Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Pyrokenesis: Burnt By Rage ❯ Out into the World ( Chapter 2 )

Author's Note: So very sorry for the long awaited updated. I was planning on updating but then I just had a new idea come up and stuff...and I wasn't feel so confident about this fic so far so I wasn't sure if I should update it or not...ok, now I'm just rambling. But the point is that I wouldn't have updated this so soon if my beta reading didn't remind me that she is ever so `politely' waiting for my next chapter ::smiles innocently:: Thanks little-fighter88! I own you another one!

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Chapter 2

Out into the world

Bulma giggled, watching Juu struggle to get the ice cubes off the ice tray.

It's been two days since they had started full speed towards Florida from the little island off the coast of New York, called Hades. And that name fit it perfectly, for it was truly a living hell there.

"You know, there is an easier way of doing this." Bulma smirked amusedly at Juu's pissed look as Juu's icy blue eyes glared at her.

"I cooked dinner, I washed the dishes, and now I'm making drinks for you guys and not even a thanks." Juu growled, crossing her arms. "Juu do this, Juu do that…" She mocked rolling her eyes.

Vegeta just shrugged indifferently and Goku made his best puppy dog eyes; which pissed Juu off even more.

"Awww, thanks Juu!!!" Bulma smiled, walking up to Juu behind the counter and giving her a hug, which melted Juu's anger. "At least you know I appreciate you, besides you know I can't cook."

"That's true." Juu smirked at the thought of how Bulma set fire to the kitchen the last time she boiled water.

"Now, watch and learn." Bulma smirked lifting her hand out. Instantly water swirled out slightly above her palm, then it turned to crystal blue clear. As if the ice has a mind of its own; it split its self into many small cubes and obediently went into the four glasses.

"Show off." Juu smiled, pouring the coke into the glasses before taking them to the couch where Vegeta and Goku sat watching Resident Evil: Apocalypse.

Bulma was behind the counters, pulling out various bags of chips, cookies, and fruits out before dropping it down on the coffee table in front of the couch.

(Hades)

12:30am

An old man sat at the head of the long, black, marble table. His wrinkled and unnaturally white hand stroking his long beard. His cruel brown eyes watched the twelve men that stood in a line in front of him. Dr. Gero swerved his leather black chair around from the men, dismissing them. Even though he was looking through the wide, spotless window; his thoughts where on the four teens that had escaped.

All through the 18 years of their lives, he had told them that he was their father. Of course they're not so stupid as to believe that he was their biological father. He had told him that he had adopted them. That they were special because of the powers that they have, he told them that they were different from other people.

He had given them everything they wanted; all except their request to get off the island. They had complied with his wishes, doing whatever he told them to do…that was until they found out the truth. He had the world in the palm of his hand with their powers, and he would be damned if he lost all that after he'd gone so far.

He should have kept a better eye on Bulma. She was always the genius behind the group, along with the great beauty. From a very small age, he could already tell that she would turn out to be a technical genius. At the age of five she had started taking apart toasters, lamps, VCRs, TVs, clocks to remodel it or make something better.

What he didn't know was that on her 17th birthday, when he didn't visit them in the private wing of his mansion. Bulma had hacked into his secrete files and found out about everything. She of course didn't hesitate to show Vegeta, Juu and Goku what she found.

"It is time the world sees what kind of power I have, soon they will come running back to me…" he smirked ever so slightly, insanity tinting his eyes.

(Atlantic Ocean)

5:21am

Juu's eyes drooped a little from sleepiness; looking at the clock she saw it was five in the morning. They had spent the whole night eating junk food and watching movies. Juu glanced down at Bulma, whose head was rested on her right shoulder.

Sensing Juu's eyes on her Bulma glanced up from Juu's shoulder to see that indeed Juu was looking at her.

"What's wrong?" Bulma whispered, glancing at Vegeta who looked as though he was a sleep on the floor near the couch, and then to Goku who was fast asleep next to her on the couch.

"Why are we going to Florida? What's in Florida?" Juu asked, thinking about what Vegeta had told them at dinner.

"The love of your life," Bulma teased looking back at the TV, which now showed Anacondas: the blood oracle.

"I'm serious." Juu said in a deathly serious tone, making Bulma sober up too. "It just feels like, no matter were we go Gero will always catch up with us…" she trailed off.

"That's why we should get as fast and far away as possible. To a place were no one knows us. We can start over again; have a new life…" Bulma turned to look at Juu, hope clearly in her soft voice.

"But……even Florida doesn't seem far enough away. I just…." Juu's voice cracked as she trailed off, sadness tinting her eyes. She remembered all those experiments that they had to go through, all through their lives. She always hated it knowing that there was something up with Dr. Gero. That he was holding something back and not telling them something. Bulma was always too trusting, Goku too naïve, and Vegeta….well Vegeta would follow Bulma to the ends of the universe.

She couldn't have been happier when they broke out of Hades but in the back of her mind, she could always feel Dr. Gero watching them.

"I just don't want to go back…ever." Juu whispered, a trail of tears ran down her high cheekbones.

"I know…shhhh…" Bulma soothed pulling Juu to her, when she felt Juu's tears wetting Bulma's tank top. "I won't let them take you back, I promise. We'll never go back there."

Bulma's eyes soften, she of all people hated all the testing and experiments that Dr. Gero did on her. And the only reason why she had put up with that prick was because she actually trusted him.

Bulma couldn't help but shudder, remembering one particular experiment, which involved her going into a mind of a rat. She remembered how void the mind of a rat felt. How she had spent hours hiding inside a closet, and even after her friends had coaxed out, her body would still jerk and her eyes had still darted around nervously, quirkily…until the effect wore off, which was two days later.

(Coast of Florida)

6:38am

A sigh came from the lips of a seventeen-year-old girl as she looked up from cleaning the last table. Her waist length silky black hair was pulled into two buns on either side of her head, her well tanned skin showed that she spent more then enough time on the beaches of Florida and her warm chocolate brown eyes caught the rays of sun.

Chichi stood with a towel and water spray in hand as she watched the sun rise across the gigantic ocean through the spotless large window.

A loud yawn behind her interrupted her trance as she turned around to find her best friend sitting on one of the stools of the bar counter. Krillan's bald head lay limply on the cool, black marble counter. He was a short but friendly and well-packed guy.

"Why did I agree to work here again?" Krillan asked, tired from the lack of sleep. He was probably insane when he agreed to work in Chichi's father's restaurant.

"Because you couldn't find any other job that would hire you this late in the summer." Chichi replied, sitting down on a stool next to Krillan.

"That's right." Krillan yawned again, "But does your dad have to open up the restaurant at 6 in the morning!?"

Chichi's only responds was a sigh, which mean she agreed with Krillan. He was right, this early in the morning there was little business, it was mostly nights and lunches that was busy. That's why there's only one cook in the kitchen in the mornings.

Resting her head on the cool marble table, she couldn't help but think how boring her life was. It's always school, home, work, and then there would be a few boyfriends here and there but that was it; just a continuing, never-ending cycle.

"I have no life." Chichi cried out all of a sudden, making Krillan look at her. Her head still pressed on the marble counter, occasionally lifting it up and dropping it back down harshly.

"Woah woah, hey there, take it easy." Krillan said though he couldn't help but grin, "Wouldn't want to damage what's left in there now would you?"

He held up a hand in defense when Chichi shot him a death glare.

"How about we go to the beach? No one is ever here in the morning and if there is someone, I'm sure the cook can handle it." Krillan smiled, jumping down from the stool and taking off his working vest.

Watching Krillan walk out, Chichi sighed and did the same; following him towards the beautiful beach.

[Shore]

Bulma took off her boots, letting her bare feet sink into the cool warm sand as she waited for Vegeta, Goku and Juu to unload some of the food and cloths from the boat. She tossed her wavy waist length blue hair over her shoulder as she sat down watching the sun.

The sun was rising higher and higher in to the sky, soon it will be daytime and during the summer days like this; she wouldn't doubt that this place would be filled with people soon.

The boat was shoved up to the shore; the water would occasionally lick the edges trying to take it back into the ocean. A bare chested Vegeta and Goku effortlessly carried two large ice boxes filled with food out of the ship, their bronze skin covered in a slight sheen of sweat that glistened off their broad, well-toned chest. Juu followed out, wearing a green tank top and short blue jeans hauling a large black bag of clothing.

"Come on! HUSSLE PEOPLE! WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY HERE!" Bulma shouted like a drill sergeant as the three set the last few boxes down, near her.

"Easy for you to say, lazy ass." Juu huffed, slightly out of breath. "All you do is sit here while we have to do all the hard work."

"It's not my fault I'm not as strong like you three." Bulma pouted innocently up at the three sweating teens.

"What are we going to do with the ship?" Goku asked, sitting down next to Bulma and taking off his boots as well. "Are we just going to leave it here?"

"We might need it again…" Juu pondered on the thought, Dr. Gero wouldn't give up on trying to find them so easily; she was sure of that.

"Tin can's right." Vegeta gruffed, not getting a reaction from Juu since she was already used to the nickname he gave her. "We might need it again, so we'll just hide it in a cave behind that big rock over there."

Everyone looked towards were Vegeta looked, seeing a large rock sticking out distantly from shore of the ocean.

"You sure there's a cave behind it?" Bulma asked getting up and walking near the shore.

Vegeta grunted in irritation that she would question him.

"Alright." Bulma said, taking a deep breath, closing her eyes as she concentrated. The water in the ocean seemed to come alive at her silent call.

"HEY!" A shout came from behind surprising the four teens and making Bulma break out of her concentration.

Swiftly turning and moving in front of Bulma, Vegeta quickly got down into a fighting stance. Goku's reaction just as fast as Vegeta's.

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