Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Gama's Blood Crystal ❯ Consuming Fear ( Chapter 13 )

Gama's Blood Crystal

Warning: mention of rape, people being severely beaten, people being burned, and all that good shit…Not only in this chapter but in the next ones, so beware already! ~Stupid computer! Making me retype the whole thing when I had justtyped it all! Just now!!(ok, so technically it was my fault…)~

Chapter 13: Consuming Fear

When they woke up, there was chaos everywhere. They didn't know people could be so cruel to each other. Azrel had been right about them probably getting split up. They had. Piccolo had ended up in some forest, whereas everyone else was scattered around the city. Goku and Gohan were the closest together, and found each other within a few buildings of where they woke up. They looked at all the destruction around them and were grateful that they didn't stick out. These people didn't seem to like anyone who was different from them.

Out of nowhere, they hear what sounded like Saria's voice. The two quickly turn towards the sound, but only see a large group of people. Then, leading away from the crowd, was a man dragging a woman with blond hair behind him.

"What the hell is going on dad?"

Goku and Gohan look at each other and start walking towards them when they suddenly lose sight of her. When they see her again, they see that it really was Saria, and she and the man she called her father were rapidly driving away.

Goku starts to run after them, but Gohan stops him. "Dad! We don't want to let him know we're here yet. Just remember what her ki feels like and we'll catch up with her later."

Goku looks at his son and nods. "Yeah. It looks like her father will take care of her until we find her again." Then they both lightly run off towards the nearest ki to them.

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Saria didn't hesitate in leaving the car the second it stopped in their driveway. She quickly headed inside the house, stopping halfway thru the living room when her front door slammed. She turned around, entirely unprepared to face her extremely irate father. He looked at her, then swiftly closed the distance between them, grabbing her shirt as soon as reached her.

"Where the hell were you yesterday?" He growled out.

She looked at him, completely confused. "Same place I always go."

He backhanded her, yelling "Bullshit! Where the fuck were you?! This whole goddamn mess is your fault you Gamanian whore!"

She stared at him. What the hell is he talking about? "Wha - "

He backhanded her once again and grabbed her throat. "Don't fucking lie to me! Were you fucking some pathetic priest-boy last night? Is that why you came in so late?!"

Last night…? …My dream…

He threw her into the couch when she only stared at him in shock. Then he grabbed her again and this time threw her into the T.V. Glass shattered everywhere, cutting her all over her body. She didn't have any time to react when she was grabbed by her hair and roughly pulled up and against her father's body. He punched her this time, but grabbed her shirt so she wouldn't fall to the ground. This caused it to rip a little.

He stopped suddenly and smirked at her. A strange look coming into his eyes. She looked up at him, growing pale. She knew what that look meant. She suddenly pushed against him and before she knew it, she was running towards the door. But before she could get very far, she was abruptly hit with a chair that sent her flying into the ground. She pushed herself up onto her elbows and was hit again. This time with a bat. She cried out as she coughed up blood. Shit. She definitely hadn't wanted to let him know that that actually hurt. She tried to get up again, but was hit once more with the bat. More blood spurted out of her. Her breathing was starting to get ragged now. Then her hair was grabbed and she was forced backwards to look up at her father. He just continued smirking at her. He leaned over, and she swiftly pushed herself even further backwards, catching him off guard. This caused him to fall back and allow her to get up. But not for long. Before she could get even a few feet, he tripped her. She fell onto her face, but she was forcing her aching body up as fast as she could and stumbling forward a few feet. She stumbled again and leaned on the wall to steady herself. She could sense her father was already up and looked behind her. He had gotten up. And was right behind her. He grabbed her and roughly pinned her against the wall.

She looked at him thru her hair, glaring with all the hatred in her soul. His smirk just grew deeper and the lust-filled look in his eyes seemed to light up even more. He reached for her face, and she flinched when he gently stroked her cheek with one finger. Then he slapped her. Hard. She let her face stay turned from him. Until he suddenly grabbed the front of her shirt and ripped it off of her. No! Out of nowhere, she roared and tackled him, managing to push him away from her. But he drug her down with him, threw her onto her back on the floor beside him and sat on her.

She fought back viciously, knowing that it would only make things worse. But she didn't want to care right now. The door was just a few feet away. Just a few feet…

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They were running thru a back alley when Vejita suddenly landed in front of them.

"Ahhh! Oh! Hey Vejita!" Goku laughed at having been surprised like that. "I didn't even sense you flying!"

Vejita looked at him as if he were the stupidest man alive. "I jumped you Baka." He looked over at Gohan. "Is this all you've managed to find?"

Goku son-grinned at him. "And you!"

Vejita glared at him, looking like he wanted nothing more than to hit him just then. It's a bloody wonder why he doesn't sometimes. Instead, he starts walking off towards the nearest ki, but stops a few feet away and looks behind him. "We don't have all day, baka. Are you coming or not?"

Goku runs to catch up with Vejita. "Of course! Hey, we found Saria too!"

Vejita stops short and abruptly turns around. "Nani?! Then why the hell aren't you with her!?"

Gohan just watches the whole exchange. Goku smiles sheepishly. "We weren't sure it was her until we saw her in the car with her dad. We couldn't have caught up with them letting that Shadow guy know we were here. But at least we know what her ki feels like!"

Vejita just looks at him. Then turns around, swearing in Saiya-jin and running off after whoever was closest.

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She didn't move. Not even when she heard the door slam shut behind him as he left. She just lay there. Her body hurt everywhere. She wanted to cry. Things had really gotten bad. She carfully got up and walked into her room, closing her door behind her. She leaned against it, feeling the slightly chill plywood cool her back. She looked around her room, then out her window. It was snowing again. Harder now. It should be a Blizzard by now… She watched a snowflake land on her windowpane and begin to melt somewhat. Where wasI last night? I can't believe I never thought about it until now… My dream…Could it be real? She stared out her window, holding her arms over her chest for warmth, watching it snow. She shivered, and finally walked over to her closet, pulling out all her warmest clothing and gingerly changing. Then she grabbed every sweater she owned and pulled them on as well. She looked out the window again. Then, without another thought, she walked out of her house and just started walking.

She didn't care where she was going. She didn't even allow herself to think. She just walked. She still had the right to do that at least, right? Before she knew it, she was back in the heart of the city. It was even worse than before. This wasn't chaos. This was complete anarchy! Everything was being torched or just plain destroyed and you couldn't look anywhere without seeing someone fighting or beating up someone else.

All of a sudden, there was a large commotion next to her. Two people, both heavily bruised and unconscious, were being dragged towards some kind of podium. Saria froze, watching what was going on. As soon as the two people were brought onto the stand, someone else got up there as well and started up some kind of speech about how Witchcraft was evil and these two would die for their sins. Saria's breath caught in her throat. As the guy continued talking, the two condemndeds were dragged over to a couple thick, wooden poles and then tied to them. The poles were then pulled forward until they were vertical, firewood being stacked all around them. Saria took a step back. The gathering crowd began to cheer as torches were brought over to them, the cheering getting louder when the two `witches' were set aflame. Saria brought in a sharp intake of breath. Unfortunately one of them woke up and immediately started panicking, begging to be let down. Saria took another step back.

And bumped into a hard chest.

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They stared, utterly shocked at the scene unfolding in front of them. What was wrong with these people? This was their own race… Why would they do this? Goku suddenly ran forward when they started tying them to the poles, fully intent on stopping this, when Vejita grabbed him.

"You do realize that if you interfere, you'll be alerting that Shadow bastard to our presence."

This visibly upset him. "But we can't let this happen to them!"

Vejita looked at him. "Then at least reign in your power. This may be normal to these people."

This stopped both Goku and Gohan in their tracks. They stare at him. "Normal?" Gohan couldn't grasp that concept.

"She did say that she was used to death, did she not? She never did tell us why." Vejita replied.

A scream cut off their responses. They all look back to the podium to see that the so called witches had been set on fire. Before they knew it, Goku and Gohan were running straight thru the crowd to help them, somehow remembering to hold their power back. Vejita stared at the fire for a moment, beyond shocked, and quickly followed as well. Until someone suddenly bumped into him.

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