"You are ... who?" Xu Wenwu asked.
"Dad.. This is John Jameson.. Owner of Disney." Shang whispered in the ears of his father, a little embarrassingly. Shang was a great fan of John. John was the one who had literally made his childhood special. With all his works, starting from the Lion King to all the animes.
The movies, the series, the superheroes.... everything!! For Shang, John was the actual hero. He had seen his father with his 10 rings so in a way he had seen power so he wasn't that fascinated by it as he grew up.
Honestly, he wanted to know more about Mom's place rather than Dad's, which had nothing but destruction. His mother managed to defeat his father even when he had the 10 rings. Thus Shang was more attracted to art rather than fights. And John for him was the greatest creator of all time.
<Kid, I am just a guy with a plug-in. I am no creator>
Now, his real life superhero had shown up and he couldn't contain himself. He almost stepped forward and asked for an autograph.
"John? John Jameson. You are the one my son chirps about all day?" Xu said but he had already taken out all the rings and they were circling around him. He didn't know how he sneaked in here which was middle of nowhere and more importantly he was able to stop his rings like it was nothing.
This had never happened before. He had seen the superheroes do heroic things on TV but he never cared. Not until now. He cursed himself a bit for being sloppy and never taking a note on all the powered beings which had recently shown up.
"Your son? Shang? Eh!! Why does he speak about me?" John asked as he was confused. It was the first time he heard someone talking about him.
"You know my name..."
"You know my son's name too..."
Both spoke at the same moment and in total different tones. Xu's voice had more of caution while Shang had more of elation. John didn't reply and started walking on the side to the spaceship. Goku had already opened his eyes and was crawling his way out of the spaceship full butt naked.
The family of 4 thought stepped back seeing John walking towards the spaceship. Xu thought John would attack them but was relieved. When John started walking he used the rings to surround his family, as a defence.
He never felt so vulnerable before.
His family was in the cross hairs of someone who he had no idea about. And somehow thousands of years of instincts told him that this John Jameson wasn't just a simple piece of cake.
John went down the crater where the spaceship had landed and finally stood right in front of Goku. Goku looked up at John and gave a smile. He stretched as if to say to pick him up and hug him.
"No!! please don't kill him. He is still a child.... Husband please tell him not to kill the child.. " Ying Li screamed as she thought that John would kill him. She had heard what his children said about their origin but she couldn't believe any child would be that cruel to be so violent right from the start.
John was surprised and turned back to look at her. he didn't expect he was labeled as a murderer in her eyes just because he showed up where Goku landed.
"Uhh.. Do I look like a demon to you?"
All of the 4 stiffened when John asked that. When John showed up they all thought he was here to kill the baby, after all Dragon Ball was John's story and from a logical point of view Saiyans were enemies. They loved killing. Though at the end Vegeta mellowed down a lot, it could never be denied that Raditz, Nappa, Brolly were all blood thirsty.
And just now the way John blocked the rings, they thought he was here to kill the baby. Even Shang, who was a great fan of John, thought the same.
"Are you not here to kill the child on behalf of the Avengers?" Ying Li asked.
"Of course not. I am here on a mission." John said.
"What mission?" Xu asked.
"Peace in our time." John said as he finally took Goku in his arms. They were surprised that Goku here was still a calm and cute child and showed no sense of violence.
"You are here to take him away?" Ying Li was relieved that John didn't show any hostility to the child but was a little scared. If John took the child away to the Avengers it would mean that this child would be brought up in a militaristic surroundings.
"No. I am here for you to take him." John said.
"Huh!!"
"Eh.."
"What?"
All 4 of them were taken aback by these sudden words. John started walking towards them with Goku in his arms. Xu was still fearful of John and took the rings again in his hands to attack him if he made any funny moves.
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Xu's home.
John was sitting with Goku still in his arms and feeding a bottle of milk which he had brought out from his vault. The family of 4 sat on the opposite looking at John. Ying Li couldn't hold it any more and finally invited John to their home.
Of course Xu said no at the beginning as he didn't trust him but the enthusiasm of Shang and his wife overwhelmed and so he finally accepted this and invited him in.
John took the tea pot and sipped the tea that Ying Li just served. Xu looked at John as he was a little surprised by this casual behavior of John. Though he didn't know what kind of power John had but few minutes ago it was him who attacked John.
And now he was acting like it never happened. If anyone had done the same thing to him he would have crushed his hands for this blasphemy.
"Aren't you worried that we might have poisoned the tea." Xu said.
"Husband, what are you saying.. He is our guest.. You should apologize.. Ying Li said in an anxious tone as she thought his words might have insulted John.
"After so many years you are still so defensive Xu. Relax a bit. Not everybody is after you and your family. I don't think you will go down so low as to poison your enemies. Especially someone who just has a child in his arms." John said.
Xu got startled a bit, because it seemed like John here knew of his identity. Just that he knew that he had been living for so many years and he mentioned it casually meant he knew all along.
"Why are you here? To take me away and lock me?" Xu asked.
"Lock you? Why? Do I look like I am here to imprison you?" John was surprised by this absurd question. He was here for Goku but it seemed like Xu wasn't going to let go of his paranoia.
"Please forgive my father's rude behavior, he is a very old man and he still needs to learn the modern day ethics. From your words you seem to know of us and even our names but we really don't know anything about you." Shang said.
"With that being said can you give me your autograph and a selfie later?" Shang continued.
"Eh! Autograph.. Hahahah.. For the first time someone had asked me this. Sure after the end of the conversation I can give you one. Now can we talk about the baby here?" John said.
"What about him? It is apparent that you have powers and since the baby here is special you can take him to the Ring or whatever that is called and raise him. Our family will have nothing to do with this."
"Uhh.." Ying Li wanted to say something but was stopped by Xu. He really didn't want anything to do with this Saiyan child and wanted him away. His instincts told him that the child specifically landed near his home and John had some ulterior motives.
"That won't do Mr. Wenwu. I am here to give this child for you to adopt. You have no other choice." John said as he finished drinking his tea. He had to admit Chinese people had a different kind of talent for tea making. All the 3's eyes shined when John said that.
They had already guessed from the previous words of John that he wanted them to adopt this Saiyan child. Though they weren't sure why John wanted them to adopt, the whole idea of having a Saiyan sibling was a whole new matter.
"No. According to the story you created he is an alien and violent character. I admit I have tried conquering the world, but I don't want to be the reason for the destruction of humanity here." Xu said.
"I can understand but Goku here isn't the same Goku in the series that I made. He is a Saiyan for sure but a calm one, not the one with the destructive mind. And you will have to adopt him no matter what. It's your redemption arc. If you don't, the Avengers will come and imprison you and your precious ten rings won't be able to stop any of us. You have committed enough crimes to land you in jail till your death if not death penalty"
The rings in his hand shone when John spoke those words. Those were words of blatant threat. John had sympathy for the family but not for Xu. He was a mad man and was hell bent on conquering the world once, even conquering Ta Lo.
Those kinds of people always needed to be in check and League had done a perfect job in keeping him away.
"Are you threatening me?" Xu asked.
"Threat? Are you even worthy of that?" John said and the next moment various spears started emerging from behind him from his Gate of Babylon.
Shang and Xialing, who had been silent all this time, shuddered when they saw that. They knew what kind of power now John had.
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