Chapter 4: The Great Escape
In the Dead Zone
A loud howl bellowed through the deep regions of the Dead Zone. Buu's stomach was rumbling again . . . he needed some food. For the last few hours he had been searching for anything to absorb. His antenna glowed red and cast an eerie light against the dark. So far, all he had found was skeletons belonging to forsaken warriors of the past. If Buu couldn't find anything, he would starve. He wouldn't die, but his power would be greatly reduced.
"So hungry," Buu moaned, clutching his aching sides. After aimlessly floating for a few more minutes, he decided to rest to conserve his energy. As he sat there, wishing for something to eat, 'food' presented itself to Buu. Not too far off in the distance he heard the familiar scream of Babidi.
"Damn you Dabura! How dare you throw me in this place!" Babidi screamed into the darkness, "Once I get out of here I'll hunt you down and destroy you! DO you hear me Dabura? DESTROY YOU!"
"Hello Babidi,"
The wizard suddenly noticed a faint light around him and jerked his head around to see Buu with a wicked smile on his face, "Why Buu, how nice to see you here!" Babidi said in his most flattering tone, "How are you today?"
"Hungry," Buu replied, patting his stomach.
"You don't plan on eating me do you, an old friend?" Babidi cried, backing away as slowly as he could.
"Ha ha ha!" Buu exploded in laughter and nodded his head.
"But Buu . . . What's that!" Babidi pointed behind the pink monster and sure enough Buu looked. While he was distracted, Babidi made a run for it. He didn't get to far however. The tentacle on Buu's head pursued the wizard through the eternal night and wrapped around his torso. The pink appendage whipped back and Babidi found himself face to face with Buu, "No! Don't Buu! I can-"
"Chocolate cake!" hot pink lightning shocked Babidi and stopped him from saying anymore. His light green skin gradually turned dark brown, and his body contorted into the shape of a compact cylinder. His orange cape magically turned into chocolate frosting and the change was complete.
Buu flipped the cake above his head and it fell straight into his mouth. He swallowed it whole and licked his lips when he was done digesting the cake, "Mmmmm, much better . . ." The powers and knowledge of Babidi became integrated with his own, and after a few seconds Buu was recharged. He was still too weak to break free of the Dead Zone, but he would remedy that soon enough. Calling on the magic of Babidi, Buu chanted a few words and cast a spell that transformed the insides of the Dead Zone into a copy of Earth. In a flash of light a false sun sprung into the sky and cast its light onto a beautiful green grass prairie that stretched as far as the eye could see. Huge oak trees popped out of the ground and rivers flowed over the land, criss crossing every few miles. Buu immediately set out to find others that were trapped in the Dead Zone.
He searched high and low, under every rock and above the clouds that hung in the sky. After an hour of this, he was not only getting bored, but he was getting hungry again.
"Where is all the food? I'm so hungry . . ." Kid Buu rested against a large gray stone sticking out of the ground and looked into the sky. It was no fun without people to kill or to turn into food. He would die of boredom if he didn't get out of the Dead Zone! He began to shoot energy beams from his palms, aiming for forests far off in the distance. When the beam exploded Buu was rewarded with a pretty fireworks display that temporarily outshone the Sun, but soon after he found himself twice as bored as before, "Bored, bored, bored, bored . . ."
"You want to get out of here?" a voice asked from out of nowhere.
"Who's that? Where are you?" Buu quickly came to attention, ready to listen for the voice again.
"Over here," it spoke up again.
"Huh?" out of the corner of his eye Buu saw the small decrepit form of a demon. His green skin was strapped tightly against his ribs and his bones poked out of his arms, "Who are you?"
"The name's Garlic Jr. Over 20 years ago I was banished to this place by a loathsome kid named Gohan," he said.
"Gohan?" Kid Buu repeated.
"You know him?" Garlic Jr. asked.
"Maybe . . . tell me how to get out of here," Buu felt like turning him into rock candy and eating him, but held off to hear what this Garlic person had to say.
"If you lend me some of your power, I can open a portal to the other world! You see, my father helped to create the Dead Zone, but his rival Kami threw him into it when he became guardian of the Earth! That dreaded Kami . . . when I get out of here I'm going to kill him!" Garlic began to go off on a tangent but Buu silence him by yawning.
"Little man, you are beginning to bore me. If you want to live you better hurry it up." Buu proclaimed.
"Give me some power then!" Garlic exclaimed. With the flick of his wrist a yellow glob of energy floated out of his hand and was taken into Garlic Jr.'s body. The demon's body began to spasm and a dark blue aura spread over his body. It rose off his body like steam and he could feel the energy building inside of him, "Yes . . . YES!" His voice suddenly deepened and the once tiny villain grew into a menacing green giant. The muscles on his arms bulged with newfound power and his chest heaved in with every heavy breath he made. He punched his massive fist into his palm and a thunderclap rung out into the sky, "Garlic Jr. the immortal is back!" he went into a mad laugh, jerking his body back and forth. It took a poke to his abdomen to get his attention.
"Do it. I want out," Kid Buu was a tenth of the size to that of Garlic Jr., but Garlic somehow knew he better listen to what the runt was saying.
He drew on his strength and erected a shield around his body to act as an amplifier. As he started to raise his power level, the ground under Buu's feet began to shake. In a matter of moments the aura around Garlic switched to white, he was almost ready. "I've been in the Dead Zone for far too long, I WANT OUT!" The whole of the void shook under his mighty surges of power, "Open a door so that I might once again roam the Earth!!!" The dimensional walls weakened and in an instant they cracked and broke like mirror, "Yes! I did it!"
The imaginary world that Buu had created vanished, and in its place a ray of light pierced the darkness, "So you did . . ." orange and yellow clouds rushed in from the outside world and so did the sounds of HELL. Kid Buu melted his body down into pink goo and floated out of the rip in space- time. Garlic Jr. exited right behind him and the hole in the Dead Zone closed when both were free.
"Now it's time for revenge!" Garlic gleefully yelled.
"No, we must destroy the Dead Zone," With Babidi's thoughts running through his head, Buu knew that if they didn't they ran the risk of getting sealed away again, "Follow me." With that Kid Buu threw himself into the air and traced his steps back to where it had all began. Sure enough, Dabura was there, ready for the next day of work.
"Da . . . Bu . . . ra . . ."
"Who calls the King of Demons?" Dabura replied. When he looked back, his jaw dropped, "Impossible, you were sent into the Dead Zone!" Garlic Jr. landed behind Buu and Dabura realized what had happened. All Garlic needed to open a portal was some energy, but with the Makyo star gone it was thought impossible to get that much energy. Dabura realized that Buu must have helped him by giving him some of his energy, "Baer, prepare yourself!"
"Huh?" looking at a list of that day's activities, Baer immediately threw it to the ground, "Buu! How did you get out . . . Garlic Jr. has been released too! I'll just have to send you both back in!"
Baer lunged at Kid Buu with his fist outstretched, "Baer NO!" Dabura cried out. But it was too late. Before he could even touch the pink monstrosity, Garlic Jr. pounded Baer in the face with a punch of his own. The tragic hero stopped in midair, trapped in his own mistake. Garlic followed up with a hard left hook and sent Baer flying.
He sailed through a group of lower demons that had been watching and caused them to run for their lives. Dabura could only hope that one of them managed to escape and tell King Yamma. Neither Baer nor he would survive the battle to do it . . .
In the Dead Zone
A loud howl bellowed through the deep regions of the Dead Zone. Buu's stomach was rumbling again . . . he needed some food. For the last few hours he had been searching for anything to absorb. His antenna glowed red and cast an eerie light against the dark. So far, all he had found was skeletons belonging to forsaken warriors of the past. If Buu couldn't find anything, he would starve. He wouldn't die, but his power would be greatly reduced.
"So hungry," Buu moaned, clutching his aching sides. After aimlessly floating for a few more minutes, he decided to rest to conserve his energy. As he sat there, wishing for something to eat, 'food' presented itself to Buu. Not too far off in the distance he heard the familiar scream of Babidi.
"Damn you Dabura! How dare you throw me in this place!" Babidi screamed into the darkness, "Once I get out of here I'll hunt you down and destroy you! DO you hear me Dabura? DESTROY YOU!"
"Hello Babidi,"
The wizard suddenly noticed a faint light around him and jerked his head around to see Buu with a wicked smile on his face, "Why Buu, how nice to see you here!" Babidi said in his most flattering tone, "How are you today?"
"Hungry," Buu replied, patting his stomach.
"You don't plan on eating me do you, an old friend?" Babidi cried, backing away as slowly as he could.
"Ha ha ha!" Buu exploded in laughter and nodded his head.
"But Buu . . . What's that!" Babidi pointed behind the pink monster and sure enough Buu looked. While he was distracted, Babidi made a run for it. He didn't get to far however. The tentacle on Buu's head pursued the wizard through the eternal night and wrapped around his torso. The pink appendage whipped back and Babidi found himself face to face with Buu, "No! Don't Buu! I can-"
"Chocolate cake!" hot pink lightning shocked Babidi and stopped him from saying anymore. His light green skin gradually turned dark brown, and his body contorted into the shape of a compact cylinder. His orange cape magically turned into chocolate frosting and the change was complete.
Buu flipped the cake above his head and it fell straight into his mouth. He swallowed it whole and licked his lips when he was done digesting the cake, "Mmmmm, much better . . ." The powers and knowledge of Babidi became integrated with his own, and after a few seconds Buu was recharged. He was still too weak to break free of the Dead Zone, but he would remedy that soon enough. Calling on the magic of Babidi, Buu chanted a few words and cast a spell that transformed the insides of the Dead Zone into a copy of Earth. In a flash of light a false sun sprung into the sky and cast its light onto a beautiful green grass prairie that stretched as far as the eye could see. Huge oak trees popped out of the ground and rivers flowed over the land, criss crossing every few miles. Buu immediately set out to find others that were trapped in the Dead Zone.
He searched high and low, under every rock and above the clouds that hung in the sky. After an hour of this, he was not only getting bored, but he was getting hungry again.
"Where is all the food? I'm so hungry . . ." Kid Buu rested against a large gray stone sticking out of the ground and looked into the sky. It was no fun without people to kill or to turn into food. He would die of boredom if he didn't get out of the Dead Zone! He began to shoot energy beams from his palms, aiming for forests far off in the distance. When the beam exploded Buu was rewarded with a pretty fireworks display that temporarily outshone the Sun, but soon after he found himself twice as bored as before, "Bored, bored, bored, bored . . ."
"You want to get out of here?" a voice asked from out of nowhere.
"Who's that? Where are you?" Buu quickly came to attention, ready to listen for the voice again.
"Over here," it spoke up again.
"Huh?" out of the corner of his eye Buu saw the small decrepit form of a demon. His green skin was strapped tightly against his ribs and his bones poked out of his arms, "Who are you?"
"The name's Garlic Jr. Over 20 years ago I was banished to this place by a loathsome kid named Gohan," he said.
"Gohan?" Kid Buu repeated.
"You know him?" Garlic Jr. asked.
"Maybe . . . tell me how to get out of here," Buu felt like turning him into rock candy and eating him, but held off to hear what this Garlic person had to say.
"If you lend me some of your power, I can open a portal to the other world! You see, my father helped to create the Dead Zone, but his rival Kami threw him into it when he became guardian of the Earth! That dreaded Kami . . . when I get out of here I'm going to kill him!" Garlic began to go off on a tangent but Buu silence him by yawning.
"Little man, you are beginning to bore me. If you want to live you better hurry it up." Buu proclaimed.
"Give me some power then!" Garlic exclaimed. With the flick of his wrist a yellow glob of energy floated out of his hand and was taken into Garlic Jr.'s body. The demon's body began to spasm and a dark blue aura spread over his body. It rose off his body like steam and he could feel the energy building inside of him, "Yes . . . YES!" His voice suddenly deepened and the once tiny villain grew into a menacing green giant. The muscles on his arms bulged with newfound power and his chest heaved in with every heavy breath he made. He punched his massive fist into his palm and a thunderclap rung out into the sky, "Garlic Jr. the immortal is back!" he went into a mad laugh, jerking his body back and forth. It took a poke to his abdomen to get his attention.
"Do it. I want out," Kid Buu was a tenth of the size to that of Garlic Jr., but Garlic somehow knew he better listen to what the runt was saying.
He drew on his strength and erected a shield around his body to act as an amplifier. As he started to raise his power level, the ground under Buu's feet began to shake. In a matter of moments the aura around Garlic switched to white, he was almost ready. "I've been in the Dead Zone for far too long, I WANT OUT!" The whole of the void shook under his mighty surges of power, "Open a door so that I might once again roam the Earth!!!" The dimensional walls weakened and in an instant they cracked and broke like mirror, "Yes! I did it!"
The imaginary world that Buu had created vanished, and in its place a ray of light pierced the darkness, "So you did . . ." orange and yellow clouds rushed in from the outside world and so did the sounds of HELL. Kid Buu melted his body down into pink goo and floated out of the rip in space- time. Garlic Jr. exited right behind him and the hole in the Dead Zone closed when both were free.
"Now it's time for revenge!" Garlic gleefully yelled.
"No, we must destroy the Dead Zone," With Babidi's thoughts running through his head, Buu knew that if they didn't they ran the risk of getting sealed away again, "Follow me." With that Kid Buu threw himself into the air and traced his steps back to where it had all began. Sure enough, Dabura was there, ready for the next day of work.
"Da . . . Bu . . . ra . . ."
"Who calls the King of Demons?" Dabura replied. When he looked back, his jaw dropped, "Impossible, you were sent into the Dead Zone!" Garlic Jr. landed behind Buu and Dabura realized what had happened. All Garlic needed to open a portal was some energy, but with the Makyo star gone it was thought impossible to get that much energy. Dabura realized that Buu must have helped him by giving him some of his energy, "Baer, prepare yourself!"
"Huh?" looking at a list of that day's activities, Baer immediately threw it to the ground, "Buu! How did you get out . . . Garlic Jr. has been released too! I'll just have to send you both back in!"
Baer lunged at Kid Buu with his fist outstretched, "Baer NO!" Dabura cried out. But it was too late. Before he could even touch the pink monstrosity, Garlic Jr. pounded Baer in the face with a punch of his own. The tragic hero stopped in midair, trapped in his own mistake. Garlic followed up with a hard left hook and sent Baer flying.
He sailed through a group of lower demons that had been watching and caused them to run for their lives. Dabura could only hope that one of them managed to escape and tell King Yamma. Neither Baer nor he would survive the battle to do it . . .