Ch.2
by: Vegeta's Mate
"I do NOT need a MATE!!!" A very agitated Prince Vegeta barked at his
amused father. "I will not share MY kingdom with some baka female! YOU
HEAR ME?!!"
The middle-aged King merely grinned cruelly at his son. "Don't be
ridiculous boy! The female will most certainly not be ruling this kingdom!
She's there in name only. Her only purpose is to produce an heir! So calm
down! ....NOW!!"
The young Prince faltered at the sudden volume increase in his father's
voice. But he quickly regained his regal baring and was madder than ever.
"I WILL NOT CALM DOWN!!! YOU CANNOT DO THIS TO ME!!"
Up until this point, the King had remained relatively calm. But his son's
deleterious behaviour had finally taken its tole on him. "YOU WILL CALM
DOWN! OR ELSE!" The white glow of power in his hand emphasized his
point.
Vegeta immediately closed his mouth and desperately tried to hold his
temper by taking deep breaths.
"That's better. Now..." The deadly glow dispersed from the Saiyajin King's
hand as he attempted to continue with his explanation.
"You will meet your future mate tomorrow..."
The Prince went to protest but the King put up his hand for silence. "I don't
want to hear any excuses. You're going to meet her. And if it's training
you're worried about, then don't. You will have time to do that after. An
escort will arrive tomorrow morning to take you to the meeting place...and
you had better be there, brat. Understand?"
The Prince, realising that he really didn't have a choice, reluctantly gave a
nod of understanding.
The King was relieved that he had finally gotten this ugly ordeal over with
and that his son was finally co-operating. "Good....You may now return to
your training."
The Prince gave a final nod and turned on his heal to leave. Just as he
was about to leave the room, the King called to him.
"Oh and one last thing, brat...Try to be at least civilised tomorrow hmm? I
would like for the girl to be on your good side so that Vegetasei can
actually get another heir when the time comes..."
Although Vegeta didn't really know why being "civilised" to this bitch would
help produce an heir quicker, he gave a grunt to indicate that he
understood, and walked out of the room. Which left him to wonder
something else....just how DID you produce an heir anyway?? (='.'=)?
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Kollie couldn't believe this was happening to her. She had had every girls
dream come true. She was going to be Queen someday! But....Tears
began to well up in her luminous eyes as she thought about her mother
and family. Arghhhh! Why did she have to be such a wimp! So emotional
and almost kind...it was almost like she wasn't Saiyajin at all! How could
she possibly be Queen?! She couldn't even handle a bit of pain and now
here she was crying!
She angrily wiped the tears from her face. But as she did, fresh ones would
just take their place. Suddenly a horrible thought came to her mind . She
had heard many things about the Saiyajin Prince. Things such as how
powerful he was, even more so than the King! Racking her brain for any
tidbit of information that she had heard about the Prince, she recalled
hearing that he was a skilled warrior, quick-witted, unbelievably arrogant,
selfish and full of pride...everything a Saiyajin Prince should be. But one
point stood out the most...the point that scared her beyond comprehension,
was his cruelty.
It was one of the main points mentioned when anyone discussed the
Prince. People would marvel at the cruelty he displayed while fighting...or
at any other time for that matter. They believed that is was a great thing!
'Oh what a King that boy will be!' They would say. But right now, that was
far from a good thing for Kollie.
~He can't possibly be as cruel as they say, can he? I mean he's only a
year older than me!~ She decided to hold on to that ray of hope...it was all
she had left.
The pain had long since left her leg so she decided to try and take her
mind off of the topic by taking a look around the palace seeing how it was
going to be her new home after all.
She sighed sadly, wishing she had someone TO show her around, but
seeing how there was no one, she stood up and headed for her door.
She paused making sure that there were no guards outside and finding the
way clear, she slowly opened the door and took a cautious step outside.
She manoeuvred her way through the halls, skilfully avoiding the guards
until she came upon a room that retained her interest.
It was a spacious room with all types of weird machinery and gizmos. A
real treat to her. She had always had an exceptional talent when it came to
machines and computers and this was a one in a life time chance for her.
She spied the security lock and easily deactivated it and eagerly stepped
inside.
She probably wouldn't have been so eager however, if she had noticed the
words, "The Royal Prince's Training Facility ... Authorized personal only,"
written in small print at the top of the door...
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The Prince was still feeling a tad disgruntled after his encounter with his
father, so he decided to do the only thing that he lived for, train. He made
sure that none of the guards followed him in, not that they would anyway,
they certainly knew better than to "annoy" the Prince when he was angry.
He strode over to the controls of the gravity chamber to begin his training.
He was about to press the activation button when he suddenly felt an
aggressive jerk throughout his whole body. The next thing he knew, he was
kissing mat unable to move his body.
The initial shock was beginning to wear off and his survival instincts kicked
in. He desperately tried to lift himself off of the ground so that he would be
able to turn off the machine. ~But wait a minute! I never even turned the
machine on!!~ His brain screamed at him.
He struggled again to lift himself but to no avail. He gathered enough
strength to turn his head to check the gravity monitor on the far wall...
100g's! He knew that he wasn't going to last much longer against that kind
of pressure if he didn't do something fast. So swearing that whoever was
responsible for this was going to die a very slow and painful death, he did
the last thing he could possibly do, call for help.
He gathered as much air as he could and tried to call out to someone, but
it came out as a raspy whisper. He tried again, a bit louder this time, but
still no one came.
He was starting to fade into unconsciousness and he was positive that his
organs were being reduced to a pulp. In one last desperate effort to
survive, he managed to produce what would be considered a half yell, and
then faded into the blackness...
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Vegeta was slowly starting to come to his senses. He could feel the life
coming back into his body as consciousness began to overtake him once
again. He slowly opened his eyes to see huge gray ones staring into his.
He let out a yelp and jerked away from the foreign eyes.
He finally realised that it was a young girl that was staring at him.
He began to sputter and frantically racked his brain for some harsh words
to throw at her so that she would forget his moment of indignity.
Before he had the chance to form intelligent sentences however, he was
interrupted by the girl.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to frighten you...I was just checking to see if you
were coming around..." Her voice was sweet and soft, very odd for a
Saiyajin Vegeta noted. ~Kuso! Who cares what her voice is like....~
He finally managed to get over his shock and managed to speak.
"What the hell did you think you were doing? Where am I? What
happened?.....Well?.....say SOMETHING!" It didn't come out with the
amount of harshness that he was going for, since he had croaked and
rasped it out but it would have to do for now.
The girl seemed slightly startled by his harsh tone but politely answered his
questions.
"Well, I was checking to see if you were ok, you're in the training room
and...."
She blushed and looked sheepishly to ground as she came to his last
question. "Well...as for what happened...ummm...well..that was my fault..."
The Prince just stared at her. How could she be possibly responsible for
what happened? She was just a kid! Then again....
"YOU?! WHAT WERE YOU TRYING TO DO?! KILL ME?!" He was more
than pissed off now and tried to sit up. But as soon as he did, a wave of
nausea came over him. He tried to fight against it but he suddenly felt a
gentle yet firm hand on him.
"Oh no, please. Don't try and get up. You'll only hurt yourself and..."
The Prince pushed back against her and managed to sit up.
"How dare YOU try and tell ME what to do?! And you still haven't answered
my question... WHAT WERE YOU DOING?!"
Kollie was starting to get annoyed with this rude little boy's attitude. She
had thought that he was violent at first because of his disorientation. But
now it was obvious that this kid was a brat. Plain and simple. And how dare
he try and belittle her?! She was going to be this brat's Queen!
"Listen here, you don't have to yell I'm right here! Listen, I'm sorry ok? It
was an accident! I was just fiddling with the controls and I didn't know that
someone was out there! Are you happy now?!"
Vegeta had never felt so many conflicting emotions at the same time. He
was shocked, confused, aghast and many more things. But above all that
was a seething, blinding rage. How dare she, some pathetic female talk to
HIM, her frigging Prince for crying out loud, like that?!! Didn't she know who
he was?!
He felt as though he was going to explode. He could feel the power surge
throughout his body, and he was completely ready to blast this insolent
bitch straight to hell when...... she disappeared.
"Huh?" Was all he could manage as he looked around for the now
vanished female. He just managed to spot her darting through the door on
the far side of the room.
His attention was then quickly averted to what he decided must have been
the reason of the girl's flight, Nappa.
The Saiyajin elite was now heading towards him at full speed. Vegeta tried
to tell him to go after the girl, but he found himself slipping into
unconsciousness once again.
The last thing he heard was Nappa's frantic voice, "The Prince is injured!
Send medics IMMEDIATELY!!...."