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%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% "I don't understand it."

"It's okay Trunks. You didn't get beat that easily."

"Mom, those things had absolutely no power reading, and were at least strong enough to catch me off guard."

Vegeta sat down on the couch across from Trunks with a bottle of water. "A Sayin should never be off guard."

"Well, you didn't exactly target the thing in the dark either."

"But I was..... Just waiting for the opportune moment."

"You mean when one of them stopped to tie their shoe?!"

"Both of you stop! Now it's obvious that these things are something that we have never dealt with before. I'm sure Lydia can fill us in."

Lydia sighed. I guess I could tell them. I mean...wow...I've never seen power like Vegeta's. These guys may be able to help me. But I swore I wouldn't let anyone else get hurt. This is my problem. I have to bear the burden alone.

"Well? Are you going to tell us; or is that spot on the wall more worthy of your time?"

Lydia realized that in her deep thought she had been zoning. Much like she use to in Chemistry class.

"Well?" ,Vegeta snapped again. "Get to it!"

"No! I can't. I have to deal with this problem, on my own."

Vegeta stood up, "You are so selfish. You think something this big is all about you!? This is clearly a prospect that can affect the world."

Lydia stood up too. She slammed her hands on the coffee table. "I just don't want anyone else to get hurt!"

"Well." , he motioned to Bra who was playing in the corner of the room. "It seems a little to late for that."

"I know. I shouldn't have stayed the night here. It was a mistake. In fact, I should go in case Sake decides to return."

"The hell you should!" Vegeta yelled.

Trunks, who was sitting on the couch in shock, finally stood up to.

"Look, we've dealt with things like this before, and as you can see; we're all still alive. Just tell us what this thing is"

"Well...I guess I can at least tell you my story."

She sat down on the couch. Vegeta, Bulma, and Trunks followed suit.

"Well I guess I should start from the beginning. Before any of this happened I was traveling around the world on slightly different terms. My parents were archeologists, and I would travel with them during the summer, and attend some sort of boarding school when term started.

A few months ago we traveled to Ireland. My parents were sent to study this certain castle that was known to be cursed. The people who lived their 300 years ago had all been mysteriously slaughtered one night. There was an order in the village that had a priority of protecting an ancient power source; something similar to the Atlantis power of legend. However, there was a man among the order who had a thirst for power and no sympathy for blood. He harnessed the power and slaughtered the people in the castle; turning them into a shrouded dark, heartless, evil that obeyed his every command.

Fortunately, the order fought back. The wielder of the power was granted immortality so the Order sealed him away in a concealed, magically bound, tower.

My parents and I found the tower and awakened the man. Since we broke the lock to the tower, we became a part of the ancient battle as well. For you see; the Order knew that the seal would one day be broken. So they cast a spell to give the world a fighting chance. The breaker of the seal (or in this case, breakers) would be given the ancient power of the Order, and immortality for as long as they yielded it.

It was divided among my father, mother, and me. Somehow he knew this though." Lydia's eyes watered, but she stopped them quickly. "He captured the three of us, and held us in a dungeon. In order to gain our power, he had to perform a very long ritual. My father was first. They took him from the dungeon, and he never returned. Then my mother went as well. Both are dead.

I waited a long time in the dungeon with no food or water. I didn't need it to live, but I was weak without it. However, I couldn't let that bastard get my power too. I couldn't let him rule the world and kill more innocent people. So I fled. I had starved long enough to be able to fit through the bars of the window in my cell. It's been a few months now, and I'm surprisingly still alive. There was a bond power spoken of in the writings of the castle that would be able to defeat Sake. So I'm running until I can find it. It's all that I can think to do. I had trained at different Dojos at my boarding schools so I'm at least able to defend myself against the shrouds, but no matter where I go he finds me eventually."