Groggily Shi Kisu opened her eyes. She automatically began to struggle when
she couldn't move her arms. "What the hell is going on?" she yelled to the
rat that scurried by her in fear. Memories of her mission began to flood
back. Shi Kisu looked around and tried to take inventory of her situation.
Iron bars that seemed to be welded together held her arms to her side and
were too strong even for her to break. 'Did I wake up in a shed?' All
around her was dust, the pine floor was covered in it, and so were the
little box windows to her left where the only light peeped through. It was
an abandoned loggers cabin, left to rot many years ago. Shi Kisu's tailbone
ached in pain. With horrible realization she knew that something was very
wrong with her tail. "It's gone!" she shrieked and again struggled in her
bonds to see what was wrong. Fear crept over her as the cabin door began to
open.
A man in his thirties entered carrying an armload of firewood. His lilac hair was cut neatly around his head in a bowl fashion. His blue eyes that might have once dazzled in the sun stared at her in an icy glare. "About time you woke up, I thought you might have died." His voice was strong, but soft in a strained way, as if he was trying to be kind but forgotten how.
"Who the hell are you!" Shi Kisu demanded trying to stand up and face her opponent. She felt stupid when she wasn't able to move, forgetting the metal circle around her.
The man did not answer right away but dropped the wood off to the fire stove behind Shi Kisu. She twisted her head around to see his face. His cold eyes met hers. "I could ask you the same question."
"I asked you first!" she snapped. "Why do you have me tied up like this? Are you so afraid of a little ol' moi?"
"Damn right I am, I know what you really are."
Shi Kisu's eyes widened in surprise, but she quickly put up her shield. "What do you mean?"
The man started a fire with kindling and matches that Shi Kisu had not seen him pull out. Nor did she see them in his hand when he turned and came towards her. 'How did he light that thing? The asshole doesn't look like a boy scout.'
Lavender pulled up a chair and sat down in front of the woman. He could see the stress marks she had created on the metal when she was struggling. He raised an eyebrow but decided to not ask about her strength yet, not until he was sure. "We aren't going to get anywhere with this so we are going to play a game. I ask you a question and you ask me. Understand? The woman seemed to contemplate the idea and after a second she nodded. "Good, my first question is are you a full Saiyan or a half breed from Earth, or another planet?"
"What the hell are you talking about? What is a Saiyan? What do you mean from Earth, do I look like a Martian?"
The man sighed in frustration. 'She seems honest, but it is hard to tell at this point in the game.'
The woman eyed him suspiciously. "Why did you ask if I was a, whatever it was?"
"My father was a full saiyan so that makes me a half breed. There was another full-blooded Saiyan named Goku who had a son. Who are your parents?"
The black haired woman dropped her eyes to the floor. "I don't know." She began softly. "My father died before I was born and my mother was killed in an android attack when I was five. I think her name was Videl."
Lavender was more confused by her answer than he was before he had asked her. 'Who is her father? Is this Videl a human?'
"What about you, who are your parents?"
Shi Kisu regretted her question as she saw a flash of pain in the young man's eyes. He got up from his crouching position and walked towards the fire. "My mother is a kind honest woman who has help carried the weight of the world on her shoulders. My father was an alien bastard who didn't give a damn about my mother" Lavender paused at he thought that last sentence over. "Well, he might have but my mother never knew. He died not long after I was born, also by the androids in the first wave."
"First wave; that must make you in your thirties?" She was surprised; the man didn't look much older than she was
"Yes I will be thirty next June. Did your mother have a tail?"
Shi Kisu furrowed her brow trying to remember the beautiful woman she once called mommy. "No, I don't remember one. Mother said my tail was special." She tried to lunge towards Lavender. "You stole it, why? Damn you!"
Lavender laughed. "Because you were a rampaging ape. I needed to get you out of there before the base could call anyone for backup. You should thank me."
"I rather die."
Lavender grabbed the woman around the neck and stared straight into her eyes. "It can be arranged," he growled softly in her ear. Shi Kisu spat on his face. Lavender raised his hand to strike her but stopped. She was too important to let die yet. "Keep playing the game." Lavender let go off her neck and smiled. It was a creepy friendly smile. His entire personality seemed to have reverted faster than Shi Kisu could process. The smile was replaced by a determined look. Lavender stepped back and began to tug at his belt. With a snap he got it off. Shi Kisu watched with mixed curiosity and horror. Even when he had threatened her life she didn't think he was capable of. this. Before she realized it his pants were down. Shi Kisu opened her mouth to scream but what she saw took her breath away.
The man had turned his back towards her; he held his pants low enough for her to see a small scar. 'He had a tail.' She stared at him with confusion. "You had one too? What are you?" He pulled his pants back up in silence and re-clasped his belt.
A man in his thirties entered carrying an armload of firewood. His lilac hair was cut neatly around his head in a bowl fashion. His blue eyes that might have once dazzled in the sun stared at her in an icy glare. "About time you woke up, I thought you might have died." His voice was strong, but soft in a strained way, as if he was trying to be kind but forgotten how.
"Who the hell are you!" Shi Kisu demanded trying to stand up and face her opponent. She felt stupid when she wasn't able to move, forgetting the metal circle around her.
The man did not answer right away but dropped the wood off to the fire stove behind Shi Kisu. She twisted her head around to see his face. His cold eyes met hers. "I could ask you the same question."
"I asked you first!" she snapped. "Why do you have me tied up like this? Are you so afraid of a little ol' moi?"
"Damn right I am, I know what you really are."
Shi Kisu's eyes widened in surprise, but she quickly put up her shield. "What do you mean?"
The man started a fire with kindling and matches that Shi Kisu had not seen him pull out. Nor did she see them in his hand when he turned and came towards her. 'How did he light that thing? The asshole doesn't look like a boy scout.'
Lavender pulled up a chair and sat down in front of the woman. He could see the stress marks she had created on the metal when she was struggling. He raised an eyebrow but decided to not ask about her strength yet, not until he was sure. "We aren't going to get anywhere with this so we are going to play a game. I ask you a question and you ask me. Understand? The woman seemed to contemplate the idea and after a second she nodded. "Good, my first question is are you a full Saiyan or a half breed from Earth, or another planet?"
"What the hell are you talking about? What is a Saiyan? What do you mean from Earth, do I look like a Martian?"
The man sighed in frustration. 'She seems honest, but it is hard to tell at this point in the game.'
The woman eyed him suspiciously. "Why did you ask if I was a, whatever it was?"
"My father was a full saiyan so that makes me a half breed. There was another full-blooded Saiyan named Goku who had a son. Who are your parents?"
The black haired woman dropped her eyes to the floor. "I don't know." She began softly. "My father died before I was born and my mother was killed in an android attack when I was five. I think her name was Videl."
Lavender was more confused by her answer than he was before he had asked her. 'Who is her father? Is this Videl a human?'
"What about you, who are your parents?"
Shi Kisu regretted her question as she saw a flash of pain in the young man's eyes. He got up from his crouching position and walked towards the fire. "My mother is a kind honest woman who has help carried the weight of the world on her shoulders. My father was an alien bastard who didn't give a damn about my mother" Lavender paused at he thought that last sentence over. "Well, he might have but my mother never knew. He died not long after I was born, also by the androids in the first wave."
"First wave; that must make you in your thirties?" She was surprised; the man didn't look much older than she was
"Yes I will be thirty next June. Did your mother have a tail?"
Shi Kisu furrowed her brow trying to remember the beautiful woman she once called mommy. "No, I don't remember one. Mother said my tail was special." She tried to lunge towards Lavender. "You stole it, why? Damn you!"
Lavender laughed. "Because you were a rampaging ape. I needed to get you out of there before the base could call anyone for backup. You should thank me."
"I rather die."
Lavender grabbed the woman around the neck and stared straight into her eyes. "It can be arranged," he growled softly in her ear. Shi Kisu spat on his face. Lavender raised his hand to strike her but stopped. She was too important to let die yet. "Keep playing the game." Lavender let go off her neck and smiled. It was a creepy friendly smile. His entire personality seemed to have reverted faster than Shi Kisu could process. The smile was replaced by a determined look. Lavender stepped back and began to tug at his belt. With a snap he got it off. Shi Kisu watched with mixed curiosity and horror. Even when he had threatened her life she didn't think he was capable of. this. Before she realized it his pants were down. Shi Kisu opened her mouth to scream but what she saw took her breath away.
The man had turned his back towards her; he held his pants low enough for her to see a small scar. 'He had a tail.' She stared at him with confusion. "You had one too? What are you?" He pulled his pants back up in silence and re-clasped his belt.