I'm going to try my best to get this up in two days. Here goes.
Chapter 20: Friendship and Trust
Clouds of grey gather in the sky as Vegeta pays a phone call to Channel Five News.
"Hello. May I speak to the short man who made that report earlier about the loose mountain lion in East City?"
"Yes. Please hold."
"Gregory Stines speaking; how may I help you?
Vegeta goes his best with mocking Goku's voice. "Hi, this is Goku, the guy that caused chaos in East City. How ya doing?"
The newsman is quite confused. "I'm feeling very safe right now."
"Great. I just want you to know that the mountain lion is harmless. She's a friend of mine and Cathy's."
Gregory's taking notes for the next airing of the show. "Who's this Cathy you're speaking of?"
"She's the mountain lion's best friend, and she's very upset to know that she's missing…" Vegeta relays the notes he took from Cathy's private emotional confession.
Gregory, not knowing he's helping Vegeta with an evil deed, just writes down everything and after the phone call, he instantly prepares it for the media.
Vegeta's next step is to feed Jessie and put her outside by the city limits of East City, hoping she'd strike there first.
Cathy has a spot in front of the T.V. awaiting any sign of her friend. Chi Chi tries to give her some food and fails miserably. Gohan and Goku watch Cathy, feeling her pain.
"I'm sure she'll come back," Gohan tries to make conversation.
His father places his hand on his son's shoulder. "Just let her go," he says.
A much missed mountain lion finally awakens from her very long sleep. A mischievous smirk grows on her face. "My tail is a-okay. Time for some pranks. Weeeeeeeee!"
She transforms into a rather large, armor plated snake and slithers into East City hungry for chaos. Before she does anything, she goes straight to the zoo. The citizens of East City scream in horror as Jessie makes her entrance. Police try shooting her and fail.
"We need back up! Send for the military. Bullets aren't penetrating this thing."
At the zoo, Jessie quickly returns to normal and releases the animals. "You're free!" she yells.
The screaming escalates. Jessie enjoys the sound. "South City here I come." She transforms into a large griffon and heads south (not for the winter).
Gregory finds himself on the air again due to the appearance of an 'alien'.
"Here you see what looks like a large snake. It entered the zoo and disappeared. Moments later the zoo's animals stampede out of the gates and are now roaming free within the city. As if that isn't enough, watch what happens next…" The video shows a griffon flying from the center of the zoo.
Cathy stares at the screen, as if in a trance. Goku and Gohan look at each other and Chi Chi covers her mouth. Gregory then uses this time to relay the message to Cathy from 'Goku'.
"This is to Cathy form Goku. 'I apologize for the troubles you've had with…'" he lists everything he took note of from the imposter.
Rain starts to fall from the sky of grey.
Goku is astonished.
"You promised you wouldn't tell anyone, but Jessie," Cathy says as calmly as possible.
"I didn't tell anyone anything, honestly," Goku defends.
The upset Colorless walks out into the rain.
"Well someone must've heard our conversation. I should never have told you in the first place," she states a little loudly. She runs away from the house.
"Cathy, wait, please!" Goku chases after her. "Please don't be mad!"
Lighting cuts across the sky followed by a violent clap of thunder.
"Don't come any closer," she forces out after she stops.
Goku freezes in his tracks. "Cathy-"
"NO!" she halfway roars. "GET AWAY! NOW! FIND SHELTER!" she doubles over and clamps her head. When she looks at Goku, her eyes are red. "LEAVE!" she roars in a very deep voice.
Lighting and thunder strike again.
Goku steps back. "Her power level's climbing exponentially. It's not even hidden anymore." Then it hits him.
FLASHBACK:
"…if our weakness is used against us, we black out and do insane and dangerous stuff."
END FLASHBACK
"Oh no!" he runs back to Chi Chi and Gohan. "We gotta get out of here. Now!" he yells. "Cathy's blacking out and she's bound to do something like Jessie's doing now. Gohan, take Chi Chi over to Master Roshi's. You two should be safe there. I gotta go get some help."
"Right, Dad," Gohan replies and follows his father's commands.
Goku flies over to Capsule Corp.
At South City, the griffon terrorizes the people width its enormous shadow and high-pitched screeching. She lands in their zoo and releases those animals as well.
"FREEZE!" Jessie turns around to see a group of tanks aiming at her. "Turn yourself in and you won't get hurt."
Maniacal laughter is her response. She transforms into the same armor-plated snake and slithers through the city.
"ROOOAARRR!" Cathy bellows as her uncontrollable transformation completes itself.
Where a friendly, shy Cathy used to be, stands a gigantic black dragon, large enough to make a tree seem like a toothpick. She searches for the source of her anger and makes her way toward West City leaving destruction in her path.
"VEGETA!" Goku yells before he reaches the building. He slams down the door, unfortunately on top of his rival. "VEGETAAAA!"
"Stop yelling. What's your problem? Breaking down doors. Has you insanity flown through the roof?"
"I don't have time for you insults, Vegeta. I need your help. Cathy and Jessie are going crazy."
"Ha! I told you they were evil, but nooooo, you had to be all nice to them. Idiot."
"No. somehow, their weaknesses were used against them. They would never act like this."
"You're right, Kakarot. It was all my doing."
"What are you talking about, Vegeta?"
"I went to the mall and found a man whom I paid to ask Bulma out on a date. Then I ran into you at the building of books. I made sure Bulma went to the mall and the next morning, I met the guy again. I knew Bulma was going to ask the girls to help her sneak out. To make Cathy upset, however, I had to get her here by herself. So I decided to spy on you with Canary Cam."
Goku's eyes widen. "You mean that bird was a robot?"
"Careful, Kakarot, your genius is showing."
"You caused the rockslide. You broke Jessie's tail. You probably even kidnapped her, but how did you get her to act this way?"
"Simple. I fed her some sugar. I even fixed her tail so she could shape-shift as she pleased."
"Grrrr, Vegeta you have to stop this."
"ROOOAARR!"
The two Saiyans look in the direction of the sound.
"Cathy?"
"So that's what happens when she bottles up her feeling. I seem to have outdone myself."
Goku begins a thought process. "She's so full of anger. That must be the source of her power, but she's out of control and she's mad at me, I think. Waa! She's coming here! Vegeta! She' s headed this way. You gotta get Bulma to safety. I'll try to steer her in the other direction. You have to figure out a way to change her back."
"Hmph. As if."
Goku growls and turns Super Saiyan. "You started it so you have to finish it. You just wanted to prove that they were evil, but you managed to put Earth's people at stake. When you change your mind, I'll be busy getting crushed no thanks to you." He zooms straight to the dragon.
"Fine. Go get crushed. With you out of the way, the Earth will be mine…with danger at every corner…and soon there will be no one to rule…Grrr…Bulmaaaa! I need to get you to safety. I did something horrible." He rushes upstairs, grabs Bulma, and brings her out to Master Roshi's. "If you lay one hand on her, old man, you'll never touch anything again." Gohan laughs.
"Gohan," Chi Chi starts, "Go to East City and help them with their animals. Then help South City after Jessie leaves it. Okay?"
"Are you serious, Mom?"
"Would I be joking at a time like this?"
"I understand. I'm going."
"Oh! A factory!" Jessie says as she slithers toward it. She turns into a bat and flies in. "Oooooooo. Nitro glycerin. Perfect for West City."
The bat becomes the normal form of Jessie and grabs the large box of death.
"Hey you, put that down. It's dangerous," a factory worker warns.
"I know," Jessie responds with an evil tone. "Thanks anyway." She leaves with the heavy load and makes her way to Capsule Corp. Central.
"Hey! Over here!" Goku yells, stopping the black dragon in its path. "It's me you're after right? So…come get me."
Just as he planned, Cathy goes after Goku, bent on destroying him.
When the Super Saiyan thinks they're far away from any civilization, he decides to tell Cathy the truth.
"Cathy listen!" he yells, "I know who was behind all this. It was Vegeta. He set everything up. That strange bird was a robot built for spying."
Cathy growls and slaps Goku out of the air with her tail. The Saiyan yelps from the blow and hits the ground like there's no tomorrow. The dragon looms over Goku who's now too weak to maintain his Super Saiyan form.
"I can't believe I'm down for the count after one hit. Heh, heh. I hope Vegeta changes his mind soon. I…think…I can sense him…coming."
Cathy raises a hand and places it over Goku, ready to crush him.
"Cathy…I'm sorry." The words 'I'm sorry' echo in her head.
"Go…ku…" she manages to say, although still in a deep voice. The red in her eyes melt away, yellow taking its place.
"Kakarot! I'll take it from here!" Vegeta barges in.
The familiar voice triggers a memory of what Goku said…'It was Vegeta. He set everything up.'
Red returns to her eyes in a flash. "VEGETA!" she roars.
"That's right. It's me you should be after."
Cathy removes her hand from over Goku and swats at Vegeta.
"Vegeta! You have to apologize to her!"
The Price scoffs. "What's with females and apologies?"
"Vegeta, it's the only way!" Goku attempts to rise to his feet.
Vegeta finds himself in the position his rival just left.
"You have to apologize!" Goku reiterates.
"No!" the stubborn Saiyan returns.
"I can't let you crush Vegeta. I hope you understand, Cathy." Goku powers up a Kamehameha Wave. He aims at the wounded shoulder. "Ka…me…ha…meeee…Haaa!
Blinded by the anger at Vegeta, Cathy doesn't notice the attack until it's too late.
An ear-splitting shriek sounds from the dragon as it falls over in sheer pain. She whines, her inability to move makes her vulnerable to any attack.
"Any more energy in that wave and you could've killed her," which means 'thanks' from Vegeta.
"If you had apologized like I said, she would've stopped trying to kill you," in other words 'your welcome' from Goku.
Vegeta rises to his feet and approaches the angry, sad, and dreadfully hurting dragon.
"Not so tough any more are you?"
Cathy growls at him in return.
"Vegeta you shouldn't tease. Say you're sorry so w can go stop Jessie from causing chaos."
"Maybe in my next life time, Kakarot. This battle's over."
He turns his back on her. Big mistake. She reaches for him with her tail.
"Vegeta, look out!"
"Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!" The Prince screams in pain as Cathy squeezes the life out of him.
"VEGETA, APOLOGIZE! I CAN'T SAVE YOU A SECOND TIME! I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY!"
"CATHY, I'M SORRY!" he pleads. "I was just jealous of you and Jessie."
Cathy stops squeezing.
Vegeta continues, "Everyone knew that you two used to be on evil's side, but accepted you all too quickly. Not everyone believes I'm on the good side. Heck, I'm not even sure myself. I just wish they'd accept me as easily as they accepted you."
Tears fall from the dragon's eyes, melting away the red once again. She gently places Vegeta down and whines as she returns to her normal form.
"I'm sorry you two. I wish I had more control over my emotions. I can't heal you, but I can do this." She grows a green thumb and shoves it in the ground. A small patch of plants sprout and develop rapidly.
"Sinchu beans!" Goku yells. "Here, Vegeta. Eat one. You too, Cathy. We need you to help with Jessie. How can we stop her?"
"You can't, but I can. Where is she?"
Vegeta shrugs his shoulders, "Kakarot?"
Goku sighs and uses Instant Transmission to check the T.V. at Master Roshi's.
"Everyone is in a state of shock and panic as a young girl with a ability to fly holds a very large case of nitro glycerin over the center of West City…"
Before anyone notices Goku, he leaves again and tells Cathy the situation. To his surprise, Cathy uses Instant Transmission to get to West City and flies at a very high speed directly toward Jessie. She shoves her friend from under the box and into the ocean a mile or so away. The citizens scream as the box approaches the ground. Cathy catches it and places it safely in the street.
"I need ice," she yells, "quick!"
Jessie, now angry, tackles Cathy to the ground.
"You ruined my fun," she complains.
Cathy pushes her off and pins her.
"Your fun is dangerous. Where's the ice?"
"Coming."
"Ice? What's that for?"
"Getting you back to normal."
"Oh I get it. You'll have trouble making me drink water so you'll shove ice down my throat. That's not gonna happen."
"Dude, you catchin' this footage?"
"Cha, this is gonna make one knarly movie."
Two teenagers are filming the 'cat fight'.
"I'm glad you boys are having fun watching because a memory is all your going to have," Piccolo states as he destroys all the cameras in the city. "Cathy, I heard you say something about water. Will this do?" he holds out a canteen.
"Yeah that's perfect, thanks. I owe you one."
"You sure do. That was my favorite canteen."
"You can't make me drink that."
"Yes I can, as soon as I apologize."
"For what?"
"For this," she answers as she hits Jessie hard on the head to knock her out.
At Capsule Corp, everyone gathered to eat some dinner.
"I can't believe you hit me that hard, Cathy," Jessie says while holding an ice pack to her head. "Why didn't they hit you that hard when you were outta control?"
"I did," Goku butts in. "She was about to crush Vegeta, but I remembered about her shoulder and how the wound reopens from shape-shifting, so I hit her there with a Kamehameha Wave."
Jessie's eyes grow wide. "Well I'm glad Cathy took care of my sugar rush and not you."
Goku chuckles while holding the back of his head.
Bulma slams her hands on the table as she stands.
"You call that a simple sugar rush? You almost dropped a two ton case of nitro glycerin on the whole city and you say that's just a sugar rush?"
"Calm down, Bulma," Vegeta coaxes.
"Yeah, we don't want you going berserk on us," Krillin jokes.
"Can it, peabrain," Vegeta threatens.
"Gulp, sorry. Heh, heh."
"And you," Bulma continues, "I cannot believe you would go through all this just to express jealousy and you me a 5 pound bag of sugar."
"I'll give you some tonight," Vegeta says in an attempt to charm her, causing everyone else to choke or gag.
Bulma pulls a newspaper out of nowhere and thwacks the Prince across the head.
"Seriously, Vegeta. After what you did to me. Do you really think I'd do anything with you?"
"Yes." Sweatdrops from on his head while everyone else falls over anime style, including Piccolo.
Bulma's response, is, "Well…you were right!"
Vegeta falls over as well.
In the center of the city, an old woman exits her house and says, "I have the ice."
She looks around, sees no one and says, "Oh well," while re-entering the house.
The next morning, the Colorless pair get a letter, but not by mail.
KNOCK, KNOCK.
"I'll get it," Chi Chi calls.
"Hello. I'm Badin and I'm to hand deliver these letters to Cathy and Jessie."
"Oh...Okay...Girls! Someone's here for you."
Badin gives the girls the notes.
"Yeah, mail!" Jessie yells.
"Please read them in private. Have a good day." He tips his hat and leaves.
The duo take the notes up to their room and open their letters.
"Woah, my note will self-destruct in one minute's time. Cool!" Jessie exclaims.
One minute later there's a dual explosion in the guest room. Goku, Chi Chi, and Gohan all huddle to the door. The girls giggle because the explosion tickled. They decide to take the offer. They open the door to find their three confused friends.
"We got a job offering," Cathy informs them. "We'll be able to get our own house. Don't worry we'll pay you back for your hospitality."
"And we'll always be here on Earth if you really need our help." Jessie adds.
The Colorless friends make their departure.
"Dad, will we ever see them again?"
"In due time, son; in due time.
Cathy and Jessie found themselves a job without even trying, but if I told you what that job was, well, you know what I'm getting at.
THE END
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