Chapter 34: Secret Revealed

Kotari couldn't believe at what she had just heard. Borox had tried to kill Taylor to win the tournament was basically what she was hearing. She wished that it wasn't true. She wished that what she had just heard was not true. But something inside of her told her that everything was true. That Borox was a cheater and tried killing Taylor. The one thing that she didn't want to believe was that he teamed up with Moritor. Kotari felt anger build up in her.

Kotari stormed into the room walking right up to Borox with Talli getting out of her way. She looked up at Borox who looked at her without hesitation.

"You tried killing Taylor!" Kotari shouted.

Borox didn't answer.

"You… you pig! I can't believe you! I can't believe that you would take the life of an innocent girl!" Kotari shouted.

"She was going to cost us the tournament!"

"I don't care! I rather lose fairly then cheat my way out of it! I think I'll go and tell Goku what you did!" Kotari shouted. She turned around about to walk out of the room when Borox grabbed tightly onto her arm. Kotari turned her head to look at Borox. He gripped tighter and tighter on her arm.

"No you will not."

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"Is there anyway to help her?" Gohan asked. The man nodded his head.

"There is. But we need permission from Moritor to do it." The man answered.

"Then get him down here!" Vegeta shouted.

"No need, I'm already here." Everyone turned around to see Moritor walking up to them all. "What seems to be the problem here."

"Sir, one of our chambers malfunctioned and Son Taylor from Earth's team; herhealing process was slowing down causing one of her lungshad collapse." The man said.

"Well, that's nothing new." Moritor said. "I give you permission to do whatever it is to help this young fighter." He added. The man nodded his head and turned around.

"Wait." Goku called. The man turned his head to look at Goku. "May I see her?" he asked. The man looked at Moritor who simply nodded his head. Goku followed the man into the room where Taylor laid on a stretcher.

Tubes were hooked to her chest to help her breathe. Her soft orange shirt was now a mix in between the color of the healing water which was green and the color of her shirt. Goku stood to the right of his daughter looking down at her. Taylor looked peaceful as she laid there on the stretcher looking like she was sleeping. A strand of Taylor's black hair laid in her face. Goku noticed it and removed it from her face placing it back into her hair. Goku looked up at the man who had placed some kind of sheet onto his body as a mask and shower cap came next.

"What are you going to do to her?" Goku asked. The man turned around walking to a sink that was in the far corner of the room.

"She's going under the knife." He answered. Goku looked back at his daughter. He knew what he meant. He was going to conduct surgery on her to inflate Taylor's fallen lung.

"Alright." Goku said.

"I'm sorry Mr. Son, you're going to have to step out of the room." He said to him. Goku nodded his head as he left the room right when Moritor had walked in. Moritor walked right up to the man he had hired to run the Regeneration Chambers Building. He placed his hand onto his shoulder gripping hard causing the man to cringe his face in pain.

"Make sure you do everything in your will power that she doesn't survive this surgery." Moritor said coldly to him.

"But sir…"

"Just do it!" Moritor ordered clenching his shoulder tightly. "If you don't I'll make sure I have your life." He added in a whisper. The man nodded his head franticly so he would let go of his shoulder. Moritor did let go and then he exited the room.

He looked at the team who stood around waiting. Moritor smiled at them and left the building.

"Something about that guy disturbs me." Piccolo said staring at the doors that he had just left.

"I agree with you Piccolo." Gohan said.

"Me too. And it's not because of his teal skin either." Pan said crossing her arms. Goku nodded his head agreeing with them all.

"I don't know what it is but something tells me he wants Taylor dead." Goku said.

"Why would he want you're daughter dead Kakkarot?" Vegeta asked him. Goku looked up at the saiyan prince shrugging his shoulders.

"I don't know." Goku answered him. Suddenly someone came running into the building. They all looked over to see Kotari running down the hallway. She had her long sleeved jumpsuit but not her shoulder armor. She ran to them pushing her way through Vegeta and Piccolo getting to Goku.

"Goku, I need to talk to you." Kotari said.

"Whatever you have to say you can say in front of us." Vegeta said to her. Kotari looked at him. She then looked back at Goku grabbing onto his hand pulling him to his feet.

"Come on!" she shouted running past Vegeta and Piccolo again and out of the door. Everyone watched blinking a few times. Goten pointed to the door looking slightly confused.

"Is it just me… or was that a little weird?" Goten asked.

"That was a little weird." Everyone replied.

When Kotari and Goku stepped; Kotari looked around nervously. She then turned to Goku letting go of his hand. "There's something you need to know."

"What?" Goku asked. Kotari turned her head to the right looking around. Goku caught glimpse of a handprint that bruised the side of her neck slightly. Kotari caught him staring at it. She placed her hand onto the bruise as she continued talking like he never saw it there.

"I know what had happened to Taylor." Kotari said to him. Goku placed his hands onto her shoulders as Kotari lowered her hand from her neck.

"What happened to her!" Goku asked shaking her. Kotari placed her hands onto his wrists.

"First you need to calm down." Kotari said to him removing his hands. Goku nodded his head.

"You're right… okay… I'm calm."

"Okay. Borox and Moritor had teamed up on planning to kill your daughter." Kotari said to him. Goku's eyes widened.

"What?" he said in shock. "Are you sure?"

"Yes, I caught Talli and Borox talking about it." Kotari answered.

"But Moritor was the one who had given us permission to do the surgery." Goku said to her.

"Well believe it ifyou want but Moritor must've planned something for this. Whoever is doing this surgery must be planning on killing her." Kotari said to him. Goku ran into the building. Goten looked at his father as he rushed past him with Kotari close behind him.

"Dad what's wrong?" Goten asked. Goku didn't answer, neither did Kotari. Goku bursted through the door. The man of the building doing the surgery looked up as he held something in his hand. Goku walked up to him grabbing him by his wrists and pinning him to the wall. Kotari looked at Taylor. She sighed in relief.

"He hasn't cut her open yet." Kotari said to Goku as she looked at him. Goku didn't take his eyes off of the man. His team walked into the room. Goten and Gohan rushed over pealing their father off of the man.

"Dad what are you doing?" Gohan asked trying to hold him back.

"He teamed up with Moritor to kill Taylor!" Goku shouted. "So didn't Borox!" he added. Piccolo looked at Kotari catching the bruise on her neck as she watched the two sons and their father.

"What?" Goten asked.

"It's true, Kotari had just told me." Goku said pulling his arms from his sons's grips.

"That's must've been where you got the bruise Kotari." Piccolo said to her. Kotari's eyes widened as she placed her hand onto her neck looking in Piccolo's direction.

"How do we not know that Kotari teamed up with them?" Vegeta asked approaching Kotari. Kotari looked at Vegeta as she lowered her hand from her neck.

"I wouldn't do that to you guys or to Taylor! She's my best friend!" Kotari shouted at him.

"Vegeta." Goten said. Vegeta turned and looked at Goku's son. "I might not like Kotari that much but she's not lying about that." Vegeta looked back at Kotari. He only growled at her. Kotari backed away. Piccolo walked forward walking up to the man causing fear to build in him. The man pressed his body against the wall.

"You'll proceed with this surgery. But you won't try anything stupid because we'll all be right here watching you."

The man nodded his head. He moved slowly back to his spot before Goku had pinned him to the wall. They all watched closely. The surgery then began to take place. Nothing stupid was done to her Piccolo made sure of it. The man actually promised within an hour or a dayTaylor will be able to fight again and that they could proceed to the second round of the tournament.