Titans

Chapter 8: Where is he?

Another day had passed and the planet was still buzzing over the drama the supers had been thrown into. The terrorist, Lazarus, was still at large and had not made a statement or appearance since the Lexcorps expo. At every turn it seemed the Justice League was failing: they had yet to capture a murderous terrorist and quite possibly had started a war with a potentially dangerous alien. Times were tense. From the atmosphere flew in three individuals clad in black leather uniforms with green collars and a green lantern insignia on the chest. Each wore a green ring that was enveloping them all in a green aura that was aiding them through the vacuum of space and through the harshness of the atmosphere. Two of the individuals were alien males and the other was an alien woman who looked all but human save for her pointed ears and burnt sienna complexion, Hal Jordan was not yet with them. After passing through a clearing of clouds, the three of them spot Capsule Corp. down below. "Hal Jordan mentioned that Superman encountered the alien here" the woman says "take no offensive measures unless the alien does first" she orders. The two aliens nod in understanding. Inside Capsule Corp. Bulma watches surveillance feed from a screen in her lab of the three lanterns approaching. "Now who the hell are these guys?" she inquired to herself. She starts making her way to the entrance and crosses paths with her son, Trunks, who she grabs by the sleeve casually, and drags along with her as she passes him. "Something wrong, mom?" Trunks asks confused, "we might have trouble" she answers, "what?! Then get dad!" He says terrified, "your father left to look over Goku. "Now straighten up, you might have to go Super Saiyan" she explains. Trunks groans.

Bulma and Trunks exit the building to see the three lanterns standing on their property. "I see you were expecting us" says the female lantern, "We are members of the Green Lantern corps. intergalactic officers dedicated to preserving peace across the cosmos" she finishes explaining. "Ok? So what are you doing here? If you're here for trouble, my husband and son will be glad to give it to you!" Bulma says brashly. "Mom.....!" Trunks exclaims in protest. "On the contrary, we're simply here to escort the alien, Goku, whom Kal-el encountered here off planet. Hand him over peacefully and there will be no need for trouble" the female lantern explains cordially. "Well you can just tell your Superman friend that Goku isn't going anywhere! Tell them, Trunks!" She pushes her son forward who quickly changes his demeanor to that of an aggressive one. He clenches his fists together and exerts energy "Haaa!" He shouts to activate his super Saiyan form. His body enveloped in a brilliant yellow hue of energy and his hair now a spiky version of itself with two rows of spikes sticking out from either side. As much as he didn't want to fight, he had a mother to protect. He stares at the Green Lanterns with piercing resolve.

   The two alien male lanterns stand shocked while the female lantern keeps her composure. "Ma'am, what you're doing is a criminal act. As members of the Lantern corps it is our civil duty to ensure safety for all beings. This alien was reported as dangerous. To hide his whereabouts is the same as to harbor an illegal weapon" the female lantern explains sounding slightly annoyed now, her job was getting disrupted. "Goku is our friend, he's not dangerous! We're not giving him up to you!" Bulma says defiantly. "Yeah! So get outta here!" Trunks demanded. "Very well"  the woman turns to the two aliens, "Arrest the woman" she orders them. "No!" Trunks exclaims. He flies in to fight but the woman Lantern points her ring and shoots out green energy from it in the form of giant chains that wrap around Trunks and bind him. He grunts and struggles. "Trunks!" Bulma exclaims and runs to him but the two lanterns grab her, "No! Let her go!" Trunks yells. Trunks struggled with all his might but to no avail. Dammit! Why did this have to be happening?! What did anyone do to deserve any of this?! Time seem to slow as the two male Lanterns lifted Bulma off her feet, she kicked in useless defiance. Then suddenly......at the apex of their hopelessness, a voice pierced the air: "LEAVE BUU FRIENDS ALONE!!!!". Suddenly the source of that voice crashes feet first into the ground between Trunks and the lanterns who had Bulma in hand, the creature's weight crumbling the ground. The individual that jumped in is a fat pink creature wearing yellow mittens, black vest with no shirt, giant white puff pants, purple cape and yellow boots. The force of the creature's landing causes all three lanterns to lose their grip and fall, Bulma and Trunks both fall free, the green chains fade with the loss of the female lantern's concentration. "MOM GET INSIDE!" Trunks urgently demands as he jumps back firing an energy blast at his former captor. The woman puts up a green shield from her ring that weathers the attack.

The two male lanterns stand and quickly form Gatling guns from their rings and fire at the pink alien. The bullets do nothing to Buu as his stomach absorbs the force and the bullets dissipate on impact. "Hee hee!" Buu exclaims as he sticks his tongue out to tease them going "Bleh!" for emphasis. One of the male Lanterns, not to be deterred, growls and forms giant energy fists around his own and charges Buu. The begin clashing punches. "BUU HATE YOU!" Buu exclaimed. The second one flies in with green energy fists of his own taking advantage of Buu's distraction and landing a successful punch that knocks Buu back. Buu's vulnerable position allows the Lanterns to dog pile Buu and pummel him.

Meanwhile, Trunks was having a fight of his own against the woman. He attempts to breakthrough her green shield with hard punches but even in super saiyan form it was doing nothing. "The power of our rings stems from our will. You're tenacious, boy, but I assure you that my will supersedes yours. Surrender" she says. Trunks narrows his gaze and bares his teeth "Surrender my ass!" he proclaims and then vanishes and quickly reappears behind her. She starts to turn around to defend herself but gets a swift kick across the face. She rubs her jaw while she's on the ground and then glares at Trunks giving a slight smirk; this kid was good. Not to be outdone she flies forward and engages in close quarters hand to hand with Trunks; the two of them equally exchanging punches. The woman throws an uppercut that Trunks dodges and then retaliates with his own uppercut that lands and then he quickly follows it up with an energy blast to her chest that knocks her out. Trunks lets out a sigh of relief.

"BUU MAKE YOU DEAD!!!" Buu yells fed up with the beating he was receiving. Suddenly an energy blast from Trunks knocks away one of the lanterns allowing Buu to fend off the other by grabbing the green energy fist and swinging him into the ground. Buu then stands up and towers over the lantern he just overpowered. "Buu EAT YOU!" Buu exclaims, "BUU NO!" Trunks yells. Buu wasn't listening and shoots a pink beam from his antenna that turns the defeated lantern into a cookie version of himself. Buu begins telepathically moving the cookie towards his mouth but is stopped by a giant green energy sledgehammer that knocks Buu several feet away. "BUU!" Trunks exclaims. He looks up at the sky expecting to see the woman he fought but instead it was a fourth lantern: the aforementioned Hal Jordan.

"You took out my colleagues. Impressive. Tell me, kid, are you going to tell me where your other alien friend is or do I have to make you tell me?". Trunks was frozen, this one felt different from the other three, definitely stronger and better willed. "I-I'm not.....I'm not telling you anything" Trunks said trying to hide his fear. "Really?" Hal inquired seriously and wasted no time shooting green energy at Trunks that hits Trunks as handcuffs and knocks him to the ground on his stomach. He grunts and struggles against the cuffs but it was useless. Hal then walks over to Trunks and crosses his arms looking down at him. "You gonna play ball now, kid?" Hal asked. "Grrgh! Go to hell! We're not giving up Goku!" Trunks exclaimed. "That's obstruction of justice, kid. You sure you wanna die on this hill? Cosmic law is a lot less forgiving than....." Hal Jordan's sentence is cut short by a slap that comes from nowhere. "You let my son go!" Bulma yells. "Alright that's it!" Hal yells and then traps Bulma in a lantern ring energy bubble. "You two are making our job harder than it needs to be! You two and your......pink......friend are coming with me!"