Chapter Thirty Four (interlude)

Having nothing to do while waiting for the mysterious aliens call Elena sighed and turned towards Erics flatmates... well, former flatmates. "Do you guys still do drugs?"

"Are you kidding?" Sam asks her while he fakes being offended. "I tried shrooms before and they didn't give me as much of a mindfuck as Eric in the past couple weeks.

Seriously! We turn our backs and he shows up with Angels, Gods, Aliens and now fukkin' demons! Oh... and by the way, God is a cat. A big fat cat... allegedly." He turns towards Domi who just nods in confirmation.

"Yeap. Imagine a man sized, overweight purple cat like Barney the dinosaur. Except it looks like a man wearing the most expensive fursuit in the world. And apparently he's god."

Not knowing if they are just fucking with her or if she's supposed to take all that at face value she returns to the strange device which her brother left and sighs once more. But to her shock the thing does begin to ring and she quickly picks it up.

"Let's see... there is only one button so... fingers crossed." *Beep* "Hello?"

"Hey Eric. I'm done meeting with the president-" But Cabba quickly stops as he realizes something's amiss. "Heeeey... who's this?"

"Erm... it's me, Elena. I'm Erics sister."

"His WHA-" Cabbas voice cracks.

*ahem* "I mean, nice to meet you Elena.

Now please, could you tell me how Erics scouter got to you? Did he forget it?"

"N-No... He uh- He gave it to me. I'd erm... really like to go to space and he told me you can help."

The alien on the other end of the line sighed with disbelief. "I see now. So this is what he wanted? I'm sorry, I know this means a whole lot to you but I'm not really-"

"Also he said if you don't do it he'll tell the Princess."

"W-What Princess? Hahahahaha! Silly girl! Th-There are no princesses in space, that's crazy!" Cabba chuckles nervously.

"Both..."

The boy on the other end of the call falls silent. "I'll be there in five minutes."

True to his word the alien did show up in record time with an honest to god space ship floating in the sky. It landed neatly in the middle of the nearby park and Elena quickly rushed to it. "Sorry for dragging you out-"

She said as she extended her hand. "I'm Elena Asulf by the way! Nice to meet you erm-"

"Cabba."

"No last name?"

"What's a last name?"

"Oh..." She reeled back a bit in surprise and started overlooking the alien before her.

"Hey... You aren't like what I expected?"

"Hah! Why, what did you expect?"

"I don't know... Something more alien?

You look like most boys I know."

"I get that a lot. And so does your brother."

Cabba then runs his hand through his hair.

"I'm a Saiyan and our races really look alike. The only differences are in our eyes and hair."

Now that he mentions it his eyes are a bit odd but not something Elena could've realized on her own. Not immediately anyway. But his hair is a complete mystery to her. "Why? What's so special about your hair?"

"All Saiyans have black hair by default. It also does not change a bit since the moment we're born." But with the biology lesson over with Cabba reluctantly motions towards the ship.

"Well... let's get this over with."

The boys sour mood being readily apparent for Elena, she decided to try and cheer him up a bit. Or at least mitigate the damage her brother caused because of her. "Erm... by the way. Bro said if you do this then he'll consider you "even"."

That got his attention. "Oh? Really? Well... that's good to know."

Stepping inside the girl started to marvel at all the alien technology and even managed to blank out for a moment. So in order to snap herself back into reality and shake off this shell shock she decided to engage the alien with some small talk. "So er... who are you exactly? If you don't mind me asking.

I mean! Who are you to my brother?"

"Hmmmm..." The boy muses as he sits down at the pilots chair. "Let's see... I guess... friend? Or maybe that's a bit too strong of a word. I guess partners in crime is better. He tagged along with me on a mission and then we just... stuck together. So yeah. We're partners."

"Partners? Mission?" She snickered. "What are you? A space secret agent?"

"Ahahaha! Oh no! I'm just a space cop. That's all. A good one. But still just a cop."

"So... anything specific you'd like to see?"

Cabba asks. "But just so you know I can't take you too far away. Eric'd have my head if anything happened to you."

"Hmmmm..." She pauses and starts thinking about it. She thought she knew what she wanted but when presented with everything, she just can't come up with anything.

At first she wanted to see the moon but... that's so mundane. No. If she has an opportunity like this she'll use it! "D-Do you think we have enough time to visit Saturn? I always wanted to see it with my own eyes."

"Which one is that?"

"Large gas giant with a ring around it."

"Oh that! Yeah I passed it by when I came here. Hold on..." He started fiddling around with the buttons before him. "And erm... you'd better sit down."

"What? Why?" And just as she said that Cabba tapped the start button and they took off.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

"Here we are! Saturn!"

"T-That was a second!"

"I know, I know. But sadly only agents and scouts get the really speedy ships. Since I'm on patrol I'm stuck with this one."

For a moment Elena tried to hold back the contents of her stomach before looking out the window and quickly forgetting about all her worries. Her mouth hanged open as she stared at the massive planet before her.

"Wow..."

"Heh. You remind me of your brother!

He looked just like that when he first started out adventuring in space!"

"This is... incredible! This is the best day of my life!"

Seeing the girls expression Cabba gets an idea. "Wanna make it even better?"

He walks over to the door of the shuttle and starts opening it. A small barrier erects behind him, separating the cabin from the now voided area as he flies out. At first Elena wanted to scream at him for being so stupid but she quickly realized that the boy knew exactly what he was doing.

Within a few minutes Cabba was back with a little "gift". "There you go! A genuine asteroid from the belt of Saturn!" As amazed as she was by the space rock she couldn't help but stare at the Saiyan. "What?" He asked.

"How did you... do that?"

"Oh that? It's easy!" His body flared up with hot energy as he flexed his arms. "This is called Ki. It's the energy that your body produces naturally. Through hard work and training you can use it to do all sorts of stuff.

I just created a bubble around me and took some air out with me."

"A-And Eric learned how to do that?"

"Yeap!"

"Show me!"

"H-Huh?!"

"Show me show me show me! PLEASE!"

Reluctantly Cabba agreed only because he had no other option and explained the basics of ki control to Elena. "I guess it's a bit hard to grasp if you don't know it... Soooooo... I guess I could show you an example..." Slowly he extended his hand. "M-May I touch your hand?"

Giving him a warm smile Elena agreed.

"Uh-huh!" And gently touched his hand.

After working through his nervousness Cabba introduced the girl to the world of Ki via first hand exposure. Feeling the rush of energy tickling her Elena gasped in surprise.

"This... is... AMAZING!"

"Y-Yeah it is! Do you get it now?"

"Uh-huh!" She let go and tried to imitate the boy. "Haaaaaaaaaaa..."

"Hah! That's the spirit! But it won't just-"

*BEEP* "Huh? My scouter? 5... 10... 15? 20?! Thirty... Forty... FIFTY?!"

Elena then stops and her power dips once more. Exhaling and relaxing she looks up.

"How did I do?"

Unable to find the right words he just gave her an a-ok sign while thinking: "What the hell is wrong with this planet?!"