I know I know! It's been a LONG TIME since I updated last... (two years I know –coughcough-) but I have finally gotten round to updating! yay!
Thank you so much to those who have favorited and followed this story since the last chapter and now... I have for you... Chapter 6 of The Tetrad!
I don't own DBZ or any of its characters! I only own my OC's
Chapter 6
This didn't feel like an ordinary dream... no matter what direction I looked in... All I could see was the blackness of what I could only guess was a void of sorts. The silence was deafening and I had to wonder what kind of dream I had fallen into... surely there was some reason behind being in a blackened void. Looking down I could see my hands and I raised a brow, clearly I wasn't in a true void or else there would be no way I could see myself as voids swallow the light. I took a step forward and a pathway seemed to materialize from nowhere, leading off into the distance of the blackness around me.
Sighing softly, I began walking down this path, still confused about the whole situation, wondering how long I had to follow this pathway until something happened. Well I didn't have to wait long, as once I was about halfway from where I started... a doorway appeared. Slowing to a stop, I tilted my head, looking at the ornate wooden door before me... it seemed awfully familiar, like I had seen this door before and I continued to stare at it for a few more moments before reaching a hand to open it. As soon as my fingers got close enough to touch the handle, the door swung open expectantly as if knowing that I would want to travel through it.
I was a little taken aback by the sudden opening of the door and well, I hesitated for a moment before a voice called to me "it's okay Dita… please come through the door… I must show you something" I recognized the voice almost immediately… it belonged to Kami. I guess my incessant screaming earlier had paid off. Without any further hesitation I moved through the open doorway. What I saw on the other side had me blinking hard…. I was standing upon a cliff overlooking the city and everything looked so... wrong.
Buildings were destroyed, whole areas of the city wiped out but… down in the middle… where Capsule Corp should have been… was a memorial commemorating the deaths of Dr Briefs, Bunny, Bulma… and the z warriors… My eyes widened in horror… I could see everyone's names… everyone accept…
"Where's my name?" I asked out loud even though nobody was there to answer me.
"You didn't deserve it" and I nearly jumped out of my skin, turning to see Kami there.
"Explain" I pretty much demanded "did I die? Did I live?"
"You died" Kami said calmly "and nobody saw fit to commemorate you because you didn't fulfill your destiny and go through with the blood moon"
My eyes narrowed "who didn't see fit?"
"Gohan… Trunks…. Goten…." He listed them off "they were the only survivors of this and they didn't see fit to honor you because you could have stopped this from happening if you had gone through with the legend…"
"But… but that isn't fair!" my eyes widened "I am being FORCED into this! How can that be fair?!"
"Nobody said it was fair Dita… destiny is never fair… it doesn't pick and chose to create an easy endgame… believe me I know" Kami watched me carefully, expecting me to flip out.
"But… isn't there another way?" I asked, and it was clear there was a pleading tone within it.
"I am afraid there isn't…"
"The dragonballs! Surely they could have bought everyone back?" I was hopeful but the look on Kami's face told me otherwise.
"No. The great threat came and the first thing it did was destroy the lookout… Mister Popo and myself… the dragonballs vanished…"
"What about New Namek? They have dragonballs!"
"They do… but Dr Briefs never got the ship finished in time… not before… he came and began to enslave humanity" he waved to the city below.
I turned and looked down; a dark cloud was shifting along the streets, blowing things up and wreaking havoc, taking people prisoner and slaughtering those who dared to oppose him.
The scenery kept changing, showing me a slideshow, a snippet of what would happen but each time the great evil was just a blur, a smudge before my eyes. I saw the Z-fighters die in the most horrific of ways, Bulma, her mother and father were executed for crimes against the Great Evil for daring to use science to try and defeat him. The z-fighters died one by one in battle until finally the only survivors were Gohan, Trunks and Goten. I was forced to watch as they pretty much spat on my corpse, cussing me out, calling me every nasty name they could and telling me that they'd have been better off without me in their lives.
"How come… how come I cannot see what it is?" I turned to look at Kami again, tears in my eyes.
"The timeline is always changing… one evil can give way to another… that is why… for what you might have seen here, might not be the evil you will encounter… that and you'd probably spend your life looking for something that might not be"
Okay so I could understand that… he had a point… I would search for all eternity if I thought that it was the great evil that'd wipe us all out.
"Could you live with yourself knowing you could be denying earth its fighting chance at survival?" Kami asked and I sighed hard.
"No… no I can't…" I groaned because he was right again… I couldn't live with myself if I walked away from everything and pretty much served earth up on a silver platter.
"Then you see what must be done Dita… you must go through with this…" He gave me a serious look and I simply replied with…
"Not without a fight"
I sat up with a gasp, sweat pouring down my face… I was in bed… at Capsule Corp and it was dark outside… how long had I been out? It had been early evening when I'd passed out but that meant nothing… I could have been out for days for all I knew!
Slowly I managed to calm my racing heart, looking to the clock beside the bed "only 4am… geez…" the sun would be coming up soon and I knew that meant the others would be getting up for training when that happened. Quietly I slid from the bed and got dressed, packed a backpack and sighed. I needed time to think, away from everyone and their opinions on how I should do this. Slinging the bag over my shoulder, I took one last look around the room before moving to the balcony door and pushing it open and stepping out onto the balcony itself.
I'd thought about leaving a note to explain myself but decided against it… I'd only end up leaving some kind of rambling nonsense and honestly I could do without spilling my emotions on paper. I thought it for the best that I go quietly… they were going to be training for the World Martial Arts Tournament and I didn't want to be storming out and causing a fuss… Though I was rather blind to the idea that me running off to think would probably cause a fuss anyway.
I took off into the early morning sky, only stopping to take one last look at Capsule Corp before flying off into the pre-sunrise horizon.
I know I know! It has been an age and this isn't a long chapter. It wasn't originally meant to be a long chapter, sort of a filler episode before the serious stuff starts.
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I have started work on Dita's Prologue and the first chapter should be coming out soon! Also if you have any ideas on any strange twists or turns I could take with this fic, or would like to collaborate on a chapter with me, send me a message and I would be happy to hear your ideas.
~Sunni-Chan
