Okay, people. At the moment I have been working on my first humorous story entitled 'Goku's Worst Nightmare'. Everyone look out for it. But it might be a while til I finish it so...yeah. Anyway. This chapters a little short because I wanted it to have a dramatic finish.
ChickFlick Chapter 9
They walked quickly back along the passageway, still shaking, in silence, everyone's mind on a different track. Videl and Eighteen were supporting Bulma between them. It wasn't until they reached the hole in the lake, with the water pouring through, that they began to talk. Bulma told them about the spider's attack on her and the dark shadowy figure that had taken Chichi.
"I'm sorry..." she whispered, her cheeks burning with shame. "I should've done something. I should have..."
"Bulma, it wasn't your fault, you know it wasn't!" said Videl, hugging her tightly. None of them had yet taken in the full extent of what Bulma had been through.
"But where could it have taken her?" Pan broke in, wondering around.
While all this was taking place, Videl had been pacing around the area of the attack. Now her cry of discovery brought the others running.
"Look!" she said, "the tracks!" And sure enough, there in the mud were the marks of someone being dragged, with small, strangely shaped footsteps proceeding in front.
A little way down the tunnel was a huge rock, still halfway embedded in the wall. A little gap was formed between the rock and the wall. It was here the footsteps led, then they continued on further down the tunnel which Eighteen, Videl and Pan had found so strangely empty.
"Ok," said Videl, "here's what I think happened: When we walked off down the tunnel, the...the THING was hiding behind the rock. Then when the spider came it took Chichi and hid behind the rock again until we had gone, and then it disappeared in the other direction."
No one spoke. It was clear to all of them what they had to do. Still without saying a word, they started off down the tunnel.
* * * * *
After just ten minutes of this they were nervous and jumpy. The irregular noise of the water trickling and dripping was bad enough, but they kept imagining light footsteps behind them, following them in the dark...
After a quarter of an hour, when Pan could no longer bear the silence, she said to her mother
"Chichi would be annoyed; all the training she did, and she might not get to pass through the Tunnel of Dangers!"
"Oh, I daresay there'll still be plenty for her to do when we find her." Pan noticed that her mother put the tiniest emphasis on 'when', (As opposed to 'if'), and her eyes were fixed on a point somewhere in the distance. She reached over and took her mother's hand. Videl just squeezed it, and they walked on together, hand in hand.
Twenty minutes since they had started out, they finally came to a sudden change in the monotonous tunnel. Without warning it had widened out into a huge, round, bowl-shaped area, probably more than 100 metres in diametre. Evenly spaced around the rim of the basin were large round boulders, about 2 metres high and set about 2 metres apart.
The group slowly walked towards the centre of the bowl, silent in their amazement. The roof was so high it was lost in the darkness. The sound of the water could not be heard in this huge space. As they reached the middle they stopped and stood still. Bulma had been walking normally for the last part of their journey. (The spider's poison had worn off). Now she looked up and pointed.
"Look!"
Then the others saw what she had seen. In the opposite wall of the room were a set of huge, double-doors, made of something which glimmered dully in the dim light, which seemed to come from nowhere. There was a tangy stillness hanging in the air as they walked over to the doors. Eighteen looked over her shoulder nervously.
When they were just a few more steps away from the door, two strange creatures appeared from behind the two boulders on either side of it. The creatures just stood there, blocking the way. Videl, Eighteen, Pan and Bulma stood there, dumb-founded. The creatures were fairly small; green and scaly, with tough-looking skin. They had large pointed ears and antennae on their heads.
One of them started making noises. It took the others a few seconds to realise that he was talking their language, because he made a strange hissing sound after every two or three words.
'We are the ssssCybermenssss," he was saying, "humble ssservantss of the Lord sssCell. None shall passsss thiss door without hissss permission." The two Cybermen said nothing more, but the group was aware of their huge green eyes, staring at them through the semi-darkness.
After a few seconds of contemplating silence Bulma stepped forward, declaring grimly
"Well, we're going through. You can tell your 'Lord' Cell that some very annoyed chicks are after his blood." She smiled wickedly. A sudden anger flashed in the eyes of the two Cybermen.
"None shall passsss without defeating usss firsst."
At that moment the whole chamber was flooded with light. Their heads jerked instinctively upwards, and they then saw, hovering in the air just below the roof... a small cube, glowing brightly from an unseen power source. They only just heard Bulma muttering something about a 'power cube' before the Cyberman was talking again.
"Sssso you will not turn back?"
No one bothered to answer him.
"Then there'ssss only one thing left to do." His last word came out as a hoarse, angry whisper.
"ssssssss....attack."
ChickFlick Chapter 9
They walked quickly back along the passageway, still shaking, in silence, everyone's mind on a different track. Videl and Eighteen were supporting Bulma between them. It wasn't until they reached the hole in the lake, with the water pouring through, that they began to talk. Bulma told them about the spider's attack on her and the dark shadowy figure that had taken Chichi.
"I'm sorry..." she whispered, her cheeks burning with shame. "I should've done something. I should have..."
"Bulma, it wasn't your fault, you know it wasn't!" said Videl, hugging her tightly. None of them had yet taken in the full extent of what Bulma had been through.
"But where could it have taken her?" Pan broke in, wondering around.
While all this was taking place, Videl had been pacing around the area of the attack. Now her cry of discovery brought the others running.
"Look!" she said, "the tracks!" And sure enough, there in the mud were the marks of someone being dragged, with small, strangely shaped footsteps proceeding in front.
A little way down the tunnel was a huge rock, still halfway embedded in the wall. A little gap was formed between the rock and the wall. It was here the footsteps led, then they continued on further down the tunnel which Eighteen, Videl and Pan had found so strangely empty.
"Ok," said Videl, "here's what I think happened: When we walked off down the tunnel, the...the THING was hiding behind the rock. Then when the spider came it took Chichi and hid behind the rock again until we had gone, and then it disappeared in the other direction."
No one spoke. It was clear to all of them what they had to do. Still without saying a word, they started off down the tunnel.
* * * * *
After just ten minutes of this they were nervous and jumpy. The irregular noise of the water trickling and dripping was bad enough, but they kept imagining light footsteps behind them, following them in the dark...
After a quarter of an hour, when Pan could no longer bear the silence, she said to her mother
"Chichi would be annoyed; all the training she did, and she might not get to pass through the Tunnel of Dangers!"
"Oh, I daresay there'll still be plenty for her to do when we find her." Pan noticed that her mother put the tiniest emphasis on 'when', (As opposed to 'if'), and her eyes were fixed on a point somewhere in the distance. She reached over and took her mother's hand. Videl just squeezed it, and they walked on together, hand in hand.
Twenty minutes since they had started out, they finally came to a sudden change in the monotonous tunnel. Without warning it had widened out into a huge, round, bowl-shaped area, probably more than 100 metres in diametre. Evenly spaced around the rim of the basin were large round boulders, about 2 metres high and set about 2 metres apart.
The group slowly walked towards the centre of the bowl, silent in their amazement. The roof was so high it was lost in the darkness. The sound of the water could not be heard in this huge space. As they reached the middle they stopped and stood still. Bulma had been walking normally for the last part of their journey. (The spider's poison had worn off). Now she looked up and pointed.
"Look!"
Then the others saw what she had seen. In the opposite wall of the room were a set of huge, double-doors, made of something which glimmered dully in the dim light, which seemed to come from nowhere. There was a tangy stillness hanging in the air as they walked over to the doors. Eighteen looked over her shoulder nervously.
When they were just a few more steps away from the door, two strange creatures appeared from behind the two boulders on either side of it. The creatures just stood there, blocking the way. Videl, Eighteen, Pan and Bulma stood there, dumb-founded. The creatures were fairly small; green and scaly, with tough-looking skin. They had large pointed ears and antennae on their heads.
One of them started making noises. It took the others a few seconds to realise that he was talking their language, because he made a strange hissing sound after every two or three words.
'We are the ssssCybermenssss," he was saying, "humble ssservantss of the Lord sssCell. None shall passsss thiss door without hissss permission." The two Cybermen said nothing more, but the group was aware of their huge green eyes, staring at them through the semi-darkness.
After a few seconds of contemplating silence Bulma stepped forward, declaring grimly
"Well, we're going through. You can tell your 'Lord' Cell that some very annoyed chicks are after his blood." She smiled wickedly. A sudden anger flashed in the eyes of the two Cybermen.
"None shall passsss without defeating usss firsst."
At that moment the whole chamber was flooded with light. Their heads jerked instinctively upwards, and they then saw, hovering in the air just below the roof... a small cube, glowing brightly from an unseen power source. They only just heard Bulma muttering something about a 'power cube' before the Cyberman was talking again.
"Sssso you will not turn back?"
No one bothered to answer him.
"Then there'ssss only one thing left to do." His last word came out as a hoarse, angry whisper.
"ssssssss....attack."