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It's Time to Rock the Dragon
Chapter twenty two
“I will be pulling out five names for this group.” Mr. Popo said, scrunching up his face and pulling out five tickets from the hat.
He let them drop onto the floor below us into a neat, ordered pile, and it became apparent who was part of ‘group one’
Marik, Trunks, Jess, Joey, Ishizu, Android 18
They all looked over at each other and smiled.
“Will you all be okay with Trunks to protect you?” Bulma asked worriedly.
“Mum, come on. I won the junior division. I could go out by myself and be fine.” Trunks scoffed at his mother.
“That’s my son!” Vegeta beamed, looking proudly at his son.
When the commotion died down, Popo drew the next round of names from the hat.
Charlotte, Launch, Goten, Seto Kaiba, Vegeta, Tea
I looked around at our group. Not bad…I guess. Tea was a good addition to the group and would keep me sane. Seto would be a downer though, not only due to our history but his scepticism would not help. Launch’s dislike for him could also be good or bad…and Vegeta would boss us around and keep claiming he was above us. Still though, he would be a powerful addition to our team.
I drowned out Chi Chi’s wailing that her ‘little Goten’ wasn’t going, her abusing Popo who simply ignored her.
The second last group was then called from the hat.
Krillin, Goku, Tristan, Piccolo, Bulma
Before the others could even let the information sink in, Chi Chi sent out another shriek that her children were not going to be put into danger.
She was left to wail and rant and scream as the last names were pulled out of the hat.
Yugi, Tien and Chiaotzu, Gohan, Yamcha, Videl
“So what happens now?” Gohan asked coolly, once Chi Chi had fainted and the lookout had grown quiet again.
“Well for the past twenty minutes or so, I’ve been using my cell phone to try and pick up where the Red Ribbon Army bases are. So far there seems to be one out in the desert, the area is called Landwich Landing…” Bulma said, and I took notice for the first time.
The whole time she had been on her cell phone, and I assumed she was just playing a game or texting or something, which is odd because I didn’t think service would be available here. It is, and Bulma was using her gadget in order to help us.
“Wait a second…that’s where Silver’s camp was located the first time around. Try looking around Jingle Village, that’s where Muscle Tower and White’s camp was.” Goku stated.
“Okay, just let me put the co-ordinates in and we’ll see if the radar can pick up on the unusual activity around there.” Bulma stated.
The whole lookout was silent as we all just watched Bulma fiercely, as she typed into her phone and then studied it.
“You’re right Goku! There’s definitely a base here too. Does that mean that where Blue was and the main base is where the other two are now? I remember both of those, that pesky Blue!” Bulma said through gritted teeth, angrily punching the co-ordinates into her cell phone.
“General Blue is a sore spot for Bulma.” Krillin giggled.
“Shut up Krillin! He is not! He’s just powerful, and has psychic abilities, he’s dangerous!” Bulma shouted at Krillin.
The base then went silent again, afraid of Bulma’s wrath, as she continued to punch in co-ordinates.
“Wow! Goku is right. All of the new bases are located where the old ones were. This is strange, why would they do that? They knew we’d try and stop them, and if they’re after the millennium items, there’s some new enemies too. This is strange…” Bulma stated.
“That’s why they would have done it. They know we would have found them eventually, so the time spent relocating bases was of a lesser value than just building their defences.” Piccolo stated.
“What about Dr. Gero? 17 and I killed him, but because he was a part of the army he would have been brought back.” 18 coolly stated.
I looked over in confusion. I had no idea who Dr. Gero was, but it seemed all the Z Warriors did by their reactions. He must be a big part of something.
“He collected information on all of us didn’t he? Maybe he was part of this plan that Silver, White and Copper have had the entire time, as a surviving member. I’m sure the information he had would have been helpful.” Bulma suggested.
“No. Dr. Gero was a selfish man, as shown by his horrible actions. He wanted revenge on Goku alone for defeating the army, he wasn’t part of any plan. I wouldn’t put it past the other members to have collected the information after his death though.” 18 stated.
“Future Trunks destroyed the lab though, and I helped him destroy the basement…there’s no way they could have gotten a hold of the information.” Krillin stated.
“It’s the Red Ribbon Army. I’m sure they have their ways.” 18 shrugged.
“Well they either have our information or not, and there’s nothing we can do about it. Every minute we waste talking is a minute we could spend defeating them, and a minute they have to build their strength. I think now we have our teams we should decide which team will go to which lab.” Piccolo firmly suggested.
The lookout went silent again.
“Yes, Piccolo is right we must now act quickly. Let’s discuss who will go to each base.” Mr. Popo decided.
He let them drop onto the floor below us into a neat, ordered pile, and it became apparent who was part of ‘group one’
Marik, Trunks, Jess, Joey, Ishizu, Android 18
They all looked over at each other and smiled.
“Will you all be okay with Trunks to protect you?” Bulma asked worriedly.
“Mum, come on. I won the junior division. I could go out by myself and be fine.” Trunks scoffed at his mother.
“That’s my son!” Vegeta beamed, looking proudly at his son.
When the commotion died down, Popo drew the next round of names from the hat.
Charlotte, Launch, Goten, Seto Kaiba, Vegeta, Tea
I looked around at our group. Not bad…I guess. Tea was a good addition to the group and would keep me sane. Seto would be a downer though, not only due to our history but his scepticism would not help. Launch’s dislike for him could also be good or bad…and Vegeta would boss us around and keep claiming he was above us. Still though, he would be a powerful addition to our team.
I drowned out Chi Chi’s wailing that her ‘little Goten’ wasn’t going, her abusing Popo who simply ignored her.
The second last group was then called from the hat.
Krillin, Goku, Tristan, Piccolo, Bulma
Before the others could even let the information sink in, Chi Chi sent out another shriek that her children were not going to be put into danger.
She was left to wail and rant and scream as the last names were pulled out of the hat.
Yugi, Tien and Chiaotzu, Gohan, Yamcha, Videl
“So what happens now?” Gohan asked coolly, once Chi Chi had fainted and the lookout had grown quiet again.
“Well for the past twenty minutes or so, I’ve been using my cell phone to try and pick up where the Red Ribbon Army bases are. So far there seems to be one out in the desert, the area is called Landwich Landing…” Bulma said, and I took notice for the first time.
The whole time she had been on her cell phone, and I assumed she was just playing a game or texting or something, which is odd because I didn’t think service would be available here. It is, and Bulma was using her gadget in order to help us.
“Wait a second…that’s where Silver’s camp was located the first time around. Try looking around Jingle Village, that’s where Muscle Tower and White’s camp was.” Goku stated.
“Okay, just let me put the co-ordinates in and we’ll see if the radar can pick up on the unusual activity around there.” Bulma stated.
The whole lookout was silent as we all just watched Bulma fiercely, as she typed into her phone and then studied it.
“You’re right Goku! There’s definitely a base here too. Does that mean that where Blue was and the main base is where the other two are now? I remember both of those, that pesky Blue!” Bulma said through gritted teeth, angrily punching the co-ordinates into her cell phone.
“General Blue is a sore spot for Bulma.” Krillin giggled.
“Shut up Krillin! He is not! He’s just powerful, and has psychic abilities, he’s dangerous!” Bulma shouted at Krillin.
The base then went silent again, afraid of Bulma’s wrath, as she continued to punch in co-ordinates.
“Wow! Goku is right. All of the new bases are located where the old ones were. This is strange, why would they do that? They knew we’d try and stop them, and if they’re after the millennium items, there’s some new enemies too. This is strange…” Bulma stated.
“That’s why they would have done it. They know we would have found them eventually, so the time spent relocating bases was of a lesser value than just building their defences.” Piccolo stated.
“What about Dr. Gero? 17 and I killed him, but because he was a part of the army he would have been brought back.” 18 coolly stated.
I looked over in confusion. I had no idea who Dr. Gero was, but it seemed all the Z Warriors did by their reactions. He must be a big part of something.
“He collected information on all of us didn’t he? Maybe he was part of this plan that Silver, White and Copper have had the entire time, as a surviving member. I’m sure the information he had would have been helpful.” Bulma suggested.
“No. Dr. Gero was a selfish man, as shown by his horrible actions. He wanted revenge on Goku alone for defeating the army, he wasn’t part of any plan. I wouldn’t put it past the other members to have collected the information after his death though.” 18 stated.
“Future Trunks destroyed the lab though, and I helped him destroy the basement…there’s no way they could have gotten a hold of the information.” Krillin stated.
“It’s the Red Ribbon Army. I’m sure they have their ways.” 18 shrugged.
“Well they either have our information or not, and there’s nothing we can do about it. Every minute we waste talking is a minute we could spend defeating them, and a minute they have to build their strength. I think now we have our teams we should decide which team will go to which lab.” Piccolo firmly suggested.
The lookout went silent again.
“Yes, Piccolo is right we must now act quickly. Let’s discuss who will go to each base.” Mr. Popo decided.