All across the city, what remained of the police force tried to fight back against the red ribbon insurgents.
But their efforts were in vail. Outnumbered and out gunned, they were helpless against the red ribbon army. At least until the underworld of the city rose to help the authorities.
The criminal elements of Satan city arrived to help the police that they fought against for years, after all this city was theirs as well. Cops and criminal of Satan city, together started to gun down the red ribbon army.
Occasionally a band of red ribbon soldiers were found dead, with their heads cracked open with bare fists. Some people even claimed to see a blurry UFO like object shooting laser beams at the terrorists.
Some people saw two anthropomorphic pterodactyls rip apart the red ribbon soldiers without mercy. And occasionally an entire band of red ribbon soldiers exploded into a gory shower of blood without explanation.
Not even an hour had passed since the red ribbon army's occupation of the city, and already their reign was at an end.
The devil made sure of that. After all this was his city. And it was foolish of those terrorists to think they could take control of his home. And now they suffered the devil's wrath. By evening this day, the red ribbon army would be eliminated completely.
The devil himself would make sure of that.
Videl took down two more gunmen before they could react to her sudden appearance. She had taken down six terrorists that guarded the halls of the eastern wing of the mayor's mansion.
Two more stood guard in the room ahead of her, where the entrance to the auditorium was.
Videl sensed that they stood on either side of the auditorium's entrance. And as soon as Videl would enter the room, they would see her and start shooting.
So she had to take them out before they saw her. That wasn't actually that difficult for Videl. She pressed her back to the door that led to the room, and held a boomerang in each hand.
Videl sensed their location and then shoved open the door with her back. Before the door could open completely Videl threw her first boomerang at the wall in the next room. The angle of the boomerang was such that it would bounce off the wall and hit the man standing to the right of the auditorium's entrance.
Immediately after throwing the first boomerang she threw her second one at the wall. This time the angle was such that it would knock out the man standing on the left of the entrance.
Both boomerangs bounced off the wall and hit their targets perfectly, knocking the men out. Videl sighed in relief as she entered the room and picked up her fallen boomerangs.
She was thankful for her powers. Without them she wouldn't have been able to do what she was doing right now. In fact she wouldn't have survived the attack on her house. These powers, however she had gained them, were gifts given to her so that she could help people.
She looked at the entrance to the auditorium, and then extended her sensing power. Inside the auditorium were fourteen hostile gunmen. Thirteen of whome were much weaker than her.
But the fourteenth man made her gasp. Sensing his aura she could feel that his power level was greater than hers, but more importantly, when she saw his aura through the wall, it was swirling all around him, like a tornado that clung to his body. Usually a person's aura radiated out of their body like wisps of bright, glowing smoke.
She had never seen an aura like this gunman's.
But the more surprising thing was that there were three more powerful auras in that room, and those three men were hostages. The first man had a power level lower than Videl's, but still high enough to be of notice. The second aura was nearly twice as large as Videl's! In fact, Videl felt as if this man's aura was even larger than her father's! No…that obviously wasn't possible, she was just imagining thing.
The third aura was also lower than hers, and in fact the person's power level wasn't very high to begin with. But what caught Videl's eye was that this man's aura clung to his body. It didn't radiate out in wisps. It stuck to him like a second layer of glowing, bright skin. She had never seen such an aura before either. This man's aura felt…restrained.
Why weren't they fighting back? Well, Videl supposed it would be foolish to fight against armed gun men surrounding you. And Videl had a weapon these three men didn't, the element of surprise. And that would make all the difference. In fact, perhaps that was why these three than been captured along with the other hostages. They had just been taken by surprise, and couldn't fight back in time.
Well, Videl was going to teach these terrorists a thing or two about flashy and surprising entrances.
Videl kicked down the entrance to the auditorium and immediately threw two of her boomerangs at the gunmen furthest from her, knocking them out.
Videl quickly jumped into the air and kicked the nearest gunman in the temple, knocking him out instantly.
Twisting in midair, Videl pulled out two more boomerangs and threw them at two gunmen who had already shrugged off their surprise and were taking aim. The boomerangs hit their mark, and the two men immediately fell into unconsciousness.
Five of the gunmen had pulled down chairs from the dias and were sitting on them when Videl had started her attack. They now leapt to their feet and hurriedly tried to shoot down their attacker.
But they were too slow for Videl. She landed right in the middle of the five gunmen. Pulling out her taser batons, she immediately started to strike them with a flurry of attacks. Every time she sensed one of the gunmen about to hit her, she would counter him and then start attacking him, until another gunman caught her senses.
Videl thought that the remaining gunmen wouldn't shoot at her, because that would put their comrades in danger as well. But obviously Videl thought too highly of these terrorists. She was surprised to sense one of the gunmen take aim at her even though she was in-between his friends.
Sensing that the man was about to fire, Videl immediately fell to ground, and the gunman ended up shooting down all five of his comrades who were surrounding Videl. Videl gasped as one of the bullets grazed she leg.
Videl looked up to see the remaining four gunmen take aim at her. The blue haired leader of the men gave her a cocky grin, and then said, "Well, nice try kiddo. But you dead! Don't worry, I will send your father to you soon".
But before the blue haired man could shoot at her, the man who was nearly twice as strong as her stood up. This man was a giant, and he wore a cap with two horns on it.
'A giant who wears a horned cap? He is the ox King!', Videl suddenly realized.
The ox King backed handed the blue haired terrorists with so much force, that he was flung into the wall of the auditorium.
The remaining three gunmen were taking a moment to register what just happened, and in that moment a pot bellied man with a receding hairline suddenly leapt up and knocked out one of the gunmen with astonishing speed. This was the man who had an aura slightly smaller than Videl's.
'He is so unhealthy! How the hell is he almost as strong as me!', Videl thought as the pot bellied man took the gun of the man he had just knocked out and shot down the two remaining gunmen.
Videl saw that the suit the man was wearing had the insignia of the ox kingdom. Videl then shifted her eyes to a young boy about her age, sitting besides the pot bellied man.
He was the one who had the aura that seemed to cling to his body….that seemed to be restrained somehow. The boy was extremely handsome. He had black spiky hair that seemed to defy gravity, and dark piercing eyes. Videl wondered why his aura wasn't radiating like normal. Perhaps he was terminally ill? Then Videl realized that she had seen this boy's face on TV before. He was the price of the ox kingdom!
'What's up with these ox kingdom men and their power levels? And what's up with this guy's aura?', questions started to pop up in Videl's mind.
"You are brave little girl. Braver than I will ever be", the ox King suddenly spoke to her.
" Tell me brave child, what is your name?", the ox King asked her with a kind fatherly smile on his face.
"Uh…Videl Satan….your Highness", Videl replied to the King.
The giant man chuckled," Well Ms Satan, I think me, my minister, my son, as well as all these men and women form the media own you our lives. You are a hero young lady!", the ox King exclaimed.
Videl grinned at the King,"Oh well, it's just an everyday routine for me your Highness. Though today was definitely more exciting than usual".
The ox King started to laugh loudly at that,"Oh! A warriors heart! A warriors strength! And a warriors mouth as well!"
"Well that's me, the all-round warrior", Videl said.
Suddenly Videl's senses flared up. The blue haired man was somehow still conscious after getting smacked into a wall.
" He is awake!", Videl yelled and quickly pulled out her last two boomerangs.
Just as the blue haired man stood up on his feet, Videl flung one of her boomerangs at him. Just as the boomerang was about to hit him in the head, his aura suddenly flared up. The tornado like swirls of his aura pushed away her boomerang to the side, just as a strong gust of wind would have.
He looked at Videl and grinned. Videl quickly threw her second boomerang, but this time she aimed at his rifle magazine. The boomerang hit it's target and the magazine fell out of the rifle.
The blue haired man growled at her, while Videl grinned at him. So his aura only protected his own body, and did not extended to anything else.
The man aimed his gun at Videl. But why? It had no bullets left. Suddenly Videl realized that there was still one bullet left in the guns barrel.
"Shit!", Videl yelled as she closed her eyes waiting for pain of the bullet hitting her flesh. She heard the gun shot, but the pain never came.
When Videl opened her eyes she saw the ox King standing right in front of her. He had taken the bullet for her!
" Grandpa!", the ox Prince yelled and started to run towards the ox king. But the ox King merely raised his hand and indicated the Prince to stop.
"A mere bullet isn't enough to kill the ox King", the giant King said, but it was obvious that he was in pain.
Suddenly the pot bellied minister of the ox King started to spray bullets at the blue haired man. But every single bullet was pushed away from him by his swirling aura. All the bullets struck the wall behind him leaving the man unharmed.
The blue haired man started to laugh maniacally, then he said," such things can't kill me you fools! The only reason you were able to hit me you giant, obese piece of ox shit, is because I was distracted! Now let me show you, the true power….OF THE STORM BRINGER!"
Suddenly tendrils of the man's aura shot out of his body and grabbed the ox King. The tendrils picked up the giant King easily, and then flung him into the dias.
Videl quickly jumped up to her feet, and suddenly felt a pain flare up in her left leg. She had totally forgotten that a bullet had grazed her skin. She could move, for now, but this was definitely going to slow her down.
The pot bellied minister of the ox kingdom rushed at the terrorist with surprising speed. He threw a quick left hook at the terrorist's face, but his hand was violently pushed away by the terrorist's aura. The minister screamed in agony as his left hand fell limp to his side.
'Shit! His aura literally broke the guys hand', Videl thought to herself. The terrorist raised one hand, and a funnel of his aura shot out like a tornado, striking the ox minister with so much force, that he was thrown to the far end of the auditorium, knocking him out cold.
Videl growled at the terrorist and rushed at him.
She vaguely heard the ox Prince yell,"No don't! ", but she ignored him.
Videl saw one of his aura tendrils shooting towards her, and she dodged it easily. Several more tendrils shot out, but Videl easily avoided them much to the terrorist's surprise.
Videl had an advantage that neither the ox King nor his minister had, she could see aura, she could see his attacks. Videl drew her two batons and held one in each hand.
The swirling aura armor around the terrorist was like a tornado, fast and random. But as it flowed around him, occasionally a hole appeared in the aura armor, too small for a fist, but large enough for her to taser him with thin batons.
As soon as Videl got close enough to him, she saw one of those holes appear to the terrorist's side, and she immediately plunged her taser into the hole.
The man screamed out in pain as he was shocked, and his swirling aura armor immediately dwindled leaving several holes behind.
Videl took full advantage of his weakened state and she stated to pummel him.
Unfortunately within a few seconds his armor was back. Before Videl could taser him again, the man yelled,"YOU BITCH", and his armor suddenly expand away from his body.
The expanding aura armor hit Videl, and she was hit with such a strong gust of wind that she was flung into the air. She gasped in pain as she landed on the far side of the auditorium. Videl open her eyes, but all she could see were black spots.
She shook her head a few times to clear her vision, and when she opened her eyes again she saw several tendrils of aura shoot towards her. She could have easily dodged them at this distance, but as soon as she got on her feet, pain shot through her leg injury, causing her to wobble.
'Shit…I am dead', Videl thought to herself and waited for the inevitable. Suddenly with a roar, the ox King rushed at the terrorist and punched him, causing the tendrils to vanish just before they hit her.
"You….ugh…obese bastard. HOW ARE YOU HITT-",the ox King punched the terrorist before he could finish his sentence.
" How?", the terrorist gasped. The ox King punched the terrorist again, his fist literally ripping through the swirling aura armor.
'That aura pushed away bullets! And the ox King is punching through that like it was nothing!',Videl marveled at the ox king's brute strength as he pummeled the terrorist.
'That Videl girl….she can sense ki. No doubt about it',Gohan thought to himself. There was no other explanation as to how she dodged the ki tendrils and then perfectly tastered the man in the side where the swirling ki had left behind an opening.
But even Gohan couldn't have predicted the man's ki suddenly exploding away from his body. The force of the attack sent the girl flying to the opposite side of the auditorium.
Gohan growled, she was still conscious, the girl was strong, but if he let this continue without intervening then someone could die. He had almost jumped in and taken care of the blue haired bastard himself, but his grandpa had signalled him to stay back. Even when Porunda was seriously injured and knocked out, his grandpa had secretly signalled him to stand back, with a stern look on his face.
Gohan didn't like this, he didn't like this at all. He felt like a coward. He knew that he wasn't intervening to protect his family, but it still made him feel like a coward.
His grandpa had recovered and had begun to pummel the blue haired man now. Videl Satan(Satan? Was she related to that idiot Hercule somehow?) Had also risen to her feet and was now running towards the terrorist.
Gohan sensed that one of the unconscious terrorists was waking up. Gohan carefully used his ki, he didn't want videl to feel anything. He applied pressure to the back of the terrorist's neck with ki, putting him back into deep sleep.
Gohan turned his attention back to the fight. Just before the ox King could knock out the terrorist with a hook to the temple, the man back stepped and dodged the punch. The he raised both his hands and shot out a ki tornado at grandpa, hurling grandpa into the dias once again.
Gohan hissed, he had to do something. Then he noticed his leg brush again something. He looked down to see one of the camera men hiding underneath his seat, just like every other media personnel. But Gohan's leg had brushed against the man's camera.
'Maybe…maybe this evil equipment can come in handy after all', Gohan thought to himself.
"Hey, I am borrowing this", Gohan told the cameraman, who just whimpering in reply.
Just as the ox King was thrown into the dias by the aura tornados, Videl reached the terrorist and waited for an opening in his armor.
The man turned to Videl and howled, throwing a punch at her. Videl step sided easily, and thank God for that, because out of the fist shot out a tornado that caused the wall to be blow away.
'Still no hole in his armor!', Videl thought to herself in frustration.
Suddenly the Prince of the ox kingdom came running towards where Videl and the terrorist stood, holding what appeared to be a camera.
" He you jerk!",the prince yelled at the terrorist, causing him to turn his head to look at the Prince.
"SOLAR FLARE!"the Prince yelled, as he raised the camera right in front of the terrorist's face and clicked a picture. The camera flashed brightly, right in front of the terrorist's eyes.
" Aagh!", the terrorist yelled, and his armor crumbled.
Videl quickly hit the already beaten up terrorist with a strong high kick to his head. The strike pulled the man off his feet, and sent him sprawling to the ground. He was most definitely not going to get up anytime soon.
Videl turned to the Prince and grinned at him,"Solar flare?"
The Prince grinned at her sheepishly, while scratching the back of his head. He looked rather adorable doing that, if Videl said so herself.
'Well, definitely the best day of my life, and thankfully not my last', Videl thought to herself and turned to the audience's seats.
Every single hostage from the media were hiding under their seats.
Videl sighed and then yelled,"Alright everybody! Actions over! Day's saved! So help me tie up these jerks so that we can get on with the interviewing!"