Child of Darkness, Story of Light

Chapter 4:  Discovery

[Goku’s POV]

     I stared down at the girl in my arms.  What the heck was she saying?  I mean, I couldn’t just forget about her… just like that.  Besides…  It felt as if… we… belonged together.  Like we were supposed to meet up in life.

      “Why should I forget you?”

      “Just promise me…” the girl pleaded silently with her eyes.

      “Okay…  I guess…  Only if you tell me your name and whatever you’ve been trying to hide from me.  And you don’t leave this bed until you’re better.” I said.

      “Fine…”  the girl muttered and pulled herself out of my arms and flopped back down on the bed.  She sighed heavily and stared up at the ceiling as if it was a gateway into another universe.  “My name is Heidi.  I’ve been running all my life, Goku.  Running from the darkness…”

      With each word, I saw a clear vision in my mind of Heidi’s life… 

     I had no one to turn to.  No one to run to.  I was alone.  Everyone that got too close to me usually ended up dead, whether I killed them, or I killed their heart and they killed themselves.

      “All?” I said.

      “All.” Heidi responded.

      Then Heidi stayed silent.  That couldn’t have been all of her story, could it?  Come on, I know she must have had a better life than that.  Well, in some places better.

      “Do you want to tell me any more?” I asked.

      “No…  I can’t tell you all in one shot…  It’s a long story to tell…  And…  There’s too much pain in it…” Heidi whispered. 

     “Well then, maybe you ought go back to sleep…” I said.

      “Yeah….” Heidi closed her eyes.

      I smiled as I watched Heidi for several more minutes.  I watched as her chest rose and fell.  And how innocent her face looked from a certain angle.  And I noticed her unruly black hair.  Odd.  Most humans don’t have locks of their hair sticking out at various places like mine.  In fact, her hair actually looked a bit like mine.  Was she… Saiyan?  Possible…

      I stood up and leaned over to look at her.  Yes…  She was Saiyan.  Most likely.  I smoothed back a lock of her hair and kissed her forehead.  Heidi…  She needed someone to care about her…  I don’t think I could just leave her like this…

      I walked out of the bedroom and went into the kitchen.  I sat down at the table and put my chin in my hands.  Sighing heavily, I began to think what life would now be like with Heidi around for a while.  After all, she did say that she had no one to turn to.

      “Dad?”  I looked up to see Gohan standing at the door to the kitchen in front of me.  “Something wrong?”

      “No…  Just thinking.” I said.

      “Thinking?  That’s a good one…” Gohan said with a little laugh and walked over to the refrigerator and pulled out a can of Coke.  Then he looked at me, for I was staring back at him.  “You’re not joking are you?”

      “No way, son…  Heidi…  There are things needed to be thought about for the future…” I said.  I turned back around and rested my chin again in my hands.

      “What do you mean by that?  She’s got someplace to stay, doesn’t she?” Gohan said and opened the coke that he started to drink from.

      “No Gohan.  She doesn’t have any place to go to.  No one.  No parents either.” I said sadly.

      Gohan spit some soda and some ran out of his nose.  “What??  That’s…  Not true is it?  I mean, she seemed—”

      “No, it’s true.” I cut my son off.  “She’s going to stay here for the time being.  Maybe if she has some relatives that actually cared about her, though I doubt it, we should send her there.  Otherwise, she’ll be staying here with us.”

      “Does that mean I have a big sister now?” 

     Goten was standing in the front doorway.

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