Chapter 21
Asoret simply watched the water, wondering how water could've created men in the first place. It just seemed so… strange.
He chose that moment to glance up, and he looked shocked.
"What in the?!" he started.
He watched the entire gang, along with someone dressed in rags, whom he didn't know yet, get out of the boat, after which they anchored. They hadn't noticed him, yet, and Vegeta suddenly said something to Elvor that he couldn't make out. Elvor nodded, jumped back on the boat, and a little later, came back out carrying a girl.
She looked absolutely horrible! Her skin was a chalk white, her hair was a pale gold, and she wore some typical Zenan clothing. There was a large diagonal scar on her face, and it reminded Asoret of somebody. What had happened to the child?
"Hey you guys!!" Asoret shouted, and jumped down the rocks until he landed somewhere near them.
The entire gang looked up, confused.
"Azoret!? What are you doing 'ere?!" Ancha asked, shocked.
Kari looked at Asoret with a strange look, but he didn't seem to notice.
"I live here, remember?" Asoret answered. "What's with the child? Dead relative?"
Bulma looked shocked, then angered.
"Laze is NOT dead for your information!!"
Asoret blinked, and looked at the child, whom he figured was called Laze, again, only to finally notice that she was still breathing.
"Well, excuse me. It's just that she looks a little… well… sick," Asoret said, trying not to sound offending.
Vegeta sighed and looked at Laze.
"The Hydra poison is finally kicking in, it's murderous, really."
Asoret was shocked.
"H-H-Hydra poison!? By the Gods!!! How did that happen?!" he asked.
"Let's get this girl to an Inn first, alright?" Goku offered.
The Marbulean doctors checked Laze's condition to see if they could help, but no such luck. Laze was in a very dangerous situation, and after the Black Dragon Twins, also came the Sky Dragon, and if Flora hadn't been kidding, they were in for quite a few fights. Not to mention the large amount of travel it would take to get to Sky Dragon Isle, then to Marbule to pick Laze up (who would stay in Marbule) and finally head to the Dead Sea/Sea Of Eden.
Asoret learned about everything, and they even showed him the relics they already had. He learned about the Wingapede, the week on Gaea's Navel, the Water Dragon's Ice Breath, Elvor's ultimate attack, everything.
At the end, he didn't speak right away. When he did, almost everyone tumbled over.
"Man, you're going to have a hard time with my aunt."
Bulma was the first to speak.
"Y-your aunt?! D-d-don't tell me that Same's your aunt!!"
"She is!!!" Asoret defended. "What's so hard to believe about that?!"
"Well, besides the fact that she's a Dragonian and you are not, nothing," Elvor mumbled.
"Hey!! Whoever said I wasn't?!?!" Asoret said angrily, and the others were about to respond, when a weak voice said: "Hey, woul' ya quiet down? Me head hurts 'nough as it is."
They all turned around, and noticed that Laze was looking at them with half-lidded eyes that were a dull blue, almost gray, but she was smiling.
"Laze!! You're awake!!" Vegeta said, rather surprised.
"Hey, ye guys worry ta much 'bout me! I can take care o' meself alrigh?" she said, and firmly placed her hands beside her to push herself up in a sitting position, even though they practically all protested. "See?" she said defiantly, leaning on her arms. "I can handle meself fine with no antidote 't'all!"
Laze's arms slowly buckled, but she would not allow defeat, and leaned against her cushion.
"Where in bloody places are we anyway?" she asked, looking around.
"Marbule," Asoret answered.
Laze looked up, and blinked.
"And who the Bloody Hell are ye??"
"I'm Asoret, nice meeting you, Laze wasn't it?" Asoret asked, extending his hand to her.
Laze timidly placed her hand in his and allowed him to shake.
"Yep, tha's me," she said. "Where'd ya pick up this guy?" she whispered in Bulma's ear.
Bulma giggled, and nodded at Kari, who looked at Laze with interest.
"Who… or… wha are ye??" Laze asked.
"Kari. You be Laze? Right?"
Laze nodded.
"Laze be strong!! Sick, and still strong!! How strong Laze be when healed??"
The sick girl raised an eyebrow in confusion, finding it hard to understand this cavegirl.
"Come again??"
Laze could see Vegeta speak, but she only heard strange echoes, winds blowing in her ear, felt heat and cold building up in her body, and her vision became fuzzy as the world started spinning around her.
"Oooooohhh…" she groaned, grasping her head. "Somebody stop the world… I wanna geddoff!!"
Elvor blinked in confusion, as Laze continued to hold her head. Bulma finally laid Laze down, as if it would stop the world, like Laze was asking. Laze's gaze was aimed at the ceiling, and had she been standing, she probably would've fallen already.
After some time, she just passed out, though she wasn't the only one. Elvor groaned as a migraine began to settle in, and he finally dropped himself on the couch… and passed out.
"WAAH!!!" Laze cried out as she fell onto the ground, straight on her tailbone.
"YEOW!!!" Elvor exclaimed as he landed face-first on the ground as well.
Laze was gritting her teeth in pain and frustration, until she screamed out.
When she stopped, she panted, and said: "Ouch."
"Ha-ha-ha," Elvor mumbled, standing up and dusting himself off.
Laze glared at him, and said: "I'd like ta see ya land on yer tail fer once!!"
"I think I'll pass," Elvor said, checking to see if he had everything.
Laze stood up, and looked around.
"Bloody Hell?? Wha is this place??" she said, noticing the large walls rising up around them.
Elvor looked around too, and said: "I don't know. But I think we're not on our home anymore."
BANG!!!
Laze had whacked him to the back of his head with the hilt of her sword, an angry scowl on her face.
"LIKE I HADN'T NOTICED ALREADY BUSHHEAD!!!" she screamed angrily.
"By Gaia! Keep your shirt on already!!" Elvor mumbled, rubbing the lump on his head.
"DON'T even go there!!" Laze threatened with a menacing voice, pointing the tip of her blade in Elvor's face, dangerously close to his nose.
She easily sheathed the blade in the sheath on her back, and searched the room.
"There's gotta be a way outta here," he heard her mumble, as her hands moved across the walls.
Elvor walked to the wall too, and searched as well. There had to be a weak-spot. Everything had one. His hand suddenly stumbled across something that caught his interest.
"Laze!! Over here!!"
Laze walked over, and wiped some of the moss away from where Elvor was holding his hand, only to reveal a small part of a giant Dragon. The duo looked at each other, nodded, and began to work away all the moss.
"He's been out for quite some time now," Asoret said, watching Elvor rest on the couch, his breathing calm and even.
"T'ink we zhould wake him?" Ancha asked.
"I tried already, he won't wake!!" Bulma said.
Elvor seemed obvious to everything happening around him.
"Then we're going to have to wait," Vegeta said quietly, and sat down in a chair.
"I don't like this," Goku mumbled, but sat down anyway.
Bulma suddenly turned, and said: "Hey! I feel like playing cards for some reason! Why's that??"
"Holy Cosmos!!" Elvor said, staring up at the large Dragon.
"Bloody Hell!! Don't ya say anytin' else than tha??" Laze asked.
"Maybe if you stop saying 'Bloody Hell' all the time," Elvor countered.
"Not funny."
Laze studied the Dragon for awhile, then took a step back. With a strange voice that sounded like a combination between a snake, lizard, and slightly human, she said something Elvor couldn't understand. But whatever she said, the Dragon statue moved aside to reveal a large cave.
Laze looked inside, noticing the Dragon designs on the walls.
"Dragonians designed this place here," she mumbled. "Looks like we found out where they all wen' after the explosion."
She stepped into the corridor, and Elvor followed her on foot.
"What'd you say to that thing anyway?!" he asked.
Laze didn't stop when she said: "I told it ta open up, and tha's it!! Honestly, tha ye can't understand and use it! I mean, c'mon!!"
"Well, excuse me!! Unlike some people, I'm not born a Dragonian! Or part-Dragonian for that matter!! And if I recall, you have to be at least part Dragonian to speak it!!" Elvor countered.
"Wha a sorry excuse," Laze mumbled.
"What was that?!"
Elvor began to stir, but he didn't wake. Bulma looked at Elvor for a moment, hiding her deck of cards from the others.
"I wonder what he's dreaming about," Bulma wondered aloud.
"Wouldn't know, and I have a feeling I don't even want to know," Vegeta mumbled. "Your turn Bulma."
Bulma turned her attention back to the game of cards.
"Somethin's up there," Laze murmured.
"I can hear that."
They were silent, trying to figure out what it was. It sounded rather big, and seemed to be dragging a large piece of its body across the floor. Laze's first thought was a snake, but she didn't voice her thoughts. Instead…
Yo Bushhead!!
Elvor looked at her, being used to her mind-powers a long time ago.
Yeah, what?
Ya think it's a snake or sometin'?
That big?! If that was a snake, I hate to see an elephant here!!
Wha's an elephant??
Some large animal from Earth-sei.
Ah!
The sound was gone, and they looked at each other. Laze carefully tried to reach the vent above her head, but she wasn't tall enough. She turned to Elvor with a glare, as if challenging him to say something.
Not a word!
I'm not saying anything.
Ya were gonna!!
Damn you and your mind-reading abilities!
Shut up and gimme a boost!!
……Beg your pardon?!
NOW!!!
Elvor winced, but nodded. He linked his hands and allowed Laze to place a foot on them, and her hands on his shoulders momentarily, until she managed to reach the vent. Carefully, she loosened the bolts, and pulled the vent off. She dropped it, and grasped the edges of the vent to pull herself up. Elvor gently boosted her up.
Laze finally climbed out, then reached down and pulled Elvor up. They were sitting in some sort of lab, and Laze looked around.
"Looket all this equipment!!" she said, in awe by the size of the lab.
Elvor looked at her for a moment, then said: "Help yourself."
That's what she'd been waiting for. She began trying the machines in the room, until she stumbled across something.
"Oh… my… God…!!!"
"What is it?"
Elvor looked at what Laze was pointing at, and he gasped in shock.
Behind them, they suddenly heard a loud roar, and they whirled around. A pair of red eyes watched them from the darkness.
"AAAAAAAAH!!!" Elvor screamed as he shot up, causing everyone to topple over.
Elvor covered his mouth with his hands, and looked around the room, before he dropped back on the couch. His breathing was hard and fast, and one hand was resting on his chest.
He turned to the gang and said with a scowl: "I slept enough!! Let's beat those Dragons!!"
Man, what kind of visions is Elvor having? Is it the future maybe? Who knows? [besides myself, smart-asses!!]
Reviews:
Crash: That's your loss, not mine.
Yami Shinigami: I figured as much as that.
Spiff: Thank you very much.
draegonfire: Right!
Ciria: Just wait until you read the battle with Same!
Bulma BriefsYue Lover: I thought so! And the girl (her name's Leah by the way) also runs on all fours!!
Dragon battle schedule [so far]:
1. Earth Dragon Isle - Terra, the Earth Dragon
2. Water Dragon Isle - Douse, the Water Dragon
3. Mt. Pyre - Pyro, the Fire Dragon
4. Gaea's Navel - Flora, the Green Dragon
5. Marbule - Mura, Eldest Black Dragon
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