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Chapter 17
Confessions
"What are you talking about?" Launch asked.
"I know now, everything!" he said.
"What are you talking about!?" she asked. "I didn't kill Tien, Paolo did, I barely escaped!" she said angrily.
"Really?" Yamucha asked. "Then why did you tell everyone that he was in the bathroom?" he asked. Launch gulped at the question.
"To not make everybody feel down and loose hope!" she cried.
"Nice try." he said. "Now I know," he started. "Now I know why you told Tien to tell everybody to take a road trip." he said. "You don't want us to trace all of this to you. So you planned to have all of your plans scattered so nobody will think that one of us is behind all of this." he said.. Launch smiled.
"I didn't know that you're smart." she smiled. "But I have a question." she pondered for a minute. "How the heck did you know that I suggested the road trip to Tien?"
"Easy, I made him tell me, I was getting suspicious to the fact on how the heck did you found out that there was no blood on the bathroom floor, when neither both of us went in to look at the dead girl." he said. "I became suspicious, but I can't just tell it out loud without any proof to back it up." he finished, making Launch laugh again.
"Very good." she said. "But I tell you this. How did it convince you that I am behind all of this?"
"Easy, you were scared when Vegeta and 18 had a plan to get us all out of here." he said. "Plus of course Tien's sudden disappearance." he finished. Launch giggled and then started to laugh maniacally.
[Back of the Hotel]
"We're here!" Krillen said happily as they reached the very end. But to the end of their luck, the door was chained from the outside so there is no way out.
"No!" Bulma groaned and dropped to her knees. Krillen and Chichi gently placed Goku down, his back against the wall.
"How are we suppose to leave now?" Chichi asked.
"The front of the hotel is too far and besides we might run into Paolo." Krillen told them the obvious.
"I know." Bulma groaned once again, still holding the door handles. "We have to get out of here." she sighed and stood up.
"Where's Yamucha and Launch?" Goku asked.
"I don't know but I hope they're safe." Bulma sighed and buried her face on her hands.
[Hallway]
"Then you know that I put that brochure in your backpack?" Launch asked him.
"Of course."
"Very good, Yamucha, the first to solve the mystery."
"I have a question." Yamucha asked out of the blue.
"Feel free to ask." she said sweetly.
"How the heck did you know that there's going to be storm here?" he asked.
"I didn't, to my luck, it just happened to come by. You see this hotel is nearly bankrupt, nobody goes here anymore." she smirked. "This hotel belongs to my father, well, actually, belonged." she corrected herself with a laugh.
"Cori?"
"Yes." she said.
"You killed your own father!?" Yamucha shook his head in disbelief.
"Of course not!" Launch scolded him. "Paolo did." she smiled.
"Why!?" he asked.
"Actually, it could've been over from the start, if the housekeeper bitch hadn't entered and interrupted me." Launch said with great hate in her voice.
"What are you talking about?" he asked.
"Well, my main target is of course," she paused. "You know." she smiled.
"Bulma." Yamucha whispered.
"Yes."
"Why? What did she ever do to you!?" Yamucha asked.
"Things you wouldn't understand!" tears started forming in her eyes. "Let's start on middle school, shall we?" she asked sweetly. "Sixth grade!" she said. "She moves in everybody's all nice to her because she's the Capsule Corp. Heiress!" she hissed.
"We didn't become nice to her because she was the heiress to the capsule corp, it's because she was nice!" Yamucha said.
"Which brings me to the Seventh Grade!" Launch hissed. "Chichi, the most popular girl in school became her best friend, when I, spent most of my life, pleasing her so I could be her right hand girl, a place where every girl in our school dreamed to be in!" she said angrily, her voice raising. Yamucha shook his head in disbelief. "I have known Chichi all my life and here SHE comes, befriends her became more popular than Chichi ever did," she gasped. "And it was all too fine to Chichi!" she hissed angrily.
"That's why you hate Bulma?!" Yamucha asked angrily.
"Let's go to Eight Grade." she started. "Vegeta Ouji." she smiled. "You of course had known that I had a crush on him my entire life." she asked. Yamucha nodded. "But then on the eight grade he and her started having these bouts!" she said. "Arguing, teasing, almost like flirting!" she said.
"I was dating Bulma at that time." Yamucha snapped at her.
"Which brings me to the Ninth grade." she smiled. "You became the captain of the baseball team, being one of the most popular guys in highschool, Bulma became the co head cheerleader." she stated.
"So!?"
"Which means the perfect couple!" Launch stated. "Everybody just keeps talking about the two of you, the most perfect couple, the cute lovely couple, Mister and Misses soon to be King and Queen of the prom!" her voice getting higher.
"But we broke up!" Yamucha stated.
"On the tenth grade." she smiled at him, regaining her sweet tone back. "She then became single for the whole year." she said.
"And?"
"And all the boys are after her!" she said in frustration, her eyes getting red. "Sending her flowers, gifts, teddy bears, chocolates!" she hissed.
"You are mad at her because she's better than you!?"
"Eleventh grade," she started. "Guess?" she smiled sweetly, making Yamucha want to puke at the very moment.
"Vegeta and Bulma started getting closer to each other." he said.
"Yes, doing projects together, spending time, hanging out as they would like to call it." she said, the smile still on her face but the voice cold with hatred.
"You're obsessed with her!" Yamucha screamed.
"Twelfth grade." she dismissed his outburst. "Wanna guess again?" she asked, this time her voice really sweet.
"Bulma and Vegeta started going out." he said.
"Yes, that's why I pretended to like Tien, so,..." she said, trying to have Yamucha piece it all together.
"So nobody will realized you were affected at all," he finished. "And you succeeded in that!" he confessed, tears started forming in his eyes. "But you won't succeed in this one!"
"I don't believe this!" Launch cried. "How come nobody won't hate her!?" she asked him angrily. "She broke your heart and ran to Vegeta and you are willing to still be on her side!?" she asked, her face red in anger.
"Bulma's not a psycho!" Yamucha stated.
"She became more popular than Chichi!" she said dismissing Yamucha's comment. "Why isn't she mad at her!?" she screamed. "She had the best boyfriend!" she said again. "Why was Marron not angry with her!?" she asked. "Marron had liked Vegeta as long as I did, so why isn't she angry at her!?" she screamed.
"You're nuts!" Yamucha whispered but loud enough for Launch to hear.
"If that stupid bitch hadn't entered the room, it could've been over! But of course you understand why I have to kill her, she saw me!" she said, Yamucha shook his head trying to block out everything that she was saying but to no use. "I could've killed her at the very spot! I could've ended Chichi's life also! I could've killed the both of them and end their pathetic lives!"
"Chichi too!?" Yamucha asked, his eyes widening.
"Yes, and Marron." she said. "Of course Marron is dead so two more to go." she smiled.
"Why Marron!?"
"She's a BITCH!" she screamed.
"You hate her because of that!?"
"No, actually, Paolo thought it was Bulma on one of the bathroom stalls, but to Bulma's luck it was Marron." she smiled. "I have no intention of killing you guys, I was actually going to let you all go once Bulma's dead." she said. "But since dear ol' Uncle made a mistake because of those pathetic blue hairs, then I say, why not kill them all!?" she said with a devilish smile on her features.
"You're fucking nuts!" Yamucha whispered but Launch heard it.
"Join me Yamucha," she paused and gave him a sweet innocent look "And spare your own life." she smiled, Yamucha's eyes widened.
[Back of the Hotel] {eight more minutes before the cops arrive}
"Did you hear that?" Goku asked as his head snapped up when he suddenly heard footsteps.
"Oh god!" Chichi whispered when she heard it. "Bulma." she called.
"Oh no." Bulma whispered.
"It's a dead end!" Krillen said as he stood up.
"What are we going to do, he's coming closer!" Chichi cried. Goku tried calming her down. Bulma got up from the ground and grabbed the door handles and started pulling as tears flowed down her eyes.
"Oh god!" she cried as she continued on struggling. "Vegeta." she whispered as she and Krillen continued on prying the door open, but no luck. Bulma slammed her hand on the door, it was a window. A door with windows, she could smash it open! "Krillen, we could smash one of this windows open." she said.
"Exactly how!? It's no ordinary windows. It's hard windows!" he said back.
"I don't know." she said starting to lose hope. Goku was already on his feet, Chichi helping him keep balance.
"We're going to die." Krillen said.
"No!" Bulma cried and continued punching the glass window. "VEGETA!"she screamed and cried at the same time. And as if on cue, a face startled her when it suddenly appeared from the other side of the door.
"Vegeta!" she smiled.
"You called?" he smirked at her.
"Get us out, he's coming!" she said. Vegeta nodded. He then took of his shirt, making the people around him confused as to why he did that, then it all made sense when he wrapped his shirt around his right fist. Bulma made her friends back up to give Vegeta room. Vegeta withdrew his right arm and with all the gathered up strength he had, he put force and punched the window, braking it into tiny pieces. He continued on taking off the sharp edges with his wrapped up hand.
Once all of the glass was cleared up he motioned for them to hop on and get out of there. They pushed Goku out first. Vegeta helped him out, he quickly handed him to 18 who helped Goku balance himself, then Chichi came out afterwards but not long before Paolo spotted them.
"GO!"Vegeta yelled to the two girls and Goku, they three nodded their heads in agreement and ran away whilst helping Goku.
"WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING!?"he screamed and ran after them. Bulma screamed and pushed Krillen out. She herself quickly hopped on and Vegeta quickly pulled her out before the knife made contact with Bulma's skin. The trio ran after the other trio into the forest.
Paolo straightened himself up and jumped the smashed window and out into the cold. He ran after the six. He's not going to let them go this time!
"Run!" Vegeta yelled as he tried putting his ripped shirt back on. Better be ripped than be in the cold with nothing on to keep you warm. Vegeta grabbed Bulma's wrist and pulled her along to him. He's not going to let her go and leave her behind anymore, she almost got killed for crying out loud if he hadn't make it in time!
He looked back and saw Paolo hot on their tails. He cursed and looked ahead, no sign of Goku, Chichi or 18.
"Where the hell are they!?" he asked and then looked back, his eyes widened and he stopped making Bulma bump hard on his chest and making Krillen look back to stop also. Krillen's eyes widened to what he saw. There, behind two enormous trees, Chichi and Goku hid in the other and 18 hid in the other one adjacent to it. Goku was leaning on the tree keeping his balance and Chichi and 18 held large trunks that they pulled from the trees.
When Paolo passed by the two girls attacked him, whacking, smashing, hitting, striking him with the tree trunks until he let go of the knife. After seeing this, Vegeta let go of Bulma's wrist and headed to Paolo, he thrust his fist into his abdomen and continued the same pace until Paolo was knocked out.
18 grabbed the knife and hid it under the bushes. She quickly headed to Krillen welcoming the embrace he had, just for her.
"What do we do to him?" Chichi asked. Vegeta tried catching his breath and looked down angrily at Paolo, the girls probably broke his neck, which he thinks he deserves!
"I don't know." Vegeta sighed.
"We can't just leave him here," Goku said. "What if he suddenly gain back consciousness and starts hunting us down again.
"Well we don't have any rope to tie him up. So do you have any other ideas?" Vegeta asked him.
"No." Goku said.
"Well, his neck is probably broken so he wouldn't be going away for a while." he said. "Cops will be arriving in," he paused to look at his watch. "Four minutes." he said. "Let's go up front." he said. "It'll take us only a minute since we did half of the running already." he said and grabbed Bulma's wrist and headed to the front of the hotel, their friends following behind them.