Fan Fiction Chapter Series. Shadow Chapter 12

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This chapter contains material that I do not own, they are the property of one of the following: Akira Toriyama, Yoshihiro Togashi, Rumiko Takahashi, Tite Kubo, Masashi Kishimoto, Eiichiro Oda, and Yuji Naka. Please support these excellent artists.

 

I found that despite the high density of people, there were still plenty of quite places where no one went. One of those was a dead end tunnel, which led to a portion of wall that had been sealed with a thick layer of diamond. Even though it was a foggy view, it was still something.

Sally wasted no time in putting me into rotation. I was grateful for that, it was hard to be cramped with almost nothing to do. I had tried to work in the labs, but I soon found out that one woman, Bulma, worked down there and moonlighted to the med bay when they were short on staff. She seemed to be okay with Tails and Rotor working down there, but apparently didn't trust me.

Then again I found out the man I saved was a bit of a prick as well. He didn't even wait to fully recover before taking over a training chamber, and literally beating anyone stupid enough to challenge him. Even wounded there were only very few who managed to fight evenly with him. Apparently someone named Goku could beat him on a regular basis, but no one had seen him for over a week.

Which was interesting when he showed up during one of my scouting missions.

We were supposed to be gathering supplies, food, clothing, metals, all the while looking out for any remaining survivors; despite the fact that Metudo had pretty much confirmed that ninety-eight percent of the remaining population was now inside the base.

Regardless things were moving smoothly when I felt a ripple run through the earth.

“D-Does anyone else feel that?” One of my companions, Krillen, said cautiously. The other two, a girl named Orihime who could heal, and a bulky man named Choji looked around carefully. Some of the people in the base could sense creatures with high energy readings. Which sounds more helpful than it is. Solarus have so little energy they can't really be tracked. However now Krillen was looking around frantically; even I could feel something, like an invisible pressure hanging over my head.

I looked to Orihime.

“Had me the Chaos Crystal.” I held out my hand, after the initial studies, it was decided the scouting group would take what had been dubbed the Chaos Crystal with them on their missions. It had already saved a few groups, now it was going to save ours.

As she held it out, it vanished. I heard it chink against the ground a few feet away. At the same time a familiar figure loomed into view. The creature I had seen at the base, the one that had chased me.

“Lucky day.” It said, standing between me and Orihime. “I had hoped I would get a chance to finish off the one that got away.” It looked over at the fallen Crystal. “And this time you won't have your magic toy.” Pain shot through my skull as my feet left the ground. I hadn't even seen it move.

I hit the ground rolling, and turned that into an advantage. Rather than slow down I balled up to increase my speed. While I made a wide loop I tried to pin point my target, but I couldn't feel its presence; until my arm felt like it shattered.

My spin stopped and I could see I had been punted into the air, where I had just been the creature stood, watching my arc. Gravity finally took control, and I felt my spine shudder against something, before being dropped to the ground. I felt blood in my mouth, but ignored it as I pushed against the ground, my body screaming. A sudden pressure on my back forced me back into the dirt.

“Not as fun as I had hoped. I guess you're really nothing without your toys.” I could feel the cold steel grinding into me. The last thing I remembered was the pressure leaving my back and a tall man standing against this creature.

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