Chapter 4 - Kassava (the next day, 16/the next year, 17 years old)
"I'll see you guys in hopefully two years," I say to my adoptive parents and I wave at them. We are outside in our backyard with the space travelling machine. They are fully aware that it takes about a year to get to Planet Vegeta and a year to go back to Planet Earth.
"Bye, Bianca. Be safe and fight those bad guys," Gabriel says. I laugh at the last part where he said "fight those bad guys".
"Bye, Bianca. I say the same thing Gabriel said and also, make sure to talk with us, okay?" Lauren says.
"Thank you and I will," I reply. Lauren also gave me a circular device where I can contact with them while I am away.
I get in the space travelling machine and then after the door closes completely, I check to make sure I have everything. I click the button to Through the window, I see my adoptive parents and I wave at them. They wave back and then I pushed the button to fly off into the universe. This is it! I'm going back and although it won't bring many pleasant memories, it will be amazing if I saw my mom again.
- 1 year later -
I've been talking with my adoptive parents with that circular device everyday and they are doing good. I've also been practicing how to fight as well as to move with heavier gravity since Planet Vegeta has ten times more gravity than Earth.
I look through the window and I finally see the red planet I once remembered seeing when I left. I begin to put on the Saiyan armor Lauren made for me and the really good thing is that she kept the one I had when I first left Planet Vegeta, so she was able to make the outfit much easier. I'm about to land and all I have to do is bring my mom back. Man, I wish it would have been me that was taken away instead of my mom.
When I finally land, I look through the window again and I see the familiar atmosphere. It has been around nine or ten years since I was here. Nothing has changed, I see.
The door silently falls and then I get out. Luckily, there is nobody out here and I sigh in relief.
I walk out of the space travelling machine and after landing on the planet ground, I feel very relieved that I am able to walk on this kind of gravity. I take the pill-shaped capturer for the space traveller, push the button on the top and then I throw or near the machine. It disappears and then, I walk to the capturer and then I put it in the tin box Lauren gave me.
I begin to search and search for the place with the space pods. This is the same place where their prison is and it's also connected to the royal palace where King Vegeta and Prince Vegeta live in.
I finally find it and I go through the back side where the space pods are. It looks just like it was when I was seven years old. Surprisingly, there are no security guards in this area. I sneak in and successfully, I was able to get to the place where there are the security guard outfits.
I grab two Saiyan security guard armor. I quickly go into a corner and I switch the regular Saiyan armor I'm wearing into the security guard armor, leaving on the shirt and pants I had with the regular Saiyan armor. Lauren made more gadgets for me to use such as the pill-shaped capturer for capturing the regular Saiyan armor while I wear the security guard armor. I use the capturer and then I set it next to the regular armor. The regular armor disappears to the capturer and then, I set the capturer in the tin box.
After that, I walk and I search for where my mom can be. I search each prison cell and then, to my right, I finally see my mom. My face immediately lights up seeing her face, tears of happiness fall from my face.
She looks at me and then her eyes widen in great shock. One of her hands cup her mouth in surprise and happiness. Tears of happiness also fall from her face.
"My Kassava," she finally whispers, smiling at seeing me. She stretches both of her hands through the prison cell bars on my face, "You're here, you're here."
"Yes, Mother. I'm here now," I whisper, smiling and then I whisper, "and I'll get you out of here and to Planet Earth."
My mom nods and then, I take out the pill-shaped spray bottle in which the contents can get my mom to go through the prison cell bars.
I motion for my mom to step back and she does so. I hold out the spray bottle and then I spray on the prison cell bars. After that, I motion for my mom to come back closer.
"You can go through these bars after using this," I whisper to my mom and then, I step out of the way for her to go through the bars. She does so without a single problem and my smile widens.
"Here, put this on. We can possibly sneak out of here with the guard outfits," I tell my mom and then she nods.
She takes the armor from me and then, I check to make sure nobody is around here. She switches her normal armor for the security guard armor.
"What should I do with this one?" Mom whispers.
"I got this one," I whisper, taking out one of the other pill-shaped capturers which can make the armor go into the capturer. I click the button on it and I put the armor right next to it. The armor is now in the capturer and I put it in the tin box.
After putting the tin box away, we walk like we are guards working here. We need to hurry right away.
When we are about to go outside to where the space pods are, there were two security guards standing there already. What?! How can we get out of here now?
We hide in one of the corners and then, my mom whispers, "The only way we can leave here safely is if we wait until their shift is over."
"What? And how long is their shift?" I whisper.
"One hour."
"It's a very good thing I have a watch with me," I whisper, pointing at my watch.
We stand there and we try our best to blend in to our hiding spot very carefully as a few people walked in back and forth. We wait for an hour until their hour shift is done.
We walk out of our hiding spot and then, my mom whispers, "Ooooh, how about you say that you can take the shift from here and then, when they leave out if this area, I can join you outside."
"That's a brilliant idea," I reply, smiling. I walk to where the guards are standing outside. They are looking at me, trying to see if I work here or not even though I don't. I tell them, "I can take it from here. The other guard is coming since he has to run an important task for Frieza."
I say "he" instead of "she" because I don't want to reveal something about the escape that they might catch on.
"Okay," one guard says and the other guard nods. They both walk inside and then, I wait for my mom to show up. She shortly shows up and then we walk out of the area.
We walk far from the area and then, after we find a good hiding spot far away from the area we came from, my mom makes sure that no one is watching us.
I open the tin box and then I take out the pill-shaped capturer with the space travelling machine captured in it. I push the button on top and then I throw the capturer slightly to get the space travelling machine going. After I get the door to open, we hurry to get in and after I hurriedly close the door, my mom looks through the window to see if anybody is watching us.
"Luckily enough, there is nobody out here," my mom says.
"Yes! I hope it stays the way it is now," I reply, never wanting to celebrate sooner because anything can happen between now and later. I quickly press the buttons to launch out of here.
We are now leaving the skies of Planet Vegeta and into outer space.
"Yes, you got out of there!" I exclaim happily, "I was afraid that you would have never got out of there."
"I know, I know! I knew you would come," my mom replies happily. She holds my face and she looks at me for some time.
My mom and I hug each other so tightly and we hug each other for a while.
"I missed you, Mom, I've been missing you everyday, ever since that day when I escaped," I say.
"I missed you too, Kassava. I've been thinking about you and I'm really sorry that I didn't save you from your father's abuse sooner," my mom sobs. I would be abused by my father, Kail, for being "too weak" and for being "too stupid" and "too useless".
My mom used to just watch and not do anything until one day; starting from that one day, she would tell me to be a nice person and treat others the way you want to be treated. She would also tell me that killing innocent people and taking over their planets are morally wrong and very evil. I am really really thankful for that or else I would be just like most of the Saiyans, very evil and very sadistic. She said that she realized that she did wrong things and that she doesn't want me to do the same.
I hug my mom and then I tell her, "No no, it's okay, it's okay. I'm really glad that we were able to change for the better before it is too late and I owe it all to you."
My mom smiles and then she says, "Have you used any of your Saiyan powers since you first landed on Earth?"
"Nope, not at all," I reply, "It's true, it's been around ten years since I have used them. Man, that is a very long time!
"Really? I completely understand though," my mom replies, "I can help you maintain and become more powerful with your Saiyan powers, if you want." I think now, this will be a perfect time to do that.
"That would be amazing!" I reply, smiling, "Thank you so much!"
"Of course! I'm your mother and I'm always here for you," my mom says, smiling.
"We do have a gravity machine in here. We can adjust to how much gravity we can practice our skills on. We also have one back where I live with my adoptive parents," I offer.
"Really? That's amazing! Were you raised by scientists?" my mom says in amazement.
"Well, my adoptive mom, Lauren, is a scientist, but my adoptive dad, Gabriel, is a professor by day and assassin by night and I am an assassin as well. I haven't used any of my Saiyan powers, however, I've been using weapons like katanas, guns, swords, knives, etc as well as martial arts. I've been fighting the bad guys. I also want to be a scientist just like Lauren," I reply.
"Wow, that's amazing!" my mom says.
"Yeah," I reply, "I wish it would have been me that was in the prison cell instead of you. You didn't deserve that at all."
"Why would you wish that, Kassava? I'm glad that you weren't in prison with me. Who knew what would have happened to you before that happened? And you were seven years old," my mom says.
"I know, but you didn't deserve it at all. I wish that they didn't have to make you waste nine to ten years of your life in prison just because you were doing the right thing by getting us out of that hell we went through."
"It was worth the nine to ten years. I would rather live my life like hell if I'm doing right things than live my life in heaven if I'm doing wrong things. I'm really am glad that I realized what was really wrong and what was really right. If it weren't for my conscience, we would have still been over there and killing innocent people and taking over planets and serving Frieza. I'm really glad that I am able to see my daughter again too."
"I honestly would have done the exact same thing and I totally agree with you. I know that, in the end, if I do right things, then I can die happily knowing that I haven't hurt or killed any innocent lives. I'm really glad to see my mother again too."
We both smile.
A/N: What do you guys think? Constructive criticism is welcome :) I hope you all have a wonderful day!