Chapter 7
A Warrior
"We've been at Quanix for a little over a year now." Riaka said as she introduced herself and Sotika to a new comer. Only then did it dawn on Sotika how long it had been. Over a year with out Saiyjin contact, without a battle, with out her friends. Not to say that life at Quanix wasn't enjoyable, it just wasn't ... shall we say Saiyjin friendly.
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"Sotika! Are you all right?" Riaka asked "Yea ... I'm fine, why" Sotika replied foggily "Oh" Riaka continued "it's just that you seem so distant lately, like there's something your not telling me. Sotika? ... Sotika!" "Huh, Wha?" Sotika stuttered "Forget it!" Riaka snapped "I'm going to bed" And with that the lights went out.
Sotika still sat at the window. She was concentrating on something in the distance. it was still a day or so away, but it's power level was so large, Sotika could actually feel it! "what could that be?" she asked the darkness
Suddenly a cold sweat broke over Sotika's body. Her vision went blurry and a distant image flashed in her mind. For a brief moment she could see Vegeta. he was with two little guys and what looked like the Ginyu force. "I must be really tired" she told herself but the image had seemed so real. But it couldn't be. Why would Vegeta be with the Ginyu force, and where was Nappa? She must be imagining things.
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The next morning she and Riaka were sitting with a few friends were eating breakfast. "guys we might have to relocate, I mean if Freeza and his men really are on Namek" some one said "But he doesn't know we're here" another replied
Riaka sighed at the ignorance of her companions. (she prided herself as an expert on the militant mind) "Don't you all realize that these people will stop at nothing to destroy anything and every thing that doesn't bow down and kiss their feet. you can't reason with them because all they care about is themselves. We refuse to bow so they will follow us to the ends of the universe"
Sotika snickered. She normally didn't get involved in these debates for obvious reasons but this was to funny. "You don't agree?" Riaka challenged "Not really" Sotika said nonchalantly "I mean warriors are devoted to a cause. Will ing to fight and die for it, not themselves. If it were pure selfishness, Freeza would be all alone. And they are not on Namek to attack us. Odds are they don't even know about us. I mean they have been there for like a week and a half and we're an unarmed community of mostly women and children. They would have wiped us out long ago if that's what this was about"
"Well ... Tika ..." Riaka started but she was intrepid by the bell "Eeep classes" they all stood up and began to go their separate ways. Then it happened again. Cold sweat all over her body. She grabbed for Riaka but every thing went dark. And then the scene unfolded in front of her. A tall bald slightly beaten man had a pathetically whipped Vegeta by the neck.
"Vegeta!" she choked "What? Tika are you all right, you collapsed" Riaka was standing over her. "Vegeta" she repeated "I have to help him" Riaka looked thoroughly confused, but Sotika had already bolted for her room.
When Riaka push the door open, Sotika had already changed. She stood there in her full Saiyjin armor, tail exposed for the first time in more then a year. "Tika?" whispered Riaka in disbelief Sotika put on her father's scouter and with out a word headed for the docking bay.
Vegeta needed her she knew it. She didn't know how she knew, but she just did. As Sotika approached her ship Riaka stepped in front of her. "What do you plan to do?" she asked "Help Vegeta, you don't understand.." Sotika started but Riaka cut her off "Look I know you care about him and miss him, and even if you do find him how could you help? You can't Sotika you're not one of them." "Yes I am" Sotika said softly "I am a pure blood saiyjin. My father fought against Freeza, and Vegeta and I planned to do the same. I have been in countless battles. I have killed people who were on their way here." Riaka was now staring at her friend in horror. "I'm sorry" Sotika whispered. Riaka swallowed hard, and then looked as though she'd changed her mind and ran in the other direction.
Sotika wanted to go after her, but she didn't have time. And this would take Riaka a while to understand this, she would come back after she helped Vegeta, she thought as she left the docking bay and soared through space. Suddenly she noticed something odd, just ahead of her.
It was a large space pod. Well it looked like a pod, but it was massive. the words Capsule Corp. were printed on the side. And Sotika immediately recognized the passenger as the power from the night before. "Amazing" she thought "It must be way stronger then Freeza, what ever it is. And it seems to be heading my way." And indeed it was, she followed the pod right to Namek.
Sotika emerged from her pod as soon as she landed and began clicking madly on the scouter. She picked up 3 dying powers to her left. She glanced over in that direction, just in time to see the massive power step out of it's pod. He was tall with dark hair, and wore a stupid looking orange Gi. He looked frighteningly familiar, but she couldn't think of were she knew him from. Sotika walked over to him. "Do you work for Freeza?" she asked "No way" he replied "I'm here to stop him and save my friends" "What a small universe" she smiled "so am I. Well if your friends are against Freeza they are in as much trouble as mine." "We'd better go then" the stranger replied "by the way I'm Goku" Sotika looked into his eye, but still couldn't think were she knew him. "I'm Sotika" she told him
It made sense that this man was the occupant of the strange pod. But if he was what had happened to his power. The scouter was reading 500. Sotika didn't have much time to ponder this, because he shot off toward his friends, and she followed. They came upon the battle field just in time. Three of the Ginyu were left, one was rather beat up. There were also 2 little guys that Sotika had only scene in the back of her mind that lay on the ground, they were as good as dead in her opinion. Then her eyes fell on Vegeta. He was standing off to the distance, but he didn't look like he could do much more then that
Sotika landed a few feet behind him, but he didn't notice. Every one was now watching the man named Goku, who was completely ignoring the three Ginyu and was feeding his friends. Sotika had no idea what, but as soon as they ate it they recovered! "Hey Vegeta, Catch!" he called, throwing one to Vegeta. And as soon as he ate it he too looked completely healed. "I could use some of those" Sotika thought
Goku quickly defeated Berter and Racoom (Jaice was scared away), but for some reason didn't finish them off. (In her eyes saying" my name is Racoom it rhymes with doom and you'll be hurting all too soon" was defiantly grounds for murder) As his friends were congratulating him, Sotika spoke to Vegeta. "Tisk, tisk. Vegeta can't I leave you alone for one minuet with out you getting the crap kicked out of you?"
"Tika!" Vegeta exclaimed. he ran toward her and threw his arms around her "How did you get here?" "In a space pod.?she said sarcastically "No" he laughed "how'd you know where I was?" "Call it intuition" she smiled "So who are those guys?" she asked "I met them on earth" he replied, he didn't seem to like them "Those two are saiyjins and the other one's an earthling." "Don't earthlings have hair?" Sotika asked Vegeta laughed and then he kissed her.
"Whoohoo, Vegeta who's your friend?" laughed the bald guy Vegeta looked like he was ready to kill him, when something moved. It was Berter. "I can't believe he's trying to let them live" Vegeta grumbled And with that he fired at them, first at Berter, then at Racoom. "Vegeta!" Roared Goku "Why did you do that! They were not a threat any more!" Sotika was just wondering what this guys problem was when he stopped yelling at Vegeta and looked at something in the sky. The others looked up to see Jaice returning, and he was bringing captain Ginyu with him. "See what happens when you let the enemy live!?Vegeta yelled "there's no time" Goku started "Gohan you and Krillen go get the dragon balls, Vegeta and I can take care of these two"
Krillen and Gohan were all to eager to follow this plan, but Vegeta shot Sotika a look that meant they weren't sticking around for long. The remains of the Ginyu force landed, Jaice pointed Goku out to Captain Ginyu. "Well have fun Kakerott!" Vegeta called and suddenly blasted into the air, Sotika followed looking back. There was still something about that earth saiyjin. But that didn't matter right now.
"What happened to Nappa?" Sotika asked "He disgraced himself and then met with a little accedent." Vegeta replied "You didn't" Sotika said sadly But she knew that Vegeta had done the right thing. in saiyjin culture if a man disgraces himself as a warrior he is killed. "And then there were 2" Vegeta whispered
Sotika was still trying to relies that all that had happened that day was real. She went over the events in her mind. Then something hit her. She stopped dead in her tracks. Vegeta looked back and then stopped too. "What's up?" "You know the earth saiyjin" Sotika said beginning to shake "What did you call him?"
A Warrior
"We've been at Quanix for a little over a year now." Riaka said as she introduced herself and Sotika to a new comer. Only then did it dawn on Sotika how long it had been. Over a year with out Saiyjin contact, without a battle, with out her friends. Not to say that life at Quanix wasn't enjoyable, it just wasn't ... shall we say Saiyjin friendly.
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"Sotika! Are you all right?" Riaka asked "Yea ... I'm fine, why" Sotika replied foggily "Oh" Riaka continued "it's just that you seem so distant lately, like there's something your not telling me. Sotika? ... Sotika!" "Huh, Wha?" Sotika stuttered "Forget it!" Riaka snapped "I'm going to bed" And with that the lights went out.
Sotika still sat at the window. She was concentrating on something in the distance. it was still a day or so away, but it's power level was so large, Sotika could actually feel it! "what could that be?" she asked the darkness
Suddenly a cold sweat broke over Sotika's body. Her vision went blurry and a distant image flashed in her mind. For a brief moment she could see Vegeta. he was with two little guys and what looked like the Ginyu force. "I must be really tired" she told herself but the image had seemed so real. But it couldn't be. Why would Vegeta be with the Ginyu force, and where was Nappa? She must be imagining things.
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The next morning she and Riaka were sitting with a few friends were eating breakfast. "guys we might have to relocate, I mean if Freeza and his men really are on Namek" some one said "But he doesn't know we're here" another replied
Riaka sighed at the ignorance of her companions. (she prided herself as an expert on the militant mind) "Don't you all realize that these people will stop at nothing to destroy anything and every thing that doesn't bow down and kiss their feet. you can't reason with them because all they care about is themselves. We refuse to bow so they will follow us to the ends of the universe"
Sotika snickered. She normally didn't get involved in these debates for obvious reasons but this was to funny. "You don't agree?" Riaka challenged "Not really" Sotika said nonchalantly "I mean warriors are devoted to a cause. Will ing to fight and die for it, not themselves. If it were pure selfishness, Freeza would be all alone. And they are not on Namek to attack us. Odds are they don't even know about us. I mean they have been there for like a week and a half and we're an unarmed community of mostly women and children. They would have wiped us out long ago if that's what this was about"
"Well ... Tika ..." Riaka started but she was intrepid by the bell "Eeep classes" they all stood up and began to go their separate ways. Then it happened again. Cold sweat all over her body. She grabbed for Riaka but every thing went dark. And then the scene unfolded in front of her. A tall bald slightly beaten man had a pathetically whipped Vegeta by the neck.
"Vegeta!" she choked "What? Tika are you all right, you collapsed" Riaka was standing over her. "Vegeta" she repeated "I have to help him" Riaka looked thoroughly confused, but Sotika had already bolted for her room.
When Riaka push the door open, Sotika had already changed. She stood there in her full Saiyjin armor, tail exposed for the first time in more then a year. "Tika?" whispered Riaka in disbelief Sotika put on her father's scouter and with out a word headed for the docking bay.
Vegeta needed her she knew it. She didn't know how she knew, but she just did. As Sotika approached her ship Riaka stepped in front of her. "What do you plan to do?" she asked "Help Vegeta, you don't understand.." Sotika started but Riaka cut her off "Look I know you care about him and miss him, and even if you do find him how could you help? You can't Sotika you're not one of them." "Yes I am" Sotika said softly "I am a pure blood saiyjin. My father fought against Freeza, and Vegeta and I planned to do the same. I have been in countless battles. I have killed people who were on their way here." Riaka was now staring at her friend in horror. "I'm sorry" Sotika whispered. Riaka swallowed hard, and then looked as though she'd changed her mind and ran in the other direction.
Sotika wanted to go after her, but she didn't have time. And this would take Riaka a while to understand this, she would come back after she helped Vegeta, she thought as she left the docking bay and soared through space. Suddenly she noticed something odd, just ahead of her.
It was a large space pod. Well it looked like a pod, but it was massive. the words Capsule Corp. were printed on the side. And Sotika immediately recognized the passenger as the power from the night before. "Amazing" she thought "It must be way stronger then Freeza, what ever it is. And it seems to be heading my way." And indeed it was, she followed the pod right to Namek.
Sotika emerged from her pod as soon as she landed and began clicking madly on the scouter. She picked up 3 dying powers to her left. She glanced over in that direction, just in time to see the massive power step out of it's pod. He was tall with dark hair, and wore a stupid looking orange Gi. He looked frighteningly familiar, but she couldn't think of were she knew him from. Sotika walked over to him. "Do you work for Freeza?" she asked "No way" he replied "I'm here to stop him and save my friends" "What a small universe" she smiled "so am I. Well if your friends are against Freeza they are in as much trouble as mine." "We'd better go then" the stranger replied "by the way I'm Goku" Sotika looked into his eye, but still couldn't think were she knew him. "I'm Sotika" she told him
It made sense that this man was the occupant of the strange pod. But if he was what had happened to his power. The scouter was reading 500. Sotika didn't have much time to ponder this, because he shot off toward his friends, and she followed. They came upon the battle field just in time. Three of the Ginyu were left, one was rather beat up. There were also 2 little guys that Sotika had only scene in the back of her mind that lay on the ground, they were as good as dead in her opinion. Then her eyes fell on Vegeta. He was standing off to the distance, but he didn't look like he could do much more then that
Sotika landed a few feet behind him, but he didn't notice. Every one was now watching the man named Goku, who was completely ignoring the three Ginyu and was feeding his friends. Sotika had no idea what, but as soon as they ate it they recovered! "Hey Vegeta, Catch!" he called, throwing one to Vegeta. And as soon as he ate it he too looked completely healed. "I could use some of those" Sotika thought
Goku quickly defeated Berter and Racoom (Jaice was scared away), but for some reason didn't finish them off. (In her eyes saying" my name is Racoom it rhymes with doom and you'll be hurting all too soon" was defiantly grounds for murder) As his friends were congratulating him, Sotika spoke to Vegeta. "Tisk, tisk. Vegeta can't I leave you alone for one minuet with out you getting the crap kicked out of you?"
"Tika!" Vegeta exclaimed. he ran toward her and threw his arms around her "How did you get here?" "In a space pod.?she said sarcastically "No" he laughed "how'd you know where I was?" "Call it intuition" she smiled "So who are those guys?" she asked "I met them on earth" he replied, he didn't seem to like them "Those two are saiyjins and the other one's an earthling." "Don't earthlings have hair?" Sotika asked Vegeta laughed and then he kissed her.
"Whoohoo, Vegeta who's your friend?" laughed the bald guy Vegeta looked like he was ready to kill him, when something moved. It was Berter. "I can't believe he's trying to let them live" Vegeta grumbled And with that he fired at them, first at Berter, then at Racoom. "Vegeta!" Roared Goku "Why did you do that! They were not a threat any more!" Sotika was just wondering what this guys problem was when he stopped yelling at Vegeta and looked at something in the sky. The others looked up to see Jaice returning, and he was bringing captain Ginyu with him. "See what happens when you let the enemy live!?Vegeta yelled "there's no time" Goku started "Gohan you and Krillen go get the dragon balls, Vegeta and I can take care of these two"
Krillen and Gohan were all to eager to follow this plan, but Vegeta shot Sotika a look that meant they weren't sticking around for long. The remains of the Ginyu force landed, Jaice pointed Goku out to Captain Ginyu. "Well have fun Kakerott!" Vegeta called and suddenly blasted into the air, Sotika followed looking back. There was still something about that earth saiyjin. But that didn't matter right now.
"What happened to Nappa?" Sotika asked "He disgraced himself and then met with a little accedent." Vegeta replied "You didn't" Sotika said sadly But she knew that Vegeta had done the right thing. in saiyjin culture if a man disgraces himself as a warrior he is killed. "And then there were 2" Vegeta whispered
Sotika was still trying to relies that all that had happened that day was real. She went over the events in her mind. Then something hit her. She stopped dead in her tracks. Vegeta looked back and then stopped too. "What's up?" "You know the earth saiyjin" Sotika said beginning to shake "What did you call him?"