Chapter 4

By: Artemis M. Goddess

Wow! More reveiws, goodie! Ok, a few questions were asked, here's the answers:

#1: a katar is part cat basicaly, so no, their tails are not like a lizards, but more like a Sayians only longer and black.

#2: read to find out how Saram got Era under his control, I'M not gonna spoil it ^____^

Read on! By the way, check out my friend Silverwing Writer. She has an original story up right now that's getting really good. Well why are you still reading this? Get on with the story!

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"Oh Chi-Chi." sighed Bulma, "Why did we have to marry heros?" They were loading everything of the Son family's belongings and going to take it to the Breif's house. Because the Sayians had pinpointed the landing to around the Son's house.

"I don't really know Bulma." Chi-Chi answered. They got into the hover car and took off.

"So Dad? Who do you think this Saram is? And, why do you think she would be so scared of him?" Trunks asked.

"How should I know Trunks? We'll find out soon enough."

Trunks stared at his father. He called me by my name! He didn't call me boy! Oh no, he must be really worried

Picollo (spell check?), Krillen, 18, Goku, Gohan, Goten, and Vegeta were quitetly sitting in front of the Son house, that now sat empty.

"They should be here any minute now." Goku said gazing at the sky.

Vegeta grunted in response. The truth was, he was scared. She had a power level close to Trunks', just a little higher. But he knew, she would be extremily fast, and if she was a Super Sayian..... he didn't even want to imagine that posability. Even so, a knot of fear lodged itself in his gut.

A sudden blast in the atmosphere, and all eyes were looking up. They watched as a space craft shaped like a midevil ax, landed in front of them, a few hundred feet away.

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No! Era thought desprately. She had seen the fighters, had seen her father, and was terrified. Saram.....he'll kill them all, with my hands, and all I'll be able to do is watch! tears streamed down her cheeks as she listened to Saram's footsteps heading for her cell.

The door opened and Saram stood in the dull light, grinning wickedly as he saw her fear disolve into hatred. A flash of memory zipped through her mind. And to think I once called this man my father! Era thought.

*flashback*

A four year old Era came into contiousness. When what happened sunk in she sobbed. "Daddy! Mommy! Why do I have to be a half-katar! It hurts so much!" Her mother had explained to her, not to long ago, about the Katar instincts. A Katar always loves their parents, and if their parents die, and it's not of old age, or by their own hand, there is constant pain. When her mother had died Era had been in the play room with Marla, when she felt a sudden stab of pain. Marla at once knew what had happened. She was proven right when she heard the sounds of battle.

"Come on princess! Hurry!" she grabbed the screaming princess and ran with her toward the escape pods. A group of Freiza's minion's awaited her. She zipped through them as fast as she could, but was smacked on the head hard and felt blood drip down her forehead.

Through the red haze that she knew ment her death was near, Marla saw Vegeta, looking panicked and very young. Without even thinking she had thrust Era at him and lept into battle. Killing three Sayians, she took her own life, so as to not give pain to her own childeren.

In a blind frenzy, Era had begged her father not to send her away, she wanted to be with him. To be there if he died. To talk to him, hug him, just be with him. But he did not understand. A Katar would rather die than lose both parents at the same time. It would be just to overwelming.

But he knocked her out and shoved her in the pod.

So now she floated sobbing through space. He was still alive. She thanked Bastet for that. But the pain of her mother was just to great.

Eventually she slapt, haveing cried herself dry, and being to exousted to have the horrible pain keep her awake. When she finally woke up, she was in a bed. The bed was in a plain small room, obveously cleaned in a hurry because of the cloths sticking out from inside the closet. The door opened and a large man with red hair and dark skin came walkingin. He was wearing plain brown pants, and a forest green shirt. A sword scabbard hung at his balt, with no sword.

He had said his name was Saram. He helped her het over the pain, trained her, tought her, and took care of her. Her was a trader, and traveled. Wherever he went Era looked for her real father, but to no avail. Once she felt the pai nof death, her father's, and had cried on Saram's shoulder. But, to no aparent reason the pain had vanished about a day later. She finally realized that her father had been brought back to life, she knew it could happen. When she told Saram this he questioned her closly, but she didn't know more.

When her twelveth birthday had come, that's around when Saram started noticeing that she got faster. Before she had been fast, but now. He realized that she was getting over her pain of her mother at long last. And he started testing her. He found out that she was so fast he couln't track her, and he was a really good warrior. So he decided.

It was close to Era's thirtenth birthday that he gave her drugs that knocked her out. He had doctors give both her and himself the operation, and now, she was under his control!

From then on all there was to do was go up. He use her speed to defeat his enemys, sold her to take care of others. He was rolling in doe. Then he heard of Earth. A lush planet with lots to offer. A weak speices, and only a handful of fighters. Well, he figured, I'll just take that planet!

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So that's why they were here on Earth, because of one man's lust for power.

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The Z gang watched silently as the plank lowered to the ground. and a score of soldiers marched out and behind them, Saram and a mindless slave, Era.

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I just love cliffhangers! Well, I'll be comeing up with the next chapter soon! ^_____^ reveiw and tell me what you thought! By the way, a score=20 and Bastet is the egiptian goddess with a cat head and earings though what she's the goddess of, I don't know.