Ha ha, stupid me! I messed up twice with this chapter! Well here goes it's
third posting!
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HAKKEN
Pan walked cautiously down the dank, narrow street. Strange characters seemed to lurk in the shadows everywhere and Pan could feel the goose bumps grow on her arms. It had been almost a week since they arrived on Hakken and Pan had little trouble getting away from Goku and Trunks, both were off doing kami knows what. 'Where is that stupid seer's shop?' She had followed her lead and found out about a mystic. Her eyes rolled over each shops signs, the strange symbols in the neon lights jumbled together in Pan's vision. 'I should have asked for better directions.' Holding up the paper she had scribbled the correct symbols on she examined each doorway more closely.
"Ah ha!" she exclaimed in triumph, "Gotcha." With a quick peek over her shoulders to make sure she wasn't being watched she ducked into the dark, dank store.
Inside Pan was overwhelmed by the smell of incense. 'Phew!' She cursed her clumsiness as she got caught in a beaded curtain. "Hello, is anyone here?" A faint moaning from the other room caught her ear. "I uh, need your help." She untangled herself and cautiously walked into the smaller room that was filled with candles and more incense. In the middle of the room on a woven mat sat an old female creature with pale purple skin and white hair. Pan gulped. 'She looks like the Kaioshin.' The old woman looked up into Pan's face, her deep blue eyes bore straight through Pan's dark eyes.
"I know why you came here, and it is the wrong question you want to ask." The voice was rough, but feminine.
Pan nervously sat down on the edge of the mat. "What do you mean?"
The old woman pulled a small blue orb from out of her robes. "You wish to know who is the destroyer of your world and where to find them. Correct?"
"Yes." Pan said hesitantly.
"The price is 41 Lunari crystals."
Pan pulled out a small bag filled with the green crystals and gently tossed it to the woman. The alien she had met at the Information Hall in the first sector of Suma told her that the seer only accepted crystals from the Lunari moon. "I heard you didn't accept credit money."
"I do not put faith in technology." The old woman weighed the bag with her hand. Satisfied she slipped it into her robe and picked up the orb. She began to stroke the orb with one of her hands and to Pan's amazement it began to glow brightly. It's intensity of color filled the room in an eerie glow. "The problem is much bigger than that. Other worlds have fallen to the evil Empire of Akuma."
"Akuma?"
"He is the evil that has existed for millenniums. It was he that gave the monster wizard Bibidi his powers. Bibidi, however, betrayed him and imprisoned Akuma in his birthplace, another dimension void of light and life. Akuma escaped from his imprisonment with the help of negative energy."
"Negative energy?"
"All positive force has negative force to counteract it. During the last twenty years there has been great changes in the balance of ki. Akuma had managed to manifest the negative energy and use it to escape his prison."
Pan sat dumbfounded by the information. Then she began to laugh hysterically. "Nice try lady, that was a pretty good story, could have used a pirate though."
A cold gust of wind blew into the shop from nowhere, blowing all the candles out, the only light in the room came from the orb, but now it shone red like fire. The old seer's skin seemed to be a bright magenta in the light of the orb. Pan jumped tensely as she felt a ki rise, unlike anything she had ever felt before.
SPACE: OUTSIDE HAKKEN'S SOLAR SYSTEM
The insect like ships slipped past the solar system's radar and proceeded to fly towards Hakken, un-noticed. "General Xemit, you were correct, our brigade made it by without a hitch."
"Of course I was right, what did you expect?" Xemit took another sip from the goblet he held in his hand.
"Nothing sir, you were right as always."
"Remember that peon! Now go do your worthless job!"
"Yes sir!" The attendant bowed and scurried away from the General.
Xemit finished his drink and placed the goblet on the table beside him. 'Well Cauli, why did you want to come to Hakken so bad? There must be something very special to you if you were so willing to travel out here so far into enemy territory.' The insect like General left his post in the control room and walked on his tall legs towards his chambers. Attendants and other members of the crew hurried past him in desperate attempts to get away from the ill-tempered Xemit. 'Whatever was on that planet will be nothing more than space dust when I am through ripping Hakken apart.'
PLANET HAKKEN
'It's coming from the old lady!' Pan thought wildly as the wind continued to whip around her hair. The wind suddenly died and the candles flickered back on. The high ki lowered and disappeared. Pan stared at the old woman with her jaw wide open. "How?" croaked Pan, "how did you do that?"
"I can do many things but that isn't what you should ask. Akuma destroyed your home planet to collect valuable resources on it."
"What resources?"
The old woman smiled. "That is not for you to know yet."
"So it was Akuma, is that why there was an 'A' on that ship on Namek?"
"Correct, it is his symbol."
Pan digested the news. 'Akuma. That is it's name.' She looked back up at the woman with uncertain eyes. "How could one thing bring down an entire planet?" Pan choked a bit as she thought back on Earth and it's defeated protectors.
"Akuma dealt with dark magic. He must have created an evil life force to bring down the might warriors of your home."
"What do you mean 'might'? Don't you know?" Pan demanded angrily. Pan felt the ki begin to rise again. "I take it back!" Pan waited for her heartbeat to slow down before continuing. "Alright, where can I find this....thing?"
The old woman paused her constant stroking of the blue orb and stared deeply into Pan's eyes. "He'll find you."
Pan opened her mouth to begin another question when a large explosion ripped through the store, caving in the walls and trapping Pan and the seer inside.
SPACE: HAKKEN'S ATMOSPHERE
"General Xemit, we have fired several long range shots and are ready to proceed with sending in the troops."
"Go ahead, but leave most of the capital in tact. I personally want to participate in its destruction." Xemit smiled underneath his pincers as he watched the officer relay the message to the troops with a tele- communicator. 'This just might be fun.'
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HAKKEN
Pan walked cautiously down the dank, narrow street. Strange characters seemed to lurk in the shadows everywhere and Pan could feel the goose bumps grow on her arms. It had been almost a week since they arrived on Hakken and Pan had little trouble getting away from Goku and Trunks, both were off doing kami knows what. 'Where is that stupid seer's shop?' She had followed her lead and found out about a mystic. Her eyes rolled over each shops signs, the strange symbols in the neon lights jumbled together in Pan's vision. 'I should have asked for better directions.' Holding up the paper she had scribbled the correct symbols on she examined each doorway more closely.
"Ah ha!" she exclaimed in triumph, "Gotcha." With a quick peek over her shoulders to make sure she wasn't being watched she ducked into the dark, dank store.
Inside Pan was overwhelmed by the smell of incense. 'Phew!' She cursed her clumsiness as she got caught in a beaded curtain. "Hello, is anyone here?" A faint moaning from the other room caught her ear. "I uh, need your help." She untangled herself and cautiously walked into the smaller room that was filled with candles and more incense. In the middle of the room on a woven mat sat an old female creature with pale purple skin and white hair. Pan gulped. 'She looks like the Kaioshin.' The old woman looked up into Pan's face, her deep blue eyes bore straight through Pan's dark eyes.
"I know why you came here, and it is the wrong question you want to ask." The voice was rough, but feminine.
Pan nervously sat down on the edge of the mat. "What do you mean?"
The old woman pulled a small blue orb from out of her robes. "You wish to know who is the destroyer of your world and where to find them. Correct?"
"Yes." Pan said hesitantly.
"The price is 41 Lunari crystals."
Pan pulled out a small bag filled with the green crystals and gently tossed it to the woman. The alien she had met at the Information Hall in the first sector of Suma told her that the seer only accepted crystals from the Lunari moon. "I heard you didn't accept credit money."
"I do not put faith in technology." The old woman weighed the bag with her hand. Satisfied she slipped it into her robe and picked up the orb. She began to stroke the orb with one of her hands and to Pan's amazement it began to glow brightly. It's intensity of color filled the room in an eerie glow. "The problem is much bigger than that. Other worlds have fallen to the evil Empire of Akuma."
"Akuma?"
"He is the evil that has existed for millenniums. It was he that gave the monster wizard Bibidi his powers. Bibidi, however, betrayed him and imprisoned Akuma in his birthplace, another dimension void of light and life. Akuma escaped from his imprisonment with the help of negative energy."
"Negative energy?"
"All positive force has negative force to counteract it. During the last twenty years there has been great changes in the balance of ki. Akuma had managed to manifest the negative energy and use it to escape his prison."
Pan sat dumbfounded by the information. Then she began to laugh hysterically. "Nice try lady, that was a pretty good story, could have used a pirate though."
A cold gust of wind blew into the shop from nowhere, blowing all the candles out, the only light in the room came from the orb, but now it shone red like fire. The old seer's skin seemed to be a bright magenta in the light of the orb. Pan jumped tensely as she felt a ki rise, unlike anything she had ever felt before.
SPACE: OUTSIDE HAKKEN'S SOLAR SYSTEM
The insect like ships slipped past the solar system's radar and proceeded to fly towards Hakken, un-noticed. "General Xemit, you were correct, our brigade made it by without a hitch."
"Of course I was right, what did you expect?" Xemit took another sip from the goblet he held in his hand.
"Nothing sir, you were right as always."
"Remember that peon! Now go do your worthless job!"
"Yes sir!" The attendant bowed and scurried away from the General.
Xemit finished his drink and placed the goblet on the table beside him. 'Well Cauli, why did you want to come to Hakken so bad? There must be something very special to you if you were so willing to travel out here so far into enemy territory.' The insect like General left his post in the control room and walked on his tall legs towards his chambers. Attendants and other members of the crew hurried past him in desperate attempts to get away from the ill-tempered Xemit. 'Whatever was on that planet will be nothing more than space dust when I am through ripping Hakken apart.'
PLANET HAKKEN
'It's coming from the old lady!' Pan thought wildly as the wind continued to whip around her hair. The wind suddenly died and the candles flickered back on. The high ki lowered and disappeared. Pan stared at the old woman with her jaw wide open. "How?" croaked Pan, "how did you do that?"
"I can do many things but that isn't what you should ask. Akuma destroyed your home planet to collect valuable resources on it."
"What resources?"
The old woman smiled. "That is not for you to know yet."
"So it was Akuma, is that why there was an 'A' on that ship on Namek?"
"Correct, it is his symbol."
Pan digested the news. 'Akuma. That is it's name.' She looked back up at the woman with uncertain eyes. "How could one thing bring down an entire planet?" Pan choked a bit as she thought back on Earth and it's defeated protectors.
"Akuma dealt with dark magic. He must have created an evil life force to bring down the might warriors of your home."
"What do you mean 'might'? Don't you know?" Pan demanded angrily. Pan felt the ki begin to rise again. "I take it back!" Pan waited for her heartbeat to slow down before continuing. "Alright, where can I find this....thing?"
The old woman paused her constant stroking of the blue orb and stared deeply into Pan's eyes. "He'll find you."
Pan opened her mouth to begin another question when a large explosion ripped through the store, caving in the walls and trapping Pan and the seer inside.
SPACE: HAKKEN'S ATMOSPHERE
"General Xemit, we have fired several long range shots and are ready to proceed with sending in the troops."
"Go ahead, but leave most of the capital in tact. I personally want to participate in its destruction." Xemit smiled underneath his pincers as he watched the officer relay the message to the troops with a tele- communicator. 'This just might be fun.'