Chapter One: His Misery:
For as long as he could remember, there had been nothing but three things in his life. Fighting, suffering and death. When the rest of the fighters of his world were killed against Androids 17 and 18, he and his good friend... scratch that, his *only* friend Gohan, had unwillingly become Earths last defence. But then Gohan was killed by the Androids, and that left him all alone.
Trunks took a look at his surroundings to see if anything had changed......Nope. Nothing ever did change in here. He only checked to keep his mind busy on something, *anything*. In fact in the time he had spent in this weird room he was sure that by now, if he were to find a way to escape, the look of this horrible place would forever be etched into his memory.
It wasn't a normal prisoners cell. It didn't even have a door to keep prisoners in. The open space leading to the hallway was most likely just to tease him and show him what he could not have ever again. His freedom. The walls were uneven and rounded out in some spots. There was also a strange pink mist coming up from out of the ground. He'd tried so many times to get away, but when you're tied by your hands with stretched out pink flesh and dangling from the ceiling with your feet just inches from the ground, it would be more than a little hard to escape.
Whenever he did struggle, that pink thing that the little ugly little green wizard had called Majin Buu, was always aware of it. Jolts of lightning and other powerful energies would fly down the pink flesh holding him, and hit him with so much force and pain it was as if #17 and #18 were teaming up on him all over again. The flesh was also always sucking out any excess energy he had. Even now to prevent him from flying or making any Ki blasts. He hated the idea that he didn't have his hands or sword to fight back with.
He let out a small chuckle at that last part. He did have his sword, it had been swallowed along with him, it was just out of reach. Looking down he could just barely make it out beneath the haze. Another one of Majin Buu's sick games to try and tease him or provoke him into trying to get away. He couldn't do that though. He'd given up on escape a long time ago, and to try and get away now would only waste the little energy he had left as well as remind the stupid, fat, pink freak that he was there, causing him to torture him some more.
Trunks didn't know how long he was there for. Never seeing the outside world and spending a majority of your time unconscious would have that effect on anyone. He risked another soft chuckle; not caring if Majin Buu was reminded of his presence anymore. It just seemed kind of funny that everything he had ever gone through, ever suffered for, was all for absolutely nothing. Years of fighting the Androids, of suffering at their hands, going into the past to warn everyone, dying, coming back to finally beat them, was all for nothing.
Barely a year had gone by after the Androids had been defeated, people were rebuilding their homes, their lives, and a weird little creature called Bibidi showed up. Killing what few people there were left. When he finally did track him down, the ugly little imp actually had the nerve to *thank* him for destroying the Androids for him. Saying that he was in outer space the whole time, waiting for their destruction so that he could gather his energy without worrying that the Androids would destroy him and the large pink egg-thing that Majin Buu came out of.
He laughed a little harder at the thought. (Trunks supposed that a lot of people must find stupid things to be funny right before they die.) After everything that had happened; Earths destruction had been entirely his fault. He had to destroy the Androids, but when he was finally done with that he let his guard down to help rebuild. Not noticing anything until coming home one day to find his kaasan turned to stone.
He remembers what happened next as if it happened only five minutes ago. She was crouched in the corner of their kitchen, trying to shield her face with her arm. (At least that's what it looked like to him) He slowly went in for a closer look, not able to fully believe that what he was seeing was real. To see her face set in stone; it was obvious to him that she was very afraid right before this had happened. He reached out to gently touch her arm, tears of complete fear and agony running down his face. Then she just crumbled into dust.
He had gone to great lengths to find what had done that to his mother after that. At first he wanted to go to the past again and wish her back to life, but after looking around he noticed that Capsule Corp had been turn upside down. It was as if a tornado had gone through the place and left almost nothing spared. What was worse, his Time Machine was destroyed. He couldn't get the dragon balls to wish back his mother, and he couldn't build another one without her help. He didn't even have the tools to fix it, they had been destroyed too.
When he did track down the monsters that had trashed his home beyond repair, he demanded to know who had killed Bulma Briefs. Babidi ordered a giant red monster with horns coming out of its head named Dabura to answer. Dabura surprised him by pointing right at him and saying: "You killed her boy!"
"What in the name of Kami are you talking about!" Trunks spat furiously. "I would never kill my own mother!"
Dabura merely smirked, which annoyed Trunks beyond all reason. "Liston boy, I may have been the one who turned her into stone, but the creatures I do that to are always still alive. The only way she could be dead is if you touched her and her body crumbled." said Dabura, as calmly as if it were an everyday topic of discussion.
That piece of information *really* slapped him in the face. He had killed his own mother? No, it couldn't be true. It just couldn't be.
But it was true, he remembered touching her arm and watching in horror as she crumbled into fine dust. Trunks had only felt this much pain and hatred when his sensei Gohan was killed. He immediately brought out his sword and attacked Dabura so quickly that he didn't even have time to react. When he had brought down his sword on the red demon, slicing him in half, like what he had done to Freeza, he had never felt so much satisfaction in his life. Not even when he had killed the Androids.
After he was done with Dabura, Bibidi thanked him for removing the Androids and turned his back on him as if he posed as no threat at all. That in itself was enough to throw Trunks over the edge. He quickly charged Bibidi, grabbed him by the neck of his turban, lifted him into the air and readied a Ki blast in his free hand. Bibidi screamed that it was too late to stop Majin Buu from awakening, and that if he were to die there would be no one to control him and Earth would be doomed, but Trunks wasn't listening. All he knew was that the only family he had left was dead, and this little green freak had helped to cause it. He fired his Ki blast on Bibidi, Disintegrating his body without so much as thinking twice.
If this Majin Buu thing was a threat then he would handle it just like he did with the Androids. He did after all become a lot stronger upon his trip to the past. Right?
He then went on a search for the place where Majin Buu was hidden, but to no avail found nothing. When Majin Buu did show himself, Trunks didn't know what had hit him. How could something be so purely evil and so powerful? Had he made another mistake when he killed Bibidi?.......No. It was better that he was killed. Otherwise he would just sick Majin Buu onto the people himself. No matter how hard Trunks fought, or how much he powered up, Majin Buu was too strong for him. Sometimes he just kicked him around like some kind of soccer ball.
He remembers the last time he had seen sunlight was the day he had charged Majin Buu and got absorbed by him. He missed the daylight. Because he was inside of Majin Buu, he would sometimes be able to speak with him. At first he would try to persuade him to leave the people alone, and then he tried to reason with him, then he made threats which they both new he couldn't carry out in his current position. Finally after so many days of this, and Majin Buu had finally cornered the last of the humans, most of which were children, he begged. He actually begged him to spare at least the lives of the children, but no. He killed them all, and what's worse he made him watch. After that he started to torture him some more for daring to beg for something.
Once, when his current torture session was over and done with, he decided to be brave enough and ask Majin Buu a question. "Why are you keeping me alive?" He said in a voice that was just barely above a whisper.
"Because there no one left to pway wif." He said simply in a high pitched voice that sounded like it should belong to a child no more than two or three years old. That one really shocked him. He was only keeping him alive because he realized too late, that by killing everyone else he couldn't have fun torturing them. It sickened him to no end. He let out a series of very loud curses, threats and insults that Majin Buu didn't find very funny at all. An electric jolt quickly ran down his binds for punishment, and the last thing he could remember before passing out was screaming from all the pain inflicted on him.
"Stupid, pink freak." Trunks muttered to himself bitterly. Unfortunately Majin Buu had heard that. "That not very nice!!" He sang out happily. "God Dammit!!" Trunks cursed a little louder than intended. He didn't think Majin Buu would hear him mumbling to himself. "Now I have to teach you a lesson!" He said it with so much pleasure in his voice that a Trunks couldn't help the chill that ran up his spine.
Trunks knew what was coming now, and needless to say he *was* a little afraid. After all, who liked getting tortured? He started to breath heavily as he heard the energy blast charge up above him. It came down on him so fast that he couldn't even brace himself for it. If anyone were still alive in the world they would have shuddered at the scream he let out.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Unlike the slow rise into the light that would bring her into another world, the decent was somewhat different. Instead of landing a nice slow gentle landing, like Mercury would have preferred, she fell so fast that she couldn't even brace herself for the fall. Landing hard on her left foot, and twisting it painfully.
While sitting on the street she took off her boot to have a look at it, and fortunately a quick inspection told her that her foot wasn't broken or sprained. It just hurt a lot from landing on it wrong and it might leave at deep bruise, but that was about it. Falling at a fast speed on hard street cement would do that to you.
Mercury rested on the spot for a few minutes, putting her boot back on, and taking a look at her current surroundings. The place looked like complete Hell. 'No wonder that mans eyes were so sad.' She thought sadly at the sight of it all. It appeared as if she were in a city, but the place had definitely seen better days. It looked as though a twister had come through here. Skyscrapers were leaning over, trashed cars were everywhere, some overturned or on top of each other, and broken glass was laying everywhere. She was just lucky she didn't land in any of it.
The town looked gloomy and dead. It was daytime, that much could be determined through the natural light she was getting, but the sun was nowhere to be seen. The sky was filled with miserable grey clouds and the only noises that could be heard was the faint whistling of the wind, giving an added "Ghost Town" effect.
Mercury stood up to get her bearings. She shivered and began to rub her arms with her hands. It wasn't cold out, but the place did send a chill down your spine. 'I guess I should look around.' She thought to herself while sighing with the work ahead of her.
"Now lets see," She said out loud while resting her chin on her fist supported by her other arm. "I suppose I should look at the map that Pluto downloaded into my visor for me." That said, she brought her hand up to her right ear, and using her thumb and index finger, pressed on her blue earing. A blue see- through visor quickly appeared over her eyes and just above her nose. She then pulled out her mini computer and began looking through her files. In no time at all, she found the city map.
"Satan City? What a strange name." She said to herself while still looking through the map in front of her eyes. While still looking Mercury noticed something, this city was absolutely huge!! 'It must've been very prosperous before all of this happened.' She thought gloomily while still looking. Soon something else caught her eye. It was a large space of used land that could cover two whole neighbourhoods, but that isn't what caught her attention. It could have easily been a shopping mall or museum and Mercury wouldn't have given it a second glace. It was how the map was labelling it on the Map Legend. Two C's. Just like on that young mans jacket. 'Maybe I'll find something there that could help me.' She thought excitedly, She had barely been in this world for fifteen minutes and already she was making some progress.
She did a quick scan of the area to find out where it was, and was pleased with the results that came up. She was less then ten blocks from this place and her computer wasn't picking up any sign of the pink creature. She then began her walk. Going slow at first to get a good look at her surroundings as well as to not hurt her foot even more, not taking her visor off either. If that thing was headed her way then she wanted to know it.
Eventually the sheer quiet and creepiness of the city forced her to speed up somewhat. Mercury hadn't forgotten what Pluto said about this Earth. It was a dead planet aside from the man called Trunks and that monster that did this, but the place frightened her nonetheless. Pluto had shown them how powerful this creature was but the full impact of her statement had obviously not hit her until her arrival.
She broke out into a run after ten minutes of speed walking, not caring about the pain shooting up and down her leg while she did this. 'I'm almost there just keep going!' She thought to herself, VERY glad that planet Mercury not only represented intelligence but speed as well.
'Just one more block don't stop!' She couldn't help how afraid she was getting. The idea that so many people could be killed by just one monster frightened her terribly. "This was a mistake! Why did Pluto send me? I can't do this, I'm too weak!" She shouted to herself becoming really frantic really fast.
She had never really faced a challenge without the others before, and the idea of a safe place to hide was more than just a little appealing at the current moment. It didn't matter what the place was. It could be an abandoned zoo for all she cared, as long as she could gather her thoughts and calm down without too much worry she would be happy.
Mercury soon tuned a corner and found herself in front of a very large dome shaped building. It was a lot bigger then what the map originally let on. It was painted white with an orange stripe going across the centre, with a large hole near the top, but it was still standing. Around it were some dead trees and brown grass which covered the vast yard surrounding the area. It looked as if it had once been very beautiful. Across the top of what appeared to be the entrance, were large white letters. Some of them were missing, but it was obvious what it said. "Capsule Corporation." Mercury said aloud while putting away her visor, a light breeze ran through her hair when she said that .
What a Capsule Corporation was she didn't know, but what she did know was that this place had something to do with her mission so she might as well check it out. She circled the compound with a slight limp, looking for a way in because the front doors were locked. Mercury was wishing with all her might that she didn't panic like she had back on the street. Now her foot hurt even worse than it had when she had fallen on it because of the run, so now she couldn't even jump into that hole in the roof if she wanted.
About halfway around she found large broken window that she could climb through easily even with her foot hurt. Mercury walked up to the window and brushed off the remaining broken glass with her hand. She was glad that her sailor fuku included gloves so that she couldn't cut herself, but it still needed to be out of the way or else she could cut her legs or lose her grip and fall. She grabbed on to the edge of the window and hoisted herself over, ignoring the screaming protests of her foot as she landed in what appeared to be a very large kitchen, that looked like everything in it was made of stainless steel.
Taking a look around she found that it was the same in here as it was outside. Trashed. The table was upside down with a leg missing, utensils and broken plates were all over the floor. There was also a very large and noticeable pile of dirt in the far corner that had been spread around a bit due to the wind. Something inside of her told her not to go near it. She walked over to the sink and decided to turn the cold water tap to see if it would work. 'Amazing. The water still works!' She thought gratefully to herself as she turned it off. She then checked the hot water tap, but it didn't give any hot water. 'Oh well.' She thought slightly bothered by it, but at least she had water.
She began looking through the drawers that weren't smashed on the floor for some cloths. After the fifth try she found one full of clean cloths, and she then turned the tap back on and let the cold water soak through it before placing it on her foot. "That's better" She said aloud as the pain diminished slightly. Mercury hopped on over to one of the upturned chairs, grabbed it and set it down before taking a seat.
In some of the drawers and cupboards she had looked through, she had found some canned foods. 'Even if this place doesn't have much to do with that young man it would still be good to stay here.' She thought rationally to herself.
Mercury then pulled out her computer and visor again to check on the pink monster. She had been sitting there for a good half an hour, scanning the surrounding area, and that monster was still nowhere to be seen on her computer. She stood up, her foot felt much better now, and threw the cloth in the sink. "Guess I should take a look around if that thing won't show itself." She thought out loud.
Mercury left the kitchen and began to walk down the hallway. There were many doors on either side, all spread out for the rooms inside, but there were still many. Most of them were locked, but for the ones that weren't, the insides looked completely cluttered up, with desks and boxes and papers everywhere. They looked like old offices that were being used for storage. Mainly weapons and medical supplies from what she had checked so far. 'At least I can use these things.' She thought with a smile on her face at all of her findings.
This continued until she got to the third floor. It was arranged in an entirely different manor then downstairs. Things were still knocked over and broken, but it was obvious that these floors were meant for living and not working. There was even another kitchen that was twice the size as the one downstairs, and it defiantly looked as though a woman had decorated it.
She continued on until she found a nicely decorated bedroom. It was large, with a queen sized bed in the centre with its back to the far wall. It wasn't as trashed in here as it was everywhere else. The carpet was a sea green colour and the walls were painted a nice sky blue. There was a walk-in closet on the far left and on the far right, on the other side of the bed, was a large elegant wooden dresser, covered with picture frames. Mercury walked over to the pictures and began to look through them curiously.
The first one was of a man, with spiky black hair that went out of his head like a troll doll standing next to a woman, with green hair maybe only an inch shorter than him, holding a little baby. They were both in front of the Capsule Corp building. The man was looking at the child with a bit of a smirk on his face, while the woman was giving a genuine happy smile. 'This must have been their bedroom.' Mercury thought as she continued to look through all of the pictures. Some of them were knocked over or had broken frames, but the pictures in general were fine, and saw so many different people in them.
A short bald man standing beside a tall man with spiky black hair that went out in all directions. He was holding a little boy who also had black hair that was mainly hidden under a hat with an orange ball with stars on his head, but the picture that *really* caught her attention was of that young man who she was sent to get. He was younger in this picture, probably not even fourteen years old yet, standing next to a man with only one arm, who looked to be in his mid twenties. They were both smiling and giving "Victory" signs for the camera.
Tears began to swell up in Mercury's eyes. 'These must be the friends and family that Pluto had said he'd lost.' She thought sadly as she looked at them all. There were just so many of them, and this was his home. The man and woman in the first picture must be his mother and father. To have everything you love ripped away from you like that was just unthinkable! Mercury vowed then and there that she would set things right and save him from this awful place no matter what it took.
Mercury quickly wiped the tears from her eyes, disgusted with herself for how she behaved earlier. She'd been so fearful barely an hour ago of nothing as she was running through the city, and she had wanted to prove to the others that she was strong. What a joke! When she found that pink monster she would NOT show any fear for the sake of that young man. Pluto wouldn't have chosen her to do this if she couldn't do it. Right?
Mercury then left the bedroom and quietly closed the door behind her. She wouldn't go back in there. Those people may be long gone, but she would respect their memory and not trespass in a private room. She continued walking and eventually found another bedroom. It was furnished simply, with a blue carpet, a desk with a lamp and a singles bed. There were no pictures or any other sign that somebody used to occupy the room. 'Must be a guest room.' She thought. 'I think I'll sleep here while I'm staying.' She decided before leaving, making a mental note of where the room was in this huge building so as not to get lost.
There was a small bathroom next to her room. At least she wouldn't have to worry about that. But right across from her room, a door was slightly open. Curious, she walked up to it and slowly pushed it open. The door made an eery creaking sound as it was being opened, probably for the first time in weeks. It was very dark inside, the curtains on the window directly in front of her were closed. Mercury walked inside and headed straight for the window, quickly tearing open the curtains to let some light in.
From the looks of it another half hour or so, and the sun would be completely set. She turned to get a look at the room she was in. 'Must be Trunks's room.' She thought while taking in all of the male features of the place. There was no bed, only splinters and what looked like what had once been a plaid quilt torn into shreds behind the door. The carpet was a dark blue. There was a book shelf completely overfilled with all kinds of books next to the window. From horror and mysteries, to textbooks on everything from medicine to auto-mechanics. Some however had many pages or almost all of them missing from out of the books, with lots of book pages on the floor. There was a large black dresser on the other side of the window with a few drawers slightly open, with some T-shirts, tanktops and jeans hanging out. There was also a broken radio on top of it with some music tapes.
Mercury soon left the room, not being able to take in much more. Quietly closing the door behind her, she leaned her back on it for a few minutes to think. 'Poor guy.' She thought to herself sadly, it just wasn't fair, he shouldn't of had to suffer like that.
It was going to be dark out soon and it was too late to go out and search for that monster now, and if she waited until morning her foot should be completely better, with the help of her sailor healing powers. Hopefully that young man wasn't suffering and would be fine until she could find him.
With regret, Mercury made her way to the room she had chosen for herself and powered down in to her regular form. She would need all the energy she could get for tomorrow. She took off her shoes and climbed into bed. Still unable to believe that something like this could happen in any world anywhere. Ami closed her eyes and tried to will herself to sleep. Praying that Trunks could hold out just a little longer until she found him.
To Be Continued..........................
A.N: So what do you all think so far? Am I doing a good job? Anyway to answer a question that I recieved in a review, I know that Majin Buu can't really kill himself by blowing up the planet, this is just something I'm putting in that no-one will really see until several chapters later. Hope you all liked it. Review me please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! plz, plz, plz!!!! ^_^
For as long as he could remember, there had been nothing but three things in his life. Fighting, suffering and death. When the rest of the fighters of his world were killed against Androids 17 and 18, he and his good friend... scratch that, his *only* friend Gohan, had unwillingly become Earths last defence. But then Gohan was killed by the Androids, and that left him all alone.
Trunks took a look at his surroundings to see if anything had changed......Nope. Nothing ever did change in here. He only checked to keep his mind busy on something, *anything*. In fact in the time he had spent in this weird room he was sure that by now, if he were to find a way to escape, the look of this horrible place would forever be etched into his memory.
It wasn't a normal prisoners cell. It didn't even have a door to keep prisoners in. The open space leading to the hallway was most likely just to tease him and show him what he could not have ever again. His freedom. The walls were uneven and rounded out in some spots. There was also a strange pink mist coming up from out of the ground. He'd tried so many times to get away, but when you're tied by your hands with stretched out pink flesh and dangling from the ceiling with your feet just inches from the ground, it would be more than a little hard to escape.
Whenever he did struggle, that pink thing that the little ugly little green wizard had called Majin Buu, was always aware of it. Jolts of lightning and other powerful energies would fly down the pink flesh holding him, and hit him with so much force and pain it was as if #17 and #18 were teaming up on him all over again. The flesh was also always sucking out any excess energy he had. Even now to prevent him from flying or making any Ki blasts. He hated the idea that he didn't have his hands or sword to fight back with.
He let out a small chuckle at that last part. He did have his sword, it had been swallowed along with him, it was just out of reach. Looking down he could just barely make it out beneath the haze. Another one of Majin Buu's sick games to try and tease him or provoke him into trying to get away. He couldn't do that though. He'd given up on escape a long time ago, and to try and get away now would only waste the little energy he had left as well as remind the stupid, fat, pink freak that he was there, causing him to torture him some more.
Trunks didn't know how long he was there for. Never seeing the outside world and spending a majority of your time unconscious would have that effect on anyone. He risked another soft chuckle; not caring if Majin Buu was reminded of his presence anymore. It just seemed kind of funny that everything he had ever gone through, ever suffered for, was all for absolutely nothing. Years of fighting the Androids, of suffering at their hands, going into the past to warn everyone, dying, coming back to finally beat them, was all for nothing.
Barely a year had gone by after the Androids had been defeated, people were rebuilding their homes, their lives, and a weird little creature called Bibidi showed up. Killing what few people there were left. When he finally did track him down, the ugly little imp actually had the nerve to *thank* him for destroying the Androids for him. Saying that he was in outer space the whole time, waiting for their destruction so that he could gather his energy without worrying that the Androids would destroy him and the large pink egg-thing that Majin Buu came out of.
He laughed a little harder at the thought. (Trunks supposed that a lot of people must find stupid things to be funny right before they die.) After everything that had happened; Earths destruction had been entirely his fault. He had to destroy the Androids, but when he was finally done with that he let his guard down to help rebuild. Not noticing anything until coming home one day to find his kaasan turned to stone.
He remembers what happened next as if it happened only five minutes ago. She was crouched in the corner of their kitchen, trying to shield her face with her arm. (At least that's what it looked like to him) He slowly went in for a closer look, not able to fully believe that what he was seeing was real. To see her face set in stone; it was obvious to him that she was very afraid right before this had happened. He reached out to gently touch her arm, tears of complete fear and agony running down his face. Then she just crumbled into dust.
He had gone to great lengths to find what had done that to his mother after that. At first he wanted to go to the past again and wish her back to life, but after looking around he noticed that Capsule Corp had been turn upside down. It was as if a tornado had gone through the place and left almost nothing spared. What was worse, his Time Machine was destroyed. He couldn't get the dragon balls to wish back his mother, and he couldn't build another one without her help. He didn't even have the tools to fix it, they had been destroyed too.
When he did track down the monsters that had trashed his home beyond repair, he demanded to know who had killed Bulma Briefs. Babidi ordered a giant red monster with horns coming out of its head named Dabura to answer. Dabura surprised him by pointing right at him and saying: "You killed her boy!"
"What in the name of Kami are you talking about!" Trunks spat furiously. "I would never kill my own mother!"
Dabura merely smirked, which annoyed Trunks beyond all reason. "Liston boy, I may have been the one who turned her into stone, but the creatures I do that to are always still alive. The only way she could be dead is if you touched her and her body crumbled." said Dabura, as calmly as if it were an everyday topic of discussion.
That piece of information *really* slapped him in the face. He had killed his own mother? No, it couldn't be true. It just couldn't be.
But it was true, he remembered touching her arm and watching in horror as she crumbled into fine dust. Trunks had only felt this much pain and hatred when his sensei Gohan was killed. He immediately brought out his sword and attacked Dabura so quickly that he didn't even have time to react. When he had brought down his sword on the red demon, slicing him in half, like what he had done to Freeza, he had never felt so much satisfaction in his life. Not even when he had killed the Androids.
After he was done with Dabura, Bibidi thanked him for removing the Androids and turned his back on him as if he posed as no threat at all. That in itself was enough to throw Trunks over the edge. He quickly charged Bibidi, grabbed him by the neck of his turban, lifted him into the air and readied a Ki blast in his free hand. Bibidi screamed that it was too late to stop Majin Buu from awakening, and that if he were to die there would be no one to control him and Earth would be doomed, but Trunks wasn't listening. All he knew was that the only family he had left was dead, and this little green freak had helped to cause it. He fired his Ki blast on Bibidi, Disintegrating his body without so much as thinking twice.
If this Majin Buu thing was a threat then he would handle it just like he did with the Androids. He did after all become a lot stronger upon his trip to the past. Right?
He then went on a search for the place where Majin Buu was hidden, but to no avail found nothing. When Majin Buu did show himself, Trunks didn't know what had hit him. How could something be so purely evil and so powerful? Had he made another mistake when he killed Bibidi?.......No. It was better that he was killed. Otherwise he would just sick Majin Buu onto the people himself. No matter how hard Trunks fought, or how much he powered up, Majin Buu was too strong for him. Sometimes he just kicked him around like some kind of soccer ball.
He remembers the last time he had seen sunlight was the day he had charged Majin Buu and got absorbed by him. He missed the daylight. Because he was inside of Majin Buu, he would sometimes be able to speak with him. At first he would try to persuade him to leave the people alone, and then he tried to reason with him, then he made threats which they both new he couldn't carry out in his current position. Finally after so many days of this, and Majin Buu had finally cornered the last of the humans, most of which were children, he begged. He actually begged him to spare at least the lives of the children, but no. He killed them all, and what's worse he made him watch. After that he started to torture him some more for daring to beg for something.
Once, when his current torture session was over and done with, he decided to be brave enough and ask Majin Buu a question. "Why are you keeping me alive?" He said in a voice that was just barely above a whisper.
"Because there no one left to pway wif." He said simply in a high pitched voice that sounded like it should belong to a child no more than two or three years old. That one really shocked him. He was only keeping him alive because he realized too late, that by killing everyone else he couldn't have fun torturing them. It sickened him to no end. He let out a series of very loud curses, threats and insults that Majin Buu didn't find very funny at all. An electric jolt quickly ran down his binds for punishment, and the last thing he could remember before passing out was screaming from all the pain inflicted on him.
"Stupid, pink freak." Trunks muttered to himself bitterly. Unfortunately Majin Buu had heard that. "That not very nice!!" He sang out happily. "God Dammit!!" Trunks cursed a little louder than intended. He didn't think Majin Buu would hear him mumbling to himself. "Now I have to teach you a lesson!" He said it with so much pleasure in his voice that a Trunks couldn't help the chill that ran up his spine.
Trunks knew what was coming now, and needless to say he *was* a little afraid. After all, who liked getting tortured? He started to breath heavily as he heard the energy blast charge up above him. It came down on him so fast that he couldn't even brace himself for it. If anyone were still alive in the world they would have shuddered at the scream he let out.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Unlike the slow rise into the light that would bring her into another world, the decent was somewhat different. Instead of landing a nice slow gentle landing, like Mercury would have preferred, she fell so fast that she couldn't even brace herself for the fall. Landing hard on her left foot, and twisting it painfully.
While sitting on the street she took off her boot to have a look at it, and fortunately a quick inspection told her that her foot wasn't broken or sprained. It just hurt a lot from landing on it wrong and it might leave at deep bruise, but that was about it. Falling at a fast speed on hard street cement would do that to you.
Mercury rested on the spot for a few minutes, putting her boot back on, and taking a look at her current surroundings. The place looked like complete Hell. 'No wonder that mans eyes were so sad.' She thought sadly at the sight of it all. It appeared as if she were in a city, but the place had definitely seen better days. It looked as though a twister had come through here. Skyscrapers were leaning over, trashed cars were everywhere, some overturned or on top of each other, and broken glass was laying everywhere. She was just lucky she didn't land in any of it.
The town looked gloomy and dead. It was daytime, that much could be determined through the natural light she was getting, but the sun was nowhere to be seen. The sky was filled with miserable grey clouds and the only noises that could be heard was the faint whistling of the wind, giving an added "Ghost Town" effect.
Mercury stood up to get her bearings. She shivered and began to rub her arms with her hands. It wasn't cold out, but the place did send a chill down your spine. 'I guess I should look around.' She thought to herself while sighing with the work ahead of her.
"Now lets see," She said out loud while resting her chin on her fist supported by her other arm. "I suppose I should look at the map that Pluto downloaded into my visor for me." That said, she brought her hand up to her right ear, and using her thumb and index finger, pressed on her blue earing. A blue see- through visor quickly appeared over her eyes and just above her nose. She then pulled out her mini computer and began looking through her files. In no time at all, she found the city map.
"Satan City? What a strange name." She said to herself while still looking through the map in front of her eyes. While still looking Mercury noticed something, this city was absolutely huge!! 'It must've been very prosperous before all of this happened.' She thought gloomily while still looking. Soon something else caught her eye. It was a large space of used land that could cover two whole neighbourhoods, but that isn't what caught her attention. It could have easily been a shopping mall or museum and Mercury wouldn't have given it a second glace. It was how the map was labelling it on the Map Legend. Two C's. Just like on that young mans jacket. 'Maybe I'll find something there that could help me.' She thought excitedly, She had barely been in this world for fifteen minutes and already she was making some progress.
She did a quick scan of the area to find out where it was, and was pleased with the results that came up. She was less then ten blocks from this place and her computer wasn't picking up any sign of the pink creature. She then began her walk. Going slow at first to get a good look at her surroundings as well as to not hurt her foot even more, not taking her visor off either. If that thing was headed her way then she wanted to know it.
Eventually the sheer quiet and creepiness of the city forced her to speed up somewhat. Mercury hadn't forgotten what Pluto said about this Earth. It was a dead planet aside from the man called Trunks and that monster that did this, but the place frightened her nonetheless. Pluto had shown them how powerful this creature was but the full impact of her statement had obviously not hit her until her arrival.
She broke out into a run after ten minutes of speed walking, not caring about the pain shooting up and down her leg while she did this. 'I'm almost there just keep going!' She thought to herself, VERY glad that planet Mercury not only represented intelligence but speed as well.
'Just one more block don't stop!' She couldn't help how afraid she was getting. The idea that so many people could be killed by just one monster frightened her terribly. "This was a mistake! Why did Pluto send me? I can't do this, I'm too weak!" She shouted to herself becoming really frantic really fast.
She had never really faced a challenge without the others before, and the idea of a safe place to hide was more than just a little appealing at the current moment. It didn't matter what the place was. It could be an abandoned zoo for all she cared, as long as she could gather her thoughts and calm down without too much worry she would be happy.
Mercury soon tuned a corner and found herself in front of a very large dome shaped building. It was a lot bigger then what the map originally let on. It was painted white with an orange stripe going across the centre, with a large hole near the top, but it was still standing. Around it were some dead trees and brown grass which covered the vast yard surrounding the area. It looked as if it had once been very beautiful. Across the top of what appeared to be the entrance, were large white letters. Some of them were missing, but it was obvious what it said. "Capsule Corporation." Mercury said aloud while putting away her visor, a light breeze ran through her hair when she said that .
What a Capsule Corporation was she didn't know, but what she did know was that this place had something to do with her mission so she might as well check it out. She circled the compound with a slight limp, looking for a way in because the front doors were locked. Mercury was wishing with all her might that she didn't panic like she had back on the street. Now her foot hurt even worse than it had when she had fallen on it because of the run, so now she couldn't even jump into that hole in the roof if she wanted.
About halfway around she found large broken window that she could climb through easily even with her foot hurt. Mercury walked up to the window and brushed off the remaining broken glass with her hand. She was glad that her sailor fuku included gloves so that she couldn't cut herself, but it still needed to be out of the way or else she could cut her legs or lose her grip and fall. She grabbed on to the edge of the window and hoisted herself over, ignoring the screaming protests of her foot as she landed in what appeared to be a very large kitchen, that looked like everything in it was made of stainless steel.
Taking a look around she found that it was the same in here as it was outside. Trashed. The table was upside down with a leg missing, utensils and broken plates were all over the floor. There was also a very large and noticeable pile of dirt in the far corner that had been spread around a bit due to the wind. Something inside of her told her not to go near it. She walked over to the sink and decided to turn the cold water tap to see if it would work. 'Amazing. The water still works!' She thought gratefully to herself as she turned it off. She then checked the hot water tap, but it didn't give any hot water. 'Oh well.' She thought slightly bothered by it, but at least she had water.
She began looking through the drawers that weren't smashed on the floor for some cloths. After the fifth try she found one full of clean cloths, and she then turned the tap back on and let the cold water soak through it before placing it on her foot. "That's better" She said aloud as the pain diminished slightly. Mercury hopped on over to one of the upturned chairs, grabbed it and set it down before taking a seat.
In some of the drawers and cupboards she had looked through, she had found some canned foods. 'Even if this place doesn't have much to do with that young man it would still be good to stay here.' She thought rationally to herself.
Mercury then pulled out her computer and visor again to check on the pink monster. She had been sitting there for a good half an hour, scanning the surrounding area, and that monster was still nowhere to be seen on her computer. She stood up, her foot felt much better now, and threw the cloth in the sink. "Guess I should take a look around if that thing won't show itself." She thought out loud.
Mercury left the kitchen and began to walk down the hallway. There were many doors on either side, all spread out for the rooms inside, but there were still many. Most of them were locked, but for the ones that weren't, the insides looked completely cluttered up, with desks and boxes and papers everywhere. They looked like old offices that were being used for storage. Mainly weapons and medical supplies from what she had checked so far. 'At least I can use these things.' She thought with a smile on her face at all of her findings.
This continued until she got to the third floor. It was arranged in an entirely different manor then downstairs. Things were still knocked over and broken, but it was obvious that these floors were meant for living and not working. There was even another kitchen that was twice the size as the one downstairs, and it defiantly looked as though a woman had decorated it.
She continued on until she found a nicely decorated bedroom. It was large, with a queen sized bed in the centre with its back to the far wall. It wasn't as trashed in here as it was everywhere else. The carpet was a sea green colour and the walls were painted a nice sky blue. There was a walk-in closet on the far left and on the far right, on the other side of the bed, was a large elegant wooden dresser, covered with picture frames. Mercury walked over to the pictures and began to look through them curiously.
The first one was of a man, with spiky black hair that went out of his head like a troll doll standing next to a woman, with green hair maybe only an inch shorter than him, holding a little baby. They were both in front of the Capsule Corp building. The man was looking at the child with a bit of a smirk on his face, while the woman was giving a genuine happy smile. 'This must have been their bedroom.' Mercury thought as she continued to look through all of the pictures. Some of them were knocked over or had broken frames, but the pictures in general were fine, and saw so many different people in them.
A short bald man standing beside a tall man with spiky black hair that went out in all directions. He was holding a little boy who also had black hair that was mainly hidden under a hat with an orange ball with stars on his head, but the picture that *really* caught her attention was of that young man who she was sent to get. He was younger in this picture, probably not even fourteen years old yet, standing next to a man with only one arm, who looked to be in his mid twenties. They were both smiling and giving "Victory" signs for the camera.
Tears began to swell up in Mercury's eyes. 'These must be the friends and family that Pluto had said he'd lost.' She thought sadly as she looked at them all. There were just so many of them, and this was his home. The man and woman in the first picture must be his mother and father. To have everything you love ripped away from you like that was just unthinkable! Mercury vowed then and there that she would set things right and save him from this awful place no matter what it took.
Mercury quickly wiped the tears from her eyes, disgusted with herself for how she behaved earlier. She'd been so fearful barely an hour ago of nothing as she was running through the city, and she had wanted to prove to the others that she was strong. What a joke! When she found that pink monster she would NOT show any fear for the sake of that young man. Pluto wouldn't have chosen her to do this if she couldn't do it. Right?
Mercury then left the bedroom and quietly closed the door behind her. She wouldn't go back in there. Those people may be long gone, but she would respect their memory and not trespass in a private room. She continued walking and eventually found another bedroom. It was furnished simply, with a blue carpet, a desk with a lamp and a singles bed. There were no pictures or any other sign that somebody used to occupy the room. 'Must be a guest room.' She thought. 'I think I'll sleep here while I'm staying.' She decided before leaving, making a mental note of where the room was in this huge building so as not to get lost.
There was a small bathroom next to her room. At least she wouldn't have to worry about that. But right across from her room, a door was slightly open. Curious, she walked up to it and slowly pushed it open. The door made an eery creaking sound as it was being opened, probably for the first time in weeks. It was very dark inside, the curtains on the window directly in front of her were closed. Mercury walked inside and headed straight for the window, quickly tearing open the curtains to let some light in.
From the looks of it another half hour or so, and the sun would be completely set. She turned to get a look at the room she was in. 'Must be Trunks's room.' She thought while taking in all of the male features of the place. There was no bed, only splinters and what looked like what had once been a plaid quilt torn into shreds behind the door. The carpet was a dark blue. There was a book shelf completely overfilled with all kinds of books next to the window. From horror and mysteries, to textbooks on everything from medicine to auto-mechanics. Some however had many pages or almost all of them missing from out of the books, with lots of book pages on the floor. There was a large black dresser on the other side of the window with a few drawers slightly open, with some T-shirts, tanktops and jeans hanging out. There was also a broken radio on top of it with some music tapes.
Mercury soon left the room, not being able to take in much more. Quietly closing the door behind her, she leaned her back on it for a few minutes to think. 'Poor guy.' She thought to herself sadly, it just wasn't fair, he shouldn't of had to suffer like that.
It was going to be dark out soon and it was too late to go out and search for that monster now, and if she waited until morning her foot should be completely better, with the help of her sailor healing powers. Hopefully that young man wasn't suffering and would be fine until she could find him.
With regret, Mercury made her way to the room she had chosen for herself and powered down in to her regular form. She would need all the energy she could get for tomorrow. She took off her shoes and climbed into bed. Still unable to believe that something like this could happen in any world anywhere. Ami closed her eyes and tried to will herself to sleep. Praying that Trunks could hold out just a little longer until she found him.
To Be Continued..........................
A.N: So what do you all think so far? Am I doing a good job? Anyway to answer a question that I recieved in a review, I know that Majin Buu can't really kill himself by blowing up the planet, this is just something I'm putting in that no-one will really see until several chapters later. Hope you all liked it. Review me please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! plz, plz, plz!!!! ^_^