Chapter 9

As Starfire saw her only sister flying off in the distance, she turned her intention to Gohan. She kneed down, pick up his head and started to let out tears.

Out of nowhere, a voice said "It's not too late, Princess Koriand'r."

She looked around to see who said that and saw 16's head talking.

"Don't act surprise," he said, "I am not compose of life, so I can't die like this."

Starfire then said "What did you say about Gohan?"

16 replied "There is still time to save him. He is barely holding on to his life right now."

With an ecstatic tone, she said "Then we have to hurry."

Piccolo then said "Hold on, we still have them to worry about."

He pointed at the Ginyu Force, who was walking towards them.

When they were near them, Ginyu said "Do you want to help him or not?"

Starfire looked at him and said "What did you say?"

"You heard me," Ginyu said, "Do you want to save his life or not?"

"I do," Starfire said.

"Good," Ginyu said, "Recoome, grab the big guy's body. Guldo, you get the head. Me and Jeice, help the girl and the Namekian while Burter takes the guy to a doctor."

To everyone's surprise, Piccolo said "Wait, what are you guys helping us for?"

Jeice replied "Listen mate, we are taking a lot of risks here right now."

"Yeah," Burter said, "You're lucky that we're helping you."

"But, what about the Cold Empire?" Starfire asked.

"Please," Ginyu said in a sarcastic way, "Frieza would still kill us, even if we beg for our lives."

"So, in a twist fate, we are helping you instead of the Cold Empire," Guldo said.

When there was a moment of silence, Ginyu said "Look, you pretty much have no choice. Burter here is the fastest and could find a doctor for you."

Without hesitation, Starfire said "Okay, but there is a spaceship that is near the palace that has a healing chamber in it."

"Got it," Ginyu said, "Burter, you know what to do."

Burter then went up to Starfire, got Gohan and in a split second; he travel to the palace, went inside the ship, place Gohan inside the healing chamber while he put on a breathing mask on Gohan, and returned to Ginyu and everyone else.

"I'm back," he said.

Starfire, 16 and Piccolo were surprise to see how fast he took Gohan to the healing chamber.

"Now let's take you back to your palace," Ginyu said.

Minutes when they all arrived at the palace, they saw a spaceship leaving the palace.

"Looks like King Cold already made his visit," Recoome said.

Starfire started to rush inside the castle to find her father and tell him what happen to Blackfire. Once she found him, she hurried up to him with a frighten look.

She said "Father, Komand'r, she…"

Before she could finish, Galfore said "I know. I saw her with them."

Starfire knew that her father felt heart-broken from the sight of Blackfire with Cooler.

He looked at Starfire and said "But I am grateful you are safe."

As he looked around, he said "Where are the others?"

Starfire replied "16 got decapitated, but once we repair him and get upgrades, he'll be fine. Piccolo is badly wounded, but he will be alright."

There was a moment of silence and Galfore asked "And what about the earthling?"

Starfire looked at him with a sorrowful look and said "Something bad happened to him."

Meanwhile, in the infirmary inside the spaceship, everyone was healing themselves while Gohan was inside the healing chamber.

"Are you sure he's not going to drown in there?" Piccolo asked.

Jeice replied "We have the same chambers as those where we came from. We know how to operate it."

"Besides," Recoome said, "Some of us used it and find it to be relaxing."

Piccolo then said "How long does this usually last?"

Burter replied "From what he suffered today, I say about a day of two."

"But that's not going to help," Ginyu said.

"What do you mean?" Piccolo asked.

Ginyu replied "I ran the computer right now and shows that his brain activity isn't functioning well. I'm afraid that he is in a coma."

"Great," Piccolo said, "Now how are we suppose to fight King Cold and his sons?"

When he said that, Starfire walked into the room with her father. The both of them saw Gohan in the healing chamber.

"How is he?" Starfire asked.

Piccolo replied "Overall, he'll live. But I'm afraid he slipped into a coma."

"What?" Starfire said in a startled way, "But we need his help."

"I'm sorry," Piccolo said, "But he won't be waking up soon."

Ginyu then said "Why do you need his help for? He's just an earthling."

"Yet, he just defeated all of you in a heartbeat," Piccolo said.

Ginyu looked at him and said "Touché."

Off to the side, Guldo was trying to place 16's head on his body, but had difficulties of attaching it. When he was doing that, five Tamaranean guards went up to 16's body and while four of them were carrying his body, the last one carried his head.

"So now what?" Piccolo asked, "Are we suppose to just stay in this planet and wait for our deaths?"

"I don't know," Starfire replied, "Since Gohan is in a coma…"

Ginyu then said "Why do you care about this human?"

"What are you talking about?" Starfire asked.

Ginyu replied "Out of all the things that is happening right now, the only thing you care about is this earthling, why?"

"Because," Starfire said, "I believe that his earth power can defeat the Cold Empire."

"Really?" Ginyu said, "And yet, he got slaughtered by Frieza."

Jeice then said "Just cut your loses, this earthling can even go toe-to-toe with one of them. More or less win."

"Well it doesn't matter now," Recoome said, "This guy is knocked out and won't be waking up soon."

"And what's worse is that we can't leave this planet without being destroyed by Cold's fleet," Galfore said.

"Not entirely," Ginyu said, "You see, we already have a plan."

"What plan?" Galfore asked.

"Simple," Ginyu said, "We still have our pods here in the planet. We can communicate to the other fleet to move out of the way and give your people a clean get away."

Piccolo then said in a suspicious way "And how do we know if you're lying to us?"

Burter then said "Believe what you want. But if you want to survive, you will have to believe us."

There was a moment of silence when Galfore said "Alright, what do we have to do?"

Ginyu started to explain the plan.

Hours later, the Ginyu Force, King Galfore and his men worked on the clock to secure all the Tamaraneans while Piccolo and Starfire rounded up everyone into the ships. Starfire made her way into the lab of Dr. Kazarr, where he was doing his research.

"Dr. Kazarr," she said, "We have to go."

Kazarr looked at Starfire and said "Princess Koriand'r, just he person I need to see."

Starfire then said "Why do you have to see me for?"

"I need to take another look at your earthling friend," he said.

"Why do you need him for?" she asked.

Kazarr replied "I want to look at his DNA closer. It appears that his DNA is already on the system."

"What are you talking about?" Starfire asked, "Then isn't that suppose to mean that you already have his DNA on the data?"

"Believe me, I typed in his species and it didn't show," he replied.

"Well he can't help you right now," Starfire said, "He's in a coma."

In shock, Kazarr said "My word, what happened?"

"Frieza happened," she said, "And if we don't get out of here, then this planet will be destroyed in three days."

"Right," Kazarr said, "But first, would you take me to the earthling? I want a fresh blood sample. And at the same time, give him medical treatment."

"Alright," Starfire said, "But you try anything life-threatening…"

Kazarr then said "Don't worry; I will not harm your friend."

Minutes later, when Starfire lead Dr. Kazarr into the infirmary where Gohan was; Kazarr started to run his data that he kept in his back-up disk in a nearby computer. Just near the door, Jeice walked in to see what was happening.

"Hey," he said, "What are you doing here?"

Starfire replied "I just brought a doctor to look after Gohan."

Then a senseless look came across Jeice's face and said "Princess, can I talk to you for a bit?"

"Sure," she replied.

When she walked out, Jeice then said in a foolish way "Tell me the truth: Are you in love with the earthling?"

With a surprising look, she started to blush and replied "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh my gosh," he exaggerated, "You do love him."

"No I don't," Starfire said, "We Tamaraneans don't have emotions like that."

"Oh you can't lie to me," Jeice said, "I can tell when someone's in love."

Starfire then said "Look, you can say all you want, but I never experience 'love' before."

"Really?" Jeice asked, "So you never felt you heart racing when you're near him?"

Starfire then started to remember the time when she first showed him the ship and how her heart was beating.

Jeice saw the expression on Starfire's face and said "So you have?"

Starfire then said "But that doesn't mean anything."

"Think what you like," Jeice said, "but you know the truth."

While inside the infirmary, Dr. Kazarr said in a terrified way "You have got to be kidding me!"

Starfire rushed inside the infirmary and said "What's wrong?"

Kazarr turned to her and said "Princess, go get your father immediately."

"Why?" she asked, "What's going on?"

He replied "Get your father and I'll tell you. I just made a discovery."

When he said that, she rushed out of there and went to get her father. At the same time, over hearing this, Jeice decides to get the rest of the Ginyu force to hear what was going on. Half an hour later; Starfire, Galfore, the Ginyu Force and Piccolo were in the infirmary waiting to hear from Kazarr.

"I'm glad you're all here," he said with an excited attitude, "What I'm about to tell you all is both shocking and true."

"What is it?" Starfire asked.

Kazarr then said "As you know: our goal as scientists is to collect any new species we encounter on our trips. In total: we collected 1,254 DNA samples. And I just imputed the earthling's DNA in to the system."

Ginyu was unimpressed and said "So that's why you dragged us here? To tell us your 'amazing collection?"

"On the contrary," Kazarr said, "When I imputed the earthling's DNA; it showed that his DNA was already in the system. So I did a little investigation on his DNA to see which out of the 1,254 samples his matches."

"And what?" Galfore said, "Are you saying he's not an earthling?"

"Exactly," Kazarr replied.

When he said that, there was confusion in everyone's mind.

"But wait," Starfire said, "He said he lived on Earth when he saved me. So that makes him an earthling."

"True," Kazarr said, "But there are other races that have the same physical structures as an earthling. Like that guy with the armor on."

"Get to the point," Ginyu said, "Why are you telling us this?"

Kazarr pointed at Gohan in the chamber and said "This person may have lived on Earth as Koriand'r had said, but the truth; he wasn't an earthling at all. In fact, he was sent there somehow, and with his appearance, he easily blended in well with the other earthlings."

"So, he was just sent there in a spaceship by himself?" Burter asked.

"Exactly my point," Kazarr said.

"Forget that," Piccolo said, "Just tell us what exactly you're talking about."

With a cheerful expression, Kazarr said "My friends; you are witnessing the most spectacular specimen yet."

He then said "For you see; your friend…is a Saiyan!"

When he said that, it gave everyone both a shocking and surprising expression on their face.

Galfore then said "Don't joke around, doctor. You don't know for sure."

Kazarr replied "I never joke. I ran the tests over and over and still had the same results. This boy is as we speak: the last of the Saiyans."

"That's impossible," Burter said, "I've seen a Saiyan before, and this one doesn't even have a tail."

"Yeah," Guldo said, "Everyone knows that Saiyans have tails"

"Ah, but this one wasn't born with one," Kazarr said, "You see, he was the first of his kind to ever be born without one."

Starfire looked at Gohan and said "So you're telling us that he is a Saiyan. But why hasn't he told us?"

"He's a Saiyan alright," Kazarr said, "But since the Saiyans died a long time ago and wasn't brought up into the Saiyan's life, he grew up on planet Earth not knowing he was one at all."

"But the question is: Why wasn't he born without a tail?" Piccolo asked.

Kazarr then said, "But bigger question is: who were the parents?"

Starfire walked up to the chamber and said "I still can't believe that Gohan is a Saiyan."

"This is so exciting," Kazarr said, "To think that a Saiyan survived the destruction of Planet Vegeta this whole time and no one knew about it."

Galfore then said "I would have never imagined that I would ever see a Saiyan again."

Starfire looked at her father and asked "Father, when was the last time you saw a Saiyan?"

Galfore replied "Years ago, he's name was Bardock. He was a Lower-Class Warrior, but he had amazing fighting abilities. Before his planet was destroyed, he recent got married and was expecting their first-born child."

In shock, he said "When I last talked to him, he was heading back to Planet Vegeta because he felt something was wrong. He mentioned that his wife died while giving birth and that their first-born son was born without a tail."

Everyone looked at him and Piccolo said "So, Gohan is Bardock's son?"

"So it appears," Galfore said, "Well, as much as I like to stay here, but we have to go and help our people safe in the ships."

"Oh right," Kazarr said, "I'll stay here and watch over the eartl…I mean Saiyan, and move him out of the chamber when the wounds are healed."

Starfire then said "I'll stay and help the doctor move Gohan to one of the rooms in the ship."

"Fine," Galfore said, "Come on everyone."

When he said that, the Ginyu Force and Piccolo followed Galfore out the ship and continued helping the rest of the Tamaraneans into the escape ships. As they did that, Starfire stayed behind and was still thinking that Gohan was a Saiyan this whole time.

She looked at Gohan and said to Kazarr "I wonder if he heard what we were talking."

He looked at her and replied "I highly doubt he listen to that. If he ever wakes up, he would just act normal not knowing he is a Saiyan."

"But what if we tell him?" she asked.

He replied "If we tell him, he wouldn't believe us. The last thing we need is for him getting mad over something he thinks is a lie."

Starfire then said "But he has the right to know. I'll tell him when he wakes up."

"Highly possible," he said, "People in comas don't wake up from these, and we only have three days to live."

"Then we have to make those days count," she said, "Once Gohan is healed, you need to report to the escape ships. I'll look after him from then on."

"If that is what you say," Kazarr replied, "Then I'll do my best to get him healed."

As he was analyzing the computer, Starfire looked at Gohan and said in a depressing way "Please Gohan, wake up. We need you."

I hope you enjoyed that. What will happen to our heroes now that Gohan is out? Will they survive the onslaught of the Cold Empire? Find out…within a week. I will see you all after Spring Break. Until then, enjoy!