Christmas Surprise {Private}

[Ethan Snow]

The Christmas season was in full swing and with it finally snowing in Central City, thanks in no small part to a certain blue haired teen with the same last name, things were looking to more in keeping with the season. Indeed, that same blue haired boy had even brought his boat into harbor in Central as he had done so for the past two years and this evening had just finished stringing decorative lights along all of the railings on both decks as well as around the awning covering the upper deck. A tasteful fiber optic Christmas tree has been set up in the living room, one that did not flash any offensive or garish colors like purple, blue and orange, but rather maintained a comfortable, sedate pace while cycling through a deep green, red and golden white. There were even ornaments, decorating the tree, the most auspicious of which were small picture frames near the top, each containing a photograph of one of Ethan's friends as well as one of his oldest brother and his mother. Ohkara, Ethar and Celeh, were all there as well as some recent additions, mister Matsuko for one as well as mister Andronazi.

With his decorating for the evening completed and nothing but time on his hands, Ethan set out to have a quiet night to himself. Since it was just about dinner time the boy decided to look up Tony's Taco Palace and bring home some take out. Sure he could cook something himself but it had been a while since his date with Ohkara some months back and he missed cuisine, something that simply wasn't available on Metropolis Island. So donning his most reviled of garments, his winter coat, Ethan popped his floppy Santa hat on over his messy blue hair and set out along the docks on foot towards Tony's.

[Ethar Luxun]

Even though this holiday season was seemingly going to be a peaceful one, it was not without its unexpected moments. As from out of the shadow of a simple lamppost on the dock, a mysterious figure in a white dress, a female figure at that, seemed to just appear from the very shadows of said lamppost. Though for Ethan, he would only know of one person who could use the shadows to move around.

Her gazed slowly turned to Ethan as her skin was almost as pale as snow, but that wasnt the only thing that wasnt human about her. A pair of purple horns was on her head, and she seemed unaffected by the cold.

And when she spoke, any one with a pair of working eyes could see small fangs among her other teeth. "Good Evening Mister Snow." She spoke, as even her voice seemed... Soft, but something about it would seem a bit mischievous as well. "A wonderful time for a walk isnt it?"

[Ethan Snow]

Ethan had barely made it a few piers down from his boat when the mysterious woman stepped out from what could have only been behind a lamp post. Ethan wasn't particularly paying attention at the time, more focused on enjoying the evening than scanning the vicinity for people creeping around in the shadows and thus couldn't quite figure out where the lady had come from. Still she addressed him politely enough so the teen stopped and gave her a smile. The horns were a little strange but ever sense the war, Earth had attracted all sorts of new alien commerce, so he smiled just the same.

“Evening miss.” the blue haired boy replied. “It sure is.” he added and then paused a moment. She'd called him by name, which while not entirely odd, was a little out of the ordinary, she might have recognized him from television, though he was was hopeful that his coat and hat had sufficiently disguised him. Apparently they had not. “Pardon me miss, but do we know each other?” he asked and put a hand out to lean against the railing.

[Ethar Luxun]

"No. You dont know me. But your friends Ohkara.... and Ethar... know me quite well." She said, though the woman seemed to get a bit flustered when mentioning Ohkara, but moving to be spiteful when mentioning Ethar.

The woman grinned a bit more as she looked away from Ethan, and towards the darkening sky. "You were quite impressive against that Acrosian Frieza. Though, I have to admit, I was a bit saddened yet relieved when I heard that Ethar survived the encounter." She added, as she then looked back to Ethan. "So where are you off to this evening? Going out for dinner I assume?"

[Ethan Snow]

Regarding the woman in the white dress as she spoke, Ethan was a little confused by her mannerisms. She professed to know both Ohkara and Ethar quite well and yet neither of them had ever mentioned her to him. More over, she seemed to actively dislike Ethar, which is something the blue haired boy was sure he would have heard about. Of course it probably could just be as simple as a natural response to the brown haired man's sometimes awkward personality.

“Ah well clearly they forgot to tell me about you.” Ethan responded and continued in flow with the conversation. “Oh, you saw that eh? Well I did what I had to.” the boy responded matter-of-factly. “Dinner? Yes, I was just on my way to Tommy's Taco Palace. You know it?”

[Ethar Luxun]

"Oh they wouldnt of forgotten me. Infact, Ohkara tried to kill me last time we met. Though, I almost succeeded in tricking Ohkara into killing Ethar. Sadly, the bastard is harder to kill then he looks." She said, looking down at her nails as if she didnt care how the blue hair teen would react. But when Ethan asked her about his choice of places to eat, she shook her head. "No, I dont. I dont take part in trivial matters such as 'eating'. Well, maybe when I am bored.... or Ohkara makes something for me, but I digress. Neither situation has yet to pass."

She giggled again, as something that looked like a liquid dripped from the tip of the fingernail of her index fingers. "Yeah know, its quite hilarious how Ohkara seems to be the center of alot of drama in your circle of friends. The most amusing part was on your birthday a long time ago. You know, when Ethar went berserk, and tried to kill you. He must of had VERY strong feelings for her, and must still do. It was definitely apparent when the two slept together, in the....Arrgh, nude." She added, clearly disgusted about something involving the noran duke.

"Oh but wait, you two are a 'couple' now aren't you? Is 'dating' really the way you humans court your mates? Seems odd in a sense."

[Ethan Snow]

Listening to the lady in the white dress go on, Ethan started to become a bit uneasy, something about her just screamed 'unhinged.' She clearly also had fixation on the trio as evidenced by the fact that she knew all both Ohkara and Ethar and had come presumably to meet, though now it look like to attempt to manipulate Ethan himself. The more she talked though the more the blue haired teen came to the inescapable conclusion that the woman was a complete nutcase, especially since she thought she could get away with claiming to had tried to kill his friends.

“Look lady, you've got some problems. Now I suggest you stop running your mouth and get yourself checked into the Central City psyche center.” Ethan retorted, moving away from the railing and taking off his floppy red Santa hat and stuffing it into the pocket of his pants. “And even if Ohkara did get with Ethar, good for her, I wouldn't mind getting with him myself. What we are is not a couple, at least not a normal one... It's complicated.”

[Ethar Luxun]

Adriana giggled to herself. It seemed that spreading misinformation to the teenager was proving to be working. "Not a couple eh? Not an official one though? That is splendid news. Because if you were..." She said, before she stuck her tounge out, and dragged her fingernail across it. To Ethans disgust and/or surprise, the fingernail cut like a razor, but as fast as the cut had formed, her tongue had healed up. "Id have to kill you. Nice.... and slow...." She added, before she seemed to remember something.

"Ah, I remember something now..." She said, as she reached into her cleavage, and took out a piece of paper. She then folded it up, and tossed it to Ethan. If he were to catch it and open it up, all that would be written on it was the address of a specific apartment in a complex in the middle of Central city. "You will probably want to visit this address pretty soon. And dont worry, the woman there isnt your type, buuut I think it will be safe to say that the two of you are.... or will be... pretty much family. Ill let her explain it all." She said, before she vanished into the shadow of the lamppost, but soon would come out behind another shadow behind Ethan.

She would attempt to lean on the teen and whisper in his ear. "If you survive the next 10 minutes, that is..." She said, before licking the teens ear to tease him.

[Ethan Snow]

As the clearly insane woman went on, Ethan was losing his patience with her. She even attempted to threaten him to which the teen responded in kind with some seldom used foul language to top it off. “Bitch please, plenty have tried.” the boy cursed back. “And if you think you're going to be successful when you couldn't even stand directly up to Ethar, you've got another thing coming, namely a good smack.” Ethan added and though caught the tossed paper.

Her show of teleportation trickery while initially surprising wasn't particularly impressive, certainly her use of cutting weapons, natural or otherwise pushed her further down on Ethan's scale. The boy detested people who had to resort to using weapons, especially cutting ones, they were generally, as a rule, the most cowardly of fighters. Still, trickery and knives were a deadly combination, a coward's combination to be sure, but still deadly, so the boy was on guard. The nutty woman did manage to lick his ear, though it earned her the back of his hand across her face for the trouble as he stepped and turned away from her.

“Lady you don't give up do you? Why would I care about someone you claim exists?” Ethan countered. “If you want to get me into some trap it's not going to work. If you want to fight me, then do it. But if you try any more of that kinky stuff and don't mean it, it'll get you another one of these in the teeth. Now I don't generally go around hitting women, but lady, you are asking for it.” Ethan continued and held up his free hand in a fist.

[Ethar Luxun]

"Boy, I dont need to stand up to Ethar directly. Ive already killed him once in another timeline. The Ethar in this timeline, Im toying with, obviously. Im trying to make his life as miserable as possible, making him beg for someone to end his life, and in the end, Ill grant his wish." She said, and when Ethan backhanded her face, she was silent and still for a moment after the impact.

She then straightened herself and giggled. "You got some spunk. But in the end, its nothing." She said, before Ethan asked he he would care about the person whos address she just gave him. "My dear boy, its not a trap. Im merely... doing you and this planet a favour. What I gave you is the address to a time traveler... The daughter of one of your friends. Now, you may not know this, but the Noran Elder Council sees that traveling through the passages of time to do more then study the past, is the greatest criminal activity of all, and anyone associated with that traveller, will be removed from history to contain any damage. Unfortunately, this 'traveler' has exposed crucial details to Ohkara, and the saiyan Celeh. Which means that if YOU Dont deal with this problem, People you love and cherish, will be removed. Permanently." She added, before turning her back to Ethan, and sighed.

"It pains me to ask this of you, but what the Elder Council does is out of my control. And I don't want anything to happen to my dear sweet Ohkara... Even at the risk of a Paradox of historical proportions. IF you dont believe me, Ask your 'Intelligence' people to look up 'Astra Luxun'. You will find nothing but some surveillance footage, and the name belonging to that address I gave you." as she kept looking away from Ethan. She had decided not to kill Ethan, since he seemed to be capable enough of a tool for her own purposes, though she was sincere about not wanting harm to come to Ohkara. Having a time traveller put a nasty dent in her plans to woo the spunky woman she had spent some intimate time with, but she had to swallow what pride she had as a Delithian, and 'enlist' Ethans help.

[Ethan Snow]

“Heh, there's a whole lot more spunk where that came from.” Ethan shot back. “Now unless you start talking a little less crazy, you're going to see just how much of it I am packing.” the teen went on and took a moment to unzip the front of his coat. “I don't know who the hell you're talking about or what for that matter, but it sounds a heck of a lot like murder to me and if you know what's good for you, you'll stop now.”

Of course she wasn't about to stop and the gibberish about timelines and wiping people out was just window dressing for this nutty woman's delusions. Clearly she wanted him to go to this address and dared him to look up the individual who was supposedly there claiming there would be no result. “Of course there wouldn't be a result if the person you're talking about simply doesn't exist. Made up people don't have identities you can track.” Ethan replied. “You're fix'n to make yourself into a big problem tonight though and I don't like problems when I haven't had my dinner. So you're either going to buzz off or we're going to fight. You pick.” the boy concluded and shrugged the coat off of his toned, muscular shoulders and let it drop to the wooden floor of the pier.

[Ethar Luxun]

Sighing again, she was starting to regret asking this guy for help, but she had one last thing she had to try before resorting to violence. "Fine, if you dont beleive me..." She said, before reaching in her cleavage again, and this time, taking out a small photograph. She saw Ethan taking his coat off, getting ready to fight. It was as if Violence was the only thing he wanted.

Holding up the photo, so Ethan could see what the photo was of, The teen would be able to see it was a family photo. The couple in it was definitely two people he knew. Ethar and Celeh, but they actually looked quite a bit more matured then they presently were, but the main eye catcher, was the 3rd person infront of them. Posing with them in the picture, was a young girl with long brown hair, and blue eyes that matched Ethar's own hair and eyes. But the young girl seemed to have a more proud stance, something that matched Celehs. And the young girl even had a Saiyan tail, and was wearing royal attire, much like how the older appearing Ethar and Celeh did.

"Does this photograph help at all? Surely something like this must help clarify a few things. I stole this photograph from the young woman after she had dropped it. It is one hundred percent genuine." She said, but if Ethan would try to reach for the Photo, She would let him have it since she had no use for it.

[Ethan Snow]

“Lady lady lady lady...” Ethan interrupted without making a move to take the photograph. “All that picture shows me is that you planned what ever this trap is half way decently and have know a half an equally half way decent photo-shop expert.” the blue haired teen continued as he kicked his coat away to get it out from underfoot. “You really should learn when to give up because I'm not buying what every it is you're trying to sell me. If you want to start crap with Ethar and Ohkara, or Ethar and Celeh, or Ohkara and Celeh, you go do it to their faces, I'm not some middle man you can use to ruin people's friendships. Now I've been about as patient as I am gon'na be. I'm recommending you just walk away now and leave me to get my dinner.”

[Ethar Luxun]

Shaking her head in disappointment, Adriana put the photo away. "Fine, If you want to get rough, I shall oblige." She said, as an ominous wind kicked up around her, but her dress didnt move an inch as her Delithian powers were put at their maximum of 450,000. Her aura glowed as black as the night, seemingly absorbing all the light around her.

Even with all her power that had started to pour out, even though without the ability to sense energy could feel the immense pressure around the demon woman.

Holding a hand up, palm facing towards Ethan. "If you will not heed my advice, then I have no use for even your corpse!" She said as a shock wave of immense power erupted from her hand. A Kiai, and from someone with 450,000 PL, it would pack a hell of a wallop.

[Ethan Snow]

Already on edge around the strange woman, Ethan was already on guard when she raised her palm towards him and as soon as that move was made, the boy's muscles tensed up. The now shirtless teen expected an energy attack in the form of a beam or a ball, and so raised his arms in defense. Instead though he was hit with something so basic that he'd all but forgotten about the technique from his early lessons. The kaiai instead of being a beam or ball was essentially a pressure wave exploding from around the user, a basic defensive move. In spite of his defensive preparations, the wave hit Ethan over every exposed surface and launched the blue haired boy back and skyward. The impact was breathtaking, indeed it had felt like a soft, gloved fist has smashed him in his face, chest, stomach and below, all at the same time. Needless to say, it took the tumbling teen a few moments to get his baring and form his flying surf board under him, by which time he'd flown a considerable distance down the pier.

Hovering now in mid air, Ethan looked back to where the woman was and then examined his surroundings. He couldn't carry on a fight here, there were too many people in the marina alone, yet he doubted the woman would follow him far, so he had no option but to attempt to kite her the short distance he thought he could get away with. This meant that he would use the abandoned piers a few blocks further along, a place he knew from his contest with Matsuko. That in mind, the cheeky teen flew the demon lady the bird and then darted down into the abandoned area, slow enough to ensure that she could see where he was going.