The Last Warrior
Chapter 10:The Decision
Slade woke up face up on the ground. He got to his feet feeling woozy, he decided he needed a dunk in the lake. He walked over to the lake, kneeled down, and stared at his reflection. He smiled at himself at then dunked his head into the ice-cold water. It was refreshing. He stared into the gray, cloudy sky. He thought of what he had just seen, what he had heard. He thought and thought. His thoughts eventually went back to Kane and what he was doing. Slade grew angry. His power grew along with his anger. His blue aura around him, debris flying everywhere, high winds, the ground shaking. Eve and the others felt this and went outside. They saw Slade powering up and were rooted to the spot with a mixture of astonishment and fear. Eve looked up at the sky and saw the clouds began to part at Slade's power. Finally, Slade threw his hands straight into the air. There was an explosion that knocked them all off their feet. When it cleared, Slade was gone.
"Where did he go?" Ena said, "Did he die.?"
"Looks like it." Said Glenn.
"I thought you had more faith in me than that." Said a voice from behind them.
They all turned around and saw Slade smiling his half-smile at them. They looked at his tail and saw that it was free and wagging about happily. Slade finally wrapped the tail around his waist like a belt.
"I take it you found what you were looking for." Said Aiden.
"That I did." Slade replied.
"What will you do now Slade." Una asked.
"Continue my training, I have to get strong enough to beat Kane and Aragog."
"I think I can be of some assistance in that area." Said Page, "Follow me."
He led them to the training room. Slade stept in the room while the others went to the control center.
"I want to perform a test first." Page said.
"Alright."
Page pushed some buttons on the console and a lot of little hovering robots appeared.
"Ok Slade," Page said through the PA system. "Destroy these things as fast as you can."
No sooner had he finished his sentence then Slade was returning his sword to his sheath, standing around scatterd bits of the robots.
"Excellent! One half second!" Page shouted in delight. He pushed some more buttons on the console and another group of robots came out.
"Do it again. Fast as you can." Page said.
Slade did it again.
"3 seconds." Page said happily. He pushed more buttons. "Again"
He did it again.
"8 seconds." "10 seconds" "15 seconds" After what seemed like a long time, it took Slade about 30 seconds to destroy all the robots, which was a very degrading time for him.
"Don't feel bad Slade." Page said reassuringly, "Its not your fault, I increased the gravity in that room."
"Why?" Was the question asked by everyone present.
"I heard that I long time ago, fighters would train in increased gravity. When they had eventually gotten used to it they would go back to normal gravity and they would be much faster."
"I used to do that." Said Goku's voice in Slade's head.
"The gravity now is about at 30G." Page said.
"This is an interesting method." Slade said. "I'll have to try it later."
"Anytime Slade." Said Page.
"I'm going back to my room." Slade announced as he left.
Slade sat in his room for a long time just lying on his bed. A knock sounded at Slade's door. Slade knew who it was and told her to come in. Eve walked in an sat down next to Slade on the bed.
"What happend out there?" She asked.
"My family showed me who I am." He replied.
"Your family?"
"It was some kind of vision."
"Your mom, dad, and brother?"
"My entire family, I saw the last two pure-blooded Saiyans who started my family on Earth."
"You saw the Saiyans?"
"Yea, and they didn't seem to be either brainless or barbaric."
"I knew they couldn't be because you aren't."
"Thanks."
He looked into her eyes. He knew what Aaron had meant, he could see it in her eyes, he wasn't about to tell her though.
"So what are you going to do now Slade?" She asked him.
"I'll get stronger and defeat Kane one day. But that's not all." He said.
"What else?"
"I've decided that if Kane wants me to be a monster, then I will be, to him. I'll show him. I'll be the most terrifying monster he ever saw. He'll regret the day he made an enemy out of me!!"
Eve had an idea.
"If that's what you want Slade, then let us help you. Be our leader."
"Leader?" He said suprised. "Isn't that your job?"
"Not really." Eve said, "We don't really have a leader. I just direct our actions because I think I'm the only person who would."
"So you think I'm a stronger will?"
"Exactly"
He stood thinking for a moment.
"All right, I'll do it."
"Alright, I'll tell the others." She excused herself from the room.
Slade laid down on his bed and thought again.
"Your friends care for you, one in particular."
Chapter 10:The Decision
Slade woke up face up on the ground. He got to his feet feeling woozy, he decided he needed a dunk in the lake. He walked over to the lake, kneeled down, and stared at his reflection. He smiled at himself at then dunked his head into the ice-cold water. It was refreshing. He stared into the gray, cloudy sky. He thought of what he had just seen, what he had heard. He thought and thought. His thoughts eventually went back to Kane and what he was doing. Slade grew angry. His power grew along with his anger. His blue aura around him, debris flying everywhere, high winds, the ground shaking. Eve and the others felt this and went outside. They saw Slade powering up and were rooted to the spot with a mixture of astonishment and fear. Eve looked up at the sky and saw the clouds began to part at Slade's power. Finally, Slade threw his hands straight into the air. There was an explosion that knocked them all off their feet. When it cleared, Slade was gone.
"Where did he go?" Ena said, "Did he die.?"
"Looks like it." Said Glenn.
"I thought you had more faith in me than that." Said a voice from behind them.
They all turned around and saw Slade smiling his half-smile at them. They looked at his tail and saw that it was free and wagging about happily. Slade finally wrapped the tail around his waist like a belt.
"I take it you found what you were looking for." Said Aiden.
"That I did." Slade replied.
"What will you do now Slade." Una asked.
"Continue my training, I have to get strong enough to beat Kane and Aragog."
"I think I can be of some assistance in that area." Said Page, "Follow me."
He led them to the training room. Slade stept in the room while the others went to the control center.
"I want to perform a test first." Page said.
"Alright."
Page pushed some buttons on the console and a lot of little hovering robots appeared.
"Ok Slade," Page said through the PA system. "Destroy these things as fast as you can."
No sooner had he finished his sentence then Slade was returning his sword to his sheath, standing around scatterd bits of the robots.
"Excellent! One half second!" Page shouted in delight. He pushed some more buttons on the console and another group of robots came out.
"Do it again. Fast as you can." Page said.
Slade did it again.
"3 seconds." Page said happily. He pushed more buttons. "Again"
He did it again.
"8 seconds." "10 seconds" "15 seconds" After what seemed like a long time, it took Slade about 30 seconds to destroy all the robots, which was a very degrading time for him.
"Don't feel bad Slade." Page said reassuringly, "Its not your fault, I increased the gravity in that room."
"Why?" Was the question asked by everyone present.
"I heard that I long time ago, fighters would train in increased gravity. When they had eventually gotten used to it they would go back to normal gravity and they would be much faster."
"I used to do that." Said Goku's voice in Slade's head.
"The gravity now is about at 30G." Page said.
"This is an interesting method." Slade said. "I'll have to try it later."
"Anytime Slade." Said Page.
"I'm going back to my room." Slade announced as he left.
Slade sat in his room for a long time just lying on his bed. A knock sounded at Slade's door. Slade knew who it was and told her to come in. Eve walked in an sat down next to Slade on the bed.
"What happend out there?" She asked.
"My family showed me who I am." He replied.
"Your family?"
"It was some kind of vision."
"Your mom, dad, and brother?"
"My entire family, I saw the last two pure-blooded Saiyans who started my family on Earth."
"You saw the Saiyans?"
"Yea, and they didn't seem to be either brainless or barbaric."
"I knew they couldn't be because you aren't."
"Thanks."
He looked into her eyes. He knew what Aaron had meant, he could see it in her eyes, he wasn't about to tell her though.
"So what are you going to do now Slade?" She asked him.
"I'll get stronger and defeat Kane one day. But that's not all." He said.
"What else?"
"I've decided that if Kane wants me to be a monster, then I will be, to him. I'll show him. I'll be the most terrifying monster he ever saw. He'll regret the day he made an enemy out of me!!"
Eve had an idea.
"If that's what you want Slade, then let us help you. Be our leader."
"Leader?" He said suprised. "Isn't that your job?"
"Not really." Eve said, "We don't really have a leader. I just direct our actions because I think I'm the only person who would."
"So you think I'm a stronger will?"
"Exactly"
He stood thinking for a moment.
"All right, I'll do it."
"Alright, I'll tell the others." She excused herself from the room.
Slade laid down on his bed and thought again.
"Your friends care for you, one in particular."