Chapter 9: Body Switch Confusion
"Katie, I don't care what you know, stay back. Let me try out my power." Goku ordered.
"Yeah, okay." So I relaxed my fighting pose and stepped out of the way, to the sidelines next to Jeiece.
"I dunno bout your boy there, but cap'n will squash him." Jeiece said.
"That why you ran to him like a scared little boy?" I retorted.
"Shut it, monkey girl!"
"Whatever." So now Ginyu had finished his pose and Goku tried to imitate it. For the fun of it, I joined in.
"No, Goku, like this!" so I did the pose.
"No, no, no! More like this!" Jeiece instructed.
"Jeiece, that's not it! Watch!" Ginyu called back.
"Oh, I see." So then Goku did it again and got it right.
"You're not half bad."
"Thanks." Goku said.
"That guy is Cap'n Ginyu, Freiza's most powerful warrior!" Jeiece called to Goku.
So after that bit of dallying, Goku and Ginyu got started. They fought, and I cheered Goku on, as Jeiece did with Ginyu. Finally Goku had to power to his max, and I kept careful watch to try to see when Ginyu would make his move.
"Jeiece, give me a power reading!" Ginyu called as Goku powered up.
"One hundred thousand and climbing. One hundred twenty thousand… One eighty and holding steady, cap'n." Jeiece called back as Goku hit his max.
"What! No way!" Ginyu checked for himself, then threw his Scouter to Jeiece. I knew it would be soon.
Goku and Ginyu started fighting again and soon Ginyu was on the downfall. They were up high as I watched, seeing the wheels in Ginyu's greasy little mind turning, forming a plan.
Finally Ginyu stopped and Goku stood back, ready to hear what Ginyu was going to say.
"I hate to admit it, but there is no way I could beat you."
"Cap'n?" Jeiece said shakily.
"Does that mean you give up?"
"No." Ginyu took one of his powerful hands and thrust it into his own chest. He grimaced as he bled.
"What! You'd rather kill yourself than face defeat!" Goku cried.
"No, I'd rather take your body! Change Now!"
I flew toward Goku, hoping that I could stop Ginyu in time. I didn't like the idea of having my body swapped with a dying man's, but then again it would save Goku a lot of trouble.
But Jeiece wasn't about to let me ruin his captain's plan. He was really fast, of course, and grabbed me so I couldn't get away.
"No you don't!" he said.
"Let me go!" I struggled, but couldn't get free in time. The swap had been made.
"What the…?" Goku, in Ginyu's body, gasped as he clutched his chest.
"No, Goku!" I called. Goku fell to his feet.
"Nice trick, huh?" Ginyu, in Goku's body, said.
"Change back with him now and I'll let you live!" I cried as Jeiece still had hold of me. They laughed at my threat.
"You're not in position to make threats, little girl." Ginyu said.
"I'm not little, I'm sixteen!" I looked over to Goku, barely on his feet. Then he fell onto his stomach. "Goku! No!"
"That can't be right. The Sayjin world was destroyed over twenty years ago." Jeiece said.
Crap! I did it again!"Who are you?" Ginyu said as he approached Jeiece and me.
"Goku's sister." I said quickly.
"That can't be." Ginyu said, looking closer at me. He took one of his stolen hands and grabbed my face so he could get a good look at me. I tried to get a look at Goku, but Ginyu's grip wasn't allowing that to happen.
"Look me in the eye and tell me who you are." He threatened. I smirked, despite the danger Goku and I were in.
"I'm Katie, Sayjin. Serial number 605-"
"Shut it!" Ginyu slapped me and Jeiece squeezed harder, tightening my ribs. I didn't let them phase me.
"Who are you?" Ginyu asked more quietly.
"Goku's sister." I replied.
"Maybe we should take her to Frieza." Jeiece offered.
"Good idea." Ginyu agreed. I had to think fast.
"Bad idea." I said. They, of course, were curious.
"What do you know of Frieza?" Ginyu asked. It sickened me that he was in Goku's body, and I needed to get free so I could help the real Goku.
"Well, would you really want to present me to Frieza?"
"Why wouldn't we?" Jeiece asked.
"Frieza already has one Sayjin he missed when he blew up Planet Vegeta. Would you really want to make your master angry and show him that he made another mistake?"
"How many more?" Ginyu asked. I thought fast and made up a convincing story.
"My mom left planet Vegeta the day before Frieza blew it up. Dad died before I was born. That was Bardock. Somehow mom ended up on earth, and there I met Goku. She left me a note telling me this story, but not that I was a Sayjin. I sought out Goku after that."
"It has to be a lie." Jeiece said.
"It's not. How do you think Frieza will feel if he sees me in your company? He'll probably kill you when he's done with me."
Ginyu and Jeiece fell for it, and let me go. But it wasn't a free trade. Ginyu kneed me in the stomach before I knew what hit me, and I was unable to move. Ginyu and Jeiece flew off, toward Freiza's ship.
I had to get up. I had to save Goku and get him to the new battlegrounds before it was too late. This dimension had a will of its own, undoubtedly because I wasn't supposed to be here. Now that I am, things are different. Anything may happen; Chaos.
My body was weak, that kick was from Goku's fully powered up body, but it wasn't enough to kill me, thank God.
And that brings up another point. Is my God here? I'd have to think on it later.
I finally mustered the strength to stand up, and I looked to Goku, in Ginyu's body, lying motionless on the ground. I powered up, giving myself the power I needed from losing to both Recoome and Ginyu. I ran over to Goku and knelt down. I gently rolled him over and he grunted in response.
"Goku, can you here me?" he fluttered his eyes open and stared at me.
"Katie, what's going on?"
"Ginyu swapped bodies with you and now he's headed toward Gohan and Krillen." Goku tried to get up, but wasn't strong enough and slid back down.
"I'm dying. I can feel it." Goku said.
"Shh. I'll help you up."
"Leave me, you'll go faster without me save the others."
"No, if I leave you here you'll die, and you'll never get your body back." I stated. As he lay there I removed the part of the armor covering his chest to look at his wound. It was worse than I thought.
"What happened in the show?"
"Goku, I-"
"Please, tell me." He pleaded. Goku was one of the only people I could tell any of my secrets to.
"You made it to Gohan and Krillen in time and got your body back. But the injury wasn't this bad on the show. Nothing is going as the show did. The major details have flaws, but right now we're going to save those boys and get your body back. I swear it. Come on." I put Goku's arm around my neck and lifted him up. He grimaced, but stood with me.
"How are we-"
"Lean on me, I can fly us there. I'm pretty fast."
"Whatever you say." Goku was weak; the wound was, apparently, near Ginyu's heart. Whatever Ginyu is has its heart on the other side, where he impaled himself. The wound was really close; I could see more blood leak out whenever the heart would beat. Goku didn't have long in this form, so I did all the work as he rested.
I flew as fast as I could toward the direction Ginyu and Jeiece had left, praying that they didn't try to send me off course by going one way and then another. Goku's breathing was labored, and his pulse was irregular as I felt it from his body leaning on mine.
Faster and faster I flew, now seeing Frieza's large ship. Frieza wasn't there, but off fighting Nail, I knew. I saw Ginyu, in Goku's body, talking to Gohan and Krillen. Soon I was calling distance away.
"Krillen, Gohan! Listen to me!" I landed and placed Goku on the ground carefully.
"Katie, what are you doing with Ginyu?"
They don't know yet…
"That's not Goku, its Ginyu! He swapped bodies with Goku."
"She's lying! She's evil now, like Vegeta!" Ginyu said. I glanced over to the real Goku as he tried to get up.
"Guys, its me, Katie! Believe me! I'll prove it." I walked over to Goku and had him lean on me so we were both by Ginyu.
"Guys, she's crazy." Ginyu said.
"Oh yeah? Only the real Goku would know this." I stared right at Ginyu as I spoke.
"Goku, how did you defeat Evil King Piccolo?"
"Well I, uh…" Ginyu tried to act like he knew.
"I… punched him… through… the chest. With the Dragon Fist." Goku said. Krillen and Gohan turned to face Ginyu with anger in their eyes.
"How did this happen?" Krillen asked me, not taking his eyes off Ginyu.
"Ginyu has an ability to swap bodies with others."
"Insightful monkey, aren't ya?"
"Stop calling me a monkey!" I yelled back at Jeiece.
"Stop calling me a monkey!" Jeiece mocked.
Krillen, Gohan, and I faced off with Ginyu and Jeiece. I didn't know how long Goku would live, and I needed Vegeta to come out of his hiding spot.
We charged, and Ginyu tried an attack, but we dodged and kicked together.
"What!" Ginyu was shock, as was everyone else, that we landed a hit.
"You're in a stolen body. Without the body and mind connected, there can be no victory." I stated.
We fought more, still with the upper hand on Ginyu.
"We could actually win!" Gohan cried.
"Guys, keep him busy. You'll do great. I have to go." I said.
"Okay." Gohan and Krillen replied. They trusted me enough to know that I knew what I was doing.
They actually trust me…I took off to the ship, for under it was Vegeta, watching. I walked around and got next to him without notice.
"Vegeta, why aren't you out there?" I asked.
"That's none of your concern." He replied, not the least bit startled.
"I know you'd love to beat on Goku."
"So what? I'd love to beat on you, too."
"Then why don't you?"
"Why are you letting them attack Kakorot? Your brother." he asked, changing the subject.
"That's not Kakorot. Ginyu swapped bodies with him."
"So I could go on and attack him, then? No resistance from you or the other earthlings?"
"Right." My ploy worked, and now Vegeta was out there.
And… he killed Jeiece. Now he's fighting with the others against Ginyu.
I went over to Goku, dying in Ginyu's broken body, and saw the look in his eyes were that of a dying man. Goku's pulse was weak and his breathing was more labored than earlier. Looking back to the fight, Ginyu, in Goku's body, was out on the ground and Vegeta was getting ready to perform his nose-dive attack. Ginyu had that look on his face of plotting, and there was no way Goku could make it there in time, even with my help.
I knew the only way to keep Ginyu out of Vegeta's body was to block it myself. Knowing that I'd hate myself later, I flew without being stopped between Ginyu and Vegeta, knowing it would be all too soon.
"Change Now!" Ginyu called and I saw the beam shoot out of his mouth. Vegeta was so fighting-crazy that he didn't seem to think or notice that an attack could be coming at him in Ginyu's condition. Luckily I blocked it.
It was a funny feeling, but not as funny as when the darkness swallowed me in the tomb. Opening my eyes, I was in Goku's broken body, Ginyu was in my body, and Goku was in Ginyu's body. Lying on the ground, I hurt so badly I couldn't move.
"What the…?" Ginyu seemed as confused as Vegeta.
"Could someone tell me what's going on?"
"Ginyu was going to switch bodies with you… I had to stop… him."
"How did you know?" Ginyu gasped.
"That doesn't matter. Switch back with me now." I cried.
"No, I'll just use your body." Ginyu grinned.
"Change back with her or I'll kill you. Unlike the earthlings, I don't care for her, and unlike Kakorot, I don't need her to defeat Frieza."
My heart skipped a beat. My hero had just said he'd kill me because I was nothing to him.
Ginyu looked at Vegeta, Goku, and then me.
"Change Now!" Ginyu actually complied and we were back in our rightful bodies.
With the time on my side, I helped Goku over and forced Ginyu to switch back with him as well. Shortly after that, Ginyu died from his own inflicted wounds. No Namekian frog switch.
Good for Bulma…