Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Captive Souls ❯ Living Nightmare ( Chapter 5 )

Captive Souls   Chapter 5   Chi-chi had her eyes closed while warm air danced upon her skin. This sensation had made Chi-chi giddy with anticipation on what her husband had in store for her. Normally, Goku wouldn’t attempt to make any effort to woo the female very often; so it was a rather different take on the Earth-raised Saiya-jin’s personality. There was the smell of burgers cooking and in at first, she was a bit taken back on where she was because she vowed not to open her eyes until her husband gave the word.   “You can open your eyes now if you wish,” Goku finally confirmed to his wife. Something in his voice seemed cheery and it was though he knew she would like this.   The moment she did, she saw that she was in the back of Capsule Corp. Friends and her family had gathered around and they were smiling in pure happiness.   “SURPRISE!” Nearly everyone yelled this.  A large banner read HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHI-CHI on it and brought tears to her eyes. He had remembered her birthday and his friends had prepared this celebration for her.   “Oh my…” Chi-chi muttered in pure surprise. Goku chuckled in pure bliss before drawing her closer in his arms. “I don’t know what to say…”   “Surrender.” This wasn’t Goku’s voice that said this. Chi-chi looked up and noticed Dusk in Goku’s place; his arms wrapped around her waist. When she looked back to where Goku’s friends and her family was, they were gone and the city was in ruins.   “No…” Chi-chi uttered and attempted to pull away in vain; however, the arms held her tightly. This was no longer a time of celebration. This was a moment of utter fear. She saw the aliens capturing and killing while Goku was captured. Was she forced to re-live this nightmare? “I can’t… not again…”   “If you don’t surrender, then perhaps those that you love, those that you care for will have to die,” Dusk spoke before Chi-chi was turned around in Dusk’s strong arms to where she saw Gohan and Goten both on the ground. Guns were aimed at their unconscious bodies and she knew that if they were conscious, they wouldn’t be able to guard what was to come.   “Please don’t!” Chi-chi screamed before the guns discharged; the deathly sound echoed in her ears. She closed her eyes not wanting to see her children being killed and screamed in utter anguish.   “NO!!”   Chi-chi woke up suddenly in bed still screaming from the nightmare that had plagued her that night. Normally, her nightmares would end with her husband’s capture; however, the one she had just witnessed was different. This was Raizen’s fault for her having these nightmares. Had he never came to this planet, she wouldn’t be in this condition nor would she had lost Goku that day. Instead of a birthday present, she had everything taken away from her in one fell swoop.   “Mommy?” Goten spoke up. He rubbed his eyes sleepily. She realized that she had awakened her youngest son and gently pulled him into her arms apologetically.   “Did I wake you?” Chi-chi softly spoke while rocking him in her arms to comfort him.   “You did, but I’m used to it,” Goten replied. “Did mommy have another nightmare?”   “I did honey, but I’m trying not to think about it so it’ll go away,” Chi-chi replied. The moment she was reminded of the nightmare though, the words Dusk asked of her echoed.   “If you do not surrender, then perhaps those that you love, those that you care for will have to die…”   “Mom, are you okay?” Gohan called out from his hammock; he too was worried about his mother and wished that these nightmares she had would vanish like the one they deal with daily.   “I will be after awhile,” Chi-chi answered before she felt herself beginning to doze off, holding the already sleeping Goten in her arms.   O-O   ‘Your mind is a fragile thing,’ Dusk thought darkly while hovering over the headquarters where the people were. ‘I could easily penetrate it and leave you utterly defenseless. In time, you will be in the master’s possession like it or not.’   “Is this the hideout of the rebels and of Mysterious Nightingale?” A voice over the communicator spoke.   “Yes, but do not make a move as of yet,” Dusk confirmed while watching silently over the out post he had created. “We will attack when it’s nightfall and there will be enough fog to conceal ourselves under.”   “Affirmative. We’ll wait until nightfall as you command.” Dusk turned off the communicator while he noticed Milton walking closer to the hideout where the humans hid. In a fluid-like motion, Dusk landed upon the ground before the meekly human. He was the perfect Benedict Arnold to the warriors beneath their feet working for Raizen himself. It was amazing how easily they trusted this human to do all of the spying. In fact, he was the main reason why their plots failed so often.   “What are you doing here?” Dusk questioned.   “I’m here to give the warriors false news like always,” Milton grinned darkly with a toothy smile on his face.   “Well if that’s the case, let them know this…” Dusk whispered in the turncoat’s ear. A dark rich laughter left Milton’s lips from the plan that Dusk came up with. Shortly soon, this very plan would unfold and shake the resistance to its core.   O-O   “There are children that have been captured?” Chi-chi questioned. She looked at her two boys and again, the nightmare felt real to her and that overrode logic. She did not wish for either her sons or any other child to be hurt and felt like no one else would help her if she asked.   “Yes. It would be a pity if Raizen were to do away with them,” Milton replied woefully. “In fact, one of them is a little girl and I’d hate to see her die to that exterminator.”   “We have to save them,” Chi-chi vowed and stood up and began walking. A jade hand grabbed her wrist; stopping her instantly from taking any action that could endanger her life and the others.   “If we go and do this, then we’re going to have casualties either way,” Piccolo warned the female. “We cannot accept this mission and we can wish those children along with any others back to life once we get the Dragon Balls.”   Chi-chi looked at Piccolo with a hatred and bitterness in her eyes. They were filled with utter pain that the Namekian warrior could easily read. Before anyone could dare stop the Mysterious Nightingale, she tore away and ran off.   “Mom!” Gohan yelled after his mother left the sewers for the surface.   “After her!” Vegeta yelled to the others. All of the warriors clamored out of the sewers leaving Milton alone.   “Are they gone?” A voice in Milton’s communicator questioned while the betrayer began to climb the ladder.   “Yes,” Milton grinned darkly while sealing the exit shut with a large object. “Begin Operation: Mysterious Nightingale’s Downfall.”   O-O   The warriors had lost track of Chi-chi in the thickness of the fog. Those with a strong understanding of how chi worked found that Chi-chi’s chi had completely vanished without a trace the moment they came outside. Not only that, but they couldn’t even sense one another’s chi. Attempting to power up, Gohan found that was impossible; almost though…   “There’s an Anti-Chi field here,” Gohan warned.   “Dammit!” Piccolo cursed. The earth beneath their feet began to shake before they noticed a giant tank-like cannon being wheeled. The warriors realized that this was the thing disabling their chi from the light emitting from the front of the cannon. They had no idea how they were going to fight unless they had weapons of some kind to aid them; however, even that would prove to be very difficult.   “What are we going to do?” Trunks asked his father. Normally, his dad would react towards this with hostility. This time though, he was standing there gritting his teeth angrily; not wishing that they were going to have to surrender to them.   “We give up,” Vegeta yelled. “Your people have defeated us.”   “What?!” Trunks and Goten exclaimed at the same time.   “That’s unlike you!” Yamcha yelled at the Saiya-jin Prince.   “You really think we can take these damn chi-blocking tanks without our chi to aid us?” Vegeta countered the ex-desert bandit’s words. “Also, if they’ve managed to capture Kakarrot’s woman, then we’re in trouble either way you look at it.”   “Vegeta’s right,” Piccolo growled. “This was all just a trap and sadly, Chi-chi was the bait used to draw us out.”   “I hope mom’s alright,” Gohan admitted while the guards slowly began to close in.   O-O   An old iron clad gate blocked Chi-chi’s entrance and she pressed against it slowly. A rusty squeal sound emitted from the sudden movement while Chi-chi walked into the old schoolyard cautiously. It was quiet; too quiet for her liking.   In the shadows, Dusk watched and anticipated every move she made in her exploration in futile; not realizing what danger she was in. Tonight, there would be no draws and there would only be one winner. He cursed his luck the moment an explosion rattled the area. Chi-chi turned and saw a fiery pillar of flames of smoke and plume from where she had came.   “NO!” Chi-chi wailed and began to run back towards the entrance of the schoolyard. She did not get very far when Dusk appeared before the female. “Get out of my way! I can’t…”   “Those humans are no longer your concern,” Dusk gravely spoke; his voice filled with utter dread. “If you want the ones you love to live, you must surrender.”   “What?!” Chi-chi questioned in shock before backing up from the being. “You… you’re the one that messed with my dreams…”   “Guilty as charged,” Dusk admitted while holding his hands up in a confessing fashion.   “I hate you…” Chi-chi growled and lunged at Dusk. Right before the female could even dare hit Dusk, the male vanished and appeared behind her. A sharp pain echoed in her neck before she was rendered unconsciousness. She fell to the ground while the snow began to fall; shaken by the heavens from this truly violent act.   “Mission completed,” Dusk spoke before he suddenly felt pain in his head. Clutching his head, he hissed in discomfort. A part of him screamed that this was wrong; that what he’s doing is giving Raizen what he wanted. “This… this is my master’s will… I must do… do what he asks… and not disobey…”   Tense moments passed before Dusk had managed to gather himself and pick up the unconscious woman he called only as Mysterious Nightingale. Unbeknownst to either one of them, fate would once again change the outcome of everything both of them faced so far. Carrying Chi-chi towards Lord Raizen’s ship, he felt a twisting guilt in his stomach over an act of betrayal to a code. He had betrayed her and there was no turning back.   O-O   “Excellent,” A very excited Raizen spoke. “My ultimate prize, the one woman that I yearned for since the capture of this planet is now within my grasp. Soon, I shall have all that I desire and much more.”   In front of the shadowed throne of Raizen, six sparkling spheres rested within the limelight upon a lush cushion. Once he had the final sphere, all of his dark desires would finally come to light and no one, not even the universe’s mightiest warriors, could ever dare lay a finger upon the ruler of the Daza-jin.   To Be Continued…