Chapter 34: Truth
King Enma was surprised to see me appear on his desk like I did.
"Katie, what are you doing here? I'm busy, a meteor hit a planet just five minutes ago, so we have a crowd of souls waiting."
"Sorry, King Enma, but I need a favor." I replied.
"A favor, huh? Well, Goku has spoken highly of you. It depends on the favor." He said, crossing his arms.
"I need a pass to Otherworld and HFIL."
"What!" he fell anime style out of his chair, shaking the room.
"Please, I need to speak with some people. Its very important."
"That is insane. I won't-"
"Hi!" Goku appeared on Enma's desk, knocking me over and surprising Enma and myself.
"Goku!" I gave him a hug, happy to see him.
"Katie, what are you doing here? You're not dead." Goku said matter-of-factly.
"I need to… see someone. A dead someone."
"I see. King Enma, I'll keep an eye on her. Please let her go."
"Well, Goku, if you say so. But if she dies that's more paper work, and you'll be in big trouble." King Enma took his big stamp and smashed it onto two pieces of paper, handing them to us. They were passports, with a two-hour time limit.
"Okay, bye!" Goku grabbed my arm and we disappeared.
We reappeared in Otherworld, on Snake Way.
"So, who do you need to see?" Goku asked cheerfully.
"It's hard to explain, but I need to speak with Frieza and Cell."
"What!"
"Goku, I've had nightmares with those two in them. Vegeta said I could go insane if I didn't find out what they want."
"How do you know you just don't feel bad for helping to kill them?"
"They were evil." I said simply. Goku got serious.
"Alright, if you feel so strongly about this, let's go." Goku jumped over the side and I followed.
"Wee!" he said, making me laugh. Goku is truly Goten's father.
We somehow managed to land right beside the Blood fountain. How lovely that was. But we looked around and found the two guys I needed to talk to. Frieza and Cell were talking together.
"What do we do, just walk right up to them?" I said sarcastically. Note: Goku doesn't understand sarcasm. He walked over, so I went on and followed. My SG gave me that slight nausea feeling. I was in possible trouble.
Cell saw us coming and pointed us out to Frieza.
"So, the monkeys are here. Is the circus in town, or did you break out of the zoo?" Frieza said and began to laugh. A crowd started to form around the four of us. I think they were ready to see a fight.
"I could ask you the same thing. Aren't you suppose to be in a cage?" I asked. A few members of the crowd laughed, and a few chided me for talking back to Frieza.
"What do you want, kid?" Cell demanded.
"First, I'd like some privacy here!" I shouted to the crowd. The looked at as though I were crazy, so I had to show off a little. I jumped into SSJ2 form, scaring all but Frieza and Cell away. They were in shock.
"How did you-"
"Shut up and listen." I snapped at them both. Goku watched as I took charge of the situation. "You two have been in my nightmares for the past two years. I need to know why before something bad happens."
"Why should we say anything? You can't kill us, and you're too good to torture us." Cell said. I grabbed him by the neck and lifted him off the ground.
"You said it before that I had great bad-guy potential." I hissed.
"Katie, put him down!" Goku said in a startled voice. I snapped back to reality and dropped him. SSJ2 is almost like a drug; it's both addicting and powerful. You get a high off of it. Cell rubbed his throat as he got up, smirking at me. He wasn't worried about me at all.
"Having to obey the leader of your troop, monkey?" he said.
"Don't push it, or I'll make you wish Gero never created you." I hissed again. Frieza and Cell were sweating. They both knew I was strong enough to take them, maybe even enough to take them at the same time.
"Katie, that's enough." Goku said sternly.
"Sorry, Goku."
"Well, we don't have all eternity. What do you want?" Frieza asked.
"Is there something you know about me? Anything about my destiny?" they looked at each other and nodded.
"We'll answer only if you get out of that form." Frieza said. I thought it over quickly and did so reluctantly.
"Some shamans and wizards of the old days told us of your destiny, but it was very cryptic. A girl from a far off land will come to defeat the Great evil of our worlds after helping to defeat the three tyrants. This Great evil will be strong enough to destroy all the worlds across all dimensions. In her powers alone lies the fate of all our worlds. Then her home will be revealed. We guessed we were the first two tyrants, so there is one left for you to face." Cell explained.
"My powers? All I have is the SG."
"Katie, may I have a word in private?" Cell asked, causing Goku and Frieza to glance from me to him.
"Right." Frieza said, looking as though he understood.
"Sure, why not. But make it quick, my pass is going to expire soon."
"Careful." Goku said carefully as I walked off with Cell, leaving him and Frieza alone. That could be bad.
Cell led me by the shoulder and looked back to see how far we were. He turned to face me once he was satisfied.
"I still care about what happens to you, you do understand that, right?" Cell said, "With Goku dead, my programming has no logic anymore. Maybe you could wish me back."
"You've been dead too long, and I… just couldn't do that anyway, Cell. It wouldn't work out, no matter what we did. People still fear you. But I do appreciate what you told me. We could have been friends. If it wasn't for the evil thing, you know." I replied awkwardly.
"So then why did you lie to me?"
"I never lied to you, Cell."
"Yes, you did. You said no one would defeat me."
"My exact words were 'no living man would defeat you'. Has a living man ever defeated you? Gohan was a boy, and Pikon was dead."
"Didn't Shakespeare write something like that once?" Cell said absently.
"Yes, and so did Ulysses in the Odyssey."
"Very clever girl, indeed." He replied.
"Cell, I gotta go before those two start something." I went to go, but Cell grabbed my arm.
"Will I ever see you again?"
"If I'm lucky, you won't, sorry."
Then I headed back over to Goku and Frieza. They were arguing over the dumbest thing any two nemeses could.
"Well I say Pikachu could beat Graymon anytime!" Goku said.
"No it couldn't!" Frieza argued.
"Yes it could!"
"You two shut up. Besides, Godzilla would beat them both easily." I said. I knew that would end it.
"True." They both said in unison.
"What's a Pikachu, Graymon, or a Godzilla?" Cell asked in confusion.
"Oh, don't worry, Frieza can tell you. You'll have all eternity to learn. Thanks for the information Cell, but my pass is about to run out." I grabbed Goku's arm and teleported us out of there.
We were back on Snake Way, and Goku looked really confused.
"What was that with Cell?" Goku asked as we walked.
"He's obsessed with me. He once said he was going to absorb me once he defeated you, but I don't think that's the case anymore. He has a weird respect for me. I tried to stop him from fighting in the Cell games. He could have been a great ally."
"I see. Well, here we are. The Checkout station."
"Goku, I want you to know that we all miss you very much. And you have another son now. His name is Goten."
"Goten, huh? Well, he must be almost two by now, right?"
"Yeah. I tell him stories about you. His favorite is about when you defeated Frieza. Goku, you can come back with me. We'll wish you back."
"I've been dead for over a year, Katie. Its too late."
"Yeah, I almost forgot. It seems longer. Well, my time's up. I'll see you in five years."
"What's-" but since my time was up, I was sent back to earth. Right back to the spot I had teleported from. Vegeta was waiting for me there.
"Did you do it?"
"Yeah, no more nightmares for me, I hope."
Back at the Son house, Goten was ready for bed. Of course, he wasn't tired, so it was story time.
"Which story do you want to hear tonight, Goten?"
"I wanna hear Fweza and the bwave man!"
"Again?"
"Yeah!"
"Alright. There once was a scary, mean king who ruled the universe."
"The whole universe?" he asked as he yawned.
"Yep. He was very strong, and no one could stop him. Finally no one tried to stop him because he was so scary. People thought he was a monster. But then a group of warriors appeared to free the people of the universe. There was a young boy, a monk, a prince, a pretty girl, an alien, and their leader."
"The bwave man!"
"Right. The good prince was once a slave to the monster, and knew all the bad things it had done. On their way to face the monster, the leader was hurt and needed to rest. So as he rested the monster came to challenge them. The monster beat everyone but didn't kill them because he was playing with them, but soon only the prince was strong enough to try to stop him. He fought bravely, but the monster was too strong. With his dying words the prince told his leader about the bad things the monster had done." I paused to look at Goten, who was still awake and wanting more of the story. I wondered what the others would think of this version of the story. "Aren't you sleepy yet?"
"No. I want more story!"
"Okay. Well, the leader fought the monster for days, but the monster only got more powerful. Soon all looked lost, but the monster did something really bad."
"What did he do?" Goten asked, yawning again.
"The monster killed the monk, the brave man's best friend. The brave man got really mad and transformed into a really strong angel. His hair became gold and his eyes became bright blue."
"That's like a Super Sayjin! Like Gohan do!"
"Yep." He'll want to know about his dad soon if he thought that up. "The monster kept fighting and then tried to cut the brave man in half, but the monster missed and it hurt itself instead. The brave man took pity on the monster and healed him, but the monster tried to attack him again. The brave man could not forgive him after that and killed the monster with a blast of energy, saving the universe and restoring his fallen friends, even the monk and the prince."
I looked down to Goten, who had already fallen asleep.
"And they lived happily ever after. Or at least until the next monster showed up." I sighed as I left the room. There were only five years of training I could get before the next monster would show up. And then my destiny could be completed.
