A Fight That Turns Into A Lot More
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Chapter 19:
"Kefla!"
The second she went over the edge of the cliff Goku rushed after her.
Jumping off the cliff, he made a dive right for her. She was falling at a fast rate and would have hit the ground if Goku had not reached her in time.
Within the seconds that he had her in his arms, Goku flew in an arc that carried them away from the ground they were seconds from hitting.
When they were in the clear, Goku halted his flight and made a safe landing towards solid ground again.
Kefla was not struggling with him this time so when Goku felt his feet touch the ground he immediately began to she if she was okay.
She had no apparent injuries, so that was a relief. Still though, Goku wanted to make sure she was completely fine.
"Are you okay?", he asked her concerned.
Kefla's response was quite but loud enough for him to here, "yes."
"Thank goodness," with Kefla still in his arms Goku dropped down to the ground were he began taking deep breaths of welcomed air that he had lost while rescuing her.
"Sorry", Goku told Kefla. Getting into a more comfortable cross-legged position.
kefla didn't respond, and as Goku looked down he saw her turn her head away.
Goku sighed, but took solace in the fact that this time she wasn't fighting him.
"Ah!", Kefla cried in pain.
"What's wrong!?", Goku asked her, heart starting to race again.
Goku saw Kefla grab her head with her hands as she tried to hold back whatever pain she was experiencing.
This was a shock, but not unfamiliar. Goten's words to him before he had set out to find Kefla came back to him. She had been in this state once before and it somehow led her to almost drown herself.
Before Goku could get a word out he heard Kefla mutter in a strained voice, "I'm sorry! Please, no more. Goku!"
And just like that Kefla was back to him again, breathing heavily.
Goku was stunned by her words, not believing what she was saying.
"...", he was at a loss for words.
Finally looking at him again, Kefla spoke in a desperate voice to him as tears rushed from her eyes.
"Whatever I did Goku i'm sorry. Please, don't hurt me anymore!"
In an action to prove this statement, she wrapped her arms around him and held on tightly.
Having worn no pajama top to bed, Goku felt his chest get assaulted with her tears as she buried her head into it. Her voice was muffled, but he could hear her say multiple times how sorry she was.
Goku didn't understand any of this. How was he causing Kefla this kind of pain, he knew he hadn't done a single thing to her. If anything, she had done plenty to him in his efforts to find her.
However, instead of jumping anywhere he knew he needed to take the chance he was given and try and figure out from Kefla just what the heck is going on.
"Kefla," Goku took a deep breath and grabbed her shoulders.
"Look at me please?"
When Kefla's eyes were locked with his, Goku continued.
"I know our first encounters didn't show you the good side of me. But I promise you I am not like that, really. I would never hurt you. When Goten told me that you were out here and in some type of pain I rushed to find you. Please, believe me when I say that."
Goku breathed an inward sigh of relief when she slowly nodded her head to his words.
"Now", he insisted "tell me what happened."
Kefla wiped her eyes with her torn pajama sleeve, "I don't know how to explain it, it all happened so fast. At the begging I was sleeping peacefully, but things changed out of nowhere when the dream I was having faded out and everything turned black."
Her looking away was an indicator that she didn't want to continue. However Goku still needed more information.
"I know it's hard," Goku probed, "but if where going to get somewhere I need you to keep going. You can do it Kefla, i'm right here and nothing is going to happen to you."
The final words of his sentence made Kefla turn her head back to him and for a moment Goku saw anger flash in her eyes.
Still that little fire burnt out quickly, "I heard a voice in my dream. I couldn't recognize it at first because it seemed so distant. Though when it started to become more clear that's when I realized it was your voice."
"M-", Goku babbled "my voice!"
Kefla nodded, looking as surprised as he was, "yes it was your voice. I didn't understand how it was it possible but I figured you had found some type of way to communicate with others through the mind."
Goku shook his head in confused wonderment, "what did I say?"
Kefla thought hard, "I, I can't really remember. The only word I can recall you saying to me was my name. In fact, I think that was the only thing you said because after you appeared to me you just suddenly stopped and-"
"Wait!", Goku cut her off sharply.
Kefla jumped a bit in his lap, "what's wrong?"
"You said I appeared to you in your dream," Goku specified, "right?"
Kefla confirmed this again.
Gears starting to work in his mind Goku went on, "are sure it was me. Did you get a good enough look to tell for sure."
Kefla's response to his question confirmed what Goku was thinking and it made the ice pick of dread he was feeling dig deeper into his stomach.
"All I saw was a shadowy outline of your form," Kefla finished, "you raised your hand up to me and from then on all I felt was agonizing pain and no more control over myself."
Goku's reaction to what she said had her own stomach twist, "what?"
He surprised her by getting up.
"I'll explain on the way," he assured her, "hold on, I'll fly us back."
Uncharted Space,
"Do you have him contained", Frieza asked the alien who was kneeling before him.
The other nodded, "yes my lord. It wasn't an easy task but we were able to accomplish it."
Frieza waved a hand, "good. If that is all then you are dismissed."
The alien got up, bowed one more time, and retreated quickly.
When he left, Frieza turned his pod to the direction of his ship's view port.
As he stared out he began reflecting on all the past events that had just taken place.
"Yes", he admitted to himself, "it could have been a lot worse for them if it wasn't for the little artifact I had acquired."
Frieza smiled, thinking back to that moment when he received his guest.
Though he knew very little about the other, Frieza expected him to have some common decency. However his expectations were not lived up to as not five minutes after he was brought back, the individual had tried to attack Frieza. A brief brawl began, but was over rather quickly when Frieza managed to knock the other out. From that point on Frieza ordered his men to put their guest in confinement for the time being. At least until they reached their destination.
Sighing Frieza told himself that he should have know better. Directly or not, a Saiyan was still a filthy monkey at heart.
Activating the communication link on his pod, Frieza told the captain of his vessel to get moving.
"Yes my lord," the other confirmed his orders.
Frieza intertwined his fingers and smiled maliciously.
"I hope your are ready Vegeta. You to Goku, especially you. The time is coming fast."
Author's Note: Hello everyone and welcome to the end of the chapter. I hope you enjoyed it and are ready for more to come. As always if you have any requests for the story then let me know and if your ideas get used for the story then I promise you will get credit for it. Until next time my friends.
