Dragonball Generations

Chapter 5 – Judge, Jury & Executioner

Orange City, Financial District, its mid-day and Krillin is walking his usual beat as a cop in uniform. Retirement is not far away and he's been counting down his shifts for the last 6 months, "5 more to go after today" he says to himself as he clenches his fists with determination. Krillin walks the busy winding streets of the Financial District, he thinks back on his life in the Orange City Police Department. Krillin tried to make detective many times during the early years of his career but his commanding officers preferred to put his martial skills to good use, eventually promoting him to a senior beat cop as a compromise. He's in great shape for a man in his 60's and is by far the best performing police officer in the OCPD, even with increasing numbers of criminals learning martial arts and ki control he still far outclasses them and even teaches techniques to new recruits to try and keep an edge over these increasingly dangerous criminals. The young recruits all look up to him… although not physically, he's still the same short, bald warrior he's always been but he's a great role model and they all admire his warrior cop reputation and beautiful young blonde wife.

Just as Krillin gets deeper into his day dreaming a large explosion rings out in the distance, Krillin snaps out of it and flies quickly in the direction of the explosion. Hovering in the air he sees the source of the explosion, there's been a heist at the Four Star Bank, people are spilling out of the building in panic and the south wall has been completely destroyed, thick black smoke spewing out of the opening. He can't see where the perpetrators went but they must have been using ki control to rob the bank and leave the scene so quickly. Krillin closes his eyes and focuses on the largest energy sources he can sense in the area "5… 10 no. There are 20 sources of energy larger than the cities average moving together and heading south, beginning pursuit" Krillin said into his police radio.

Krillin flew towards the sources of energy escaping the scene. It doesn't take long for him to catch up to them; he's flying above them stealthily as they're running through the largely empty streets of the Industrial District. It was the Red Shark Gang, 20 young men in matching black leather jackets with a red shark symbol sewn into the back. "Haha very subtle" Krillin chuckles to himself. He continues to follow them in hopes of finding their hideout.

Krillin notices a different group of 20 men approaching the Red Shark Gang; they were all in tank tops, track pants and combat boots. No doubt these were the Vigilantes led by the outlaw Pigero. Krillin lowers himself to a nearby rooftop to get a better look. He sees Pigero at the front, the prominent scar on his face easily identifying him. At the back is none other than Goki, it has been many years since Krillin has seen his former student and despite Krillin's best efforts at the time, Goki seems to have continued down his dark path.

"Thank you for the money brothers, we'll be sure to use it for a good cause" Pigero said to the Red Sharks with a smirk.

"Yeah, right. You'll have to pry this money from our cold dead hands" replied the Red Shark member at the front of the crowd.

The opposing gangs begin to brawl, Krillin observes safely from the sky as Pigero and Goki do the same, standing to the side of the tussle.

Krillin senses both the gang and the Vigilantes combined power, he could confidently take them all on at once but he waits, Krillin thinks to himself "what's the harm in letting them tire themselves out a bit first and surely Pigero & Goki will flee the scene once he calls for back up" despite all their faults the Vigilantes have never been known to fight police officers.

Krillin notices that the Vigilantes have gained the upper hand "This is not good, once they've beat the Red Shark Gang, they'll kill them all" Krillin says with panic.

Krillin dashes downwards towards the brawl, he makes himself known by delivering a powerful drop kick to a Vigilante's face, instantly knocking them out.

"Everyone put your hands up! You're all under arrest!" Krillin shouted as he pointed towards the brawling crowd.

The brawl stops as the Red Shark Gang and Vigilantes look towards Krillin. Both crowds start roaring with laughter at the short, aged cop.

"Hahaha! You got to be kidding me! I've eaten cops bigger than you for breakfast old man!" said one of the Red Shark thugs.

"Stay out of this for your own good cop! You're out of your depth!" said one of the Vigilantes.

Krillin slowly raises his right hand over his head with an open palm.

"Look at that! He's instantly surrendered! Almost feel sorry for the little guy" said another one of the Red Shark thugs.

"DESTRUCTO DISC!"

Krillin yelled as he threw a massive golden disc of energy towards the crowd from his open palm. Krillin smirked as he saw the panicked expression on the faces of every Red Shark member and Vigilante. The crowd leapt over the disc of energy, narrowly avoiding being cut in half or otherwise dismembered. Krillin then launched towards the crowd whilst they were still in the air, quickly delivering powerful punches and spin kicks to every thug on both sides of the brawl. Krillin lands on the ground, dusting his hands together. The previously brawling crowd then crash to the ground in unison, they were all unconscious before they even hit the asphalt.

Pigero remained standing, mouth agape at what he had seen or to be more accurate, what he could not see. The combination of attacks used by Krillin was so fast Pigero could not even follow it, in a matter of seconds he'd defeated 40 fighters without killing a single one. Displaying peak levels of power, technique and restraint.

"That's Krillin, my former master. Step back Pigero, let me handle this" Goki said calmly as he walked past Pigero, towards Krillin.

"You sure you don't want to come in peacefully? The judge will look on you more favourably if you do?" Krillin asked Goki and Pigero.

"Leave Krillin, I won't show weakness to you just because you're my former master. I'm giving you the courtesy to leave now and pretend you didn't see anything here today" Goki said firmly.

Krillin with a sad expression looked Goki in the eyes. The chilling things he had heard about Goki were true, Goki was leagues ahead of him in power but he could not stand by and let him get away with the things he had done as Pigero's enforcer.

"Last chance Kid, hand over Pigero then keep your hands above your head!" Krillin shouted with tears beginning to build in his eyes.

"Looks like you're fighting us then cop. Got to say it's a little crowded here now. Goki, could you clean the streets a bit?" Pigero asked with a smirk.

"Sure" Goki said with a smile.

Goki quickly shot his left palm towards the crowd of unconscious thugs, with precision a shockwave spread towards the unconscious Vigilantes, safely pushing them onto the nearby sidewalk. Goki then shot out his right palm, streams of crimson energy blasts rushed from his right palm vaporising each unconscious member of the Red Shark Gang.

"You really are a murderer" Krillin said, stunned after what he just saw his former student do.

"They were criminals, scum. I've made the world a better place" Goki said flatly.

"You were a good kid once, now look at you. The weapon of this terrorist, was Pigero going to hand that stolen money back? Of course not, don't you see? You're the same as the Red Shark Gang only more dangerous. You're worse than any gang or would be army on the planet!" Krillin shouted as he clenched his fists, no trace of tears in his eyes now.

"Whatever you say Krillin, your move" Goki said calmly as he stood straight towards Krillin.

Krillin placed his palms together and moved them to his right hip, blue energy started glowing from his joined palms, he then pushed his palms in the direction of Goki. "Kamehameha!" Krillin shouted as a wave of blue energy fired towards Goki.

Goki stepped towards the Kamehameha wave, got into a crouch, the delivered an uppercut to the blue energy wave, diverting its course into the sky.

As Goki looked back down, Krillin was already there in front of him in a combat stance.

Krillin struck Goki's chin with a back flip kick, Goki's lowered stance giving him the perfect opportunity to strike. Goki was knocked onto his back. Krillin leapt onto his downed former student and proceeded to continuously strike him.

Goki was trying to strike Krillin to get him off his chest and regain his footing but his strikes were unable to connect. Part of Goki was holding back, he began to doubt his own motives. Could he really defeat and humiliate this friend of the family and his former master?

"What are you doing Goki!? Get serious!" Pigero shouted as he clenched his fists.

"Aaaaaah!" Goki roared.

A powerful shockwave burst from Goki's body, launching Krillin down the street and forming a crater where Goki still lay.

Goki sprinted towards Krillin whilst he was launched down the street, disorientated. Goki clasped his hand firmly around Krillin's throat and slammed his body into the sidewalk repeatedly like a ragdoll as he roared with a primal scream. Suddenly Goki stopped, snapped out from his rage. He saw the near lifeless Krillin gasping for air, his neck still in his grip. The tremors inflicted to the ground from his onslaught had caused the adjacent buildings to partially sink into the earth. There was audible screams in the surrounding area as people in a panic started to escape from the collapsing buildings. Goki gently placed Krillin onto the ground, removing his grip from Krillin's neck.

"Don't stop now Goki, finish him off. We can't have witnesses, especially if they're a cop!" Pigero shouted as he walked towards Goki.

The words of Gohan and Krillin resonate in Goki's mind as he stood looking down on Krillin struggling for breath.

"You kill anyone you don't like because of my book? Do you realise how insane that sounds son?"

"You're the same as the Red Shark Gang only more dangerous. You're worse than any gang or would be army on the planet!"

For the first time Goki truly understood his rage. Pigero's cause was convenient, it gave him a sense that his rage, power and violence was righteous when in reality Pigero was using said rage, power and violence to further his own goals and eliminate his rivals. All the while he was gaining territory and profiting personally. Goki gave a blind eye to the more suspicious activities of Pigero and his Vigilantes as the purported cause allowed Goki to channel his seemingly endless rage. Goki turned back to face Pigero.

"If I see your face again I will destroy you, get out of my face!" Goki said with an intense glare and crimson aura emanating from his body.

"What are you saying son? You'll be throwing everything we've worked on away" Pigero said pleading with Goki.

"Last chance" Goki said as he raised his right palm towards Pigero, amber electricity flowing down his arm.

Pigero panicked and ran away from the area, leaving behind his unconscious Vigilantes in the street.

Goki searched Krillin's belt and found a capsule marked with "Cuffs" along the side. Goki pressed the capsule and in a cloud of smoke, a pile of white, plastic looking handcuffs appeared next to him on the sidewalk. Goki placed them on all the Vigilantes and finally put a pair on himself. He felt his energy noticeably reduce. Goki had heard of these police hand cuffs. His brother Goken had invented them at Capsule Corp to sap the wearers' ki so the police can safely arrest any criminal that had an understanding of ki control.

Krillin regained consciousness and got to his feet, looking down the battle damaged street he could see the Vigilantes handcuffed in an orderly line lying on their stomachs along with Goki, handcuffed and on his knees. Krillin approached Goki, confused to what had happened after their fight. Goki raised his head, looked Krillin in the eyes and said "Lock me up master; I'm the monster I thought I was protecting people from".