Chapter 4: Affliction

3rd P.O.V.

Katie fell to the ground, falling out of A-SSJ form and back to normal. Drazark laughed.

"I'll be back for her powers." He cried as he fled. Vegeta took after him, but the wizard was either faster or a teleporter; he escaped. Vegeta returned mad and noticeably worried over Katie.

"Katie, can you hear me? Katie!" Mirai knelt down next to Katie.

"It's no good, son." Vegeta said to Mirai.

"Is she in the Sayjin hibernation again?" Goku asked.

"No, her Ki is too high. We better get her to the Lookout where she'll be safe from that wizard."

"Vegeta, you tell the others what happened. I'll get her to the Lookout." Goku said.

"I'll go with Vegeta. Andy and Kanji need me."

"Fine. I'll be at Capsule Corporation as soon as she's safely at the Lookout. There'll be a large group of people who want to be up there when they know what's happened. I guess it's a good thing they were all at the party." It was true, everyone who knew Katie or the other Z gang members was there, except for the guys in Otherworld and Dende.

Goku lifted Katie off the ground as Vegeta and Mirai flew off toward Capsule Corporation. She was asleep, as though nothing was wrong. Goku thought she looked more like an angel now than when she was in A-SSJ form.

Goku remembered the day he found Katie, that situation was very related to now. She was younger then, but she looked much the same as she did right now. She was laying in a patch of grass in the shade of a tree. Gohan, then 4, first found her, and when Goku decided to take her home for help, he noticed her tail. Right then, he knew that they had a connection.

As soon as he landed on the Lookout, Dende was there and ready.

"I saw what happened, follow me." Mr. Po-Po and Dende showed Goku to the room Katie was in before, after the Majin incident.

"What's wrong with her?" Goku asked as he laid her down on the bed.

"I don't know, Goku. I saw exactly what you saw."

Even before he knew Katie was his cousin, Goku knew she must be family, if only in heart. They even had a sibling rivalry ever since she arrived. She hated the fact that Goku always ended up being the only one who could save the day. That didn't mean she hated Goku, though. She loved him like a brother. And 10 years ago she had her day in the sun that she had always envied about Goku. She was the only one who could save the day, and she did it alone. Goku could never do it alone, thinking back. Piccolo helped him with Raditz, Katie helped him with Ginyu, just about everyone helped with Frieza, Gohan defeated Cell, and then earth helped to stop Buu. Goku never defeated an enemy by himself, but Katie did.

"Mr. Po-Po, would you mind fetching some medicine?"

"What exactly is it you need, Dende?"

"Everything." Dende said. He was unsure of what could help, so having everything would be an asset.

"I'll get right on it, Dende." Then Mr. Po-Po left the room.

"Dende, watch over her, okay? I gotta go get the others."

"Don't take too long. I have to watch over the earth, too."

"I'll be back before you can say Dragonball." Then Goku teleported back to CC.

When Goku got to CC, everyone had been told the news. They divided up into two groups, one group went to the Lookout with Goku, and the other group went to look for Drazark. All the normal humans, Mirai, Andy, Kanji, Gohan, Pan, Piccolo, Goku, Vegeta, and Hercule were on the Lookout. The rest were in the other group, including Buu.

"Grandpa, why did that wizard hurt mama?" Kanji asked.

"Your mother is a great fighter. She saved this entire dimension once."

"Remember those stories your mother and I told you before you went to bed? They were all true." Mirai said.

"Pan, why don't you take your cousins outside to play." Videl told Pan.

"Andy, Kanji, lets go outside."

"Okay." Andy and Kanji said as they reluctantly left the small room. Goku, Vegeta, Mirai, Piccolo, and Dende remained inside with Katie while the rest of the group went outside as well.

"So, what do we do? How do we help her? She seems physically fine." Mirai said, sitting next to her bed on the floor, level with her. Then they all noticed her Ki fluctuate, though it settled back to normal after a moment. Vegeta thought this all looked eerily familiar as Mirai moved a piece of Katie's dark-brown hair out of her face. Vegeta often wondered why her hair wasn't black, but it wasn't an issue. Some pure blood Sayjins just had lighter-than-black hair, like his mother did. But what came to mind now was when Roxx had forced Katie to drink some of his blood. Vegeta had seen Katie do some amazing things in his day, and hopefully she could do it again. Goku was his rival, but Katie was his protégé.

"Drazark did something to her, using black magic. She's beaten black magic before." Vegeta said simply.

"Let's hope she can do it again." Piccolo said.

"Kami, I feel so helpless!" Mirai said as he hit the floor. He nearly broke the tiles.

"She'll be okay, Mirai. She is the Angel Sayjin."

"That doesn't matter, Goku. Remember the heart virus? In my time line it killed you. Katie knows better than anyone that anything that could happen does. I should have listened to her."

"About what?" Goku asked.

"When we were at the party she was worried that something bad was going to happen soon. It wasn't the SG, she said that peace never lasts long here. And she was right."

"As true as that may be, we'll help her. She's done so much for us, and we have to help her now." Vegeta said.

"But how, Vegeta?" Piccolo asked.

"We know a lot of people in high places. Maybe the Supreme Kai can help." Goku asked.

"I know someone who would help Katie, no matter what the circumstances." Mirai said grimly as he got up. "But we need help from someone in a place a little lower."