It Lies Within

By Moonraker One

CHAPTER SIX – Divine Intervention At Last

            The trio was about to walk away when they all froze in place; a bright orb of light was forming immediately next to them. None of the trio knew what was going on as the orb became larger, coming closer and closer until it was huge enough to consume them all. Goten and Trunks stood forward to possibly challenge a potential threat; Maron backed off frightened, for she was not the warrior that they others were. As Goten and Trunks prepared to attack the orb, a brilliant flash emitted from the orb, causing them all to be momentarily blinded as they were transported from the lookout to parts unknown. Goten moved his head in the direction he thought Trunks was in. "Trunks!" He shrieked, not able to see or hear well over the light and sound. "What the hell is going on?!"

            Trunks, with his arm covering his eyes, turned his head to Goten. "I wish I knew!" He yelled back.

            At last, the light and sound began to fade into many colors and the sound from roaring energy to shifting vegetation. Once the light and sound had become less violent, the trio removed their arms from covering their eyes; before them were fields of grass, with mountains in the distance and many small trees all around them. In the far distance, there was one enormous tree that seemed to stretch all the way up through the sky into outer space, and to the left of that, a monstrous temple. There were beings walking around, communicating telepathically with other beings that could not be seen. Some of these beings looked strange, but many were human looking, and an inconsequential number of them were Namekian. Trunks gasped in shock when he realized just where he was, and who the being before him that was utterly huge in height was. They had been transported to a place that no mortal had seen in over a trillion years.

            Trunks, without hesitation, bowed before the seven-foot being in front of him. This man, who looked quite human only much taller, was a being that he had learned about in school mythology class. "Lord Alexander!" He said, trying to hide his amazement. "I worship you, mighty elder god king!"

            Goten shrieked at the sound of that. "He…he's the king of the gods?!"

            "Dammit, Goten!" Trunks yelled, still bowing. "Bow before him! He is the master of all that is!"

            Goten quickly obeyed. "S…sorry, almighty one!"

            Alexander smiled at the playfulness of the pre-teens bowing before him; it had been so long since there were mortal children on Planet Velir, this holy planet where all the higher gods—the ones above the Kais—resided. Alexander was quite fond of mortal children; they were so innocent and so caring, it just made him happy. He was not one to forget the situation at hand, however. He also did not like the actions of Pan when she modified the body he gave this trio; they were twelve-year old children's heads on bodies that resembled a seventeen-year old Pan. This was not his way, it was not what was intended, so it was not acceptable. With one quick thought, he changed them back to the bodies they had previously called their own. Trunks stood up a quick moment to examine himself, then realized he was standing and so bowed again.

            "No," Alexander replied, "don't bow. You do not need to consider me a higher being, even though I am. Also I ask you not be afraid of me; I pose no threat to you like the female you used to call a friend."

            Goten, standing up, was somewhat befuddled by Alexander's formality. "S…sir?" He asked. "Why exactly have you brought us here?"

            Alexander smiled. "Goten," he replied, "I brought the three of you here because I saw what transpired down on Earth, and the power that Pan possesses poses a ominous threat to all existence, existence that I created. This cannot be allowed. However, the laws set in place by the original king elder god—my predecessor—bind me. It is His word that says I cannot intervene until the kais have been defeated."

            Maron, who had been silent the entire time, spoke up. "If you are the master, why can't you go against what he said?"

            Alexander looked down at the small blond girl. "He, before he passed on to his higher existence, wrote these laws into all that exists; these are laws that I cannot disobey, lest I be destroyed," he explained. "But what I can do, is give you training adequate to save not only your planet, but all that exists as well."

            Alexander looked over his shoulder; he smiled as he saw a column of blood rising into the shape of a person behind him. He knew that it was Sonya, the sovereign queen of vampires and his wife. He then looked back at the three children standing before him. "Mortals," he said, "I'd like for you to meet my queen elder goddess. She is my wife that I have had since I was deified."

            Trunks looked up at the being beside Alexander; she looked almost exactly like android eighteen, minus the much-longer hair and height of seven feet. Attached to her was a holster that had in it a rather imposing-looking sword.

            "Hello," she said. "My name is Sonya La Magra Suriose. For the next month, you will be my students."

            Goten looked over at Alexander. "We're gonna train under her?"

            Alexander nodded.

            Sonya then grabbed Goten and Trunks by the hair and began to drag them towards the temple, with Maron following behind. "Come," she said. "Training must begin immediately."