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" The Enemy "Written By: Debs-dragon Disclaimer: I don't own the DBZ gang, a rich Japanese man does. Rating: PG Warnings: Humor, mild language, silliness. Notes: This is just a little piece of random insanity
that filtered into my subconscious and took over my brain. " The Enemy " December 2002 Debs-dragon The Z warriors all stood in a close knit formation eyeing the enemy from a safe distance. "Well I don't sense a very strong energy." snorted Vegeta. "Don't let that fool you. It's not at full power yet." replied Piccolo. "It can get a lot more powerful than that Vegeta, I've see what it can do when left to its own devices and believe me it isn't a pretty sight." shuddered Krillin. "What a load of rubbish." sneered Vegeta. "Yeah well you didn't see the charred remains that I did." Krillin blanched at the memory. "It was horrific." "I can't see how something so small can radiate so much concentrated power." said Goku. "Lets face it Kakarott you can't see much of anything at times." snickered Vegeta. Choosing to ignore the barb Goku stared intently at the object of their current scrutiny. It was shaping up to be a rather drawn out fight and Goku had no doubts it would come down to a battle of wills. They retreated to a safer distance putting a solid barrier of sand and concrete between them, a small opening being the only way through to where their enemy lay in wait. "So who wants to have the first shot at it?" asked Goku. Vegeta scowled, Krillin opted to hide behind Piccolo who in turn found something in the distance suddenly very interesting. "Well if none of you are game I guess I'll give it a shot." said Yamcha. He cast a withering glance at the rest of the group. "Call yourselves fighters? Ha!" "Be careful Yamcha, that thing isn't always what it appears to be." said Krillin. Yamcha stepped bravely forward and through the small opening to be lost to view. For a short while nothing was heard then.... A flash and a bang followed by a fizz. A few moments later Yamcha re appeared in their midst looking slightly frazzled. "You're right Krillin... It packs more of a punch that I thought possible." Yamcha slipped to the ground as he passed out. Dragging Yamcha's unconscious form not too gracefully to one side Krillin looked at the rest of the group. "So what's the plan then?" he asked. "Maybe it needs two of us." said Goku. "I don't think that's gonna work." Krillin said nonchalantly. "And what makes you the expert here baldy?" growled Vegeta. "I have dealt with this demon before on more than one occasion Vegeta." "Really? And it looks like the thing failed as you are still alive." "On the contrary. It won. Both times. Just because it elected to leave me in one piece doesn't mean it isn't powerful or dangerous. That thing has more tricks than you could poke a stick at and I for one don't wish to tangle with it." Vegeta humphed. "A weakling female would be better suited to this task than you cue ball." "For once I agree with you Vegeta. For some reason it seems to respond to the female species, but the male species it has a real problem with." Vegeta continued to scowl. "I really can't see what the problem is..." "Oh for kami's sake. Let me try." said Piccolo and he bravely stepped forward. "Surely it can't be that hard to get it under control." "Believe me, Frieza was a piece of cake compared to this monster." said Krillin, "But best of luck anyway." Piccolo passed through the small opening and faced the beast within. For a moment there was silence... then... A roar that was distinctly Piccolo emanated, followed by the sounds of beeping, the gathering of energy and then..... Silence. A few moments later Piccolo re emerged looking distinctly shaken and blubbering like an idiot. "What happened?" asked Goku as he was instantly by his friends side. "It... it ... it was horrible. I managed to get close to it and even touch it but then..." Piccolo shuddered. "It started to glow, a horrible blue color. It began to flash and before I had a chance to do anything it gave out this blinding light." Piccolo's antenna crossed along with his eyes as he recalled the shocking event. "Blinding light?" echoed Goku. Piccolo suddenly lunged forward and grabbed Goku's shirt in his fists, his face was mere centimeters away from the Saiya-jins. "Please don't make me go back in there... I'll do anything, anything at all just don't make me face that monster again." Piccolo sobbed. "There, there, It's all right Piccolo, We understand." Krillin patted the tall Namek on his behind. Given the height difference that was the closest thing to Piccolo's back he could reach. Piccolo slowly turned around and stared at the small human patting him on the rear. Krillin took note of the look in the Namek's eyes and swallowed hard. "I'm screwed." he thought and discreetly removed the offending appendage. "I would thank you to keep your hands to yourself Krillin, I know I said I would do anything to avoid going back in there but I'll have you know I'm not that kind of Namekian." Krillin blushed a deep red and turned his attentions back to Yamcha who was still unconscious. "So now what?" asked Vegeta as he watched Goku lead the still sobbing green alien to sit by Yamcha. "I don't know Vegeta." replied Goku as he passed Piccolo a handkerchief. Piccolo wiped his eyes and then blew his nose long and hard before passing the handkerchief back. "Thanks." Goku looked at the offered handkerchief and then at Piccolo and shook his head. "Keep it." was all he said as he turned away, his face the same color green as Piccolo. "Well it's obvious it will take more than these pathetic beings to tame the demon to submission." snarled Vegeta as he looked in contempt at the unconscious one and the babbling dribbling idiot of green that was next to him. "We need a plan." replied Goku. "I agree." "Maybe if one of us distracts it while the other sneaks up from the rear then we may managed to overpower it." "Could work." "So game to give it a try Vegeta?" "Well we have nothing to lose." "Right then, lets go." Goku and Vegeta approached the opening. "Good luck guys." called Krillin, then added under his breath, "You're gonna need it." Goku and Vegeta slipped quietly through the opening and were lost to sight. Krillin sat down with the remaining pair after retrieving some sensu beans from his pocket and waited patiently. Goku spotted the monster sitting patiently. Not a sound was made and it looked innocent enough. A pale blue light glimmered, the only outward sign that the beast was active. Goku nodded his head to Vegeta who slunk off to one side. Goku followed the opposite way to attempt to take the thing unaware from the rear. When they were both in position Goku gave the nod. Two screams were heard and a flash of golden light as both Saiya-jins went to level one. The beast continued to blink at them with it's pale blue light. Then it was on for young and old. With a roar Vegeta attacked from the front. He shot towards the unsuspecting object, body tense and ready to wrestle to the bitter end if necessary. Goku also screamed and launched his attack from behind intent on restraining the thing while Vegeta worked at the front to tame it into submission. Still sitting outside Krillin listened intently to the series of screams, grunts, flashes, beeps and then high pitched wail. "Just what the hell were they doing in there?" It ended a moment later. There was a sudden burst of energy followed by a long and very loud explosion. What sounded like machine gun fire swept through the air, sparks fired off and the atmosphere was lit up like the fourth of July fireworks display and then as the dust settled there was a small drawn out ringing noise that slowly decreased in volume until it gave a final ding and stopped. Through the clearing smoke and haze Krillin could make out the outline of a figure approaching. "Uh oh." he thought. "Goku!" came the shrill voice of Chi Chi. "Ummm... in there." Krillin pointed to the doorway to the kitchen. Chi Chi passed through with a look of thunder on her face. Krillin cringed back as she made her way forward and then clamped his hands to his ears as the tirade of screams came forth. "Aggghhhhhh! Goku! What have you done!? And you Vegeta, I might have known you would be in this as well. This looks like your handy work." Krillin snuck forth to observe what was happening in the kitchen. Two rather battered looking Saiya-jins stood amongst the wreckage of the once pristine kitchen. Scorch marks made their way up the walls and along the linoleum floor. The light hung from the ceiling at a crazy angle, the refrigerator bore the scars of a fierce battle, bits of burnt popcorn lay scattered about and there in the center of it all was the battered remains of their enemy. "MY MICROWAVE! JUST LOOK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO IT!" Chi Chi continued to scream. Goku looked a little sheepish. "I'm sorry Chi Chi, we didn't mean to blow it up. All we wanted was some popcorn to go with the game on TV." "Not our fault the damned thing wouldn't cooperate." added Vegeta. Chi Chi folded her arms across her chest and glared at the pair. "We did all try to get it to work but it kept on burning the kernels or not cooking them at all." "That's no excuse. The instruction book is in the drawer." "Who needs instruction books." scowled Vegeta as he pulled a few errant pieces of corn from his slightly singed hair. "Obviously you two do. But then I doubt even that would do any good as I don't think either one of you can READ!" "I only held the thing while Vegeta punched in the numbers." whined Goku. "Punched would be right!" Chi Chi stared sadly at the remains of her microwave. It's blackened exterior stared back. The inside was pitted with holes, evidence of the popcorn no doubt. The door hung partly off and swung every now and then in the breeze of the heated conversation. The still smoking motor testimony to the fact that it hadn't given up the fight easily. The small blue glow flickered on the control panel as Chi Chi ran her fingers over the dying remains. With one last pulse of light the blue paled and then died. "I'll buy you a new one Chi Chi." said Goku guiltily. "Damn right you will!" ~ Fin ~ |
