Ch.7
By: Vegeta's Mate
It had been 3 months since that Freezer being had interrupted Kollie's
banquet, things had even proceeded nicely after he had left, and the purple
warlord had not been on Vegetasei since, and yet Kollie still couldn't shake
her terror of him.
She shuddered as she thought of him. He was going to do...something.
She just couldn't put her finger on it. But she did know one thing, whatever
he was going to do, it wasn't going to be very nice. Not nice at all...
She sighed and looked up to watch her Prince practise his fighting
techniques. She couldn't help but smile slightly, despite her fears. Her and
the Prince had become somewhat, "reluctant" friends. Well to her anyway.
To him, she was still just a nuisance, or at least he acted as so. She knew
that he had to care about her somewhere deep down inside of him
somewhere.
Vegeta finally landed and came striding (well as best he could for his 5
year old stature) over to where she was sitting. He tried to suppress a grin
but let one slip as he saw her there. "How long have you been here, girl?"
He asked mock seriously.
Kollie smiled up at him. "Well, for most of your training actually. Don't tell
me you didn't know I was here! Why, if I had been an enemy, you would be
dead already!" She said teasingly.
Vegeta's grin turned into an indignant glare. "Hmph! Ignorant baka! How
dare you insult me! I'd keep my big mouth shut if I were you!"
Well, Vegeta was definitely displaying a wonderful example of one of his
many bad points. But Kollie shared in this bad point as well, and quickly
gave into her anger.
"Well, I'm not you, now am I?! So I'll do as I please! Remember Vegeta, I'll
have just as much power as you when I'm Queen!" She said victoriously.
Vegeta stared blankly at her for a moment, and then burst into
uncontrollable laughter.
Kollie glared daggers at him. "And just what is so funny?!"
Vegeta clenched his sides as he struggled to breath. "T..that you *hehee*
actually think t...that *snort* you'll be as powerful as me!!" He then almost
fell to the ground in convulsions of laughter.
What had he just said?! She wouldn't as powerful?! It couldn't possibly be
true! Memphice's freedom depended on it! She had promised Memphice
that she would free her! "Stop laughing Vegeta! This isn't funny! Of course I
will!" She almost screamed it in desperation.
Vegeta turned to look at her, wiping the tears from his eyes. "Of course you
won't baka. You're there to produce an heir, nothing more, nothing less."
Kollie gritted her teeth and turned to storm out of the room with Vegeta's
laughter echoing behind her. ~I'll show you Vegeta! I'll have power! I've got
to!~
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A crowd of Saiyajin and alien bureaucrats sat in the royal conference room
of the Saiyajin palace. The leaders of both groups, the King of Vegetasei,
King Vegeta, and the universal warlord, Lord Freezer, sat in the front of
their men, facing each other from opposite sides of the table.
They were now ready to begin the meeting, so the King spoke first. "It
certainly honours us to have you here Lord Freezer. We were not
expecting you for..."
Freezer put his hand up for the King to stop. "Save me the pleasantries,
Vegeta. I'm not a fool, and I have far more important matters to discuss
with you."
The King repressed a shiver and began to fidget uncomfortably.
Freezer grinned cruelly at the King. "I have heard of another Saiyajin
rebellion, Vegeta. This time, I'm pretty sure that it wasn't a mistake either."
He spoke in an icy mocking tone.
The King got to his feet. "I assure you that I don't know what you're talking
about! If I knew who was spreading such treacherous lies about us I
would..."
"I am growing impatient with you, Vegeta, so shut-up. There is something
that you can do to prove your loyalty. You do remember that I told you that
I knew what I wanted from you, don't you?" His evil grin spread completely
over his feminine face.
The King was visibly shaken now. He did not like were this was going, not
one little bit. "W... what could we possibly offer you, Lord Freezer?" He
managed to stutter.
Freezer's whole being seemed to reek with evil triumph, as did his
tormenting grin. "It's more like what I want from you, Vegeta."
His eyes grew into cruel slits. "I want your son."
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"He's such a complete jerk, Memphice! I can't spend the rest of my life with
him!" Kollie was now whining to her best friend. She had come pouting up
the stairs after she had ran off on Vegeta, and had headed to her only
comfort.
Memphice smiled at her. "You say that lots of times, Kollie. And then right
after that, your friends with him again."
Kollie pouted, but then giggled in spite of herself. Memphice was pretty
much right.
"*giggle* thanks Memphice, I needed that. *sigh* It's just so hard
sometimes. He's soooooo stubborn!"
"You are too, you know." Memphice said teasingly.
Kollie looked indignant for a moment, but laughed anyway. Memphice
really did have a nack for making you laugh at yourself. But Kollie's face
turned sombre as she remembered what she had wanted to ask Memphice
about.
"Memphice, Vegeta said something today that I really need to ask you
about."
Memphice saw the Kollie's look of concern and was instantly serious as
well. "What is it Kollie?"
She sighed and spoke worriedly. "Well, he said that I wouldn't have any
power when I'm Queen, Memphice. If I didn't, then that would mean that I
would never be able to free you..." Her voice trailed off sadly.
Memphice's face dropped. "O..oh, I see."
There was an uneasy silence until Kollie suddenly spoke up happily. "I
know! We can have a mutiny!"
Memphice cocked her head to the side. "What does that mean?"
Kollie seemed to think hard for a moment and then replied, "well, I'm not
exactly sure, but if we have one, I'll be in charge!"
Memphice smiled sadly. "Yes, but we would have to know what it is in
order for it to happen."
Kollie sighed. "Yeah, I guess so. Well who knows. Maybe I can get Vegeta
to let you go free..."
Kollie stopped talking as there was a knock on the door. Memphice quickly
jumped up to open it.
A servant walked in, ignoring Memphice, and made his way to the future
Queen. He got on his knees and awaited her acknowledgement of him.
"Yes, go ahead." Kollie spoke with an air of elegance.
The servant got to his feet. "Thank-you, my Lady. I bring you a message
from the King."
Kollie quickly stiffened at the mention of the King. What could he possibly
want? Well one way to find out.
"The King? Continue, please." She pressed urgently.
The servant continued immediately. "Yes of course my Lady. The King
wishes to tell you that you will be going off world for a while, and that you
should have it arranged to have your things ready for tomorrow morning."
"NANI?!! Tomorrow morning?! B..but why?!" Kollie was completely shocked
by this bit of information.
"T..the King did not say, my Lady. Except that it was of the utter most
importance that you leave as soon as possible." The poor servant
managed to stammer.
Kollie managed to recover from some of her shock. "Y...yes. Thank-you.
You may leave now."
The servant bowed and gratefully exited the room.
Kollie quickly turned to Memphice. "Memphice, quick! Come with me! I
have to see Vegeta!"
"Why? What's wrong Kollie?!" Memphice said, getting a bit worried with
Kollie's obvious distress.
Kollie grabbed the handles of the doors and quickly made her way down
the halls in search of her future mate, with Memphice following close
behind.
Kollie turned back to answer her. "I don't know. But I have to see Vegeta
right now!"
~Before it's too late...~
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The crowned Prince of Vegetasei was busy doing nothing. He was
completely bored out of his brains, and he almost regretted making Kollie
take off. Almost. He absently watched the ships go by his window as he
dwelled on the thought of the "good-natured" Saiyajin.
Kollie just had that affect on him. One minute he couldn't stand her and the
next. Well, and the next he could stand her.
Well, at least he knew that his future life with her wouldn't be that bad. Or
maybe it would. Who knew.
He sighed to himself, and considered sending a servant to fetch her so that
at least he could have an argument.
"Better than doing nothing..."
Just then there was a knock on his door. Vegeta rolled his eyes in
annoyance. He didn't bother to get up.
"Come in!" He growled, not looking away from the window.
The door opened and a servant girl stepped timidly into the room. She was
very careful to follow the proper procedure and wait for his
acknowledgement, for she was completely terrified of the Prince.
"What is it, baka?" The Prince stated flatly, a bit of venom in his voice. He
turned to face the shaking girl. "Well?" He was quickly losing his patience
with this insolent fool.
The girl, sensing that her life was probably in jeopardy, quickly answered.
"I'm sorry to disturb you, my Prince, but the King wishes to see you
immediately."
"Oh does he? Well then. I'd better not keep him waiting." Vegeta then
turned to leave the room.
The girl bowed and backed away from him, thanking who ever was looking
over her that she had lived.
It was then that the Prince turned around to face her once more. "Oh and
girl?"
She quickly looked up to face him. "Y..yes my Prince?"
"You should not show so much fear in front of royalty. It prove to
be a fatal mistake someday." He then turned away and headed to the
throne room, leaving a very scared young girl to run for the hills.
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The Prince entered the throne room and was shocked to see that Freezer
was there as well. He looked questioningly at the warlord and then to his
father. Vegeta was very unnerved by the defeated look on his fathers face.
"You called for me, My King?" The Prince stated somewhat annoyed and
yet concerned with the current tense situation.
"Yes, I did." The King stated absently.
The younger Vegeta didn't like this at all. He didn't like the fact that his
father was so...so out of it. And he certainly didn't like the smug and truly
evil grin that that purple thing was giving him. When Freezer smiled, it was
something to be worried about.
"Well? What did you want me for?" The Prince said annoyed.
"Brat, shut-up and listen to me. You will be going off world with Lord
Freezer." The King said through clenched teeth.
Well that was odd. The young had almost begged to go off world, and
know here his father was just telling him to go. He didn't understand why
his father might be upset by that, but he wasn't too hot on going with
Freezer. Personally, Vegeta couldn't stand him. The things that that baka
said about his race... but he couldn't waste his only chance to get off the
planet...
The Prince smirked. "Well, I finally see that you've come to your senses. I
would be honoured to go with Lord Freezer."
Freezer floated closer to the Prince, his face in a huge grin. "Excellent. I'm
glad to see your enthusiasm. This should prove to be quite the learning
experience for you, young Prince. We leave in 3 days."
The prince bowed and then turned to his father. "Is there anything else that
you wanted? Or may I be excused now?"
With a great deal of reluctance, the King answered, "yes. That is all for
now."
The Prince bowed again and then hurried out of the room.
Freezer then turned to the King. "You see? Now that wasn't so bad now
was it?"
The warlord snickered and then added, "And shame on you Vegeta. You
didn't even tell that it was going to be forever. Oh well. I'm sure that he
would probably prefer being with me than being stuck on this mud ball,
don't you think?"
He turned away laughing as he left the room.
The King had almost lost it, but had just managed to stay calm. ~Laugh all
you want, you fucking bastard. You'll soon get yours.."
"Nappa! Get up here!" The King roared.
The Saiyajin commander stepped up to his King and bowed. "Yes my
King?"
"You are to accompany the Prince. I don't intend on allowing that purple
prick to be alone with the heir to my kingdom. I am charging you to be with
him at all times possible. Do you understand?"
The huge saiyajin gapped at the King. "Y..yes. Of course my King. As you
command." He proclaimed slamming his fist across his chest.
The King nodded and then turned to his officers who were gathered there.
"The time as come. We must make our final move against Freezer. We will
allow freezer to take the Prince on the ship, and then, WE WILL CRUSH
HIM!!!"
The room erupted into cheers as everyone celebrated their soon-to-be
freedom...