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Cyborg Gothic

Part 22

Many times while alive I'd attempted to imagine what the afterlife could be like. I'd envisioned the horrors of Hell, and I had visualised the joys of Heaven, but never had I pictured myself exercising after I was dead, yet this was exactly what I was doing.

I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone

I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk alone

Currently I walking along Snake Way while singing, it was a road that I had been directed down by King Yamma who had told me to go down this path in order to get to King Kai's planet. I had no clue how there could be a planet at the end of this road, but since I was dead I had nothing better to do then go find out.

Traversing Snake Way had no been my idea. The weird guy in the cloak, the one who had been working with Doctor Gero when turning me into a cyborg, had made some arrangements on behalf. Not that I'd wanted the guy to, but I'd still been a state of shock at the time so I'd not been able to do anything about it.

Apparently in slightly less than a year the Dragonballs on Earth would be used in order to bring me back to life. Which in my view made the whole death thing seem far less important that it really should be.

Also I'd learned that the set on Naamak were ready to grant wishes, but they were being used to undo at least some of the damage caused by Broly in the South Galaxy. I would have been mad about being made to wait, if not for the fact that the insane Saiyan had destroyed so many planets. My life while important to me didn't mean much when entire races had been wiped out.

Plus it was a good thing for Goku that I was going to be back any time soon as that idiot had been the one to kill me. I wasn't evil so the Spirit Bomb hadn't done me no harm, but it had finished off the planet, and since I couldn't survive in space I'd only had as much air as my shield could contain.

Which hadn't been anywhere near enough, so I'd suffocated after a while. That wasn't a nice way to die, but really it had been a very good thing that I'd snuffed it since I couldn't fly faster than light. Had I been able to survive in space I'd still have been buggered as it would have taken me tens of millions, if not billions, of years to get back to Earth, and attempting that trip would have driven me mad.

Of course had I know that Instant Transmission could take me from planet to planet, then that wouldn't be an issue and I would still be alive. But Goku had never bothered to check if I knew that, and since he hadn't teleported me away at the last moment this meant he must have left me behind in order to save Vegeta. Who I was sure had still be around when the bomb went off.

I got mad about that and I started running so fast that I left a dust stormin my wake. I didn't slow down until I tripped and began to roll.

"How long I have been running?" I asked 16 as I got up.

Somehow the personality of Android Sixteen had survived my body's death, and had even made it to the afterlife with me. Which at first hadn't made any sense to me, at least until I remembered that, while we each had our minds, fusing had sort of made us one person and since I had a soul he had been able to tag along.

:Four Weeks:

I had no idea how much longer I would have to run as while 16 could tell me down the centimetre how far I had travelled I didn't know how long Snake Way was. There were no landmarks or even sign posts. The only living things I'd seen for the last 28 days were people who looked like demons, and they'd all been driving street cleaners, and they hadn't wanted to stop for a chat.

Since I'd seen so little in my journey it was a big surprise to me when I came across a house. It had an eastern style to it, and it was a big place so I figured that it could be the home of a King, but there were no planets around so I didn't think the Kai guy lived here.

Still I reasoned that if nothing else anyone living just off Snake Way might at least be able to tell me how much further I had to go so I decided to head inside only I was swallowed by a the head of snake, and that was not the most fun way to get inside someone's home.

"Hello!" I called out when I came to a stop "Anyone home?".

I neither saw or heard anything until there was the clang of a gong sounded. When I detected the noise I turned my head and saw an odd looking but still somewhat attractive woman. I figured that she was an alien of some sort or possibly even a demon, since this I was close to Hell. Importantly I didn't rule out the idea that this female being might be something outside of my experience. It was best that not make any assumptions and that I learn more.

"Summon the princess!" the woman shouted out.

Given that I was looking for a king finding a princess seemed to be a step in the right direction. After all there had been a Cobra Kai gang in the Karate Kid movie, and King Kai was suppose to a trainer of fighters that meant he could be some sort of snake person, and this Princess Snake could be his daughter.

My trail of thought came to an end when I looked towards a procession of people who were moving towards me. Standing at the front of the formation was a beautiful woman with an odd colour of skin. However I barely noticed that as my focus was on her rather garish sense of dress and all her accessories, she should have looked silly, yet somehow she managed to seem somewhat regal.

Having grown up in a country that had royalty I knew that I was expected to be very polite, so I bowed when the princess stopped just in front of me.

"Hello, your highness" I then said "My name is Gothic. Forgive me for the intrusion I'm looking for King Kai and was I hoping you could tell me how far I still have to go".

Given that the road was called Snake Way and it was serpent shaped, I figured that it might be named after the princess, or vice versa, which could also mean that she knew how long it was.

"My, what have we here?" the royal person asked in a sultry tone "You are a handsome one".

That was not something I'd expected her to say, and I decided to try to keep the conversation on track.

"Is your father here your majesty?" I asked in my most courteous tone of voice "I've come a long way to met him".

Again I didn't hear what I hoped to hear.

"My father" she said, sounding confused.

At this point my thinking was that either she wasn't related to King Kai, or that she was very surprised that I had made the connection.

"Yes your highness" I replied "I'm seeking the king so that I can train with him before I'm brought back to life".

Which I imagined sounded very odd.

"Oh, King Kai, well..." she began to say.

There was a brief pause as the princess struggled to find some words.

"He's away on business for the next few days" she told me "but you are welcome to stay until he returns home".

I knew she was lying. King Kai was suppose to be on his planet. While he might visit a daughter or even just a neighbour, he would not live here, so I became suspicious. However I hid it as I wanted to find out why this princesses would lie.

"Thank you. I'd be honoured to stay here" I said "I've been running Snake Way for a few weeks now. I could do with a rest".

That was also a lie as I didn't need to rest. I could run forever if I wished, but this farce was starting to amuse me, and I did want to find out what this princess had planned. Despite her being a serpent I didn't assume she was evil as the idea that snakes were bad was a western idea, and this place seemed eastern, yet that didn't mean she wasn't evil and I wanted to find out the truth.

"That's great news," said one of the servants remarked.

I looked at the woman who had spoken and I noticed that she wore the same style of outfit as the others, it was some kind of uniform, and that suggested they were either students of the princess or that they were her servants.

"Could you please show our guest to his quarters" the princess then ordered one of the women "and then prepare dinner"

My plan was to play along, to pretend that I thought everything was fine. I was in no danger as not only was I a very powerful being I was also dead, so it wasn't as if anyone could kill me.

"Certainly" the serving girl said to her mistress before turning to face me "Come with me please".

Since I was feigning cooperation I obediently followed her up a flight of stairs, but while my eyes were fixed on the female leading me my ears were focused on the princess who started to giggle.

"He is handsome" Snake admitted to her servants.

That sounded innocent enough, and I figured that she might have not seen a man for a while. Which would explain her interest.

"Yeah he's a real catch" replied one of the servants.

I didn't strain to hear as my ears weren't fully organic. I'd not gotten much use out of my enhanced senses so far, but that didn't mean I had no idea how to use them.

"And he is so polite" said another.

As the serving girl took me upstairs the voices become somewhat muffled, but I was still able to make them out.

"Well he's here for a few days at least" Snake was now saying "And perhaps we might be able to convince him to stay a longer. I'll use my womanly ways to make him want to stick around".

That didn't sound too bad to me, and I could indulge her for a few days as I wasn't really in a rush to get to King Kai's planet. I still had just under 11 months before I'd be brought back to life, and I didn't think that the king would have that much to teach me.

"Here's your room," said the servant.

After stepping through the door, I looked around the room that was mine for a short time and I couldn't believe the size of the place. It was much larger than any room I was able to remember ever staying in and far more richly decorated than even the nicest of hotels.

"Can I get you anything?" asked the serving girl.

I shook my head.

"No thank you" I told her "I'd like to be alone".

Once I was by myself I walked over to the oversized bed and then I sat down upon it. In the month since I'd died I had not really stopped and thought about what had happened to me, and while I'd not been in a rush to get to King Kai's planet the journey had served as a distraction.

Now I had to face that fact that I was dead, and try to understand what that really meant. Only I really didn't know what it meant, and since I was going back then being deceased wasn't a big deal. Death itself no longer seemed to have much meaning.

Since thinking wasn't getting me anywhere I decided to listen in on what my hostess was saying.

"So how is our guest?" the princess was asking someone.

I assumed that she was speaking to one of servants as I hadn't seen anyone else around.

"He's a little dirty" the other female voice said.

In my defence I had been running and sometimes walking down a fucking long road for a month. I hadn't exactly been given a chance to stop for a shower.

"I'll have him bathe before dinner" Snake was now saying "Now girls make sure the meal is fit for a prince".

So far everything seemed fine, yet I had the gut feeling that there was something sinister going on.

"Which is exactly what I plan to make of him" the royal woman then said in a softer voice "He'll make a wonderful husband".

No wonder my spider sense had been going off faintly in the background. This snake princess did indeed have a diabolical plan in mind, she was planning on making me commit to a long term relationship. That was scary.

"I may have to kill her" I said to myself

Which would be a shame as while she was a somewhat funny looking, she did have some sexual charisma, and now that I was dead I was single again, so I rather fancied a one night stand.

"Might as well have a bath first" I muttered.

I was in danger so I didn't worry about the snake princess. If I wanted to leave there was nothing she could do about it.