke.
"The prince soon became so obsessed with his stories, that he started to believe in them completely. He made mind-control strings that he put on the wizard. Under his control, he made to wizard turn his parents into giant, bloody, headless statues!
Bardock crunched his cookie and laughed, imagining his own mother bloody and headless.
"Then," continued the voice, "he started to take over completely. The wizard created a huge three headed dog named 'Doggie' to protect him, and forced all of the strongest people in our world under his control. But that didn't satisfy him. After taking over the world, he wanted to take over the universe! So, he tricked strong beings from other planets to land here, using his machine to create a tractor beam, destroy the engine, and crash-land. Then, he puts them under his mind control with his string!" Julianne shut the book.
"Rumor has it that as soon as he has enough fighters," said Archie, "that he will take over the universe. He's already killed the wizard to make sure he won't allow a take over."
Warren held Bardock's hands with his soft, blue paws. "Please help us! We don't want the Puppet Master to take it over! We want peace!! Even if you have to kill us too!!"
"I just want my friend back," said Bardock, finishing his milk and cookies. "I ain't no hero. I'm a Sayin!"
"Same here," agreed Tora. "Who ever heard of a heroic Sayin?"
"Please," begged Warren. "You have the faces of heroes! You're super-strong! I KNOW you can!"
Bardock's eyes surveyed the faces of his hosts. Heart too pure for his own good, he sighed and nodded. "Point me in the direction of the castle."
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