Chapter 44: Alone in the Dark
Wherever I am I hope I'm not dead. A short while ago, I was crash landing into a planet. I could still feel the impact, and boy does it hurt. How do people travel in those? I try opening my eyes, only to see that's partly out of the ship. How long was I out?
As I was coming to, I start to realize that, I'm slowly falling out of the ship. Soon enough, with whatever energy I have, I fly out and up. I finally take notice of my surroundings, and I'm surrounded by miles of stone spears. I fly up to get a better view, to come find out, I crash landed in a canyon. Before I knew it, I spotted creatures jumping on the surface, coming my direction. That's when my energy finally gave out, and I fell, head first, back into the canyon.
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"Where's my father?!" I can't believe this! Why do I feel like I've been lied to my whole life? Clearly my father knew something, this whole time and didn't tell me. He clearly hid things from me. And if what Vegeta said is true, could it be possible I've met Goku before. "Move out my way Mrs. Ying! Or tell me where my dad is!" I was in no mood to deal with anyone today.
"Miss. Chichi. Your father is in an important meeting. I'm sure, he would gladly see you after. If you properly create an appointment." I'm so close to snapping. For starters, how dare she address me like that! Second, my father in a meeting was a lie!
I grab her by the collar and pull her closer to me. "I asked you nicely, and you belittle me. Now, get out my way." I simply moved her to the said, and ask Gohan to lead me to dad. I have no time for this. I must get to the bottom of this at once.
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Mom must be really angry, if she's talking back to Mrs. Ying. What I still don't get is why. After speaking with Mr. Vegeta, I have more questions than answers. And mom is sure acting funny. Almost to where I don't get why she looks ready to explode. When we finally reach grandpa, does mom look like she calm down. "Gohan, wait for mommy here." With that she walks inside, and closes the door. Oh look, it's Mr. Li.
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My head hurts, and I feel an easy sense of rage, that isn't my own. "Chichi." That's when I shot up, and could feel panic rush through me. I then look around, and notice that I'm covered in bandages and in a bed. What in the world? Then I look next to me, and there's this weird creature. It's pink in color, and has weird skin, plus, they too look shock. I try to wave a hello, only for them to get up and leave the room.
I then try to figure out, why do I sense that Chichi is enraged. What's going on? I try to reach out to her, only to feel blocked by a raging headache. No good. My poor Chichi needs me, and I can't reach out to her. Please, I just hope Gohan is with her, and helping her. As much as I love seeing my wife angry, it still upsets me when she's unreasonably angry and I can't help her. My poor wife.
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"Dad, tell me the truth! Stop looking away from me! What the hell you so ashamed about? Tell me!"
"Sweetie, you don't understand. It's not that easy to talk about."
"Try me! How about you just give me answers! Tell me, did I ever meet Goku before the fire?" He's looking away, but he does say yes. "When?"
"A year after your mother died. It so happened that Gohan had found Goku just a few months. He complained the child he found was uncontrollable. I thought he only needed a friend, and I also wanted to show you off to my best friend."
"Can you tell me what happened that day. Please, dad." He agreed. I could feel the pain in his voice, as he told me the memory.
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It's been a year since my wife has died. I truly miss her, but I'll promise to make sure Chichi grows up happy. And I'll tell her many stories of her mother, and give her all her clothing. She'll be so happy. Uh? A letter from my old training buddy, Gohan. Oh, he found a child along his walk. So unusual. The child seems strange, and misbehave. Oh, it's probably just Gohan's imagination. His old age is showing. Oh, I got an idea. I'll bring my princess, and they could be great friends. Maybe I can convince Gohan to come live in the village with us.
Once I made it to his home, he's waiting for us outside. He said that the boy is sleeping, and funny enough, my Chichi is too. Me and Gohan were talking, when we heard a noise coming from inside his hut. This noise had woken up my Chichi. Soon, Gohan had brought out a small child. He was strange indeed, especially with that tail. We then set the children down next to each other.
Gohan looked worried, while I was very excited. The boy, Goku, look at Chichi curiously, and Chichi did the same. Then his tail moved, and poked Chichi's face. She started giggling, poked the furry thing, he laughed too. Chichi then had Goku face in between her hands, as she continued giggling. It was so cute. Goku looked confuse, and tried to take the hands away. "I don't see why you're so worried, Gohan."
That's when things got worst. Goku's mood suddenly changed. He went from happies confused, to biting Chichi's hand. My baby! How dare he! That's when Chichi started to cry, and I tried to get my baby away from him. But when I tried to get my Chichi, Goku bit me. He was also holding onto Chichi, tightly with his tail, and growling at me. I backed away, stud for the moment. How was I supposed to get my crying Chichi away from this boy? Not only that, the boy was hugging Chichi, and licking her face. What in the world is going on? I then snapped out of it, and was readying to strike him, when Gohan finally was able to pull him away. I tried to calm Chichi down, while Gohan tried to keep Goku at bay.
I was in the process of get my capsule car, when Chichi left my side. Oh no! Where she go? When I finally caught her, she was making her way to Gohan. I picked her up and walked to the car. Before I left my friend, I heard Chichi say bye-bye. "No Chichi." I then looked to Gohan. "Hopefully you'll learn to teach that child some manners! I don't him want anywhere near my Chichi, unless he does." With that, that was the last I ever saw and heard of Gohan. Till I received a troubling letter, stating he hopes to make amends for he's not sure if he'll live long.
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"That last letter came to me 6 years after." I was more shock that Vegeta was right about the possibility of meeting Goku very young, than rage at my father for keeping this a secret from me. "I didn't say again because I had long forgot. Well, till Goku showed up, and confirmed that my old friend had passed." I couldn't even look at my father. I just got up, and walked away. I got Gohan, and we made our way home. I need time to process this new information.
When we got home, I felt I was just going through the motions. Even Gohan tried to pull me out of my thoughts, but it didn't seem to work. Maybe I could work on a project or something. I tried to gather my tools, only to absentmindedly look at my hands. "What am I thinking? Not like something was going to be there." I went back to gathering my tools, and sat on the couch.
"Mom, are you ok? You seem more quiet than usual. Did grandpa say something weird?" I just smiled and shock my head. "Mom, why can't I hear your thoughts anymore?" That's a good question, I don't even know.
"I don't know. I been so deep in thought, I didn't realize. Maybe it has to do with focusing on myself."
"Oh, I see. But I wonder what does Mr. Vegeta met by it's rare for a sayian to chose a life mate after he's grown."
"I don't know. Maybe I could ask him." Then my hand started hurting out of nowhere. It usual does that sometimes, especially if I'm overly worried about something. I always thought it was just a delay pain from something I did earlier. Did I punch a wall earlier? I punched Vegeta yesterday, and my hand hurt right away. Maybe it's nothing, then again, I thought back to what dad said. I do remember, when I was 7, I suddenly started crying for no reason. I cried the whole day, and I couldn't explain the weird sense of pain. Then the next day I was perfectly fine, and I thought maybe something happened and I was just reacting late.
"I also want to ask Mr. Vegeta more questions, but I don't think he'll answer them now." I just smiled at my little boy, and patted the seat next to me. We enjoyed the rest of day in peaceful silence, deep in our own thoughts.
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I can't control it. Every time I feel slightly angry, I just charge, and it's hard to calm back down. These people have been nothing but supporting, yet I can tell I cause them some sort of trouble. On top of that, they agreed to help me fix my ship to head home. But the way I am now, I don't know if I could even go home.
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As I watch mom go about her daily routine, I noticed something is off. She would get angry at the slightest moment, and out of nowhere too. I even had to move things out her way, before she broke it. Mom says she doesn't have the faintest clue why she so angry. Sometimes she mumbles things, like how bad her head hurts or saying something about her hands. Mom would even take long, steaming baths, saying she's trying to relax. And she would comment how cold it gotten, when it's clearly hasn't. "Mom, are you feeling ok? Are you getting sick?" All she answers is that this isn't a cold.
So strange. Maybe I should tell someone, but who? Bulma? She's smart. What about Mr. Vegeta? Could it be part of that mate thing he said. The little he did tell me, is that somehow my parents are connected. Mom then breaks another plate, as she was cleaning. That's it! I have to ask someone. I'll ask Mr. Vegeta. Hopefully I could find him.
"Come on Mr. Vegeta. I'm worried about my mom. You just have to know." He just looked at me indifferent. He asked me what's wrong with mom, and for the moment I'm happy that he'll help. "She says how it's super cold, when the weather is perfectly fine. She would get angry out of nowhere, and or violently break things without reason. Heck, she even shows to not be in control about her own strength. To top it off, she complains about a headache and her hand hurting."
"From what you tell me, the problem isn't your mother, brat." I looked at him confused. "It's that damn Kakarot. Raditz did asked if he ever had a head injury?" I nodded. "Most likely his programing is running again. Your mother should be fine after a few days." He then starts walking away. "If she's lucky." He then looks over his shoulder at me. "And tell the harpy to stop trying to reach Kakarot, if she wants the headaches to stop." I just looked at him in shook, as he flew away. What in the world does he mean by that?
It take me a bit longer to fly home. I was just so lost in thought; I just don't know what to do. What did he mean by program running again? What he mean did he mean she'll be fine after a few days? And that comment about if she's lucky? I'm so confused. It's probably a grown-up thing. Maybe once I tell mom, she'll explain it to me.
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My control over this new form is starting to pay off. I'm able to switch on and off on command. But something still troubles me. Why can't I reach Chichi? Every time I try, I have a huge headache. So, I gave up trying. Living with the Yardratians had helped me a lot. Like controlling my own ki better. If it wasn't for their help, I would still be unstable. I hope Chichi and Gohan are doing ok. I really miss them.
Chichi…