It Lies Within
By Moonraker One
CHAPTER SEVEN – A New Regimen
As the trio of pre-teens was dragged into the temple where the elder gods went about the business of ruling their universes—each god had his own universe that he or she ruled—they realized that the gods' training was far more than they were capable of. Confused about this, Maron looked over at Sonya and brought up the subject. "L…lady Sonya?" She asked, a look of misunderstanding on her face. "Isn't the training you're gonna put us through a bit more than we can do?"
Sonya smiled as she let go of the two boys' hair. She turned around and faced the trio, eager to let them know what was going to lie ahead. "I understand that you aren't capable of the level of training we normally undergo," Sonya replied, "So that's why I'm prepared to give you a little 'upgrade'."
Trunks found that statement to be a bit demeaning; he did not understand what kind of "upgrade" the gods had in mind for him and the others with him. Not wanting to be disrespectful to the gods, he did not ask her what she meant by the word upgrade. Instead, he simply followed her as she lead the three down a very long hall adorned with pictures of the elder gods of the past who had risen to their higher planes of existence. As they walked down the hall, both of the Saiyans felt the tremendous power level of the seven foot tall vampire queen in front of them; no doubt she achieved that level from millions of years of hard training.
At the end of the hall, Sonya stopped at a large door, which appeared to be fashioned from solid granite. On the front of this door, written in a language that seemed strange and comprehendible at the same time, was the word "Demortalization". Just the thought of what was behind that door gave Trunks and Goten both reason enough to be squeamish.
"It is here," Sonya said, her voice echoing through the hall, "that you will be given one more advantage in combat. Without this, you may not survive day one of our training."
Sonya opened the door and hurled the trio into the room; it was pitch black when she slammed the two-foot thick door shut. "Goten!" Trunks shrieked. "What the hell is going on? Can you see anything?" Just then, a light appeared from the ceiling. Goten and Trunks looked up to see the light, but it seemed like the entire ceiling, as well as the floor and the four walls, were all glowing. "Goten!" Trunks said, his voice sounding like he was scared. "Did you hit something?!"
"I didn't do anything, Trunks!" He replied.
It was true; he didn't. The trio scooted closer to the middle of the room when electric bolts went up and down the walls and the ceiling. They were about to try and fry a hole through the wall when the lightning shot off the wall and repeatedly struck all three. After a few seconds, the lightning leapt from the walls and surrounded all three young warriors, causing them to involuntarily power up. Trunks could feel himself rising to and above super Saiyan. Him and Goten went to super Saiyan, then two, then to three before the power-up ceased. Maron did not seem to power up at all, but after a half a minute, her hair began to change to white, and her eyes to glow a bright red. Just when she was about to reach the power level, the trio was lowered to the ground; it was over. All three were back in their normal states. Something was not right; none of the three could feel their ki's limit. Everyone who can feel ki can also feel the limit to it. If you cannot feel your ki's limit, that means you are either dead, or,
"Immortal!" Trunks yelled out loud. "I was wondering why I couldn't feel my power's limit! We're immortal!"
Goten was not so sure. "Trunks? Are you positive," he asked. Trunks shot him one of those, "of course I'm sure" looks. Just as the trio stood up, the door creaked open. Sonya was standing outside the door, smiling.
"Excellent," she said, leading them out of the room. "Now that you are immortal, you are capable of withstanding my training. Come on. We don't have all day, you know."
Goten and Trunks looked at each other and smiled; perhaps this wasn't so bad after all. Of course, none of them realized what they were involving themselves in.
