REM SAGA
An Unfamiliar Face

Rem awoke. He was in the medical lab of the ship that 14 brought down. The fire didn't kill him. His face felt like it was rotting. The armor had saved his life, but the fire seeped through the holes on the stinsel and permanently scarred his face.
"Hey... one of yall!" Rem yelled out. 14 walked over to Rem, he told him that they managed to retrieve his pod and later salvaged all that they could from the remains of the Assasin's Blade. He also said that they'd retrieved the other unactivated androids.
"Sir... there is just one problem that will not be able to be solved." 14 said to him.
Rem rolled off of the cot and stood up. His legs felt weak after being unconcious for a while. He touched his face and felt scabs. He ran over to a box of supplies in the corner of the room and yanked out a mirror. What was seen, was gruesome.
The emblem of the Assasin's Blade was on his face. A black line slid down from his forehead to his nose. Black identicle smudges surrounded his eyes. Rigid disigns were on the free space on his face.
"GRRRRRR! This is what I have to live with the rest of my life." He told himself. He had gripped the mirror so hard that it shattered and fell to the floor.
14 backed away. He knew that Rem would be ticked and decided to leave. Rem sat there, his face was in his hands. The scabs had become scars, he must've been unconcious for a few days. He fingered one of the diaminds that hung from his eyebrows, his mind was racing with thoughts of the hunt, the battle, past fights and how he had victored. He stroked the fur around his neck. It had miraculasly not been burned. That fur let him know he was one of the best of all the people in the universe. After all, you would think so too if you killed the first super saiyan.
He stood up and walked over to the airlock. The memories came back as he opened the door. The night was cool, perfect for a swim. Rem took off all of his armor and weapons, to keep them from rusting and messing up, and walked out the door in his black tanktop and pants.
The river slid down the hill, he dipped his hand in the water and rubbed the water on his charred face. It felt like paradise. He jumped into the slow moving river and took a dive under.
The water was more than relaxing, it was like an endless dreamworld. The protective eyelids slid over his eyes so he could see clearly. Fish swam all over the bottom of the river, it had been such a long time since he had eaten. He swiped at one of the fish and caught it, the fish was a 1'3 bass. He turned around to go to the ship to skin, cook, and eat it
The air was blowing when he got out. It was a nice feeling against the scars on his face. He told 7 to cook and prepare it with some of the emergency supplies. He shook his head, as his hair flew around the water flew over the solid floor.
"Sir, it might be a while before it is ready. This new ship doesn't have the materials we had on the Assasin's Blade." 7 said. He returned to cleaning the fish.
Rem walked back to the river and walked along the edge. The thought of the Saiyans kept him going. Little did he know he was being watched.

* * *

Piccolo snuck around through the trees, watching the new arriver with caution. He had seen the androids but thought that they were humans since he couldn't sense a power level. This new comer had no power level either. Piccolo snapped a twig and knew he had made a mistake.
"Who's there?" The new comer, Rem, asked and switched to a fighting stance. He posed in that stance for a good 3 minutes before he started to enter the woods that bordered the river.
Piccolo had to do something before he was caught. He spun around but was surprised to see Rem standing there, his arms crossed and his devilish face glaring into his eyes.
"What are you doing here Namek?" Rem yelled and pointed a finger at Piccolo, the long fingernail almost sticking through his nose. Piccolo backed away. He was speechless. Rem's gaze was so ferocious it had shortly put piccolo in fear. Piccolo shook his head, Rem's face was not visible when he was spying on him so he could never see his face.
"I... I'm Piccolo, I live around this area... If it's okay, I can help you out." Piccolo studdered. He just thought he could bring Rem to Goku's house hoping that they would help him out with supplies.
"Yes, there is a way. My crew and I are running low on food and stock. I could use the help." Rem replied. After he got settled he would go get the Saiyans and claim the billions.
Piccolo had to carry Rem on his back ,cause Rem couldn't fly, to Goku's.
"Gohan, Goku, are yall awake?" Piccolo asked into the darkness of the house. They must've been asleep. He could hear Goku and Gohan snoring.
They walked back outside, Piccolo did a high whistle. It was kinda off key because he still couldn't get over the creepy scars on Rem's face.
Against the moonlight Nyn flew down to them and landed in front of em.
"Hey, this is Rem." Piccolo said to Nyn.
"Oh, nice to AAAHH!" Nyn had obviously seen the scars on Rem's face.
Nyn felt stupid and foolish for acting in that manner in front of an acquaintant. She straightened up and tried to avoid the glare that came from his eyes. No matter how calm Rem set himself, the scars made his eyes look evil .
Piccolo told Nyn of how he found him and they flew off, carrying Rem of course.
"So. Your name's Rem huh?" Nyn asked, still kinda antsy about the devilish look on Rem's face. "I'm Nyn."
Rem jerked his head towards her after hearing the name Nyn. Nyn about flipped out after the sudden impact of his facial features. She couldn't get over the way his face was.
Rem now knew where the Saiyans were. His hunt was going perfect so far. They dropped down to begin their hunt for fresh animals. After all, live and cooked ones were better than packaged.

Piccolo, Rem, and Nyn all had landed deep in the forest to hunt for some REAL food. The forest was obviously flooded with animals so it would be an easy hunt.
"Okay, you stay here, Piccolo and I will go find some food." Nyn told Rem. Rem knew how to hunt, it was his way of living.
"I can get my own food." Rem said back and jumped high into the sky. They didn't see where he landed, though they heard the sound of leaves and twigs snapping.
They were about to leave to get the food themselves when a roar arose from the black forest behind them.
Nyn and Piccolo knew that Rem had to be in trouble so they ran to the noise. What they saw was unbelievable. Rem had drowned a bear in the river and was skinning it with his bare hands.
"WHOA! You took that thing out quick." Nyn said. Seeing the fur being tossed to the side. Rem had revealed the meat underneath the bear skin.
Piccolo made a fire with his ki blast and they roasted the meat. Rem didn't eat his very fast because of the fish roasting back at ther ship.
"Sooooo..." Piccolo managed to get out, trying not to stare at Rem's face. "How'd your face get that way?"
"Piccolo!" Nyn grunted. Embarassed at how rude Piccolo was acting.
"Oh, it's okay. It was all really an accident." Rem told them. They were ready to listen. "Well, me and my crew were orbiting earth getting ready to go hunting, I heard the animals here were large and I decided to come here to hunt." It was partly true. "So the Earth army forces shot missles at my ship because I was orbiting the planet for 2 days and seemed suspicious. So it started to explode and the fire was coming at me quick. I tried to find something to shield my face from the fire but I could only find a stensil of my ships logo. The fire scarred it into my face so that my face has the emblem in it now."
"Oh... you poor thing. We can take care of you and your crew if you'd like." Nyn offered.
Rem said that he didn't need much help and said he had to go because his crew might be worried about him. Piccolo offered to fly him back but Rem refused and jumped into the river and swam back to his place.
"I think the guy just needs to be alone for a while, you know, just to get settled. Who knows, he might stay here permanently." Nyn told Piccolo. Only that their friend Rem was not the friend they thought he was.

* * *

"So... what'd you do last night?" Trunks asked Nyn.
"Well, Piccolo found a person wondering around on the river side. He said he crashed here after his ship was attacked and seemed like a charming person except... his face was scarred, it looked as if he was some demon." Nyn replied. They were at Bulma's house for a visit. 18 was better but still couldn't move her arm too well.
"Whoa. He must've gotten it bad. Wanna spar?" Trunks asked, wanting some action. He needed to test his sword out.
"Sure. But don't think I'm gonna go easy on ya." Nyn told him as they all ran out to a field to spar.
Trunks suddenly turned super Saiyan. Nyn was really ticked off since she was the only one who couldn't turn super Saiyan.
Trunks yanked his sword out of its sheath and got in his fighting stance. Nyn prepared herself for battle. Trunks did the first move, he lunged at Nyn with his sword out. Nyn jumped to the side and karate chopped him on the back sending him to the ground.
"Hey... go a little easy on me." Trunks yelled and jumped up.
"Let's see, you have a sword, and you can turn super Saiyan. Why should I go easy on you?" Nyn retorted.
Suddenly a sword flew from the forest and landed in front of Nyn. "Oi! Trunks, you almost got me."
"Huh... I didn't throw it." Trunks said back and turned to the forest.
Rem stepped out of the forest holding his second sword. He had only a light bit of armor on and a bolas attatched to his belt.
"Ahh... Who are you?" Trunks screamed, surprised at how Rem's face looked. He couldn't take his eyes off of him.
"Hey Rem! This is my friend Trunks." Nyn waved, she picked up the sword and ran over to him.
"So... Your buddy wants to sword fight doesn't he?" Rem asked Nyn, staring up at Trunks who was hovering.
"Cool. I'll take you on." Trunks said, determined. Nyn gave Rem his other sword. Rem threw it up to Trunks who sheathed his sword and caught Rem's
Trunks flew down and Nyn backed up to watch the battle. Bulma also stepped out with Dr. Brief to watch the spar.
They both held their swords out in front of them. Trunks swung at Rem who instantly blocked it with his. The first round had begun.
Rem evaded Trunks's second attack by ducking, then he came up with his fist and bopped Trunks under the chin.
Trunks stumbled backwards, but gained enough sense back to block Rem's verticle swing. This may have been a mismatch.
Rem could tell, even though he was a super Saiyan, Trunks would be no match for him when the real battle came.
Trunks flew backwards across the ground. He powered up a ki blast and shot it at Rem.
"HEY NO FAIR!" Nyn yelled out. Bulma and Dr. Brief were more on Trunks's side than Rem's like Nyn.
"I never play by the rules." Trunks said, trying to be cool.
"BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE POWERS LIKE US! IT WOULD BE JUST LIKE SHOOTING ANY OTHER HUMAN!" Nyn yelled back. Running over to Rem to push him out of the way.
"YIKES!" Trunks yelled and realized how stupid it'd been to break the rules.
"I don't play by the rules either." Rem said and swung his sword like a tennis raquet. Sending it, faster, at Trunks.
Trunks didn't have time to react and was hit in the chest. He went crashing to the ground. He was bruised but was back up in a flash.
Rem ran over to him with his sword raised above his head. Trunks was being to confidential and was attempting to grab Rem's hand when it came down. Another mistake.
Rem came down with his hands out of Trunks's reach. The blade came down on Trunks's shoulder.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" Trunks yelled in pain as the sword landed on his shoulder. Everyone jumped up. This was supposed to be a spar, not a deathmatch.
It all went quiet. Rem stood with his sword on his shoulder. Acting calmer than normal.
"Ugh... huh?" Trunks was amazed to see his arm still attatched.
"I hit you with the flat side. It would've hurt a lot worse if I hadn't." Rem told him. Everyone sighed. The fight wasn't a fatal one.
"You may have hurt me... but you haven't beat me." Trunks yelled and threw Rem's sword down. He yanked his own out and swung.
Rem held his own sword out and Trunks's sword made impact. Trunks's sword shattered. The pieces flew out. Trunks held only the handle. The rest was on the ground.
Everyone was up again. Vegeta had started to watch and was surprised. Trunks's sword had been destroyed.
"Oh no! I've had this thing for a long time. It's priceless." Trunks said. Staring at the handle.
"Here, give me the handle. I can repair it. I will make it better too." Rem offered. Holding his free hand out.
Trunks handed Rem the handle. Rem slid it in his belt. Then he gave Trunks the other sword.
"You can use my other one until I get back with yours." Rem told him and walked away, into the forest.
Trunks swung the sword around and felt it glide peacefully. It didn't go up or down any like his own. This guy was indeed a champion blacksmith.
"Hey Trunks, lemme hold that thing." Vegeta yelled and flew down. Trunks gave it to Vegeta who tested it out on a nearby tree. It made a clean cut all the way through. Vegeta examined it and couldn't find a single splinter.
Nyn ran to the forest after Rem as the others went up to Trunks to see the new blade.
Rem had made it to the river when Nyn caught up to him. She called out to him. "Hey, great fight. For a guy with no power level you really beat Trunks."
"Heh... thanks. His sword should be finished in a week."
"You need a hand? It's a long way back. I'll fly you there." Nyn offered.
"No. I'll swim. The water kinda regenerates my energy." He replied.
From behind them was a sound of hands clapping slowly. Vegeta stood against a tree slapping his hands together slowly.
"Nice... very nice. You beat my son. How bout fighting a real super Saiyan?" Vegeta said. He turned super Saiyan.
"VEGETA! Not now." Nyn yelled to him.
Vegeta powered down.
"Anyway. I gotta go. My crew is waiting. I'm late as it is." He told her and jumped into the water. Nyn watched his silouette swim at enormous speed in the direction of Goku's.
Vegeta stepped down to Nyn as she stood watching Rem swim away. He watched too as his hair blew in the wind.
"You think he can beat me?" Vegeta wondered aloud.
"With what I saw I'd say he could take you blindfolded." Nyn replied back and flew off to her home.
Vegeta snorted and turned back to the rest of the gang.