C-33
Loss
Gohan could feel that something bad had just happened. Power levels were plummeting but that didn't upset him all that much. He had expected to feel the power levels lower. But there was something else that was happening. A bad feeling that almost stopped him dead cold.
He couldn't place it.
He knew he felt it before but he couldn't place it.
............
Goten picked up the limp cold body of Vegeta and watched her go with Krad.
He fought his tears and the urge to scream. Vegeta made a low moaning sound.
He knew he should get Vegeta to the doctor as quickly as possible. Raymond may be able to help him, but he wanted to go after her and the conflicting thoughts were tearing him apart.
She was willingly going with Krad!
Willingly.
He remembered how hard it was to get her even to look at him. To get her to the point where she would not use him as a punching bag. He remember how vulnerable she had been under the apple tree by that beautiful stream and then the hard contrast of the warrior who dared him to try to beat her. Then that woman that watched after her boys with a vicious temperament and love and the woman that gave him those few moments of affection that drew him to her even harder than before.
Then he remembered that brief kiss they had.
He remembered how warm she was in his arms when she was hurt and how strong she was even though she was so weak.
Willingly.
Gone.
His heart felt so empty. It was a void that was threatening to consume him right there on the rubble filled arena floor.
Vegeta moaned again and brought him back to reality.
Vegeta's weight felt oddly heavy. A dead weight.
He had to get Vegeta to Raymond.
It was Vegeta's only chance.
He had to force his legs to move. He had to force himself not to follow after her. He had to force himself to do what she asked him to do.
It was going against every fiber of his being.
The feeling of Vegeta's blood seeping down his back made him move a little faster.
It was now up to Trunks.
Trunks had to bring her back to him.
He would make sure that Vegeta was going to be okay and then he would make sure that she would come back to him and then they could be together.
He had to make sure she was going to come back to him.
.............
Trunks fought the winds that threatened to sweep him up and out of the shuttle craft. The only thing that kept him from plummeting to the earth was the thin metal rod that he held onto.
He had never felt so weak in his life and in so much pain, but he had to focus. Had to! He couldn't let her go with such a man! She had so much hatred for him! So much and here she was talking to him with his hand on her arm! This was not the Soyna he knew!
"I won't let his happen! She is coming back with me!" He was glad that his voice at least sounded strong despite how weak he felt with each passing moment.
He couldn't help but put one hand to his bloody cheek, despite how much more it hurt to touch it.
"She is not being take by force," Krad smiled and put a hand on her waist. She didn't even flinch! She stood there like a statue as if she didn't mind his touch at all! Wasn't she supposed to hate Krad? "I am sparing you all and I get to keep her. I say it is a good deal for us all.
He looked at Soyna. She stood still and her eye betrayed no emotion. What the hell was she thinking?
"No!" He yelled and had to use his other hand to hold him up. His knees were starting to buckle.
"Oh yes," Krad said. "Quite a wonderful little bonus considering that I can't conquer this planet in the way that I wish. But this radiant woman is a wonderful little consolation prize." He gave a little chuckle and allowed his eyes to wander over Soyna in a manner that he didn't care for at all!
"No," was all that he could say.
This couldn't be happening. With all her talk about how Krad had betrayed her before and how much she loathed him and the fact that Krad had killed his OTHER self and her husband! How could she! How could she even allow him to touch her!
Ligh made a disgusted sound and said something about his father being foolish and stormed away from the windy mouth of the shuttle craft. He disappeared behind a door, in which he saw that there was two men piloting the craft.
He turned back to looking at his OTHER selves daughter. She blinked and her look changed. He had seen that look in her eyes before. It was a look that told him that she had suffered a great loss. A look that scared him.
She pulled away from Krad and stood in front of him. Her hair was flying wildly around her face and hiding some of her eyes from him. Hiding her true intentions.
He nearly collapsed as a wave of pain took over him.
Why was she doing this?
He was unable to move from the spot that he stood.
She stood in front of him and put her cool hand on his wounded cheek. Her lips twitched slightly. He couldn't tell if she was sad or mad at him for allowing the poison to touch him.
He wasn't able to say anything. He just looked at her and really wished that he had known her when she was younger. He really wished he could have been a father to her. He really wished that his OTHER self hadn't had died and that she wasn't in so much pain.
She spoke in a soft voice, "No one is going to die because of my pride this time." She stroked his cheek. Were those tears in her eyes? He wanted to reach out to her but he couldn't. He was frozen in place and he feared that if he moved, he would pass out. "You are all strong enough and can do fine without me."
He made a groaning noise. It was all he could do.
She shook her head and lowered it slightly. He couldn't see her eyes at all now.
"You have to go back." She whispered and pulled his hand from the metal brace and held it firmly in hers. "I can't bear to loose you again."
He really wished he could see her face.
"Soyna," he managed to utter.
She looked like she was in pain. She also looked like she was hiding something. He could see that she was.
Then the world changed.
He tried to reach for her but she slipped away. Her fingers let go of his hand and the his cheek no longer felt her cool caress.
He was falling.
She had pushed him!
He was falling back to the earth. Away from her.
He looked to see Soyna being pulled back by Krad and Krad having a rather evil looking smile as he pulled her close to him. Her eyes were so cold. Resigned.
The door to the shuttle craft closed.
He felt as if a part of him was missing now.
Cut off.
He screamed as he fell. He couldn't form any words.
He couldn't get the strength gathered up to stop his fall or even think about stopping her.
Her last words were, "I can't bear to loose you again."
His scream filled with anguish. That was as close as she got to calling him her father. They finally gained a bit of that connection and it was lost.
They all have lost her.
...............
Gohan looked up.
He saw Trunks falling and was tempted to let him fall until he realized that he wasn't able to get enough power up to stop himself. The poison must have been taking a strong hold on him by now.
He could feel his brother coming towards him and a very faint power signature of Vegeta along with him.
He darted up to catch Trunks, only because Pan would never forgive him. He may not approve of the relationship, but it was what his daughter wanted.
He grabbed the purple haired cradle robber and saw that his face was full of blood and it looked like he had been crying. His eyes were unfocused and his breathing was labored.
He remembered how much pain Junior and Soyna had been in, whey that arrived with the poison firmly established in their systems. He remembered how it nearly killed them.
He frowned as he dangled Trunks as he slowly lowered himself down.
"Don't die on my fool boy," he muttered. " I will not have my daughter hurt because you couldn't keep your guard up."
"Gohan?" Trunks eyes focused briefly on him and seemed to struggle to gain some composure. "She went with him. You got to stop her."
"What?"
"Soyna. She cut herself off. She went with him." Trunk's voice was full of pain. "She went with Krad." He let out a groan.
Gohan looked up. He couldn't feel her as he searched for her. She was good at that though. She was very good at blocking and keeping her strength. He did feel that emptiness again. That-not-right feeling. Trunks groaned louder and seemed to start shivering.
The poison was getting a firm grip.
That poison sure acted quick.
He looked up at the point in the sky where the shop had disappeared. What was Soyna doing?
Trunks let out a moan and seemed to slip into unconsciousness.
He tried not to think of Trunks as his daughters suitor. He couldn't stop the growl of disgust.
He turned his attention to a quickly approaching Goten who was carrying a very ill looking Vegeta.
Goten looked rushed and angry.
He saw his younger brothers eyes grow wide and look at the same spot that he himself had just been pondering.
Goten bared his teeth.
"Why didn't you stop her!" Goten snapped.
Gohan was unable to respond before his brother was right in his face with a growl and a very threatening look.
He had never seen his brother looking like that before. It was terrifying to see such venom mixed with such sadness.
"Vegeta's dying," Goten said. "take him to Raymond."
Gohan found Vegeta thrust on him. He nearly dropped Trunks as the extra weight was thrown upon his shoulder.
"Don't be rash!" Gohan yelled before Goten could fly off.
"I have to get her back." His whole body was tense and he was shaking rather violently. What ever was possessing him?
"Calm down!" Gohan snapped. "rashness will get us nowhere." Oh, he was one to talk about that. How many battles does he remember, which his anger won? He had control over it now, but that was now.
His brothers eyes grew wide.
"We can get her back! We have to take care of our injured first. It doesn't do any good for us all to die." Gohan said.
Goten let out a big sigh and nodded his head. "Then let's hurry." He grabbed the dangling Trunks and took off.
Gohan went yelling after him, telling him that Raymond was at their house.
...............
Krad thought he would be followed by the Saiyian Goten, but was glad that he had obeyed Soyna.
He looked over at his new conquest, the beautiful Soyna. She looked stunning even in those torn fighting clothes that she was wearing. Her tail would have to go as it twitched annoyingly behind her but then it drew his attention to her lovely curves.
He had already had an argument with his son about her.
"She won't do what you want. You should just get it all over with and kill those other Saiyians!" Ligh had spat at him. The boy was down right rude!
He shook his head at his son. "What do you know about women boy?" he was only a teenager. What could he know about them?
Ligh shook in utter frustration. "I was on earth for two whole months father. These women are not like the others that you are used to encountering! They are different. She won't let it go that easily."
He dismissed his son with the words, "She won't have an option." She was his now and that was that and there was nothing that was going to change that!
"Why aren't we gone yet?" She was looking at he view screen which still showed earth, such a weak looking bobble.
He put a hand on her shoulder. "I am not done yet." He could feel her powerful muscles tense underneath his hand. Such a powerful woman. He couldn't help but smile. He could rule the universe with her.
"You should be done. I surrendered to you. Am I not enough?" Her eyes focused on him now. He never thought that he could be chilled by a woman's gaze, but her green eyes were like ice.
He moved himself closer to her and breathed in her marvelous scent. "When we had the prior encounter, did I want you so badly then?" He could believe it. He had changed much of his plans since they arrived after seeing her. He couldn't help it.
"Yes," She said simply and looking back down at the earth. She gave out a deep sigh. "You were charmingly deceptive."
He laughed. "How did I fail?" He was curious.
"You tried to kill my brother when he was right in front of me. You then confessed to the poisoning of my father. I opened my eyes." Her voice was a whisper. "Why are we still here? Shouldn't we be gone by now or are you torturing by staying so close to earth."
He sighed. They were a safe distance now. He could tell her what his plans were.
"Your family is very loyal to you. I want to gaurantee no interference. I can't have your boys or brother coming after you. I would hate to loose you," he pulled herself closer to him. Her tail was still annoyingly twitching around him with quick jerks.
Her eyes were still focused on the blue ball outside the window of the ship.
"Let us leave," her voice was ice. "I am going with you willingly. Don't change that arrangement."
"I am not changing anything," he said and was forced to move to the side with her wildly jerking tail. She didn't look upset but her tail told him a different story. "I just want some assurances."
Her gaze left the screen. He would have to remove that longing of hers.
"There won't be," she sighed, "They will have nothing for them to come after."
Her stance changed and her tail calmed down and wrapped neatly around her waist and was hid once again in her shirt of her outfit.
He blinked and looked at her. "What is that supposed to mean?"
Her green aura grew around her in a violent wave. Her hair shimmered to gold and flew behind her. He couldn't help but take a step back.
"What are you doing?"
He had the suppressors on! Why weren't they working?
Her aura changed to a violent red. She was screaming as it seemed to be burning her. Her hair changed back to the red and almost reached her knees! Her skin looked like it was on fire!
"Last resort!" her voice screamed through the rushing power.
He had no way of stopping her! This was the last thing that he expected her to do.
............
Legen froze where he stood.
"Mom?" he whispered.
He turned to look at the people around him. Didn't they feel it? He had felt it only once before when he was little. About three. She was over extending herself.
The TV was no longer working. The announcer had gotten to annoying for ChiChi to handle and she had thrown a nearby statue into it.
He felt a snap.
Mom was over what she could handle!
He was forzen in place.
He was loosing his mother and he couldn't do anything about it!
Raymond was putting a mask over his uncles eyes as uncle sat slumped in a chair.
Pan was frantically pacing behind the couch alternatively pulling at her hair and clutching her stomach.
ChiChi was in the kitchen throwing stuff around and ranting about how impossible her children are.
Bra was trying to calm down Pan and saying something about Trunks.
Fry and Benot were huddled into a corner looking with wide eyes at the crazed adults.
Legen felt a panic rise in him and then have it quickly consumed by emptiness.
It was very sudden.
He gasped for breath.
He cried out and hugged himself.
He was aware that everyone was looking at him. Didn't they feel it? He knew that mom was very good at blocking her energy and life force, but couldn't they feel the emptiness that was there now?
Mom was gone.
He closed his eyes and slumped to the floor with a cry.
...............
Goten nearly dropped Trunks. He clutched his own chest and he had to struggle to stay in flight for a moment.
Gohan looked at him oddly.
He picked up speed despite the pain that still gripped him.
Trunks seemed to feel it too. His eyes flickered open and he let out a pained groan. He was sure that Trunk's already pale skin went a few shades lighter.
The pain vanished in a flash but a horrible emptiness replaced it.
He tried not to think about the reason for it even though the tears of loss were already clouding his vision.
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A.N.
Don't be to mad at me.
The next chapter will make up for it. I hope.
Soyna.