To Catch a DragonBall
Chapter 7
Continued Horror
Disclaimer: See previous chapters. ^_^
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Goku awoke at sunset and stumbled to his feet. He didn't know how he had gotten outside at first, since he'd almost become accustomed to sleeping in Bulma's capsule house. Once his memory of the previous nights events returned to him he growled to himself and started searching for something that could lead him to the people that had taken Bulma.
A quick survey of the outside showed nothing, and a thorough search of the inside displayed even less. It wasn't until he went to the bottom of the plateau at the spot that the kidnapper had descended that he found something that might be helpful.
The shiny object on the ground might be a clue, all he had to do was figure out what it was, where it might have come from, and then it would surely lead him to Bulma.
After a few hours of sitting on his tail (literally) and examining the object he gave up trying to figure it out on his own and ventured into the city to see if someone there could tell him.
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The man with the spiky hair walked closer to Bulma as she lay terrified on the bed. He continued to smirk evilly as he closed in on her, and though she wanted to, Bulma couldn't bring herself to close her eyes, the man was pretty handsome. He leaned down and untied her hands and feet, throwing the restraints to the floor.
"I don't really think we'll need those. You're only a weak female, you're not getting out of here, so there's really no need for those."
Bulma suddenly found her fists clenched and her eyes narrowed dangerously at the man. Anyone who knew her would have backed away terrified by then, but the man just stood there, silently laughing at her. In her anger she stood up quickly and pointed her finger at him, poking him in the chest.
"Listen mister. I may not be the strongest girl in the world, nor am I likely to win a fight, but I'm not 'ONLY' a weak female. I happen to be a genius and I could run circles around your chauvinistic, narrow-minded, arrogant, tiny brained worthless ass!"
The man crossed his arms and narrowed his eyebrows at her. As his muscles flexed dangerously Bulma remembered her situation and the anger that had propelled her before suddenly deserted her. She stepped back away from the furious looking man but refused to drop eye contact with him.
"And you....still haven't told me your name."
"Vegeta. Now sit down and stop screeching. You're a very noisome pest."
Bulma stood her ground for a few seconds before the man strode to her and shoved her backwards onto the bed. She gulped and continued to stare at him, although he now had a height advantage over her to add to his obvious strength advantage.
"What do you want from me? Why was I kidnapped like this?"
"The one and only thing I want from you is those DragonBalls of yours. Tell me where you have them hidden."
Bulma had clenched her hands into the bedspread when she heard him mention the balls, but once he gave away that he didn't have them she almost relaxed. Almost. He didn't have them, but he did have her. That meant that they were still in the capsule she had them in, which were still at the house with Goku.
"They're in my house on the plateau. Just take me there and I'll get them for yo-"
She had started to rise but Vegeta shoved her backwards again.
"No, they aren't at that house, it was already thoroughly searched. Now where did you hide them?"
Bulma gulped in fear. This man was serious and he wasn't about to believe her. Obviously neither he nor the other dark hared man knew about capsules, though how the one could follow them for weeks and not see her with them she couldn't figure out. Maybe he had only spied on them at night after the house was already packed.
"They're at the plateau, which you would see if you would only take me there. Or are we already too far away from it and you don't want to tire yourself out from that long walk?"
The man smirked at her and gripped her arm, pulling her up from the bed and over to the one window in the room. He drew back the curtains and the shades and pointed outside into the semi-darkness. The plateau stood out against the skyline past the city, which they were evidently in the middle of.
"You're in my city now girl. I rule here and what I say goes. I say I want those DragonBalls and that you will give them to me. I'll give you a few moments to think about it before I come back and kill you. I'd think carefully about the right decision if I were you."
The two men walked out of the room leaving Bulma staring out the window, which was locked on the outside with bars too small for her to fit through.
Bulma considered the man that had just been in there. Vegeta, it was a strange name, but Bulma wasn't exactly what everyone was naming their daughters these days either. She didn't think he was much older than her, but he acted like he was the most important person on the planet and anyone he came across was there to listen to him. Well, she'd show him, somehow, that she wasn't going to let him treat her that way. Those DragonBalls were important, she wouldn't let him have them; she wouldn't let anyone have them.
A sudden sound at her window drew Bulma's eyes back to it. She started back in shock as two eyes met her own. They belonged to a man roughly the same age as her and he was a hunk as well. He stared in at her and his eyes widened. Bulma walked towards the window and the guy started to seem nervous.
"What are you doing outside the window?"
"Shhh! Listen, I'm trying to get out of here. I finally managed to get passed the guard outside the room and now I'm trying to leave. Don't make noise or I'll get caught."
"No wait! Help me out of here too. That Vegeta guy is going to come back and kill me soon!"
"No, he probably won't. I heard your conversation and if there's really something that he wants from you and he doesn't have any idea where it is, then he most likely won't kill you until he gets it."
Having said that the man continued passed her window along the small ledge that ringed the building, or so Bulma assumed. She was still staring out the window after the man a few minutes later when Vegeta came back inside. He came in alone, which was somewhat of a relief to her, the other guy had started to disturb her.
"Have you changed your mind, or do I kill you now and end your pathetic life."
"I already told you where they were, but since you won't believe me then...I guess...you'll just have to...kill...me."
Her voice had grown smaller and weaker as she talked and she really hoped that the other man had been correct. Vegeta raised his hand towards her and a strange energy started gathering around his palm.
"Then you die."
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Inside the city Goku tried to get the attention of the people walking through the streets. Mostly they ignored him, although a few stared at his tail. He tried talking to those ones, but they always walked quickly away from him. Everyone who saw his tail opened their mouth in fright and practically ran away. He was having no luck finding out about where Bulma could be.
He rounded another corner to try again and ran into a man with long black hair. The man looked down at him and smiled.
"Sorry kid, I didn't mean to trip...you...umm...is that a....tail?"
Goku frowned and crossed his arms.
"Yes, now I answered your question so you answer mine. I'm trying to find a friend of mine, she was stolen last night and this is the only thing that was left behind."
"Does your friend have blue hair and is she about my age?"
"Yeah, I guess she's about your age. I dunno what age she is though. I just know she's older than me."
"Well kid, you see that big building in the middle of town. That's where she is, but you'll never get her out of there. You can try, but you're pretty much doomed to fail."
"Oh, thanks mister. I've got to go and save her then."
The man stared at Goku for a few more seconds before attempting to speak again.
"You're still going to try and save her? Hey, what's your name? I know a few people who will never believe this."
"Oh, my name's Goku. What's yours."
"It's Yaumcha. Well, if you make it out of there alive, which is doubtful, then maybe I'll see you again."
With that Yamcha ran off towards the outskirts of the city and Goku ran quickly in the opposite direction, making for the large building that held Bulma.
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AN: Oooh...that was a fast update for me. ^_^ Anyone want to rate the evilness of my cliffy? Well, like I've said a couple of times now, I've got a mailing list for this fic now, so if you're interested, e-mail me at hibari_heza@yahoo.com and I'll put you on the list. ^_^
Chapter 7
Continued Horror
Disclaimer: See previous chapters. ^_^
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Goku awoke at sunset and stumbled to his feet. He didn't know how he had gotten outside at first, since he'd almost become accustomed to sleeping in Bulma's capsule house. Once his memory of the previous nights events returned to him he growled to himself and started searching for something that could lead him to the people that had taken Bulma.
A quick survey of the outside showed nothing, and a thorough search of the inside displayed even less. It wasn't until he went to the bottom of the plateau at the spot that the kidnapper had descended that he found something that might be helpful.
The shiny object on the ground might be a clue, all he had to do was figure out what it was, where it might have come from, and then it would surely lead him to Bulma.
After a few hours of sitting on his tail (literally) and examining the object he gave up trying to figure it out on his own and ventured into the city to see if someone there could tell him.
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The man with the spiky hair walked closer to Bulma as she lay terrified on the bed. He continued to smirk evilly as he closed in on her, and though she wanted to, Bulma couldn't bring herself to close her eyes, the man was pretty handsome. He leaned down and untied her hands and feet, throwing the restraints to the floor.
"I don't really think we'll need those. You're only a weak female, you're not getting out of here, so there's really no need for those."
Bulma suddenly found her fists clenched and her eyes narrowed dangerously at the man. Anyone who knew her would have backed away terrified by then, but the man just stood there, silently laughing at her. In her anger she stood up quickly and pointed her finger at him, poking him in the chest.
"Listen mister. I may not be the strongest girl in the world, nor am I likely to win a fight, but I'm not 'ONLY' a weak female. I happen to be a genius and I could run circles around your chauvinistic, narrow-minded, arrogant, tiny brained worthless ass!"
The man crossed his arms and narrowed his eyebrows at her. As his muscles flexed dangerously Bulma remembered her situation and the anger that had propelled her before suddenly deserted her. She stepped back away from the furious looking man but refused to drop eye contact with him.
"And you....still haven't told me your name."
"Vegeta. Now sit down and stop screeching. You're a very noisome pest."
Bulma stood her ground for a few seconds before the man strode to her and shoved her backwards onto the bed. She gulped and continued to stare at him, although he now had a height advantage over her to add to his obvious strength advantage.
"What do you want from me? Why was I kidnapped like this?"
"The one and only thing I want from you is those DragonBalls of yours. Tell me where you have them hidden."
Bulma had clenched her hands into the bedspread when she heard him mention the balls, but once he gave away that he didn't have them she almost relaxed. Almost. He didn't have them, but he did have her. That meant that they were still in the capsule she had them in, which were still at the house with Goku.
"They're in my house on the plateau. Just take me there and I'll get them for yo-"
She had started to rise but Vegeta shoved her backwards again.
"No, they aren't at that house, it was already thoroughly searched. Now where did you hide them?"
Bulma gulped in fear. This man was serious and he wasn't about to believe her. Obviously neither he nor the other dark hared man knew about capsules, though how the one could follow them for weeks and not see her with them she couldn't figure out. Maybe he had only spied on them at night after the house was already packed.
"They're at the plateau, which you would see if you would only take me there. Or are we already too far away from it and you don't want to tire yourself out from that long walk?"
The man smirked at her and gripped her arm, pulling her up from the bed and over to the one window in the room. He drew back the curtains and the shades and pointed outside into the semi-darkness. The plateau stood out against the skyline past the city, which they were evidently in the middle of.
"You're in my city now girl. I rule here and what I say goes. I say I want those DragonBalls and that you will give them to me. I'll give you a few moments to think about it before I come back and kill you. I'd think carefully about the right decision if I were you."
The two men walked out of the room leaving Bulma staring out the window, which was locked on the outside with bars too small for her to fit through.
Bulma considered the man that had just been in there. Vegeta, it was a strange name, but Bulma wasn't exactly what everyone was naming their daughters these days either. She didn't think he was much older than her, but he acted like he was the most important person on the planet and anyone he came across was there to listen to him. Well, she'd show him, somehow, that she wasn't going to let him treat her that way. Those DragonBalls were important, she wouldn't let him have them; she wouldn't let anyone have them.
A sudden sound at her window drew Bulma's eyes back to it. She started back in shock as two eyes met her own. They belonged to a man roughly the same age as her and he was a hunk as well. He stared in at her and his eyes widened. Bulma walked towards the window and the guy started to seem nervous.
"What are you doing outside the window?"
"Shhh! Listen, I'm trying to get out of here. I finally managed to get passed the guard outside the room and now I'm trying to leave. Don't make noise or I'll get caught."
"No wait! Help me out of here too. That Vegeta guy is going to come back and kill me soon!"
"No, he probably won't. I heard your conversation and if there's really something that he wants from you and he doesn't have any idea where it is, then he most likely won't kill you until he gets it."
Having said that the man continued passed her window along the small ledge that ringed the building, or so Bulma assumed. She was still staring out the window after the man a few minutes later when Vegeta came back inside. He came in alone, which was somewhat of a relief to her, the other guy had started to disturb her.
"Have you changed your mind, or do I kill you now and end your pathetic life."
"I already told you where they were, but since you won't believe me then...I guess...you'll just have to...kill...me."
Her voice had grown smaller and weaker as she talked and she really hoped that the other man had been correct. Vegeta raised his hand towards her and a strange energy started gathering around his palm.
"Then you die."
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Inside the city Goku tried to get the attention of the people walking through the streets. Mostly they ignored him, although a few stared at his tail. He tried talking to those ones, but they always walked quickly away from him. Everyone who saw his tail opened their mouth in fright and practically ran away. He was having no luck finding out about where Bulma could be.
He rounded another corner to try again and ran into a man with long black hair. The man looked down at him and smiled.
"Sorry kid, I didn't mean to trip...you...umm...is that a....tail?"
Goku frowned and crossed his arms.
"Yes, now I answered your question so you answer mine. I'm trying to find a friend of mine, she was stolen last night and this is the only thing that was left behind."
"Does your friend have blue hair and is she about my age?"
"Yeah, I guess she's about your age. I dunno what age she is though. I just know she's older than me."
"Well kid, you see that big building in the middle of town. That's where she is, but you'll never get her out of there. You can try, but you're pretty much doomed to fail."
"Oh, thanks mister. I've got to go and save her then."
The man stared at Goku for a few more seconds before attempting to speak again.
"You're still going to try and save her? Hey, what's your name? I know a few people who will never believe this."
"Oh, my name's Goku. What's yours."
"It's Yaumcha. Well, if you make it out of there alive, which is doubtful, then maybe I'll see you again."
With that Yamcha ran off towards the outskirts of the city and Goku ran quickly in the opposite direction, making for the large building that held Bulma.
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AN: Oooh...that was a fast update for me. ^_^ Anyone want to rate the evilness of my cliffy? Well, like I've said a couple of times now, I've got a mailing list for this fic now, so if you're interested, e-mail me at hibari_heza@yahoo.com and I'll put you on the list. ^_^