Chapter three: Discoveries
Ever since I had that dream, my life took it upon itself to turn itself into a kind of unreality and a living nightmare. For example, my wounds healed faster than a normal human's would, and I had no scars left over from them. Not to mention my temper was shorter than usual and school was like no hell I've ever heard of. In any case, I've never really felt like I've fit in with my family, school, friends, and now the feeling had become intensifying. Then again, I never have fit in. I've always felt so.out of place, like I'm not even human. (That's why my older brother decided to take up the responsibility of watching out for me at school; at least, he did when he was there the year before.) It's how many students treat me; like I'm another species or something. Sure I'm friends with many, even the popular kids; they don't seem to care that there's a sense of alienism around me. I remember once when one of them claimed to have seen a tail on me and some of my teeth grow larger and pointer, but only for a second. There even have been days when I've turned into a totally different person, and scared the hell out of everyone.
I don't really know how to describe it all...alright I have it. Okay, now just imagine that you're from another planet. You were sent here as a child, and was raised as a human, never knowing your true heritage. You have managed to make some friends, but you are mainly ridiculed because you're different; they tease you and in some cases, they have managed to pull a few pranks on you. Some of them even supect that you're not human, and neither you or them know how right they are. Soon, when you think that nothing else in your life could get as bad as it is now, you start having strange dreams that seem too real for words. Now you know that your life is without doubt, downhill from here on.
That's what its been like for me. All my life, I've been an outsider. Well, not exactly, but I'm sure you know what I mean; people just treat me like I'm one. I know my brother won't be able to protect me for long. I've been doing fairly well on my own this year, but when I go to high school next year, that will be a whole different story. My older brother will help me while I'm there, but there will be times when he can't be there for me.
Anyway, enough with all this sad talk, on with the story. It's been about a week since that night and every night the dream comes again, only it starts where it was left off the previous night. In those dreams, I'd mostly tried to stay hidden in the beginning, but after the numerous times that Bardock or one of the other soliders found me, I ended up becoming friends with some of them. I learned somewhat about their people and planet and who were their allies and enemies. Since I figured this was all a dream, I just went along with it and waited each time patiently until I woke up. My mind must be having a blast creating these worlds. Never thought I had it in me. Amazingly, this next one was the last of them, but it was totally different from the other ones.
In my dream I wasn't on that planet this time, and I was once again fitted with a tail like Bardock's. Thankfully, the street I had appeared in was deserted. 'Everyone must be at a tournament or something,' I thought. As I was passing by a big building, I just happened to look in the window and see a horned white and purple..thing. I think his name was Freeza, at least that's what they told me on Bardock's planet. Stunned by this discovery I didn't watch where I was walking and smacked into someone.
"Hey, watch it!" the stranger yelled at me. I turned, looked at him, and fell backwards in fright. 'Zarbon! He's the one Kaze told me about!' But before I hit the ground, his hands grabed my arms and pulled me back to my feet. "Are you alright?"
"Uh, yeah. Thanks." I brushed some dirt off, straightened my shirt, then looked into his face. "Hey, I know you. You're Zarbon, one of Freeza's righthand men."
"Yes, I am. Though I wish to the Gods I weren't." Zarbon looked around as if someone were watching us. "Don't mention this anyone, but I'd rather have worked for King Vegeta of the Saiyans than Freeza," he said in a low voice.
"Why? Don't you like working for Freeza? I mean he's one of the stongest people in the galaxy."
"Actually, no, I don't. Freeza's a merciless, cold-blooded killer with no conscious. He took me from my people when I was young and then destroyed it, lying to me that it had been struck by an asteroid. Just like he did to the Prince of the Saiyans" His eyes raised above my head as if he were remembering something. And - they began to water. Soon, tiny tears were running down his cheeks. "I swore to myself then and there that as soon as I was strong enough I would destroyed Freeza like he did my people." Zarbon squeezed his eyes shut, tears still streaming through. ' Jeez, and here I thought he was a merciless killer like Freeza. But no, he's crying like a big baby.'
My mouth dropped open. A warrior of his stature, crying. Pathetic I know, but I couldn't help but take pity on the big guy. My heart just melted right then. I could feel my eyes begin to water because of the saddness I felt for him. Almost certainly without realizing it, Zarbon's arms suddenly draped over my shoulders and set his face against the top of my head, crying softly. My body went rigid. Not sure what to do, I slowly reached my arms around him, and lightly patted his back.
After standing there for a few minutes, I said, "Do you realize that you're soaking my hair?" He laughed softly, and released me. Zarbon quickly dried his eyes and straightened up.
"I'm sorry about that. I usually don't break down infront of people. Actually I never do." I smiled and shook my head. "It's just that my childhood was extremely brutal, and I frequently try not to remember it. Unpleasant memories; as you've noticed."
I smiled again. 'Hmmm, he's not so bad after all. Actually, Zarbon is kinda cool. Too bad this is a dream, otherwise I'd try to find a way to take him home with me.' "Yeah, but why are you suddenly trusting me so much to tell me this and to...to ..cry, and not tell Freeza?"
"You know? I'm not sure. It's just a feeling I got when I first saw you." Suddenly a crowd of warriors came within our view in the street. They were talking loudly and appeared to be swaying on their feet. Their cheeks were also a nice rosey color. "Great, just great," muttered Zarbon. "Precisely what I need, right now. A horde of drunken soliders." Soon they were only feet away from us. I backed up and slipped to the side of Zarbon; the state the warriors were in scared me. At the moment they were capable of anything. Unfortunately, one of them spotted me. A blue, skinny version of another one of Freeza's lackies; how disgusting.
"Hey there." He took a step closer and I took a step back. "What are you doing with Zarbon, huh? You know you could have more fun with me than with him." 'I think I'm gonna be sick. He just sugested that..Bad thoughts! Bad thoughts! I'm going to kill him!' But Zarbon uttered a low growl and stepped in front of me, scowling at bluey.
"Why don't you go dunk your head in the river, Nackar." But he wan't listening to Zarbon, Nackar was staring at my waist, or should I say.my tail. I made the mistake of not wrapping it around my waist like it should have been and it was waving around attracting everyone's attention. Zarbon followed his gaze down to my tail. His eyes widened.
I backed away from all of them. "I..uh..bye!" With that, I ran.
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"Hey!" Zarbon yelled. "Come back here!" But I had already disappeared. Zarbon turned the blue guy and punched him, which sent him flying into the others. "Nice going Nackar, you scared her away! She had a tail." Then it dawned on Zarbon. "She's a Saiyan! But Freeza.."
"Zarbon?!" Freeza yelled leaning out of the window.
"Yes, Master Freeza?!"
"What's all the noise? You louts don't know the meaning of peace and quiet."
"It was some Saiyan teenager," he replied stiffly.
Freeza's eyes widened. "What are you talking about? I destroyed all the Saiyans except Prince Vegeta, Nappa and Radditz!"
"But the girl. If you destroyed all the Saiyans, then who.?"
"Find that girl and bring her to me!" said Freeza. Zarbon bowed stiffly and ran off to retrieve me.
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I'd been running in blind panic for five minutes. I stopped for a breather and then began running again; right after of course I wrapped my tail around my waist as to not spark up anyone's attention. I must have been looking behind me to see if I was being followed, because I suddenly ran into someone or something, driving us both to the ground. "Oof! Hey, look where you're going baka!"
"Oh, sorry!" I said as I got up. When I held out a hand to help up the person that I had knocked down, there was an older Prince Vegeta propped up on his elbows. "Vegeta?!" I groaned. "Great! Now I'm in even more trouble." 'And I'm worse off than when I came into this nightmare.'
"Yes, you'd better believe you're in more trouble," he growled as he got up. His eyes then lowered to my waist, and his eyebrows rose in suspicion. Vegeta then looked straight into my eyes as if he were searching for something.
"What is it with you people and looking me!" I cried.
"Do I know you from somewhere?" he demanded dusting himself off.
"Uh no. And I'm kind of in a hurry right now. Bye!" 'I hope he doesn't remember me!'
Before I had time to turn and split, Zarbon rounded the corner. "Hey, kid!" he yelled pointing at me. "Vegeta, grab her!"
"Oh great!" I tried to take off running, but Vegeta had a good hold on my arm. "Hey, let go!" I said, tugging.
"Go ahead and make me." His grip tightened as I struggled to break free. I knew what was coming next, so I panicked and did the first thing that came to my mind. I threw my head back at Vegeta's face, hoping that I would make contact, and well, I did. 'Finally, my training is starting to pay off for once.' Lucky for me, Vegeta wasn't expecting me to fight back, so his grip on me had been loosened. I took the chance and tried to make a break for it, but then I ran into Zarbon, who pushed me back into Vegeta who this time wrapped his entire arms around me, so I wouldn't be able to escape again. "Who is this, Zarbon?" Vegeta asked.
"Why don't you ask her, because all I know is that she's a Saiyan. And, I have to take her back with me. Freeza wants a word with her."
I struggled more in Vegeta's tight hold. Similar to before, it was usless and I growled. "Oh sure. Go ahead and take me to Mr. High and Mighty so he can kill me!"
I could feel Vegeta's grip loosen and I sank through his hands to my knees. Both of the warriors knelt beside me. "A Saiyan? Now why would Freeza want to kill you?" Vegeta asked me.
"I thought you guys knew?" I asked them. "I'm a Saiyan, Freeza hates Saiyans." I folded my arms across my chest and turned my head away.
Zarbon chuckled, leaned forward and pulled my face gently to his with his finger. "It's alright. I'm not going to take you anywhere until I get a few answers." I nodded, still scowling. "First of all, who are you and where did you come from?"
"Uh," 'Crud. Should I give them my real name? It really doesn't matter though, whether they know my real name or not.' "Uh..Raye." I finally answered. "My name is Raye. I'm from, well, I don't where I from really. And I have no idea how I got here either." I looked down at my hands, only to see them become transparent. I laughed lightly. "I guess this is what you look like when you're waking up from a dream," I whispered
"What the hell is going on!" shouted both the warriors.
"I'm waking up, finally." I looked at them and smiled. "I hope to see you guys again," I said as I vanished from their sight.
I opened my eyes to see sunlight streaming into my room, and sat up in bed. "Now that was interesting." I was glad it was just a dream because if it were real, then my face would be molded into Vegeta's and Zarbon's minds forever. Little did I know that everything that happened in my dream actually did occur. The people were real, and the planets I was on was real. And that's when my life went from somewhat bizzare, to totally bizzare. The thing that made this all the more creepier, was that every time I woke from one of those particular dreams, I would find myself floating in the air. And of course then fall back to the ground. Now what do you do when you find yourself floating in mid-air when you wake up? Panic, right? But did I panic? Oh no! I decided to go out to the orchard that weekend and create a nice, big, crater! Don't believe me do you? Well, you'd better, 'cause your head's gonna spin from what I'm about to tell you.
I was out in one of the meadows on the hill trying to mimic one of Kaze's energy beams. I cupped my hands, and brought them to my right side. I concentrated and imagined a beam of light shooting from my hands, then forced them out. What I didn't notice, was while I was concentrating, there was some blue fire (or aura) and electricity forming around my hands and body. As soon as I had done that, a blue beam of energy or a ki blast, shot out of my hands and disintegrated a boulder that was on the other side of the meadow; there was also now a crater about 5 feet deep. I stood there frozen with fear and amazement. Gradually I began to regain my composure, when I saw something glistening within the crater. I cautiously walked forward until I was at the edge it. As if someone was beckoning me, I slid down into the hole and began to dig. Soon I uncovered the peak of..of a rounded metal thing, that was covered with strange symbols. I looked at them from all angles, but never came close to figuring out what it said.
Suddenly I reared back in pain. I grabbed my shoulder and growled because of the intense pain. It was like something I've never experienced before. Wanting to see if I had gotten stung or something, I lifted up my sleeve and discovered a sign (Similar to the writing on the metal object. In fact I saw a symbol on it exactly like the one on my shoulder) glowing a deep green; that's about the time I passed out. When I finally woke, the sky was darkening, signaling twilight. At a snail's pace I climbed out of the pit and made my way home. The next evening before dinner, I finally gathered enough spirit to talk to my parents.
"Mom? Dad?" I asked.
They both looked up from their food. "Yes?"
I took a deep breath and closed my eyes then reopened them. "I want the complete and absolute truth. Where did I really come from?"
My parents looked at me with emotionless faces. "Why do you ask?" said Mom.
I closed my eyes and concentrated on forming a small ball of energy in my hand, and used the other to lift up my sleeve to them the mark on my shoulder. (After the little incident in the meadow, I had spent the next day teaching myself to call the energy from my core to form the ball of pure energy in my hand). Everyone stopped eating. "Humans can't do this," I said bluntly. "And how do you explain those burns and cuts on me that mysteriously appeared?"
Dad sighed heavily. "We would have had to tell her sooner or later."
Robert looked at them with a curious face but his eyes were on my hand. "Tell her what?" he asked with a mouthful of mashed potatoes.
"Don't talk with your mouth full, and it's obvious what they have to tell her. They found her in a spaceship somewhere." said David.
My mother looked at my brother and rolled her eyes. "Your brother is right, Christa. We did find you in a spaceship. Although I couldn't possibly guess who told him this." She looked at my father, who pulled an innocent face and continued to eat.
The ball disappeared. "Of course you obviously did. But, where?"
"Well," she said. "You see, your father and I were driving home from your uncl.er.my brother's out in Medford. No sooner than had we pulled onto the main road, we hit a major traffic jam. It stretched for about half a mile. Your father and I were only able to move a few hundred feet within the space of an hour. Around the second hour of sitting there, I noticed an exit that no one was taking, so I checked the map and it turned out that this particular exit would eventually lead us to the proper highway. Sure it would take longer to get home, but at least we would not be stuck in the jam. So we took it. No sooner than had we gone a few miles when something streaked across the sky and landed in the forest near the road. Thinking it was an asteriod or something, we jumped out of the car and ran towards where we thought that it may have landed. When your father and I arrived, there was a large crater with a round metal object sitting at the bottom of it. As we moved in closer, we discovered it to be a spaceship.with someone inside."
"Me," I whispered.
"Yes, you. After I finished gawking at how cute you were, your father figured out how to open it. Right then when we first held you in our arms, I knew that I wanted to keep you forever. Although, you had a deep cut above your right eye." 'Ah, so that's where my scar came from.' "Then we had the problem of deciding what to do about the ship. We tried to roll it out, and discovered your ship to be fairly light, considering its size. Back then, we had our old pickup, so we were miraculously able to roll it into the back. We then fastened it down, covered it with a tarp, and went home. We waited for weeks for someone to contact us about you, but no one ever did. So we adopted you into our family. For a few days there were reports in the paper about the 'asteroid' and the area it landed in. But of course, all they found was an empty hole. As for the ship, we burried it deep in the ground on the hill."
"I don't remember any of this happening," said David. He looked as confused as I was.
"You were only one and a half at the time and was staying at Grandma and Grandpa's place while we were gone." said Dad.
"Anyway," continued Mom, "we didn't want to tell you until you were older."
"So you're saying that I am an alien and my real parents sent here because, the planet was about to be destroyed?" I said sarcastically.
My Dad took a deep breath, "You're right about the alien part. The part about your real parents, it could be very possible." I froze. "Because you see," he paused, "when we found you, you had a.a tail, and that mark on your shoulder. We'd thought that it might be some kind of birthmark, but it disappeared a few weeks later along with your tail." For about five minutes, no one said anything. To break the silence, I unloaded of questions like: How many other people know about this? And, was anybody scared when they saw me with a tail? My Dad held up his hands, "Whoa, one at a time." As I sat there listening to them explain everything, I knew that my life was going to be changed forever.
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~Raydias
Ever since I had that dream, my life took it upon itself to turn itself into a kind of unreality and a living nightmare. For example, my wounds healed faster than a normal human's would, and I had no scars left over from them. Not to mention my temper was shorter than usual and school was like no hell I've ever heard of. In any case, I've never really felt like I've fit in with my family, school, friends, and now the feeling had become intensifying. Then again, I never have fit in. I've always felt so.out of place, like I'm not even human. (That's why my older brother decided to take up the responsibility of watching out for me at school; at least, he did when he was there the year before.) It's how many students treat me; like I'm another species or something. Sure I'm friends with many, even the popular kids; they don't seem to care that there's a sense of alienism around me. I remember once when one of them claimed to have seen a tail on me and some of my teeth grow larger and pointer, but only for a second. There even have been days when I've turned into a totally different person, and scared the hell out of everyone.
I don't really know how to describe it all...alright I have it. Okay, now just imagine that you're from another planet. You were sent here as a child, and was raised as a human, never knowing your true heritage. You have managed to make some friends, but you are mainly ridiculed because you're different; they tease you and in some cases, they have managed to pull a few pranks on you. Some of them even supect that you're not human, and neither you or them know how right they are. Soon, when you think that nothing else in your life could get as bad as it is now, you start having strange dreams that seem too real for words. Now you know that your life is without doubt, downhill from here on.
That's what its been like for me. All my life, I've been an outsider. Well, not exactly, but I'm sure you know what I mean; people just treat me like I'm one. I know my brother won't be able to protect me for long. I've been doing fairly well on my own this year, but when I go to high school next year, that will be a whole different story. My older brother will help me while I'm there, but there will be times when he can't be there for me.
Anyway, enough with all this sad talk, on with the story. It's been about a week since that night and every night the dream comes again, only it starts where it was left off the previous night. In those dreams, I'd mostly tried to stay hidden in the beginning, but after the numerous times that Bardock or one of the other soliders found me, I ended up becoming friends with some of them. I learned somewhat about their people and planet and who were their allies and enemies. Since I figured this was all a dream, I just went along with it and waited each time patiently until I woke up. My mind must be having a blast creating these worlds. Never thought I had it in me. Amazingly, this next one was the last of them, but it was totally different from the other ones.
In my dream I wasn't on that planet this time, and I was once again fitted with a tail like Bardock's. Thankfully, the street I had appeared in was deserted. 'Everyone must be at a tournament or something,' I thought. As I was passing by a big building, I just happened to look in the window and see a horned white and purple..thing. I think his name was Freeza, at least that's what they told me on Bardock's planet. Stunned by this discovery I didn't watch where I was walking and smacked into someone.
"Hey, watch it!" the stranger yelled at me. I turned, looked at him, and fell backwards in fright. 'Zarbon! He's the one Kaze told me about!' But before I hit the ground, his hands grabed my arms and pulled me back to my feet. "Are you alright?"
"Uh, yeah. Thanks." I brushed some dirt off, straightened my shirt, then looked into his face. "Hey, I know you. You're Zarbon, one of Freeza's righthand men."
"Yes, I am. Though I wish to the Gods I weren't." Zarbon looked around as if someone were watching us. "Don't mention this anyone, but I'd rather have worked for King Vegeta of the Saiyans than Freeza," he said in a low voice.
"Why? Don't you like working for Freeza? I mean he's one of the stongest people in the galaxy."
"Actually, no, I don't. Freeza's a merciless, cold-blooded killer with no conscious. He took me from my people when I was young and then destroyed it, lying to me that it had been struck by an asteroid. Just like he did to the Prince of the Saiyans" His eyes raised above my head as if he were remembering something. And - they began to water. Soon, tiny tears were running down his cheeks. "I swore to myself then and there that as soon as I was strong enough I would destroyed Freeza like he did my people." Zarbon squeezed his eyes shut, tears still streaming through. ' Jeez, and here I thought he was a merciless killer like Freeza. But no, he's crying like a big baby.'
My mouth dropped open. A warrior of his stature, crying. Pathetic I know, but I couldn't help but take pity on the big guy. My heart just melted right then. I could feel my eyes begin to water because of the saddness I felt for him. Almost certainly without realizing it, Zarbon's arms suddenly draped over my shoulders and set his face against the top of my head, crying softly. My body went rigid. Not sure what to do, I slowly reached my arms around him, and lightly patted his back.
After standing there for a few minutes, I said, "Do you realize that you're soaking my hair?" He laughed softly, and released me. Zarbon quickly dried his eyes and straightened up.
"I'm sorry about that. I usually don't break down infront of people. Actually I never do." I smiled and shook my head. "It's just that my childhood was extremely brutal, and I frequently try not to remember it. Unpleasant memories; as you've noticed."
I smiled again. 'Hmmm, he's not so bad after all. Actually, Zarbon is kinda cool. Too bad this is a dream, otherwise I'd try to find a way to take him home with me.' "Yeah, but why are you suddenly trusting me so much to tell me this and to...to ..cry, and not tell Freeza?"
"You know? I'm not sure. It's just a feeling I got when I first saw you." Suddenly a crowd of warriors came within our view in the street. They were talking loudly and appeared to be swaying on their feet. Their cheeks were also a nice rosey color. "Great, just great," muttered Zarbon. "Precisely what I need, right now. A horde of drunken soliders." Soon they were only feet away from us. I backed up and slipped to the side of Zarbon; the state the warriors were in scared me. At the moment they were capable of anything. Unfortunately, one of them spotted me. A blue, skinny version of another one of Freeza's lackies; how disgusting.
"Hey there." He took a step closer and I took a step back. "What are you doing with Zarbon, huh? You know you could have more fun with me than with him." 'I think I'm gonna be sick. He just sugested that..Bad thoughts! Bad thoughts! I'm going to kill him!' But Zarbon uttered a low growl and stepped in front of me, scowling at bluey.
"Why don't you go dunk your head in the river, Nackar." But he wan't listening to Zarbon, Nackar was staring at my waist, or should I say.my tail. I made the mistake of not wrapping it around my waist like it should have been and it was waving around attracting everyone's attention. Zarbon followed his gaze down to my tail. His eyes widened.
I backed away from all of them. "I..uh..bye!" With that, I ran.
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"Hey!" Zarbon yelled. "Come back here!" But I had already disappeared. Zarbon turned the blue guy and punched him, which sent him flying into the others. "Nice going Nackar, you scared her away! She had a tail." Then it dawned on Zarbon. "She's a Saiyan! But Freeza.."
"Zarbon?!" Freeza yelled leaning out of the window.
"Yes, Master Freeza?!"
"What's all the noise? You louts don't know the meaning of peace and quiet."
"It was some Saiyan teenager," he replied stiffly.
Freeza's eyes widened. "What are you talking about? I destroyed all the Saiyans except Prince Vegeta, Nappa and Radditz!"
"But the girl. If you destroyed all the Saiyans, then who.?"
"Find that girl and bring her to me!" said Freeza. Zarbon bowed stiffly and ran off to retrieve me.
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I'd been running in blind panic for five minutes. I stopped for a breather and then began running again; right after of course I wrapped my tail around my waist as to not spark up anyone's attention. I must have been looking behind me to see if I was being followed, because I suddenly ran into someone or something, driving us both to the ground. "Oof! Hey, look where you're going baka!"
"Oh, sorry!" I said as I got up. When I held out a hand to help up the person that I had knocked down, there was an older Prince Vegeta propped up on his elbows. "Vegeta?!" I groaned. "Great! Now I'm in even more trouble." 'And I'm worse off than when I came into this nightmare.'
"Yes, you'd better believe you're in more trouble," he growled as he got up. His eyes then lowered to my waist, and his eyebrows rose in suspicion. Vegeta then looked straight into my eyes as if he were searching for something.
"What is it with you people and looking me!" I cried.
"Do I know you from somewhere?" he demanded dusting himself off.
"Uh no. And I'm kind of in a hurry right now. Bye!" 'I hope he doesn't remember me!'
Before I had time to turn and split, Zarbon rounded the corner. "Hey, kid!" he yelled pointing at me. "Vegeta, grab her!"
"Oh great!" I tried to take off running, but Vegeta had a good hold on my arm. "Hey, let go!" I said, tugging.
"Go ahead and make me." His grip tightened as I struggled to break free. I knew what was coming next, so I panicked and did the first thing that came to my mind. I threw my head back at Vegeta's face, hoping that I would make contact, and well, I did. 'Finally, my training is starting to pay off for once.' Lucky for me, Vegeta wasn't expecting me to fight back, so his grip on me had been loosened. I took the chance and tried to make a break for it, but then I ran into Zarbon, who pushed me back into Vegeta who this time wrapped his entire arms around me, so I wouldn't be able to escape again. "Who is this, Zarbon?" Vegeta asked.
"Why don't you ask her, because all I know is that she's a Saiyan. And, I have to take her back with me. Freeza wants a word with her."
I struggled more in Vegeta's tight hold. Similar to before, it was usless and I growled. "Oh sure. Go ahead and take me to Mr. High and Mighty so he can kill me!"
I could feel Vegeta's grip loosen and I sank through his hands to my knees. Both of the warriors knelt beside me. "A Saiyan? Now why would Freeza want to kill you?" Vegeta asked me.
"I thought you guys knew?" I asked them. "I'm a Saiyan, Freeza hates Saiyans." I folded my arms across my chest and turned my head away.
Zarbon chuckled, leaned forward and pulled my face gently to his with his finger. "It's alright. I'm not going to take you anywhere until I get a few answers." I nodded, still scowling. "First of all, who are you and where did you come from?"
"Uh," 'Crud. Should I give them my real name? It really doesn't matter though, whether they know my real name or not.' "Uh..Raye." I finally answered. "My name is Raye. I'm from, well, I don't where I from really. And I have no idea how I got here either." I looked down at my hands, only to see them become transparent. I laughed lightly. "I guess this is what you look like when you're waking up from a dream," I whispered
"What the hell is going on!" shouted both the warriors.
"I'm waking up, finally." I looked at them and smiled. "I hope to see you guys again," I said as I vanished from their sight.
I opened my eyes to see sunlight streaming into my room, and sat up in bed. "Now that was interesting." I was glad it was just a dream because if it were real, then my face would be molded into Vegeta's and Zarbon's minds forever. Little did I know that everything that happened in my dream actually did occur. The people were real, and the planets I was on was real. And that's when my life went from somewhat bizzare, to totally bizzare. The thing that made this all the more creepier, was that every time I woke from one of those particular dreams, I would find myself floating in the air. And of course then fall back to the ground. Now what do you do when you find yourself floating in mid-air when you wake up? Panic, right? But did I panic? Oh no! I decided to go out to the orchard that weekend and create a nice, big, crater! Don't believe me do you? Well, you'd better, 'cause your head's gonna spin from what I'm about to tell you.
I was out in one of the meadows on the hill trying to mimic one of Kaze's energy beams. I cupped my hands, and brought them to my right side. I concentrated and imagined a beam of light shooting from my hands, then forced them out. What I didn't notice, was while I was concentrating, there was some blue fire (or aura) and electricity forming around my hands and body. As soon as I had done that, a blue beam of energy or a ki blast, shot out of my hands and disintegrated a boulder that was on the other side of the meadow; there was also now a crater about 5 feet deep. I stood there frozen with fear and amazement. Gradually I began to regain my composure, when I saw something glistening within the crater. I cautiously walked forward until I was at the edge it. As if someone was beckoning me, I slid down into the hole and began to dig. Soon I uncovered the peak of..of a rounded metal thing, that was covered with strange symbols. I looked at them from all angles, but never came close to figuring out what it said.
Suddenly I reared back in pain. I grabbed my shoulder and growled because of the intense pain. It was like something I've never experienced before. Wanting to see if I had gotten stung or something, I lifted up my sleeve and discovered a sign (Similar to the writing on the metal object. In fact I saw a symbol on it exactly like the one on my shoulder) glowing a deep green; that's about the time I passed out. When I finally woke, the sky was darkening, signaling twilight. At a snail's pace I climbed out of the pit and made my way home. The next evening before dinner, I finally gathered enough spirit to talk to my parents.
"Mom? Dad?" I asked.
They both looked up from their food. "Yes?"
I took a deep breath and closed my eyes then reopened them. "I want the complete and absolute truth. Where did I really come from?"
My parents looked at me with emotionless faces. "Why do you ask?" said Mom.
I closed my eyes and concentrated on forming a small ball of energy in my hand, and used the other to lift up my sleeve to them the mark on my shoulder. (After the little incident in the meadow, I had spent the next day teaching myself to call the energy from my core to form the ball of pure energy in my hand). Everyone stopped eating. "Humans can't do this," I said bluntly. "And how do you explain those burns and cuts on me that mysteriously appeared?"
Dad sighed heavily. "We would have had to tell her sooner or later."
Robert looked at them with a curious face but his eyes were on my hand. "Tell her what?" he asked with a mouthful of mashed potatoes.
"Don't talk with your mouth full, and it's obvious what they have to tell her. They found her in a spaceship somewhere." said David.
My mother looked at my brother and rolled her eyes. "Your brother is right, Christa. We did find you in a spaceship. Although I couldn't possibly guess who told him this." She looked at my father, who pulled an innocent face and continued to eat.
The ball disappeared. "Of course you obviously did. But, where?"
"Well," she said. "You see, your father and I were driving home from your uncl.er.my brother's out in Medford. No sooner than had we pulled onto the main road, we hit a major traffic jam. It stretched for about half a mile. Your father and I were only able to move a few hundred feet within the space of an hour. Around the second hour of sitting there, I noticed an exit that no one was taking, so I checked the map and it turned out that this particular exit would eventually lead us to the proper highway. Sure it would take longer to get home, but at least we would not be stuck in the jam. So we took it. No sooner than had we gone a few miles when something streaked across the sky and landed in the forest near the road. Thinking it was an asteriod or something, we jumped out of the car and ran towards where we thought that it may have landed. When your father and I arrived, there was a large crater with a round metal object sitting at the bottom of it. As we moved in closer, we discovered it to be a spaceship.with someone inside."
"Me," I whispered.
"Yes, you. After I finished gawking at how cute you were, your father figured out how to open it. Right then when we first held you in our arms, I knew that I wanted to keep you forever. Although, you had a deep cut above your right eye." 'Ah, so that's where my scar came from.' "Then we had the problem of deciding what to do about the ship. We tried to roll it out, and discovered your ship to be fairly light, considering its size. Back then, we had our old pickup, so we were miraculously able to roll it into the back. We then fastened it down, covered it with a tarp, and went home. We waited for weeks for someone to contact us about you, but no one ever did. So we adopted you into our family. For a few days there were reports in the paper about the 'asteroid' and the area it landed in. But of course, all they found was an empty hole. As for the ship, we burried it deep in the ground on the hill."
"I don't remember any of this happening," said David. He looked as confused as I was.
"You were only one and a half at the time and was staying at Grandma and Grandpa's place while we were gone." said Dad.
"Anyway," continued Mom, "we didn't want to tell you until you were older."
"So you're saying that I am an alien and my real parents sent here because, the planet was about to be destroyed?" I said sarcastically.
My Dad took a deep breath, "You're right about the alien part. The part about your real parents, it could be very possible." I froze. "Because you see," he paused, "when we found you, you had a.a tail, and that mark on your shoulder. We'd thought that it might be some kind of birthmark, but it disappeared a few weeks later along with your tail." For about five minutes, no one said anything. To break the silence, I unloaded of questions like: How many other people know about this? And, was anybody scared when they saw me with a tail? My Dad held up his hands, "Whoa, one at a time." As I sat there listening to them explain everything, I knew that my life was going to be changed forever.
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