So Cold

by: Andross937

Disclaimer: I do not own anything to do with Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, or Dragon Ball GT. They all belong to their respective owners. I also do not own the sond So Cold, that is owned by Breaking Benjamin. I am only doing this story out of personal enjoyment, and am making no profit on it. I also do not wish to offend anyone with this story. If the owners of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, or So Cold wish it, I will remove this story from the internet. I will attempt to remove any offensive material if anyone is seriously offended.

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Benjiman's family gathered around and walked towards the city. As they neared the large structure at the edge of the city more people joined their group, and their group joined other groups. Soon a massive mob of people had gathered around the structure, each of them watching it and wondering what it was.

Murmurs filled the crowd as everyone pressed closer to get a good look at the massive structure standing on legs. Underneith it, the ground was ripped up and formed a crater, making Benjiman think that somehow... maybe this thing had crashed into the ground from the sky. Keeping in mind the huge meteor that everyone had been watching fall down at them only minutes ago, he wondered if this had fallen too, and no one had seen it because of the more intimidating falling object.

"What is it Benjiman?" Nancy asked as she hugged her husband tighter to her, worry easily detectable in her voice.

Benjiman looked down at her, staring into her eyes to see the fear in her eyes, imagining that he might have very similar fear in his own eyes at the moment. Putting on what he hoped to be a reassuring smile, he tried to keep his voice from shaking as he spoke.

"I don't really know honey... Whatever it is, maybe who ever's inside of it is friendly." Benjiman said as he looked back at the structure.

"Inside of it...?" Nancy asked, a little fear in her voice as she too looked at the giant structure.

Seconds later, the structure began to hiss and steam poured out of various vents all over it. Small rumbles could be heard from all over the large object, and it moaned lightly for a second. Suddenly, a part of the wall shook loose and began to lower down, forming a ramp to the inside of the structure.

The ramp was covered with purple steps leading up the entrance that was full of shadows and darkness, no light coming from within it. Benjiman began to really believe his idea that it was a gian ship, and this believe was only confirmed when a figure stepped into the light. It held its hand up to block the light as it stared upwards.

If it had eyes, Benjiman couldn't tell for sure. It was humanoid, two arms and legs, and a head. The problem was that it was covered in what Benjiman could only assume to be its version of a space suite, or maybe armor. A chill ran down Benjiman's spine at the thought of it wearing armor, because that meant that it might be expecting trouble. It entire head was covered by a large helmet that stretched back, extending the back of its head down and back by nearly a foot.

He could swear he heard it sigh as it looked up at the sun light, and imagined that maybe it was narrowing its eyes in the light of a new sun. The idea that maybe it was an explorer popped up in Benjiman's mind, but he had a dark feeling that it was something else that this alien was here for then just to explore new worlds.

"Alright men, let's move it!" the alien exclaimed as it made a hand gesture.

Benjiman tensed at hearing that, and Nancy squeezed him even tighter. Did she suspect the same things he did? Or was it just instinctual to be so worried when meeting something not of this world for the first time? Heavy foot steps echoed out of the ship, and soon the owners of the sounds came into view.

Aliens came marching down the ramp, all looking exactly like the first alien. They marched in perfect synch with each other, lining up in one long row on the ground infront of the ramp, and then filling each step of the ramp all the way up to the top with more aliens. Their positioning was perfect and practiced, this wasn't the first time they had done this. Over all, it sent a horrible chill down Benjiman's body that Nancy could easily feel. They looked like a military.

"Attention! We hereby claim this planet from this moment on belongs to lord Slug! Supreme Ruler of the universe. Anyone who resists will be extirminated!" the alien commander declared loudly to the crowd.

Benjiman instantly inhaled a sharp breath, and he felt Nancy's muscles nearly lock up. These guys were serious, and they had walked right into this. The crowd's reaction was a bit diferent then their own reactions though. They began to laugh, laugh like idoits.

"Forget you man!" came from one part of the crowd.

"Slug huh? Yeah right!" another man added.

"Slugs are nasty!" one last man put in before there was too much laughter to make out what individual people were saying in their mockery of the aliens.

Benjiman began to pull his wife towards the back of the crowd, intending on getting her out of there and to somewhere he hoped was safe. Nancy gave little resistance, picking up on her husbands line of thought. Why was no one else understanding that this was a real threat?

As they were rushing to get away from the alien invaders, Benjiman could see them begin to raise their open hands toward the crowd, pointing their palms at the people. Benjiman got a bad feeling about what they were doing, and tried to hurry Nancy away faster, but her legs were becoming stiff, from fear or from exhaustion from the day's events he didn't know.

"On my mark. Fire!" the alien commander could be heard saying.

Suddenly yellow beams of light began to fire from the alien army's palms, erupting into small explosions all over the place, instantly scaring the crowd into a paniced run away. Benjiman could barely stay standing with the way the crowd was pressing into them, but luckily they had gotten far enough ahead of the crowd that it wasn't nearly as hard as it would have been had they not started when they had.

People of all walks of life and professions instantly bonded together with one common goal, to get away from the aliens. Still, that didn't mean that panic didn't make them dangerious, as they pushed their ways through and between anyone inbetween them and what they hoped was safety. Finally though the crowd began to thin, and Benjiman and Nancy were able to run much easier with no one crowding around them as much.

Suddenly the world seemed to slow down from Benjiman as a yellow blast flew by his head, nearly burning his skin with the heat of it. He couldn't help but watch it as it flew infront of them at high speeds, heading right for a car that was in their way. When the beam hit the car, something happened that instantly made his blood run cold.

The car exploded only twenty feet in front of Benjiman and Nancy. His wife's screams echoed in Benjiman's ears as they were thrown back, and their arms lost their hold on each other as they were seperated from each other. Benjiman slammed his back against the ground roughly, knocking the air out of him. Still, he managed to roll over and force himself to his feet. He had to get Nancy out of here, no matter what it took.

He looked around for his wife, but in the confusion and panic of the crowd, he couldn't find her. His hearing was ringing, so if she was calling for him, he wouldn't hear her. Shaking his head, Benjiman prayed that the ringing would go away, and slowly his senses began to come back to him. Soon he could hear the crowds screams and the explosions. Then he spotted Nancy.

She was laying on her stomach a few yards away, and Benjiman rushed to her. She moaned as he began to roll her over, but then he heard her yelp in pain, and Benjiman brought his hand back in a scared reflex. Suddenly his eyes wided in horror as he saw the blood on his hand. Quickly getting on the other side of Nancy so he could see her front as she was on her side, tears began to pour from his eyes.

Nancy was hurt, bad. There was a wound in her side, and it was bleeding a lot. He could see a piece of glass sticking out of her side, and knew it was from the car. Gently picking Nancy up and holding her in his lap, began to cry. She woke up with his tears falling on her face, and she knew what had happened. Looking down at her side, Nancy began to cry too, it hurt so bad.

"Don't worry honey, I'm going to get you out of here." Benjiman said as he wiped the tears from his eyes and began to gently help Nancy to her feet. "I'll get you to a hospital, and everything will be alright." Benjiman said in a shakey voice as they started to limp away.

"I love you Benjiman." Nancy said in a weak voice as it hurt to talk.

"I love you too Nancy! Don't worry. Everything will be fine!" Benjiman tried to assure her.

Suddenly a shadow formed over them, and Benjiman cast a glance upwards to see what was causing it. What he saw scared him. It was one of the aliens floating in the sky over them, and it was looking right down at them with its arm outstreched at them. A yellow light began to form in its palm. Just as a beam burst from its palm, the image of the alien was burned into Benjiman's mind, catching every small detail, right down to the unusual cut in its chest armor.

"I love you husband..." was the last thing Benjiman heard before the explosion engulfed them and stole Benjiman's consciousness from him.

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As you can tell, this story isn't finished yet, so don't go thinking that that was the end of it. If all goes well, I may be able to fit the last part of it in the next chapter. Hope you're enjoying it. Tell me what you think!