Chapter One: The Arrival
Hi, my name is Ambrlyn, I'm an above average kinda girl, I do everything that most people expect of me. I
have been through the most complicated gymnastic courses, I have taken several martial arts classes, and have been
through vigorous training in the use of swords. Basically, anything anyone ever wanted me to learn, I have learned it.
I have a boyfriend, and I have two very close friends. I felt my life was just about complete. Until the very end of my
junior year in college.
It all started two weeks before Finals, these are events I will never be able to forget. . .
I stared down at my watch. 1A.M. I bent my head down on the desktop and felt like I was about collapse
from exhaustion. In the background, DBZ played on. It was the Freeza Saga, my favorite. I smiled as I heard Freeza's
voice, he was telling a Namek that it was useless to fight him, he would win. "You tell 'em Freeza!" I said sleepily,
struggling to keep my eyes focused on my term paper in front of me. I had always rooted for the bad guy, my moto
had always been: "if everyone's rooting for the good guys, than there's no one left to cheer for the bad ones!" this
always made my friends roll their eyes and pity me.
As I worked, my head began to slowly sink closer to the desk top. Just so that my eyes can focus on the
paper. I tried to tell myself as I now rested my head down on the arm not writing. Within minutes, I suppose I was
probably fast asleep. The Saga played on. I had it on DVD, so when one DVD ended, the other picked up. I had
gotten the fifty DVD changer for Christmas my Freshman year. I could hear the explosions of Goku and Freeza
fighting, but the TV volume was low enough to not really disturb my sleep.
It was later, when the Freeza Saga had ended and the Android Saga was nearly finished, that it happened. A
huge tremor ripped through the building. I started, thinking it had been part of my dream, but when I jumped up, I
was knocked down by the growing force. Something was causing the school building to vibrate at a very high level! I
rolled to my feet and braced myself against a doorframe. My collection of Windstone figurines crashed to the floor,
making me grit my teeth in anger. "An earthquake?" I asked myself out loud, my voice wobbled from both adrenaline
and the movement beneath my feet.
No sooner had I said it, than did the sound hit my hearing. I strained to hear it over the sounds of the earth
and the building as they moved in unison. The way the floor moved, it reminded me of a defensive movement I'd
learned in Jujitsu, I moved softly and gently along with the motion, trying to remember why this sound seemed so
familiar. As I made it towards the window to look out on impulse, what I saw made my jaw drop. The impression of
it will forever be engraved in my mind!
A huge ship was landing in the soccer field and on top of the smaller dorms just across the street. I felt
suddenly lucky that I had chosen the top floor of the eight story building. My eyes locked on the shape of the ship. I
turned and looked at a large wall scroll hanging from the far wall. It showed Trunks and Freeza, his massive ship
landing in the back ground. What was in front of me looked painfully similar. I swallowed back my fear, I might cheer
for the bad guy, but I had no real urge to meet Freeza in person! Especially with the attitude he had towards women, I
didn't really feel like being someone's play toy.
I leaned away from the window, losing my balance in the process and managed to fall hard on my bottom, I
winced on impact. "Ouch!" I yelped as I tried to get back up on my feet.
"Ambrlyn!!!" I heard a scream from down the hall, I looked at my watch and realized that it was going on
5:30A.M. So far, the landing had only taken place for barely one minute. I scrambled for the doorway, cutting my
upper arm fairly badly, but I didn't really notice it at this time.
"I'm here! Crawl on the floor! Watch out for the glass!" I yelled, the sound of the ship was now deafening,
it's roar so deep that it made me realize just what the Z fighters felt when Freeza had landed on Earth during the
Trunks Saga.
A larger figure than mine crawled through the doorway, she was cautious through the glass and her eyes
were wide with fear. "What's going on?! I woke up and everything was moving!!!" The familiar face and voice of
Gen intruded through the roar of the ships engines.
I smiled at her reassuringly and nodded out the window. "I'm not sure, but you might want to stay low and
close to me. I'll make sure your fine." I told her, trying hard to figure out, that if this really was Freeza, how I would
protect her from him. Give me the strength, Grandpa. I prayed silently to my deceased G'pa. I always prayed to him
that way he could relay it directly to Jesus. I know, it's a habit from my youth, I just never got around to correcting it.
Mostly because it always worked.
"Ok." Was her only shaky response as everything suddenly went dead silent.
For a moment, we looked at each other, the sound of silence ringing strong in our ears, I think my hearing
was corrected first, because I heard the soft sound of a automatic door opening. I stood up uneasily, and walked over
towards the window again. As I looked out, a small figure was standing on the ground, looking up at my building
with a frown of displeasure. I recognized the scouter he wore and realized who he was instantly. "Freeza." I breathed
the name with awe and terrible fear. I knew what this meant, we were all as good as dead. Freeza was a ruthless
tyrant who stopped at nothing to get what he wanted. I felt the hairs on the back of my neck rise as he looked up
towards my floor. I heard his sharp intake of a gasp as his eerie crimson eyes locked with mine. "Shit!" I said with a
high voice as I ducked down below, Gen was still huddling against the doorwell, I thought it best to leave her there, I
won't have to worry about her stepping in glass that way.
The figure below looked up at me expectantly, a smile crept across his face. He looked over at one of his
henchmen and pointed casually. "I want everyone from the top floor right here in ten minutes." He gestured a line in
front of him. "Make sure you get them all? I don't want any heros in this crowd." Freeza's voice held a tone of
warning and displeasure. The henchmen all swallowed hard and obeyed instantly.
I moved quickly away from the window as I saw several familiar and not so familiar people race from
Freeza's ship to the inside of my dormitory. I've always been the paranoid one, so I instantly took it that they were
after me. G'pa, I know I've always told you that I wanted to meet Freeza because I thought he was so cool, but I
didn't think you'd actually grant that wish!!! Do you think you could have brought me a super Saiyan why you were
at it?! I mean, come on!! I can't fight Freeza!!! I muttered to G'pa mentally, as I rushed around the room, collecting
various things and shoving them into a bag. My actions being so quick scared Gen pretty bad.
"What's going on?! What're you doing?!" She demanded, her voice cracked with fright and adrenaline.
I looked over at her and smiled, throwing the back across my shoulders. "You know me, I'm just being
paranoid. . ." I said, but no sooner did I get it out, than did I hear heavy footstep on the metal steps just down the
hallway, and voices protesting and being hurt as they were dragged downstairs to form the line. "SHIT!!" I screeched
as I looked out the window again, Freeza was looking up, he waved at me, and I lost it!! I screamed out the window
at him. "GO AWAY!!!!" I could hear his laughter from my room as I hurried over to Gen, scraping one of my feet
across a glass shard, she screeched and pointed at my foot. I didn't realize it and ignored her, busy with trying to get
the hell off this floor before they got to my part of the floor.
Two at the far end saw me and Gen run across the debris littered hallway. She screeched again as they ran at
us, I grabbed a hold of the fire exit door just ten feet from my dorm room, as I opened it, I was scared by a figure I
recognized all to well. "Hello there. . ." Was all he got out as I suddenly screamed and slammed my shouldered bag
straight into his upper chest and throat, he gave a gurgled gasp of surprise and fell backwards straight down the stairs.
I didn't give a second thought about it, I just followed him down after shutting the door behind Gen and securely
latching it shut with the fire hose, but I kept the ax. I followed Zarbon down four and a half flights of stairs. After he
stopped, I gave him an extra kick in the face as he tried to get up and grab me, he fell down the rest of the way and
landed face first, his arm twisting beneath him. I shoved Gen ahead of me and looked back, two were lumbering
down the stairs, slower because of their lack of being in shape for this gravity, I leaped onto Zarbon's back and heard
a painful crunch and snap as I broke his arm under him, he gave a sharp yell of pain and I was off like a bottle rocket!
Straight for freedom!
I looked around and pointed quickly to a small uneven part of the floor. "Get inside the bomb shelter! You'll
be safe in there! I put food and water in here enough for years!" Gen looked at me confused and than at the bag, I sat
the ax down and lifted the nearly invisible edges quickly. "This is where I used to ditch my Freshman classes, COME
ON!!! I don't have TIME for this!!" I yelled as I shoved her down into the shelter.
"There aren't any bugs down here are there?" She called up warily, than suddenly yelled back before I shut
the door. "HEY! My BOOKS are down here!!!" I shut it quickly after throwing my bag over both shoulders, it fit
perfectly. I looked towards the upper door and heard the other two still coming down. I wasn't sure how they got
past the fire hose, but I was sure they were that strong. I opened the door to freedom and came face to face with
death.
"Hello there." Freeza stood in front of me, barely taller than I, I screamed and slammed the door shut, racing
back up the stairs. The door behind me blasted open with an angry remark I didn't understand, I leapt again on
Zarbon's back as he was on his hand and knees, slamming him back onto the ground, within seconds, I was in sight of
the two other henchmen, they saw me and came faster, than stopped, wary that I wasn't turning to run the other
direction, one backed up a step, giving me the advantage I needed to slam into them and knock them out of my way, I
became painfully away of how much my left foot was starting to ache, but I ignored it.
Behind me, I heard a very angry voice shout up at the henchmen. "I thought I said I didn't want any heros!"
The henchmen struggled to get up, but Freeza just barreled over them. I looked around for my ax and realized I'd left
it down on the bottom floor, I cursed loudly and heard laughter right behind me. I made the horrible mistake of
looking back. Freeza was within arms reach of me. I screeched and tried to move faster, but missed a step and started
to fall backwards. I spun, prepared for impact, but instead, hovered there in mid air, Freeza looked at me in surprise, I
was just inches from slamming into him. But my shock was short lived, I used that height and momentum to use
Freeza as a living launch pad and leapt back down the stairs. He screamed after me, more pissed than I ever hoped to
have seen him! I didn't get very far before he was on my back again, he launched himself at me, I let out a very loud
scream and did a move straight out of a Matrix movie!!! I leapt into the air and practically willed myself to fly to the
light fixture and get me to the bottom of the floor before Freeza was on me.
But as I did it, I stopped all together, my insides felt like they were on fire, I cried out in agony as I turned
against my will and in front of Freeza. I couldn't see him as he walked around behind me. I tried to grind my teeth
against the pain, but nothing wanted to move. "I hate heros." Freeza told me bluntly, I could feel a finger trailing
down my spine, his fingers dipped into each space of my spine, as if searching for something.
I took a shaky breath and managed to say a remark. "Hero? I was saving my own ass." This brought his
probing to a sudden halt on the middle of my back. "Was I with anyone? No, so I was saving myself, you asshole." He
seemed amused at the last part.
"Well. . .you've a brave one. Do you know who I am?" He asked me, I was tempted to say yes, but I knew
better.
"It doesn't matter, you're not gonna be here long enough for it to matter to me." With that, his all to familiar
"evil" laughter began. I winced, knowing what was coming now. The death blow or the horrible truth of being hurt
really bad.
"Oh, you are a feisty one! Are you the one they call 'Ambrlyn'?" A cold jolt went through my spine, I
struggled to straighten and give an indignant huff.
"Yeah, what of it?" I struggled hard to sound like the pain had disappeared, but I knew Freeza was still
aware of its existence, he seemed to delight in making it just a little worse every time I tried to move.
"Ah, good. You're the one I'm looking for then, but first, I must be sure my sources are correct, there might
be, after all, more than one Ambrlyn in the world." He gave me wicked smile, that I was glad I could not see.
"Alright, but I'm probably not." I said with a casualness that made him smile in spite of his resolve to be a
'bad ass'! I deeply regretted giving him the OK to do such a check. With out warning, he pulled my nightshirt up and
my night-shorts down, looking at my tailbone. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" I screeched as I twisted in
the strange bondage he held me with. He gestured with his hand and the pain suddenly exploded everywhere. Freeza
frowned.
There are no scars here. He thought, looking at me with an angry look. I frowned back my disapproval and
gave him a 'death to you' look. He shrugged it off and replaced what he had moved, he pulled his scouter down and
looked at me intently. His eyes widened as he pressed a button that raised the scouter. "Impressive. You have a very
high power level." I frowned.
A Power Level? What importance could I be of him? He obviously didn't want to fight me with an arch
enemy, or else he would have bragged about it already."Power level?" I tried to act confused, and, thankfully, Freeza
bought into it.
"Yes, you have a very powerful part of you deep inside. Power this high in one so young is rare." I about
began struggling to break the hold.
I puffed up at that remark and said as indignantly as possible. "And just how old do you think I am?" I asked
him, Freeza gestured again and his expression grew suddenly dark.
"Don't test me, little Ambrlyn. I don't have to let you live, I just choose to because I'm curious about you."
He stated as he answered her with a smile. "I'd give a safe guess of around fifteen and eighteen." I laughed deeply at
his naivety, he gave me a warning frown. I shut up fast. Don't have to tell me more than once in matters like this!
"You're wrong." I said with a joyful glee, cut short by massive pain. I felt like I was being drawn and
quartered slowly, sweat seeped from my right arm and left foot, sliding down and giving me more pain.
"Yes, and who old are you really?" He asked, his grip beginning to slacken and relax again once more.
"I'm near 25 yrs old! Not fifteen! I'm old enough to do just about anything I want too." I said with a leer at
him, I knew somewhere inside that this was a really bad idea, but a bigger part of my hates it when people try to take
authority away from me. I might also point out the obvious, I have a severe authority complex, no one has control
over me, but me.
Freeza looked at me in a sudden new light, he stepped back and tightened his hand a little more, I felt as
though the vice grip around my insides pulled even tighter. My eyes shut involuntarily, in my mind, a scene from DBZ
the Freeza Saga ran though clearly. Krillan being lifted into the air by an attack from Freeza, held there, and than
Freeza making gestures just like this one, he had screamed and than imploded. That had made my very favorite scene
happen. Goku turning Super Saiyan for the first time! But there was no such joy in this memory today, now he was
using that attack on me, and there was no Dragon to revive me if I died. Beyond my pain, I felt his delicate fingers
trace the odd bone structure of my face.
Carefully, his fingertips traced my high, yet elegant cheekbones, going down to a strong, slender jaw and to
a slightly pointed chin. Most would try to say I had a heart-shaped face, but in fact, it was more of an oval-based
circle rather than a heart. His other hand went to the top of my head, gently stroking my long hair. His fingers
kneading my skull, feeling it with care. It felt like an eternity of silence, but his gentle touches eased the pain, I was
oddly comforted by this act of gentleness, it gave me hope that perhaps he was not so mean and violent as in the
Sagas. "You are not human." He whispered in amazement.
I opened my eyes and found him just a few inches away from my face, crimson eyes locked onto mine. "I. .
." I stopped myself and swallowed hard, the pain of whatever he was doing had vanished, but I was still suspended in
air.
"You are also not Saiyan." He stated again, I tried to breath, desperate to take a breath, but afraid I might
draw his attention to me fully again. He looked so. . .innocent with his current expression, his eyes were lit with a
kind of wonderment that made me wish I could draw that look. "What are you?" He asked, but somehow I felt it was
not a question stated directly at me.
Taking a risk and speaking, I found my mouth suddenly very dry. "I'm just an ordinary girl, I am human." I
wanted it to sound self sure, steady and unafraid. I failed all of my intentions.
Freeza laughed and put a finger lightly underneath of my chin. "You are not. But perhaps you were raised as
such. We will see." He pulled his finger away and waved it in front of me in warning. "Now, don't you be stupid and
runaway on me, I'm going to set you down. You need that to be looked at." He gestured to my huge gash on my
upper arm, I looked at it and instantly got light headed. My feet touched the ground and the sudden pain on my foot
with the sudden agony of my arm, it was too much for me all at once, my vision darkened and I collapsed.
Thankfully, Freeza caught me. I could feel his hands tight around me as he lifted me effortlessly and toted me
away to where ever. She's lighter than I imagined. I must find out what she is! I had counted on her being Saiyan,
especially after the records showed a Saiyan infant being shot here before the destruction of Planet Vegeta. But she
has no signs of ever having a tail!? I don't understand this at all! He thought to himself as he pushed past the double
doors and strode towards the ship. Everyone out guarding it for Freeza's return stared at the sight.
Hardly any of them had seen Freeza lift a finger to help in any way, shape, of form. But to see him carrying
what he came here after, that was a little too much! To their eyes, it looked as though he had beaten on me pretty
good, in fact he had, but not with physical force. Most of my delicate tendons and bones had been broken during his
psychokinetic hold on me. When I touched ground, it was more pain than I could handle. He smiled to himself as he
boarded the ship. He did not think that people would miss me, and he did not consider the fact that he was robbing
me of the only home I had ever had.
When I started to come to, I nearly panicked. I seemed to be floating in a large tank filled with liquid. But I
can breathe?! I thought as I tried to lift my arms up, but found that they would not move. My eyes were sluggish, and
I felt as though I would fall back into a deep sleep any second. Before me, I saw something which surprised me a
little. A small Saiyan female and another larger male Saiyan working the controls in front of me. I thought Freeza had
all of the Saiyans destroyed? Now I was a little more than confused. Could the series have been wrong? Did the
planet Vegeta still exist? I blinked past my exhaustion and managed to look the small woman in the eyes.
She was beautiful, her long dark brown hair hung in a large braid behind her, her eyes were a very intense
brown, matching her hair, her complection was a light tan. She looked beside her and spoke, although I couldn't hear
the words, the other Saiyan came over and looked at me, his mouth dropped and he tapped a few keys on the board,
his eyes widened in surprise. He spoke faster and pointed, his eyes lit up with excitement, I couldn't hear anything and
was starting to get agitated by it. My brow furrowed and I focused all of my energy on trying to understand what they
were saying.
"It's not possible!? She's off the charts! Look! It's rising again!" The male Saiyan said in shock, I jerked
back involuntarily. How had I heard them? Not a moment ago, the glass was to thick and I was unable, but now, I
can!? But the female put her hands on the tank and stared at me intently, her mouth not moving.
"I know you can hear me. You're using telepathy to understand and hear outside this tank. It's a rare gift to
have so strong, but it is a Saiyan trait. You do not look Saiyan, but you're DNA has the traits of one. My name is
Ophelia, this is my brother Nicolae. We're here to help you, Lord Freeza will want to see you when you are better,
but until then, you are under our care." I stared at her in shock. Her lips weren't moving, yet it sounded just as if she
were talking to me.
I blinked and tried to speak back, but my mouth wouldn't work, so I thought it to her. :But I thought the
Saiyan race was wiped out!? Was planet Vegeta not destroyed?: The other nodded, and I added softly. :Could the
DNA be wrong? Do I really have Saiyan blood?:
"You have Saiyan blood, if you had a tail, it would confirm it for us, but you also have another piece of
impossible DNA in there. It will take us a little while to discover if you are what we think you might be. If so, you are
very original. The only one ever recorded. We kind of hoped you had not survived, but since you have, I can only
hope that Lord Freeza decides you are not a threat." I blinked.
Me? A threat to someone like Freeza?! Impossible. I looked at the two of them in confusion, than tried once
more to move, this time focusing my energy on moving.
"Be careful, you're not fully healed just yet, Lord Freeza really did a number on your insides with his
psychokinesis. If he'd kept it up for just a few more minutes, you'd probably be dead right now." Again, all I could do
was blink at her. I knew what Freeza was capable of, but I didn't realize the kind of mortal danger I was in at the
time. I noted it down mentally for future reference.
"Rest now, you need to heal a little more. Lord Freeza will visit you later today, I advise you to try and
focus on healing before he comes. He is not very pleased with our findings about you." Ophelia told me as Nicolae
pressed a button and smiled reassuringly at me.
"Sleep well." His voice intruded my clouding thoughts as I felt sleep pull me once more into its clutches.
It was hours later, in the middle of what would have been night back on Earth, when Freeza came into the
chambers which I rested. Both Ophelia and her brother had retired to their own quarters, leaving me in a deep healing
sleep. He stared a me for a while, watching the readouts and my power level. His eyes narrowed as he read the most
recent results of my DNA reader. Than looked closer at me, he put a hand on the tank and watched me closer.
"So, you are Saiyan. . .I could have figured that one out. But. . .I don't understand how you could possibly
have the other part in your heritage. It's impossible." He said out loud. He looked at me carefully, his eyes sliding
over my body with thoughtful consideration. "But yet here you are. . ." The last was a bare whisper, his odd voice
seemed hardly as harsh as it usually was. "Living proof of the endless possibilities. But are you my ally, or my
enemy?" He asked me, when I failed to awaken, he smiled and shook his head.
Freeza tapped on the tank's controls and sealed it where I could not escape, even if the process of healing
was completed, I would still be trapped in suspended tranquility until we arrived at our destination. "You're healing
rather quickly, for one of your talents, you could be rather useful to me. If only I knew where you're faith and loyalty
lay." He spoke to me once more, his crimson eyes once more going over my body.
Normally, he would not have taken such time to observe my body, especially since I seemed to have Saiyan
blood in me. But this wasn't something normal. It ceased being normal when I had managed to best him for more than
one minute straight without raising a finger. Upon being placed in the healing tank, I was dressed in a very small mid-rift shirt which floated up and around me, and short white shorts which hung loose enough to float also. At times, the
shirt would raise enough to catch a glimpse of parts of my breasts, but not enough to see all. "You are, quite the
beauty. I believe I might like having you around."
Freeza sat in the room with me until I awoke next, which was nearly six hours later. My eyes opened with
more ease than the last time, my hand rose to touch my face, the bruise which burned there from hitting the ground
during the 'earthquake' was gone, as was all of the pain from Freeza's psychokinesis attack. Most of the cut on my
arm was gone as well, leaving only a long pale scar, slightly puckered and darker than the rest of my skin. My skin
tingled, I felt as though I were a caterpillar emerging from my cocoon, ready to become a huge and beautiful
butterfly. I looked up to see Freeza standing before the tank, his finger was beside a large button at the base of the
tank named "COMM". He pressed it and spoke with a small smile.
"How are you feeling? Better?" I nodded, but didn't say anything, my eyes scanned the tank, I didn't really
want to look at Freeza for very long, something in the way his eyes watched me gave me the chills. I found the
speakers which let me hear voices from the outside, but I didn't need them. Just like Ophelia and Nicolae had told me,
I had telepathy. I could hear what Freeza was saying easily, if I focused on him. But something inside warned me
against that. After all, did I truly want to hear his thoughts? "Good. You're going to stay in here until I see fit to
release you. Is that understood?"
And how long will that be? I asked myself, but cocked my eyebrow in question.
Freeza seemed to pick up that thought and explained with a smile. "I will be arriving at my next destination
with in the next three or four months. You will remain in there until then, and only then will I release you from here.
The tank will support you body, so you will feel no hunger, or become dehydrated." My eyes snapped up to his face
and anger instantly raced through my blood. "Oh, I see you don't really like that idea. Oh well, that's too bad. You're
much to strong to leave just walking around. Too much of a risk."
I could barely hear him over the roar of adrenalin racing through my body. Like so many other times in my
life when I had run into an irreversible problem, I felt my body tingle and felt my pupils dilate with the rush of blood
and pure emotion. For my entire life, I always had some extra ordinary ability to make things happen, even when it
shouldn't have been possible. Now, more than ever, I felt that strange strength rising up inside of me in much higher
amounts. I could feel my anger boil and my fingers curl into tight fists. Never in my life, had I ever experienced such
rage on one person. Not even when my parents told me that I was adopted and no one knew who my parents really
were.
You will not contain me so easily! I thought to him, he blinked in surprise, with my mind linked up with him
so that he could hear me, I heard this thoughts very easily.
What?! NO! That's IMPOSSIBLE!!! His thoughts screamed as he stared at me, his jaws dropped almost the
say way that it had when the Trunks Saga happened after he first thought he'd seen Goku. "That's not possible!!
How?!" He demanded, looking down at the control keys one more time, punching in a command, before looking up
at me again.
What have I ever done to you to make you this hateful towards me? You don't even know me! My thoughts
were very harsh, more than I had intended, but the anger inside would not die. My usual control over it was slipping,
and slipping fast!
Freeza narrowed his eyes and slammed his fist down on the platform, his crimson eyes lit up with rage. "You
dare to defy me?" The emotion in his voice was so strong it might as well have been a physical blow. Than, the all to
familiar smirk popped onto his face, his eyes shone in a way that made me wish I'd never woken up. "When we reach
our destination, you will not be so defiant than. I will show you what it is like in the real world, not your little pretend
world where you have been sheltered and protected." My mouth opened in rage.
You think I've lived a sheltered and protected life?! I've been in the real world, I know more pain than you
think! I shouted back mentally, my eyes flashing with indignation at what he had implied.
Freeza smirked, he'd hit a nerve. "No, you haven't lived in the real world. Perhaps if I let you go in the
middle of a world which hates Saiyans and let them all know what you are, you will see the real world. You probably
haven't ever been in a real fight in your entire life!" He grunted and relaxed, suddenly comforted by a small wavy blue
shield which popped up around the tank. "In fact, I'm certain that you are not capable of anything more than running,
the way you did when I first found you."
My anger rose a few more notches. That's not true! I shouted back, a wave rippled through the water I
floated in, Freeza watched me warily, his crimson eyes flickering with both rage and uncertainty.
"Yes it is, and you know it!" He came back, his smile returning, pushing me farther over the brink of my
rage. "You're nothing but a weakling! I don't know why I was worried about you! You are nothing to me, I had
thought I would in counter a challenge in coming to get you, I see I was sadly mistaken." With each of his words, I
felt the hairs on the back of my neck rise up, the water rippled more, but Freeza ignored it. With the last of his little
speech, I felt my restraint slip and felt my rage rip out of my control with a sudden savagery I'd never felt before.
That isn't TRUE!!!! I screamed as I thrust my hands sudden to my sides and braced my legs, my head bent
down to look at him threateningly, the waters around me went berserk, the tank's glass walls creaked and suddenly
exploded, showering Freeza with both liquid and glass, the shield around the tank shattered along with the glass.
Freeza was standing with this arms shielding his face as I hovered there in the air, my anger so strong that I was
barely aware of what was really happening.
Freeza looked up and stared in disbelief. "That's not possible!!! Not the strongest Saiyan can escape from
that!!"
I gave Freeza my famous half smile, and raised an eyebrow. "Yet here I am." My answer to his remark
caused his vein to appear on his forehead and him to grit his teeth hard together.
"You dirty little Saiyan!" He screeched at me as he suddenly launched himself at me. I actually laughed at his
key phrase, I wasn't expecting it, and his attack reminded me so much of what I'd watched so many times before. I
spent most of my life with my boyfriend pretending I was fighting him. This time, I was a little ready.
"Arrogant little asshole!" I came back as I prepared for his attack, what got me, was that his hit was a lot
harder and more ruthless than it seemed in the episodes. His fist slammed into my arms as I shielded my face, the
impact cause me to step back, it was harder than I expected.
We fought by hit and run for a minute or so, and I thought that was how the fight would go, but I had been
very wrong. Freeza had just been testing my strengths and found me to be an easy opponent, this was definitely not a
good thing because after one last hard impact to my side with a fast kick. I buckled for only a moment, but that was
way too long.
"Not as tough as you thought you were, eh, Saiyan bitch?" I snarled at him and struggled to stand back up
straight like Goku and the other fighters always did.
But I guess I wasn't that resilient. Freeza took that moment of weakness to attack on a full onslaught of
furious kicks, punches and swings from his tail. I didn't stand a chance, although my anger kept rising at being beaten,
by body was quickly becoming a mess. Desperately I fought to stay up, knowing that if I fell to the ground, I would
seriously regret that! "I'm tougher than you think, Freeza!" I said through clenched teeth as I decided it was time to
at least try and fight back.
He laughed, pausing only for a split second, giving me the advantage I needed to get in the kick which won
me many a KO in my martial arts tournaments. My upper shin connected hard and sure with his side, raising up until
my knee was in his gut. The force was enough to make him double over in surprise, gasping for a moment or two for
air, blood came up as he coughed for air. I had held nothing back from this kick, and I don't think I had much more to
add to this fight, but I tried. "You'll pay for that, you stupid monkey!" He growled at me as he still wheezed for air.
I used his pain as a quick retreat for a breather I desperately needed! "Why do you always have to be so
stupid?! Can't we just talk like civilized people?" I asked, reaching up to wipe a line of blood from my lip. I was
amazed that he'd not managed to hit any other part of my face, but I didn't get arrogant with that yet, this fight
seemed far from over! "I'm willing to put this little fight behind us, if you'll just explain to me why you stole me from
my family, friends and home?!"
Freeza started to straighten, his eyes gleaming wickedly for blood as he folded his arms into his usual
arrogant stance. I tried not to smile at this, after all, next to Goku, Gohan, and Vegeta, Freeza was my favorite bad
guy! "I think you'd better reconsider that statement. You have no family on Earth, they just took you in because there
was no where else for you to go. If you'd been half the Saiyan you are, you would have destroyed the planet like you
were born to." His cocky arrogance was starting to piss me off, I took a battle stance and snarled at him.
"Freeza, you have no idea what you're talking about. My family back there loved me, but you apparently
have no idea what that word means! They might not have been my birth family, but they still care for me!" My side
was killing me as I crouched down, I had to force myself not to show him my pain.
"Brave words for one so weak and young as yourself." He said, than smirked at me as I gave him a death
glare. "Do you really think that this twenty-five years of age is impressive to me? Hardly!" He spat out the last, his
head tilted down, his tail swishing from side to side. I reminded myself that I needed to keep an eye on that tail. "You
aren't twenty-five, you are nineteen and ten months old, exactly to this day!" I blinked back in surprise, forgetting my
defenses as I straightened quickly.
"What?! How. . ." But that was as far as I got, the air left my lungs as he pointed a finger at me and smiled. I
could feel the energy gathering at his fingertip, my face paled. This is NOT a good thing! I thought as I looked around
me for somewhere to run, but didn't realize how quickly he had charged the attack.
It slammed into me with a force I had not expected. Strong enough to blast me clear down the long corridor,
yet not so strong as to knock me out or kill me, as I had feared. The force of the blast had shoved me nearly fifty feet
into a wall, I was laying against a buckled air vent. The impact had knocked the shielding metal in, leaving a huge
opening where my backside was in. I looked up and saw Freeza walking towards me with a perfect evil villain's gloat
on his face. "I know everything about you, Ambrlyn." His voice echoed down the hall, making my blood run cold as I
looked for an escape.
"Well, than you should know that I'm just full of surprises!" I said with a sneer, his face lost its smirk and
glared at me suspiciously. I smiled back and than turned swiftly, disappearing inside the air vent. I laughed softly to
myself as I raced through the dark cool of the shaft, safe and secure with my own ability to crawl through such small
spaces so fast. But my victory was short lived. Within seconds of my escape, I heard someone else enter the shaft
with me.
"Come back here you damned woman!" Came the vicious echoed voice of Freeza.
"Shit!" I screeched softly as I tried to hurry a little faster. The sounds of Freeza's approach were louder and
closer than just a moment before, this spurred me into high gear. What the hell?! How can he be so FAST!?! The one
thing I realized at that moment, an instant before he was on me was that I'd ran right into a trap. He was just as small
as I was, and if I could fit through the air duct, than so could he. I had just signed my death warrant, if I was that
lucky.
"You can't escape me!" He roared as he grabbed a very tight hold on my ankle, I yelped loudly as his fingers
dug into my delicate flesh. He pulled me back under him and hit me hard continuously anywhere I was open. Which
was everywhere. I couldn't block him fast enough to avoid this thrashing.
I threw my knee up, catching him off guard, slamming it into the soft skin of his gut, just below his thick
breastplate. He coughed, and punched me so hard in the gut back, that I wheezed violently for air. I was nearly
positive that he had ruptured a lung. I hacked and coughed as he dragged us back out the duct. As he exited, he
pulled me fast and hard, launching me from the duct to the cold, hard floor three feet away, the back of my head
bounced off the floor. I suddenly felt very nauseous and disorientated. "No more. . ."I coughed, trying hard to get
into a standing position. But couldn't get my knees to unfold from under me.
Freeza laughed again and walked slowly over to me. "HA!" I looked up at him and paled even more. The
look was not one which made me feel secure about my situation now. I realized at that moment, that, unless
something drastic happened to me, I had lost this fight. "So, begging for mercy now, eh? Just like a Saiyan, be a
coward and run away now, please!" He said, unfolding his arms and extending one towards me, again, I felt the
familiar feel of energy building at the tip.
"I won't run. You can kill me if you want to, you'll just be freeing me from this horrible life. I'll be free from
you and you'll never be able to satisfy your curiosity." There was instant hesitation in Freeza, his eyes narrowed and
he looked deeply into mine. I met his gaze, unafraid this time. I knew that if he were going to kill me, I could meet my
death head on, like I'd always dreamed of, instead of dying like a coward. My Grandfather had always taught me that
it was better to embrace death, being as it were a part of life, rather than try and run from it.
He gritted his teeth to me and grunted. I could feel the energy lower and disperse. "You have an interesting
point. But do not think this will save you again. Your time is ticking and you should savor every moment from now
on as though they were your last, I doubt I give you warning before I kill you." His self-righteous reasoning made me
feel sick to me stomach, and thankfully, he stopped and watched me with a smirk.
"Please!" I murmured under my breath, trying hard to stop the pain in my gut. Freeza's eyes narrowed and
his smirk fell, he unfolded his arms and took a step towards me.
"I don't think you realize your position here today. Do you realize that you are on dangerous ground?" The
tone in his voice made me swallow hard, it wasn't familiar, this was a new tone and expression. One I hadn't seen on
the Freeza Saga or the Trunks Saga when Freeza returned to the scene.
I'm not afraid to admit that I was deathly afraid at that moment, I managed to gather my strength enough to
scoot back away from him as he took another step toward me. "Why should I be on dangerous ground? You still
haven't explained to me why it is that I'm here!" I said, swallowing hard against the lump in my throat. His evil
crimson eyes narrowing again made me want to suddenly break down and start to cry.
"That is not for your knowing." Was his only remark, the pain in my gut stung unexpectingly making me
yelp suddenly in pain. I closed me eyes for only a moment, but opened them wide as I suddenly realized I was no
longer on the floor and struggling for air! "Perhaps I should teach you what happens to those who defy me." I clawed
at his hold on my throat and kicked out frantically. He laughed at my efforts and tightened his grip, I felt a hand come
to rest against my chest, pressing hard where my heart pounded wildly, I could feel tears starting to form in my eyes.
Through my terror of my new predicament I didn't even try to speak, knowing that I needed all the air I had! "What?
Not even trying hard to fight?" He asked me, his crimson eyes gleamed with hunger as they looked into mine. I
struggled a little more, but was held firm. He squeezed a little tighter, causing a tear to slide down my cheek, there
was nothing else I could do. Crying was the only thing I could do, that I could have any power against, and still, I
could not stop the tear.
My eyes were tightly closed, Freeza's hand was still against my chest, and his grip still merciless around my
throat, I felt my mind slowly begin to become sluggish as the lack of proper air started to get to me. I opened my eyes
in shock and tried to gasp for air when I felt a delicate finger brush the tear from my face, it was then that I realized I
was suspended in the air by his tail, and not hand. I locked eyes with him, and let myself take in his thoughts, feelings,
power, everything which I already had the ability to do, and spoke with my eyes. Kill me. I do not care. Freeza's
expression softened, his grip loosened, setting me on the floor, my hands stayed at my sides.
"You are very strange." He told me softly, his voice taking on another foreign tone. His tail released me, I
allowed my legs to collapse from beneath me.
I let one of my hands rub my throat cautiously. I looked up into his eyes with a straight face. "I am who I
am." I answered, Freeza gave me a half smile and shook his head.
He crossed his arms and stood in a more relaxed stance. "So you are." He replied easily, watching me with
curious eyes. I looked away from his eyes and silently resolved that I could endure anything I had to in order to
survive this ordeal. He watched me in silence for a long while, than finally turned his back to me. "I have other things
to attend to, you will return to the tank, until I see fit that you have learned your lesson and that you have healed
adequately." He snapped his fingers and instantly two different male Saiyans appeared, I looked up at them and
suddenly felt very small and delicate as they carefully lifted me from the ground. "Take her back to the tank, be gentle,
and be sure that she gets adequate care. I have. . .plans for her, but not with her like this." The compassion in his
voice did not surprise the large Saiyans, but it touched and surprised me.
As he turned and walked away, both of them watched him go with unmasked hatred. The taller one looked
down at me and gave me a sad smile. "My name is Romaic, perhaps as we go in the direction of the tank, we might
get to talk." I just looked up in awe of being so close to a Saiyan, and feeling the sudden longing for either Trunks or
Goku. I would wish for Vegeta, but I know in a situation like this, he would not be very helpful for me. I nodded at
Romaic and looked to the other Saiyan.
"I'm Cedric." Although he didn't say much, the Empathic message was powerful, he was stronger than he
pretended, maybe not a potential Super Saiyan, but still very powerful.
"Hi." Was all I said as I suddenly lost my balance and nearly blacked out.
"We'd better get you back into that tank, Freeza is very good a nearly killing people, and he's done a
number on you." Romaic said as they supported me enough to help me walk.
They were silent for a little while, than Cedric looked down at me and spoke in a very soft voice, that I
didn't realize was mental until much later. "I am sorry for what Freeza is doing to you. I feel that your loyalties are
not towards Freeza. We would like to try to help you out, but we need a little information, if you can help us with
that." I looked up at him and nodded.
"I'll try." I said softly, my throat still very sore from having Freeza's tail wrapped around it.
He nodded and looked over at Romaic, his voice determined, but gentle. "What is your name?"
"Ambrlyn."
"Very good. How old are you?"
"Nearly Twenty."
"Alright. What is the earliest age you can recall?"
This question caught me off guard, I started and thought really hard. "I. . .uh. . .never really thought about
that one. . ."
Cedric squeezed my arm reassuringly and smiled. "Do you best, what time is the earliest you can remember?
Try and think about it, it's ok if it takes you a while. Don't worry about rushing it." His gentle voice and kindness
towards me helped me to relax and think harder.
"Well, I've always thought it was normal to have a limited childhood memory, since there were lots of other
children who couldn't remember a lot either." I paused thinking for a moment more, wondering if I could remember
anything beyond what I normally thought was the limit. Nothing came to mind. "I can only remember when I was
five, it was just before I started my first year of pre-elementary. There is nothing beyond that. It's just. . .blank." I
blinked at the sudden emptiness that opened inside of me. A tear rolled down my face, I furrowed my brow in
confusion.
"It's alright," Romaic comforted me as the two of them pushed opened the doors which lead to the
rejuvenation tank's room. He nodded his head at Nicolae and Ophelia, who hurried over and took me from them.
"She's got amnesia, so it's very likely that this is her Highness. We need that pod, is it operational yet?"
Cedric spoke before the other two could respond. "I checked on that myself. It's ready for departure, but
have any of you calculated the coordinates of Vegeta's last destination? He went to Earth, did he not?" Ophelia
nodded and spoke quietly as she quickly adjusted the knobs on the tank.
"Yes, we have them and we've already charted the reason for the pod's sudden unexpected release. All we
have to do is heal her and get her there without Freeza catching us. We're her last hope! I heard Freeza talking about
what he was going to do with her. She's better off going to where Prince Vegeta is, rather than here, where Freeza is
going to use her in ways that are unspeakable, especially for an Ice jin to do so to a Saiyan!" Her words were so fast
and furious that I had trouble keeping up with them, finally, I realized that half of the words were not in English, but
rather something completely different.
I blinked, and looked from Saiyan to Saiyan. Since no one was looking or speaking to me, I took the time to
steady them. Each of them had tails wrapped around their waists, looking like big brown belts. Even the female,
Ophelia, was very muscled, and all were heavily built. It made me feel very small and delicate. Especially when it came
to the hands. . .mine have always been very small and dainty, after nearly five more minutes of them speaking in
words I didn't understand, finally, Ophelia caught me studying them. She smiled at me. "Sorry. . ." I said softly,
adverting my eyes, but she took me carefully from the others and reassured me.
"There's nothing to be sorry for, little one. Now, don't worry, we're going to take very good care of you.
We will make sure that, when you wake back up from the tank, you will be far away from this place." I blinked at me,
it seemed to be the only thing I had any control over for certain. They had talked about sending me back to Earth. .
.but they also mentioned Vegeta's last destination. Which meant that it was not my Earth.
I just nodded as her words went over my head. The one thing I caught finally, was the mention of a needle to
put me into a deep sleep while they healed me and shot me off towards Vegeta. But by the time I realized the needle,
my vision was already growing dark, and sleep overcame me once more.
The Saiyans waited patiently and nervously for me to heal completely, Ophelia leaned over to Nicolae and
muttered quietly, the other two male Saiyans leaning in to listen. "Alright, when we send her out, how are we going
to explain to Freeza that she's gone? I just want to make sure we all have the same story, the last thing I want to do is
say the wrong thing and end my life the hard way!"
Nicolae nodded and looked at the other two Saiyans. "Yes, we've decided that since she's very slick and sly,
she somehow managed to slip away from us while she was in the tank, and must have either escaped in the pod, or is
still somewhere on the ship. That's what we thought was best, right?" He looked at the other two male Saiyans for
support, they nodded and than he looked back at Ophelia and nodded.