11-03-2005, 12:17 PM
Reijin watched as the crowd of Xero Tolerance members filed out of the doorway grimly. Noone really knew quite what to expect, though all had an idea of what could have happened. Everyone cautiously glanced from side to side, keeping their eyes out for any strange activity and keeping their guard up. Reijin exited the room, and a bright flash of light seemed to temporarily blind him. Almost by reflex, he threw his arm up to cover his eyes, but the action was unnecessary as his LENS had already shielded the burst back to a normal level. Everyone looked around and Reijin could see toppled stands of market chairs at every corner. The Saiyan youth turned and looked at the side of the building, and indeed saw a large stream of blood running down the side of the blood, looking rather flesh.
Several thoughts ran through his mind, none of them very lively, as he saw a mangled corpse hanging limply over the roof of the building. He didn?t recognize the form, and shook his head gravely as he continued to look around at the various stands. He saw that many of them were now covered in various amounts of blood, but soon he found the stand that they had been looking at from inside of the building. Reijin heard Vejita randomly muttered something in a distasteful voice from a small distance, and he saw the group of fighters begin to walk forward a bit more boldly.
He quickly jogged up to them as he saw Vejita step around the corner of the crimson soaked stand 51. His Prince?s eyes opened a bit wider than usual, and he had taken a step back for a moment. It took Reijin a moment to allow his eyes to trail down to what the others were now looking at?
?Well this is just lovely,? was his only vocal reaction, dripping with sarcasm, as he simply stepped over the body of what appeared to be a shredded Metal Koola. Reijin could see that he had been eviscerated across several portions of his upper torso, most notably at the neck.
Olibu leaned down for a moment to give a more scientific view of the situation. ?Look?s like he was torn apart at the neck? Reijin could tell now why the man was more suited for battle than he was for stating the obvious. ?Bitten?? he asked, looking up at the others for agreement. Reijin rolled his eyes in a manner that he had picked up from Videl. Captain obvious had struck again.
"Yes, bitten. And he was quite tasty, too.? Reijin?s eyes flew to the nerdy young man standing before them covered in blood. Most of the blood was smeared around his mouth, and Reijin was caught a bit off guard despite his normal reserve. ?My name is Dexter, I?m a werewolf.?
Reijin nearly snapped right there. They were fighting supernatural computer programmers of the stupid variety, it seemed. "Oh, this just gets better and better," he let slip, looking around in annoyance.
?Don't worry," Dexter hastily replied. "I've had my fill. I'm not hungry."
The tanned human warrior boldly strode forward and stepped up to the former lycanthrope. "We were sent to this stand. Are you the one we were supposed to run into?"
The human seemed unsurprised by the bluntness Uub had portrayed, and simply shrugged. "I imagine so. That idiot Brim didn't believe me when I told him the werewolf potion would lead to disaster. Now he uses me as some kind of attack dog.?
Vejita nearly cut him off as a quick flash of energy seemed to spark around him, nearly invisible to any that had not already been looking for such things. ?This is getting old doggy.? He stepped forward threateningly, although Reijin was sure that noone else had seemed the tiny amount of energy that Vejita had allowed himself to contact.
Regardless, the human seemed to take him seriously as he threw his hands up defensively. "Okay. I'll help you, but I want something out of it. I want Brim."
The Prince seemed to give him an eye as if he were nearly offended by such a comment, and then tightened his lips a bit. "Help us first, then we'll talk," He glanced down at the corpse of his fallen former ally, and then back up at the nerd that seemed to so casually have dismissed their teammate as dead.
On cue, the human gave a trademark shrug and spoke up rather blandly. "Go to the Kala Mountains. There are some survivors there. They'll help you. Come back when you got your clue so you can help me get Brim." Then he turned and began to simply walk away.
Reijin nearly fired a blast down the line to sever the ties between the human?s cranial tissue and his upper torso, but Vejita unknowingly stepped in front of him. ?You?ve got to be fucking kidding me.? The Saiyan Prince threw his fist into the air in anger. ?I should kill him now, while his back is turned.? Suddenly his palm began coursing with energy. ?Useless piece of..? Reijin found himself compelled by his own Gaean training to keep his wits in this situation, and he found himself replacing his anger with patience, overlaying his normal Saiyan instincts to reach out and grab Vejita firmly by the arm.
?No, there?s no point, he may be able to help us.? He couldn?t believe what he was saying, but he was pretty sure that attacking the human was what Brim would want. Either that, or following the human.. ?If you kill him, we?ll just end up farther away from figuring out this game than we are now. Perhaps he could be of use.? The two Saiyans coldly gave a lifeless stare at the back of the retreating lycanthrope as Vejita finally allowed his energy to dissipate in cold anger.
?Bah, fine.? He spat into the ground and then turned and looked at the three beside him. ?So what is it then, shall we go to this mountain and search for yet another clue??
No sooner had the words left Vejita?s mouth when a glowing form of familiarity stepped forward from the shadows. Vejita spun around in preparation until he realized where he knew the brightly lit humanoid from. "You!" The Saiyan?s finger stabbed at the glowing creature. "Time for some explaining."
The tall being turned its back to the group. "I apologize for not warning you about the Door of Death. I will...explain." Everyone exchanged a look before realigning their concentration on the glowing form before them. "My name is Gabriel. You may not believe me, but I'm an angel."
Reijin was a moment away from simply leaving the area over the largest load of crap he?d ever heard when Vejita and Olibu spoke up in agreement. Persuaded a bit, Reijin crossed his arms and leaned up against the blood soaked stand.
The glowing creature turned back to the rest of them. "Heh," the angel smirked, "So I see. The people here played with death...they tried to toy with how long someone lives. But once you are dead...you stay that way. Unfortunately, they found out the hard way." His eyes seemed to lose focus a moment, as if recalling an accident of the past.
"So you mean all these people were brought back by the people who lived here?" Uub asked.
Gabriel shook his head. "Not exactly. The government used the people here for experiments...and what resulted was unwilling zombies, who promptly turned on their creators. The mayor here toyed with the Book of the Dead, a holy transcript, to try and get back at the government. But he too fell victim to the logic sense: Once you die, you stay that way."
The group seemed to allow this to set in silence, before Vejita suddenly broke the silence. "So that big horned guy...?" He had heard something before about Earth beliefs.
"Yes,? Gabriel confirmed. ?He is now known as Satan. He is far from the real lord of the underworld, but he earned the name by the fear he struck here."
Reijin was sick of all the games being played. He knew that with everyone throwing promises around like candy that there had to be a catch, and he meant to call this guy on it. "Why are you telling us? There's a catch."
"I apologize for getting to the point," the angel said. "I know you are playing this game. You will find, as you go, there is more then meets to eye...to everything here. You unleashed Satan and his army of the dead again...so I must ask you to join my cause." He looked at the group a bit sternly.
Olibu cleared his throat and then spoke up before Reijin had a chance. "Your cause?"
The angel nodded. His facial expression receded into a rather serious tone and he looked them each in the eyes. "The second war of the worlds is here. Heaven and Hell will battle. We must fight, and you must help! Come to the watchtower!"
Vejita stepped forward quickly as the being seemed to suddenly fade from view. "Hey, wait a min--" But the angel was gone before Vejita could finish. "God DAMNIT, what have we gotten into!?"
Reijin turned to look at the others for an opinion, but before he could get a word out he saw Olibu leap into the sky, enveloped by his blazing aura as he burst off into the direction of the mountains. The Saiyan?s eyes followed him for a moment and then he spoke up about his opinion. ?I guess he wants to go after doggy-boy?s clue. Does anyone else want to go there? It seems we either go fetch some dog food, or we play righteous zealot for the glow in the dark action figure.? He gave them all a level glare. ?I personally do not like this either way, as something reeks of bullshit here. Do any of us even know where this watchtower is? At least I know where the mountains are.? He turned and pointed off in the direction Olibu had burst off towards.
Reijin saw Vejita pull out a map to locate their two destinations. Perhaps the watchtower was actually within these mountains?
Several thoughts ran through his mind, none of them very lively, as he saw a mangled corpse hanging limply over the roof of the building. He didn?t recognize the form, and shook his head gravely as he continued to look around at the various stands. He saw that many of them were now covered in various amounts of blood, but soon he found the stand that they had been looking at from inside of the building. Reijin heard Vejita randomly muttered something in a distasteful voice from a small distance, and he saw the group of fighters begin to walk forward a bit more boldly.
He quickly jogged up to them as he saw Vejita step around the corner of the crimson soaked stand 51. His Prince?s eyes opened a bit wider than usual, and he had taken a step back for a moment. It took Reijin a moment to allow his eyes to trail down to what the others were now looking at?
?Well this is just lovely,? was his only vocal reaction, dripping with sarcasm, as he simply stepped over the body of what appeared to be a shredded Metal Koola. Reijin could see that he had been eviscerated across several portions of his upper torso, most notably at the neck.
Olibu leaned down for a moment to give a more scientific view of the situation. ?Look?s like he was torn apart at the neck? Reijin could tell now why the man was more suited for battle than he was for stating the obvious. ?Bitten?? he asked, looking up at the others for agreement. Reijin rolled his eyes in a manner that he had picked up from Videl. Captain obvious had struck again.
"Yes, bitten. And he was quite tasty, too.? Reijin?s eyes flew to the nerdy young man standing before them covered in blood. Most of the blood was smeared around his mouth, and Reijin was caught a bit off guard despite his normal reserve. ?My name is Dexter, I?m a werewolf.?
Reijin nearly snapped right there. They were fighting supernatural computer programmers of the stupid variety, it seemed. "Oh, this just gets better and better," he let slip, looking around in annoyance.
?Don't worry," Dexter hastily replied. "I've had my fill. I'm not hungry."
The tanned human warrior boldly strode forward and stepped up to the former lycanthrope. "We were sent to this stand. Are you the one we were supposed to run into?"
The human seemed unsurprised by the bluntness Uub had portrayed, and simply shrugged. "I imagine so. That idiot Brim didn't believe me when I told him the werewolf potion would lead to disaster. Now he uses me as some kind of attack dog.?
Vejita nearly cut him off as a quick flash of energy seemed to spark around him, nearly invisible to any that had not already been looking for such things. ?This is getting old doggy.? He stepped forward threateningly, although Reijin was sure that noone else had seemed the tiny amount of energy that Vejita had allowed himself to contact.
Regardless, the human seemed to take him seriously as he threw his hands up defensively. "Okay. I'll help you, but I want something out of it. I want Brim."
The Prince seemed to give him an eye as if he were nearly offended by such a comment, and then tightened his lips a bit. "Help us first, then we'll talk," He glanced down at the corpse of his fallen former ally, and then back up at the nerd that seemed to so casually have dismissed their teammate as dead.
On cue, the human gave a trademark shrug and spoke up rather blandly. "Go to the Kala Mountains. There are some survivors there. They'll help you. Come back when you got your clue so you can help me get Brim." Then he turned and began to simply walk away.
Reijin nearly fired a blast down the line to sever the ties between the human?s cranial tissue and his upper torso, but Vejita unknowingly stepped in front of him. ?You?ve got to be fucking kidding me.? The Saiyan Prince threw his fist into the air in anger. ?I should kill him now, while his back is turned.? Suddenly his palm began coursing with energy. ?Useless piece of..? Reijin found himself compelled by his own Gaean training to keep his wits in this situation, and he found himself replacing his anger with patience, overlaying his normal Saiyan instincts to reach out and grab Vejita firmly by the arm.
?No, there?s no point, he may be able to help us.? He couldn?t believe what he was saying, but he was pretty sure that attacking the human was what Brim would want. Either that, or following the human.. ?If you kill him, we?ll just end up farther away from figuring out this game than we are now. Perhaps he could be of use.? The two Saiyans coldly gave a lifeless stare at the back of the retreating lycanthrope as Vejita finally allowed his energy to dissipate in cold anger.
?Bah, fine.? He spat into the ground and then turned and looked at the three beside him. ?So what is it then, shall we go to this mountain and search for yet another clue??
No sooner had the words left Vejita?s mouth when a glowing form of familiarity stepped forward from the shadows. Vejita spun around in preparation until he realized where he knew the brightly lit humanoid from. "You!" The Saiyan?s finger stabbed at the glowing creature. "Time for some explaining."
The tall being turned its back to the group. "I apologize for not warning you about the Door of Death. I will...explain." Everyone exchanged a look before realigning their concentration on the glowing form before them. "My name is Gabriel. You may not believe me, but I'm an angel."
Reijin was a moment away from simply leaving the area over the largest load of crap he?d ever heard when Vejita and Olibu spoke up in agreement. Persuaded a bit, Reijin crossed his arms and leaned up against the blood soaked stand.
The glowing creature turned back to the rest of them. "Heh," the angel smirked, "So I see. The people here played with death...they tried to toy with how long someone lives. But once you are dead...you stay that way. Unfortunately, they found out the hard way." His eyes seemed to lose focus a moment, as if recalling an accident of the past.
"So you mean all these people were brought back by the people who lived here?" Uub asked.
Gabriel shook his head. "Not exactly. The government used the people here for experiments...and what resulted was unwilling zombies, who promptly turned on their creators. The mayor here toyed with the Book of the Dead, a holy transcript, to try and get back at the government. But he too fell victim to the logic sense: Once you die, you stay that way."
The group seemed to allow this to set in silence, before Vejita suddenly broke the silence. "So that big horned guy...?" He had heard something before about Earth beliefs.
"Yes,? Gabriel confirmed. ?He is now known as Satan. He is far from the real lord of the underworld, but he earned the name by the fear he struck here."
Reijin was sick of all the games being played. He knew that with everyone throwing promises around like candy that there had to be a catch, and he meant to call this guy on it. "Why are you telling us? There's a catch."
"I apologize for getting to the point," the angel said. "I know you are playing this game. You will find, as you go, there is more then meets to eye...to everything here. You unleashed Satan and his army of the dead again...so I must ask you to join my cause." He looked at the group a bit sternly.
Olibu cleared his throat and then spoke up before Reijin had a chance. "Your cause?"
The angel nodded. His facial expression receded into a rather serious tone and he looked them each in the eyes. "The second war of the worlds is here. Heaven and Hell will battle. We must fight, and you must help! Come to the watchtower!"
Vejita stepped forward quickly as the being seemed to suddenly fade from view. "Hey, wait a min--" But the angel was gone before Vejita could finish. "God DAMNIT, what have we gotten into!?"
Reijin turned to look at the others for an opinion, but before he could get a word out he saw Olibu leap into the sky, enveloped by his blazing aura as he burst off into the direction of the mountains. The Saiyan?s eyes followed him for a moment and then he spoke up about his opinion. ?I guess he wants to go after doggy-boy?s clue. Does anyone else want to go there? It seems we either go fetch some dog food, or we play righteous zealot for the glow in the dark action figure.? He gave them all a level glare. ?I personally do not like this either way, as something reeks of bullshit here. Do any of us even know where this watchtower is? At least I know where the mountains are.? He turned and pointed off in the direction Olibu had burst off towards.
Reijin saw Vejita pull out a map to locate their two destinations. Perhaps the watchtower was actually within these mountains?
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