Chapter 9 Their
Arrival
Trunks's breath was lodged in his throat. He gulped
and continued staring up at the sky. He had never seen such a magnificent yet
horrifying site in all of his life. It was definitely a ship, a humungous ship.
It was a circular formation, with long black legs, like spiders, forming all
along the bottom sides to use for the landing. It must have been easily bigger
than a football field. All of it was black, even the windows were tinted black.
The ship blended uncomfortably easy into the dark surroundings. No wonder the
chose a dark and dreadful morning to arrive so their ship would go almost
unnoticed into the atmosphere.
Many mini ships began to be scene around. Each
one of the smaller ships looked like the larger one, except for the fact that
they were only a fraction of the size. The mini ships looked as though they
could hold as many as three people at most within them.
Many people gasped in horror, others just held
their breath. Trunks looked as though he were about to go bleu when he finally
found the breath lodged in his throat and began to breath again.
Kakorotto took control quickly. In fear that
maybe she would be heard by the dark ones sensitive hearing she talked through
telepathy to everyone.
'Everyone get ready! Toussan, Grandfather,
Aunt Bra, lower your kis and move as quickly as you can around the ships when
they land to the back. The rest of you stay with me.' She said harshly within
her mind.
Everyone nodded their approval to her plan and
hurried off quietly and stalked through the darkened morning to their
positions.
*
"Is that the one?"
"Yes, she's the one."
"Your sure?"
"Yes sire."
"How strong is she?"
"Power level reading is far too high. She's a
Saiyan alright."
"Yes she is. She was taught by the best."
"Why is she here?"
"The same reason why I'm here except for them,
not you."
"So they're all ready?"
"Yes."
"I think that this little one will be good
bait."
"I agree sire. But just watch out, those
fighters aren't weak and pathetic, they'll fight to the end to get her back."
"Yes, thank you my strong right hand."
*
Trunks ran as quickly as he could to stay
unnoticed and quiet. Bra and Vegeta were right behind him, although they had a
steadier pace, a slower pace going.
'Listen brat, slow down, you're going to make
a mistake going that fast.' Vegeta screamed within his mind at his son.
'I don't care. I have to get her back.' Trunks
replied harshly.
Bra just sighed.
*
Kakorotto and the others held their ground as
the ships landed in the darkness. They had looked horrifying from a distance,
but when up close and personal, they looked more frightening than horrifying.
But Kakorotto seemed unfazed.
"They're strong, but some aren't that strong.
Don't worry, we'll be able to defeat the first wave." She reassured her crew.
"You sure?" Yamcha asked shakily.
"Ya." Kakorotto answered
"Kakorotto I hope your right with this."
"I am Great Uncle Goten, I am." Kakorotto
replied again. She was getting agitated by all of this waiting and the bugging
from her friends.
Goten
sighed as he looked down at his great niece. She reminded him so much of Pan
that it scared him. She had that gruffness to her, yet the compaction that he
found so hard to believe. She was so much like both her parents, that it scared
him. Sometimes he could swear she was Pan herself, other times he could swear
she was Trunks.
"Well than I trust
your judgment Kakorotto. Lead us to victory."
"Thank you great
uncle Goten." Kakorotto sighed. She wasn't so sure of herself anymore. She was
strong, but was she strong enough? She didn't know anymore. Sure she could
probably defeat any one of them, but with her younger self inside the ship, she
would have to be careful.
The door to the
larger ship slowly opened. Everyone gasped as the first dark one stepped out.
He was large, around 6 feet tall, and totally black. His eyes were the only
things that were a different colour, red with black pupils. He wore Dark navy
and silver armor that looked a lot like Saiyan armor except a dark red cloth
was draped over his shoulder like the Romans used to have. He looked like he
must have been a noble of some sort.
"It's him…"
Kakorotto whispered.
*Kakorotto's
flashback*
It had been 12
years since the war had begun. Kakorotto and Vegeta (her twin) were out with a
friend of there's, Brent.
Those three had been
friends since they were children, the only real friends that each of them had
been able to hold onto except for their families that they had been able to
hold onto. Most of their friends had been killed off.
But it was no real
surprise that they were friends. Brent was strong and witty, able to out wit
most of the dark ones and Kakorotto and Vegeta were also quite witty but
strong. All three of them knew how to sue their kis to fight, although Brent
was quite a lot weaker than the other two and he couldn't fly.
But they were all
young teenagers and were getting stronger by the day they all knew what they
were doing.
They were only a
few minutes away from the wreckage of Capsule Corps. They were watching the
dark ones in a small wrecked city, trying to see what they were doing. There
were always scouts put out to watch the Dark Ones at all times, it was
Kakorotto and Vegeta's turn but Brent decided to come along. The three of them
shared each other's shifts two were required to be out at all time. Brent's
partner had recently been injured and was unable to come out, so either
Kakorotto or Vegeta or both were always out helping him, and him helping them.
"Hey Kak how strong
do you think that one right there is?"
"Which one?"
Kakorotto asked her friend.
"That one right
there." Brent continued pointing.
Kakorotto had
learnt to judge the Dark Ones strength by their appearance. The redness of
their eyes told how strong they were, the size of the pupil told the age. You
could determine the strength by telling how red their eyes were (which told
their maximum strength at their peak of their life) and their eyes (which told
their age). Their age usually drowned out their power so they usually weren't
as strong as the redness in their eyes.
"He looks to be well
over the peak of his life. His redness shows that at the peak of his life he
had a power level of about one million. But he looks to be about ten years
above the peak of his life, which was at twenty-two so divide one million by
thirty two and you get 31,250. Now multiply that by 10, which gives you
312,500. Subtract that form 1,000,000 and you get a power level of 687,500.
That's a ruff estimate of his strength."
"A ruff estimate
Spikes? I doubt it. You've probably got it right on the dot, like usual."
"I doubt it Veggie
head."
"Shuttup Spikes.
Don't call me Veggie head."
"Fine than, your
Vegetable than."
"DON'T CALL ME
VEGETABLE!"
"Shuttup both of
you. I want you to be quiet. We're supposed to be scouting here." Brent said as
he walked back and forth over the side of the ledge they were over looking.
"You get down here.
Don't be stupid, you'll get caught." Vegeta scowled out. "Stupid human."
Brent just laughed.
"I haven't been caught
yet doing this Vegeta. Oh and I wouldn't insult humans. You're 5/8 human
yourself, more human than Saiyan, so there. Nah!"
Kakorotto giggled.
"Oh shuttup
Spikes." Vegeta snapped. "Your still ¼ human ya know."
"I know Vegetable."
She giggled out.
"Fine I'm leaving
than. I don't like being called Vegetable."
"Ah Vegeta, she was
just joking." Brent said as he continued walking along.
"Ya I was. Come on
bro, Grandpa will get mad if you go home now until our shift is finished. You
can go during Brent's shift, I'll stay."
"I don't care. I'll
just stay here than." Vegeta sighed and sat back down next to his sister and
continued looking over the edge.
Brent started
stalking back and forth faster and faster to stop his boredom. He began to run
back and forth, much to Kakorotto and Vegeta's dismay. He was laughing the
whole time until he lost his footing on a loose rock and went tumbling down.
"BRENT!" Kakorotto
and Vegeta called out. They dove forwards, trying to catch the falling human.
But alas they missed him and he went tumbling down the side of the edge they
were over looking and he went strait into the Dark Ones territory, right smack
into the center of their small base.
Kakorotto and
Vegeta took one look at each other and flew down the side to get their friend.
'GRANDPA! WE NEED
YOUR HELP!' Vegeta cried in his mind to his grandfather. "Brent fell into the
Dark Ones base!'
'Okay. Stay put and
don't go down there. I'll get a group together and we'll go after the stupid brat.
We can't afford anymore casualties of our warriors.'
'Right.' Vegeta
answered.
'Kakorotto grandpa
says to stay put and not go any further.' Vegeta cried to his sister through
telepathy.
'But we have to get
Brent.'
'I know but just
stay put.'
'No! I'm going to
get him!"
'Kakorotto stop!'
Vegeta continued flying down to his sister.
Their grandfather
Vegeta was there with a few others in a minute. He dove down and stopped Vegeta
from going any farther.
"Where's your
sister?"
"She wouldn't stop!
I was going to get her!"
"I told you to stay
put!"
"But she wouldn't
listen!"
His grandfather
wouldn't listen. He just spun quickly in the air and headed down.
"Stay put!" he
cried going down for his granddaughter.
*End of Kakorotto's
flashback*
"Hey Kakorotto!
There's more coming out! What's wrong? Your all spaced out!"
"Huh what?"
Goten looked down
at his great niece.
"You okay?"
"Ya! I'm fine." She
answered him.
She received a few
worried looks for people but just looked ahead.
"That guy killed
someone very close to me." She said after a while.
"Who?" Goten asked.
But Kakorotto
wouldn't say anymore. She just kept on looking at him.
*Kakorotto's
flashback*
"Kakorotto!"
"Brent!" Kakorotto
ran as quickly as she could forwards towards her friend. The two of them went
back to back as the Dark One surrounded them.
"These two look
strong. I wonder if we could us them as bait." One with a red cloth draped over
his shoulder as a sign of nobility called out.
"Forget that dumb
ass. We'll never be your bait!" Kakorotto called out.
Vegeta was there
quickly. He grabbed a hold of Kakorotto.
"Get moving
Spikes!" he called out to his granddaughter. He threw her up into the air where
she stopped thanks to her flight abilities.
"What about Brent?"
"I'll get him! Just
get moving!" he cried.
Kakorotto nodded.
She trusted her grandfather. She quickly moved away flying towards her brother
and than home.
*Later in the
flashback*
"Kakorotto,
Vegeta!" Vegeta called as he walked into the ruins of Capsule Corps, their
home.
"Yes Grandpa." The
twos aid in unison.
"I have some bad
news…"
*End of Kakorotto's
flashback*
A silent tear
rolled down Kakorotto's cheek. She brushed it away quickly, hiding her emotion
from her friends and the dark Ones. She stepped forwards close to the dark
Ones.
"My name is
Spikes." She called out slowly yet loudly and powerfully to the Dark Ones. "I
am the ambassador for the Earth. Why have you come here to our peaceful little
planet?"
'Ambassador?' Goten
questioned.
'Ya its close
enough to the truth anyways. I am representing this planet after all.'
'Spikes?'
'Its my nick name
my grandfather, father, and brother used for me.'
'Oh, why not use
your real name?'
'Because that would
show who I'm related to which is a weakness. They know who I'm related to,
they'll hurt them, which is a major weakness in the battle to control your
emotions when fighting. I'd suggest not saying your last name.'
'Okay.'
"You know why we
have come Spikes," The noble one called out, "or should I say Kakorotto?"
"Prey tell who
Kakorotto is." Kakorotto asked a bit bewildered.
"You are."
"And how do you
know that?"
"We've got our
ways."
"Telepathy?"
"No."
"Than how?"
Kakorotto demanded.
"By means of someone.
You don't think we're stupid do you? We should have arrived a few years in the
future, not right now. Doesn't that at all shock you?"
"Yes."
"Well than."
"Who told you?"
"Someone who knows all
of your plans, knows all about you, knows how you think, knows when you use
them and how powerful you make you attacks. Someone who happens to know how to
make a time machine because of the plans you had. Someone who knew your plan to
come to the past."
"Who would that
be?" she cried. "WHO IS IT?"
"I can't tell you
that. All I can say is this, you stupid little plan isn't going to work." The
Dark One snapped his fingers and many Dark Ones came out of hiding.
"Most of my men
have been here for months watching you. They know all about your plans,
especially the one that's going on with your father, aunt, and grandfather.
Hmm…wouldn't it be a pity if they all of a sudden had a little accident and
were killed by something a lot stronger than them…"
"You wouldn't
dare!"
"Try me!"
Kakorotto gasped as
she heard screams of pain come from where her grandfather, father and aunt
were. She gasped in horror as tears trickled down her face. She knew what had
happened.
The Dark Ones
usually killed a certain way. They would stun their opponents painfully, so
their bodies couldn't move but they were awake. They would suck the power out
of their enemy and leave enough in them so they could feel their actual death.
Then snap their necks. Or else they would just blast them or kill them. But
this time she knew they had stunned them, stolen their energy, than snapped
their necks.
This couldn't be
happening! It wasn't happening!
The dark ones ran
forwards. Kakorotto was glued to her spot as her eyes fogged over with tears.
She heard her friend fall around her and she fell to her knees, out cold,
without even the slightest hit to her body.
End of Chapter 9
That was a stupid
ending to the chapter, I know. But hey, this isn't going to be like DBZ when
Trunks came to the past and everything ended up perfect and all and they were
able to fight off the androids with no casualties (except Trunks and Goku when
fighting Cell). Hehe. Just wait until you see the next chapter. The next
chapter is called 'Display'. Hehe.
Anyways thanks for
reading and please review.
Katie
