Niy saw Mia's form and she watched her stare at the sky. Mia looked
at the rising sun as if frozen or stunned.
"What do you feel," Niy asked her in a low, uninvited tone.
"Today's the day," she said, "They're here."
Niy's eyes widened with shock, but only for a split-second before her well-practiced blank expression took over. "I knew this moment would come," she said, "But I never expected it to. Somehow I thought this might all be a nightmare I could just wake up from. I am such a fool."
Mia turned around to look at Niy, placing her hand on Niy's arm. "This is a nightmare, Niy, and we're fighting for our right to wake up. If we don't win, the Earth might as well just have been a dream."
"I don't live in dreams," Rezan said causing both Mia and Niy to turn around. "I make my own reality if I don't like the one I've given, and I'm sure not going to be defeated by some Emperor."
Mia and Niy lowered their heads.
"Mia, your dagger."
Mia reached for it without hesitation, unsheathed it, and handed it to Niy.
"This day is too precious to let Time claim it for herself," Niy spoke softly. She closed her left eye and sliced the skin from her brow to the top two inches of her cheek. She handed the knife to Rezan, hilt first who hesitated for a second, but did the same thing to herself. Rezan handed the knife to Mia and although she seemed scared for a moment, she sliced herself too.
"If there is no chance to win then one of us must survive, someone must live to remember and tell the tale. We worked too hard, worried too much, gave up everything to lose it all."
The Earth shook and the three female fighters turned their heads in the direction of the vibrations.
"That must be them," Goku said, the rest of the Z fighters behind him."
"Yes", Mia whispered, "The Emperor's Hand has landed."
"Then what are we doing here," Vegeta asked frowning.
"Yes, what are we doing here," Niy responded softly, but in a serious, even tone.
Niy lifted off in to the sky, Mia immediately following then Rezan, Vegeta and Piccolo, Trunks and Gohan, and last but not by far the least, Goku. They each felt their enemy's power level and there was not one face that wasn't solemn, or one shoulder that felt light. They all felt Fate's crushing weight upon their back and they dealt with it as any normal person would; they buried it inside, took a deep breath, and kept on going.
After about ten minutes of flying, they saw clouds of smoke rise from a depression in a grassy field on an island about three times the size of the one they had trained on. It was only a few more seconds before they saw the space pod and landed. Patiently, they waited for their fate to come, each fighter knowing that the chances of their death were far greater than of them living. A dark shadow slid out of the space pod's dust, and all of the Z fighters held their breath. The dust parted like a heavy curtain as the creature's golden wings extended outwards. His light grey skin seemed smooth, but his joints were very bony and despite his obvious muscularity, made him look anorexic. His flat teal hair slid from his forehead and down his face, but the hair couldn't hide the golden cat-like eyes. The pupils shrunk into a cold stare. On his cheek a pink cross-like scar marred his otherwise stunning perfection. His long gold nails narrowed into sharpened points. His golden armor ended halfway down his chest and two long sheathes hung from his jeweled belt. One of the fighters gasped.
"Zallor," Niy muttered, awe-struck.
The tall gold-winged enemy froze in an uncomfortable silence as his mind made the mental connection between his eyes and his memories.
Mia watched this Relian, stunned, as the gears in her head slowly turned, memories being uncovered from dusty nailed down boards.
"Oh Kami, no not this planet, please, not now," the Relian named Zallor groaned in a very low deep voice. "Niy you have to leave now, if the Emperor finds Miandria here he will-" Zallor instantly paused as he caught Mia in his sights, recognition working its magic slowly over him.
"Zallor," Mia said, tears streaming down her face. "My Kami, Zallor, is that really you?"
"Miandria," Zallor responded tears glittering in his eyes, "I. .I looked so long for you, I can't believe. .I mean. you. .you're here. no more looking. .no more praying. . no more doubts. "
Mia's whole body shook, her face quivered and tears streamed down her face in an endless river of tears. She ran full speed, closing the distance between herself and him and leaped into his arms where she buried her face into his chest and he buried his head into her hair. The held each other so tightly in desperation that they might never get to see each other again that both of them could barely breathe. But breathe they did, Zallor's hand holding Mia's head as they both heaved with sobs of joy.
"Zallor, my best friend, I've been so lonely, I've missed you so much," Mia sobbed.
"I know, I know, hush my little princess," he said cradling her against him.
The Z fighters stared at the couple with raised eyebrows and astonished looks.
"What the hell is going on here," Piccolo growled.
"Exactly what I was wondering," Trunks responded in the same confused tone.
"What do you feel," Niy asked her in a low, uninvited tone.
"Today's the day," she said, "They're here."
Niy's eyes widened with shock, but only for a split-second before her well-practiced blank expression took over. "I knew this moment would come," she said, "But I never expected it to. Somehow I thought this might all be a nightmare I could just wake up from. I am such a fool."
Mia turned around to look at Niy, placing her hand on Niy's arm. "This is a nightmare, Niy, and we're fighting for our right to wake up. If we don't win, the Earth might as well just have been a dream."
"I don't live in dreams," Rezan said causing both Mia and Niy to turn around. "I make my own reality if I don't like the one I've given, and I'm sure not going to be defeated by some Emperor."
Mia and Niy lowered their heads.
"Mia, your dagger."
Mia reached for it without hesitation, unsheathed it, and handed it to Niy.
"This day is too precious to let Time claim it for herself," Niy spoke softly. She closed her left eye and sliced the skin from her brow to the top two inches of her cheek. She handed the knife to Rezan, hilt first who hesitated for a second, but did the same thing to herself. Rezan handed the knife to Mia and although she seemed scared for a moment, she sliced herself too.
"If there is no chance to win then one of us must survive, someone must live to remember and tell the tale. We worked too hard, worried too much, gave up everything to lose it all."
The Earth shook and the three female fighters turned their heads in the direction of the vibrations.
"That must be them," Goku said, the rest of the Z fighters behind him."
"Yes", Mia whispered, "The Emperor's Hand has landed."
"Then what are we doing here," Vegeta asked frowning.
"Yes, what are we doing here," Niy responded softly, but in a serious, even tone.
Niy lifted off in to the sky, Mia immediately following then Rezan, Vegeta and Piccolo, Trunks and Gohan, and last but not by far the least, Goku. They each felt their enemy's power level and there was not one face that wasn't solemn, or one shoulder that felt light. They all felt Fate's crushing weight upon their back and they dealt with it as any normal person would; they buried it inside, took a deep breath, and kept on going.
After about ten minutes of flying, they saw clouds of smoke rise from a depression in a grassy field on an island about three times the size of the one they had trained on. It was only a few more seconds before they saw the space pod and landed. Patiently, they waited for their fate to come, each fighter knowing that the chances of their death were far greater than of them living. A dark shadow slid out of the space pod's dust, and all of the Z fighters held their breath. The dust parted like a heavy curtain as the creature's golden wings extended outwards. His light grey skin seemed smooth, but his joints were very bony and despite his obvious muscularity, made him look anorexic. His flat teal hair slid from his forehead and down his face, but the hair couldn't hide the golden cat-like eyes. The pupils shrunk into a cold stare. On his cheek a pink cross-like scar marred his otherwise stunning perfection. His long gold nails narrowed into sharpened points. His golden armor ended halfway down his chest and two long sheathes hung from his jeweled belt. One of the fighters gasped.
"Zallor," Niy muttered, awe-struck.
The tall gold-winged enemy froze in an uncomfortable silence as his mind made the mental connection between his eyes and his memories.
Mia watched this Relian, stunned, as the gears in her head slowly turned, memories being uncovered from dusty nailed down boards.
"Oh Kami, no not this planet, please, not now," the Relian named Zallor groaned in a very low deep voice. "Niy you have to leave now, if the Emperor finds Miandria here he will-" Zallor instantly paused as he caught Mia in his sights, recognition working its magic slowly over him.
"Zallor," Mia said, tears streaming down her face. "My Kami, Zallor, is that really you?"
"Miandria," Zallor responded tears glittering in his eyes, "I. .I looked so long for you, I can't believe. .I mean. you. .you're here. no more looking. .no more praying. . no more doubts. "
Mia's whole body shook, her face quivered and tears streamed down her face in an endless river of tears. She ran full speed, closing the distance between herself and him and leaped into his arms where she buried her face into his chest and he buried his head into her hair. The held each other so tightly in desperation that they might never get to see each other again that both of them could barely breathe. But breathe they did, Zallor's hand holding Mia's head as they both heaved with sobs of joy.
"Zallor, my best friend, I've been so lonely, I've missed you so much," Mia sobbed.
"I know, I know, hush my little princess," he said cradling her against him.
The Z fighters stared at the couple with raised eyebrows and astonished looks.
"What the hell is going on here," Piccolo growled.
"Exactly what I was wondering," Trunks responded in the same confused tone.