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Chapter Five - Planet's End

A hard, sharp kick to her stomach jerked Chi back into consciousness. "Wake up gaki, your master has something to show you," a harsh voice commanded roughly. Chi sat up and blinked a few times to get her eyes to focus while one hand rubbed her bruised and swollen jaw. "Huh? Master�something to show me? What the heck are you talking about?"

"Come on! When dealing with the mighty Frieza it�s best not to keep him waiting. He has a�short temper at best." The speaker said, hauling her to her feet roughly by the collar of her shirt.
Chi could see clearly now and she recognised the person who had kicked her as the man who�d killed her father. Her expression became cold and she marched beside him in silence down the long, dark metallic hallway. She couldn�t help but notice that she felt much lighter than usual and puzzled at that in the back of her mind all through the long trek through the maze of dimly-lit, twisting, turning passages.
They eventually came to a set of double doors that slid aside with a hiss at their approach. This room was brightly lit and dominated by a thick window of plasglass looking out into�space! So that�s why I feel so much lighter Chielle realised. I�m out in space�and there! That�s Terrasei�wow, it looks so different from up here�so beautiful�almost serene.

Chielle tore her gaze away from the window and stopped musing long enough to take a good look around the room. Men sat at consoles alive with blinking lights and messages, and the room was filled with the squawking of two-way intercoms, shouted orders and attention buzzers. This was truly the heart of the entire ship and Chi stood there as the noise and movement went on all around her, her mouth hanging open slightly as she was more than a little overwhelmed by the whole commotion.
Someone tapped her shoulder and Chi snapped out of her bewilderment and looked up at Zarbon. "Stop catching flies and go stand over there out of the way," he ordered, pointing at a spot right next to the giant window into space. Chielle briefly tossed around the idea of disobeying but thought better of it and did as she was told, moving to go and stand next to the plasglass. It was cool to the touch when Chi rested her hands lightly upon it, staring thoughtfully at Terrasei and wondering vaguely whether or not anyone had survived the massacre that had occurred, wondering if even now there were groups of people hiding in the caverns near the main township.
"She�s here mighty Frieza" Zarbon said into a headset, carefully watching the girl who was staring into space, lost in the mystery of her own thoughts. "We�re ready for the show!"
The space around Terrasei glowed a furious red and Chielle frowned and pushed her face fully to the glass in an effort to better see what was going on. Later, she wished she hadn�t. Chi blinked as she saw Frieza and gasped as she saw the ball of seething energy above his head, knowing without any idea how she did it, what the tyrant fully intended to do. She saw him turn his face towards her and she saw his malicious smirk further confirm his evil purpose. Chi took a step backwards, away from the window, and away from Frieza�s smug expression, bumping into two men who had moved up behind her while she had been staring into space. They each placed a heavy hand on her shoulders and pushed her back to her previous position.
Helpless, Chi watched, her heart in her throat as Frieza�s smile broadened and he launched the energy ball at Terrasei. Time seemed suspended, happening only in disjointed bits and pieces. The only sounds Chielle could hear were the pounding of her heart and her own shallow breathing, all other sounds subdued to an almost inaudible frequency. She drew in a deep breath as the energy ball hit Terrasei but for a split second, nothing happened. Then the planet itself seemed to convulse as Frieza�s attack breached its core. Fountains of magma and molten rock spewed forth from the planet�s crust as building pressure destroyed the planet from the inside out. Then with a roar, like a tidal wave pounding itself into oblivion upon an unprotected shore, time flowed normally again, and all the sounds that had been previously muted came crashing in on her, with their previous volume�and then some, the sound thundering in her ears at an almost deafening level.
"NO!" Chi gagged slightly, unaware that the blood-curdling scream that echoed faintly in her ears below the noise of the control room had been her own. She tried vainly to turn away from the sight in front of her but the men standing beside her tightened their grips coldly, painfully on her shoulders, restraining her and making it impossible for her to escape witnessing Frieza�s deed. So she forced back the emotions that threatened to choke her, the emotions crushing her chest and stood proud and strong at the window, refusing to close her eyes, refusing to look away. She owed it to the millions of people who had just had their lives unfairly stolen from them, owed it to her parents for their deaths and she owed it to herself because, of all the people on Terrasei she still lived. She still lived to witness the destruction of her beautiful home world, to witness�and remember.
Thus it was that Chi stood by and watched the destruction of her home. The destruction of everything that she had ever known, ever loved - all obliterated in an instant. Thus it was that Chielle stood where she was until the light from Terrasei�s destruction had faded and the debris floated away to be lost amongst the stars. Only then did the two men drop their hands from her shoulders and left to resume their normal duties. With an almost primal roar, Chi struck the reinforced glass with all her might, aiming to shatter it and let herself get sucked out into the airless void beyond, so that she might join her family and friends in the blessed void of oblivion. But for all the strength she possessed, for all the power she threw at the plasglass, she left no mark and the surface stood as unwavering as a fortress.
Death was denied her.
So silently Chi vowed to herself that Terrasei�s destruction would never be forgotten and would not go unavenged, she promised it fervently inside the deepest parts of her mind as her hands curled into tight fists against the window as she gasped for air, her chest heaving with the intensity of her emotions. But despite the fact that her heart felt like it was being torn to pieces within her chest�she couldn�t shed a single tear. With a choked sob, Chi finally turned away from the window and staggered towards the exit, slowing when she saw that Zarbon stood in her path, scowling down at her.
"How is it that you have just witnessed the destruction of your entire life and not shed a single tear?" he demanded of her peering at her suspiciously. Chielle looked at him and shrugged indifferently not wanting him to know how much she was hurting inside, how much she loathed life at that moment in time � and how much she secretly longed for death.

"What�s the use in crying?" She finally answered in a cold tone that surprised even her. "Will tears bring back the planet? Will tears restore the life of my family and friends? Will tears undo what has been done? No, so there�s no point in crying over what cannot be changed." But Chielle knew her words to be a lie and as she pushed past him she felt hot tears finally fill her eyes and overflow, winding their way down her cheeks, despite her desperate efforts to hold them back. She folded her arms tightly across her chest but realised the folly of this action as one of her broken ribs bit deeply into her chest. Her eyes widened as fiery pain shot through her chest and she doubled over in an attempt to alleviate the pressure on her lungs. But that turned out to be an even bigger mistake as the broken rib pushed ruthlessly deeper, causing the girl to cough up a bit of blood; swaying unsteadily on her feet as the pain finally pushed her over the edge into the blessed nothingness of unconsciousness.
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