While walking through Dreamland still disappointed at the ride from before, all of a sudden there's an explosion nearby before a group of masked men holding weapons appear out of nowhere shooting into the sky.
Mleader-"Everybody get on the fucking ground right now, this is a hostage situation, anyone who moves gets shot!"
Their sudden arrival caused mass panic among the humans, though when one of them shot their gun in the sky, it causes all the humans to quickly drop to the ground with their hands above their heads.
Mleader-"You guys, go and search them for valuables and make sure they cooperate."
A couple of the mobs nodded and started walking amongst the hostages while checking them for valuables, however, when they got closer to our location a few of them noticed none of us were lying on the ground and started threatening us wither their weapons.
Mob1-"Hey you 3 our leader already told you to get the fuck on the ground, so why the hell are you still standing!"
All I respond with was a raise of my eyebrow while looking at them as if they were fools, which they were, at least from our point of view.
Mob1-"Alright, you guys don't want to follow directions, that's fine, we already have this entire park as our hostage, killing a few of them shouldn't make a difference."
Mob2-"Hold on man, only kill the adults, I want the little girl to myself, It'll be enjoyable raping her before her parent's corpses, hehe-"
That insect didn't get to finish laughing as his entire body was crushed into meat paste by a swing of Nala's tail, even in my opinion it was quite brutal, especially considering throughout Nala's life she has rarely ever killed any creature, I'm the one usually doing the dirty work.
Sage-'Still, that insect was lucky to have been given a painless death for looking at my daughter like that.'
Looking over at Nala, I see her face is completely void of any emotion while holding onto Mia tightly.
Nala-"My mood is ruined, I'll take Mia back to the car, Sage deal with everything here."
I could tell Nala was quite angry considering she didn't ask me, she ordered me, something which she hasn't done in decades, though I'm not one to complain, as I'm quite pissed as well.
Sage-'Hm, it seems Nala's much more protective of Mia than before, though I can't blame her, I guess from her position it must've been even worse than how I felt when Mia disappeared, I was at least fighting, but Nala was merely standing on the sidelines while not being capable of protecting her own daughter. Haa, I never realized how she must've felt till now, I should talk with her about it later.'
Mia-"Mother what did that mean by-"
Nala-"Nothing, he meant nothing."
Watching Nala carve her own way out of the encirclement by hitting everyone with her tail into chunks of meat, I turn back around and started walking toward the leader, though they were already scared shitless when they saw Nala crushing their troops so when they saw someone as intimidating like me walking towards them, they immediately opened fire. Obviously, nothing happened, the bullets merely bounced off my skin like they were pebbles, though I did have to close my eye as a bullet to the eye would indeed cause me some serious damage, of course, this is all under the pretense of me not utilizing ki, and only using my physical strength.
Mob3-"L-Leader, the bullets are ineffective, they're bouncing off of him!"
Mleader-"I can see that idiot, tch, if bullets don't work, how about this!"
When I no longer felt the tickles of bullets hitting me, I opened my eyes and saw the leader throw something at me, reaching out I caught it in my hands, though while I didn't know what it did, it reminded me of the explosive devices Nala would sometimes make, so I closed it tightly in my hand waiting for it to explode, which when it did, I felt some heat within my hand and then smoke coming out.
MLeader-"Even a grenade didn't do jack shit, dammit continue firing!"
Throwing away the destroyed pieces of the device, I closed my eyes again when they started firing, though even with my closed eyes I could still tell with my other senses that the leader is running away and I didn't like that. Grabbing ahold of some of the bullets, I threw them back where they came which killed the masked men and flashed right in front of the leader who had almost managed to escape Dreamland.
Sage-"After ruining my wife's mood, did you think you were going to just escape?"
MLeader-"L-Listen man, I'm just the executioner, killing me won't grant you anything, you want the mastermind who set this plan all up, and if you let me live I'll tell you!"
I picked him up and ripped his head off of his body, dropping his body, I looked around to make sure everyone has been taken care of before quickly heading back to the car where Nala and Mia should be at. When I arrived, I saw both Nala and Mia inside the car, but seeing how Nala's face is still emotionless, I stayed quiet while getting in the car, once I was in Nala started driving the car back home.
During the half-hour ride, none of us said anything and just stayed quiet, by the time we arrived home, I decided it would be best if I talked with Nala right now and not wait any longer.
Rolling the window down, I grabbed a hold of Mia with my tail and threw her out of the window far off in the distance.
Sage-"Come back in 30 minutes Mia!"
After I threw Mia out it was just Nala and me, though seeing as Nala didn't have any reaction when I threw Mia out of the window, I spoke up first.
Sage-"What's wrong with you?"
Nala-"NOTHING IS WRONG WITH ME!"
Sage-"Really, then why are you yelling when I asked such a simple question?"
Her anger started slowly fading when I asked that question.
Nala-"B-Because-"
Sage-"Hmph, stop trying to hide the truth from me Nala, you're my wife, and I've known you for over 30 years, so just tell me the truth!"
With those words, the facade of anger she put up instantly collapsed while she poured he true feelings out.
Nala-"B-Because I'm scared! I'm scared I'll lose Mia again, I'm scared something similar will happen like before where I'm forced to be on the sidelines and watch as my daughter and husband get killed while I'm too weak to do anything about it, I'm scared to be a disappoint and failure of a mother to Mia, I'M SCARED!!"
When she finished speaking, she busted out into tears and started crying, now I may not be the best when it comes to comforting someone, but I did what I could. Wrapping my arms around her, I bring her into a hug and let her cry to her heart's content, after about 15 minutes of crying, she finally calmed down enough to initiate conversation again.
Nala-"What about you Sage, do you not feel scared?"
Sage-"Of course I feel scared at the prospect of losing Mia again, why do you think I've been training constantly for 4 years, with barely any rest, but what's the point in constantly worrying, It'll only lead to a bad mentality, all you can do is put in all your effort and do your best, anything past that is out of your control. However, I'm not scared about anything else, you're smart and powerful so I'm not worried about losing you, and I know I'll always be a great father to Mia, so there's that."
Nala-"I guess your kinda right, still it's quite funny how I'm getting comforted by you, a battle-loving Saiyan."
Sage-"For your information, I may be a battle-loving Saiyan, but I'm not stupid and you're my wife."
Nala-"Yep, I'm your wife, you're my husband, and Mia's our daughter."
After that, we just sat in silence while snuggling, though not too long later, Mia came back and surprised Nala.
Mia-"Tch, don't throw me out of the car like that next time!"
Sage-"hm, why not, you're still too weak to stop me?"
Mia-"Hmph, just so you know father, I've gotten considerably more powerful than the last time you saw me, so I wouldn't be surprised if I'm almost as strong as you!"
Sage-"Ohh, Is that so little girl, well then how about we test that theory."
With a smile, I get out of the car while releasing some of my power at Mia, though I got smacked in the back of my head by Nala.
Nala-"My goodness, what's wrong with you two, all you guys wanna do is fight. Anyways it's been a long day, so I'm sure you guys are hungry, I'll go and cook some food, and no more fighting just because I'm not here!"
With a stern look, Nala slithered away up into the spaceship, and Mia fired a ki blast at my face before following right behind Nala, while sticking her tongue out at me.
Sage-'I'll get my revenge, just you wait Mia.'
Laughing, I followed behind both of them up the stairs and into the spaceship while craving some food.
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*I would like to inform you guys that while Nala isn't that strong in a fight, her true strength lies in her runes, if given enough time to prepare then it would even be possible for her to defeat Sage, but of course in most situations there usually isn't time to prepare, such as when Mira first attacked.
Ps. I cried a little while writing this chapter.