Ryoko: Sorry for the long wait. By the way, if you don't recognize some of
the writing, it's because I had a VERY close friend of mine help with this
chapter. Thankz a bunch Will!
Disclaimer: None of the DBZ chars belong to me, nor the new chars mentioned. Only Trina, Keiko, Melfina, and Trinket.
Secret Siblings
Chapter 11: "Trina's Capture"
It hadn't been long since the lonesome Keiko had left her destroyed home. Not even an hour had passed. She was flying blindly, tears running down her cheeks, falling to the earth below as she flew through the gray sky. She couldn't get the image of her dead mother out of her head, no matter what she did. Then though, she heard somebody call her name.
"Melfina."
She knew it to be her friend, and flew towards the ground. Landing and running to her friend, Keiko threw her arms around Melfina and cried into her shoulder.
"Keiko! What's wrong?" Melfina asked, alarmed by her friend's behavior.
"She's dead!" Keiko sobbed, forcing the words out.
"Who?" Melfina asked, concern in her voice.
"My mother! And Videl hasn't been born yet!" Keiko wailed.
Melfina softened and smiled slightly, hugging her friend tightly.
"Calm down, calm down. We're here for you. And at least she's alive in the past. That's what you're fighting to protect."
Keiko nodded, her sobs gradually fading to silent tears. Melfina let her go and stepped back.
"Don't scare me. You, Trinket, and Trina are usually the tough ones. When you sudden do something like that you make me think something's seriously wrong."
Keiko smiled slightly and forced a laugh for her friend, doing her best to hide how serious the ordeal is to her. Seeing only her friend's laugh, Melfina smiled brightly.
"Yes! I got you to laugh!"
"Come on!"
As both girls turned to walk off, Keiko began to feel better, thanks to Mel.
After a while, though, Keiko began to get the distinct feeling someone else was there with them. Giving into her curiosity, she separated from Mel for a moment and walked towards a pile of rubble. Her heart nearly leapt to her throat at what she saw. Stopping short, she recognized the blonde girl lying near the rocks.
"Mel! Come here!"
Melfina ran up beside her and gasped, stopping dead in her tracks.
"That's Kentala!"
Keiko scrambled across the rubble to get closer. The blonde haired girl gasped and turned, standing up in surprise.
"Calm down." Keiko coaxed.
"If you're here to kill me, go ahead and do it." The girl hissed venomously at the pair.
Keiko and Mel looked to one another before turning to stare blankly at the girl.
"Why would we kill you?" Mel asked.
"I have nothing left to live for anymore!" Kentala wailed at them. "My brother is gone and without him destroying this world doesn't mean anything to me."
"Why should it?" Mel asked bluntly.
"Huh? Why should what what?" Kentala looked at the two suspiciously.
Melfina walked forward, smiling slightly.
"Why should destroying the world matter? Anyone can destroy something. It takes true power to build something another has already destroyed. Start over. Help everyone rebuild this world."
Her gaze pulled to the ground, Keiko stifles a gasp as a brilliant flash of white enveloped her world. As the luminescence faded, her eyes began to adjust to the sight of a building.a house as far as she could tell. Another flash of light and she found herself in a room, looking at Kentala and Trinket as they gazed out the window at something. Trina was lying in a bed; Primo beside her glaring angrily at nothing in particular. As the light erupted around her once again, Keiko saw Trinket and Primo on the ground, not moving. Kentala was fighting valiantly against an unseen force, but it overpowered her as Keiko watched. As Keiko looked to see the source of this attack, her world adjusted back to the here and now.
"Mel! We need to go! Now!" Keiko shouted, tearing from the earth to take to the skies.
Melfina looked up to her friend and nodded. Before leaving she turned to the girl and smiled.
"It's worth a try, is it not Kentala?" she asked before both vanished.
As they arrived at the house they had taken Trina to, Keiko gave a wordless cry at what she saw.
Finding words eventually, all she could manage to say was, "We're too late!"
Landing, Keiko could only stare silently at the blasted ruins of the house. Rushing forward, she began digging under rubble, shouting her friends' names. It wasn't long before Mel took Keiko's lead and joined her. Keiko uncovered Trinket and dragged her out of the rubble. Gripped with panic, Keiko began shaking her friend violently in the hopes of waking her up.
"Ow! Stop it!" Trinket mumbled, coming to consciousness.
After making sure Trinket was fine, Keiko dropped her unceremoniously to the ground and set out to find the others. She and Mel found Kentala and Primo, but Trina was nowhere to be found. After recovering enough to think clearly, Keiko asked her friends what had happened.
"We were attacked by this guy. He came out of nowhere and took us out with, like, no effort. Everything else happened afterwards," Trinket tried to explain.
Keiko's senses flashed pulling her gaze up to the sky. A figure is hovering there, holding the pale and unconscious Trina by her neck. He smirked down at the girls and tightened his grip on his prey. Rage welling up inside of her, Keiko took to the sky before words formed in her mouth.
"Let her go!"
Raising his free hand the figure let loose a small yet powerful energy blast with no show of effort whatsoever. Catching Keiko by surprise, the energy blast overpowered her completely, driving her back, beyond sight and eventually slamming her into a rock face jutting out of the shallows of the ocean.
Unable to hold herself up, Keiko sank into the dark water, the current pulling her away. Without hesitation, Melfina launched herself after her friend, sparing a glare for the smirking figures back as he flew the opposite way with their friend. Finding and pulling Keiko up was no problem for Mel, and soon Keiko had the strength and sense to think straight. It was then she noticed the shadowy pall that had begun to envelop the sky. Wet hair clinging to her face, all she could do was shiver, though she didn't know if it was from the icy water or the chill creeping up her spine.
"Today is going to be a dark day, Mel.But I think it's just the calm.before.the storm." Keiko sank into blissful unconsciousness in her friend's arms, into a warm darkness free from the pain of her wounds.
Disclaimer: None of the DBZ chars belong to me, nor the new chars mentioned. Only Trina, Keiko, Melfina, and Trinket.
Secret Siblings
Chapter 11: "Trina's Capture"
It hadn't been long since the lonesome Keiko had left her destroyed home. Not even an hour had passed. She was flying blindly, tears running down her cheeks, falling to the earth below as she flew through the gray sky. She couldn't get the image of her dead mother out of her head, no matter what she did. Then though, she heard somebody call her name.
"Melfina."
She knew it to be her friend, and flew towards the ground. Landing and running to her friend, Keiko threw her arms around Melfina and cried into her shoulder.
"Keiko! What's wrong?" Melfina asked, alarmed by her friend's behavior.
"She's dead!" Keiko sobbed, forcing the words out.
"Who?" Melfina asked, concern in her voice.
"My mother! And Videl hasn't been born yet!" Keiko wailed.
Melfina softened and smiled slightly, hugging her friend tightly.
"Calm down, calm down. We're here for you. And at least she's alive in the past. That's what you're fighting to protect."
Keiko nodded, her sobs gradually fading to silent tears. Melfina let her go and stepped back.
"Don't scare me. You, Trinket, and Trina are usually the tough ones. When you sudden do something like that you make me think something's seriously wrong."
Keiko smiled slightly and forced a laugh for her friend, doing her best to hide how serious the ordeal is to her. Seeing only her friend's laugh, Melfina smiled brightly.
"Yes! I got you to laugh!"
"Come on!"
As both girls turned to walk off, Keiko began to feel better, thanks to Mel.
After a while, though, Keiko began to get the distinct feeling someone else was there with them. Giving into her curiosity, she separated from Mel for a moment and walked towards a pile of rubble. Her heart nearly leapt to her throat at what she saw. Stopping short, she recognized the blonde girl lying near the rocks.
"Mel! Come here!"
Melfina ran up beside her and gasped, stopping dead in her tracks.
"That's Kentala!"
Keiko scrambled across the rubble to get closer. The blonde haired girl gasped and turned, standing up in surprise.
"Calm down." Keiko coaxed.
"If you're here to kill me, go ahead and do it." The girl hissed venomously at the pair.
Keiko and Mel looked to one another before turning to stare blankly at the girl.
"Why would we kill you?" Mel asked.
"I have nothing left to live for anymore!" Kentala wailed at them. "My brother is gone and without him destroying this world doesn't mean anything to me."
"Why should it?" Mel asked bluntly.
"Huh? Why should what what?" Kentala looked at the two suspiciously.
Melfina walked forward, smiling slightly.
"Why should destroying the world matter? Anyone can destroy something. It takes true power to build something another has already destroyed. Start over. Help everyone rebuild this world."
Her gaze pulled to the ground, Keiko stifles a gasp as a brilliant flash of white enveloped her world. As the luminescence faded, her eyes began to adjust to the sight of a building.a house as far as she could tell. Another flash of light and she found herself in a room, looking at Kentala and Trinket as they gazed out the window at something. Trina was lying in a bed; Primo beside her glaring angrily at nothing in particular. As the light erupted around her once again, Keiko saw Trinket and Primo on the ground, not moving. Kentala was fighting valiantly against an unseen force, but it overpowered her as Keiko watched. As Keiko looked to see the source of this attack, her world adjusted back to the here and now.
"Mel! We need to go! Now!" Keiko shouted, tearing from the earth to take to the skies.
Melfina looked up to her friend and nodded. Before leaving she turned to the girl and smiled.
"It's worth a try, is it not Kentala?" she asked before both vanished.
As they arrived at the house they had taken Trina to, Keiko gave a wordless cry at what she saw.
Finding words eventually, all she could manage to say was, "We're too late!"
Landing, Keiko could only stare silently at the blasted ruins of the house. Rushing forward, she began digging under rubble, shouting her friends' names. It wasn't long before Mel took Keiko's lead and joined her. Keiko uncovered Trinket and dragged her out of the rubble. Gripped with panic, Keiko began shaking her friend violently in the hopes of waking her up.
"Ow! Stop it!" Trinket mumbled, coming to consciousness.
After making sure Trinket was fine, Keiko dropped her unceremoniously to the ground and set out to find the others. She and Mel found Kentala and Primo, but Trina was nowhere to be found. After recovering enough to think clearly, Keiko asked her friends what had happened.
"We were attacked by this guy. He came out of nowhere and took us out with, like, no effort. Everything else happened afterwards," Trinket tried to explain.
Keiko's senses flashed pulling her gaze up to the sky. A figure is hovering there, holding the pale and unconscious Trina by her neck. He smirked down at the girls and tightened his grip on his prey. Rage welling up inside of her, Keiko took to the sky before words formed in her mouth.
"Let her go!"
Raising his free hand the figure let loose a small yet powerful energy blast with no show of effort whatsoever. Catching Keiko by surprise, the energy blast overpowered her completely, driving her back, beyond sight and eventually slamming her into a rock face jutting out of the shallows of the ocean.
Unable to hold herself up, Keiko sank into the dark water, the current pulling her away. Without hesitation, Melfina launched herself after her friend, sparing a glare for the smirking figures back as he flew the opposite way with their friend. Finding and pulling Keiko up was no problem for Mel, and soon Keiko had the strength and sense to think straight. It was then she noticed the shadowy pall that had begun to envelop the sky. Wet hair clinging to her face, all she could do was shiver, though she didn't know if it was from the icy water or the chill creeping up her spine.
"Today is going to be a dark day, Mel.But I think it's just the calm.before.the storm." Keiko sank into blissful unconsciousness in her friend's arms, into a warm darkness free from the pain of her wounds.