I Can't Call You Father
Disclaimers: Same…Same…oh yeah…SAME!
Authors Note: HOLY HOTDOGS!! ((XD I get that from my English teacher who's Irish)) Has it really been a WHOLE YEAR since I started this story? Now, 1 year, 21 chapters, and 111 reviews later…it's still not finished XD! Well, I'll try my best to update, but…school is being VERY annoying with midterms coming up and such…ugh! I'm never gonna finish my other stories at this rate…
Oh and a note on that, I have, I REPEAT, HAVE NOT abandoned my other stories! They will be updated when I am through with this story which, I think may only have 4 chapters plus an epilogue left. Don't worry though, faithful fans, I am construing a sequel in my head. Mind you, it's more of a happy story with humor than the angst you see in this story.
I was actually planning something different for this chapter, but I am low on time. So, in conclusion, this chapter and the next one won't be as long as I originally had promised. Sorry guys!
By the way guys, thanks for all of the sympathy with my friend, which meant a lot…
Gypsee Girl: Yea! Email address! Now we can talk ALL THE TIME! FWAHAHA! ((Note: Yeah, and after about 3 emails you'll be sick of me…TRUST me!)) Oh and I realized that I never wrote in my review in response to that friend comment, I think of you as a friend as well!
Pasjuh: I LOVE YOU TOO! Lol
Sonicwind123: Yeah, the action is going to be starting in approximately 2 chapters…
Razzle-dazzle: Oh, I am so sorry to hear that! So many ppl are dying too young these days…
Shasti: lol, close enough. I may tell you guys my EXACT age later. It might shock you! ((No, I am no some 6 year old prodigy or some creepy 90 year old lady!)) Yes and this chapter will be a little darker as well. If you do like dark stories though, my other fics will be very dark. "Beyond the Truth" was intended to be REALLY dark but I need to redo the whole thing! I just reread and cringed every chapter XD! It's amazing how much better you can get in just one year…
Chapter 21: Secrets Revealed
Daphne stared at the spot where Desdemona stood. The dark aura was still aimlessly floating around her. The chills up her spine were by no means comfortable. The offer was quite tempting, as previously explained. But Daphne was no fool. She knew that dark auras and women who dress like sluts should NOT be trusted at ALL!
"She's crazy…" Daphne muttered. "I mean, dad loves my mother, and he'd never have an affair!" she reasoned.
"Wanna bet?"
Daphne violently shook her head. "Huh? Who's that?" she questioned aloud.
"Psst! Down here!"
Daphne looked down and saw nothing.
"NO! On you left shoulder!"
As instructed, Daphne veered her head to her left should to see a pint size version of her, in a devil's outfit, filing her nails. "Yeesh, you're a dim one!" the Devi-Daphne ((Note: Instead of writing devil, I refer the bad conscious as a "devi (INSERT NAME)")) said still focusing on her nails. "Uh…are you my conscious?" Daphne asked. The Devi-Daphne stopped filing and stood up on her proprietor's shoulder. "In a way…" she said with a mischievous tone. Daphne sighed out a mushroom. "Look, I have seen the TV shows and the Movies, and YOU are the one with the bad ideas!" she stated.
The Devi-Daphne pouted. "Well, you could at LEAST hear my opinion!" she snapped. Daphne rolled her eyes. "Go ahead…" she said. Devi-Daphne cleared her throat. "The Desdemona chick is right you know." She started. "Cali and Marron are steeling your pops away from your mom and you." Devi-Daphne added. Daphne groaned in hearing the same thing again. "I'll believe when I see it!" she snapped. "Oh but haven't you?"
"What does that mean?"
Devi-Daphne snorted. "You know how your father looks at Marron; how his face gets so prideful when Cali accomplishes something…it's beyond obvious Daffy…" she lectured. Daphne looked at her right shoulder. "What are you looking for? I'M OVER HERE!" The Devi-Daphne complained.
"Isn't the angel supposed to show up sometime soon?"
The Devi-Daphne whistled innocently, reminiscing about how she gagged and tied the Angel-Daphne up in a closet somewhere. "I guess she just agrees with me on something." Devi-Daphne answered.
Daphne shook her head. "Wow, I am having a conversation with an intangible and imaginative devi-me…I need to get to bed!" she exclaimed walking away. The Devi-Daphne hung on to the shoulder for dear life. "Hey! I'm not done!" she screamed. Daphne glared. "TOO BAD!" she shouted flicking the Devi-Daphne off of her shoulder. Before smashing the concrete, the illusory Devi-Daphne disappeared into smoke.
Daphne sighed. What a night!
Cali groaned and turned in her sleep. It appeared she was having a nightmare…
Cali was shrouded in darkness.
"…Where am I?"
Chills went up her spine as a dark fog surrounded her. "What the-" Cali wondered. An ominous laugh filled the air.
"Cali…"
"Huh?"
"Oh Cali…"
Cali glared and got in a fighting stance. "All right, who's the wise guy?!" she screamed. A cackle arose once more. "I beg your pardon, wise guy did you say? Wise Girl is the correct word…"
The fog took form into none other than Desdemona. "Who are you?" Cali demanded. Desdemona smiled, and said nothing. Cali let out a low growl. "I don't like repeating myself, WHO ARE YOU?!" she shouted.
"You have anger in you…so much hatred, frustration, confusion, and pain." Desdemona said. Cali looked at her curiously. "Wha-"
"I'd be careful with those emotions…" Desdemona stop to let out a small, sinister laugh. "You never know what could happen…"
Cali immediately put both of her hands to her throat. The fog was thickening and she couldn't breathe. "AGH!" Cali gasped desperately, but no air came to her lungs. "This is an omen Cali…one I'd advise you to take." Desdemona finished her sentence with a cruel smile. "Ta-ta!" she said turning into her fog-form leaving Cali to suffocate
Cali awoke instantly, panting heavily. "What the heck…" she muttered in a sweat. "Who was that freaky lady…and what did she mean by…an omen? Am I going to die?"
Marron awoke the next morning with a smile plastered on her face. A rare find. She sighed in reverence at the past night events. Trunks, the love of her life, and her were together…er, well, not technically.
Marron's smile soon diminished. "I want to be with him…more than anything…but Kyera and TJ and Daphne…they want to be with him as well. And they deserve to be…" she whispered. Sighing again, only this time with more sorrow in the sigh, Marron got up and got dressed. She immediately called Trunks' room.
"Trunks Briefs speaking,"
"Trunks, its Marron. I need you to meet me in the lounge."
Cali walked into the lounge and sat down with a blank stare on her face. "Am I going to die?" she wondered. "Or is my whole family doomed?" Cali continued in her head. TJ walked in and saw Cali staring blankly. "Cal?" he questioned.
No response, she was too busy thinking.
TJ waved his hands in the middle of her face. "Hello? EARTH TO CALI!" he shouted. Cali blinked and looked up. "Huh?" she inquired. TJ sighed a mushroom. "Wow Cal, what's with the zoning out?" he asked her. Cali shook her head. "I'm not sure; I guess I was just thinking…" she responded. "About what?" he queered. "About a weird dream I ha-" Cali stopped mid-sentence. TJ was getting frustrated. "Cali! Stop daydreaming and just tell me for Pete's sake!" he shouted. Cali glared. "I'm not day-dreaming! I heard voices!" she exclaimed. TJ perked his ears up. "Yeah, I hear 'em too. They're coming from the second part of the lounge." He stated. Both Cali and TJ tiptoed and peered around the wall to see Trunks and Marron in a conversation.
"…and that's why I am having difficulty with this. It's just not fair." Marron said. Trunks rubbed his forehead. "Marron, we went over this…" he began but Marron interrupted. "No we didn't Trunks! We didn't, and you know it!"
"Well what do you want me to do then?! HUH? You refuse for anybody to know!" Trunks shouted back.
"Know about what?" Cali and TJ wondered.
Marron's face grew sad and sorrowful. "Trunks…I…I DON'T KNOW! OK?" she snapped. Trunks frowned as Marron started to cry. "Marron, I'm sorry." He whispered. Marron's lip quivered. "Trunks…I'm scared." She murmured. Trunks tucked her hair behind her ears. "Me too Marron, but everything will work out." He reassured her. Marron smiled slightly. "You're wonderful, you know that?" she said. Trunks grinned back. "Nah, you'll always be better Marron-Chan…"
"MARRON-CHAN!?!"TJ and Cali thought panicking in their minds.
Trunks quickly lowered his lips to Marron's, to reassure her. Marron kissed back and gently placed her arms around his firm, strong body.
"Oh my Kami…" Cali breathed.
Trunks and Marron instantly broke away and looked at Cali and TJ in fear. Cali and TJ stared back, speechless. Trunks was the first one to try and start a conversation. "TJ…Cali…" he started but TJ just walked out. "TJ!" Trunks called after him, chasing down the corridor; leaving Cali and Marron alone.
"Cali…"
Cali put her hand up, signaling Marron to stop. "How could you?" Cali asked her. Marron tried to say something. "Cali I…I…" Marron was searching desperate for words. Cali almost started to cry. "Mother, you weren't supposed to fall in love with him!" she shouted. "Cali, I couldn't…help it! He's your father after all and-"
"NO!"
A golden aura formed around Cali's body. "HE IS NOT! I REPEAT, NOT MY FATHER AND HE NEVER WILL BE!" Cali shouted with her eyes flickering green. Marron looked at her daughter in fear. "Calm down…please Cali…calm down!" she pleaded. "CALM DOWN!?" Cali yelled finally going Super Saiyan. "DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN!" she continued to scream.
Marron was starting to panic. "Cali, I can't help with whom I fall in love with!" she exclaimed. Cali shed tears of gold. "But…you're not supposed to be with him!" she yelled.
"Then who Cali?! WHEN DO I GET MY HAPPY ENDING?!"
Cali stopped powering up and stared at her mother who was brimming with tears. She pondered her words and was overflowing with emotions. She knew her mom always sacrificed her happiness for others and never got what she wanted. Cali leveled down. "I'm sorry mother, I know you never have gotten your way…but," Cali ended her "apology" with these words "I Can't Call Him Father!"
Tearing, Cali ran out of the room in a hurry. Marron leaned up against the wall and continued to cry. "Why…why am I…being forced to endure a life of unhappiness? What did I do?"
"What did I DO?!"
AW…hehe, did you guys like the Devi-Daphne scene? XD! I bet all you guys thought the angst was over. Guess what? There's even more to come in the next chappy…till then…
Q.) What did Desdemona's omen mean?
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