[8] Group Vegeta - Military Base

[Burter Jr]

16. Bra
22. Vegeta
30. Zarbon

After finding out Brim was a military employee, the trio now has to run away from the defense systems again. It's going to SELF DESTRUCT. So get out!

However, you still need more info...pictures? Videos? Find them, and get out! Maybe there will be somewhere you can look at the things you find later.

[Zarbon]

?...Success. God forgive me.?

Zarbon stared. It was all so?inhumane. He watched as the strange gas spreading like a plague over a helpless town. The people held themselves as they screamed their final words to deafened ears: then hit the ground dead moments later, their faces worn and depleted of all joy and cheer. The women and children were down in the dust, holding their throats in an attempt to choke out the deadly substance that was consuming them. Even the brave men fell to the vicious virus, using their last hiccup of life to try to struggle away. It was a simple town with a cruel yet simple fate.

This made the transformer ponder his dreams, his ambitions yet again. He wanted so much, but what would be the cost? Could he be the next Brim? It was possible. The mutant could be the one to destroy friendships, ruin families, and make people feel the touch of sorrow upon their minds, and make their loved ones a bloody mess. His mind snapped back to Twenty against the wall, dead because of this bloody tournament, sitting there with soulless eyes. His body dead, cold and dead. He recalled Krillin next, his body impaled on a spine. Acts so very immoral that they were unforgettable: they would stick to Zarbon?s memories forever, haunting him for all eternity.

Zarbon turned away for a second and sighed, waiting for someone to say something.

?No way. No freakin' way! They launched VX on an innocent town, as a test!? What a bunch of sick fucks!!? The transformer heard the saiyan girl Bra speak up after seeing the video complete its reel. Her voice was loud and rageful as she spat the words from her mouth. The saiyan had every right to be disgusted. Her words brought up a very particular question in Zarbon?s mind though.

?What?s VX?? The transformer questioned the girl in a calm voice.

?You don?t want to know?? The cyan-haired half-saiyan gritted her teeth. ?Hmm?let?s see?? Bra continued to go into the console?s network, pushing random buttons.

"Look up Friend or Foe," her father commanded as he put on a very serious face.

The girl typed it in quickly on the keyboard and watched as it appeared in a ?Search? box. An error window popped up immediately. The file couldn?t be found. Slightly crushed, Zarbon put forward his own suggestion. ?Try Brim.? The mutant urged Bra onward, and she did as the transformer bid. The half-saiyan hammered in the host?s name and searched him up. A window popped open moments later. It read this:

Brim Harc. Science Department. New Technology and Equipment.

Missing in Action

"What the...?" Bra whispered in a state of shock. "He was here!" A stern went off at that moment, the defensive guns snapped into action. A computerized voice spoke at that time, telling them that what they had feared had happened. The defenses were back on and ready to slaughter them. Rip them to shreds with bullets shooting across the room. The weapons locked on their bodies and they back to whirl and fire.

?Oh shit.? Zarbon staggered backward in fear. Shots began to ring out from the guns and they hit the floor loudly. ?Plans? Plans!?? The transformer used his Hyper Elegant Magnum to try to take down a gun that was littering bullets upon his precious hide.

1 shot?

2 shots?

3 shots!?

The weapon broke down after the Ki blast flew off his finger. He turned his head back to look at Bra and continued to fire, though blindly, at the guns. Vegeta was doing most of the work of taking out the defences: ripping them apart by hand, but there was too many guns. They couldn?t take them all out without getting shot at least a hundred times.

Zarbon spoke to Bra quite swiftly in his terror. He didn?t want to die today: he didn?t want to fall victim to Brim?s game. ?We gotta get out of here!? The transformer shouted. ?This place is like a bees? hive!? He shot a few more shots. None of them found their mark. He couldn?t aim right now with all the tension being put upon him. Though it was about to get worse.

The saiyan girl responded as fast as Zarbon spoke. ?An exploding bees? hive. Look at this.? The mutant changed his glance to the monitor. There on the screen was a red box with a countdown timer. It read ten minutes and counting, and had four words the transformer didn?t want to hear, or read for that matter.

Self Destruct Sequence Activated

?Fuck! We gotta get out of here fast!? The handsome warrior began to sprint towards the saiyan prince and tell him to get out with him and Bra, but the half-saiyan grabbed him by the arm firmly and pulled the transformer back towards the console. She had an angry face as she pointed towards the computer, tapping the screen.

?I need to find out what Brim did here.? Bra spoke in rage. ?Maybe it will give us some answers to where the bastard is now.? She turned towards the console and began typing away on the search, looking for ?Science Department. New Technology and Equipment.? The division in which their host had worked at. ?Cover me, alright??

Zarbon sighed. He just wanted to get out of the military base as fast as he could, and not die while he was at it, but he obeyed the cyan-haired girl and charged into battle to fight opposite of Vegeta at the other end of the room. He charged at one of guns and flipped on top of it, hammering it with a barrage of ki blasts before jumping off again and running at another, punched it hard at the barrel and ruining it?s shooting angle and making it fire at the ceiling, the bullets? pierce dislodging a tile and making it crash into another piece of weaponary.

The transformer smirked and went on thrashing the defences as much as he could, splitting guns in two with a solid karate chop or jamming something into the weapon?s barrel and making it explode back on its self Bugs Bunny style. Every once and awhile Zarbon turned back towards Bra to see how she was doing on getting more information on Brim?s time in the ?Science Department.? The mutant always saw her getting into security lock-ups, thanks to the defence systems being online, or so Zarbon believed. After about six turns back towards her, he finally saw her getting somewhere, after seeing something in bold on the screen.

Science Department, New Technology and Equipment Assignments

The mutant smirked and stopped destroying guns for a single second. A big mistake, as the weapon he was to tear down next fired towards Bra. The bullets flew past her luckily, but the console didn?t have the same kind of luck as the half-saiyan.

The monitor shattered. The console smoked, broken. Bra screamed in anger and turned away from the dead computer. ?Of all the damned luck! We have to find another console!?

Eight minutes till self destruct? A computerized voice stated out of nowhere. If didn?t change the conversation at all.

?Do we have time?? Zarbon shouted back after looking at the computer. The transformer was worried they wouldn?t get out of this alive.

"Sure we do! There should be another console somewhere!? Bra rushed out of the room. Shrugging, the other two followed, trying to avoid the defences that surrounded them. The defences were as hellish as they were in inside the control room, and they all knew they couldn?t even bother trying to beat them off. They were all over the place.

?I pray its close.? Zarbon thought in worry as they began to sprint out into the base.

OOC: There you go. To summarize: We are looking for more info on Brim on his time here in the computer networks. The console got destoryed in the control room after we failed, or I failed to cover Bra and destroy the defences as she tried to get into the network. That is all in basic terms.

[Sammah]

"Look up Friend or Foe," Vegeta spoke out loud as he noticed the search entry pop up in the large monitor before them.

His daughter pressed lightly on the keyboard in front of her. Sadly enough, a message appeared stating that no entries were found on the stated phrase. ?Try Brim.? Zarbon stated soon after. Perhaps now they were on to something as Bra angrily stomped on the keyboard as if trying to kill Brim while spelling out his name. The screen that appeared read a short job description and status.

Brim Harc. Science Department. New Technology and Equipment.

Missing in Action

"What the...?" Bra muttered under his breath. "He was here!" A robotic type of sound echoed throughout the room, as if hundreds of computers just phased into existence. The computer spoke as if warning them that their situation has just gotten a lot worse.

Defense Systems Online

?Oh shit.? Zarbon interrupted as he saw their fate lock onto the three fighters. Vegeta took heed to his curse and spun around to meet face to face with dozens of turrets and defense mechanisms pointing directly at them. He knew this couldn?t lead to anything good, especially if they wanted to find Brim. However the number, it would prove to be quite a nuisance to try and take out all of them, for the ceilings and walls were scattered with them.

?What kind of place needs this much defense?? Vegeta grunted as the bullets began raining down on them. He dodged with the quickness, almost as if he was teleporting out of the way from every single shot fired past him. His body phased out, reappeared a foot closer towards a turret, then vanished again as another bullet shot their his faded image. The prince appeared in front of the assaulting gun, and threw his balled fist straight into the barrel, destroying it and knocking it hard off of it?s hinges.

He couldn?t stop though, for every second he took in the same spot, about two dozens bullets came running past him. It was easy to dodge man made bullets, but to keep his speed up like this for a long duration of time, could prove to become costly. He appeared behind another gun, and grabbed it on both sides with his hands tightly. His fingers gouged deep into the metallic hull, and ripped it apart straight down the middle as if it were nothing better than a piece of paper. He felt the head of another bullet graze his ear, and he took off again. Appearing in between of two more, Vegeta threw both of his legs out ward, kicking both defenses off of their screwed bars which kept them hanging from the ceiling. They broke into fragments upon collision with the ground.

?We gotta get out of here!? Vegeta could her Zarbon holler the need towards the two Saiya-jins. ?This place is like a bees? hive!? The transformer was engaged with a few guns himself, obviously he found the importance of taking out as many as he possibly could before the bullets became too overwhelming. Vegeta kept a third eye on the transformer, watching his moves very closely. He wasn?t anywhere near the Saiya-jin prince in power, but he proved to know exactly what he was doing. Perhaps sometime in the future he would become a good ally, or on the other hand, he could become a worthy adversary. If that ever happened though, at least Vegeat knew he had already studied his movements.

The Saiya-jin princess replied quickly after Zarbon?s previous statement. ?An exploding bees? hive. Look at this.? Both Vegeta and Zarbon?s head snapped over to the wall sized monitor and it had a sort of timer placed in the middle of the screen. It was counting down from ten minutes?but what was going to happen after ten minutes the prince wondered.

Self Destruct Sequence Activated

Nevermind, Vegeta found his answer as the computer replied to his thoughts. This couldn?t be good, first the guns, and now the whole base was about to explode into nothing more but shards of metal and fire. In the middle of his thoughts however, another bullet swooshed past his leg, the heat caused a warm sensation to creep up his thigh, and he spun around just in time to catch the following three bullets in his hands. He crushed them and returned the favor by releasing a small strand of ki out from his index finger, plenty enough of power to take down the single turret. It exploded and rained fire upon the tiled floor.

?Fuck! We gotta get out of here fast!? Zarbon shouted as he attempted to run, but Bra caught his arm and jerked him back with haste. Obviously Vegeta?s daughter had other plans in mind then just running like rats. It must have been that Saiya-jin blood that fed the fire to her bravery, or maybe it was just the anger that she held for her brothers death that made her want to stay and gather as much information as he possibly can on the bitch-ass Brim.

?I need to find out what Brim did here.? Bra?s face was complete with anger and anxiety, she wasn?t about to go anywhere. ?Maybe it will give us some answers to where the bastard is now.? Her focus returned to the monitor before her and she began typing away again. The prince however couldn?t take the time to see what she was putting in, as another bullet shot past him. If he wasn?t careful, his ki wouldn?t appear in the right spot around his body, leaving it open for a bullet to just punch right through him with ease. ?Cover me, alright?? Bra needed help, and her father was already on it.

Zarbon nodded and ran to the opposite side of the control center; his aim reacted quickly to the oncoming turrets. His movements were unique, something that Vegeta hadn?t laid eyes upon for quite some time. It was obviously a trait that only the transformer held on to, almost like a dance, he fought with such elegance, but then again, he did look like he?d be some sort of alien backstreet boy with that hair.

Vegeta pounced on top of a double barreled turret that popped up from one of the tiles on the floor and he crushed it underneath his feet, almost pretending that he was the lord of the dance with a few more stomps using his heels. His body vanished, and appeared on top of a desk, noticing that he just put himself in between four different guns that spun around to aim at him. ?Oh shit.? He noted, kicking out his own feet from under him and landing hard onto his back just as the guns began firing. They were all evenly spread out at a 90 degree angles, so as they all shot, the bullets just barely missed each other, and dug deep into their electronic bodies. They destroyed themselves, and powered down from the fatal wounds.

Science Department, New Technology and Equipment Assignments appeared on the screen that Bra was playing on. Perhaps this was it, the same section that Brim worked with while he was in the military department. Vegeta still didn?t know what Bra was talking about earlier with the ?VX? thing or whatever it was. But what he gathered from it lead him to believe it was some type of biological weaponry used on innocent lives for testing purposes. That was sick, only a twisted mind would do something like that, and Brim would fit perfectly in that category he thought. The prince had seen some crazy shit in his past, but killing your own race was something of the absurd side.

Zarbon had taken a quick break to analyze the situation, hoping that Bra indeed find the answers they were looking for. Unfortunately, as the transformer halted, a bullet shot straight for the prince?s daughter, barely missing her, yet taking out the monitor in front of the child. The screen shattered into pieces and broke down into nothing more but fragments of glass, wiring, and smoke. Bra shouted in anger and disappointment as she spun around towards her two allies. ?Of all the damned luck! We have to find another console!? Vegeta agreed nodding as he felt the same urgency to leave, remembering the count down to destruction.

Eight minutes till self destruct

?Yeh, thanks.? Vegeta grunted to himself as yet again, the computer responded a confirmation to his thoughts.

?Do we have time?? Zarbon questioned as he gazed from one side to the other. Apparently he wanted to get out of here just as much as anybody would knowing they were about to blown up in less then ten minutes.

"Sure we do! There should be another console somewhere!? Bra dashed out of the room and through another set of doors. It must have led to another control center, or at least he hoped it did. Vegeta threw his fist into another set of turrets and shrugged, powering up with his purplish aura and sprinting off right behind his daughter. Zarbon was quick to follow behind the prince as the two dodged the racing bullets every step of the way. No doubt there would be more in the next room though, and perhaps the room after that one, and the one after that, and well, you get the point.

As the two warriors dashed through the doors, Bra had already found herself set up on the nearest desktop computer. It was tiny, about a tenth of the size as the large monitor in the other room but it would no doubt be hooked up into the network. There were about a dozen desk top computers, probably built with the superb craftsmanship and technology that any government military would have.

Defense System Activated

The same computer voice echoed throughout the room and once again, turrets appeared from everywhere; the ceiling, the floor, the walls, even some computers turned into walking guns. ?This is starting to get ridiculous? Vegeta spat as he powered up again, vanishing and already began his attack to cover his daughter from being hit. Bra didn?t even seem to pay attention to anything else than the monitor in front of her. Her eyes fixated on the screen, her fingers quickly typing away, another computer geek in the family. Vegeta knew it must have been because of her mother she knew so much about technology, either that, or she was faking it real well.

An explosion erupted on the other side of the room, and adult sized robots looking like something straight out of the terminator came walking through the gaping hole in the wall. There were about a dozen of them, or it seemed like it through Vegeta?s first glance. ?Great?? Vegeta mumbled as he threw a round house kick into a turret poking it?s head out from the wall. His eyes fixated on the robots that apparently had their gaze on Bra, which was their first target. It was probably because she had hacked into the military database or something, but they appeared to have the need for her death.

Vegeta created a baseball sized ball of ki and hurled it straight at the first robot in line. It had already aimed it?s minigun towards the young halfling, but was quickly dismantled as Vegeta?s attack ripped a hole through the robots mainframe and exploded as it found a comfortable spot within it?s stomach. The blast had torn it into pieces, and the shockwave threw the rest of them onto their sides. Good thing these robots weren?t too advanced, because it took them quite a long time to regain their composure in order to push themselves back onto their feet.

Five minutes until Self Destruction

The computer continued to remind them that they were about to die. ?Ah, got it!? Just as it did though, Bra had shouted the answer that they were all looking for. ?The file on Brim, it?s all right here!? She seemed excited to finally break into the history of this crazed gamer.

?That?s good, but there?s no time to read it now Bra. Save it onto a disk and let?s get the fuck out of here!? Vegeta shouted as he dodged bullet after bullet. His feet danced around, his body ducked and covered, his head bobbed from side to side. He began to threw ball after ball of ki into the turrets, but making sure none of them were strong enough to bring down the house.

Bra agreed with a nod and began shifting through the desk drawers, looking for a disk or cd that she could download the file on. Zarbon continued to fight off the bullets that were aimed towards Bra, because if he didn?t, the young girl would find her self in the same position as his other two fallen comrades.

?Found one!? She jumped to her feet and slammed the cd into the computer?s tower. Now this was the hard part, she had to delete everything that was on that cd to make room for Brim?s history. Hopefully it wouldn?t be too big of a file, time wasn?t exactly on their side at the moment.

[Zarbon]

There were five minutes left. Thousands of weapons were surrounding them. They had one disc. One chance to do this, once and for all. If they didn?t get Brim?s data now, they would never get it. Too bad Zarbon didn?t like their odds at all, he just wanted out of there, no matter how much he wanted to know about Brim past (and that was a lot), he didn?t want to die. The mechanical arsenal of the military base was slowly surrounding them, with each robot or gun gone; there came more, upon more, in an endless flood of metallic death that came upon them: there was a correction in the transformer?s thought. He didn?t just dislike it, he was afraid of it. Sure, he had two powerhouses by his side, but with an endless swarm of weaponry coming at them, they couldn?t hold them for long, and when they couldn?t, they were dead. He just prayed there was enough space on that CD so they wouldn?t waste time. No mistakes were allowed now.

The transformer kept his back to block the bullets that were flying at the saiyan girl who was just putting the disk in and beginning to delete the files within it. He needed a barrier to protect Bra so he could take out the machines that were assaulting them. The mutant ripped a desk from its roots and threw the valuable computer equipment onto the floor, the force crushing it as it hit the ground. ?It?s going to be blown up anyway.? Zarbon muttered and placed the desk in front of Bra as a shield. ?Perfect, now for some good old fashioned sniping!?

Zarbon formed both of his hands into gun shapes, charging Ki into them rapidly, the fingers reaching the full amount of energy. ?Sharp shooting time!? The first shots rung out and hit two cyborgs hard, one shot tearing a head off. The transformer let it fall to the ground before shooting again, hammering a turret and altering its angle so it hit a whole crowd of its own men down to the floor. The bodies fell rapidly. The mutant continued to rampage on with a bombardment of blasts upon his enemies. The battle reminded him of his hate of this tournament, and again of his friends? battered corpses.

Each one of the robots was Brim, and each one was being taken down for his pals. Krillin and Android 20 would surely be proud of him, pegging off an army of men, going down in a blaze of glory. Though, he wasn?t dying any time soon, he could, and that keep him firing, no matter what his body told him after every shot. All pleas to stop and give up were ignored, though his chances of survival here was slim, he was going down with a fight. The machines continued to attack with all their might back at him, constantly firing their bullets towards his solid form, but thanks to the desk, he and Bra were safe.

And Vegeta?

The transformer saw him amongst the metallic monsters, thrashing them with his great abilities and the sheer amount of power that he held. He clearly had a load of experience in fighting, not to mention strategy. The saiyan prince was throwing them of him like they were flies, just swatting them away before he got a little bite. Zarbon, though mesmerized by the warrior?s strength, kept firing, backing him up with shots if he needed it, the mutant didn?t want a repeat of when he stopped to look at Bra in the control room. The transformer kept on shooting, and gave a shout back to the saiyan girl, who was still typing away at the computer.

?Anything yet Bra?? Zarbon said spitting out some saliva before carrying on. ?We can?t hold on here forever you know. These robots are fucking infinite. Its like an overflowing dam here!?

?I?m just transferring the files from the computer to the CD, give me a minute ok? It?s a huge ass document!? Bra groaned as she kept on typing. ?I?m trying to speed up, thank you very much, so now just keep covering me and while you?re at it, keep your mouth shut!? The young woman gritted her teeth and continued to try and increase the swiftness of the file transfer. ?It?s not so easy when you?re using ancient technology here.?

Three minutes until self destruct.

The computerized voice sounded from nowhere. They were running out of time, and they all knew it. On the exact moment the triggered tone sounded, the whole base?s lightning was changed from its normal colour to a bright pink. It was probably just some procaution for some idiot who didn?t know that the place was blowing up, and there was no one else there but them, so it was useless. Though, that moment did bring some good luck.

?Ten seconds left!? The saiyan girl suddenly shouted as soon as the light changed.

?Fantastic!? Zarbon shouted in joy as he shot another turret out. It?s parts exploded outwards, killing two more of the insane machine. ?Let?s get the hell out of here!? The disc popped out of the computer and Vegeta retreated back behind the desk.

Now, they only had one problem.

They had a base infested with crazy weapons that were trying to kill them.

?My turn to get a taste of the action.? Bra gave the disc to the transformer and entrusted him with it before leaping into the fray with her father close beside her.

?And I get the important role?? Zarbon frowned as he looked at the CD. He stuffed it in his pocket and jumped into battle with his group. He just had to get out of here alive so he could take out Brim and avenge his friends. The state of fear that had formed in his mind when he thought of how hard it was going to be to get out grew larger. The mutant thought of the odds of him getting out alive again.

They weren?t good.

OOC: Alright, I'm done Post 2.

[Bra]

Bra?s nimble fingers flew deftly over the keyboard, each individual stroke of the dull grey keys swift and deliberate. Finally, she had found what she was looking for, and was now desperately racing to transfer it onto a re-writable compact disc, which she was in the process of clearing in order to make space for the enormous files she?d found. Chances were that at least a couple of them were useless, but there wasn?t exactly ample opportunity to sort and decide what was good and what was worthless.

Explosions and ki blasts erupted over the constant sound of machine gun fire. Bullets continuously pelted everything around their targets, narrowly missing the two who fought valiantly to keep them away from the cyan haired girl, who was rapidly punching in commands faster than the aged technology could process; at least five seconds passed between her actions and the computer?s reaction.

?Anything yet, Bra?? the transformer inquired. What gall he had to interrupt her while she was working, ?We can?t hold on here forever, you know! These robots are fucking infinite. It?s like an overflowing dam here!?

Dammit!! Would everyone just shut the fuck up for a minute so I can hear myself think!?

?I?m just transferring the files from the computer to the CD, give me a minute okay!? It?s a huge ass document!? the princess snapped in response, fighting the urge to avert her eyes from the screen to glare at the nuisance mutant, ?I?m trying to speed up, thank you very much, so now just keep covering me and while you?re at it, keep your mouth shut! It?s not so easy when you?re using ancient technology here.?

Three minutes until self destruction

The combined annoyance of Zarbon and the computer was severely grating to the small halfling. She set her jaw and continued about her work, trying to ignore the lighting, which suddenly became pink. Other lights started to flash, as if everyone and everything was doing their best to distract her.

?Ten seconds left!? Bra exclaimed, finally letting her hands stop. She required no more input, and was no forced to bear with the idea of doing nothing and waiting while the counter incessantly reminded her of her own impending death. The stress was starting to suffocate her, but the girl refused to give in. She had to keep her wits about her if she was to survive this ordeal.

?Fantastic!? Zarbon exclaimed, mauling another of the sentry guns with a well-placed blast of ki. The automated defense unit was torn to pieces and cast upon the floor. The teal warrior destroyed two identical robots immediately after, tilting his head back in Bra?s direction, ?Let?s get the hell out of here!?

?My turn to get a taste of the action!? the young princess snatched the disc from the machine, handing it off to Zarbon, who pocketed the item, despite his expression which clearly conveyed the fact that he didn?t want to be the one responsible for the data.

The hybrid summoned up a familiar power, feeling the intense rush of adrenaline as she ascended into her super saiyan form. A dazzling golden streak arced across the control room, cutting a swath of destruction through the robots. Vegeta had since transformed as well, using his heightened strength to dispatch turrets and robots alike, while the emerald humanoid took careful shots in between taking extreme caution to avoid any trauma to the cargo he possessed.

?Where the hell?s the shadow-monster!?? Bra growled, forming a set of kienzan daggers in her hands. Her grip tightened around the savagely buzzing weapons as she kicked off the floor, slicing, slashing, and stabbing through everything that was close enough to receive her wrath. Hydraulic fluid sprayed into the air all around her as though she was splashing around in a fountain. Severed metal limbs were sent flying through the air, while her father defeated his targets with increasingly powerful blasts of energy.

Two minutes until self destruction

?We have to move!!? Zarbon commanded, much more forcefully than ever before, ?NOW!!?

His companions made no audible response. Instead, the two began hacking and blasting their way through the thick opposition toward the door they had came from. One of the assault robots dove into Bra, trying to tackle her to the floor. It received a brutal stab to the face, followed by two deep slashes through it?s head as a reward. Vegeta?s elbow met the head of a machine which had wrapped an arm around Zarbon?s throat, releasing the transformer. The three warriors dashed back into the lower control room, while Bra desperately slapped the ?door close? button, separating them from the mostly annoying robots.

Dozens of turrets were already firing upon a target, which took the form of a dark blur which leapt and destroyed them one after another. Vegeta recognized the twisted horror as an ally, and began aiding the creature with his own firepower. His daughter launched forward, screaming something as she did.

?The blast doors are closing!! Move!!?

Grimshaw?s Memento whirled about on the command, chasing after the two warriors who dashed through the rapidly closing doors, which were constructed of the ki-resistant materials used to hold them in the cells earlier in the tournament. The prince, Zarbon, and the shade narrowly crossed into the hall as the massive doors snapped shut with a booming slam!

?Up the elevator shaft!!? Vegeta ordered, blasting a set of doors into oblivion as he and the others raced through the hall. A series of auras blazed into -and up- the shaft, while the monster resorted to leaping onto a wall, bounding off and up onto the opposite wall again and again, making it?s way up at a far slower pace than his master.

One minute until self destruction. All personnel clear for self destruction! Repeat, all personnel clear!

?You?re fucking kidding me! Blast door up ahead!!? Bra cursed as she exited the elevator shaft. This one was closing farther ahead. They would be able to make it, but only barely. The warriors soared through the hallway while two new turrets dropped from the ceiling. They each fired a powerful crimson beam of energy. One seared the flesh on Zarbon?s shoulder, but had only grazed him as it continued, exploding against the floor. The other struck the cyan haired girl in the back. The force of the detonation sent her straight into the floor with a sickening impact. Vegeta whirled around, just in front of the closing blast doors. He destroyed the turrets while he shouted.

?Bra!!? the powerful saiyan would have gone after her, had the transformer not speared him in the chest, forcing both through the doors and onto the floor on the other side. The familiar leapt through after them while the aristocratic half-blood climbed to her feet. She gasped in fear, catapulting herself forward, but even her absurd rate of motion wouldn?t be enough. The doors were quickly too narrow to get through.

?No!!? came what sounded much more like a demand than a plea. Vegeta?s hands caught the edges of the doors which hand very nearly sealed themselves shut, and pushed against them with everything his super saiyan body had. He couldn?t force it further open, but he managed to hold against the powerful motors which whined against his might.

?Hold it, dad! I can still get through!!? Bra yelled, her body becoming enveloped in a bright, white light. The girl?s slender form suddenly collapsed into a tiny floating blob of light, which formed into the shape of a small bird before the light began to fade away.

A sparrow flew through the doors as the prince finally gave up his fight with a grunt of exertion. His fingers evaded the doors which slammed shut, sealing the entrance off from the base?s interior. The sparrow flew toward Vegeta, landing in the palm of his hand. He cupped his other hand over it and blasted forward along with the others, seeing the light of freedom through the shattered entrance up ahead. Ignoring where the true exit was, the golden haired veteran flew straight through the hole formed by his daughter?s attack earlier in the day.

Ten seconds until self destruction. Evacuate!!

The troupe came to a rest quite a distance from the base while the digitized voice counted down to five. It managed to count down to three while the sparrow shifted shape back into her normal, halfling princess form.

Two!

?Still got the disc!?? she demanded of Zarbon.

One!

?Yeah.? he replied.

OOC: Yep. I'm letting one of you guys (Or BJ, whoever's first, maybe?) RP the base's ultimate destruction. ^_^

[Burter Jr]

EVENT

A magnificent blast erupted from where the proud Kala Military once rested peacefully. Now it is gone, in a blaze of smoke and fire.

As it fell, Vegeta spoke to his companion, Zarbon. He never stopped watching the building fall. "Now where to?"

(Now you have to choose where to go. The light emitting from the sky is your key to going to the watchtower. However, it doesn't have anything to play those tapes you have, so you could find somewhere that does...)