The Amnesia Saga
Part 3
Orang and Tomata stood in the trees as they scanned down at the floor. Orang’s face paled as he held his stomach. “Oh, I’m so hungry.”
“Me too. That fruit we several hours ago barely helped.” Tomata said as she held her knife. “Here Phanty. Phanty.” She said as she stared around. “The Tormans couldn’t wipe all of you off.”
They jumped to the ground and started to run toward some weak ki. “I felt it.” Orang said as he flew forward. They went through a bush and saw a furry black giant animal. “Kinda small.”
“It’s food.” Tomata said as she lashed at the animal. In a mere kick, the animal fell bleeding. “Half and half?”
“Please.” Orang said as he got out his knife and skinned the animal.
*****
They cleaned it off completely of it’s meat and guts. Saiyans can handle eating anything if desprate enough. Orang quickly cooked the creature with a well managed ki blast and the two began eating. After a few seconds, the skeleton remained.
Orang took a deep breath. “Oh man, that felt better.”
“Mmmhmmm...” Tomata agreed. “Was it me or was that harder that time?”
“Your ki is lower than before.” Orang said as he rubbed his arm. “Oh.”
“Arm bothering you again?”
“Yeah. I better avoid using it for a while.”
A screech echoed in the woods. “Damn it.” Tomata cursed as they got up.
“Termons.”
They flew off to the sounds.
*****
Bluberri cursed as she made the final modifications on the new battle bots. It had been six months since their arrival, five since the Termons came. After the festival, they would come attacking at least once a week. At first, they focused on the warriors and the castle. Then, they began to attack the fields and the woods. Food was starting to become scarce around causing rations to be formed. Tomata and Orang cut down on their food and relyed on hunting for most their food.
King Rasin had guards and guard bots constantly surveying the territory and the villages for any sign of Termons attacking. So far, only Orang and Tomata could do any severe damage to the monsters and even they were being worn down.
Bluberri used every bit of her gifts to aid. She improved the guard bots and tried to find more improvements. When she's not in the labs, she would be aiding the wounded.
"Bluberri!" Lemon yelled out as he helped two more people in. "It's Orang and Tomata!"
"No! Please, not them." Bluberri exclaimed as she ran out of her lab and into the now wounded ward.
Orang stood there holding his arm with Tomata leaning on him. They had been in most if not all of the battles with the Tornams. Every battle, caused them to get stronger but they also gain more and more injuries.
"Orang, Tomata, how many times must Dr. Prun tell you two that you need rest!" Bluberri exclaimed as she helped Tomata to one of the beds.
"I felt a Tornam attacking a village while Tomata and I were hunting. I can't resist." Orang explained as a nurse was looking over his arm. "Yeow!" He yelled out in pain as it was being set in a cast.
"Serves you right." Bluberri muttered, "You Saiyans can't resist a good fight."
"We can heal." Tomata explained, "Every battle makes Saiyans stronger and every injury makes us stronger when we heal."
"You can't heal properly at this rate." Dr. Prun said as he wrapped some fresh bandages over Tomata's old wounds.
"Just rest." Bluberri said, "I've improved the guard bots. Maybe, they will slow them down long enough for you to recover." Gently, she forced Orang down on the bed and covered him up in a blanket. "Please." She said softly as she kissed Orang's lips. Over the months, in between preparing for battle and the battle itself, Orang and Bluberri grew close. Bluberri noticed that she could almost feel his thoughts and feelings like her own. Tomata told her about a Saiyan bond but also added how it could be impossible for a Saiyan and another from a different species could bond.
"Okay." He said as he tilted his head to the side. A deep instinct called out to him. He didn't know what to do. "I wish we can get more Saiyans to this planet."
"The Saiyans will just kill off the Tormans and conquer this world." Tomata said sadly.
“What about Saiyans like me?”
“If they do exist, they may not know where you are. You and Bluberri have been here for half the year, there’s no sign of aid coming.” Tomata said as she lay on her bed.
“Just rest.” Bluberri said as she got up, “I’ll go and try to get you two something to eat.” She smiled as she looked down at Orang who was already asleep.
“Orang...”
*****
It was dark as Chi Chi stared at the stars. Every night, she kept on looking out to see the stars and wonder if Goku and Bulma had regained their memories. If Goku could remember, he could just lock on to anyone’s ki and teleport himself and Bulma home.
A month after their disapearences, she had been having nightmares about black monsters with giant wings attacking. Oddly enough, Vegita also have the same nightmares.
“Same nightmares?” Vegita asked as he came up.
Chi Chi nodded as she looked at him. Their bonds with their lost ones made it possible for them to know that they are alive. “I can’t stand it. Every night, it’s the same thing.”
“Saiyan bonds are peculiar. Kakarot and Bulma must’ve formed a bond by now if they don’t remember who they are.” Vegita explained.
“I can’t stand it. Six more months till we can get the Dragon Balls.” Chi Chi sat on the ground.
“I know what you mean.” Vegita said as he closed his eyes. **Bulma. Damn it, woman! Speak to me! Yell at me! Remember me! If you don’t, I’ll fly up there and grab you myself!!!**
*****
Bluberri rose her head. There was a strange calling in her mind. She couldn’t quite understand why or how this feeling came. “Bluberri?” Dr. Prun asked, “Are you okay?”
Bluberri shook her head clear. “I’m fine. It’s just that feeling again.”
“I see. Something had been calling you and Orang. What is it, I don’t know.”
“Let’s just work on this.” Bluberri said as she adjusted the bot, “Maybe, if we can enhanced these parts, we can give the warriors something else to fight with besides their own ki.” She held up a gun in her hand. “I have to teach that Saiyan friend of mine how to use this.”
*****
“No, Orang! Not that hard!” Bluberri yelled out as Orang was holding a large gun in his good arm. “You’re squeezing that trigger too hard!” Bluberri said as she looked at the gun. The trigger was jammed but fortunately, it wasn’t loaded.
“I hate guns.” Orang complained as he gave Bluberri the gun back.
“Well, you and Tomata have been exhausting yourselves senseless. And with that broken arm, you can’t do that Kame blast.”
“Yes, I can.” Orang said as he held his palm up at a rock. “KAAAMMMEEEEHHHAAAAMEEE HA!!!” He yelled out and a bolt of blue blast shot out of his hand and struck the rock. “See?”
“You need to save your power. The others are making more for the other soldiers. It’s taking alot of resouces.” Bluberri fixed the gun and tossed it back. “Try it again. It’s loaded now.” She ordered.
Orang scowled at her and sighed. He lifted the gun up and gently squeezed the trigger. A bright blast shot out of the gun. “Like that?”
“Yes.” Bluberri said as she touched his good arm.
“I feel so uncomfortable like this.” Orang admitted as he dropped the gun. “I want to use my own ki power.”
“You’ll just exhaust yourself further. You may be the Super Saiyan but even Super Saiyans have their limit.” Bluberri picked up the gun and held it to her.
Orang sat down on the ground and rubbed his broken arm. “Bluberri?”
“Yeah, Orang?”
“Do you think that there are other Saiyans like me? I mean, Tomata told me that there can only be one Super Saiyan per thousand years but what if there’s others?”
“Tomata’s the expert in Saiyans, not me. I’m the genius in mechanical stuff.” Bluberri said as she sat beside him.
“You are at that.”
The two sighed as Bluberri leaned into Orang’s good arm and chest.
*****
King Kai was silent as he was doing what any other god would do. He stretched his mental eye to it’s furthest to find his favorite pupil, Goku. “Oh, Goku.” He muttered as he felt a tingle of evil in another part of his galaxy. “Oh my. What evil.” He said as he turned to the direction.
It hit him like a giant banana creme pie. A surge of evil and a cry of fear reached him. He never felt anything like that since Freeza and the Saiyans. King Kai looked down at a desolate planet. Parts of it was burned and destroyed. A kingdom was standing but with several parts destroyed. In a clearing, he saw a couple of people sitting there. The man has obvious injuries and was holding a gun in his non-bandaged arm. The woman was sitting next to him. “Goku!” King Kai exclaimed in joy and shock. He jumped around in pure joy. After several months of searching and worry, he knows where Goku and Bulma are. “Woo hoo!!!”
He jumped in joy as he looked on.
*****
“Bluberri?”
“Hmmm?”
“Why do I have a feeling we’re being watched?” Orang said as he stood up and looked around.
Bluberri shook her head confused. Suddenly, Orang’s confused expression changed to pure rage. “Tormans!” He yelled out as a black monster appeared.
“Shit!” Bluberri cursed as she picked up her own gun and began to fire. Orang turned Super Saiyan and picked up his beloved.
“Let’s go.” He ordered as he flew inside the castle. The guard bots fire away as King Kai shook with fear.
“No!” King Kai yelled out, “Not Tormans!”
He made sure where the two lost ones are ate and turned toward Earth. The Z warriors must know what is going on.
*****
Yamcha tucked Trunks into the bed. He had helped Vegita and the Briefs ever since Bulma vanished. He and Bulma are still close friends despite Trunks. In fact, when Trunks needed a friend and someone to beat up and Goten wasn’t around, Yamcha would be there.
**Yamcha!** King Kai’s voice rang out in his head, **I got some fantastic news! Guess who I found while scanning the galaxy? I’ll give you a hint, one of them was your girlfriend.**
“Bulma and Goku?”
**Got it.**
“Yes! Trunks! Wake up!”
Trunks slowly opened his eyes. “Huh?”
“King Kai found your Mom!”
“Mommy?!” Yamcha nodded as Trunks flung his arms around his friend. “I can’t wait to tell Goten!”
*****
It was late at night as Gohan was looking over his books. He had been doing make up work to make up for the classes he missed. Although that he had already made up for all the time he missed as well as gotten ahead of the other students, it became a habit for him to study whenever he felt nervous. It was a habit that had been to him. When he needed to forget about the pressures of being part Saiyan, he just open up a text book and read it. Besides, it keeps his mom off his back.
The phone rang as he stood up. "Hello?" He asked.
"Gohan? It's Yamcha! Great news! King Kai found Goku and Bulma!"
Gohan stood there almost speechless and then exclaimed, "Woo hoo! DAD'S ALIVE!!!" He flew off (literally) to his mom's room and opened the door.
Chi Chi sat up exhausted. "Gohan, how many times must I tell you about flying in the house?"
"Mom! It's Yamcha! King Kai found Dad and Bulma!"
Chi Chi blinked and exclaimed, "What?! Goku! King Kai found Goku! Where is he?!" She jumped out of bed and looked in the mirror to fixed her hair.
"What's going on?" Goten asked as he came in the room.
"King Kai just found your father!" Chi Chi cheered as she picked up the dazed demi-Saiyan and danced around. "Oh, Gohan, where is he?"
"I... forgot to ask." Gohan said sheepishly as everyone facefaulted. "I left Yamcha on hold."
With that last sentence, Chi Chi and Goten rushed to the phone.
*****
The sun slowly rose as a group of tired Z warriors entered the Capsule Corps. Yamcha, Trunks, and Vegita were in normal clothes. Everyone else were somewhat sloppy in their attire.
"We're here, Yamcha." Krillian said as he was brushing his hair. "Master Roshi's with Marron."
"With Turtle watching Master Roshi." 18 added as she rubbed her eyes.
"Good." Vegita said as he looked at everyone.
**I'm glad everyone's together. I can explain what happened with Goku and Bulma without having to repeat everything in this fic.** King Kai's voice rang out to the group.
"What happened to Mommy?" Trunks asked outloud.
**She's fine. Both Goku and Bulma are okay. For now.** King Kai's voice shook with worry.
"For now?" Tien repeated.
**The planet they're on, Lotcamel, is being attacked by Tormans. A race of destructive aliens that love nothing more than eating aliens. They can die but reproduce quickly. They hibernate for long periods of time. Unfortunately, every thousand years, they would pick a planet to feed off of before going to sleep. They love meat.**
"I thought those were mere myths." Vegita muttered as his face paled. "Can Kakarot still fight?"
**Oh yes. He remembered how to fight and use ki. He can even go Super Saiyan. The only problem is that he doesn't know how to teleport or use the Spirit Bomb.**
"What about Bulma?" Vegita demanded, "Is Kakarot with her?"
**Oh yes. They're still together.**
"Good. Where's this Lotcamel?" Vegita said as he sighed in relief of Bulma being alive.
**Let's see... the coordinates are 4513258.** King Kai said as he looked up the planet's coordinates in his handy dandy planet address book for Gods.
"That's further away from Earth than Namek was." Gohan muttered. "We got to get to Dad and Bulma before those Tormans do."
*****
Trunks and the other Z warriors walked out to the back yard where they saw the giant space ship. It looked like three Saiyan space pods fused incorrectly. Dr. Briefs was on the top doing some modifications. "Is it ready yet?" Vegita demanded as Dr. Briefs nearly fell over.
"Almost!" He yelled out as he climbed down.
The Z warriors fell over. "Almost? Almost!" Chi Chi yelled out as she grabbed the doctor by the coat.
"I just need to put some final adjustments in. Let me show you." He offered as he opened the door. It opened with a hiss and the group walked inside. It was spacious with three separate doors. "It has a kitchen with enough food to feed ten Saiyans. A separate gravity/training room that's completely isolated for those who can't use it safety. Several sleeping chambers. A very powerful space rocket engine, a high tech radio that will link up to our labs immediately, a high density force field as well as a nasty set of weapons for space battles."
"Whoa." Goten said wide eyed.
"What's missing?" Piccolo asked as he crossed his arms. "This looks all set to me."
"Something vital." Dr. Briefs said as he sighed. "A karaoke bar."
The group fell over again. "A karaoke bar?" Yamcha repeated in disbelief.
"Yes. You can't go out into outer space without a good karaoke bar." Dr. Briefs said with great importance in his voice.
"Grandpa, I think we can do without the karaoke." Trunks said as he tugged at his grandfather's arm. "Please, I want Mommy back."
"Now now. Patience is a virtue." Dr. Briefs philosophize.
"I wanna go now!!!" Goten demanded as he stomped his foot.
"Are you sure you don't need the karaoke bar?" Dr. Briefs asked.
"I've been through missions without a karaoke bar." Vegita growled, "Let's go."
Dr. Briefs sighed. "Okay, I'll go and get the space suits."
*****
"Are you sure, you want to come, Mom?" Gohan asked for the tenth time as he and his family were putting on their space suits.
"Yes, I'm sure." Chi Chi said as she strapped on her weapons. "I've let you go to Namek and I couldn't sleep. I'm coming this time. Besides, Goten is coming too. I'm not being left alone again!"
Gohan nodded as he glanced at the group. It was going to be one of the biggest space adventure he had dreamt of. Piccolo, himself, Goten, Trunks, and Vegita were the first ones that were needed due to their combined fighting power. Krillian, Yamcha, Master Roshi, his mother, and Puar came along to help Goku and Bulma regain their memories. Although, he believed that Master Roshi came just to see Bulma. 18 didn't come since she had to watch Marron.
"Oh boy." He muttered as he checked the Senzu beans. There were only fifteen Senzus for the entire group.
"Vegita?" He asked the Saiyan Prince as he entered the room.
"What, boy?"
"Promise me that we don't have to use the Senzus before we get there." Gohan said worried, "We may need them when we get to Lotcamel."
"Don't worry. Dr. Briefs just told me that we have regeneration tanks for healing. The Senzus are just for emergencies."
"How come he didn't say so before?" Gohan wondered.
Vegita grumbled. "He didn't think it was so important." Gohan fell over as Vegita looked down. "That was my reaction too."
*****
Tomata was gathering some fruit into her arms. Her face was scratched in several places. Her outfit was torn up. “I think I got enough.” She said as she landed and handed the fruit to her friend. Orang’s arm was in a sling and his leg was wrapped in a bandage. “Here.”
“Thanks.” Orang ate some of the fruit in a few gulps.
Tomata ate the rest. “You shouldn’t have taken that last battle by yourself. You can barely go Super Saiyan without screaming in pain. You can barely stand now.”
“I have to protect you.” Orang argued, “You’re weaker than me.”
“Exactly, you’re the Super Saiyan. If you die, there will be no more Super Saiyans left. There can only be one! You are the first Saiyan I met in a long time and I don’t want to be alone again.”
“You’re never alone.” Orang got up and hovered in mid-air. He fell down again but the woman caught him.
“Thanks. Let me get you back.”
“But-”
“No buts! We Saiyans might be powerful and you are the most powerful Saiyan here but I won’t let you die.” Tomata took Orang over her shoulder and flew to the castle.
*****
"Are we there yet?" Goten asked as he and Trunks were getting some poker lessons from Puar.
"No. We won't be there for another day." Chi Chi said as she checked the course. They had been in space for a week. Piccolo and Vegita had been sparing in the gravity room. Master Roshi was relaxing in his private room capsule 'reading' his magazine collection. Krillian and Yamcha had been astral sparing since neither of them could handle the high gravity. Chi Chi was busy cooking for the entire group and checking to see how far they went.
Vegita came out of the gravity room covered in sweat followed by an exhausted Piccolo.
"Remind me not to trust that thing again." Piccolo growled.
"It wasn't that bad. I had it on light for your sake."
Piccolo got out his right hand from under his cape. It was longer than his left hand. "Namekians aren't built for high gravity." He said as he focused on his arm to get it back to normal size.
*****
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