Hello, and welcome to Hope Lives On! I think that people will really enjoy
this story if they just give it a fair chance. I'm going to use the * to
signify peoples personal thoughts(FYI). Well, there's not much more I can
say without giving a bit of the story away, so onto the story! Happy
reading!
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z. I don't make money off of this fic, it is only my hobby, so don't sue me.
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Hope Lives On
By: Ponytail Goddess
Prologue: The Escape
*Where is she?!?!?*, he thought as he quickly entered the house by breaking open the locked door. He stormed through the house looking for her. He checked in her room and sure enough, there she was, reading one of her Braille books. Her fingers stopped in the middle of the page though when he entered. She knew he was there.
He grabbed her hand and pulled her through the door roughly.
"WHAT?!? Stop that!", she screamed, not knowing who grabbed her or what was going on just a mile from the house.
"Shhh… We haven't got much time Hope-chan."
Her alarm slipped away a bit as she recognized the voice to be her grandfathers.
Quickly they ran through the next door. He wasn't sure how long her father would be able to hold off the evil. He could smell it in the air as they went outside. The thing had a disgusting scent. It smelled something like a sweat-socks sprayed by a skunk.
Hope panicked at her grandfather's tone of voice. What was happening out there? Was there some sort of fight again? Why didn't they have much time? Where was her father? And what was that smell?!?
"I don't understand grandfather, what is happening? What are we doing? Where is father?"
He looked down to see that her face was streaked with fear, anxiety, and worry. He bit his lip. He really did not want to do this. Maybe…
*No, it's the only way*, he mentally corrected himself. I must not let my feelings get the better of me. This is for her own well-being. It's the only way she will be safe.
A warm tear ran down Trunks' face. He did not want to send his granddaughter out into the unknown. He didn't want to think of the many things that could happen to her, with her disability and all. However, this would give her a chance to survive. She would surely get along well with the people of the other timeline. He hoped that she would.
"Hope-chan, I am going to send you through time to a place where the evil won't be able to get to you. It is after you for some reason, I don't know why, but I won't let him take you. Now, we must be fast. Your father is out distracting it for us. I don't know how long we have to do this."
He grabbed an old, but familiar capsule from his coat pocket, clicked it, and threw it on the ground. As the smoke blew away, the Hope appeared once again. If they were lucky it would still work. Nobody had used it since the androids had come, and that had been decades ago. However, the machine shined like it was new; it had been well preserved in the capsule. It looked like it would get her there.
"Grandfather, please let me stay here! I can help you here! I don't want to leave! Please don't send me off on my own!", she pleaded with him. He bit his lip harder this time; blood seeped out of the new wound. He didn't want this anymore than she did. Hope was his only grandchild, and he loved her dearly, which was why he must save her from the evil that lurked so close to the house.
"Please don't gran-"
She was interrupted by a hand that had swiftly flown up to her mouth. "My mind is made up Hope-chan, this is for the best, I promise."
Then he hustled her over to the machine and boosted her up into it. When she was settled into the seat, he set the course. Twenty years back in time, to the opposite timeline that he had already created so many years ago. He had it ready to go in a matter of minutes.
He then turned and looked at Hope a last time. "Hope-chan, I want you to know that I love you, before you go. So does your father. We are only doing this because we want to be sure that you will be safe. We will come back for you when it is save here."
"…and…if you don't come back…?"
"Well, if I knew I wasn't coming for you, then I would tell you to not forget about me or your father. However, I plan on coming for you. Good-bye for now, Hope-chan."
"Good-bye grandfather", she softly whispered.
He gave her a kiss to the cheek, then the glass top went down, preparing her for lift-off. He could see her sitting there, not moving a muscle.
*I'm so sorry Hope-chan*
The machine soon started to rise, flying up into the dark clouded sky. He watched, tears now flowing freely.
Then something occurred to him. *I didn't show her how to land it*
"SHIT!", he screamed and flew up after her as fast as he could. If he didn't get there in time then the machine would come out of time twenty years before and then crash to the ground.
He flew towards the ship at a lightning speed; a speed he hadn't ever reached before. He was just reaching the machine when-
BOOM!!!!!
The machine exploded into time right in Trunks' face. He was blasted to the ground at a speed unknown to man and Saiya-jins alike. His body laid driven into the ground.
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The evil laughed as he watched the scene. Sure, the one he was after had gotten away, but the other's ki had disappeared when he was shot to the ground.
"Less work for me", he said to himself.
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Well, did you like it? Please review! I'll try to have another chapter up soon. There won't be one for a week though, because I'm going to be at camp tomorrow. I'll get one up as soon as possible though. Until then, ciao!
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z. I don't make money off of this fic, it is only my hobby, so don't sue me.
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Hope Lives On
By: Ponytail Goddess
Prologue: The Escape
*Where is she?!?!?*, he thought as he quickly entered the house by breaking open the locked door. He stormed through the house looking for her. He checked in her room and sure enough, there she was, reading one of her Braille books. Her fingers stopped in the middle of the page though when he entered. She knew he was there.
He grabbed her hand and pulled her through the door roughly.
"WHAT?!? Stop that!", she screamed, not knowing who grabbed her or what was going on just a mile from the house.
"Shhh… We haven't got much time Hope-chan."
Her alarm slipped away a bit as she recognized the voice to be her grandfathers.
Quickly they ran through the next door. He wasn't sure how long her father would be able to hold off the evil. He could smell it in the air as they went outside. The thing had a disgusting scent. It smelled something like a sweat-socks sprayed by a skunk.
Hope panicked at her grandfather's tone of voice. What was happening out there? Was there some sort of fight again? Why didn't they have much time? Where was her father? And what was that smell?!?
"I don't understand grandfather, what is happening? What are we doing? Where is father?"
He looked down to see that her face was streaked with fear, anxiety, and worry. He bit his lip. He really did not want to do this. Maybe…
*No, it's the only way*, he mentally corrected himself. I must not let my feelings get the better of me. This is for her own well-being. It's the only way she will be safe.
A warm tear ran down Trunks' face. He did not want to send his granddaughter out into the unknown. He didn't want to think of the many things that could happen to her, with her disability and all. However, this would give her a chance to survive. She would surely get along well with the people of the other timeline. He hoped that she would.
"Hope-chan, I am going to send you through time to a place where the evil won't be able to get to you. It is after you for some reason, I don't know why, but I won't let him take you. Now, we must be fast. Your father is out distracting it for us. I don't know how long we have to do this."
He grabbed an old, but familiar capsule from his coat pocket, clicked it, and threw it on the ground. As the smoke blew away, the Hope appeared once again. If they were lucky it would still work. Nobody had used it since the androids had come, and that had been decades ago. However, the machine shined like it was new; it had been well preserved in the capsule. It looked like it would get her there.
"Grandfather, please let me stay here! I can help you here! I don't want to leave! Please don't send me off on my own!", she pleaded with him. He bit his lip harder this time; blood seeped out of the new wound. He didn't want this anymore than she did. Hope was his only grandchild, and he loved her dearly, which was why he must save her from the evil that lurked so close to the house.
"Please don't gran-"
She was interrupted by a hand that had swiftly flown up to her mouth. "My mind is made up Hope-chan, this is for the best, I promise."
Then he hustled her over to the machine and boosted her up into it. When she was settled into the seat, he set the course. Twenty years back in time, to the opposite timeline that he had already created so many years ago. He had it ready to go in a matter of minutes.
He then turned and looked at Hope a last time. "Hope-chan, I want you to know that I love you, before you go. So does your father. We are only doing this because we want to be sure that you will be safe. We will come back for you when it is save here."
"…and…if you don't come back…?"
"Well, if I knew I wasn't coming for you, then I would tell you to not forget about me or your father. However, I plan on coming for you. Good-bye for now, Hope-chan."
"Good-bye grandfather", she softly whispered.
He gave her a kiss to the cheek, then the glass top went down, preparing her for lift-off. He could see her sitting there, not moving a muscle.
*I'm so sorry Hope-chan*
The machine soon started to rise, flying up into the dark clouded sky. He watched, tears now flowing freely.
Then something occurred to him. *I didn't show her how to land it*
"SHIT!", he screamed and flew up after her as fast as he could. If he didn't get there in time then the machine would come out of time twenty years before and then crash to the ground.
He flew towards the ship at a lightning speed; a speed he hadn't ever reached before. He was just reaching the machine when-
BOOM!!!!!
The machine exploded into time right in Trunks' face. He was blasted to the ground at a speed unknown to man and Saiya-jins alike. His body laid driven into the ground.
*~*~*~*~*~*
The evil laughed as he watched the scene. Sure, the one he was after had gotten away, but the other's ki had disappeared when he was shot to the ground.
"Less work for me", he said to himself.
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Well, did you like it? Please review! I'll try to have another chapter up soon. There won't be one for a week though, because I'm going to be at camp tomorrow. I'll get one up as soon as possible though. Until then, ciao!