AN: I HAVE RETURNED FROM THE DEAD, like many of the characters in this
story do... Heh, sorry bout all this... I seriously lack the time to write
anymore. the hectic OCDness of my life is getting to me... Oh well, here's
the next chapter finally... I am trying something a little different this
time and am doing a few scene changes back and forth for two major things
that are happening at once.
SO ON WITH THE STORY
Chapter 17 Surprises in Eternity
She opened her eyes and was not surprised to find everything was white and that she was unable to move, *Ow... shit this hurts like hell... After all, everything did just explode... I'm probably dead.* She tried to move but it felt like her body weighed a hundred times more than it normally did. The unnatural glow that seemed to have no source was beginning to make her lose her orientation, if she hadn't been pinned down the way she was she wouldn't know which way was up at all. *What is this place anyway, am I dead?* She tried to turn her head rather unsuccessfully, but the little she did move allowed her to catch a glimpse of one of her friends lying next to her, unconscious.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine," a disembodied voice echoed around her, "someone will come and get you as soon as possible, just don't try to move or you'll hurt yourself... We'll explain later." She heard a slight whoosh before everything fell silent again, *Too quiet... nothing on earth is this quiet... maybe I am dead. That voice sounded so familiar though but if I'm not dead them where am I??*
She tried once again to move, slowly but surely managing to turn onto her stomach and lifting her head enough to view her surroundings. The unconscious bodies of her two oldest friends were strewn nearby, they were covered in dirt and looked slightly flustered but she could see that they were still breathing, though with great difficulty. *Alright, they're breathing, and I'm breathing... which probably means that we aren't dead... SO WHERE THE HELL AM I?!* She screamed in her mind because she could barely gather enough strength to breathe in the intense gravity, let alone speak.
"You don't have to scream so loud I can hear you fine from this distance." She tried to move her head to see who was speaking but there was no one nearby as far as she could see. Suddenly she felt someone grab onto her feet and begin to pull her away from her friends. She tried desperately to reach out for them but couldn't. "Don't worry," the voice said again, "We're just moving you to somewhere where you can stand up properly, he left you three much too far out, the gravity would have crushed you if you stayed out there. I'll have my assistant grab the other two and bring them to places where they can rest." She could feel the pressure on her chest begin to lift as she was dragged across the shining white floor by someone, *If only I hadn't used so much energy to flip over then I could see who was dragging me now...*
"That is true," The voice said, causing her to gasp loudly, "Now please don't scream." He let go of her legs and she quickly flipped over, the gravity was much lighter here, she noticed as she looked into the face of the man who saved her, "Hello, you must be Videl, my name is Dende," and she screamed.
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Gohan was searching the street for any sign of the person who had blown it up only moments before. He felt horrible for leaving his friends like that, especially since Videl woke up rather quickly. But he had no choice, any longer and whoever had done this would have made a clean escape. He searched for any high ki in the area but came up empty, except for the usual suspects, Vegeta, Mirai and the others in South City, though none of them seemed to be moving toward the scene. This in itself confused Gohan, *Why aren't they coming? Didn't they feel a strange Ki here? Mirai's ki is raised slightly but. no wait, he's on his way now. What the hell? And where is this guy at, why can't I find him??*
"GOHAN," Mirai's voice broke him from his reverie. "Where is she Gohan?"
"She? It was a guy's voice I heard before everything blew."
"No, it's her that Saiyan general I was telling you about! I felt her ki but Lime tried to stop me from coming. I didn't actually want to hurt the kid so it took a while to get her to let leave without hurting her." Gohan smiled at his friend's situation but quickly got back to the matter at hand.
"I felt a really large ki too but the voice was a guy's. It was really familiar and high pitched. He said something about ghosts coming back though....." Gohan and Mirai gave each other puzzled looks but continued to scan the area for any sign of the attacker, both with their eyes and their ki.
"Nothing, I know I felt her ki here somewhere. She only lets you sense it when she wants to though... Why did she want us to sense her?" Mirai was furious at the lack of progress they were making in their search.
"Don't worry about too much. She wasn't the one who attacked... I wish I had gotten a good view of the guy who did it... Wait! I only sensed one ki if you say it wasn't the guy's ki then how did he get enough power to blow the street like this?"
The color drained from Mirai's face as he came to a realization, "Androids." Gohan looked at him, shocked.
"No, we destroyed them all! Unless... A ghost... Android 19."
"Correct," came a high pitched voice from behind. Gohan and Mirai had barely enough time to register what was going on when said android launched an energy attack at them. Shocked, the two half Saiyans dodged the attack just in time.
"Hey," Gohan yelled, "Don't use energy attacks on this guy he absorbs it. We have to take out with physical attacks." Mirai nodded his head before charging the android. He punched it, full force, in the chest, but the android didn't even budge. Mirai froze, shocked that his punch had no effect. He stayed to long though, as Android 19 grabbed his still extended arm and began to suck the energy from him.
Mirai reacted quickly though and drew his sword with his left hand and removed the android's arm in one clean sweep. Gohan was right behind the android at his point, powered up to Super Saiyan. He took the machine's head between his hands and crushed it, then released his hold. The two watched as its body crashed into the ground below in a heap, both with the same thought in their head. *This was WAY too easy.*
"I knew that would be too simple for you Gohan," a female voice drifted towards them.
"YOU!!" Mirai yelled, "Show yourself you witch!"
"Tsk, tsk. My, what a temper you have. I really did think you were dead my dear Trunks, I am shocked to see you here in one piece." Mirai and Gohan were desperately looking for where the voice was coming from. "There is no need to look for me as I am not anywhere in the vicinity any longer. Maybe you'll catch me next time."
"That voice," Gohan started, "I know that voice. Wait! You were the one who spoke to me at CC, you warned me. Why?"
"Heh, next time you get no warning about the attack. I like to play with my prey before I destroy them, so be on your guard or you may die before the end of the game. Bye for now." A laugh pierced the air then faded to nothingness.
Mirai screamed in frustration, power blowing the dust away from him as he did so. Gohan meanwhile powered down and lowered himself to a rooftop deep in thought about the strange events.
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Videl stopped screaming as she came fully back to her senses. Taking deep breathes she remembered seeing the same green skin in Gohan's house the night that she and the others stayed over. Dende continued to smile at her serenely as she recomposed herself. She got to her feet and brushed the dust and debris from her clothes.
"I am glad to see that you're alright Miss Videl. If you will follow me out of here quickly though... I am sure the fight is over by now."
"Fight?" Videl questioned.
"Yes, whatever destroyed the street... Time in this place flows very differently then in the outside world and we have been inside for at least the equivalent of twenty minutes outside the chamber." Videl stared at him blankly as he led the way out of the strange place they were in, past a large hourglass and through a strange door. "you may stay here until Gohan returns."
"Gohan?" Videl questioned as she looked around the area on the other side of the door, "Where did he go? Don't tell me he went to fight something that could blow up a street!" She stared at Dende incredulously.
"Don't underestimate someone you don't know the capabilities of."
"I have to go help him!" Videl ran down a hall toward the exit of the building. Outside the building she realized how difficult it was to breathe as she ran. *I must be really high up for the air to be this thin, but how did I get here?*
Her thoughts stopped there as she almost collided with a large black object. "Excuse me," it said in a high-pitched voice. She looked back at it in shock but kept running towards the edge of the platform. "I do think you should stop running before you get hurt," Videl turned to face front again and was shocked when she DID collide with the strange black creature.
"How... But you were..." She turned around to where he was moments ago then looked up at his smiling face above her. "How did you move that fast?"
"I really don't think you should run to the edge of the Lookout in that fashion, you're likely to fall off the edge. Besides we were told that you were not to leave here until Gohan returned." He stated as he extended his hand to help her to her feet.
"Like you can keep me here?' Videl jumped to her feet and launched herself at him, and then everything went black.
AN: Well I have more in my head, but I have a paper to do now. Let me tell you being dead is not all it's cracked up to be... my summer was really hell. Well I hope you like the chapter... even though it really does suck compared to other people's writing. I actually had to re read my old chapters to figure out where I was going with this one... I hope to have the next chapter up on the one year anniversary of this fic. But in the meantime read my original stuff I have on fictionpress.com and tell me if the quality is better or not. Thank you all for the reviews... they really did make me write this! REVIEW NOW!!!!
Chapter 17 Surprises in Eternity
She opened her eyes and was not surprised to find everything was white and that she was unable to move, *Ow... shit this hurts like hell... After all, everything did just explode... I'm probably dead.* She tried to move but it felt like her body weighed a hundred times more than it normally did. The unnatural glow that seemed to have no source was beginning to make her lose her orientation, if she hadn't been pinned down the way she was she wouldn't know which way was up at all. *What is this place anyway, am I dead?* She tried to turn her head rather unsuccessfully, but the little she did move allowed her to catch a glimpse of one of her friends lying next to her, unconscious.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine," a disembodied voice echoed around her, "someone will come and get you as soon as possible, just don't try to move or you'll hurt yourself... We'll explain later." She heard a slight whoosh before everything fell silent again, *Too quiet... nothing on earth is this quiet... maybe I am dead. That voice sounded so familiar though but if I'm not dead them where am I??*
She tried once again to move, slowly but surely managing to turn onto her stomach and lifting her head enough to view her surroundings. The unconscious bodies of her two oldest friends were strewn nearby, they were covered in dirt and looked slightly flustered but she could see that they were still breathing, though with great difficulty. *Alright, they're breathing, and I'm breathing... which probably means that we aren't dead... SO WHERE THE HELL AM I?!* She screamed in her mind because she could barely gather enough strength to breathe in the intense gravity, let alone speak.
"You don't have to scream so loud I can hear you fine from this distance." She tried to move her head to see who was speaking but there was no one nearby as far as she could see. Suddenly she felt someone grab onto her feet and begin to pull her away from her friends. She tried desperately to reach out for them but couldn't. "Don't worry," the voice said again, "We're just moving you to somewhere where you can stand up properly, he left you three much too far out, the gravity would have crushed you if you stayed out there. I'll have my assistant grab the other two and bring them to places where they can rest." She could feel the pressure on her chest begin to lift as she was dragged across the shining white floor by someone, *If only I hadn't used so much energy to flip over then I could see who was dragging me now...*
"That is true," The voice said, causing her to gasp loudly, "Now please don't scream." He let go of her legs and she quickly flipped over, the gravity was much lighter here, she noticed as she looked into the face of the man who saved her, "Hello, you must be Videl, my name is Dende," and she screamed.
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Gohan was searching the street for any sign of the person who had blown it up only moments before. He felt horrible for leaving his friends like that, especially since Videl woke up rather quickly. But he had no choice, any longer and whoever had done this would have made a clean escape. He searched for any high ki in the area but came up empty, except for the usual suspects, Vegeta, Mirai and the others in South City, though none of them seemed to be moving toward the scene. This in itself confused Gohan, *Why aren't they coming? Didn't they feel a strange Ki here? Mirai's ki is raised slightly but. no wait, he's on his way now. What the hell? And where is this guy at, why can't I find him??*
"GOHAN," Mirai's voice broke him from his reverie. "Where is she Gohan?"
"She? It was a guy's voice I heard before everything blew."
"No, it's her that Saiyan general I was telling you about! I felt her ki but Lime tried to stop me from coming. I didn't actually want to hurt the kid so it took a while to get her to let leave without hurting her." Gohan smiled at his friend's situation but quickly got back to the matter at hand.
"I felt a really large ki too but the voice was a guy's. It was really familiar and high pitched. He said something about ghosts coming back though....." Gohan and Mirai gave each other puzzled looks but continued to scan the area for any sign of the attacker, both with their eyes and their ki.
"Nothing, I know I felt her ki here somewhere. She only lets you sense it when she wants to though... Why did she want us to sense her?" Mirai was furious at the lack of progress they were making in their search.
"Don't worry about too much. She wasn't the one who attacked... I wish I had gotten a good view of the guy who did it... Wait! I only sensed one ki if you say it wasn't the guy's ki then how did he get enough power to blow the street like this?"
The color drained from Mirai's face as he came to a realization, "Androids." Gohan looked at him, shocked.
"No, we destroyed them all! Unless... A ghost... Android 19."
"Correct," came a high pitched voice from behind. Gohan and Mirai had barely enough time to register what was going on when said android launched an energy attack at them. Shocked, the two half Saiyans dodged the attack just in time.
"Hey," Gohan yelled, "Don't use energy attacks on this guy he absorbs it. We have to take out with physical attacks." Mirai nodded his head before charging the android. He punched it, full force, in the chest, but the android didn't even budge. Mirai froze, shocked that his punch had no effect. He stayed to long though, as Android 19 grabbed his still extended arm and began to suck the energy from him.
Mirai reacted quickly though and drew his sword with his left hand and removed the android's arm in one clean sweep. Gohan was right behind the android at his point, powered up to Super Saiyan. He took the machine's head between his hands and crushed it, then released his hold. The two watched as its body crashed into the ground below in a heap, both with the same thought in their head. *This was WAY too easy.*
"I knew that would be too simple for you Gohan," a female voice drifted towards them.
"YOU!!" Mirai yelled, "Show yourself you witch!"
"Tsk, tsk. My, what a temper you have. I really did think you were dead my dear Trunks, I am shocked to see you here in one piece." Mirai and Gohan were desperately looking for where the voice was coming from. "There is no need to look for me as I am not anywhere in the vicinity any longer. Maybe you'll catch me next time."
"That voice," Gohan started, "I know that voice. Wait! You were the one who spoke to me at CC, you warned me. Why?"
"Heh, next time you get no warning about the attack. I like to play with my prey before I destroy them, so be on your guard or you may die before the end of the game. Bye for now." A laugh pierced the air then faded to nothingness.
Mirai screamed in frustration, power blowing the dust away from him as he did so. Gohan meanwhile powered down and lowered himself to a rooftop deep in thought about the strange events.
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Videl stopped screaming as she came fully back to her senses. Taking deep breathes she remembered seeing the same green skin in Gohan's house the night that she and the others stayed over. Dende continued to smile at her serenely as she recomposed herself. She got to her feet and brushed the dust and debris from her clothes.
"I am glad to see that you're alright Miss Videl. If you will follow me out of here quickly though... I am sure the fight is over by now."
"Fight?" Videl questioned.
"Yes, whatever destroyed the street... Time in this place flows very differently then in the outside world and we have been inside for at least the equivalent of twenty minutes outside the chamber." Videl stared at him blankly as he led the way out of the strange place they were in, past a large hourglass and through a strange door. "you may stay here until Gohan returns."
"Gohan?" Videl questioned as she looked around the area on the other side of the door, "Where did he go? Don't tell me he went to fight something that could blow up a street!" She stared at Dende incredulously.
"Don't underestimate someone you don't know the capabilities of."
"I have to go help him!" Videl ran down a hall toward the exit of the building. Outside the building she realized how difficult it was to breathe as she ran. *I must be really high up for the air to be this thin, but how did I get here?*
Her thoughts stopped there as she almost collided with a large black object. "Excuse me," it said in a high-pitched voice. She looked back at it in shock but kept running towards the edge of the platform. "I do think you should stop running before you get hurt," Videl turned to face front again and was shocked when she DID collide with the strange black creature.
"How... But you were..." She turned around to where he was moments ago then looked up at his smiling face above her. "How did you move that fast?"
"I really don't think you should run to the edge of the Lookout in that fashion, you're likely to fall off the edge. Besides we were told that you were not to leave here until Gohan returned." He stated as he extended his hand to help her to her feet.
"Like you can keep me here?' Videl jumped to her feet and launched herself at him, and then everything went black.
AN: Well I have more in my head, but I have a paper to do now. Let me tell you being dead is not all it's cracked up to be... my summer was really hell. Well I hope you like the chapter... even though it really does suck compared to other people's writing. I actually had to re read my old chapters to figure out where I was going with this one... I hope to have the next chapter up on the one year anniversary of this fic. But in the meantime read my original stuff I have on fictionpress.com and tell me if the quality is better or not. Thank you all for the reviews... they really did make me write this! REVIEW NOW!!!!