AN: I do not own Dragonball Z. This is for entertainment only. :)
*****
Thinks were so dark, but I could hear my heart beasting, as if it were right next to my ears. I was warm and weightless, but it was nothing like that of space. There was pressure all around me. Then I could hear slight vibrations of voices.
Voices!?
I am alive? I thought I was dying for sure. Such horrible images!
The last thing I remember was the being and his attempt to help me. I could remember the pain I felt before I blacked out. It was horrendous. I could still remember the taste of his blood in my mouth.
Why had I bit him?
Oh yes, it was the feeling of despair and cold emptiness he gave me when he touched me. I could see many images flash before my eyes. Brilliant light, anger, rage and regret, blood and tears, and I could hear the screams he wanted to much to utter. It frightened me.
I heard a low rumbling noise all around me and I snapped my eyes open. I was met with cloudy vision. I blinked and blinked but I still couldn't see well. I became aware of the object in my mouth and a painful pinch around my nose. I moved my hand to touch it and realized I was in a liquid of some sort. I pulled at the object on my nose and saw it float away from me. Then I heard a loud high pitched alarm ring throughout the place I was in now. The rumble grew louder and I heard a click and the liquid around me began to drain. My body regained its weight slowly and I felt ground at my back. I grabbed for the object in my mouth and pulled it out. It was so deep inside me that it caused me to choke and gag.
The light was dim and I could barely see outside of the strange glass unit I was in. Then I saw a shadow hovering over the glass. I sucked in my breath and waited. I heard several snaps and clicks and the glass opened above me. The room was dimly lit but I could see who it was. It was a female. The skin on her face was saggy and she had wrinkles all over her face.
"It is ok..Don't be frightened." I heard her say as she reached in. I couldn't help but growl a warning.
"Whoa!..." She said and withdrew her hand. she looked nervously behind her and I heard a familiar voice.
"I better do it.." I heard the owner of the voice begin to walk closer. It was that being I had seen ealier. Trunks... He looked very much like the being, the Monitor showed to me. Human, but he wasn't human. He was Saiyajin, like me. I remember the kinship I felt when he had spoken to me for the first time. I could also taste it in his blood.
"Hey there..."
He spoke to me and smiled slightly. I moved the muscles in my lips to mimic him. "Hey there?" I said, repeating him. He chuckled.
"I know you understand me. The pod taught you this language." All I could do was nod. he was right. How did he know?
"I need you to sit up. It will feel really weird at first but I need you to do it. ok?" Again I nodded and tried to comply. My muscles were still weak, but not nearly as weak at before. I sat up rather easily but then my head began to spin and I could not focus my eyes very well. My heart began to pound hard and the dizziness began to fade.
"Good. Now I need you to lift up both your arms, straight in front of you, like this." I mimicked him and he pulled my arms through a dark cloth and wrapped it around me. It was warm and covered my cold shivering body.
"Good. Now, we need to get you some food." For some reason my interest picked up immensely at the mention of food. I knew what it was, but do not remember what it was like to eat. I looked at his amused face.
"You really are a Saiyajin." He laughed softly and I saw his arms reaching out to pick me up. I stiffened, afraid of his touch. I did not want to see those images again. They were terribly frightening and sad.
"Why are you so afraid of me?" He said backing away. I couldn't help but feel ashamed. He didn't understand or know that his touch was painful for me.
"I am not afraid of you, only your touch. Anyone's touch." I said.
"I need to get you out of there somehow. I don't think you can walk yet." Then I saw his face brighten. He hurridly walked to a compartment of somesort and pulled out a large thick cloth.
"Here, I will wrap you in this, it is really thick and you don't have to worry about my touch. Ok?"
How ingenious! I nodded and he came draping the cloth around me, and I waited.
I could feel his arms snake around me, but nothing happened. I sighed in relief.
"Oh...good, you aren't going to go ape shit on me again." I smiled when I recalled what "ape shit" meant. He was referring to my attack on him before.
How long have I been here?
He lifted me up and carried me through the rooms, I coudn't keep my eyes open against such bright lights on the ceilings. The next thing I knew, I was being lowered onto something soft and comforting.
I opened my eyes and found that the place he put me in was dim to my liking. I was in a an upright position and there was a tray in front of me. My senses were assiled with many things. I could smell meat and my stomach began to churn painfully. I felt a gut wrenching need to feed.
Everything around me seemed to disappear as I began to feed. I pulled the food up to my mouth and tore into it without mercy. I could sense that I frightened the man named Trunks. I felt him move away from me. When I was finished I looked into his astounded face. He wasn't frightened but amused!
"More?" My voice was raspy and harsh. I could barely recognize it myself. He just chuckled.
"A Saiyajin indeed!"
*****
Trunks had given her eight plates, full of food, until she began to get sleepy. She had leaned back onto the bed and her eyes fighting to stay open. He noticed that she barely even chewed. She just swallowed most of it whole. He would too, if he hadn't felt food in his mouth for almost twenty years.
"Feel better?" He asked knowing what her answer was. She nodded at him and wiped her mouth on her arm. She coughed to clear her throat and Trunks could tell she was going to speak. He could almost see the question on her face.
"How long have I been here?"
"One week. I had to put you in the rejuv tank to speed your healing." He said, remembering the long days he kept a vigil over her sleeping, floating form. She healed very nicely, but the pale green tint to her skin did not lessen at all.
"I am sorry, I remebmer biting you." She said after a moment of silence. Her voice was hoarse from never being used.
"Don't worry about it. You just worry about getting stronger now. Ok?" She nodded and closed her eyes.
"Thank you, Trunks, for helping me so much. I would have died..." She said sinking further into the bed.
"You're more than welcome. Rest...You're safe now." He said then he noticed that she had already falled to sleep the moment she thanked him. He laughed to himself and turned out the light.
The pod had given him so much information, information she was unaware that exisited. Information on her Saiyajin father and her demure alien mother. He would have to wait until she was strong enough to handle it all.
He watched her sleep for a while then stood and left her to her dreams. he locked the door behind him and kept the key to himself. She only trusted him and he wasn't about to frighten her into hysterics with a stranger she didn't trust.
He entered the monitor room and secured a camera on her sleeping form. He programmed alarms to alert him when she awoke. He knew that a locked door would not keep her contained should she become alarmed.
*****
Thinks were so dark, but I could hear my heart beasting, as if it were right next to my ears. I was warm and weightless, but it was nothing like that of space. There was pressure all around me. Then I could hear slight vibrations of voices.
Voices!?
I am alive? I thought I was dying for sure. Such horrible images!
The last thing I remember was the being and his attempt to help me. I could remember the pain I felt before I blacked out. It was horrendous. I could still remember the taste of his blood in my mouth.
Why had I bit him?
Oh yes, it was the feeling of despair and cold emptiness he gave me when he touched me. I could see many images flash before my eyes. Brilliant light, anger, rage and regret, blood and tears, and I could hear the screams he wanted to much to utter. It frightened me.
I heard a low rumbling noise all around me and I snapped my eyes open. I was met with cloudy vision. I blinked and blinked but I still couldn't see well. I became aware of the object in my mouth and a painful pinch around my nose. I moved my hand to touch it and realized I was in a liquid of some sort. I pulled at the object on my nose and saw it float away from me. Then I heard a loud high pitched alarm ring throughout the place I was in now. The rumble grew louder and I heard a click and the liquid around me began to drain. My body regained its weight slowly and I felt ground at my back. I grabbed for the object in my mouth and pulled it out. It was so deep inside me that it caused me to choke and gag.
The light was dim and I could barely see outside of the strange glass unit I was in. Then I saw a shadow hovering over the glass. I sucked in my breath and waited. I heard several snaps and clicks and the glass opened above me. The room was dimly lit but I could see who it was. It was a female. The skin on her face was saggy and she had wrinkles all over her face.
"It is ok..Don't be frightened." I heard her say as she reached in. I couldn't help but growl a warning.
"Whoa!..." She said and withdrew her hand. she looked nervously behind her and I heard a familiar voice.
"I better do it.." I heard the owner of the voice begin to walk closer. It was that being I had seen ealier. Trunks... He looked very much like the being, the Monitor showed to me. Human, but he wasn't human. He was Saiyajin, like me. I remember the kinship I felt when he had spoken to me for the first time. I could also taste it in his blood.
"Hey there..."
He spoke to me and smiled slightly. I moved the muscles in my lips to mimic him. "Hey there?" I said, repeating him. He chuckled.
"I know you understand me. The pod taught you this language." All I could do was nod. he was right. How did he know?
"I need you to sit up. It will feel really weird at first but I need you to do it. ok?" Again I nodded and tried to comply. My muscles were still weak, but not nearly as weak at before. I sat up rather easily but then my head began to spin and I could not focus my eyes very well. My heart began to pound hard and the dizziness began to fade.
"Good. Now I need you to lift up both your arms, straight in front of you, like this." I mimicked him and he pulled my arms through a dark cloth and wrapped it around me. It was warm and covered my cold shivering body.
"Good. Now, we need to get you some food." For some reason my interest picked up immensely at the mention of food. I knew what it was, but do not remember what it was like to eat. I looked at his amused face.
"You really are a Saiyajin." He laughed softly and I saw his arms reaching out to pick me up. I stiffened, afraid of his touch. I did not want to see those images again. They were terribly frightening and sad.
"Why are you so afraid of me?" He said backing away. I couldn't help but feel ashamed. He didn't understand or know that his touch was painful for me.
"I am not afraid of you, only your touch. Anyone's touch." I said.
"I need to get you out of there somehow. I don't think you can walk yet." Then I saw his face brighten. He hurridly walked to a compartment of somesort and pulled out a large thick cloth.
"Here, I will wrap you in this, it is really thick and you don't have to worry about my touch. Ok?"
How ingenious! I nodded and he came draping the cloth around me, and I waited.
I could feel his arms snake around me, but nothing happened. I sighed in relief.
"Oh...good, you aren't going to go ape shit on me again." I smiled when I recalled what "ape shit" meant. He was referring to my attack on him before.
How long have I been here?
He lifted me up and carried me through the rooms, I coudn't keep my eyes open against such bright lights on the ceilings. The next thing I knew, I was being lowered onto something soft and comforting.
I opened my eyes and found that the place he put me in was dim to my liking. I was in a an upright position and there was a tray in front of me. My senses were assiled with many things. I could smell meat and my stomach began to churn painfully. I felt a gut wrenching need to feed.
Everything around me seemed to disappear as I began to feed. I pulled the food up to my mouth and tore into it without mercy. I could sense that I frightened the man named Trunks. I felt him move away from me. When I was finished I looked into his astounded face. He wasn't frightened but amused!
"More?" My voice was raspy and harsh. I could barely recognize it myself. He just chuckled.
"A Saiyajin indeed!"
*****
Trunks had given her eight plates, full of food, until she began to get sleepy. She had leaned back onto the bed and her eyes fighting to stay open. He noticed that she barely even chewed. She just swallowed most of it whole. He would too, if he hadn't felt food in his mouth for almost twenty years.
"Feel better?" He asked knowing what her answer was. She nodded at him and wiped her mouth on her arm. She coughed to clear her throat and Trunks could tell she was going to speak. He could almost see the question on her face.
"How long have I been here?"
"One week. I had to put you in the rejuv tank to speed your healing." He said, remembering the long days he kept a vigil over her sleeping, floating form. She healed very nicely, but the pale green tint to her skin did not lessen at all.
"I am sorry, I remebmer biting you." She said after a moment of silence. Her voice was hoarse from never being used.
"Don't worry about it. You just worry about getting stronger now. Ok?" She nodded and closed her eyes.
"Thank you, Trunks, for helping me so much. I would have died..." She said sinking further into the bed.
"You're more than welcome. Rest...You're safe now." He said then he noticed that she had already falled to sleep the moment she thanked him. He laughed to himself and turned out the light.
The pod had given him so much information, information she was unaware that exisited. Information on her Saiyajin father and her demure alien mother. He would have to wait until she was strong enough to handle it all.
He watched her sleep for a while then stood and left her to her dreams. he locked the door behind him and kept the key to himself. She only trusted him and he wasn't about to frighten her into hysterics with a stranger she didn't trust.
He entered the monitor room and secured a camera on her sleeping form. He programmed alarms to alert him when she awoke. He knew that a locked door would not keep her contained should she become alarmed.
