It shouldn't be taking this long, right? Videl thought to herself. Her gaze lingered on the rear view mirror as she tried to see the men sitting in the police car. She could barely make them out through the windshield. From what she could see, it was far more than just a police officer talking down to a would-be criminal.

Shaking her head, she sighed.

Sometimes she hated this part of her life. Playing the part of the criminal. All she ever wanted to do was be a hero. But she couldn't risk anyone finding out her secret identity. She was just a high school student after all.

Besides, Power Girl had turned into a symbol of peace. Just like her father. In many ways, Videl thought that it was better that her alter-ego didn't have an identity behind the mask.

Unlike her father; however, she was not ready to have her last shreds of privacy destroyed. She valued that she could go out into public without worrying about hordes of people demanding her attention.

Thus, to cover her secret identity and make it so that no one would ever suspect her, she followed the lifestyle of a delinquent. Out in public anyhow. No one wants to talk about the rebellious daughter of their hero after all.

Suddenly through the mirror, she could have sworn that two pairs of eyes looked directly at her. They were still talking. What could possibly be taking so long?

Back in the police car, Gohan was staring at Videl.

"Bullshit!" He stated after a few seconds had passed.

"No! It's true!" Krillin protested. "You hadn't noticed it yet?"

Gohan thought about it for a minute. It's not like he went around reading everyone's energy.

Though, he had read Power Girl's energy signature that very morning.. It was fairly fresh in his mind.

Reaching out, he focused on the car in front of him. There were three distinct signatures in the car. One was significantly longer larger than the others. It felt familiar.

"You're right." he said surprised. Compared to the heroine that he saw this morning, Videl Satan was a completely different person.

It was only yesterday that Gohan had even learned that the super heroine existed. Even so, he was surprised that the caped crusader and Videl Satan - a person that seemed to be as cautious as she was reckless - could possibly be the same person.

Overall the whole revelation was a bit underwhelming. He'd seen weirder in his life. Much weirder.

"It's a bit hypocritical of her to prance around as a hero, but act as a delinquent whenever she can." Krillin commented. "But she is the same person nonetheless."

"And you want to blackmail her father into dropping this ticket?" Gohan questioned. "That seems a bit... underhanded... doesn't it?"

"Well do you see a lot of options here?" Krillin pointed out.

"A damn speeding ticket…" Gohan rubbed his temples. He knew for a fact that a speeding ticket wasn't hardly even a crime. Hell, it's not like he had put anyone's life in danger. He wasn't even the one driving. Still though. His mother had the expectations of a saint with the temper of an ox.

"Believe me Gohan. This situation isn't great for either of us. I've been keeping quiet about Videl ever since I found out, but it'd be easy to make this go away. Your mother would never know about it." Krillin reasoned.

The former monk didn't really care about the speeding ticket either. The real problem here was Chichi. He was on thin ice with her as it was. He'd been trying to get back in her good graces for years, ever since he took Gohan with him to Namek.

Looking forward at Videl once more, Gohan weighed his options.

"Why do you even have to give me a ticket to begin with?" Gohan asked in frustration. "It's not like I was driving the car." He argued.

"And before three years ago, you would have gotten away with that excuse." Krillin explained. "Accident rates as a direct result of reckless driving drove the city government to release an ordinance that included a lot of stipulations. Specifically for you, passengers are held just as responsible for a driver's actions as the driver is. It's meant to get passengers to knock some sense into the drivers, and make the city a 'better place'."

Gohan gave Krillin a dumbfounded look. "What kind of idiot thought that up?"

"Look. As you can clearly see." Krillin gestured to the car in front of them, "It doesn't work. Name one thing that a politician came up with that does."

"Sigh… Okay Krillin. You're right. Let's do it." Gohan conceded.

"Look Gohan, I know it's not a great solution to a small issue, but it really won't be that big of a deal. I promise." Krillin conceded. "Now. Let's go get this ticket over with. I'll be by the school tomorrow morning so that we can head over to the Satan building."

Gohan nodded and Krillin gestured for him to get out of the car.

The city skyline was turning orange as the sun began to set lower in the sky. It really was beautiful outside. The group of four silently continued their journey through the city, at a much slower pace this time.

Videl, naturally, didn't really care about the speeding ticket. Though she did love the look on Gohan's face when she opened her glove box to reveal a giant wad of old tickets overflowing onto Erasa's lap.

They may as well be little paper trophies to Videl.

Looking at the back seat once more, she saw Gohan looking down towards his hands, clutching his own ticket with a frown on his face.

"So Gohan, what did the good ol' officer of the law want to talk to you about?" Videl asked, trying to make conversation.

She was slightly pleased when he jumped and looked up at her.

"Oh, you know. Just a warning about who I should be spending my time with. Apparently he's familiar with your work…"

That got Videl to raise an eyebrow. "My work. eh? What, exactly do you mean by that?"

Gohan shrugged. He really was terrible at lying. He must've peaked when he tried to get away with training for the androids behind his mother's back.

"Just your history with the law is all.. He mentioned that you guys have had quite a few run ins with each other" Gohan summarized. He wasn't technically lying, just withholding the truth.

Videl looked at him skeptically. Ultimately she conceded. "Alright. I guess that fits together."

Gohan felt somewhat relieved. He looked onwards. In the distance, he could see decorative lights of every color contrasting with the deep oranges and dark blues of the sky. They were getting close to their destination.

Meanwhile, in a dimly lit hospital room on the other side of the city. Garvey Tellard, former board member of the Satan Association, slept.

He wore a neck brace and had partial body cast encompassing his left arm, torso, and right leg. His entire body was strapped down so that he couldn't accidentally injure himself further.

Being kicked off the board and thrown out the window definitely left its mark.

A small figure appeared in the window, and hovered to the center of the room. He looked around for a moment, then snapped his fingers.

All the electronics in the room clicked off.

The figure then moved it's sights onto Garvey.

Reaching it's small, clawed hand over the man's face, he spoke.

"Wake up!"

Garvey became visibly uncomfortable, almost as though he was having trouble breathing. Suddenly, his eyes shot open. Instantly, his gaze locked onto the unknown figure in his room. He screamed in surprise, and struggled against his restraints.

"Calm down you!" The little man yelled, and a raised his staff towards the man. A green energy shot out and hit Garvey.

Instantly, he relaxed and took a moment to catch his breath. Looking towards the figure once more, he willed himself to speak.

"Who are you? What are you doing in my hospital room?" Garvey asked.

"Who I am has very little importance. I have a proposition for you."

Garvey took a quick inventory of his situation, and thought it'd be best to just go with it. "I'm listening..."

"I am the head of a certain organization. Right now, we operate in the shadows."

"Oh please. What would I possibly want to do with an organization like that?"

"A great deal. You could say that we have a particular set of 'morals' that conflict with a governing authority. One in which you hold a great deal of newfound animosity"

"What the devil are you talking about?" Garvey spat. "I have never heard of any such organization. What are your goals!"

"Power. Pure, unimaginable power."

"Fine. You want power. What would you possibly do with it? Do you have any goals here?"

"Oh, Mr. Tellard. What I want doesn't matter." The creature extended it's wrinkly hand towards Garvey. "What matters is what you want."

"And what would that be?" Garvey asked, eyebrow raised. This had better be good.

"We will destroy the Satan Association."

Garvey's eyes widened in shock.

"You have the means to do that! Just who are you people?!" Garvey demanded.

"Not yet, but we will. Don't worry about that." The creature said. "Can I assume that you are interested?"

Garvey took a moment to think about it.

He didn't need to think long. He reached out and shook the small creature's hand.

"Welcome to the Majin."

A purple light filled the room.

"Come on guys! Let's go!" Erasa shouted to the group. She grabbed Sharpner by the arm and took off running through the parking lot.

Gohan and Videl followed the pair, easily keeping pace.

As they entered the main gates, Gohan took in the scene in front of him. Rides were everywhere. Food stands and carnival games packed in wherever they could possibly fit.

Specifically, he keyed into the food stands. It was a goddamned Saiyan buffet.

Fried corn dogs, Carmel apples, funnel cake, Fried pickles, fried corn, fried pretzels, fried potatoes on a stick, popcorn, kettle corn, salt water taffy, snow cones, nacho buckets, and every sort of candy imaginable.

But Gohan was strong. He had his manners. Steeling himself, he moved to step forward. He would resist.

"Oh my gosh! We have to go get some cotton candy!" Erasa took off towards the first stall that she could spot.

"Hey! Wait up!" Gohan shouted and gave chase.

So much for resisting. Gohan may be the most reserved person on the face of the earth.

But hell hath no fury like a salivating Saiyan.

They got to the stand and Gohan grabbed the first cone of cotton candy he could get his hands on.

To the astonishment of his present company, he ate the whole thing in a single bite.

"Gohan! What the hell?!" Videl shouted. Her question fell on deaf ears. Gohan was already running towards the next stall. "Get back here you!"

Before she could take off after him, she heard an annoyed voice speak up behind her.

"Hey! You there! That a friend of yours?!"

She turned around to see the shopkeeper glaring at her.

"That'll be 20,000 zeni!"

"What?!" she shouted in outrage, that price was ridiculous! "He only got one cotton candy!"

"Let's just call it a fee for him running off."

She moved forward to argue, but stopped short when she heard Gohan's voice shout over the crowd.

"Hello sir, I'd like 7 candied apples!"

Videl, in a hurry to catch back up with the guy, gave up and paid the man.

"Fine! Take it!" she waved her watch next to the merchants payment kiosk.

CHA-CHING!

She promptly ran off after Gohan.

Sharpner and Erasa were left in the dust.

It deteriorated down to a game of cat and mouse between Gohan and Videl, though Gohan had no idea what was going on behind him. As he ran off to the various booths, Videl arrived just in time to pay the bills.

"20 hot dogs please!"

"80,000 zeni!"

"You have to be kidding me!" Videl complained

"Pay up!" The hot dog guy demanded.

"UGH!"

CHA-CHING!

"17 snow cones!" Gohan's voice came from the distance

"44,000 zeni!"

"You're a dead man, Gohan!"

CHA-CHING!

"5 Nacho Buckets!" Gohan ordered in absolute glee, then ran off once more when the food was within his grasp.

Videl running after him.

"50,000 zeni!"

"I'm going to kill him!"

CHA-CHING!

"Alright that does it!" Videl was fed up. She wasn't going to keep running around chasing after this guy all night. Sucking in a large breath, she shouted at the top of her lungs.

"GOHAN! STOP THIS INSTANT!"

The entire pier, seconds ago bustling with activity, was now in a complete standstill.

Out from one of the stalls popped the head of the teenage Saiyan.

"Hey Videl, what's up?" Gohan asked innocently. He still had some cheese running down his chin from the nachos he just shoved in his face.

Videl was not amused. She marched right up to him, grabbed his ear(with a bit more force than she intended to, not that she noticed, or could possibly hurt Gohan), and marched off. Returning to Erasa and Sharpner, she let go.

"Jeez Videl, what was that for?" Gohan complained, rubbing his ear. For show, of course. Or so he told himself. Dang that girl had a grip!

"Do you have any idea how much money you just made me spend?!" She shouted at the poor boy. "Where did you even put it all?!"

"No kidding, nerd boy! Are you a trash compactor or something?" Sharpner joked.

"Gee sorry Videl… I didn't even think about it. ha ha" Gohan apologized. "I guess I've never had to think about the 'money' part of food before…"

Videl looked at him dumbfounded. Was this guy for real?

Suddenly a young girl ran up to the group. She wore a red hoodie and blue jeans.

"Hey mister! you sure can eat a lot of food!" She giggled in excitement. "Not even my daddy can eat that much!"

Gohan looked down at the girl and scratched the back of his head.

"Eh. he he.. I sure can." he answered. Then looked around "Shouldn't you be with your parents little girl?"

The girl just giggled in response.

"hehehe! I decided to play hide and seek with them!" She exclaimed.

"Hey kid. are you so sure that that was such a good idea?" Videl crouched down to her eye level. "Do they know that you're playing?"

She simply giggled again response.

"SUSIE!" a female voice called out from a few stands over.

"WHERE ARE YOU SUSIE!" another voice shortly followed. Male this time.

"Uh oh… time to go!" The girl made to run off again. Only to be caught by Videl.

"Oh no you don't!" Videl cried out with a smile. Erasa giggled at the girl's antics, and Sharpner grinned at the scene.

Videl picked up the girl by the waist and slung her over her shoulder.

"Excuse me!" Videl called out to the frantic parents. "Does this belong to you?"

The adult couple turned to Videl holding their daughter, and their faces of worry melted into relief.

"Susie! You had us scared half to death!" the woman said. "You can't go running off like that! It's dangerous!" she chastised.

The man walked up to Videl and extended his hand.

"Thank you very much miss. I don't know what we would do if something had happened to her."

Videl smiled and shook the man's hand.

"It's all in a day's work sir! I'm happy to help!"

The little family smiled and walked off in relief.

"Don't you do that again, you hear me little missy!" They heard the woman continue chastising the girl.

"Yes mommie… I'm sorry…" The girl responded.

Once again, the group was left alone.

"So, what do you guys want to do next?" Erasa asked the group, slightly disgusted at the little outburst that Gohan just had. "I don't think I'm hungry anymore."

A while later, the group of four had ridden every ride on the Pier and were now watching the sun set over the ocean.

They were all sitting on a big blanket on the beach. Gohan, Videl, and Sharpner all sat with their hands behind their backs, while Erasa was using Sharpner's lap as a pillow.

From a bit further down on the beach, they heard a familiar voice call out.

"Hey mommy! Daddy! Catch me if you can!"

"Susie! You get back here!" They looked down and saw that the same little family from earlier was once again engaged in a game of 'catch the susie'

The group laughed in amusement as they saw the family run in front of them while the girl took off towards the crowded pier.

"Hey, do you guys need any help?" Videl asked the man who was trailing behind his wife.

He slowed down a bit and looked a bit sheepish. "No, that's quite alright. You have already done more than enough for us this evening. Enjoy the sunset." He said, then took off after his daughter once more.

They decided to do so and returned to admiring the colors.

"It's always so pretty…" Erasa sighed in content, snuggling into Sharpner's leg a bit.

"If you think this is good, you guys should see it from the top of a mountain sometime." Gohan replied, admiring the pure red sky as it was reflected over the ocean.

"Why do ya say that?" Sharpner asked out of curiosity.

"Oh, it's nothing really. I'm from a remote part of the country. The way the light and shadows bend around the mountain range is just pretty neat."

"Cool. So where does your family live?" Erasa asked.

"I didn't mention it? My family lives in the 439 mountain area. It's pretty far away.." Gohan said, a sad tone taking his voice.

"That's too bad, we're all from Satan City. Born and raised ya know, so we can't really relate, but I definitely wouldn't want to be so far away from my family." Erasa said understandingly.

The group silently watched as the last of the sun settled beyond the horizon.

The moment it did, a small fireworks display was set off at the end of the pier. Crackles and Pops flooded Gohan's ears.

They all watched the fireworks for a moment, his newfound friends stood up and turned around.

"You guys don't want to keep watching the fireworks?" He asked in confusion.

In response, Erasa grabbed his arm and urged him to get up.

"Oh my gosh Gohan! You should see this! It's the best part!" she said in glee.

He turned around and they all faced the city. Hundreds of Sky Scrapers, flanked by thousands of shorter apartment buildings sat on his vision.

Moments later, they all came to life. It started with the apartment buildings. They all took a warm shade of orange. Almost like the embers of a fire.

Shortly following them, the hundreds of skyscrapers all turned on their colorful neon and led lights.

The fireworks display picked up in tempo and intensity, creating a roar on the pier and people started cheering.

Then, in the very center of town, the largest building of them all came to life. A pillar of light shot into the sky, and the entire building lit up with golden neon. Five letters on the very top of the building flashed to life, shining pure white, and started circling the top of the building to be seen by everyone from any angle.

S-A-T-A-N

"So Gohan, what do you think?" Erasa asked.

He looked on, having never seen anything like it.

"It's incredible." He said, then turned to Videl. "Your dad sure does know how to put on a show."

Videl didn't hear him though. She loved this city, and it never disappointed her when it came to life.

The fireworks continued their roar in the background. Crackling and popping in a rhythmic pattern.

They all continued to look on in amazement…

Suddenly, a strange noise stood out from the fireworks. Almost like someone was banging two pipes together. It was almost too soft to be heard among the explosions even for his enhanced hearing.

He turned around and focused a ways down on the pier where he thought he heard the noise come from. Suddenly, he froze when he saw three objects falling into the water. No more than 500 feet away.

KA-BOOM!

A firework went off, and in the flash of light he could make out the shapes.

Three bodies. Human Bodies.

Two large, and one small.

He looked on in horror.

SPLASH!

SPLASH!
SPLASH!

They crashed into the water, and Gohan took off after them.

He jumped into the ocean without a second's hesitation and rushed to the trio. He grabbed the first two adults in his arms, and used them to hug the child between them.

Throwing caution into the wind, he didn't even bother swimming. He simply used his energy to propel himself back to the shore.

He laid them out on the beach and tried to feel the adults for a pulse.

His eyes widened in dread as he recognized them.

Susie and her parents.

Nothing. The parents must have been dead before they hit the water. Both shot in the chest.

He moved onto the girl. She couldn't have been any older than Goten. Shot in the stomach. He reached for her neck and was shocked when he felt a pulse. Though, just as quickly as he found it, it started to fade.

"No… No…" Gohan said in urgency. "Come back.."

Thinking quickly, he realized that he had one single senzu bean in his left pocket. He always carried one in case of emergencies. A habit he picked up from his father.

As fast as he could, he shoved the bean into the child's mouth and he used his hands to make the girl chew the bean.

Instantly, the damage done to her body was restored and her eyes shot open.

The fireworks began to slow down, and the area grew quiet.

Videl looked at the city in amazement. Every time that she saw the sight before her, it always reminded her that it was worth protecting.

Every time she donned her costume, dorky as it was, she always knew that she was making a difference.

That's all she wanted. All she needed to make her happy.

Her gaze lingered on the Satan association. Her father's organization for keeping the world safe.

Her trance broke when she heard a noise break out from the silence.

"cough cough cough!"

Sharpner and Erasa must have heard it too, because they all looked back to see Gohan kneeling next to a little girl.

What in the world? Wasn't he just over here? Videl thought to herself.

In the dark, she could barely make it out, but there were two more people laying on the sand.

She moved to call out, when she noticed that the two adults weren't moving.

Her breath caught in her throat and she froze.

"GOHAN! What's going on over there!" Sharpner shouted. She could only watch as the blonde male took off running, trying figure out what was going on.

Next to her, she saw Erasa had raised a hand over her mouth in horror, as the blood drained from her face. The reality of what had just happened was becoming clear.

Sharpner kneeled next to Gohan and they were both quiet.

"CALL AN AMBULANCE!" Gohan shouted to the girls in seriousness.

When Gohan called out to the girls, he once again saw the golden pillar of light in the middle of the city.

The Satan Association.

Aren't they supposed to stop things like this from happening? He thought.

A sad realization hit him.

Wasn't he?

The next morning, Gohan sat on a bench outside of the Orange Star academy gates.

Last night had gone from being one of best nights he's had in a while, to something from most people's nightmares.

While he watched an amazing display of human ingenuity, a treacherous display of human savagery was unfolding right behind him.

It made him sick just to think about it. Sure, he had seen worse in his lifetime. But that part of his life was supposed to be over. The world was supposed to be at peace.

So why weren't the people? Now that poor girl was going to have to live without her parents.

It had taken five minutes for the police to arrive on scene.

For five minutes, he and his friends had tried to comfort the small girl. An innocent child. She couldn't even comprehend it.

Those five minutes had felt like an eternity.

He hadn't noticed it at the time, since he was focused on the girl, but after the paramedics and police arrived he realised to his horror that her entire back had been coloured red.

When he looked down at the sand he saw a pool of her parent's blood, and some of it her own, no doubt. He was certain they would have wanted him to save their girl in place of themselves, but it just hurt that there was no longer anything he could do for them.

The police said that it a mugging gone wrong. Once again, he was briefly questioned, but compared to the mugger from earlier that day, it was clear what had happened.

Susie had run off. Once again, a stranger had caught her, but this time not nearly as kind as Videl.

A little girl lost both of her parents just so that some guy could have a few thousand zeni.

The only comfort in all of this is that her grandparents had immediately flown out from the capital and collected her from the police station.

He looked down at his hands. He wielded so much power when he chose to. But he hadn't.

He didn't know that he needed to.

He couldn't have known. Not before it was too late.

Shaking his head, he realized that he had to let it go.

But how could he?

A car approached and pulled up to the school.

Looking inside, Gohan recognized the driver to be Krillin. The car pulled to a stop and Gohan stood up, and got in.

"Are you ready to do this kiddo?" Krillin asked in a cheery manner. He clearly had not heard of the events of last night.

He put the car back into drive and pulled away from the school.

Gohan didn't say anything and merely nodded his head. He didn't feel like talking. After the events of last night, he realized that he couldn't sit idly by any longer. Speeding ticket be damned. He had to do something.

To do that, he needed to have a chat with Hercule.

Krillin picked up on Gohan's mood, but thought that it was because of guilt for using his friend's secret for his own benefit.

"I know that this isn't how you wanted to do this, but trust me." Krillin started. "It's far better than giving your mother another reason to…" He looked over and stopped talking when he saw that Gohan wasn't paying attention. There was clearly something on his mind.

"Hey man. You okay?" Krillin probed.

Gohan continued to look forward. "Yeah Krillin. I'm alright." Gohan said sadly. "There's just a lot on my mind right now."

"Need to talk about it?" Krillin asked, not sure what was going on.

"No. That's alright. I'd rather not talk right now." He replied.

The two drove on to the Satan Association in silence.

When they pulled up to the front doors, they both got out and Krillin capsulated his car.

They entered the building and Krillin stepped up to the receptionist.

"Excuse me sir, we're here to see Hercule. Can you let him know that we're coming?" Krillin said to the man.

"I'm sorry, but it seems that you don't have an appointment." The man replied.

"Jeez buddy, don't you know who I am?" Krillin asked

"No idea. Should I?" the man nearly spat, clearly feeling superior in his meager job. He probably didn't get to do this much in a building like this.

Instead of replying to the man, Krillin just ignored him and called out to Gohan.

"Hey, let's just go on up. Someone isn't being very helpful today." Krillin said, stepping past the desk to the rear elevator.

Gohan nodded and followed.

"Ha! You'll never get up there. Only a few select individuals have access to the executive suites!" The receptionist called out, clearly amused that the short man wasn't going to get anywhere near Hercule! Not without an appointment! Not on his watch!

Krillin simply raised his capWatch to the sensor on the elevator door. It flashed green and a large screen on the elevator said

WELCOME SCPD OFFICER 3821

"You better remember me next time kid!" Krillin shouted across the entrance hall as he and Gohan entered the elevator on the receptionist's watch.

The poor man's face went pale and he tried to stutter a response to that, but none came out of his mouth.

They went right up to the top floor.

Once there, they walked into the office of Hercule Satan. The floor was split into three areas, the first area was an administrative office where a single desk sat flanked with all sorts of important looking documents. The second was a relaxation area. Complete with a spa and swimming pool.

The third was a gym area where the champ himself was currently working through his routine. Gohan looked at the weights on the man's bar with an impressed look. He was benching over 2,000 pounds.

"Come on! This is nothing! Move you stinking bar!" They heard the Champs voice carry through the entire floor. He watched as the man pushed the bar up one final time and dropped it to the floor.

"TEN THOUSAND! HA HA! The CHAMP IS IN THE HOUSE!" Hercule shouted in glee.

Gohan turned to Krillin and whispered. "Hey Krillin, when did Hercule actually get… strong?"

Krillin turned back with a slightly surprised expression "You didn't know? Apparently sometime last year. We've tried looking into it, but..." He began, but was interrupted by a loud voice filling the room.

"Hey! You two over there! Just what do you think you're doing in my office during my personal training time?!"

They both looked up to see Mr. Satan approaching them.

"I swear, if you snuck up here just to get an autograph!" he started, then thought about what he was saying. "Huh. Actually, if you managed to do that, I'd probably give it! HA HA HA"

The man laughed at his own amusement. Then he looked at the short officer standing at his elevator.

"Hey, don't I know you from somewhere?" Hercule asked.

"Jeez. Get a load of this guy Gohan. He doesn't even know who the number 3 hero on his own list is." Krillin shook his head.

Gohan didn't respond. He just looked at Mr. Satan with a blank stare.

"Jeez, What's this kid's problem. I do remember you now. You're… Krilla, right?" Hercule asked, starting to recognize Krillin.

"Krillin. And his problem is what we're here to talk about. Can we have a seat in your office?" Krillin asked.

"Uh.. sure? I guess so." Hercule answered.

The men all went over to the office area of Hercule's floor and took a seat at his desk.

"So, what's the problem?" Hercule asked.

Krillin looked at Gohan to see if he should start talking first. Seeing that Gohan still wasn't saying anything, or showing any emotion really, he decided to just have at it.

"Well, you see, Gohan here was in your daughter's car last night"

"WHAT?!" Hercule cut him off. "Who do you think you are to be with my daughter!"

"It wasn't like that!" Krillin said back with a frustrated tone. "Your daughter got him a ticket! You're going to make it go away!"

Hercule looked at the short man in front of him with an angry expression.

"And just why would I do that?! Who do you think you are to waltz up here and make demands of me!"

"Oh, you'll do it! And you want to know why?!" Krillin shouted.

"KRILLIN! STOP!" Gohan shouted from his seat.

Both men looked over to the young man who had been silent up to this point.

"I'm not here for that anymore. I don't care about the ticket." Gohan stated.

"But Gohan" Krillin started

"No Krillin. Just stop it." Gohan said. "Hercule." He addressed big man, but then feel silent, as he thought of how to phrase this. All night he had thought about how he wanted this conversation to go. Yet now, he fell short.

Krillin, knowing that something was bothering Gohan all morning, decided to just take a back seat. Whatever it was, it must have been important for Gohan of all people to have an outburst like that.

"What is it boy! Speak!" Hercule shouted, still angry that this runt was spending time with his daughter. He was also mad that the kid seemed to think that he was on a first name basis with the champ.

Gohan took a moment to clear his thoughts. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. The pain that he had suffered last night was too fresh in his mind. That poor girl who will never see her parents again. Gohan knew exactly what that felt like.

"How many?" Gohan asked.

"How many? What's that supposed to mean?" Hercule demanded. "Speak clearly dammit!" Hercule looked at him expectantly

Another pause.

"How many lives has the Satan Association saved?" Gohan finally asked. He opened his eyes and looked Hercule dead on.

A pause.

"How many?" Gohan asked once more.

Krillin was speechless. This wasn't how he thought the morning was going to go.

"Hmm. Thousands, maybe a bit over ten thousand." Hercule answered "Why?"

Gohan thought over the answer for a moment.

"How do you know when bad things are about to happen?" He asked.

"People report it. We have an app." Hercule answered. "Are you going to stop being so cryptic?!"

Another pause. Longer this time.

"Last night at the pier." He began. "Two people were murdered." He continued. His tone grew sad.

Krillin's eyes snapped over to Gohan. This was news to him. Even though he was a cop, the city was a monstrously huge place. He couldn't possibly know about every murder that happens...

Hercule seemed to sober at the news. He may be a loud man, definitely not the smartest in any given room, but nobody liked to hear about murder.

Gohan took a breath and continued.

"Last night on the pier. Did your association receive any notifications that something was suspicious?" Gohan asked.

"Okay kid." Hercule said. His voice had calmed considerably. "Let me have a look." He said, powering up his computer.

Clicking through a few screens, he saw it.

"Last night on the pier, there were over a dozen reports of suspicious activity." Hercule said. He looked at the logs, and saw that there was a single hero in range of the incident.

His own daughter. The same girl that had adamantly refused to take requests from his association.

"It doesn't look like we had anyone in range." He lied.

Gohan took a full minute to consider that information.

Finally he spoke.

"If I was a part of your organization, would I have been notified in time to save them? They died right after sunset."

Hercule looked at the timestamps on the notifications.

"Yes. You would have been notified." He said. "But kid, listen to me. Even if you knew that something was going to happen, I doubt you could have done anything. Twelve notifications also means that at least twelve people knew that something bad was going to happen."

Another pause.

"What makes you think that you could have done better than them?"

Gohan wore a serious expression at the news. He could have done something about it.

In an instant, he threw caution to the wind. He stood up and leaned over Hercule's desk, resting his hands on the edge.

His black eyes met Hercule's blue.

"A lot." Gohan answered.

His hair flashed gold. Cracks formed on Hercule's desk from the enormous force that Gohan was unconsciously putting on it.

"Put me on the freaking registry!"

And that's a wrap! for now.

I'd like to thank Mr. Me2 for giving me lots of advice and ideas for this chapter.

This is the first chapter that I've had a beta for, and I think that there's a massive difference in quality as a result. What do you guys think?