Night in the Woods
The sound of gunfire ripples in the distance over a shadowed run down town by the sea. Helicopters streaming above, figures in camo hazmat suits are bursting into houses. Structures are being burnt and survivors corralled.
The clear leader of this masked group is pointing to a place to be searched. In his other hand be a golden idol. It is seemingly of a Namekian with the horns and the odd proportions. The man looks at the idol inquisitively trying to look for an answer to a question on his mind.
A soldier comes up to him salutes and says in a bit of southern droll "Colonel the town has been fully pacified." There is a massive explosion underwater in the bay next to the town. "And we just took care of the critters homebase. They wouldn't be making any more abominations any time soon."
Colonel Stryker "Very good Major see to it the entire area is swept. No one of this town is to be left in it. No witnesses." Major "You don't have to tell me twice sir. These fish monsters are toast. I just don't see why we don't wax'em all." Colonel Stryker "Commands orders. The guys in the lab want some samples."
The Colonel turn from the Major as his men continue to rampage through the town as he walks out to the stone temple that was right behind him. The temple has craved relieves of fish creatures, demons and elder gods upon its entrance.
The ancient building of horror has stood for quite some time. The Colonel takes out his revolver and walk in. He enters the darkened corridors passes the horrid statues and following the putrid light coming from the great dark hall.
The Colonel hears upon the winds he sounds of a voice praying in its alien tongue. He entering sees a fish monster of big unblinking eyes, slimy scaly features and of hairless body parts. The creature praying to the idols in its temple addresses the Colonel.
Fish Priest "Why have you come man of duty?" Colonel Stryker "To put an end to this. To purify and clean." Fish Priest "Does being weak really scare you that much." Colonel Stryker "Weak? This is about doing what is necessary. This corruption had to be cleansed." Fish Priest "We have existed long before you and we will exist long after you."
Colonel Stryker "My magnum begs to differ." Fish Priest "True but we both know that the world is starting to grow beyond that toy." Colonel Stryker "But you haven't." Fish Priest "Time is coming. The end of your world is drawing near." Colonel Stryker "Sure whatever you say."
Fish Priest "O but I have seen it Bill in the darkess. A true being of Perfection is coming. The traveler will come. A boy out of time, a boy playing at hero. He will bring a prefect plague that shall be the undoing of world. Bill the man most determined to save them. Will be the man most responsible for their end. You are your own undoing Bill. Even if they win the pink shall rise to put an end to this wretched world. You will be mankind's end one way or another with a test tube."
Colonel Stryker points his revolver at the Fish Priest says "Not going to happen." He fires and the Priest disappears with the bullet landing in the one of the idols. He looks around but finds no answers to what just happened.
Later in a meeting room in an undisclosed location an unlite seated figure at the head of table waits as multiple uniformed and well dress people sit down. Two hologram appear in two of the seats one being Colonel Stryker. The army guys salute one another and the meeting can begin.
Unlite figure "Bill what happened in Chatmouth?" Colonel Stryker "We found the fish creatures as was reported. And we dealt with them as ordered. All but it would seem but one." Unlite Figure "Yes that was discouraging." Colonel Stryker "I requested Occult division assistance but they were just too busy apparently hunting a chainsaw handed moron."
Uniformed figure "Hey you said that this was a raid on some suspicious activities not that you were going after some demon worshiping frogmen. And as for the chainsaw handed moron he happens to be in possession of the Necronomicon Ex Mortus the literal book of the dead. It quite dangerous to leave that kind of power in the hands of such a stupid idiot with a shockingly large chin."
Colonel Stryker "If he is such an idiot then why haven't you caught him yet?" Uniformed figure "Because he is shocking hard to find. He has disappeared of the face of the Earth. It's like he opened a portal and went to a different time or something." Colonel Stryker "You realize how incompetent you sound right now."
They are both seem as though they are about to engage in a scream match when the Unlite figure intervenes. Unlite figure smacking the table "Enough! I will not have fighting in the war room. It's just unseemly. Anthy you and your cultists should have been there. Xeno team has no one who knows magic. Bill you didn't explain yourself and you went into a fight undermanned. From my seat you both fuck up royally!" (Pause.) "Now everybody but Bill get the hell out!"
The other pick up their things and stream out of the war room with Antonidas the man he was fighting with giving Bill a dirty look on his way out. The door to the room closes leaving Bill and the Unlite figure the only two in the room.
Unlite figure "Why do you feel the need to antagonize him?" Colonel Stryker "Because he's a stuck up pompous idiot." Unlite figure "You can't snipe at him like this. It's not smart or like you. It's just not professional. One of these days I'm not going to be charge anymore son." Bill nods to this.
Unlite figure "I already made my decision known who's going to replace me. You're a good fucking soldier Bill. The amount I've relied on you lately can't be accurately stated. You were right about the superheroes, Gero, the Saiyans, the Princess and that fucked up business in Antarctica. So with all of these victories you can't be starting pissing contests with your future subordinates."
Colonel Stryker nodding "Sorry Sir. It won't happen again." Unlite figure "See that it doesn't. You know you look like a wreck son. The moment you are done go home. Take a nap. Decompress with the wife and I don't know take your kid fishing or something. And this is an order. I need a sharp spear not a dull knife. At this rate you're going to crash and burn." Colonel Stryker hesitatingly "Yes Sir."
Unlite figure "Good now get out of here." The hologram turns off leaving the seated Colonel in thought in his tent. The frog Priest words still very fresh in his mind as he looks at his revolver and then his hand.
Colonel Stryker thinking "There hast to be a way that humanity could compete with these monsters. Saiyans have all these advantages over us. Just a few genes separates us from them. To have that power. No. We wouldn't be human then right? Beside we have only four samples to work with. That's not enough. I must be working too hard. Maybe a break isn't such a bad idea. I mean I would be taking the power of gods and giving them to man. Who do I think I am?"
On the phone. Yamcha "Bulma come on you never stay mad at me for this long." Bulma "I'm not angry I just don't want to get back together. It's like I said at the party I've moved on you should to."Yamcha "Look I get it you think it's not going to work but it is being dead changes a man and I think this can work babe."
Bulma "Yamcha if you've taught me anything is that people who you like can still be bad for you. You and me together are just oil and water it just doesn't work." Yamcha now angry "Alright who is he?!" Bulma "Who?" Yamcha "The other guy who is he?!" Bulma "That's none of your damn business."
Yamcha angry "I'm going kick his ass!" Bulma "Yeah I really don't think you could and besides this has been coming for a while. Yamcha apologetic "Come on we can talk about this." Bulma "Bye Yamcha." She hangs up the phone as she is walking to her plane.
Bulma takes out a pocket makeup mirror and looks at her. Bulma talking to herself "You can do this girl. You are Bulma f-ing Brief you can have any man you want. So what if this one happens to be an amazingly hot alien prince. You can have him. Hell he is going beg you before were done. Yeah! Yeah!" She closes it and now pumped up, jumps into her yellow plane and takes off.
Far from the cities or towns deep within the back woods of nowhere lies a cabin in the woods that only an overgrown dirt road can reach. The run down cabin hidden by the dark shade lies in wait like a long dead fossil of a predator. Hoping for its meat to come back and prove why it was at one time apex.
A lite breeze glides across the wood smacking into the dead air of the house gently pushing around some hanging chains and having some shutter tap lightly against the walls of the dead place. Grass seems to not wish to grow around it and trees give the place a wide berth. All animal life avoids the place. Birds stay away and insects don't tread there.
The only something stupidly brave or bravely stupid would wish to come to such a place of ancient run down death. Such wicked and grotesque place standing despite reason or sanity. What kind would dare stay in such a place of evil and insanity I would ask you?
The bloody corpse of a long neck dinosaur smashes throw a few trees and lands in front of the cabin in the woods some of its blood splashes onto the door which has the carved words on it "Ash was here".
Coming out of the sky is Escarole and Vegeta who landed on the still twitching carcass of the animal. Escarole "I would have wished it would have put up a better fight." Vegeta "Everything on this fucking planet is soft and meek even their dinosaurs. It was like it was used to people and happy to see us. No instincts at all!"
Escarole "Yeah we might have just murdered somebodies pet." Vegeta looks at her"Who cares?" Escarole "Not me." Vegeta "Get a fire going." (Pause.) "Wait on second thought you'll just burn the meat I'll do it. You just pick some berries or something." Escarole "Fuck you! I'm not your slave brother." Vegeta "Not with that attitude. With that attitude your about to become a corpse." Escarole "I would like to see you try you freeloading ungrateful ass."
They both leap off the dinosaur on to the ground. Vegeta shots some of ki at some of the trees making them fall to the ground into a pile. He fires again lighting the center on fire. Punches into the dinosaur disemboweling it in one swift motion and throwing its intestines away. He takes fallen tree then shoves it up what used to be the animal ass then one handed places it over the fire.
Vegeta then gives Escarole a death glare. Upon this Escarole walks away into the forest looking for berries mumbling to herself profanity and something about poison berries. Vegeta yells out to her "If they make me sick or are too sweet you aren't getting any of my kill!" She waves him off as he stakes the tree into the ground.
Vegeta gets sits on a stump nearby sits and watches the fire. The fire now getting larger and hotter begins to go from orange to red to its hottest color blue. He focus in on the blue as his mind begins to wander. Which he then shakes himself out of not wanting to think about it.
Vegeta talking to himself "Stupid! She just some inferior alien witch. That has her hooks in you. You are a warrior and Prince. You are in control of everything and everyone. You decided what you wanted a long time ago. She would just get in the way."
Moments later the sound of a plane coming towards the location could be heard approaching the cabin. Vegeta sneers coming to an easy conclusion of who it was without have to use ki sense. He then looks at himself and smirks at all of the blood coating is armor and gloves. Vegeta "Maybe this shall scare her away."
The plane lands next to the cabin and Bulma jumps out of it in short shorts and a jean jacket. She has a smile on her face with a determined look in her eyes. Both evaporate the moment she see the blood cover Vegeta standing in front of a dead cooking dinosaur with a forest fire in the background.
Vegeta looking like an axe murderer with a smile on his face begins to walk menacingly over to Bulma. Vegeta "What do you want woman?" He says trying to sound creepy seeing that Bulma is a little scared by the situation. Bulma then puts it together.
Bulma "Trying to scare me off huh. Well buster it's not going to work. You owe me one for saving you on Namek and I just happened to want to spend some time with you. So deal with it buddy!" Vegeta disappointed turns from her and walks over to his stump and with a thud sits down on it.
Bulma arms folded watches Vegeta pout like the spoiled rich kid he is. She rolls her eyes and looks at the run down cabin with disgust. At the fact one of the shutters just falls off. Off a window that is covered in slime.
Bulma disgusted "How could you stand to live in this place?" Vegeta pouting "It's better than being around you humans that's for sure. Besides I don't need much or anyone." Bulma "Yes you have made that crystal clear. Well good for you I won't need that cabin."
She takes out a capsule tosses it over to a clearing and out pops a capsule house. Bulma in a grin "If you don't want to live like an animal theirs room in my house Prince." She wink's at him when he turns to see the noise. He turn a bit red and quickly turns his head back to the inferno.
Bulma is about to make another move when out of the woods comes Escarole holding some berries in her hand and quite quickly recognizing the blue hair woman approaching her brother. Its Chi-Chi's best friend Bulma. Quickly dark thoughts rush to Escarole's mind.
The berries drop from her hands as is getting ready to rip her head off. Vegeta feeling Escarole getting ready to attack the defenseless Bulma turns his head to Escarole and shakes his head at her.
Escarole backs down from at Vegeta look snarling and growling to herself that she won't be able to get her revenge yet. Bulma noticing Vegeta staring and shaking his head, looks to see Escarole the brooding mess that she was at the moment.
Bulma takes a single look and her heart sinks for a second as she thinks this might be someone Vegeta is close with. But Bulma then remembers that this is Princess Escarole from on the TV, she's his sister. Bulma is fast to notice that she is also not happy to see Bulma. Bulma remembers that she might be looking for some revenge on Chi-Chi to which she gets a little scared.
Bulma thinking "She looks pissed but why isn't she… Wait Vegeta's shake he's not letting her hurt me. Bulma it looks like your charms have worked on him. Told you we could have anyone you want."
Vegeta "You dropped my berries." Escarole "Sorry had something on my mind. Prey tell who is my new guest." Vegeta "This is the woman and she brought her own house." Bulma sighs a bit at being called 'the woman' but really doesn't want to call him out on it.
What followed was a disturbingly awkward dinner soon after with Bulma trying and failing to not let the death glare from Escarole disturb her. Bulma not even bothering to complain about the fact she had to eat standing up or the fact that she had to eat with only her hands.
Both of the Saiyans tore into the dinosaur with Escarole being sure to be very viscous with the meat ripping off large chunks like an animals. All designed to make Bulma nervous and it worked like a charm as Bulma was shaking like a leaf on a tree.
Bulma nervously "So aw why are you two out here?" Escarole darkly "Well my temporary boss didn't need me for a job and is on vacation. I need a place in my element the dark scary woods where people don't go because they tend to go missing. Also I get the feeling that he doesn't want me or Vegeta around people. Pretty smart after all I enjoy murder."
Vegeta mouth full "Will you stop. This is just getting annoying at this point." Escarole "I don't see why just because you want to mate with her I shouldn't be able to get my revenge?" At that Vegeta did a spit take with his dinosaur. Escarole continued "If you want her just take her so I can get some revenge."
Bulma eyes went wide as she believed for a bit that her life was coming to an end all because she was stupid enough to try and seduce that arrogant Prince. Vegeta then got up and punched the ground shaking the Earth in the process. Making Bulma bounce a bit and Escarole hiss. Vegeta "Stop it! You're not killing the woman at all."
The two get in each other's face as they were growling at one another showing their canines in the process. They puffed out the chest both trying to look bigger than the other. Finally Escarole backs away with her tail drooping down and her head scrunching down lower.
Vegeta "That's what I thought." Escarole goes back to a distance away from Bulma and Vegeta while Bulma scooted closer to Vegeta. It was then that Escarole laid off on trying to scare Bulma as the night was coming. With the sun gone the creatures of the night chippered and howled as wolves and dinosaurs could be heard in the distance.
Bulma disturbed by the sounds, looks around the dark and horrid woods from the relative safety of the camp fire and Vegeta side. Vegeta "Scared girl?" Bulma "Shut up. I've got a gun." Vegeta "Sure whatever you say." In a huff Escarole gets up and storms into the cabin. She slams the door but somehow despite its nature the door stays put but the entire rest of the cabin collapses.
A beam lies on her head as Escarole taps it off and walks back to Bulma and Vegeta but changes her mind. Instead she takes off flying away into the distance. Vegeta having watched all of this with a glazed expression on his face, his eyes turn to Bulma and ask.
Vegeta "You said you have room in your house?" Bulma "Yeah I do. What is she going to do?" Vegeta "Vent." There was a blood curdling scream of an animal to be heard in the distance. To be followed by the sounds of ripping and tearing. Vegeta "She won't be over this for a week or so." Bulma "Right. Okay."
The two for a time watch the fire die down. Bulma handed Vegeta a beer from a cooler that she brought with her. Finally the time lateness was made clear as they were both starting to nod off. Bulma headed off to bed first.
As she left him Vegeta was plague by thoughts about the situation. Whether or not Escarole would try and kill Bulma in the night and because of that should he sleep in her bed with her? This was violently swatted down as unbecoming of a Prince and a Warrior also a really dumb idea in general.
There was a war going on his head not helped by a few beers. Why was he so determine to prevent her death? Why was he allowing her to hang around him? Why was he prepared to sleep in the same house as her? Why was his heart racing? Why just Why?
Nothing made sense when she was around. His mission and goal in life seemed to be slipping away in her presence. It only seemed to get worse the longer she was around him and he didn't know if he wanted to break it.
Vegeta resolved to sleep on his stump for the night better than going into the succubus's chambers. But then another thought hit him "Escarole might try something if I'm too far away from her. I can't sleep in her bed but… It will be fine in a different room right?"
With that decision made the very unsure Prince got up from his stump and walked over to the capsule house. In a sigh he opened the door. He was immediately bombarded by her smell that seemed to be coming from every corner of the place.
The place had all the conveniences of the technologically inferior human race. He heard rushing water coming from what he could gather was her room. A series of images appeared inside of his head at once, related to said water and Bulma which he tried to shake away.
Vegeta rushed to an open room and closed the door. He stripped and quickly realized that she really was having an effect on him. He slipped into bed determined just allow it to go away on its own. But it was keeping him up so he heard Bulma get out of the shower.
Trying to focus on something anything else had now become impossible as the walls to this place was paper thin. Vegeta wondered why it seems humans sleep clothed or have some special sleeping clothes. Then he concluded weird alien customs and all leaving it at that. He could hear her get into bed take out a book and start to read.
Vegeta sighed silently in relief he was sort of afraid she might do something else before bed. But then he heard her groan as she placed the book on her nightstand. Bulma mumbling "Every night lately." Vegeta eyes went wide as he started to hear her moaning and heard some very distinct sound coming from her. Vegeta was cursing his senses at the moment.
In a second his mouth went dry as he listened. She was moaning his name over and over again. He thought to himself 'Every night huh.' Then her smell hit him again and he knew where it was coming from. Compared to the love tap of a punch of her smell was earlier this was a very hard kick to the groin.
Everything just became unbearable he had to do something anything to change the situation. He desperately wanted to tear down then paper thin wall and give her want she was moan for. That was rejected to the outrage of the entirety of his body.
So he started to join her as it were being sure to be a hell of a lot quieter then she was being. By the time she finally went to sleep Vegeta was still at hard work and he kind of would still be for the rest of the night.
Meanwhile in a far less awkward situation Escarole was still well coping. She was busy turning big rock into pebbles while screaming profanity. But she suddenly stopped all of a sudden and smiled a predator's grin.
Escarole "So green man how long have you been their?" Piccolo hovering behind her "Long enough. I thought I sensed you when I first got back. Guess I was right." Escarole "What you want? Here for a rematch? Good I need something to take some of this out on."
Piccolo "No just here to see if you're still a threat along with your brother. Based on that armor though I would have to say you have gone though some changes as of late." Escarole sarcastically "Very perceptive green man. You want metal for that brilliant deduction." Piccolo "You saved the Earth and didn't kill the Briefs. Why is that?"
Escarole "Because theirs a bomb in my head." Piccolo "True but you still did it and if you really wanted revenge you could have just blown up the Earth the moment we came back." Escarole "I would have died you stupid green slug." Piccolo "Since when did you care about dying? You might not want to see it but I do. They change you. Your begin changed to be less of selfish asshole."
Escarole "Let's get one thing straight green man. I don't care about anyone but me. Everyone on this mud ball can all burn in hell for all I care. I am going to kill Chi-Chi use her skull as a cup and make a necklace from her teeth. I hate you and everyone else on this backwater planet. And when you all die I am going laugh my ass of about it hard."
Piccolo smiles "Whatever you say. See yah." Escarole breathing heavily watches Piccolo take off and is very tempted to just blast him but doesn't. Causing a crisis to develop in her head. Which she shakes off as it would be very stupid to just on a whim blast the Namekian without a plan. She allowed one thought to fester. He was right about this place was changing her and she hated it. Escarole thinking "This stupid planet needs to just die like right now."
On the intercom in a demonic voice say "We are now Lord Slug on final approach to planet Earth." In the throne room Lord Slug upon hearing this smiles while watching a monitor. Lord Slug "What a beautiful blue marble. Isn't almost a shame that I'm about to make it a planet wide graveyard." The demons around him nod as the space ship comes closer to the planet.