Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Genesis ❯ Chapter 4

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Chapter 4


Bulma opened her eyes slowly. Every part of her body ached, throbbed or pulsated with pain. She pushed herself up on her elbows and allowed her eyes to adjust to the eerie red glow coming from all around the room. Around the room the figures of her friends were beginning to stir. Even though they were stronger than she was the fight before hand had taken almost everything out of them, she was the first to struggle to her feet. Her head spun and she squeezed the bridge of her nose, mentally trying to will the sharp pain away. The scouter had fallen off her face during the violent spinning of the room, which she had concluded was a ship of some sort. Shaking her head, she scanned the room. Then she saw it. The black circle at the front of the ship in front of the control panel. A window. She had to look out the window, to see if her worst fears had been realized.

She took heavy shuffling steps toward the window, her heart pounding and her stomach growing tighter with every step. She didn't want to look. Every part of her body was screaming at her to stop and not look, but she had to. She had to know. She was in a daze by the time she staggered to the window, her thoughts hazy and her body tense as she numbly peered out the large, gaping panel of indestructible plastic. There was nothing outside the ship but empty space. It reminded her of the empty plains on earth, wastelands of nothing stretching forever in every direction.

"No..." she whispered. She wouldn't believe it. ::We spun, I lost my bearings. We're just turned around.:: she thought dashing to the controls. ::I'll just point us in the right direction.:: She took a second to figure out the controls before slowly bringing the ship around and pointing it towards the sun. As the ship rotated, her blue eyes scanned furiously for the matching planet.

Dust, burned debris and tiny pebbles clouded her vision as the ship completed the command. No chunks of land, no hunks of man-made steel, just dust and rock spiraling out in every direction. The force of the initial explosion that had sent the ship spinning had tapered off, now all that was left was a slow, horrifying and graceful dance as the final debris dispelled across the universe. Bulma couldn't breathe; the shock was too great. The earth was gone.

Her body jumped as she felt a hand softly grip her shoulder. She turned and looked up into Kami's face. Her expression was one of shock, confusion and pain. Her mouth opened and closed, she wanted to say something, anything, but nothing came out.

"Kami...?" she whispered, her voice breaking and tears flooding her eyes. The elder Namek looked sad and defeated as he nodded slowly.

"I am sorry." He whispered his voice sounded as if it hadn't been used in years, the raspy whisper was hollow as it resounded though the ship. By now the other fighters had regained consciousness and they had limped over to where Bulma and Kami were. Vegeta remained separated from the group, lingering in the back of the ship.

"Bulma? What's wrong? Where are we?" Krillin asked, rubbing his neck that was stiff from battle.

"Oh Krillin" she sobbed and threw her arms around him. She knelt on the floor, clinging to the small man. She wanted to cry, she wanted to shed the tears that threatened in her eyes, but she couldn't. They wouldn't fall.

"What's going on?" Gohan asked, huddling near Piccolo. Bulma looked at Kami, realizing that she couldn't explain what had happened, she barely knew herself. All eyes turned to the Namek; even Vegeta had stepped closer. Kami took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He looked out the window and began to talk evenly, not meeting any of their eyes.

"While you all were fighting the Saiyans, King Kai contacted me to tell me that he had spotted a ship rapidly approaching the earth. It was a man named Frieza. He landed on the Earth, apparently just to collect something, and then he left. When he reached the outer orbit, he unleashed the largest ki blast I have ever seen and sent it right into the Earth."

"I don't get it Kami, what are you trying to say?" Krillin asked.

"The earth has been destroyed. You are all that is left." His words stung. Everyone was silent for a long time, each alone with his or her own thoughts. A tear slid slowly down Krillin's cheek as he stared at the debris floating outside the ship.

"Those poor people...they had no idea. They just got up like they do everyday and went about their lives...things like this aren't supposed to happen here." He said, mostly to himself. He stood in quiet shock before a surge of anger overcame him and he turned to Kami. "How could you let this happen? You're supposed to be the guardian of the Earth! You saw this coming, you said King Kai notified you, so why didn't you step in when you saw Frieza enter the atmosphere? Why didn't you stop him or at least warn us?"

"Krillin! Anger won't do us any good right now, we need to come up with a plan." Piccolo barked. Krillin looked at Piccolo, but he didn't see him.

"Things like this don't happen here..." he whispered again.

"Things like this happen everywhere, you just live in a backwater part of the universe no one cares about so it hasn't happened here before. Trust me, had you lived somewhere else, this type of thing would be commonplace." Vegeta said.

"How can you say that? Just because you're used to a violent, soulless existence doesn't mean everyone else is! This type of terror, this type of horror shouldn't be commonplace anywhere! Have some respect! Do you have any idea what it's like to lose your entire planet, your entire race in less than an instant?" Bulma yelled, jumping to her feet.

"Actually I yes I do. And my question to you is what are you going to do about it? Are you going to sit here and snivel or are you going to come up with a plan so you don't perish like the rest of your people?" He asked. Bulma met his black eyes. They were darker than space.

"He's right. We need to think." Piccolo said. "I still have unanswered questions for you, old man. How did we get here? And where are we?" he said, nodding to Kami.

"Ah forgive me, so much is going on I forgot to explain that. When I realized that Frieza was about to destroy the planet, I went to the battlefield and grabbed all of you before heading to this ship. This is the ship that I used to come to earth many years ago. Grabbing all of you and leaving the planet was the only thing I could think of on such short notice."

"And everyone else...Master Roshi, Chichi, Oolong...?" Bulma asked. Kami shook his head.

"You are all that is left, I didn't have time to get them before the planet exploded."

"How did you get us all to the ship so quickly?" Piccolo asked as he glared at the older Namek.

"Using a technique I learned long before I came to Earth, I was able to get us all to the ship with just enough time to leave the planet."

"What technique? I don't know of any technique that would allow you to move 5 people in the blink of an eye. And I know all your moves, old man."

"It's a technique called instant transmission. You do not know it because I did not want that knowledge passed to you. Any more questions?"

"Yeah. What's he doing here?" Piccolo said, pointing to Vegeta.

"That I do not know."

"I grabbed his arm." Bulma said, suddenly remembering. "I didn't even think about it, I just grabbed his arm before I grabbed onto Kami. But I have a question now. What did Frieza want with you Vegeta? Why was he looking for you? Were you after Dr. Gero too?" Everyone turned to stare at Vegeta.

"I have no idea why he wanted that human. I came to Earth to collect the dragonballs. When Frieza landed, I thought that's what he was after, but he didn't seem to know about them."

"He came for Dr. Gero? If this Frieza guy is as bad as Kami says, that could be a lethal combination!" Krillin said.

"Yeah but why did he want you Vegeta?" Bulma persisted. Vegeta met her eyes and held them for a long moment.

"I have an idea." Piccolo said, allowing Vegeta to completely ignore Bulma's question for a second time.



AN: Hi! Just wanted to make a few notes. First I don't own DBZ. If i did there would be no such thing as Saiyaman, Garlic Jr., Goten or the first incarnation of Majin Buu.
Second this is an AU fic so some charaters are going to be OOC at times. Some things are going to be different too. I know that in the show Kami can't use instant transmission. I know Bulma isn't 25 when the Saiyans show up. But that's the beauty of AU fics! Things can be different! YAY! =)