"No! They'll see you!" Steven cried as he chased after the small gem. The three warriors stopped into their conversation as they saw her. Peridot raced through the door and across the warp pad, stopping right in front of the door.
"FREEDOM IS MINE!" she cried, arms outstretched. Everything was silent for a moment. Peridot slowly turned to see the three aliens at the counter. They all froze, looking at her in surprise. Goku was in the middle of making a sandwich when she appeared. He was now holding the bun in mid air, just above the giant stack of lunch meat.
Peridot sweated nervously, paralyzed in fear. Steven ran in front the small gem and held his arms outstretched. "Don't hurt her!" he cried.
"L-look! It's the Frieza Force!" she cried desperately, pointing behind them. The three warriors suddenly moved from the counter, advancing on them. Peridot suddenly yelped and bolted, heading away from the door. However, no matter where she turned, they were always one step ahead of her. Finally, she darted into the bathroom and locked the door behind her.
"Haha! You may have won the war but the battle isn't over you clods!" she cried.
"I don't think that's how the phrase goes…" Goku said scratching the back of his head.
"Do you really think a wooden door is going to keep us out?" Vegeta said, "Kakarot over here could break a brick with a finger when he was twelve and I was burning down towns long before then."
Vegeta received no response. The only noise that came from the bathroom was the sound of the toilet flushing and water splashing on the ground. The three warriors blinked in surprise.
"Did she just try to-" Vegeta started then growled, "Get out of there! If you ruin the toilet, I'll ruin you!" Peridot yelped from within the room and some stumbling and splashing could be heard.
"Why did she even think she could fit down the drain?" Goku asked, scratching his head.
"What I want to know is how she got out in the first place," Piccolo announced, "We put her in a ring box like the rest."
"Maybe we didn't lock the box," Goku suggested with a shrug.
"Whether we locked it or not, I don't think that's how she got out…" Vegeta said, turning to glare at Steven.
Steven swallowed as his two other guardians turned to look at him expectantly. "Well?" Piccolo asked, folding his arms.
"Ok, I admit it!" Steven cried, squeezing his eyes shut, "I intentionally let Peridot out!" "But I didn't do it without reason," he defended, "Before you guys showed up to save me, Peridot mentioned something about a cluster and how the Earth was in trouble. She was really scared of it so I wanted to find out what it was."
"If she's scared of it, then whatever it is can't be good," Piccolo noted, "And if it's anything like those fusion experiments, then we definitely have a problem."
"I guess we have no choice but to negotiate with her then," Vegeta sighed. He walked back over to the bathroom door. "Listen up, Pipsqueak," he announced, "We're willing to call a temporary truce if you come out of there and give us information about whatever this 'cluster' is."
"AS IF I'D NEGOTIATE WITH YOU, FILTHY MONKEY!" she shouted.
Goku brought a hand to his mouth and Piccolo looked surprised. Vegeta's eye twitched slightly and he grimaced for a second before taking a sharp breath through his nose and exhaling. He then calmly stepped back, slowly raised his hand to the door, and let a purple ball of ki.
Steven's eyes grew wide. "Wait! Vegeta do-" he started. Unfortunately, it was too late. He fired the blast, blowing a hole through the door and the side of the house. Steven shielded his eyes against the bright light. He could a screech from inside the room. Once it has dispersed, Steven opened his eyes and there was a gaping, smoldering hole in the bathroom door. Through it, Steven could see a very frightened Peridot, whimpering and shivering as she clung to the pole that once held the shower curtain for dear life.
"O-ok! I'll talk!" she squeaked.
Someone requested a story with peridot so here you go! On a side note, did you all see the new episode of DBZ abridged today? let me know what you thought of it. :)