Chapter 4 - So You Wanna Take Over the World

Disclaimer- I only own little Lien. ^^

Oh, and by the way… I had a reviewer ask why this is in the humor section. Heh, well… the truth is, this all started out as a humor fic… you can see shades of it in the first chapter, but as I kept writing, it just came out… non-humor-ish. There will be slight humor in the chapters ahead, as with all my writing… but I'm moving this to horror(like I said in the last chapter)… It's not scary yet, but if all goes well, it might make you wanna keep the light on. Heh heh. And with my twisted way of thinking, that's probably the truth! ^_~ Anyway, thanks much to all those who reviewed so far and sorry for the confusion. Hope you enjoy the rest. ^^

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Of all the things I've seen, and everything I've been through…this… was definitely the strangest moment in my life. Cold sweat coated my entire body, making the fabric of my clothes cling to my skin. Time seemed to stop, my mouth was dry…

I had never once in my life thought anything like this was possible. Ghosts? When you die… your spirit ascends to Snake Way, from there… well, there are a few choices from that point. I knew this from experience. So, how could there be ghosts still on Earth? It made no sense, no sense at all. I wanted to leave, wanted to tell someone else about this… wanted my questions answered. But, the ghost behind me… I couldn't leave her. She was a child. A dead one, albeit. But a child just the same. Scared and alone.

'Are you gonna… leave me now?' She sniffled. I saw her come closer to me, and I wanted to turn around and really face her. But I could only see her through the mirror. She would be invisible to me any other way. I swallowed, trying to quiet the million questions in my head.

"No, I'm not going to leave…" I replied, but still Lien cried. "Don't… don't cry."

'I can't h-help it! I've been here so long… and I thought an Angel had finally come t-to get me. But you're not an Angel! I'm tired… I'm tired and scared and I want to… LEAVE!!!' At the last word, a blast of cold air washed over me, making me shiver. The house rattled, causing dust to sprinkle down from the exposed beams of the ceiling. Lien's color shifted from pale white to a red. This kid… had she been alive… would have been a power house. But… why had I not sensed this power when she had been alive? How long had this child been dead?

"Calm down… I will help you. Okay, kid? Just… calm down." I soothed, holding my hands up in a placating manner. Slowly, the child's color shifted back to the original pale, see through white. She was no longer crying… and she even looked hopeful.

'You'll help me? How?' She looked at me, or rather, my reflection in the mirror, and cocked her head to the side. I smirked and looked back at her reflection, which was rather awkward… but the only way we could make eye-contact.

"You'll see. I can make you live again." I told her. Lien's expression went from semi-hopeful to downright horrified.

'WHAT!? No!! Death was the only release!! I don't want him to find me again!!' Her color was shifting again, and that same, sick… diseased feeling was pushed onto my thoughts. It was an awful feeling…

"Calm down!" I shouted. "Neither of us understand much of anything right now, so just stop shouting, and we'll go somewhere else where it's quiet and we can talk…" Lien's color shifting had ended, and the chill in the air went with it.

'Yes… you are right. But, I know of no where else to go… I've been only here… for so long.' I turned around, despite the fact that she was now invisible to me and answered.

"I know a few quiet spots. Can you… fly?" She nodded. "So, you can follow me? You can see me plainly, can't you?" Again, a nod. "Good, come with me." I headed back the way I had come, and though I couldn't see her, I felt Lien near me.

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We were in the forest. Not a forest I was familiar with, because I simply didn't travel too much in the western hemisphere. But a forest is a forest, and this one was as quiet and secluded as any I had ever been in. I sat down near a willow tree, and called out to the girl using our mental link.

'Lien? Are you still with me?'

'Yes, I am here beside you. But, speak out loud… It's been so long since I've heard a real voice.'

"Good, I prefer this way as well. Now, I will answer your questions if you will answer mine." I crossed my legs and straightened my posture, awaiting her reply.

'Seems fair enough. You can go first.' I nodded, and considered my first question, I had so many…

"How did you die?" I asked… that question seeming the most obvious place to begin. Lien was silent for sometime, and I was about to ask if she were there again, but finally she answered. Her voice was sad, quiet.

'I was killed… I couldn't remember how I died for a long time… but, it all came back to me one day. I guess maybe it was a memory block. I've heard about those, you know. Sometimes, when really bad things happen to people, they just block it out… 'cause it hurts so much to remember. Dying is pretty bad if you ask me…' I was slightly shocked, but not much. When you've seen as much carnage… experienced the senseless violence like I have, even been a party to it, things don't tend to affect you as they once did. In fact, I found the child's speaking habits to be more shocking than anything else. I didn't know her exact age, but I guessed she was around 8… maybe 9. And I've been around enough kids to know that not many of them are well-spoken. This led me to believe that she had been dead for a very long time.

"Who killed you?" I forced my mind to get back on the subject at hand and focus. Again, there was a long pause.

'He was a scientist, I know that much. I've never been able to remember his name. He was experimenting with psychic powers… or something like that. Do you know what I mean? When you can move objects with your mind, or read another's thoughts?' I nodded that I did understand and let her continue. 'Obviously, I must have had one of these powers, or he wouldn't have wanted me… but I can't remember having them. A lot of my memories have been lost. It's so stupid. It's not supposed to be this way, I do know that much…' A cool 'swoosh' of air moved by me as Lien's voice got quieter, her mind much more subdued.

"What do you mean?"

'I mean this is wrong! I'm not supposed to still be here. I'm supposed to be somewhere else… somewhere where I don't remember anything about dying… somewhere nicer than here. I keep thinking of the word 'angel'. I guess it's from when I was alive. An angel is supposed to take me away… or… oh, I can't remember! That's why I thought you were the one… No one had ever talked to me in my head like that. I thought the angel had finally come to get me…' She trailed off, not wanting to inadvertently insult me, I suppose.

"I'm sorry… I am trying to help, though." I could think of nothing to say… what can you say to a dead person? 'Gee, sorry you're dead… you win some, you lose some?'

'It's not your fault… you didn't know. And I thank you… for trying to help.'

"Why don't you want to be alive? I could make that much possible. I don't know anything about angels or… what ever it is you're talking about… but you can have another shot at life."

'He'll just come after me… I'll only be killed again. If I have the sort of powers that he was looking for, they'll certainly return once I'm alive again.' She sounded so lost… I know how that felt, and I hated to think that someone else had to endure that.

"He must be dead and gone by now. Don't you think?" I asked. And really, the 'scientist' must have been gone. If the child had been dead for so long… how could he still be alive?

'No, he's still alive… Do you remember right before you came to my house? That energy you sensed. I know you must have felt it, if I did. Do you remember that?'

"How could I forget, I nearly fell out of the sky. It rushed right by me. That couldn't have been him." I replied skeptically. Lien's voice was amused now.

'No, it was one of his 'experiments'. If he could have done that on his own, he'd have no need to bother anyone else, would he?'

"I suppose not. How does he do this? Why doesn't anyone else feel it?"

'I wish I knew. Maybe it's because we have powers. Well, I did when I was alive… probably. And you have some ability, or you wouldn't have been able to talk to me at all.'

"Why hasn't he come after me?" This was a question that I had to know the answer to. I had much more psychic ability than any pathetic human, so why had this scientist not come to test his 'experiments' on me?

'Well, you do look very strong. Maybe he is not powerful enough to get what he wants from you. Maybe he knows you would defeat him…' Damn, but this kid was intelligent.

"Good point." Now it was me that paused, searching for the right words. "Kid… I still think the solution is for you to be brought back to life. This guy won't come after you if he knows that you're with me now. And even if he does, that might be a good thing. Then I can destroy him. What he is doing… isn't right. Not if it costs people their lives."

'You would do that for me? You would… protect me?' She asked, sounding uncertain.

"Yes." Lien's feelings were pressed into my thoughts… she actually felt happy.

'To be alive again… would be wonderful. But how is it possible to bring a dead person to life again?' I smiled and stood up.

"Follow me, and I'll show you how."

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A/N- Whew! I am pooped. I know there is waaay too much talking in this, but ya gotta build plot, baby. ^^ Just sit back and watch the action unfold. Also, I have a request of my readers. There will need to be one other Dragon Ball Z character in this. For a more central role, I mean. If you want any specific character over another, just lemme know in your review. As long as it's not somebody like Baba… or Popo. That's be kinda funny though… Baba in a horror story. Heh… well anyway, enough blabbing. Review if you liked this chapter… and if you didn't, then you just wasted some of your time. ^_~ See ya next chapter.