Part 7: On To New Namek
Chapter 33: Vanishing Light
I do not own Dragonball Z.
First off, sorry about the wait for this little update. The truth is that I had most of this chapter down a few weeks ago and I just never got around to finishing it 'till just now. I'm not really entirely satisfied with this chapter either. It just seems rushed. But then again I want to finish my fics so I can either move on to knew ones or maybe take a break from the fanfiction scene. Anyway, here it is. The next chapter of Last of Two Planets. Enjoy.
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"What the hell's going on?!" Screamed Sharpner over the blaring siren as the ship bucked and shuddered, knocking the blonde haired boy to one knee. It had been little over a week since Goku had come and gone. And in that time they had made some considerable progress toward their destination.
Trunks flew down the hallway and yelled, "I don't know!" in reply. Upon reaching the cockpit he found Gohan and Videl already there. "What's going on?"
"I," Gohan flipped a switch, silencing the alarm, "don't know. Something tripped the ship's automatic warning system."
"Just great... Let me guess, another fragment of code my mom salvaged from the other ships?" asked Trunks.
"Maybe, I..." several energy beams sliced passed the window as the ship bucked again.
"Ok, maybe not," said Trunks
"Ship approaching." said the ship's computer, giving voice to what they could see out the windows. Before they had time to do anything, the ship docked with them.
"Gohan!" screamed Videl as the hatch closed. The two of them were going to go aboard the strange ship to check it out when the hatch had slammed shut before Videl could get through.
Through window in the hatch Gohan could see Videl ready a ki blast in her hand, ::No don't!:: he told her through their bond. ::I'll find another way back.::
::But you...::
::Trust me Videl,:: said Gohan as the ship separated from their own and vanished in a flash of light.
The most heart wrenching cry anyone one of them had heard echoed through the ship.
"What was that?" asked Erasa.
Trunks seemed to stare off into nothing before bowing his head, "Gohan..."
"Huh?" Sharpner looked at the lavender haired teen curiously. "That didn't sound like Gohan."
"He means...Gohan is gone," replied Lime before leaving, closely followed by Trunks, to find Videl. They found her near the airlock where she had apparently collapsed to the floor and curled into a ball. A waterfall of tears fell from her eyes as she gently rocked herself, sobbing into her hands.
"Trunks, we should do something for her," said Lime.
"And what would you suggest?!" snapped Trunks. "We don't know if Gohan's alive or dead! And if he is dead then we can't do anything about it 'till we get to Namek!"
Lime glared at him and said, "Hey! Don't snap at me!"
Trunks frowned and looked away. "Sorry."
"Ok, you're forgiven," replied Lime. "Now take her to her room." Trunks nodded and bent to pick up Videl.
But the second his hand touched her Videl's energy flared the girl's elbow jammed into his gut. Knocking the air from his lungs and him against the other side of the airlock.
"I," Trunks coughed and took a few deep breaths, "think that maybe you should carry her."
"Videl?" Erasa looked around the dim interior of the room and spotted the girl curled up on the bed. "Are you hungry?" she asked while sitting next to her. Videl didn't reply.
"Look, it's..." Erasa sighed. "I know that Gohan meant a lot to you. He meant a lot to all of us. But it's been nearly a week. And...well...you haven't done anything but lie in bed and cry. I know it'll take a while for you to get over him." Silence settled over them for several seconds before Erasa spoke again. "One day you'll find someone else and--" Erasa suddenly found herself sprawled on the floor with the entire right side of her face aching terribly. Through the haze of pain she could see an extremely pissed off Videl looming over her. And when the raven haired girl spoke it was in a low threatening tone that made Erasa's blood run cold and her insides feel like ice.
"If...you...ever...say...that...again...I...will...kill...you!"
"Videl..." tears of pain fell from Erasa's eyes. A new pain shot through her arm as she was grabbed by Videl and forcefully removed from the room.
Erasa sat there on the thin carpet of the hallway, staring up at the door to Gohan and Videl's room when the three other people onboard ran around the corner.
"What happened to you?" asked Sharpner upon seeing the bruise forming on her face and blood running from her split lip.
"Videl hit me..." Erasa replied softly as she registered the metallic taste of blood in her mouth from a split lip.
"What? Why would she--" Lime pulled Erasa to her feat while giving Sharpner a look telling him to shut up.
"Why don't we get you cleaned up?" said Lime. "Then you can tell us what happened."
"...and then I said that she'll find someone knew and--"
"You didn't?!" exclaimed Trunks. "Oh man...it's a wonder you're still alive."
Erasa flinched at the sharp bite of an icepack being applied to her aching face. "Huh? Why's that?"
"You remember when I told you about our Saiya-jin heritage?" Erasa nodded.
"Well what he didn't tell you about then is the..." a light blush tinged the lavender haired teen's cheeks, "mating habits of Saiya-jins." Lime blushed, she had just recently learned first hand about them the other night when she and Trunks had gotten a little carried away. "When a Saiya-jin takes a mate it's for life. And nothing changes that. Even if a Saiya-jin's mate dies he or she will not take another.
"And we Saiya-jins are also extremely protective of our mates," added Trunks as he squeezed Lime's hand lightly.
"Oh... Ouch! Damn it Sharpner that hurt!" yelled Erasa when the blonde boy had applied a coagulant to her split lip to stop the bleeding.
"So why did you say that it's amazing that Erasa is still alive?" asked Sharpner as he handed Erasa a couple of aspirin. He would have given her something stronger if he knew it was safe.
"Because Videl," he looked directly at Erasa, "could have easily taken your head clean off your body with one hit." Sharpner guffawed at him.
"Oh come on man. I know she's strong but--" Trunks punched right through the half inch thick metal of the tabletop, silencing Sharpner.
"I know Videl is stronger then me. And if I could do that..." Erasa and Sharpner both gulped.
"Don't hold what she did against her," said Lime. "She's...not herself."
"How much has she had to eat since Gohan...left?" asked Trunks as they, minus Videl, sat down to eat dinner.
Lime frowned and played with her mashed potatoes a little. "Barely enough to feed one of us for a day." By 'one of us' Trunks knew she meant a human.
The lavender haired teen frowned. He knew from personal experience that even when doing nothing a Saiya-jin still ate more then that as a snack. "And what about the sedative we've been giving her?" Saying such a thing left a bad taste in his mouth. But judging from what had happened to Erasa just a few hours before it was probably for the best. Especially considering that Videl had been under sedation at the time of the incident.
"I don't like drugging her any more then you," said Lime upon picking up on some of Trunks' stray thoughts. "But I don't think it be safe to not to give her something." That was true. All four of them could agree on that. But what they couldn't decide was whether they were protecting themselves or Videl by sedating her. "I don't think there's anything else we can do for her.
"Well," Erasa gingerly ate a small bite of food, "she needs a bath. I can help her with that."
Sharpner smirked and said, "I'll help too!" Lime, Erasa, and Trunks looked at him flatly. "What? It was just a joke." Erasa stared at him for several seconds before taking the large spoon out of the mashed potato bowl and bonking Sharpner on the head with it.
"Well it wasn't funny," said Erasa as she got up to get another spoon.
"Yea, real funny," said Lime before looking at Erasa. "I'll help you..." Lime stopped as the ship lurched slightly to the side. A second later an alarm started blaring.
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