Dragon Ball
Z
Code Red
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Chapter
2
Finding
It annoyed 18 to no end, at first she didn't mind her twin brother 17 and his habit of driving to no where, the moment or so she had found him, standing in the same place where the Z-Warriors took their stand and fought with the monster Cell, but now being 6 months since after that day Gohan had with help from the others had put Cell down, it was becoming tiresome, she wished she could just fly than stay on the ground and sit back while 17 took the wheel.
Aside from 17's no sense of direction. She was missing the presences of 16, whom unfortunately could not be wished back to life, at least he had one sole purpose back then, find and kill Goku, now it was just on the road, seeing the world and all it has install for two cyborgs. Of course there was one other thing in mind that the world would have have for 18...Krillin...that poor, little shave and waxed man, had taken a liking to her, so much so he even did something nice for her. No not just once but twice.
Admittedly, she too was kinda missing him, but now she just wants some time to herself and a bit with her brother (who right is becoming a bit of a pain) before either of them decide to go on their own to find something worth doing besides what they were programmed for...
yes their original goal was to destroy Goku, but Goku being dead, means no purpose for them. No purpose...what could the two do, obviously 18 had it figured for her, to somehow muster a bit more courage to make a move on a hopefully waiting Krillin, but what of 17, aside from driving, he wondered what could he do now that he and his sister are immortal now, never to age or grow ill from diseases.
Surely enough the least thing he could do is being destructive...probably do some good around the world, after all he was honouring what the Z-fighters did, unexpectedly wishing him back and removing the bombs Dr. Gero implanted in them. In fact he could get angry at the Z-fighters for even wishing him back, when it just means hardly any fun other than playing bad boy across the country side and facing the so-called world martial arts champion Mr. Satan (oh how he would love to show the world what a huge fraud he is, probably find it amusing to see his fans turn on the man they thought their hero, their idol to look up to, probably even give 18 a laugh out of it)
"Pull over to the next exit 17" said 18 suddenly.
"Exactly why?" 17 asked.
"You know why, I need a new change of clothes, and I'm getting tired of all this driving around to nowhere" she said.
"Sure, if it makes you content for a while, I'll probably need to refill on fuel" said 17.
"Just pay for it next this time, I'm not going to bout my eyes on the next moron that owns a gas station" 18 added.
"Sure, I won't, but tell me something sister, exactly when did you become one to pay for something lately, even when the fact we're not even entirely much human any more?" asked 17, curiosity in his voice.
For once, 18 thought of it for a second, for one thing, being a terrifying cyborg made to kill, would instantly made anyone bend to your will and you would get away with it, now during the course of time she found herself doing something right for once.
"...I...I don't even understand any more...must be because of him" 18 answered, which made 17 chuckle at the thought of his elder sister, putting the blame on this "him"...
"So the reason behind all this is cause you're afraid he's think highly less of you for having a little fun with the humans that it?" he asked.
"Just shut up and drive" said 18.
"I honestly don't see how that small kiss you gave him made him take a liking to you" said 17 as he turned the wheel, taking the exit that 18 suggested.
It was the dampness and sound of pipe spouting a leak, that woke Bulma up fully, the moment her sense came back to her. While seeing nothing but black, she felt that her body wasn't bound to this strange force that had left her paralysed, as by mere reaction, she sat her self up. Another thing she felt was her mouth was gagged shut by cloth, leaving her only to muffle, her hands and feet bound by thick rope.
Another thing that came to her was that she is alone somewhere, her mother, father and most of all Trunks was nowhere around.
"They must have placed us in different rooms, these freaks, how dare they barge in our house...Oh Vegeta you idiot, if only you stayed, instead you went off somewhere far in space...though it was my fault you took off to space...if only-"
Her thoughts when they interrupted by the sound of the door opening and the wailing cries of a baby.
"Trunks!?...Thank goodness, he's alive" she thought with relief.
As she heard the sound of shoes clapping on to the harden stone floor, suddenly, Bulma felt someone had tugged her up by her shirt, forcing her up off the ground, the gag in her mouth being removed, and her blindfold untied from her.
There before her, she was in clutches of the same man, whose eyes, glowing in the dim-lit dampen room, still pierced within her very soul, the same fear that she felt the moment she first saw them, but the cries of Trunks averted her eyes to then see her only son, cradle in the arms of a woman, her blonde hair tied in a bun, her entire attire was no more but plain black, from heels, skirt and a blazer with medals pinned on the right side of her pocket.
Examining the person the woman, she looked of military brand, judging by the way the medal shows, heck to Bulma she looked like a general. Beside the woman, the man too was donned entirely of black and looked to be another general, but judging by the amount of stars he was several ranks higher than the woman cradling her child.
As she was in the grip of her kidnapper, the 5 star general came towards her, his face harden yet his eyes, like her kidnapper was just as piercing, if not seemed like through his gaze he could see right through you, can easily bring out something you wished never to unlock from the back of your mind.
"I apologise for the...sudden interruption me and my company had for you and your family Mrs. Briefs..."
"Yeah sure, interrupt the most important woman alive on earth buddy, but you'll be sorry for ever kidnapping me and my family..." Bulma began to smirk. "I will make sure of it, you'll regret ever doing it" the general couldn't help but mockingly laugh at Bulma's statement.
"Funny enough, your fool of a father had told me the same thing, that your alien husband would be coming to look for you and blow us all to kingdom come...quite a laugh it gave me till he mentioned the fact he was one of the brave but idiotic fools who narrowly fought and killed Cell...oh no, you see Mrs. Briefs while you and your entire family will do everything in your power to not tell us anything you know that we want to know, this alien, this Vegeta prince of this species we never even heard of, will never find you...I can assure you of that" said the man as he gave a nod to the head which promoted Bulma's kidnapper to let her go, then delivering a solid kick to her stomach.
Bulma coughed and grunted, as the pain aching on her stomach, so so it would have made her puke her insides out.
"You are lucky, Hashi, one of our most deadliest hit man, is just toying with you...you see he and his sister, love to toy with their prey before killing them...such insane manics they are, we had to create a device to have full control, right after the little incident we had...them freaks, having killed nearly are entire army of band mercenaries" said the general, his laughing sadistically, as he then knelt to where Bulma, still in pain from that kick, then picked her up by the hair.
"Now, Mrs. Brief, that was just a taste what will happen, when you don't give us what we want...you see, I'm not much for hitting women...I really am...but when I want something, I will do anything to get it and nobody, not even a woman or a child will stand in the way of it"
"Now if you and your family want be free, you are to simply tell us the whereabouts of Dr. Gero's Laboratory and we will let you all go...or if you refuse, your son gets the worst then what you did" said the general.
Bulma couldn't help herself but give out a weak chuckle, which promoted the general to then slap her on the left cheek.
"Dare to try me Mrs. Brief? I will give the order to kill the child, if it will let you talk, now tell us where it is" the General demanded, a cold yet calm demeanour tone in his voice.
"It's...not the...fact that you're all being funny...it's the fact that you'll be wasting your time there, even if I did tell you where it was...you see it was destroyed, my husband and his friends saw to it, whatever you find there is all gone if you plan to make something from what that whack job did" Bulma answered colly
"So it seems, yet why do I feel as though, you are hiding something else then the fact you know something about Dr. Gero's creations" said the General looked at Bulma deeply with the same penetrating eyes, cold and calculative as ever.
"What do you mean, everything was destroyed, and whatever you idiots are doing, you sure wasting a hell of a lot of time...in matter of fact you remind me a bit of the Red Ribbon Army" said Bulma. She fully well knows that the only surviving evidence of Dr. Gero was that both Androids 17 and 18 are still alive somewhere and the blue prints she asked Krillin and Trunks to fetch to build the deactivation switch is back in Capsule Corp.
"Mrs. Briefs, for your son's sake, you best tell everything and I mean everything, I wouldn't want the baby to feel a slow, painful death in my watch" the General threaten as he gave another signal, only this time directed toward the woman, who then held a knife in hand, which was placed on to Trunks' face.
"You see Yavaan, loves to peel off the faces first then down before anything else,now tell us"
It has been 3 days, and no answer or even a phone call from the Briefs, Yamcha, who became worried, much so he first thought it natural as Bulma now in a family with Vegeta, the man who had killed him during their first brief meeting, were out on a sort of escape, a holiday they would say, well most likely being born a princess and being the heiress to the world's most powerful company that has been a convenience to the world, you're bound to have some sort of freedom.
But they would know, Bulma would instantly told Yamcha, now that they were trusted friends, and the fact Yamcha lives somewhat near by in the city, that she wouldn't be at home.
It worried him, and so he would go to check if things were okay, he was hoping however Vegeta had nothing to do with this, after all the days spent fighting Cell, they should have already formed a sort of trust among themselves...no it could not be Vegeta, if it were him he would already blew up Bulma's house if he so did and he would have sensed it too.
As he reached Bulma's house, he pressed on to the door bell and found that no one was answering it. He even found the space ship to have also gone. Assuming Vegeta must have taken off to train somewhere in more dense gravity.
He rang the door bell again...no response.
"This is weird, and I highly doubt Vegeta would take Bulma and her family with him to space, they wouldn't even last in the harsh training Vegeta does...maybe I should knock on the door" he thought to himself, as he then approached to the door.
Knocking on the door, no response from it too, that was when he was beginning to worry a bit more, there should be employees there and several corporation guards there too, where are they? Is what he wants to know.
"Guess I have no choice, hope Bulma forgives me for this" said Yamcha as he punched a hole through the door, making an opening.
Unlocking the door open, he found to his horror a terrifying scene. Everyone was dead, throats slit, limbs torn, blood split everywhere, he began to storm in the building, looking through every room.
"If they killed her and her family...Vegeta you fool, you should have been here to protect them, why did you leave...that block head why?" he thought to himself, angrily and fear growing inside him, the fear that if he saw any of the Briefs dead on the floor, even of little baby Trunks, he swear he would do anything to kill Vegeta for abandoning his family even when something like this happen.
After looking in each room, there was no traces of Bulma or her family, he was a bit relief but still worried the fact what if this manic who did this dragged her and her family somewhere...a place so secluded that nobody could find them...what is worst, Yamcha was no Saiyan so his senses are not akin to track anyone far. Nor could he get a read on Bulma's Ki's signature, even Trunks was hard to read, as he was still a baby.
"This is bad, I've got to tell the others" he said to himself as he then flew up high in the sky, heading to the one place logically...Kame's House.
"Where ever the hell you are Vegeta, you better come back"
As Yamcha takes to the skies heading over to Kame's house, Bulma is under the terrible grip of General Reeds and the deadly Assassin Hashi, with Trunks under General Yavaan's knife as they gather out from her information of Dr. Gero.
Will she lay out the facts of Android 17 and 18 being the only surviving creations of the late former Red Ribbon scientist?
Find out on the next exciting Chapter of Dragon Ball Z Code Red