False Hope
chapter 3
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Immediately Goku was at Starr's side, checking to see the state that she was in. The Saiyan heard Vegeta growl, right before the Saiyan Prince took off in the direction that the blast had come from.
"Bulma, do you have the rejuvenation tank running yet?" Goku asked, looking at his blue haired friend.
"Yeah, its ready," Bulma replied. "But don't you have senzu beans?"
Goku shook his head sadly, "They're all gone." He gently picked up Starr, careful to keep her neck supported as to avoid any further damage. Nodding for Bulma to lead the way, he turned to Gohan.
"Son, go to Korin's tower and get some senzu beans from Yajerobe. They may not be ready, but I want you to go there anyway, just to check."
"Alright dad. I'll be back soon." Gohan turned around, and flew off into the sky, in the direction that Korin's home was located.
After his son was gone, Goku followed Bulma into her father's lab. They descended down a steep flight of stairs. Bulma stopped at a large white door and punched in a code on the numbers implanted into the wall, to admit them. The door gave a small beep and then slid open with ease. Once they were inside, Bulma walked over to a large computer and pressed a button that opened the glass door to the rejevanation tank. Goku leaned in and gently placed the young girl in. Trunks, who had come down with the group, had begun to help Goku connect Starr to all the equipment. As soon as the oxygen mask was placed upon Starr's mouth, Bulma pressed the button to close the hatch. The tank whirred to life and a blue liquidated substance began filling the chamber. Goku, Trunks and Bulma stood watching, hoping that their friend was all right.
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Vegeta growled, and took off in the direction from which the ki blast came from. The mighty prince looked around at the passing scenes but suddenly stopped, sniffing the air. He descended and landed on a small hill that was behind C.C. He sniffed the air some more, and growled.
~The blast came from here. The scent of a Crusetian is also here.~
Vegeta looked around some more, before walking up to the edge. he raised his hand as though he was going to fire a ki blast. He lined up his firing range to the spot that Starr had stood previously. Vegeta nodded to himself.
"Someone was trying to do Saluna in," Vegeta muttered to himself. He took off from the spot that he was in, and headed back towards where he lived.
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Goku and Trunks were just emerging from the lab when Vegeta touched down in the yard.
"Hey Vegeta, where'd you go?" Goku asked.
"That is none of your business, low-class," Vegeta growled in reply. The Saiyan prince walked past Goku, and directly into Capsule Corp.
"Geez, what's his problem?" Krillin muttered.
"I'm not sure, but I think it has something to do with that Quenandra character." Goku said, thinking aloud.
"Oh Goku, is Starr going to be alright?" Chichi asked her husband through teary eyes.
"Yeah Chi, she'll be fine. Once she gets out of the rejuvenation tank, she'll be stronger than she was before."
"Yeas, but she'll also be really pissed on top of that," Trunks pointed out. "We'll probably have to prevent her form filling someone." All the remaining Z fighters agreed. Goku sat on the ground to wait until Starr was finished recovering.
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"What's the matter Saluna? Monkey got your tongue?" The 7-year-old form of Starr kneeled on the cold ground of the space craft, clutching her stomach. She looked up, hate written all over her face, at the one who had taken her from her home and family.
"What did I do, Lord Frieza?" The young girl looked directly into the eyes of her enemy. Tears threatened to surface, but she refused to cry them. Vegeta's word kept echoing through her mind. 'Crying is for the weak Saluna, and you're not weak,'
"It's not what you did, its what you didn't do." Frieza laughed cruelly before kneeing the child in the face. Starr cried out in pain, and was thrown backwards.
"I... I don't understand." Starr whispered as she got back to her knees. blood now dripped from her forehead, and into her onyx eyes.
"What don't you understand, Saluna?" Frieza mocked as her picked her up be her shirt collar. "What don't you understand? I gave you orders to purge Galia, and did you do it? Well did you?!" Frieza slapped her hard across her face. Starr's head jerked to the right at the impact of the hit.
"No," she whispered. "Not the whole planet, but I thought-"
"You thought what, Saluna? You thought that all you had to do was kill the strongest? Well, let me inform you of something you stupid little monkey, purging means to kill every last trace of life on the planet!" Frieza tossed her into the air and kicked her hard in the stomach. The impact threw the Saiyan against the opposite wall. She hit with a bone shattering crash, and crumbled to the floor.
"Forgive me sire," Starr said whispering. "It won't happen again." Starr coughed up some blood as she struggled to her feet.
"No, I don't suspect that it will," Frieza walked out of the room, leaving an injured child to lie helpless against the wall.
~Father, why did you let him take me? Why didn't you try to stop him?~
As Starr was about to give in to the blackness, she heard the door open.
"Saluna," she heard her older sister Astra whisper. "What has he done to you?" Astra gathered her sister in her arms, and stood up.
"I won't make the same mistake twice Astra," Starr struggled to get the words out. "I'll show that he's wrong about me. I'll show him that I'm strong. I'm not weak." She whispered the last part.
Astra looked at her sister sympathetically.
"I know you're not Saluna, we all do." Astra turned around, and headed towards the recovery chambers of the ship.
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Bulma watched as bubbles came out from the oxygen mask. She watched as her young friend's face as it recoiled in pain. Bulma sighed and turned to face the statistics board. So far all signs were normal, indicating that Starr should be emerging from the tank in no longer than an hour at the most. The clock on the wall told Bulma that Starr had been in recovery for a couple hours now.
"Starr, I wonder what it is that you're dreaming about." Bulma muttered aloud. "What ever it is, it has to be bad."
"Well onna, if you were abused as a child do you think you would be having pleasant dreams?" A voice said from behind her. Bulma spun around, and came face-to-face with Vegeta.
"Where'd you come from? I didn't hear the door open."
"Does it really matter how I got in here?" Vegeta asked, shrugging. Bulma sighed.
"I guess not."
Vegeta turned and looked at Starr's face. He could clearly see the pain and agony of what she was dreaming about. As he looked at her, he could remember what his own childhood had been like. Sheer hell. Like what Starr went through. He softly sighed, and watched as Starr began to slowly open her eyes.
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"Lady Quenandra, mission accomplished." The figure said, bowing to the Crusetian.
"Oh really," Quenandra said, her tone venom. "Are you sure Tamon?"
"Ye-yes, m'lady. I saw her hit the ground after I attacked her. She's as dead as you can possibly get."
"Then what you're saying is that I'm sensing someone completely different with the same power reading as Saluna?" Quenandra lifted her head and stared directly at Tamon, making his blood run cold.
"Please Quenandra, give me another chance," Tamon pleaded to his leader.
"Tamon, you know that I don't give second chances." Fear began to show in the man's pale green eyes. "Either you succeed the first time, or you get punished."
"No, please. Have mercy," Tamon desperatly asked.
"Mercy, you what me to show you mercy?" Quenandra asked, as she raised her hand in front of her. "How's this for mercy? Distructo Cannon!!" Tamon cried out in pain as the neon blast struck him in the chest. Once the smoke cleared, the previously occupied space now only held ashes.
"Let this be a lesson to you all." Quenandra stated, addressing the rest of the warriors in the large room. "Fail me, and that is the mercy you will be shown." She stood up, and walked to the door, making sure to step on the ashes littering her floor.
"Kali, Enid, Quetha, come with me." The ruthless woman called to her most powerful warriors. "I guess the only way to have something done right, is to do it yourself." Quenandra and her three warriors headed down the long hallway that led to the space pods.
As she climbed in, Quenandra pressed a few buttons.
"Computer, set coordinates or the planet earth." The computer beeped, and the Crusetian felt the engines power up beneath her.
~Soon Saluna, I will have my revenge on my race, and my family~
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Starr squinted and slowly opened her eyes. Looking in front of herself, the Saiyan looked into the eyes of Vegeta who was watching her. She brought up her hand, and tapped on the glass to show that she was ready to come out.
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Bulma pressed a blue button as she saw Starr tap on the glass. Slowly the liquid began to drain, and the hatch lifted. Starr pulled off the oxygen mask, and climbed out of the tank.
"How do you feel?" Bulma asked her young friend.
"Like I got hit by a friggin train." The Saiyan answered as she raised her ki in order to dry off. "Do you know who attacked me?"
"One of Quenandra's minions," Vegeta answered. Starr smirked.
"I guess she'll be paying a visit since her pathetic minion didn't do the job." Vegeta nodded in agreement with Starr. The teen sighed, and stretched out her back.
"Well, I'm going to be doing some hard-core training. Nobody attacks me, and gets away with it." Starr turned and walked out of the recovery chamber. Vegeta, who didn't want to be alone with the blue haired woman, followed the girl. Bulma shook her head and sighed.
"You would think that they were going to war or something."
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A/N:: haha, there's chappie 3 for ya. like it? hate it? what? you did the first step, now do the second step. REVIEW!!!
oh, i forgot to do this earlier. normally i force conu to do it, but i think he ran away with the dish and the spoon.
DISCLAIMER:: I DO NOT OWN ANY PART OF DB/Z/GT. I OWN STARR REKU, Quenandra, AND ALL OF HER FLUNKIES. I ALSO OWN THIER PERSONAL ATTACKS.
hope to see you all next chapter.
ja ne
~starr~
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chapter 3
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Immediately Goku was at Starr's side, checking to see the state that she was in. The Saiyan heard Vegeta growl, right before the Saiyan Prince took off in the direction that the blast had come from.
"Bulma, do you have the rejuvenation tank running yet?" Goku asked, looking at his blue haired friend.
"Yeah, its ready," Bulma replied. "But don't you have senzu beans?"
Goku shook his head sadly, "They're all gone." He gently picked up Starr, careful to keep her neck supported as to avoid any further damage. Nodding for Bulma to lead the way, he turned to Gohan.
"Son, go to Korin's tower and get some senzu beans from Yajerobe. They may not be ready, but I want you to go there anyway, just to check."
"Alright dad. I'll be back soon." Gohan turned around, and flew off into the sky, in the direction that Korin's home was located.
After his son was gone, Goku followed Bulma into her father's lab. They descended down a steep flight of stairs. Bulma stopped at a large white door and punched in a code on the numbers implanted into the wall, to admit them. The door gave a small beep and then slid open with ease. Once they were inside, Bulma walked over to a large computer and pressed a button that opened the glass door to the rejevanation tank. Goku leaned in and gently placed the young girl in. Trunks, who had come down with the group, had begun to help Goku connect Starr to all the equipment. As soon as the oxygen mask was placed upon Starr's mouth, Bulma pressed the button to close the hatch. The tank whirred to life and a blue liquidated substance began filling the chamber. Goku, Trunks and Bulma stood watching, hoping that their friend was all right.
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Vegeta growled, and took off in the direction from which the ki blast came from. The mighty prince looked around at the passing scenes but suddenly stopped, sniffing the air. He descended and landed on a small hill that was behind C.C. He sniffed the air some more, and growled.
~The blast came from here. The scent of a Crusetian is also here.~
Vegeta looked around some more, before walking up to the edge. he raised his hand as though he was going to fire a ki blast. He lined up his firing range to the spot that Starr had stood previously. Vegeta nodded to himself.
"Someone was trying to do Saluna in," Vegeta muttered to himself. He took off from the spot that he was in, and headed back towards where he lived.
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Goku and Trunks were just emerging from the lab when Vegeta touched down in the yard.
"Hey Vegeta, where'd you go?" Goku asked.
"That is none of your business, low-class," Vegeta growled in reply. The Saiyan prince walked past Goku, and directly into Capsule Corp.
"Geez, what's his problem?" Krillin muttered.
"I'm not sure, but I think it has something to do with that Quenandra character." Goku said, thinking aloud.
"Oh Goku, is Starr going to be alright?" Chichi asked her husband through teary eyes.
"Yeah Chi, she'll be fine. Once she gets out of the rejuvenation tank, she'll be stronger than she was before."
"Yeas, but she'll also be really pissed on top of that," Trunks pointed out. "We'll probably have to prevent her form filling someone." All the remaining Z fighters agreed. Goku sat on the ground to wait until Starr was finished recovering.
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"What's the matter Saluna? Monkey got your tongue?" The 7-year-old form of Starr kneeled on the cold ground of the space craft, clutching her stomach. She looked up, hate written all over her face, at the one who had taken her from her home and family.
"What did I do, Lord Frieza?" The young girl looked directly into the eyes of her enemy. Tears threatened to surface, but she refused to cry them. Vegeta's word kept echoing through her mind. 'Crying is for the weak Saluna, and you're not weak,'
"It's not what you did, its what you didn't do." Frieza laughed cruelly before kneeing the child in the face. Starr cried out in pain, and was thrown backwards.
"I... I don't understand." Starr whispered as she got back to her knees. blood now dripped from her forehead, and into her onyx eyes.
"What don't you understand, Saluna?" Frieza mocked as her picked her up be her shirt collar. "What don't you understand? I gave you orders to purge Galia, and did you do it? Well did you?!" Frieza slapped her hard across her face. Starr's head jerked to the right at the impact of the hit.
"No," she whispered. "Not the whole planet, but I thought-"
"You thought what, Saluna? You thought that all you had to do was kill the strongest? Well, let me inform you of something you stupid little monkey, purging means to kill every last trace of life on the planet!" Frieza tossed her into the air and kicked her hard in the stomach. The impact threw the Saiyan against the opposite wall. She hit with a bone shattering crash, and crumbled to the floor.
"Forgive me sire," Starr said whispering. "It won't happen again." Starr coughed up some blood as she struggled to her feet.
"No, I don't suspect that it will," Frieza walked out of the room, leaving an injured child to lie helpless against the wall.
~Father, why did you let him take me? Why didn't you try to stop him?~
As Starr was about to give in to the blackness, she heard the door open.
"Saluna," she heard her older sister Astra whisper. "What has he done to you?" Astra gathered her sister in her arms, and stood up.
"I won't make the same mistake twice Astra," Starr struggled to get the words out. "I'll show that he's wrong about me. I'll show him that I'm strong. I'm not weak." She whispered the last part.
Astra looked at her sister sympathetically.
"I know you're not Saluna, we all do." Astra turned around, and headed towards the recovery chambers of the ship.
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Bulma watched as bubbles came out from the oxygen mask. She watched as her young friend's face as it recoiled in pain. Bulma sighed and turned to face the statistics board. So far all signs were normal, indicating that Starr should be emerging from the tank in no longer than an hour at the most. The clock on the wall told Bulma that Starr had been in recovery for a couple hours now.
"Starr, I wonder what it is that you're dreaming about." Bulma muttered aloud. "What ever it is, it has to be bad."
"Well onna, if you were abused as a child do you think you would be having pleasant dreams?" A voice said from behind her. Bulma spun around, and came face-to-face with Vegeta.
"Where'd you come from? I didn't hear the door open."
"Does it really matter how I got in here?" Vegeta asked, shrugging. Bulma sighed.
"I guess not."
Vegeta turned and looked at Starr's face. He could clearly see the pain and agony of what she was dreaming about. As he looked at her, he could remember what his own childhood had been like. Sheer hell. Like what Starr went through. He softly sighed, and watched as Starr began to slowly open her eyes.
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"Lady Quenandra, mission accomplished." The figure said, bowing to the Crusetian.
"Oh really," Quenandra said, her tone venom. "Are you sure Tamon?"
"Ye-yes, m'lady. I saw her hit the ground after I attacked her. She's as dead as you can possibly get."
"Then what you're saying is that I'm sensing someone completely different with the same power reading as Saluna?" Quenandra lifted her head and stared directly at Tamon, making his blood run cold.
"Please Quenandra, give me another chance," Tamon pleaded to his leader.
"Tamon, you know that I don't give second chances." Fear began to show in the man's pale green eyes. "Either you succeed the first time, or you get punished."
"No, please. Have mercy," Tamon desperatly asked.
"Mercy, you what me to show you mercy?" Quenandra asked, as she raised her hand in front of her. "How's this for mercy? Distructo Cannon!!" Tamon cried out in pain as the neon blast struck him in the chest. Once the smoke cleared, the previously occupied space now only held ashes.
"Let this be a lesson to you all." Quenandra stated, addressing the rest of the warriors in the large room. "Fail me, and that is the mercy you will be shown." She stood up, and walked to the door, making sure to step on the ashes littering her floor.
"Kali, Enid, Quetha, come with me." The ruthless woman called to her most powerful warriors. "I guess the only way to have something done right, is to do it yourself." Quenandra and her three warriors headed down the long hallway that led to the space pods.
As she climbed in, Quenandra pressed a few buttons.
"Computer, set coordinates or the planet earth." The computer beeped, and the Crusetian felt the engines power up beneath her.
~Soon Saluna, I will have my revenge on my race, and my family~
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Starr squinted and slowly opened her eyes. Looking in front of herself, the Saiyan looked into the eyes of Vegeta who was watching her. She brought up her hand, and tapped on the glass to show that she was ready to come out.
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Bulma pressed a blue button as she saw Starr tap on the glass. Slowly the liquid began to drain, and the hatch lifted. Starr pulled off the oxygen mask, and climbed out of the tank.
"How do you feel?" Bulma asked her young friend.
"Like I got hit by a friggin train." The Saiyan answered as she raised her ki in order to dry off. "Do you know who attacked me?"
"One of Quenandra's minions," Vegeta answered. Starr smirked.
"I guess she'll be paying a visit since her pathetic minion didn't do the job." Vegeta nodded in agreement with Starr. The teen sighed, and stretched out her back.
"Well, I'm going to be doing some hard-core training. Nobody attacks me, and gets away with it." Starr turned and walked out of the recovery chamber. Vegeta, who didn't want to be alone with the blue haired woman, followed the girl. Bulma shook her head and sighed.
"You would think that they were going to war or something."
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A/N:: haha, there's chappie 3 for ya. like it? hate it? what? you did the first step, now do the second step. REVIEW!!!
oh, i forgot to do this earlier. normally i force conu to do it, but i think he ran away with the dish and the spoon.
DISCLAIMER:: I DO NOT OWN ANY PART OF DB/Z/GT. I OWN STARR REKU, Quenandra, AND ALL OF HER FLUNKIES. I ALSO OWN THIER PERSONAL ATTACKS.
hope to see you all next chapter.
ja ne
~starr~
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