Chapter 2: Stars In My Eyes

It was a deep voice. I slowly bring my hands up. This was the first guy I've ran into so far that's given me any kind of trouble.

"Why ya here?" he asked.

"I'm looking for something," I respond.

"What is it?"

"A dragon radar. It's a device that senses the energy of the dragon balls and displays it on a small screen," I explain.

"The dragon balls are just a myth, kid. A story. Don't try to fool me," he said as he presses his gun to my back.

"What do you want inside a building in an abandoned post-apocalyptic city anyway?" I asked.

"None of your business, kid. Now step aside, I'm opening this safe," he pushes passed me and cocks the gun to shoot the door on the safe. Quicker than he notices I grab the gun with my tail and I use it to swing myself right in front of him. I begin to fast-punch him in his stomach. He drops the gun, ultimately dropping me. I land on my feet and jump up to him for a powerful uppercut. Blood flies out of his mouth and he hits his head on the wall. I prepare my fighting stance as he slowly gets up. He's clenching his stomach and there's a dark bruise where I hit him.

"You're tough, kid," he said, "but not tough enough." this is the first time I actually get a full view of him. He had short hair and a small beard. He wore a black shirt and green pants with combat boots and a dark brown trench coat. He looked menacing, having that angry look in his eye. He attempts to high kick me, but I block it and grab onto his leg. I swing him around the room, occasionally smashing him against the wall or the floor. It wasn't long until the room was covered with blood. I finish him off by throwing him onto the safe. As his body landed, the safe dented with a loud bang. At the same time I heard a loud crack. His spine broke and he was unconscious. I couldn't tell if he was dead or not, but I didn't care.

I picked the gun up off the ground and aimed it at the safe. As I pulled the trigger the the loud bangs pierced my ears and small dents were forming on the door. Once the mag was out I gave the safe a hard punch. The knob fell back and the door creaked open. Inside the safe wasn't money. It wasn't what the man thought would be in here. It was the dragon radar. I knew it would be in here. As I began to walk toward it I stumbled. There was an incredibly sharp pain in my foot. I look down to realize that I had shot my foot. There were no bullet holes, though. It just felt bruised. I guess I can withstand bullets, but they still slightly hurt. I grab the dragon radar. It looks just like it was depicted in the story: small, not too thin, not too thick, circular. It had a dark green screen on it and a button on the top. It resembled a pocket watch. I bring it outside to see it better with the dying sunlight. I press down on the button. To my surprise it worked. Being so old and sitting in that safe for so long I wouldn't think it would still function properly, but it did. There were yellow dots on the screen with numbers next to them. I press down on it again to view from long range. As it turns out, there was a dragon ball not too far from where I was standing. The one star ball. Actually it was inside the Capsule Corp building. I walk inside to find a door to my right. As I walked through it I noticed another doorway in front of me, leading to a hallway, and a door to the left of me, leading into what looked like an indoor garden. The radar told me to go left.

The garden looked magnificent. There was a yellow brick path surrounding a large tree. On the borders of the road were bunches of multi-colored flowers. Stone figures that must have once been fountains sit collecting dust, and there was a skylight that hadn't yet been broken, letting in sunlight for the plants. The radar showed the ball to be near the tree. I switched the radar to close-view in order to see it better. I walked up to the tree to realize that it wasn't near the tree, but rather in the tree. No problem. I gave a giant leap up onto a tree limb and looked around. I couldn't see it so I climbed higher. I look around, circling the trunk. I'm about to go higher, when something caught my eye. The sunlight was bouncing off a small orange ball-looking orb. It was balancing on a fork in he tree branch. I crawled over to the orb and grabbed it.

The size of the dragon ball was interesting. It was a big kind of small, yet a small kind of big. Fit perfectly in my hand. It was orange in the shade, but when I held it up to the light, it looked a little more yellow. The single star in the middle was red. This is my first encounter with a dragon ball and I'm just awestruck. Not because I finally found a dragon ball, but because the stories about these infamous orbs turned out to be true.

I left Capsule Corp that day happy. Should I have felt sympathy for the guy who I may or may have not killed. To be honest I did feel a little bad about it, but that'll get better with the more people I defeat. Since the dragon balls are true, the creatures trying to obtain them will be challenging to kill, just like my Grandpa Goku defeated who are known as the big three: Frieza, Cell, and Buu.

I looked at the dragon radar and switched it to long view. I another yellow dot appeared on the screen with the number four next to it. The four star dragon ball. It looked like it was far away, but it was barely doable. The direction it was headed was into the woods and into the mountain ranges. It'll probably take me a couple days to get there if I start now. I run out of the city and into the woods, only thinking about where it could possibly be.