Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Lost ❯ Taken Again!!! ( Chapter 30 )

Chapter 30…………

The light broke and encompassed them forcing them to shield their eyes from its bright intensity. The pain…the pain from their flesh being burnt and grilled by its heat…..they waited for it…but it didn't come…..Why didn't it come?

"Xenia!" came out a shrill cry, it's tone possessing both relief, but also fear. It was Bra's voice, but it sounded strained for some odd reason.

Chichi lowered her arms, to be greeted with her daughter's back. She was hunched over heavily, her arms bracing themselves infront of her. The deep groove before her feet showed her strain against it, dear Dende they had thought she was gone…but if she was here and Goku and the others…where were they?….did she have to face Turlus alone?

Chichi gazed down to find Bra laid on the ground, her breathing slightly labored….

//She must have been knocked down by Xenia.…wait…Xenia's protecting us!! .//

"Xenia?" She asked tentatively and watched as her daughter's arms fell to her sides. Blood…more blood….her forearms were covered in it…but why was she wounded so badly, she shouldn't be…..

"Go inside." Here voice was deep and gruff holding no emotion except that of pure anger and hatred. It sounded so foreign to Chichi's ears and she finally realized that the innocent happy-go-lucky girl she had known those many year before was gone and she was never coming back…..

"Go inside! I am not going to repeat myself!" The air began to shift and swirl around the teen as her hair lifted up into its unnatural spikes, shifting from its ebony color to a bright gold, "Now!"

She wanted to run up to her…plead with her not to fight, but a hand stopped here. She gazed down at the slender fingers that curled around her wrist and gazed up into disconsolated-aqua-blue eyes.

"Lets go." A swift tug brought Chichi about her heel and she found herself following dutifully behind Bulma, her mind hopelessly lost.

"Don't think I am going to make it that easy for you?" Came an amused tone, the gruff edges that outlined every word made the speaker all too recognizable.

Chichi found herself breaking of into a terror filled run…she knew….she knew that he would use them as toys….human shields….It had happened before and if it happened again….she would cause her daughter's death…

She dragged Bulma behind her as she sprinted to Capsule Corp.'s doors. When suddenly her shadow began to expand before her as light washed over everything once again, yet just as before no pain came. Instead two strong yet slender arms encompassed the two women and pushed them together and down to the ground. She knew who this was, she knew….and oh Dende she was going to get her daughter killed. The tightening of her grip, the hoarse cry that escaped her lips…this was proof. She glanced back at her daughter and found herself numb.

"Xenia are you-" Bulma reached up to tug on the girl's sleeve, but stopped short, her voice dying in her throat. Xenia's eyes…. her eyes were so cold and emotionless….it was like seeing Vegeta when they had all gotten back from Namek. The arms fell away and she stood, turning her back to them once again, "Quickly you must get inside, I can't keep this up."

They didn't understand….she was a super saiyan even…why would she be tiring this easily? Why are wounds appearing on her body? Her body was slightly heaving and Chichi watched in sheer terror as a long jagged scar began to appear down her right arm…like it had suddenly been drawn on by a magical pen or pencil…the blood began to soak through the fabric of her gi, creating a dark purplish pool to spread across her back. Then they were tugged free from their trance as they felt the ground move underneath them. Looking back they could see Pan and Bra gripping their arms tightly, dragging them to the compound. Yet, Chichi just stared hoplessly at her daughter's form knowing that she could do nothing to help her…...// GOKU!! WHERE ARE YOU?!?//

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Pain soared through my body and it took all my will power to stop from screaming in my writhing agony. Once again the bitter taste of blood entered my mouth and I lapped the small wound that my teeth produced on my lip. Why was every joint screaming? Why was everything so sensitive? Why was my body tiring so easily? He's smirking….did he somehow do this? Turlus….I felt only too eager to rid myself of this disgusting man….no….he wasn't a man…he was a monster! Seeing him target Pan, Bulma and Bra….but most of all seeing him target my mother….my emotions immersed my vision and I knew rage was beginning to soak up every rationale part of my mind into its scarlet abyss. The crimson streams that ran down my arms felt like fire on my skin, lines of blazing flames that would burn into my arms and ignite my entire torso. I glanced back and saw Bra and Pan drag them inside….they won't be safe in there…my mind mocked me, but I had already known this. I fell to the ground my palms flat on the bumpy surface. I watched as the golden energy seep across the grass and surround the dome building till it all shone with a bright brilliance. I saw them beating at the barrier, mostly Pan. I knew she would, she's just like Gohan and Videl….

"You're too soft, protecting those helpless fools."

I growled low in my throat as I turned to face him. How I wanted to kill him…..torture him…

what a sadistical and cruel monster I have become throughout these long years…

I have become like him….

"What no snappy retort?" he asked curiously.

Maybe I had been known to have a few lines before I faced an opponent, but at the moment I couldn't think of one thing that wasn't lined with a string of curses. Anyway, Bra and Pan were only a few yards behind me….even though they probably have heard every curse imaginable from Vegeta, I didn't want to tarnish their minds any more. They were of such innocence in my eyes. Not tainted yet by the brutality and carnage that surround the eternal battles that tear apart your soul…of being warriors that are condemned to these senseless battles that achieve nothing except death….

"Getting tired Xenia?" His amused tone wrenching me from my thoughts. More pain….it was beginning to race up and down my arm.

//The virus is working quicker than expected…..//

"What virus?" I barked, my voice thick and strained. What was going on?

"How did you…" He trailed off, his brows creased together and I managed a slight smirk.

"Kind of slow on the uptake aren't you?" I mocked.

"You can read my mind…wait…the bond…"

Took the man long enough….how could someone rule an entire empire and still be so ignorant and stupid? (A/N: Thinking of a certain preppy, purple, gay midget here…..^_^)

"What virus?" I repeated, my hand mechanically wrapping around my right elbow. I could feel the artery in my wrist pulsing against my skin, making my whole arm throb in my hand. Why was my heart beginning to beat faster?

"Well, that won't be a problem for long." He stated indifferently and I followed his gaze to my arm. Why is he staring at my arm?

"You're stalling," I gazed back into his marked face and wondered how I could ever been interested in such a vulgar monster, "Coward."

His eyes brightened and I felt a bit uneasy as a strange gleam began to appear in those obsidian orbs.

"Then attack me. What are you WAITING for?" He laughed deeply and I wondered what exactly did he find so amusing. Letting go of my arm, I fell back into my typical fighting stance.

//Well, if he isn't going to start, I will! //

My aura began to shift the air and dirt began to swirl around us. He stopped laughing and sighed,

"Finally! I thought you were going to wait forever."

"Why wait for me to start?"

"Lady's always go first…" He drawled.

"What a GENTLEMAN you are…" I retorted sarcastically

He simply smiled and transformed. He wasn't worthy of its power….

A stare down….why did I always get into one of these pointless things? With my opponents I can access whether they fear me or not, but with Turlus it was useless. //Here goes nothing!!//

Pushing off with my feet I flew at him, but he simply smirked and waited for me to make contact.

//Not gonna make it that easy for ya….//

Picking up my speed I transported behind him and elbowed him in the back of his neck. Quickly my hand stretched out to grabbed the back of his armor and I began spinning him in a circle before flinging him off into the forcefield I had placed. However, he managed to brace himself before impact, but that didn't surprise me. Placing two fingers to my forehead I transported above him and plunged my leg into his stomach as he turned to face me. He went spiraling towards the ground and created a large crater upon impact. Staggering up slowly, he sneered at me. I was enjoying this so much. Cupping my hands behind my back, I began to gather energy between my two palms.

"Ka….Me….Ha….Me…" I could feel the ki reach its peak and smirked. //Bye-bye, Turlus…//

I thrusted my hands forward, but stopped and stepped back. My right arm quickly grasped onto my elbow again as I felt raw pain rip through it.

"AHHHH!!!" I screamed in anguish as the scar on my arm split open, liberating the dark crimson liquid that pulsed through my veins. I fell back onto the ground, my hair turning abruptly back to its ebony color. It felt like my arm was on fire! My ki began to drop dramatically and I gazed up to see Turlus's grinning face….that son of a…

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"THEY'VE BROKEN THROUGH!!"

The words echoed through the base as hordes of men trampled down the corridors. Explosions rocketed the floor causing the ceiling to collapse on a troop of men, but one arm snuck out and pulled a man from being crushed.

"Oh, Thank you! Thank-" The soldier's voice died away as he saw who had saved him.

"Where is she?" He growled, the electricity around his golden body began to flare out erratically.

"Wh-who?"

"Don't play games with me!" The saiyan thrusted the man against the wall, "Where is she?"

"X-Xenia, ya….you're lo-looking for her, r-right?"

The saiyan growled his grip on the man's neck tightening, "Where is she?"

"Dad you're not going to get anything out of him doing that."

Goku turned to his eldest son and sighed indifferently, and lessened his grip.

"She's not h-here."

"What?!?" Goku yelled in anger, "You're lying…"

The soldier shrunk back, his voice cracking, "N-no I'm n-not….S-she's not h-here."

"If you're-" Goku stopped in mid sentence and his body became rigid as he turned his attention to Chikayuusei. He couldn't see the little blue planet, but could distinctly sense the two enormous kis that were radiating from the orbiting sphere.

"SHIT!! She's still on Chikayuusei!" Throwing the man to the ground, he ran back to the east wing.

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"What the hell?" I hissed painfully as Turlus squatted down infront of me. His face held such an amused expression…he was loving every moment of this…

"We having fun now?" He gingerly took my chin in his large palm, "Come now…you're not just going to give up are you?"

I could hear them yelling at me….Pan….Bra….Bulma….mom…

Dammit! Why did this have to happen now? How the hell did he infect me with this thing?

I felt his hand trail down from my chin to slowly trace around the jagged mark on my neck….he was silent, but his eyes swept over the mark intently. Was this some sort of sentimental thing with him? His expression hardened and he pulled back. I could see contempt in his eyes, "You refused me…How…."

He was muttering….dear Vika, is he still dwelling over this? I knew bonding was a serious thing, well, according to Vegeta, but you'd think he'd be over this….What did he expect? That after I had found out that he had taken my life away and made me a cold-hearted killer, that I would just bond myself to him?

"You were still normal then…yet…"

Wait….He's right, I was still under the units control then…typical male dominance. He's realizing he never had any real control over me. Took him long enough.

I hunched over my bent knees as more pain began to streak through my body. Nothing would move. Nothing….

"HOW DARE YOU REFUSE ME!!"

My eyes shot open at his surprising outburst. //What can I do? I can't move!!//

His hand threaded through my ebony hair as he pulled me off the ground.

//This is not good…this is NOT good!!//

My thoughts traveled to them, to those I had to protect….but they quickly flew from my mind as a fist came rearing into my face. I found myself being hurtled into the ground, numerous punches being delivered to my body. I tried to concentrate, there had to be some way out of this!

Pain was radiating from everybody part….wait…my stomach….he wasn't attacking it….

THE BABY!!!

Was he trying to protect it? It was his offspring, but why would he want to?

//I can't put it in danger, but if I don't…oh Vika let me be right about this!!//

I watched him deliver a blow to my right shoulder….this better work…

Moving quickly, I positioned my stomach under his fist and prayed. This had to work! He stopped an inch before my shirt, shock written into his face by the fact I was about to put it in danger. Tearing my hand from its death grip on the laceration, I formed a small ki blast in my hand. Yet, it was as though he had never notice, but stayed fixated on my stomach. //Never let your guard down….// I could feel the weight lift from on top of my body as the ki threw him off into a nearby tree. Grunting, I pulled myself into a sitting position, this just wasn't my day….

I watched him pull himself up, but he seemed reluctant for some reason. He kept his gaze on his boots, his body making no suggestions that he might attack.

I wanted to just fall back and sleep. My body was screaming at me, telling me to quit. I gazed up and glanced quickly around. He was gone! Where…How….

I suddenly felt his presence behind me, but was too slow and weak to move away. He picked me up and slung me over his shoulder.

"Once again, I find myself in this wretched position.." I mutter inaudibly to myself.

"Put her down."

The voice was deep and full of adversity….//I recognize that voice….father??//

"Ah, Goku…I've been wondering when you would make an appearance."

"Put her down."

I gasped and tightened my grip subconsciously over my arm. Oh Vika…my leg…

Deja vu took over once again as familiar feelings began to pass through my leg. The throbbing…the pain….Suddenly a scream tore from my throat as the skin was torn apart. It felt as though someone was stabbing me over and over, turning the blade continuously in my flesh.

I could hear my name being called out, but pain overrid my senses. I felt my hand slacken from its death grip and fall . The grass swept against my fingertips as I stared at the ground, its soft touch numb.

"XENIA!!"

I could hear them, but my body didn't care and neither did my mind…all I wanted to do was sleep, to fall into darkness…

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Goku watched his daughter go limp, her breathing barley visible to his keen saiyan sight. The blood seemed to eagerly trail down her lean torso and softly pattered onto the stained grass. Clutching his fist tightly he trembled. His vision averted to deep scarlet and everything began to quake as his energy rose.

"YOU!!"

Turlus's smug grin…his daughters bloody, almost lifeless body…

"YOU MONSTER!!" He cried out in anger as he leapt into the air, his attack intent. Yet, Turlus kept his smile, mocking the saiyan warrior more. Just before the punch was delivered, he disappeared. Looking around with piercing eyes, Goku stretched out his senses trying to pinpoint a location on him. //There you are…//

He quickly took off to the woodland behind Capsule Corp., blindingly searching out for the faint ki signature.

"WHERE ARE YOU!!" His voice boomed over the trees, cementing their heavy collapses on the green foliage.

"WHERE ARE YOU!!" He ducked below the branches, incinerating the bark with his ki. He spotted something shining in one of the streams. Pulling up his power level further the water parted to create two walls around him. He slowly descended and stared at the metal object that laid before him. It was a fake…a distraction….

They surrounded him, intent on calming the enraged saiyan, yet they feared him. Never had such raw anger dawned his features as it did now. Nodding to one another, they braced back and leaped onto him. The held onto him tightly, while his body thrashed about violently. The golden aura deepened and they were only given a second notice, before his power exploded into its highest level. Throwing back his head, Goku gave a wild animalistic cry that reflected all his anger, pain and sorrow….

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Turlus gazed at his base in shock, how did they get through the forcefield? It was strong enough to withstand all of his and Xenia attacks in the past…..Stealing forth through a small opening on the side of the base, he made his way to the north western wing. Soldiers watched him pass, some granting him respect with a curt salute while other simply stared, their bodies cut and torn. Bursting through a door he saw his main official tending to many wounded soldiers.

"Vasha!!"

She turned around quickly, and stopped her step short. She stared with widen eyes at the body in her sire's arms.

"Why is she…"

Turlus strode forward and shoved a wounded soldier from on top of one if the tables. Ever so gently, he laid her limp body down on the cold surface. It was a mystery to Vasha….

//Why is he being so gentle with her??//

"Get who ever you need, but I need you to regain control of her units."

"But why? By the looks of it, the virus is beginning to fully take over."

Turlus cursed under his breath and rushed out of the room. Vasha scanned over Xenia's wounds, and noticed that they were slowly getting bigger. //Just what exactly does this stuff do to someone?// Turlus had never found it necessary to brief her about it. Soon a small bottle was placed beside her with a syringe. Turning, she found Turlus gazing intently at Xenia's battered body.

"What will-"

"It's a temporary antidote, it was made as a precaution in case we couldn't find the cure. This is the next best thing."

"Why do you want to give her that?"

He placed his hand over Xenia's stomach, feeling out the small ki that resided within the small womb.

"I cannot face Goku and Vegeta alone, especially if the two decide to fuse. She will be needed, " he seemed to say this reluctantly. "The plans for the cure have been destroyed and this, even if she steals it, will only last her for a few days after her first dosage."

Picking up the bottle carefully, she gazed over the teen's face, "I will need Kavar to assist me…"

"Anyone, just get it done and quickly! That is an order!"

Turning quickly on his heel, he walked away. Then he stopped before the doorway and looked back, "They'll be here soon….."

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Big battle coming up after the next chapter!!