Chapter 11 - Outbreak
"Please don't give me this shit now Chich. I'm more worried about Trunks."
"I'm just saying your husband shouldn't be doing stuff like this to you."
Bulma just turned around and gave her a look. They both knew Vegeta ran off to be by himself periodically, they both knew Bulma didn't mind, and they both knew Chi-Chi was bringing this up only to put Vegeta down. The three girls we're supposed to be getting together at the Breif's mansion, Chi-Chi, Bulma, and 18, but 18 hadn't shown up yet. Worse, though, was how Trunks had not come home yet from school. Bulma was waiting patiently by the rainy window for her son. It was now dark out and there was that killer out there. Not only that, but the storm had grown to violent proportions. Her parents were upstairs, doing whatever. They were good about leaving her and her friends alone. Goten was in the other room playing videogames, also waiting for Trunks.
"If here's not here in 10 minutes, I'm going out looking for him."
"He's probably fine. Probably went to a friends house and didn't tell you again."
Bulma began to walk away from the window. "Yeah, that's what I'm thinking." She sat down at the table with Chi-Chi. "I'd feel a bit better if that Jack The Ripper wannabe wasn't out there...Or this storm."
"Bulma, we are talking about a half-sayian here! He'll be fine. But we should go look for him if he doesn't come home soon."
"Yeah, you're right. But his ass is grass if he doesn't have a good reason for not coming home."
* * *
Gotten was upstairs in Trunks' room, playing videogames and listening to A Flock of Seagulls. Things were boring without Trunks around. He thought he knew he was coming over today.
He quickly got board with the fighting game he was playing and turned it off. He jumped on his , laid on his back, and put his hands behind his head.
"Aghhh, me so board." He began thinking about where Trunks was in this storm. Maybe he ran off with that girl he was telling him about. If he did, he didn't want to have the faintest clue what the were doing.
The music began to annoy him. He reached his arm over to the nightstand, grabbed the stereo remote, killed the power, and lightly tossed it behind him. Usually boredom induced a laziness in him. He didn't feel like doing anything right now. He just lied there, on his back, in the dimly lit room, with his eyes following the ceiling fan around in circles. Every once in a while, lightning would flash and crack loudly, but it didn't even phase him. He was feeling so lazy right now, he didn't even feel like thinking. He was just finding amusement in the turning fan.
After he followed it long enough to make him queasy, he shook his head as the high pitched "yada-yada-yada" sound effect played in it. Then his attentions was diverted. He thought he heard something in the closet. Like a scurrying or something.
"Eh." He didn't care. Probably a mouse or something. His eyes began to feel dry and heavy, so he began to fall asleep. The pitter patter of the rain fall outside helped him doze off a bit. It was a relaxing sound that almost immediately put him out. He didn't dream. It was more like one of those day-time naps where you just black out for a while and loose track of time completely. However, he didn't come out of it rested, but rather annoyed. That scurrying noise from the closet was back and now wouldn't stop. He tried to tune it out by concentrating on the rain sound because he really didn't want to get up, but he couldn't. He was trying to ignore it like a phone call that comes at 5 am when you're fast asleep. However, this phone wouldn't stop ringing. He really didn't want to get up, he was too comfortable; but then again, he couldn't get back to sleep with that noise.
Right then and there, he made the hardest decision of his life...
He got up.
His attitude was just to get the noise to stop as soon as possible, but immediately upon getting up, he got dizzy. He stood up too fast. He sat back down at the edge of the bed as tunnel vision came over him. He yawned as he leaned back on his hands, waiting for the spell to pass. This only made things worse. Now he just wanted to flop back into the bed more than ever, but no, he couldn't coz the mouse wouldn't shut up. As the feeling passed, he got back up to his feet and made his way to the closet door. When he grabbed the handle, a weird feeling came over him. A mouse, in this mansion? It was possible, but unlikely because of how tidy Trunks' grandparents make him keep the place. He began to feel a bit of tension. What else could make these kinds of noises? A bug perhaps? His hear began to pound a bit faster as he decided that there was only one way to find out.
He put his hand on the handle and pulled the sliding door aside.
"EEK!" He jumped back as a small mouse scurried out from the closet and out of the open door, into the hall. He couldn't believe it! A mouse in this place? Man was he gonna bug Trunks about this. There was a mouse in his room! in his excitement, he began to feel something wet on his shoulder. He thought to himself "HA! Now he has a leaky roof!" as he looked up.
* * *
Bulma had had it "That's it, I'm going after him."
"Yeah, I'm starting to get worried myself." Chi-Chi told her.
"Can you go get our coats while I get the car keys?"
"What about Goten?"
"He'll be fine, my parents are home."
Right then the both heard a short scream from upstairs that sounded like a little boy. The girls both looked at each other with a questioning stare.
"What is that boy screaming about now?" Chi-Chi asked.
"I dunno, but I gotta go up stairs anyway ta tell my parents what's going on."
"I'll come with you."
They made their way up the two flights of stairs to Trunks' room. As they did. They heard something that sounded like wrestling. Loud footsteps, hard sounds of stuff pounding on the ground. Trunks had to be back and was play-fighting with Goten. The she really got mad when she heard glass break and all fall silent as they stood outside the door. "Trunks you little son of a bitch," she thought to herself. The door was open a crack. Chi-Chi was closest and slowly pushed it open. Something was immediately wrong.
The room was trashed. Bed sheets were everywhere, there were scratches along the wall, the TV was face down on the floor, the lamp was on its side, and the window was broken. A weird feeling came over Bulma. The kids were never this rough. And where were they? Just as that thought passed her mind, both girls noticed an out reaching arm out side the window, a child's hand, a blue sleeve, reaching for help, while enveloped in some black blur. Then, it fell out of sight. It was unmistakably Goten.
"GOTEN!!!" Chi-Chi screamed as she rushed to the broken window. Bulma was quick behind her. As she looked out, the was nothing but her lawn. No one outside, no signs of struggle, nothing. Just rain. Chi-Chi bursted backwards and ran as fast as she could out of the room. Bulma, once again was not far behind her, but on her way out, she noticed the small blood splatters up against the closet.
"Oh no..." She said out loud as she ran out, following Chi-Chi. The two didn't even seem to run down the stairs, but hopped as they both tried to get out front as fast as they could. When they got to the front door, Chi-Chi slammed into it as she tried furiously to get it open. As she did, both girls bursted outside screaming her son's name at the top of their lungs.
"GOOOOOOTEEEEENNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!" "GOOOOOOTEEEEENNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!"
This continued for a few minutes as the girls ran around furiously, looking for Chi-Chi's son, and becoming drenched as the did so. Chi-Chi continued screaming as Bulma looked around. There was no sign of anywhere he might have went. She wiped the water from her eyes and looked around again, Chi-Chi still screaming behind her. He just disappeared into thin air.
Chi-Chi was crying and screaming at this point.
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNN"
"I don't see anywhere they could have went!"
"IT WAS THAT KILLER!!"
Bulma's first though was that she was probably right. However...
"Chich! If it was, there'd be Goten and a dead man here."
"THEN WHO TOOK HIM!!??"
Bulma didn't know what to say. If someone had taken Goten, they'd have to be incredibly strong to take on a Sayian, especially to shed his blood. She looked over to Chi-Chi who had fallen to her knees. There was only one thing left they could do. Bulma ran over to Chi-Chi and began to pick her up by her arm.
"Come on, we gotta call the cops."
Chi-Chi fought her ,"NOOOO!!"
Bulma then grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her a bit, the rain covering both of their faces. "WE LOOKED EVERYWHERE! WE CAN'T FIND HIM! HE'S SOMWHERE ELSE! WE GOTTA CALL THE COPS! COME ON!" Bulma then grabbed her by the hand and led her back inside, running. They didn't even bother to close the door, they just ran straight into the kitchen. Bulma let her go, picked up the cordless phone from the wall and began to dial. Chi-Chi was on the other side of the small circular kitchen table with her arms crossed, tears running down her already soaked face. The phone began to ring and Bulma couldn't help but take in what just happened.
"As soon as I'm off the phone with them, I'll call the boys," meaning Yamcha, Tien, Piccolo, and Krillin. "They'll be able to find him in no time since they can sense where he is."
Chi-Chi was still silent and pacing back and forth. Bulma came up to her and put her arm on her shoulder. "It'll be ok, they find him." Chi-Chi just sniffled and nodded her head.
"911 emergency."
"Hi, my friend's son has just been kidnapped."
"Where did the kidnapping take place?"
"At my house, the Breifs' Mansion."
"And what was the name of the kidnapped?"
"Goten." She looked back at Chi-Chi. She was amazed that she was holding herself together this well. She turned her back too her and faced the window. The rain was still coming down hard, but maybe she would see something through it all. It was unlikely, but it didn't hurt.
"When was the last time you saw Goten?"
"As the kidnapper was dragging him out of my window."
The storm continued to rage on outside with no sign of stopping.
"Are his parents available?"
"Yes, his mother's right here."
"May I please speak with her?"
"Yeah, sure... Chich, they wanna talk to you."
Chi-Chi didn't answer. She was probably still unable to speak. Bulma turned to give her the phone herself. When Bulma faced her, she had a look of absolute shock on her face and was trembling as she slowly stepped backwards. Bulma rushed over to her.
"What's wrong." Chi-Chi just nodded ahead of her. Bulma quickly looked in that direction.
"Oh my God..." Bulma had never taken the Lords name in vein before in her life. She could hear the voice over the phone still talking to her.
"Ma'am. Ma'am are you still there?"
Bulma slowly raised the phone back up to her ear. Short of breath and trembling she answered, "Yeah... I'm still he... here."
"What's happening ma'am?" A true sense of urgency was heard in her voice.
"There... there's a monster standing in front of us." She couldn't control her breathing. Every breath she took was a short gulp of air.
"Excuse me ma'am?"
"There is a large black monster staring at us from the other side of the room." She said in a slow, distinctive voice.
"There is a large black monster in the room with you?"
"Yes."
Bulma then heard a faint voice from the other end of the line.
"You're caller's seeing a monster too?"
The operator answered, "What do you mean too?"
"My caller is reporting monsters too."
"Are you serious?... Ma'am, are you still there...? Ma'am?"
"It's moving towards us now." Both Bulma's and Chi-Chi's breathing became very loud.
"Ma'am, there are several people here reporting monsters. I believe you. I'm sending a squad car right over."
"Please hurry!" At that moment, the monster sprang at the two. Bulma dropped the phone and jumped towards Chi-Chi and pulled her out of the way. As she did, the monster went over them and into a cabinet, smashing it to bits and spilling pots and pans everywhere. The girls looked over at the wreck. The monster was phased, but getting back to its feet fast. The two got back up and began to run for the front door, almost immediately, they heard banging and clanging of steel furiously behind them. They ran into the living room and threw the door shut behind them. They didn't get two steps before the monster smashed through it, sending splinters and shards of wood everywhere. The were still 2 rooms away from the front door. They had to hurry. They continued to run, throwing everything they could down behind them to slow it down. Nothing seemed to work. Chi-Chi quickly looked behind her in time to see the monster jump again. She did the same thing Bulma did for her and pulled her to safety. The both landed with a thud on the hard wood floor and looked back to see the monster land, slide a bit on the floor, regain traction, and head back towards them. The two got back up. Now the monster was between them and the front door. They had to get around it. Bulma grabbed a lamp and tossed it at it as she ran. It smashed against its face, yet didn't have the slightest effect on it. There was a fire place next to them. Bulma quickly picked up a steel poking rod and Chi-Chi a steel coal shovel. They ran around behind a glass table with a wooden frame and managed to get it between themselves and the monster. The monster slowed down and stopped at the other end. The girls were waiting for it to make its move. It didn't wait long. It jumped up on the table towards them. Bulma smashed the glass with the rod and the monster fell through, briefly getting tangled up in the frame work. This was their chance. They ran straight for the front door. Breathing heavily, they rounded the corner where the door was. Chi-Chi immediately screamed in terror and fell to her behind. Bulma looked over to see another monster charging at them on all fours from the other side of the house. They would never make it to the front door in time, and couldn't go back. Bulma pulled Chi-Chi up as she looked both ways for an escape route. The only way out was up the stairs, the worst place to go, but it was their only option. Just as they were about to run, the window beside the charging monster shattered inward, and a body flew through, striking the monster, and sending it into another room out of sight. Before they could make out who it was, the person yelled in a familiar, female voice "GET DOWN!". The girls hit the deck as a large burst of light came from the person, and passed right above them. They looked behind themselves to see it collide with the monster that was directly behind them, and it burst into chunks of light, green blood, and black flesh. Some of the blood fell on Bulma's pants. They immediately started to his as a feeling of intense heat came over her leg. The person came over and immediately ripped her pant leg off before the blood ate through, and tossed it aside. The girls finally caught a glimpse of their rescuer. It was 18.
"What was that thing!?" Bulma yelled.
"I dunno, but they're invading the city," 18 answered, almost out of breath. Bulma took her first good look at 18. She was soaking wet, her clothes were torn, she had a shirt sleeve tied around her arm that was soaked in dark red, and her face had been slightly cut, She had been fighting these things, that's why she was late.
"Well, we gotta get my parents and get out of here," Bulma told her.
"Alright, lets just..." her voice trailed off as her focus turned over Bulma's shoulder. Bulma looked behind her and saw 2 more monsters running on all fours straight for them through the room.
"GO!" 18 yelled as she pushed the girls away, toward the front door. The 2 girls ran outside.
"Bring it you eyeless freaks," 18 said just as they came with in striking distance.
As one leaped, she jumped at it and jabbed a kick straight into it's face. She used the momentum to swing her other foot around and crack the other directly in the sternum. She landed on her feet and rushed up to the one she just kicked. She picked it up by its collar, swung it around, and let it go, smashing it through a wall. As she turned to face the other, it was already up and ready to attack. She was too close to use a ki attack, so she swung with her left fist. It ducked under, wrapped its tail around her ankles, and yanked her off of her feet. It jumped on top of her, but she immediately kicked up with her legs and sent it flying into the air. She flipped up to her feet and ran after it. As it collided with the wall, she rammed her left elbow into its stomach. Keeping it pinned against the wall with her arm, she began ramming her free fist into it repeatedly. After several strikes, she ripped it to the ground, jumped back, and made it explode. She then saw the other come right for her. In one swift motion, she grabbed another steel rod from the fire place and threw it at it like a boomerang. The rod collided with its neck and severed its head. She was about to run back out as 2 more came at her from the left.
* * *
As the girls got outside, three military style trucks pulled up at the mouth of Bulma's drive way. The girls began to run towards them as several well equipped soldiers poured out. Bulma's first thought were how the military just showed up at her door step when Japan doesn't have an army.
"Help us please!" Chi-Chi yelled as they came closer.
A few soldiers immediately too notice of them and raised the rifles to their shoulders, ready to shoot.
"GET DOWN ON THE GROUND!!!" One of them ordered in heavily accented Japanese.
The girls first reaction was to slow down and put their hands in the air. What was going on? They didn't do anything wrong.
The soldier yelled again, "GET DOWN ON THE GROUND NOW!!!" he repeated again in the same language.
Bulma answered in Japanese, "Look our friend is being attacked by monsters in there and she needs help."
The soldier wasn't listening. "Put your hands behind your heads and face the ground!"
The girls had no choice but to comply. They slowly put their hands behind their heads and got down to their knees.
Chi-Chi spoke up as two soldier ran up to the, the other few staying behind with their guns squarely locked on them, "Look, her parents are still in there with those things. You gotta do something!" They didn't answer.
As they got up to them, several bolts of light came up from behind the girls, colliding with the pavement at the soldiers' feet. Almost immediately, 18 rushed out of the house, flying. She swooped by the girls, picked them up by their wrists, and flew to the top of the house. As they were picked up, Bulma heard one of the nearby soldiers mutter "What the hell?". 18 dropped both girls off at the roof, and with out saying a word, dove over the side. Immediately, the sound of a smashing window was heard.
The girls went over to the side of the roof and peered over the edge where the soldiers were in disarray, and speaking in perfect, American English.
"What the hell was that!?"
"Is everyone ok?"
"Where did they go!?"
"LOOK OUT!!"
"OPEN FIRE!!!!"
The sounds of gun fire immediately erupted. The girls weren't the ones being shot at, but rather the house. Then, several monsters appeared coming out of the house and toward the soldiers. They all were ripped apart by gunfire, and left smoking bodies on Bulma's front lawn. Bulma then felt a tapping on her shoulder. She looked over to see Chi-Chi fixated on the other side of the roof. Bulma looked over to see a monster climbing over the edge and heading towards the. The girls got up and ran in the opposite direction. They had to keep their footing in this rain, or they would fall over the edge. Bulma looked behind her to see the monster gaining on them at almost lightning speed. However, before the girls could reach the edge, they heard shattering glass again, and the sound of a fight. The looked over behind them just in time to see 18 toss the monster over the edge of the house. Before the could see it land on the ground below, 18 Ran up to them.
"Get on my back!" She told Chi-Chi. She did, and 18 grabbed Bulma around the waist as she took off.
"Please don't give me this shit now Chich. I'm more worried about Trunks."
"I'm just saying your husband shouldn't be doing stuff like this to you."
Bulma just turned around and gave her a look. They both knew Vegeta ran off to be by himself periodically, they both knew Bulma didn't mind, and they both knew Chi-Chi was bringing this up only to put Vegeta down. The three girls we're supposed to be getting together at the Breif's mansion, Chi-Chi, Bulma, and 18, but 18 hadn't shown up yet. Worse, though, was how Trunks had not come home yet from school. Bulma was waiting patiently by the rainy window for her son. It was now dark out and there was that killer out there. Not only that, but the storm had grown to violent proportions. Her parents were upstairs, doing whatever. They were good about leaving her and her friends alone. Goten was in the other room playing videogames, also waiting for Trunks.
"If here's not here in 10 minutes, I'm going out looking for him."
"He's probably fine. Probably went to a friends house and didn't tell you again."
Bulma began to walk away from the window. "Yeah, that's what I'm thinking." She sat down at the table with Chi-Chi. "I'd feel a bit better if that Jack The Ripper wannabe wasn't out there...Or this storm."
"Bulma, we are talking about a half-sayian here! He'll be fine. But we should go look for him if he doesn't come home soon."
"Yeah, you're right. But his ass is grass if he doesn't have a good reason for not coming home."
* * *
Gotten was upstairs in Trunks' room, playing videogames and listening to A Flock of Seagulls. Things were boring without Trunks around. He thought he knew he was coming over today.
He quickly got board with the fighting game he was playing and turned it off. He jumped on his , laid on his back, and put his hands behind his head.
"Aghhh, me so board." He began thinking about where Trunks was in this storm. Maybe he ran off with that girl he was telling him about. If he did, he didn't want to have the faintest clue what the were doing.
The music began to annoy him. He reached his arm over to the nightstand, grabbed the stereo remote, killed the power, and lightly tossed it behind him. Usually boredom induced a laziness in him. He didn't feel like doing anything right now. He just lied there, on his back, in the dimly lit room, with his eyes following the ceiling fan around in circles. Every once in a while, lightning would flash and crack loudly, but it didn't even phase him. He was feeling so lazy right now, he didn't even feel like thinking. He was just finding amusement in the turning fan.
After he followed it long enough to make him queasy, he shook his head as the high pitched "yada-yada-yada" sound effect played in it. Then his attentions was diverted. He thought he heard something in the closet. Like a scurrying or something.
"Eh." He didn't care. Probably a mouse or something. His eyes began to feel dry and heavy, so he began to fall asleep. The pitter patter of the rain fall outside helped him doze off a bit. It was a relaxing sound that almost immediately put him out. He didn't dream. It was more like one of those day-time naps where you just black out for a while and loose track of time completely. However, he didn't come out of it rested, but rather annoyed. That scurrying noise from the closet was back and now wouldn't stop. He tried to tune it out by concentrating on the rain sound because he really didn't want to get up, but he couldn't. He was trying to ignore it like a phone call that comes at 5 am when you're fast asleep. However, this phone wouldn't stop ringing. He really didn't want to get up, he was too comfortable; but then again, he couldn't get back to sleep with that noise.
Right then and there, he made the hardest decision of his life...
He got up.
His attitude was just to get the noise to stop as soon as possible, but immediately upon getting up, he got dizzy. He stood up too fast. He sat back down at the edge of the bed as tunnel vision came over him. He yawned as he leaned back on his hands, waiting for the spell to pass. This only made things worse. Now he just wanted to flop back into the bed more than ever, but no, he couldn't coz the mouse wouldn't shut up. As the feeling passed, he got back up to his feet and made his way to the closet door. When he grabbed the handle, a weird feeling came over him. A mouse, in this mansion? It was possible, but unlikely because of how tidy Trunks' grandparents make him keep the place. He began to feel a bit of tension. What else could make these kinds of noises? A bug perhaps? His hear began to pound a bit faster as he decided that there was only one way to find out.
He put his hand on the handle and pulled the sliding door aside.
"EEK!" He jumped back as a small mouse scurried out from the closet and out of the open door, into the hall. He couldn't believe it! A mouse in this place? Man was he gonna bug Trunks about this. There was a mouse in his room! in his excitement, he began to feel something wet on his shoulder. He thought to himself "HA! Now he has a leaky roof!" as he looked up.
* * *
Bulma had had it "That's it, I'm going after him."
"Yeah, I'm starting to get worried myself." Chi-Chi told her.
"Can you go get our coats while I get the car keys?"
"What about Goten?"
"He'll be fine, my parents are home."
Right then the both heard a short scream from upstairs that sounded like a little boy. The girls both looked at each other with a questioning stare.
"What is that boy screaming about now?" Chi-Chi asked.
"I dunno, but I gotta go up stairs anyway ta tell my parents what's going on."
"I'll come with you."
They made their way up the two flights of stairs to Trunks' room. As they did. They heard something that sounded like wrestling. Loud footsteps, hard sounds of stuff pounding on the ground. Trunks had to be back and was play-fighting with Goten. The she really got mad when she heard glass break and all fall silent as they stood outside the door. "Trunks you little son of a bitch," she thought to herself. The door was open a crack. Chi-Chi was closest and slowly pushed it open. Something was immediately wrong.
The room was trashed. Bed sheets were everywhere, there were scratches along the wall, the TV was face down on the floor, the lamp was on its side, and the window was broken. A weird feeling came over Bulma. The kids were never this rough. And where were they? Just as that thought passed her mind, both girls noticed an out reaching arm out side the window, a child's hand, a blue sleeve, reaching for help, while enveloped in some black blur. Then, it fell out of sight. It was unmistakably Goten.
"GOTEN!!!" Chi-Chi screamed as she rushed to the broken window. Bulma was quick behind her. As she looked out, the was nothing but her lawn. No one outside, no signs of struggle, nothing. Just rain. Chi-Chi bursted backwards and ran as fast as she could out of the room. Bulma, once again was not far behind her, but on her way out, she noticed the small blood splatters up against the closet.
"Oh no..." She said out loud as she ran out, following Chi-Chi. The two didn't even seem to run down the stairs, but hopped as they both tried to get out front as fast as they could. When they got to the front door, Chi-Chi slammed into it as she tried furiously to get it open. As she did, both girls bursted outside screaming her son's name at the top of their lungs.
"GOOOOOOTEEEEENNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!" "GOOOOOOTEEEEENNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!"
This continued for a few minutes as the girls ran around furiously, looking for Chi-Chi's son, and becoming drenched as the did so. Chi-Chi continued screaming as Bulma looked around. There was no sign of anywhere he might have went. She wiped the water from her eyes and looked around again, Chi-Chi still screaming behind her. He just disappeared into thin air.
Chi-Chi was crying and screaming at this point.
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNN"
"I don't see anywhere they could have went!"
"IT WAS THAT KILLER!!"
Bulma's first though was that she was probably right. However...
"Chich! If it was, there'd be Goten and a dead man here."
"THEN WHO TOOK HIM!!??"
Bulma didn't know what to say. If someone had taken Goten, they'd have to be incredibly strong to take on a Sayian, especially to shed his blood. She looked over to Chi-Chi who had fallen to her knees. There was only one thing left they could do. Bulma ran over to Chi-Chi and began to pick her up by her arm.
"Come on, we gotta call the cops."
Chi-Chi fought her ,"NOOOO!!"
Bulma then grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her a bit, the rain covering both of their faces. "WE LOOKED EVERYWHERE! WE CAN'T FIND HIM! HE'S SOMWHERE ELSE! WE GOTTA CALL THE COPS! COME ON!" Bulma then grabbed her by the hand and led her back inside, running. They didn't even bother to close the door, they just ran straight into the kitchen. Bulma let her go, picked up the cordless phone from the wall and began to dial. Chi-Chi was on the other side of the small circular kitchen table with her arms crossed, tears running down her already soaked face. The phone began to ring and Bulma couldn't help but take in what just happened.
"As soon as I'm off the phone with them, I'll call the boys," meaning Yamcha, Tien, Piccolo, and Krillin. "They'll be able to find him in no time since they can sense where he is."
Chi-Chi was still silent and pacing back and forth. Bulma came up to her and put her arm on her shoulder. "It'll be ok, they find him." Chi-Chi just sniffled and nodded her head.
"911 emergency."
"Hi, my friend's son has just been kidnapped."
"Where did the kidnapping take place?"
"At my house, the Breifs' Mansion."
"And what was the name of the kidnapped?"
"Goten." She looked back at Chi-Chi. She was amazed that she was holding herself together this well. She turned her back too her and faced the window. The rain was still coming down hard, but maybe she would see something through it all. It was unlikely, but it didn't hurt.
"When was the last time you saw Goten?"
"As the kidnapper was dragging him out of my window."
The storm continued to rage on outside with no sign of stopping.
"Are his parents available?"
"Yes, his mother's right here."
"May I please speak with her?"
"Yeah, sure... Chich, they wanna talk to you."
Chi-Chi didn't answer. She was probably still unable to speak. Bulma turned to give her the phone herself. When Bulma faced her, she had a look of absolute shock on her face and was trembling as she slowly stepped backwards. Bulma rushed over to her.
"What's wrong." Chi-Chi just nodded ahead of her. Bulma quickly looked in that direction.
"Oh my God..." Bulma had never taken the Lords name in vein before in her life. She could hear the voice over the phone still talking to her.
"Ma'am. Ma'am are you still there?"
Bulma slowly raised the phone back up to her ear. Short of breath and trembling she answered, "Yeah... I'm still he... here."
"What's happening ma'am?" A true sense of urgency was heard in her voice.
"There... there's a monster standing in front of us." She couldn't control her breathing. Every breath she took was a short gulp of air.
"Excuse me ma'am?"
"There is a large black monster staring at us from the other side of the room." She said in a slow, distinctive voice.
"There is a large black monster in the room with you?"
"Yes."
Bulma then heard a faint voice from the other end of the line.
"You're caller's seeing a monster too?"
The operator answered, "What do you mean too?"
"My caller is reporting monsters too."
"Are you serious?... Ma'am, are you still there...? Ma'am?"
"It's moving towards us now." Both Bulma's and Chi-Chi's breathing became very loud.
"Ma'am, there are several people here reporting monsters. I believe you. I'm sending a squad car right over."
"Please hurry!" At that moment, the monster sprang at the two. Bulma dropped the phone and jumped towards Chi-Chi and pulled her out of the way. As she did, the monster went over them and into a cabinet, smashing it to bits and spilling pots and pans everywhere. The girls looked over at the wreck. The monster was phased, but getting back to its feet fast. The two got back up and began to run for the front door, almost immediately, they heard banging and clanging of steel furiously behind them. They ran into the living room and threw the door shut behind them. They didn't get two steps before the monster smashed through it, sending splinters and shards of wood everywhere. The were still 2 rooms away from the front door. They had to hurry. They continued to run, throwing everything they could down behind them to slow it down. Nothing seemed to work. Chi-Chi quickly looked behind her in time to see the monster jump again. She did the same thing Bulma did for her and pulled her to safety. The both landed with a thud on the hard wood floor and looked back to see the monster land, slide a bit on the floor, regain traction, and head back towards them. The two got back up. Now the monster was between them and the front door. They had to get around it. Bulma grabbed a lamp and tossed it at it as she ran. It smashed against its face, yet didn't have the slightest effect on it. There was a fire place next to them. Bulma quickly picked up a steel poking rod and Chi-Chi a steel coal shovel. They ran around behind a glass table with a wooden frame and managed to get it between themselves and the monster. The monster slowed down and stopped at the other end. The girls were waiting for it to make its move. It didn't wait long. It jumped up on the table towards them. Bulma smashed the glass with the rod and the monster fell through, briefly getting tangled up in the frame work. This was their chance. They ran straight for the front door. Breathing heavily, they rounded the corner where the door was. Chi-Chi immediately screamed in terror and fell to her behind. Bulma looked over to see another monster charging at them on all fours from the other side of the house. They would never make it to the front door in time, and couldn't go back. Bulma pulled Chi-Chi up as she looked both ways for an escape route. The only way out was up the stairs, the worst place to go, but it was their only option. Just as they were about to run, the window beside the charging monster shattered inward, and a body flew through, striking the monster, and sending it into another room out of sight. Before they could make out who it was, the person yelled in a familiar, female voice "GET DOWN!". The girls hit the deck as a large burst of light came from the person, and passed right above them. They looked behind themselves to see it collide with the monster that was directly behind them, and it burst into chunks of light, green blood, and black flesh. Some of the blood fell on Bulma's pants. They immediately started to his as a feeling of intense heat came over her leg. The person came over and immediately ripped her pant leg off before the blood ate through, and tossed it aside. The girls finally caught a glimpse of their rescuer. It was 18.
"What was that thing!?" Bulma yelled.
"I dunno, but they're invading the city," 18 answered, almost out of breath. Bulma took her first good look at 18. She was soaking wet, her clothes were torn, she had a shirt sleeve tied around her arm that was soaked in dark red, and her face had been slightly cut, She had been fighting these things, that's why she was late.
"Well, we gotta get my parents and get out of here," Bulma told her.
"Alright, lets just..." her voice trailed off as her focus turned over Bulma's shoulder. Bulma looked behind her and saw 2 more monsters running on all fours straight for them through the room.
"GO!" 18 yelled as she pushed the girls away, toward the front door. The 2 girls ran outside.
"Bring it you eyeless freaks," 18 said just as they came with in striking distance.
As one leaped, she jumped at it and jabbed a kick straight into it's face. She used the momentum to swing her other foot around and crack the other directly in the sternum. She landed on her feet and rushed up to the one she just kicked. She picked it up by its collar, swung it around, and let it go, smashing it through a wall. As she turned to face the other, it was already up and ready to attack. She was too close to use a ki attack, so she swung with her left fist. It ducked under, wrapped its tail around her ankles, and yanked her off of her feet. It jumped on top of her, but she immediately kicked up with her legs and sent it flying into the air. She flipped up to her feet and ran after it. As it collided with the wall, she rammed her left elbow into its stomach. Keeping it pinned against the wall with her arm, she began ramming her free fist into it repeatedly. After several strikes, she ripped it to the ground, jumped back, and made it explode. She then saw the other come right for her. In one swift motion, she grabbed another steel rod from the fire place and threw it at it like a boomerang. The rod collided with its neck and severed its head. She was about to run back out as 2 more came at her from the left.
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As the girls got outside, three military style trucks pulled up at the mouth of Bulma's drive way. The girls began to run towards them as several well equipped soldiers poured out. Bulma's first thought were how the military just showed up at her door step when Japan doesn't have an army.
"Help us please!" Chi-Chi yelled as they came closer.
A few soldiers immediately too notice of them and raised the rifles to their shoulders, ready to shoot.
"GET DOWN ON THE GROUND!!!" One of them ordered in heavily accented Japanese.
The girls first reaction was to slow down and put their hands in the air. What was going on? They didn't do anything wrong.
The soldier yelled again, "GET DOWN ON THE GROUND NOW!!!" he repeated again in the same language.
Bulma answered in Japanese, "Look our friend is being attacked by monsters in there and she needs help."
The soldier wasn't listening. "Put your hands behind your heads and face the ground!"
The girls had no choice but to comply. They slowly put their hands behind their heads and got down to their knees.
Chi-Chi spoke up as two soldier ran up to the, the other few staying behind with their guns squarely locked on them, "Look, her parents are still in there with those things. You gotta do something!" They didn't answer.
As they got up to them, several bolts of light came up from behind the girls, colliding with the pavement at the soldiers' feet. Almost immediately, 18 rushed out of the house, flying. She swooped by the girls, picked them up by their wrists, and flew to the top of the house. As they were picked up, Bulma heard one of the nearby soldiers mutter "What the hell?". 18 dropped both girls off at the roof, and with out saying a word, dove over the side. Immediately, the sound of a smashing window was heard.
The girls went over to the side of the roof and peered over the edge where the soldiers were in disarray, and speaking in perfect, American English.
"What the hell was that!?"
"Is everyone ok?"
"Where did they go!?"
"LOOK OUT!!"
"OPEN FIRE!!!!"
The sounds of gun fire immediately erupted. The girls weren't the ones being shot at, but rather the house. Then, several monsters appeared coming out of the house and toward the soldiers. They all were ripped apart by gunfire, and left smoking bodies on Bulma's front lawn. Bulma then felt a tapping on her shoulder. She looked over to see Chi-Chi fixated on the other side of the roof. Bulma looked over to see a monster climbing over the edge and heading towards the. The girls got up and ran in the opposite direction. They had to keep their footing in this rain, or they would fall over the edge. Bulma looked behind her to see the monster gaining on them at almost lightning speed. However, before the girls could reach the edge, they heard shattering glass again, and the sound of a fight. The looked over behind them just in time to see 18 toss the monster over the edge of the house. Before the could see it land on the ground below, 18 Ran up to them.
"Get on my back!" She told Chi-Chi. She did, and 18 grabbed Bulma around the waist as she took off.
