Chapter Twelve: Absorption
"WHERE'S ADRIENNE!!!!!!!!!??????" Trunks woke up to hear his father screaming in the next room.
"Calm down, sir, she has to be around here somewhere!" Chloe's voice came. Vegeta appeared in the doorway of Trunks' room.
"And Kakarott's brat is gone as well!" Vegeta pointed out, glaring at the empty sleeping bag. "I'm sure he has her locked up in some broom closet with him somewhere!" A look of horror came over his face and he started jumping around. "But what if he's… you know!"
"Dad, relax!" Trunks exclaimed. "Goten's not like that!"
"You don't know that for sure!" Vegeta yelled, pointing at Trunks. Vegeta's bottom lip began to tremble and he ran out of the room. "BULMA, I NEED AN ADRIENNE RADAR!!!!!!!!!!"
*~*~*
"'Today I have killed my wife with my experiments'," Someone read from a journal. "'I am going to continue the experiments on my daughter. If she is strong enough, and I can fuse her with Adrienne then imagine the masterpiece they would be! I will take over the universe and all will bow before me! Even the great Vegeta…'."
Whoever had read the journal swallowed and closed it. They looked up, revealing a little purple hair in the lamplight. "I will follow in my father's footsteps."
"So how do you know this girl?" Goten and Adrienne were sitting inside of a tank together. "And how come she's evil?"
"She wasn't always evil…" Adrienne said with a frown, going into a flashback.
*~*~*
"Adrienne, I would like you to meet somebody." A little girl with short, purple hair stepped in front of Ron. She looked around the age of thirteen. "This is Damienne, my daughter."
"Adrienne, I bet you can't beat me to the end of the field!" Damienne exclaimed. Adrienne grinned and suddenly appeared at the end of the field, a rut running through the tall grasses.
"I beat you!" Adrienne exclaimed. Damienne stared at Adrienne in awe and confusion.
"Damienne!" Adrienne ran into Damienne's arms, and Damienne lifted her into the air. Damienne spun her around, making them both laugh.
*~*~*
Adrienne came out of her flashback. She hugged her knees and bit her lip. "She wasn't always evil…" She repeated. She hid her face behind her legs and started rocking herself back and forth, back and forth.
She felt something around her stomach, then felt something around her ribs. Whatever it was pulled her towards itself and she looked up to see Goten. He smiled at her and Adrienne spun around, throwing her arms around his neck. Goten pressed her body against his with his strong grasp and leaned against the side of the tank.
"You've been through so much," Goten whispered. "It's amazing you keep coming back to me in one piece." Adrienne smiled and tightened her grip on the upper-half of his shirt. "I'm gonna get us out of here."
"But instant transmitting won't work!" Adrienne told him as she pulled away from him.
"Then I'll find another way." Goten said. He stood up and started to examine the gigantic, empty, glass tank. He formed his hands together. "Kamehameha!" Nothing. He looked at Adrienne. "Wanna help?" Adrienne stood up and walked in front of him. She formed her hands together, when Goten's hands appeared below hers. She stared at his hands, then swallowed. "Ready?"
Adrienne nodded. And the two started doing the movements. "Ka-me-ha-me---HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The huge Kamehameha Wave caused the tank to break and Adrienne jumped out after the light had faded and it passed.
"That one'll go around the world five times." Goten nodded and jumped out of the tank.
"I wonder what would happen if I bred you?" The two turned to see Damienne. "With an attack like that I wonder how strong your children would be?"
"I object!" Goten stuck his tongue out at her and Adrienne had to smile.
"Just a thought." Damienne walked over the broken glass casually, stopping in the middle of the shards. "Hm…" She looked at the tank. She shrugged. "Adrienne, are you ready?"
Adrienne looked at Damienne in a revulsion and Goten stepped in front of Adrienne. "She's not going to help you in *any* way!"
"Well that's too bad," Damienne said. "Because it's her very purpose on this Earth, to help my father and I."
"That's not true!" Goten yelled.
"Yes it is." Goten turned around to look at Adrienne. "I was made to be a tool of war, to kill and serve the King of the Universe."
"King of the Universe!?" Goten shook his head. "But there's no King of the Universe!" He looked at Damienne. "Is there?"
"You're looking at her." Damienne said. Goten stared at Damienne.
"But how-"
"My father created the Saiyan Princess," Damienne said. "She has already killed thousands. I rule the universe because she is now under my authority."
"But they were wished back with the dragon balls!"
"They can easily be killed again." Damienne told him. She smiled. "Ryoku, Adrienne, come!"
Adrienne swallowed and shook her head. "You don't have to listen to her, Adrienne. Let's get out of here-"
"I said *come*!" Damienne yelled and the ground started shaking. More green tentacles shot out of an open tank and wrapped themselves around Adrienne. They snapped tight and lifted Adrienne into the air. Adrienne snarled and began to shoot them with Ki Blasts. One of the tentacles was shot with a yellow beam, exploding and causing Adrienne to be dropped a little. Goten shot them all (with a little help from Adrienne) and Adrienne was dropped. Damienne narrowed her eyes, arms crossed, looking very displeased.
Adrienne rushed to get up, when more tentacles grabbed her and pulled her back to the ground. Goten grabbed Adrienne started shooting them all again. More tentacles wound themselves around Adrienne and Goten was clearly losing. They started dragging him along, when he came into the line of an entrance to another empty tank.
"Goten, look out!" Goten jumped out of the way and the tentacles crashed into the computer panel. Goten rolled over as the tentacles charged at him and noticed Adrienne was inside the tank. He jumped up.
"Adrienne! Whoa-oa!" Goten was picked up into the air by the tentacles. He grabbed onto the side of the tank, before getting pulled inside. The door to his tank was closed and he was slammed onto the bottom of the tank by the tentacles. He lifted his head to see Damienne typing something into the control panel and he turned to see Adrienne inside the tank, tentacles holding her to the wall of the tank.
Damienne got inside of the tank connected to Adrienne's and tentacles shot out, grabbing her arms and legs. Adrienne's side of the tank sparked and electricity in the form of lightning started jumping around inside it. Adrienne appeared to be screaming, but he couldn't hear her because of their soundproof tanks.
Goten jumped up. "Adrienne!" He ran into the side of the tank in attempt to free himself, but he was only electrocuted and flung backwards. Goten shook his head and jumped up. The two tanks were now glowing with pure, white light. The light faded and Damienne and Adrienne both appeared to be unconscious- although Damienne wasn't. She opened her eyes and smiled. She disappeared and reappeared outside of the tank.
"You see, Goten? I'm so fast I can move through solid objects!" Damienne smirked. "Now I've carried out my father's will and I will take over the universe! I will be Queen of the Universe, thanks to your girlfriend's powers!"
Goten turned and looked at Adrienne. Her pale, lifeless body was hanging there, suspended by the tentacles. Goten fell to his knees in horror: "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" Damienne smirked and left the room.
Goten went Super Saiyan, but he was in a different form. His hair was gold, but so was his skin. He had gone Super Saiyan 10! (A/n: I just can't let FHI go…) A glowing, yellow essence came from his body, which got bigger and bigger. It met the tank and the tank was shattered, sending glass everywhere. Goten got out of his tank, still SS10, and stared at the door Damienne had left through. He clenched his fists and a tear rolled down his cheek. He could feel his nails tearing into his flesh and he looked down at his palms. They were bleeding. He looked up and narrowed his eyes. He flew off out the door, chasing after Damienne.
*~*~*
"See you later, Chi-Chi!"
"And where are you going?" Chi-Chi demanded.
"Somebody's terrorizing the Earth," Goku told her. "I've gotta go help Trunks and Vegeta!"
"You're not going anywhere!" Chi-Chi declared.
"Bye, Chi-Chi!"
"Goku!" The door closed and Chi-Chi growled. "That man makes me SO angry!"
"Hey, guys!" Goku landed next to Vegeta and Trunks. "Sorry I'm late! Who's the terrorist this time?"
"Her name is Damienne Hathaway," Vegeta told them. "She's a normal girl who was experimented on, but be careful- her power is uncannily stronger than my daughter's!"
"That's because she absorbed all of Adrienne's power." They all turned to see Goten.
"You!" Vegeta yelled, pointing at Goten. "Where is my daughter!? I DEMAND that you tell me now!"
"Adrienne is-" Goten stopped for fear he would break down in the horror of his memory. "Damienne absorbed all of Adrienne's power. Not a shred of energy was left in her body after the absorption." Trunks and Goku gasped. "I'm sorry, there was nothing I could do."
"Then my daughter is-" Vegeta swallowed and looked up at Damienne, who was shooting the humans below. "That woman killed her!"
"Yes." Goten nodded solemnly. Somehow, Vegeta managed not to cry. He closed his eyes and swallowed the lump in his throat. He jerked his head up and opened his eyes.
"Then we'll just have to kill her!"
"But Aaron's here somewhere," Goten stated. "Vegeta and I will stop Damienne. Dad?" Goku raised his eyebrows as if saying: "yes?". "You'll be Trunks' bodyguard."
Trunks started laughing. "Bodyguard!? I don't need a *bodyguard*!"
"When Gohan, Krillin, and Yamcha arrive, you two tell them they need to fight Aaron. Any objections?" Goten asked. Goku and Vegeta shook their heads. Trunks held up his hand and opened his mouth to say something, but Goten interrupted him: "Okay, then, let's do it!"
"WHERE'S ADRIENNE!!!!!!!!!??????" Trunks woke up to hear his father screaming in the next room.
"Calm down, sir, she has to be around here somewhere!" Chloe's voice came. Vegeta appeared in the doorway of Trunks' room.
"And Kakarott's brat is gone as well!" Vegeta pointed out, glaring at the empty sleeping bag. "I'm sure he has her locked up in some broom closet with him somewhere!" A look of horror came over his face and he started jumping around. "But what if he's… you know!"
"Dad, relax!" Trunks exclaimed. "Goten's not like that!"
"You don't know that for sure!" Vegeta yelled, pointing at Trunks. Vegeta's bottom lip began to tremble and he ran out of the room. "BULMA, I NEED AN ADRIENNE RADAR!!!!!!!!!!"
*~*~*
"'Today I have killed my wife with my experiments'," Someone read from a journal. "'I am going to continue the experiments on my daughter. If she is strong enough, and I can fuse her with Adrienne then imagine the masterpiece they would be! I will take over the universe and all will bow before me! Even the great Vegeta…'."
Whoever had read the journal swallowed and closed it. They looked up, revealing a little purple hair in the lamplight. "I will follow in my father's footsteps."
"So how do you know this girl?" Goten and Adrienne were sitting inside of a tank together. "And how come she's evil?"
"She wasn't always evil…" Adrienne said with a frown, going into a flashback.
*~*~*
"Adrienne, I would like you to meet somebody." A little girl with short, purple hair stepped in front of Ron. She looked around the age of thirteen. "This is Damienne, my daughter."
"Adrienne, I bet you can't beat me to the end of the field!" Damienne exclaimed. Adrienne grinned and suddenly appeared at the end of the field, a rut running through the tall grasses.
"I beat you!" Adrienne exclaimed. Damienne stared at Adrienne in awe and confusion.
"Damienne!" Adrienne ran into Damienne's arms, and Damienne lifted her into the air. Damienne spun her around, making them both laugh.
*~*~*
Adrienne came out of her flashback. She hugged her knees and bit her lip. "She wasn't always evil…" She repeated. She hid her face behind her legs and started rocking herself back and forth, back and forth.
She felt something around her stomach, then felt something around her ribs. Whatever it was pulled her towards itself and she looked up to see Goten. He smiled at her and Adrienne spun around, throwing her arms around his neck. Goten pressed her body against his with his strong grasp and leaned against the side of the tank.
"You've been through so much," Goten whispered. "It's amazing you keep coming back to me in one piece." Adrienne smiled and tightened her grip on the upper-half of his shirt. "I'm gonna get us out of here."
"But instant transmitting won't work!" Adrienne told him as she pulled away from him.
"Then I'll find another way." Goten said. He stood up and started to examine the gigantic, empty, glass tank. He formed his hands together. "Kamehameha!" Nothing. He looked at Adrienne. "Wanna help?" Adrienne stood up and walked in front of him. She formed her hands together, when Goten's hands appeared below hers. She stared at his hands, then swallowed. "Ready?"
Adrienne nodded. And the two started doing the movements. "Ka-me-ha-me---HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The huge Kamehameha Wave caused the tank to break and Adrienne jumped out after the light had faded and it passed.
"That one'll go around the world five times." Goten nodded and jumped out of the tank.
"I wonder what would happen if I bred you?" The two turned to see Damienne. "With an attack like that I wonder how strong your children would be?"
"I object!" Goten stuck his tongue out at her and Adrienne had to smile.
"Just a thought." Damienne walked over the broken glass casually, stopping in the middle of the shards. "Hm…" She looked at the tank. She shrugged. "Adrienne, are you ready?"
Adrienne looked at Damienne in a revulsion and Goten stepped in front of Adrienne. "She's not going to help you in *any* way!"
"Well that's too bad," Damienne said. "Because it's her very purpose on this Earth, to help my father and I."
"That's not true!" Goten yelled.
"Yes it is." Goten turned around to look at Adrienne. "I was made to be a tool of war, to kill and serve the King of the Universe."
"King of the Universe!?" Goten shook his head. "But there's no King of the Universe!" He looked at Damienne. "Is there?"
"You're looking at her." Damienne said. Goten stared at Damienne.
"But how-"
"My father created the Saiyan Princess," Damienne said. "She has already killed thousands. I rule the universe because she is now under my authority."
"But they were wished back with the dragon balls!"
"They can easily be killed again." Damienne told him. She smiled. "Ryoku, Adrienne, come!"
Adrienne swallowed and shook her head. "You don't have to listen to her, Adrienne. Let's get out of here-"
"I said *come*!" Damienne yelled and the ground started shaking. More green tentacles shot out of an open tank and wrapped themselves around Adrienne. They snapped tight and lifted Adrienne into the air. Adrienne snarled and began to shoot them with Ki Blasts. One of the tentacles was shot with a yellow beam, exploding and causing Adrienne to be dropped a little. Goten shot them all (with a little help from Adrienne) and Adrienne was dropped. Damienne narrowed her eyes, arms crossed, looking very displeased.
Adrienne rushed to get up, when more tentacles grabbed her and pulled her back to the ground. Goten grabbed Adrienne started shooting them all again. More tentacles wound themselves around Adrienne and Goten was clearly losing. They started dragging him along, when he came into the line of an entrance to another empty tank.
"Goten, look out!" Goten jumped out of the way and the tentacles crashed into the computer panel. Goten rolled over as the tentacles charged at him and noticed Adrienne was inside the tank. He jumped up.
"Adrienne! Whoa-oa!" Goten was picked up into the air by the tentacles. He grabbed onto the side of the tank, before getting pulled inside. The door to his tank was closed and he was slammed onto the bottom of the tank by the tentacles. He lifted his head to see Damienne typing something into the control panel and he turned to see Adrienne inside the tank, tentacles holding her to the wall of the tank.
Damienne got inside of the tank connected to Adrienne's and tentacles shot out, grabbing her arms and legs. Adrienne's side of the tank sparked and electricity in the form of lightning started jumping around inside it. Adrienne appeared to be screaming, but he couldn't hear her because of their soundproof tanks.
Goten jumped up. "Adrienne!" He ran into the side of the tank in attempt to free himself, but he was only electrocuted and flung backwards. Goten shook his head and jumped up. The two tanks were now glowing with pure, white light. The light faded and Damienne and Adrienne both appeared to be unconscious- although Damienne wasn't. She opened her eyes and smiled. She disappeared and reappeared outside of the tank.
"You see, Goten? I'm so fast I can move through solid objects!" Damienne smirked. "Now I've carried out my father's will and I will take over the universe! I will be Queen of the Universe, thanks to your girlfriend's powers!"
Goten turned and looked at Adrienne. Her pale, lifeless body was hanging there, suspended by the tentacles. Goten fell to his knees in horror: "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" Damienne smirked and left the room.
Goten went Super Saiyan, but he was in a different form. His hair was gold, but so was his skin. He had gone Super Saiyan 10! (A/n: I just can't let FHI go…) A glowing, yellow essence came from his body, which got bigger and bigger. It met the tank and the tank was shattered, sending glass everywhere. Goten got out of his tank, still SS10, and stared at the door Damienne had left through. He clenched his fists and a tear rolled down his cheek. He could feel his nails tearing into his flesh and he looked down at his palms. They were bleeding. He looked up and narrowed his eyes. He flew off out the door, chasing after Damienne.
*~*~*
"See you later, Chi-Chi!"
"And where are you going?" Chi-Chi demanded.
"Somebody's terrorizing the Earth," Goku told her. "I've gotta go help Trunks and Vegeta!"
"You're not going anywhere!" Chi-Chi declared.
"Bye, Chi-Chi!"
"Goku!" The door closed and Chi-Chi growled. "That man makes me SO angry!"
"Hey, guys!" Goku landed next to Vegeta and Trunks. "Sorry I'm late! Who's the terrorist this time?"
"Her name is Damienne Hathaway," Vegeta told them. "She's a normal girl who was experimented on, but be careful- her power is uncannily stronger than my daughter's!"
"That's because she absorbed all of Adrienne's power." They all turned to see Goten.
"You!" Vegeta yelled, pointing at Goten. "Where is my daughter!? I DEMAND that you tell me now!"
"Adrienne is-" Goten stopped for fear he would break down in the horror of his memory. "Damienne absorbed all of Adrienne's power. Not a shred of energy was left in her body after the absorption." Trunks and Goku gasped. "I'm sorry, there was nothing I could do."
"Then my daughter is-" Vegeta swallowed and looked up at Damienne, who was shooting the humans below. "That woman killed her!"
"Yes." Goten nodded solemnly. Somehow, Vegeta managed not to cry. He closed his eyes and swallowed the lump in his throat. He jerked his head up and opened his eyes.
"Then we'll just have to kill her!"
"But Aaron's here somewhere," Goten stated. "Vegeta and I will stop Damienne. Dad?" Goku raised his eyebrows as if saying: "yes?". "You'll be Trunks' bodyguard."
Trunks started laughing. "Bodyguard!? I don't need a *bodyguard*!"
"When Gohan, Krillin, and Yamcha arrive, you two tell them they need to fight Aaron. Any objections?" Goten asked. Goku and Vegeta shook their heads. Trunks held up his hand and opened his mouth to say something, but Goten interrupted him: "Okay, then, let's do it!"