Hello and welcome back to Hope Lives On. The story is hopefully exciting
and I hope that you enjoy the 3rd chapter. Happy reading.
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball/Z/GT. I only own my cool characters that I make up, like Hope.
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Hope Lives On
By: Ponytail Goddess
Chapter 3: The Mind-Link
A storm was brewing above the park where Hope was residing at the moment. Dark clouds were above her, allowing no moonlight to pass through them. The thunder rolled loudly and some lightning struck every so often.
Hope started to slowly awaken when cold droplets of water started to splash upon her face. Rain. Shockingly cold rain.
Hope groaned as the large drops of chilled water hit her face and wounds with force. She tried to move, only to be greeted with the unbearable pain the crash had inflicted on her. She decided against moving anymore. It didn't hurt nearly as badly is she stayed still.
Faintly, she tried to think about what to do. She could feel her ki lowering by the minute. If she didn't get some medical attention soon then she might not make it through the night.
*...wait....great grandfather....maybe can help....somehow...*
She weakly reached into their mind like, only to start screaming with pain as something went terribly wrong.
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Everyone silently ate in the well-lighted kitchen. The four of them(Gohan, Videl, Pan, and Vegeta) sat gobbling down the food that was prepared earlier in the night.
Even though the food was quite cold, it was still good and very tasteful. Vegeta was eating at his usual speed, enjoying the food.
However, the moment was suddenly ruined as a horrible pain struck his head forcefully. His chopsticks fell from his fingers and made a clinking sound when they hit the floor. He clutched his pained head in his hands and hunched over in his seat. His breathing quickened as the pain intensified. He heard himself screaming.
"Vegeta, are you ok?", he heard vaguely, "What's wrong Vegeta?"
He sank out of his chair and fell onto his knees on the floor. The pain was overwhelming. He couldn't concentrate on anything else. He hadn't felt this kind of headache since Babidi had gotten into his head and made him into Majin Vegeta.
Then it was gone as suddenly as it had came.
Vegeta slowly got up and sat in the chair. His face was considerably pale and wore an expression of bewilderment.
"What....what happened?", asked a worried Gohan.
Vegeta was at a lose of words. In fact, he was in shock. What had really just happened? He had no idea!
"I....don't know", he answered after a few moments.
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"Are you ok Vegeta?", Videl asked, extremely worried about the Saiya- jin's well-being. Whatever had just happened to the man had him screaming with obvious pain written all over his face. What could do something to a powerful person like Vegeta so easily?
"Of course I am woman!", he snapped, converting back to his usual self, glare and all.
He got out of his seat and headed for the door, muttering some sort of thanks on the way out the door.
As soon as the door had slammed shut, Videl turned to Gohan. "Do you think he's ok?"
Gohan was silent for a second, but then answered, "I don't know. I wonder what happened to him....."
"I'm worried about this Gohan. Bulma isn't around there to make sure that he's ok. What if he doesn't make it back home?"
"Vegeta will be fine. He would refuse our help if we offered it. I'll go check up on him tomorrow morning though to see if he's ok and to see if that girl came by there during the night."
Videl seemed to agree with that and dinner was slowly resumed.
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A lone man flies through the rain at a raging speed. He doesn't seem to notice the storm or the fact that he's getting soaked. His mind is on other things....
Vegeta was infuriated. He hated being helpless and that's exactly how he felt at the time being. Someone or something was messing with his head and he didn't know how to make it stop.
*Help me*
Vegeta froze, his eyes widening. Rain poured on him and lightning crashed behind him. He stayed perfectly still, searching for a possible ki. He could have sworn that he heard someone's pitiful cry for help, but nobody was around. He was positive that he had heard it though.
*Please help me*
There is was again, another plea for help. That's when he finally noticed the extra presence that was in his head.
Someone else was in his head.
"A new mind-link?", he wondered aloud. If it was a mind link then he could dig into the person's accessible thoughts and memories.
And he could.
He quickly dug through the mind a bit. None of it was blocked off to him at the time, so it was easy to find the information that he was looking for.
It was the girl from the time machine!!!
Briefs Hope.
So they were related, somehow. However, that wasn't that important at the moment. Perhaps he could get into her current thoughts now and find out where she is. That would be good.
He went into her head. Suddenly he was struck with intense pain and intense emotion. He heard the rain around her. He smelled the smell of flowers. He immediately fell from the sky and landed in a bush on the ground. He quickly pulled himself out of her mind and then out of the bush.
*Damn.....I didn't know that you could feel the wounds from the link.....but why couldn't I see through her eyes? I used all of her other emotions....*
He decided to try it again. He was instantly tormented by the pain of everything. Emotions. He was overwhelmed with all that was going on in this girl's head. He tried to look through her eyes. He couldn't. But she wasn't blocking them off from him either, or was she? Soon the pain became too much and he had to leave her present self.
"Wait a second......"
He had her ki reading now that he had been in her mind. He concentrated, searching for it with all of his power.
And he locked onto it.
*Ah-hah*
She was pretty far away, but that was ok. He would go and get her. He could feel her ki slowly fading away. He would have to travel quickly. She didn't have too much time left.
He immediately jumped up into the dark rainy sky and flew towards her at full speed.
*Let's hope I get there in time brat*
He then thought of what he would do when he arrived there. *Senzu beans*
He thought he had it all planned out, then suddenly he realized something important.
*We're all out of Senzu beans. We'll have to go to Korin to get some more. Hopefully some will be ready by now.*
He lowered himself in the air as he came upon her location. A park. That was that smell, those Kami-forsaken flower trees. Vegeta hated them.
He quickly ran towards her, hoping to be able to catch her before it was too late. Her ki was dropping drastically now. This was not a good sign at all.
Then he saw her. A body lying lifelessly under a tree. He quickly walked up to her, afraid of her current condition. What if she died here and someone from the future came back here to get her?
*We'd be screwed*
He stood above her, looking at her clearly for the first time. She had long dark lavender hair and baby blue eyes. Her eyes were open, but she didn't seem to acknowledge that he was there. But she wasn't dead either, he could feel her ki just fine.
Her clothes were all torn up and blood stained. She looked like she had been through a lot, which she obviously had. Crashing into his Gravity Machine.
"Brat?", he asked in a low voice.
She didn't answer.
He got onto his hands and knees and put to fingers on her neck. There was a pulse; that was good.
"Well brat, we're going to go and get some Senzu beans and some answers."
There was no reply. Vegeta gently picked her up and slung her over his shoulder. Then he flew up into the wet sky quickly and headed for Korin's tower.
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That was the 3rd chapter! Please review! Thanks for reading it! Sorry if it got a bit boring towards the end. Next times chapter will be good though. Perhaps we'll get some answers....maybe. Or maybe I'll make you suffer a bit longer!!!!!! Mwahahahaha!!!!! Until the next chapter.......
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball/Z/GT. I only own my cool characters that I make up, like Hope.
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Hope Lives On
By: Ponytail Goddess
Chapter 3: The Mind-Link
A storm was brewing above the park where Hope was residing at the moment. Dark clouds were above her, allowing no moonlight to pass through them. The thunder rolled loudly and some lightning struck every so often.
Hope started to slowly awaken when cold droplets of water started to splash upon her face. Rain. Shockingly cold rain.
Hope groaned as the large drops of chilled water hit her face and wounds with force. She tried to move, only to be greeted with the unbearable pain the crash had inflicted on her. She decided against moving anymore. It didn't hurt nearly as badly is she stayed still.
Faintly, she tried to think about what to do. She could feel her ki lowering by the minute. If she didn't get some medical attention soon then she might not make it through the night.
*...wait....great grandfather....maybe can help....somehow...*
She weakly reached into their mind like, only to start screaming with pain as something went terribly wrong.
*~*~*~*~*
Everyone silently ate in the well-lighted kitchen. The four of them(Gohan, Videl, Pan, and Vegeta) sat gobbling down the food that was prepared earlier in the night.
Even though the food was quite cold, it was still good and very tasteful. Vegeta was eating at his usual speed, enjoying the food.
However, the moment was suddenly ruined as a horrible pain struck his head forcefully. His chopsticks fell from his fingers and made a clinking sound when they hit the floor. He clutched his pained head in his hands and hunched over in his seat. His breathing quickened as the pain intensified. He heard himself screaming.
"Vegeta, are you ok?", he heard vaguely, "What's wrong Vegeta?"
He sank out of his chair and fell onto his knees on the floor. The pain was overwhelming. He couldn't concentrate on anything else. He hadn't felt this kind of headache since Babidi had gotten into his head and made him into Majin Vegeta.
Then it was gone as suddenly as it had came.
Vegeta slowly got up and sat in the chair. His face was considerably pale and wore an expression of bewilderment.
"What....what happened?", asked a worried Gohan.
Vegeta was at a lose of words. In fact, he was in shock. What had really just happened? He had no idea!
"I....don't know", he answered after a few moments.
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"Are you ok Vegeta?", Videl asked, extremely worried about the Saiya- jin's well-being. Whatever had just happened to the man had him screaming with obvious pain written all over his face. What could do something to a powerful person like Vegeta so easily?
"Of course I am woman!", he snapped, converting back to his usual self, glare and all.
He got out of his seat and headed for the door, muttering some sort of thanks on the way out the door.
As soon as the door had slammed shut, Videl turned to Gohan. "Do you think he's ok?"
Gohan was silent for a second, but then answered, "I don't know. I wonder what happened to him....."
"I'm worried about this Gohan. Bulma isn't around there to make sure that he's ok. What if he doesn't make it back home?"
"Vegeta will be fine. He would refuse our help if we offered it. I'll go check up on him tomorrow morning though to see if he's ok and to see if that girl came by there during the night."
Videl seemed to agree with that and dinner was slowly resumed.
*~*~*~*~*
A lone man flies through the rain at a raging speed. He doesn't seem to notice the storm or the fact that he's getting soaked. His mind is on other things....
Vegeta was infuriated. He hated being helpless and that's exactly how he felt at the time being. Someone or something was messing with his head and he didn't know how to make it stop.
*Help me*
Vegeta froze, his eyes widening. Rain poured on him and lightning crashed behind him. He stayed perfectly still, searching for a possible ki. He could have sworn that he heard someone's pitiful cry for help, but nobody was around. He was positive that he had heard it though.
*Please help me*
There is was again, another plea for help. That's when he finally noticed the extra presence that was in his head.
Someone else was in his head.
"A new mind-link?", he wondered aloud. If it was a mind link then he could dig into the person's accessible thoughts and memories.
And he could.
He quickly dug through the mind a bit. None of it was blocked off to him at the time, so it was easy to find the information that he was looking for.
It was the girl from the time machine!!!
Briefs Hope.
So they were related, somehow. However, that wasn't that important at the moment. Perhaps he could get into her current thoughts now and find out where she is. That would be good.
He went into her head. Suddenly he was struck with intense pain and intense emotion. He heard the rain around her. He smelled the smell of flowers. He immediately fell from the sky and landed in a bush on the ground. He quickly pulled himself out of her mind and then out of the bush.
*Damn.....I didn't know that you could feel the wounds from the link.....but why couldn't I see through her eyes? I used all of her other emotions....*
He decided to try it again. He was instantly tormented by the pain of everything. Emotions. He was overwhelmed with all that was going on in this girl's head. He tried to look through her eyes. He couldn't. But she wasn't blocking them off from him either, or was she? Soon the pain became too much and he had to leave her present self.
"Wait a second......"
He had her ki reading now that he had been in her mind. He concentrated, searching for it with all of his power.
And he locked onto it.
*Ah-hah*
She was pretty far away, but that was ok. He would go and get her. He could feel her ki slowly fading away. He would have to travel quickly. She didn't have too much time left.
He immediately jumped up into the dark rainy sky and flew towards her at full speed.
*Let's hope I get there in time brat*
He then thought of what he would do when he arrived there. *Senzu beans*
He thought he had it all planned out, then suddenly he realized something important.
*We're all out of Senzu beans. We'll have to go to Korin to get some more. Hopefully some will be ready by now.*
He lowered himself in the air as he came upon her location. A park. That was that smell, those Kami-forsaken flower trees. Vegeta hated them.
He quickly ran towards her, hoping to be able to catch her before it was too late. Her ki was dropping drastically now. This was not a good sign at all.
Then he saw her. A body lying lifelessly under a tree. He quickly walked up to her, afraid of her current condition. What if she died here and someone from the future came back here to get her?
*We'd be screwed*
He stood above her, looking at her clearly for the first time. She had long dark lavender hair and baby blue eyes. Her eyes were open, but she didn't seem to acknowledge that he was there. But she wasn't dead either, he could feel her ki just fine.
Her clothes were all torn up and blood stained. She looked like she had been through a lot, which she obviously had. Crashing into his Gravity Machine.
"Brat?", he asked in a low voice.
She didn't answer.
He got onto his hands and knees and put to fingers on her neck. There was a pulse; that was good.
"Well brat, we're going to go and get some Senzu beans and some answers."
There was no reply. Vegeta gently picked her up and slung her over his shoulder. Then he flew up into the wet sky quickly and headed for Korin's tower.
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That was the 3rd chapter! Please review! Thanks for reading it! Sorry if it got a bit boring towards the end. Next times chapter will be good though. Perhaps we'll get some answers....maybe. Or maybe I'll make you suffer a bit longer!!!!!! Mwahahahaha!!!!! Until the next chapter.......