Here we are with the next chapter! We last left off with our heroes meeting a mystery stranger who calls himself the sorcerer. Who then precedes to inform them that they are unwillingly participating in a twisted game of his. Let us see what he means by this. Enjoy :)
It could only be described as being tossed about in a tornado. Once Lily's throat ran dry from the screaming, she noticed that Goku, Vegeta, and Frieza were doing no better and they too were being thrown about just like her. She tried reaching for Vegeta, who was closest to her. Before they could grab hands, an odd orange lightning came from the swirling yellow clouds that was the vortex. The lightning struck Vegeta, which made him scream out in agony. Not a few seconds later, more of this strange lightning struck out and hit Frieza then finally Goku.
Everyone now was screaming in pain. During the lightning strikes, Lily noticed Goku's Super Saiyan Blue form fizzled out and Frieza too had lost his Golden form. Once the strikes finally stopped, Lily again tried to shove herself closer. Her and Vegeta's fingertips were touching and he almost grabbed for her hand. When a bigger and stronger burst of lightning split through the vortex with such force, it blew them apart and away from each other.
"Noooooo! Vegeta, Goku!" That's all she could get out before they were out of sight.
Next thing she knew, the yellow clouds and strong gust dissipated. And she found herself free falling through the sky. It seemed liked many minutes, before she hit. Though instead of hitting solid ground, she found herself immersed in water. She was sinking fast and started kicking to the surface.
Once she broke the surface she looked around for the others and to see where she was. Lily saw that she landed in some lake. Luckily she was not to far from shore. As she made her way closer to land she saw something no, someone was falling from the sky at top speed! Unlike her they were falling to the ground. She picked up the pace and swam to shore. They landed not too far out from the lake area and judging from the tremors she just felt, made quite the impact upon landing. She left the sandy bank and into the surrounding woods in the direction of the one who fell.
Lily's heart was going a mile a minute as she ran to their location hoping that Goku or Vegeta were okay and not too badly hurt. She was so distracted by the thought of them hurt or dead that she didn't realize the ground beneath her feet gave way and she started tumbling down a ditch. Upon reaching the bottom she slammed into what felt like a firm rock. Only to hear the 'rock' groaning. Lily gave a hiss of her own from the rough landing and turned to help the other. But instead of finding herself with Goku or Vegeta, she found herself looking at the pale white and purple form of none other than Frieza.
"Oh Shit" She whispered.
He finally opened his blood red eyes and glared at her. Despite knowing these guys can take quite a beating and being slammed into the ground usually they just bounce right back. But for some odd reason Frieza looked like he sustained some serious injuries just from the fall alone. He was scratched up with some pretty bad lacerations and deep purple and black bruises littered his body.
Another strange thing is, instead of looking like the cartoon version she was use to seeing him and everyone else in their reality including even herself at the time. He and herself looked like how she originally was back in her own reality. He still looked very similar, just with more detailed realistic features like he would look if he found himself in her reality.
Frieza appeared pissed at the state he was in from the fall. Probably didn't help she fell on him either.
"Next time watch where you land, woman." He hissed at her.
As he tried to sit up, he got only halfway up before he fell back on the ground. "I don't understand? What's happened to me? I shouldn't be this injured or feel this weak from a mere fall."
"Your guess is as good as mine, and don't call me woman...lizard boy. I can only surmise you also don't happen to know where the hell we are either. Am I right?" Lily retorted.
He growled at what she referred him to. Still, he was unsure where they were as well.
"It appears you two have made it here in one piece." Said a familiar voice. He eyed Frieze before adding. "For the most part."
They both looked to the voice coming from atop of the ditch. It was him, that sorcerer bastard. Lily stood up to confront the man. "Just what the fuck did you do to us? Where is Goku and Vegeta? Where have you sent all of us?
" He just smiles and narrows his eyes. "One question at a time Lilianna. Though I'll gladly answer them all for you."
"You fucking better, and another thing. How the hell do you know my name?" She yelled.
He crosses his arms and starts plucking at the nails on his left hand. "All in good time my dear. Let us start by answering your first set on questions. I sent you all to just one of the many dimensions in existence. Where you are precisely, is this dimension's version of earth. Similar yet quite different then your own home world. This one in particular, is one of the most dangerous earths that I have explored.
If you wish to make it back to your home world, you must seek out the gods of this universe. The best way of doing so, is a sacred place you will have to travel to. Only thing, this place is on the opposite side of the world. Unlike your earth and the earth from the saiyans reality, this earth is three times larger than theirs and yours."
He started to chuckle. "I also liked to add that your Emperor Frieza here, is now completely powerless and no more extraordinary than the rest of the humans and inhabitants here, including yourself. That means no more energy blasts, power ups, or flying. He may maintain some of his speed and strength. But nothing more."
If Frieza wasn't pale enough already, I'd say his face became even more pale with that information.
"Still that's not even the best part about this little game. Perhaps I should mention this. Both your life forces are inexplicably tied to one another." His smile widened. "If one of you die, the other will die as well."
Lily felt like she been punched in the gut with this newfound information. She looked down at Frieza, who still seem stunned about the revelation of being powerless and weak. Then looked back up at the sorcerer. "Why are you doing this? Why Goku and Vegeta? Why Us?"
He was starting to appear bored. "As I said, all in good time with these questions. As for now, you may want to focus on getting Frieza and yourself out of these woods and to safety...before dark. Until then, I bid you farewell."
With that he lifted his small staff to the sky and disappeared yet again. Lily collapsed to her knees and stared at the dirt wall in front of her. 'Just when she thought things couldn't possibly get any worse, then this happens.'
"That bastard, I refuse to be a pawn in his twisted games. I will find my way out of here, and when I do I will track him down and destroy him." Frieza said. through clenched teeth.
She finally turned to look at him. "How? You heard him, you can barely move right now; and did you miss the part where he said your powerless?"
If looks could kill, she'd be dead by now. "For all we know he could be lying. There's no possible way to take someone's power. Especially a natural power we are born with and infused into the very fiber of our being." Frieza stated.
Lily turned to completely face him. "If your so sure, then get up and try blasting something or try to fly."
He narrowed his eyes at her. "Don't. Tell. Me. What. To. Do."
"I wasn't telling you, I said to try." She said.
He did try. Well, tried getting up that is before falling back down. "DAMMIT!" he shouted up to the sky.
Lily shakes her head. "Well look at it this way. Your still alive, instead of sulking, try taking back advantage of the situation."
He snorts. "You can't be serious. How is there a way to take advantage in such a weak and pathetic state compared to that of your kind?"
She was really getting annoyed with him now. "Maybe in this situation you will actually learn not everything is about brute strength, power, and control. My 'kind' as you so eloquently put it has been doing well for themselves without it for centuries. I doubt we would still exist otherwise."
Frieza started to laugh. "Doing well you say? No, I'd say your kind has just happened to be very lucky. The only reason you all still exist is because of those saiyans that keep your planet safe from the threats of the rest of the universe."
She clenched her jaw. In a way he was right. If there is one main contributing factor to earth's continued existence in the show. It was it's safety, due to Goku, Vegeta, and the other Z Fighters. But her reality...that's a different story. The human race was making ground breaking advancements everyday. We became so technically advance over the last turn of the century. We are able to do many things now at a faster rate than we did almost one hundred years ago. It's true, we never faced threats like alien invasions. But that doesn't mean in any regard, that we are weak and helpless either.
"You can think of it that way all you want. But humans over time have proven over and over that we are not helpless and quite durable. From where I'm standing, you look like you could need all the help you can get right now. And the only one here who can help you is, 'this weak powerless human'. Though I must say, since I realized what I landed on was you. I already had the notion of leaving you here." She stated.
He clenched his teeth. "I don't need your help, pathetic woman. I just need to get my baring. I'll be strong enough to leave soon enough."
Lily stood up, gave him a sarcastic smile. "That sounds fine to me. I'll just be on my way. Fuck You Lizard Boy, and have a nice life."
Frieza just looked on shocked and wide eyed. She turned and started making her way up the ditch. Which actually turned out to be a crater from when he landed. He tried yet again to get up which still took a lot of effort. He managed to make it to a sitting position, but still couldn't get any further from there.
"Wait." it was so low it almost sounded like a whisper. She stopped and looked back at him. He huffed. "At least, just assist me out of this ditch."
She gave him a hard glare. "Why the fuck should I? The last thing I ever wanted to do was help you anyway. Your a Murderous Sociopath with no regards to life, who destroyed countless planets and civilizations. Everything you have done, lead you to eventually where you deserved to be. In hell, having tea parties with your stuffed toy and fairy friends. Though most would say you got off lightly there. You really deserved to be physically and psychologically tortured in some burning pits...instead of being hung up in a tree like a pretty butterfly about to emerge from a cocoon."
"You act as if I wasn't paying full attention to what that cretin said. When it was you, who seemed to overlook his last parting words of; 'If one dies, the other will perish as well.' If you do leave me here in these woods, in this condition to rot then you will be no better off than myself." He said.
She didn't forget what the sorcerer said. But she figured she rather take her chances on her own than be stuck with the likes of Frieza a.k.a Psychotic Lizard Boy. Who in her opinion, has the voice of a teenage girl with a bad smoking habit. But stubbornness aside he was right. In her mind, Lily knew it was wrong to leave anyone alone and injured out in potentially dangerous woods. Even if they were horrible people that deserved it.
"Fine." She gritted out.
She bent down and balanced herself on the balls of her feet. "Put your arm around my shoulder. When I stand, you try to stand with me. I'll go slow so you don't overexert yourself."
He hated that he was being treated like an infant to this extent. But If it was the best way to get out of here. He'd have to go along with her help...for now. He just hoped she can lift him. He was small, but dense in muscle and not by any means light. If he was correct, she looked to stand a couple inches shorter than him with a slightly smaller frame. Yes, this is turning out to be a rather exciting endeavor.
Once in position, she used her back and shoulder strength to gently haul him up to standing position. She got him up with very little strain. This certainly surprised him a bit. 'Hmmm, perhaps this girl isn't as worthless after all.' He thought. Next step, was trekking up the steep ditch to ground level. He fell to his knees a few times. Which extended the time they took to get to the top. But in a few minutes, they made it nonetheless. Tired from their momentarily exertion, they stopped for a few minutes break before walking back to the woods.
(Phew) Is it me or the chapters getting longer and longer? Plus a little more interesting now that Frieza and Lily are stuck with each other. Also I'm not a 100% sure, but I could've sworn I saw on a DBZ Database somewhere. That in his final/true form, that Frieza stood at 5ft 2in tall and in his Golden Form sprout up a few inches more. To the height of 5ft 6in tall. I don't know if it's pinpoint accurate. But for now, it's what I'm going off with height wise.
Frieza (Final/True Form): 5ft 2in tall
Lily: 4ft 11in tall
This is mainly why I made Lily so short. Because personally, I'd think it be funny and awkward if she were taller than him. I think it be way more fun if they were both eye level with each other...for future references. Until Next Time ;)