Outbreak: Paved In Blood (The Forgotten Special)

"When you all lie, dead, I will no longer have to listen to the endless babbling of worthless scum."

- "The Benefactor"

(Please note that many people are killed in this story, often times in horrifying, or graphic ways. If you can't handle that, then please do not read The Forgotten. Also, the 3rd and 4th sagas deal with heavily mature themes; these will be redacted for posts on this site. However, I can not guarantee that the story will be "whole" without them. In addition, due to the nature of reality, some people swear, and some of my characters do as well. I will censor the words, but be warned, they can still be easily figured out. If you have any questions, please leave a post on my talk page, or the talk page of The Forgotten. Thanks!)

Outbreak: Paved In Blood is a TV Special of Dragon Ball Z: The Forgotten. It details the early life of the Benefactor, a strange and enigmatic character who works on Frieza's ship during the Prince Vegeta Saga, and how he got around to working for Frieza. The above notice applies particularly to this special. Deaths are gruesome and graphic, and there is one instance of swearing. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Complete Plot/Dialogue List
<642 Age>



 

Elder: Ah, another one, and this late at night…  well, come inside. Come on, child!

The Benefactor:  Thank you, sir.



Elder: Come now, warm yourself by the fire. We wouldn’t want you to catch a cold.



Elder: I’m sorry… but I don’t have any food here. If you’re hungry you will need to wait for the Council. They give us our daily allowance of food in the morning.

The Benefactor:  It’s fine. I’m grateful that you let me come in for the night.  I truly am.



The Benefactor: All these people live here?

Elder: This town was once a quiet place, with only a few families. But since the great war… so many refugees have come. I fear we can not sustain them much longer.

The Benefactor: The council distributes the food by themselves? They have all the power? 

Elder: Yes, that’s right. They make decisions for all of us. Even if we don’t like them they do tend to be the right ones. That’s what I’m told, anyway…

The Benefactor:  How many are there?

Elder: The council sits seven. You weren’t looking to join, were you? It’s a hard road, that most take years to conquer.

The Benefactor: They say the harder the road, the more rewarding the journey.

Elder: Eh, I don’t know about that. There’s not even an opening.

The Benefactor: It is full?

Elder: For now. We have several aging members that hope to retire soon… so maybe not for much longer. But talking of these things will do no good to children such as yourself.





Elder: You know, child, I never did get your name… or why you arrived on my doorstep.

The Benefactor: My name…? I don’t have one.  No, that part of me is gone…

Elder: No name? That is… strange. But you must tell me where you came from. Were you fleeing the great war?

The Benefactor: I don’t flee. I was hungry.

Elder:  I can see… did I already say that the council only gives out one meal a day? You’ll be hungry again soon, I’m afraid.

The Benefactor: <BOWING HIS HEAD> The hunger never truly goes away. It will be no different this time. <GETS UP> Please excuse me. <WALKS OUT>

<THE BENEFACTOR MAKES HIS WAY TO THE LARGEST BUILDING IN THE TOWN, WHERE HE BELIEVES THE COUNCIL IS>

<HE ENTERS THE ROOM, IT IS REGAL, NOT UNLIKE A HUGE COURTHOUSE; WHISPERING ECHOES THROUGH THE HALLWAYS; HE PROCEEDS INTO A HUGE OPEN SPACE, ABOVE THE WALLS SIT THE COUNCILORS>

Councilor Perspicacious: Child, tell us why you have come. What do you seek?

The Benefactor: Are you the council?

Councilor 3: We are the chosen, yes.

Councilor 6: So, what do you require of us?

The Benefactor: I heard that one of you is to step down. I would like to replace him.

Councilor Perspicacious: We are not here to indulge in rumors and petty gossip.

The Benefactor: <LOOKING AROUND FOR THE OLDEST OF THE COUNCILORS> You <POINTS TO A COUNCILOR ON THE RIGHT TO HIM>… it will be you.

<THE COUNCIL ALL TURNS, THERE IS A RIPPLE OF SHOCK THAT CAN BE ALMOST FELT>

Councilor Sagacious: You are sharp, young one.

Councilor Perspicacious: The answer is no. Each successor must be carefully studied, and pass many tests before they can rise to this prestigious position. It is inappropriate for us to continue to discuss this. Leave.

<THE BENEFACTOR LEAVES, ARROGANCE IS ABOUT HIM>

<IT IS LATE AT NIGHT, THE BENEFACTOR IS SITTING OUTSIDE THE ELDER’S FRONT DOOR, THE ELDER COMES OUT, LOOKING FOR HIM>

Elder: Child, what are you doing out here? It’s so cold. <SHIVERS>

The Benefactor: What are the challenges that one must complete to become a councilor?

Elder: Are you still hung up about that? That… position is reserved for our most respected members. You’ve been here not even a day, and already talk of joining the council?

The Benefactor: I know fear when I see it. This city is gripped with fear, all because of the council. They control everything.

Elder: I already said it takes years of training to even take the challenges.

The Benefactor: Life is not predictable.

<IN THE MORNING, THE TOWN IS ABUZZ>

The Benefactor: <WALKING OUTSIDE, TO THE FOOD LINE> What’s all the commotion?

Elder: It’s the councilor Sagacious! He’s been found dead! <THE BENEFACTOR LOOKS UNCONCERNED, ALMOST CURIOUS>

Woman 1: Isn’t it terrible? The council probably thinks it was us!

Man 1: What will we do if the council stops giving us our food? We’ll go hungry!

The Benefactor: You don’t want to ever go hungry, trust me.

<IT IS THE NEXT DAY, THE COUNCIL IS EVALUATING A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE GATHERED TO BE ASSESSED BY THE COUNCIL>

Councilor Perspicacious: <WALKING UP AND DOWN THE LINE> Unfortunately, tragedy dictates this. Each of you has been selected to potentially replace the late Councilor Sagacious. To pass the tests will not be easy, you may even be killed. But fear not, I- <THE BENEFACTOR ENTERS THE ROOM>

Councilor 3: Child, you are not permitted in this area. We are busy today. Please remove yourself, before we call security.

The Benefactor: Busy? I’m busy. I’m going to become the next councilor.

Councilor 4: You have not been chosen, leave now before you are forced to.

Councilor Perspicacious: Councilor, fret not. If he has the heart, whatever his age, whatever is past, we will let him show us his true self. <THE BENEFACTORS FLASHES A RARE SMILE>

(voice over section)

The Benefactor: Knowledge. <SHOWS ALL “RECRUITS” LEARNING, FROM THE COUNCILORS THEMSELVES, BOOKS AND CHALKBOARDS ARE SEEN> I was sure to learn it all.

The Benefactor: Justice. <SHOWS ALL RECRUITS BEING TESTED WITH A COURT-LIKE MOCK TRIAL> I was always good at pretending.

The Benefactor: Audacity. <SHOWS THE BENEFACTOR BEING THE FIRST TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, ETC…> I alone had it.

The Benefactor: Courage. <SHOWS PERSPICACIOUS WITH THE REMAINING RECRUITS ON A MOUNTAIN, HE BEGINS TALKING>

Councilor Perspicacious: Three of you remain. Our last test is of courage. You have already experienced this in the council chambers. Tonight, however, you will have to show true, practical courage. You will spend the night here on the Mountain of Tears. Aptly named, for when we return in the morning, only one will be chosen. Goodnight, and sleep tight. <THE COUNCILORS LEAVE>

<AS THE SUN SETS, THE BENEFACTOR SITS, NONCHALANTLY, ON A ROCK; THE OTHER TWO ARE SCARED>

<THE SUN RISES, AND THE COUNCIL RETURNS; THE BENEFACTOR IS IN THE SAME PLACE AS THEY LEFT HIM, STILL CONFIDENT>

The Benefactor: <JUMPS OFF THE ROCK, LANDS IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL> You know, they screamed all night. I could barely sleep.

Councilor Perpicacious: <TO HIS SECURITY GUARDS> Do a check, see if you can find them, or any remains, if that’s what it comes to. <THE SECURITY GUARDS LEAVE>

Councilor Perpicacious: So we wait.

The Benefactor: <DEFIANTLY> The food stores will be open to all, at all times, as my first act.

Councilor Perpicacious: <SCANNING THE HORIZON FOR THE OTHER TWO> All in due time.

<THE SECURITY RETURN; ONE WHISPERS INTO PERPICACIOUS’ EAR>

Councilor Perspicacious: Very well. <SIGHS> What’s your name, kid?

The Benefactor: I have no name.

Councilor Perspicacious: Then we will give you one. <TURNS TO THE OTHER COUNCILORS> Any suggestions?

Councilor 4: How about Iniquitous.

<LAUGHTER ERUPTS, BRIEFLY>

Councilor Perspicacious: A deserving title, perhaps? Very well. Come now, Councilor Iniquitous… we have things to discuss. <ALL LEAVE THE MOUNTAIN>

<A FEW SCENES ARE SHOWN, ALL WHERE THE BENEFACTOR IS BEING ASSERTIVE, ALMOST TO THE POINT WHERE THE OTHER COUNCILORS BECOME SHOCKED; HIS HORROR STARTS TO MANIFEST ITSELF TO THEM>

<SOME TIME HAS PASSED, THE BENEFACTOR IS NOW AN ADULT>

<THE ELDER IS STANDING AT HIS FRONT DOOR THE BENEFACTOR IS WITH HIM, A NOTICIABLE SHIFT IN BODY LANGUAGE IS PRESENT, HE HAS MALICE ABOUT HIM>

Elder: It looks like rain.

The Benefactor: <SITTING ON THE DOORSTEP, MESSING AROUND WITH A PIECE OF GRASS> A storm, I think. And one like we have never seen before.

Elder: Iniquitous, you have done good to this village. All your changes have given us a fresh start. We can finally live now, without fear of hunger.

The Benefactor: The council takes credit.

Elder: Heh, don’t listen to them. Without you, we would be starving in the streets.

<A CROWD IS GATHERING OUTSIDE, IT IS GAINING NOISE QUICKLY>

Woman 2: <WITHIN THE CROWD OF PEOPLE> The council! They’re refusing our food. We’ll starve!

Man 1: Let’s revolt then. Kill the bastards! We don’t need them!

The Benefactor: <WALKING FORWARD> Ladies, gentlemen, that is not needed. I am a councilor after all… I’ll go fix things right now. I’m sure it was a mistake… <THE BENEFACTOR WALKS OFF, THE PEOPLE HAVE SETTLED DOWN A BIT>

<THE BENEFACTOR ENTERS THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, THE COUNCIL IS HUDDLED TOGETHER IN A CORNER, HE APPROACHES THEM, THEIR WHISPERING IS DEAFENING>

The Benefactor: Councilors, you are refusing the people food? There must have been an error. Come now, let’s rectify this.

Councilor 2: We turned it off ourselves. By popular vote. This is a democracy.

The Benefactor: <STILL CALM> Give it whatever name you want, councilor, it still doesn’t hide the fact that it’s bull****.

Councilor Perspicacious: <APPALLED> Iniquitous, that is no way to talk…

The Benefactor: Give the people what they want, what they need, and there will be no trouble.

Councilor 3: We have decided against it. Our food stores are running low… we need to prioritize our remaining stores.

The Benefactor: <STILL CALM, ALMOST HAUNTINGLY SO> Then your time on this world is has come to an end.

Councilor: <FLANKED BY THE REST OF THE COUNCIL> Is that a threat, Iniquitous?

The Benefactor: <STANDING TALL>When you all lie, dead, I will no longer have to listen to the endless babbling of worthless scum.

Councilor Perspicacious: You delude yourself, Councilor. And take care, or we will have restrain you.

The Benefactor: Empty words from soon to be empty bodies.

Councilor Perspicacious: Pitiful, that you would forfeit yourself like this. <CALLS SECURITY> Soon, you will be lost to time, and history is never as forgiving as we are.

Councilor 3: In you I see there’s hate for life, and death in hate. There will be no glory, no mourning for you, where you are going. You will be forever alone in your own personal hell.

The Benefactor: My good councilor… <WALKS UP TO THE COUNCILER, GRABS HIS THROAT, LIFTS HIM OFF THE GROUND> I wouldn’t have it any other way. <RIPS OUT THE COUNCILOR’S THROAT, THROWS HIM TO THE GROUND; THE BENEFACTOR IS COVERED IN BLOOD>

Councilor 2: What have you do- <HE IS HIT WITH AN ENERGY BLAST, RIPPING OUT HIS ARM, AND EXPOSING HIS VITAL ORGANS, WHICH QUICKLY STOP FUNCTIONING>

Councilor 4: Security! Security! <THE BENEFACTOR SHOOTS A BEAM OF ENERGY THAT IMPALES THE COUNCILOR TO A WALL>

The Benefactor: Remember my story? <SHOOTS A BLAST THAT SPLITS COUNCILOR 7 IN HALF> That of a poor orphan with nowhere to go… just happening to come upon this quiet village. Well, I lied.

Councilor 6: What?! <FEAR AND PANIC CONSUME HIM AS HIS COWERS IN A CORNER>

The Benefactor: The great war, the fabled atrocities that stand upon the edge of memory, I was not running from them. No, these wars were my greatest achievements. As only a child I could kill hundreds with the utmost ease. So, I did.

Councilor 6: Please… stop… I won’t do any- <THE BENEFACTOR VAPORIZES HIM WITH A SINGLE BLAST>

The Benefactor: And, Perspicacious…<TURNS BACK AROUND> the billions I killed, they never screamed so much as your fellow councilors. Funny, isn't it?

Councilor Perspicacious: <THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE KILLING SPREE, HE HAS NOT MOVED, HE HAS A GRAVE LOOK ON HIS FACE> Knowledge. Justice. Audacity. Courage. These were all the right tests, all the right things to look for. But there was one more we missed. One test we should have added. Trust. <LONG PAUSE> Something so trivial as that <TURNS TO FACE THE BENEFACTOR, WALKS SLOWLY TOWARD HIM>, could have prevented this whole mess from taking place. <RIGHT AS HE GETS UP TO THE BENEFACTOR, THE BENEFACTOR SHOOTS A BLAST INTO HIS FACE, DECAPITATING HIM>

The Benefactor: Sleep tight.

<AT THE SAME MOMENT, ZARBON, DODORIA, AND SOME SOLDIERS LAND ON THE PLANET, THEY ARE HERE TO CONQUER IT FOR LORD FRIEZA>

Zarbon: <GETTING OUT OF HIS POD> <DOES A QUICK SCAN WITH HIS SCOUTER> Nothing. That’s strange. This world was supposed to be a challenge. The report said it’s population was eight billion.

Dodoria: <GETTING OUT OF HIS OWN POD> You sure yours isn’t broken again, Zarbon. Here, let me check. <DODORIA SCANS WITH HIS SCOUTER, SAME RESULT> Damn it. I guess you were right.

Zarbon: There must have been a war or famine… <THE ARE WHERE THEY LANDED IN IS DESTROYED, BROKEN BUILDINGS AND SKELETONS LITTER THE GROUND> look, everything’s in ruins. <HIS SCOUTER GOES OFF> Hang on, I’m getting a pretty large power reading from over there. <LOOKS EAST> Let’s check it out.

<ALL ARRIVE AT THE TOWN WHERE THE BENEFACTOR WAS>

Dodoria: <STARING DOWN AT THE TOWNSPEOPLE> Now this is what I’m talkin’ about. Look at ‘em. They’re just asking to be blown to bits.

Zarbon: <TO HIS SQUAD> All of you, flank south around back. I’ll head in from here. Remember I want this place to remain undamaged, if possible. Dodoria, that means you hold your temper.

Dodoria: Yeah, whatever Zarbon. I’ll go I want to.

Zarbon: No significant power levels. This should go without incident. <MOVES FORWARD, OTHERS GO AROUND BACK; ALL BEGIN DESTROYING THE VILLAGE, KILLING THOUSANDS>

<AFTER A WHILE, THERE IS NO MORE MOVEMENT, AND NO MORE POWER LEVELS CAN BE FOUND ON THE ENTIRE PLANET, THE SQUAD REGROUPS>

Dodoria: That was quick. Lord Frieza’ll sure be pleased.

<AFTER A WHILE, THERE IS NO MORE MOVEMENT, AND NO MORE POWER LEVELS CAN BE FOUND ON THE ENTIRE PLANET, THE SQUAD REGROUPS>

Dodoria: That was quick. Lord Frieza’ll sure be pleased.

<OUT OF THE SMOKE, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM, THE BENEFACTOR WALKS FORWARD, HE IS STILL BLOODIED>

Dodoria: Hang on! Who’s this!?

<THE BENEFACTOR CONTINUES WALKING, STOPS AT THE DEAD BODY OF THE ELDER, HE KNEELS, CLOSES THE EYES OF THE ELDER>

The Benefactor: I made it easy for you guys, huh? Only a single village to conquer.

Zarbon: Are you responsible for the massacre of this planet?

The Benefactor: <REMAINS KNEELING, LOOKING AT THE ELDER> <QUIETLY, TO HIMSELF> Born in blood…

Zarbon: Answer me, fool!

<THE BENEFACTOR REMAINS SILENT>

Zarbon: <TO SOLDIERS> Kill him. <THE SOLDIERS SHOOT BLASTS AT THE BENEFACTOR, THEY ALL COMBINE AND EXPLODE ON HIM; WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS, HE IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN>

Frieza Soldier 1: We got hi- <THE BENEFACTOR PUNCHES HIM FROM BEHIND, PUSHING HIS HAND THROUGH THE SOLDIER’S CHEST; HE FIRES ENERGY BLASTS OUT OF HIS HAND, WHICH IS STILL PUSHED THROUGH THE SOLDIER’S CHEST, THE BLASTS KILL ALL THE OTHER SOLDIERS BESIDES ZARBON AND DODORIA>

Zarbon: That was unnecessary <THE BENEFACTOR REMOVES HIMSELF FROM THE SOLDIER>.

Dodoria: Hey, Zarbon… you think we can take him.

Zarbon: <READS HIS POWER LEVEL, IT IS OVER 50,000; OBVIOUSLY THE TWO COULD NOT TAKE HIM ON> You, what is your name?

The Benefactor: Me? I have no name. For no name would suit me.

Zarbon: H-how… how about you come work with us? Under Lord Frieza. You can conquer all the planets you want, just like this one.

The Benefactor: <LOOKING AROUND AT THE BODIES> I‘m all alone now. <PAUSE> Take me to Frieza, then.

Zarbon: Good choice. Here, we have an extra pod that you can use. <PRESSES A BUTTON, THE PODS FLY OVER> Just get in it, and it’ll take you to Lord Frieza.

<THE BENEFACTOR THROWS A SMALL ENERGY BALL ONTO THE GROUND BEFORE HE LEAVES, IT DOES NOT EXPLODE>

<THE PODS REACH LORD FRIEZA’S SHIP, WHICH IS HOVERING OVER THE PLANET; THE THREE EXIT AND WALK TO FRIEZA’S QUARTERS>

Zarbon: Be polite, and always address him as Lord Frieza.

<ALL THREE ENTER>

Trivia

 * This is the earliest point in The Forgotten's timeline, taking place over one hundred years before the start of the Prince Vegeta Saga.
 * Therefore, it could be said that the Benefactor is the first character introduced in the series (chronologically).
 * The characters appearing in this story are not human. They are all of the same reptillian race as the Benefactor.
 * This is the only instance in the series where Dodoria is shown.
 * The writing style of this special is more indirect and symbolic than the rest of the series. This coincides with the Benefactor's personality.