Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Lost ❯ Fear and Frustration ( Chapter 21 )

Chapter 21………

I stopped before the cell door and peered through the bars. There she was just laying on her back,

staring out the window. There was a detached look in her eyes that seemed to look beyond everything. It was almost as if she wasn't really staring at anything at all…I opened the door and she didn't move. I closed the door and walked over to her, still no reaction. If I hadn't of know she was breathing, I would have mistaken her to be dead. I sat down and waited for her to acknowledge my presence. Yet, she never did, this was very unlike her. Usually, I wouldn't have to wait more than five minutes before she was either yelling at me or throwing dirty looks. I waved my hand infront of her face. I was about to retract it, when she grabbed it. She stared at it curiously, as if she had never seen anything like it. I started to wonder if she had gone insane, it was just my hand…

"You're real…" She whispered.

I glanced at her face and noticed she was still examining my hand.

"Of course I'm real, what did you think I was?"

She let me go and sat up. She fiddled with her hands nervously as, if one wrong answer was going to get her killed, "I don't know…a hallucination…"

She said it with such uncertainty and was that…fear in her voice? This was definitely not the same woman I had kidnapped. That fiery spirit that had entertained me so much, had completely vanished.

FLASHBACK

"Xenia have you finished your homework?!"

I winced as I heard my mother's yelling from the woods.

"You are so busted…" Said Goten and Trunks simultaneously. I scowled at the two unsympathetic boys, they just loved it when I got in trouble.

"XENIA!!" I spun around and ran back home. It was never a good idea to stall when mom was that angry. I learned that the hard way, once before. I stopped before the front door to see my mother thumping one of her feet impatiently with an angry look on her face.

"Have you finished your homework?" She repeated, no longer screaming.

I kicked the dirt around me, knowing I was going to get an earful, "No…."

"Then what are you doing outside playing?! Get inside and do your homework!" I raced into the house without a second's hesitation. I ran into my room and sat down at my desk.

"Those worksheet better be done before dinner or NO DESSERT!"

I frowned as I gazed over the ten worksheets piled on my desk. Oddly enough I found myself laughing then, as a comment that Goten had made earlier came to mind, "Mom does make funny faces when she's angry…"

END OF FLASHBACK

Where had that come from? Chichi, her brat and Vegeta's brat……I shook my head. Am I going insane now? I directed my attention at the woman infront of me again, trying my best to forget what I just saw. She was staring at me strangely, "What?"

She cocked her head to the side, and for the first time that night she seemed to revert back to her normal self.

"You just looked like her a moment ago."

"Who?" I asked curiously.

Chichi's eyes widened and she looked away from me once again.

"Who?" I asked again.

"I can't say…"

She went back to fiddling with her hands, and I frowned. Right when I was about to ask her again, I heard something. Or rather someone. //…I just don't know why…// I got up and looked around the room.

"Did you hear that?" I asked Chichi, as I searched for the owner of the voice.

Chichi knitted her brows together in confusion, "Hear what?"

Oh Vika, am I going insane? Then the voice continued…//Why did I claim her…I didn't truly mean to…I just acted on instinct…//

* * * * * * * * * * *(Earlier, right after Xenia had spoken to Turlus) * * * * * * * * * * *

"What's the extent of the damage?"

"Well, Lord Turlus, most of the rooms were only used as test facilities, but room 256 on the other hand…."

Turlus frowned and glanced back over the useless remains from the room, "I understand."

He glanced down the hall to see Xenia helping up one of the doctors that had helped them with the breaches in her units the day before last. He had caught onto the uneasiness in her voice….How could he be so stupid. It was pure luck that no one noticed the mark on her neck….or at least he hoped as much, but that wasn't why he was so frustrated. Why didn't she claim him as well? He knew she believed he was related to her, and he had himself to blame for that. Why had he made that up? It truly puzzled him…he thought originally that it would coerce her into trusting him more, but then why did he keep it up? There was no need for her to think that once the units had been activated. He shook his head, sometimes he, himself wondered why he did the things he does.

"Lord Turlus?"

Turlus was shaken from his train of thought and turned his attention to the man beside him, "Kavar….."

"Wondered what happened to you there."

Turlus chuckled lightly to himself, "Ya, My mind is a little pre-occupied…"

"With what, is the real question." Kavar gazed at Turlus critically before continuing, "I noticed the mark…."

Turlus glanced back down at him in shock. Had he heard him correctly? "Wha-what?"

Kavar stayed silent and raised a brow, as if saying, `you heard me.' Turlus looked around at all the men that had gathered in the hallway and frowned. He faced Kavar again and cocked his head to the side, one of the men would surely overhear them if they continued their conversation here.

"We can continue this conversation in my chambers," he stated sternly.

Kavar simply nodded and made his way over to another man who was shifting through the wreckage of the room. Turlus grabbed a hold of one of the men by the back of his armor, and spun him around to face him.

"Can you handle everything here? I have more pressing matters to attend to."

The soldier nodded his head, "Yes, Lord Turlus."

Turlus nodded and exited down the hallway to his right. He noticed Kavar following him and waited five more minutes till letting him catch up. Both men stayed silent as they walked down the winding corridors before stopping in front of Turlus' chamber. Turlus push open the two huge French doors, and began to speak.

"I just don't know why…."

He slumped down into one of his white satin chairs and lowered his head. Then the dam broke, "I mean…I know she's 18 and I'm 55, but saiyans live to be 200 if they are not killed in battle. I'll stop aging once I reach 100, so she shouldn't be worried. We all still look as if we were 50 still at that age. Then what is it? I'm still in my prime, I'm not old….she knows that, but then why….why….oh, Vika! Why did I do it?" (A/N: Now, that's something you don't see every day, a saiyan having a nervous breakdown…)

"You're babbling lord Turlus. What are you talking about?" Asked Kavar as he sat down in an identical chair across from him. Concern was evident in his voice, it truly disturbed him to see his lord in such a state.

Turlus took a deep breath as he tried to calm down, yet he still rambled on, "Why did I claim her…I didn't truly mean to…I just acted on instinct…"

Kavar frowned, "Calm down my lord. If I'm not mistaken, I've told you numerous of times that you should not become involved with her. She is a female saiyan, a full-blooded one. You should have realized that you wouldn't of been able to control yourself around her." (A/N: I'll explain why she's a full-blooded saiyan later.)

Turlus glanced up, "…but why could she control her emotions?"

"It's a known fact that female saiyans can control a males emotions. In battle you may be the one in charge, but here," Kavar gestured around the room, "She's in control."

"She was toying with me then…."

"That's hard to say, after all she is the only female saiyan that I, myself, have ever studied."

Kavar gazed into the fire place beside his chair; watching each flame as it licked the sides of the opening. How could he tell Turlus? He could only imagine how the already emotionally-frustrated saiyan would act.

"You do know there are sever consequences for your actions."

Turlus lifted his head up and gazed curiously at Kavar, "What do you mean? The bond was not established completely, and the mark will disappear after a few days…"

"I cannot believe you know nothing of what you have brought about." Kavar ran his hand down his face, feeling slightly ashamed of the ignorant saiyan, "You have a bond with her, but it is only one-sided."

"What do you mean one sided?"

"With a full bond you both would posses a telepathic link. You could read her mind and she could read yours, but since you have only bonded yourself to her…" Kavar trailed off, Turlus would not like what he had to say next.

"Why are you stalling?! Just tell me!" He was becoming more and more impatient, as the knot in his stomach grew.

Kavar took a deep breath before continuing, "…because you bonded with her, she should be able to…to…read your mind…"

"Wha…wha…what!" Turlus' eyes widened in shock as those last three words reached his ears. He just couldn't believe what was happening!

"But, she hasn't shown that she can do this yet…" Stated Kavar, as he tried to calm Turlus down.

"But she will…" Turlus whispered to himself. //Could this get any worse??// The sound of the door flying open and hitting the side wall, drew the attention of the two grim men. They stared in bewilderment at the panting old man that stood hunched over before them.

"What is the meaning of this?" Asked Turlus sternly, he did not enjoy anyone barging into his chambers, especially at this particular moment.

"I….I have…something…to tell…you…about….Xenia…" The old man managed between gasps.

"Well tell me!" Turlus demanded. Both men waited impatiently as the elderly man caught his breath and began to speak, "Today I ran one more test with Xenia. After studying her body scan, I discovered that…."

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Don't worry minna-san! You'll find out soon enough!!