{FOREVER DARK}
Chapter 3
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all. none. A burning civilization. A civilization. gone. War. No life. Death. His eyes shot open he jumped up, his eyes darting about. His senses heightened. He then realized what he had just seen was not real. Piccolo relaxed some his vision had been exceptionally violent. The end of a planet. What caused it or what planet is was wasn't clear. But if there was one thing that he knew: his visions if they were from far in the future they were fuzzy and did not last long. They cleared up and got longer the closer the event came. That vision was vivid and lengthy. For a moment he stood at indecision what to do; tell someone or to try to see something more while the moment was still there. He sat down and shuddered, even though the vision had succeeded in scaring him he knew that he had to endure more of it. Closing his eyes. Nothing came to him.
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"Something wrong with piccolo he has been meditating for more than a day straight". Dende said with a truly worried look on his face. Well how long does he usually meditate for." Goku asked thoughtfully. "I'm sure he just lost track of time" he added trying to ease dende's worry. "For thirty hours! It's not possible; he would have had to felt his thirst. He's pushing his limits and that takes will power not just a captivating dream." "I guess" goku said disheartened. Piccolo stood, he was mentally exhausted and thirsty he was alone on the lookout dende and mr.popo had gone capsule corp. to speak to the z- fighters. piccolo walked to the edge of the lookout and flew as fast as he could.
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"so why did you come to us" vegeta retorted. "You want us to tap him on the shoulder for you?" "I'm sure he would be mad if he was seeing something important." Dende said playing defense. "besides it takes a lot to wake someone who's meditating." "so we'll beat him till he's conscious" vegeta said not caring in the slightest about the situation. He had felt piccolo's departure from the lookout but had not bothering to mention it. Piccolo was getting close and wasn't slowing but he was aiming for the door. Vegeta had been feeling this and stood and walked to the front door where he leaned heavily against the door. It cracked but no one looked. it was well known that vegeta's muscle weight could break some chairs, so to a little wall creaking nobody paid any mind. But when his ki level dropped to somewhere around the level of an ant, the z- fighters noticed. "what are you do-." THUD!! "-ing." "no one breaks down my door except me" he stated before walking back to the couch and sitting down. Goku opened the door to a bruised piccolo, who was immediately helped inside by every one in the room; except of course for vegeta who watched from his sitting position. "what happened?" bulma asked. "wa..water." piccolo managed to gasp out. "oh, sorry" if forgot you haven't drank anything." Bulma responded with a pitcher of water and a glass. She poured him a glass, but piccolo had other plans. He grabbed the pitcher and drank the entire thing. After he was done he finished off the glass also. "are you aware that you just drank a whole galloon of water?" coronus asked thoroughly surprised by the scene at hand. "yes we namecks my not eat but we drink a lot to make up for it." Dende answered for him. It took piccolo around ten minuets to begin to digest the water after which he immediately felt better. "so, don't keep us in suspense." "It started around yesterday: I was in my daily meditations when I saw something. It was a vision which I saw the end of a planet. But I don't know which one it was. All that I know is that it involves a weapon. A big one, that a lot of people want and something happens and they lose control and then.." "Boom" vegeta yelled making everyone jump. You people are to tense". Bulma did not like that. "oh, you want to talk about tense tight ass! The stick up your ass has stick up it's ass." She exploded. "I wasn't aware that sticks had asses miss 'I have an iq of 241.'" "ENOUGH!" Coronus yelled "we don't have time for your petty arguments. There is a world at stake and we don't know which one it is. Now piccolo, did you see any specific kinds of technology in your vision?" piccolo thought for a moment. "no". "what about land marks" tien said finally speaking. "yes, yes a tower. A big one, in the middle of a city. It had sections too and all of them had windows tons of windows. And it had six big supports. And ummm. it was not finished not by a long shot, it looked like it had barely been worked on." Coronus looked grave. "tell me, was it blue?" "Yes, why?" coronus' facial expression went blank and then upset. "it's umm. it's earth. The other earth. And the tower is sky city. In Tokyo." The room was silent. "what are we going to do?" bulma said crestfallen. "Do you have any idea your planet would develop such a weapon" piccolo chimed in. "no" he responded. Vegeta choose that time to speak. "well first you need to establish what kind of weapon this is, second how much time, money and what kind of materials it takes to manufacture, third who has the resources to build it and finally who has a motive." More silence. "that was surprisingly smart". Tien quipped. "be silent and listen to wisdom when you hear it". Vegeta retaliated. "So what kind of bomb are we dealing with? Nuclear?". "No that would not be powerful enough." Bulma said. "so what is more powerful than a nuke?" coronus inquired. "Antimatter". Bulma moaned with unfathomable dread for the word. "oh shit." That was all that anyone said for some time. Gohan, not fully understanding the power of the word decided to break the silence. "what's so bad about it, it's just another bomb, right?" "gohan, antimatter is the most powerful force in the universe. it is so powerful that if somebody got enough they could blow up a planet, star or maybe even part of a galaxy, were talking shockwaves that travel for parsecs." Coronus finished, resuming the silence. "There are only two or three countries that can produce that." "So what we do?" Goku interjected. "We lay low and wait". Coronus said standing. "wait!? Wait for what the end of that world" goku asked distraught that there was nothing he could do. "we will wait for a sign" vegeta said understanding the strategy that they were undertaking. "Until then we train but one other question" tien added "why? Why did they make the bomb in the first place." I don't know nor do I care. they have no reason to make something like that and they will be punished for it." Coronus answered "I'd rather die than have all those people pay the price for it." "one last thing" bulma amended "keep this news about the bomb secret. If it gets out into the universe that it can be made, it will start an arms race. And then no one will be safe.
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all. none. A burning civilization. A civilization. gone. War. No life. Death. His eyes shot open he jumped up, his eyes darting about. His senses heightened. He then realized what he had just seen was not real. Piccolo relaxed some his vision had been exceptionally violent. The end of a planet. What caused it or what planet is was wasn't clear. But if there was one thing that he knew: his visions if they were from far in the future they were fuzzy and did not last long. They cleared up and got longer the closer the event came. That vision was vivid and lengthy. For a moment he stood at indecision what to do; tell someone or to try to see something more while the moment was still there. He sat down and shuddered, even though the vision had succeeded in scaring him he knew that he had to endure more of it. Closing his eyes. Nothing came to him.
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"Something wrong with piccolo he has been meditating for more than a day straight". Dende said with a truly worried look on his face. Well how long does he usually meditate for." Goku asked thoughtfully. "I'm sure he just lost track of time" he added trying to ease dende's worry. "For thirty hours! It's not possible; he would have had to felt his thirst. He's pushing his limits and that takes will power not just a captivating dream." "I guess" goku said disheartened. Piccolo stood, he was mentally exhausted and thirsty he was alone on the lookout dende and mr.popo had gone capsule corp. to speak to the z- fighters. piccolo walked to the edge of the lookout and flew as fast as he could.
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"so why did you come to us" vegeta retorted. "You want us to tap him on the shoulder for you?" "I'm sure he would be mad if he was seeing something important." Dende said playing defense. "besides it takes a lot to wake someone who's meditating." "so we'll beat him till he's conscious" vegeta said not caring in the slightest about the situation. He had felt piccolo's departure from the lookout but had not bothering to mention it. Piccolo was getting close and wasn't slowing but he was aiming for the door. Vegeta had been feeling this and stood and walked to the front door where he leaned heavily against the door. It cracked but no one looked. it was well known that vegeta's muscle weight could break some chairs, so to a little wall creaking nobody paid any mind. But when his ki level dropped to somewhere around the level of an ant, the z- fighters noticed. "what are you do-." THUD!! "-ing." "no one breaks down my door except me" he stated before walking back to the couch and sitting down. Goku opened the door to a bruised piccolo, who was immediately helped inside by every one in the room; except of course for vegeta who watched from his sitting position. "what happened?" bulma asked. "wa..water." piccolo managed to gasp out. "oh, sorry" if forgot you haven't drank anything." Bulma responded with a pitcher of water and a glass. She poured him a glass, but piccolo had other plans. He grabbed the pitcher and drank the entire thing. After he was done he finished off the glass also. "are you aware that you just drank a whole galloon of water?" coronus asked thoroughly surprised by the scene at hand. "yes we namecks my not eat but we drink a lot to make up for it." Dende answered for him. It took piccolo around ten minuets to begin to digest the water after which he immediately felt better. "so, don't keep us in suspense." "It started around yesterday: I was in my daily meditations when I saw something. It was a vision which I saw the end of a planet. But I don't know which one it was. All that I know is that it involves a weapon. A big one, that a lot of people want and something happens and they lose control and then.." "Boom" vegeta yelled making everyone jump. You people are to tense". Bulma did not like that. "oh, you want to talk about tense tight ass! The stick up your ass has stick up it's ass." She exploded. "I wasn't aware that sticks had asses miss 'I have an iq of 241.'" "ENOUGH!" Coronus yelled "we don't have time for your petty arguments. There is a world at stake and we don't know which one it is. Now piccolo, did you see any specific kinds of technology in your vision?" piccolo thought for a moment. "no". "what about land marks" tien said finally speaking. "yes, yes a tower. A big one, in the middle of a city. It had sections too and all of them had windows tons of windows. And it had six big supports. And ummm. it was not finished not by a long shot, it looked like it had barely been worked on." Coronus looked grave. "tell me, was it blue?" "Yes, why?" coronus' facial expression went blank and then upset. "it's umm. it's earth. The other earth. And the tower is sky city. In Tokyo." The room was silent. "what are we going to do?" bulma said crestfallen. "Do you have any idea your planet would develop such a weapon" piccolo chimed in. "no" he responded. Vegeta choose that time to speak. "well first you need to establish what kind of weapon this is, second how much time, money and what kind of materials it takes to manufacture, third who has the resources to build it and finally who has a motive." More silence. "that was surprisingly smart". Tien quipped. "be silent and listen to wisdom when you hear it". Vegeta retaliated. "So what kind of bomb are we dealing with? Nuclear?". "No that would not be powerful enough." Bulma said. "so what is more powerful than a nuke?" coronus inquired. "Antimatter". Bulma moaned with unfathomable dread for the word. "oh shit." That was all that anyone said for some time. Gohan, not fully understanding the power of the word decided to break the silence. "what's so bad about it, it's just another bomb, right?" "gohan, antimatter is the most powerful force in the universe. it is so powerful that if somebody got enough they could blow up a planet, star or maybe even part of a galaxy, were talking shockwaves that travel for parsecs." Coronus finished, resuming the silence. "There are only two or three countries that can produce that." "So what we do?" Goku interjected. "We lay low and wait". Coronus said standing. "wait!? Wait for what the end of that world" goku asked distraught that there was nothing he could do. "we will wait for a sign" vegeta said understanding the strategy that they were undertaking. "Until then we train but one other question" tien added "why? Why did they make the bomb in the first place." I don't know nor do I care. they have no reason to make something like that and they will be punished for it." Coronus answered "I'd rather die than have all those people pay the price for it." "one last thing" bulma amended "keep this news about the bomb secret. If it gets out into the universe that it can be made, it will start an arms race. And then no one will be safe.