Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Trials Of Techorin ❯ The way out, and the meeting ( Chapter 4 )

Disclaimer: You know, these things are starting to get fun. I tell you that I don't own DBZ and then I get to act like a raving lunatic. Isn't that wonderful?

Author's Note: Sorry the last chapter was gory but I had someone help me describe the sight Kathi was seeing and it turned out really gruesome. Ugh…never again I tell you, never again.

Chapter Three: Finding the way out and a meeting between the remaining three teens.



Peering around the door, Kathi blinked in surprise then motioned for the other three girls to follow her into the sunny field in front of them. "This is really strange…I mean…didn't anyone else make it this far?"

Shrugging, Becky studied the landscape critically then glanced at Bulma, who shrugged as well. "This place is way too cheerful."

"Yeah Kathi…it seems really fake after what we've been seeing." Bulma's eyes narrowed as she tried to make out a shape in the distance then widened in horror when she felt something slimy wrap around her ankle. Looking down at the ground, she screamed then slammed her mirror knife into the serpentine tongue that had shot out of the ground. "Run now guys, there's something under the ground."

The ground beneath them heaved and roiled upwards then exploded as a giant snake creature rose out of the ground, hissing and screaming angrily.

Taking off as fast as they could, the four girls hightailed it across the plains, well aware of the monstrous snake following them through the thick grass.

Hearing her teammate scream in terror, Bulma turned around, running backwards now, and watched helplessly as the horrific snake lunged forward and grabbed the poor girl around her waist. "Oh my god…"

Turning as well, Kathi swore loudly then grabbed Bulma's hand and sped up, grabbing Becky's hand as well. She could see the exit now and redoubled her efforts to make it before the snake chased after them again. Her lungs were starting to hurt now and her entire body ached with fatigue, but she made it, leaping through the doorway and crashing to the floor in front of a large crowd of people then passing out when she saw a familiar pair of onyx eyes staring at her in shock.

Vegeta sighed tiredly then picked her up off the ground before carrying her to the nurse's station. Depositing her in a bed, he glanced at the other girls who had followed him then snorted and returned his attention back to her. "Hey girl, wake up."

Bulma stared at her new friend's unconscious form sadly then smiled when she stirred faintly before cracking open one eye with a frown on her face. "Thank god, I wanted to thank you for that last run through there."

"Yeah…" Smiling wanly, she waved her hand carelessly then turned and looked at Vegeta questioningly. "How long did it take you to make it through there?"

"I got out a few minutes before you three fell on the floor."

"Where's Steven?"

"Resting, he got bitten by that snake and is suffering some strange after affects because of it. Where's Samantha?"

"We got split up running from a giant black blobby thing and well…" Shuddering, she thought about the way her friend had looked then swallowed painfully before finishing. "I found her decapitated in the room after the goat demons."

"Sorry to hear that."

"Yeah…it was disgusting."

"Where did you pick up those two?"

"They were coming out of an elevator while I was coming towards it and they found Samantha before crashing into me. Bulma made us these really cool knives though…and she saved our lives when she stabbed that giant snake in its tongue."

"That's nice, now you're going to placed in a group with them though."

"I know…but they're smart, well…at least Bulma is smart, I'm not so sure about Becky." Glancing at her tall brown hair, blue-eyed friend, she smiled sheepishly then looked back at him once again. "What about you?"

"It was too easy."

"Nothing bad happened to your group?"

"Except for when the snake bit Steven."

"Of course, when the snake bit Steven…oh god…that poor girl…getting grabbed and eaten by that snake."

Shaking his head, he pushed her back down on the bed then stood up and motioned for the other two girls to leave before turning back to her again. "I want you to promise one thing for me when you enter the next level."

"What?"

"Don't die on me like Steven is going to…you're the only one left out of the four of us that I actually talk to."

"What do you mean Steven is going to die?"

"That snake bite…it tore through his intestines and the poison has already reached his heart. Unless they have some sort of miracle drug I really doubt he's going to make it to the next level."

"But…"

Placing his fingertips over her lips, he shook his head then nodded towards the doorway. "I have to go now; my father is waiting for me to report how I did in the first level of these trials and I've got to do it before nightfall."

"Why?"

"Because then I won't be able to reach him."

"Oh…are you going to come back here tonight?"

"No woman, I've got better things to do than watch over you all night long."

"Fine then, have fun doing whatever you're doing tonight." Turning on her side, she closed her eyes and, listening to his footsteps retreating, fell fast asleep, unable to keep her eyes open any longer.