Chapter 20
Krillin
It was the day after Goku taught Krillin, Yamcha, and Videl the Kaioken, they were all gathered at Kame House to see the Saiyans off. Pan, Bra, Gohan, Trunks, and Goten were all carrying packs filled with clothes, Capsules, senzu beans, and other essentials Chi-chi and Bulma insisted their children bring, just in case. Krillin couldn't help but smile and shake his head as the two women fussed over their families. When they were certain they were all ready, Chi-chi finally said, "Be careful, all of you. And I promise that I'll make the best meal you've ever had when you get back." "We'll be alright, Chi-chi," Goku assured her, with that always confident smile and a hug, as did the rest of her family, "Between Vegeta and me, I'd say we can handle anything that comes our way." Vegeta on the other hand was a little more standoffish as Trunks and Bra hugged Bulma goodbye, but when she turned to Vegeta, he didn't stop her from giving him a goodbye hug and kiss.
After they said their goodbyes, the Supreme Kai arrived. "Alright everyone," the Supreme Kai said, "If you're ready to go, grab onto me, and I'll take you to Cerebrum Prime." The Saiyans all did as he said, and the Supreme Kai turned to the Earthlings. "Goodbye everyone. We'll be back as soon as possible," he assured them. He then declared, "Kai Kai," and in a blur, they were all gone. "No matter how many times this happens," Chi-chi admitted with a sigh, "I always worry about them." "Hey now," Videl assured her mother-in-law, "It's Goku we're talking about! Plus he's got Vegeta, Gohan, Goten, all there to watch his back if anything goes wrong. And if I know Gohan, he'll make sure nothing happens to anyone, not while he's around."
"I guess you're right," Chi-chi said, a little reassured. "As for us," Yamcha pointed out, "We got our own problems to deal with. Master Roshi, think you can help out?" Master Roshi looked at him and nodded, "Sure thing. I've been needing some more exercise anyway. And aside from that, I'm pretty sure I can draw Shen out. Just take me to him, and I'm sure I can make him reveal himself." "That could work," Krillin said, thinking, "Yeah… he's got to be at his wits end with all the beat downs we've been giving his students. One more push might be enough to make him slip up and give us the evidence needed to expose him. But you're gonna have to be careful, Master." The old master nodded, "This isn't my first rodeo, boys." "Alright," Krillin agreed.
Videl
Videl was the one that took Master Roshi to 'Master Flying Stork's' dojo, Krillin and Yamcha went to the Police Station to prepare the Ki Corp for any worst-case scenario. Master Roshi was dressed in an old black martial arts uniform and looked very serious as they reached the dojo. Videl opened her senses, she felt many students there, but none of them were particularly powerful. But she sensed Shen was still there, supervising, along with his bald Assistant. The two went inside and the Assistant actually stopped when he saw Master Roshi, then regained his composure. "Welcome to the Stork School. Would you like an introductory lesson?" the Assistant said.
He then commented to Videl, "Would you like to come join our school, Officer? I'm sure that Master Flying Stork can teach you many things." Master Roshi spoke first, "Actually, I was hoping to speak to the Master himself. I've got some experience myself, it's always a treat meeting someone with similar experience." "That will have to wait, the Master is teaching a lesson personally right now," the Assistant said, "But you are free to wait in his office." "Thank you very much, Tao," Master Roshi said, shocking the Assistant, aka Tao, "If you could bring us some tea as well, that would be lovely." Tao immediately went, his body language looked like he was struggling not to go off on something.
"You wound him up pretty good," Videl commented. "That's the plan," Master Roshi told her, "I'm going to knock him down a few pegs, both of them if I can, in front of these students. That should get them scared enough to mess up. Shen and I both think in terms of 'the old school', where the Law is only a tool, not the whole thing when it comes to Justice. Now that he knows I'm here, he won't think that the Law can protect him anymore." "Alright, I'll plant the bugs," Videl said, and walked around the office. It had a desk with chairs to sit on, papers, a pillow and altar for Shen to meditate on, and a shelf full of old scrolls. Videl was as discrete as possible as she planted the bugs that Bulma had made wherever she thought she could hide them. The Chief had given her permission to take these drastic measures, he was really going out on a limb; but after Marron's school was attacked, the public outcry for the Police to stamp out the criminals was fierce.
Videl quickly sat next to Master Roshi and waited for Shen. After five minutes, he arrived in his office. Videl could feel his anger towards them even without sensing his ki. In an even tone, the wicked Master said, "I guess the jig is up then." "Shen, you know that what you've been doing is wrong, you are victimizing innocent people," Master Roshi responded, "I can't stand by anymore." "I thought so," Shen said, and then slammed his fist on his desk. Immediately, solid steel doors slammed down around them, and Shen suddenly disappeared! "What the Hell!?" Videl yelled. "It was a duplicate!" Roshi yelled, "Shen's learned more than we thought!" That was when they heard the beeping sound.
Krillin
Krillin and Yamcha had just finished debriefing the Ki Corp when a loud explosion tore through the city! "What was that!?" Yamcha yelled as the Chief ran into the room. "Krillin! Yamcha! You need to take the Ki Corp and get to Satan City Penitentiary as soon as possible! They're under attack by ki wielding criminals, and prisoners are running wild!" "Oh man!" Yamcha yelled, then turned to his students, "Let's go! Focus on keeping the people safe!" "Right!" the officers all agreed as they quickly ran out of the Police Station. "Yamcha, follow me, I know where the Penitentiary is," Krillin yelled as he flew up, and to his surprise, the other officers all floated up as well. "Alright Rookies!" Krillin told them after a second, "Follow me!"
The members of the Ki Corp followed Krillin closely, although he was moving a lot slower than he liked so they could follow him. In five minutes, they reached the Satan City Penitentiary. Prisoners were rioting, as Shen's students were destroying buildings and blasting at approaching police cars. Krillin flew down and grabbed a bullhorn from a wounded officer and immediately yelled, "This is Sergeant Krillin of the Satan City Police Department! Stand down now, or we will detain you using all means necessary!" The attacking ki criminals turned their attention to Krillin, and immediately bombarded him with ki balls.
The veteran warrior easily dodged the attack, and Yamcha sprang into action, "SPIRIT BALL!" Like a demented pinball, the Spirit Ball attacked the crooks, slamming into them full force and moving on to the next one. Krillin didn't let his friend take all the credit, and quickly knocked out a dozen of the crooks with his own ki balls. Meanwhile, the Ki Corp focused on the escaped prisoners, knocking as many out as they could and recapturing them, fighting to keep them contained.
The Ki Corp did their Master proud, dozens of escaped prisoners fell in the first minute, the Ki Corp members discipline ensuring that no one was overwhelmed by sheer numbers, although they were outnumbered by hundreds.
Krillin and Yamcha soon got the ki wielding criminals under control and couldn't have been sooner as they saw that even with their discipline and training, the Ki Corp was struggling to hold the line. "Yamcha, we need to end this fast!" Krillin yelled. "Right! Ready?" Yamcha said, and together the two old friends yelled, "KAIOKEN!" The red aura of Kaioken surrounded them as power flowed through their bodies. They were moving so fast, that for them it almost seemed that time had stood still as they went through the remaining prisoners. They had to struggle to hold back their overwhelming strength, wanting to detain, not slaughter, the escaping prisoners. They moved like red blurs through the remaing criminals, throwing punches and kicks and precision strikes to pressure points as they moved. By the time they felt their muscles beginning to strain, it was over, and they both deactivated Kaioken. "Is everyone alright?" Yamcha immediately asked as more police cruisers along with ambulances and fire trucks arrived on the scene.
Pinto answered, she had some bruises on her face and her sunglasses were gone, but she was walking just fine at least, "No casualties on our side. I think we managed to detain all the escaped prisoners." "What about inside the penitentiary?" Krillin asked as he reached out with his senses. He sensed no life inside, all the prisoners had escaped, and he saw no sign of the Penitentiary Guards outside. He saw a hole in the wall of the penitentiary where Shen's students had originally blasted in and flew inside of it. "Hello!" Krillin yelled as he flew through the ruined penitentiary. All he saw were ruined cells, and bodies of prisoners and guards inside, no sign of life.
"Damn it," he cursed, and Yamcha parroted him when he got inside as well. Krillin looked around, the penitentiary would take months to repair fully, but he realized something quickly, "The explosion didn't come from here." Yamcha's eyes threatened to bug out of his head, "You're right, you don't think…" The two of them stopped talking, and immediately flew off. They saw the smoke and flew towards it as fast as they could and saw the remains of 'Master Flying Stork's' Dojo. "VIDEL! MASTER ROSHI!" they yelled as they went to thr rubble. "Krillin, they're still alive, I can sense them and about a dozen other people!" Yamcha said as they quickly got to work clearing the rubble. They soon saw a ki barrier and cleared the area around it. As soon as it was clear, Videl released the barrier and gasped. "Easy there Videl," Master Roshi said as he helped her up, "You did real good."
A dozen people in gi's were sprawled around close to Videl and Master Roshi, and Yamcha asked, "What happened?" Master Roshi grunted, "Shen was ready for us. He made a trap, steel doors in his office and a bomb. When we realized there was a bomb, we got through the steel doors, and saw the innocent students, all confused. I corralled them together, and Videl created the barrier just as the bomb went off." Master Roshi looked around, four other buildings were also devastated, "We need to get to work, we might be able to save some more people."
"Can you handle it?" Krillin asked Master Roshi and Videl. "Yeah," Videl said, "I just needed a minute to rest. Let's go, me and Yamcha will take this side, you and Master Roshi take that one." "Got it," the warriors agreed, and went to work clearing rubble from the other buildings, sensing for more people. It took them an hour, they had to be careful to not risk a landslide of rubble, but they managed to save another thirteen people. All of them were injured, but thankfully the ambulances had arrived to take care of the wounded. When it was over, Videl cursed and fell on her butt. "All this, and they still managed to get away." "Yeah," Krillin agreed. They won this battle, but the war wasn't over yet.