Chapter 42: Revenge

The next day

I teleported to King Enma's office, and I was alone. I was here on an important matter, and I didn't want any interference.

"Katie, you aren't dead! What are you doing here?"

"I have a favor to ask. Its very important."

"Well," he started to rub his beard, "I know how good you are… I have pulled strings for you before, though."

"I know, but it'll be safer this way."

"Safer? What are you wanting?"

"That's personal. I need you to set up a place for my enemies and me to fight in HFIL. I need your ogres to stay away, no matter what."

As I was about to explain, Goku popped in.

"Katie, you didn't die, did you?" he asked.

"No, I'm here for business."

"Oh… in HFIL, I bet."

"Yeah, that's right. Goku, while you're here, I have a question for you. Why didn't you tell me about Cell?"

"I guess you know I fought him and Frieza, huh? I didn't want to upset you. I knew that the Cell I fought wasn't the Cell you knew."

"Makes sense…"

"Can we get on with this? There's a line forming." King Enma said.

"Go right ahead, King Enma. I gotta go back anyway. I gotta get back to my special training." Goku replied.

"We all really miss you, Goku. Goodbye!" Goku waved and he teleported back to wherever it was Shenron took him.

"Now, what was that you wanted?" King Enma asked.

"I'll be fighting Frieza, the 17 twins, Roxx, Drazark… and anyone else who wants a piece of me. I need a location and no interference by your people."

"You do realize that if they kill you you'll be stuck down there forever." He asked, scratching his head.

"Yeah, I do. But if this goes right I won't die."

I teleported to HFIL and went to the location, near the HFIL forest, where my battle was about to begin. It was set up like a fighting ring.

Piccolo and Kooler came, though I knew they were only there to help if I needed it. I didn't want revenge on them, or vice-versa.

The fighters in question were Frieza, Roxx, Drazark, the 17 twins, Gero, Myuu, Bebi, and King Kold. Evil Cell had been absorbed by Codie, so I didn't have to worry about him.

"So, you came to fight all of us?" Bebi asked.

"No, I came so you guys could defeat me."

"Excuse me?" Frieza said.

"I don't want revenge, but I know you do, on me and Goku. Goku is already dead, so it'll be only me. I've got a deal for you."

"What kind of deal?" Roxx asked.

"I won't fight back, and you guys can beat the shit out of me all you want. I only have three stipulations. No magic or mind control of any kind. You can't kill me, most importantly, or remove any limbs. And no rape. As long as you don't try to do any of that, I won't fight back."

"Katie, have you lost your mind!" I heard Piccolo call. Kooler looked shocked, but didn't say anything.

"I already did once, but I'm fine now."

"Maybe you do need to get your head checked, but I'll go with it." Roxx said, cracking his knuckles.

"Not me." Earth's 17 walked off, not looking back.

"17, where are you going!" HFIL's 17 called to him.

"If I can't use my magic then I might as well just watch." Babi-Dee said, walking out of the ring and laughing.

"Piccolo, Kooler, don't try to help me. I have to do this." I stepped into the center of the ring, and stood there, waiting, "Anytime you like."

First I powered up a little, just enough to make this last a while. I braced myself, and sure enough I was hit hard with Ki attacks first. I fell to the ground, clutching my stomach, but I didn't make a move against them.

They all descended on me and began to kick me. Frieza, King Kold, and Roxx's feet were clawed, so my back and legs were really bloody by the time they got done kicking.

"Katie, why are you doing this?" I heard Piccolo's voice in my head.

"Revenge is stupid, and as long as these guys think they need to come after me there will be more incidents like what happened when I lost my memory. At least this way all who want me can get a crack at me."

"You still didn't have to do this. You could beat them easily now with Super Sayjin four."

"I have to protect earth now, Piccolo, and this is part of it. If HFIL opened up again, and they still felt this much resentment in a few hundred years, could my descendants beat Roxx? Or Bebi? Even Frieza could cause trouble."

"You have a point, they're evil. It won't matter, they'll want to cause trouble."

"Yeah, but they won't go after my family, and some else could stop them if they did."

"This doesn't make sense, I still don't like this idea of yours."

"Piccolo, I'll be fine. I know what I'm doing, I just can't explain it."

Someone kicked me hard in the stomach with a boot, and I coughed up blood. The taste was comforting in an animalistic way, but it made me nauseous at the same time.

The hits kept coming, and like I did so many times during Roxx's torturing sessions, my mind went somewhere else, though I kept a focus on my power level. If it became too low I'd have to stop this.

A grassy field on the Kai planet, one of the most beautiful places in the universe. The moons graced the sky, the waterfall added music to the atmosphere, and the colors of the purple sky and the green grass blended so well together.

An island on Namek. The blue grass and the green sky, plus the two suns were a rare and gorgeous view. A large fish jumps out of the water, spraying water everywhere. Children laughing in the background was Namek's music.

The roof of my home on Planet Vegeta. Though I never was there in this life, I knew how beautiful it was from Drazark's illusion. I could hear my mother sing to me as a baby, the same song I had sung to Trunks in the alternate future.

These places were peaceful, yet two were unattainable. Frieza had destroyed Namek and Planet Vegeta years ago. Though Frieza isn't the most powerful monster in HFIL, he is still on my most hated list.

I jumped back to reality as I felt my Ki drop. It was time to stop this, and the villains knew when I moved.

"What, already?" Roxx said.

"Yes, you've defeated me in battle, all of you. I'll have to live with this shame for the rest of my life. We're equal."

"I believe we are." Gero said.

"You lasted much longer than I thought a third-class Sayjin female could." King Kold said.

"Yeah? Well you better get out of here. This third-class Sayjin female is pissed, and if you're still here after I've caught my breath you'll wish for death all over again." I said, standing up. They were shocked to see that.

They took my warning seriously and left. I finished it, I settled the score between old enemies.

I watched them all leave, then I fell to my knees. My body was screaming at me for my judgment, but I knew I had done the right thing. I may not be able to describe it, but I knew it was the honorable thing to do.

I closed my eyes, trying to block out some of the pain. Someone helped me up, and swung my arm over their shoulder. I was being led out of the ring, and when I opened my eyes I saw that it was 17.

"Your actions were very stupid, but I won't question them, sensei." He said. He had a smirk as he looked at me.

"So were yours a while back."

"That wasn't me, Gero and his new 17 got in my head, literally. It was like I was watching all of it, but I couldn't stop it. 18 must hate me."

"No, she doesn't, she just thought you were stronger than Gero. So did I." 17 set me against a tree as I rested, and he sat in front of me. Piccolo and Kooler joined us.

"You know what its like being an android, don't you? You saw your alternate self, and then you fused with Cell's spirit, too. Programming is hard to fight. Cell and 18 could do it, and for a while I could too. But I got tired of fighting it, and when Gero and the new 17 got to me, that was it."

Like when Babi-Dee got me on his side.

"You don't have to explain yourself to me." I said. A sudden rush of pain swept through my body, and I winced, grabbing a handful of dirt as I waited for it to subside.

"You better go home and rest. Once you feel better you owe me a rematch." Kooler said, offering a hand to help me up. I took it gratefully, but he ended up helping me more than that.

"I'll do that. How about same time, same place in a month?"

"Don't be late." He said, then he walked off.

"Piccolo, thanks for everything. I know the decision you had to make to save earth twice. You sacrificed a lot for earth over the years."

"So did you. I better go, if I stay in one place too long some of these goons down here try to pick a fight."

"Bye, Piccolo-san."

So now it was just me and 17.

"I guess I screwed up as your only student, huh?"

"No. You were the best student I could ever hope for."

"Really?" he asked, surprised.

"Yeah, you couldn't help what Gero and Myuu did to you."

"Wow, I never thought of it that way."

"If you stay in the past you can never move on. I learned that the hard way. Until I discovered that Roxx had destroyed my home dimension, I dwelled on it all the time, everyday. I even stopped eating at one point because I thought I was stuck in this dimension."

"I hope that when you go back home, to the mortal realm, you can give 18 a message for me."

"Of course." I replied.

"Tell her I'm sorry, truly and deeply sorry."

"Yeah."