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Kidnapped

" Hey Tien." Goku had finally finished getting ready for work. It was his second week working at Cold Industries. Unfortunately for him, it was at that bastards Cold's building. What rotten luck.

" You know you're ten minutes late right?" Tien had just finished packing a few things in his bag. He drifted away from it and took another paper bag out from a counter.

Goku scratches his head letting out a chuckle. " I know. I just don't feel like going to work today. I don't want to see Cold again."

Tien finishes packing a few containers into the paper bag and then shoves it in Goku's face. " Enough with the chit-chat. I made you lunch so get on out of here."

Goku gives him an annoyed look as he snatches the bag. " Thanks Dad, I feel so much better. I hope I don't get fired today."

Tien stares down at him for a few seconds and then pushes him out the door. He gives him a wave and shuts the door in his face. Goku pushes his backpack up his shoulder and stomps over to the nearest bus stop. He guessed Tien was done hearing him complaining everyday in the mornings. He knew if Tien was in his shoes, he would have left in a heartbeat. Oh whatever, if tolerating Cold's big speeches and belittling his workers was what he had to deal with to earn money he'll take it.

After a short ride on the bus, Goku was now in front of the wicked Cold's business. Going in, he sees a few coworkers of his standing by laughing. The one laughing the most was a guy named Blastic. From day one the guy hated his guts. He tried to befriend him but instead was pulled into a prank. Everyone found out and he became the laughingstock of the building. Goku swore he would one day get revenge.

Passing them by, Goku tries to blend in with a crowd of people who were going to meet up with Cold. He didn't want to get embarrassed this early in the morning. Once the group got close to the entrance he tries his best to get out. Some were pushing him away until he trips over someone's foot and lands face first on the tiled floor. He groans as he slowly gets up. Then he notices a hand. He looks up and sees it's Blastic's. He raises a brow and stares at him.

" The heck? You want me to help you up or not?"

Goku shakes his head as he feels Blastic push him back down. He hears the dark blue headed guy laughing along with a few others.

" Good job, least you know when people faking it."

As Goku gets up on his knees he sees the group leave. He slams a fist on the ground. When the heck would those guys leave him alone? Stupid bunch of low lives. He gets up on his feet and heads to the locker room. Going in he notices nobody was in. Probably all headed to the break room to grab a coffee.

He take his backpack off his shoulder and looks for his locker key. He finds it and unlocks the locker. He puts his bag in and notices there was a card laying on the ground. He picks it up and sees the name Samantha. Why was this in his locker? He opens it up and read 'Try to figure this out. You have until two o'clock.'

He shakes his head and throws the card in the trash. Probably Blastic told one of the ladies to write that. He sits on a chair next to the only window in the room. Digs into his pocket and takes out his phone. He checks his messages and sees one from his friend Krillin. Krillin was a good friend they met a few days after moving into the apartment. They crossed paths one day when walking down the street to Tien's job interview. Krillin began telling them that Stir a Flame was a very popular place to eat at. Told Tien to be prepared to be cooking non stop. Tien laughs it off and rolls up his sleeves telling Krillin that his hands were ready.

Putting his focus back on the screen, he clicks on it and sees it's a picture of Krillin with Tien at the restaurant. From the background he saw that Stir a Flame was busy again. He sighs regretting not learning how to cook. He'd be working with Tien instead of here. All he would do here was organize and clean when ordered to. He would at least do a decent job. Only being labeled a janitor never crossed his mind. He liked to help more with unloading boxes from the trucks but was always sent to clean instead. Was the reason Blastic made more fun of him.

' Might as well get started.' Goku gets up and shoves his phone into his jean pocket.

After the morning past by noon came rolling in. It was finally lunch break. Goku had grabbed his food and went to sit alone at a table by the corner. He takes the containers out of the bag and opens up a soda. Thankfully it didn't blow up like last time. As he went on to dig into his food the rest of his coworkers came flooding in. He pays no attention to them as he scrolls through his phone.

" Hey Krista you want to sit with us?" Blastic had sat at the largest table in the room. He smirks at the new young woman. She gives him a fake smile as she says " I think I'll skip for today."

" But why? You'll be by yourself. Everyone hangs at this table."

Krista swallows as she searches for any other tables. She spots a man with his hair tied sitting alone. She decides to take her chance and says " I think I'll go sit with that guy. He's by himself."

Blastic makes a disgusted face. " He's a weird loner but whatever try it today I guess."

Goku stops his scrolling as he hears the footsteps heading his way. He slightly looks up to see the woman pull back a chair and sit down. She sets her lunch bag down and lightly taps the table. Goku fully looks up and sees the woman. She had light amber colored hair with sea green eyes. He sets his phone aside and smiles.

" Hi, surprised you passed up sitting with Blastic."

She tries to hold in her laugh as she shakes her head. " I could see a mile away he's a stuck up. Don't like people like him. Decided to join you. You don't look stuck up."

" Really? You must have a good eye. By the way, what's your name?"

The young woman takes her lunch out and some utensils. " My name is Krista. Just moved here about a week ago from the countryside. What's yours?"

" Goku it's nice to meet ya. I'm also from the countryside."

Krista starts to dig in as she follows up with " Likewise, oh how cool. I came over to start a new life here. It was getting a little hectic with my parents. They were so annoying arguing about what they wanted me to become. Told them it was my choice."

Goku processes the load of information. He was surprised how easily she was unloading to him. " I guess some just want a better future for their kids. I don't really know about that. My Grandpa was taken away when I was five."

" Oh I'm sorry. I'm over here rambling about my parents being annoying. Did you grow up on your own?"

Goku takes another sip of his soda and responds " Nah, I grew up with my older friend. Heh, I guess he's sorta like a dad to me. It was Outcast day."

Krista's food slides off her spoon as she lowers it. " No way. I remember hearing about that day. They say it was horrible. Ironic I'm working under his business. But I want to plot a day where we take him down. See if he still wears that smug face of his."

Goku finishes up his food and drink as he chuckles. " Yeah I'd join ya. But it would take more than two people to take him down. Would barely get through security."

" Ha, I've had my fair share of fights in the past. Against my cat that is." Krista puts her hands up clawing the air.

Goku lets out a laugh as Krista joins in. Huh, guess he officially met someone nice at his job. As the two continued to talk a sudden beep goes off. It was their sign that lunch break was over. All began to pack a few things and throw others. Goku grabs his phone and puts it in his pocket. He then watches as Krista takes her lunch bag.

" It was nice meeting you Goku. Hopefully we get to eat lunch together again." She lifts a fist up as Goku lifts one up too. " Take care."

" Thanks you too." Goku says as he collects his things and sees something on the ground where Krista sat at.

He picks it up and sees it's a folded up paper. He unfolds it and sees a drawing of a clock with an arrow pointing at two and the other twelve.

' Its two o'clock?' He then remembers the card from the morning. ' That card also said two. What's going on?'

He sees a trash bin again and this time ponders whether to throw it or keep it. He gives in and throws it once again. It probably was a coincidence. He leaves the room turning the lights off.

The day went on as usual. Cleaning windows, sweeping, mopping the occasional muddy floors and restocking. Today felt like the amount was doubled. It must have been because more people came to see Cold. He was announcing the new companies that compiled with his standards. Everyone would take pictures, record him answering questions and do small interviews. Goku of course would watch and shake his head. Shame these people thought this guy was good. If only he could shout out what a big fraud and evil man he was. Oh well, these people were already brainwashed.

As he goes up to the level where Cold's office was, Goku steps out of the elevator. Starts to inspect the windows and rooms. Some were in need of a clean and others not so much. What a relief. Maybe he would get a chance to leave early. As he starts to clean time flew by. By the time he reached Cold's office he was tired. He grabs the handle and tries opening it. It was locked. Did Cold purposely lock it today or by mistake? He shrugs it off. He would say it wasn't his fault. As he takes the handle of the bucket that held the cleaning supplies, he checks his watch. It was seconds away from two. He kept staring at it until it reached the twelve. Goku looks around him and sees nobody. He doesn't hear anything either. Nothing but silence. Guess those weird notes were a prank. He then starts to walk down the hall when suddenly the lights start flicking.

' What the…' His heart begins to race as he gulps.

Maybe those notes had a meaning. Or maybe the person who left them figured out he threw them away. Whatever, he knew he had to get out of here. He starts to get up as he hears a loud bang accompanying a gust of wind. It nearly knocks him down but he stands his ground.

" What in the-" Goku starts as he turns around. His eyes grow at what he sees. A group of police officers stood by the emergency exit door. They were all wearing masks but none wore badges.

" Who are you people?" He asks as he takes a few steps back.

" Son Goku. We are looking for a man by that name. Do you know where we can find him?" One of the officers ask, eyeing the man who raised a brow.

" You're looking right at him." Goku then watches the officer walk over to him. " Why are you asking?"

" Sir you're under arrest. Anything you say or do can be used against you in court-" Before the officer had the chance to finish, Goku jumps back narrowing his eyes.

" Not a chance. I'm not going anywhere with you frauds." He sees the officer's eyes widen as he waves the others over. " You will pay for calling us that!"

Goku sees the officers heading right at him. Panic rose in him as he looks around for something. He sees the mop he used and grabs it. He starts spinning the mop around in his hands. The mop was still wet as he starts smacking it across the fake officers faces. Some stopped trying to clean their eyes as one of them grabs a hold of the mop. Goku blinks a few times as the large officer yanks it away. This leaves Goku with nothing in hand. As the large officer heads right for him, he quickly ducks and makes a run to the bucket holding cleaning supplies.

' C'mon I gotta find something!' he digs into it and spots a window cleaner and floor cleaner. He hastily takes the caps off and throws them on the floor. They burst open as the liquid spills out everywhere. Some of them slip and fall over as two escape by.

Goku now tries to to head to the exit door as he sees a table by one of the office rooms. He stops and grabs a hold of it. As the two officers get closer he shoves the long table right at them. Without thinking, Goku jumps up and crashes the table down with his feet. The table breaks as the officers are left laying on the floor. Seeing as all of them are down, he dashes out the exit door.

His hair tie was coming loose from the wind blowing against him from running down the stairs. He feels his heart pounding hard in his chest. Even though he was breathing heavy, he had to get away from those people. Maybe he could go to the front and ask for help. Once he reached the last step, he takes a second to catch his breath. Before he could look up, he feels a hand placed on his mouth and an arm around his torso. He tries his best to free himself but the arm squeezed him more. Then he heard the person's voice.

" Yes, I have the man you want. We'll take him right to you immediately."

Goku sees they were heading right for a van. Just as they get there, two others open the back doors and then shove him in. Before he could get up, the doors close shut. He gets up and starts banging on the doors.

" Let me out of here! You people don't know who your messing with!"

Goku could hear laughter coming from inside. " Just shut up kid. Nobody can hear you. But I'll admit you put up a decent fight. Guess you will be useful to Mr. Vegeta."

' Vegeta?' Goku thought as he's knocked down by the van taking a sharp right turn. It makes a loud screech as it rushes down the the road.

At Stir a Flame:

It was now six thirty in the afternoon. Tien and the rest of the crew were cleaning up after another busy day at the restaurant. The sales were sky rocketing with Tien now part of the team. The young man knew how to entertain and deliver delicious food to the customers. The boss knew he did well with hiring him even though he was a bit skeptical. He didn't have any experience working at another restaurant. As the boss finished counting the money they received he goes over to his workers.

" I'd like to thank you for another successful day. The sales were higher than the last few days. I hope it will continue to grow." He then puts the earnings into an envelope. " I will be out this upcoming week for three days. So I'm leaving Tien in charge."

Tien turns to look at his boss confused. " Your putting me in charge? But I've been here for only a month."

" I know I leave this place in good hands. I want you to give me a report everyday after you close up. Do this correctly and you just might get promoted to manger."

Tien gives his boss a smile as he says " Of course. I won't let you down sir."

He watches his boss walk back to his office. Continuing to restock a few items, Tien feels someone tap his shoulder. He turns to see the new blue haired waitress named Launch. She had just started working a week ago. She was very popular. She was not only pretty but incredibly nice.

" Tien I wanted to ask for a favor. There's a heavy box in the back I can't lift up. Could you help me?" Launch shyly asks as Tien puts down the box of utensils down.

" Yeah sure. Lead the way."

Once they reach the back, Tien spots the boxes. They were quite large. He was glad that Launch asked for help. She probably had no chance picking them up. As they make it over, Tien watches Launch points at the heavy boxes.

" These are the only ones I couldn't pick up."

Tien moves over and starts lifting them up one by one. He puts them in the backroom. On the last one, Tien hears the phone ring. Before he could say something, Launch goes over to pick it up. Tien sets the last box down and makes his way out of the backroom. He walks out as he sees Launch still on the phone. She had a worried look on her face as she notices him. She makes her way over to him.

" Tien someone from Cold Industries wants to speak to you. It's about someone named Goku."

This raises concern in Tien. He takes the phone. " Yes? Is there something the matter?"

" Yes, we were trying to communicate ourselves with you. You're the emergency contact we have of Son Goku. Are you his father?"

" No, his roommate. Tell me what's this about?"

The person lets out a sigh as they say " I'm sorry to say this but at around two in the afternoon Son was attacked by a group of men dressed as officers. We checked all of our cameras and saw he was kidnapped."

At that moment, Tien felt like the phone was about to fall from his hand. Goku had been kidnapped? The guy he considered his little brother was kidnapped? No it couldn't be true!

" Are you sure it was him?! Has anyone found him? Answer me!"

" Sir I'm very sorry. This is under investigation at the moment. We closed up early today. They are trying their best to get a trace of where he is."

" You people should be ashamed! You're Cold Industries for crying out loud! I would think with all the money you receive you could take care of your workers! No I'm coming down to the office right now!"

Tien ends the call and throws the phone aside. This couldn't be happening! He looks over at Launch who was staring at him frighten. He takes a deep breath as he picks the phone. This was no time to get angry. He had to find the bastards who decided to kidnap Goku.

" I'm sorry for that. Please I need someone to take my place at restocking. Could you take over?"

Launch calms down a bit. She sees that Tien had a worried desperate look on his face. She nods and takes the phone from his hand.

" Yes, but only if you let me go help you out."

Tien gives her a small smile. " Thank you."

Without another thought he grabs a few things and rushes out the doors. There was no time to waste. Maybe he would have more of a chance to find him. The guy he promised to protect since they were younger. He runs faster down the street towards the nearest bus stop. His next stop…Cold Industries.

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