p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;"Prologue: A second chance/span /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;"CRACK! I coughed up blood as a fist made hard contact against my ribs. My assailant, a bald man with a mustache, grabbed me by the front of my shirt. /spanspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;""Who do you think you ARE?!" he asked in a husky voice. "You think you can teal from ME and get away with it?!" He punched me again in my ribs. I felt a snap, and I knew that he'd broken them. "You low- class piece of TRASH!" he yelled angrily as he punched my ribs again. I coughed up more blood, and my vision began to get blurry. "I take you in when no one else wanted you…! And you repay me by stealing FOOD?!" he said angrily. "P-please…!" I said through my sobs. "H-have mercy!" The man smirked. "You idiot!" he said. "When are you gonna learn that Saiyans NEVER show mercy!" He picked me up and lifted me right up to his face. It was faint, but I was faint, but I could smell liquor on the man's breath. I closed my eyes as I braced myself for another of the man's blows. "Nappa! What do you think you're doing?!" a male voice said angrily. I opened my eye and turned my head in the direction of the voice. I saw two black-haired men. The taller one (I think he was the one who shouted at Nappa) had long hair that fell below his waist, and the shorter one had a cowlick that showed two tufts of spikes on the sides. "Ah! Raditz! Kakarot!" Nappa said. "What brings you here?" "Don't play dumb!" Raditz yelled angrily. "Yeah!" Kakarot added. "We SAW you beating up that child!" Nappa smirked. "So what if I was?!" he slurred. "She stole from me, so I thought I'd-!" "Take matters into your own hands?!" Raditz interrupted, his voice full of anger. "Yes! I was only giving the little BRAT what was coming to her!" Nappa retorted. "You could've KILLED her, Nappa!" Kakarot yelled furiously. "And King Vegeta wouldn't be pleased at all with you if he found out that you caused the death of a young child!" "A SAIYAN child, no less," Raditz added. Nappa scoffed. "If you want her…" he said, "THEN TAKE HER!" Then Nappa threw my body at Kakarot and Raditz. Raditz dodged my body and walked up to Nappa, and Kakarot caught me before I could hit the ground. "Are you okay?" he asked. "I…I THINK so." I said, wiping the blood off of my mouth. "I..! I WON'T FORGET THIS!" Nappa yelled. Then, Nappa flew away, clutching his side. Raditz walked up to me. "Are you okay?" he asked. "I…I think so," I said. "Th-thank you." "Now why did you steal from Nappa?" Kakarot asked. "I DIDN'T!" I said angrily. "Nappa TOLD me I could come and get food from him ANYTIME I was HUNGRY! Then he comes home drunk and-!" Raditz held up a hand and interrupted me. "Hold it…How did you KNOW that Nappa was DRUNK?!" he asked. "I could smell it on his breath," I replied. "And after he saw that I had, he chased me out of his house, accuses me of stealing from him, and beats me." Raditz and Kakarot looked at me with empathy. "That's just…TERRIBLE," Kakarot said, clenching his fists. "How could Nappa DO such a thing?!" Raditz asked. "Easy," I said. "He don't give a damn about me!" Suddenly I shook all over and turned as white as chalk. "Hey are you okay?" Kakarot asked. All of a sudden, I coughed up a bunch of blood. I fell to my knees, weakened by my earlier injuries. "Let's get her to the rejuvenation tank!"Kakarot said, picking me up and putting me on his back. "Hold it, Kakarot!" Raditz said. "We'll have to ask permission from King Vegeta first! You know that HE makes all of the decisions on when to use the healing tanks!" Kakarot growled. "Fine," he said. I groaned. "You okay back there, kid?" Kakarot asked. "I…will be…" I said. /spanemspan style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"What/span/emspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;" /spanemspan style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"am/span/emspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;" /spanemspan style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"I/span/emspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;" /spanemspan style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"thinking/span/emspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;"?! I thought. /spanemspan style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"I'm slowly but surely losing my strength…I…don't think…that I'll...make it.../span/emspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;"! I groaned and closed my eyes. "C'mon kid…! Stay with us…!" Raditz said. "Tell me…What's your name?" I snapped my eyes open, trying to stay awake. "I'm…I'm Ammara," I said. "And how old are you?" Kakarot added. "I…I'm 13 years old," I replied. "Anything else useful?" Raditz asked. "I'm a…full-blooded…Saiyan…with a…power level…of…1,900…" I replied. Raditz kept me awake by asking more questions, until we finally reached the palace. "We request an audience with King Vegeta," Raditz said. "One moment please," the guard said. "We don't have that long!" Kakarot protested. "She could DIE!" "What my little brother MEANS to say," Raditz said. "Is that we have a badly wounded Saiyan who could DIE at any second. So could you PLEASE take us to the king?" The guard looked over at me. "How bad is she?" he asked. "Pretty bad off," Kakarot said. I groaned and winced in pain, which convinced the guard. "Alright, follow me," he said. Raditz winked at Kakarot as tears ran down my face. We were walked down the hallway into a large room. Raditz and Kakarot bowed, but I couldn't see who they were bowing to. I assumed it was that "King Vegeta" person they spoke of earlier. "Raditz…Kakarot…What brings you here?" King Vegeta asked. "Sir…We have a favor to ask of you," Raditz explained. "Go on…" King Vegeta said. "There's this girl we found," Kakarot explained. "I will have NO STRAYS on MY planet!" King Vegeta yelled angrily. "No sir! It's not like that!" Kakarot protested. "She's not from a different planet! She's 100% pure-blooded Saiyan!" I heard King Vegeta's footsteps as he walked up to me. I groaned as the pain came back again. "What's the matter with her?" King Vegeta asked Raditz. "She had a run-in with Nappa, who accused her of stealing food,' Raditz replied. "She ran because she was scared of what Nappa would do…And when he caught up with her…He beat her." King Vegeta lifted my face up to his. "What's your name, girl?" he asked. "A…Ammara," I replied, loud enough for him to hear me. "I'm…13…years old." King Vegeta turned my face to the left and saw the bruises on the right side of my face. He did the same with the left side. "Any other injuries, Ammara?" he asked. "Br…broken…Augh! Broken…ribs," I said wincing in pain. Then, I coughed up blood once again, showing King Vegeta the proof. "That settles it…Get her to the healing tanks, immediately!" he commanded to one of the guards./spanemspan style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;" He…He HELPED me/span/emspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;", I thought./spanemspan style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;" I'm…grateful…to have…a…a second…chance…at life…/span/emspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;" Then, I blacked out./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;"CRACK! I coughed up blood as a fist made hard contact against my ribs. My assailant, a bald man with a mustache, grabbed me by the front of my shirt. /spanspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;""Who do you think you ARE?!" he asked in a husky voice. "You think you can teal from ME and get away with it?!" He punched me again in my ribs. I felt a snap, and I knew that he'd broken them. "You low- class piece of TRASH!" he yelled angrily as he punched my ribs again. I coughed up more blood, and my vision began to get blurry. "I take you in when no one else wanted you…! And you repay me by stealing FOOD?!" he said angrily. "P-please…!" I said through my sobs. "H-have mercy!" The man smirked. "You idiot!" he said. "When are you gonna learn that Saiyans NEVER show mercy!" He picked me up and lifted me right up to his face. It was faint, but I was faint, but I could smell liquor on the man's breath. I closed my eyes as I braced myself for another of the man's blows. "Nappa! What do you think you're doing?!" a male voice said angrily. I opened my eye and turned my head in the direction of the voice. I saw two black-haired men. The taller one (I think he was the one who shouted at Nappa) had long hair that fell below his waist, and the shorter one had a cowlick that showed two tufts of spikes on the sides. "Ah! Raditz! Kakarot!" Nappa said. "What brings you here?" "Don't play dumb!" Raditz yelled angrily. "Yeah!" Kakarot added. "We SAW you beating up that child!" Nappa smirked. "So what if I was?!" he slurred. "She stole from me, so I thought I'd-!" "Take matters into your own hands?!" Raditz interrupted, his voice full of anger. "Yes! I was only giving the little BRAT what was coming to her!" Nappa retorted. "You could've KILLED her, Nappa!" Kakarot yelled furiously. "And King Vegeta wouldn't be pleased at all with you if he found out that you caused the death of a young child!" "A SAIYAN child, no less," Raditz added. Nappa scoffed. "If you want her…" he said, "THEN TAKE HER!" Then Nappa threw my body at Kakarot and Raditz. Raditz dodged my body and walked up to Nappa, and Kakarot caught me before I could hit the ground. "Are you okay?" he asked. "I…I THINK so." I said, wiping the blood off of my mouth. "I..! I WON'T FORGET THIS!" Nappa yelled. Then, Nappa flew away, clutching his side. Raditz walked up to me. "Are you okay?" he asked. "I…I think so," I said. "Th-thank you." "Now why did you steal from Nappa?" Kakarot asked. "I DIDN'T!" I said angrily. "Nappa TOLD me I could come and get food from him ANYTIME I was HUNGRY! Then he comes home drunk and-!" Raditz held up a hand and interrupted me. "Hold it…How did you KNOW that Nappa was DRUNK?!" he asked. "I could smell it on his breath," I replied. "And after he saw that I had, he chased me out of his house, accuses me of stealing from him, and beats me." Raditz and Kakarot looked at me with empathy. "That's just…TERRIBLE," Kakarot said, clenching his fists. "How could Nappa DO such a thing?!" Raditz asked. "Easy," I said. "He don't give a damn about me!" Suddenly I shook all over and turned as white as chalk. "Hey are you okay?" Kakarot asked. All of a sudden, I coughed up a bunch of blood. I fell to my knees, weakened by my earlier injuries. "Let's get her to the rejuvenation tank!"Kakarot said, picking me up and putting me on his back. "Hold it, Kakarot!" Raditz said. "We'll have to ask permission from King Vegeta first! You know that HE makes all of the decisions on when to use the healing tanks!" Kakarot growled. "Fine," he said. I groaned. "You okay back there, kid?" Kakarot asked. "I…will be…" I said. /spanemspan style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"What/span/emspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;" /spanemspan style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"am/span/emspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;" /spanemspan style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"I/span/emspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;" /spanemspan style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"thinking/span/emspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;"?! I thought. /spanemspan style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"I'm slowly but surely losing my strength…I…don't think…that I'll...make it.../span/emspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;"! I groaned and closed my eyes. "C'mon kid…! Stay with us…!" Raditz said. "Tell me…What's your name?" I snapped my eyes open, trying to stay awake. "I'm…I'm Ammara," I said. "And how old are you?" Kakarot added. "I…I'm 13 years old," I replied. "Anything else useful?" Raditz asked. "I'm a…full-blooded…Saiyan…with a…power level…of…1,900…" I replied. Raditz kept me awake by asking more questions, until we finally reached the palace. "We request an audience with King Vegeta," Raditz said. "One moment please," the guard said. "We don't have that long!" Kakarot protested. "She could DIE!" "What my little brother MEANS to say," Raditz said. "Is that we have a badly wounded Saiyan who could DIE at any second. So could you PLEASE take us to the king?" The guard looked over at me. "How bad is she?" he asked. "Pretty bad off," Kakarot said. I groaned and winced in pain, which convinced the guard. "Alright, follow me," he said. Raditz winked at Kakarot as tears ran down my face. We were walked down the hallway into a large room. Raditz and Kakarot bowed, but I couldn't see who they were bowing to. I assumed it was that "King Vegeta" person they spoke of earlier. "Raditz…Kakarot…What brings you here?" King Vegeta asked. "Sir…We have a favor to ask of you," Raditz explained. "Go on…" King Vegeta said. "There's this girl we found," Kakarot explained. "I will have NO STRAYS on MY planet!" King Vegeta yelled angrily. "No sir! It's not like that!" Kakarot protested. "She's not from a different planet! She's 100% pure-blooded Saiyan!" I heard King Vegeta's footsteps as he walked up to me. I groaned as the pain came back again. "What's the matter with her?" King Vegeta asked Raditz. "She had a run-in with Nappa, who accused her of stealing food,' Raditz replied. "She ran because she was scared of what Nappa would do…And when he caught up with her…He beat her." King Vegeta lifted my face up to his. "What's your name, girl?" he asked. "A…Ammara," I replied, loud enough for him to hear me. "I'm…13…years old." King Vegeta turned my face to the left and saw the bruises on the right side of my face. He did the same with the left side. "Any other injuries, Ammara?" he asked. "Br…broken…Augh! Broken…ribs," I said wincing in pain. Then, I coughed up blood once again, showing King Vegeta the proof. "That settles it…Get her to the healing tanks, immediately!" he commanded to one of the guards./spanemspan style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;" He…He HELPED me/span/emspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;", I thought./spanemspan style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;" I'm…grateful…to have…a…a second…chance…at life…/span/emspan style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;" Then, I blacked out./span/p