1-21-06

“We’re lucky Sephiroth doesn’t know about HIVE.” Zed said as he, Manks, RJ, Leth, and Saiyaness sat around a coffee table. “What’s HIVE?” Saiyaness asked, Leth and RJ also wondering. Manks smiled, forgetting about the eye patch over his right eye “HIVE is an organization that trains warriors in several forms of fighting and energy attacks. It was very successful on my world, and HIVE leaders decided that it could help people on other world’s, too. So I was sent through the gate to set it up in this dimension.” Zed was grinning “And we just finished building our HIVE facility in the mountains around North City.”

Gilgamesh and his two comrades pulled up to the Turtle Hermit house on the training island. “I need a new gi, too” Gilgamesh said, as the three walked through the front door. Master Roshi shuffled through the channels, not letting the kids see the perverted station he was watching. “we beat him” Pikoron said, nonchalantly. Magus smiled and walked into the kitchen to get some food. “I need a new gi, Master.” Gilgamesh said, tugging on Roshi’s yellow shorts. Roshi grumbled as he walked over to his closet to bring out some gi’s. “You’re lucky I struck it rich all those centuries ago when that beautiful girl gave me a huge diamond.” Roshi said, going off into his little dream world of girls giving him precious stones.

Sephiroth stepped out of the water as the sun was rising. He had stayed in the cold lake the entire night, healing the bruises and washing away the blood. His shoulder guards were damaged beyond repair, so he left them in the lake. He left his tattered shirt on the water’s edge and floated up into the sky, wearing only his pants, “I need to find a tailor.” he said, flying off to find the nearest town.

Morach and Miguelito set down in the streets of West City. There was a parade going through the damaged streets, celebrating the return from the dead of so many people. “That wish we made brought back all these people, too..” Miguelito thought as he and his friend watched the celebration.

Hybreed and Aydin sat in the clearing they had slept in about a week before. “How was the afterlife?” Hybreed asked, resting his bruised body. Aydin smiled and fell onto his back “I don’t really remember.” the namek replied “I can only recall a bunch of fluffy yellow clouds” Hybreed was straight faced as he fell to his back and started sleeping. “Yeah…that’s all I can remember…” Aydin continued.

“We need to find another scientist for our upgrades” Tetsago said, he, Barkon, and Tarvi standing on the roof of a tall building overlooking Central City. “I’m thirsty” Tarvi said, jumping over the side to get to the ground. Tetsago nodded and jumped over the ledge as well, followed by Barkon.

Riddick pushed the newspapers off of him and stood up, stretching his aching body. He yawned as he stepped out onto the sidewak. Civilians were walking right past him “Guess things are getting back to normal..” he thought as he stepped out into the street to get to the other side, where a crowd was gathering to watch the news.

“That was good” Saiyaness said, before Leth burped, followed by another from Manks. “Yeah” Leth said, using a tooth pick. “Now’s a good time to get you briefed for your mission tomorrow.” Zed said, pulling down a screen while the group was still at the dinner table. “This is Prince Parisia” Zed continued, pointing to the picture of a young man, a few years older than Leth. He had tanned skin, black hair past his ears, and brown eyes. He had good muscle definition and was wearing a white sleeveless shirt. He had brown bracers that completely covered his forearms, and a few wraps around his biceps. He had baggy white pants and a wide brown belt with a red sash wrapped around his waist beneath it.

“That’s outside North City” Master Roshi said, reading the address on the back of the card Zed gave to Pikoron. Gilgamesh slipped his arms through the top of his new gi and started for the door “I’ll check it out” the small halfbreed said. “Kinto’un!” Gilgamesh yelled, his cloud appearing before him immediately. Gilgamesh hopped on and waved goodbye as the turtle waved from the window.

Sephiroth set down in a small town near the edge of a desert. He walked through the streets, looking for a Tailor’s sign. The people went about their business, barely noticing him, and none knew who he was. Sephiroth finally found a shop and opened the door, the small bell attached to it ringing to let the tailor know someone entered. The tailor walked up from the back room “Need a shirt?” the tailor asked. Sephiroth moved his eyes away from the rack of sundresses in the corner “That would be a bad idea” Sephiroth thought.

“Any idea’s for some training?” Morach asked, while Miguelito got some cash from his ATM account. “Let’s get some lunch, we can talk about it while we eat.” The human had several hundred zenni in his hands “we could both use some new clothes, too. We can’t start our training looking all ragged out.” Morach sighed and followed after Miguelito as he stepped into a ‘Cactus Jack’ steakhouse.

“Damn it!” Tarvi yelled “I put in my zenni already!” the android punched the machine, forcing the cans of soda out and into the tray. “You wanted grape, right?” Tarvi asked his larger android friend. Tetsago nodded and gripped the can, before chugging it. “Any root beer?” Barkon asked. Tarvi chuckled “Root beer is for sissies.” the android said, handing Barkon a Sprunk. “Dr. Thunder for me!” Tarvi yelled, taking a sip of it while Tetsago forced another grape out of the machine.

Riddick looked at the television screens, all were flashing the images of protests going on around Earth over the King’s uncalled for decision to give up his throne. “It seems that the Earth government will finally be shifting to a Theocracy.” the reporter said “The spread of Yevonism over the last century has played a major part in this. In the new government, there will be a Maester residing over each Main City, with the lead Maester residing in Central City. That’s all for now, this is Mark Figh, signing off.” Riddick was wondering what a ‘Maester’ was and turned his head when he heard a bunch of yelling about soda. “Oh snap” Riddick said as he turned to run down an alley. “those guys would kill me if they saw me” Riddick said as he kept running.

“Your group is to meet Prince Parisia at the drop point here” Zed pointed to an area on the map that was north of Dali Prison. “Are we going to free the people in the prison?” RJ asked. Zed shook his head “No, we already have some of our lower level Agents doing that. You will do as the Prince says, to assist him in the liberation of his kingdom.” The screen went blank and the lights turned back on “Get some rest” Zed said as they started for the door “and also” Zed added “From now on, we’re known as HIVE.” the old man finished as his agents left the room.

Gilgamesh looked down as he passed over a lake, some tattered clothing was just laying on the shore, but Gilgamesh didn’t bother looking into it. He continued on past a small village and started through a barren desert. “This cloud is awesome” Gilgamesh thought as it did a little twirl.

“I want a black gi, with these measurements” Sephiroth handed the tailor a sheet of paper. “It needs to be done in less than two days.” Sephiroth turned and started for the door “If you do a good job, I may just let you live to make me a few more.” Sephiroth exited the shop and the tailor wondered if the man was serious.

“He’s eating like a halfbreed..” Morach thought, watching Miguelito order another piece of the ‘mother load’ double chocolate cake. “You can have some too, man.” Miguelito said, pouring steak sauce on the cake. Morach shook his head “That’s gross.” Morach said, watching Miguelito lick his fingers clean of the steak sauce and chocolate.

“Whatever” Tetsago said, punching the machine onto it’s side. “I heard there used to be a laboratory in the mountains around North City.” Tetsago’s gaze darted back and forth between Tarvi and Barkon. “We’ll check it out. We may be able to find something.” Tetsago floated up off the street and to the north, followed closely by Tarvi and Barkon.

Riddick stopped sprinting and bent over, gasping for air “I need to train more” he thought as he stood straight up and leaned against the side of a building at the edge of another alley. “Hello good sir.” A voice said from behind him. Riddick turned around and looked down at an old man in a white robe. “Are you interested in joining the church of Yevon?” Riddick glared at the man “Nope” he said, beginning to walk away. “Too bad, you should join up before it becomes the official religion of Earth.” Riddick shook his head and started floating into the air.

Leth, Saiyaness, and RJ were on the plane going to meeting place with Prince Parisia. “Why isn’t Manks here?” Leth asked. “Zed told me he had to go to HIVE HQ to set up the training facilities” Saiyaness replied, RJ nodding along. “Whatever. We don’t need him.” Leth said, strapping a parachute to his back “I’m not hitting the ground like I did last time. “I hope that pack doesn’t have an anvil instead of a parachute.” Saiyaness said, giggling. Leth looked concerned “Can you check for me?” he asked, turning around for her to check “It won’t have an anvil!” she yelled. A HIVE agent opened the side door and motioned for the group to jump. Saiyaness and RJ strapped on their parachutes and jumped out with Leth.

Gilgamesh smiled as his cloud made it through the desert “I can see water again” he thought, looking over the side. “That’s the city we fought Sephiroth in..” Gilgamesh remembered the evil commander and looked down at his arm “I’m lucky I had a senzu.” he thought as his cloud zipped past Central City.

“Are there any large boulders in this town?” Sephiroth asked a police officer. The officer shook his head “Not really, but if you’re looking for entertainment, there’s something more exciting than boulders.” Sephiroth’s expression stayed the same; unenthusiastic. “There is the 300 foot tall statue of the Goliath in town.” the police officer pointed behind Sephiroth to the giant statue. Sephiroth frowned “How could I have not seen that?” he wondered “That’s the way I came into town.”

Miguelito paid the bill and he and his companion exited the Cactus Jack restaurant. “Both of us need some new threads” Miguelito said, leading Morach down the street. “Why haven’t we been mobbed yet?” Morach asked “These people are too interested in the parade and the fact that their families have been brought back to life to care about me.” Miguelito smiled “I’m glad everyone was brought back.” he said, stepping into a Martial Arts supply store.

The trio set down on the top of a crumbled mountain “According to Heret’s old research, this is the site of ‘Dr. Gero’. Heret followed a lot of Gero’s blueprints for our upgrades.” Tetsago, Barkon, and Tarvi spread out over the land to see if they could find anything. “How long ago was this place destroyed?” Tetsago called out. “About 300 years!” Tarvi yelled back. “Why hasn’t anything grown over this, then?” Tetsago wondered to himself, moving some rocks aside, finding a green seed buried beneath it. “Hey! I found something!” Tetsago yelled, picking it up while his friends ran up to him.

Riddick landed in the ruins of the old CCIA headquarters. “well, since I need to train more…”the halfbreed began stretching “I guess I’ll run to West City, as fast as I can. Hopefully that can get my leg’s and lungs stronger.” Riddick nodded and took off in a sprint southwest, not caring about anything that gets in his way.

The three HIVE agents free fell towards the ground and nodded to each other to pull their cords. Saiyaness pulled hers’ and it came out fine. RJ pulled his’ and he was fine too. “Please no anvil, please no anvil” Leth thought as he pulled his cord. The pack opened, and out came a set of silverware “Oh, that is bullshit!” Leth yelled as he fell towards the ground, followed closely by the silverware. “Sucks to be him” RJ said, Saiyaness sighing as they drifted softly to the ground.

Gilgamesh made his way through the mountains, finding a small road to fly over. The road wound through a thick forest, and in the distance Gilgamesh saw a gigantic dome shaped building “That’s it.” Gilgamesh said as his cloud zipped towards it. It was colored blue and had several large panels on it for some unknown, to him, purpose. Gilgamesh’s cloud went down outside the front gate, and Gilgamesh hopped off “Thanks” Gilgamesh said, letting his cloud go back into the sky.

“You pick out whatever you want in here” Miguelito said, heading towards the exit “I’ll shop at the ‘Old Mavis’ across the street.” Miguelito left the shop and into the ‘normal person’ clothes store. “His loss” Morach said, taking a dark blue gi off a rack and bringing it up to the front counter.

“Whoa, what do you think it is?” Tarvi asked, looking at it. “It looks like a rotten bean to me” Barkon replied. Tetsago flicked it into his mouth and started chewing, while his friends gawked at him. Tetsago swallowed and nodded his head “Dude, didn’t you just find that thing?” Tarvi asked. “Yeah.” Tetsago replied “And you ate it, without knowing what it was?” Barkon asked. Tetsago nodded his head “I don’t see what the big deal is…” Tetsago’s body began shaking uncontrollably and his friends backed away. Tetsago’s skin flashed a bright green color, pinkish spots visible on his arms, and stomach. Tetsago then grew to twice his normal size, in the ‘namek’ state. Then returned to normal size and normal color. His two friends stared at Tetsago, who was on his knees, gasping for air. “That-was-interesting” the large android said between breaths.

Hybreed and Aydin awoke from their slumber and stood up. “Sparring?” Aydin asked, Hybreed nodded and rushed at Aydin, throwing a punch at the newly-risen namek’s face. Aydin cart wheeled to the side and stood up again. His mouth bulged and he spat out a gooey green substance at Hybreed. The icer shot up into the air as the green goop latched onto the tree behind him and began dissolving it. “You wanted to spit that on me?” Hybreed asked. Aydin shrugged “It’s the first time I’ve used it, so I didn’t know what would happen.” Hybreed shook his head, “you have some Acid spit, there, boy.” Hybreed said, grinning before he flew at Aydin again.

Leth stood up, plucking a fork out of his thigh and looked around for the prince. A figure pulled itself out of the sands in front of him “Parisia?” Leth asked, unable to tell who it was. Saiyaness and RJ landed softly behind him “Sorry about that, Leth.” Saiyaness said, looking past him to the man he was looking at. The man pulled the cloak off of him and nodded. “Yes, I am Prince Parisia. You are the HIVE agents I sent for, then?” the three nodded and Parisia smiled “Then follow me, we should be quick to get out of the sun.” RJ wiped the sweat from his forehead and followed after his two companions and the Prince.

Gilgamesh stepped up to the dome and tapped on the side. The panel in front of him turned to a video monitor “Hello Gil, we weren’t expecting you to show up here.” Zed said. Gilgamesh smiled “Well, I just wanted to check things out here, to see if it would be good for the other two.” the panel to the left of the video screen slid open “Then come on in” Zed offered, a bright light visible out the small opening.

“Well, that was fun” Sephiroth said, carving ‘Seph’ into the giant statue’s chest, before punching the head off for his training. Sephiroth was now playing catch with the giant statue’s head, throwing it up into the air, and catching it before it smashed against the ground. Sephiroth did it for two hours, while crowds began to gather, then he just let it crash against the ground, shattering into a million pieces. “That was entertaining” Sephiroth said, as he flew off to find a place to stay for the night.

Miguelito entered the Martial arts store wearing a new pair of jeans and a black fleece, pullover, jacket, his belt around his waist. The champ walked up to the counter and nodded as he saw Morach already wearing the new gear. Morach had on the dark blue gi, black finger gloves, and an orange belt around his waist. “You still like those old wooden shoes, though?” Miguelito asked Morach nodded “they’re more comfortable to me.” the namek replied. Miguelito shrugged “Whatever” the human set the money on the counter and the two stepped out of the store.

Tetsago stood straight up and smiled “I feel a bit different. It’s good, though.” Tetsago strained and doubled in size again. Tetsago looked down at his two friends, who were roughly one third his size right now. “That’s pretty cool” Tarvi said. Barkon frowned “I should be able to do that, too” he thought. Tetsago shrunk back down to his normal size and was still smiling “Let’s look for some more seeds!” he shouted, the three splitting up to scour the ground for more.

Hybreed spun around, slamming his tail against Aydin, knocking the namek back against a tree he hadn’t melted yet. Aydin then stretched his arms forward, grabbing hold of Hybreed by his biceps. Aydin’s mouth bulged again, this time he sent out a burst of fire that scorched his friend, and his arms. “That wasn’t smart” Aydin said, retracting his arms and coughing up smoke. “No. It wasn’t.” Hybreed said from behind the namek.

The four stopped on a cliff overlooking a sea of sand dunes. “Before we continue, I’ll fill you in on what’s been happening. The Vizier of my kingdom, has recently overthrown, and murdered my father. I am being hunted down by his magical beasts, as well as the soldiers that are patrolling all around the city.” the prince pointed to the vast desert “Down there we will go into a cave where we can find the tool to save the kingdom.” The prince turned and started down the cliff. “Why doesn’t he just tell us to beat those guys up for him?” Leth asked as he jumped over the side.

Gilgamesh stepped into the light and started walking down the large path. The glass that covered the outside of the dome let light in so the way was clear. Gilgamesh was walking over a pinkish tile floor, several teenagers, of several different alien species, were wearing strange uniforms and were relaxing on benches on each side of the wide path. Up ahead, the path branched off in two directions, forming a wide circle that led to several different areas of the dome. Directly ahead of Gilgamesh, just past the branching of the paths, was a large staircase leading up. At the top of the stairs stood Zed and Manks.

Riddick slowed to a stop and leaned against a tree on the side of a road. The large halfbreed was breathing heavily and looked around to try and figure out where he was. He noticed a dirt path leading away from the road and further into the forest. “Maybe there will be some water that way..?” Riddick thought to himself as he started down the path. After a few minutes of walking, Riddick found himself staring at a giant wooden gate, that went on in both directions as far as he could see. On the front gate was the design of fire etched in.

After spending the night in one of the few grassy area’s in the town, Sephiroth stood up and started stretching before he went about his business. Sephiroth looked up and saw thick clouds begin to come in from the desert. Sephiroth paid it no mind as he walked calmly into town, towards the tailor to check on his clothing. The streets of the village didn’t have much activity, only one person visible to him. The only other person besides Sephiroth was a short old man that had on a large top hat, a tuxedo, and a sash around his chest with ‘mayor’ written on it.

Miguelito and Morach were once again standing atop one of the skyscrapers in West City. The two just stared out over the large community, the celebration still going on in the streets below. “What should we do for training?” Morach asked. Miguelito was about to answer, but they heard footsteps coming up behind them. “You could fight with us.” a voice said, prompting the pair of do-gooders to turn around.

After not finding any other seeds, the group of Tetsago, Barkon, and Tarvi set up a campfire and were sitting around looking at the stars. What Tetsago heard next sent shivers down his spine. “You know what’s cool?” Barkon asked. Tarvi shook his head, shrugging. “Swords.” Tarvi’s face lit up “Yeah! Swords rock!” Tetsago blinked a few times and sat up, glancing over at the pair. “Swordity, swordity, swordity, sword, sword, sword!” Barkon chanted. “You know what would be even cooler than normal swords?” Tarvi asked. Barkon stopped his chant and looked at the android, wondering. “Sword chucks!” the android shouted. Tetsago’s jaw dropped and he was shaking his head “I want to kill those two so badly right now.” he whispered to himself. “They’re a combination of swords and nunchucks!” Barkon and Tarvi continued on for several hours while Tetsago fought off the urge to disembowel them.

After Hybreed and Aydin finished their training, they sat down in their clearing, breathing hard from the workout. “My branch in the Namek family is strong in Breath attacks” Aydin said without being asked by his companion. “Some are good with healing, and some can create the dragon balls.” Hybreed nodded and stood up “Your breath is powerful, so you should be happy about it.” Aydin jumped to his feet and looked up into the sky. There above them, floated to dark figures, with long curling tails.

“The old man is annoying” Magus thought, dragging a large boulder behind him as he swam to the other side of the lake, dodging sharks along the way. “All he does is look at girly magazines” Pikoron muttered, swimming beneath a shark to get away from it. Magus threw the rock onto the shore and dragged himself out of the water “We’re done, Master.” the small halfbreed said, Pikoron following him onto shore. Roshi nodded his head “You two have done very well, my training doesn’t seem to slow you down much anymore.”

The group of four finally made it down into the sand dunes and began crossing the desert as the sun hung low in the sky off to the west. “Here’s the spot” the Prince said, getting to the top of one of the dune’s. Leth, Saiyaness, and RJ glanced around, not seeing anything. The prince pointed at the dune in front of them as the Sun finally set. The dune began trembling and it took the shape of a Tiger’s head, bright light emanating from it’s gaping mouth. “Inside is the cave of wonders, where we will find the tool we need.” The prince made his way into the mouth, followed closely by the three HIVE agents.

Manks’ right eye was scarred vertically from Sephiroth’s swipe, blinding him in that eye. Gilgamesh stood at the foot of the stairs while Zed and Manks started down them. “How are you Gil?” Manks asked as they reached him. “I’ve been good, I just want to see some of the activities going on here.” Zed nodded and motioned for the small halfbreed to follow him. The three of them followed the right side of the forked path and turned down another branch to show Gilgamesh the facilities.

The gate slowly opened up and three guards wearing black armor with the same flame insignia on their chest’s came out to greet the halfbreed. “Hey” Riddick said “Can I get some water?” the halfbreed continued, before one of the guards thrust an open palm at him, a stream of fire shooting out. Riddick’s eyes enlarged and he sidestepped the streak of fire. “Leave this place at once” the flame soldier demanded. Riddick nodded and flew off over the forest he went through to get there, before landing back on the main road to continue his run. “I’ll visit those jerks soon enough” he said before starting for West City again.

“You destroyed our statue!” the small old man shouted, now twenty feet from Sephiroth on the abandoned street. Sephiroth smiled and took a few steps towards the man. The old mayor was smiling and clapped his hands together “Lucky for us we have a strong fighter to put an end to your wickedness.” Sephiroth raised an eyebrow “oh?” the evil halfbreed asked. Out from an alley behind the old man walked a short Icer, with an orange coloration on his forehead and chest. “Devil Inside, please take care of this pest.” the old man pleaded, smiling. The Icer smiled back at the old man and started walking towards Sephiroth.

Miguelito and Morach spun around to see a pair of fighters, one leaning up against the housing for the stairs leading down, the other standing straight up, facing the two goodies. The one leaning against the building had spiky red and orange hair, red eyes, and was wearing baggy black pants and had a black vest with flame designs etched in around the bottom. The vest didn’t cover his body much, exposing his muscular frame to the elements. The man facing the pair had a long black trench coat, long dark hair and black eyes, shadows creeping along the ground under his coat. “Who are you two?” Morach asked. The man leaning against the building stood up joining his companion “I’m Flame, and this is Darkness.” The red haired man said, pointing to his friend “And we’re here to kill you” Darkness said, raising his pale-skinned head up to stare at the two goodies.

After a long night of discussing swords, Tetsago awoke to the sound of strange laughter. Two skinny teenagers were standing near their now extinguished camp fire, looking at an inappropriate magazine. “What are you two losers doing here?” Tetsago asked. “uh huh huh huh. We’ve like, been sent here to kill you guys.” the skinny youth with brown hair said “Yeah heh heh heh. We’re gonna like, you know, cut you up and stuff” the blonde one added. Tetsago put his hand on his forehead, getting a headache from just listening to them speak. The two intruders continued laughing moronically for a few minutes while Tetsago started stretching and Barkon and Tarvi began awakening.

The two figures landed in the clearing Aydin and Hybreed were sparring in. the two new warriors were Icers with orange colored bulbs in their forehead and chest, where Hybreed had black. “What do you to want?” Hybreed barked out. The two intruding Icers were smiling “Now now” , the slightly larger of the two Icers said. “Let us introduce ourselves before we engage in battle.” Hybreed was annoyed while Aydin seemed fairly calm. “I am Frozer” the lead Icer said “And my brother is Coolzer” he pointed to his mate standing next to him, who was nodding. “Don’t worry Aydin, their Icer clan is pathetically weak.” Hybreed said, cracking his knuckles “Those guys can’t do anything.” Aydin nodded and prepared himself “We’re going to kill you two here today.” Frozer said, grinning.

The three HIVE agents followed after the Prince down the long staircase. On each side of the stairs was several torches lighting their path. After several minutes of walking, the group finally made it to the bottom of the stairs and into a giant cavern filled with piles of gold, diamonds, ruby’s, sapphires, emeralds, and several other rare stones. The three agents were in awe of the sight and were starting to breathe hard “Don’t touch anything” the Prince commanded. The three agents sighed and followed after the prince, just gawking at the massive amount of treasure they were leaving behind to progress into the next chamber.

“In this area, we teach the students how to control their ki and use it to their advantage.” Manks, Zed, and Gilgamesh stared out from a bridge overlooking a massive indoor field where dozens of adolescents were practicing with ki attacks. “We gathered information on ki attacks from around the world, we even employ several of the top teachers around the globe, Master Roshi turned down our generous offer, though” Zed mentioned as a group of students sent large balls of fire shooting from their palms, up into the air. Gilgamesh smiled “Those two recently returned from the prison Leth was being held in.” Manks said, pointing to two of the larger people on the field, one a namek with dark green skin, the other a halfbreed with tan skin and spiky black hair. “Gokoo and Piccolu have recently been promoted to teachers here at HIVE.” Manks added. “They liberated the captives in the prison, and exterminated the remaining Teal Tie soldiers that were working there.” Manks and Zed started walking out the way they came in, motioning for Gilgamesh to follow them.

Riddick wiped the sweat from his forehead as he ran through West City, heading to the docks where his fabulous battleship would be waiting for him. The large halfbreed made it to the docks, but only found the wreckage of his beautiful ship. “What’s going on here!” Riddick screamed. “Cap’n Riddick!” a voice cried from behind him. Riddick turned to see his first mate, and eight of his crew standing there. “What happened to my ship?” the former Teal Tie officer asked, his left eye twitching. “Well… uh… This human shot an energy attack into the hull, and it sank, sir.” Riddick tried remembering the humans he was fighting “Either Miguelito, or RJ…I think those are the only two…” he thought, as his crew started carrying some boxes further down the docks. “Where are you going now?” Riddick asked, sternly. “We’re preparing for our expedition” the first mate replied “We want you to lead us on a treasure hunt, Captain!” the crew shouted in unison.

Sephiroth raised his palm, the Icer in front of him squinting, not understanding the purpose of it. Sephiroth chuckled a few times before firing three Dodonpa’s into the Icer’s chest, piercing him and sending his lifeless corpse to the ground. “Was that it?” Sephiroth asked, the mayor sweating bullets “Um, well..” the old man started, stammering. Sephiroth was grinning and prepared to strike down the mayor when the thick clouds above shot down a bolt of lightning between the pair. Sephiroth jumped back as smoke filled the air. As it settled, to figures were clearly visible. One was a young man with long dark hair, tied in a pony tail. He had tan skin and bright red eyes, and pointy ears. The other was a reptilian looking humanoid who had small black pupils in his big round eyes. He had a giant head and a huge mouth, but only three hairs adorned the massive skull. “Thank you for coming, Thunder Brothers!” the mayor cried, before scurrying off into an alley.

Flame snapped his fingers and the area Miguelito and Morach stood in caught fire. The two had rolled out of the way before the blaze harmed them and quickly made it back to their feet. The two goodies were now separated by the large fire. In one motion, Morach waved at the blaze, sending a burst of wind out at it and extinguishing it. “I’ll take Miguelito” Flame said, smiling. Darkness nodded and sent out a shadow from underneath his trench coat towards the namek. Flame created a small ball of fire in his right palm and started passing it back and forth between his hands, grinning all the while “You ready to die, champ?” Flame asked the powerful human.

“heh heh heh We’re Beavis!” the blonde teen shouted, Tarvi finally standing up, scratching himself. “and Butthead!” the brown haired youth added, the two striking a pose, Beavis flexing his small biceps, while Butthead bent over and looked through his legs at the group they were tormenting. “Can we kill them?” Barkon asked, Tetsago nodding before his namek companion could even finish asking. Tarvi rushed forward, toward Beavis, while Barkon went in for Butthead.

“Master Faust will reward us for killing them” Coolzer said, smiling. His brother nodded “We’ll get more power from him for doing this job” Frozer shot through the air towards Hybreed, slamming his elbow into Hybreed’s chest. Aydin snarled and puffed his cheeks to send a breath attack at the enemy Icer. Coolzer motioned with his hands and sent a wall of earth shooting up underneath Aydin, forcing the acid breath to miss badly. The namek clenched his fist, then fired a Dodonpa from his right hand down at Coolzer. The smaller icer flipped out of the way, then flew up towards the namek to engage in hand to hand. Hybreed grabbed Frozer by the horns and lowered his enemies’ head down, smashing Frozer’s chin against his knee.

The group of four walked along a thin dirt path that was high above a massive pool of lava on each side of them. “How much further?” Saiyaness asked, nervous about falling into the pit. “It’s just up ahead” the prince said as the path widened a bit and they came to the end of the path. There was an altar in the middle of the small area, with a black oil lamp polished and sitting proudly on the pedestal. “Is that what we came for?” Leth asked. The prince nodded his head and lifted the lamp off of the altar “We must leave this cavern and get back to my kingdom” The Prince said, leading the group back across the narrow path to leave the chamber.

Manks, Zed, and Gilgamesh made their way down another hallway and stopped in the middle to look out from the bridge the hallway was on. There was a massive forest in all directions “This area is the largest part of HIVE, it is ten square miles inside this one area.” Manks said. “This is the Training Center where the students practice their skills against any number of monsters that we’ve captured.” Zed said, pointing to a student in the distance. “There is always the chance of death when you go into the Center, so the students have to be prepared for anything.” Zed added, while they watched the Icer student send out flames from his palms to destroy three plant monsters in an instant. “That’s Ziggarot” Zed mumbled “He has potential, but we’re a bit worried about his attitude.” the flabby old man added before he and Manks started back down the hallway. Gilgamesh paused a moment and stared out at the young Icer. “His bulb’s are gray..” Gilgamesh thought before following after his guides.

Riddick followed his crew back to their new ship. “It looks old...and ugly.” Riddick commented of their shoddy looking boat. “That’s not the point, captain.” the first mate replied “We found this map in the diner in town, it says there’s a massive treasure on an island to the west of here.” Riddick sighed “Sorry, I need to train” the large halfbreed said, as he started walking away “We heard there were several monsters on the island” the first mate shouted, trying to draw his captain back. Riddick laughed and jumped onto the boat “If it’s not to my liking, I’ll wreck the ship and leave you all to swim back.” the large halfbreed said, grinning.

“Did you destroy the statue that was built in our honor?” the man with dark hair asked. Sephiroth smiled and nodded. “He’s on the list, brother” the reptilian looking creature said. The dark haired man smiled “Why, you’re right Manten.” the dark haired brother replied “We get to kill two birds with one stone, now” he continued. “Hiten, can I kill him?” Manten asked of his brother. Hiten sighed “Fine, but don’t disappoint me, brother.” Hiten replied. Manten nodded impatiently and ran at Sephiroth, electricity surrounding his fists as he ran. Sephiroth smiled and prepared as his opponent charged blindly forward.

“Why do you want to kill us?” Miguelito asked, Morach and Darkness already engaging in combat. “Our Master commanded us to kill you two. That’s our mission.” Miguelito was getting angrier “Is your master called Sephiroth?” the human asked. Flame shook his head “No. In fact, our allies have been sent to kill him, too.” Miguelito looked a bit surprised, but was shaken out of it when Flame started throwing fireballs at him. Morach punched at Darkness, but only hit a black cloud of smoke as his opponent dodged his strike. Darkness extended his foot out from his trench coat and stepped on Morach’s shadow. The namek was frozen “What’s going on?” Morach questioned, unable to move. “You are unable to assist your ally now.” Darkness informed him, Miguelito narrowly dodging one of Flame’s fire balls.

Beavis let out a loud burp, which rang in Barkon’s ears, stopping the namek in his tracks. Tarvi continued forward, and was about to jab Beavis in the throat, when Butthead slapped the android across the face with the back of his hand, knocking Tarvi away, to the feet of Barkon. “heh heh heh, we’re gonna get a lot of chicks for this” Butthead said, smiling. “Yeah, like this is real easy and stuff” Beavis added, before they noticed a large shadow looming over them. “Um, that’s like, not fair, and stuff” Butthead said when he noticed Tetsago’s increased size. “I’ve wanted to kill you since I first saw you” Tetsago said, cracking his knuckles.

Blood splashed out of Frozer’s mouth as Hybreed spun him around by the horns before slamming him into the ground. Coolzer spun around, slamming Aydin in the side with his tail, he then thrust his palm at Hybreed, sending a wave of dirt shooting up from the ground at the powerful Icer. The wave of dirt splashed against Hybreed, forcing him back and against a tree while Frozer forced himself to his feet. Coolzer was smiling wide, before Aydin sent out a massive breath of fire against his back. Coolzer’s eyes widened and screamed while the namek continued feeding the flame. Frozer tackled Aydin from the side, knocking the namek to the ground where Frozer sat atop him, punching Aydin several times in the face.

The group entered the treasure chamber again and continued walking towards the staircase, RJ and Leth straggling behind a bit. Leth noticed movement out the corner of his eye and stopped in his tracks, while RJ was eyeing some of the precious gems. Leth jumped through the treasure and gave chase to the thing he saw moving. “Idiot!” Parisia shouted, their exit being sealed shut by a massive boulder. RJ shrugged and pocketed one of the giant diamonds. Leth circled around the mound of treasure until he finally caught up with his prey. “A carpet?” Leth asked himself, the rug moved the top of itself up and down, signifying a nod. “A magic carpet..” Saiyaness added, smiling. “We need to get out of here” Parisia said, the ceiling beginning to crumble. The carpet nodded again, going flat “Let’s get on” Saiyaness said, hopping on the finely stitched rug. The other three did the same and the carpet floated into the air before rocketing off as a piece of the ceiling crashed where they were standing.

“Down there are the dormitories” Zed said, pointing as they passed by one of the halls “It houses each of our four thousand students that attend HIVE” the old flabby man added as they continued on the main path. “That’s the quad” Zed continued, pointing at another path as they passed by it “Students do most of their relaxing in there, but they seem to enjoy lounging anywhere.” Gilgamesh kept looking up towards the glass ceiling of the massive structure as the old man talked. “Here is the cafeteria” Zed started, gaining Gilgamesh’s attention “You are welcome to try out the food here when the tour is done. Our hotdogs are world famous.” Gilgamesh was grinning, and drooling a bit as they continued on, passing the path by. “And the final area, the infirmary” Zed said “The students that are injured in combat, or training get sent here for treatment.” Gilgamesh nodded as they passed by the final path and curved back to in front of the stairs where they started the tour. “What’s up those stairs?” Gilgamesh asked “An elevator” Manks replied “You take it up to reach the classrooms and the Teacher’s offices.” Manks added. Gilgamesh smiled before rushing off to the lunchroom.

“So, what’s the name of the Island?” Riddick asked his first mate as they were sailing, in the middle of the ocean. “Stripped Flesh Island, sir.” the first mate replied. Riddick blinked a few times “I guess the treasure on Rotting Corpse Island wasn’t as good?” the halfbreed asked, wondering about the monsters on the island they were heading to. “Rotting Corpse Island was turned into a tropical paradise and now is the leading tourist destination in the southern hemisphere, sir.” the first mate replied. Riddick shook his head and sighed “This guy isn’t even important enough to have a name” the halfbreed thought, his first mate humming a strange tune.

Sephiroth stepped to the side as Manten’s electric punch past by him. The evil halfbreed smiled and was about to strike back, when Manten spun quickly and struck Sephiroth in the chest with his other electrified fist. Sephiroth screamed in pain as he was knocked back from the powerful blow. “Bald freak” Sephiroth muttered under his breath. Manten blinked a few times and it looked like he was about to cry “I’ll kill you for that!” the scaly demon shouted, opening his mouth wide. A bright light formed in the demon’s massive mouth as he sent out a lightning bolt at Sephiroth. The halfbreed held his forearms up to block the attack as the strike hit him head on. Smoke rose up from the strike zone and Manten was smiling arrogantly. “See brother!” Manten shouted “I told you I could handle him!”

Miguelito dropped to his back as a fireball went sailing over him. The human rolled out of the way as another fell to where he was laying. Miguelito pushed himself into the air and floated above the building “Now what, champ?” Flame asked, mockingly. Miguelito smirked, then raised his hands to the side of his face “Solar Flare!” Miguelito shouted, sending the insanely bright light into Flame’s and Darkness’ eyes, blinding them and destroying the shadow that was keeping Morach captive. The namek lowered his shoulder and rammed into Darkness, knocking the strange warrior into Flame. Miguelito landed on the roof and ran forward, slamming his knee into Flame’s stomach, before smacking Darkness with the back of his hand. Flame and Darkness were both laying on their backs, breathing hard and clutching their eyes. “Who is your master, and why does he want us dead?” Miguelito asked, pressing his foot into Flame’s stomach.

Tetsago stomped down on Butthead with his massive foot, crushing the tiny teenager instantly. Beavis was screaming in a combination of anger and fear as he started punching the side of Tetsago’s lower thigh. Tetsago reached down and grabbed Beavis by his small arm and yanked him up into the air. The gigantic android put his hands together and started squeezing until the screaming stopped. Tetsago then flung the corpse far through the air towards the north. “It’s really going to piss someone off if that body lands on their car.” Tarvi said, Tetsago shrinking back down to normal size. “Yeah” Tetsago replied, scraping the remains of Butthead off his boots “But no one will know that I did it, so it doesn’t matter.”

Hybreed pushed the mound of dirt off of him and took in his surroundings. Coolzer was writhing in pain on the ground. Frozer was straddling Aydin, punching the namek in the face. Hybreed nodded and his eyes began glowing a bright red. Two thin beams shot from the icer’s eyes and into Frozer’s back. The impact forced a scream from Frozer, and Aydin pushed his attacker off of him, then rolled over to join his ally. Aydin and Hybreed were standing over the pair of attacking Icer’s. “So, do you want to tell us what’s going on? Or do you just want to die, right now.”

The group of four raced over the pit of lava, searching for a new exit. Large boulders fell from the ceiling, splashing the lava up, almost singeing the frills at each tip of the magic carpet. “Come on! Come on!” Leth shouted, an opening up ahead closing. Several boulders fell from the ceiling, dropping in front of the exit. There was still a small gap and the carpet raced through just as another boulder fell, sealing the pit of lava behind them. The group was all smiles until they realized that they were still trapped inside the collapsing cave. The room they were in was completely dark and the carpet raced around, trying to find some escape. They heard a crumbling sound, then felt a boulder fall from above, knocking them off the carpet and down into the darkness.

Gilgamesh burst through the double doors and rushed to the front counter, slamming his fist next to the cash register. “One hundred and thirty three hotdogs!” Gilgamesh shouted. The lunch lady looked questioningly at Gilgamesh, noting he was not wearing a HIVE uniform. “Well, we have to charge non-students. So that comes to two hundred and sixty six zenni, please.” Gilgamesh had a blank expression on his face, almost getting teary eyed. The line behind him was growing, and the students that were eating at the tables nearby were staring at him. “Do you have the money..?” the lunch lady asked. Gilgamesh’s heart was thumping violently, then the glass ceiling above shattered and the students in the lunch room were screaming as a large man with spiky white hair floated down as shards of glass showered down.

BOOM! “Ahhhh! Kill it! Kill it!” Riddick was woken up by the extreme noise. He noticed a note on his chest and started reading it. “Went on island to scout, be back soon- First Mate” Riddick floated up into the air, the boat was empty and Riddick just shook his head. “Morons. If they woke me up they’d still be alive.” Riddick looked around at his surroundings, the boat was beached in the sand of Stripped Flesh Island. A little ways inland was a thick jungle, where screams of his crew could still be heard followed by roars and groaning. “This place gives me the creeps.” Riddick thought as he landed on the beach to go in by foot. Almost immediately, he stepped into a pool of blood and spotted several limbs on the ground all around him. “Sick…”

“Look out Manten!” the human looking brother shouted, Sephiroth running from out the smoke and punched at the demon’s head. Manten’s mouth was wide open, so Sephiroth’s fist went into it, and out the back of Manten’s skull, splashing blood in all directions. Sephiroth pulled his fist away, and the demon dropped to the ground, then collapsed onto his back. “Your hideous brother is dead, demon” Sephiroth said, wiping his bloody arm on the fox pelt the dead demon had around his waist. Hiten was enraged and floated up into the air, small wheels of fire spinning on the outside of each foot, propelling him upwards. “You will die for killing my brother!” the demon cried, pointing his halberd at Sephiroth, who was smiling, while appraising the set of blue bracers on the dead demon.

“We won’t tell you anything, human!” Flame shouted, his body engulfing in flames, before he vanished in front of them. Darkness’ body seemed to sink through the roof, and out of their view. “What the hell!?” Morach cried, running over to the ledge of the building, trying to spot either of their enemies. Miguelito clenched his fist “Are we being targeted?” Miguelito asked “They aren’t with Teal Tie, who could they be, then…?” Miguelito sighed and sat down, his legs hanging over the ledge of the building.

Barkon and Tarvi were each poking Butthead’s corpse with a stick, while Tetsago contemplated why they would be attacked by those two losers. “Hello” a voice said from above. A man with shiny gold skin, and long white hair was floating above them. “did you guys see a couple teenagers around here earlier?” the man asked, landing near Tetsago. The man had on a pair of green shorts and a tight white tank top, his wrists were tightly wrapped. Tetsago looked down at the man and scratched the back of his head “Well..” Tetsago started “They attacked us, so we killed them.” the shiny man looked at Tetsago funny. “You killed them?” he asked, Tetsago felt uncomfortable a moment, before the shiny man smiled and threw his fist deep into Tetsago’s stomach. The impact sent Tetsago back against a tree before the big android dropped to his knees from the surprise hit. “Those two were my assigned teammates for this mission.” The shiny android said “But I was going to kill them anyway.” Tarvi and Barkon tore themselves away from the poking and charged in on the attacker.

Frozer and Coolzer were each on the ground, breathing heavily after the attacks they had just taken. “Who’s Faust?” Aydin asked, Hybreed kicking Frozer in the stomach. “Our Master will kill you both!” Coolzer shouted “He will take control and-” Frozer yelled out, interrupting his brother “Quiet!” the bigger Icer ordered. Frozer rolled backwards and to his feet, then held his hands above his head “Flash bomb!” Frozer yelled, a bright light flashing from his palms. Aydin and Hybreed were blinded, and they heard their attackers shuffling to flee. When their eyesight recovered, the pair of Icers were gone. “Bastards.” Hybreed said, blasting a tree in disgust.


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What awaits the HIVE agents in the darkness? Will Tetsago kill more teenagers? Does Riddick have feelings for others? Who is ordering these attacks on our...hero's/villains? How will Sephiroth's fight with the Thunder Brothers play out? Will Gilgamesh get to eat a hot dog? Will Barkon and Tarvi's idea for Sword-Chucks pan out? Find out next time on the next chapter of Dragon Ball Z: Z Fighters United.