Disclaimer: Let's see... Nope, I don't own 'em. *sighs sadly*
x.x I'm sorry about not updating this thing. I got caught up with school and heh, kinda forgot about it. Jeez, you all can beat me over the head with something; I really hope you guys continue to read it though.
All right this chapter is dedicated to the 'fan' and dbzgt62789 chick. I hope you all enjoy it. ^.^
Now then, Goten, if you would be so kind...
"On with the fic!" Goten cheers.
In The Time Of The Cherry Blossoms
Chapter 8 Captured By The Enemy
It's amazing how fast the days go by, how the months past, and how the years go in the blink of an eye. If you're not careful, it could all past you by. When you are free, you do not realize how lucky you are to be surrounded by others who you love and who love you back. You take it for granted and until it's taken away from you, you don't realize just how great and special it really was.
Trunks and I made this mistake. We all did. Now you will finally know why and how I ended up in here. That awful day that we got caught...
~~~Four Years Later...
Trunks and uncle made sure the close was clear and motioned for Bra and I to hurry and cross the street.
Bra grabbed my hand and we were sure not to make any noise as we ran across the street and into an alley.
It was November and the chilled air made me shiver under my jacket.
Trunks and uncle smiled at us when we safely made it into the alley. Uncle motioned for us to follow him and we silently crept into the darkness. I could see my breath in the air as my heart skipped a beat or two. When we made it to our destination in front of a red door, uncle turned to us and said to remain quiet until they gave us a signal of a thumbs up. We nodded and Uncle knocked two times on the big red door.
We heard some locks being unhatched and the door slowly opened. A man, whose face I couldn't quite make out, came into view and he looked at all of us. He nodded his head and let us in. The door slammed behind us and Bra jumped. The big man waved his hand at us and we followed him down a few flights of stairs. After he unlocked a few more doors, we made it into what appeared to be a small office room, then he shut and locked the metal door behind us. It was cold and so dark in that room I let out a sneeze that made everyone jump. Uncle and Bra looked at the big man a bit afraid. I almost smacked myself for sneezing so loud.
The man smiled and gave a thumbs up. "God bless you."
I nearly blushed.
"Thank you." I said.
The man flipped on a few switches and light enveloped the room. We all almost gasped when we saw what was inside the room. Food, weapons, money, boxes of unknown things. They were all stacked and all over the huge room.
The man smiled at us.
"You didn't have trouble finding the place, did you?" he asked.
Uncle shook his head.
"Not at all." uncle smiled. "Thanks for helping us."
"No problem. Anything to get rid of the ass hole." he turned to face us. "The boss will be with you all soon."
It was then I got a good look at his face. He had a deep cut on his left cheek and his hair was a bit long.
He pointed to his cut when he noticed me staring.
"Wondering where I got this, are ya?" he asked.
I quickly blushed and bowed in apology.
"I'm sorry." I said. "I didn't mean to stare."
"It's all right. I don't mind you staring. I'm kind of use to it."
"Where did you get it?" Bra asked.
Trunks smacked her head playfully.
"Don't be rude!"
Bra smacked him back.
"I was just asking!"
The man laughed.
"Wow! You two must be related. It's alright, really." he flipped his hair back and took a more serious look. "I got it when my town was attacked by the bastard himself. My mother and father were killed in that attack. I was raised by a family friend."
We were silent for a moment.
"I'm sorry." I said.
He smiled with sorrow in his eyes.
"It's ok. This scar reminds me of what he did to me that day, what he took away. I use it as a symbol of strength." he said. "My name is Yamcha. It's a pleasure to meet you all. I heard a great deal about you guys which is why I contacted Goten."
Uncle nodded.
"I was a little worried at first because I thought he was a spy or something, but after a few background checks, I knew he was okay." Uncle explained.
Yamcha nodded.
"Anything you guys want, you'll get. Free of charge."
"Thank you." I said. "This really means a lot to us."
"It means a lot to me too and others." he said looking up.
"Yamcha." a man called.
We all turned to see another man. He was much taller than all of the men in the room and had a shaved head. He also had three eyes which seemed to scare Bra a little.
"Yamcha," he said again, "I suspect these are the ones."
Yamcha nodded.
"Yeah. Everyone, this is Tien. He's the one that wanted to you here."
The man called Tien, nodded and took us to a room where we sat at a big table.
"You all must be hungry." Tien said. "I'll have Chaoitzu make some food."
"It's okay. We're fine." Bra said.
Tien shook his head.
"Nonsense. You all are my guests and need to be treated well."
"We'd like to get straight to businesses, if that's okay with you." Trunks said.
Tien nodded.
"Of course." he folded his hands on the table. "We heard about your plan to overthrow Frieza. You plan to do it this year, yes?"
We all nodded our heads.
Uncle shifted in his seat.
"The details are sketchy but yes. We figure it will take place in a matter of months."
"You still need help though as I understand it."
"All the help we can get would be appreciated." Trunks said.
Tien nodded.
"And weapons?"
"Well," I said, "We figured the fight will consist mostly of hand to hand combat. We do plan however, to attack the palace in a surprise attack and take out as many as we can."
"So you will be needing some supplies?"
"Yes."
"How many are with you right now?"
"We have in all about a little over three hundred. We also have some nearby villages wanting to help." Trunks answered.
"It's not that many."
"Yeah but it's more than what we started with."
"And they are trustworthy?"
"I think so."
"Good, good. But be careful about who you recruit."
"Yes, we know." Uncle nodded.
"Alright, if you wish, we can go over the plans. You need to get started ASAP if you want to be ready in a few months."
"We need blue prints of the castle and the schedule for the guards." Bra said.
"Piece of cake." Tien smirked. "Yamcha, if you would please."
"Sure thing boss." Yamcha left the room.
"You have the-"
Tien nodded.
"You guys aren't the only ones who were planning to over throw the government." he said with sadness in his eyes. "And you might want to know, Frieza and his men use these."
My eyes fixed on a little gadget that Tien sat on the table.
"What is it?" I asked.
"This," Tien said pointing to the gadget, "Is called a scouter. Frieza and his men use it to locate people of great strength."
"Their ki?" Uncle asked.
Tien nodded.
"Yes. You may have read in the newspaper a few times the men that have been killed because of their 'betrayal' to his lord. Well, those men were actually killed because of their power."
"Their power?" Bra repeated. "But how do they know that their power is that strong?"
Tien shifted.
"Well you see, in the past whomever Frieza came in contact with that he felt a threat, he would have that man located and do a scan on them. This is done three times in three weeks. First to make sure they aren't a threat, a second time to make sure it wasn't a glitch in the scouter and a third before they capture the man. If their power level was well beyond that of an average human, he would have them killed. This could be anyone, from a servant to a warrior in his army, to someone he met with briefly. He would collect not only the one man, but his family as well. Then, he would kill them all just to be safe. Of course, once people begin to catch wind of this, he stopped and just killed the one man so as to not to create a problem and less people would oppose causing rebellion."
I thought this over and nearly gasped.
In the past...
At the palace...
That night I...
I remembered my father stepping in front of me. What was it he said?
"She meant no harm your Grace. With your permission, we will go."
Yes and then, three weeks later, they came and took away my father. In that moment, in that brief moment, had Frieza really felt my father's power and sense it as a threat? So then that was why he had...
Tears formed in my eyes as I remembered and continued to remember.
Tien put his hand on top of mine and looked into my eyes with understanding.
"I know what you are thinking. Your father was a good man, it was a shame he fell a victim to such an evil monster. But trust me, his death will not be in vain."
It was then we all knew it was going to be okay. We were going to win this battle. Frieza hadn't a chance once we joined forces. We stayed up that night, planning and preparing...
We were going to win.
So we were ready. We made recent visits to Tien and went over the basics. Uncle and Uub made visits to the villages to go over the plans with the fighters. My heart was racing towards excitement and anticipation. The rebellion would take place in three days. After all the years of planning, after all the pain and suffering, after all what Frieza had done to me, to everyone, he was finally going to pay for his sins.
But before we could attack, we still needed to receive another shipment of weapons and gears but most importantly, we needed a place to hide them. In the past, we had just buried them in the forest near the woods or somewhere near by wherever it was we would attack. We had never his them in or close to our homes, for if Frieza or any of his men found them, everyone near the site would be killed. But we had ran out of room and no one knew where else we could hide them. There was only one choice; Hide them in our homes.
Bra and I didn't like the idea of having it so close, really close, nor did Trunks , Uub or Uncle, but what choice did we have? Even then though, we ran into another problem.
Bra served Trunks, Uub and Goten some lemonade as they covered the last of the weapons with dirt.
Uncle wiped the sweat off his brow and smiled at us.
"That's that." he said.
"Um, not exactly." Uub frowned. "There's still about two hundred more pounds of others."
"What?" Uncle looked at him shocked. "But we can't fit all that much in this yard and we already hid more than enough under the floor boards. There wouldn't be any room or time to make room for all of that."
"I know." Uub nodded. "We just need some other place to hide them."
"Hey wait. Goten, we haven't hid anything at your place. Why don't we hide the rest there?" Trunks offered.
Uncle's face looked surprised and he turned away.
"Uh..."
"That's a good idea Trunks!" Bra exclaimed. "Then Marron can help us out. Why, she has hardly ever came out and talked with us about the whole thing."
"She has never been here." I pointed out.
"Well yeah but-"
"Sorry but I can't hide any of the weapons at my house. You're just going to have to find somewhere else." Uncle looked at the ground.
"Well why not?" Uub asked.
"You just can't." he replied coldly.
Trunks put his hand on his shoulder.
"Look man, if it's about the fear of having Frieza's men discovering it somehow do sweat it."
"It's not that Trunks!" Goten yelled.
"Hey, we're all risking our lives too Goten." Uub frowned. "Why shouldn't you?"
Goten glared at Uub and threw down the shovel.
"I said you can't so you won't. Hide them anywhere but near me!"
With that, he stormed off into the house. Bra and I jumped when the door slammed behind him.
I looked to Trunks, confused.
"What was that about?"
He shrugged.
"I have no idea."
Uub shook his head and grunted.
"He acts like he's the only one risking his life."
"I don't think it's that." Bra frowned.
"What then?" I looked at her.
She just shrugged and looked at the house.
"I don't think he's told her."
"Told who what?" Uub asked.
"Marron." she said. "I don't think she knows."
"After all this time?!" I exclaimed, my eyes wide.
"He's had to." Trunks said, "I mean, it's been at least five years to say the least. Not to mention they're married now. He's just had to have told her."
Bra shook her head.
"No. He hasn't told her."
Trunks sighed deeply.
"But why wouldn't he..."
I grunted.
"He should've told her before we- before they- argh! Why didn't he tell her? She needs to know!"
"I know Panny." Trunks said hugging me. "But I'm sure he has his reasons. Come on, let's go ask him. No one yell or scream at him, ok?
We nodded and followed Trunks into the house and found uncle sitting at the dining table, looking at a glass of juice he had poured for himself. He looked up when he heard us come in. Looking back at his cup he sighed and said, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean snap at you guys."
Trunks took a seat across from him.
"No problem. But why did you?"
Uncle shifted in his seat and didn't answer. Trunks smiled at him and leaned forward.
"It's ok man. We're all friends here. Just tell us what's wrong and we'll help you through it." he said.
Uncle looked at him, then at us, then smiled a bit then looked back down.
"I'm such an idiot." he said in a whisper. "A big idiot. Heh..."
We waited in silence for a few minutes until he laughed.
"I didn't tell her. Marron." he took a sip from his cup. "After all this time I didn't have the nerve to tell her about everything we were doing. If she finds out now..." he shook his head. "I don't know what she'll do..."
"Why didn't you tell her?" I asked, trying to conceal my anger.
He shrugged.
"I don't know why exactly. I suppose it's because I didn't want her involved, so that if, by some chance I got captured, they wouldn't kill her too..."
Uub smiled and sat by uncle.
"We all felt the same way. I know I would never forgive myself if something were to happen to Bra."
"You're damn right." Trunks smirked. "Hell, I'd never forgive you."
"Trunks!" Bra flushed.
Uub laughed.
"We've been there and we know it's hard."
Uncle frowned.
"Yeah but Bra and Pan were already in it before you guys got hitched. It's different from Marron and I."
Uub nodded.
"Maybe it's a different position but the situation is the same, no matter how you look at it."
"She needs to know." Trunks insisted. "And you need to be the one to tell her."
"She might kill me." Uncle said.
"If it'd be any easier, we'll be there when you tell her." I said. "She can't kill you if there's witnesses."
He laughed.
"Gee thanks."
We all smiled.
Uncle nodded and smiled back at the four of us.
"I'll tell her. Tonight. I'll call you guys later to hide the rest of the machinery." he said.
"Great!" Trunks said pouring himself some juice. "Let's all have a good drink.
So that night, Uncle told Marron his long kept secret. Of course, Marron was more than just surprised and shocked but she came around to after uncle explained what was going on and why. Uncle Goten had later told me that she had been crying and was very upset at the thought of us doing something that extreme. She didn't want him or any of us to be doing something that risky or rather, deadly. She begged him to change his mind. Poor Marron... Who could blame her? We didn't want anyone to be killed or hurt. What we were doing was dangerous and would prove to be soon on, but in that time we were all caught up on Frieza's destruction we didn't care to notice or just didn't care.
I remember the day before we were caught, ah, just as it were like yesterday. I can still hear Hideki calling my name and Coco clinging to my leg. Heh, I'm crying again. I've been doing that a lot, haven't I? I guess being locked up in a cell makes you really appreciate the things that are no longer available to you. Sweet Dende, I miss them so much.
"Look at the airplane! Haha! Say hello to your mommy!" Grandfather Goku cheered, twirling around Hideki around in the air as if he was an plane.
Grandma Chi Chi smiled and yelled to them, "Don't get him too dirty, Goku! It's almost time for dinner!"
Grandfather smiled and nodded.
"I won't. "I'm just having some fun with the little guy. Right Hideki?"
No sooner had he finished his sentence did he drop poor Hideki into a puddle of mud. Hideki squealed with delight in his new 'play area'. Grandfather laughed sheepishly as Grandmother scolded him playfully for not being more careful.
My mother laughed at the sight and put a tray of cups down on the table outside.
"Goku's so good with kids, isn't he?" she said laughing.
"You know Grandpa." I said taking a cup from the tray. "He's good with 'em because he's one at heart."
"Good ol' Goku." Trunks laughed taking a sip from the cup. "Thanks Videl. It tastes great."
My mom smiled.
"You know it."
We were all outside enjoying a quiet evening while the food cooked on the grill. Bar B Que in the evening always was a good time to eat especially with family. You didn't get to see or have that much, if at all.
"Mommy..." Coco pulled at my pants.
I blinked confused and looked at her.
"Yes honey?"
Coco's eyes shinned in the setting sun.
"I'm hungwey."
I smiled and picked her up, setting her on my lap between Trunks and myself.
"The food's almost done sweetie."
She sighed and silently pouted. Trunks poked her nose playfully.
"It's just the Saiyan in ya that's making you hungry."
Mother laughed.
"You would know, wouldn't you?"
Trunks smiled.
"You know how it is. We Saiyan's get our strength by how much we eat."
I flicked his ear.
"And I suppose training has nothing to do with it?" I teased.
"Just a little." he winked at me.
Just then, grandmother came by and picked up Coco.
"Come on. The best way to feed an appetite is to eat a cookie."
"Yay! Cookies!" Coco cheered.
As they walked away, I suddenly felt a chill and spilt my cup. Embarrassed, I quickly got a napkin to clean it up.
"You ok, honey?" Trunks asked.
"Yeah/ Just got a chill is all." I smiled to reassure him.
My mother frowned.
"Pan, Trunks, there was something I was meaning to ask you..."
"Yes Videl?"
"Mom?"
Her face looked at us, her eyes full of sadness.
"I...what are you guys planning exactly?"
"Hm?" I looked at her confused.
She turned her attention to a cup, her eyes gripping the napkin in her lap.
"I already know you guys are planning a revoult, you told me that much but-" she hesitated. "But why must you do it alone and when are you going to it?"
"We're not alone." I said with ease trying to calm her. "There are others that will be there to help us."
"That's not what I mean." she said. "Why not ask Goku for help? Vegeta or Kurilin?"
At this, my grandfather stopped twirling Hideki and watched us as if he had heard everything.
I shifted uneasily in my chair, unable to answer. Trunks looked at my mother, compassion and understanding in his stare.
"I know you're worried Videl and you have every right to be." he took her hands into his. "But I swear I will not let anything happen to your daughter. I swear on my life."
She shook her head, smiling somewhat and held her hand to Trunk's cheek.
"Don't be silly Trunks."
"Huh?"
She sighed and looked back down.
"You can't promise such a thing because such a thing isn't possible, I know because I made the same promise to Gohan. I already told Pan how silly those promises can be." She looked at us.
"Love cannot protect you. Only yourselves can. I know something will happen. Now if it's good or bad, I can't tell, but something will happen. You may be ready for it but I won't. However, I can learn to accept it and deal with it with as much power as I can. Know this," she paused and hugged both of us, silently crying on my shoulder. "I love you both and I will pray to Dende that death will never happen to you. I know I can't stop it but I don't care. Just praying helps me think I can help you no matter how weak I am..."
"Mama..." I felt tears fall down my cheeks. "Mama, please... stop crying... It'll be alright."
"Videl, I-"
"Shh..." she said. "I know you'll do your best and that's all you can do. I just pray it's enough. I believe in you two and also the others. Take care of one another, just promise me that."
I don't know if grandfather knew what we were talking about but he watched, Hideki hanging from his arm, laughing. Grandmother was watching too, from inside the kitchen window, holding Coco whom was giggling and eating a small cookie. Seeing this, I nearly broke crying. If anything were to happen to me- if I were to never return- oh gosh... Never to see Coco or Hideki grow up... never see my grandfathers smiling face or my grandmother scold him...and my mother... Just like my father, his words ringing in my ears, 'Never forget'...
I hugged my mother tightly and wept.
"I promise mama." I cried. "I promise..."
"Oh Pan!" she cried as well, Trunks holding us together.
"We both promise Videl..." he said.
A promise that would soon be broken sadly. How ironic that the next day would hold so much pain. Typical, you try so hard not to do something but in the end you had no choice in the matter. Now you will know what happened that day Frieza's men came and destroyed our lives, again.
It was a Saturday. I remember because Trunks had the day off work and I was making lunch in grandmothers house. Grandfather and my mother had left to town to get some groceries. Grandmother was upstairs playing with the kids. Bra, Uub, Uncle and Marron were coming over with their kids to have a nice quiet get together. That was the plan anyways.
Bra and Uub had already arrived and we just waiting for Marron and Uncle to show up. They never did.
"Hey babe." Trunks said kissing me on the cheek.
"Hey." I smiled back.
"Aw, look at the two love birds." Bra teased.
"Jealous?" I smirked.
"Ha! Uub is all the man I need."
"I'm glad for that!" Uub laughed, pulling her into an embrace.
It was like any other day at first, nothing out of the ordinary, we just sat down to enjoy our lunch when the phone rang. I got up to answer and listened to the others while I walked away.
"Shouldn't we wait for Goten and Marron?" Bra asked.
"Nah! They won't mind us eating ahead of them. Besides, they're already late." Uub answered, rubbing his hands together.
"Ditto." Trunks raised his sandwich to his mouth when I yelled in the phone, making him pause and watch me.
"What?.... I can't understand you... Calm down. What's going on? Who's trying to take you?...."
Bra and Uub looked at me, Trunks stood up, all were frightened to some extent.
I tried to listen to the hysterical Marron on the phone when she was pulled away by someone in the background, screaming at her to hang up.
"Marron?"
Silence.
"Marron!" I yelled, "Marron! Please answer!... Oh Dende..."
"Pan, what is it? What's wrong?" Trunks came over to me.
I was now panicked. I didn't know what was going on. I felt like crying but didn't.
"It's Marron and Uncle." I said, "Something's happened but I don't know what. I think it's Frieza."
They all froze in silent terror. Bra's eyes widened with fear, tears forming. Uub tried to remain calm and began to speak but couldn't find his voice. Trunks just stared at me, worried and cautious.
"Are you sure?" he asked. "Pan are you absolutely positive about this?"
I felt myself nod and gave out a choked yes.
He nodded and put on his coat.
"Come on. We don't have much time."
"Trunks-" Bra managed to say. "Do you think they will... do you think they will..."
"I don't know."
"We have to take the children." Uub said.
"No. We have to leave them somewhere. Not here. They'll look here."
Just then, Grandmother came in, holding Coco while Shiro, Kai and Hideki stay at her side. She looked so worried.
"What's going on? I was just walking in when I heard-"
"Chi Chi,' Trunks interrupted, "We need you to take the children and go to my mother's house."
"Trunks, what's going on? Tell me." She put Coco down.
"I can't. Not now anyways."
"Tell me!" she yelled, tears rolling down her cheeks. "Tell me what happened to Goten!"
She began to hit at his chest while the children ran to Bra and me. Trunks looked to the floor, his face covered in shadow.
"I don't know Chi Chi... I don't know..."
The phone rang again and I ran to answer it. By this time, Bra was in tears while Uub tried to console her, their children at their knees asking what was wrong. Coco stayed by Hideki, while Trunks held my crying grandmother.
"Hello?" I asked, my voice shaking, "Marron?"
"No, it's me, Eighteen." her voice sounded full of despair.
"Oh sweet Dende! Eighteen, what's going on?"
"We were visiting Marron and Goten when they came...."
"When who came?" I almost shouted. "Was it Frieza and his men?"
"Just his men." she said as calmly as she could. "But they took them. Kurilin tried to stop them but..." At this moment, she broke down crying while I stared at the wall in disbelief. She never cried. Something terrible was going to happen, I felt it.
"Eighteen, calm down." I said trying to reassure her. "Tell me, where did they take them? Are they-" I paused. "Are they still alive?"
Silence.
I gripped the phone tighter.
"Eighteen? Please! Tell me what happened!"
"They're alive." she said at last. "But Pan, you have to leave, you have to get out of there. They're coming for you. Goten and Marron begged us to tell you. You have to go now! Please, just run! Don't look back, go before they get you too!"
I nodded than hung up the phone.
"They're alive! Don't worry about them but right now we need to get out of here."
"What? Why?" Bra looked at me in shocked.
"Because they are coming for us next. We have no time to waste." I put my hand on my grandmothers shoulder and looked at her. "He's alive. Do not worry."
"But for how long?" she cried.
I didn't answer but hugged her.
"Please take the children to Capsule Corps. I don't want you to get caught up in this. I'll explain later tonight when we come back."
"Where are you going?" she sniffled, looking at me.
I shook my head.
"I don't know."
After a moment, we managed to get her and the children into the car. After a few good-byes, take care of one another until mommy and daddy get back, and a few hugs and kisses, they were gone.
The last time we would ever see them that close, our children.
Once they were out of sight, Uub made some calls to the rest of the group, informing them of what was going on and what happened to Goten and Marron. We made it clear that they should save what weapons they could, hide them somewhere in the mountains and wait for further instructions. We had them destroy what they had on the grounds of our homes and anything else close to it. As we were about to leave, my mother and grandfather pulled up. Immediately, they knew something was wrong. Without saying a word, she came up and hugged me.
"When and who?"
"A few minutes ago." I said hugging her back. "Uncle and Marron."
"Oh Dende..." she said beginning to cry. "Are they-"
"No. They are still alive but we don't know how long they will be."
"How did they find out?" my grandfather asked.
I looked at him, surprised that he would know what was happening.
He smirked and winked at me.
"Let's just say you guys aren't good at sneaking around us." he said.
"Goku, we don't have much time." Trunks interrupted. "We have everything we need for the fight. If you could, we need fighters like you and my father. We can start this thing right now."
"It already has started Trunks." Grandfather said. "It's only the matter of finishing it that matters now."
"But we need to make sure Marron and Goten are ok first." Bra insisted.
Grandfather nodded.
"Yes and they still might come after you. I'd say they did a pretty good job at surprising us like this. There really was no warning."
"No. There wasn't." I said shaking my head.
He sighed.
"I can 'round up some fighters. I can tell you right now, it won't be easy but I've been waiting for this moment for a long time. Even before they killed Gohan."
"We know of some fighters too." Uub chimed in. "Here, I will give you their names and addresses."
"Gee thanks" Grandfather said smiling. "We need all the fighters we can get."
"Goku, if we get captured, I want you guys to wait and not attack right away." Trunks said sternly.
We all looked at him shocked.
Goku frowned.
"May I ask why?"
Trunks sighed.
"I want to make sure our families are safely away. What's more, we need more information, not to mention there possibly may be more fighters in the jails. We can attack from within. Counter with a surprise attack of our own, if you will."
He smirked and we all eased a bit, smiling.
Grandfather nodded.
"Alright. As you wish. And guys?"
"Yes?" we answered.
Grandfather put his hand on his shoulder.
"We're all proud of you guys."
We nodded.
It was then that we felt a Ki rise and we froze as sirens filled the air and lights flashed everywhere. Dusts flew amongst us, as choppers flew and at least fifty of Frieza's men surrounded us, lifting their weapons at us. Right then and there, we could have finished that puny little force, but what Trunks had said made us hold back.
Behind the group was Zarbon as he calmly shouted, "Will Uub and Bra , and Trunks and Pan Briefs, please raise your hands in the air and accept your arrest under the suspicion of plotting against the government."
My mother began to cry as grandfather pulled her away. We did as we were told and accepted our defeat. We were not cowards, we would not run. We were in this together and that was how it was going to be.
And so it has remained. Now you know how we were caught and now you know the story. Ah but the end is much away. How long, I cannot say. I do not know myself and it is this sad fact that scares me every day and night. At the same time, I do not wish to know my fate, I rather control it.
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End of this chapter. ^.^ Hoped you enjoyed it. Took me a while to actually finish it, ne?
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