Only One Shot
Chapter 26: Troubles of War
"Can I sit up now Dr. Riddick?" Videl said a bit nervously.
"Alright Videl you may get up now." the female doctor said smoothly, writing calmly on the paper on the clipboard.
Videl sat up from the table and covered her shirt. Dr. Riddick glanced at her for a moment and smiled reassuringly before writing once more. Videl smiled a little back before looking down at her stomach and resting a hand on it.
"Well Videl," the doctor said suddenly, causing Videl to jump slightly and her to smile at her actions, "Your baby is in perfect health. Come back to me in about 3 months and we'll check the baby's progress and maybe even tell the gender."
Videl smiled warmly at the news. "Ok, I'll see you until then Dr. Riddick."
Dr. Riddick laughed. "Come on Videl you've known me for years, at least call me Laura."
"Alright Laura," Videl laughed, "I just thought you'd want me to be respectful of your position or something."
Laura made a scoffing sound and waved away the question as she sat down at the computer desk, relaxing with her patient and long-time friend. The doctor scrutinized Videl who stared at her, wondering why she was staring at her.
"So who's the father Videl?" she asked smoothly before raising an eyebrow, "Or do I even want to know who the father is?"
"His name is Gohan Valentine…or so I believe it is. I still can't tell if it's Son or Valentine and he hasn't told me which one." At Laura's raising of her other eyebrow Videl added, "It's a long and complicated story."
Laura seemed to understand this and Videl gave a sigh of relief, it would be a pain to try and tell the entire story in one sitting. The young doctor leaned back in the computer chair and sighed contentedly while Videl laughed.
"Hey it isn't everyday you get to relax like this and you're my only patient until sometime around 6pm!" Laura scowled lightly. "Anyway can you tell me anything about him?"
Videl tapped a finger on her chin thoughtfully. "Well…he has a daughter just like him from his long since divorced marriage named Avril…"
Laura gaped. "What! Avril Lavigne?"
The pregnant Satan stared at her like she was insane. "No stupid, Avril Valentine."
"Oh…" the doctor said with less enthusiasm and a disappointed face. Videl just rolled her eyes as the doctor sighed. "Well it would've been cool and all…you would've been the step-mother to Avril Lavigne and get me into all concerts, backstage and everything…"
"LAURA!" she yelled, not able to believe her childhood friend was going to take advantage of her an association like that.
Laura just blinked at her with a hint of humor in her dark brown eyes. "What?"
XX
With a final punch Gohan burst the saiya-jin built punching bag, his face looking like he splashed water on. That was the fiftieth saiya-jin built punching bag he had destroyed that day and he still felt restless.
Using a towel to wipe the sweat off of his face he rested his arm on the wall and leaned onto it, his forehead resting on his forearm and his eyes glazed in thought. Tonight was the night they were going to attack Cortez and his accomplices at the club.
Videl still didn't know what they were planning or what they were planning, but she also didn't know that Gohan knew about her being pregnant. With a sigh he closed his eyes, still not knowing what to do with her.
"So you know then Gohan?" Vincent's voice rang out beside him.
"Yeah…I know." the tired saiya-jin said regretfully, his eyes gazing at the ground. "Just take live and take care of them ok?"
"Sure thing son…" Vincent nodded solemnly, his own eyes gazing at the floor. "I was surprised you resolved to do this…after all, there would be me still willing to do it."
"I know, but I can't let you. I should've killed him years ago but I didn't. You took down the Vatican and it should be me to take down Cortez." Gohan said calmly, his resolved eyes like dark steel. "Do you have it?"
The older saiya-jin's eyes were pained but proud. "I have it, safely tucked in the third drawer of my home. I know what to do with it."
"Thanks…father." Gohan practically whispered as he walked out the gym while Vincent watched him, eyes filled with tears and mouth in a soft smile.
I will not let that happen Gohan…
XX
sshhkMegabyte, Veggie King, report sshhk
sshhkWe're in position Panther, over sshhk
sshhkPanther this is Hothead, Grim Reaper and I are in position, over sshkk
Vincent—aka Panther—looked out from his position, using his saiya-jin eyes to see Trunks and Vegeta—aka Megabyte and Veggie King—looking down at the faint glow of Trunks' laptop and the young saiya-jin's lightning fast fingers.
Amon—aka Hothead —used the binoculars since he was only human after all to see the two guards at the back of the club. Gohan—aka Grim Reaper—used his saiya-jin sight to catch sight of all the other guards' positions.
sshhkPanther this is Veggie King, Megabyte here is almost done shutting down the club's alarms, sensors, and surveillance cams, over sshhk
sshhk Hothead, Grim Reaper, get ready for some quick shooting down that way, once the lights shut off it's up to you and your scopes to shoot down those glass bottles, over sshhk
sshhk Panther this is Hothead, our slingshots are cocked and loaded, over and out! sshhk
In less than two minutes the lights around he club went out. The guards, shocked at the ordeal, froze and in that one moment of stillness they were shot down by Amon, Gohan, and Vincent's sniper rifles.
The lights flickered back on to reveal the bloody corpses on the ground, blood pooling like a red halo from the one bullet hole in their head. Gohan shifted a bit from his spot, wanting to move down there now, but waited impatiently for Trunks' signal.
sshhkLights are on, everything else important will be monitored by my mainframe. This is Megabyte surfing home to the big computer, over and out. Good luck guys. sshhk
Gohan smiled. Trunk's was going home and they were staying, finally able to get in and destroy Cortez. His eyes caught sight of Vincent and Vegeta beginning to move in and, with a nod to Amon, grabbed him and flew down.
Vincent eyed the door for a moment before Vegeta grunted and, forgetting all formalities, bust the door in and waved them inside. Almost instantly the sound of guns being cocked reached their ears and they ducked down, bullets flying everywhere.
In response, other bullets came seemingly out of nowhere and began shooting at the enemies who dared to shoot at the saiya-jins. The four men ducked inside the club and out of enemy firing range. Looking down their hall they saw three different directions but relaxed a bit.
"Glad I called my boys beforehand to get good spots or we'd be having a hard time now, too bad Cortez will know we're here with all of the shooting." Vincent smirked.
Vegeta snorted. "Yeah well with all that firing Cortez will definitely know that we're here."
Gohan looked around with a cautious and practiced eye. "If he has all those guards out there instead of here then he already knows that we're here."
"Most likely Rico Gaspar's idea," Vincent spat, "Damn Spanish bastard always knows how to put up a good defensive…"
"Well then we'll just have to put up a good offensive one won't we?" Amon said with a hearty smile and began his move down a hall. They just stared at him for a moment with raised eyebrows.
"How the hell is he always so happy?" The saiya-jin prince spat a bit disgustedly before moving down another hall as if the question was more or less towards himself.
They were silent for a moment, the shots and screams of men going on faintly in the night, before the Black Cat turned to Gohan curiously. "How is he always so happy?"
Gohan shrugged. "Long and personal story, ask him someday after this and he might tell you."
The Black Cat shrugged and nodded his head towards the center hall, Vegeta had gone down the left and Amon the right. "Let's go."
XX
Cortez puffed on his cigar, trying to stay calm as shots were heard around his club. Rico seemed excited about the whole affair, looking as if he wanted to get out of his own seat and attack them himself.
Richard Jones seemed nervous and jumped when the door bust open, hand over his heart as he almost had a heart attack. Stalin was standing there breathing hard and soaking wet. An incredibly angry tied up little girl held by his hand in front of him.
"Mr. Cortez sir, I brought the girl! I brought the girl!"
Cortez's mouth formed into a smirk. "Good job Stalin, bring the girl here."
Stalin moved forward a bit then stopped. "Wait, where's Margarita?"
"Oh yes…Margarita…" Cortez drawled, taking a long puff of his cigar, "I killed her."
Stalin stared in shock, mouth gaping open. "Y-Y-You killed her?"
The Mexican stood and walked over to Stalin, closing his gaping mouth. "Yes, I killed that damn cat…just like I'm going to kill you."
In one swift move Cortez brought his gun under Stalin's jaw and pulled the trigger, blood and brain bits spraying everywhere. The little girl screamed and tried to get the blood off of her and the sight of Stalin's blown off head.
Cortez smirked and grabbed the squirming girl, her eyes set in pure hatred and determination as she somehow kicked his broken kneecap. He hissed in pain and knocked the girl out with the butt of his gun before tossing the unconscious child on the table.
Rico eyed the girl with a cat-like curiosity before giving a malicious smirk. "What an interesting turn of events…this day becomes more interesting as the minutes wear on. Oh what a privilege it is to be apart of this glorious war of blood, honor, and death!"
XX
Trunks whistled cheerily as he entered the mansion only to realize it was dark, darker than it should naturally be. Heiji, who drove him back though he wanted to join in with the fighting, ran into the mansion.
Trunks ran into the kitchen to look for Syracuse only to find the man tied up and slumped against the oven. Rushing over, he checked for a pulse and sighed in relief when he found one; Syracuse was just unconscious.
Sobbing from within the cupboard alerted him to the little girl inside of it. The purple-haired saiya-jin pulled the young girl out of the enclosed space, holding her close as he listened to her tell in a tearful state what had happened. Shocked he ran to Heiji.
Heiji was busy untying the skin biting ropes from an unconscious Videl tied to a door. All the dogs, including Nero, were either locked outside or in a room upstairs from their barking. He looked up just as Trunks ran in, holding a sobbing Nanami.
He held the girl in slight relief while Trunks finished untying Videl and placed her gently on the couch. Giving his daughter a worried gaze he coaxed her to tell him what happened. Nanami looked at him, still sobbing and cried into his chest.
"Daddy, they took Avril!"
I am SO sorry that I haven't updated in like forever! I didn't know what to do with the chapter but I shouldn't have taken that long. My mind's been in turmoil but that's no excuse. Thankfully I now know what I'm going to do so this story will soon be finished. Once again I am SO sorry about this. I hope that all my reviewers can forgive me (looks up hopefully).