Fulfillment Saga (The Forgotten)

'Please note: This story contains graphic fights, and deaths may be horrifying. Characters will swear, sometimes severely. Sexual content is present, but has been censored/removed.'

The Reunion Saga is the fifth and final saga of Dragon Ball Z: The Forgotten. It takes place after the Reunion Saga. This saga chronicles the conclusion of the battle between the Z fighters and The Benefactor; as well, all other out-standing plot points are wrapped up.

Characters
For a complete list of characters in the Fulfillment Saga, please visit this page.

Theme Song
The theme song for this Saga is Paranoid Android by Radiohead.

Complete Dialogue
Many long years ago,

I went to the crack dealer

To shoot him and steal his

“goodies”.

Unfortunately the police came.

How ironic.

-KidVegeta

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<774 AGE>

















<THE CAMERA MOVES EVEN FARTHER BACK, SHOWING OFF THE EDGE OF THE TOWN, WHERE GOKU AND THE BENEFACTOR HAD BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THE SPIRIT BOMB IN THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER/SAGA>

<HALF OF THE TOWN IS COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED; THE GROUND IS IN A HUGE CRATER, SMOKING SLIGHTLY, AND FILLED WITH A DULL RED; SMOKE IS LIGHTLY COMING UP FROM IT ALL>

<THE BENEFACTOR WALKS INTO THE CITY, LAZILY; HE KEEPS HIS HAND HELD OUT AT THIS TIME>

<BELOW HIM, IN THE CITY, IN WHICH PILLARS OF SMOKE ARE RISING, THE SOUND AND SIGHT OF POLICE CARS ARE RACING TOWARD THE SCENE; THE BENEFACTOR JUMPS DOWN TO MEET THEM IN THE CITY; OTHER THAN THAT, THE CITY IS QUIET>

<CUT FROM WHITE>

<THIS IS A SLIGHT ECHOING IN THIS RECOLLECTION; IT SOUNDS AS IF THE SPEAKERS ARE UNDERWATER>

<VEGETA AND GOKU ARE STANDING NEXT TO EACH OTHER; GOKU IS IN SUPER SAIYAN 3; VEGETA IS BLOODIED; GOKU HAS HIS HAND ON VEGETA‘S SHOULDER; OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE COMMUNICATING TELEPATHICALLY>

<GOKU PERHAPS SAYS SOMETHING BUT IT IS NOT HEARD; VEGETA TURNS TO HIM, WIDE EYED>

<THE CAMERA MOVES AROUND, SHOWING THAT THIS IS A BRIEF MEMORY OF GOKU’S FROM THE FIGHT EARLIER; THE BENEFACTOR AND THE OTHER Z FIGHTERS ARE ALL STANDING>

Goku: <THE RINGING LESSENS SLIGHTLY AS GOKU CONTINUES>…. whatever that thing tells you to.

Vegeta: <SLYLY; IN TELEPATHY AS WELL> You’re always playing the hero, Kakarot. <INTERRPUTED BEFORE HE CAN CONTINUE>

Goku: It’s not like that, Vegeta. This could be the only way to beat him. And after Buu, I really don’t want to drag this one out.

Vegeta: Hmph, fine.

<SLOWLY THE TWO MOVE, FACING THE BENEFACTOR>

Goku: I think we can beat him by overloading his circuits.

Vegeta: <MUTED; TURNS BACK> That’s idiotic, Kakarot. There’s no way this thing is another android. We’ve already destroyed Gero’s freak shows.

Goku: <CONVINCED> He’s not alive, Vegeta. I can’t feel him.

Vegeta: <LOOKS OVER AT GOKU> N-not alive?!

Goku: I don’t think so. <LOOKS AWAY>

<PAUSE; LOOKS BACK>

Goku: Just buy some time, Vegeta. Keep him busy for as long as you can. I can work out something… if you can just get him out of here!

<GOKU LETS GO OF VEGETA AND WALKS FORWARD IN HIS FEIGN OF FIGHTING THE BENEFACTOR>

<THE RINGING COMES BACK; VEGETA LAUNCHES HIMSELF TO SOMEONE OFFSCREEN, OBVIOUSLY LEDAS>

<CUTS TO THE CITY; INSIDE CARDINAL’S OFFICE; THIS TAKES PLACE ABOUT 3 MINUTES BEFORE THE OPENING SEQUENCE OF THIS SAGA>

<SUDDENLY INTO VIEW, CARDINAL COMES AROUND A CORNER, IN RARE DISORDER; HE IS SPRINTING DOWN THE HALL>

<HE SKIDS AROUND A CORNER, INTO A DOOR; HE TRIES TO OPEN IT, BUT IT IS LOCKED>

Cardinal: <ALOUD> Damnit, Marissa!

<CARDINAL JIGGLES THE DOORNOB FOR SEVERAL MORE SECONDS, BUT THEN STOPS, STRAIGHTENING UP>

<BEHIND HIM SKIDS INTO VIEW LEDAS IN HIS EARTH CLOTHES; HE IS IN SUPER SAIYAN>

Ledas: <ANGRILY> Turn around, you old man!

Cardinal: Boy, let’s ta-

<LEDAS LETS OUT A YELL AND BRINGS UP A LIGHT BLUE ENERGY BLAST, SHINING SUDDENLY THROUGH THE BARELY LIT HALLS OF THE BUILDING; HE THROWS IT TO CARDINAL, AND IT CLIPS THE OLD MAN IN THE LEFT ARM; COMPLETELY RIPPING IT OFF AND IMMEDIATELY CAUTERIZING THE WOUND>

<THE BLAST GOES ON PAST CARDINAL, BREAKING THROUGH THE WALLS AND INTO THE STREET BEYOND; IT HITS A BUILDING, BLOWING IT UP AND SENDING THE BURNING AND DEAD BODIES OF SEVERAL HUMANS OUT; NONE OF THE CHARACTERS NOTICE THIS>

<BACK IN THE BUILDING, CARDINAL FALLS, TWISTING TO THE GROUND, YELLING SOFTLY; HE CONNECTS WITH THE WALL AND ROLLS OVER ONTO THE FLOOR, NOW BREATHING ERRATICALLY>

<LEDAS RUNS FORWARD AND JUMPS ONTO CARDINAL; HE RAISES HIS ARM OVER THEM BOTH, IN THREAT>

Ledas: You’re the one that took me and Ryori! <YELL> You jerk! Why did you do that?! You almost killed me!

<CARDINAL IS IN PAIN AND DOES NOT ANSWER>

Ledas: <PAUSE> Answer me! I’ll kill you, I’m not kidding.

Cardinal: <SLUMPS DOWN AND RELAXES A BIT; IN RESIGNATION> That is a fair… <IN PAIN> question. You… you would be wondering why I have been so invested in your origins… after… after…

<VEGETA ENTERS; SLOWLY>

Cardinal: <SEES VEGETA, STOPS AND DIRECTS HIS VOICE TO THE SAIYAN PRINCE; IN ABSOLUTE SHOCK> It was you! You and the bald one. I remember that day! <HE CRAWLS BACK A BIT>

Vegeta: <BORED> What’s that?

Cardinal: <SOMEWHAT DISTRESSED> I-I was in East city… that day… you and him… killed all those people. November third, ’62! How are you here now?!

Vegeta: <TO HIMSELF> Hmph. Nappa was always too impulsive.

<LEDAS IS CONFUSED BY THIS; HE COCKS HIS HEAD TOWARD VEGETA>

Ledas: Vegeta? What do you mean?

<BUT AT THIS TIME, VEGETA TURNS AROUND HIMSELF; SENSING GOKU’S POWER DROP>

<SUDDENLY A POWERFUL WIND COMES ROARING INTO THE CITY; IT SLAMS INTO CARDINAL’S BUILDING AND BRINGS IT INTO RUIN; LEDAS IS THROWN FROM CARDINAL; CARDINAL IS COVERED IN DEBRIS; VEGETA REMAINS STANDING, BACK TURNED TO THEM>

Vegeta: <TURNS BACK, AGITATED> Kakarot‘s plan didn‘t work. <HE DROPS DOWN TO A POSE; INTO SUPER SAIYAN 2; TALKING FASTER> We have to fight it without him. The Namekian and Android are too weak… <HE SIGHS, ALMOST NOT WANTING TO GO ON, BUT HE DOES ANYWAYS; TO LEDAS> Y-you… can go Super Saiyan?

<LEDAS IS SURPRISED BY VEGETA SUDDENLY TAKING NOTICE OF HIM; HE NODS AND GOES SUPER SAIYAN 1 IN THE SAME MOTION; HE STANDS UP AND TURNS TO FACE TO CAMERA, TO SOME UNSEEN THING>

<AWAY FROM THIS, BUT IN THE SAME CITY, PICCOLO, ANDROID 18, AND KRILLIN LAND WITH TIEN, CHIAOTZU, YAMCHA, AND GOHAN (NOT SHOWN, BUT ASSUMED TO BE THERE); THEY ARE IN FRONT OF A HOSPITAL>

<ALL RUN INSIDE; AND AFTER A BRIEF SCENE, WHICH IS PROLLY TOO BORING TO GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT, THE DAMAGED Z FIGHTERS ARE PUT INTO ROOMS TO BE TREATED>

<PICCOLO, ANDROID 18, AND KRILLIN COME BACK OUTSIDE, THEY SEE THE WIND COME INTO THE TOWN AND LIKE A TSUNAMI, IT DEMOLISHES PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE HOSPITAL; THE HOSPITAL IS ON A HILL, SO IT IS NOT STRUCK BY THE WAVE OF ENERGY>

Krillin: Did… did anyone else see that?!

<PICCOLO AND ANDROID 18 ARE SILENT FOR A MOMENT>

Android 18: That was an impressive blast. What do you think, was it Goku’s work?

Piccolo: No, Goku‘s power just disappeared! <ANGRY GROWL> He’s taking them out one at a time. Tien, Yamcha, Gohan…

Krillin: But Piccolo, if Goku couldn’t beat him, what chance do we have?

Piccolo: <STARES OFF FOR A MOMENT BEFORE ANSWERING> We have one more option. The dragon balls.

Android 18: The dragon balls? What wish could we use?

<ZOOM OUT FROM PICCOLO; NOT SMILING>

<CUT, SCENE OF BENEFACTOR>

<THE BENEFACTOR WALKS DOWN THE MAINSTREET OF THE TOWN; RUBBLE IS ALL AROUND; HE COMES UP ON THE HUGE CRATER LEFT BY THE SPIRIT BOMB, AND WALKS DOWN ONE OF THE CRACKED OFFSHOOTS FROM IT; THE CRACK IS PULLED UP FROM THE STREET AND SHOWS OFF AN UNDERGROUND AREA BELOW; THERE IS NO SIGN OF ANYTHING BUT DARKNESS WITHIN IT>

<HE FOLLOWS IT DOWN THE ROAD FOR SOME TIME, UNTIL HE ROUNDS A CORNER AND STOPS; AT THIS HE TURNS ALL HIS ATTENTION TO THE CRACK, NOW ALMOST A CANYON; IT IS DARK INSIDE IT; THE BENEFACTOR PICKS UP A PIECE OF RUBBLE, AND THROWS IT DOWN INTO IT; HE WAITS FOR A FEW SECONDS AND HEARS IT CLINK AGAINST THE GROUND; A METAL CLINK; THIS PIQUES HIS INTEREST>

<HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME, THE POLICE CARS ROAR UP BEHIND THE BENEFACTOR; THEY AT FIRST DO NOT NOTICE HIM; THEY BEGIN TO DIG THROUGH THE RUBBLE FOR SIGNS OF LIFE>

<FIRE TRUCKS AND AMBULANCES SHOW UP TOO, AND NOW EVERYONE IS BUSY TRYING TO FIND SURVIVORS IN THE DAMAGED PART OF THE CITY>

<A POLICEMAN NOTICES THE BENEFACTOR>

Policeman 1: Hey! Over there, chief! There’s someone there! <HE POINTS TO THE BENEFACTOR>

Police Chief Nagamo: <COMES AROUND THE CORNER> What? A survivor…? Quickly men, see if he needs help!

Policeman 1: I don’t know sir, h-he looks fine.

Police Chief Nagamo: Let’s not make assumptions. Come on men!

<NAGAMO AND A FEW POLICEMEN APPROACH THE BENEFACTOR; THEY SEE HE IS TALLER THAN A HUMAN; AS THEY APPROACH, HE SHIFTS HIS TAIL, WHICH MOVES AND BECOMES VISIBLE TO THEM>

<THEY ALL JUMP BACK, AGHAST BY THIS; ONE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS HAD HIS HAND ON THE BENEFACTOR‘S SHOULDER, BUT HE SCREAMS AND RUNS BACK TO THE REST OF THEM>

Police Chief Nagamo: <ON APPROACH> H-hello?! Who are you? Are you hurt?

<THE ALIEN REMAINS SILENT; AGITATION RISES IN THE POLICE FORCES>

Policeman 2: Hey! Answer the chief!

Policeman 1: Yeah, who do you think you are, some kind of punk?!

<THE BENEFACTOR DOES NOT ANSWER HIM; INSTEAD HE REACHES HIS FINGER BEHIND HIM AND SHOOTS THE POLICE OFFICER, IN THE HEAD, WHO HAD GRABBED HIS SHOULDER BEFORE; THE BLAST SHOOTS THROUGH HIM AND BLOWS UP A FEW CARS AND PEOPLE BEHIND HIM>

<THE POLICE OFFICER IS KILLED BY THIS BLAST>

The Benefactor: This energy will take some getting used to… from his spirit bomb, eh? <HE WAVES HIS FINGERS ABOUT>

Police Chief Nagamo: What the hell?! <PIVOTING HIS HEAD AROUND TO LOOK BACK AT THE CARNAGE> How dare you kill my men; there was no need for that. Unless… yes! You have to be the that destroyed this place! Men, take him down!

<NAGAMO, MAKING ASSUMPTIONS NOW, AND THE OTHERS OPEN FIRE AT THE BENEFACTOR, BUT THE LATTER IS PREOCCUPIED; INSTEAD, HE JUMPS DOWN INTO THE DARK CRACK THAT WAS RIPPED UP FROM THE GROUND>

<THE CAMERA FOLLOWS THE BENEFACTOR INTO THIS DARKNESS AND FADES OUT AS HE DOES>

New Plan
<PAN UP; BLACK>

<THE AREA THAT THE BENEFACTOR JUMPED DOWN IN THE LAST CHAPTER IS SEEN; SUDDENLY, A BLACK SHAPE COMES SHOOTING UP FROM THE CRATER IN THE GROUND>

<SEMI-SLOW MOTION; FROM BEHIND VEGETA‘S SHOULDER, DOWN THE STREET>

Ledas: Ve-vegeta… what is it?

<TWO EXPLOSIONS GO OFF IN QUICK SUCCESSION; SCREEN COMES UP>

<VEGETA AND LEDAS BOTH FALL BACK AT THIS>

<THE CAMERA SWITCHES OVER TO A DIFFERENT SCENE OF THE CITY; IT SHOWS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE DEAD BODY OF NAGAMO AND THE POLICE, POSITIONED OVER A SMALL, BLOWN OUT WALL; GOKU IS SHOWN AS WELL, LAYING IN A FAR OFF STREET, FACE DOWN; HE IS NOT MOVING; THE AREA IS SMOKING, AS IF THIS JUST HAPPENED, SECONDS BEFORE>

<THE CITY IS ENTIRELY QUIET NOW; AFTER THOSE TWO BLASTS BEFORE, IT CAN BE ASSUMED THAT EVERYONE IN THE VICINITY, SAVE FOR THOSE IN CARDINAL’S BUILDINGS>

<THE SCREEN FADES IN TO THE NEXT SCENE, SHOWING FROM BEFORE, LEDAS AND VEGETA STANDING IN A BUNCH OF RUBBLE; CARDINAL IS IN THE CORNER, BUT HE IS NOT MOVING>

<THE BLACK FLASH FROM BEFORE COMES OVER THE SCREEN AGAIN AND IT SLOWS DOWN ENOUGH TO SHOW IT IS THE BENEFACTOR; HE COMES INTO VIEW, KICKING LEDAS UP UNDER THE SHIN WITH HIS BOOT; LEDAS FALLS BACK, BLEEDING SLIGHTLY>

<VEGETA, STILL IN SUPER SAIYAN 2, LETS OFF AN ENERGY BLAST, BUT THE BENEFACTOR DOESN’T FEEL IT; HE KICKS THE GROUND AND SENDS A BRICK FLYING INTO VEGETA’S KNEE; VEGETA HUNCHES OVER AND BEFORE HE CAN RECOVER, THE BENEFACTOR AND LEDAS ARE GONE>

<JUST AT THIS TIME, GOTEN AND TRUNKS LIMP THROUGH THE DOOR AND RUN INTO VEGETA; THEY BOTH TRIP OVER HIM>

<THIS OBVIOUSLY PREVENTS VEGETA FROM GOING AFTER THE TWO>

<SCREEN ZOOMS OUT; ON A LONG STREET, COVERED IN DESTRUCTION; THE BENEFACTOR WALKS DOWN IT, DRAGGING LEDAS BY HIS TAIL, BEHIND; THE BENEFACTOR IS WEARING A GLOVE ON HIS HAND THAT HE IS PULLING LEDAS WITH, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN SEEN ON HIM BEFORE>

The Benefactor: <DISTANTLY; TO NOTHING IN PARTICULAR> I don’t care if it hurts.

<HE SWINGS LEDAS UP AND OVER HIS SHOULDER AND THROWS HIM DOWN INTO THE CRACK IN THE GROUND THAT HE HAD DESCENDED INTO BEFORE>

<AROUND THIS AREA ARE THE DESTROYED REMNANTS OF SEVERAL POLICE VEHICLES, AND MANY BODIES; IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE BENEFACTOR, UPON COMING BACK UP FROM THAT MYSTERIOUS UNDERGROUND PLACE BEFORE KILLED NAGAMO AND HIS MEN BEFORE SNATCHING LEDAS>

<THE BENEFACTOR DIVES INTO THE AREA AFTER LEDAS>

<ACT II/BREAK>

<PICCOLO, 18, AND KRILLIN ARE ALL IN THE AIR, FLYING; PICCOLO IS SPEAKING>

Krillin: Hey Piccolo… how are we supposed to find any of the Dragon Balls? We don’t even have the Dragon radar.

Piccolo: <OVER KRILLIN; IGNORING HIM> Android 18!

Android 18: <FLYING BEHIND, ANNOYED> What?!

Piccolo: What does your tracker say? Are we close?

Android 18: <STOPS, PUTS A FINGER ON HER TEMPLE> There’s two. One to the southeast and o-

Krillin: A radar in your head!? Wow baby, I didn’t know you had one of those fancy gizmos…

Android 18: <CONTINUES WITHOUT BREAK; ALSO IGNORING KRILLIN> One in the southeast by the swamp. There’s another in those mountains up there <POINTS>.

Piccolo: It will be faster if we split up. <GROWL>I’ll get that one… <MOTIONS TO THE SWAMP> you two get the other. Got it? <TO 18> We need to meet back up after we get them.

Krillin: <CHIPPER> Got it, Piccolo!

Android 18: <BATS HER HAIR AWAY; SLOWLY, STRESSED ON EACH WORD> Come on, let‘s go.

<PICCOLO SHOOTS OFF, BACK DOWN IN THE DIRECTION TO THE RIGHT; 18 AND KRILLIN AIR DASH OFF TO THE LEFT, AND UP TO SOME MOUNTAINS BEYOND>

<SCENE CHANGE>

<LEDAS IS LAYING ON A METAL TABLE IN A DARK ROOM; HE WAKES UP AND SITS UP, LOOKING AROUND>

<THE ROOM IS LARGE, INDEED LEDAS CANNOT SEE THE WALLS ON ANY SIDE; BESIDES HIS TABLE, THERE IS NO SIGN OF ANYTHING ELSE>

<LEDAS IS IN ONLY A TEE SHIRT AND PANTS; HE RANDOMLY HAS SOCKS ON TOO, FOR NO REASON; HIS OTHER CLOTHES ARE NOT ANYWHERE TO BE SEEN>

Ledas: <SITS UP ON THE TABLE> Hello?! <THIS ECHOES IN THE LARGE ROOM> HELLO?!?!

The Benefactor: <QUIETLY> Hey.

<LEDAS TURNS AROUND, JUMPING IN FRIGHT AND FALLS OFF THE TABLE; THE BENEFACTOR IS SITTING ON THE OTHER EDGE OF IT, NOT FACING HIM; IN HIS HAND IS HIS KNIFE; THE BENEFACTOR IS RUNNING HIS HAND UP AND DOWN THE BLADE OF IT; HE CONTINUES THIS EVEN WHEN HE TALKS>

Ledas: You… again! <IN FRIGHT STILL> Why’d you bring me here?

The Benefactor: Sit back down.

Ledas: <GETS UP AND MOVES AWAY> Lemme go, idiot I don’t want to be here!

The Benefactor: Sit down.

Ledas: <BELLOW> You’re not my dad!

The Benefactor: No, but I killed him.

<THE BENEFACTOR REACHES OUT HIS HAND AND LIFTS UP LEDAS WITH HIS KI, HE FORCEFULLY BRINGS LEDAS BACK TO SIT DOWN ON THE TABLE; LEDAS LETS OUT A SCOWL OF PAIN, BUT DOES NOT TRY TO GET UP AGAIN>

<THERE IS SILENCE FOR SEVERAL MOMENTS>

Ledas: <TURNS HIS HEAD TO THE BENEFACTOR> I’m cold. <SHIVERS> I-I want my clothes back. Please, I don’t even know you.

The Benefactor: You don’t know me. Why’s that? Why don’t you remember me?

Ledas: Oh, uh… I… uh… <LOOKS AWAY>

The Benefactor: My task was you, so much as Frieza took to the other. He had the prince, but I am content to lesser blood.

Ledas: Hey, you’re not answering…

The Benefactor: Why I followed you? Why do you think? <THE BENEFACTOR LIFTS UP HIS SLEEVE REVEALING HIS ARM> Look! Momma always said no wound was forever.

<THE BENEFACTOR STANDS UP AND LUNGES INTO LEDAS, CRASHING HIM AGAINST THE METAL TABLE; HE TAKES HIS KNIFE OUT; HE HOLDS LEDAS DOWN WITH HIS LEFT HAND AS HE KEEPS THE KNIFE IN HIS RIGHT>

<THE BENEFACTOR BRINGS DOWN THE KNIFE ONTO LEDAS, WHO HOLDS UP HIS OWN HAND TO SHIELD AGAINST THE BLOW; THE KNIFE PENETRATES INTO HIS FOREARM; LEDAS YELLS OUT, WITH HIS TEETH CLENCHED, BUT CANNOT BREAK FREE; THE BENEFACTOR SLICES THE KNIFE DOWN HIS ENTIRE ARM, TO HIS ELBOW, THEN LETS UP>

The Benefactor: <QUIETLY, BELOW LEDAS’ SCREAMING> Jackals and vultures, they asked us; <MOCK; HE CONTINUES TO CUT> and what would you like to be when you grow up, and what would you like to do when you‘re older? The others answered easily, groomed by tradition and mirrors; they knew truth.

<THE ALIEN FLIPS AROUND HIS KNIFE AND SLICES BACK UP THE OTHER WAY, WIDENING LEDAS’ WOUND>

The Benefactor: They still questioned me, as if they could not live without an answer. <PAUSE, COVERED IN BLOOD> ‘I want alone’, I would say. ‘I want alone.’ I had no false grins to give, they did not understand that. Mommy could hide in the closet and cut her arms in little triangles; nobodies knows, that makes it all right.

<THE BENEFACTOR LETS GO OF LEDAS; INSTEAD OF CONTINUING, HE SWIFTLY TURNS AND FLIES, WITH GREAT SPEED, OUT TO A FAR DOOR AGAINST THE WALL; HE EXITS WITHOUT WORD>

<LEDAS LAYS ON THE TABLE UNMOVING; HE LAYS HIS ARMS DOWN, WITH HIS LEFT STILL BLEEDING>

<AFTER A GOOD DEAL OF TIME, HE SITS UP AND SLIDES OFF THE TABLE; HE IS STILL COVERED IN BLOOD, MOSTLY DRIED; HIS WOUND IS STILL OPEN, FROM HIS WRIST TO HIS ELBOW; IT IS NOT BLEEDING OUT>

<LEDAS WALKS AWAY FROM THE TABLE; THERE IS NO LIGHT BESIDES ONE ABOVE THAT TABLE; SO LEDAS WALKS WITH HIS HAND EXTENDED WITH KI BLAST LIGHTING HIS WAY>

<HE EVENTUALLY FINDS A DOOR; ETCHED ACROSS THE FRONT OF IT IN FADED RED PAINT IS A SIGN, WITH TWO WHITE R LETTERS PASTED ON TOP>

<LEDAS PUSHES ON THE DOOR TO OPEN IT BUT IT DOES NOT BUDGE; HE TRIES THIS TWO MORE TIMES, BUT NOTHING HAPPENS; IMPATIEN WITH THE LACK OF PLOT DEVELOPMENT, HE STEPS BACK AND BLASTS THE DOOR DOWN WITH A KI BEAM>

<LEDAS MOVES FORWARD INTO THIS NEW DARKNESS>

<HE WALKS DOWN THE HALLS, THEY ARE METAL AND PLAIN, THE GROUND IS ALSO A DARK STONE; LEDAS WALKS AROUND THE CORNER INTO A NEW CORRIDOR>

<THERE ARE MANY DOORS ON EACH SIDE OF IT; EVERY ONE OF THEM IS OPEN AND ABANDONED; LEDAS SHINES HIS “KI LIGHT” INTO THEM TO LOOK AND SEES THEY ARE INDEED JUST REGULAR ROOMS, WITH TABLES>

<HOWEVER, THESE ROOMS ARE NOT IN ORDER, INDEED THEY ARE IN TOTAL DISREPAIR AND RUIN; AS IF A GREAT FIGHT TOOK PLACE IN ALL OF THEM>

<LEDAS DOES NOT STAY LONG, AND INSTEAD MOVES DOWN TO THE NEXT HALLWAY>

Unknown Voice: <COMING FROM UP AHEAD; THERE IS A DOOR CRACKED AND A LIGHT COMING FROM IT; THE VOICE IS ALSO COMING FROM IN IT> I don’t want to talk; I want him to stop. I don’t want to talk; I want him to stop. <LOWERS IN VOICE> I don’t want to talk; I want him to stop.

<THE VOICE STOPS>

<LEDAS STOPS TOO; HE WAS LISTENING THIS WHOLE TIME AND HAD BEEN CREEPING FORWARD; BUT NOW IN THE SILENCE HE IS MOTIONLESS>

<THERE IS SILENCE FOR SOME TIME, AND LEDAS DOES NOT MOVE; HE HOLDS HIS BREATH>

<INSIDE THE ROOM UP AHEAD, SOMETHING FALLS AND CRASHES LIKE GLASS BREAKING; THERE IS A FUMBLING AND THEN SILENCE ONCE AGAIN>

<LEDAS TIP TOES UP TO THE DOOR, AND GRABS ONTO THE WALL; HE GOES INTO THE MOTION OF LOOKING AROUND IN, BUT IS STOPPED>

<SUDDENLY THE VOICE SOUNDS OUT AGAIN, IN A WHISPER BEHIND LEDAS’ NECK>

Unknown Voice: I don’t want to talk; I want him to stop.

<CUTS TO THE OUTSIDE; THE BENEFACTOR LANDS IN AN AREA; IT IS A SWAMP; HE WALKS UP TO A TREE AND CLIMBS UP IT, INEXPLICABLY>

<HE WAITS IN THE TREES>

<JUST AT THIS TIME PICCOLO FLIES INTO THE SCREEN; THE CAMERA FOLLOWS FROM OVER HIS SHOULDER LOOKING DOWN AND LANDS WITH HIM INTO THE MUD>

<HE DESCENDS INTO THE SWAMP AND PUTS HIS HAND DOWN INTO THE WATER, OBVIOUSLY FEELING AROUND FOR SOMETHING>

<UP ABOVE HIM, IN A TREE, THE BENEFACTOR PUTS EACH OF HIS HANDS BACK AND READIES A DARK KI BLAST IN EACH>

<PICCOLO DOES NOT NOTICE AT FIRST, AND CONTINUES TO FONDLE THE GENTLE WATER>

<HE GRABS ONTO SOMETHING; AS SOON AS HE DOES, HE BECOMES AWARE OF HIS SURROUNDINGS AND TENSES HIS SHOULDERS>

<HE LETS OUT A SIGH AND DROPS THE DRAGON BALL FROM HIS HAND, WHICH IS STILL UNDERWATER; ALMOST UNWILLINGLY, HE TURNS AROUND, AND INTO A FIGHTING POSE>

<TO BLACK; ONE-BEAT>

Trivia

 * Cardinal's backstory, as revealed in this saga, was originally going to be a Legacies episode. However, that idea was scrapped, as it was not substantive enough to be its own story.
 * This is the only saga that I did not do any prewriting (plotwise) for.