The crater still smoked, sheets of glass had formed, the ground itself where dirt and grass once were. Where nothing but charred scorched marks from where the Revenge Death Ball, had imploded.
The night air smelt of burnt charcoal, burnt flesh and ozone. The sheets of glass cracked as Scarlet's body twitched, her body healing slowly. Her joints and bones popping, next to her was a burnt charred bag of senzu beans. She groaned, her eyes fluttering open. "Fuck me...." She muttered.
Her vision blurry, spots of red and black filled her vision as blood had dried up on her body. The cold night air blew against her, the smell of ozone was one that could make anyone gag. To which it had, Scarlet gagged at the smell, rolling over onto her side and puked.
Her body trembled, not from fear, but from exhaustion. Slowly sitting up, she glanced around, no trace of Goku anywhere. "Okay wise-ass, where did you go?" She spoke softly, her gaze lingered towards the once full bag of senzu beans. "Well, there goes that..."
Glancing up at what was supposed to be the sky itself, her eyes froze in place. They went wide like plates, another planet loomed over Earth. It wasn't the moon that was for sure, Massive. Crimson-lit by reflected sunlight. Its continents glowed faintly beneath swirling cloud formations.
Planet Tufflle, Baby had made his wish on the Black Star Balls. To restore his home planet, not miles away like Mars or the other planets, but right where Earth's moon would and should have been.
"...Great..." Scarlet spoke, her voice hoarse.
She pressed her palm against the cracked ground and pushed herself to her feet. Her legs threatened to give out immediately, but she steadied herself, breathing slowly through the lingering pain. Her Grimm arm pulsed, that sharp pain sending a jolt through her body.
"I need to figure out...what way and how to get up there." Scarlet muttered under her breath, her crimson red eyes glancing around, her vision returning to her, she grabbed her scythe, which was luckily still in shape, despite it being hot to the touch.
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Thousands of miles away, beneath an endless stretch of frozen sky, wind swept across the Arctic tundra.
Buu treads the snow, next to him with Pan. Pan shivered as Hercule did as well. They all had escaped as far as possible, but both Hercule and Pan were freezing. Buu stopped in his tracks as he pointed to a cave.
"Buu set up shelter for us, Buu be right back." Buu spoke as he hurried along towards the cave.
"Just what happened to everyone?" Hercule asked, as he shivered more, treading the snow with Pan towards the cave.
"I-I don't know." Pan spoke. "One moment, me and grandpa Goku were at home, the next my papa attacked us. But uncle Goten wasn't anywhere to be seen."
Hercule stopped in his tracks, frost and ice crystals forming on him. "W-What about my Videl?"
Pan didn't answer, she wanted to get warmer and then answer, as she entered the cave. Buu had already made sure there was a clearing for them to go deeper to warm up. Hercule finally got into the cave as he followed Pan deeper. The deeper they went, the warmer it got.
"I don't know about mama...her and grandma Chi-Chi were acting weird as well." Pan spoke as she sat down on the cave floor.
Buu listened as he looked towards Hercule. "Baby, baby lay eggs in people. People become Baby's new friends."
"Eggs?" Hercule asked.
Pan scratched her head a little as it clicked in her head. "Wait you mean?"
Buu nodded. "Baby turned everyone into friend."
Pan's face went pale, she didn't know. But how did Baby get to Earth? Her mind raced, but it didn't make any sense to her. "But. The last time I saw Baby, was on another planet, and me and grandpa Goku made certain that we took care of him, after he left Trunks' body."
Then it clicked. "Wait, you don't think?" She asked as she looked at Buu and Hercule.
"There's a chance that Trunks had Baby's egg in him the whole time, but how Baby got here to Earth? I don't know." Hercule spoke.
"Which means, there isn't anyone who is normal that's left." Pan spoke. "We have to stop Baby before the entire universe is...is."
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Back in the mountain region. Scarlet stumbled, she was feeling dizzy. The smell of ozone filled the air still, it clung to her body and clothes like an infection. She needed to find a river bank to try and clean up.
Them she heard something, rustling. She stopped, turning her head. She saw a deer, her stomach grumbled. She needed food, and it was right there. Carefully, she stalked towards the deer. Her Grimm instincts kicking in, she then pounced onto the deer, her teeth tearing into its neck.
The air was quiet after. Scarlet sat there, munching away at her latest catch. Any and all animals that hunted, feared Scarlet. Did it bother her? No, she was an alpha predator, and she made certain the animals around her knew that.
The sound of a waterfall then filled the air as Scarlet treads through the wilderness. A brown bear was having a drink by the river that had came into view. It smelt the fresh blood that drenched Scarlet. It stood on its back legs. Turning slightly towards the scent, but in the darkness. Scarlet's crimson red eyes glowed of malice and hunger.
The bear didn't back down, it was top of the food chain, not Scarlet. It roared, towering over her. Scarlet snarled, a smirk playing at her lips. Then she spoke. "I've seen bigger, and you're no Ursa."
The light shined off the blade of her scythe. The brown bear snarled and swung its sharp claws at her side. Scarlet ducked, her body regaining its balance and strength. To her this was just child's play. The more the bear attacked her, the more she evaded it. She swung Black Rose at it, the blade cutting deep, but the bear didn't back down. It growled, foaming at the mouth like a rabid animal. Cut after cut, swing after swing. Both didn't stand down, then Scarlet lost control, her Grimm arm pulsed. She cried out in pain, the bear took this advantage and swung its paw at her, swiping at her side.
The strike from the bear sent her crashing through trees, the trees toppled over and fell through the wilderness, the bear stood tall and roared. Scarlet crashed into some rocks as she slowly stood up, her shoulder blades wriggled and squirmed as Nevermore wings tore from her flesh, the flesh from her feet tore opened as her shoes were ripped apart, Nevermore talons took place of her feet. The bear froze in its tracks, as if it had just seen the ultimate predator of predators before it.
Scarlet's Nevermore wings flapped, she floated off the ground, the claws on her talons shined and glistened. With a hungry glare in her eyes, Scarlet flew towards the bear. Digging her talons into the bear, then one extra thing made itself known on her, her tailbone sprouted a Nevermore feathered tail. Flying higher and higher into the atmosphere, the bear trashed about before Scarlet let it go.
After the bear fell towards the ground hard, Scarlet swooped down. Landing in the river bank. She looked at her reflection in the water. She cursed under her breath, she reached behind her, tearing her wings off. Next can the tail, then the talons. She fell over into the water, blood pouring from her wounds as they healed, her feet returning to normal ever so slowly. But she was also getting that much needed wash she wanted, her gaze lingered towards the now dead bear. "I could make a fur coat out of you."
Slowly sitting up, Scarlet groaned, she stood up from the water and walked over towards the bear. Taking her scythe, she cuts into it.
Hours had passed since then, Scarlet wore a fur coat from the bear. She treads through the cold as she had reached the arctic. Her feet dragging through the snow, her feet crunched the snow under them. Despite having to drag through, then she saw something pink in a cave not far. She squinted her eyes, the cold from the wind blowing into her eyes.
"Pale lady!" Buu spoke with a huge grin as he noticed her.
Hercule shot up from where he sat further in the cave, Buu had been keeping watch. In case anyone was foolish enough to find them. "Don't be silly Buu, there's no way someone would be out here." He walked towards Buu and stopped as he could see the brown bear fur coat walking towards them. "Ahhh! A bear!" He cried.
Pan hurried over, she was about to fire a ki blast but didn't. "Uh, grandpa....that's not a bear."
Hercule chuckled a little. "R-Right I knew that..."
As Scarlet got loser, she stopped at the caves entrance. Pan glanced around a bit, looking for Goku. But she didn't know who Scarlet was, nor did she know Scarlet helped Goku, but Hercule spoke up. "Hey, uh...where's Goku?"
Scarlet didn't answer, her silence was all that was needed. She was going to walk past Pan, to go further into the cave, but she gazed up at Planet Tuffle, Pan's gaze followed hers as she saw the massive planet.
"...That wasn't there before...." Pan spoke as she gasped. "Oh no! Dende was already under Baby's control when the dragon balls were handed to him!"
Scarlet let out a sigh. "No shit Sherlock."
Pan groaned as she puts her hands to her face. She felt stupid for not realizing it sooner, but she felt the weight of Scarlet's silence on Goku's whereabouts. "Is....is grandpa dead?"
Scarlet didn't answer, even though she wasn't sure Goku survived or not. Yeah sure, if this Goku was the Goku she knew, he'd be teleporting right in front of them. But she did speak. "We're going to hijack a ship, and go to that planet."
Buu clapped his hands together. "Recuse mission, rescue mission!"
Hercule and Pan gulped, that was the plan? But why? Then Pan remembered something. "Oh no....I just remembered, the first time the black star balls were used, grandpa was turned to a kid."
"Meaning?" Hercule asked.
"Meaning the Earth is doomed to blow up!" Pan shouted.
Scarlet rolled her eyes as she looked towards Buu. "Buu, can you take us all to Capsule Corp? Or someplace that has the ships that are being used?"
Buu tilts his head. "Okay! Buu help!"
Pan calmed down a little. "So, if Baby is rebuilding his race on that planet up there..."
Scarlet turned around. "Then we bring it to extinction."