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Chapter 1

Theme Song: Good Bye by Sr-71

"Mom…where are you?" I reached out into darkness. "Dad, I can't see….everything's black…." I groped around in the dark until my hand rested in front of me on something hard. 'A wall?' I ran my hands along it upwards until I felt something metal. 'No…a door….mom?' I had to use both of my hands to pull it down. I was small then…. The lock clicked and I pushed the door open slowly. "AHHHHHHHHHH!"

My eyes shot open. I gasped for breath as the nightmare faded and my eyes adjusted to the world around me. I had to remember where I was. I saw a wooden roof above me. Turning my head I saw two big wooden doors, some tools, and three pairs of eyes who didn't care who I was. I took deep breaths and stretched on the pile of straw I was laying on. "I am sleeping in a barn…" I reminded myself. I couldn't remember whose….no…I didn't care whose. Why should I? They were asleep in a nice house all together and I was….

My rant was interrupted by a large, scratchy tongue hitting me in the face. "Moooooo!" said the owner of the tongue. "Ewww! Belly!" I said with a small laugh as I wiped my face with my sleeve. I didn't care I was going to smell like cow for the rest of the day. Wait….day? Another scream broke through the doors and hit me in the face. The same one from the dream? No, it hadn't come from the dream. This had been the reason for my shaky awaken.

I patted Belly and speed-snuck over to the door on me heels. I peered out the door long enough to see fire before swinging it open and running out. The fire had engulfed most of the village. I couldn't tell where it had started from but I don't think that mattered now. People were running past it headed towards…the forest? I stopped and stared at them. Why weren't they going to the river to get water? Why weren't they trying to put it out?

While my back was turned someone ran smack into me and sent us both falling to the ground, me on my face. He quickly got up and grabbed my arm to help me up. "Hurry, we have to ru- AH! Not you!" The friendly help turned into a push back down. "You're the reason they're here aren't you! You wished for this! Monster!" He stepped on my back as her ran past me with the others.

I stood up and brushed the dirt off of my face and stomach. 'These people never forget anything do they? I was mad, I said some things, get over it already.' Another scream. I took off running again. The screams began to multiply and were joined by others telling them to run and crying. The crying is what struck me. It was small and kept yelling for mommy. I darted in a wide opening between two houses and saw the source on the other side.

It was a boy around my age with no shoes on and blood on his shirt and right hand. He was standing next to the body of a woman. She wasn't moving. I didn't look at it; my eyes were on the hand device pointed at the boy. I scooped up a rock as I ran towards them and threw it at the device. It hit and a light came out of it a foot from the boy, burning a hole into the ground.

I ran out in front of the boy and pushed him back as hard as I could. He went backwards a bit and fell. I turned to the device again to see it pointed at me this time. I dropped onto my hands and feet as it fired and head-butted his stomach area. It hurt my head more than him, but he was shaken long enough for me to knock the device out of his hand. I scooped it up as I ran back to the boy who was up on his feet now. I grabbed his arm and started to drag him to the opening by the buildings, but he used his free hand to hit my shoulder. It shocked me and I let go. I turned to see him staring at me in fear. I reached for him again but he just screamed and ran away towards other burning buildings. I watched him go.

The creature that had been holding the gun was charging at me now. I jumped away from his attempts to grab me. Something hit the ground behind me and I fell backwards over the hot ground. The creature finally grabbed my shirt and held me up with a laugh. I started to struggle but that only made him laugh more. In anger I pointed the device at him, closed my eyes and pushed a button with my index finger. In an instant he screamed and I hit the ground, dropping the device.

I crawled away without looking at it and took off running. The hole had come from a group of them closing in on me from the direction I was running. I didn't care. They started shooting the lights at me as I came towards them, but I dodged them and ran into the group. Some tried to hit me, others grab me, but I dodged them all. I ran past one and grabbed the knife on his hip. He tried to grab me, but I stabbed it through his hand and kept running.

I ran past bodies and ashes as the fire kept burning. It was everywhere now. I saw more and more of different creatures. Some were carrying boxes from the storage unit; others were taking things from the homes. No one bothered with me until the group I had escaped started yelling. Some who were standing around started running towards me. I changed direction and kept running. More came. I kept running in different directions and they kept coming. We played this for a while until one of them appeared in front of me.

It happened so fast I ran into his big stomach. He started laughing at me and grabbed the back of my shirt, holding me up like a rag doll. "What's going on here? Who's the kid and why are you guys not following orders?" The one holding me said. I took a look at him and started to struggle. He was BIG and pink with little spikes coming out of his skin. He wore something green over his left eye. He felt my struggle and shook me hard. I stopped.

"Dodoria, sir!?" someone said with a shaky voice. "We were-! She was-! It-!" The one called Dodoria made a low growl sound to silence him.

"You imbecile! Go do what you were ordered to! Or do I have to bother Lord Frieza with your incompetence?" he said this with a wicked smile.

"N-no sir! Of course not!" with that, they scattered to finish what they started. Dodoria laughed and turned his attention back to me.

"Well now. Aren't you a tiny little brat? Quick too. Not as fast as me of course, but it's not every day we find someone who can outrun the footmen." he shook me a little as he said it with his same smile.

I clenched my fist and made a swing for his face. He laughed at me lack of reach and let me go. Before I hit the ground he swung his foot up, hitting me in the stomach and sending me flying a few feet. Thankfully it wasn't as hard as he could do. I could tell when he connected that he was holding back. I jumped up when I hit the ground and glared at him, fists up in defense.

That got his attention. "Look at that? Not even a whimper. Your tougher then you look. But then again…" he disappeared, "so am I."

His fist connected with the back of my head and sent me flying forward, which he followed up by punching me into the ground. I laid there in pain. My body ached. I couldn't remember the last time something hurt like this. I was so used to the villagers that their attacks didn't faze me anymore. This was different. I heard him was over to me on my left and stop. He used his foot to roll me onto my back and look at me.

"What's wrong?" he mocked. "No quick comeback? Is that the end of it? Figures." He lifted his arm and pointed his hand at me. Yellow light started to form in his hand until it shaped into the form of a ball. "Nice playing with you." He shot it.


My mind was racing as they dragged me with them. Dodoria and someone else. What was his name? He had said it moments ago. I started to recollect what had just occurred. Everything had happened fast. Dodoria had attempted to shot me, but I moved. I moved faster than I ever had before. Was it instinct? A desperate survival technique? I wasn't sure. I ended up behind him and kicked him as hard as I could in the back, sending him flying. He hit the ground. That was it.

I remember everyone had seen it happen; including the one on my right who held my arm. Instead of running I had stood there staring. It didn't take long to hear the whispers from the others. That didn't make Dodoria happy. He jumped up and was back to me in an instant. "Mock me will you!" he said as he picked me up by my neck. Whatever energy I had moments before was gone. I struggled for air as he held me. I clawed at his arm, but he laughed and tightened his grip. Everything started going black as I closed my eyes.

Then a burst of sweet air entered my lungs as I hit the ground on my hands and knees. I gasped for air between coughs. There were two shadows over me now.

"Zarbon?! What was that for? Can't you see I was in the middle of killing this brat?" came Dodoria's voice. He was definitely annoyed.

"Come now, Dodoria." The other voice said. "Try thinking for once. Didn't you see the speed of her attack? Oh wait you didn't. Your face was head first in the ground. " the last sentence came out with a chuckle.

Dodoria gave a growl and placed his foot on my back. "Why you-!" I felt the pressure go away as Dodoria stumbled back. "Zarbon?" he said again.

"Enough. You're not catching what I'm saying. If she can do that now, imagine when she's older?" he questioned. "If Lord Frieza could use her, than who would get the credit for bringing her to him?" I looked up to see him smiling at Dodoria who after some thought smiled back.

Which brings me back to the dragging. I was panting as we walked. My body hurt and the back of my head was throbbing. I could taste blood in my mouth where my teeth had cut it. I only caught glimpses of things as we walked. The fire had died out now. Nothing but ashes and the stuff the invaders saved remained. Most of them were loading things up onto big metal disks.

"What are those?" I asked the one no my right. This was the first time I had really looked at him. He was taller than Dodoria, with pale skin and long, pretty green hair. He wore a ball around his forehead.

"So you can speak?" he said glancing at me. "Those are our ships. That's how we got to your planet."

"Ships?" I mimicked. We kept walking in silence until another thought came to me. "Who's Frieza?" I asked.

"That's LORD Frieza, brat!" Dodoria said with a hard tug.

I growled at him. "LORD then! Where is he?" I questioned. As we turned past some of the ships. There we saw a bigger one with a group of people in front of it. One in particular stood out. He was sitting in a round, black, chair that was floating off the ground. He had light-purple skin and purple lips. Two long, black horns stuck out the top of his head.

"He is." Zarbon said. We crossed the distance with a few more strides and joined the group on the side-lines. They were watching someone kneeling in front of Lord Frieza, who seemed irritated.

"What were my orders Caption?" said Frieza.

The one he called Caption shook a little before speaking. "Sir! We were to attack the planet, take their goods, and begin eradicating the natives. After wards we were to decide its worth for the Trade and report back to you. My Lord." He dared not look at him.

"In what part," Frieza said flicking his tail. "did I say scorch the ground with blasters, start a fire, and get one of the footmen killed? Not to mention get injured yourself, Caption?!" his last statement made the Caption shake in fear. I recognized him now. He was the one I had left the knife with. I looked to see one of his hands bandaged with a red stains slowly growing.

"My apologizes my Lord Frieza. Our scouts reported that no one on this planet was strong enough for the men I sent here. We miscalculated. Sir-!" he was met with a blast to the face. He flew back and landed on the ground with a thud. He didn't move. I looked away from the body and saw another one lying next to it. It was the creature I had shot earlier. I had killed it.

"Zarbon! Dodoria! Where are you?!" Frieza fumed. I was dragged in front of him and pushed onto my hands and knees as they kneeled to greet him with simultaneous My Lord's. I kept my head down as he floated a little closer.

"There you are. Where have you two been? Hm?" his focus was on me now. "What is this little creature in front of me?" I could feel his eyes on me now.

"My Lord" said Zarbon. "We found this child from the village. She's apparently a survivor from our raid."

"And what exactly does that mean?" he said with annoyance. He was still angry from the Caption's earlier actions.

"Sir." came Dodoria now, with a little hesitance. "She seems to be somewhat skilled for her age. We, we thought maybe she could be of use to you."

"Well maybe she COULD have been, but I'm not in the mood right now. Dispose of it." He said. I looked up at him to see his attention turned to someone kneeling on his right. "And you!" he began to say.

I felt two strong arms grab my shoulders as Dodoria and Zarbon started to lift me and take me away to "dispose" of me. I dug my heels into the ground and threw my wait to their surprise. They lost their hold on me and I attempted a sweep kick at Zarbon. This made him stager for all of two seconds before Dodoria had me in a bear grip. I started to struggle but he squeezed me. I clenched my teeth so as not to scream.

"Say that again?" demanded Frieza from the kneeling henchmen. Dodoria and Zarbon focused on Frieza now. "Who killed him?" he repeated.

"It…it was her, my Lord." He said again with fear as he pointed at me. Frieza turned his attention to look at me. I met his eyes. They were cold, curious, angry, interested…. My expression must have amused him for he gave a chuckle.

"Is he lying?" he asked me. "Tell me, did you really kill him?"

I swallowed hard as Dodoria let me to the ground, but still rested his hands on my shoulders. "Speak brat!" he said with a squeeze.

"I…..I believe I did. Uh….sir?" It came out awkward and small, which made everyone laugh in some way. Frieza was smiling now. A conceited smile.

"Oh?" he said. "And just who are you, child." He gave me a curious look, but I lowered my eyes in silence and fidgeted with my hands. Before he spoke again two men walked over dragging a familiar face. "Who is this?" he demanded.

"Sir, this is the one in charge of this village we destroyed." One of they said, throwing the man at Frieza's chair. He looked up at him in fear. I felt no pity for him.

"D-don't hurt my people!" he choked out. "Please, take what you want. We'll cooperate." He looked up at him. Coward….

"Hmmm. Well I would…" began Frieza, "but it just so happens one of your villagers killed my henchmen. So, what are we going to do about that?" he pointed at me and the Chief turned to look at me. At first he just stared, and then he smiled and turned back to Frieza.

"You can kill her…" he said trying to seem concerned for me. He wasn't. "A life for a life. She'll gladly give her life for her village…" the boy's face came to mind.

"I would not! You coward!" Dodoria held his grip when I tried to get free.

The Chief grew scared and said eagerly, "Don't listen to her! Kill her! It's only fair!" I growled and he looked at me with fear.

Frieza was amused at this spectacle, but he had heard enough. "Child." He began. "I've decided this planet is of no use to me anymore. I'm leaving for a new one. I'll only say this once, board the ship or die with him." He gestured to the Chief who stated to beg for his life.

"Yes sir." I didn't hesitate. Frieza floated away from the man onto the big ship. Zarbon followed as Dodoria started to push me along. I had enough. I yelled as loud as I could. "STOP TOUCHING ME! I HAVE LEGS, BACK OFF!" this got a shocked expression from him as I angrily followed Zarbon, who had stopped to laugh, past the Chief on to the ship. Dodoria caught up and glared at me as we boarded. I glared back.

I followed them to what they called the deck and Lord Frieza signaled for blast off. I fell flat on my face as it took off. We shot through the air and were soon followed by the others until we were so high you could see the whole planet. Once I had regained my balance, stomach and glared at Dodoria who was laughing. I ran over to the window.

"A life for a life." Frieza said before I saw a stream of light fly by and hit the planet. It took all of 10 seconds for it to explode into pieces. Frieza laughed behind me. Zarbon and Dodoria smiled. I never blinked at the sight as we fly farther and farther away. There was no turning back.