Chapter 5
Cold steel running to the ground. The ripples creating black lines between the silver. Wind whistling through the bullet holes in random spots. A newspaper with the headline "Mr. Satan in Critical Condition" is blown up against the door and it glides down the sidewalk. People walk by, oblivious to the dark schemes that are organized behind this door. Their minds set on their normal cruise control pattern of a day that makes them get pissy at anything out of the ordinary. These are the people that Saiyaman had to save. But not today. There is only one person on his mind on this day. He didn't know why. He didn't care why. As he stood in front of this garage door, he could only think about how he was going to get Videl out of there. And her kidnappers, they would suffer.
'Looks like this is the only way in.', Gohan thought as he stared down the large steel garage door. He figured he couldn't just walk up and knock on the door, so he got a better idea. An idea that would've made Vegeta smile had he been there. Gohan waited for the traffic to clear out and the people to walk by. When he found an opening he lifted one hand, palm facing the door with fingers extended. He charged up a small ball of energy and it glowed in his hands, the ends of his white bandana flowing in the breeze it created. His eyes narrowed as he prepared to bust his way in there.
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"What are we gonna do when he gets here, boss?", Lou asked. He was probably more frightened than the others at the time, knowing that Saiyaman would recognize him.
"We'll destroy him. Simple as that.", the boss replied, cool and confident. "The question is, are you sure that this little broad will bring him here?"
"Oh yea, she'll bring him here in no time.", Lou said with a laugh. He looked up as the limp body hung from the ceiling by a chain, bound and gagged. She appeared to be unconscious. Blood dripped from her nose and lip. "But I dunno if..."
The garage door exploded, sending shrapnel flying everywhere. The gangsters guarded their faces with their arms from the flying shards of metal. As the smoke started to clear, the shadow of a strong figure could be seen walking through the hole created by the blast. The men in the warehouse all took out their guns and started shooting at it furiously, but it disappeared before a single one hit. The smoke finally cleared completely there was nothing to see but the hole that took over half of the door. They looked around for their unwelcomed guest but found nothing. And then he appeared.
Gohan was not ready to deal with anybody that got in his way. Even though he was wearing sunglasses, the fire in his eyes was evident. And then he saw her, hanging there in the middle of the room. His mouth dropped open and the fire died down for the moment. For a moment he couldn't believe that she was there. She looked like she was dead, but she couldn't be. No way. He felt his heart fall into his stomach and his throat closing off his airway, as his eyes began to fill with water. He couldn't breathe, he couldn't see, he couldn't even move.
"DIE ASSHOLE!!!!", yelled Lou as the gangsters drew their guns once again and let loose. Gohan quickly turned his attention to the situation, seeing a wall of bullets heading his way. The fire in his eyes returned, even stronger than before and with all his anger he flung out his arms to the side and sent out a shockwave that stopped the bullets in their tracks. They hung in the air for a moment before they came down like rain upon the cement floor. The gangsters all stared, wide-eyed at how Saiyaman had just stopped them like that. He quickly took advantage of the moment and took the men out one by one. When he came up to the boss to deliver a punch he was shot into a nearby wall by some type of blast. He flew into a pile of crates that crumbled under the stress. The blast wasn't all that strong, but packed enough punch that he actually felt it. He looked over to see a tall strong man carrying a canon with a smoking barrel. Behind him stood a much smaller, older looking man holding a small, strange looking gun. The man with the canon was getting ready to fire another blast so Gohan decided to use it. When he fired, Gohan stood up and prepared to deflect it. With a movement of his arm he sent the blast up in Videl's direction. It hit the chain just above her head and she started to fall to the floor, but Gohan dashed beneath her and lowered her down. He stood up to attack the man with the canon, but the smaller guy pulled out his gun and shot another strange blast at him. Before Gohan could react he was wrapped up in some sort of energy rope. He lost his balance and fell back to his knees beside Videl.
"Ha ha ha. Silly Saiyaman. You're no match for my weapons. See boss, I told you that my guns would have a much better effect, but noooooo. You had to stick with old times and your worthless weapons.", said the small strange man. Gohan was about to tear the weak energy bonds to pieces and take them all out when he felt a nudge on his foot. He looked down at Videl to see her looking at him with half-open eyes. Then she winked at him and shut her eyes. Gohan got the idea, so he waited.
"Shut up ya stupid scientist! I'm the boss and I do what I want to! But now that we have this asino, we can have a little fun with our hostage.", the boss said with a sneer. He looked at the large man and nodded his head towards Videl. The man put down his canon and walked over to her and Gohan. Gohan was wondering if Videl knew what she was doing, and she gave him an answer. When the man was standing over her body, she quickly moved her legs to spin herself around and sweep his feet out from under him. Gohan quickly stood up and shed the energy bonds. Videl got to her feet and dropped her knee into the man's neck, knocking him out cold. Gohan was rather impressed with her and cracked a smile.
"Are you gonna help me with this or what?", Videl yelled at him shaking her arms which were still tied by the chains. Gohan straightened up and ripped the chains to pieces, freeing her arms. He smiled at her, but she didn't seem to have time to do the same as she started running at the boss.
"No wait!!", Gohan yelled after her, but it was too little too late. The scientist pulled his gun again and shot off his energy bonds. Gohan appeared in front of her just as the they were about hit her. The bonds knocked him back into Videl and they both fell to the floor, Gohan wrapped up in energy once again.
"Well it doesn't look like you two are going to quit. So I'll give you something that'll change that.", the scientist said as he turned and pulled out a remote. He pressed the button on the controller and a huge door opened up from behind the boss's desk. The whole foundation seemed to shake as the huge doors spread apart, pieces of the ceiling falling to the ground. Gohan and Videl could only stare in awe as a 20 foot tall robot walked out from the darkness of the open door. It consisted of one large body with two arms and two legs sticking out of it. It stopped just behind the boss, who was laughing hysterically at the faces Gohan and Videl were making. Gohan figured it wouldn't take much to knock out this machine, even with its size. He quickly shed the energy bonds, and while he was at it shot a small beam at the scientist's gun, disintegrating it. The scientist angrily took his controller and had his machine running towards Gohan. He quickly pushed Videl out of the way and fired a small energy blast at the robot. To Gohan's surprise the blast bounced off of it and came right back at him, smashing into his face followed by the robot's right arm, sending him through a wall into another section of the warehouse.
"AHAHAHA!!! You fool! You think you can damage my machine with your pathetic power?", yelled the scientist. Gohan started pulling himself out of the rubble, feeling rather unsettled after getting creamed. It hurt a lot more than he had expected. It might take more effort than he thought. When he came back into the room, he hadn't noticed that his shades were broken and his bandana was torn to shreds. When he stopped next to Videl, the broken shades slid off his face and whatever was left of the bandana fell from his head. Videl had a look as if she had just gone through shock therapy. Her jaw dropped around her ankles and her eyes were as wide as saucers.
"Gohan?", she blurted out. Gohan realized that his cover had just been blown. He wasn't sure how to react, but even if he was he didn't have time as the robot was looming over the both of them. It pulled it's arm back to sweep the both of them, but Gohan, once again, pushed Videl out of the way of danger as the arm came down. It caught Gohan head on and launched him through the roof into the open air. The robot promptly followed, leaving the still astonished Videl to stare. She was brought back to reality when the Lincoln busted through the broken garage door and came to a skidding hault just in front of her. A bunch of gangsters got out, ready to fight. Apparently the boss had called back up. Videl got into a fighting stance, ready to take on anyone that tried her.
With that unmistakable confidence that she always exudes, she yells at the gangsters,
"Alright, let's do this."
Cold steel running to the ground. The ripples creating black lines between the silver. Wind whistling through the bullet holes in random spots. A newspaper with the headline "Mr. Satan in Critical Condition" is blown up against the door and it glides down the sidewalk. People walk by, oblivious to the dark schemes that are organized behind this door. Their minds set on their normal cruise control pattern of a day that makes them get pissy at anything out of the ordinary. These are the people that Saiyaman had to save. But not today. There is only one person on his mind on this day. He didn't know why. He didn't care why. As he stood in front of this garage door, he could only think about how he was going to get Videl out of there. And her kidnappers, they would suffer.
'Looks like this is the only way in.', Gohan thought as he stared down the large steel garage door. He figured he couldn't just walk up and knock on the door, so he got a better idea. An idea that would've made Vegeta smile had he been there. Gohan waited for the traffic to clear out and the people to walk by. When he found an opening he lifted one hand, palm facing the door with fingers extended. He charged up a small ball of energy and it glowed in his hands, the ends of his white bandana flowing in the breeze it created. His eyes narrowed as he prepared to bust his way in there.
* * *
"What are we gonna do when he gets here, boss?", Lou asked. He was probably more frightened than the others at the time, knowing that Saiyaman would recognize him.
"We'll destroy him. Simple as that.", the boss replied, cool and confident. "The question is, are you sure that this little broad will bring him here?"
"Oh yea, she'll bring him here in no time.", Lou said with a laugh. He looked up as the limp body hung from the ceiling by a chain, bound and gagged. She appeared to be unconscious. Blood dripped from her nose and lip. "But I dunno if..."
The garage door exploded, sending shrapnel flying everywhere. The gangsters guarded their faces with their arms from the flying shards of metal. As the smoke started to clear, the shadow of a strong figure could be seen walking through the hole created by the blast. The men in the warehouse all took out their guns and started shooting at it furiously, but it disappeared before a single one hit. The smoke finally cleared completely there was nothing to see but the hole that took over half of the door. They looked around for their unwelcomed guest but found nothing. And then he appeared.
Gohan was not ready to deal with anybody that got in his way. Even though he was wearing sunglasses, the fire in his eyes was evident. And then he saw her, hanging there in the middle of the room. His mouth dropped open and the fire died down for the moment. For a moment he couldn't believe that she was there. She looked like she was dead, but she couldn't be. No way. He felt his heart fall into his stomach and his throat closing off his airway, as his eyes began to fill with water. He couldn't breathe, he couldn't see, he couldn't even move.
"DIE ASSHOLE!!!!", yelled Lou as the gangsters drew their guns once again and let loose. Gohan quickly turned his attention to the situation, seeing a wall of bullets heading his way. The fire in his eyes returned, even stronger than before and with all his anger he flung out his arms to the side and sent out a shockwave that stopped the bullets in their tracks. They hung in the air for a moment before they came down like rain upon the cement floor. The gangsters all stared, wide-eyed at how Saiyaman had just stopped them like that. He quickly took advantage of the moment and took the men out one by one. When he came up to the boss to deliver a punch he was shot into a nearby wall by some type of blast. He flew into a pile of crates that crumbled under the stress. The blast wasn't all that strong, but packed enough punch that he actually felt it. He looked over to see a tall strong man carrying a canon with a smoking barrel. Behind him stood a much smaller, older looking man holding a small, strange looking gun. The man with the canon was getting ready to fire another blast so Gohan decided to use it. When he fired, Gohan stood up and prepared to deflect it. With a movement of his arm he sent the blast up in Videl's direction. It hit the chain just above her head and she started to fall to the floor, but Gohan dashed beneath her and lowered her down. He stood up to attack the man with the canon, but the smaller guy pulled out his gun and shot another strange blast at him. Before Gohan could react he was wrapped up in some sort of energy rope. He lost his balance and fell back to his knees beside Videl.
"Ha ha ha. Silly Saiyaman. You're no match for my weapons. See boss, I told you that my guns would have a much better effect, but noooooo. You had to stick with old times and your worthless weapons.", said the small strange man. Gohan was about to tear the weak energy bonds to pieces and take them all out when he felt a nudge on his foot. He looked down at Videl to see her looking at him with half-open eyes. Then she winked at him and shut her eyes. Gohan got the idea, so he waited.
"Shut up ya stupid scientist! I'm the boss and I do what I want to! But now that we have this asino, we can have a little fun with our hostage.", the boss said with a sneer. He looked at the large man and nodded his head towards Videl. The man put down his canon and walked over to her and Gohan. Gohan was wondering if Videl knew what she was doing, and she gave him an answer. When the man was standing over her body, she quickly moved her legs to spin herself around and sweep his feet out from under him. Gohan quickly stood up and shed the energy bonds. Videl got to her feet and dropped her knee into the man's neck, knocking him out cold. Gohan was rather impressed with her and cracked a smile.
"Are you gonna help me with this or what?", Videl yelled at him shaking her arms which were still tied by the chains. Gohan straightened up and ripped the chains to pieces, freeing her arms. He smiled at her, but she didn't seem to have time to do the same as she started running at the boss.
"No wait!!", Gohan yelled after her, but it was too little too late. The scientist pulled his gun again and shot off his energy bonds. Gohan appeared in front of her just as the they were about hit her. The bonds knocked him back into Videl and they both fell to the floor, Gohan wrapped up in energy once again.
"Well it doesn't look like you two are going to quit. So I'll give you something that'll change that.", the scientist said as he turned and pulled out a remote. He pressed the button on the controller and a huge door opened up from behind the boss's desk. The whole foundation seemed to shake as the huge doors spread apart, pieces of the ceiling falling to the ground. Gohan and Videl could only stare in awe as a 20 foot tall robot walked out from the darkness of the open door. It consisted of one large body with two arms and two legs sticking out of it. It stopped just behind the boss, who was laughing hysterically at the faces Gohan and Videl were making. Gohan figured it wouldn't take much to knock out this machine, even with its size. He quickly shed the energy bonds, and while he was at it shot a small beam at the scientist's gun, disintegrating it. The scientist angrily took his controller and had his machine running towards Gohan. He quickly pushed Videl out of the way and fired a small energy blast at the robot. To Gohan's surprise the blast bounced off of it and came right back at him, smashing into his face followed by the robot's right arm, sending him through a wall into another section of the warehouse.
"AHAHAHA!!! You fool! You think you can damage my machine with your pathetic power?", yelled the scientist. Gohan started pulling himself out of the rubble, feeling rather unsettled after getting creamed. It hurt a lot more than he had expected. It might take more effort than he thought. When he came back into the room, he hadn't noticed that his shades were broken and his bandana was torn to shreds. When he stopped next to Videl, the broken shades slid off his face and whatever was left of the bandana fell from his head. Videl had a look as if she had just gone through shock therapy. Her jaw dropped around her ankles and her eyes were as wide as saucers.
"Gohan?", she blurted out. Gohan realized that his cover had just been blown. He wasn't sure how to react, but even if he was he didn't have time as the robot was looming over the both of them. It pulled it's arm back to sweep the both of them, but Gohan, once again, pushed Videl out of the way of danger as the arm came down. It caught Gohan head on and launched him through the roof into the open air. The robot promptly followed, leaving the still astonished Videl to stare. She was brought back to reality when the Lincoln busted through the broken garage door and came to a skidding hault just in front of her. A bunch of gangsters got out, ready to fight. Apparently the boss had called back up. Videl got into a fighting stance, ready to take on anyone that tried her.
With that unmistakable confidence that she always exudes, she yells at the gangsters,
"Alright, let's do this."