~ Chapter Five ~
Kickarrot: La Li Ho!!! I'm back with yet another chapter.
Victus Letum: Another Chapter means more reviews, more review means that no one who reads this and reviews doesn't get hurt. ::smiles evilly and looks at the readers as she play with her knife::
Kickarrot: Victus stop scaring the readers!
Victus Letum: Why!? It's fun to scare them . . .
Kickarrot: Yeah, but if you scare them all way, we won't have any readers. ::Victus sighs:: I don't own any Andromeda, DBZ, or SM that I mention.
'thinking' ^change of place^
Itouto San = little sister / Arigato = Thank you
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Goten walked into Trunks' room, he saw Trunks' jacket on the bed, he looked for the handkerchief, he found it, and started to leave.
"She's very different, then any of the others. I mean a human's ki shouldn't be that high or that powerful." stated Gohan as Goten move closer to them talk, Trunks and Gohan's room were joined by the bathroom.
"What did she say Vegeta?" questioned Piccolo.
"She said Kakarrot's name then something about him being the first Legionary Super Saiyan." answered Vegeta as he leaned up against the wall, Goten stayed quite and listened.
"How did she know? Unless she can read minds or have visions, is that even possible?" commented Trunks.
"Beka told me that Dylan's itouto san is adopted, so it might be that her real family have that gift." stated Denda, they all looked at him.
"What do they call this gift?" asked Goku.
"On Nemak we called it the sight, each race calls it something different. Some call it a blessing, while others call it a curse, but everyone is frightened of the power." answered Denda.
Goten quietly walked out of Trunks room, then went to look for Liz, while the adults still talked.
"Trunks, do you still have that handkerchief that you wiped her blood on it?" asked Goku, Trunks nodded, then walked into his' room to get his' jacket.
"It's not here . . . it's gone." claimed Trunks as he walked back into Gohan's room.
"Dad, Goten's scent is on the jacket." stated Gohan.
^Dylan's room^
"He called you tenshi?" questioned Rommie
"Yes, he called me an Angel." answered Liz as she played with her long hair.
"The question is why he would call you that?"
"Because Mr. Hunt she looks like one." commented Goten as he walked through the door, they all looked at him, he climbed on her lap.
"Why do you think I'm a tenshi?" asked Liz.
"You look like one, and your really nice."
"Arigato kid. Why don't you go find Marian and play with her?" stated Liz as she set him down, he nodded as he hand her the handkerchief that she asked for, then he left.
"So I guess we should get rid of that?" comment Rommie after Goten left, Liz nodded, then dropped it on the ground, and sent a ki blast to it. Dylan and Rommie looked at her, she grinned, then got up and left.
Liz walked quietly to her room, she stopped outside her door, she sighed, and thought about what Goten said.
"What are you doing Chibi Onna?" asked Vegeta as he walked out of his' room, she looked at him, then went into her room, Vegeta followed.
"Get the hell out of my room." she order as she turned and looked at him.
"Make me, Chibi Onna."
Liz created a ki blast, she threw it at him, Vegeta disappeared and reappeared behind her, she looked around, but didn't see him. Vegeta grabbed her right arm, he pulled it behind her back, she gasped, his' tail wrapped around her left wrist, his' other hand was next to her face with an ki blast in his' hand, Liz cursed to herself for letting him win that round.
"That was fun Chibi Onna, but how about we take this to the next level? Come spar with me." whispered Vegeta in her ear, she growled.
"Goku said I had to rest today . . ." hissed Liz.
"I don't gave a damn what Kakarrot told you, I want to spar with you. Chibi Onna I know that you were holding back when you were fighting with boys, so why don't you show me your power . . . or are you too weak to show me?" Vegeta edge on with a grin.
"I am not weak!" Liz growled, then realized that she had play right into his' hand, he snickered, then let go of her, and started to walk out of the room.
"Are you coming or do I have to carry you there?" questioned Vegeta as he looked over his' shoulder at her, she walked pass him, and to the gravity room.
When they got there, Liz was about to set the gravity, but Vegeta stepped in front of her, and set it himself. Vegeta grinned as he turned around to see her on the floor kneeling, Liz tried to stand, she looked at Vegeta who was still grinning and was snickering.
"How much did you put the gravity on?" she inquiry as she stood.
"500 . . ."
"Vegeta are you nuts! I can hardly move under this much gravity, how do you expect me to spar!?"
"Listen Chibi Onna, I have a feeling that you can move under this gravity, you just don't want anyone to know that you can and your true power level." stated Vegeta as he walked up to her, Liz back way from him, then powered up to the point where she couldn't feel the gravity.
Vegeta was still grinning as he watched her get into her fight stance, he did the same, Liz flew at him, he block the punch she threw at him, then kicked her, which she blocked. They were even for awhile, Vegeta threw an energy blast at her, she did a back flip to move out of the way, she looked up to were Vegeta had been to see that he was gone, all the sudden she felt his' ki behind her. She looked behind her to see him grinning, he created another energy blast, she knew she wouldn't have enough time to move, he released it at her, it hit her back, and she flew towards the wall. Liz stopped herself before she hit the wall, she turned, she was pissed, but she know that she couldn't let her power get out of control. She grinned, then closed her eyes, she started to create an energy blast in her hand, but also behind Vegeta.
"Reflection Image" she shouted as she released the blast at him, Vegeta grinned as the blast neared him. He hit it away from him, then looked at her, he was shocked to see her still grinning.
'What the hell is she grinning about?' Vegeta asked himself as the blast from behind hit him in the back, Liz flew at him, and kneed him in the stomach. She whirled around, and kicked him in the back, which sent him flying into the wall (Kickarrot: don't worry he's not going to let her do this much longer . . .), then she fire several energy blast at him. Vegeta looked up to see them coming, he grinned, then disappeared, he reappeared in front of her, she started to back up, only to be stop by him grabbing her arm.
"That was good Chibi Onna, but not good enough!"
They sparred for another hour, Vegeta was winning now, Liz on the other hand had blood running down her right arm from a cut that was made by one of his energy blast, she was kneeling on the floor, she was tired.
"Gallic Gun!"
The blast came at Liz, she knew that the only thing she could do was shield herself from it, she stood up, and shield herself. Liz was thrown into the wall, when the smoke cleared, Vegeta saw Liz laying on the floor, she sat up, and looked at him.
"Looks like I won Chibi Onna, that was fun, we should do that again sometime." Vegeta commented as she got up, and walked towards the door. She walked out of the gravity room, Trunks and Gohan walked into the training room to see Liz walk out of the gravity room, they both looked at her then were at her side in a second.
"Liz what did you do to your self?" asked Gohan, Liz growled at his' touch, Trunks look at the gravity room door and saw his' father standing there. Trunks looked at him, then at Gohan, who had followed Trunks gaze, he looked back at Trunks.
"Gohan, let go of me." Liz hissed as she felt Vegeta ki enter the room.
"No, your too weak to support yous . . ." Trunks started to say, but stop when he saw the look on her face. She pushed away from Gohan, and walked out of the room, Trunks and Gohan looked at Vegeta, he grinned at the two demi-Saiyan, he knew he was going to have some more fun.
^ The Eternal Dragon ^
Liz walked onto her ship, she felt a weak ki on board, she went looking for the owner of the ki, she found Bulma picking up some of the ship's part.
"What are you doing in here?" asked Liz as she leaned against the wall, Bulma turned and looked at her.
"Oh, just looking for some parts on this junk ship." answered Bulma.
"Junk ship, huh?"
"Yeah. . ."
"Drop what you have in your hand and get the hell out of my ship!" order Liz as she grabbed her part from Bulma, who jumped at her tone of voice.
"This rust bucket is your ship?" asked Bulma.
"Hai, so get off this ship or be thrown off." Liz answered as she pushed Bulma towards the exit, as Harper came up the ramp.
"Liz what happen to you?"
"Sparring . . . Harper keep this Onna off my ship . . . now both of you get off my ship." Liz hissed as she pushed Bulma towards Harper, they both walked down the ramp, and Liz closed the back of the ship.
"Kami what was that girl's problem?" comment Bulma.
"Her problem is that her best friend died protecting her and that ship is the only thing she has left of him." answered Harper as he looked at Bulma, he like her, but she seemed a little prima donna for herself.
"Oh . . .gomen."
"You need to tell her that when she cools down, you don't want to be around her or you will hear death threats." stated Harper as they walked to Bulma's ship, she laughed.
"That sound like Vegeta . . ." They continued to talk as they walked.
^ Back on Liz's ship ^
She heard what Harper said, sighed, then got cleaned up, and started to watch the home movies she had of herself and Yoshiki.
^ 3 hours: The bridge of the Andromeda ^
"Dylan, the ship that attack Mrs. Bulma's ship belongs to a Mr. Kobashi, but only thing his' not Nietzschean." stated Rommie as she looked at the screen then at him.
"So he let them use the ship to attack the C.C. 3 . . .why?"
"Maybe because they had Saiy-Jins aboard. . ." answered Tyr as he walked on the bridge and up to them.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Beka.
"Nietzscheans hate the Saiy-Jin race even more then the Ice-jins, that's why I don't like our guest near Liz so much." answered Tyr.
"So where is Mr. Kobashi at?" asked Dylan.
"His' on the planet Shikoku about four days away from here and he owns half the planet." stated Rommie.
"Dylan, your sister has been to that planet, I think I may have saw it in the flight plans of the Eternal Dragon." comment Beka.
"Rommie get Mr. Son and Vegeta, then get my sister and tell them to meet me in conference room. Tyr and Beka I want you two there too, oh and get Trance." order Dylan as he walked off the bridge.
^ The Conference Room ^
A few minutes later, everyone that Dylan told to come was there, all but Liz.
"Dylan, she blocked me out of the computer on the ship and Harper can't get in either." expressed Rommie, Vegeta looked at Goku, Goku nodded.
"Kakarrot can get inside the ship." Vegeta claimed as they all looked at him, Dylan nodded that he could try, Goku disappeared, and reappeared on Liz's ship.
Goku walk to where he felt her ki was at, he saw her sitting in the pilot seat watching something, he could tell that she was deep in thought, he came up next to her and saw the bandage.
"Liz what happened?" he asked as Liz jumped, she looked up at him, then at bandage.
"Oh nothing really . . ." she lied hoping that he would by it, but he didn't because he faintly could smell Vegeta's scent on her.
"What did he do?" Goku growled, he didn't know why he was acting this way, but he felt like he need to protect her.
"We sparred that's all, and I know that you said that I should rest today, but I played right into his' hand."
"Well, your brother wants to talk to you, so come on."
She nodded, then hit the button that lowered the ramp, Goku smiled and took her hand. All the sudden they were in the Conference room, she was shocked, Goku looked at Vegeta and quietly growled at him.
"That's a cool trick . . ." Liz stated as she sat in Goku's chair.
"Sis, have you been to the planet Shikoku?"
"Shikoku!? H-hai I have . . .why?" Liz stated as she remember why she went there and what had happen, Goku could see that she had paled a little with the name of the planet.
"What can you tell us about?" asked Rommie.
"Well, most of it is owned by a family named Doherty, they hate the Saiy- Jin race, and sided with the Nietzschans. They can make a serm that can match your D.N.A., and make it into a drug, which a very deadly form of it. On the black market it is worth a ton and lot of people pay high prices for it." Liz answered.
"Hmm . . .well the Doherty family is no longer there, but in it's place is the Kobashi family and it was his' ship that attacked your friends ship." stated Rommie.
"So I want to see what we can find out about this Mr. Kobashi family. Sis, since you know the most about this planet I'm sending you, Tyr . . . Goku and Vegeta, and out of three of you guys one of you needs to be her bodyguard." order Dylan, the three of them looked at each other, then Tyr and Goku looked at Vegeta, he knew the look.
"Fine, I'll be the Chibi Onna's bodyguard."
"Good. You will leave tomorrow morning, Tyr you will take the Maru." order Dylan.
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Kickarrot: So other chapter done . . . yeah!!!!! Oh I forgot to tell all of you that Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Trunks, and Goten all have their tail, they keep them wrapped around their waist.
Victus Letum: Can I scare the readers now?
Kickarrot: um . . .I guess since it's the end of the chapter.
Victus Letum: If you have read this chapter good, if you have reviewed this chapter very good, but if not then you better start running, because when I find you . . . heh heh . . . there will be pain . . . lots of pain.
Kickarrot: La Li Ho!!! I'm back with yet another chapter.
Victus Letum: Another Chapter means more reviews, more review means that no one who reads this and reviews doesn't get hurt. ::smiles evilly and looks at the readers as she play with her knife::
Kickarrot: Victus stop scaring the readers!
Victus Letum: Why!? It's fun to scare them . . .
Kickarrot: Yeah, but if you scare them all way, we won't have any readers. ::Victus sighs:: I don't own any Andromeda, DBZ, or SM that I mention.
'thinking' ^change of place^
Itouto San = little sister / Arigato = Thank you
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Goten walked into Trunks' room, he saw Trunks' jacket on the bed, he looked for the handkerchief, he found it, and started to leave.
"She's very different, then any of the others. I mean a human's ki shouldn't be that high or that powerful." stated Gohan as Goten move closer to them talk, Trunks and Gohan's room were joined by the bathroom.
"What did she say Vegeta?" questioned Piccolo.
"She said Kakarrot's name then something about him being the first Legionary Super Saiyan." answered Vegeta as he leaned up against the wall, Goten stayed quite and listened.
"How did she know? Unless she can read minds or have visions, is that even possible?" commented Trunks.
"Beka told me that Dylan's itouto san is adopted, so it might be that her real family have that gift." stated Denda, they all looked at him.
"What do they call this gift?" asked Goku.
"On Nemak we called it the sight, each race calls it something different. Some call it a blessing, while others call it a curse, but everyone is frightened of the power." answered Denda.
Goten quietly walked out of Trunks room, then went to look for Liz, while the adults still talked.
"Trunks, do you still have that handkerchief that you wiped her blood on it?" asked Goku, Trunks nodded, then walked into his' room to get his' jacket.
"It's not here . . . it's gone." claimed Trunks as he walked back into Gohan's room.
"Dad, Goten's scent is on the jacket." stated Gohan.
^Dylan's room^
"He called you tenshi?" questioned Rommie
"Yes, he called me an Angel." answered Liz as she played with her long hair.
"The question is why he would call you that?"
"Because Mr. Hunt she looks like one." commented Goten as he walked through the door, they all looked at him, he climbed on her lap.
"Why do you think I'm a tenshi?" asked Liz.
"You look like one, and your really nice."
"Arigato kid. Why don't you go find Marian and play with her?" stated Liz as she set him down, he nodded as he hand her the handkerchief that she asked for, then he left.
"So I guess we should get rid of that?" comment Rommie after Goten left, Liz nodded, then dropped it on the ground, and sent a ki blast to it. Dylan and Rommie looked at her, she grinned, then got up and left.
Liz walked quietly to her room, she stopped outside her door, she sighed, and thought about what Goten said.
"What are you doing Chibi Onna?" asked Vegeta as he walked out of his' room, she looked at him, then went into her room, Vegeta followed.
"Get the hell out of my room." she order as she turned and looked at him.
"Make me, Chibi Onna."
Liz created a ki blast, she threw it at him, Vegeta disappeared and reappeared behind her, she looked around, but didn't see him. Vegeta grabbed her right arm, he pulled it behind her back, she gasped, his' tail wrapped around her left wrist, his' other hand was next to her face with an ki blast in his' hand, Liz cursed to herself for letting him win that round.
"That was fun Chibi Onna, but how about we take this to the next level? Come spar with me." whispered Vegeta in her ear, she growled.
"Goku said I had to rest today . . ." hissed Liz.
"I don't gave a damn what Kakarrot told you, I want to spar with you. Chibi Onna I know that you were holding back when you were fighting with boys, so why don't you show me your power . . . or are you too weak to show me?" Vegeta edge on with a grin.
"I am not weak!" Liz growled, then realized that she had play right into his' hand, he snickered, then let go of her, and started to walk out of the room.
"Are you coming or do I have to carry you there?" questioned Vegeta as he looked over his' shoulder at her, she walked pass him, and to the gravity room.
When they got there, Liz was about to set the gravity, but Vegeta stepped in front of her, and set it himself. Vegeta grinned as he turned around to see her on the floor kneeling, Liz tried to stand, she looked at Vegeta who was still grinning and was snickering.
"How much did you put the gravity on?" she inquiry as she stood.
"500 . . ."
"Vegeta are you nuts! I can hardly move under this much gravity, how do you expect me to spar!?"
"Listen Chibi Onna, I have a feeling that you can move under this gravity, you just don't want anyone to know that you can and your true power level." stated Vegeta as he walked up to her, Liz back way from him, then powered up to the point where she couldn't feel the gravity.
Vegeta was still grinning as he watched her get into her fight stance, he did the same, Liz flew at him, he block the punch she threw at him, then kicked her, which she blocked. They were even for awhile, Vegeta threw an energy blast at her, she did a back flip to move out of the way, she looked up to were Vegeta had been to see that he was gone, all the sudden she felt his' ki behind her. She looked behind her to see him grinning, he created another energy blast, she knew she wouldn't have enough time to move, he released it at her, it hit her back, and she flew towards the wall. Liz stopped herself before she hit the wall, she turned, she was pissed, but she know that she couldn't let her power get out of control. She grinned, then closed her eyes, she started to create an energy blast in her hand, but also behind Vegeta.
"Reflection Image" she shouted as she released the blast at him, Vegeta grinned as the blast neared him. He hit it away from him, then looked at her, he was shocked to see her still grinning.
'What the hell is she grinning about?' Vegeta asked himself as the blast from behind hit him in the back, Liz flew at him, and kneed him in the stomach. She whirled around, and kicked him in the back, which sent him flying into the wall (Kickarrot: don't worry he's not going to let her do this much longer . . .), then she fire several energy blast at him. Vegeta looked up to see them coming, he grinned, then disappeared, he reappeared in front of her, she started to back up, only to be stop by him grabbing her arm.
"That was good Chibi Onna, but not good enough!"
They sparred for another hour, Vegeta was winning now, Liz on the other hand had blood running down her right arm from a cut that was made by one of his energy blast, she was kneeling on the floor, she was tired.
"Gallic Gun!"
The blast came at Liz, she knew that the only thing she could do was shield herself from it, she stood up, and shield herself. Liz was thrown into the wall, when the smoke cleared, Vegeta saw Liz laying on the floor, she sat up, and looked at him.
"Looks like I won Chibi Onna, that was fun, we should do that again sometime." Vegeta commented as she got up, and walked towards the door. She walked out of the gravity room, Trunks and Gohan walked into the training room to see Liz walk out of the gravity room, they both looked at her then were at her side in a second.
"Liz what did you do to your self?" asked Gohan, Liz growled at his' touch, Trunks look at the gravity room door and saw his' father standing there. Trunks looked at him, then at Gohan, who had followed Trunks gaze, he looked back at Trunks.
"Gohan, let go of me." Liz hissed as she felt Vegeta ki enter the room.
"No, your too weak to support yous . . ." Trunks started to say, but stop when he saw the look on her face. She pushed away from Gohan, and walked out of the room, Trunks and Gohan looked at Vegeta, he grinned at the two demi-Saiyan, he knew he was going to have some more fun.
^ The Eternal Dragon ^
Liz walked onto her ship, she felt a weak ki on board, she went looking for the owner of the ki, she found Bulma picking up some of the ship's part.
"What are you doing in here?" asked Liz as she leaned against the wall, Bulma turned and looked at her.
"Oh, just looking for some parts on this junk ship." answered Bulma.
"Junk ship, huh?"
"Yeah. . ."
"Drop what you have in your hand and get the hell out of my ship!" order Liz as she grabbed her part from Bulma, who jumped at her tone of voice.
"This rust bucket is your ship?" asked Bulma.
"Hai, so get off this ship or be thrown off." Liz answered as she pushed Bulma towards the exit, as Harper came up the ramp.
"Liz what happen to you?"
"Sparring . . . Harper keep this Onna off my ship . . . now both of you get off my ship." Liz hissed as she pushed Bulma towards Harper, they both walked down the ramp, and Liz closed the back of the ship.
"Kami what was that girl's problem?" comment Bulma.
"Her problem is that her best friend died protecting her and that ship is the only thing she has left of him." answered Harper as he looked at Bulma, he like her, but she seemed a little prima donna for herself.
"Oh . . .gomen."
"You need to tell her that when she cools down, you don't want to be around her or you will hear death threats." stated Harper as they walked to Bulma's ship, she laughed.
"That sound like Vegeta . . ." They continued to talk as they walked.
^ Back on Liz's ship ^
She heard what Harper said, sighed, then got cleaned up, and started to watch the home movies she had of herself and Yoshiki.
^ 3 hours: The bridge of the Andromeda ^
"Dylan, the ship that attack Mrs. Bulma's ship belongs to a Mr. Kobashi, but only thing his' not Nietzschean." stated Rommie as she looked at the screen then at him.
"So he let them use the ship to attack the C.C. 3 . . .why?"
"Maybe because they had Saiy-Jins aboard. . ." answered Tyr as he walked on the bridge and up to them.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Beka.
"Nietzscheans hate the Saiy-Jin race even more then the Ice-jins, that's why I don't like our guest near Liz so much." answered Tyr.
"So where is Mr. Kobashi at?" asked Dylan.
"His' on the planet Shikoku about four days away from here and he owns half the planet." stated Rommie.
"Dylan, your sister has been to that planet, I think I may have saw it in the flight plans of the Eternal Dragon." comment Beka.
"Rommie get Mr. Son and Vegeta, then get my sister and tell them to meet me in conference room. Tyr and Beka I want you two there too, oh and get Trance." order Dylan as he walked off the bridge.
^ The Conference Room ^
A few minutes later, everyone that Dylan told to come was there, all but Liz.
"Dylan, she blocked me out of the computer on the ship and Harper can't get in either." expressed Rommie, Vegeta looked at Goku, Goku nodded.
"Kakarrot can get inside the ship." Vegeta claimed as they all looked at him, Dylan nodded that he could try, Goku disappeared, and reappeared on Liz's ship.
Goku walk to where he felt her ki was at, he saw her sitting in the pilot seat watching something, he could tell that she was deep in thought, he came up next to her and saw the bandage.
"Liz what happened?" he asked as Liz jumped, she looked up at him, then at bandage.
"Oh nothing really . . ." she lied hoping that he would by it, but he didn't because he faintly could smell Vegeta's scent on her.
"What did he do?" Goku growled, he didn't know why he was acting this way, but he felt like he need to protect her.
"We sparred that's all, and I know that you said that I should rest today, but I played right into his' hand."
"Well, your brother wants to talk to you, so come on."
She nodded, then hit the button that lowered the ramp, Goku smiled and took her hand. All the sudden they were in the Conference room, she was shocked, Goku looked at Vegeta and quietly growled at him.
"That's a cool trick . . ." Liz stated as she sat in Goku's chair.
"Sis, have you been to the planet Shikoku?"
"Shikoku!? H-hai I have . . .why?" Liz stated as she remember why she went there and what had happen, Goku could see that she had paled a little with the name of the planet.
"What can you tell us about?" asked Rommie.
"Well, most of it is owned by a family named Doherty, they hate the Saiy- Jin race, and sided with the Nietzschans. They can make a serm that can match your D.N.A., and make it into a drug, which a very deadly form of it. On the black market it is worth a ton and lot of people pay high prices for it." Liz answered.
"Hmm . . .well the Doherty family is no longer there, but in it's place is the Kobashi family and it was his' ship that attacked your friends ship." stated Rommie.
"So I want to see what we can find out about this Mr. Kobashi family. Sis, since you know the most about this planet I'm sending you, Tyr . . . Goku and Vegeta, and out of three of you guys one of you needs to be her bodyguard." order Dylan, the three of them looked at each other, then Tyr and Goku looked at Vegeta, he knew the look.
"Fine, I'll be the Chibi Onna's bodyguard."
"Good. You will leave tomorrow morning, Tyr you will take the Maru." order Dylan.
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Kickarrot: So other chapter done . . . yeah!!!!! Oh I forgot to tell all of you that Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Trunks, and Goten all have their tail, they keep them wrapped around their waist.
Victus Letum: Can I scare the readers now?
Kickarrot: um . . .I guess since it's the end of the chapter.
Victus Letum: If you have read this chapter good, if you have reviewed this chapter very good, but if not then you better start running, because when I find you . . . heh heh . . . there will be pain . . . lots of pain.
