TITLE: Draco Meets Orion
AUTHOR: Echo the Nymph
DISCLAIMER: I don't own DBZ.
Chapter 8: On to Draco
As they flew on, the young amazon tensed up. What she was feeling now was an overwhelming sense of dread. It was almost as though something was telling her to beware. The vortex appeared in the sky once again. The darkness it gave off was frightening to her. Yet she kept that fear in check by recalling an old childhood dream. One that had come when times were dark; as they were now.
"Tousan," Gohan called, "are you sure this leads back home?"
"It looks like the same one we came through earlier. And I also sense Tienshinhan's power on the other side." he replied.
Echo grew much more tense as they approached the apparition. "What's wrong?" the young man holding her inquired.
"I'm not sure. It's just that I feel like there is someone we don't want to run into waiting for us." she replied. Then they heard an explosion coming from the other dimension.
"We have to go faster!" Piccolo shouted above a now roaring wind. Once they got through it, the girl's suspicions were confirmed. That was definitely someone they didn't want to run into unprepared.
The Ice-jin tyrant glared at the four hovering in the air above him. "Let's see here. Oh, yes. I remember you, monkey. It looks like that little brat isn't so little anymore. And you, Namek, are going to regret ever coming up against me." Frieza's gaze shifted to the girl that Gohan had ahold of. What about her looks so familiar? Is it just because of her face or is it something else?
"Well, I want a good fight. I'll give you about three days to collect yourselves and to prepare. Just don't waste any of the time I've allowed." He flew off, leaving them in utter shock.
"That wasn't what I expected. Frieza usually just attacks first, never giving anyone anytime to do anything." Goku declared. He stared in the direction the ice-jin had taken almost as if he were expecting him to come back.
I wonder why he kept calling them monkeys. she mused.
Echo, he called us monkeys because we are saiya-jins. If any member of the species has a tail, when the moon is full they go ozzaru. That's a giant were-monkey. Gohan explained.
"We should leave this area. If he changes his mind and we're still here, it could go badly for us." Piccolo declared. They flew off, leaving vapor trails as they did.
Why do I feel like I know how to do this? And why is the power I sense from Gohan so familiar? Maybe I should just relax. It'll come back to me. Just then, Gohan's grip on her slipped. He dove to catch her, but then pulled up in shock, as Echo was now flying on her own.
"Wow. That was fast."
"Almost not fast enough." she sighed. Goku only shook his head in wonder. That girl learned damn fast. It was almost as if she knew from birth how to do what she did.
The Son house loomed on the horizon. They were home. Yet it was not her home. She didn't know where she could turn to find welcome. Here her spells were not as certain as they were where she'd grown up. Hope was what was sustaining her now.
AUTHOR: Echo the Nymph
DISCLAIMER: I don't own DBZ.
Chapter 8: On to Draco
As they flew on, the young amazon tensed up. What she was feeling now was an overwhelming sense of dread. It was almost as though something was telling her to beware. The vortex appeared in the sky once again. The darkness it gave off was frightening to her. Yet she kept that fear in check by recalling an old childhood dream. One that had come when times were dark; as they were now.
"Tousan," Gohan called, "are you sure this leads back home?"
"It looks like the same one we came through earlier. And I also sense Tienshinhan's power on the other side." he replied.
Echo grew much more tense as they approached the apparition. "What's wrong?" the young man holding her inquired.
"I'm not sure. It's just that I feel like there is someone we don't want to run into waiting for us." she replied. Then they heard an explosion coming from the other dimension.
"We have to go faster!" Piccolo shouted above a now roaring wind. Once they got through it, the girl's suspicions were confirmed. That was definitely someone they didn't want to run into unprepared.
The Ice-jin tyrant glared at the four hovering in the air above him. "Let's see here. Oh, yes. I remember you, monkey. It looks like that little brat isn't so little anymore. And you, Namek, are going to regret ever coming up against me." Frieza's gaze shifted to the girl that Gohan had ahold of. What about her looks so familiar? Is it just because of her face or is it something else?
"Well, I want a good fight. I'll give you about three days to collect yourselves and to prepare. Just don't waste any of the time I've allowed." He flew off, leaving them in utter shock.
"That wasn't what I expected. Frieza usually just attacks first, never giving anyone anytime to do anything." Goku declared. He stared in the direction the ice-jin had taken almost as if he were expecting him to come back.
I wonder why he kept calling them monkeys. she mused.
Echo, he called us monkeys because we are saiya-jins. If any member of the species has a tail, when the moon is full they go ozzaru. That's a giant were-monkey. Gohan explained.
"We should leave this area. If he changes his mind and we're still here, it could go badly for us." Piccolo declared. They flew off, leaving vapor trails as they did.
Why do I feel like I know how to do this? And why is the power I sense from Gohan so familiar? Maybe I should just relax. It'll come back to me. Just then, Gohan's grip on her slipped. He dove to catch her, but then pulled up in shock, as Echo was now flying on her own.
"Wow. That was fast."
"Almost not fast enough." she sighed. Goku only shook his head in wonder. That girl learned damn fast. It was almost as if she knew from birth how to do what she did.
The Son house loomed on the horizon. They were home. Yet it was not her home. She didn't know where she could turn to find welcome. Here her spells were not as certain as they were where she'd grown up. Hope was what was sustaining her now.