"Talk"

'Thought'

In the middle of an unmarked jungle, a massive military base could be seen. The base itself was very large and advanced, resembling a small town, with numerous buildings, strange vehicles, and hundreds to thousands of soldiers, either driving those vehicles, moving supplies around, or patrolling the area, all of them armed and ready to act if necessary. Despite their numbers, a few of them were simply relaxing and conversing with each other, creating a moment of calm amidst the tension.

"HALT! You Are Not Allowed To Be Here!"

Unfortunately, that couldn't really last with the arrival of Shadow, Eta, and three members of the Shadow Garden, all in slime suits and no doubt ready to cause some real chaos and destruction.

"Hunt them, my loyal shadows, leave nothing behind except blood and destruction."

As soon as Shadow gave the order, the three members that followed behind him and the scientist elf, known as 664, 665, and 11, aka Lambda, immediately dashed forward and used their slime weapons to instantly kill all of the soldiers that were guarding the front entrance, and then continued to kill anyone they met, leaving their two leaders behind.

'I will always be grateful to my friends for hiring so many people to role-play as my servants~'

Cid couldn't help but shiver slightly in pure delight whenever he was given the chance to actually act like a true Eminence of Shadows, though he tried to hide his true feelings when facing his partner.

"I am to presume you know where the first ball is?"

When Shadow asked this question, the seventh member of the Seven Shades simply responded by pulling out a round device, which appeared to resemble a tracking system of some kind.

"Thanks to your 'Shadow Wisdom', and my research of what we're looking for, I've managed to create a device that shall help us track all 7 of the Dragon Balls, unfortunately I only made one at the moment, but I do plan to give each member of the Seven Shades their own locators in the future."

Then she turned the device on, which quickly displayed the locations of all seven Dragon Balls. She didn't waste any time in leading her Lord to the first one they would be collecting, which he followed without hesitation.

'This still feels like plagiarism for some reason, but I'm already used to that to be honest, so it's hard for me to care about it.'

Cid mentally sighed to himself but said nothing as he continued to follow the person who seemed to know where they were going and didn't complain a single bit.

"DAMN IT! HOW DID THOSE PESKY SHADOW GARDEN FIND US, WASN'T THIS PLACE SUPPOSED TO BE WELL HIDDEN AND HARD TO FINE?!?!?!"

Meanwhile, in some sort of intelligence office room, a short man with red hair and an eyepatch could be currently seen freaking out and getting angry; he was known as Commander Red. The reason for such intense emotions was because he was in the middle of watching his TV and seeing a live footage of his entire base being raided and having his entire army being massacred with little to no effort; this upset him to no end.

"Should we contact the Cult for reinforcements?"

Standing on the shorter side was a tall male figure with dark skin; he was known as Officer Black, and he was currently trying his best to be helpful in this moment of chaos.

"No, if we do that, we will lose their trust and support, and without them, we can't hope to grow as a Military superpower."

Commander Red growled as he sat back in his seat and took a moment to consider his options and what he could do at this moment.

"... Give Dr. Gero permission to test out Android 1, and let him know that if he succeeds, that he will not only be given the authority to do whatever he pleases with his experiments, but also become the new General of the Red Ribbon Army."

The personal assistant of Commander Red couldn't help but gasp in shock after hearing what he just suggested.

"B-But Commander, if you promise him that, he will-"

"I KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN!… But it's either that, or face punishment from the Cult themselves, and I rather pick the options that will give ourselves a much better chance of a brighter future…"

Commander Red slammed his fist down on his desk in pure rage and frustration; there was no doubt that he wasn't happy about what he had to do, but felt like he had no choice, which Officer Black noticed and understood.

"I understand…"

Officer Black gently bows his head before turning away and walking off to do what he was told to do, giving the general some time to think, all the while pouring himself a glass of alcohol.

'Why hunt us now? What have we done to get their attention?'

Commander Red then paused before taking a sip and suddenly went eyes wide in realization.

"... The Dragon Ball…."

Meanwhile, back outside, the three numbered members were still engaged in their genocidal rampage against the entire military base, while also causing a large amount of destruction as possible, leaving no one or anything to be salvaged or saved.

"It is good to know that you two haven't slack off in your training after being assigned as 666 bodyguards."

While speaking and somewhat praising her teammates, Lambda used her slime whip to either slice up the soldiers that got too close to her, or use it to grapple any vehicles nearby and swing them around, causing the most destruction and carnage possible.

"We have to, a moment we slack off, is a moment we risk the life of 666."

As for 664, she acted more like backup support for Commander 11, making sure no one sneak attacked or ambushed her, though she still participated in the fight, using two large slime knives to expertly and efficiently kill any soldier, with only a few strikes necessary before moving on to the next one.

"Don't be like that 664, just because she became the new Queen doesn't mean she still isn't a part of the Shadow Garden."

665 tried to defend 666, all the while being in charge of making sure no soldier escapes alive, and she did so by using a large slime chain mace, swinging around and hitting anyone without a care in the world; she was more relaxed about the situation, but still took her job seriously.

"Where is he?..."

However, before the three members of Shadow Garden could continue with their assignment, while also taking a chance to have a light conversation about recent events and how they were doing, a light, soft yet very broken voice could be heard, interrupting the trio and making them look in its direction.

"WHERE IS THAT BASTARD SHADOW?!?!?!"

They saw a young girl, maybe around mid to late teens, with pink messy hair, crazy tired eyes, and wearing a black cloak, elbow-length gloves, and thigh-high boots; it was Sherry Barnett, and from her voice and expression alone, it was clear that she was filled with vengeance and rage toward them.

"What do we do, Commander 11? She doesn't seem like she's a part of the Cult or this Military."

She had her weapons up and kept her guard up, though she hesitated to actually attack Barnett who stood before them all.

"No doubt another victim to the Cult manipulation, we shall take her back to Alexandria and see if Alpha or Lord Shadow can save her."

Lambda glanced at 665 and gestured for her to apprehend the pink-haired girl, who nodded in understanding and did as she was told, walking up to the target and raising a hand to choke her into unconsciousness.

"Haaaaay, my name is 665, I'm just gonna knock you out and take you somewhere safe, is that cool with you?"

665 then brought her hand down, though instead of landing a hit to render Barnett unconscious, her hand was instead tightly grabbed. Not only that, but the hand that grabbed the Number suddenly glowed, which for some reason caused the blonde elf to fall to her knees with a pained expression, making both Lambda and 664 tense and aim their weapons at Sherry, who simply looked at them with a sad yet insane smile.

"If you won't tell me where he is, then I'll just make him come to me instead…"

Sorry if this chapter feels rushed and short, but multiple plans and ideas came up that I can't ignore and now I'm trying to figure out on how to do this story properly, I'm open to suggestions and ideas

(Very Off Topic! You guys might be curious on how I might handle romance, since basically almost everyone has fallen in love with Cid, well, to be fair, I will give him a Harem, but it will only be with the Seven Shades, plus maybe another girl or 2, but characters like Sherry, Rose, Alexia, Iris, Elisabeth, Yukime, Aurora/Claire, Akane Nishino, Nu, Nina, Victoria, Lambda, 664, 665, Annerose and whoever else that probably fell in love with Cid/Shadow, they won't be a part of his Harem, well maybe some, but mostly I want them all to have their own lives, be their own characters, and not be another lover to Cid/Shadow, like Claire just being a very overprotective Sister, nothing more than that, or any members in the Shadow Garden just be someone who is just loyal to their Lord but not really in love type of thing, of course I'm open to arguments with including more to the Harem, but I want them to have options of love and not just be lock with Cid, I mean, with the inclusion of Dragon Ball, there's plenty of characters that could be good match and ships with one another, and not just Cid, but that's just my opinion, what do you think?)