Theme=Justice
The police station was in an uproar. People were shouting left and right, demanding justice. On one side of the room stood men and women, demanding they get free pizza due to the fact their orders hadn't been delivered to them within the half an hour guarantee limit. On the opposite side, the very pizza delivery boys and their bosses claiming that they shouldn't have to follow through on that guarantee due to extenuating circumstances.
"They owe us free pizza!" a man shouted in rage. "They're crooks for trying to sell it to us!"
"It's not our fault that the pizzas were late!" one of the pizza employers shouted back.
All the while, the police force stood in silent bewilderment. Perhaps had the entire argument been about donuts, they would've followed it better. However, the more important question was why these people were nearly having a brawl in a police station, rather than taking their complaints to a courtroom.
At least, that's how Videl Satan saw it. Unless there was some sort of crime occurring behind the whole thing, this was not the place for filing grievances.
Taking a look around the station, the Satan girl quickly noted that none of the police force looked like they were gonna break this insane party up any time soon. It looked as if she was gonna have to step in.
Sucking in a deep breath of air, Videl shouted "QUIET!" The reaction to this was just as she expected; both sides quickly stopping their arguing. "Okay folks. I don't know what's going on here, but I intend on finding out. First off, I want to know why you all are here, in a police department, rather than going to a courthouse."
When no one spoke up, for fear of looking stupid, the daughter of Satan growled. "No one wants to answer? Fine. You sir!" she said as she pointed at one of the pizza consumers. "Tell me why you're pissed off at some delivery boys and make it snappy."
"Well, you see, we all called for pizza delivery and these guys promised our pizzas within half an hour or it's free. But these guys refuse to honor their promise and say we have to pay for pizzas that we never got."
Videl nodded her head in understanding. "That makes sense." Turning to the pizza guys, she then demanded "And why aren't you honoring your promise?"
This time, the Satan girl didn't have to call on someone to speak; one of the pizza bosses answered immediately. "Due to extenuating circumstances, we couldn't deliver the pizzas. But we have to recoup the money it took to use all the ingredients to make the pizzas. Otherwise we'd go broke."
Videl just stared at the man. "So you're charging these people for pizzas they never received? That doesn't sound right at all. You better give me a better explanation before I have your restaurants begging for bankruptcy protection."
Nervously, one of the pizza delivery boys stepped forward. "You see ma'am, the pizzas were stolen in route to these people's houses. And since us pizza delivery boys can't return empty-handed, we have to go and get the money for the stolen pizzas."
"That's bull crap!" one of the angry customers shouted, a chorus of the other people joining in as well.
All it took was one Satan glare from Videl to silence the group, as well as keeping the pizza people from retaliating. "So you say your pizzas are being stolen? Fine then, I'll investigate this claim. If it turns out false, you owe these people free pizza. If true, then I'll force your thief to pay for them. Deal?"
This seemed to please both sides for the moment; it took a written agreement to ensure the deal would be honored. With that mess dealt with for the moment, Videl turned her attention to the task at hand. She needed to catch this pizza thief and she knew she could do it. All she needed was a certain someone's help to do so.
And that person was…
"Videeeeeeeel," Gohan whined as she drug him away from the pizza restaurant, "I'm hungry!"
Why was this girl doing this to him? First she blackmailed him into participating in some tournament and teaching her to fly. Now she had offered to buy him pizza, only to force him into some pizza delivery uniform and drag him away from the cheesy pie he'd been craving for the past twenty minutes.
"We're not here to eat pizza, Gohan," Videl told him as she pulled him by his arm.
"Then why did you invite me for pizza?" the Son boy protested.
"If you actually thought with your brain than with your stomach, you would've heard me ask you to go to a pizza restaurant; not to eat at one," the girl answered.
"That was misleading! And why am I the only one dressed as a pizza delivery boy?"
"Because someone's been stealing pizzas and I'm gonna find out who it is."
"But then why aren't you dressed this way?" Gohan inquired.
"Because the title is pizza delivery boy, not girl," Videl replied. "Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked for your help."
"But why me? Why did you choose me over someone else?"
Videl stopped her pulling and looked at the boy. "One, you're the only guy I know that would help stop this thief. Two, every other guy I know would die rather than be dressed up as a delivery boy."
"Don't you think I'd rather die too?" Gohan said.
"Well if you don't stop whining, perhaps I'll just drag you back to the pizza place and eat a whole pizza in front of you. How does that sound?"
That all but crushed the Son boy's resistance as he hung his head. "Let's just get this over with."
Giving him a small smile, the Satan girl patted his cheek before pulling him once more to get the job done. "Okay, here's the plan. We're gonna do a mock pizza delivery. You'll be driving the car while I hide in the back. When the thief comes, I'll jump him and arrest him. Should be a piece of cake."
"Mmmm…cake."
"Gohan, mind on the mission."
However, before the two could continue with their plan, they both stopped as they saw the car Gohan would be driving during this mission. Sitting by the curb was what use to be a rickety car. There were a few modifications, namely attachments that made the car look like a slice of pizza.
A few moments passed before Videl said "No wonder people would rather die than be a delivery boy."
It had been an hour since the two had found the car; an hour that Gohan had been driving the pizza shamed car; an hour exhibition of Gohan's poor driving skills.
"Kami! That was a close one!"
"Gohan! Why didn't you tell me you didn't know how to drive?!"
"Ahhhh," Gohan screamed as he turned the car sharply.
"Gohan! Watch out for that light pole!" Videl shouted.
Jerking on the steering wheel, the Son boy narrowly missed the pole; another quick jerk of the wheel as he dodged another car; the squeal of the wheels on asphalt and car horns being heard in the background. All over the road, the pizza car swerved, miraculously missing every object on or next to the street.
"Gohan! Stop the car!" Videl ordered as she gripped onto the car seat until her knuckles turned white.
"Stop?" the Son boy asked before hitting the breaks, stopping the car in the middle of the road.
"NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, YOU IDIOT!!!" Videl screamed as the loud shrill of a car horn sounded off behind them.
Acting fast, Gohan slammed his foot on the gas pedal, causing the car to groan as it lunged forward.
Suddenly, Videl grabbed the wheel. "Okay, listen to me Gohan," the Satan girl said as calmly as she could. "I want you to let go of the wheel and just use the pedals. We're gonna park this thing on the side of the street, okay? I'll tell you when to hit the break."
"Okay," Gohan said as he released the wheel.
Turning the wheel to the left, the car cut across the incoming traffic. Straightening it out as the car came close to the curb, the pizza car continued to move, heading right for a parked car.
"Gohan, hit the breaks!" Videl shouted.
However, the moment the Son boy hit the pedal, the breaks went out. Sensing the car's lack of stopping, the couple could only scream as their vehicle of death slammed right into the front of the parked car, promptly stopping their own car.
A few moments passed before Videl tore open the door of the car and leapt out, laying on the ground as she kissed the asphalt. "Thank you Kami! Thank you!" she shouted.
Slowly, Gohan got out of the now wrecked car, shaking visibly. "I…don't want…to do that ever…again."
Suddenly, Videl was right in front of him, causing him to jump back in surprise. "Why? Why, why, why didn't you tell me you didn't know how to drive?!" she shouted at him.
"Umm…you didn't ask?"
Wrong answer.
"You almost killed half the city, you idiot! I never thought I'd actually allow someone who was a danger to society to actually become a danger! Why, I oughta—"
That was when a loud laugh sounded off behind the girl, causing the Satan girl to turn around and Gohan tp simply looking up.
A few feet away stood the ever popular Vegeta, his arms crossed over his chest as he laughed at the scene before him.
"Vegeta?" Gohan spoke as he walked towards the saiyan. "What are you doing here?"
A couple minutes passed before the prince could get in control of his laughter. "I was just flying along when I saw that car driving out of control. I came to investigate and look what I find: the Son of Kakarot and his new found harpy."
"What did you call me?!" Videl shrieked. "Who in the hell are you to call me a harpy?!"
Vegeta looked at the girl amused before proclaiming "I am the Prince of all—"
"Uhh, Vegeta," Gohan interrupted. "You still didn't answer my question. We aren't even in West City, so there's no way you could've followed us from Capsule Corp. So what are you doing here?"
The Saiyan Prince glared at the boy for a moment before answering "I was getting hungry so I went looking for a pizza boy."
Silence followed that answer. "Have…have you been paying for those pizzas?" Gohan finally asked.
"Of course not! Who do you take me for? A prince doesn't pay for food; he takes it."
"So you're the pizza thief!" Videl announced. Pulling out a set of handcuffs, the Satan girl approached the thief. "Okay buddy, it's time I brought you to justice. Put these on or I'm gonna have to rough you up."
Vegeta stared at the girl before raising a hand up, the fingers stiff and the thumb curled into the palm. With a swing, he landed a chop to the girl's neck, causing her to collapse to the ground unconscious.
"Vegeta! What'd you do that for?!" Gohan exclaimed.
The saiyan looked at the boy. "I will not be subjugated to some weakling's ideals of right and wrong. Take her home and leave me alone."
It was a couple hours before Videl woke up. Groggily looking around, the daughter of Satan noticed she was lying on the car seat of the crashed pizza car. Leaning up, she couldn't help but rub her neck. For some weird reason it was very sore.
"I see you're awake," Gohan said, causing her to look at him. The demi-saiyan had been leaning up against the car, just waiting for the girl to wake up.
"What happened?" Videl asked as she moved to get out of the car, stopping when she sat at the edge of the seat.
"We found the thief," the Son boy told her, causing the girl to become alert quickly.
"We did? Where is it? Why aren't we at the police station?" she demanded.
Sighing, the Son boy said "He got away. You were going to handcuff him but you slipped and knocked yourself out on the sidewalk." Extending a finger, the boy pointed at a banana peel that sat on the sidewalk.
Videl couldn't help but sweatdrop. "You've got to be kidding me," she said before looking at the boy. "Why didn't you catch him then? I know you're more than capable of doing that."
Suddenly, Gohan began to grin. "Don't worry. I called his wife and told her everything. She'll give the guy his just deserts."
That was when both teens heard a mangled cry of "Nooooooooo!" coming from the distance.
Justice had been served.