Run like Hell! [Escaping from H.I.F.L.]

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With twenty five minutes and counting on the time they could escape through the tunnel Souka had made Katashi and Souka activated their bukujutsu and soared like crazy through the small space of the collapsing tunnel. They were fortunate that the demon that had come with them had fallen asleep after ten or twelve hours. He was not a very great guard. They also got lucky that they managed to both make it out without getting crushed by the tunnel. In the end, they met the bright light and suddenly a Kold sensation came over them as they found themselves at the end of the tunnel where the stairs were. Both climbed the stairs and would soon found themselves waking up on the cold grounds of Planet Kold. They may have escaped H.I.F.L. the first time through with ease and had an easy time there otherwise, but their futures would be ones filled with danger and trouble in the land of the living and the dead. For both had their sights set on fighting the strange, possible Saiyan creature with golden hair that had attacked them.

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His time in Hell had done many things. For starters it had opened his eyes to the reality that most creatures end up going there. It was crowded with assholes and the general lack luster portion of the community. The second lesson that he learned in undertaking this rough venture was that he was in fact much like the stronger creatures in the realm. They had been the shit in the realm of the living, yet now they all stood as even members of an eternal struggle over the smallest of comforts, and the grandest of miseries. Perhaps it was the air that night, or even the convincing lull of the comforting hymns, but Suki felt inclined to search out. He felt the need to look around his new home yet again. It had been at least a month, if not several since his death on Kold and he had not moved much from the spot he was in. As his body slowly floated over the darkened landscape a powerlevel became clear that had not been in some time.

Souka

The android that had been with C.haos. It was no surprise that the man was dead, his association with the idiotic mercenary was bound to lead him to death sooner or later, but what surprised him even more was the veracity at which his body moved. Swiftly, and with purpose the creature was traveling, much like Suki would have back in his time of living. Was it something so important? His interest was peaked, so much so that he was inclined to follow, and did so. Keeping a distance behind the bolting duo he eventually found himself being torn in upon. The dimensions were shifting, and flying seemed more difficult.

What is he doing, where are we going.

He couldn't explain it, but it seemed like the right thing to do. Souka was the first person he had seen from his time in the living realm, and at the very least they had to exchange words. But flying was becoming difficult. Masking his powerlevel was getting harder, and with the air closing in on them it was clear that they didn't have long. His aura exploded around him and still Souka hadn't noticed. Suki even yelled out to him, yet the dimensional shift had torn the words from his voice, Suki couldn't even here himself. Suddenly he couldn't breath, and his body began to morph and change. Whatever Souka had done, and whatever Suki had gotten himself into, it was possibly the biggest mistake he had ever made.

Wherever Souka appeared, so would Touketsuki Yakedo. Which would likely make for a strange turn of events.

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Souka landed on the icy ground of Kold face down after jumping through the portal and stood up in knee deep snow while pondering aloud, "Where did we end up? I wanted to investigate where this odd tunnel I carved out went and now I'm standing in a frozen wasteland."

Katashi who was a few feet behind him spoke up and stated as he got up from the ground too, "Um, we might really be back... Alive you know..."

Souka had yet to look back at him, but he asked, "Why would you think we are alive..."

"Just turn around, the air's so cold here my eyes are tearing up and freezing." Katashi groaned through his chattering teeth. Souka finally did turn around and saw the young man's whole body shivering and shaking in the cold winds of their temporary home planet. He scowled at him and asked, "You didn't feel an odd energy source erupt from the other end of the tunnel as we traveled through it did you?"

Katashi shook his head back and forth and answered, "No." While Souka and Katashi had exited from Hell he thought he had felt something at the other end of the tunnel, but it was likely just the tunnel giving off energy as it collapsed in on itself. Whatever the case, Katashi was not in a good situation due to being alive again the boy now had to worry about the weather and wearing a t-shirt with some buckles on it and some jeans was not going to help in his predicament. It would likely explain why he had sucked in that fight against Yuumaru since it had taken him so long to get to where Souka had been then.

There was just something really odd about their situation as the two WTO members, or rather former members stood in the snow freezing their butts off.

"You know Souka," Katashi stated as he looked behind him and then up about ten feet to a slowly closing portal. "Our exit point is still open if we're really in the living universe. We should close it." Katashi seemed to want to, but Souka was more concerned about letting his partner not freeze in the cold. Besides, they would need to leave it open in case C.haos was actually behind them. It could be someone had followed them, but Souka was very unsure about this.

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The portal was closing in on him, and with every ounce of his power the Icer pushed forward. Finally his eyes could make out the light at the end, he recognized the whispering mountains and the flood of cold air. It was home. Someone had found a way out and now Suki had followed them to it. Yet the portal was vicious and small, Suki could feel his body being ripped apart by the energy, so much so that the portal itself was forcing him to transform all at once, His head growing smaller and then instantly expanding to his monster form. Even that energy wasn't enough to sate the hunger of the portal that continued to eat and burn away at his energy.

"Fuck me..."

He grunted as the mask covered his face. He knew he would be incapable of going through if he did not focus his entire energy on it. Souka had been luckily far ahead of him and was not in fact being tormented by the portals distance. Suki however felt as the last of his energy began to sap away from him. And then.

"Raaaah"

BOOM

The explosion from the portal itself was likely more than anyone on the outside was expecting. All of his power shot out with him, and the Icer from his max form flared up and over his homeworld, and over Souka and his ally. Hyperventilating and floating irradically above them Suki had finished the race for time, and he too felt the all too familiar flush of the Kold environment. It was soothing. Icer's prefered the cold to the dank heat of the under world. His breathing began to slow as his understanding of what had happened suddenly became clear to him. He was not only safe, but he was alive as well. The lands here were barren, but as far as Suki was aware he was still capable of using his telepathic powers to command his organization. Closing his eyes for only a moment, and then looking back at Souka whom had somehow opened the portal he spoke.

"Clever...machine. Where do you go from here?"

It was possible that Souka didn't recognize Suki physically, but being an android he possessed many other ways to recognize a person or creature. His aura, and voice all echoed a similar hymn to that of Touketsuki Yakedo, and within a few seconds the ship that landed nearby them was proof enough. He had summoned a ship from his own docking bay in order to leave his planet.

[Gray Callahan]

It had happened in an instant.

The saiyan base really hadn't been set up with defense at the forefront. It was several miles east of the patched-up Ica. There were two medium-level warriors stationed there, of just under forty-thousand power level each. There were eight other guards and two scientists who had only just begun to research the reason for Kold's climate. The planet had not had any geothermal or tectonic activity for hundreds of years now, and the distance from it's star was much further than Earth or Vegeta were from theirs.

And all of that research was great, except the former WTO leader was now up and alive on the planet.

The base was small, one barracks, one research lab and two sets of apartments. They numbered at less than fifteen saiyans, and all of them could hear as the alarm blasted.

An automatic detection unit had been set up in advance by Mato. It was to detect Icer power levels above a certain level, and it basically meant they were fucked.

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"Engineer Mato!"

The power-suited saiyan was still hanging on the far edges of the Noran exosphere when the voice crackled to life. The face was strained. "High PL correlating with Emperor Yakedo has been detected on Kold, sir!"

Mato had listened well to Rensou Hiruen's tales. While he had been sceptical of the ability to return to the living, having believed that Rensou had merely been knocked into a comatose state and survived due to his natural saiyan hardiness... he had installed the sensor on Kold.

And it had gone off.

"I see. Prep all personnel to evacuate and hope he's too disorientated to shoot you down."

And that was that.

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Both Souka and Katashi watched the shrinking portal for a moment. They were glad it was closing, but then a sudden burst of energy rippled through the air from the portal and ruptured it completely. As it would break apart Touketsuki would be released, and land in front of Souka and Katashi. His breathing was clearly uneven from having exerted himself nearly beyond his limits. Souka was not interested in this though he was interested in the fact an Icer had followed him from Hell.

Before he could question him on this the Icer addressed him with the following question, "Clever...machine. Where do you go from here?" It made Souka's hair stand on edge as he closed his eyes and focused on some data files he had in his memory banks. One of them held a clip of this Icer's recorded voice and so Souka decided to use it to recognize the one before him. He also heard and saw a large battle ship land nearby after Touketsuki finished speaking, so Souka could only assume without doubt it was Touketsuki Yakedo.

"You are Lord Touketsuki, correct? I have not seen you in a long while. But then again I hardly know you. I am glad you escaped Hell with me. If we are safe, I would like to ask if it would be okay to go to Earth for personal reasons. That is what I wish to do. But I need some help finding my space pod or a much larger working transport if you cannot take me there." Souka spoke with this request in mind because he wanted to return home and see if he could investigate more on himself. Having met Dr. Genjou himself had helped him greatly learn about himself, yet he felt a strong desire to return to Earth because he could not stand being in Lord Yakedo's presence. He had come late in defense of the planet Kold and had been thoroughly beaten before he could damage any of the invaders. He was not worthy to look at him for even one second, especially since he had not also delivered goods to a certain person he had wanted him and C.haos to.

Behind these two, Katashi was tensed in fear with his back turned to his two powerful allies. His eyes focused on multiple energy sources far in the distance and he quivered in fear. "I hate to bother you two, but if we are on Kold, were killed in the battle for Kold, and now are back alive then is it not true that this is enemy territory?"

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The mercenary had not been forgotten. Souka had been on the quest to grant funds to Suki's bastard child. The problem was he had not heard from them again before the saiyans invaded. The intensity of their situation had not helped either. The entire situation seemed ludicrous. Suki had never believed in gods, nor heaven and hell, so actually going there and being proven wrong was a bitter pill to swallow. But even more unbelievable was that escape was not only possible but that he himself had accomplished it. His mind was rattled with questions, and thoughts of Serori. She had been both the only person to ever love him, and yet it appeared his greatest traitor. The Kaioshin had sworn she had genetically engineered these children yet Aice had not spoken about such a thing.

"Everywhere is enemy territory."

If Suki had been gone for as long as he suspected, there was no reason that he would expect the organization to still be at full power. It was likely that Serori was hiding out on one of their planets as a last line of defense. She was noble like that. He knew she would be with her people, somewhere... the where had him entirely perplexed until he thought about it more thuroughly... She had made that venture with the GSF against suki's will. She had friends there, Jorlaxl and Caius. If she was truly in danger she would likely have taken herself, Blaze, and the other highly loyal men of the WTO and bolstered defenses there...but Geurin was a snake. If she was truly there she could be in trouble. His temper flared for only a moment before remembering where he was...he had a ship, and as he soon learned a man he could use on it. As he turned around in the doorway a cowering saiyan engineer could be seen. He was but a scientist, with no real fighting ability, and so Suki's guard was lowered.

"Get on if your going. Your destination suits my intentions. I am not very technologically savvy, so make yourself useful and pull up data over the last several weeks. I wish to see what has happened, and learn as much as I can. Perhaps out new friend here can help you...or see himself thrown from the air lock"


As he walked inside the ship, away from Souka, his body began to morph downwards, his back end slowly shedding its armor into a mess on the ground and eventually revealing a much shinier small Touketsuki. Now it was time to learn what had happened. To see how he could insert himself into the conflict...or if he would at all.

[Geurin]

Suki 1000

Souka just PM us when your done

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Souka would follow Suki's orders, grab Katashi, and drag him onto the ship by the scruff of his collar. Once on board he would look around and ponder where to start. The ship was big and unfamiliar to him. He walked over to Suki and said, "I hate to tell you this sir, but I doubt I can interface with your system. I am not familiar with Kold technology as I once thought I might have been when I first came here. That said, it would be impossible for me to search for news of what happened. I died sometime after you maybe and since then I have not known a thing about what has been happening in the universe." It was unfortunate, but true. He could not help Touketsuki Yakedo properly until they reached Earth. He had been fortunate to learn about C.haos's ship, but that was because he had trained in it on the journey back to Kold. Touketsuki's ship though was a different matter, and since it was owned by said liege it would not be good to mess with it.

With these words said, Souka took it upon himself to sit the freezing Katashi in a seat and then went and found himself one on the vessel so that he could take a nap. He was glad the ship was heated or else his partner would have been in a worse state. He needed the rest though after doing what he had done to get back to the land of the living. When he found a seat he sat down and went into a sleep mode to conserve his massive power output. He could feel it humming deep within his circuits.

[Rensou Hiruen]

1,125 PL for Souka.