Please, sorry for waiting so long for this part ...




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I only had one chance ... I had to run ... as fast as I could and faster than I had ever done in my life. The next moment I ran for my life ... and I think ... if my former PE teacher could have seen me ... he would have been quite proud of me ... But that really didn't help me at that moment. When I turned around for the first time after a few meters and couldn't see the nasty wolves anywhere, I stopped. "Ha ha! What lame critters! I guess I hung them up!" I thought, but without wondering in the least how easy it was to escape.I decided to walk the rest of the way at a comfortable pace when suddenly ...


"GRRRRRRRRRR ....." I couldn't believe my eyes. In front of me were actually the same wolves as just now and not only that ... they had two of their friends with them ...


"Now ... now there are five of these monsters !!! How ... how did they do that ???"


Again I started running ... and again ran my soul out of my body. My heart was beating so hard that it almost started to hurt and to make matters worse, I also had incredibly violent side stitches ...


I felt how close the beasts had come to me in the meantime and now gave everything to get away with healthy skin ... Suddenly one of them was even right behind me and snapped doggedly at one of my legs. Nothing could really help me now, I thought, and shouted desperately for help. The first name that came to mind in my rampant panic was ...

"PICCOLO !!!! HELP ME !!! PICCOLO !!!!!"


And out of the blue I lost the ground under my feet in the next moment and kicked around wildly in the air. Only my right shoe had gotten it and to my infinite relief I could just see how one of the wolves angrily chewed on it ...


So Piccolo had saved me from certain death at the very last minute.


"Phew ... thank you Piccolo ... that was really damn close ..." I sighed and let my arms and legs dangle in the air, exhausted.


"Are you satisfied with me too?" said my savior suddenly and his voice did not deny who it was. Startled, I turned around and looked into a face that had become more and more familiar to me over time.


"VEGETA ??? What are you doing here ????" I yelled indignantly at him, but without really having had the chance to be angry with the Saiyan prince.


"What am I doing here?It looks like I just saved your life, didn't I? "He replied proudly and loosened his grip under my arms, which was also the reason why I couldn't see and recognize him immediately, and from now on carried me in a way which had been much more comfortable for me.


"How did you know where I am?" I asked astonished, still completely surprised at my extraordinary rescue.


"Ever heard of auras? And besides ..."


"Besides what?"


"Also, I've been watching you play with the dogs for quite a while ..." Vegeta added cheekily and I had great effort to control myself not to immediately give him a resounding slap ... because at least I had him owe my life.


"You have what ??? dogs ??? They would have torn me apart like nothing !!! I was scared to death !!! And you just let me run for my life down there like a madwoman ???"I was beside myself with anger. How could he calmly watch me as I was about to be torn apart by a couple of wolves?


"Now do it halfway. I had the situation completely under control and of course nothing would have happened to you!" he spoke almost imploringly and was inevitably ridiculing me. But I just couldn't be angry with him and so I let the matter rest for the time being.


"And what about my shoe ??? I'll charge you for it, my dear!"


"Just do what you like." the prince replied and I could see from his face how busy he was not to break out into roaring laughter.


After we had flown aimlessly across cities, fields and small forests for a long time, the lazy feeling of tiredness crept over me and I finally asked Vegeta to take me back to Dende's palace."I really have to talk to Piccolo again, you understand? I was mean to him ..." I added and felt like my painfully guilty conscience was bothering me at the thought.


The next moment there was such an icy silence between Vegeta and me as I had never experienced it before. "I don't want to worry you, but ..."


"But what??" I urged the Saiyajin to finish the sentence he had just begun, but my insides made me understand that I shouldn't have wanted to hear the rest of the sentence.


"I can't feel his aura ..."


"I beg your pardon? What does that mean ???" I asked excitedly even though I knew very well that there couldn't be too many possible explanations for it.


"Either he purposely deleted his aura or ..." Vegeta paused ...


"Or something terrible happened to him!" I ended the prince's words prematurely and felt my throat tighten more and more."Oh no ... Piccolo ... I hope he didn't do anything stupid ..." I worried about the big Namek and clenched my hands into fists.


Vegeta, who had forcibly noticed my increased tension, spoke gently to me. "Don't worry ... I'm sure he's fine and you'll see him again soon!" But his words didn't offend me.


"It's all my fault if something happened to him. I would never forgive myself!"


How could I have been so harsh towards him? It was already hard enough for him and now I had sprinkled salt on his wounds on top of everything else.


"I'm really stupid!" I rebuked myself and clenched my teeth as hard as I could. "I see it differently ..." I suddenly heard the Saiyajin prince say and looked at him in amazement. But before I had the opportunity to answer his testimony, he assured me that we would find Piccolo."Trust me." were his last words before he really picked up the flight speed in the next moment and I had great difficulty finding a stop anywhere. At that moment I was almost infinitely happy about Vegeta's assured help, but unfortunately this did not reduce my uneasy feeling about Piccolo's well-being ...


For once, Vegeta and I agreed to fly back to the Palace of God to try to find out more about Piccolo's current whereabouts. As soon as we landed on the platform a little later, I stormed into the palace, as if it were a matter of life and death, which it might have been about, and burst into Dende's room without forewarning. Fortunately, I found him there promptly.


"Hi Daria!" As usual, the young god greeted me in a very friendly manner and seemed almost not at all surprised by my hectic pace and tension.

"Where ... where is Piccolo ?!" I asked completely out of breath and had to support myself with one arm on the wall, as I suddenly had great difficulty keeping myself on my feet.


"Tell me something is wrong? You are completely exhausted!" Dende eyed me and was actually right. I didn't feel at all comfortable in my skin ...


Shortly after Vegeta and I made our way to the Palace of God, I noticed how difficult it was for me to take regular breaths from time to time. I dismissed this as a harmless symptom of fatigue and after a few minutes my condition seemed to have returned to normal. But now ... just then, I felt like I had just competed in a long, tough marathon.


"No ... no time for explanations ... Tell me where ... where Piccolo is!" I gasped for air almost desperately and couldn't prevent myself from sinking to the ground for a brief moment and repeating that Had to wipe sweat from my forehead.

"I'm sorry ... but I don't know where Piccolo is. I thought he was with you?" were the words of the little Namek, which immediately burned themselves into my soul like brand marks.


"I was surprised when he suddenly deleted his aura earlier! ..." Dende continued and looked up at me questioningly.


"Are you sure he deleted it?" I asked, hoping for positive feedback.


"Yes ... why should she just disappear like that?" Even in Dende's voice, a fearful tremor could no longer be ignored.








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