Tenchi Muyo! Son of Ryoko
Ch.12- The Time/Space Continuum Adventure Pt.3

As we wind down in our time/space adventure, some people want to stay in their so-called perfect world...but what would it take for them to change their minds?

"Stop them!' Several police officers yelled as they chased after a woman and two men driving in a car. "Buahahahaha! Try and catch us you losers!" Ryoko sneered as she whipped out a pistol and shot at the officers. The bullets hit the tires, causing them to pop and make the car swerve out of control. It crashed into a nearby building, but luckily the officers jumped out in time. "HAHAHAHAHAH!" She laughed as she and her partners in crime got away. "Money money money! I just love money!" Ryu said as he buried his hands into the bags of stolen cash and sniffed it. "Ooh! I think it has crack in it too!"

Ryoko sighed and thwaped her son across the head. "Ryu, honey ...stop trying to think there's some in everything." "But mommy!" Ryu whined. Ryoko gave him the look, and he immediately stopped. "...Sorry ma." In the meantime, the driver just sweatdropped. "Seriously Ryoko...aren't we just a tad bit too much on robbing banks? They got a $$60 billion bounty on our heads! Just like Vash the Stampede!!" Tenchi wailed as he drove through the town. "Oh hush you...it's fun!" Ryoko said as she counted her money. "And drive more smoother!" Tenchi just sighed and rolled his eyes.

"I demand you find my fiancee immediately!!" Ayeka screeched as she pounded the desk of her office. For a rich lady, she sure screamed a lot. "Do you hear me?!" Trunks, Kiyone, and Mihoshi gulped and nodded as they stood in front of Ayeka's desk. "Yes ma'am..." Trunks stammered, apparently afraid of the purple-haired aristocrat. "We'll find Tenchi and get him back." "You better...or else the next time you wake up in the morning, you're gonna find a certain trinket in your bed!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Now get out of here!" Ayeka screamed, pointing at the door. When the three police officers left, Trunks started mumbling under his breath about how much Ayeka was such a "friendly" person, with a lot of bad name-calling.

"Now Trunks...calm down..." Mihoshi said, sweatdropping. "I'm sure she'll eventually get over her crankiness." Kiyone said. "Yes, but where the hell are we supposed to start if we don't even know where's they're going to hit next!" Trunks said. Suddenly, Sasami came bursting into the office holding a newspaper in her hand. She then threw it at them and sped on by. Trunks unfurled the paper and read the headlines: 'MOTHER-SON BANDIT DUO SOON TO ROB LINGERIE STORE WITH HOSTAGE'. "Well that's strange and obviously helpful." Mihoshi said. "To the lingerie store!" The purple-haired saiyajin announced, pointing in the direction where he thinks he knows where it is. "Uh huh...you're just excited because you wanna pick up some chicks." Kiyone rolled her eyes. "Do not!" Trunks defended himself from her accusation.

"Right...whatever..." The three police officers got into the car and started to drive towards whatever lingerie store they could find. "Huh...I have a hunch they're at Victoria's Secret." Trunks said. "Wow, it's like you have psycho powers or something." Mihoshi observed. "Yep! I have ESPN!" Trunks said proudly. "...Ugh...and I had to get stuck with these two!" Kiyone muttered to herself. Just as they stopped at a red light, a car sped through the red light. "...What the!?" "Hey! It's the souvenir bandits!" Trunks said, accidentally smacking Kiyone in the face as he pointed at them. Mihoshi thwaped the purple-haired man across the head. "This isn't Fairly Odd Parents you know! It's Ryu, Ryoko, and their hostage Tenchi!"

"Oh YEAH! Quick Kiyone, put on the flashy light and go after them!" Trunks said. And pretty soon, the three officers were in pursuit. "Hey, isn't that the fuzz??" Ryu asked, looking behind him. "Crap! They're after us now! Tenchi, feint maneuver number 8!" Ryoko ordered. "Feint what??" Tenchi asked in confusion. "...Oh never mind! Let me drive!" Ryoko pushed Tenchi out of the way and turned the wheel hard enough to make a 360 degree spin around and drove past the police. "Dammit! They used the trick I usually pull when I'm drag racing!" Trunks said angrily as they watched the thieves fly by. Mihoshi and Kiyone stared at him strangely. "...What?" Trunks asked.

Ryoko laughed as she saw that the police officers weren't in sight. "HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! That was so easy!" Ryu started to open up the moneybags and sniff the money when suddenly they were being in pursuit again. "WHAT??? WHY THE HELL CAN'T THEY JUST GIVE UP ALREADY??" Kiyone pulled out a microphone and yelled at them. "You're under arrest! If you resist us, we'll have to take extreme measures!!" Ryu yelled back at them. "You can't make us!!" Kiyone growled and ordered Mihoshi and Trunks to start shooting at the car. "But, what if I hurt them?" She asked. "As long as you don't shoot them where the sun doesn't shine, who cares??" Kiyone growled. She then yelled again. "I said, you're under arrest! You better slow down or else!" No answer. "...Fine! They're getting what's coming to them!"

Kiyone pushed Trunks to take the wheel as she brought out a huge bazooka gun out. "Now for the last time, you're under arrest! Don't make me use this!!" She yelled into the microphone Mihoshi was holding up for her. "Make us, ya fuzz!" Ryoko cackled back. "That's it!!" Kiyone shot the bazooka gun at them, causing a big missile to blow up the tires on the burglars' car, and they swerved wildly out of control. "EEE! We're heading towards that Victoria's Secret store!!" Tenchi screamed. "Cool! I mean, oh man we're gonna crash!" Ryu said, covering his face with his hands. "Duck, you damn fools!" Ryoko took her son and Tenchi down with her so they wouldn't hit the glass. CRASH!!! The women in the store screamed as the car crashed into the window and mowed down several displays of lingerie before it grounded to a stop.

The three bandits slowly picked themselves up, rubbing their heads. "Ouch! My butt sure is gonna hurt after this...ooh, thongs!" Ryu picked up a lacy light blue thong and started playing with it. "Hey! It matches my hair! Look, ma!" Ryoko quickly grabbed the moneybags, an unconscious Tenchi, and dragged Ryu by his shirt out of the store with him still playing with the thong. "Hee hee! Man, I can see through it like glass..." he giggled. Ryoko rolled her eyes and took out a pistol from her belt. "Alright you scum! Give me a car, and you won't get hurt!" she sneered as she stood in the middle of the city square with lots of passerby. "Eek! It's Ryoko!" The people screamed, running for their lives. Pretty soon the square was deserted, making the tough woman sweatdrop.

"Does anyone not put up with terrorists anymore??" She demanded. Ryu innocently looked up at his mother. "Ma, we're not terrorists...we're just old fashioned crime committing people. We don't do stuff like that." Ryoko blinked. 'Oh yeah..." "And besides, if you want to get those wimps' attention, ya gotta say it loud and proud." The teenager got up and put the thong over his head like a mask. "HEY YOU FREAKS!!! MY MOM AND I WILL BLOW UP THIS CITY IF YOU DON'T GIVE US A CAR TO GET AWAY IN!!!" Ryu yelled. Suddenly, Kiyone, Mihoshi, and Trunks came driving into the square. "YOU WON'T GET AWAY YOU TERRORISTS!!!" They yelled. "Oh sure! Way to keep our profile down, son! Now they think we're terrorists!" Ryoko snorted. Ryu blinked. "Uh oh...hold on...let me think of a plan...wait for it..." Tenchi, who had somehow miraculously recovered, held a light bulb over the teen's head. DING!

"I got it!" The teenager took out a grenade shaped like a rubber ducky, only with a pin coming out of its butt. He pulled on the ring and threw the duck towards the police car. "Muahahaha! Eat lead ya pansies!!" Kiyone saw the duck coming and pushed her partners out of the line of fire. The duck landed in the car. "RUN YOU FOOLS!!!" She yelled. As if in slow motion, the three officers leapt away from the explosion just like Tom Cruise in 'Mission Impossible'. Or any other action movie I can't think of any names right now. They rolled on the ground and quickly stood up.

"Dammit! Where did they go?!" Kiyone demanded, looking around. Seeing no one, she growled and threw Trunks into a wall nearby. "I think they got away, Kiyone." Mihoshi said. The blue-green haired woman dropped to her knew and yelled at the sky. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I COULD'VE GOTTEN A PROMOTION!!!!!!!!!!!! CURSE YOU, DUDLEY DO-RIGHT!!!!!" Mihoshi sweatdropped. "I think you mean, mother-son bandit duo." "...CURSE YOU, MOTHER-SON BANDIT DUO!!!!!!"

In the meantime, Ryoko, Ryu, and Tenchi were sitting on a grassy hill and watching boats drift past on the waterfront. It was about evening, and the stars were out. "Man! That was fun! I hope we do that again tomorrow!" Ryu said happily. "I think you had enough fun for one week, son. We have to get back to the real world sometime too." Ryoko grinned, nudging the teen on his head. "Yeah, I know...but still...I wanna stay here...I like it here." He said. Tenchi gasped. "What? Why? Don't you want to come back to where everything is fun and crazy?" he asked. Ryu smiled and looked at the dark- haired man. "No. Not really. I have everything I always wanted to do here. Steal, destroy things...plus I get to piss off people."

"Yeah, but this isn't real...its just part of your imagination...and besides, I think you've done everything on your list, eh?" Ryoko asked. Ryu looked at his list, noting that everything was checked off. "...Oh yeah, you're right." "So do you want to go home?" Tenchi asked. "...You can have this thong you stole as a souvenir." "...OOH! A thong! ...Hey! Wait a second! I'm not a pervert!" Ryu exclaimed. "Well, that settles it." The cyan-haired woman stood up and yelled at the sky. "Hey Washu! Hurry up and get us the hell outta here!" "Coming up, Ryoko! And would it kill you to say please?!" Washu voice drifted down. Back in the real world, Washu finally fixed up the machine and pressed cancel. Everyone was transported back, and landed in a heap. "WAAAAHHH!!! YOU SAID I COULD HAVE THE THONG!!!" Ryu wailed. "SHADDUP!!" They said, thwaping him across the head.