A/N – Thank you to all the readers who have been reading this fic faithfully, and to those who are here for the first time. Your reviews are greatly appreciated, and rest assured, I will finish this fic eventually. It's 43 pages in Word, and now 26 chapters. I love detail, so detail will elongate the fic (just like I'm elongating my notes) Thank you, again.
Changing Faces
Part 2 – Choices They Make
Chapter 26 – Attack Plan, First Part
Dinner ended without consequence, and the trio including Videl, Gohan, and Queen Matiko decided to meet early the next morning to determine Gohan's strategy in defeating the Ruani.
As promised, the royal family and Gohan met in a small secure chamber deep inside the mountain fortress. Lamps burned in each corner and on a simple wooden six-sided chandelier, shedding light on the dreary room. A large table sat in the center of the room, covered with maps, and six chairs were spaced evenly around the walls. There were no other decorations.
After Gohan reassessed the topographical maps of the caverns, they discussed stratagem.
"We could just all out attack," Videl said outright.
A shocked look crossed her mother's face, "I hardly think that a head on approach is a wise maneuver, considering the predicament it has placed you in before."
Chastised, Videl lowered her head slightly, accepting the reprimand.
Silence.
Javera, the third daughter of Matiko, spoke in her soft voice, "Perhaps we could reverse the trickery the Ruani use."
"What do you mean," Matiko asked, encouraging the teen.
"Well," she hesitated, unsure of how to devise a plan using trickery when all her life she had been trained in honor, "They always seem to hit us with our back turned. They know we would not expect that, since it is dishonorable and goes against our beliefs."
"Yes, I see what you mean," Videl said with bright eyes, "Give them a taste of their own medicine."
"Oh I don't like where this is going," Matiko muttered, "What do you think of it, Gohana?"
"I think...," he chose his words carefully, "That if the situation involved the vices of the good for the universe versus a threat to humanity, then everything possible should be done to stop it." Satisfied, he sat back to the stunned face of Videl.
He chooses to fight evil, at any cost, in any way. He is indeed a great warrior. She reflected.
"Very well said, Gohana. I understand now," Matiko said, clasping her hands in front of her, "But what kind of plan will we use?"
"I have an idea," Antella said.
It was the first time Gohan had heard the youngest speak. All looked at her expectantly. She smiled at them; her plan was so simple, yet extraordinarily complicated.
"Why don't we ask them to fight an honor dual," she said, "And stake the bet on the planet."
