This was my little tribute to the king of pop, who has sadly passed on. Please enjoy.
It wasn't long before Bulma turned up, and after introductions were made as well as a promise not to destroy or kill anyone on earth from Mia, the group were ready to go. So here they were, unloading Bulma's air jet in the middle of a clearing.
"Wow this place is beautiful," said Bulma as Krillin and Yamcha began setting up the tents. Mia sat under the shade of a tree as she watched the earthlings go about setting up their tents. She preferred sleeping out in the open, or in a tree.
"Hey Iago, is Mia ok?" Gohan asked the parrot as he watched said girl in worry.
"She's fine kid, she just had a flashback," Iago said though he too was worried about the girl.
Mia sat under the tree thinking about her last day on Yodica. She remembered that she had gotten cocky, letting the power go to her head. She remembered releasing an energy wave, one powerful enough to kill all of Frieza's men. She remembered the smirk that appeared on Frieza's face as he pulled out a remote from behind his back, and she remembered the pain that assaulted her from the belt placed around her waist as she lost control of the energy wave.
Yodica was destroyed that day, and it was destroyed by her blast. The only reason she had survived was because she was pulled into the void, seconds before the explosion. She had destroyed a once beautiful planet, wiped out the rest of the peaceful Yodican race. She sighed, it would do her no good to dwell on past mistakes, learn from them then move on. You do your best and if that's not good enough, then do better!
"Through the fire and the flames, we carry on," she whispered to herself as she stood up.
"So they actually kissed?" Bulma asked as Yamcha filled her in on what she had missed.
"Yeah full on the lips for like a minute," Yamcha replied with a small smirk. Bulma cooed over the idea.
"Oh that is soooooo cute, I must tell Chichi about this," she said in a sing song voice.
"Don't you think they're a bit too young for you to be getting so excited, I mean the kiss was an accident," commented Krillin once he had finished setting up his tent.
"Yeah but it did take them quite a while before they even moved," Yamcha replied, "And did you see the way Gohan blushed," he said with a chuckle at the memory.
"Yeah he's just like his dad, finding love at a young age," Bulma said dreamily as she compared the two to Chichi and Goku with stars in her eyes while Yamcha and Krillin rolled their eyes at her.
Mia looked around the small campsite they had made, a sad frown on her face. A sudden sparkle appeared in her eyes.
"I need to cheer myself up," she smiled looking to her watch, "and I know just how to do it," she fiddled around with her watch for a few seconds, "There all done," she said as she began walking over to Gohan and Iago.
The sound of someone approaching them caused them to look up, once they did their eyes widened before a sweat drop formed on their heads.
"Mia.....Why are you wearing pink bunny ears and a Dracula cape?" Gohan asked ludicrously.
"Meh why not, besides I get to swish," she answered with a giggle as she began swishing her cape around her.
"Oh yeah she's cracked," Iago muttered.
"Aw Iago don't be jealous birdman, I can make you some too," she said sticking her tongue out at them.
"Wow she's cute," Gohan thought with a blush, watching as she began dancing around in her cape. She stopped and turned towards the camp. Everyone's attention was on her, she twirled bringing out something from behind her cape. It was a huge stereo/CD player. It had gotten dark out, a blanket of stars covered the sky. She smirked at the group, all eyes were on her.
"A tribute, to the king of Pop," she said as she clicked her fingers. Music filled the area.
"AHHHHHHH!!" Bulma screamed in fright.
"What is it? What's wrong?!" Yamcha asked her coming to her aid. Bulma was blue in the face with fear as she pointed to the area behind Mia where you could see hands clawing their way out of the ground. Lightning struck through the sky.
Mia smirked.
"It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark," she sung as she spun around, walking closer to the group in time to the beat.
"Under the moon light,
You see a sight that almost stops your heart,
You try to scream,
but terror takes the sound before you make it,
you start to freeze,
as horror looks you right between the eyes, you're paralyzed," she continued to sing as the zombies rising from the ground pushed the group closer together, leaving them in the centre of the clearing.
"You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run,
you feel the cold hand, and wonder if you'll ever see the sun,
you close your eyes, and hope that this is just imagination girl,
but all the while,
you hear the creatures creeping up behind, you're out of time," the group watched her dance, though they were still weary of the zombies surrounding them, they did seem to enjoy the girls dance.
"They're out to get you, as demons closing in on every side,
they will possess you, unless you change that number on the dial,
now is the time,
for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah,
all through the night,
I'll save you from the terror on the screen,
I'll make you see," at here she stopped as a voice called from out of the sky.
"Darkness falls across the land
the midnight hour is close at hand
creatures crawl in search of blood,
to terrorise your neighbourhood,
and who so ever shall be found,
without the soul for getting down,
must stand and face the hounds of hell,
and rot inside a corpses shell," at here the zombies all moved to stand in rows behind Mia, all looking towards their audience.
"The foulest stenches in the air,
the funk of 40 thousand years,
and grisly ghouls from every tomb
are closing in to seal your doom,
and though you fight to stay alive,
your body starts to shiver,
for no mere mortal can resist,
the evil of the thriller."
The eerie music continued though there was no one singing, Mia twirled, and as she did she changed. Her skin turned greenish blue causing her to look like one of the ghouls behind her. She stood in front of the herd of ghouls, they formed an almost triangle formation. She danced. The ghouls behind her danced, copying her moves in perfect sync. She moved left, they moved left, she moved right, they moved right. At first she looked like she was twitching, bringing her neck to her shoulder, but then they moved, spreading their arms out and moving their legs, thrusting into the air, all the while they kept coming forward, making the group take steps backwards, they slid side to side, stomping the ground and clapping to the sound of the music.
They turned, bit by bit they turned facing the other way, looking over their shoulders before moving forward away from the group. Mia spun round reverting to her normal look, though she still had the bunny ears and Dracula cape.
"Cause this is thriller,
thriller night,
and no ones gonna save you from the beast about to strike,
you know it's thriller thriller night,
you're fighting for your life inside a killer thriller, thriller thriller night
cause I can thrill you more than any ghouls who'd ever dare try, thriller thriller night,
so let me hold you tight and share a killer thriller thriller thriller here tonight,
cause this is thriiler thriller night
girl I can thrill you more than any ghouls who'd ever dare try, thriller thriller night,
so let me hold you tight and share a killer thriller thriller thriller here tonight,"
The song finished, Mia stood in a pose, her hand above her head. The zombies behind bowing as their images fazed in and out of existence, before disappearing completely as Mia relaxed out of her pose. She looked up to the sky.
"That was for you MJ, you're a true inspiration and I'm gutted that I never got to see you perform live, you are and always will be the king of music, rest in peace," she said to the sky as she thought about a man who she had never once met, but found inspiration in his songs when she was down, even dancing to them for fun.