"Rae, what's the matter?" Serena asked with concern.
Rae didn't seem to notice Serena, and simply started ranting her story to Goku, "Goku! Oh, Goku, Vegeta's in trouble! Garlic Junior came and two of these really big guys started fighting him! Ugh, it was awful! Vegeta sent me to get you, but I don't think he can hold them off any longer! Oh, please! You have to help him; hurry, please!" she started pulling at Goku's shirt.
"Whoa! Hey, slow down!" Goku placed one hand on either of her shoulders, "Now, what did you say?"
She started crying, "Please hurry! Vegeta's trying to hold off this really big guy! He's in really big trouble, and he says that Garlic Junior is here! Please, Goku, you have to help him!"
"Where is Vegeta?" Goku's face had a steel hard cast. His hands fell away from her shoulders as she turned and pointed. "Take me there."
Serena felt lost, "Hey! Wait for me; I'm coming too!" She started to follow Goku and Rae as they walked away.
"No, Serena," Goku left no room for argument. "Where we're going will be no place for a lady."
"But Rae's going!" She fisted her hands at her side.
Goku had nothing else to say, but Luna did, "Serena, relax. I'll follow them if you want."
"No, that's okay," Serena calmed down. "I'm sure that Rae will tell us what happens."
Luna turned her head to watch Goku and Rae walk away, "You're right, but I want to see what happens myself," Luna was about to jump off Serena's shoulder.
Serena intercepted her, "Oh no you're not! Especially not after what happened last night!" she held on to Luna as the cat tried to escape.
"Serena!! Let go of me this instant!" Luna flailed her arms and legs.
"No! You don't need to chase down Goku wherever he goes!" She struggled to get Luna inside her house.
"Put me down! Put me down!"
"No!" She finally got in the house and slammed the door behind her. "Whew!"
Luna forced her way out of Serena's arms and on to the floor, "What are you doing?! How dare you lock me inside!"
"What I'm doing is- " Sailor Moon cut off her sentence as her mother appeared in the entryway..
"Who are you talking to?"
"No one."
"Oh-okay," her mother turned and walked off.
Luna was angry, "Let's get to your room, where we won't be disturbed, and talk this over."
Two policemen advanced on Goku and Rae, attempting to turn them away.
"Excuse me, but this is an official crime scene," the first officer explained. "No one is allowed in unless you are authorized."
Rae furrowed her eyebrows in confusion.
Goku clenched his fists, "Officer, what happened here?"
The second policeman spoke up, "We aren't positive, but I'm sure you can catch it all on the news tomorrow."
"Was anyone killed?" Rae could barely keep her voice steady.
"No," the first officer answered, "now will you please leave? We have and investigation to carry out, and we don't need gawking onlookers."
"Officer," Goku said patiently, "I have reason to believe that a friend of mine was involved in this," he flicked his eyes up to indicate the torn-up street.
The policemen looked at one another, and the first one moved away to the officers questioning the three people. Goku looked more angry than Rae had ever seen him when the officer returned with a female detective.
The lady was wearing a blue skirt with a matching vest over a white blouse, and had tanned skin, most likely from a day or two at the beach. She spoke upon reaching them, "Officer Bradley says that you have information on this bizarre incident."
"Possibly," Goku answered grimly.
Sailor Mars nodded, all color drained from her face.
The detective pulled out a pen and a notebook, "What are your names?"
They each responded with their own.
She scribbled the names on a blank page, "Tell me, what's the name of your friend that may have bee involved?"
"Vegeta," Goku scrutinized the detective.
"Does he have a last name?"
Goku thought for a moment, "Briefs."
The detective was surprised with his hesitation, but she continued the questioning, "All right, what can you tell me? Did you see the attack?"
"I didn't," Goku was dead serious, "but she did."
This was a lucky break for the detective, but she didn't let on as Rae started telling her what happened.
"These five guys appeared, and the shortest person ordered two people to kill us, Vegeta and me, that is, but Vegeta told me to run and that he would hold them off. I was too scared to run, so I hid in one of the alleys," tears started to fall down Sailor Mars's cheeks. "It was awful! One of the men held Vegeta still while the other punched him in the face and stomach-!" she choked up.
The detective calmly encouraged her to continue, "Is there anything else you can tell us at this moment?"
"No, I, ran," Mars lied, hiding the whole story about the power beam.
The woman looked at Goku, but he didn't look back, his eyes were focused on the scene. "Do you have any idea who did this, sir?"
Goku's hands were fisted in anger, "Yes."
Immediately, the detective readied her little notepad, "Who do you think did this?"
Goku ignored her and turned to Rae, "Rae; I have a few things to attend to. I hope you don't mind staying here while I'm gone."
"I don't mind at all," Rae said softly, unsure of what Goku was thinking.
Goku turned to walk away, but the detective tried to stop him, "Sir, if you're going after this man, you're nuts! You should just let the law handle this. Please,sir, come back."
"The law can't handle this," Goku called over his shoulder.
The lady motioned to Officer Bradley and the other policeman when Goku refused to halt, and they started to chase Goku down. Goku stopped and looked up just in time to see a red form drop down on him from above. With a quick motion, Goku threw himself backwards and out of danger just seconds before the red beast crashed claw-first into the ground, shattering the pavement as though it was glass. The crowd gasped, thinking it was some suicidal person. With a mighty heave, the red cat creature yanked its hand free of the pit it created. It stood up, threw its head back, and let out a screeching wail that could only compare to the ear-piercing intensity of nails-on-chalkboard combined with the battle cries of two mountain lions. After it finished, it leveled its gaze at Goku, slitting its red cat-like eyes to get a better view of him.
The creature growled like a dog before speaking in a purring voice that betrayed its true intentions, "Masster Garrlic doess not want any interruptions from you. Leave him be, or you will ssufferr a worrss punishhment than your frriend."
Goku's voice held no hint of weakness, only anger, "Tell Garlic that I am not afraid of him, or any of his minions. Leave now, or I will send you away, to the next dimension!"
The red cat blinked, but didn't move yet. Goku had to crouch in his ready to attack pose and give it a threatening look before it made a move. It turned sideways and looked up the side of the building, then prepared to leap, still focused on the roof of the building. The cat-man paused to glare at an unmoving Goku. It flicked its tail indignantly and leapt, retreating to the top of the building, and extracting gasps of amazement from the police officers. Goku returned himself to a standing position. The long, red hair of the creature swirled around as it spun to glare once more at Goku, its eyes shining with an eerie red light. Then, as son as it appeared, it was gone, back over the rooftops where no one on the ground, not even Goku, could track it.
The detective hurried over to Goku and clapped a handcuff around his wrist while he wasn't paying attention, "You're under arrest for withholding information! Now, since you're in my custody, you will tell me everything you know about this."
Goku lifted his wrist that was cuffed to the detective and gave it an unsatisfactory look. He lifted his other hand to it, and with an unimpressed spitting sound, snapped the band, freeing his hand. The detective's eyes went wide.
"Like I said, the law can't handle this," Goku repeated cryptically as he walked away, leaving the broken handcuff dangling from the detective's wrist. "Rae, take care while I'm gone."
Goku walked off, leaving the police and detectives behind to ponder exactly what he was. Mars, too, was surprised, with the awesome display of courage and determination from her friend. Goku turned a corner, and simply disappeared in the late evening; everyone was dumbfounded, to say the least."
Serena rushed frantically around her house, searching for Luna. She happened across her father.
"What are you looking for, dear?"
She paused, bent over the couch to look behind it, "I am looking for Luna, ya mind?"
"Luna's outside."
Serena fell over, then stood up, hoding the sides of her head, "You let Luna out?!"
Her father raised his eyebrows, "Don't get so upset over it! Luna wanted to go out, so I let her out, no big deal."
"NO BIG DEAL!?" She was a furious. "Luna could get lost again, do you want that to happen?"
"I suppose not."
Serena was far too livid to say anything to her dad right now, so she, instead, slipped on her shoes and hurried out the front door. Muttering to herself all the way, she stormed down the street in the one direction that she was positive Luna went: after Goku. She picked up her pace, hoping that she would be able to catch up to Luna before she did anything to get herself in trouble. Eventually, she saw flashing lights up ahead, and had the fleeting hope that someone had gotten the power working again. Her hope soon faded when she realized that the light came from three police cars parked in no particular order. Serena slowed down to investigate.
