Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Bitter Harvest ❯ The Eve of Destruction ( Prologue )

Disclaimer: Trunks, Vegeta and Bulma do not belong to me. The D'Shanti do however. Take them and you die, slowly. ~ahem~ anyway......

The Eve Of Destruction

By WeaverOfDreams

A beam of light plowed into the water, searing it, evaporating it. Then another came, and another, melting away the water to revel the society underneath, the realm of the D'Shanti. The people gasped in terrified awe at the beings above them. How could they have done this? Huddled together, their lungs adapting to the air that was now surrounding them, instead of the water, they knew their Apocalypse had come. They could not survive without the water. Even now, the glare of their sun burned their delicate flesh. The webbing between their fingers and toes began to shrivel, causing them pain. No one could get a good look at their attackers. They heard the malicious laughter from above as a beam of light tore through their cities, crumbling them to dust. There were screams, pleas for mercy, the sky shone a blood red above their heads and they knew all was lost. These were the killers of legend, the ones they had been warned were in the area. They did not know they to be so powerful.

In the northern hemisphere, in the capital of the people, the King sent out his troops to fight these killers, knowing it would be for naught, but they would go out fighting. He watched as they were all blasted from this plane of existence with a sweep of a hand from one of the killers on high. Taking his leave, knowing the killers would be busy, he rushed to the bedroom of his beloved daughter. She was awake now, the absence of water thrusting her from her sleep. He picked up the young child and brought her to their landing bay. There were emergency pods there. If his world were to die, at least his precious offspring would survive to exact vengeance on these killers. It had be foretold that she would be the greatest of them all. She would be her people's avenger. Placing her within the pod, she feel swiftly asleep because of the dormancy unit. The king rushed to his video monitor and began to record what was going on, focusing on the killers in the sky, taking views of their faces, of the havoc they created. With enough recorded, he went back to his daughter's pod and placed the disc in the video playback. As she slept she would see them, see what they had done.

Not knowing where she would land, he placed an image inducer within her pod as well as her favorite books and then lovingly placed the royal emblem on her brow. With a kiss to her cheek , he closed the pod, the launching sequence starting. He prayed to Norah that the killers would not detect his beloved child as she fled her home. He made his way back to the throne room and listened as the earth shook, and the air became hot and devoid of air. Taking his last breathes, he heard the pod fire off. He wished his daughter a safe journey as the air left his lungs. The air became fire, and what he breathed in scorched his lungs. He died painfully as did the rest of his people, their bodies falling to dust as the scorching white light enveloped the world.

Above...

"Why did Lord Freeza want this mud ball anyway, it was nothing but water."A tall burly man said as he and his companion floated in the upper atmosphere.

"Because of the minerals in the soil below the water, you idiot."Barked the shorter of the two as they headed back down to where their pods remained untouched.

"Well the least we could have had was a good fight, they weren't even worth our time." the tall man grumbled as he stepped into his pod.

"As usual, Nappa, you miss the point entirely."Said the shorter man as he too stepped into his own pod.

"What do you think that was that shot off from the surface, Prince Vegeta?" Nappa said before the top closed down on him.

"More then likely an escape pod." replied Vegeta, getting settled in the pod, growling at the fit.

"Ain't you worried about that?" Nappa remarked, looking over at his prince.

"Why should I, it's not like any of their people would be able to hurt a Sayjin child, let alone a Sayjin prince."Vegeta smirked and then gave a short, bark of a laugh. Nappa just shrugged and then the tops closed down on them , locking them in suspended animation. Lifting from the ruined and charred surface of the plant, they escaped up into space, returning from their victory.

On to Chapter One..

Short, I know, but it's only an intro.....