Chapter 23: Healing the Trauma

"Katie, wake up." I woke up, in the tomb. The voice calling me was familiar, but distant.

"Who's there?"

"Its me, your Inner Light." A figure than looked like me as an angel appeared, "I told you I would always watch over you, though you probably don't remember that."

"Are you here because of my memory loss?"

"Yes. You gave up your Angel power, but I still care about you and I want to help. Along with the Angel power was what we call a mental stabilizer. We can't have our dimension's champion going crazy, right? But without it, your memories were overlapping. Unlike most people, you have three sets of memories, the memory of reality as it is, the memory of the illusion that rewrote your life as it could have been, and you alternate self, in Mirai No Trunks' timeline. All three began to overlap and your memories started to fade."

"That attributed to my amnesia?" I asked.

"Yes. And now I'm here, only for a short time, to help you. I cannot stay without you Angel Power."

"How can you help?"

"This is what your memories are locked in." she held up a large trunk that wasn't there a moment ago, "Only you can open it. Once you do, your friends can help you along by telling you stories of your past experiences."

"They were going to do that earlier, but I rejected it."

"You fear and pain rejected it. That's the lock on the trunk." She held out the trunk to me, and I took it, only to nearly drop it. It was heavier than she let on.

"I want you to know that the Council had nothing to do with my visit. They don't know about this." I didn't ask who the Council was because I figured I'd remember later, "I have to go, good luck, Katie!"

"Bye, uh, me?…!"

So now I was alone in the tomb, and I looked at the lock. I touched it, and it immediately disintegrated. I opened the trunk without problems, and a rush of air escaped.

I woke up, smelling Mirai's scent. I half expected him to be there when I opened my eyes.

I'm remembering things… small things, but some. His hair is grayer now… and my kids… how did they die? …Goku's a little kid… we've beaten Bebi and Super 17… but how?

That was about all I remembered, but it was a start.

I had fallen asleep in my blue gi from yesterday, but I was under the covers. I didn't remember pulling them on last night. Codie must have done it.

How could I forget so much? Am I that weak?

I changed into regular clothes and sat on the window seat in the room, watching the sun come up.

I sat and watched the world go by for the longest time. Nothing seemed to jog my memory so far. All I could remember was bits and pieces, not enough to see the whole picture, like a puzzle.

3rd P.O.V.

"Mom's just sat in there all day. She hasn't come out to eat, and when I offered her something, she rejected it." Codie said, staring into his mom's room.

"I was afraid of this, as she was." Supreme Kai said. He had only arrived moments earlier.

"What exactly is going on, Supreme Kai?" Vegeta asked. The same group from yesterday was back now.

"She told you about giving her powers back, right?" he asked first.

"Yes." Vegeta answered.

"Along with the Angel abilities, she lost what we have come to refer to as a mental stabilizer. All of her memories, the reality, the illusion, and the alternate time, were overlapping and mixing. She came to me seeking help."

"We never had any idea. She had a hard time remembering things, but we thought that was age." Bulma said.

"No, Vegeta could have told you that age doesn't effect a Sayjin's abilities, mental or otherwise." Supreme Kai explained.

"I had no idea it was this bad." Vegeta said.

"The trauma of losing most of her family must of have been the breaking point of the flood gates." Supreme Kai said, shaking his head.

"But she was fine until yesterday." Codie said, looking at his mom again.

"She must have built it all up inside, then something happened yesterday and she snapped." Vegeta theorized. Supreme Kai nodded in agreement.

"I believe if we tell her stories, anything she has experienced, then we may connect with her again, and start rebuilding the wall of the dam." Supreme Kai suggested.

"We were going to do that yesterday, but she freaked out at the notion." Chi-chi stated.

"We have to try again." Gohan said, standing up, "I'll go first. She knows me, even now. To her, we just finished off Frieza. We became really close at that time, and it may be easier for her."

"Right, you first then, Gohan." Supreme Kai motioned toward the door.