Chapter Twelve- We're Doomed
"Drink this," Older Trunks offered giving Goten a small glass, "Frezia's back too? And King Cold? Hmmm. Well, tell me more after you rest."
Goten struggled to a sitting position with the help of Trunks' support. It felt like he had warmed it on the camp fire. The liquid swirled sliver in the low light. Goten gazed dumbfounded at the elder Trunks.
"What is it?"
"It's something to help your fever. Kazi Liquid," Trunks smiled weakly, "I don't think you would like to hear what it is made of. It tastes good anyway…"
Goten took a deep breath of courage and gulped the drink down. It tinged his senses making him feel as though the whole world was spinning. Goten's eyes lowered in till Trunks' face faded. He fell backward never hitting the ground. He felt warm and comfortable. All his pain disappeared in a flash of colorful light. Visions flashed past him. All of them strange and unreal until...
"AHHHHH!!!!!"
"Goten! Goten, are you alright." Trunks shouted shaking him roughly, "Wake up!"
Cold water splashed down Goten's face dripping all over his clothes. Goten woke up with a jerk. He blinked. Trunks held Goten probing up his head with his arm. He smiled once the boy came conscious again.
"That gave me a fright."
"Was it supposed to happen?" Goten asked.
"Uh… no. I don't why it did… It could knock you out though," Trunks muttered rubbing the back of his neck, "I guess it was powerful enough too. Maybe I should have giving you less."
Goten suddenly discovered that he had no pain anymore. He could move all his fingers and legs. He felt as though he had been revived by a sensu bean.
"Was that like a melted Sensu bean?"
"Uh… Kind of," Trunks smiled, "But it's slower. Sensu beans work immediately. This works at about the speed of Advil."
Goten crawled over to where Chibi Trunks still laid. He looked his friend over sadly.
"He's okay, except for his arm," Trunks murmured also looking at the younger Trunks with a slightly guilty expression.
Goten's eyes fell upon Trunks arm. It was laying in a cast made out of twigs and bandages. Goten thumbed the cast uncertainly and turned to the older Trunks.
"What's wrong with his arm?"
"It's broken."
Goten suddenly felt faint. He turned his gaze back upon the arm and cried, "Can it be fixed?! I mean he's not broken forever right?!"
Trunks cast Goten an amused look and laughed, "His arm will heal in a bit. I gave him some of the kazi liquid while you were asleep."
Goten let out a sigh of relief. So Trunks would be okay. And Gohan would come back soon to help them defeat Cell. And that creature would never…
Goten blinked. He tapped the cast and the ripped off some of the bandages to stare at the red burn just below his elbow. He turned to stare at Trunks' face. Trunks was sleeping peacefully a small smile upon his face. Goten whipped about to future Trunks and cried, "No! We're doomed!"
Vegeta soared through the cold night air peering down through the trees for a sign of a battle or Trunks and Goten. He didn't know what to think of his son's unexplainable disappearance. He could only hope he wasn't too late. He halted suddenly in the air and glared out into the darkness. Someone was following him…
"Ah. Vegeta."
Vegeta spun about to see a familiar insect like creature hovering in the air behind him. Vegeta's jaw dropped. He blinked and managed to sputter,"Cell?"
A sudden pain in the back of his neck shot though his body… He slipped out of conscious and plummeted to the ground below.
Videl rammed her body weight against the door one last time and it burst opened. Videl tumbled out upon the carpeted hallway and caught herself before slamming into the wall. She peered about the darkness of the house looking for a sign of movement. There was no sign of Frezia or King Cold anywhere.
"I think they left us," Videl muttered.
"But why?" Chichi asked leaning against the door frame, "They must have had a reason…"
"Maybe they had more important things to do…" Videl shrugged, "Or they're dumb."
A sudden ringing downstairs made both of them jump a foot. Chichi let out a sigh and wiped the sweat off her forehead, "It's just the phone."
Both Chichi and Videl hurried into the kitchen for Chichi to grab the phone.
"Hello?"
"Chichi! Oh thank Kami! I found you!" Bulma anguished voice answered, "I was so worried."
"You should be," Videl muttered.
"What was that?" Bulma asked.
"I said… Never mind. Bulma are you sitting down?" Chichi asked.
"What happened to Trunks?"
Vegeta sat up groggily to a sharp pain on his wrist. He heaved himself up on his feet staring at the burn across his wrist. As if suddenly remembering everything he glared up at the empty sky.
"What the heck is going on?"
Mirai Trunks' eyes widened at Goten's sudden declare of death. He blinked a couple times and then snickered, "What?"
"Haji…I mean…" Goten stared down at the ground sadly.
He still didn't have enough courage to tell anyone yet about what happened back there. He looked hopefully at the starlight sky. Maybe it was time for him to tell someone. His gaze turned back to Trunks who to his amazement was looking sad.
"How about I tell you a story, Goten?"
"Uh… I guess."
Trunks sat down in Indian style and gazed up at the sky just as Goten had been doing. A slight smile slipped across his lips as he began, "I guess it all began when Goku died…"
Goten listened patiently to Trunks' depressing tale. Suddenly, his brother's death didn't seem as bad. His head swam with all the images that Trunks' narrative left him with. He had suffered so much tormented but he still managed to smile. But how? Once Trunks finished they were left in a ringing silence with the only sound was Chibi Trunks' soft snoring.
"Wow," Goten muttered, "I'm sorry."
Trunks smiled and rested his head on the palms of his hands.
"Even though the horrors of past lay behind us doesn't mean they block our path," Trunks muttered, "Gohan told me that when we were training once."
Goten blinked and let out a sigh, "I guess… It's time I tell what happened…"
To Be Continued…
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