Chapter 4 – Killed
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Tien gasped for much needed air as he held his chest. He tried to hold back blood from the fresh hole wound. He began to cough. This wasn't good. He looked to his left, and noticed his shorter friend's corpse being tossed around like a lifeless rag doll. There was one warrior... then two, then three and four! He lost count after that... it wasn't good... And he knew he'd be next in line to die.
The soldier looked down at Tien's broken form laughing as he held his hand up. "How about I do you a favor... I'll put you out of your misery. Yes. It would be a great favor on your part..."
An energy attack was released and another scream filled the ears of the enemy. A horror filled scream.
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"HEY! Those are my noodles!!!" exclaimed Goku as he snatched the bowl away from Gohan. The teen pouted.
"Why can't I eat that?! I'm your emperor! And I demand that I get that food back!" commanded Gohan as he tried to reach for the taken back food.
Goku stuck out his tongue as he began to inhale the buttery noodles. "NEVER!" He then gave a small cackle.
"DAD!!!!"
Videl sat there looking between the two men. Chichi had come up just a few moments before and insisted that she'd come down to eat something. She gave a long sigh and did as she was told. But this small issue of the two men fighting over the food was strangely amusing... but sad at the time. Those two acted like children for goodness sakes!
Videl noticed Chichi give a loud frustrated sigh, and she stood up from the table. Videl could have sworn that she heard a few swear words coming from the older woman as she pulled a metal pan from the cupboard. Both men were completely oblivious to what the housewife was up too, but the older saiyan in the room slightly cowered. Videl raised an eyebrow as she watched the pan being raised.
Videl's eyes widened to the size of saucer as she leaned over to the quiet saiyan. "I-Is she going to be using THAT as a weapon?!"
Raditz gave a slow nod. "Yep. Doomy is going to be striking its trade mark once more..." He took another bite of his food. "I'm just glad that I'm not a part of it..."
"Doomy?" asked Videl with a small hushed laugh. "She even has a name picked out for it?" Raditz gave a small nod as they watched Chichi's shadow loom over the two fighting men.
"Oh boys!" exclaimed Chichi very, VERY sweetly. Then men turned to her with glaring faces.
"WHAT?!" they exclaimed in unison. ::CLANG, CLANG::
Both Raditz and Videl couldn't help but wince. That has got to hurt! It did sound really nasty as the metal hit both of the men's thick skulls. And surprising to the teenaged female, it actually made the men shut up, but slightly whimper as they rubbed newly formed bruises on their head.
Chichi gave a smirk as she put the pan away and made it back to the table with a smile on her face.
"Well... that takes care of that," she stated with a smile. Videl had a small sweatdrop falling from the side of her head, and she took a bite from her food. That was... strange...
'Videl!!! Videl!!! Come in Videl!!!'
The teen rolled her eyes as she sighed. She pressed a button on the side of her watch and replied back.
"This Is Videl Chief. Is there something wrong?"
'There have been countless people being KILLED by these weird light things! The city is in ruins!' exclaimed the officer in the watch.
Videl frowned. Light things?
"How bad... is the damage?"
'The city is in coming to ruins! If you can, please find Saiyaman! We need both of you IMMEDIATELY!'
Videl bit her lip as she looked up to Gohan. The hybrid saiyan completely stopped eating for a few moments. And he gave her a brief nod. She nodded back as she talked back into the watch.
"I'm on it."
She gave a small growl as he leaned back in the chair.
'Please come as soon as you can!'
And with that... the connection was broken and Videl slapped a hand over her forehead. "Just wonderful..." she muttered sarcastically. Looking to Gohan, she pulled away from her chair and stood up.
Gohan looked to his parents and to his uncle. "I'll be back..." The young emperor ran out of the room with Videl following. Just as they hit the fall air, Gohan turned to Videl as she walked up to him.
He was very nervous. Gohan wasn't quite sure if she was still mad at him from the day before... "Um... I think the best way... well... we could get to the city is... um... if... I could carry you to the city..." He began to fidget nervously as she gave him a small nod.
"Yeah... I think that would be more affective way for transportation..." In result, Gohan gave a small nod as he picked her up, and wrapped his arms around her small waist securely.
She, in return, wrapped her arms around his neck. She looked up to him, a small blush staining her cheeks for a moment; he wasn't looking at her... but he could feel her eyes on him. So he lifted off into the air. She gave a wince as the wind began to harm her soft and sensitive skin.
Gohan looked down at her as the wind began to cover both teens. She was forced to keep her eyes closed not used to the pressure, which was forced to her eyes.
Biting his lip... he slowly grabbed the buried courage that he needed at the moment. He needed to apologize to Videl.
The black haired female could feel the heat rush to her cheeks as she continued to feel Gohan's body against her own. Only in her dreams would she have the chance to be with Gohan like this, flying in the sky securely in his arms. She didn't want to let go... But she was still feeling guilty from earlier... on how she over reacted... Now she was a target for Gohan's demise.
"Vi-Videl?" Gohan asked as he looked down to her... Well almost shouted. He was, after all, flying at high speeds in the air. She looked up to him.
"I w-wanted to- apologi-"
"I'm sorry Gohan!" she stated as she looked into his eyes for a moment, and then turned them away. The young emperor blinked down at her. 'W-why? She didn't need to apologize!'
"I'm sorry for pushing out the information from you..." she stated quieter, as she kept her head the other way. "And now I'm a target..." she muttered softly.
Gohan gently grabbed her face with his hand and turned it to face him. He gave a small smile, and he leaned in to her.
"And I'm sorry... for trying to be very mysterious... I-I honestly didn't know how... you or any of my friends would react or handle the fact that you know... a very famous person... with many faces..." stated Gohan with a small sympathetic smile.
"The faces? Like how you know many famous people... how you're Saiyaman, the Gold Warrior, The Son of a Martial Arts Champion, AND the Emperor of this Universe?' asked Videl with a small smirk.
The male gave a small humorless chuckle. "Yeah... that's about it... I think," he replied.
She gave him a nod. "Well, I think that's incredible! It must be a job to keep all that a secret!"
Gohan leaned into her more, their noses touching. "You don't even wanna know how hard it is..."
His lips met with hers, and she completely gave in to the male holding her.
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"I think they'll make up," stated Chichi with a smile as she began to wash the dirty dishes. Her husband and his brother remained in the kitchen.
"And there'll be small Gohans running around?" joked Raditz as he used a toothpick to clean food from his teeth. The woman gave a loving sigh as she brought her soapy hands to her chest. Her eyes became all sparkly.
"That would be WONDERFUL!" she stated dreamily. "I'll finally be a grandmother! Think of it! A new generation of children! I could just image what they'll look like!" exclaimed Chichi. She dried the dish with a towel and put it to the side. "I just know Gohan and Videl will be perfect parents!"
Goku gave a small chuckle as he munched on a sandwich. "Just make sure you don't start the wedding plans just yet. Gohan may become embarrassed if we start to talk like this around him..."
Chichi frowned as she began to wipe clean a bowl. "You know he likes her. He'll be after her..."
Raditz gave a smirk. "Like the saiyan mating game... He won't stop till he gets her..."
Chichi rolled her eyes at her brother-in-law. It was a wonder how he was able to keep her and Goku's son sane enough to function in society.
"Goku... could you check up on Goten for me-"
But her sentence was never finished.
She screamed, as the window broke open. Glass shards went everywhere, and some cut the delicate flesh of the woman.
"CHICHI!" exclaimed Goku as he rushed to her aid, and covered his body over hers to protect her from any further attacks.
Raditz eyes turned to little slits as he glared out the window. He immediately powered up into the super saiyan transformation and zipped out of the room at lightning speeds to find the attacker.
Just as he went out side and into the sky, his eyes widened ever so slightly. There were about thirty men standing there, all with either ki balls, or energy guns aimed at the warrior.
"Oh shit..."
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Gohan and Videl landed in an abandoned part of the city. Videl shook her head as she looked around. Only a few stray pieces of paper were noticed being floated in the air by the wind. The people might have left town... or they were in hiding...
Gohan looked around, and used his sensing abilities.
Yes. The people were hiding. They must have been scared that the two teens were spies for the enemy. The male shook his head as he powered up into his Super Saiyan transformation. The power engulfed his normal form, and the energy radiated from his body. The heat of the energy could be felt from feet away.
If this enemy were some where in this deserted town, and was sent by the evil King Cold, then they would have to face off Gohan. He couldn't hide behind the mask as the Golden Warrior, or of the Great Saiyaman... He would come out as the Emperor. The one, who was feared throughout the entire galaxy!
Videl looked to Gohan for a moment before she turned back to the road, and the two began to walk down the street.
"Chief said there was chaos in town... but I don't see it. The city seems... deserted..." muttered Videl as she began to stretch her arms. Gohan nodded back as he continued to scan the city.
"I don't see any fires... or smell them either," added the emperor as he continued to look around.
Videl frowned as she switched arms, "Are you saying this... could be a set up?" asked the female.
Gohan reached in his breast pocket and pulled out his Emperor Dragon Pendant. He placed it over his head.
The sound of guns being cocked was heard all around the two, and they froze when they noticed the enemy warriors aiming guns at the two teens. Gohan frowned as he glanced all around and he brought Videl to him quickly so she could be engulfed in the protecting, gold aurora.
"Well, this is just great..." muttered Videl as she noticed the warriors powering up their guns. There had to be hundreds of warriors around. The black haired female felt her guy friend growl.
"Just great..." mumbled Gohan with a growl as he powered up quickly jumping into the Super Saiyan level Two. Before the warriors knew that hit them, they lay dead on the ground thanks to Gohan's energy blasts.
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Bulma frowned as she carried her son in her arms. He was currently drinking some juice from a 'sippy' cup. She couldn't believe that Trunks was ALREADY four years old.
She could feel something. It did not feel right.
She turned to notice Vegeta walk into the library. Bulma didn't know why, but she felt safe here... it might have been the fact that it was a place that Gohan, the strongest warrior in the universe would always come here; or it might have been the fact that her husband would come in here to cuddle with her as a controlled fire, in the fire place, would crackle in the back ground to help keep the two warm, and have the safe cozy feeling.
The genius also noticed Nappa walk in the room followed by Zarbon, both with frowns on their face. Bulma, currently sitting on one of the many couches in the room, stood up and began to walk over to the two saiyans and green alien advisor.
She looked to them gravely as she continued to hold her son. "He's come... hasn't he," stated Bulma. She just has the feeling that the evil King would soon presence his face to the earth ever since the mechanical spy bat was found, just yesterday too!
Vegeta's face was completely emotionless as he looked down to her. "I don't know what to say... Bulma."
Bulma. He said her name. He NEVER said her name! He would always use a pet name to tick her off. Woman was usually his favorite name to call her. Something must have been wrong. "What's happened?"
Zarbon walked up and frowned, "The warriors of this planet, are slowly dying."
"The weakest have been killed... and Cold's minions are increasing by the moment to take on the other defenses of this planet," stated Nappa.
Vegeta looked into his wife's eyes. "We're thinking Cold's taking everyone out... so Gohan wouldn't have anyone to lean on if he gets in a tight spot." He then wrapped his arms around Bulma, "The energies of Tien, Krillin, and... Yamcha have vanished from the planet. Kakarot's and Raditz are also falling..."
Bulma gave a gasp as she shook her head. He never used the Z Warrior's true names; this was serious.
She shook her head and closed her eyes. She couldn't believe this was happening... It was unbelievable.
"C-Could Gohan destroy these fiends?" asked the woman as she began to hug her son tightly just as Vegeta was going to her.
"He's currently in battle," stated Vegeta with a frown. "His energy is at peak levels."
"A-and there is nothing we can do?"
"Their might..." stated Zarbon flatly. The saiyans and human looked to the warrior and waited for him to elaborate. "If we want to save the warriors we can... we need to go to their aid. Bring some of those sensu beans. They could be a powerful tool during this time, and it could greatly confuse the enemy too..."
Bulma gave a nod as she turned around and ran to one of the library shelves. And as quickly as she left, she came back with a pouch filled to the brim with sensu's.
"Use them wisely... but make sure you get to Goku and Raditz' aid. It sounds like they need it more than Gohan," stated Bulma as she handed the beans to her husband. She trusted him the most, and she knew he would fulfill her wishes.
The three men gave a nod. And Zarbon and Nappa turned to leave the door. Just as Vegeta was about to turn around, his hand was grabbed. He turned around and was kissed on the lips. His eyes widened for a moment till he closed them, and got lost in the display of passion to his wife.
They broke apart and she smiled as she gave him one last hug, but with one arm.
"Now go. But promise me to come back alive!" she stated with a small frown. The saiyan prince gave a smirk as he affectionately rubbed her cheek with his gloved finger.
"And what will I get in return if I do so?" he asked her, the smirk widening.
She playfully slapped him on the arm and pointed out the door. "Go! Just come back alive. And let me surprise you."
He gave a small laugh as he turned and ran out of the room, good spirits leaving them both just as the prince left the library.
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"DAMN IT!" shouted Gohan as he destroyed another three warriors that attacked him from behind.
"GOHAN!!!" exclaimed Videl as she noticed a small group of warriors run up to the emperor with swords in their hands. The teenaged male's hand reached to the side, his ki burning in his palm. The energy grew in his hand, and he released it just as the enemy was feet away.
The warriors had died; not a single part of their body would have been found. Nothing was left after the attack. Gohan gave a small sigh as he looked around. Dead bodies were everywhere and he frowned. This was nothing he hadn't seen. He had to become immune to the sight when he was first taken to Frieza's ship, when he was still alive.
He turned back to Videl, and blinked. She was looking around; repulsion was clearly seen. And then she looked up into Gohan's eyes. She shook her head.
"Y-you just did all this?!" she shouted.
His frown deepened as he gave a small gulp. "They're the enemy... They needed to be destroyed. It was either we... or they."
Videl was still completely disgusted. "I don't think I'll ever want to get on your bad side," she stated softly as she looked at the damage once more.
Gohan gave a small laugh as he kissed her forehead, "I seriously doubt that you could." She looked to him, and gave a forced smile.
"Glad to know."
Gohan looked back into the sky, and lifted a finger. He shot a ki beam from the finger and the two watched as a black thing fell from the sky. The two teens began to walk over to it, and Videl frowned as she kneeled down to it.
"What the heck?" she asked as she went to touch it. But Gohan grabbed Videl's hand.
"Don't touch it." He looked to one of the corpses and he grabbed one of its guns. He then used the edge of the gun to touch the 'bat' and it began to spark. Videl gave a squeak of surprise as she looked down to it. "It's a spy camera. Cold must have wanted to see how things were going... but he must realize that using a bat in the middle of the day... is very suspicious..." explained the young emperor.
Videl gave a nervous laugh. "Crazy..."
Gohan gave a nod as he tossed the gun to the other side of the street. That was when the two teens noticed the people begin to come from their abandoned looking homes. The adults seemed to be staring at the two in wonder. Fear was there too... but it wasn't as strong. The male teen looked at one of the human's, who walked out into the open with a rifle in his hand.
"W-who are you?!" asked the elder man. His gun was already cocked, and it was ready to be shot. Gohan gave a nervous laugh as he held his hand out.
"Sorry about that, sir. We were called out here to deal with some trouble," stated Gohan back. Videl watched on as the teen before her was handling this situation so... professionally!
"Problem?! Well, you've found it!" exclaimed the man as he looked to the dead corpses. His hand was still on his gun. The man still didn't trust the teen male. "Who are you, and why did these... aliens attack us... hold some of us hostage till you two showed up?"
Gohan slightly bit his lip as he turned back to Videl, and she gave a shrug. Gohan gave a small chuckle, as he looked to the man with an explanation ready to be told. "You see sir... those aliens... were trying to get me out here... I'm assuming. This might have been their attempt to KILL me." Gohan gave nervous laughter as he rubbed the back of his head.
The man raised his eyebrow as his gun was being lowered. "Kill... you? Who are you? The emperor or something?" he asked with a small humorless chuckle.
Gohan crossed his arms, and a smirk came to his face. "Actually... I am." The man's eyes widened as he looked at the teen in shock.
"Y-You is bluffing! The emperor is out somewhere in the galaxy, not on this planet!" exclaimed the man as he raised the gun up.
Gohan held his hands up and blinked as the man raised his gun to the teen's face.
Now... there are two factors here that you must remember... Gohan is still in Super Saiyan Two form. Two, Gohan's aurora is gone so it just made him look like a guy with blonde hair and green eyes... er... turquoise eyes.
Gohan blinked. "But... I AM the emperor!" He then pointed to the medallion he was wearing. "The people of the planet Huttaki gave me this..." The man frowned.
"Must be rhinestones! You are a complete fake!" exclaimed the man as he shot his gun.
People in the city came around to see what had happened. They noticed one of the councilmen of the city in the middle of the street, surrounded by corpses. There was also a blonde man standing there, the gun aiming at his head. But they noticed the councilman gasp; his eyes widened and his gun began to shake as he carried it in his arms.
Videl was also standing there in shock as she watched on. She couldn't believe that this man just SHOT Gohan! The emperor!
But he proved that he wouldn't die... just yet.
Gohan gave a smirk as he held his hand in a fist. There was no bullet hole in the teen's skull. No blood either! And what made the elder man fall to his knees was when Gohan opened his hand to show everyone that he caught the bullet.
He dropped it to the dirt ground and he looked down to the fallen man with an emotionless face. "So... do you believe me now, sir?" asked Gohan as he folded his arms, then looked to everyone else who was watching in disbelief.
The councilman shook his head. He was shaking, trembling! Incredible. Yes... it was now time that the people of this world recognize their ruler, their emperor. It was indeed fascinating that the people didn't seem to realize that the emperor was right under their noses. Just fascinating...
"Sir. Just as long as you've learned... I'll let you go with out charge," stated Gohan as he turned around.
The man stood up, but was still slightly cowering. Just like a typical human. "W-what lesson is th-that, your H-highness?" asked the councilman. The hybrid saiyan turned back around, and powered down so his other identity could be seen, and know. His black locks of hair returned, and so did his coal black eyes.
"The lesson of expecting the unexpected." With that, he turned on his heal to Videl and the two walked to another part of the city, where business one seemed to take over.
Videl gave a smirk to her friend. "So, you're finally coming out of your shell!" stated the female.
Gohan shook his head as he looked up. Videl was surprised to find them looking pained. "If there are other races out there on this planet to try and gain their revenge on me... then I've just endangered this planet for showing my true self, and that I am of this planet." Videl's brow furrowed.
"I... don't think I understand what your saying... Gohan..." she muttered.
He gave another humorless chuckle. He seemed to be doing that more and more today. "I'll have to live on the space station... and control everything from there... instead of this planet." He rubbed his forehead. "I've endangered everyone here..."
Videl's eyes widened, "L-leave? Here?! B-but you can't!" she exclaimed. She then slapped her hands over her mouth. She inwardly growled. This was just great. She inwardly sighed now Gohan was going to think of her as a clinging female as so many of the preps are at school...
"Why not?" asked Gohan blinking. They rounded a corner and headed strait for the Capsule Corp Building. The streets were still abandoned. "Why don't you want me to leave? I'll just bring chaos where ever I go..."
Videl slightly frowned at his explanation. "Well... it'll just not be the same with out you..." she stated slowly as a blush came to her face. "I mean... there won't be a logical person who has a neutral answer around. My friends are usually biased."
Gohan began to rub the back of his head. "Trust me... I wasn't always a neutral thinker," stated the male as they reached the abandoned gates of Capsule Corps.
"Prove it," said Videl with a small smirk on her lips. Gohan easily opened the gates with a code and the two walked in.
"Well... my uncle wasn't always like a father figure to me when I was younger," started the emperor as the two continued to walk up to the front lobby of the company entrance. "He was more... evil. But that was caused by the influence of the dark lord Frieza."
"Frieza?" asked Videl raising an eyebrow. Gohan nodded as the glass sliding door opened for the two, and they continued to walk into the building. The male teen pointed to the stairs.
"Why the stairs? The elevator is quicker," Videl declared as she looked up to the hybrid saiyan. He gave a small chuckle.
"I don't think it should be used if this city is swarming with Cold's warriors." Videl thought about it. It DID seem to make sense... And the two started up the stairs.
"So... back to the previous question. Who was that Freezer guy?" asked Videl as they jogged up the steps.
Gohan slightly chuckle. "Frieza. He's the son of the tyrant out for my blood. Frieza was the one originally in charge of the empire, and such a horrible ruler he was. When I had arrived there, I experienced the pain and treatment the other men on the ship had, the lack of sanitation in the ship, and the malnutrition, which the warriors experience thanks to the menu's created. I don't even want to get into what I found they put in the meals..."
"Oh come on Gohan! You've just made me more interested at this whole experience you had!" exclaimed Videl with a smile.
Gohan rubbed the back of his head. "It wasn't a good one... that's for sure. But I don't think I should say... you would have to have a really tough stomach."
Videl rolled her eyes. "I do! Just tell me!" she begged Gohan as she gave him a smile. Gohan began to whimper. The smile. It always seemed to make him feel like putty; as if he could be molded into anything... anything could have come out with THE smile she gave him.
"Well... alright..."
She gave a silent, 'YES!' as she looked up to Gohan blinking.
"Well... I went back to the kitchens, and I asked the cook what was in the food. Um, all he had for the vegetables were things that were growing mold... Covered in mold. Different roots were put into the slob that weren't washed off... They were taken strait from the ground. To give some of the 'broth' it's brown color wasn't exactly a salty gravy mixture. Some of it was dirt or earth from the planet that was recently purged. The reason why I seemed to find something moving in my meals before... was the fact that the soil still had living bugs in it. Ones that were either poisonous just as harmful if you didn't eat them right... and the meat. The meat..." Videl's furrowed brows were given in result of his telling. "Usually the meat was of the people or creatures captured as slaves... and later slaughtered for the meals... or ones that had just died... It seemed that Frieza didn't want any dead bodies to be littering space or his space station... and giving it to his soldiers to eat... was one of the ways to get rid of them..."
Videl glared at Gohan. "You should have NEVER told me that!"
The young emperor frowned, "But you pressured me into it!" Videl just gave a snort as she continued to run up the stairs. Gohan stopped as they made it to the sixth floor, and he opened the doors up. "Anyways... this is the fifth floor to the house part of Capsule Corp. The first floor of the house starts on the second floor for the company." Gohan walked around the room, looking around for something... Till he reached a door that is, the Library. He smirked.
He opened the double doors and felt Bulma's Ki inside. He looked around the dim room. "Hey Bulma! It's Gohan. You around?" asked the male teen looking around. This was weird... unless she was just busy...
"I'm here Gohan!" stated Bulma from a couch covering her sleeping son with a thick blanket. The seventeen year old smiled.
"Hey, is Vegeta here by any chance? I need to talk to him about a few things... The days are becoming stranger and stranger..." stated Gohan folding his arms.
The scientist nodded. "I have to agree with you on that Gohan. As for Vegeta... he's gone. Your dad's ki... for some reason seemed to drop, as if he was in a battle to the death. He, Nappa, and Zarbon went down to see what was going on. They told me you were already handling a battle..."
Gohan nodded, "Yeah... just a few hundred warriors. Nothing much, but the thing was they weren't that strong... If they were the strength of the other saiyans... then I would have been in trouble if they all jumped at me at the same time..."
Bulma frowned, "Ouch."
"Say..." started Gohan as he looked to the mother and toddler. "Are you doing all right? No one has tried to attack you, have they?" The blue haired lady shook her head. Her son gave a tired yawn as he fell asleep on the couch.
"I'm glad that there hasn't been an attack thus far..."
There was silence in the room for a moment till Bulma looked to the two teens. "Shouldn't you both be in school? It is after all Friday..."
Both teens' eyes widened before they looked to each other. "Crap..." Gohan turned back to Bulma quickly and gulped as he placed a hand behind his head laughing nervously.
"Um... Bulma. Help?" asked the male teen as he continued to rub his neck.
She gave a small giggle as she motioned for them to follow her. "Sure. Let me get you both backpacks and some clothes... I think the set of clothing you both have on might have seen better days." Both teens looked down. Videl was still wearing Chichi's clothing... and Gohan had on ratted clothing that was caused by some stray attacks the teen had failed to block.
A stray sweatdrop fell from the sides of their head. "I think that'll be nice..."
Bulma gave a nod as she walked out of the library doors, the teen's following. She then looked down the hallway they were on. She gave a smirk when she went to a door on the far right, and unlocked it by placing her hand on the scanner. It opened and greeted Bulma in its monotone voice. She walked into the dark room and clicked on the light.
Both teens looked around; Videl couldn't help but gasp. She knew that Capsule Corp sold many items such as small gadgets, machinery, and of course capsules... but she never had thought the company had it's own clothing line!
"Neat, right?" asked the scientist as she walked up to one of the walls that were filled with clothing. "The company hasn't exactly introduced this clothing to the market yet. The top clothing artists, same with the shoes and accessories, designs it all. Go ahead and pick what you want."
And the teens did so. Gohan looked thru the clothing and smirked when he found a black shirt. A silver lined dragon was covering the shirt. Shenron. He heard of the dragon from Bulma and Piccolo, and the dragon could be summoned with these things called Dragonballs. He would need to research more on the subject and check it out later. He looked thru the many styles of guys' pants, and picked one that looked almost identical to the bottom part of his training gi. He shrugged as he draped it around his arm. He didn't need any shoes. He looked down to the ones he was wearing. They looked fine. He would also wear the pendant when they would get to the school.
He turned around and noticed Bulma handing Videl a few things with a smile muttering to the girl on how she knew these clothes would look on her. "Oh just fabulous you would look!" exclaimed Bulma with a smile.
"I'll be back in a moment... I'm going to change in the library," stated Gohan as he walked out the door.
Bulma gave a smirk as she looked to Videl and handed her a light blue sports tank top. "Do you want to walk in on him SHIRTLESS?" This statement made the teen blush a BRIGHT red.
She looked up to the scientist who smirked. "What? Saiyans usually have really nice toned abs." Great. Now this just put pictures in the female teen's mind that she was already trying to battle.
"Thanks for the extra info..."
Bulma gave a smirk. "You should go after him. Believe it or not, he almost swoons when you give him your smile."
The teen girl blinked as she took off her current clothing, and set them on a bench on the side of the room. "I don't think he likes me THAT much. We've only known each other for a month..."
The blue haired scientist gave a small laugh. "Child, you don't know him that well. He's head over heals for you. I, honestly think he'll give up everything he has just for you. His huge empire included."
Videl shook her head. "H-he doesn't talk to me that much. He doesn't even make eye contact with me!" She slipped the tank top over her head.
The older woman handed Videl the jeans. And she began to slip them on. "He's nervous." The teen paused, and that gave Bulma time to finish up her explanation. "But his conversations with me, ninety percent of the time, are of you."
Videl's jaw dropped. "He... talks about me?" Bulma gave a smile.
"Yes." The scientist went to another wall and pulled out some running shoes with a pair of socks and handed them to the younger female. She gratefully took them, and slipped them on too.
Then they noticed Gohan poking his head in the room and send a small knock on the door. "I'm back."
Bulma looked to the male as he walked in the room. She gave a smile. "You know... I think that shirt would look better as a muscle shirt instead."
Gohan had a sweatdrop falling from the side of his head, "But the Capsule Corp logo wouldn't be on the shirt!" The logo was on one of the sleeves.
The woman thought for a moment as she placed a finger on her chin. "True..."
"Come on Videl!" exclaimed Gohan as he grabbed her hand, "We need to get to school-"
"WAIT!" Bulma walked to a closet in the spacious room, and pulled out two backpacks. She handed one to each teen and smiled. "Keep safe. Videl, make sure you're with Gohan at all times. Since the enemy saw you, they might be after you." She handed the two teens watches. Both silver. "These are communicator watches; press the silver button on the left side... yes the one that looks like the siding of the watch. That's the button to press for talking to each other." She then handed the two a very small key chain. It looked like a mini capsule. And that is exactly what it was. "And in the capsule is a camera cell phone for anything that might seem suspicious. Directions are there with the phone." Both teens nodded as they both put the watches on, and shoved the key chain on their pockets. They then placed the straps of the bags over their shoulders. Bulma gave a satisfied nod before she snapped her fingers. She pulled a note pad from her jean pocket and a pen too before she scribbled a few things. The teens just waited there quietly as she ripped the paper from her note pad and placed the pad in her pocket once more. She handed the note to Gohan. "If you need an excuse for not attending a few classes, this should cover any trouble."
Gohan gave a nod as he placed it in his bag and looked to Videl. "We should get going... If we hurry, we might make it to History." And with that, Gohan dragged Videl out of the room by her arm.
Bulma gave a small smile as she walked out of the closet and turned the lights off. Locking the door once more, she walked down the halls to the library to check on her son.
And then it happened.
Evil cackles were heard in the halls, and the woman snapped her head around. Bulma glared into the shadows. "Who's there?" The evil laughter continued. "Tell me!" she went down in a fighting stance. "I'm not afraid!"
She then squealed when someone grabbed her arms and forced them behind her back. She began to struggle.
"LET ME GO!" exclaimed the scientist as she noticed the shadow of the figure on the ground. Before she could turn around to peer at the man who had her captive, the man pinched her nerve, and she fell limp into his arms. She too fell into a state of unconsciousness. The man laughed as he walked into the library and back to the open window of the library.
"I'd say that job was almost TOO easy," stated the warrior as he flew off into the sky.
Little did the man know, the small boy watched carefully as the warrior abducted whom he knew as his dearly, beloved mother. He watched in terror as she was taken away, trying to get away from the men's grasp, but failed. His mother had warned him of this one day... and he didn't believe that it would happen... it just did, and he would do anything to get her back... tears fell down his eyes as he looked up and watched as the two figures became dots in the horizon. He never felt so scared... and alone. Just as Gohan had felt, when his father was taken away from him.
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