Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ The Chosen One ❯ Chapter Four ( Chapter 4 )

Chapter Four

"Okay. Now those docking bays on the green side are for ships this size," Vegeta explained. "Just follow the escorts and pray you don't get a bad spot, which we probably will, judging the intelligence of those escorts."

Bulma listened to Vegeta's instructions and followed the escorts to a docking bay on the cube-shaped space station. She guided the ship in and landed. Gohan headed for the door, but Vegeta stopped him. "They'll extend a tube to the ship to exit." He then looked around at the others. "Since none of you has the slightest clue what to do, leave everything to me. Just do what I do."

Piccolo chuckled. "I didn't know that arrogance was considered a normal trait among aliens."

Vegeta glared over his shoulder at Piccolo. "Shut up." A tube latched onto the airlock, which Vegeta then opened. Gohan followed, readjusting the scabbard attached to his belt.

"What a dump," Android 17 muttered.

"Like I said, those escorts are brainless," Vegeta responded. "It figures we'd get a docking bay on the lower levels. This is where all the scum hang out."

"So you were a frequent in these places, right?" Android 17 remarked.

"Shut up, android," Vegeta retorted. "I actually did my best to avoid them. It was fools like Dodoria or Capt. Ginyu you'd find down here. Anyway, you need to keep an eye out for whom you run into. If you're not careful, you'll get waylaid by a drunken idiot. Another problem is prostitutes. They're everywhere, and will try to get as many guys as they can to have fun with them. They'll even try to seduce you two," he said, addressing Piccolo and Gohan, "so just ignore them. And you," he said, addressing Bulma, "make sure that at least one of us is with you at all times. There are plenty of goons who would love to have their way with you."

"I'm thirsty," Piccolo muttered to himself. "I have to get something to drink." He approached the bar.

"Heh! A Namek! We don't see too much of your kind here!" the bartender remarked as Piccolo arrived. He was a blue-skinned creature that looked humanoid, except he had no hair and four arms. "What'll it be?"

"Just water," Piccolo told the bartender.

"Water?" the bartender shrieked in disbelief. "Water?! Hey, Jekko! C'mere! We got someone who wants water!" A big, purple, muscular figure emerged with a drink mixer.

"You want water?" Jekko grunted. "Jekko give you beating!"

"I don't think so," Piccolo said. "Look, I don't want to start anything, all right?"

"You're too late," the bartender said, grinning evilly. "You see, water is free, and Jekko here just took a pay cut. Adios!" Just then, Jekko attacked, but Piccolo effortlessly caught the brute's hand. He then caught Jekko in the stomach with a knee strike, sending him flying into the solid steel ceiling. Jekko then fell and did not move.

"Yikes!" The bartender quickly procured a glass of water. "Here you go! Keep the glass!"

Android 17 sat down at a vacant table, extremely bored. He was stuck in a dump, there was nothing to do, and he did not have alien currency.

"Hey, handsome," someone said behind him, breathing on his ear. Surprised, Android 17 turned around. A prostitute was leaning over the bench on which 17 had been sitting. She had purple, scaly skin and a face like a catfish (A/N: think a female of Cui's species). In the android's opinion, she looked downright hideous.

"What do you want?" Android 17 asked.

"I think that's obvious, isn't it?" the prostitute responded. "I want Y-O-U."

"Well, I'm not interested," 17 told her.

The prostitute looked surprised. "No man can resist my charms, and you'll be no different."

"Look," Android 17 began, "there are two reasons why not. First of all, I have no money-"

"Well, that's no problem," the prostitute responded. "You can sign up with my master's army and get money. You know, it's gotten much better since Frieza died."

"Secondly," Android 17 started, "I'm an android."

"Do you really expect me to believe that?" the prostitute laughed.

"All right, that is IT," Android 17 replied through gritted teeth. "I am an android, and I'm not lying. I don't even want to be here right now, but my ship is broken and I have no choice. Also, I am at least thirty times more powerful than the leader of any remnants of Frieza's army. Finally, you are a stupid, ugly, selfish bitch who cannot tell when she is not wanted! Now get out of here!"

The prostitute took a couple of steps back in shock. Then, she yelled at the top of her lungs, "MASTER ARCTICK!" An alien walked over that looked like Frieza's duplicate. "Master Arctick, this guy just insulted me! Not only that, he also said he was thirty times stronger than you!"

Arctick laughed. "You think you are stronger than I? I, whose power is equal to that of Frieza's?"

"It's no use lying," Android 17 told the would-be tyrant. "I can read power levels without any devices, and your power level is nowhere near Frieza's." Then, he put his hand in Arctick's face and incinerated him with an energy blast. "I don't hold back my power. And now, the universe is rid of a possible Frieza successor."

Gohan took a seat, pulling on the armor that Bulma bought for him (A/N: it's the same kind of outfit that he wore on Namek). He then hooked the sword on a belt around his waist. Just then, he heard a commotion:

"Why you little scum!" What followed was what sounded like someone getting beaten. Quickly, Gohan shot up and looked around the corner of the wall. He could see several aliens beating. . . .

Gohan blinked to make sure he was not seeing things. The aliens were beating a young Frieza look-alike. One of the aliens kicked him in the stomach, saying, "That'll teach you for showing mercy to someone!"

Gohan ducked back behind the corner, burning with anger. "They're beating up that kid for showing mercy?" he whispered to himself. Then, his anger took over and he jumped out from behind the corner and shouted, "Stop it!! That's ENOUGH!!"

The aliens turned around to face Gohan. They were nothing like any aliens Gohan had seen yet. They were about average human height, but they did not look at all human. They had sharp, black horns sticking out from the sides of their heads, and had heads shaped like mushrooms with faces bulging out from under the "umbrellas." They had sharp-looking fangs and long, snakelike tongues. Their bodies had four arms, two on each side, and all four were muscular. They had three legs, two on either side, and one coming down from the middle, and each ending in a talon. They had powerful, spike-tipped tails and leathery wings on their backs. "Hey, look at the little kid," one of them said.

"He must think he's tougher than we to be ordering us around like that," another stated. The lot broke out laughing.

"Hey!" Gohan shouted. "I could beat you, you know! I could take you on all at once!" In response, the aliens laughed harder. One of them activated his scouter. He laughed.

"Hey, kid, your power level is only ten thousand! This little delinquent could kill you easily! Besides, we wouldn't lose so easily to any remnants of Frieza's forces!"

"I'm not anything like Frieza," Gohan said. "In fact, I fought him and my father was able to defeat him. Oh, and one more thing: my father fulfilled the legend of the Super Saiyan." The aliens only laughed harder.

"Oh, you're full of wild ideas, kid!" one of them said. "There will never be a day when even the strongest Saiyan could defeat even one Roxian!"

"Never say never," Gohan said, "because it's about to happen. You see, I was hiding my power level." With that, he began to power up. The Roxian's scouters started to increase as he powered up. Suddenly, Gohan's eyes turned green, his hair turned gold, and he was surrounded by a golden aura. He had become a Super Saiyan.

"Whoa!" one of the Roxians exclaimed in surprise. "He really is a Super Saiyan! And he's not done powering up!" Suddenly, their scouters all short-circuited, but all had read the same thing: his power level was equal to one of theirs.

"I'm still not finished powering up," Gohan said. Suddenly, his hair shot straight up save one bundle and his aura began to spark with electricity. He had powered up to his maximum.

The Roxians were so panicked that they did not know what to do. Without warning, one of them foolishly attacked. Gohan, however, calmly shot his hand through his chest.

"GET HIM!!" one Roxian shouted. "He can't take on all of us!" They all leaped at Gohan, who created a barrier and bounced them back. Then, he fired an energy blast from his open palm that incinerated all of them. The skirmish over, he powered down. He looked over at the kid, who was unconscious. He picked the kid up and brought him back to the ship to rejuvenate.