Chapter 2: Flight Team Assembled
So about a week later we were all ready to go. Vegeta (literally) dragged Goten and Trunks to go with Goku. Mirai and Codie stood next to Vegeta (mustache and shorter hair now) as Gohan, Videl, Bulma, and I did the last minute check-up.
Goku, Trunks, and Goten went to board, and then I saw Goten stop and take out his cell-phone. He was talking to someone, but I couldn't hear over the engine roar.
"What does he think he's doing?" Mirai asked, coming down to look at my screen.
"Probably talking to another girl." I smiled in thought. Mirai was my first and only love, but it would have been nice to have met someone else.
Maybe not, if it was brainy Brian the Brit.! I thought back on my alternate self on the blind date. Or at least, I hope it was my alternate self. I couldn't remember.
All of a sudden the ship took off, and Goten was blown away.
"What happened?" Mirai asked.
"The ship took off too early!" I cried, reading over my screen.
"Pan!" Gohan and Videl screamed. Sure enough Trunks' face came on screen, fuzzy but definitely him.
"We wanted you to know Pan's with us before we got out of range." Trunks said on screen.
"Bye!" Pan was waving as the screen broke up into static. They were now too far away to contact anyone on earth.
Then, right on my head, something fell. I picked up the intrusion of my personal space to see a mechanical part as I rubbed the goose egg forming on my head.
Bulma and I looked at each other, both in shock. Any piece that had fallen off could endanger the flight.
Bulma took the part and looked it over.
"I can't recognize it, I'll have to look on the computer. Look Katie, don't tell anyone about this, they'll only get worried." Bulma raised her voice to address everyone now, "They're on their own now, that's all we can do."
"Yeah, I guess so." I sighed. I did kind of envy them now that they were gone. Another adventure and I stayed behind on purpose.
"Katrin. Training, now." Vegeta called.
"Sure! I'll catch up!" I waved as Vegeta left the room.
"I'll see you later, guys!" I said as I went to change into training clothes and ran to meet Vegeta at the Gravity Machine.
That night I shot up in bed, soaked in cold sweat. I looked over at Mirai; he was still asleep, so I hadn't wakened him.
It was a terrible nightmare, my newest fear. My last nightmare was… before Roxx came, if you don't count that damn illusion as one big nightmare.
There I was, in a crowded room, full of my closest friends. Mirai, Vegeta, Goku, my kids, everyone. But I couldn't recognize them. I even saw Cell, King Kold, enemies I had faced, but in the nightmare I didn't recognize any of them. The part that scared me the most was not remembering Mirai or Cell.
I've gotta go get help before that dream becomes a reality…I could understand forgetting about the Black-star Dragonballs, but now that it has started I was worried I'd forgotten something else. I could understand mixing up some of my real and false memories sixteen years ago, but not now.
What's wrong with me?I was still shaking, and now I was getting a headache. I held my head as I sat, contemplating on what to do next.
I got up swiftly and changed into some regular clothes, and started to teleport, but I stopped, and went over to kiss Mirai. He rolled over, but didn't wake up.
If I forgot Mirai, if I forgot any of them, even my enemies, I don't know what I'd do…
I teleported to the Kai planet, and walked shakily over to Supreme Kai, who was admiring the waterfall. Even though on earth it was really early in the morning, here who-knows what time it was. I was still shaken-up by the dream. I was suppose to wait until tomorrow to visit Supreme Kai, but the dream prompted me to go now.
"Supreme Kai?" I greeted, and my voice was shaking noticeably.
"Katie, what are you doing here?" he asked, turning and looking shocked. I must have been a mess.
"I didn't have anywhere else to turn. Oh Supreme Kai!" I started to cry, I was so scared. I was never this scared before. Or was I?
"Katie, what is it?" he came over and held me as I cried. I needed that right now. Thank the Kais for such a great Supreme Kai.
"Supreme Kai, I'm losing my memory! And I'm scared!"
"Shh, calm down. You're hysterical." He said, sounding shocked. I'm usually the strongest around, but here I was breaking down.
"I have every right to be!" I snapped. Supreme Kai lead me over to a large, beautiful tree with thick roots that we used like chairs.
"Katie, take a deep breath and calm down. Now, tell me what's wrong." Supreme Kai asked softly. I inhaled and began.
"I've noticed for the last few months I've been forgetting things, getting confused. That's the reason I was going to come tomorrow, but…" I started.
"What have you been forgetting?" he asked.
"I've forgotten the faces of my human parents, for one. I went to ask Goku about Raditz the other day, but luckily I caught myself. I've also almost called Goku by Kakorot, too."
"And what set off this hysteria? Like you said, you weren't going to come until tomorrow."
"I had a dream. It's silly, I know, but usually if I have a dream it's for a reason." I paused to wipe away some tears on my cheeks, "In this dream I was surrounded by all kinds of people I knew, but I didn't recognize them. Goku, Mirai, Cell, Vegeta, my kids, Frieza… all sorts of people I knew very well, but I didn't remember them."
"You've dealt with memory loss before-"
"Yeah, but that was different. Drazark's spell made me forget, and in the Alternate Time it was because I wasn't the Angel." I corrected.
"I was afraid of this."
"What?"
"When I took you Angel powers, it took a… mental stabilizer, you could call it, with the power. Your three sets of memories are too much for a mortal. The Angel Power would have protected your mind. I should have warned you before, but the council-"
"Damn that council! Damn them to HFIL and back!" I hissed.
"They wouldn't let me warn you. Your three sets of memories are… overlapping and twisting." He explained.
"How can we fix it?"
"You'll have to meditate everyday apart from normal training. I'll help you until you catch on. You have to focus and organize your memories."
I was mad at the council. That damn Tri-dimensional Council that sent me here, took me from Planet Vegeta, gave me my Angel powers, then made me give them up. Now I was in danger of going crazy.
I got up and started away from Supreme Kai. I went to place my fingers on my head to teleport, but Supreme Kai called out.
"Don't do anything rash, Katie." He had sensed what I was planning.
"I've been a good little mortal long enough, Supreme Kai. Its time I let those fools know exactly how I feel."
"No, Katie-" I teleported before he could stop me. He followed, knowing exactly where I was headed.
I was going to the Temple.
