It's the holidays now, so I will be able to write more chapters in less time! Yay!!! I will try to get new chapters out faster because I know that I take a loooooong time...
ChickFlick Chapter 18
Pan was angry, and a little confused. Cutting through Cell's laughter, she stepped forward to face him.
"Well, that was a great little story and all, but there's no use pretending. We know you've got Chichi. So where is she? And where are the guys? Answer me that!" she snarled at him, her hands clenching up into little fists.
"My dear little Pan," he said, smiling serenely and aggravating her even more, "I was only waiting for you to ask." He bent in a mocking bow to her, then nodded over his shoulder to the tight knot of evil beings behind him. They grinned at each other in anticipation, parted down the middle of the group and drew back to either side. Now they had moved, Bulma, Videl, pan and Eighteen could see what they had been concealing. A pale figure sat limply in a high-backed metal chair.
It was Chichi.
Wide metal bands around her neck, wrists and ankles bound her tightly to the chair. Her eyes were closed, and she looked as if she were dead. A smallish machine consisting of a box of wires with a gun-like nozzle sticking out was pointed straight at her. All four of the girls cried out her name and leapt forward, obeying the unconscious compulsion to get to her. Cell's voice thundered "STOP THEM!" and instantly his henchmen leapt to attack.
* * * * *
In a split second, everyone in the room apart from Cell had been drawn into a huge free-for-all battle. Cell stood slightly to one side, calmly surveying the scene of absolute mayhem before him. There was a slight smile on his lips as he watched his evil minions proceed to do all his dirty work for him.
As for Eighteen, Videl, Bulma and Pan, there was no time to plan anything. They only had one advantage. Because there were so few of them and so many of their enemies, they had more space to work in. Eighteen actually saw Captain Ginyu accidentally punch Frieza in the face. The room was, to say the least, very crowded.
Eighteen was concentrating so hard that she thought she would burst. One wrong move, and her head could be rolling across the room. She was fighting two or three battles at once, attacking and defending at the same time. She didn't even have time to look and see how her friends were faring.
All in one fluid movement, she punched Nappa in the face with her right fist, blocked a small blast of energy from #19 with her left arm, and kicked out behind her with her foot to connect with Captain Ginyu's stomach. She only caught a few blurred glimpses of Cell as she was fighting. He had sidled up to another of Dr Gero's machines and pushed one of the buttons on it. She saw an almost invisible shield cover all the electronic equipment in the room, to protect it. Then an energy blast hit her, and she got distracted.
Their main objective in this fight was not to defend themselves or attack their enemies, but to get to Chichi's side. 'What if she's dead?' whispered a frightened voice in Eighteen's mind. She tried to ignore it and discreetly edge her way over to Chichi. Captain Ginyu used his large bulk to cut it off. She tried to dodge around him, but he grabbed her by the hair and held her back. This was quickly turning dirty. Eighteen wrenched free, leaving behind a fistful of blonde hairs behind, and crossed her fingers as she delivered a kick right between where Ginyu's two legs joined up with his body. (And we all know where that is...) She was worried that he wouldn't even HAVE anything down there. Unfortunately for Captain Ginyu, it turned out that he did have something sensitive down there. Soon he was down on the floor on his knees, his eyes bulging out of his head and his hands clutched over... the area between his legs (ahem).
A kick from Nappa sent her flying in mid-grin. Enraged, she approached him and slapped him hard across the face. A hand-shaped red mark appeared almost immediately on his right cheek. Nappa sputtered angrily
"You - "
Shrugging, Eighteen decided to go for the more classic style. She punched him straight and hard on the nose. Almost without pausing, she whirled around to meet an attack from #19 with a few Hand Blasts of her own.
But still she could not get to Chichi.
* * * * *
Bulma ground her teeth in frustration. Every time she tried to reach Chichi's chair underneath the big steel ball, someone cut her off. She knew for a fact that she was the only one of the Z Gang that would be able to operate the machine and give Chichi her powers back.
Raditz flew in front of her, deliberately blocking her path. One hit sent him crashing to the ground. She was ready to dart forward towards Chichi, but then she realised that Zarbon was now blocking her way. As she fired a StarBlast at him, she realised that they would have to get rid of some of these guys before they could make any progress. So she decided to stop defending and start attacking.
She chose Raditz as her target; he was the weakest, even though he was now much stronger than when he had been defeated by Piccolo and Goku. Seeing that he was still on the ground, she took her chance, dodging Zarbon and rocketing down towards him, landing squarely on his stomach and winding him. Stumbling shakily to his feet, he realised that Bulma was targeting him. He formed a small ki blast and sent it flying towards her. Bulma tensed herself and sent the blast back towards Raditz, who was forced to duck. While he was still off balance, Bulma flew into close range and they started exchanging lightning fast blows.
She ducked under his arm to deliver a sharp uppercut to his chin. She kicked forward with her left leg, not even pausing as one of his punches connected with her stomach. Her extra training and the difference between their power levels was really showing. Some of her other enemies stepped in from time to time, trying to distract her from her target. But she beat them off and persistently, relentlessly, she kept attacking.
Raditz was starting to panic. He dimly saw a necklace gleaming around Bulma's neck. As a distraction, he dodged one of her attacks, whipped his arm up and gave a vicious tug on the necklace. One of the links in it snapped and it came away in his hand with a small clinking sound.
"NO!" Bulma cried out. She couldn't lose that necklace! It was from Vegeta, it was special to her! Wildly, she reached out towards the necklace in Raditz's hands. He had a taunting smile on his face, and was dangling it just out of her reach.
Then, his grin grew even wider as he drew his arm with the necklace behind his head. Bulma saw what he was about to do and cried out in panic. Raditz threw it hard across the room. She watched, paralysed, as the necklace and the pendant made a long, graceful arc in midair, seemingly in slow motion. It was heading directly for the large steel ball hanging from the roof. It was going to smash against it! Then, amazingly, it disappeared straight through the curved surface of the ball. Bulma's eyes widened in surprise. There was something very strange going on here.
* * * * *
Vegeta sat silently in his prison with the others. Talking had stopped a long time ago. Dully he looked around at the faces of all the people he now reluctantly called friends. They were blank with despair. Restlessly he turned his eyes away. They were in a suspended, cubic cage. Around it was a sphere that looked like a big steel ball. A dim red glow seemed to radiate from the inside of the ball, reflecting its glow on them. This strange shield Dr Gero had invented cut out all outside sound; it was completely silent.
Suddenly that silence was broken. A small object materialised on their side of the round steel-looking shield. It glittered golden in the light from the shield as it flew through the air and tinkled to the floor of the cage right in front of Vegeta. Curiously he leant forward, straining his eyes in the dim light, trying to make out what it was.
Then he realised. It was a tiny dragon ball pendant, hanging from a delicate golden chain. And without a doubt, he knew who it belonged to. The others were looking up at him as he held the necklace in his shaking hands, his eyes wide.
"Bulma?!"
* * * * *
AN: Hahahahahaha!!!! EVIL CLIFFHANGER! :) That was reeeaaally fun 2 write!!! I LOVE cliffhangers! Except when I'm reading them of course. :) So have you figured out where the guys are yet?! Check back soon for more, coz it's the school holidays and I have more time to write. Happy reading!
ChickFlick Chapter 18
Pan was angry, and a little confused. Cutting through Cell's laughter, she stepped forward to face him.
"Well, that was a great little story and all, but there's no use pretending. We know you've got Chichi. So where is she? And where are the guys? Answer me that!" she snarled at him, her hands clenching up into little fists.
"My dear little Pan," he said, smiling serenely and aggravating her even more, "I was only waiting for you to ask." He bent in a mocking bow to her, then nodded over his shoulder to the tight knot of evil beings behind him. They grinned at each other in anticipation, parted down the middle of the group and drew back to either side. Now they had moved, Bulma, Videl, pan and Eighteen could see what they had been concealing. A pale figure sat limply in a high-backed metal chair.
It was Chichi.
Wide metal bands around her neck, wrists and ankles bound her tightly to the chair. Her eyes were closed, and she looked as if she were dead. A smallish machine consisting of a box of wires with a gun-like nozzle sticking out was pointed straight at her. All four of the girls cried out her name and leapt forward, obeying the unconscious compulsion to get to her. Cell's voice thundered "STOP THEM!" and instantly his henchmen leapt to attack.
* * * * *
In a split second, everyone in the room apart from Cell had been drawn into a huge free-for-all battle. Cell stood slightly to one side, calmly surveying the scene of absolute mayhem before him. There was a slight smile on his lips as he watched his evil minions proceed to do all his dirty work for him.
As for Eighteen, Videl, Bulma and Pan, there was no time to plan anything. They only had one advantage. Because there were so few of them and so many of their enemies, they had more space to work in. Eighteen actually saw Captain Ginyu accidentally punch Frieza in the face. The room was, to say the least, very crowded.
Eighteen was concentrating so hard that she thought she would burst. One wrong move, and her head could be rolling across the room. She was fighting two or three battles at once, attacking and defending at the same time. She didn't even have time to look and see how her friends were faring.
All in one fluid movement, she punched Nappa in the face with her right fist, blocked a small blast of energy from #19 with her left arm, and kicked out behind her with her foot to connect with Captain Ginyu's stomach. She only caught a few blurred glimpses of Cell as she was fighting. He had sidled up to another of Dr Gero's machines and pushed one of the buttons on it. She saw an almost invisible shield cover all the electronic equipment in the room, to protect it. Then an energy blast hit her, and she got distracted.
Their main objective in this fight was not to defend themselves or attack their enemies, but to get to Chichi's side. 'What if she's dead?' whispered a frightened voice in Eighteen's mind. She tried to ignore it and discreetly edge her way over to Chichi. Captain Ginyu used his large bulk to cut it off. She tried to dodge around him, but he grabbed her by the hair and held her back. This was quickly turning dirty. Eighteen wrenched free, leaving behind a fistful of blonde hairs behind, and crossed her fingers as she delivered a kick right between where Ginyu's two legs joined up with his body. (And we all know where that is...) She was worried that he wouldn't even HAVE anything down there. Unfortunately for Captain Ginyu, it turned out that he did have something sensitive down there. Soon he was down on the floor on his knees, his eyes bulging out of his head and his hands clutched over... the area between his legs (ahem).
A kick from Nappa sent her flying in mid-grin. Enraged, she approached him and slapped him hard across the face. A hand-shaped red mark appeared almost immediately on his right cheek. Nappa sputtered angrily
"You - "
Shrugging, Eighteen decided to go for the more classic style. She punched him straight and hard on the nose. Almost without pausing, she whirled around to meet an attack from #19 with a few Hand Blasts of her own.
But still she could not get to Chichi.
* * * * *
Bulma ground her teeth in frustration. Every time she tried to reach Chichi's chair underneath the big steel ball, someone cut her off. She knew for a fact that she was the only one of the Z Gang that would be able to operate the machine and give Chichi her powers back.
Raditz flew in front of her, deliberately blocking her path. One hit sent him crashing to the ground. She was ready to dart forward towards Chichi, but then she realised that Zarbon was now blocking her way. As she fired a StarBlast at him, she realised that they would have to get rid of some of these guys before they could make any progress. So she decided to stop defending and start attacking.
She chose Raditz as her target; he was the weakest, even though he was now much stronger than when he had been defeated by Piccolo and Goku. Seeing that he was still on the ground, she took her chance, dodging Zarbon and rocketing down towards him, landing squarely on his stomach and winding him. Stumbling shakily to his feet, he realised that Bulma was targeting him. He formed a small ki blast and sent it flying towards her. Bulma tensed herself and sent the blast back towards Raditz, who was forced to duck. While he was still off balance, Bulma flew into close range and they started exchanging lightning fast blows.
She ducked under his arm to deliver a sharp uppercut to his chin. She kicked forward with her left leg, not even pausing as one of his punches connected with her stomach. Her extra training and the difference between their power levels was really showing. Some of her other enemies stepped in from time to time, trying to distract her from her target. But she beat them off and persistently, relentlessly, she kept attacking.
Raditz was starting to panic. He dimly saw a necklace gleaming around Bulma's neck. As a distraction, he dodged one of her attacks, whipped his arm up and gave a vicious tug on the necklace. One of the links in it snapped and it came away in his hand with a small clinking sound.
"NO!" Bulma cried out. She couldn't lose that necklace! It was from Vegeta, it was special to her! Wildly, she reached out towards the necklace in Raditz's hands. He had a taunting smile on his face, and was dangling it just out of her reach.
Then, his grin grew even wider as he drew his arm with the necklace behind his head. Bulma saw what he was about to do and cried out in panic. Raditz threw it hard across the room. She watched, paralysed, as the necklace and the pendant made a long, graceful arc in midair, seemingly in slow motion. It was heading directly for the large steel ball hanging from the roof. It was going to smash against it! Then, amazingly, it disappeared straight through the curved surface of the ball. Bulma's eyes widened in surprise. There was something very strange going on here.
* * * * *
Vegeta sat silently in his prison with the others. Talking had stopped a long time ago. Dully he looked around at the faces of all the people he now reluctantly called friends. They were blank with despair. Restlessly he turned his eyes away. They were in a suspended, cubic cage. Around it was a sphere that looked like a big steel ball. A dim red glow seemed to radiate from the inside of the ball, reflecting its glow on them. This strange shield Dr Gero had invented cut out all outside sound; it was completely silent.
Suddenly that silence was broken. A small object materialised on their side of the round steel-looking shield. It glittered golden in the light from the shield as it flew through the air and tinkled to the floor of the cage right in front of Vegeta. Curiously he leant forward, straining his eyes in the dim light, trying to make out what it was.
Then he realised. It was a tiny dragon ball pendant, hanging from a delicate golden chain. And without a doubt, he knew who it belonged to. The others were looking up at him as he held the necklace in his shaking hands, his eyes wide.
"Bulma?!"
* * * * *
AN: Hahahahahaha!!!! EVIL CLIFFHANGER! :) That was reeeaaally fun 2 write!!! I LOVE cliffhangers! Except when I'm reading them of course. :) So have you figured out where the guys are yet?! Check back soon for more, coz it's the school holidays and I have more time to write. Happy reading!