AN: I do not own DragonBall Z, However, I do own the mysterious character below.
Goodbye Mother.
The dream of her played through my mind over and over again. She was so beautiful. I never knew her name. She was always just my mother.
I was so young when It happened. The events seem like blurs when I try to remember. I wish now that I had paid more attention.
I know I am dreaming, but I don't know how to wake up anymore. There really is no need for it. All that awaits me when I open my eyes is a dial board, blinking with little lights.
This place used to be my home, but now it is my tomb. I have long since abandoned any hope of leaving this place when I was ten years old. Now I am 22.
This place is called a Pod. That is what my mother said before she thrust me inside the small ball of cold metal. She was trembling and her eyes alone scared me. She told me to be brave, like the Sayajin. Then she closed the door and it was the last time I saw her. The light from the suns of my planet disappeared after my pod was sent into the sky. Which I learned later was called space.
The monitor on the consule lit up and began to teach me of my destination planet. It was called Earth. The monitor played for years, teaching me the languages and cultures of this planet. Then one day when I was eight the light faded and I was left alone in the dark with only the small window and the distant stars as my companions.
Then I lost gravity. My body became weightless and a steady stream of gas filled my Pod. I couldn't move my arms or my legs. Only my mind was sharp and aware. My eyes closed on their own and I thought that I was dying. Only later did I realize that the Pod had initiated the life support system. It was going to keep me alive until I reached my destination.
Year after year the com would announce that another year had past, and my hope of ever leaving this place dwindled every time the mono tone voice would echo into my ears. Then my mothers voice would echo in them as well, telling me to be brave and not to give up. Then I would go back to sleep.
About three days ago I felt something deep in my heart. A certain kinship with something, and I felt whole for the first time in a long time. I would have smiled if I could, but the paralysis gas still circulated the air. I went back to dreaming and now I wait... alone in the darkness of space.
*******
Suddenly, I was slammed into my seat. The gravity had returned and I felt as though my brain had been juggled inside my skull. I was startled to find that I could open my eyes. I looked out the small window and was met with a brilliant light of blue. Then the com announced that it was preparing to slow down and enter the atmosphere.
I tried to sit up to see the planet from my window but the gravity held me back. Apparently, I had grown very weak during my travel. I could barely lift my arms against the gravity that beheld me. Then there was a slight tremor throughout the whole Pod. The most I could do was move my head around and look at the blinking buttons that were there. Then the monitor lit up with a breathtaking view of the Planet that I was about to be dropped on.
The closer I got to the large blue planet the more violent the Pod would tremble. Then on the Monitor I could see the land rushing up towards my Pod. The sight was sickening to me, for I have not had a notion of up or down for a long time. My mind was having trouble understanding what was happening. Then I saw a flicker of white hot flame dancing around my entire Pod. Abruptly, the Pod was pitched forward into a horrible spin. I could do nothing as my body was thrown about inside.
I tried bracing myself against the walls but my weak arms were slammed in the process. My breathing accelerated and I curled my body into a ball as best as I could. I have finally made my destination and now I was going to die. I felt warm tears sting my eyes. Of all the motor skills I lost on this trip I was able to find my voice and screamed as I fell to the Earth. I was swept into the darkness of my mind and uttered no more.
********
Trunks leaned back in his mothers old lab chair, intently watching the monitors. On his ears he had headphones tuned into major city signals. He was hunting for HIM, or IT rather. Androids Seventeen and Eighteen had found a way to merge after ransacking the Capsule Corp hidden base. Thank the fates that his mother had been inclined to destroy the time machine and its plans after his last trip to the past. She had instructed him to learn the plans and keep them in his mind in case he had need of one in the future.
Then a few weeks later while Trunks had left to detour them from a city they were attacking he found that they had left. Apparently, they lost interest. He searched the area for them but they could not be found. He turned and headed home. He did not know they were following him home. When he got there he received reports that they were attacking again.
He left as fast as he could, he didn't want to miss them again. When he got there he realized that it was only a set up. Eighteen was the one there to meet him while Seventeen was bombing his way into the Capsule Corp hidden base. Trunks didn't have time to make the connection. Eighteen mercilessly began their fight the moment she caught sight of him. Just as he thought though, she was hardly a match for him alone, with out Seventeen. He defeated her easily with a quick swipe of his sword when he lopped off her head. He moved in to take the chip that kept her alive. She began to laugh hysterically. Telling him that Seventeen should be done now. He knew exactly what she meant. He left her instantly and rushed to Capsule Corp.
He knew before he walked through the rubble that his mother was dead. Seventeen had already taken flight. He was nowhere to be seen. There was no one there to punish for what happened except maybe himself for not seeing the ploy sooner. After that day, he didn't see nor hear from Seventeen. He did not know why.
He knew now. They had combined.
Trunks shook his head in attempt to concentrate. It had been three years since his mother was killed, he couldn't keep blaming himself. He had to survive. He was doing a damn good job of it so far. He moved the base and made more advanced detection devises. With the help of other survivors he was able to make an underground home for refugees. There were people from all four corners of the earth living at his base. With such limited supplies he wondered how they had lived for this long.
He was sick of this life. Always hiding. Always fearing. He wanted this to be over without him giving up. He wanted IT dead. There was no telling what kind of monster the combination made. What would IT be capable of now? He didn't want to find out but he knew he would eventually. It was only a matter of time.
He almost jumped out his seat when he saw the blip on the radar. The sound was slight at first but then it grew louder. He did the math in his head and realized that it was falling from space. It was going to hit the land a few miles from his base. He turned on his auxiliary cameras and found the object in the sky. It was white hot blazing through the sky, moving incredibly fast.
"What the hell is that?" he said to himself. He swiveled out of the chair and ran to the exit, then he went Super Sayajin so he could move faster. As soon as he left the base he took to the air, it was dawn, and he could barely make out the white trailing object against the rising sun. He flew as fast as he could. He hoped it wasn't more trouble. He prayed that it wasn't. Nevertheless, he prepared himself to fight.
Goodbye Mother.
The dream of her played through my mind over and over again. She was so beautiful. I never knew her name. She was always just my mother.
I was so young when It happened. The events seem like blurs when I try to remember. I wish now that I had paid more attention.
I know I am dreaming, but I don't know how to wake up anymore. There really is no need for it. All that awaits me when I open my eyes is a dial board, blinking with little lights.
This place used to be my home, but now it is my tomb. I have long since abandoned any hope of leaving this place when I was ten years old. Now I am 22.
This place is called a Pod. That is what my mother said before she thrust me inside the small ball of cold metal. She was trembling and her eyes alone scared me. She told me to be brave, like the Sayajin. Then she closed the door and it was the last time I saw her. The light from the suns of my planet disappeared after my pod was sent into the sky. Which I learned later was called space.
The monitor on the consule lit up and began to teach me of my destination planet. It was called Earth. The monitor played for years, teaching me the languages and cultures of this planet. Then one day when I was eight the light faded and I was left alone in the dark with only the small window and the distant stars as my companions.
Then I lost gravity. My body became weightless and a steady stream of gas filled my Pod. I couldn't move my arms or my legs. Only my mind was sharp and aware. My eyes closed on their own and I thought that I was dying. Only later did I realize that the Pod had initiated the life support system. It was going to keep me alive until I reached my destination.
Year after year the com would announce that another year had past, and my hope of ever leaving this place dwindled every time the mono tone voice would echo into my ears. Then my mothers voice would echo in them as well, telling me to be brave and not to give up. Then I would go back to sleep.
About three days ago I felt something deep in my heart. A certain kinship with something, and I felt whole for the first time in a long time. I would have smiled if I could, but the paralysis gas still circulated the air. I went back to dreaming and now I wait... alone in the darkness of space.
*******
Suddenly, I was slammed into my seat. The gravity had returned and I felt as though my brain had been juggled inside my skull. I was startled to find that I could open my eyes. I looked out the small window and was met with a brilliant light of blue. Then the com announced that it was preparing to slow down and enter the atmosphere.
I tried to sit up to see the planet from my window but the gravity held me back. Apparently, I had grown very weak during my travel. I could barely lift my arms against the gravity that beheld me. Then there was a slight tremor throughout the whole Pod. The most I could do was move my head around and look at the blinking buttons that were there. Then the monitor lit up with a breathtaking view of the Planet that I was about to be dropped on.
The closer I got to the large blue planet the more violent the Pod would tremble. Then on the Monitor I could see the land rushing up towards my Pod. The sight was sickening to me, for I have not had a notion of up or down for a long time. My mind was having trouble understanding what was happening. Then I saw a flicker of white hot flame dancing around my entire Pod. Abruptly, the Pod was pitched forward into a horrible spin. I could do nothing as my body was thrown about inside.
I tried bracing myself against the walls but my weak arms were slammed in the process. My breathing accelerated and I curled my body into a ball as best as I could. I have finally made my destination and now I was going to die. I felt warm tears sting my eyes. Of all the motor skills I lost on this trip I was able to find my voice and screamed as I fell to the Earth. I was swept into the darkness of my mind and uttered no more.
********
Trunks leaned back in his mothers old lab chair, intently watching the monitors. On his ears he had headphones tuned into major city signals. He was hunting for HIM, or IT rather. Androids Seventeen and Eighteen had found a way to merge after ransacking the Capsule Corp hidden base. Thank the fates that his mother had been inclined to destroy the time machine and its plans after his last trip to the past. She had instructed him to learn the plans and keep them in his mind in case he had need of one in the future.
Then a few weeks later while Trunks had left to detour them from a city they were attacking he found that they had left. Apparently, they lost interest. He searched the area for them but they could not be found. He turned and headed home. He did not know they were following him home. When he got there he received reports that they were attacking again.
He left as fast as he could, he didn't want to miss them again. When he got there he realized that it was only a set up. Eighteen was the one there to meet him while Seventeen was bombing his way into the Capsule Corp hidden base. Trunks didn't have time to make the connection. Eighteen mercilessly began their fight the moment she caught sight of him. Just as he thought though, she was hardly a match for him alone, with out Seventeen. He defeated her easily with a quick swipe of his sword when he lopped off her head. He moved in to take the chip that kept her alive. She began to laugh hysterically. Telling him that Seventeen should be done now. He knew exactly what she meant. He left her instantly and rushed to Capsule Corp.
He knew before he walked through the rubble that his mother was dead. Seventeen had already taken flight. He was nowhere to be seen. There was no one there to punish for what happened except maybe himself for not seeing the ploy sooner. After that day, he didn't see nor hear from Seventeen. He did not know why.
He knew now. They had combined.
Trunks shook his head in attempt to concentrate. It had been three years since his mother was killed, he couldn't keep blaming himself. He had to survive. He was doing a damn good job of it so far. He moved the base and made more advanced detection devises. With the help of other survivors he was able to make an underground home for refugees. There were people from all four corners of the earth living at his base. With such limited supplies he wondered how they had lived for this long.
He was sick of this life. Always hiding. Always fearing. He wanted this to be over without him giving up. He wanted IT dead. There was no telling what kind of monster the combination made. What would IT be capable of now? He didn't want to find out but he knew he would eventually. It was only a matter of time.
He almost jumped out his seat when he saw the blip on the radar. The sound was slight at first but then it grew louder. He did the math in his head and realized that it was falling from space. It was going to hit the land a few miles from his base. He turned on his auxiliary cameras and found the object in the sky. It was white hot blazing through the sky, moving incredibly fast.
"What the hell is that?" he said to himself. He swiveled out of the chair and ran to the exit, then he went Super Sayajin so he could move faster. As soon as he left the base he took to the air, it was dawn, and he could barely make out the white trailing object against the rising sun. He flew as fast as he could. He hoped it wasn't more trouble. He prayed that it wasn't. Nevertheless, he prepared himself to fight.