By:War Prince Nataku
Chapter 4:Frozen Cross
"I told ya, we're lost.", Volcom said impatiently.
They were wandering through the woods in a part of the continent they had never been in. Trunks had sensed a strong chi somewhere near by and suggested that they check it out. Volcom had the strange feeling that they were being watched.
"I don't like this place.It feels wierd."
"Would you quit complaining?" Goten shouted.
"I don't even want to be here!" Volcom shouted back, "Deal with it!"
"Uh, guys?" Gohan said nervously, "I think we're in trouble..."
Goten and Volcom looked around them. The four of them were compleately surrounded by men wearing camoflauge uniforms. They were all pointing rifles at them. They must have snuck up on them while Volcom and Goten were arguing. The commander steped forward and ordered his men to lower their guns. After he looked them over for a moment, he took his two-way radio from his belt.
"Sir, we've found the intruders. They appear to be unarmed."
The radio crackled a bit. Then a man's voice came on saying, "Good. Bring them back to the base."
"Yes, sir." the commander said automaticly.
The men men went to grab them, but Volcom formed a fireball in his hand, which made them step back a bit. Just as he was about to tourch them, Gohan stopped him.
"It's best we don't make enemies of the military. Just go along with it for now."
They were taken to an army camp that was about a mile East of where they were looking for the second peice of Piccolo. There were alot of the soldiers walking around between the tents. They were taken to the center of the camp where a high ranking officer was standing. The soldier escorting Volcom pushed him down to the ground violently.
"Yo! Take it easy, G.I. Joe!", he complained as he got up and wiped the dirt off his hat and put it back on.
"Who sent you?", said the voice that they heard on the radio earlier."Answer or you will die."
They looked up at the man. Or boy, rather. He looked alot like Volcom. He was wearing the army issued camoflauge uniform that the soldiers were wearing. He had extreamly short golden hair which made Goten notice something about him and Volcom that he had not noticed before. Niether of them had the Namek antennae. Examining the young man for a moment, he also discovered his name and rank. The name on his shirt read "Cross", and the gold leaf on hid shoulder meant that he was a Major.
"No one sent us!" Goten said,"We're looking for someone, Major Cross, and knowing our luck, it's probably you!"
"Do you have a cross-shaped mark anywhere on your body by any chance?" Gohan asked politely, trying to mask his brothers rudeness.
Cross noded.
"And I suppose you'd want to see it?"
The four of them noded in unison.Cross's faceturned bright red.
"F-fine!"
He unbuttoned his shirt and let it hang open for them to see.There was a blue "X" on his stomache. Only half of it was visible, the other half was below his waist. Volcom burst out laughing.
"'X' marks the spot, eh?", he said, trying to contain his laughter.
"Shut up, fool!", Cross shouted while he buttoned up his uniform. "What was the point of that!"
"Alright!" Trunks shouted victoriously. "Two down, five to go!"
"Wait." Cross interupted, "I never said I'd go with you"
"WHAT!"
They had hit a dead end. If they could not get even one to come with them, They had no chance of bringing Piccolo back! Cross saw the disapointed looks on their faces and felt a bit sorry for them.
"I'll make a deal with you. If I can't defeat you in three moves or less, I'll come with you. But if I win, I shoot you myself."
Goten's eyes lit up. "Alright!"
Cross snickered. "You may regret agreeing so quickly. You will now learn why I am known as the Frozen Cross."
"Whatever! Enough talking, more fighting!"
Cross raised his hand as if to command something to rise. Goten soon found out that that was indeed what he was doing. As soon as this motion was complete, huge spikes of ice shot from beneath Goten and surrounded him. He flew out of the way of the icy daggers and charged at Cross. The Major moved his hand infront of him and the daggers shot out of the ground towards Goten. He dodged most of them and continued his attack on his opponent. Cross's hand started to glow light blue. When Goten finaly reached him, he was sealed in a giant cross made of ice.
"Looks like I win." he said with a smirk,"Too bad, kid. I have no choice but to shoot you."
Just then, the ice began to crack. Goten powered up and burst free of his icy prison.
"Looks like I win." Goten said mockingly,"Too bad, kid. You have no choice but to come with us."
"Damn it. And I was so looking forward to killing you. Oh well..."
