Finding Hope

Chapter 80: Mourning Our Losses and Asking For Help

Tsubaki's pov

Trunks, Mom and I hid away from Goku Black who was currently looking for the three of us. We had managed to get away from him, Trunks and I hiding our ki so that he couldn't sense us. I was visibly very upset with Trunks for making me leave Asher and Mai behind but I understand why he did it, he needed to get us out of there. Mom was still extremely distraught over what had just happened, the three of us still hadn't fully processed the death of Momma B and now we have to face the fact that both Mai and Asher being dead. "Let me look at your arm, Tsu." Mom reached for my arm, I groaned quietly in pain as she touched it. "It's broken, isn't it?" Trunks asked, looking over his shoulder at Mom and I. "Yeah, give me something I can wrap it with." Trunks untied the extra jacket he had wrapped around his waist, giving it to Mom who then made the jacket into a sling and started wrapping my broken arm. "Where did you learn this stuff, Mom? Last time I checked, you only knew how to bandage me up." I asked, looking up at her as she wrapped my arm. "Bulma taught it to me for emergencies. She said that I needed to know how to do these things if something happened to her.." She trailed off, "Trunks," I looked up at him, "Do you see him?"

"No."

"Where are we going to go? He has been able to track us even with the two of you hiding your ki." Mom asked, she gave me a kiss on the cheek, letting me know that she was finished with my arm. "The Capsule Corp building hasn't been destroyed. Chichi, did Mom leave the time machine there?" Trunks asked, "Yes, she did." Before Trunks could say another word, we were attacked by Goku Black. I immediately shielded Mom from him, keeping an eye on both her and Goku Black as we were now out in the open. Before he had the chance to spot Mom, I hid her behind a large boulder and made sure that if he flew overhead, he wouldn't be able to spot her. "Why do you insist on running from me when you know I can find you?" He asked, looking down at Trunks and I. "I'm done running." Trunks said, "Oh, are you? Why are you so insistent of fighting me when you are outclassed. You cannot possibly think you can win against me, not when your girlfriend has a broken arm and her mind is elsewhere." Trunks looked over at me, the two of us making brief eye contact. I looked back at Goku Black, knowing that he was plotting something. "She won't be fighting you. I will." Trunks became frustrated as Goku Black smirked and turned his attention to me, without a word, he threw an attack at me. Trunks immediately turned Super saiyan, he tackles me out of the way and moves me to safety. I didn't get the chance to say anything because he flew off afterwards, charging at Goku Black and managed to land a few hits on him before Goku Black quickly beat him down. Ignoring my injury, I acted quickly and caught Trunks before he could hit the ground. Another attack was thrown at us, I pushed Trunks out of the way and threw a ki blast of my own which collided with Goku Black's ki blast. The two exploded, throwing me back off my feet. Trunks raced forward, catching me before I was thrown any farther. "Thanks," I breathed out, looking back at Trunks. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Mom move but I immediately gave her the signal to stay put. As Goku Black prepares to finish the fight, Trunks finds his sword next to him and throws it at Goku Black, who is distracted and his Ki Blast is destroyed. Trunks then fires a Masenko at him, who blocks it, causing a huge smoke cloud. "Come on," Trunks grabbed Mom's hand and the three of us immediately took off as the smoke acted as a way for us to leave the area undetected. I kept an eye out for Goku Black, making sure he didn't see us leave. As soon as we got into the building and found the time machine, Trunks inserts the fuel into the time machine. He helped Mom climb into it after he gets in and then helps me up since I only had one free arm. Once we were seated, Trunks immediately started the Time machine. As we started lift off, I looked up to make sure that Goku Black didn't see us but I was wrong. Mom panicked as she saw him looking at us, "Shit, we need to get out of here now." I said, "I'm working on it!" Trunks exclaimed, Goku Black fires a Black Kamehameha towards us, but the time machine disappears right in the nick of time. With the adrenaline wearing off, the pain from my injury started to become more apparent. I let out a cry of pain, alerting Mom who dug around in the bag she had been carrying around that she had left packed with supplies inside the Time Machine, in case we needed it during a trip. She rifled through the bag but couldn't find anything and I was beginning to feel tired, most of the adrenaline had burned out of my system. "Tsu, don't worry. I'll be right here, you can pass out without worrying. I can navigate this machine." Those were the last words, I heard Mom say before I blacked out.