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Notes: Well, nobody guessed the name of my villainess... -_- I am sooo disappointed in you people. j/k Anywho, her name is revealed in this chapter, so read on!
p.s. Kim says hi. (You may remember her from certain fics...)
Chapter Ten: The Scroll
Finding comfort only in the arms of true love - The Scroll
A few hours later
-Goku-
"Alright, Relena," I said, "if that is your real name. We've gone along with you and told you about us and our past, so why don't you tell us about you?"
The American girl with the neon eyes nodded back at me. "Just one moment." She turned back to the computer in Bulma's workroom and continued clacking at the keys furiously.
"How about now?" Trunks snapped. He looked as if he want to sock the girl, but he remained at his okaasan's side, his arm around her while Bra held her hand.
"I can't speak while I'm concentrating on this right now."
"What are you doing anyway?" Goten said from beside me. He had come along when Bra called me at Relena's request.
"You have to come over right away," she insisted. "It's 'Tousan... 'Kaasan says something took him, and Relena says you might be able to help-"
"Relena?" I replied. "Isn't she your new friend that Goten told me about?"
"Relena apparently isn't who she's claimed to be for the past couple weeks..."
"I'll be right over."
"Thank you. I'll call Trunks."
So here we all were. Bra and Trunks were comforting their okaasan on the couch behind Bulma's computer work station, where Relena was typing. Goten and I stood, there being nowhere else to sit.
"I asked you a question." Goten said.
"I'm getting one of my files from my house," Relena replied, irritated. "Just be quiet for a second."
"How can you do that?" I asked.
"By hacking of course."
"Is it important?" I continued.
"Yes! Quiet, please!"
Everyone was silent for a few moments. Relena stopped clacking and turned to us in the rotating chair.
She sighed. "I am a member of a secret organization not affiliated with any government. The International Prevention Society, or IPS, prevents end of the world situations to the best of its ability using the few agents that it has. Everyday there are numerous situations that occur around the same time, and there is often only one agent available to work on each case. We receive information about these Armageddon from ancient documents, myths, legends, and sometimes they begin out of the blue. If there isn't enough information about the situation, and agent is sent to investigate."
"This is one of those cases. HQ only knew where the apocalypse was to occur, that it was supposed to happen soon, and that a conduit was needed for the evil force to achieve its goal. I was sent to investigate the situation more and see if I could find the conduit. It was quite lucky of me to pass by the academy on March twenty-first. I spotted Bra... there was something about her and her brother. Their auras were so unique. There was something so distinct about them. I thought that it very well could be a lead to the conduit."
"Well, I was right. The force has taken Vegeta. I failed to find him before the evil got to him."
"Why should we believe you?" Trunks said. "You've lied to us about who you are and where you're from. You attacked Bra-"
"She stuck her nose where it didn't belong. I didn't know what she would do after she read my journal entry."
"Why should we believe anything you tell us?" Trunks insisted.
"Because I have the one thing that could tell us how to help your otousan."
"What's that?" I asked.
Relena turned back to the computer screen and opened the file she'd retrieved from her own computer across town. "This is the scroll that brought me here."
She read:
In two milleniums on the day of the vernal equinox
The evil of the earth shall be released
From her cage Seether shall gather energy
Power derived from the negative emotions of the planet's inhabitants
Her rage will be released on the day of the sun's momentary vanishing
Her ill will spread from the city of the devil
Engulfing the minds of every living being
Leaving nothing pure behind
Far above her, as she increases her power, the conduit will be unaware
His fate revealed only in evil nightmares that warn of the future
He shall seek refuge from the visions in love
The love that drives the horror away until the dream's return
He shall be haunted by the relentless dreams
Not showing his fear in the light of day
As a prince of less than three decades on the planet
Finding comfort only in the arms of true love
She who holds his heart and soul
And a constant savior, a soldier of which loyalty was not meant to be
With the aid of a friendly stranger
Can save him from the incubus's hypnotic spell
Can release him from a future as Seether's king
If love conquers all
Relena turned around. "The city of the devil would be Satan City. The sun's momentary vanishing is the total solar eclipse to occur in one week. The conduit is Vegeta, the prince of less than three decades on the planet. Those morons at headquarters took that to mean that the conduit was about thirty years old. They didn't tell me the specific translation."
"The nightmares," Bulma whispered. "That is what was in his dreams?"
Relena nodded.
"He wouldn't tell me," Bulma continued. "He wouldn't tell me about the nightmares..." Bulma's voice became stronger. "She won't have him. I won't let her. I'll save him."
"No way, Bulma," I contradicted. "This is way too dangerous-"
"Did you hear what Relena said?" Bulma glared at me. " 'She that holds his heart and soul.' That would be me, Goku."
"She's right," Relena put in. "And I would most likely be the friendly stranger."
"And the constant savior is you, Dad," Goten said to me. "The soldier of which loyalty was not meant to be? Let's face it. If you hadn't hit your head when you were little you'd be taking orders from Vegeta."
"I'm going to contact headquarters," Relena said, turning back to the computer. "We're going to need some diggers."
"Diggers?" Bra said.
"Seether is also referred to as the evil of the earth. We're going to have to do some hiking underground."
"I h-have a question," Bra said. "Why 'Tousan? I mean, I know Seether must have wanted someone powerful, but why not Goku?"
"Goku is more powerful than Dad," Trunks added. "Even if 'Tousan won't admit it."
"Think about it," Relena said as she typed an e-mail to headquarters. "If you were an evil power looking to control someone, would it be easier with Goku, who has a pure heart and an innocent mind, or your otousan, who used to be evil and has had a violent, traumatic past?"
There was silence among the group.
"Oh," Bra said. She thought for a moment. "Do you think we can stop her?"
"Yeah," I agreed. "How powerful is this Seether?"
"Obviously more powerful than Vegeta," Bulma muttered miserably.
"Not necessarily," Relena said. "Vegeta was having nightmares, right? How bad were they Bulma?"
Bulma closed their eyes. "Very bad," she whispered, obviously not wanting to elaborate.
"Seether must have been in them," Relena said.
"Are you saying that she got Vegeta because he was scared of her?" Goten asked skeptically.
"It probably helped her out," Relena said. "We really don't know how powerful she is."
"Wait, wait," I stopped her, waving my arms in front of me. "Frightened? Vegeta? No way. I have a hard time believing that, Relena. Vegeta is a tough guy. You haven't met him, but I know Vegeta and I can tell you he isn't afraid of anything."
"Well," Bulma broke in, "I know him better than you do, Goku. I sleep in the same bed with him. And I saw the look on his face every freaking night when he woke up. And I can tell you," she paused for a moment, glaring at me, "he was scared."
-Vegeta-
It's so quiet. The eerie silence accompanied by the total darkness and frigid cold.
So quiet.
Yet I can tell I am not alone. She is here also. Preparing for her plan.
I cannot see her. Even if there was a faint light in this empty crypt I could not. I lay motionless on the stone floor, eyes closed. I cannot move or see. I can only feel the cold and sense the darkness. I can hear, but there is still no sound.
I know the danger I am in, yet the spell I am under keeps me tranquil. At least I can think now. My mind is very clear and open in this place between being awake and being asleep.
Yet all I can think of is Bulma.
My mate.
She who holds my heart and soul. She who understands me. She who accepts me for who I am. She who bore my son, Trunks, and my daughter, Bra.
My queen.
So fiery and brilliant. So beautiful. I can picture her to the last miniscule detail. Her flowing azure hair. Her intelligent blue eyes. She is my one and only. The one who truly saved me from my insanity.
My love.
The one I could hold in my arms forever. The one who held me in her arms when I was plagued by the horrible nightmares.
The only one who can save me from the creature that watches over me now.
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Hey, I think Vegeta can be... er... waffy... at times. At least in his head anyhow. You and I both know he wouldn't be caught dead saying any of that stuff outloud.
I know you guys think that these chapters are short, but that's the way they gonna be, a'ight? lol
Ahem, and now a word from Kim... ( I have no idea what she's going to say but whatever it is I'm gonna hafta post it -_-)
Kim: Hehehehehe! Hiyas!!!!!! I love you all! Well, not really but anyhoo, Pammie loves Veggies to death!! Yatta and I love Goten-kun!!! Mwah! I'm out like bellbottoms!! Ja ne, minna!
... That was very nice Kim... Hey, I like bellbottoms...-_-;