DragonBall Z
Presents
Within the Heart

Prologue
Everyday Life: Thrown Outta Whack

A young woman went about her everyday life. She was beautiful with bluish-teal, short feathery hair, and big beautiful blue eyes. She walked around taking notes down on a clipboard as she watched various people do their experiments. Her long white lapcoat rustling as she walked around, synching with the clicking of her shoes on the floor. Her name is Ami Mizuno, she is in her early twenties and long since graduated from her high school.
It had been many years since she and her friends destroyed the evil in the world. Surprisingly, she could still transform, and retained her equipment, but she rarely used it anymore. She was looking forward to when her shift ended, was another long day for her. She adjusted her glasses as hse kept working. Knowing her luck, just when she got got home, her Usagi would be probably asking her over to have tea with her and Mamoru. Chibiusa was quite a handful for those two half the time. What's funny is how Chibiusa dubbed her Aunty Ami. A petname she found flattering.
She supposed it had to fit as she, Usagi and the others were close enough to be considered family. Sadly, she didn't have much time for a life of her own though. She was painfully shy, not really sure how to approach a man herself. Not nearly as outgoing as the others. She spent most of her time at home, at work, or with Usagi and the others. But such was life.
What she did not know was that her life was gonna take a drastic turn. A very, crazy drastic turn at that, one that would take her away from here altogether. She finished her notes, then left the lab, heading upstairs to her boss's office. She reached a door that said "Professor Senbayashi" and knocked.
A delicate elderly voice said "Enter."
Ami walked in. To look at Professor Senbayashi as he looked up. He was a balding man in his Seventies with a bushy white mustache and intense brown eyes behind square glasses. He was a nice enough man to work for. Helped Ami get started here in the first place.
"Notes are complete, Professor," she said, "No mishaps today."
She placed the stack on his desk.
"Ah very good," said Senbayashi, "You have been very dilligent today Ms. Mizuno."
Ami bowed her head.
"Thank you," she said.
"You may go home for the day," said Senbayashi, "You've earned it after all your hard work."
"Yes Professor," said Ami.
She bowed her head again and left the room. She went back downstairs to the employee locker room and opened her locker. There were various pics of her and the others, a few knick knacks and books. She took off her labcoat, revealing a white tank t-shirt, pleated blue skirt and white socks with brown flats. She hung her labcoat in the locker, the grabbed her blue windbreaker and purse out of there. She then closed the locker and left the room.
She went back up the stairs and out the front door into the sunlit afternoon. She decided to head toward the park and relax a bit. It was always quiet out there. She walked a half a mile and eventually reached the gateway. She sat down on a bench and closed her eyes while listening to the trickle of the nearby fountain. Suddenly she heard a rustle that alerted her. She looked. The bush shook again.
She raised her eyebrows and cautiously approached. She started hearing a hushed voice.
"This planet is very primitive, nothing of interest here," it said, "Permission to return to the ship Lord Frieza?"
She carefully parted the bush and looked.
"No, I don't think what we seek is here," said the voice, "Would have found it by now."
She saw a strange indigo skinned man, with features that could only be attributed to a fish. Yet he was humanoid. He spoke with a froglike voice, wore black armor of some kind, black spandex like pants, with white gloves and green boots. He also wore something on his face with a single green lense.
"Yes, I am quite posi-," he began, but suddenly the device on his face beeped.
He turned and looked straight at Ami.
"Shit, I have been spotted!" he yelled.
Ami turned and ran just as she heard "Yes my lord."
She could hear a whooshing sound, she turned around and saw him flying straight after her.
"How is this even possible?" she said.
She picked up her pace. She dipped and weaved everywhere, twisting and turning. She ducked behind a statue and waited. She thought she heard something whoosh by. She slowly peeked out. She didn't see the man.
"Where do you think you're going?" said a voice behind her.
She yelped and turned around to briefly see the man. Then felt a sensation in her stomach like she got zapped, and then all went black...