Ocean's Two (Concluded, Vegetan Gravity)

[Caius]

Caius was walking down an alleyway, cleaning blood off of his sword from his brutal murder spree and subsequent decapitation of a prominent mob boss. He was having fun causing all kinds of mayhem in the Saiyan city. If the strongest among them couldn't defeat the strongest among the WTO, then it stood to reason that pillage and plunder was the next step. As Suki and Gurin dealt with the remnants of the Saiyan forces, Caius was out on the town. He dismissed his sword, and took off his blood-spattered, cement dust covered suit jacket.

Ducking into the back door of a clothing store, he came out near some changing rooms. He broke one of the doors open, and found a Saiyan girl in a dress, the tag still on it. Upon seeing the demon force the door open, she turned, every hair on her tail on end. Before she could scream, Caius's hand was on her windpipe, compressing it, and denying her oxygen, and the facility of speech. She fainted, and Caius released his hold on her throat. Going over to where she'd placed her clothes down, he found her wallet, and took all the Zeni out of it. He walked out of the changing area, found pair of jeans and a shirt that fit him, and purchased them with some of the Zeni. He used the changing room he'd left the girl in to quickly change into his new clothes. Leaving the remaining Zeni from his transaction on top of her clothing, he exited back out through the back door.

As he returned to the street, he discarded the pin that would have identified him as a member of the Shogo Clan, and tried to blend in with the crowd, when he heard screams issuing from a small eatery down the street. He saw Jorlaxl emerge from the shop, and the bio-android rubbed his hands together and began to fly away.

Hey HEY! JORLAXL! Wait!

He called out to the bio-android before he was barely a few feet off the ground, and began to run towards him. Hopefully he (she? it?) had heard him.

[Jorlaxl]

Walking out of the noodleshop casually, Jorlaxl checked around him, to make sure he wasn't being watched by any saiyan forces. Thoroughly convinced that he would make a quick and unnoticed getaway, he started flying away. When he was no more than a few feet off the ground, he heard his name called, and it froze his veins cold.

Hey HEY! JORLAXL! Wait!

Turning around slowly, prepared to test out his new tail on another headstrong saiyan, he was stopped short by the sight of his friend, Caius. Relaxing immediately, he slowly started flowing down to the ground, where he was a few feet away from Caius. Jorlaxl noticed he had a new suit on, and behind him, Jorlaxl saw a little panic going on in a shop, where a young woman was running frantically.

"Oh, hello Caius. You gave me a scare! I thought I was going to have to fight my way out of this hellhole of a city. And nice get up, where did you find it?" Jorlaxl chuckled, and pointed briefly at the growing commotion over by the shop.

"No private massacres, right?"

[Caius]

Caius's ally did in fact hear him, and quickly turned around, descending to the ground. He appeared shocked at first, but his facial expression changed to one of amused relief at seeing the foolhardy Makaio also about causing his own brand of chaos.

"Oh, hello Caius. You gave me a scare! I thought I was going to have to fight my way out of this hellhole of a city. And nice get up, where did you find it? No private massacres, right?"


Caius gave a smirk at the bio-android, and held his arms apart in a confident gesture. Guessing by some of the looks he'd been getting throughout the day from the people on the streets, he made clothes look good, not the other way around.

Why thank you. I'm sexy and I know it! And not quite a massacre, I spared HER life...can't say much for the patrons of one Blue Cactus club...a gangster paid me handsomely to get that job done for him.

Chuckling a little to himself, an idea struck Caius out of the blue, a brilliant idea, a bold idea, a funny idea. It came to him like a flash of lightning to a crazy man holding up a toothbrush in a lightning storm.

Speaking of payment, I thought of a really good way for us to score some Zeni, if you're interested. You think Saiyans run banks for the monetary needs?

[Jorlaxl]

Jorlaxl laughed heartily as Caius was retelling of the recent crimes he committed. They were both making Vegeta on edge lately, and he was sure that the authorities would start looking for them both soon. Jorlaxl didn't like to be the center of attention, and unless he was assured of winning, he wouldn't be averse to running away from a fight that turned sour.

Yes, he thought that Caius was alright. He seemed insane at first, but when one looked closer, there was indeed a method to the madness. Except, of course, the time when he slapped Xanden with a fish. That was just downright hilarious.

"A gangster paid me handsomely to get that job done for him."

Jorlaxl could hear the pleasure mixed with ecstasy seeping out of Caius' voice. "I see. Hope you didn't get into too much trouble! Look at my little Caius, turning into a contract killer." It was then that Caius dropped his fledgling idea onto Jorlaxl's unsuspecting head.

To Caius, it would seem that Jorlaxl burst into laughter because of a sick joke, but little did he know that Jorlaxl just finished up a bank robbery.

"Oh, my friend. That is too funny, and allow me to tell you why. I just returned from a robbery, so I know for a fact that they like to keep their precious material possessions hidden. I saw at least 2 other banks though, so we could try there. Ready to cause a little mayhem?" Jorlaxl smiled. Caius wouldn't know it, but Jorlaxl's tail was ripe with anticipation.

[Caius]

Caius was a little downcast that his idea wasn't quite original, but maybe Jorlaxl had experience evading whatever primitive security measures the Saiyans used to guard their valuables. Nobody's money was safe, not with Caius and Jorlaxl around. Caius remembered what Jorlaxl had told him about having some friends around in case Suki ever decided the two of them weren't worth his while any more, and thought maybe the android was still willing to trust him.

You knows it. Let's go play some blues, my friend. And, no hard feelings about my attempted murder of you before, eh? Although judging by your condition it didn't exactly go so well, aha. You're a lot tougher than you seem on the surface.

Caius leveled one finger at a big, ornately designed building down the street. A large set of stairs led up to the top, where a set of doors serviced patrons with a convenient portal to the establishment advertising itself as the "Saiyan Planetary Bank." It looked relatively large and prosperous, the two were bound to get a good haul from there.

Why don't we hit that place? There's lots of people walking in and out, one could definetely be sure we could get away with some money hastily stuffed into our pockets. The real fun will be in the chaos.

Not even awaiting any kind of reply from his newfound friend, Caius summoned his blade to his side, let one hand rest on the hilt, and with a resounding cry of "Onward ho!", made an exaggerated goose-stepping march towards the building at the end of the long street.

[Jorlaxl]

Jorlaxl noticed just as Caius apologized for his attempted murder that he was growing attached to the little Makaio. Not in a romantic way, of course. That would just be awkward for the both of them. And where would Suki fit in? Jorlaxl shook his head as he let the thought slip from his mind. He let it leave gladly.

"You knows it. Let's go play some blues, my friend. And, no hard feelings about my attempted murder of you before, eh? Although judging by your condition it didn't exactly go so well, aha. You're a lot tougher than you seem on the surface."

Jorlaxl smirked, and bowed low to his friend. At least he was learning some semblance of respect around his workplace. Although it wasn't in the form of office parties or working overtime. Caius pointed, and Jorlaxl turned his head to look at the impressive looking building north of his position. Jorlaxl shrugged, and said: "Yeah, that one'll do. Now, I go through the front, while you-" He was cut off by Caius' sudden goosestepping through the city.

Jorlaxl facepalmed. So much for not attracting attention. Jorlaxl sighed to himself and followed Caius.

[Caius]

The dynamic duo progressed along what appeared to be a main conduit for the city. It was somewhat crowded, farther down from the ransacked noodle shop. It appeared that they were progressing towards the town center. You could see cosmopolitan looking groups of Saiyan men and women, boys and girls, talking, laughing about this and that. The feeling of revulsion at their pointless pathetic existences that curdled inside Caius's very core threatened to send him into a murderous rage. Whatever maturing he'd gone through since his "birth" kept him from trying to kill them. He'd slowly begun to realize the worth of life. The sacrifice of Rensou Hiruen had taught him that death can have meaning, and so can life.

He didn't ponder these deep musings very long. He subsided his goose-stepping gait, in exchange for a more traditional walk, with his hands in his pockets. His sword didn't stick out amongst the people on the street, many had similar weapons. Saiyans being a warrior race probably thought the better of him for it. If only they knew what he was really capable of. Suppressing his power level took a lot of effort, and he was starting to feel a little naked without the power coursing through him.

So then, what shall be our plan of attack, my good friend? Do we just kick down the door, like a couple of badasses and ask for the money? Or do we do it in a more subtle manner? I'm sure they have a back door or something where they make large money transfers to trucks or spaceships or whatnot.

[Jorlaxl]

Luckily for them both, Caius was apparently finished with his supremacist march, and assumed a more natural walking pattern. Just in time, too, because Jorlaxl offhandedly noticed a few guards staring them down. The marching made Caius more noticeable than a bull in a hen house. When he started walking normally, the guards muttered something amongst themselves and started going along their merry way.

Arriving at the doors of the bank, Jorlaxl considered his options carefully. What could he and Caius do to have a spot of fun? The aggressive way was almost always the fastest, either to a painful end or a joyous reward, depending on the strength of those who attempted it. However, sneaking would be much easier, and their chances of success would be much higher. However, it would take much more time.

Not any sooner than Jorlaxl weighed the possibilities, Caius popped into his train of thought with:

"So then, what shall be our plan of attack, my good friend? Do we just kick down the door, like a couple of badasses and ask for the money? Or do we do it in a more subtle manner? I'm sure they have a back door or something where they make large money transfers to trucks or spaceships or whatnot."

Jorlaxl had Caius' input, and with two or three extra seconds of thought, he came up with the perfect answer. Turning to face Caius, he said, "Alright, the way I see it is this: You go in there, sword blazing, and cause as much havoc as possible. You need not use your demonic aura, that shouldn't be necessary. Besides, it's good to have a trick up your sleeve." He smiled, and shook Caius' hand firmly before continuing.

"While they're distracted with you, I'll grab as much money as I can, and we'll leave out the front door. I'll create images of myself running in every direction to help our escape. Just keep your eyes on the right Jorlaxl, and you'll be fine. If you lose me, we'll meet up at Suki's ship. Deal?"

Caius could see the passion burning in Jorlaxl's eyes. If he looked, Caius could easily see Jorlaxl's anxiety to do this deed. But why? Was it the money, or simply the act of working together that caused Jorlaxl to become so passionate?

[Caius]

The plan was simple. The plan was stupid. And for these reasons, the plan was brilliant. The plan would probably work. Sensing the powerlevel of those around him, even the highest amongst them barely scraped two thousand. These would probably be amongst the warrior class, or the police enforcers. None came close to Rensou or his lieutenants. Caius started laughing, a low horrible sound.

So I get the fun job, eh? Don't worry about me losing track of the right Jorlaxl either. I don't forget things like that easily, my analytical mind is impressively strong.

Caius nodded at Jorlaxl, and felt the bloodlust rise. He rolled up his shirt sleeves, displaying his strong looking arms. He flipped his medium-length hair back. It wasn't quite long enough to hang back over his shoulders, but the gesture was empty anyway. He didn't await any other cue from his partner-in-crime, but simply kicked the door open, and yelled out to the people inside.

WHERE'S HARVEY DENT?!?

This violent, and apparently random outburst drew the attention of every patron, clerk, and most importantly, security officer inside. He saw a couple of large Saiyans start quickly walking towards him. Caius was still doing his best to conceal his power level, so the officers saw no danger in approaching this seemingly insane stranger.

WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?!

They grabbed him by his arms, and tried to force him out of the bank. Caius wrenched his arms out of their grasp, took two steps forward, and before the two poor officers could turn their heads to follow his motion, Caius had already swept their legs out from under them. Caius crossed his open palms above his head, facing outwards, and crouching, delivered a strong karate chop to the head of both Saiyans, knocking them both out.

YOU NEVER HAD ME! YOU NEVER HAD YOUR CAR!

Caius turned and let the floodgates holding back his ki open, and without manifesting his Demonic Aura, began to loose ki blasts randomly, damaging structures, hitting people, and waited for the Jorlaxl Squad to make their move.

[Jorlaxl]

Jorlaxl waited a full 20 seconds after Caius slammed the doors in, yelling some nonsense about some person Jorlaxl's never heard of. He's also pretty sure that Caius has never heard of him evil. Jorlaxl applauded Caius' creativity, something it seemed that Jorlaxl lacked. Was this the side effect of being grown in a lab? He hoped not, for if so, then Jorlaxl would never have 'imagination.' And from what he saw just now, it seemed like he was missing out.

Running into the bank with a quickness these saiyans probably haven't seen before, he acrobatically vaulted past the dumbfounded and confused guards, backflipped into the air behind the desk, and saw his prize: a golden safe on the other side of the bank, taking up the whole wall's space. This was the jackpot; the mother of all banks. Grinning, Jorlaxl applauded Caius' choice of bank. Most excellent, indeed.

Looking behind him, he noticed Caius simply decimating the guards around him. Seeing his opportunity, Jorlax started sneaking inbetween pillars, trying not to be noticed by the approaching monkey squads. Caius might have his work cut out for him; there were easily 30 police officers running to meet Caius head on. Before the end of this, maybe his bloodlust would be slaked.

Rolling from pillar to pillar, he finally got beside the safe, and that's where he met a heavily armed guard with a full set of armor and a gun. Thinking quickly, Jorlaxl made a sweep with his legs and knocked the guard over, where he aimed both arms in front of him, shooting magic missiles straight into his head. The missiles dug their way past armor and drilled into flesh, corkscrewing into the body where they exploded, causing several guard chunks to fly around the room. Leg bits were here, and torso pieces were there. Looking around, no one noticed him or the explosion.

Reaching the safe, Jorlaxl saw the security system, and scoffed. These primitive monkeys still use an electronic lockk, even on these important doors. Jorlaxl assumed that these were the best the saiyan technology had to offer, even with the tuffle technology they "inherited," along with the planet. Rolling his eyes, he went to work immediately, cracking first the security code, and then the manual combination. Lock after lock opened, until the last one revealed itself: the handprint of the armored guard.

Looking around frantically, Jorlaxl saw a finger here, and a thumb over there. Cursing under his breath, Jorlaxl slammed his closed fist down on the lock, breaking the machine. The safe clicked, and slowly slid open. Wide-eyed, Jorlaxl watched as the safe rolled open. Thanking whatever gods may be, he ran inside the safe, avoiding being seen. He saw Caius, and motioned for him, telling him that everything was okay, and going according to plan.

[Caius]

Caius underestimated the number of guards, apparently they'd shown the astute presence of mind to hide a few. There was probably a lot Zeni in it for the pair, assuming Caius succeeded in keeping the guards away from Jorlaxl. There were many of them, and Caius was trying his best to not slay every single one, they'd not done anything but their honest everyday job in standing in the way of the pair of thieves.

Caius sent small, attuned ki-blasts (obviously hypercharged hammers of energy to the much weaker guards) flying at the approaching Saiyans, throwing them. The ones that made it close met the Makaioshin's fists of fury. He loosed thunderous blow after thunderous blow into the faces, chests, stomachs, every possibly front-facing part of the upper body of the wave of guards. Some of the bystanders thought it their civic duty to try and help the guards. They, without any kind of body armor or any training whatsoever sent weak untrained ki blasts at the demon. he ignored their attacks, and continued his rampage.

He'd been awaiting reinforcements, obviously the guards had radio'd in for police help, they were wearing scouters after all. They arrived with an anticlimactic opening of the front doors. Trained soldiers, power levels still scraping the lower thousands. Their Saiyan armor might protect them from fists, but not from a ki blast backed by an 18000 power level. Caius trained his signature attack, the Death Wave, only a single blast at the doorway area, and blew the entire facade of the building away with an explosion.

Caius was having fun. The morale boost of walking all over the Saiyans was a welcome break from getting trashed by the Inaurian Lieutenant, even though it was a necessary humbling experience, and one that would drive Caius to train further to become stronger. Even still, being feared was always a fun experience. He saw Jorlaxl give him an affirmative signal, and nodded back at the bio-android. He gathered himself and prepared himself to be ready to leave at a moment's notice, once Jorlaxl emerged with the Zeni.

[Jorlaxl]

Jorlaxl noticed the number of armed guards bumrushing Caius, and he knew that he had to hurry. Although their powers were insignificant to their own, the numbers could easily swarm Caius before he had a chance to react. He needed speed up whatever it was he had to do. Running into the safe, he was immediately awed by what he saw. Piles and piles of Zeni, stacked high in neat sacks. This was just too good to be true. He supposed it was now or never. Taking four bags of zeni in each hand, he precariously balanced them as he ran back out of the bank. These things were heavy!

Using his ki to create 6 clones of himself, he sent 4 running in each cardinal direction, with the other two with him for cover. Thinking quickly, he threw two bags at Caius, so he could fly better, and with more precision. Those bags of zeni were heavier than he thought. Using his speed along with his bukujutsu, Jorlaxl weaved in and outside of the range of ki blasts of his enemies, confusing them greatly. His clones were doing the same, causing mass confusion that Caius would easily be able to escape out of.

Making sure no one was aiming at the real Jorlaxl, he soared out of the door opening that Caius was courteous enough to supply for him. It was then that he flew in the sky, still carrying his two stacks of loot with him, one in each hand. He doublechecked, to make sure that no guards were following him, and started flying towards an abandoned building, turning his head to see that Caius wouldn't get lost.

He scanned the money in each sack, making sure they were all added correctly to his space-visa card. All of it went clean, and there was no trouble with the money. He wasn't surprised, as the saiyans probably weren't smart enough to track their money anyway. He waited for Caius. He wanted to hear his side of what just transpired.

[Caius]

Caius saw Jorlaxl run out of the safe room. Then, he saw Jorlaxl run out of the safe room. Then, he saw Jorlaxl run out of the safe room. Then, he saw Jorlaxl run out of the-

Snapping out of his semi-mindless battle trance, he realized that his friend was trying to create a distraction. The Jorlaxl clones ran about the main room of the bank, delaying many guards and causing mass confusion. Caius noticed the real Jorlaxl standing with 2 more of his clones (at least he could assume this was the real one, it was holding the money). Jorlaxl tossed 2 bags of Zeni at him, which Caius easily caught. Caius shot a concentrated turquoise needle of ki, his Death Wave again, but this time at the ceiling. This was getting to be a trademark of his, leveling buildings like this. As he weaved amongst the bystanders and the now running guards, he dodged falling brick after falling brick, emerged from the gaping hole in the building, dodged behind a pillar to escape attention, then followed the real Jorlaxl through the air. The bio-android smartly picked an abandoned building to count up the profits, and the demon landed beside him, dropping 2 bags of Zeni.

Well, that was fun to say the least.

[Jorlaxl]

Smiling to himself as he counted the loot, Jorlaxl noticed Caius land right beside him, and that was when he decided he could put his guard down. Being caught alone was one thing, but having someone else was a completely different affair. He was glad that everything went off without a hitch, and happy to see his friend in one piece.

Well, that was fun to say the least.

Jorlaxl uttered forth a chuckle, and he returned: "Yeah, fun for you, maybe. I had to do all the hard work. All you had to do was toy with them. Although, I'd venture saying that we make a good team, you and I." He paused a moment, considering their history together. In a world where betrayal and social Darwinism runs rampant, it's not easy to find someone you can trust. Caius may be one of those people.

Jorlaxl set his money aside, and just looked up at the sky.

"Caius, do you think we'll be allies forever?" And then, belatedly,"Any more atrocities you want to commit? I'm game for anything."

[Caius]

Compared to the other members of Suki's WTO, Jorlaxl was something else. Gurin fought for Suki because he owed him his life. Aice chose the path he did out of respect. Suki had apparently wiped out the small alien's planet, and to his race, might made right. He was completely in awe of the Icer. Caius had joined simply for the ability to learn from the best. Suki was one of the big dogs, and joining up seemed like the logical idea. Jorlaxl however, he definetely had some concrete goal in mind, one that may or may not involve Suki. Caius had no idea how powerful locating and absorbing the catalytic androids "Valas" and "Ryld" would make Jorlaxl, but nevertheless, the bio-android seemed like a good ally.

Caius's only motive for trying to kill him earlier was to prove himself to Suki. He'd done so, but had not known of his soon-to-be ally's ability to regenerate, apparently from but a scrap of flesh. What else could he do? What other miracles had his creator made him capable of effecting? And most importantly, what could they do together?

"Caius, do you think we'll be allies forever?"

"Now, don't you get all sentimental on me, haha. Although I will admit, a friend isn't a bad thing to have."

"Any more atrocities you want to commit? I'm game for anything."

Caius was thinking of all the different things the pair could do in Saru city before Suki finished with his business and they disembarked the Saiyan homeworld, when he felt a flare of power coming from the direction of the Noodle Shop that Jorlaxl had gutted for sport.

"Hey hey hey, did you feel that? That was definetely a Saiyan...but stronger than most of the others we've run into today...Do you think they stumbled upon the shop you attacked?

Standing up, and looking off into the distance, he saw a small Saiyan woman emerge from the noodle shop, and saw some people try and approach her. She threw up on the sidewalk, yelled something at the samaritans, and ran away.

Why don't we follow our little unfortunate friend there?