" Well, Well.. Looks like the monkey survived after all! " Calina heard a familiar voice, a voice that shook her from her slumber. A fairly short alien stood at her bedside, Freiza. Calina was no longer tired, and infact, she felt stronger than before. Freiza smiled broadly. " Well little monkey, you did very well.. I must say I was rooting for you to get blown into a million pieces. BUT, you did very very well.. As a reward, I've decided to not kill you. You're welcome." With a slow turn, Freiza made his exit, Captain Ginyu followed in suit after doing a very dramatic/dynamic leave.
Her face was blank. Deep indigo rings hung under each of her glazed over eyes. Her hair was clean, but still was falling into her face. Head hung low, almost touching her chest. With a slow exam she realized she was hooked up to three different Iv's. An awful cold feeling came over her. What was she going to do now? Everyone and Everything was gone that mattered to her. What was left?.. To survive. She just had to survive..
" I'm going to kill Freiza.. " Calina whispered to herself. The only reply she got was from the heart monitor next to her. A steady beep.. beep. Calina's mind was set. That was the only way to make her emotional ache recede.
The months following the Planet Larm incident Calina did nothing but train. After every near death experience she became incredibly stronger. Missions were getting exceedingly easier. Other directors on the ship were noticing, and one afternoon some one approached her.
Calina didn't bother changing today. She had her uniform on from her previous mission. Some sort of green liquid was dotted and splashed across her cloths and bare appendages. Her hair had gotten a little longer, she could now use a tie and pull it back into a small ponytail. Her vivid blue eyes no longer held that immature angst, they held something much more wicked. Very few aliens talked to her now a days. Her tail was wrapped around her waist. She began to eat. The FSA was unusually quiet now.
" Did you hear the news grunt? " Calina finished chewing and moved her attention to up above her. A red skinned alien with a white long mane stood over her. The shadow of another alien now stretched across her table. It was Burter and Jeice. Two complete assholes who had nothing better to do than kiss Ginyu's ass. Calina, upon realizing who it was, turned and continued to eat.
" HEY! APE.. You pay attention when a member of the Ginyu Force addresses you!" The larger alien spoke. His name was Burter, his skin was a deep blue, and he had strange air holes all over his body. The two were idiots, and cared way to much about their appearances.
Out of humor, Calina looked up to them. Jeice spoke in a snotty tone, his hair moving as he talked. Calina's lip curled slightly. " Vegeta just returned from his mission to Earth to retrieve the Dragon Balls.." Jeice looked very impressed with himself for knowing something so important and probably top secret. Just recently Calina had learned about the Dragon Balls.
" Apparently he found.. Other primates like yourself. A regular, old fashion Zoo affair I'd say." Jeice continued, but Burter picked up the conversation now. Calina wanted to hit him in his obnoxious beady eyes.
Calina's tail unfolded from her waist, it began to flicker. " He's barely alive actually. He arrived this morning and had to be carried to the infirmary. He's sitting in a rehabilitation tank as we speak." Calina's eyes widened. ' Couldn't walk!?' Prince Vegeta was the most powerful Saiyan besides his father, and ANOTHER Saiyan knocked him down.
" Did you get the names of the Saiyans that were on.. What planet did you say again? " Calina's eye brows perked up.
" Earth.. that mud puddle of a planet.. and you're 'precious' prince couldn't even fight off a couple of scavengers. Bah.. Saiyans are disgusting and weak.." Burter practically spit on Calina.
The two abruptly ended their conversation when the two Ginyu morons were called to Lord Frieza's section of the ship.
They left without wincing at Calina. Calina's chest and ribs widened a bit more for the first time in months. She finally took a deep breath. She needed to go and talk to Prince Vegeta. Maybe this man.. was the man Zero was talking about.
Before she got a chance, Calina was given orders and told to get ready for a mission. At her own pace, she went to her room. Through the set of automatic doors she entered her pitch black room. Upon sensing her presence the lights from above flickered on. Throwing her cloths to the other side of the room she changed into almost the same exact outfit. However she now placed her warrior armor onto her body. Boots, chest guard and gloves.
The ship left and surprisingly it was just her and another alien. He looked just as thrilled as she did. His stature was similar to Zero's. Very tall, well built. But he had pale white skin, and two odd shaped eyes. Calina tried to not make eye contact.
The planet they approached was oxygen enabled, so no gear was needed for her. The atmosphere was thick, but the cold temperature didn't bother her. They landed and exited the ship.
" What's orders.." Calina spoke in a monotone voice. The alien next to her turned to his right, away from Calina and threw some kind of electric device. The device then exploded and shot up some kind of .. White light?
The man now turned and looked at her.
" Saiyan.. Lord Freiza has asked me to train you. Evidently he's interested in harnessing your-" The alien continued to speak, but Calina could barely hear his voice. His image began to get shadowy..Indistinct.. Calina could feel a sickening, hot sensation beginning to pull over her. Looking down to her hands she could see them beginning to swell.
' What the fuck is happening to me…' Calina thought to herself as she looked back up from her hands. Eyes immediately meeting with the white light that just shot out of the small electric device this alien threw.
Calina began to scream. She could feel her skin tearing from her muscles. Her muscles tearing from her bones and there was a feeling of rage that she couldn't shake. Only a few moments later she blacked out.
Calina awoke on the same planet. It was cool now, not cold. She was on her back. Instead of getting up she just laid there. Staring up at the sky, or well.. White emptiness above her. She shifted her head over to her left. Looking down she could see that her cloths were almost in shreds. Upon shifting her eyes further she noticed that the same white alien was still with her.
Turning over to her stomach she tried to get up quick. To yell at this asshole. But Calina couldn't really move. Her muscles were throbbing.
" I had to cut off you're tail..You transformed." The white alien spoke in a very plain, every day kinda of way. Calina moved her right hand to her back. Grasping onto the base of her tail she moved her hand along the soft exterior all the way to the end. It was definitely still there. Calina put both palms onto the ground, and pushed herself up.
" Lord Freiza wants me to train you.. He wants to harness your Oozaru form.. "
The white membrane the alien had for skin looked to be almost glowing with the brightness of the sky above them. The alien once again had another round, spherical device in his hands.
" I can't control my Oozaru form.. Very few Saiyans can.." Calina spoke brushing off her knees she met eyes with the alien.
" That answer will not be sufficient with Lord Freiza.. Try again.." Calina watched the man throw the electronic orb, and with the release of the artificial white light, the burning sensation once again came over her.
On the fourth time around Calina wasn't recovering as quickly.
" You don't realize it.. but you have a very large chi reserve.. And I'm curious as to how you have managed to regenerate your tail each time I've cut it off.." The white skinned alien spoke standing over her. Calina was exhausted. She hadn't bothered to even get up. Her chest collapsed and filled with air, over and over. She was almost naked. Infact the only reason she wasn't naked was because the white skinned alien had brought a few changes of attire for her to put on.
This last time was different. The transformation that is. The fast spreading rage that pulsed through her was beginning to get easier to control. Calina saw an opportunity. If she could master this, and control this form. She might have a chance to kill Freiza.
Again, she tried again. And after getting her tail once again cut off she collapsed to the ground. Her limbs, covered in thick, deep brown hair. Within seconds the hair began to peel off, her limbs shrinking, ruby red eyes gradually dulling down to her blue ones. Her tail a nubby excuse for a Saiyan appendage. A few minutes of laying on her face, her tail nub began to viciously move. Shifting around until a new one pushed fourth. Calina awoke a few minutes after. A wide grin on her face. She had almost had it this time. The white skinned alien from before stood. Silent and watching. Placing her palms onto the ground below her, she pushed herself up onto all fours. Calina managed a small grin… weakly she replied to his silence. "..Again.."
Calina finally had begun to master her primal form. In her last exercise she could comprehend where she was, she could even speak, however she couldn't hold it for long. After only five minutes she would loose consciousness and go bezerk. After a few days of rest the duo would attempt the same training as before, and each time she grew more and more aware. Finally after a week of training she could hold consciousness for up to twenty minutes in the Oozau form. Freiza was thrilled, Calina was easily stronger than more then 70 % of the staff on the ship, and that number would continue to rise.
A thunderous pounding sound shook her from a deep sleep. Calina awoke. Her room pitch black, and the only sound in the room was the low breathing of the ventilation system. Another pounding fist. " Wake up Ape, Lord Freiza wants to see you.. NOW.." The voice was low, but recognizable. It was one of the Ginyu Brats. Calina pulled back the covers, and dressed herself.
'Zero would be so proud of me.. '.. Calina thought to herself as she slipped on her final boot, and stumbled her way to her door. The automatic door shot open, and a dull white light flooded her figure and her room. ' He would tell me how I'm growing so tall.. Maybe crack a joke..' Calina sighed, and swallowed hard. It was a bad idea to see Lord Freiza in such a condition.
Freiza was sitting in a hovering chair. The tall back of the chair made his body almost impossible to see. His horns stuck out from the chair's view, as did his tail.
" My little monkey.. How are we doing today?" Freiza spoke in a sassy tone. " Want all of you out.. NOW" Freiza unexpectedly started to scream. The room emptied in just a few moments.
" You must be so furious.." Freiza rocked the chair to view Calina. The room itself was quite large. A huge glass fixture lined most of it. This was where the ship was run. A long keyboard lined the wall with various colored buttons.
Calina pulled up a look of surprise. Freiza laughed hard, so hard that Calina knew something was up. " OH child.. you must want to RIP my face off for sending you and you're little hair ball friends off to your deaths… Well their deaths anyway." Freiza was calm, his tone mocking as a sadistic grin swept across his face.
Calina's head lowered some. She needed to contain herself.
" I know you'd like to have nothing better than to have my head on a platter. BUT we both know that will never happen. I am the most powerful being in the universe after all. Now.. to get to business." Freiza still smiled. Now he placed both of his palms together and intertwined his fingers.
Calina's blood began to boil. If only he knew how many times she fantasized about ripping his head off and tearing him apart.. limb by limb..
" Our next mission will be at a small planet called Namek.. Its inhabited by small, ugly green creatures. Who are very weak, you should have no problem killing them. There is a prize on the island.. Something I'm after.." Calina began to space out. Another mission. Just another scenario of her killing off another species, another civilization.
" I'm offering you a payment for your services.. I know how stubborn and well, primitive you Saiyans are. I'm offering you a prize. Calina if you help me retrieve the legendary Dragon Balls from Namek, I will do you a once in a lifetime favor. " Calina's eyes began to focus. Prize? Why was Freiza being so nice. There had to be a catch. The dragon balls granted wishes?
" The Dragon Balls on Namek summon an ancient dragon that grants the summoner wishes.. This task will be difficult because those filthy Namekians will hide them with their lives.. If you co-operate I will allow you to have one of the wishes.. Maybe you could bring one of your dead monkey friends back to life? Hmm? Maybe instead of day dreaming about killing me, you could work as my personal body guard and help me gather the Dragon Balls? Well? This will be the highlight of your life." Freiza paused for a moment and then spoke again. " Oh right, and if you deny my offering, I'll kill you… I probably should have added that in sooner." Freiza still sat. Up on his hovering throne, looking down upon the lonely Saiyan. Calina agreed. Maybe she could see Zero again.
Prince Vegeta was still resting. Calina had so many questions for him, but for now, the current mission was ahead of her. They would be departing in less than two days. Soon after her talk with Freiza, Calina hit up the FSA, and remembered today was her birthday. She was nine years old. No Zero to tell her she was getting to be big, no Torrin to tease her about her messy hair. She sat in silence, eating her food. Pushing back any emotions that tried to surface.