Disclaimer: Ok, so I ran out of fun languages to use. But I still don't own DBZ/GT.



Chapter 23 Borderline

Sure enough, she was waiting for us on Timbal. We had barely arrived when the troops attacked. It was much worse than on Ralen. The natives of this planet had no real army, just a militia that was not very well trained. TO say the least , they were not very well trained. But they provided a distraction.

We all powered up within seconds of arriving. There was no other way of defeating these evil creatures. And its not like one blast would kill them either. No. It took several shots, and all the while more and more would fall on you. Fortunately, I could fly and they couldn't. It was my only advantage.

All around me I could feel the ki's of the natives dropping, and then disappearing. I could also feel the ki's of my compadres, each as strong as the last. However, I couldn't keep myself concentrated on them; if I did, I lost my concentration and then got zapped by an energy staff. And they hurt. And made whatever body part that was zapped go numb for about five minutes. Not good when it is your arms or legs that get zapped. I spent a lot of time in the air dodging blasts while waiting for my limbs to return to normal.

I looked around. Fierce warriors surrounded me on all sides. The Tenques were all at least seven feet tall and built like quarterbacks. They were quite ferocious. Besides their energy staffs, they were also excellent martial artists. IT was so hard to fight them. One charged at me, and I had no time to block him. He knocked my to the ground. I probably would have died there except that Gohan showed up right then and blasted the Tenque into oblivion. I jumped to my feet.

"Thanks Gohan!" I called, blasting more enemies.

"Anytime. Hey, Liz, can you feel my dad anymore? I lost his ki a while back. I don't know if it's just mixed in with the natives, or if he's…" Gohan couldn't finish his thought. I didn't want to think about it either. "I'm sure he's fine Gohan. He can fight these guys, no problem." Then we were pushed apart by the masses.

This battle lasted for hours. I wasn't sure how long, but I know it was at least ten. I was exhausted, and the troops just kept coming. My people couldn't get a lead, ever. The command ship I was trying to get to never got any closer. I couldn't fly to it, because someone would shoot me down. I couldn't instant transmission, because there was too many ki's in the way. I just had to keep fighting towards it.

Finally, I blasted away two Amozians guarding the command ship. There, standing on a ramp, were Karista and my children. Puri and Yuushi were both crying, hiding their small faces from the death and destruction before them. I was horrified. I hadn't really thought of the fact that my children had been forced to watch all the malicious acts of Karista over the last four months. Then I just became angry. I threw a massive energy ball at Karista, which she blocked. My children notice this and jumped up, attempting to run to me. Karista simply grabbed their arms, slapped them across the face, and threw then on the deck, where they lay unconscious. At the sight of this cruel treatment of my children, I was even more upset. I started to storm up towards her.

"You won't get away this time, Karista. The lines have been drawn, and now you will fall." I said, powering up.

She rolled her eyes. "Whatever human. I'm not scared of you. The only reason I've let you live this long is because you entertain me. And it will so much more fun to let you die by my hands, as your accused ancestor Kosho should have."

I flared. I had never been so angry in my life. My vision started to glow red. Karista just rolled her eyes again. "Go away, weakling. I'm leaving now. Catch me if you can." Then she lifted her arms and sent a massive blast at me. I was propelled backwards and landed hard on my back as the ship blasted off. I could hear my children screaming for me to help them. I couldn't even move. All the troops left of the battlefield looked up, and then were pulled into the ship by tractor beams. Soon it was me, a retreating ship, and hundreds of bodies. I rolled over and slammed my fist into the ground. I had been so close! I could instant transmission now, but I would need help on the ship, so I had to find my friends first.

The first one I came across was the Supreme Kai, so close to death, I could almost not figure out if he was dead or not. I carried his body. I walked for what felt like hours until I found something I really didn't want too. Trunks. Dead. His lifeless blue eyes staring out into infinity. I was so emotionally drained that I barely even reacted. At least outwardly. On the inside, I was tearing to pieces. How could Trunks be dead? My other best friend? First Cat, the Goten, now Trunks. Could it really get any worse?

I had to ask. No sooner had the thought crossed my mind than Vegeta walked up carrying two bodies. I'll give you two guesses as to who they were, but you'll only need one. As I stared at Goku, Gohan, and Trunks, dead, on the ground, I knew I was borderline insane. I was so messed up inside, I couldn't even comprehend. I was not really feeling any pain. Just emptiness. And end extreme anger. All of my friends were dead, my children traumatized, and I was stuck with the one man in the universe who just really didn't like me. Or so I thought.

Vegeta and I just stood for a minute over the bodies of our fellow warriors. Finally I asked, "Did you see how any of them died?" Vegeta nodded. "Kakarott and Gohan were hit by an energy cannon. There was no way they could block it. Trunks, I did not see." I looked at him. Were those tears I saw in his eyes? I couldn't tell.

I looked down at the Supreme Kai. Then I looked at Vegeta and myself. We all looked like we had been through hell and back.

"Vegeta, I don't know about you, but I can't go on. I know we need to, but I just can't right now. I have to rest. The Supreme Kai needs help too. We have to get him back to Kibito." I said.

Vegeta slowly reached into a pocket in his combat suit. He pulled out a small packet. "Senzu beans. The woman sent them with me." Vegeta said, shaking three of them out onto his palm. Quickly I grabbed one and chewed it. Man, those things are fast. (It didn't occur to me to ask why Vegeta had not brought out the senzu beans earlier.) I put another one into Shin's mouth and massaged his throat until he swallowed it. Vegeta took his.

Within seconds, Shin was on his feet looking at the bodies of Goku, Gohan, and Trunks. He was speechless. It was kinda weird, seeing the god of the universe speechless. Finally, he turned to Vegeta and me.

"You two are our last hope. You must follow her now and finish this. She cannot attack again. I will take these three back to my planet now, and then find you. But, go now." He said.

I nodded. The command ship was still visible; I knew now I could focus on my children enough to instant transmission. Without a word, I grabbed Vegeta's shoulder and locked onto my kids. Shin and the bloody field disappeared.