Forgotten Guardians
~Disclaimer: I own nothing off of DBZ or anything like that. I do claim original characters though. This takes place during the Buu Saga, which in my story, never happened. Sorry peeps but I never saw how it ended. But in any case Goku is back with his family and among the living.
Born to live, born to die. Which will be chosen?
Life, and all of its joys and sorrows?
Or death, with its peaceful and welcoming arms?
Life! For we have barely begun or journey.
And life is the greatest gift of all.
- The Fifth Companion
Chapter 5"Hi Bulma, Hey Vegeta!" Goku called cheerfully to the couple as he and his family walked into the Briefs home. "Kakarott." Vegeta sneered and Bulma glared at him. "Hi Goku. Chi-Chi, it's good to see you again too!" Bulma said excitedly. "Is Trunk here?" Goten interrupted. "Yeah he's in his room if you want to go and play with him." Bulma answered with a smile. With a whoop and a laugh Goten took off, yelling Trunks name.
That's when Goku noticed that Vegeta was actually wearing a suit and tie, and Bulma was dressed up too. "Are you guys going somewhere?" He asked curiously. "No, the woman agreed to a meeting with one of Earth's worthless generals about getting some girl to work for them." He answered in a bored tone. "Vegeta, you know it's more serious than that!" Bulma scolded.
"Why do you say that Bulma?" Gohan asked curiously.
"Well apparently the girl is a genius. According to General Grayson, she's managed to build several high tech weapons and defense mechanisms, but she will only make one of each and won't sell them to anyone."
"She sounds like you then." Chi-Chi noted with a smile. "Kami forbid." Vegeta muttered and everyone laughed. Then a low bell sounded throughout the house and Bulma sighed. "Well that's them. You're all welcome to stay, this shouldn't take long anyway." She said with a smile that quickly turned to a frown when two arguing voices could be heard.
"You have no comprehension of what you can do!" A male voice growled.
"I don't? Well I guess that means you can just go away and leave me alone then." Replied an oddly familiar female voice.
"What!?"
"You know General, you really are annoying."
"And you are a very rude young lady."
"Not rude. Just honest."
"Hah!"
And then the door slid open. A very large man with dark red hair and pale brown eyes walked in. He was dressed in the uniform of an army general and quickly took off his hat when he saw the women in the room. Behind him walked in a very irritated looking Destiny. When she and the Sons saw each other they all let out soft gasps of surprise. Destiny recovered more quickly than they did and went to stand beside the General to be looked over by Bulma Briefs and her husband.
Beautiful, calm, and very self-confident. Were Bulma's first thoughts about the young woman. Also very annoyed with the General. Vegeta thought to her. Bulma gave him a small smile and nodded slightly. She could see that as well. Although the girl was dressed in a stylish and fitting dark blue business suit and had very long hair properly French braided, her eyes were nearly glittering with anger.
"Alright then. I'm Bulma Briefs and this is my husband Vegeta." Bulma began. "A pleasure to meet you both, I'm Destiny Lockhart." The girl said formally and shook Bulma's hand and then held her hand out to Vegeta. At first me merely looked at her and then finally took her smaller hand in his and shook it.
Before she sat down Destiny turned to the Sons and managed to give them a grin and a wink. Curious, they sat back and decided to watch and see what would happen. A full blown harsh argument was not what they expected.
"No, I'm not interested in any offers." Destiny stated again.
"Look you little insolent child, this is the best damn deal that you'd ever be able to get!" Grayson yelled.
"Says who?" She countered with a sneer.
"Says me!"
"Oh like that's a real reference." Destiny replied sarcastically.
Hey, I like her. Make her work for us. Vegeta thought teasingly to Bulma. Easier said that done. She replied through their thought link.
"Miss Bulma, there's a vid-call for a Miss Destiny Lockhart." Came a voice over the intercom. "Put it on the screen please." Bulma answered, grateful to have an interruption.
A young man with dark brown hair and the same gray eyes as Destiny's younger brother appeared on the large screen above the desk. "Kevin, what's wrong?" Destiny asked her adopted brother worriedly. He looked deadly serious, concerned, worried, sad, and very upset all at once. "It's-" He began but his voice broke and he looked away.
"It's okay Kevin, just tell me." Destiny said softly.
Kevin shook his head and pressed a button. Instantly the screen changed to one that he had recorded and was now sending to Destiny.
"Hello Destiny." Smirked a short, fat man with greasy hair and with cruel eyes. There were scars all over his exposed face and neck as well
Destiny jumped out of her chair with a snarl and barely got control of herself by digging her nails into her palms.
"Ah my lovely Destiny, I can't tell you how much it pains me that I wasn't able to give you this message face to face but I can just imagine your reaction." He began with a small sigh and Destiny didn't even notice the pain in her palms or the blood that began to drip from her clenched hands.
"As you've probably guessed by now I have something very dear to you heart. Well actually, two something's, see aren't I nice?" He snickered and the screen shifted. Her younger brother Matt and Shad were both on the ground in a cell. Shad looked heavily drugged and was bleeding. Matt was crying softly and blood was running down his face and right arm.
"I must say, your wolf was much easier to control when he was younger." He sneered as the screen shifted back to him. "You know what I want Destiny, and you know the time limit. Oh, and just in case you think about not cooperating, just remember how much the men here like to touch." He said snidely and for a second Destiny lost control and every one of the Saiyans felt her ki jump past what Goku, Vegeta, and Gohan's combined together would be. And then she banked it again when the screen switched back to Kevin.
"Kevin, listen to me. I need you to get in touch with Silvon and show him what you just showed me." Kevin nodded.
"Destiny is he the one that-" He began to ask.
"Made Shad and I what we were?" She interrupted and he nodded.
"Yes. I'll explain what I can when I get home." Destiny said and the screen went black.
"What's going on!?" Grayson demanded almost immediately. Destiny didn't move at first but when she finally turned to look at Grayson he wanted to run. There was a coldness in them that seared right to his soul. "I'm sorry but I have to go." She said and headed towards the door.
"Wait!" Chi-Chi yelled and stopped her.
"What?" Destiny asked very softly, a danger sign.
"Let me see your hands." She answered soothingly. Destiny held out her hands to Chi-Chi in surprise and looked at the blood covering them. "It's not important." Destiny muttered and tried to side step around her. "Yes it is." Chi-Chi countered softly and looked over at Bulma. "Can you keep Goten for awhile? Destiny's going to need our help." "Sure Chi-Chi." Bulma answered with a soft smile for Destiny.
Goku and Gohan glanced at each other briefly before looking over at Vegeta and then back at the women. "I'll come with you Kakarott." He growled and they all left except for General Grayson, but after a sharp look from Bulma he too left to return to his home.
~ Well I decided to kick things up a bit. I did notice that in my previous two chapters that when Shad and Destiny use mind speech it's not showing up in italic and bold like it's supposed to and for that I apologize until I can figure out a way to fix it. Please review and let me know what you think. ~