(Pre-Show) The Park

[Violet]

Being able to have dodged the bevy of media and fans without being assaulted was no small feat. She considered it a small victory that she made it to the park without so much as an errant reporter from some small blog or tabloid asking her about her clothing choices. All things considered, she was geared more for “soccer mom” than “lethal fighter”. Guess it was part of her mystique.

As she passed under the large PARK sign and into the corridor that lead to the appending dome, she heaved a sigh of relief that she hadn’t even been recognized by anybody. This was a new place, for sure, and logically speaking, that meant a whole new set of people she had to impress. It was almost a lonely feeling, knowing that nobody she knew from her old life was here, not even her kids. It was one thing losing her mates, but her kids, too?

It was the first time in over two decades she was truly alone. On one hand, this was the “reset” button she longed for her entire life, but on the other…she lost the very few people who meant the entire universe to her. She could only hope that whatever plane of existence her children lived now, they were able to take care of themselves, because she was no longer there to defend them. A lifetime of lessons and training would have to suffice for her not being there, but she supposed, it would have happened sooner or later. She wouldn’t have lived forever, unlike here, where she was supposedly immortal.

Heh, the irony of that word almost made her laugh. Immortal. So many of her enemies wanted to attain that status, but each of them knocked down by her hand, and here she was, and she didn’t really have any intentions for it.

She walked up to a nearby concession stand and purchased a drink and some snacks, then made her way across the grassy lawn behind it to a quiet little nook nestled between some rocks and shadowy trees.

Forever was going to be a long time. What was she going to do? Bardock had been dead for almost twenty years now, Buu was off doing…whatever Buu did, and both he, Galen and Rose were lost to an entirely different timeline. At least, that’s what she assumed. Did this “omniverse” exist in another reality than the one she was plucked from? Was there any hope at all that she would see them again?

Noshing on the twinkie absentmindedly, she didn’t even notice the activity going on around her. She paid it only the briefest bits of attention, and finished her snack.


She was still human. Perhaps there was a chance to really start over, to find something else to fill her time with. No more Red Ribbon, no more bullshit, no more past coming to haunt her at every turn. Just her and this upcoming trip to Coruscant. She would train to relearn the abilities she had painstakingly developed before and become a force within this new reality. Dante’s Abyss was one of many she would dominate.

In that moment, she knew she should show no mercy to her competition when the time came. She would be a beast, she would do what beasts do when it’s time do beast things.

Reaching into the pocket of her jeans, she felt around until her fingers brushed against a small bit of fabric. Pulling it free, she gazed at the white material braided with dark red, memories flooding through her mind. She’d kept these little mementos all these years, and had no intention of ever surrendering them, even if it meant never letting go of the past. It wasn’t being stubborn; it was simply acknowledging the past that made her, and the resolve of where she was going now that she was here, far away from that reality. Regardless of where she was now, the past was still a part of her.

She stuffed the material back into her pocket and removed her jacket. Balling it into a makeshift pillow, she placed it on the ground behind her and laid back. A quick nap before the inevitable media parade was definitely in order for the rest of this lackluster evening.