The Ward

By Alejandro Gonzalez

It was the day of the visit. He did this because he figured that his son, being the huge Dragonball Z fan he was, bond with this mental patient. She claimed to be a destructive, powerful being, but she hadn't shown any outward sings of violence, except for the holding out the window incident, which was out of anger. He still didn't know how she did that. The car drove up, Kelietya in the back along with two workers from the mental hospital, for moral support. The doctor's son was waiting in the yard when she stepped out. When she did, he recognized the hair and armor immediately.

"Wow!" The kid said, turning to his dad. " She is a Saiyan! She's got the long, thick hair and the armor!"

Then, several things happened at once. Mainly, the kid went running toward her, and tripped on a rock, landing in the street. With a car coming toward him, the driver turned the wheel fast to avoid him, and ended up flipping the car. Two, everyone cringed at the sight of the car about to land on him, crushing him as flat as a pancake. That's when the weird crap happened. Moving so fast that no one saw her even move, Kelietya managed to run up and grab the car, holding it with one hand an inch from the kid's head. As soon as everyone opened their eyes, and stopped freaking out, they were in awe of the fact that she was holding a three thousand pound car in midair without flinching. It was a bit strange, and everyone had questions. Even the kid was confused as to what had happened, but no one said a thing until she'd put the car down and they were all sitting down at the table to eat. Judging by the fact that he'd seen her extreme eating habits, she'd be eager to stay, and that would provide him with some clues. After all, some mental patients seem to be more normal when in the presence of people that she can relate to; it had worked with patients that he'd rehabilitated before. There've actually been cases that he'd seen.

He was right; when sitting at the table, Kelietya had finished her meal before everyone else, along with her seconds and thirds, and was ready to answer questions before anyone else had even eaten. The doctor actually liked the fact that his son was amazed by this mental patient. His son was sitting down and listening to someone talk, giving them his undivided attention; something that he'd never previously done, not even to his dad. She may've been crazy, but she was sure useful. Even though he couldn't explain the amazing strength, the tail being connected to her pelvic bone, the energy use, and the fact that she ate more than three times her daily allowance of food, he still felt that she was about as human as she could possibly be. Now, he shook his head; he was starting to believe her, and that was something that Psychiatrists should never do, no matter how convincing their patients were. If there was a cardinal sin of psychiatry, that would be it. But right now, let his son be awestruck by this female.

"So," the kid said, completely in awe of Kelietya. "What's your power level?"

She scratched her head, then turned to him. "Well, I'm the only female Saiyan elite, and my power level is somewhere in the range of thirty-thousand."

The kid suddenly seemed a bit frightened, as if he knew some knowledge of impending doom that she needed to know. "Kelietya?" He asked. "Aren't you afraid that your home planet will be ambushed by Frieza or Cooler, or any of them?"

She chuckled a bit. "Kid," she said, "Frieza's race died off three million years ago. Cold and his clan were convicted of war crimes, lined up and executed. I was there and I saw it with my own eyes. Sure, they were powerful. But they were nothing for a good firing squad."

He was a bit confused by that. "I thought that Frieza's power level was somewhere around twelve million!"

She laughed even harder this time. "Kid, his power level was thirteen million. But that's when we found out that his source of power was his body's enhancements. Once removed, he was about as harmless as a fly. Same case for Cold, Cooler, and the whole kit 'n caboodle."

And, the questions went on and on. Doctor Eckers just sat there and watched in amazement as son sat there amazed by the crazy woman sitting there beside him. He saw his son be a complete captive audience to her, and he wished that his son would've given him such an audience. Too bad he didn't have such interesting stories, even if hers were made up. When the evening ended, everyone had been wowed. The doctor had been simply flabbergasted by the woman's ability to amaze people. She'd also managed to pull off another truth-defying act, by holding up the car and saving his son. He thanked her, but still wondered how she could've done it.

Somehow, He thought, She must've convinced herself that she was this strong, had a tail, and could control chi.

Obviously, it was far-fetched. The only possible way, by normal human standards, was that she completely convinced herself of these things. The human mind has no limits, but we limit it down by believing it has limits. There've been all sorts of strange, inexplicable cases where people who believed things so strongly that they happened. There was a man who believed himself to be ill, despite the fact that doctors couldn't find a thing wrong with him. He died later that year of a disease so rare it'd only been seen one time before in all of human history. Unlikely, but these cases were true. This was, somehow, another one. A Woman who became a "Saiyan Warrior" simply by totally and completely convincing herself of it? The chances were astronomical! Even so, he still had some doubts, despite the fact that he'd not seen anything but rock-solid evidence that proved what she was saying was right. He just had to solve the problem somehow. He didn't know when she was "leaving" to "return" to her "home planet".