"Come on, where are you?" I mumbled to myself as I flew through the ruined city, scanning the ground as I flew over it. "There you are!"
I quickly descended to the ground next to Trunks' limp body, small rocks and debris from the fight earlier were scattered throughout the area, some dust and pebbles lay on Trunks' body too. I squatted next to Trunks' side and put his arm over my neck, one of my arms around his waist, before standing up. Since he was still out cold, I had to carry him a little bit. I grabbed his wrist on the arm around my neck so he wouldn't slip away. I looked up at the dim sky, the sun was starting to set and Broly was still on the rampage somewhere.
I tilted my head down and closed my eyes, concentrating. Where are you? I thought. I opened my eyes again and looked to the west. There! In an instant, I disappeared and popped up in the middle of a dark forest, Gohan in front of me. He suddenly spun around with a light blue energy ball in his hand, I quickly stepped back. "Whoa Gohan, it's just me." I said quickly.
Gohan blinked and lowered his hand. "Sorry Kiela. I thought you might've been Broly or Paragus." He said.
I nodded and shifted Trunks' body a little. "It's fine, I can't blame you for being so alert. Besides, we don't have to worry about Paragus anymore."
"Took care of him huh?"
I sighed. "Finally."
Gohan nodded at Trunks. "What happened to Trunks?"
I shifted Trunks' body again. "Broly got a few lucky shots in and knocked him out cold. That's why I brought him here though, I thought you might've found a safe place for Goku."
Gohan nodded. "I see, well there aren't really any safe places here with Broly on the rampage, but this was the farthest I could get. Let's hope he stays away from here."
I nodded, of course there were no safe places here, that I knew, but at least we could take a chance with taking Goku and Gohan far away from his current location. "I agree." I put Trunks against a tree trunk, Goku was propped up against another tree a few feet away. "We should get back, Vegeta and Piccolo are fighting Broly by themselves and there's no telling what'll happen to them." I said when I stood back up.
Gohan nodded. "Right, let's go." He got ready to fly off but I sighed and grabbed his shoulder and we disappeared seconds later. We suddenly reappeared on the ground next to a crater. "What the heck?" Gohan asked, looking around. He looked at me with a lifted eyebrow. "Instant Transmission?"
I nodded, letting my hand drop to my side before sighing. "The thing I don't get is why doesn't anyone remember I can use it?" A low groan from the crater next to use caught our attention, we both looked over the edge of the crater and saw Piccolo's limp body on the ground, his clothes were torn and blood seemed to cover him from head-to-toe.
"Piccolo!" Gohan said, rushing to Piccolo's side.
"G-Gohan... You're back..." Piccolo managed, looking at Gohan. I walked up behind Gohan but kept my distance.
"I'm sorry I took so long, do you think you'll be alright?"
Piccolo smiled weakly. "Yeah... I think so. Just go and... take care of Broly."
Gohan nodded and stood up before looking at me. "Ready?" He asked.
I smiled eagerly and made a fist in front of me. "Always." I replied.
Gohan looked up before shooting into the darkening sky, I quickly followed him. We both scanned the area for any sign of Broly, but with no luck. The only things we did see were demolished buildings and debris. "Any idea where he might be?" Gohan asked me.
I looked at him and shook my head. "Not a clue. But we'll probably hear him before we see him." I replied.
A loud explosion sounded in the building behind me, a scream of pain followed the explosion. I spun around just in time to see Vegeta falling towards the ground far below. Without hesitation, I quickly flew underneath him and caught him with my arms underneath his shoulders, it looked like he was unconscious.
"Kiela look out!" I heard Gohan yell.
I looked up as a barrage of green energy blasts zoomed towards me. My eyes widened and I quickly turned my back towards the attack, shielding Vegeta. Several of the attacks missed me, but some did find their mark. The energy blasts stung my back painfully, it felt like my back was on fire, thankfully I could handle all the energy blasts, but I had to move or I would be an easy target if Broly decided to come at me with another attack.
I looked forward slightly, it was risky, but a single, small path lay in front of me. A few large energy blasts shot through it and it was extremely narrow, but I had to take the chance, there was no telling how long it would be there. I tightened my grip around Vegeta's arms and sucked in a nervous breath, holding it in, before shooting through the opening, some of the energy blasts grazing my arms as I passed by and a few energy blasts shot down either right in front or behind me. Fortunately, I made it through with a single energy blast hitting me directly. Unfortunately, I was going too fast to immediately stop... Plus, I was heading straight for a large building wall...
I quickly tucked my head close to my chest and flipped my body so my back would crash into the wall instead of my head before I crashed through the wall. The wall slowed me down significantly, which made me fall and roll on the floor, losing my grip on Vegeta. With one hand, I quickly dug my fingernails into the wooden floor and stopped myself just in time to prevent myself from plummeting to the ground far below, the wall had been destroyed, leaving nothing between the room and outside. Of course, I didn't stop myself fast enough to keep myself from dangling from a wooden plank of the floor, an unstable plank. Go figure...
I gulped quietly as I struggled to get back onto the floor, but the plank shook slightly and made a creaking noise. I tried to grab onto a more stable plank with my left hand, but the second I lifted my arm, pain shot through my left arm, making me wince, and I let it hang next to my side. Great, now I had a possibly broken arm. Something bumped against one of my legs and I looked down to see what it was, a small ledge that was just big enough for me to fit one of my feet in was just underneath my knee.
I smiled to myself slightly. At least something worked out for me today. I thought. I planted a foot on the ledge and boosted myself up and onto the stable floor. I exhaled slowly as I stood up, my right hand grabbing my left shoulder as its started to hurt. My blue outer shirt had fallen off from all the energy blasts I took, leaving only my black undershirt, a tank top actually, which was made of much stronger than my outer shirt. That was close. I thought again. Now where did Vegeta go? I looked around the dark room, looking for any sign of the Saiyan, and saw him in one of the corners of the room. He sat up and rubbed the side of his head as I walked up to him. "You okay?" I asked, holding my right hand out to him.
He glared at me and swatted my hand away. "Of course I'm okay you idiot!" He snapped.
I glared back at him as he stood up and I let my right hand drop to my side. "Sorry for being concerned." I said. He tsked and looked away. I rolled my eyes and walked past him. "I'm going back to help Gohan, you're welcome to come back and help."
"And you're telling me this because?"
I turned my head around to look at him from over my shoulder. "Because it's true. Frankly, I don't care what you do. I need to go help my friends, you can do whatever you like." When Vegeta didn't respond, I looked forward again and flew though the hole I had made in the wall.
A/N: This chapter was originally part of a longer chapter, but I had to cut it in half, I might have to do the same with the rest of the chapters because they're really long. But we're getting closer to the end of Into the Future, hopefully I'll have some things figured out for the next story by then. I'll post the next chapter as soon as I can.
