Three days later, Piccolo walked in the front door to find Solarah in a meditative stated. He couldn't help the way he felt as he stared at her. He especially loved the way her swollen belly nestled in the saftey of her lap. All at once she hissed and instantly put a hand on her stomache.
Without Looking at him. "The baby...is stretching and is learning it has room to play...Like pushing against my side...Which I might add, Kinda hurts."
Piccolo stepped up to her and crouched down to the floor, then he sat cross legged infront of her. He and Solarah had already gotten pass the "Permission to touch stage", He realized instantly that she welcomed it like the air she breathed. He placed a hand on her belly and felt the baby shift. This should have disturbed him but it didn't. He was actually amazed really, How a woman went through this and when it was over it, was like it never happened.
He had seen Chichi when she was pregnant with Goten, Her and Goku's youngest. She had swelled up so big that Gohan was constantly babbling off to her to sit down. stubbron woman of coursed refused...But Solarah...she watches what she does and she sits down and paces herself.
"Piccolo?...Have you thought of a name?" She asked and he looked at her curiously. 'A name?'
"No not really...I havent really got over the fact that a baby me is growing in there." He meant that to be serious but Solarah erupted into a laughing fit and it was kinda contagious. Before he realized it she had scooted closer to him and was almost in his lap. He welcomed her, by scooping up her body and placed her purposly into his lap. he wrapped his arms around her, ending with his hands on her stomach.
"Piccolo...Can I share something with you?" He heard her ask but he was feeling that familiar pull in his mind and knew Dende was trying to contact him.
"I think Dende is trying to reach me? But What did you want to ask me?" He spoke aloud and Solarah looked up at him from her perch in his lap, smiled and shook her head "Nevermind."
"So your going to the lookout then...Would it be too much trouble...If I tagged along?" She asked softly and he wondered for a moment if that was safe?
"I Really don't think that is a good idea." She looked down and then rubbed her belly warmly. She nodded and smiled, "Yeah your probably right...I'll be here waiting for your return." She said as she attempted to crawl out of his lap. He chuckled at her then rose her to her feet rather effortlessly. She turned to face him and he pulled her to him. He nuzzled her tummy and even kissed it. He wanted this so much. All he felt with Solarah is this love...and their child. He wanted it...he knew now that this is the void he was trying to fill and it felt so good to have it.
" You had better go now "Daddy", Dende is waiting for you so you better go see what he wants." he heard her say and that word went all through him like he was being warmed by a fire. He growled with a smile he knew he couldn't erase.
He finally rose to his feet and headed for the door. "Please be safe Solarah...Don't over do it." He stressed and she put her hands on her hips and looked back at him like she was going to throw something at him.
"Yeah, Yeah you ol worry wart, Now get going...Its not in your good favor to make the Guardian wait."
She snarkly remarked and ushered him out.
He waved and headed off to the lookout unknowning to the pair of hidden Amethyst eyes that followed his departure and then landed back on the very apparent mother to be as she went back inside.
The tall figure stalked closer to the capsule house window and watched as Solarah started to water her plants. The figure stared on as a single word slipped from it's lips in a whisper, "Neshwah".
Piccolo's POV*
Just as he rounded the top he realized that he was ont the only one there. Bulma's Son from the future was standing there talking to Dende and they both stopped and turned towards him.
"Piccolo...How is Solarah?" He looked worried and Piccolo nodded "She's tired but high spirited...whats this about?"Piccolo concluded and looked to Trunks.
"Hello again Piccolo...Dende...is everyone else on their way?" The Boy from the future asked and Dende nodded.
"If your here then something must be wrong so out with it." Piccolo almost growled causing Dende to look back at him.
"Your not wrong...there is a demoness here in this time and she's looking for some form of power source to full her spell to open the gates to the demon relm...she influences and steals life from her victims...Me and My Partner who for some reason, was seperated and I know he'll Be hunting me down shortly...we have been skipping through different times in history, trying to catch this demoness names Towa. We are working with a group called Time Patrollers...Anyways Towa gives off a high energy signal off and on but I think sometimes she does this to lead us astray." Trunks explained and Piccolo calculated every word. "The best way to Find this demoness is to find the power source she's after...Do you have any idea what IT is?" Piccolo asked as he crossed his arms across his chest and narrowed his gaze.
"Sort of...as it turns out every power surge through time history has always been a person with extremely high fighting power. But this time she has her sights on a soul...A soul that belongs to a Phoenix...Someone in this time line has it."
"A Phoenix...what is that?" Piccolo heard Dende ask and suddenly Piccolo couldn't hear as a strange sensation pull at him. He recognized it instantly
"Dende...I... I Have something Urgent...I?" Piccolo started and suddenly he couldn't focus as Fear laced his senses.
Something was wrong and with that he barrelled off the lookout with Trunks following close behind. 'That's Good because it would take a sayian to stop me should anything happen to Solarah.' He thought as he picked up speed.
Solarah's POV*
She didn't realize that someone was there as she stepped back outside and when that person stepped into view, She all but yelped. The person was Clad in armor from head to toe and Solarah couldn't see who or what it was...however the way the person slowly knelt and bowed their head to her, made her realize that this person was not trying to harm her.
"My My...What is this...Hero?...Is this person...Special to you?...maybe I'll be able to find your identy after all and then I'm going to destroy you and everything close to you." came a sinister female voice from behind Solarah and when she turned, There stood a Voluptous woman, with platnuim hair and a red form fitting body suit. She looked Like a human but the coloring was all wrong and Solarah backed up slightly.
The Full cladded being rounded Solarah and placed themself infront of Solarah. They put their hand out and slightly backwards as a form of protection. "Who...Who are you...do I know you?...and Who is She?"
"My Name is Towa and You my dear is giving off a large power level...One that will be mine" The Weird Woman sneered, The person infront of her growled deeply and for a moment it almost sounded like...'Piccolo?' Solarah thought as she watched the two lunge at each other in a force she had never seen. 'Piccolo Hurry...I'm scared' she thought as she took shelter behind a large rock away from the fight. Her baby kicked her insides with all the excitement and it was becoming hard to breath at times. "Oh, Little one please calm down your hurting me." Solarah said to her unborn child and rubbed her side in an attemtp to ease the stressed baby.
She looked up to the fight and watched them go at it. She wished with all her heart that Piccolo was there to protect her, but she was thankful of the unknown protector that had showed up.
"She will be mine one way or another Hero...if you wont give her to me then I will corrupt her mind and control her til I need her."
Towa growled out and outsrteched a hand towards Solarah. Solarah waited for an attack but oddly enough there wasn't one.
"How Are you resisting me?...Unless...OF COURSE!...It all makes sense now." Towa Exclaimed and Solarah watched the mystery person falter slightly. "So that's why your here then...The Phoenix...I should have seen that one coming...How lucky for me."
"I Wouldn't call it luck if you know your going to die" Came that gruff voice and as Solarah followed it, Her eyes landed on Him...Piccolo.
Piccolo's POV*
He had flew faster than he thought was possible to Solarah and when he gets there he finds the woman Trunks described on the way over.
It was then That he had left the Demisaiyan behind. Trunks had landed and was instantly in stance beside some really tall stranger who was completely covered from head to toe in armor.
'He must have followed Towa here and protected Solarah' Piccolo thought as he went straight for Solarah and scooped her up into his arms. If he needed to flee then He wasn't leaving her behind.
"Well now these odds won't do...I'll Have her souls...And then The gates will finally be open." Towa Threatened and then disappeared through a purplish void.
"Solarah...Are you ok? are you hurt?...Solarah?" Piccolo asked and when he didn't get an answer he quickly turned his attention to her.
She went limp in his arms and he nuzzled her. She was still warm and everything seemed fine. She must have fainted from the stress.
He pulled her body up his chest and nuzzled her belly. A tiny push told him that the baby was ok as well. 'She must of panicked and I can't imagine why she wouldn't.' He thought as he turned towards Trunks and the Stranger. after carefully studying the Armored stranger, Piccolo felt a familiarity about him and decided he was trustworthy.
"Thank you...For protecting Solarah...and..."Piccolo couldn't finish as the stranger placed a hand on his forarm and leaned in with his masked face and place it against Solarah's forhead. There was an extremely light whisper that Stunned Piccolo and then Trunks bid farewell and that they had to report in, that they would be back. Piccolo hardly heard a single word after the one that his ears caught from the stranger.
'Neshwah?' Piccolo thought as he looked down to his mate and continued his thought aloud "Mother?"
