Be Silent
Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ
Prologue
It was quiet, as only space could be, the only sounds coming from the occasional beep or click of the machinery inside the tiny craft. The single passenger was silent in its almost deathlike sleep, even the soft whisper of breathing nearly inaudible. The only visible sign of life was the slight movement behind the closed eyelids that is the signature of the dream- state.
The small pod hurtled through space carrying its silent, sleeping passenger, oblivious to its surroundings. As the craft continued its path, something became visible in the single round viewport. A sliver of a sphere, blue, green, brown, and white, slowly grew until it filled the little window completely. The landmasses of the planet grew as the gravity pulled the pod down. The hull of the craft began to glow red with the friction of the atmosphere as tiny particles, normally no more of a problem than to cause a person to sneeze, etched small scratches into the metal shell.
Down and down, until cities could be distinguished from wilderness and farmland. It was towards one of these cities that the tiny craft flew. It breezed past tall buildings, never quite hitting any of them. The closer it came to the ground, the more obvious its destination became: one domed building near the center of the city. The pod landed so hard that it skidded across the ground, gouging out a path until it finally stopped. It came to rest at the door, viewport upturned so that the only thing visible was the top of the dome, which bore the emblem of a double "C".
Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ
Prologue
It was quiet, as only space could be, the only sounds coming from the occasional beep or click of the machinery inside the tiny craft. The single passenger was silent in its almost deathlike sleep, even the soft whisper of breathing nearly inaudible. The only visible sign of life was the slight movement behind the closed eyelids that is the signature of the dream- state.
The small pod hurtled through space carrying its silent, sleeping passenger, oblivious to its surroundings. As the craft continued its path, something became visible in the single round viewport. A sliver of a sphere, blue, green, brown, and white, slowly grew until it filled the little window completely. The landmasses of the planet grew as the gravity pulled the pod down. The hull of the craft began to glow red with the friction of the atmosphere as tiny particles, normally no more of a problem than to cause a person to sneeze, etched small scratches into the metal shell.
Down and down, until cities could be distinguished from wilderness and farmland. It was towards one of these cities that the tiny craft flew. It breezed past tall buildings, never quite hitting any of them. The closer it came to the ground, the more obvious its destination became: one domed building near the center of the city. The pod landed so hard that it skidded across the ground, gouging out a path until it finally stopped. It came to rest at the door, viewport upturned so that the only thing visible was the top of the dome, which bore the emblem of a double "C".