I know there's no such thing as a chapter and a half, but it'd be kinda awkward to fit it into chapter 10, and it would have been even more awkward to fit it into chapter 9. It would have been random. But, anyway, here's chapter 9 and a half.
The doors slid open and Ategev entered the experimental lab room.
"Hey, what's going on?" Ategev asked casually.
Vegeta Jr. said in a chair with his shirt off. There were three people in orange and gold colored lab suits Ategev guessed were kind of like radiation suits or something like that. Vegeta Jr.'s assistant was on the other side of the chair Vegeta Jr was sitting in. Vegeta Jr. had all sorts of cords connected to him and some sort of device covering his right forearm. Doctor Ginyu was checking something on some sort of panel or dial. Ategev couldn't tell from where he was standing.
"Ategev, this isn't... Do you people know the meaning of the words: clamp down? The lab is off limits to unauthorized personnel! And that includes him for God's sake!" Vegeta Jr. exclaimed looking at Ategev.
"But what's going on? Why are you..."
"Will you please remove him from the premises?" Vegeta Jr. barked toward his assistant.
A moment later, Vegeta Jr.'s assistant was escorting Ategev out of the room.
"What's going on?" Ategev tried again.
"Ategev, now is really not the time," Vegeta Jr.'s assistant replied ignoring Ategev's question.
"We are good to go, sir?" Doctor Ginyu asked.
"Everything checked and double checked?" Vegeta Jr. asked.
"We are good to go," Doctor Ginyu answered.
"Let's do it," Vegeta Jr. said.
Ginyu went back to where he was before and pressed a round button above the control panel he was using. Brute waves surged into Vegeta Jr. Vegeta Jr. closed his eyes and clenched his teeth. He had never experienced anything like this before. It was overwhemingly painful, but there was a sense of anger mixed with pleasure at the same time. He was sweating profusely. Doctor Ginyu smiled. Vegeta Jr.'s assistant was trying to persuade Ategev to leave, but then Ategev heard a low hum of a machine. He grabbed his father's assistant and moved him to the side. Vegeta Jr.'s assistant heard it too, and looked towards the door. Ategev was only a few feet away from the door. He took a step towards it (actually darting towards it, but he was only a foot or two away from the door), and the doors slid open. Ategev gasped.
"NNYAAGGHH!" Vegeta Jr. screamed.
Chapter 10: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
"For those of you just tuning in... There has been a major accident at the main laboratory facilities of Capsule Corporation earlier this evening."
There were bodies everywhere. Won was lying on have broken glass. Very jagged glass, stading up vertical. If you were there you would have seen the glass under his shirt pulling his shirt up sharply. One person was buried under debris. The only visible part of his body was his left arm and hand. Two other people were lying on top of each other both lying face down. One person was lying sideways, with sharp debris right next to him. It kind of looked like rusted metal. Another hung from the cieling with wiring hanging down next to him.
"Details are still sketchy, but we have confirmation that there are fatalities involved."
Vegeta Jr.'s assistant lay dead on debris stacked high, on the bottom floor. A peice of glass was sticking through him as well. Straight through his chest in fact. If you were there you could also see it poking out his shirt as well.
"Capsule Corporation has widely been considered a world leader in scientific and medical breakthroughs over the last decade, employing many of the greatest scientific minds of our generation. A company still run by company founder and local West City resident Vegeta Jr."
Captain Ginyu lay on the ground drooling. He wasn't dead. His glasses were cracked, and he had a gash on the side of his head.
"UHHGGHH..." he moaned.
"There has been much speculation in the medical community about the company's future. Sources tell us that there has been industry talk of some revolutionary new product being developed by Capsule. Whether or not what has happened tonight has anything to do with such a product is unclear. Authorities are asking residents and travelers to stay clear of the area of Capsule Corportion until such time as the safety of the area can be declared secure.
Ategev was lying on his side on the ground. His left leg was buried under rubble.
"Dad..." he mumbled.
"Again, for those of you just tuning in... There has been a major accident at the main laboratory facilities of Capsule Corporation earlier this evening. Whether or not local bisnessman and entrepreneur Vegeta Jr. Briefs was on the scene during the accident is still unclear."
It was a horrible mess. On the main floor, there were two scientists looking around at the damage, stunned at what happened here. There was also an insurance guy walking around summing up the damage. And finally, there were four maintenence men. Three of them, were lifting a rather large piece of metal of of someone. The other was just standing around watching them.
On the second floor, there were five scientists. One was just looking around stunned at the damage, like the other two on the first floor. Two of them, were looking around trying to salvage any data, they could find, that either wasn't torn, or wasn't burnt. The last two were trying to put out a fire. Four security men were assisting them.
"Please stay tuned to us, your local twenty-four hour news channel, for developments as they happen."
"Be gentle... Be gentle..." the Crusher muttered.
"Such a baby, God!" Ryu exclaimed.
Ryu was standing on one of the corner polls, and had lifted the Crusher up once again.
"Do it! Do it!" Charles shouted.
Fred was there too. He still had his cast on.
Ryu leaped off of the poll, with the Crusher still in his hands. The entire arena fell silent.
SLAM! Ryu slammed down the Crusher onto the floor. The crowd roared.
"It's unbelievable! It is unbelievable, ladies and gentlemen!" the announcer shouted.
"HU-HOOO!" one kid screamed.
"He did it again! The Amazing Saiya-boy! The Amazing SAIYA-BOY!" the announcer shouted.
"All right, all right, don't hurt yourself..." Ryu said, crossing his arms.
The Crusher pulled himself to his feet, and held his head.
"And if you'll just pony up the bucks, I'll be on my way," Ryu said with an outstretched hand, "Uh.. Hello?"
"Where's the petty cash?" the announcer snapped.
This time, the announcer's hair was slicked to the side, and he wore, a light navyblue suit.
"What do you mean?" Ryu asked.
"The money! Where is the money that we keep from the box office reciepts right here in this office?!" the announcer shouted, pointing at Ryu.
The announcer backed Ryu out into the hallway, with his finger, even closer to Ryu's face. The announcer leaned over. Ryu leaned back, to stay away from him, almost intimadated.
"Well, how on Earth would I know?" Ryu answered.
"Well you knew it was in here!" the announcer exclaimed.
"So did they," Ryu countered.
"Well, you're the only one here I don't know. I don't know you! Take off that mask or I'm calling the cops," the announcer ordered.
"Are you serious? Now why on Earth would I..."
"That why all the mystery? And I fell right for it, didn't I? You lousy sack of..."
"Please, if I wanted to rob the place, I certainly wouldn't need to..."
"Why don't we talk to the police about it?" someone asked from behind him.
Ryu looked around. There were at least a dozen wrestlers, if not more, all looking at Ryu. He and the announcer were in the center. Ryu still had his costume on. Helmet and everything.
"I think it's about time that helmet came off. And I mean right now," the announcer said slowly.
Ryu leaped out from the center and behind a long blonde-haired wrestler.
"You guys are nuts, you know that? Really in need of some kind of group steriod counseling or something..." Ryu said landing on the floor and taking off for the door.
By the time the announcer let out the words: "Get him!" Ryu was already slamming open the doors.
"'Get him'? Wow! You ever think of writing for the theater?" Ryu asked, nearly having to shout, because he was so far ahead of everyone.
When the wrestlers opened the doors, they opened them to find a completely empty arena. Not a sign of life anywhere.
(Well, there goes my wrestling career. Bunch o' maniacs. I could'a mopped the floor with the bunch of them. They're so lucky I've got a heart of gold. Sure, there's the tainted blood of a saiyan running through it, but it's still a heart of gold,) Ryu thought leaping across a building.
When Ryu, landed on the roof of the other building, he looked around to make sure no one was there. Then he began to change back into his regular clothes. It was a purple sweatshirt, with baggy jeans.
(So, I'll get a normal job like a normal teenager, help chip in for Grandpa Gohan and Grandma Videl. Wonder if these saiyan powers will be an asset changing the grease traps at the corner Good Burger. No, I gotta get a job with computers or at a lab or something,) he thought, putting his sweater on.
(Can't believe those guys were going to rip my head off like that. I bet that manager ripped the place off himself. Figures he can pin it on me like that. Really burns my butt,) Ryu thought sliding down a gutter pipe, and landing on the sidewalk. He walked to the corner of the street, not really paying attention to life around him.
(Why are people always so quick to jump down my throat? I tell you, I am so sick of it,) Ryu thought.
"Help we've been robbed. HE ROBBED THE DELI! MY DELI! He robbed us! Somebody..." a slightly overweight man shouted, into the night. He was just to the right of Ryu. There was a man with a backwards cap, white shirt, ugly brown jacket, and blue jeans on, running towards him. He also had jet black hair, and wore black Newbrand shoes.
"OH!" cried a fat lady, that the man knocked over, running away from the deli.
(I mean, is it me? Or is it that everywhere I go someone's getting in my face about something?) Ryu thought.
Suddenly, he felt something, as if he was in danger. He jerked his head to see the man about to run into him. He stopped and stared at the man, prepared to fight if he had to.
"Hey! Get..." the man in the cap stuttered, "Get outta my way! Out!"
"Shall we dance?" Ryu said tauntingly, raising his fist.
Then the man darted across the street, seeing that Ryu was determined not to move.
"Jeez! Can you believe that guy? What a dork! What?" Ryu asked as the man and the woman stared at him angrily.
"What was that?" the deli owner asked.
"What was what?" Ryu asked.
"Why didn't you stop him? All you had to do was trip him. Stick your foot out and he's kissing pavement!" the owner answered.
"Whatever..." Ryu muttered, realizing what he was saying.
"All you had to do..." the owner muttered, glaring at Ryu.
"Yeah, well, I've got my own problems, big guy!" Ryu snapped back.
"Little snot," the fat lady said.
Later when Ryu got home, he was also greeted unwelcomely.
"Where've you been?" Gohan asked.
"Practice," Ryu lied.
"What's going on?" Gohan asked.
He held a paper in his hand, but Ryu couldn't see what it said, because it was facing the other direction. Videl had her head sunk low not looking at Ryu. There were both obviously angry with him.
"With what?" Ryu asked.
He had no clue what they were talking about, but at that note, even Videl looked up at Ryu. They both gave him cold, long, hard stares, as if to say: "You know what you did wrong." But, Ryu still didn't know what was wrong.
"What?" Ryu asked.
Gohan turned the paper around. It read: HARRISON NIGHT SCHOOL
PARENT NOTICE
SON, RYU
ENGLISH PROGRESS
A A A D
"English. How do you go from an 'A' to this?" Gohan asked.
Ryu's eyes grew wide.
"Can I see that?" Ryu asked.
"Am I to assume that your other grades have slipped as well?" Gohan asked expecting a "yes."
"I don't know," Ryu answered, irritably.
"What's going on, Ryu? This is serious," Gohan said.
"I don't know. I guess I have... I have different priorities now," Ryu stated firmly.
"'Different priorities'? Your grades were such a point of pride for you, Ryu. I don't understand. You know what? Maybe this basketball thing isn't such a good idea," Videl spoke up.
"No way!" Ryu exclaimed turing towards Videl.
"Gohan, it's great that you've discovered sports and all, but we have to think something is really wrong when we get a report from your school like this..."
"I can do whatever I want!" Ryu exclaimed, getting nervous, beggining to lose his temper.
"Oh, really?" Videl asked almost histerically.
"I can't beleive this!" Ryu shouted, backing towards the door.
"Ryu, I think you should apologize to your grandmother for this tone of yours," Gohan said, ignoring Ryu.
"SCREW THIS!" Ryu screamed running down the walkway of the house.
Gohan, and Videl were shocked.
(I hate this,) Ryu thought, flying vertically upwards to the roof of a building.
(Why can't I just tell them? Just tell them what I can do now. Tell them I that I'm okay. That I'm so much better than okay. It's like something is holding me back, like I shouldn't tell them,) Ryu thought, flying across the rooftops.
"Everything is so different now and I haven't even had, like, a second to figure it all out. One minute I'm Ryu Son, King of the Dweebs, and then all of a sudden I can do this. And I don't even know what this is. Now I'm playing basket ball and I don't even like it. I'm wrestling and I don't even like it,) Ryu thought some more, flying over an empty street.
(It isn't me. I don't care about any of that stuff. But what do I do now? Why has this happened to me? Maybe I should just bite the bullet and talk to someone. Ategev's creepy dad maybe. I can't talk about it to grandma and grandpa. Not after, what I said to them. He can help me. He's a scientist. One thing's for sure, I'm not going back home tonight. But where can I go? If I go to Brieanna's the Jordans will call my house. Ategev's in the hills,) Ryu thought, going throught the list of people he knew, landing lightly on the street.
Suddenly, he got an idea and darted to his right, and ran around the corner.
(Oh, man. I can't believe I'm even thinking this.)
"For those of you just tuning in... There seems to have been a major accident at the main laboratory facilities of Capsule Corporation earlier this evening." a lady on WSB news channel reported.
Charles was sleeping on the couch in front of the tv. He wore sandals, big blue jeans, a gray jacket, and a black Saiya-boy shirt.
DING DONG!
"zzzzzz... SNORT!"
"Please stay tuned to us, your local twenty-four hour news channel, for developments as they happen."
Charles sat up, and grabbed the remote.
"Repeating our top story, there was a major accident..."
ZOOOP!
Charles turned the television off. He got up, walked toward the door, opened it, and saw Ryu standing there.
"Hey..."
"Son!" Charles exclaimed.
"I know this seems awfully bizarre considering our history up until recently but... But... Uh... I think I just need a place to sack out," Ryu said.
"Yeah, okay. Come on... My parents are gone out of town for the week, so no biggie..." Charles replied.
"Where'd you get that?" Ryu said, noticing his face with the helmet, on Charles shirt.
"At the arena. Whoo, man! He's all the rage," Charles explained.
Two hours later, over fifty people were at Charles house. Charles got the idea of having a party, so he called some people, and they called some people, and those people called some people... But, anyway, it was a huge party. And loud too.
Charles, Fred, and Tony were all congregated in the kitchen.
"He crashed here?" Fred asked.
"He did," Charles answered.
"In your pad?" Fred asked.
"Right there on that couch," Charles replied.
"And you let him," Fred said sourly.
"Sure," Charles said, simply.
"Puny Son?" Fred asked.
"What are you... Six years old?" Charles asked.
"You guys hear what happened to Ategev's dad?" Tony asked.
Ryu and Lizzie were sitting on the couch together. Lizzie was sitting on the armrest, her legs spread apart. Her true hair color was showing this time. It was bright orange. She wore a skimpy matching top, with the same shade of orange on it, and blue jean shorts.
"Where's Brainy Brie tonight?" Lizzie asked.
"Don't call her that. And I don't know where Brieanna is, Lizzie. I haven't really talked to her today," Ryu answered.
"Aaaww... I thought you guys were, like, an item," Lizzie said.
"An item? I don't... Not exactly," Ryu replied.
"The little dude had a fight with his folks or whoever it is he lives with and asked to crash," Charles explained to Tony, and Fred, ignoring Tony's question.
"And you let him?" Fred asked.
"So what? Guy's on the team. W gotta look out for each other," Charles explained.
"Unbelievable," Fred said, getting angry.
"Hate to break it to you... That guy might have gotten us into the state finals, so..." Charles trailed off, letting Fred fill in the blank.
"Oh, please!" Fred said looking away.
"Did you guys hear about Ategev?" Tony tried again.
"So you guys aren't dating?" Lizzie asked.
"No," Ryu answered.
"Do... Do you like girls?" Lizzie asked.
"Yeah. Uh... What?" Ryu asked.
What kind of question was that?
"Hey, you can never be too sure, Mr. Son. My Mom was dating a gay guy for like a year, never knew it," Lizzie said, making up a lie.
"Sounds like a fascinating woman, but..."
"Yeah, where was Ategev today?" Charles asked.
"Dude, I'm telling you. The man's dad was blown up or sumpthin'." Tony explained.
"What?" Charles asked skeptically.
"What I heard," Tony said.
"Wouldn't that, like, be on the news or somethin'?" Charles asked.
"I called him. He wasn't home," Tony said.
"Look at that Lizzie. Such a slut," Fred said, looking for something to complain about.
"What do you think of me, Ryu?" Lizzie asked.
"I think you're just a little drunk, Lizzie," Ryu answered.
"Little bit," Lizzie replied.
"Think you should be drinking?" Ryu asked.
"Little bit," Lizzie repeated.
Brieanna entered the house. There were a few more people outside. One of them was Gohan, looking for Ryu.
Brieanna wore, a pink light jacket, with gold braclets on her wrists. She wore a orange top, that was a darker shade of Lizzie's. She wore short black jeans, and black sandals.
"Can I help it if I think you're just a little cute there Mr. Son," Lizzie said, climbing on to Ryu.
"Lizzie..." Ryu said, half pushing Lizzie away, half letting her sit on him.
There lips were just inches away from each other, when Brieanna squeezed past two people, and saw Ryu and Lizzie.
"Brieanna... Oh, man... Brieanna! Brieanna. Breianna... Let me..."
As soon as he saw her he stopped. He put Lizzie down, almost shoving her aside, on the couch. Brieanna jogged away, in tears. Ryu ran after her. He struggled to get through the crowd. When he got to the doorway, someone barred his path.
It was Gohan. He had a meancing look on his face. He didn't even seem relieved that that he had found Ryu.
"Let's go..." Gohan muttered.
He grabbed Ryu by the sleeve and dragged him out of the house.
"Grandpa Gohan, don't..." Ryu said.
Of all the times he had to be found by his grandfather, it had to be now.
"Dude... Busted," Charles said, observing from afar.
"Stop it, I can walk myself. You're embarrasing me!" Ryu exclaimed, as he tried to resist his grandfather.
People were watching them as they walked down the walkway away from the house. They stopped when they reached a tree on the front lawn.
"How can you do that to Videl? Leave and stay out all night. You're fifteen years old, Ryu. And with all the tragedy in our family? To leave like that. Really, Ryu, how can you do that to the woman?" Gohan asked.
"I don't know," Ryu answered sadly.
"What's going on with you lately? Something's going on. This isn't you," Gohan said.
"I don't know," Ryu repeated, closing his eyes.
Oh, Ryu. You're such... Really, you're such a good kid. Such a bright... No, more than bright. You're as smart as they come. And this... this is just stupid. You know, your father, God rest his soul," Gohan continued, putting a hand on Ryu's shoulder.
Ryu looked down at the ground.
"Your father had a philosophy that he held to pretty strongly. And it's one that served him very, very well..."
Ryu looked up sharply.
"He believed that if there were things in this world that you had to offer, things that you did well, better than anyone else... ...things that you could do that helped people feel better about themselves... ...well, he believed that it wasn't just a good idea to do those things... ...he believed it was your responsibility to do those things."
Ryu put his head down again.
"Don't try to be something else. Don't try to be less. Great things are going to happen to you and your life, Ryu. Great things. And with that will come great responsibility. Do you understand?" Gohan asked.
Ryu looked up at Gohan angrily. Then his eyes turned from anger to care.
"Great responsibility," Gohan finished.
Ryu put his head down again.
"My father," Ryu said, "If he knew so much... THEN WHERE THE FUCK IS HE?!" Ryu screamed, dashing away from his grandfather, tears streaming down his eyes.
Gohan just stared after him.
"Come on, Ryu, snap out of it. You can do it," Gohan said quietly to himself.
It was raining out. A huge thunderstorm, over the entirety of, of West City. Lighting flashed.
"MMFFRRR... MMFFRRR..."
A beast of irregular size stumbled into an alleyway. It had glowing red eyes, had tufts of hair on parts of its body, and stood, at full height 7'5''. He grabbed a blanket off of a hobo, and trotted off mumbling: "PPPRRKKK... PPPRRKKK..."
(So stupid. Crying like a girl. He didn't deserve that. He doesn't know. He doesn't know that ever since the whole Saiya-boy thing began all I can think is that the one person who would know what to do was my dad. My dad would have known what to make of all this... My powers... What they mean,) Ryu thought as a lighting bolt flashed across the sky.
It was pouring down rain, and the rain was pelting hard onto Ryu's head.
(But I'm wrong. And I'm sick of being wrong. Grandpa Gohan and Grandma Videl are my family and it's way past time for me to grow up. It's time I told them what is going on with me and whatever happens happens. If I'm a freak, I'm a freak. They love me no matter what,) Ryu thought leaping off the top of a building as another lightning bolt flashed.
Ten minutes later, Ryu showed up at his house, with his duffle bag, that had his costume in it. Ryu took one look at his house, and his eyes widened. Ther were four police cars, and two ambulance's in front of his house. There was a crowd of people standing ten feet away of the do not cross line.
"Oh, no..." Ryu muttered.
Thanx for reading
Sephistrife15
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