Chapter 3: A New Beginning
I woke up in a Healing Chamber, my memories were fuzzy, and I felt strange. The liquid started draining and I felt the weight of my body after being in the chamber for a while, at least a few days.
"Katrin, can you hear me? I'm going to open the chamber now." I nodded to the voice. My head was throbbing, and the lights were hurting my eyes. My head was pounding so hard I was holding it with both hands. As the glass tube lifted up, and a wave of cold air hit me. Immediately a doctor handed me a towel and I covered myself. I was disoriented, and my mind was so fuzzy I could barely remember my name.
"How are you feeling?"
"Okay, I guess."
"What's the last thing you remember?"
"There was an explosion and then… nothing."
"Well, that's all that can be expected. I should have listened to your father, you're not ready for a solo mission."
"No, but I will be next time." I said, barely recognizing my own voice.
"Yes, well, there's a human doctor who wants to do a check on you."
"A human doctor?"
"Yes, she's curious to see how your body reacts after being in one of those chambers for so long." The woman who had been talking to me was older than me, dressed in armor, as it is the Sayjin way, and her hair was cut really short, like mine. She was my mother, Andorra.
"Mother, how long was I in the healing chamber?"
"Only a day."
"It felt longer." I said.
"It always does." She smiled and led me into the locker room so I could change. I went automatically to my locker and opened it. A clean set of black and green armor was there, waiting for me.
"I hate green."
"I know, but third class Sayjins have to wear green."
"But I'm an elite, so why the third-class armor?
"You're not an elite yet. You have to conquer a planet on your own first. Your cousin Raditz and Kakorot are back home now. Their team conquered the world you were sent to."
"I can't believe I messed up. I had it!"
Suddenly a pain hit my head, and an image filled my mind.
A boy with purple hair, laughing with me, under a tree. He was laughing at something I had just said.
"Katrin?" mother asked, worried. She has always been sentimental for a Sayjin. I shook my head clear.
"I'm okay, just a headache, it's gone now." But who was that boy? Where was that place? It seemed so familiar.
"Well, the human doctor is in the exam room. These humans are getting to be a real pest problem. I don't know what Frieza sees in them. Soon some of our people will mix with there's and it'll be just awful."
"Gross, humans and Sayjins mating? I'd kill the Sayjin who berated him or her self for mating with one of those things."
"Well, Lord Frieza wants to speak to you. He said for you to come as soon as the human was done with you."
"What does he want with me?" I asked, trying to hide the fear that was building up inside. The last time I met with Frieza was disastrous.
"I don't know. Hopefully it isn't about the failed mission." mother said.
"What was it called again?" I asked.
"I don't remember, I only worry about finishing it off quickly."
"Yeah, I hear that." I finished tying up my boot and I headed toward the exam room.
"You'll come home for dinner, right?" mom asked.
"You know me, I never miss a meal!"
So I headed out of the locker room and went to the exam room. I passed the infantry and glanced at the baby Sayjins. They were cute, but I'm not much of a sentimental person. Attachment only leads to hurt in this cold universe. I learned that the hard way a few years ago, and Frieza was the teacher.
When I entered, the human female was busy writing up some papers. She turned to face me, bowing to me as all humans do when a Sayjin enters a room. The first thing I noticed about her was her blue hair. I had never seen hair such a color before.
All humans wear the standard Frieza uniform of armor. Most humans have yellow armor, a class under mine. But a few have green; these few show great promise in their fighting ability, but no human could ever defeat a Sayjin, no matter how strong the human could become. Humans are weak, pathetic, tail-less freaks.
"You must be Katrin. I'm Dr. Bulma Briefs. Please, sit on the table."
I did so, figuring this would be done with sooner if I cooperated.
I was on a space ship with three humans, one was this doctor, the other two were short males, and in front of us was a large green planet.
Another pain, and another image that I should remember but didn't.
I must of hit my head.
"So, Katrin, I heard you were pretty messed up when you were brought in yesterday. Tell me what happened."
"I don't really remember, but I know I was injured badly. I barely made it to my space ship."
"Well, lets thank the Kais you made it." she smiled as she took some notes.
"I don't believe in the Kais."
"Oh… well, lets move on. You have never been examined by a human doctor, have you?"
"No."
"Well, I'm going to take this-" she showed me a long, thick wire that hung around her neck, "and listen to your heart beat. A Primitive tool, but effective none the less." She put the two end pieces into her ears and the other end against my chest.
"And there we are, the normal Sayjin three-heartbeat." She said as she scribbled some more notes.
"What do you mean my that?"
"Well, a human heart beats twice a cycle. Sayjin hearts beat three times a cycle."
"Let me listen."
"Of course." She seemed surprised at my request, but I have always been curious for a Sayjin. She wiped off the ear-pieces and handed the device to me. I copied her and listened to my heart.
Ba-ba-bum, ba-ba-bum, ba-ba-bum…
"Now, listen to mine." She moved the end piece to her chest.
Ba -bum, ba -bum, ba-bum…
"That was interesting."
"You're Kakorot's cousin, correct?"
"Yes, and Raditz, too."
"I thought so. You two look alike. You both act a like a little, too."
"How do you know Kakorot?"
"He conquered earth for Frieza."
"Oh, that's right. The human home-world."
"Well, I'm done now. You can go."
Then I left; relieved to get away from the human, but I had a strange feeling I couldn't place. Déjà vu.
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