A week and some days ter Jaco, Trunks, and Goten are still traveling towards the Gactic Patrol base of operations. The trip is a few sor systems away. The ship isn’t big enough for them to sleep in, so they have to stop at nearby pnets and camp out. The boys are well supplied bringing with them a couple months worth of clothes and Bulma supplied them with livable capsules provided with a bedroom, living area, bathroom, and kitchen (even though they don't use it). They also supplied a bag with 10 whole Senzu Beans. A paper is stapled to the bag and it says, “Emergency use only”. Right now Jaco is pulling into this pnet's atmosphere to settle.
Jaco-”I gotta turn in my report so we’re gonna be here for a few hours.”
Trunks-”What exactly do you expect us to do in that time”
Jaco-”As long as you don’t make trouble I don’t care what you do.” Just then Jaco nds the ship on the surface. The sky is a vibrant crimson color and the rocks take on a faded green. “This pnet has a partnership with the GP, we have a base here. If you want to go there to rex you can just tell them you're with Jaco.” And with that said Goten and Trunks take off to explore the pnet. The pnet doesn't really have anything going for it, everything here is carved from the faded green rocks, shaped into buildings and furniture. Surprisingly flowers do grow from the ground, the stems are green and lithe and atop of it a brown flower with thorns covering every inch of it. The residents that live here all have crazy amounts of fur or hair covering their entire bodies.
Trunks-"This pce is weird." He says it as more of an observation than any real meaning.
Goten-"No kidding, you think that spiky flower is edible?"
Trunks-”Focus Goten. Are you thinking what i’m thinking?” Seeing the look on his face Trunks gathers probably not so he eborates. "We build up our resume We beat up bad guys and stop crime to increase our rep and let the Space Patrol hear about our exploits before we make our appearance."
Goten-”What exactly will that achieve?"
Trunks-”The more renown we have the higher quality jobs we'll get which means the more dangerous the criminal means the more good we'll be doing.''
Goten-"I don't know if that's how it works, but I can see the logic behind it." They ugh and fly off but quickly come to realize this pce isn’t exciting. They weren't expecting much in the first pce and they are grateful that the pnet seems to be so peaceful but they can’t really hide their disappointment. When they are just about to give up on their search they hear a scream. They waste no time in going to the heart of the noise. They round a corner that leads to a dead end. They see two guys not of this pnet, one skin orange and the other green. They both share reptilian-like skin, they also have a small group of the furry creatures cornered against the wall except two of them aren't furry or hairy they look bare like they've just been shaved. Goten immediately jumps into action.
Goten-”Hey you guys, stop!”
Trunks-”Aww, I was really expecting you to say something cool.” Everybody in the cramped space turns to look at Goten and Trunks, and the two reptile dudes' eyes widen in momentary surprise, but after getting a good look at the boys they regain their confidence.
???-”Who the heck are you runts?”
???-”Better yet what are you runts?”
???-”HaHa good one Codder”
Codder(Green)-”Thanks Reddoc”
Goten & Trunks-”Are these guys serious” Both sharing the same brain
Reddoc(Orange)-”Now” He says turning serious. “I don’t know what you think you’re trying to do, but you better start thinking about rethinking the actions you're thinking about.”
Goten & Trunks-”Yup they’re serious” The dumbfounded expressions they wear on their face can’t be missed.
Codder-”Look at the stupid looks on their faces you got them scared speechless.”
Trunks-”Look here you micro intelligent being.” Trunks say stepping forward. “Now whatever it is you're doing to those uhhhhh '' Trunks doesn't exactly know what they are but he doesn't want to be rude and call them things. “Ooonja” the furry one says. “Ooonja” Trunks finishes strongly “You better stop unless you want life altering pain on every inch of your body.” Trunks shoots Goten a smug smirk. “That's how you do it.” Goten gives him a thumbs up.
Goten-”That's a good one.”
Trunks-”The offers on the table what’s your answer.” Reddoc and Codder gnce at each other before breaking into a sprint towards Goten and Trunks, but when they are getting closer and closer into striking distance they instantly stop, and reach behind their backs to pull out psma bsters and pull the trigger almost point bnk. Trunks already has his hand out dispelling their bst with his own. As the dust settles Goten is behind them and kicks Codder hard sending him flying out the alleyway. Reddoc, caught in his surprise, gets a punch in his face and crashes into the wall above the bodies of the Ooonja. The two boys bump fist. Codder gets up and points his gun at them. The energy continues to build up until the weapon could barely contain it and he fires. The bst of energy flies through the air and gets swatted out the way and falls into the background by Goten. He rushes in and delivers a devastating gut punch that sends Codder in the fetal position. Reddoc tries to keep his presence low and wait for the right moment to strike and when he finally feels like the time is right he dashes in fast. His goal to drive his fist through Trunks' back. Trunks just sidesteps the attempted fatal blow and kicks him hard in the chest, sending him flying into the sky. Goten casually walks to Trunks side staring at the free falling man.
Goten-”You sent him pretty far up.”
Trunks-”It shouldn’t be too bad if he knows how to fly.” Right on cue Reddoc screams are cut off when he comes crashing down making a cloud of dust from the impact. Codder moves to help his companion.
Codder-”You will regret this.” He says but the fight has drained from his voice as he limps away with his partner.
Trunks-”Well I like to think that went pretty well.” but Trunks is talking to himself as Goten has moved to check on the Ooonja.
Goten-”Are you guys ok can you tell us what happened?”
Ooonja 1-”It's nothing new around here, those guys come around asking us to pay our debts for their protection.”
Trunks-”Pay? What exactly do you use to pay?”
Ooonja 1-”We don’t have any currency, we offer our unique architectural skills we help upgrade their ships and whatever they ask of us.”
Goten-”Thats strange, shouldn’t the SP step in by now?”
Ooonja 1-”They only came because our pnet was uninhabitable to everyone but our kind. So they stepped in to change that fact and now our pnet is more species friendly, but with that some of the more aggressive types started coming around.”
Trunks-”They could still do a better job, but don’t worry we’re part of the SP we’ll put in a good word and have this pce safe before you know it.” He says with the utmost confidence. They offer to take the Ooonja back to wherever there home is but they refuse so they bid them farewell and fly off. Still in the dead end alleyway the Ooonja remain. Then the main one that was doing all the talking turns towards the others behind them.
Ooonja 1-”Looks like your little scream caused some undesired trouble.” He talks in a calm voice and he can see the fear in the eyes of his fellow Ooonja and the erratic shaking of their hairless body. He pulls out his own bster through the thick fur and shoots them dead before they can make any more noise. The Ooonja walks off in the opposite direction of the boys.
Trunks-"Hey Goten," he shouts to get his attention while flying. "I've been thinking, and something about the story doesn't add up. I won't deny they got a unique style, but looking around what exactly about this pce makes them qualified to work on ships."
Goten-"Yeah, I've also wondered where everybody's at. There is barely anybody here it almost seems like a better idea to move everybody off the pnet." They both stop flying.
Trunks-"I don't have a good feeling about this Goten." Just as he says that a spaceship can be heard in the opposite direction of them. They barely get a chance to look at it as it flies away disappearing from their sight. A pit of dread fills the boys stomach.