TRTSS10: Planet Ranma! – By DS Wynne
Disclaimer: R1/2, SM, ST and other genres belong to their respective owners.
Note: This is a multi-genre story.
Special Note: This is a story based upon Marvel Comic's "Planet Hulk" storyline.
Author's Note: This is an idea that popped into my head. With Ranma and Usagi being so involved in the world of superheroes, would everyone "in the know" feel threatened by them? Let's find out, shall we?
Part 1
It can be said that the immortal martial arts master, Ranma Saotome, has experienced a great number of things, both as himself and as his female guise. Between himself and his lovely wife, the legendary "Moon Princess" known as "Sailor Moon", it is safe to say that their legacy has made a significant impact on the development of the human race. Ranma would much rather do things to avoid such a responsibility, primarily because he, based upon his own considerable experience, does not want to have a target painted on his back. Still, Ranma recognizes that it was his fate to attract the WRONG kind of attention, whether it was intentional or not…like now.
"Uhhhhh," Ranma-onna said (i.e. Ranma as a female), as she wakes up with a splitting headache. "Did I get drunk at a party or something…?"
Just then, Ranma-onna realized something.
One, Ranma-onna was bound…next to a sleeping Dr. Robert Bruce Banner, also known as "The Hulk".
And, two, both she and the Hulk were in space.
"What the hell is this?" Ranma-onna said to herself. The last thing she recalls was undergoing a dangerous, covert mission (hence Ranma's use of his female guise) with Banner to deactivate a HYDRA satellite system safely. Banner, being the resident expert on Gamma radiation, came a long to neutralize the power core, since it utilized Gamma radiation. However, upon neutralizing the core, some sort of alarm system was activated that emitted a toxin gas, indicating to her that a trap had been set…
"Uhhhhh…"
Ranma-onna turns to see Banner slowly waking up.
"Hey, Doc," Ranma-onna said.
"Wha-?" Banner replied, as he opened his eyes. "Did…did we succeed?"
"Not sure," Ranma-onna said, realizing that her bounds were specifically tailored to her abilities as an escape artist. Well, almost…
"Apparently, we got captured or something," Ranma-onna said, as she casually slipped from her bonds. "As if anything can't keep me bound for long."
"But, where are we-?" Banner said excitedly, just as a pre-recording activates.
CLICK!
A holographic image of some familiar faces appears in front of Ranma-onna and Banner.
"What does 'Iron-Tool' want?" Ranma-onna said with a smirk, as she began to free Banner.
"I apologize for this…inconvenience," Iron Man said. "However, giving the nature of the threat that is Dr. Banner's 'Hulk' persona, it has been decided that contingency matters are to be implemented. Sadly, that includes you, Ronin."
"Ronin" was Ranma-onna's superhero moniker. Usually, Ranma-onna dresses in a full-body commando suit (with the mask as an option, depending on the circumstances).
"WHAT?" Ranma-onna and Banner yell in unison.
"You and Banner will be taken, via space-ship, to a world where you two will live out a full life together. To insure that Banner has companionship, your body has been 'locked' to prevent you from being male ever again. What you two do on your new world, well, is none of my business."
"That son-of-a-"
"But look on the bright side: I will be there to console Usagi for her loss."
"Oh, I get it," Ranma-onna said with disgust. "This is all the time I took Tony's women from under his nose…"
"I hope that your new lives bring you both the peace you two richly deserve…"
CHIRP!
And with that, the message deactivates.
"He's dead," Ranma-onna said, as she cracked her knuckles. She was wasn't particularly concerned about having her present form locked in place, since it wasn't the first time she has faced such a situation. Once she gets out of this particular jam, she'll beat the cure out of his rival…
"Or close to it, once we return home-"
"No!" Banner said, as he desperately tried to get out of his bonds. "I don't want to leave Earth-"
Ranma-onna sensed Banner's energies build up.
"Doc, you got to calm down-!"
"BETTY!" Banner yells, as he becomes the Hulk. "GRWAARRRL-!"
"Oh, boy…"
Hours later, on some unknown planet in the Milky Way Galaxy's "Uncharted Territories" (areas of space that were "unincorporated"), a lone craft from Earth crashes.
WHAM!
A few minutes later, the Hulk and Ranma-onna emerges from the wreck.
"Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing," Ranma-onna said.
"Some landing," the Hulk said. In recent years, the Hulk has steadily evolved to possess all the qualities of his previous incarnations. These days, the Hulk was intelligent (the Banner aspect), cleaver (the Gray Hulk aspect) and angry (the Green Hulk aspect). He preferred being the Hulk to that of being just Bruce Banner, since, as just Banner, he was a bit of a 'milk-toast' type…
"Well, if you didn't throw that temper-tantrum, I could have taken us back to Earth. But NOOOOOO! You had to wreck the guidance and propulsion system. So now, we're lost-"
The Hulk suddenly picks up Ranma-onna, enveloping her with his entire hand.
"SAY one more thing, little girl," the Hulk said with menace.
"Okay," Ranma-onna replied. "I am the only one, out of the two of us, that knows out to return home, smart guy."
The Hulk growls, as he lets go.
"Oof!"
"How long before we can do something about our present situation?" the Hulk said.
"We'll, assuming that you're in the mood, we should run a systems check…such as it is," Ranma-onna said, as she scans the wreck ship. "Also, I need to figure out where we are."
"So?"
"So, I know some people who routinely roam the space ways, like the Green Lantern Corp."
"If you know them, get a hold of them."
"Hulk, the Universe is divided into three thousand, six-hundred sectors of space, with two Green Lanterns covering each sector. I may not be a brainiac like you, Hulk, but that is a lot of territory to cover. If I know where we are, I might be able to figure out how to contact somebody who could contact the Green Lantern Corp. If I had my power ring, this wouldn't be a problem, but I don't."
"Humph," the Hulk said.
"But I think the first thing we should do is locate food and shelter," Ranma-onna said. "There are supplies onboard, but I want to make sure that we have contingencies."
"Why?"
"I don't know, but the gravity, atmosphere and planet feels weird to me," Ranma-onna said, as she rubbed her shoulders. "In fact, I don't feel like I am at my peak…"
"Come to think of it, I feel it too," said the Hulk, as he flexed his hands. "But I doubt that there is anything on this miserable rock that can harm ME. You, maybe, but not ME."
"Ha, ha, very funny-"
SKREEEE!
Ranma-onna and the Hulk both turn to see insect-warriors, many of them were almost as tall as the Hulk.
"As you were saying, 'genius'?" Ranma-onna quipped.
"Feh," the Hulk said, as he cracked his knuckles. "As if some bugs will give us trouble…"
Hours later…
"No trouble, huh?" Ranma-onna said, as she, the Hulk and other recently captured slaves were being taken to market filled with all manner of creatures, mostly humanoids with either gray skin or crimson skin. The initial fight between the off-worlders and the nomadic insect warriors went well. However, as the fight went on, both Ranma-onna and the Hulk felt as if their respective strengths and powers was being sapped…before the two of them were finally subdued. Now, they were being taken to market to be sold either as slaves…or as food. Luckily, Ranma-onna had "translator microbes" implanted in her cerebral cortex, while the Hulk had a "translation node" injected into him by the slavers. And thanks to those translation "tools", the Terran pair learned that they were on a planet called "Sakaar", which is dominated by the crimson skinned or gray skinned "Sakaarans". All other sentient life forms managed to wind up on Sakaar thanks to the machinations of the despotic "Red King", a Sakaaran who routinely seeks to amuse himself by pitting different species against each other in the form of gladiatorial games. Most likely, Ranma-onna and the Hulk will face such a situation…
"Hey, aren't you strong enough to get us out of here?" Ranma-onna said, as she jerked her chains.
"Tried," the Hulk said. "Too weak still, and these chains are made from a material that is stronger than adamantium."
"Hmmm," Ranma-onna mused. She was tempted to purposely piss off the Hulk to see if his anger could break them out of their present predicament. Then again, she did not want to risk the lives of innocents, nor does want to "tip" the Hulk's hand by revealing how his powers work. It is the same thing in her particular case as well, where her own true prowess is concerned…
"Move over there, female!" said a Skaaran trader, as he uses his staff to knock Ranma-onna forward.
THUMP!
"Oof!" Ranma-onna said, as she fought to maintain her footing.
"Heeheehee!" the Hulk chortled.
"Laugh it up…Bruce," Ranma said with a mischievous smile.
"I told you never to call me that, pipsqueak," the Hulk said with a slight growl.
"Oh, yeah?" Ranma-onna said, as she glances backwards. "What are YOU going to do?"
The Hulk gives a nasty smile, as he yanks his chains.
"Ulp!" Ranma-onna yelps, as she suddenly finds herself facing the Hulk's…crotch while upside. "Argh! That smell-!"
The Hulk merely chuckles, as he and the other slaves are forced onto the auction block…
Throughout the day, potential buyers examined all the new slaves, including the Hulk and Ranma-onna. From what Ranma-onna could figure out, Saakar was a planet whose gravitational field was 100 times that of Earth's, the atmosphere was considerably thinner, and that the planet itself was drawing energy from non-Skaarans. However, that didn't mean that she or the Hulk couldn't adapt…
But one thing that she was not about to adapt to were the male "pigs" that tend to "manhandle" her the first chance they get.
"What a beauty," said a crimson Skaaran, as he forced Ranma-onna to open her mouth to check her teeth. "And healthy, too."
'That bastard!' Ranma-onna yells, as she had to put up with such indignity…
The Skaaran turns to the proprietor of the market.
"I would like to see her fully…nude," the Skaaran said.
"WHAT?" Ranma-onna yelled.
"Sir, she has been thoroughly examined by medical scans," the proprietor said. "She is baseline Juraian female possessing high-levels of potential energy."
"And she was found with this…behemoth?" the Skaaran asked, as he motions towards the Hulk.
"Correct. From what I have gathered from the nomads who sold me these two, they had arrived to this world from space. A careful examination of their ship indicates that they are from the Alpha Quadrant…"
'Good,' Ranma-onna thought to herself. 'At least I know we are still in the Milky Way Galaxy, and that they know of Jurai at least…'
"Does the female have her 'light wings'?"
'How does he know-?'
"There are indications that she has them, though they are presently dormant. Most likely due to the fact that her body has yet to adapt to this planet's 'biosphere'."
"Can you activate them?" asked the potential customer.
"If I force them into activation, the process could damage her," replied the proprietor. "I will need compensation if such a thing occurs."
"Very well," the client said, as he tosses considerable coinage to the proprietor. "Proceed."
"Very, well," the proprietor said, as he took out an electronic data pad. "Here we go."
"Now, just wait a minute-" Ranma-onna began to say, just as she felt a jolt of some kind through her control disk, with was implanted close to her right collarbone
ZAAARK!
"Ugh!" Ranma-onna said, as she nearly doubled-up in pain. Sprouting close to her back were three pairs of ephemeral wings made from light.
"Six wings," the potential client said. "I'm impressed."
The Hulk looks at this situation. Now, normally, he would enjoy the humiliation that the annoying Ronin was undergoing. However, he needed him…her to get back to Earth. And so-
"No," the Hulk said in a low growl, as he reaches over and crushes the datapad in the proprietor's hand.
CRUNCH!
"Ah!" the proprietor yelped, causing his men to surround the Hulk, all of whom were leveling heavy weapons at the Hulk.
With the device destroyed, the lightwings disappeared.
"Ugh," Ranma-onna said, as she leaned on the Hulk.
"Don't!" the potential client said. "It looks like I've found something else that will amuse the Red King."
"In…what way?" the proprietor said, as he winced in pain.
"The girl is certainly worthy of being a part of the king's harem. But apparently, the green one is protective of her, which can be useful for the arena…"
The potential client turns towards one of his retainers.
"I will pay for BOTH the girl and the green one."
"I can sell the girl for a higher price-"
"Double for both then."
"SOLD!"
Ranma-onna sighs, as she looks up at the Hulk.
"Thanks, Bruce," Ranma-onna said.
"Yeah, yeah…"
Tbc.
Next Time: Ronin and the Hulk are put through a series of training regimes, before they have their first experience with the gladiatorial games at the Main Arena on Skaar. Unfortunately, their success at surviving their first day only makes matters worse! See you then!