Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ The Red Baron ❯ Flame On… ( Chapter 41 )
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The Red Baron- Tribulationof the Tainted Dragons Saga
Flame On…
The sky was very clear that day. The warm weather in the area was beginning to cool down, leaving the sun to shine with little to suffer from it. A cool breeze swept through the city streets of the downtown area. It was an area with many tall buildings, probably the tallest buildings in the city itself.
On one of the taller ones, Duce Propane stood on a ledge, the sun in front of him, looking into the city streets below. He had not expression on his face. He was quiet and his breathing was constant and silent. Though expressionless, his eye revealed much of his thinking as he started down the air that separated him and the remainder of the city.
All this can be mine? At least, that's what the guy said. He tells a brother that I can rule the world and gives me some cool new moves and then sends me off to take out some punk ass bitch as a favor. This better be worth it.
Placing one foot in front of the other, Duce stepped off the ledge. But instead of falling, his levitated himself and made the illusion of seemingly “walking” down what could be invisible stairs.
If I'm gonna find this bitch, I guess I gotta smoke him out.
Duce descended down the “stairs” to his city streets. The closer he got to the ground, the more people started to notice what was going on. One by one, people on the sidewalks and streets look up and stopped what they were doing. Some dropped their coffee or their paper in surprise.
Soon, car began to stop as drivers looked up as well. Soon, the entire block was at a halt as they all saw this man walking down from the heaven.
Eventually, he made it down. He took his last step onto the sidewalk below. By then, the crowd has surrounded him, all looking astonished and amazed at what they had just witnessed. They were just looking at him. Some were talking amongst themselves, and some even started walking away in shock and disbelief.
Duce looked around him, turning halfway in both directions. He couldn't help it any longer. There, he let out a huge smile that nearly covered his face.
Well, its time to show up that Baron and get this job done. “It's time to turn up the heat.”
The Red Baron and his friends stepped out of Josh's beat-up pick-up truck. They had ridden it in hopes of getting a better view from the ground up.
When they were out driving, they saw a thick cloud of smoke and a rise in energy. They knew it had to be related and they knew that whoever had the powers of the Fire Dragon, were wasting no time in getting things heated.
But as they closed the door behind them, they looked out in the street that made up the center of downtown. In the middle was a great crater of pitch-black coloring that scorched the asphalt it was on. Black residue covered the entire intersection and covered some the lower-level windows on the first few floor.
The there was worse. Outside of the black residue were many dozens of bodies that had apparently died in what appeared to be an explosion. The scene was very disturbing as the flesh of most of the beings were burnt off or torn away form the bodies. The street was devoid of life that would have likely been crowded on a normal day.
The wind whistled down the cracks that the tall buildings created. It was an odd silence and it made the situation no more comfortable then it was before, only now worse then before.
The three fighters were stricken with silence as the destructive force that was the potential of the Fire Dragon. Vanessa addressed the situation first.
“It appears we were too late. That being that we could sense a while ago not only killed all these people, but got away with no trail to follow.”
The Red Baron nodded.
“You're right. We are too late. We weren't able to sense his powers until he was fighting. He obviously has a way to conceal his power. This could be harder then it looks.”
The Red Baron looked at the many bodies that lay dead and disfigured on the floor. He felt very sick looking into the eyes of each person he could make contact with. The burning flesh and messy aftermath of the attack left with little else to think about.
The White Warrior turned around to the Red Baron.
“You need not worry. We will be more then able to defeat this enemy. We can do it; you must remember what you taught me about faith, Baron. Don't forget that.”
The Red Baron nodded but not with the greatest enthusiasm. He felt very troubled by something and more and more it was becoming more apparent. The White Warrior was going to comment when a situation began to unfold.
Across the street, Josh was looking around for survivors when from up above came a figure. Josh looked up in time to see the foot of the person smack into his face and knock him straight into the ground.
Josh was dazed long enough for the person to get a hold on his neck and laid there and did not move. Baron and the White Warrior looked toward Josh and ran toward him before they realized that they had little options.
Holding down the neck of Josh was none other then Duce Propain himself.
The Red Baron turned around. The White Warrior stopped in here tracks and held her position, looking at Duce and the hostage Josh. The Red Baron snapped out of his thoughts and immediately saw the situation at hand. But he did not move. He knew whoever this guy was; he wasn't afraid to kill and didn't appear to have his fill. If he was going to get Josh out of that guy's hand, they had to be patient.
Duce looked up at the White Warrior. A smile appeared on his face. He picked up Josh and held him hanging a foot off the ground. Duce was much taller then Josh and Josh was now wishing he was a bit taller. But Duce was busy taking a look at the White Warrior.
“So, I guess you ain't the Red Baron. You're too hot to be the guy whose ass I gotta kick.”
The Red Baron walked up next to the White Warrior, walking tall and staying like that standing. He was not about to feel intimidated by the words of this man. But the White Warrior wasn't enjoying the attention she was receiving.
“Keep your opinions to yourself. I wish not to hear them and I can presently keep you from stating them again.”
The White Warrior was fidgeting a little, trying not to attack or at least looking for an opening. The Red Baron was hoping she'd keep her cool for Josh's sake. To make sure, he spoke up.
“So, you know who I am. But who are you?”
“Why I'm glad you asked. Dog, you can call me Duce Propain. You like the name? I think it's tight. But you ain't got any time to talk. I got others things to do.”
The White Warrior spoke up now.
“So why are you here?”
Duce snapped at her.
“Bitch, I'm talking to the guy over there. I ain't talking to you. Anyway, ya, like you said, I do know who you are. And I'm gonna kill ya. You have any other stupid questions?”
“Ya, I do. What are those powers you got?”
“Shit man, I don't know. I just…”
He stopped in his sentence. It was like he was looking at something from a distance. It was only for a second but it was there. Then he came out of it and with a bit of surprise in his face, he answered the Red Baron's question.
“Man, I don't know how I know but it goes like this dog. I got these powers with this Fire Dragon. Actually, I think he told me. That's some weird shit.”
The Red Baron was a bit surprised by the answer but he figured something out.
So, he also has the Fire Dragon's memories. What else doe she have?
“Duce, are you the Fire Dragon?”
Duce began to laugh aloud. It wasn't very loud but the Red Baron could tell that the question really amused him.
“No. I ain't the Fire Dragon. I just have his powers. Sure, he talks to me and tries to get a body, but I just ignore him. I'm just using him so I can kill you. That's really it.”
“But wait, how do you get your powers?”
Duce was angry now. The conversation had gone on long enough for him.
“You know, you talk too much. I hate wasting time before the game when we could play more game. We're done talking and we're fighting now.”
Without so much as a warning, Duce, still holding onto Josh, threw Josh to the wall next to him with great force. Josh screamed and hit the wall back first, bounced off and hit the ground, not moving. The Red Baron turned to him in horror.
“JOSH!”
This gave Duce an opening and with a great burst of speed, appeared in front of the Red Baron. The Red Baron didn't move. He hadn't expected Duce to be so fast and he moved in front of him without even sensing it. Duce was smiling a great, white smile.
“Foo, you need to pay attention!”
When Duce appeared, he had already set his arm back and after saying his words, he landed a punch into the Red Baron gut. The Red Baron didn't see it coming. While The White Warrior was taking her first step toward Josh's direction, the Red Baron was already five feet from his position from the impact of the attack.
The Red Baron hit a building at its foundation. Given that the building had already taken serious damage from Duce preliminary attack on the city, the Red Baron's body managed to crack the bottom of the building and the skyscraper fell onto him.
As the White Warrior was rushing to Josh's side, she turned around to see the Red Baron covered by the building falling foundation. She stopped dead and with a quick spin, jumped back toward the direction of the building.
In mid-air, almost half-way to the Red Baron's position, the White Warrior felt a stab at her own gut. From out of nowhere appeared Duce who had jumped into the air and charged his knee into her. The White Warrior's breath was taken form her immediately.
Duce, with a quick laugh, grabbed the White Warrior by her left ankle and with a quick flip of his wrist; flung the White Warrior at an amazing speed into the exact spot the Red Baron had taken his beating. The force of the throw allowed for a wave of energy to precede her and carve a path to the Red Baron, followed by a body-numbing charge into him.
Duce looked up from the sky and laughed with all his might. He found this to be very funny.
“That was the shit! I hit him right in the center. Damn this power is good.”
The Red Baron and the White Warrior shook off the series of blows and barley were able to stand up. The combo had taken a lot out of the two super beings.
“Red, I think this would be the moment where we need to serious.”
The Red Baron was breathing hard and nodded his head as a response.
“I think…I….I think you have….a point there, Vanessa.”
Standing tall, they two warrior quickly powered up and went into their powered forms. The Red Baron's hair again became covered in red highlights and was immediately transformed into the necklace's power. This was the final evidence needed by Duce.
“So, you really are the Red Baron that they talk about. You beat some guy's ass once, I think. Apparently that's all you needed to be famous or something. We, damn it! I've fucked up tons of fools before you and after too. And with these new tricks, you ain't leaving here alive.”
Duce, to the Red Baron's and White Warrior's dismay, also began to power up. But unlike their own power ups, Duce's was generating tons of power unlike they have ever seen before.
All around them, the buildings were visibly shaking and wobbling in the amount of energy that was being given off by the Duce's power. And that came with another harsh realization.
The White Warrior turned to the Red Baron
“Baron, His energy is nothing like we've been up against before. You realize that…”
The Red Baron interrupted her. His face was of determination, like it usually would, but something was different about it. It was as if this event had let loose a truth about something.
“…yes, I realize that he is more powerful then even the Dark Baron. Trust me; I think I knew from the very beginning.”
And as the basketball player gone ultimate warrior began to grow in power, the White Warrior was worried still about the way the Red Baron had responded to this whole situation but she let it off as a bit of anxiety. But it was much more then that. It was deeper then that. For the Red Baron knew more then he was letting be known. We had the heads up long before.
I told you he is more powerful, Baron. You were warned.