Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Lost ❯ Thoughts ( Chapter 20 )

Chapter 20……….

Goku slumped down in his chair as Bulma set a stack of pancakes infront of him. It was one of the few things she had mastered at cooking and the list wasn't very long. The sound of footsteps coming from down the hall, drew his attention and he cocked his head to the side. Goten sluggishly walked over to the table his head hung low. He dropped into his chair and rested his head on the table. Bulma returned from the kitchen and frowned at the adolescent demi-saiyan.

"Goten it's rude to rest your head on the table while everyone is eating."

He picked his head up lightly and glanced up at her and rested back on his chair. His head still throbbed from the night before and there was something else….it felt as if his whole body was aching….and it just didn't seem to want to go away.

"What's wrong?"

Goten turned his head to his father, only slightly acknowledging the question. Goku lowered his fork and gazed at his son, concern evident in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" He repeated and this time Goten did answer.

"I don't know….my body….it's in so much pain….." He leaned his forehead on his elbow.

"Your in pain?" Asked Gohan, confused by his brother's reply. He had only seen his father training lately in the GR room, but not Goten….

"It's not pain really, it's…..it's different…."

Vegeta watched Goten from the end of the table, pondering the boy's predicament. He knew the boy didn't have injuries for his ki was the same, it had not gone down……but then why was he like this. The only explanation he could come up with was the boys bond with his…sister. It had caused in the past his unexplainable pain. However the bond had been severed when she had died. Vegeta found his thoughts drifting back to the female saiyan that had accompanied Turlus. He felt anger rise in him as he recalled what she had done to his mate, but suddenly he noticed something…..but it couldn't be, it was absurd! Yet, he couldn't ignore the resemblance. //There is no way in hell that….that…that girl could be Xenia! She may have the same name as her and also be a saiyan, but I just will not accept the idea! As Kakarrotto said, the girl is a monster, there is no possible way could be Xenia…….she just couldn't be…….//

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I staggered down the long turquoise hallway, slowly making my way to the mess hall. I did not wish to see Turlus this morning. Not after….I moved my hand lightly over the sore wound. I unfolded the top of my shirt, letting the collar cover my neck. With Turlus being the only male saiyan on the ship, the mark would only lead to questions from the crews and personnel. I stopped before the entrance and check to make sure that my collar was covering the mark. Good. I walked inside and scanned the room and was relieved to find it almost empty except for a few men at the far end of the room.

"Xenia!" I looked around the room for the source of the familiar voice and spotted her sitting near the door that led to the docking bay. I grabbed a tray of food and went over.

"Hey how's it going?"

"Good. I'm working on a few new projects…" said Vasha pleasantly.

"Oh, yeah? What are they for?"

She gazed up at the ceiling and tried to remember, "Ummmm….one's for reinforcing our forcefields, since the ones we have now can be breached if you have a power level matching super saiyan level three. Also I'm trying to find a way to make the pods go faster, since Turlus said the crews are taking too long to get back from their missions."

"Sounds interesting…….I assume that you're spending more time in your lab then, huh?"

"Ya, but it's ok, I enjoy working….."

I finished my tray and pushed it to the side, "But don't you get bored I mean. You're all by yourself in there….."

"Sometimes I do, but it's not that bad……I was wondering…"

"About what?"

"I came around to your room last night and you weren't there, and then I checked all the gravity chambers, and I still couldn't find you. Where were you?"

"Uhhhh," I tried to search for an excuse, but my mind was blank. "I was….I was with Turlus. He wanted me to go over what I planned on doing . You know, with the saiyans on Earth and the Chikayuuian prisoner."

Vasha looked at suspiciously, but signed and smiled. She believed me! I, myself, would never had believed that story, especially with way I had said it all.

"Ummmm, I have to go, Vasha. I need to go check up on the Chikayuuian prisoner…" //If I don't leave soon, then she'll start asking more questions.//

"Oh, all right…..I'll see you later?"

"Ya sure…" I got up and dumped my tray in one of the many dispensers in the room and exited down one of the hallways. I gazed around myself, and realized that I as in the wrong corridor. To get to Chichi's cell from here, walking, would take a while. //Maybe I should teleport there?// But decided against it, I needed a long walk and besides it wasn't as if I had anything better to do. I glanced at each of the rooms I passed, reciting the numbers imprinted on the doors in my head. //…200…201…202…hmmm I must be in section E of deck eight…..// I followed the twisting hallway, counting the numbers of the rooms continuously. //….248….249….250….// I turned into a longer hallway, and noticed that these rooms were bigger than the lasts.

"And the plan…net went BOOM! And…"

"Ya…fireworksssss…..nicccce….."

I cringed at the sound of the drunken conversation up ahead and watched as two men rounded the corner, both looked as if they had drunken at least five bottles of Draskon. (A/N: It's a liquor that is so strong that it would kill a normal human.)

"Annndd….I…I wennnt…" The man aimed at one of the rooms, demonstrating what he had done earlier of the planet he plundered.

"Die you…you disg…disgu….disgusting weakkk creature!" My eyes widened in shock as the man shot a ki blast straight at the room, blowing it up. He moved his arm and started blasting at all the rooms in this hallway. I ran up to them and grabbed the man's arm and bent it behind his back.

"What the hell do you think you are doing?!"

He smiled at me, "Just havving ssssome fun with myyyy bud…dy." Suddenly an alarm went off and I let go the man's arm so I could cover my ears. Sometimes having sensitive saiyan ears wasn't an advantage. The two men took off down the hallway, once they noticed I was distracted. I frowned, what cowards they were. I pulled away one hand from my ear and fired a ki blast at the two retreating men. The alarm shut off and I could hear footsteps quickly approaching. A bunch of men in saiyan armor pilled into the hallway, followed by a couple of scientist. A scientist I knew well walked up to me.

"What happened here?"
"Sorry about the damage Kavar. I was going to Chichi's cell, I had decided to take the long way, and found two drunk soldiers here. They destroyed some off the rooms before I could stop them."

"Where are they?"

I was about to answer when I saw HIM turn into the hallway. I watched one of the soldiers address him and tried to move so that Kavar hid my face.

"Xenia?"

"Huh?" I snapped out of my thoughts and looked up at Kavar, "Ya?"

"Where are they?"

"Who?"

"Those men who destroyed the rooms?"

"Oh them! Sorry, I kind of drifted off there…. they retreated so I was forced to kill them…"

"Oh, well. No harm done. Turlus would have disposed of them some way or another after he saw this." Kavar gestured around the damaged corridor.

"Was there anything of real importance in this hallway?"

Kavar walked infront of a particular room and stared into it with disappointment. I gazed at the singed numbers near the ceiling above the demolished room. //…256, sound familiar…..//

"Was there anything important in there?"

Kavar glanced back at me, "Not anymore…."

I frowned, hating the fact that I hadn't stopped those two men before they had destroyed it. I was about to approached Kavar, when a hand clamped down on my shoulder, making me jump. I spun around and an uneasy feeling flooded my body as my neck began to throb again.

"I heard you stopped the two men who did this. Good job, but it would have been better if you could have stopped them before they did this much damage."

I bowed my head in shame, "Yes, I know lord Turlus."

"Why were you in this hallway?"

"I was on my way to Chichi's cell."

"This isn't the direct route to the prisoner barracks."

"I decided to take the long way…I needed time to think about….about what I plan to do exactly about Goku."

Turlus stared at me silently for a second before moving away, "All right then. We do not need you to stay here, go."

I didn't hesitate for a second and quickly spun around and took off down the hallway. I looked back on last time before turning around the bend when…boom! I collided right into someone. I quickly got up and gestured my hand to the man below me.

"I'm so sorry, I was in a hurry and…wait you're that doctor that examined me yesterday."

The old man smiled as I helped him up, "Yes, and I don't suppose you forgot about you're appointment today…"

I rubbed the back of my head, embarrassed. "Sorry, didn't mean to…"

"It's quite alright. Just follow me and we'll run a few test when we reach the infirmary." I signed hating the idea of having to go back to that place with it's bleached walls and gleaming needles….I shuddered involuntarily and followed the old man……//Please, let me just not get a shot…// I watched my feet while we walked knowing full and well that I didn't need to be guided to the infirmary, I knew the ship like the back of my hand. //I wonder what tests he'll be doing today, after all, I did undergo almost every single one ever invented last time…// I was so engrossed in my thoughts that I almost went past the infirmary.

"Excuse me?"

I looked back to see the doctor sticking his head out the doorway.

"You passed the room…"

"Sorry," I ran back and went in. He led me to a large white machine that had a cylinder chamber at the end.

"What is that thing?"

"It just takes a scan of you're body. It allows me to check your skeletal system, your organs, nerves, brain, everything basically."

"Is this all I have to do?"

"Yep, this is all."

"Thank Vika! I thought I was going to have to go through everything we did yesterday."

"No, no…Just lie down on the table and I'll start it up."

"All right." I went over to the strange contraption and laid down on the slender white table.

"Now, just lie as still as possible, it'll be done in a minute."

I nodded my head and felt the table move back ward until I were inside the cylinder chamber. I listened to the beeping sounds the machine made as I tried to stay still. I soon found myself beginning to grow restless. I wasn't the kind of person known to stay still in one position for long, it just felt so confining. The noises stopped and the table began to move again much to my relief. Once it had stopped, I hopped off the table.

"Got it, doc?"

"Yes, yes." He gazed down at the screen, "Just like we told you yesterday, you're perfectly fine. No change in the least. Well, all except that ,mark on your neck, that is."

"Oh, don't worry about that….it'll heal. Is that all?"

"Yes, you may go."

"Thanks, lets just hope I don't have to come back here again." I smiled back at the doctor before leaving the room. I made my way to Chichi's cell once again, hoping nothing like before would happen again. My thoughts drifted back to the day before…..her violent behavior, her stories….//I wonder what's wrong with her? I guess I'll find out….//

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The doctor looked over Xenia's body scan, making sure he hadn't of missed anything before. Suddenly, something caught his eye. He enlarged the image and studied it. His eyes widened in realization. Was he seeing what he thought he saw? He just kept staring at it…..he just couldn't believe it…….

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What did the doctor find? You'll have to wait and see!!