Krillin and Juuhachigou

Chapter eleven

Dende's plan

After about 20 minutes, Ju reached the lookout. Ju landed and ran into Dende's throne room. Dende was in there chatting with Mr. Popo. Ju was in tears as she cried, "Dende, I need your help!!! Something awful has happened!! I need to talk to you alone now!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She shot Mr. Popo and icy glare. Popo took the hint. He picked up his watering can and walked out of the room, mumbling something about having to water the garden. Once he was gone, Dende shut the doors. He turned back around to face Ju.

"What is it Ju?! What happened?"

"Gero is bent on turning me into a killing machine!! I have two days before he finishes a new program that will get rid of what ever memory I have now and force me to kill all the Z-fighters...Krillin included!! I would destroy Gero in an instant if I could, but he lowered my power to much.. The most I can do is fly!! I was going to go and find Krillin, but 16 said he would come after me if I wasn't back in an hour. Dende, please help me. If you can't, I swear I'll kill myself rather than kill Krillin or his friends!!" Ju stared at Dende with pleading eyes. Dende looked around desperatly. He wracked his mind trying to think of a solution. Then, through a window in the throne room, he saw Popo watering the herb garden. Thoughtfully, he walked over to a shelf.

"Let's see..." he muttered. "Deadly nightshade...deadly nightshade...where is it....Ah, here it is!" The namekian boy picked up a small blue bottle. He showed it to Ju.

"....I think I have an idea. You said you have two days, right? Well, the night before he should have the program finished, make sure you're alone and take this." Ju looked at him for a moment, and then hesitantly took the vial.

"What will it do?" She asked.

"It will make it seem like your pulse has stopped. You'll become pale and cold, and you'll look like you're dead. It'll last for 42 hours. After that time goes by, you'll return to normal and wake up, like you were just sleeping. While Gero moves you to the tomb, I'll have Popo give a letter to Krillin, telling him of our idea. When you wake up, him and me will be waiting there. Then you two can go off together, and no one will know what happened. Eventually, we can tell the other fighters, and Gero will never know!"

Ju looked from Dende to the bottle in her hand.

"Will it even work on me? I'm after all part android."

"Do you bleed?"

"Yes..."

"Then it will work. You have to have a circulatory system to bleed. It'll work, trust me." Ju paused for a moment, thinking. Then she nodded.

"I'll do it. What do I have to loose?"

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Ju returned to Gero's mansion. After she convinced 16 that she was okay with everything, he left her alone. Ju sat in her room for the rest of the day, imagining what it would be like once her and Krillin escaped together. Then, at around 8:00 that night, Gero came back in.

"18...16 tells me that you've come around." Ju ignored him.

"I just wanted to let you know that the program will be finished by tomorrow morning. Pleasant dreams, my dear." Ju still didn't say a word. Once Gero left, she locked the door. She was alone. She fished around in her pocket for the small vile.

"Please get the letter, Krillin...." she whispered. She began to bring the vial to her lips but stopped.

"What if he doesn't get it?" She thought. "What if I wake up in the tomb with all those dead people around me and he isn't there? What if I suffocate in there before he gets there? Or what if....what if it doesn't work at all? I'll have to get reprogrammed! No...I won't. I'll destroy myself first. I guess I'll find out when I wake up.....Krillin....this is for you!" She put the bottle to her lips and swallowed all of the elixir. When all of it was gone, she let the bottle slip out of her hand. It rolled under her bed. Ju felt a light dizzyness come over her. A chill ripped through her and she fell onto the bed......