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Chapter 3

In a different time or…universe? A shocking revelation!

Jarvis passed through the surface of the leaves. The hole he made only allowing a minor amount of sunlight to illuminate his surroundings. The trees extended down into the darkness below him and the leafy surface that he had just passed through seemed to only be a foot thick. It was a strange sight as it almost looked like the trees were purposefully making a barrier. Their limbs seemed to act like stitches keeping the carefully woven blanket of leaves together. Not a single beam of light came through, there wasn't even a soft glow indicating that a sunlit sky lay just above.

"Well that's strange," Jarvis stated in confusion.

As he continued down into the dark abyss Jarvis made a small orb of Ki energy to act as a light source. The descent took almost a full minute confirming Jarvis's earlier assumption that the trees must have been several hundred feet tall, if not a little over a thousand.

Once he had finally reached the surface of the planet he looked back up noticing that no light could be seen from the hole in the leafy barrier he made only a little over a minute ago.

"I'm either super deep down or the hole closed," Jarvis spoke to himself "I should hurry up regardless, this place gives me the creeps," Jarvis concluded.

He sensed out the woman's energy, though it was faint it did give him a direction to start heading. With a gust of wind, Jarvis bolted at superhuman speeds toward his destination. The ball of Ki lit his path as he navigated around the massive trees. Jarvis became agitated for the thousandth time as the endless rows of trees reminded him of the hallways. However, unlike the halls, he was making progress as indicated by the woman's energy drawing closer.

Jarvis was almost upon the woman's location when he was suddenly struck in his ribs. The impact didn't hurt but it threw him to the side. He was quick to recover though, spinning and kicking off of the nearest tree.

Once back on the ground he had to dodge a log that was definitely aiming for him. Rolling to the right he felt something sharp try and unsuccessfully Pearce his skin. Looking to his feet Jarvis saw the culprit lying on the ground, an arrow. Looking back up he glimpsed a small figure run behind a tree.

Jarvis, tired of being attacked without reason, threw the ball of Ki that still resided in his hand toward where he suspected the ambush came from. Closing his fist, the ball did not explode but rather erupted with light. The "attack" was like a throwable solar flair. It was a non-lethal move designed to disorientate opponents, but it was also good for lighting up dark areas. For all a Saiyans power they did not have night vision.

Jarvis saw several figures jump away in fear of the light. They were small in stature and it looked like some walked on all fours whilst others were bipedal. Though he didn't get a very good look it seemed that they were scrawny and had no pupils to complement their ghostly white eyes. Most had claws but the ones who didn't compensate with overly large fangs. Jarvis could not see their color due to the blinding white light but if he had to take a guess they looked slightly gray.

They all scurried off hurriedly, letting out hisses and howls as they did. Jarvis could do nothing but stare in wonder. Those creatures definitely confirmed that they were no longer on earth.

"Very peculiar indeed," was his only comment.

Jarvis was proud of his growing vocabulary. When he started reading and writing in his later years of his life it wasn't at all what he wished to waste his time doing. However, he would rather face down an entire army of Majin Boo's than face his wife's scorn. She was far more knowledgeable than him. She grew up, not with the best childhood, but good education.

Clearing his thoughts Jarvis realized that those were the creatures who attacked him. Turning on his heels another gust of wind followed the now faster than sound Saiyan. Once again Jarvis was speeding towards the growing Ki signature of the woman.

Jarvis leaped into a clearing, vast and beautiful, which looked to stretch on for miles. It was a place still shrouded by darkness but was illuminated by various glowing plants and insects. The insects were like flying or crawling lamps. They were almost the size of his torso allowing them to illuminate large areas revealing tall bluegrass and mushroom-like plants normally hidden in darkness. The glowing plants were not as bright and hung down from the trees by long vines. Jarvis couldn't get a good look from where he was, but it looked like they were the tree's fruit. Sadly, he didn't have the time or patience to soak in the sites. Using his built-up momentum Jarvis jumped and blasted off at faster than sound speeds. A thunderous boom could be heard as he sped across to the other side of the clearing. He could sense that the woman was just beyond the large field, all he needed to do was get there.

Jarvis was halfway to the other side when he felt another energy coming at him from behind. He glanced back only to see a large gaping void laced with teeth. Quickly, Jarvis turned around as the oversized blades tried to clamp down and caught them. He could feel the teeth dig into his hands drawing blood. Whatever this monster was it had an incredible amount of strength to have him struggling so much against it.

In a panic, Jarvis considered going Super Saiyan. However, if he raised his power too much then whoever else the woman was associated with might think there was a problem. Someone must have known that she was out here, that meant someone was probably monitoring their area. If said someone was to have a way to sense or detect energy, then a second major rise in power might raise some suspicion and bring more trouble down on him and his family then there already was.

It was then that he realized there was one thing in his arsenal that could be used. It was a technique that he did not utilize often as it was hell on the body. However, it was the only way he could be provided a quick boost without possibly turning to many heads.

Jarvis had no choice as the razor-sharp daggers came ever closer to ending his life. He took a second of pause to ready himself before shouting "KaioKen!"

Bright red fire surrounded his body as his energy doubled. Jarvis looked to have practically changed color to a blood red. His muscles tensed and bulged as they grew in size at an extraordinary rate. He could feel them burn with increased power to an almost painful amount. The monster was no longer a match for the Saiyan as he threw away the largemouth to reveal the rest of the beast.

It was like a worm but black and a million times bigger. Jarvis was astounded, he had been flying faster than sound almost a hundred feet in the air. The worm not only reached his altitude but was fast enough to catch him. What this planet was started to become a prominent question in his mind. Before the worm had time to recover Jarvis quickly flew up to the monsters' "head" and brought his foot down punting it down. The creature was sent back into the hole from which it protruded itself, releasing a terrifying screech.

The red glow dissipated from Jarvis's body once he powered down. He took off much faster this time determined to bypass any more delays. He was far past done with this planet and everything on it.

Jarvis stopped once he reached the other side of the clearing. Carefully, his eyes scanned for the woman. Her power was very low due to her unconsciousness and only gave Jarvis a general area to look rather than a direct location. Nevertheless, he was able to spot the white hair of the woman and proceeded to quickly float over.

Once he had landed, Jarvis looked around for any sign of the sneaky devils that attacked him earlier. After he confirmed that all was clear he scooped up the woman in his arms and flew up. Only half a minute had passed before his enhanced Saiyan hearing picked up a familiar snake-like hiss coming from a nearby tree.

Without hesitation, Jarvis looked toward the tree and fired beams of energy from his eyes blasting a hole in the tree. He heard a screech and a series of howling followed. Deciding not to overstay his welcome any longer, Jarvis flared his Ki and bolted for the barrier of leaves above.

He noted how fast the little hell spawns were as they climbed the trees almost faster than he could fly up. There were more of those arrows trying to hit him but kept missing as Jarvis ducked and weaved.

Finally, he reached the leafy barrier. Erupting from the depths of the deadly forest, Jarvis did not slow until he was several hundred feet above the trees.

He was breathing hard as he stared at the forest below. Several questions were added to the growing pile. It seemed to just be one thing after the next. Jarvis breathed a "what the hell" out, not knowing what had just transpired other than the fact that he hated it.

Gathering himself, Jarvis turned in the direction of his approaching family.

All three seemed to be accounted for and looked more worried about him than anything. Save for Elizabeth, she looked as if she had better things to.

Salena began with "Jarvis! Are you alright?"

"I'm good, I just have a few more what the fucks along with my frustration."

Salina took notice of the woman in her husband's arms as she stopped in front of him.

"I thought you were going to get some answers from her?"

Jarvis defended himself with "I was but there were lots of very dangerous creatures" a little pout in his voice.

"what do you mean 'dangerous'?"

Jarvis sighed "Look we knew that this wasn't earth from the get-go, but I just found out more."

Salina became more attentive "Like what?"

Jarvis looked back down to the forest below "This place isn't just some random planet."

Salena's eyes widened at that, she went to ask what, but Jarvis beat her to it.

"It's a training camp for Saiyans."

Salina recoiled at that. The training planets, she had told her husband all about them. How dangerous they were, how they were trash bins for the week and unwanted Saiyans. It almost paralyzed her, not out of fear, out of hate. Pure, unadulterated rage was the best she could describe her feelings for this whole planet now.

She looked deep into her husband's eyes for any sign that this revelation was a joke, that he wasn't serious. Out of a desperate attempt to disprove Jarvis, Salina questioned: "H-how do you know, you can't just assume..."

"What did you see down there that would..."

Salina allowed her anger to get the better of her. She clamped her eyes shut in denial shouting "Jarvis, I swear, if this is some kind of joke ill-"

she was stopped when she felt a pair of strong arms wrap themselves around her. Salina opened her eyes to see only her husband's chest. He had hugged her. She attempted to look up but was unable as his chin rested on top of her head.

He said nothing, did nothing, he just held her. Slowly she began to calm down, eventually melting into the hug. Then a single tear ran down her cheek.

Jarvis never could fully comprehend his wife's emotions but then again, he had never been through trauma as a kid. The most he could do for his wife in these types of moments was to just be there. Jarvis looked to the horizon as his chin still rested on Salinas' head. It was a mix of red and yellow slowly followed by the darkening sky. The sun had begun to set, and they wouldn't have much time before nightfall. Jarvis entrusted the woman to his children while he took care of their mother. Hopefully, they would find a place to spend the night else they'd be stuck out here with Kami knows what else.

Jarvis came out of his trance when something wet fell on his arm. Salina had shed a tear. Though not the first time, it was always a somber experience to see the strongest woman he ever knew be reduced to crying by nothing more than bad memories.

She did not hug back, content to simply curl into his embrace. She had told him about this kind of place. They were artificial environments. From the flora and fauna to the wildlife, it was all built by hand to construct the deadliest places in the galaxy. They were death sentences to any weak Saiyan children born to the class of elite warriors or royalty. Playgrounds for retiring veterans though, they took sport in hunting the wildlife and sometimes the children.

Salina had been one of those unlucky few. Her father was an officer in the Saiyan military, Jarvis could not remember the rank, and had been highly decorated. Being of the proud Saiyan elite status he expected nothing less than the perfect child. However, Salina was born with a power level just barely higher than one hundred.

This level had not been an adequate one. Her "Father" became outraged at how average a power level his child had. He threw her onto one of the training planets himself. Salina never revealed how she escaped but Jarvis was never brave enough to ask either.

After another minute or so Jarvis looked down at his wife "We need to go, the kids will have found a place to stay by now" he stated.

Salina, having looked up at the removal of her husband's chin, responded with a simple "A-alright" and a nod of her head.

Jarvis slowly let go of his wife not wanting to make her feel vulnerable all over again.

She took in a deep breath and closed her eyes to regain her composer. After letting go of her breath she opened her eyes with new determination.

Jarvis smiled as his wife regained herself. She was back and ready for anything once more, good.

"Salina hun," Jarvis grabbed her attention "we need to get moving, the kids have probably found a place to lay low."

She gave a quick nod in response. With that Jarvis turned in the direction that his children had gone in and searched for their energy. Once he had a lock his energy flared up along with Salinas and the pare of Saiyans took off at faster than sound speeds.

The flight wasn't long, in only a few minutes the trees below came to a sudden halt. What replaced them was an even worse scene. A barren wasteland from end to end that stretched into the horizon. It was like a dessert; the only difference was the color of sand; if it was sand. Gray, uninterrupted; vast expanses, of gray. There were no hills or dunes or holes or anything that would normally complement a biome such as this. However, there was no sign that this even had the wind to blow around the "sand." It was just flat and vast.

It was off-putting, to say the least. If he needed any more evidence to prove his suspicions about the planet was then this was it. Jarvis didn't need to look back at Salina to tell what she was thinking. He could feel the silent anger radiating off her.

They drew closer to Jacob and Elizabeth by the second. Jarvis began looking around for signs of life and spotted something. There was a light coming from what appeared to be a riverbank. Jarvis and Salina descended and got a closer look. There was, in fact, a river. It seemed to travel underground. The sand around the underground river had collapsed to reveal the small section. The water was contaminated with sand, but it was nothing that couldn't be filtered out.

Once the couple had reached the ground they looked into the "ravine". There was the source of light, a fire, with the woman half-hardly placed next to it still unconscious. The kids were poking at the water before noticing their parent's arrival.

Jacob smiled wide shouting "Mama, daddy you're back!"

He flew into his mother's' arms and hugged her receiving a hug in turn as-well-as a kiss on his head. Elizabeth, on the other hand, just stood with her arms crossed looking up at them saying "It's about time you got here, gosh you people are so slow" she muttered the last part under her breath.

Jarvis, with his enhanced Saiyan hearing, heard what she said and didn't take too kindly to it.

frowning his brows Jarvis reprimanded her with a simple "hey."

Her eyes widened at the realization that she had been caught. Elizabeth looked down in shame.

Jarvis softened his expression and jumped down to where his daughter stood. He wasn't good at the whole parenting thing but was giving his all to be the best father he could. So, Jarvis reached down and picked up his daughter who didn't fight it. She still wasn't willing to look in his direction, so he had to move on with step two.

"Hey," he said but she still didn't look at him "look at me when I'm speaking to you."

Slowly she looked him in the eye and Jarvis could see the small bit of sadness at being in trouble. However, instead of getting on to her he smiled. She became confused at this, not understanding why she had yet to be told off.

Jarvis had a special sequence between Elizabeth and himself. However, he hadn't used it since she was a baby.

"Who does daddy love?" At this Elizabeth's eyes widened.

"What?"

"I don't know who this 'what' person is but that's not the correct answer" Jarvis had to hold back a smirk.

Elizabeth pouted and looked away again, so Jarvis repeated: "Daddy loves who?"

"Me," she finally responded with an even more prominent pout to hide a snicker.

"And why does he love you?" Jarvis asked the second question.

Salina jumped down with Jacob still in her arms as Elizabeth looked back at Jarvis trying to hide a small smile unsuccessfully.

"Because..." she didn't finish

"Because why?" Jarvis urged

"Because nothing matters more than the family you so love and adore," she repeated the well-versed line.

"and what family do I love and adore?"

"Our family."

"That's right."

Jarvis could see the small victory in the form of a smile resting in his daughters' face. They came up with that time when she was only three. It never failed to cheer her up. She had started becoming rebellious lately, Salina kept saying that it was just a phase of growing up, but Jarvis couldn't shake the feeling that it was something more than that; it nagged at the back of his mind every time something like this happened. Elizabeth kept becoming more and more distant from him; frankly, it was starting to bother him. He tried asking about it but only received the casual one or two-word responses such as "Whatever" or "I'm fine" or even a "Leave me alone" but he made sure that was a one-time occurrence.

Jarvis was never harsh or strict, but he demanded respect as an adult and worried and especially as her father. He was the discipline even though his wife could deliver a speech that would make anyone feel like they were worth less than dirt. Salina wouldn't lay a hand on the children in anger, sparing was one thing but punishing the kids was another.

Jarvis was brought out of his thoughts by Elizabeth saying, "Sorry dad."

He looked at her with a soft smile on his face and kissed her forehead.

As he set her back down he responded with "Hey I get that this whole situation has us on edge, but you still need to watch it, you're not at the top of this family hierarchy," Jarvis looked at the woman still unconscious next to the fire "I do understand your frustrations though; I have a few of my own."

With that, he left his daughter to her own devices and walked over to the woman. She had a couple of bruises and cracks in her armor but nothing that seemed all-together fatal; there wasn't anything requiring immediate attention at least.

Jarvis turned his head toward the stream of water next to him and began to concentrate. He focused his Ki out and around a small portion of the water; the water where his ki was focused around stopped flowing with the rest of the stream and began to rise as Jarvis willed it over the woman. The blob of water that floated over the woman was about the size of his torso; perfect for a wake-up call.

Releasing his ki, the water dropped onto the woman completely soaking her. She immediately sat up, coughing and breathing hard; she was blinking quickly trying to counter the water burning her eyes as they attempted to bring the world back into focus.

The woman looked around in surprise, seeing as how she was no longer over the forest. Jarvis stood over her waiting until she regained her bearings. It wasn't until her eyes landed on him that they widened with fear for only a second and then squinted in anger.

In a flash, the woman's fist was once again caught by Jarvis just short of his face. The wind around them wiped around with furious energy.

The woman screamed out "You bastard!"

Jarvis was surprised at how much of a sore loser she was. Quickly, he spun behind the woman; fist in tow, as he kicked out her knee and put his arm around her neck in a chokehold. The harder she struggled the more pressure he would add onto her arm until it became dangerously close to breaking; seeming to be un-naturally bent behind her. She stopped her flailing when unconsciousness crept back into her, but Jarvis was careful not to completely choke her out.

Once the woman seemed calm enough Jarvis questioned: "You good or do you need some more sleep?"

Through choked breaths, she responded, "I-I'm good, I'm good."

With that Jarvis lessened his hold but didn't let her go. She drew in breaths quickly as he heard his children bicker to the side " I told you we should have tied her up!"

"With what?"

"I dunno!"

"What can you tie up a Saiyan with anyway?"

"I don't know but we could have thought of something!"

"Like what!? You wanna sit on her!?"

"Shut up!"

"No, you shut up"

"HEY!" Jarvis shouted at his kids "You two either quiet down or go somewhere else, I don't care which because I am short enough on patience without having to listen to you two bicker!"

They both looked to the ground apologizing in unison and seemed content to stay where they were. Salena came and put a hand on both of their shoulders, giving each a comforting squeeze telling them to just be patient.

With that Jarvis turned his attention back towards the woman he still had in an arm lock.

"Alright then, I have questions and I expect answers," Jarvis began.

The woman nodded in response saying " That's fair enough."

"Alright," Jarvis breathed " I'll start with my original line of questions, where are we?"

The woman breathed as-well to steady her nerves "You're in the north galaxy, Quadrant A-7b, Sector 87, on planet 23-46-00 Alpha, known commonly as Gevangenis."

Jarvis blinked in confusion "I have no idea what any of what you just said means."

The woman sighed, "We are on a prison planet somewhere in the north galaxy."

"That makes more sense," Jarvis moved onto his next question "Why and how did we get here?"

"I don't know the full science behind it," The woman began "But in a way, you were pulled through time and space to another universe parallel to your own; it's like time travel but far more 'artificial'."

Jarvis had the gears in his head turning at that. He had heard of time travel; moving from the present into the past or the future but that was as far as his knowledge went on the topic.

"I'm guessing you ended up in a maze of never-ending halls?" She questioned more than concluded.

"Yeah" Jarvis confirmed.

"Well those are known as the halls of time, they are a sort of bridge between our worlds."

Jarvis was confused "Why not just use a time machine?"

"It would be too fragile; we needed something that only we could access"

"Well, we kinda put a hole in it."

"No, you just broke the barrier between our worlds."

"How does that make sense?"

The woman then paused to give it some thought before continuing " It's like this, we can transfer you to the halls of time and a specific place in those halls; however, we can't bring you any further so then it's up to you to break through into our world."

The woman concluded with "So basically it's like digging a tunnel between two houses, I can put you anywhere between the two houses but when you wake up it's up to you to dig your own way out."

Jarvis understood "So you basically dragged us here through a tunnel you dug in the space-time continuum."

"Yes."

Jarvis moved on to the last question "Who are you?"

The woman sighed as she closed her eyes readying herself "I'm your daughter."