Videl gulped at the site of the large demon standing over her. She hesitated but remembered Gohan...she couldn't waste time, she had to save him. Videl's eyes narrowed.
"Thanks for not leaving me outside guys, but I must be going now." Videl replied and headed for the door.
Gezz stepped in her way.
"I don't think so lit'le miss." Gezz sneered.
Videl sighed.
"Get out of my way...I have to go."
"Go? And do what lit'le miss?"
"First stop calling me little miss. Second it's none of your business."
"Oh I think it is lit'le miss. You'd better spit it."
"Why? It's not like either of you could stand up to him."
"Stand up to whom? I'll have you know we are no pushovers!" Manus snarled.
"You may be tough but there's no way you could take him down. So you're really no help to me..." Videl bent down and scooted under Gezz's arm. Manus stepped in front of the door.
"Who exactly do you think we can't beat eh? You tell us where to find this guy and we will show you!" Manus egged her.
Videl smiled.
"If you let me leave...I'll take you to him."
Gezz and Manus looked at each other.
"Fine. But if you're lying lit'le miss so help you!" Gezz agreed.
"Just remember...you beat him up but don't kill him."
"We can't kill 'em! That's a rip! Why not eh?!" Manus cried.
"Well...because...if you kill him...then...a chemical inside him will corrupt and destroy the planet and everyone on it." Videl lied.
Manus's eyes grew large.
"Whoa... I want to fight him first!" Manus offered.
"Wait just a tick!" Gezz snapped. "I don't believe ya lit'le miss. So your be staying right 'ere with Manus an' me."
"Gezz!" Manus cried.
"Shut it Manus. We ain't going anywhere." Gezz walked up to Videl and grabbed her by the shirt.
"Come on Manus we're putting this one it the cellar." Gezz decided.
Not wanting to loose her shirt, Videl held on. Gezz walked past the spot where Videl had woken up, and through a large steel door. Two barred cells were in the room. Gezz opened the door to one of them and threw Videl in. She hit the wall hard and fell to the ground unconscious.
"Let's see ya try to talk your way outa this one lit'le miss." Gezz snorted,
Gezz locked the door shut and left the room, slamming the steel door behind him.
"Please sir I beg you! I beg you sir let her live!"
Gohan smiled as he looked upon a frail woman and her young daughter.
"Why should I spare her?" Gohan asked.
"She is young sir. She is yet to experience life." The woman pleaded.
"Hmm...your argument is persuading...it's a shame I don't care." Gohan laughed.
Gohan lunged at the two women and grabbed their throats. He stared into the young girls eyes as she suffocated. The fear in her eyes was hypnotizing. So hypnotizing that Gohan was oblivious to the man standing behind him. The man was dying but held a knife in his hand as a last resort. The man used all his force and the weight of his own body to drive the knife into Gohan's back. It broke through Gohan's tough skin and blood came oozing out. Gohan cringed and tightened his grip until the women's neck snapped. Gohan got on his feet and stared at the dying man. The knife had hit close to his heart, but it hadn't gone deep enough to pierce it. Gohan placed his hand on the hilt of the knife and ripped it from his back. He threw it on the ground in front of the man.
"You've got some nerve old man." Gohan growled.
"The devil you are! May you live in eternal damnation!" The man cried with his shortening breath.
Gohan's eyes narrowed with anger. He raised his hand a pointed his finger at the man. A thin ray of light came from Gohan's outstretched finger and speared the man through head. The man's body flopped lifelessly to the ground. Gohan stepped forward but found that his body was shaking. He fell to his knees, blood falling from his back. He fell forward and his face hit the dirt.
"Damn this weak human body....."
"Where could she have gone?" Goku wondered aloud.
"Look we are wasting time. Let's split up. Two will search for the girl and the others will search for a warrior. It's past an hour, hell its past three." Vegeta suggested.
"You're right. Piccolo and I will search. You and Karukono go back the club." Goku confirmed.
Vegeta and Karukono nodded and headed back to the club.
"So what is the deal with you and the girl?" Vegeta asked.
Karukono sighed. "I do not wish to speak of it. But I fear that the way things are going you will soon see."
Vegeta pouted. "Women..."
"This is hopeless Goku. I can't even sense her energy. She's too weak; she is being drowned out by the demons." Piccolo said.
"I know Piccolo. But Gohan will kill me if I let anything happen to her."
"Goku...Gohan is gone. Just let it go."
"No Piccolo. We can save him. If this plan works...we will have him back."
Piccolo sighed. "I hope your right Goku..."
Gohan awoke to a stinging pain in his back. He sat up and felt around for the wound. He stopped when he felt a bandage over it. Startled, he looked around. He was in a run down house full of broken windows and cracked walls. No doubt his doing he thought. The door to the left opened and a girl walked in. Her hair was auburn and tied in a ponytail. She had hazel eyes and was wearing a simple soft orange dress with white covering the middle of the dress like an apron. She walked up to him smiling.
"I see your awake now sir. I am glad. That was a pretty bad wound on your back." The girl smiled.
"Why do you help me?" Gohan asked.
"Because you were in need of it."
"You help me because you think I am innocent..."
"I know who you are sir. I know that you are responsible for the death of countless people. But I believe no one deserves to die."
Gohan smiled softly.
"You would help heal a murderer?"
"I would help heal anyone sir. My name is Sapphire and I hope your wound doesn't hurt too much."
"It's nice to meet you Sapphire." Gohan smiled.
"Now you should rest a while or you will never heal. I'd suggest a week but some how I don't think you will. If you feel as though you must leave I beg that you take me with you."
"Why would you want to follow me? It would be very dangerous."
"Yes sir I know. But I have nothing left here, and I want to make sure you don't get yourself hurt again. Please sir. You will hardly notice I am there." Sapphire pleaded.
"Can you cook?" Gohan asked.
"Um...yes sir I can..."
"Ah good. I haven't had a good meal in ages." Gohan stated. "I suppose you can come. It the least I can do for destroying your home. But remember this; if I start to act strange...like I start to talk to myself or I start to...change...I want you to hide and stay away from me. Can you do that?"
Sapphire nodded.
"Good. Then help me up."
"Oh no sir! Please I beg you to have just a little more sleep. Please sir rest while you can. If you do...I will make you a delicious meal." Sapphire promised.
Gohan sighed and feel back down on the bed to sleep.
"So Jack, any takers?" Karukono asked as she leaned over the bar.
"Well. There was one guy who said he would do it, but only if he got something if he could do it."
"Hmm...well...what do you suppose would be a good prize?" Karukono wondered.
"I don't know. Why don't you talk to the guy? Explain what it is you want and figure out a deal. He's the pale guy with the hood in the back." Jacked pointed him out.
"Thanks we'll do that." Karukono weaved through the crowd and sat in the seat next to the pale guy.
"So I heard you were interested in our little job." Karukono said.
The man nodded.
"Name your price and we can figure a deal out. What do you say?" Karukono offered,
"I want permission to leave the demon world and go the other world where the Kai's are."
"Are you crazy?! How do you suppose I do that?! What would you want in the Kai's world anyway?" Karukono cried.
"You're the Kings daughter right? I'm sure you could work it out with him."
"King's daughter? You failed to mention that!" Vegeta remarked.
"Look dude. Me and the King aren't all that close. In fact right now I'm kind of in a bit of trouble with him right now."
"That's my only offer."
"Damn you!" Karukono cursed. "If I come back in a few hours will you be here?"
The man nodded.
"Fine. I'll see what I can do about your bloody permission slip." Karukono sneered.
"Wakey wakey lit'le miss..." Videl opened her eyes to see Gezz looking at her. She was tied to a board with her hands and feet tie bound by rope. Her mouth was covered by some type of leather strap. Gezz held his hand up for her to see. Large, thick, sharp claws developed from his pointer finger. He slid the claw down her face leaving a thin trail of blood across her face. She winced as she felt the cut bleed.
"Let's have some fun lit'le miss." Gezz grinned.
"Thanks for not leaving me outside guys, but I must be going now." Videl replied and headed for the door.
Gezz stepped in her way.
"I don't think so lit'le miss." Gezz sneered.
Videl sighed.
"Get out of my way...I have to go."
"Go? And do what lit'le miss?"
"First stop calling me little miss. Second it's none of your business."
"Oh I think it is lit'le miss. You'd better spit it."
"Why? It's not like either of you could stand up to him."
"Stand up to whom? I'll have you know we are no pushovers!" Manus snarled.
"You may be tough but there's no way you could take him down. So you're really no help to me..." Videl bent down and scooted under Gezz's arm. Manus stepped in front of the door.
"Who exactly do you think we can't beat eh? You tell us where to find this guy and we will show you!" Manus egged her.
Videl smiled.
"If you let me leave...I'll take you to him."
Gezz and Manus looked at each other.
"Fine. But if you're lying lit'le miss so help you!" Gezz agreed.
"Just remember...you beat him up but don't kill him."
"We can't kill 'em! That's a rip! Why not eh?!" Manus cried.
"Well...because...if you kill him...then...a chemical inside him will corrupt and destroy the planet and everyone on it." Videl lied.
Manus's eyes grew large.
"Whoa... I want to fight him first!" Manus offered.
"Wait just a tick!" Gezz snapped. "I don't believe ya lit'le miss. So your be staying right 'ere with Manus an' me."
"Gezz!" Manus cried.
"Shut it Manus. We ain't going anywhere." Gezz walked up to Videl and grabbed her by the shirt.
"Come on Manus we're putting this one it the cellar." Gezz decided.
Not wanting to loose her shirt, Videl held on. Gezz walked past the spot where Videl had woken up, and through a large steel door. Two barred cells were in the room. Gezz opened the door to one of them and threw Videl in. She hit the wall hard and fell to the ground unconscious.
"Let's see ya try to talk your way outa this one lit'le miss." Gezz snorted,
Gezz locked the door shut and left the room, slamming the steel door behind him.
"Please sir I beg you! I beg you sir let her live!"
Gohan smiled as he looked upon a frail woman and her young daughter.
"Why should I spare her?" Gohan asked.
"She is young sir. She is yet to experience life." The woman pleaded.
"Hmm...your argument is persuading...it's a shame I don't care." Gohan laughed.
Gohan lunged at the two women and grabbed their throats. He stared into the young girls eyes as she suffocated. The fear in her eyes was hypnotizing. So hypnotizing that Gohan was oblivious to the man standing behind him. The man was dying but held a knife in his hand as a last resort. The man used all his force and the weight of his own body to drive the knife into Gohan's back. It broke through Gohan's tough skin and blood came oozing out. Gohan cringed and tightened his grip until the women's neck snapped. Gohan got on his feet and stared at the dying man. The knife had hit close to his heart, but it hadn't gone deep enough to pierce it. Gohan placed his hand on the hilt of the knife and ripped it from his back. He threw it on the ground in front of the man.
"You've got some nerve old man." Gohan growled.
"The devil you are! May you live in eternal damnation!" The man cried with his shortening breath.
Gohan's eyes narrowed with anger. He raised his hand a pointed his finger at the man. A thin ray of light came from Gohan's outstretched finger and speared the man through head. The man's body flopped lifelessly to the ground. Gohan stepped forward but found that his body was shaking. He fell to his knees, blood falling from his back. He fell forward and his face hit the dirt.
"Damn this weak human body....."
"Where could she have gone?" Goku wondered aloud.
"Look we are wasting time. Let's split up. Two will search for the girl and the others will search for a warrior. It's past an hour, hell its past three." Vegeta suggested.
"You're right. Piccolo and I will search. You and Karukono go back the club." Goku confirmed.
Vegeta and Karukono nodded and headed back to the club.
"So what is the deal with you and the girl?" Vegeta asked.
Karukono sighed. "I do not wish to speak of it. But I fear that the way things are going you will soon see."
Vegeta pouted. "Women..."
"This is hopeless Goku. I can't even sense her energy. She's too weak; she is being drowned out by the demons." Piccolo said.
"I know Piccolo. But Gohan will kill me if I let anything happen to her."
"Goku...Gohan is gone. Just let it go."
"No Piccolo. We can save him. If this plan works...we will have him back."
Piccolo sighed. "I hope your right Goku..."
Gohan awoke to a stinging pain in his back. He sat up and felt around for the wound. He stopped when he felt a bandage over it. Startled, he looked around. He was in a run down house full of broken windows and cracked walls. No doubt his doing he thought. The door to the left opened and a girl walked in. Her hair was auburn and tied in a ponytail. She had hazel eyes and was wearing a simple soft orange dress with white covering the middle of the dress like an apron. She walked up to him smiling.
"I see your awake now sir. I am glad. That was a pretty bad wound on your back." The girl smiled.
"Why do you help me?" Gohan asked.
"Because you were in need of it."
"You help me because you think I am innocent..."
"I know who you are sir. I know that you are responsible for the death of countless people. But I believe no one deserves to die."
Gohan smiled softly.
"You would help heal a murderer?"
"I would help heal anyone sir. My name is Sapphire and I hope your wound doesn't hurt too much."
"It's nice to meet you Sapphire." Gohan smiled.
"Now you should rest a while or you will never heal. I'd suggest a week but some how I don't think you will. If you feel as though you must leave I beg that you take me with you."
"Why would you want to follow me? It would be very dangerous."
"Yes sir I know. But I have nothing left here, and I want to make sure you don't get yourself hurt again. Please sir. You will hardly notice I am there." Sapphire pleaded.
"Can you cook?" Gohan asked.
"Um...yes sir I can..."
"Ah good. I haven't had a good meal in ages." Gohan stated. "I suppose you can come. It the least I can do for destroying your home. But remember this; if I start to act strange...like I start to talk to myself or I start to...change...I want you to hide and stay away from me. Can you do that?"
Sapphire nodded.
"Good. Then help me up."
"Oh no sir! Please I beg you to have just a little more sleep. Please sir rest while you can. If you do...I will make you a delicious meal." Sapphire promised.
Gohan sighed and feel back down on the bed to sleep.
"So Jack, any takers?" Karukono asked as she leaned over the bar.
"Well. There was one guy who said he would do it, but only if he got something if he could do it."
"Hmm...well...what do you suppose would be a good prize?" Karukono wondered.
"I don't know. Why don't you talk to the guy? Explain what it is you want and figure out a deal. He's the pale guy with the hood in the back." Jacked pointed him out.
"Thanks we'll do that." Karukono weaved through the crowd and sat in the seat next to the pale guy.
"So I heard you were interested in our little job." Karukono said.
The man nodded.
"Name your price and we can figure a deal out. What do you say?" Karukono offered,
"I want permission to leave the demon world and go the other world where the Kai's are."
"Are you crazy?! How do you suppose I do that?! What would you want in the Kai's world anyway?" Karukono cried.
"You're the Kings daughter right? I'm sure you could work it out with him."
"King's daughter? You failed to mention that!" Vegeta remarked.
"Look dude. Me and the King aren't all that close. In fact right now I'm kind of in a bit of trouble with him right now."
"That's my only offer."
"Damn you!" Karukono cursed. "If I come back in a few hours will you be here?"
The man nodded.
"Fine. I'll see what I can do about your bloody permission slip." Karukono sneered.
"Wakey wakey lit'le miss..." Videl opened her eyes to see Gezz looking at her. She was tied to a board with her hands and feet tie bound by rope. Her mouth was covered by some type of leather strap. Gezz held his hand up for her to see. Large, thick, sharp claws developed from his pointer finger. He slid the claw down her face leaving a thin trail of blood across her face. She winced as she felt the cut bleed.
"Let's have some fun lit'le miss." Gezz grinned.