In Search of Amity

Period 28: Unveiled truths


Having exited the firing inferno of the docking bay, Savarna steered the ship further out into space, with a stroke of luck the planets defences had not triggered and their path was clear of any ships. Switching on autopilot, she ran from cockpit to find her father, who as far as she was conserned was loosing his mind, she found him on the floor beside a recovering Goku.
"Dad!" she exclaimed, kneeling down beside him and shaking his shoulders roughly to rouse him, his eyes lay gently shut as through he were in a deep sleep, they flickered open when she wouldn't stop shaking him.
"What happened?" he asked, bringing his open palm to cover his forehead.
"We got away by had to take off quick, are you ok I mean do you remember anything at all that happened?" she asked with urgency, starting to sound like a nagging mother which Piccolo found utterly disturbingly like Chichi, he scowl's at her.
"I'm fine, stop coddling me like a child girl you sound like dagger woman!" he retaliated angrily and slowly got to his feet using the wall as an aid, upset by his reaction however relieved that his memory was not far gone enough to forget Chichi.


In the cargo bay Korofi bemoaned and rolled onto his stomach, pushing himself up from the ground in a push up fashion he groggily rubbed the top of his bald head, the deep wound was still sizzling and saw. Gohan came running through the hallways to find him near the cargo bay doors, approaching him with a relieved smile.
"Are you alright, man I can't believe you just turned up at exactly the right time, how did you…" Gohan suddenly stopped in his tracks, when Korofi looked up to him, his face was one Gohan reconstructed into something he could never forget.
He could not believe his eyes; he had only seen such a sight once when Lord slug attacked earth over 15 years earlier, then it was from Piccolo tearing his own ears from his head to withstand his younger self's whistling.
"Your a Namek!" he stated with a shock and Korofi nodded hesitantly, walking up to Gohan he started to make some strange grunting sounds and is face twisted painfully.

Shockingly a pair of elongated, pointy ears protruded from either side of his head where the holes used to be, then two long, thin antennas popped out of his forehead above his thick eyebrow ridges. Gohan noticed the earrings still hung from Korofis ear, only now on the lobe.
"Yes, im sorry for deceived you Gohan, but I could not reveal my true nature to the creatures of that planet, I wouldn't have survived their tortures ways toward my race, after all I am no warrior." The Namekian explained and though he had lied.

Gohan felt he was not owed an apology by the Namek and rested a hand upon his shoulder" No need to apologise friend, your life is your own and you have no need to reveal it to anyone but I must say, I am surprised by your true self." Gohan assured, but still he was confused about this individual's motive.
"Why did you stay there if you knew your life would be in danger?" He asked removing his hand; Korofi gave a brief nod realising his actions seemed strange to someone on the outside, since he was now stuck with the earthling and explanation was in order.
"My story is a long one, but I can cut it down to a satisfying explanation Gohan, please let us walk, it helps the memories arise better." He indicated with an open hand indicating down the hallways, with Gohan obliging.

They paced gently along the floor of the hallway.
"I was born on old Namek, but I never had a farmers dedication or a warriors heart." He started and Gohan stopped.
"With that fantastic display of bravery you showed down there, I say your more warrior than you think, I mean you have the height for it." Gohan complimented and pointing toward the ceiling, Korofi chuckled and they continued walking.
"Thankyou but its not the life I want to lead, I left old Namek when I was a teenager against my fathers will, it was so I could travel become the first Namekian explorer in history, discover things that me and my friends as children had only dreamed of." Korofi revealed with a visionary gaze and Gohan shook his head chuckling, Korofi looked to him with confusion.
"Why do you find that funny, did I say something strange?" He asked, Gohan shook his head and looked to the floor.
"You are the only adult I have ever met who isn't afraid to say exactly what they wanted to become when they were young, and be as proud of it now as he was then." He explained sliding his hands in his pockets, a constant smile across his face.
"Ah, and that is a good thing?" The Namek asked.
"Yes, it is a good thing." Gohan replied.

There was a prief pause."I'm a teacher, every year I see a stream of students who come looking for an education to secure a future, only rarely they there because they wanted to be, most are because their dreams wouldn't come true in our imperfect world. They would go hungry trying to be what they always wanted, an astronaut, president or a millionaire." He reflected, and it saddened him to think about it and he wondered did he really want to be a teacher anymore?. "Your well respected, on Namek teachers are highly regarded for their ability to pass on knowledge because it is a hard thing to do." Korofi commented and Gohan laughed aloud.

"I'm afraid teachers are unpopular on earth, it just goes to show the difference between our worlds doesn't it, anyway we need to get up into the main hall, I think everyone should know the truth about you." He instigated as they reached the staircase and climbed it.


Trunks hopped on one leg through the hallway with Goten over his shoulder emitted low moans of pain, behind him Bra and Pan followed to help and as they entered the medical bay, assisted to lower Goten to a stainless steel table.
"I need morphine, bandages and a stitching kit." Trunks ordered grasping Goten's sleeve in both hands taring it apart to the shoulder.
Bra ran to a steel cupboard on the wall and retrieved an I.V bag of liquid morphine, Pan fetched the stitching kit and bandages from a draw across the room, they came back to find Trunks holding down Goten who was started struggling.
"Pan I need you to help me hold him down, get around behind his head!" Trunks ordered. Dropping the bandages Pan moved into position holding Goten's down shoulders against the table, it took all of her strength.
"Bra get that I.V in I cant do anything with his swinging his arms around!" Trunks snapped, not meaning to be cruel but the situation was getting dangerous.

Bra hurried and fortunately inserted the needle in on the first try, and then reaching across adjusted the I.V stands height.
"Good, get on the end I need you to hold down his ankles." He indicated with a nod of his head and chin, a strand of his hair then fell into his left eye.
"Tie my hair." he asked aloud, squeezing shut the hair infected eye as Pan leaned over to lend a pink hair elastic from around her wrist, slicking her fingers through his hair from forehead to neck she ties it back securely.
"Thanks, the morphine starting to kick in you can start cleaning him up sis." He assured and stood back from the table.

Pan also stood back breathing heavily and looking to Trunks she spotted it.
"Oh there's one in your eye, here let me get it." Pan pointed out and reaching over with her fingers, gently pulled the lavender strand out from between his pail eyelashes.
Without thinking, he stood still and allowed her to do so, feeling no pain or discomfort he opened his eyes normally.
"You have a gentle touch there, you know you would have made a great doctor Pan." He smiled sweetly at her strikingly black eyes, in no hurry to turn away.
Bra looked up from Goten's wound and raised an eyebrow.
"Um, Bro he's decomposing already, come back to reality capsule 4 to Trunks!" Bra shouted, breaking him from his trance he did not utter a word and proceeded to clean Goten's wound.


"Vegeta you alright?" Goku asked.
"Of course I am, instead of checking on people who are standing, check the mortally wounded in the med bay." The prince commented and turned his attention.
Goku knew Goten was wounded but also knew he was in Trunks capable hands, he was however concerned about their guest, who was wondering around somewhere in the cargo bay.
"Does anyone know anything about that guy who helped us out?" He asked generically, looking around at Savarna, Piccolo, and Dende who were in the room.
"Yes, we met in the bar you left us at, he helped Gohan get drinks from the bartender and hung around with us for a while." She explained
"Ok, does anyone know if he survived take off?" He asked to a quiet audience.

"He did dad." Gohan spoke from the stairway leading up from the cargo bay, followed closely behind by Korofi and Goku jaw dropped into a smile when his eyes came to rest upon him, he was thrilled to say the least.
"Hey another Namek, look Dende and Piccolo you got another guy on board who you can hang around with, its great to meet you Korofi im Goku." The saiyajin approached offering his hand to the taller Namek, Korofi froze.
"Your Goku, I didn't believe it when Gohan told me you were his father, im sorry I doubted your word Gohan." He said turning to Gohan with a face full of apology and Gohan shook his head forgivingly.

Dende nodded a greeting to the new Namekian and gave a half smirk, Korofi nodded in return respectfully to the guardian.
Piccolo's strength was slowly returning and he managed to walk over beside Goku, he observed the equal hight Korofi with a calculating scowl.
"Your not corrupted, so why are you away from the planet Namek?" Piccolo instigated critically, Korofis lips parted to speak but Gohan intervened.
"Uh he's a traveller, interested in getting himself in the record book as the first Namekian explorer Piccolo." Gohan explained on impulse, he trusted Korofi and never doubted his story, Piccolo turned to his student with the same scowl.
"Planet Namek doesn't have record books." He noted and Gohan mouth went dry.
"Oh well um, they should have then." He chuckled pathetically.

Korofi felt he must intervene.
"Its true Sir Piccolo, I am a traveller and it is my dream to be the first Namekian…" He tried to explain, but was cut off by Piccolo raising his palm to him.
"Shut up, im not interested in your life story." He stated, and lowering his hand walked away leaving everyone confused, one moment he was deep into an interrogation that he instigated the passed it off as an interruption to his time.

Korofi turns to Goku uncertain of what had just happened.
"I'm sorry if I offended him, it wasn't my intension because I have great respect for him." He said with concerned, and Goku shook his head assuring.
"You did nothing wrong, he just hasn't been himself lately but forget about that, lets get to know each other better." He instigated and led their guest toward one of the lounges; Gohan following close behind but Savarna and Dende remained behind with disinterest.

Savarna observed Dende, curios and confused by his reaction to the true Korofi.
"Did you know he was a Namek?" She asked him from across the room, he turned to her briefly then returned his gaze to the group leaving the room.
"Of course I did, when someone isn't astute in the ways of blocking their mind from outside interference, much can be revealed and also, we were born in the same year." He stated with a confident air and Savarna rolled her eyes.
"Do you always have to put on an air of self assurance whenever you say anything, it gets real repetitive after a while and frankly your real boring." She accused the guardian with a mixture of tones and facial movements.
Dendes brow ridges came closer together and he turned to her.
"Why do you always have to start a fight whenever I speak, im sick of you always finding a way for us to stop getting along." He said heatedly, surprising her, she tensed when he started walking toward her hurriedly with a firm expression upon his face.

He paused shortly when he reached her.
"I'm sorry, ok im sorry for what happened at the lookout, im sorry for attacking you and im just sorry for everything that happened when I returned... is that what you want to hear? What else do I have to do to make you understand this, tell me what!" He shouted inches from her face, Savarna eyes flickered back and forth between his, the heated emotions from him aroused a profound anger and longing that stirred in a deep, dark place within her.
Whipping around she stomped away from him in a huff, she could feel the heat crawling into her throat and evaporating out her eyelids.
"You not walking away this time, this ends right here right now, I asked you WHAT I need to do!" He shouted as he followed her out of the room and down one of the hallways, she continued walking away and he followed persistently, repeating the same question to her. Unknown to him, tears were brimming her eyelids and her lips quivered.
"Just leave me alone, scram!" She screamed as she walked further, he ignored her words and followed until they entered the viewing lounge, where the enormous viewing window was located.

She stopped at the window crossing her arms tightly, bitting her top lip firmly as he stopped a few feet behind her.
"Your so selfish that you think you can continue acting like a child and get your way whenever it suits you, I have news for you young lady its not going to last much longer, you better start shaping up or your going to have a hell of a ride ahead, worse than any attack I pulled on you!" Dende cursed, he could feel his frustration going out of control and already he had overstepped his bounds, speaking to her in such a way, if Piccolo was himself he would have killed him by now.

Bitting his tongue he walked an uneven circle in the centre of the room, turning back, he was in a position where he was able to see her reflection in the window, his breath caught in his throat when he saw her tears streaming down her face.
"Look, im tired of fighting you all the time Savarna." He stated with control in his voice, the anger in him subsided slightly as he heard her sniffle in a long breath.

Finally, she slowly turned to face him and as he had observed, the tears stained her cheeks from eyelids to jaw line.
"You want to know why I hate you so much, you really want to know why?" She shouted tearfully.
"You left us, you left me and you promised you would come back, I lived off those words for years as a child. I would wait and wait and wait on the lookout for Dad to come and tell me you had come home." She expressed with uncontrollable tears flowing, her breath almost spent and body exhausted from crying.
"But you never did, then Dad sent me away to live with Goku an Chi chi, he had Goku come and DRAG me away because he knew I wanted to stay. And I thought if only Dende were here he would have let me stay, he would have let me stay here…" She pushed the words from her body with all she had, inhaling a long staggering breath before continuing.

Dende listened intently, his chest tense and his breathes far between.
"I never was myself after that and dad knows I never forgave him for it, I never slept happily again and I never dreamed again, all I have are nightmares of ghosts coming out of the darkness to terrify me to awaken, all because you left!" She relieved her conscious fully and it was then that her anger subsided, and her true inner pain came out.
"Why did you leave, was I a burden to you, was it a mistake that you took me from the alley to save me. Was I a disappointment to you I just want to know, tell me why, why did you leave me there alone?" She screamed out in a painful display, knocking herself off balance from exhaustion, her knees began quivering abnormally beneath her.

Dende saw this and ran forward, catching her as they collapsed beneath her letting her dead weight fall into his arms, he held up and embraced her as she sobs uncontrollably against his arm.
With his arms cradling her, he felt only shocked by the truth she had withheld from her past, her hand grasped the shoulder of his robe tightly and refused to let go, he responded by holding her comfortingly and gently placing his cheek against hers.
"I'm sorry, im sorry I wasn't there for you Sav, I didn't know how much of a mistake it was leaving until now, but my reasons were nothing to do with you." He whispered softly against her cheek, feeling no response from her yet he felt an overwhelming sense of calm, he didn't want to let her go as if to make up for all the time that he had denied her his presents.
Looking down to her hand on his arm, he noted she was still wearing the bracelet he had given her on the day of his return to earth; it brought a smile to him face.


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