Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Lost ❯ Soulless Murderer?? ( Chapter 33 )

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Lost

Chapter 33……..

My world grew dark and colors swirled behind my eye lids. I could hear a cry of pain, the ground ripping apart and the sound of soil being dug up, but I wouldn't open my eyes. I couldn't smell it anymore. The blood…….where---A fist plunged into my stomach and I my eyes shot open. I found my father infront of me, but no sooner that I had assessed this did a knee come barreling into my face. I reeled back and crashed against another knee. A scream tore from my throat and my head bent back. Vegeta…….He pulled back and sent his fist careened into the spot that had just been injured. Instantly I hurtled up into the sky and gasped in shock and pain as Gohan's feet smashed into my side. I collided into a ready fist by Trunks which sent me burrowing into the ground, my face smashing into the soil first. My legs swung up, but quickly fell and I surpressed the urge to scream as pain gathered in my back. I pushed myself up and sat back. This just wasn't my day. I opened my eyes and watched my father lunge forward his arms braced tightly by his side. Oh dear Dende…….I brought my arms up quickly and braced myself for the blow, but it never came. A strange sense of deja vu sent a chilling sensation up my spine, but I ignored it and lowered my arms. My father was just standing there. His arms now hanging limply at his sides and a confused expression adorned his face.

"Kill him!" I heard someone command and I turned to see Turlus. His expression suggesting that he was less than happy. Pushing myself up, I could hear my father whispering to himself, "Just stay down. Just stay down."

I took my defensive stance and glanced over at Turlus, I couldn't just attack him. I needed an excuse to get close to him. I lunged forward and landed a punch into my fathers stomach. As his head fell forward, I whispered into his ear, "I'm sorry."

"THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!"

My head spun around and I spied Goten lunging at Turlus, intent on fighting the rogue. I scowled and transported infront of Turlus and pivoted my leg into Goten's side.

"Very good, Xenia." Turlus remarked proudly as he watched Goten's body grind into the rocky soil. Then I heard him clear his throat, "If any of you wish to fight me! You'll have to first deal with my darling Xenia!"

I twitched involuntarily and felt my hands begin to clench tightly.

"So come at me! I dare you!"

My mouth inclined to one side and I reeled my hand back as my torso quickly turned around. Caught completely off guard, the fist collided into his nose and he staggered back a few steps. After all, I noticed he had transformed into a super saiyan. Probably as a precaution. He brought his head back down and knitted his brows in confusion and then amusement.

"YOU BITCH!!" His voiced held a sharp tone, but there was a sense of falsehood in it. He was acting……..He thought it would be just like last time. Well, I hated to disappoint him, but I was here to stay. That girl that had served under him so obediently was dead. I pretended to turn around, but quickly stopped and lunged at him again, this time sending the tip of my boot into his stomach. Jumping back I watched him fall to his knees for a moment. A vicious snarl escaped his lips and his eyes mirrored every kind of hatred imaginable.

"Xenia?" I turned and saw Goten advance a few more steps. His hand firmly holding his side. I winced inwardly and felt guilt well up inside my heart. I hadn't wanted to hurt him that badly, but I had to make it look real. I smiled and turned my back to them, "Sorry Goten. Didn't mean to hit you so hard."

I heard a few gasps behind me, but some of their auras still emanated suspicion and I shook my head, "Sorry guys but this is my fight. It's between me and him."

I opened my hand and saw my shadow grow smaller as light flew from my hand and created a wall between us.

"Xenia! We can help you!" That was Trunks. Darling Trunks…….

"No, you can't."

I held my gaze and bore my eyes into Turlus. The source of all the pain I had inflicted, all the pain I had endured myself. Turlus snorted in amusement and picked himself up slowly, "Knew it was too good to be true."

"Expecting something else. Sorry to disappoint you, " I retorted, the sarcasm dripping from every word.

"Well, no use in delaying the inevitable," he stated casually.

"That has to be the most sensible thing you have ever said." I smiled as he growled at my little joke.

He grinned eagerly and I watched his aura intensify and then explode into a shower of light. The energy pulsated from his body in hot waves and I dug my feet into the loam beneath me. I watched the golden locks turn black and the muscles grow and obliterate his chest armor. Red fur quickly aroused from his pores and a crimson line ran around his eyes and his irises. His aura changed to deep dark scarlet and I shuddered at the feeling behind that power. I knew he was powerful, but I never knew he was THAT POWERFUL! How in the hell was I suppose to fight that?

Grinding my teeth, my ki began to grow. I needed to be at my top for this. I threw my head back and summoned all the energy within my body. My hair grew longer till it was a foot on the ground and I felt my body become larger with equal proportions of muscle and height. Super Saiyan level three. I could almost reach four, but….….well I couldn't do anything about that now could I? I might have been close, but his power was still superior. Well I had already got my ass kicked once, though technically I did win, another time wouldn't be that bad. I knew that assumption would change. Dammit!

He glared at me emotionlessly for a moment and lifted his hand. Its fingers moving quickly, beckoning me to make the first move. Didn't want to disappoint him. Launching off the ground quickly I poised my fist infront of me and aimed for his face. Yet, my hand passed through nothing and I gazed around myself quickly. Where-then I spotted him about ten meters away, calmly hovering in the air as if he had never moved. I pivoted my leg and rushed forward into his gut, but he moved again. This time he was behind me intent on plunging his arm through my chest. Flipping around I grabbed his forearm and swung him to my right and pulled my arms back rapidly as the ki collected between my palm. Thrusting forward I rapidly sent one wave of ki after another; calculating exactly where he would brace himself in midair. Clouds of smoke and rays of blinding light fell over the landscape and I stopped for a second to assess how much damage I had wrought. I scowled ferociously as a snarl escaped my throat; there he was smirking, his fur singed but beyond that no damage had been done. This was not good. Please don't tell me this is how it is going to go from now on…..…

Then he disappeared leaving a false image of himself which quickly faded away. What the-my thoughts were cut short by a fist ramming into my jaw. The blow causing my teeth to smash together violently. Thank Dende it takes more than that to break them or the otherwise dull ache that was beginning to grow would be much worse. His hand wrapped around my leg and he brought my shin hard down onto his knee. A scream tore from my throat as a sickening crack filled my ears. I didn't have to be told, I knew it was broken. A gold tipped boot plunged into my side and I soon found myself hurtling into the ground. The concrete soil was a harsh contrast to the mud within my last battle. It jarred my bones and I felt the broken tip rip through my flesh. Biting down hard on my lip, I repressed a scream and slowly sucked on the blood that trailed from the broken labium. Hovering up, I tried to stand but the harsh weight on my ankle made it feel like an inferno was raging through every nerve ending I possessed. So much for my ground advantage.

Not wasting anymore time he rushed at me, his blows coming so fast and so savagely now that blocking was all I could do to protect myself. I couldn't even attack him any more, it took most of my concentration to keep his fists from landing on my body. His aura grew as it began to spasm wildly around him, and I felt a knee connect with my chest. The impact rushing all the air out of my lungs. A quick punch in the face and I was reeling back rapidly only to connect with a strong fist into my back. My eyes shot open and a small squeak was all I could manage out as blood poured into my mouth. Some ribs broken, probably one had punctured my lung. Twisting to face him, my skull screamed in pain as his forehead rammed against my own. His arm quickly wrapped around my neck to keep me in place and soon my vision was covered in scarlet, the blood was now eagerly running down my face. My body fell back as his hand loosened from its grip and he used one of my devastating moves against me. Wrapping his hand around my wrists and the other on my ankles, he pulled my body into the air. Oh Dende here it comes, rapidly I came crashing down against his knee and all I could do was gasp in shock as the worst kind of pain imaginable lit up my spine. His elbow smashed into my chest and my body hit the ground sharply causing my torso to root itself into the ground once again. The frigid ground slowed the speed, but the impact weighed heavily on me. At least no sharp pike was going to meet my shoulder again.

"You still alive down there?"

I glanced up through hooded lids, my fatigue catching up quickly. My battle with the girl had mentally wore me out and I found my mind's assistance at a complete lost here. Brutal force was also lacking, stupid pessimistic attitude! Shooting out of the long narrow hole, I balanced myself infront of him.

"About time you got out. You're starting to lag behind now a days." He grinned and I felt his ki rise slightly. He lunged at me, sending his fist straight into my abdomen. It was feint, and I saw the muscles in his leg tense. That was his true attack….but, which one to block? My instincts took over and I felt by body twist by its own accord. His eyes widened and I stared down in shock. I held his fist tightly in my hand, ok why did I pick that? I had no time to evaluate my judgment before a vicious kick slammed into the side of my cranium and everything shut-down and went black.

I caught myself a few feet from the ground and righted myself in the air. I shook my head as my vision split into two. Everything was pounding and I knew this migraine was unnatural. Two hands came smashing into my back and once again I tasted rock and soil in my mouth. The bitter taste rising the bile within my throat. Something came, large and dark and it sunk into my thigh. Sweet agony ripped through me as the bone jarred and the muscle began to rip. However this was just minimal compared to what happened next. A fist and then a foot and then the fist again. He alternated rapidly driving his strength against my spine. My eyes widened and blood and bile sputtered from my lips. The pain roared through me and I felt my limbs become heavy and numb. My head fell against the ground and a boot grounded my face into the rocky soil. I heard footsteps and a low chuckle reverberate in his throat. I didn't move, I couldn't. There was no strength left inside my body.

"The mighty Xenia has fallen!" He bellowed mockingly. How I wanted to rise up and wipe that smug grin that I knew he held on his face. Though sadly, my body wouldn't comply with any of my demands. I heard him step forward again and his knees cracked as he bent. The hot air rushed against my ear, "Who should I kill first?"

His question shocked me and my mind screamed as his meaning sunk in. My father, Gohan, Goten……..all of them. No my father could defeat him…….couldn't he? Dammit!! No wait the forcefield was still in place, but as the ki from my body continued to drop so did its power. It'd be gone soon and I knew it. He stood back up or so I assumed by the rustling of feet and the heavy footsteps that began to grow distant. A loud crash and a mumbled curse. He was trying to break through it, but it would stand. It'd stand till the last breath had been drawn from body, and ONLY then would it vault and disappear. Another loud crash and I felt it weaken. What was I going to do? I couldn't even move. Had everything I had done been in vain. Was all those millions of people, were their lives nothing? Was this how they felt when I had mercilessly slaughtered them? Such hopelessness and such fear, but not fear for one's self but for those they cared for…….Is this what I had erased from the universe. Hopeful lives that had wanted nothing, but happiness for others, for peace without blood shed……..

FLASHBACK

"Please, don't harm my children.……take me instead!"

The figure kept it's gaze cold and stern. It was a female….an adolescent…no more than fifteen. She wore some sort of armor and…...but wait…....I knew this girl!! She was me!! I knew this..….I had done this…….she was me three years ago. I was sent to Dukon to pillage the planet…….a sickening feeling lodged itself into the pit of my stomach as I watched knowingly…..… `I' smiled deviously and grabbed the woman by the collar of her shirt. Beating away the children that clung to her, `I' gazed at the woman as `MY' lips turned up into a smirk.

"Let me think about it……..ummm no." `I' threw her down to the ground and grabbed the little girl by the arm. `I' held her against `ME' and grinned, "Say goodbye to Mommy now……"

"NOOOO!!" Screamed the mother, but it was too late. `I' pulled `MY' hand back and thrusted it through the girls chest her heart now in `MY' hand. `I' squeezed it slowly, licking `MY' lips as `I' watched the sweet crimson nectar flow over `MY' hand. The woman held onto her son desperately, tears soaking her cheeks. `I' pushed the girl away from `ME' and flung the heart at the mother, "One done…….two to go…..."

"YOU MONSTER!!" The woman yelled viscously.

"Oh, now you've done it. You see I was going to grant your son a quick death, but now it will have to be a slow one…..."

`I' reached out and grabbed the toddler around the waist tearing him from his mother's arms.

"Please don't," she pleaded grasping onto `MY' leg. `I' smirked and gripped the boy's right arm tightly.

"No….…" A sickening crack resounded over the area followed by a piercing scream. The boy's arm had been snapped in two…….The boy kept screaming, the infernal pain too much for him to handle.

"Shut up!!" `I' screamed, his high pitched voice was going to deafen `ME' soon if he didn't stop. `I' placed `MY' hand on the middle of his back and fired a ki blast straight through him. `I' chucked him away and the mother quickly crawled over to him staring at her lifeless son in disbelief.

"Now it's your turn……."

`I' formed a revolving blade of pure ki in `MY' hand and smiled widely, "Time for some slicing and dicing……" `I' threw it at her and moved `MY' hand about in criss-crossing motions. `I' stopped and reabsorbed the ki blade back into `MY' body. `I' kneeled over the woman's now mangled body and picked up a small piece of flesh with `MY' hand.

"Should of kept your mouth closed…….."

END OF FLASHBACK

That dream…….no that memory was only a taste of all the things I had done. All the ways I had played with their lives. A terrible pain filled my heart and I wanted to rip it and out and see if it was black or red. Screams and horrible cries for help filled me, such pain that made my mind and body pulsate with my heartbeat. Hurting Pan, Bulma and all of the others. The blood I had stained my hands, the innocent souls I had devoured. I hated myself more than anything. I was the soulless creature. I had been the one to take pleasure in everything I had wrought upon this universe. I had been the one and now I knew that the forgiveness I sought was beyond my reach. My death would be a welcomed one. They'd all cheer and laugh up their with content as they watched my spirit be condemned to hell. There wouldn't have been a happier day in heaven.

// Stand back, he'll break through any minute…..…what about Xenia?…….I don't know, but we have to get to her soon or we'll lose her for sure..…….//

Who was that? Why did they care? Didn't they know all I brought was death, that my life was meaningless.

// How do we get to her……...Goten, I don't know……..but……..Goten we'll get her while your father fights Turlus….….//

Those voices…….they sounded so familiar…….Goten……dad…….Trunks…&# 8230;.

//Why don't you fools face reality? Or should I kill her now and save you all for after….….//

Great panic swelled up inside me, but it was foreign deriving from another……Goten..….

I had hurt him before, I could have killed him…….why did he care?

FLASHBACKS

I sat up abruptly and turned to Vegeta, "I'm so sorry Vegeta. Bulma…….when I……I mean……."

He placed a hand on my shoulder, "She can walk and talk still…...."

"But……." He would never say `she's fine and that's all that matters,' but I had a good idea that is what his statement translated into.

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My eyes snapped open and used my sword to slice through the shackles that held her legs and arms. Throwing my sword to the side, I caught her in my arms as she fell forward.

"You ok?" I asked quickly and she nodded. Placing two fingers to my forehead I transported infront of Goku and pushed her into his arms. He gazed at me in pure shock and glanced down at Chichi inspecting her face for a moment.

"You……you……" Goku stammered.

I glanced back over at the base and observed Turlus burying his face in his hands, "DAMN YOU……YOU LITTLE BITCH!!"

"You have to go, the Solar Flare will wear off soon," I said as I turned back to Goku.

"NO!!"

I stepped back in shock as Chichi turned and latched onto me tightly, "I won't let you go back there!"

My eyes softened, "Mom……."

"Mom's right Xenia! Come with us……" Goten pleaded stepping forward.

I gazed at them for a moment and frowned……I couldn't..….I couldn't go with them….….I thrusted my mother back into my father's arms and placed the forcefield between us once again.

"XENIA!" Cried out my mother as she banged against the crimson wall.

"I'm sorry…….you guys have to get out of here."

"We're not leaving without you," said Goten.

"The boy is right, you should come with us," I stared at Vegeta for a moment and smiled.

"I can't….".

END OF FLASHBACKS

Vegeta had so quickly forgiven me and they all wanted me to go back with them. They hadn't cared about my past, about the millions of lives I had eagerly slaughtered. They hadn't cared….

FLASHBACK

"Hey."

She turned around to face me, her mouth hung open in shock, "Xenia?"

"Hey." I repeated, not exactly sure on what to say yet. I mean, what do you say to the woman you suddenly discover is your mother after you have been keeping her as a prisoner for a week? Doubt there's any guide book for that…....Thank Vika she solved that dilemma by pulling me into a tight hug. I hesitated for a second before returning the warm gesture. She stepped back, in shock once more, "Xenia?" She asked again. I chuckled lightly before nodding. I watched the tears brim in her eyes and slowly cascade down her cheeks as pure happiness leaped into those warm obsidian orbs. She just stood there crying silently, her hands clasped together tightly.

"…….You……you remember?"

I nodded again and smiled.

She hugged me again and started to laugh.

END OF FLASHBACK

Mother…....all of them. They cared…….Images flashed before me of people I had slaughter, and everything warped to my first encounter within that loathsome crimson field. Their bodies mutilated and dead. Their faces twisted up in the most horrible ways..…..Their pain…….their deaths…..everything would die…….

Something snapped within me, all my sorrow, my pain welled up together into a massive ball strangling my heart in the proccess. I couldn't let them die I couldn't…I felt my body lift up and saw the golden aura that surrounded my body. Turlus's shocked expression was priceless as he turned to observe me. I felt all their eyes searching me with wild shock and I felt raw power surge through me as everything around me explode into blinding rays of light. I felt my muscles sew themselves together and the bones grow stronger. My body became larger and more defined and new jet black fur engulfed my body as my tail flashed to a darker color. The blonde changed to a platinum white and everything changed. My vision became tinted with red and the pronounced outlines ran their course around my eyes. Lightening surged around me and I threw back my head with a wild feral roar as the power exploded once more. It tore at the ground and threw back everything within a hundred yard radius. I could hear cries of shock and panic, explosions and Turlus cursing with anger. The scream slowly died on my lips and I let my head fall against my chest as the lightening continued to surged around my body. Slowly lifting my eyes, I surveyed the crater that surrounded me and the charred base in the distance. All too clearly I could make out his outline in the distance. His face twisted in intense shock and hatred.

My power took hold of my soul and I knew no mercy. Transporting I found myself behind my target and lashed out violently with my arm; hitting him directly on his Adams apple. He choked and sputtered for a moment, but I wouldn't give him the time to recuperate. I would kill him now and have him experience as much pain as possible. Flying behind him at incredible speed I latched onto his arms and quickly twisted them till two loud cracks resounded in my ears. Such sweet music accompanied them, a wild painful scream. The blood flowing from his mouth as I body slammed him against the ground. Racing through the air, every blow every attack I calculated to precision and grinned at my results. His screams and cries, they were delicious. Thrusting his body against the ground, I pressed my fingers tightly together and prepared myself to rip his heart right out of his chest. My grin widened and I dove forward…….

"XENIA STOPPP!!!"

My body froze and my eyes widened for a moment. I craned my neck and glanced over at Goten, his hands tightly clenched by his side. I gazed underneath me and found a mutilated body. Lacerations of every degree bored into his flesh and bones jutting out in numerous locations. My mouth ran dry as pure disgust ran over me. I had…….I stared at the blood coating my arms, my legs, my hands…….it was everywhere! I shook my head rapidly and stood up, backing away from the man that had spawned this monstrous transformation. I was the soulless creature, I was…….to do this even to an enemy. I was……

A scream tore from my throat as my hand thrusted out. My ki grew and white hot energy surged from my palm destroying everything infront of me. I fell to my knees as the light faded and all that was left was a long stretched crater. I found it hard to breathe, my entire body was constricting painfully as the mended tear on my leg ripped open. I stayed motionless not feeling the pain. The warm blood ran down my leg eagerly, but I paid it no heed.

"Xenia?" Trunks……

I looked over at them vacantly, my eyes empty and lost…….

Trunks advanced forward a few steps and I heard something explode in the distance.

"Xenia, let me help you." I heard his plea, the hope in his voice…....but the bodies. The mutilated souls that lingered in my mind! I tore away and threw a ki blast to the ground, watching fearfully as the soil exploded and dust filled the air. Another explosion and I glanced back, the base. I didn't know what I was doing, all I knew was that I had to get away from them. I had to. Landing quickly, I ran. I ran blindingly through the vast corridors feeling the wreckage strike my body as more explosions rocked the compound. Tears streaked my face and all I wanted to do was disappear…….all I wanted to do was die. My body slammed against something and I fell back. Glancing down I realized I had long ago abandoned my monstrous new transformation. My eyes searched the corridor infront of me and I found a woman pulling herself up slowly. Anger filtered itself into my senses again, but my present fear overdid it quickly and I breathed out one name, "Vasha……."

Her eyes widened in shock and softened into great sympathy. She crouched before me and grabbed my arms gently and lifted it over her shoulder. I felt lifeless and let her support me as she pulled me off back into the inner recesses of the base. Plaster and concrete fell around us, and I watched her wince and hiss as her body became bruised and cut. What was she doing? We stopped before a door and she paused to punch a code into the side panel. An explosion shook the compound suddenly and she rushed us inside just before the ceiling above the entrance collapsed. She set me beside a long metal table and went to the cabinets that hung by the wall. Hanging being a loose term because some were only there still because of a few hinges. Her face brightened and she moved back. Quickly scooting over to the wall beside me she tapped her fingers against the white plane in a very peculiar way. My eyes widened as the wall shook and a small compartment was revealed with three bottles inside it. Snatching them up quickly she ran over to me. What wher---yet before I could finish my thought the far wall exploded and threw me into a side cabinet. I cracked my eyes open just in time to see the ceiling begin to crack. I knew it would fall and accepted it. I didn't deserve to live.

A soft object threw itself against me and I felt the weight bear down suddenly. A scream tore through the air and my eyes shot open. A gasp escaped my lips as Vasha's pain twisted face flooded my vision. Using any reserves of strength I could muster, I pushed the heavy concrete of our bodies and stood up. I pulled her body onto my lap and gazed at her in sheer bewilderment. Why had she saved me? Why? Wasn't she a traitor? Didn't she want me dead?

I watched her lips part in a smile as her eyes ran over me. Her face scrunched up and blood abruptly poured from her mouth as a fit of coughs seized her. I could hear more explosions and felt the base shake threateningly, but I didn't move.

"You're……alright….…" She choked out difficulty.

"Why……why did you……" She brought her hand to my lips to silence me and smiled once again.

"You remind me……." She coughed again and hissed sharply. Blood was beginning to collect into a large puddle beneath us, "You were so young……..and I old enough….…to be your mother. In fact, I felt……like a mother…..."

I stayed silent and let her continue, "I am sorry…….for all the things..….I have done…….all the pain you had……..to endure……I'm sorry….…"

Her arms were braced protectively infront of her and I noticed the bottles peaking out. They were wrapped in a cloth and I could see none of them had broken.

"I know…….you feel the pain…….and I know you…….don't want to ack……knowledge it, but…..." she took a quick gasp of air and my hold tightened around her, "But these…….will keep you…….alive……"

I shook my head rapidly, "I don't deserve to live Vasha. I have killed to many, I can see the blood everyday. It's all over me."

She sighed and coughed again, "You may not……believe you deserve to live…...but……does he?"

He? He who? She noticed my confusion and a dry chuckle managed to arise from her, "him." Her hand moved to rest on my stomach and I gazed at the spot intently. Him……my baby…....Turlus's son……

"But-"

She cut me off with her fingers once again, "You haven't…….done anything wrong…....for..…they had not been your…..decisions…...live..….live for him…….live for yourself…….."

I felt the scathing streams course over my cheeks and swallowed, "Vasha I-"

She smiled and this one reached her eyes, "I am so sorry…….please live Xenia……plea…..se…...liv……"

I watched her eyes grow vacant and felt the limp feeling run its course through her body, and then her ki vanished. I held her in disbelief, I couldn't comprehend what had just happened and felt a tremor run through the ground beneath me.

Live……..Live for him…….

I stroked my stomach softly and closed my eyes, letting the tears drop freely onto the floor. I placed my hand over her face and gently shut her eyes. She had been my friend all along. I placed a soft kiss to her forehead and pulled the bottles gentle from her arms. My dearest friend.……...I stood up and gazed down at her cold form.

"Goodbye Vasha……." I wanted to take her with me, bury her properly, but if I didn't leave now then I would die as well. I could feel the pain coursing through my body. The pain that belonged to that dreadful virus…….One last glance at everything. Everything I had known over these eleven years, everything I had learned to hate so quickly and vanished with two fingers pressed lightly to my forehead.

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"XENIA!!" Goku cried out desperately as another explosion lit up the artificial atmosphere. He took a step forward, but stopped as Vegeta's arm clamped down onto his shoulder, "Kakarrotto! We must leave, this is pointless!"

Goku tore himself away from the older saiyan's grip and snarled, "What do you mean POINTLESS?! She's in there and this place…..…" He trailed off, not willing to finish the sentence.

"Father, Xenia will leave. I believe she will, she doesn't want to die."

Goku's eyes searched desperately for any succor, any source of support. He took in a sharp breathe, but stopped short and sputtered as a foreign substance filtered into his lungs. His shock reflected onto his eldest son's face and he too took a large gasp for air.

"There's….….there's no oxygen!" Trunks choked out, his struggle now apparent.

"Kakarrotto." The command was not harsh, but stern. The two full-blooded males gazed at one another and the younger nodded reluctantly. His face turned a ghostly shade of white as he cast a glance on the fiery torn and mangles wreckage that spewed smoke and debris. Death held its grip above them and they huddled around the tall warrior holding their heads low as if already in morning. As one last explosion obliterated the last remaining bit of oxygen, they left with no trace that they had stood on the tiny planet.

Everything shook and the metal that had rooted itself deep into the frigid rock's core began to combust and explode. Caverns appeared and caved within themselves causing the ground to implode and create massive craters over the barren landscape. Fire gushed and spewed across the land throwing molten steel that had already begun to melt the thick ice. Scientists sat poised behind their massive telescopes in shock and amazement as the tiny sphere convulsed and spiraled unnaturally in its annual orbit. Their chairs tipping and their bodies jerking in consternation as it detonated itself into a wild spray of white and red hues.

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The rain poured over me. The cold liquid soaking into every pore within the torn fabric. The bottles jingled against my chest as people passed me by. Their bodies bombarding me hard causing me to wince in pain as the bruises I had accumulated came to life. Millions surrounded me, my vision allowing their bodies to resemble Siamese twins. Every limb screamed in agony and the blood from my ankle left a thin trail against the concrete. Splattering and quickly running together it washed into the gutters and no one noticed.

"Hey watch where your going!!" A heavy shove by two large hands sent me spiraling against a garbage can and tears stung my eyes as my vision became filled with the repulsive substances that had spilled from the can. I plunged my fingers through the wall beside me and pulled my feeble body from the soiled ground……....but they simply bent and slid against the damp surface below me and I gave in with a sharp cry. My hands grasped the cracks that littered the dim nook and my body was dragged till a small box came into view. Pressing against it, I felt my weight give in and a foul breeze blew into my face as the cardboard crumbled and tore. Lying limply on the ground, I stared at the sky. The tears ran incessantly down my cheeks and I buried the cerulean flasks further into my torn spandex that flapped over the broken armor by abdomen. Shutting my eyes, I debarred all the sounds from my mind, all the faces and all the things that wavered in my subconscious. I welcomed the darkness that greeted me and slipped into unconsciousness in a dark alley in West City.

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Here's where the poll stands:

Boy - 7

Girl - 3

Hey!! What do ya think? Did they sound good? Was it what you expected? I am REALLY curious. I hope you guys liked the fighting scenes. They were extremely difficult and were the main reason why this took so long to write. The poll will be officially closed by the time the next chapter gets up. Don't know when, hopefully within a week or two. I gotta go! JA NE!! And oh yeah PLEASE REVIEW, THANX!!