All characters presented herein are not of my creation. Dragonball Z and Sailor Moon are owned by their respective creators and producers. ********************************* To Protect a Princess By Tunguska_Boy Chapter 5 "Why do I always have to do this kind of crap." Muttered Private Locilus as he made his was towards the crime scene. "I have to be up at six for my shift on the comm. system and they wake me up to check out a smudge on the road." Locilus moved under the police tape and toward the burn. "That Bukichi deserves a stern ass whupping for this. Him and that bitchy wife of his." He reached the burn and threw his coat open and snatched a small scanning gun from his belt. He knelt and ran the scanner over the burn. When the scan was complete he punched a few buttons on the scanner and transmitted the results back to his base. The next moment he heard a sound that made his brain try to jump out his ears. That sound was the easily recognizable 'click' of the chamber slamming closed on a standard police issue revolver. "Don't move, drop the gun, put your hands up, and stand slowly." Came the heavily metered voice of a veteran police officer. Locilus froze, his hand still clutching the scanning gun. "Oh crap," he thought, "I can't let him see me, I didn't bring my cloaking module. Without it he'll know I'm not human. He'll radio for back up if I make a move, and I'll be shot if I try to run. I am so screwed right now." "Drop the gun now!" Screamed the cop. Locilus swallowed hard and let the scanner fall to the ground. "Now stand up and put your hands on the back of your head." Said the officer; his voice was much calmer and smoother now. Locilus stood slowly and put his hands to the back of his head. "Ok, now what," he thought, "maybe I could...no, that won't work. He'll know I'm not human if he comes any closer. He'll know I'm not human...well there's an idea." Locilus smiled to himself. "I'm so clever." He thought. The police took a few steps forward and swung his flashlight up so he could see Locilus' face. When the light illuminated his dark orange skin Locilus screamed and made the most frightening face he could muster. The cop was startled but did not react the way Locilus had expected. "Paralyze him with fear." That was Locilus' plan. Locilus didn't count on the cop having an itchy trigger finger. The report of the revolver being fired destroyed any semblance of quiet that had descended on the night. The bullet rocketed from the barrel and tore through the air. The bullet pierced through Locilus' orange skin at the top of his left shoulder, tearing through muscle and shattering bone in the process. The force of the blow sent Locilus spinning off his feet and collapsing in a heap on the pavement. "That was really stupid." He said quietly to himself. The cop's breathing was ragged and his hands were shaking terribly. Despite his being scared out of his wits, the police officer snatched his radio from his belt and opened the line to his station. "Need backup at 14th and 3rd. There is a man down and I need an ambulance up here now." He said into his radio. "Roger that, backup and ambulance are on their way." Came a female voice through the receiver end of the radio. The cop put his radio back on his belt and took a few cautious steps toward Locilus. Locilus lay there, trying to will the pain out of his shoulder. With a groan he pushed himself into a sitting position and looked at his damaged shoulder. His coat had a large blood stain spreading over his shoulder and Locilus looked up at the cop who shot him. "You're going to pay for that." He growled. A moment later Locilus' right hand began to glow slightly. Locilus forced the energy out of his hand and formed it into a small dagger of glowing yellow energy. Before the cop could react Locilus hurled the energy dagger through the air, striking the cop the left hand. The dagger exploded on impact and the cop screamed in pain as his hand became charred and useless. While the cop was distracted by his pain Locilus stood and tried to run away. Despite his charred hand the cop brought up his gun and fired at the fleeing Locilus. Bullets pelted the pavement at his feet and Locilus dove over the hood of a nearby parked car and crouched down on the other side. The cop moved in closer to the car and waited for Locilus to make a move. ******** The walls of med-sci are lined with monitors. The monitors are positioned near where the ceiling meets the walls and each contains a name, rank, current location, and three lines: one red, one blue, and one green. The lines represent a person's heart rate, brain waves, and energy output. All of the monitors were linked up to a person on the base via a small implant at the base of their brain. The implant monitors and transmits all of the vital information about a person. Jhessail was dozing quietly at her desk when one of the monitors began beeping out a warning signal. Jhessail groggily lifted her head and looked for the offending noise. What she saw was a monitor whose three lines were spiking wildly. Annoyed at the loss of her precious naptime, Jhessail slapped the direct communications button on her desk. A few beeps later a sleepy female voice came through. "What is it." The voice asked. "Sorry to disturb you Maneko, but I need to talk to Lieutenant Bukichi." Said Jhessail. "Yeah, okay just a second." Said Maneko. Jhessail listened to the soft rustling that came through the speaker and what sounded like a sack of birdshot being thrown against a pole barn. "Ow! What'd you hit me for?" Bukichi voice came through the speaker faintly. "Med-sci needs to talk to you." Said Maneko. "Okay fine." Said Bukichi followed by more rustling. "Bukichi here, what is it?" He said into the communication terminal on his nightstand. "It's about the man you sent to inspect the burn sir." Said Jhessail. "Yeah, Private Locilus. What about him?" Asked Bukichi. "His vitals are spiking, as if he's in combat sir." "What?" "His vital signs are jumping all over the place, it looks like he's in combat sir." "That idiot, I send him to do a simple scan and he gets into a fight." "What should we do sir?" "Nothing, he's a big boy he should be able to handle it." "Are you sure sir?" "Yes, now let me get back to sleep." "Yes sir. Sorry to disturb you sir." ******** "Where in the hell are they? Med-sci should've spotted my vitals and someone should have sent help by now." Said Locilus quietly to himself. He and the cop had been stuck in their positions for the last ten minutes. "His backup will be here any second." Beads of sweat rolled down his brow as his mind thrashed around for a plan of escape. Any hopes he had were shattered when he heard the keening wail of two police cars came to a halt nearby. Locilus listened to the sound of two pairs of car doors opening and closing followed by the clicking of shoes on the asphalt. "Only one choice for me now." He said grimly. He dug into his pants pocket and pulled out a wallet-sized case. He popped open the case and ran his finger over the four vials of clear liquid that it contained. "I really didn't want to do this." He said as he worked one of the vials out of the case and worked the cap off with one hand. He closed his eyes and swallowed hard before throwing his head back and pouring the clear fluid into his mouth. "C'mon Cenabide, don't fail me now." He said after swallowing. He snapped the case shut and put it back in his pocket. Already he was feeling the Cenabide take effect. His hearing became sharper and he could smell the oil in the police officers guns. He could feel his muscles strengthen and the pain in his shoulder faded away and was replaced by a splendid euphoria. Any fear that was in him was gone now. His eyes took on a sharp red glow and power coursed through his veins. He struggled to maintain his rational mind, but soon the Cenabide induced bloodlust was upon him. In a blur of motion he stood and rocketed himself over the hood of the car. His attack was so swift that none of the five officers now present had a chance to react. They watched him ascend into the sky above them, he seemed to hang in the air for a moment before he fell like a falcon on the officer who had shot him earlier. Locilus grabbed the officer and with a quick twist snapped his neck. Locilus rode him to the ground and, using the officers body as a springboard, launched himself at the other cops. Two of them had managed to draw their weapons when Locilus was upon them. Locilus attacked the officer nearest to him first. Before the officer knew what hit him Locilus had driven his fist into his sternum so hard that the bone broke and spiked inward, piercing his heart. Locilus then turned to the next nearest officer. The officer had his weapon drawn, but had not yet readied the chamber or taken aim. Locilus threw himself into the officer, burying his shoulder into his gut. The force lifted the cop off his feet and Locilus slammed the officer into a nearby wall. The sound of cracking bone mingled in the air with the sound of brick being crushed for a moment before the first shots were fired. Locilus ducked down to avoid the bullets and turned back to the other officers. He leapt into the air and used the building he was next to as a launch pad. He placed his feet against the building and seemed to hang in a crouch on the side of the building for a moment before he launched himself at the two remaining officers. The officers remained standing and drew their beads carefully before firing. Locilus felt an intense heat on his left ear before he landed in-between the two cops. Before they could react Locilus had grabbed their guns and wrenched them from their grip, taking most of the skin off their trigger fingers along with them. The officers stumbled back a few feet. Locilus stood and focused on the one to his right. With a swift jab Locilus struck the officer in the throat, collapsing his trachea and condemning him to suffocation. The other was met with a sharp blow to the back of the head as he turned to run. The officer collapsed, his brain poking out through his shattered skull. Locilus surveyed the carnage he had wrought for a moment before walking off into the night. The bloodlust had worn off and he was in the midst of the so-called 'Cenabide Calm'. A side effect of which is that Locilus could no longer remember what he was doing there or where he should go. He wandered off into the darkened streets, it would be some time before his mind returned to him and he would notice that his left ear was now missing. ******** "Usagi wake up!" Yelled Luna at the sleeping princess. "What, what is it?" Asked a groggy Usagi. "There's trouble, I've gotten Artemis to inform the others but we have to go now!" "But it's three in the morning, can't it wait?" "No it can't, now let's go!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hope this chapter didn't freak anybody out, I know it was pretty brutal. Let me know what you all think! Extapolopiketal@hotmail.com