Blood Red Snow Chapter 8

                                                                 Race Of Life
With the deaths of the young couple, the body count was now at 30 that they knew of. Many people were in tears and trying to seek as much comfort as they could. The situation seemed hopeless, but the Z-Fighters and Soul Reapers were trying their best to figure out how to handle the situation on their own. In a separate Kyoraku decided to ask Erica for more information.
Kyoraku: “Ma’am... Do you know if they have any weaknesses?”
Erica: “Well like I said earlier, each one has the traits of its dominate DNA.”
Ukitake: “Meaning each one is different?”
Erica: “Yes. Like the one in the lab... She’s basically Black Widow. Reclusive, sneaky, she staid behind while the others broke out. There’s one based on the spitting spider with the very unique web. Then there’s Dorian, he’s smart, aggressive, a relentless hunter-”
Renji: “Wait a minute... You guys actually have PET names for those things?”
Urahara: “And people call me strange.”
Erica: “That doesn’t matter anymore and their dominate genes may not either. Those things outside aren’t the creatures I set out to breed!”
Chi-Chi: “What?”
Erica: “They weren’t suppose to get THAT big! About a month ago, I noticed the subjects were growing faster and bigger then they should. So I sent some blood samples to a friend for testing. The results didn’t make any sense until I got back to the lab this morning! Turns out that my boss, Professor Rayas, accelerated the growth factors without my knowledge!”
Ichigo: “Why would he do that?”
Erica: “Money most likely. The battle for grant dollars is just as bloody as war itself!”
Bulma: “She’s right.”
Momo: “And you didn’t have anything to do with this?”
Erica: “Not at all! We were already playing God, there was no need to go any further!”
Uryu: “So if we can’t beat ‘em, we’ll just wait ‘em out.”
Chad: “There’s a cold snap coming tonight so it should get below zero.”
Ichigo: “Doped up or not they should freeze solid, right?”
Erica: “Well I would have thought so this morning, but their metabolism is operating at an incredible rate. The cold doesn’t seem to effect them at all!”
Grimmjow: “Oh can it get any worse!”
Erica: “That’s not all... They need to eat constantly to survive. If they don’t eat every couple of hours, they’ll starve to death.”
Gin: “Cool.”
Erica: “But not for us! Once they finish up the bodies outside, they will find a way to get in here!”
Toushiro: “Well our day just keeps getting better and better.”
Orihime: “... I hope Goku and Vegeta are ok...”
A few miles from the resort, both saiyans were walking down the road toward the lab. They had lost the Black Widow for now, but they knew she wasn’t far behind them. They staid on the paved road since they had better traction on it then in snow. They were just a few miles from the lab when they just happened to run into Rayas and his men.
Rayas: “Well now! See? These two gentlemen are perfectly fine and healthy!”
Vegeta: “Let me guess... You’re looking for some giant spiders, right?”
Captain: “That’s right. How’d you men know?”
Goku: “Are you Professor Rayas?”
Rayas: “Yes I am.”
Goku: “Well it’s a pleasure to meet the man whole created those giant ass spiders that have killed more then a dozen people and trapped many more inside the Lake Mountain Resort lodge!!”
Rayas seemed to look shocked to hear that.
Rayas: “Excuse me?”
Vegeta: “Oh yes! We know all about it! In fact I witnessed one of them kill a ranger not too long ago!”
Rayas: “I’m sorry to hear that, but I assure you that we have the situation under control.”
Vegeta: “Sure ya do!”
Goku: “Calm down, Vegeta. I’m Goku and this here is Vegeta. We were actually on our way to find you and offer our assistance. We just outran the Black Widow after all.”
Rayas: “Thanks for the offer but we’ve got everything we need. Captain?”
Captain: “Let’s move!”
Rayas and the soldiers began to move on. They were driving a few snowplows to clear the way. Suddenly, one of the snowplows stopped.
Captain: “What’s the matter?”
Soldier: “I don’t know, sir! I’m giving it gas, but it feels like somethings holding it in place!”
Goku: “Actually ‘offer’ isn’t the right word.”
Rayas looked back at the two saiyans and saw that Vegeta was holding the snowplow, which weighed five times heavier than himself, in place. Rayas and the soldiers were stunned.
Goku: “Either you let us help trap those things, or we’ll do much worse than this.”
Rayas: “And what if we refuse?”
Goku raised an eyebrow. He then just turned to Vegeta.
Goku: “Vegeta.”
Vegeta started pulling the snowplow back in the opposite direction, against the treads! After dragging it a few feet back with no problem, he just stopped. Rayas and the soldiers just looked back at Goku with jaws dropped.
Goku: “I can do worse.”
Nearly 11 minutes later and the whole little army force had stopped on a hill over looking the resort. Rayas watched with some binoculars as the grey spider and red spider tugged at one of the dead bodies.
Rayas: “This is most unfortunate.”
Vegeta: “You are some piece of work, you know that right?”
Rayas: “You have a problem with scientists, don’t you?”
Vegeta: “No, seeing as how I’m married to one. But when they try to play God... Fuck yeah!”
Goku: “I’m the same. As Vegeta says: If you fuck with nature, it’ll eventually turn around and fuck with you right back.”
Rayas and the soldiers had let Goku and Vegeta join them. They weren’t really given much of an option. The captain was trying to contact anyone inside via the radio the soldiers had.
Captain: “This is the captain of the Lake Mountain Lab, do you read me?”
Inside, Gin heard the voice and went to the radio while the others listened in.
Gin: “Loud and clear, sir! About time, jeez!”
Captain: “What’s the situation over there?”
Toushiro suddenly took the radio mic from Gin.
Toushiro: “I’ll tell you the situation. We have a dozen people barricaded inside the main lodge, we have some injured and in need of medical treatment! We’re low on food, we’re low on heat, We have no weapons to speak of! And I wanna know what you plan on doing about it!”
Outside, the captain seemed mortified that a kid was mouthing him back.
Captain: “Just who are you kid?”
Goku suddenly took the mic from the captain.
Goku: “Toushiro, it’s me.”
Toushiro: “Goku?! Thank god, you’re alright!”
Goku: “Glad to hear you’re doing ok as well. Before you ask, Vegeta’s here with us, he’s fine, he’s uninjured, and he’s trying really hard not to kill the professor here.”
Toushiro: “Professor Rayas?”
Goku: “Erica told you more, huh.”
Toushiro: “A lot more. Sorry professor but I’m afraid one of your little ‘pets’ is done!”
Rayas: “What’d you say?!”
Toushiro: “We claim self-defense! And Erica told us everything so we know what they’re capable of. So don’t even start saying your bull-shit about you having the situation under control! Cause I know it’s not ‘if’ they break in here but ‘when’!”
Erica: “That’s right, professor! This is serious! You’re little midnight snack to those spiders have gotten them more worked up than you realize!”
Rayas: “We don’t have enough men to mount an assault. If we were out there in the open, they’d chew us to bits.”
Toushiro: “Well you’d better find a way to kill these things and fast!”
Rayas: “Look... If you want our help, then killing is out of the question.”
Toushiro: “That’s right, protect your investment! Don’t mind the helpless people trapped inside!”
Vegeta: “I just love his attitude right now!”
Goku: “Me too!”
Captain: “Listen, we have the equipment to capture them, we just need to get them to a confined area where we can get them to stay put for a while.”
Erica: “Use the food from the lab. They’re addicted to the hormones in it, it’s like cocaine to them!”
Captain: “But we still need to get them into a boxed in area with no obstruction of fire.”
Inside, the ski instructor Dan Dashinal had a solution to that.”
Dan: “The snowboard half-pipe. If you guys can block off the bottom end, you can sit on top and pick ‘em off all day.”
Captain: “Sounds great. But how do we get them there in the first place?”
Toushiro: “You work on the pipe, I’LL deliver the spiders.”
Vegeta and Goku both heard that.
Vegeta: “What?!”
Goku: “Toushiro, think about this!”
Toushiro: “What’s there to think about? Snow is my element, I can move across it a lot faster than you can and you know it!”
Vegeta: “He’s right. He’s already proven that.”
Goku: “Alright, Toushiro. Just be careful.”
Toushiro: “Call me when you’re ready. Out.”
Inside, many did not like the idea but they knew Toushiro had a better chance then anyone else.
Toushiro: “How can I make sure they follow me?”
Erica: “Well you need heat, motion, and light.”
Toushiro: “... I got all three.”
Outside, the convoy was getting ready to move. But Goku had another plan for Vegeta and he made sure Rayas or the soldiers weren’t within earshot.
Goku: “Hold on, Vegeta. I’ve got something I want you to do.”
Vegeta: “What is it?”
Goku: “Do you know where the resort keeps their avalanche cannon?”
Vegeta: “Yeah?”
Goku then pulled Vegeta closer and whispered something into his ear. The moment he was finished, Vegeta had an evil grin on his face. The earth raised saiyan then handed the prince a lock pick he always carried with him.
Goku: “You’re a much better shot than I am.”
Vegeta took the lock pick with the grin still across his face.
Vegeta: “I taught you, didn’t I?”
And Goku hurried to rejoin the professor and the soldiers, confident that Vegeta’ll get the job done.