Ch.8
By: Vegeta's Mate
Kollie ran desperately towards the doors of the Prince's chambers, with her
best friend, Memphice close behind her.
Before Kollie could knock on the doors however, she was quickly jerked away
from it.
"Kollie wait!" Memphice begged as she turned Kollie around.
"What is it, Memphice? I really need to see Vegeta!" Kollie whined in agitation.
Memphice looked sheepish. "Yes, I know that, Kollie. But I certainly can't be
around! The Prince will kill me for sure!"
It was Kollie's turn to be embarrassed. "Oh I'm so sorry Memphice! I wasn't
even thinking straight! You're right though. You should go back to my room and
wait. I'll tell you what happens ok?"
Memphice smiled and then bowed. "It will be as you command." And with that
she took off back to Kollie's chambers.
Kollie waved to her friend and then approached one of the guards at the
Prince's door.
The hulking guard stiffened as she advanced towards him. "Is there something
that I can do for you, my Lady?" He asked respectfully.
Kollie stuck her nose into the air and took on a regal disposition. "Why yes you
can as a matter of fact. You can tell the Prince that I wish to speak with him as
soon as possible." Her voice hadn't come out with the amount of superiority
that she was hoping for, but it would have to do.
The guard faltered for a moment, but with a quick glare from his future Queen,
he immediately obeyed. "Yes, of course my Lady. I will deliver the message
immediately." He then bowed and entered the room.
Kollie smiled proudly to herself. She had to admit that she was starting to like
all of this power...
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"My Prince?" The guard murmured respectfully on one knee.
The Prince turned around quickly, annoyed at having been disrupted from
packing. "What is it, baka?! Can't you see I'm busy?!" He barked.
The poor guard repressed a shudder. "Forgive me, my Prince, but the Lady
KollieFleur wishes to see you as soon as possible."
The Prince growled in frustration. Just who he wanted to see...
"Arghhhhh!! What could that damned baka possibly want now?!" He
exasperated. He turned back to the guard. "Fine. Tell her to wait in the garden.
I'll be down shortly."
The guard bowed. "As you wish, my lord." He then got up and exited the room,
leaving the Prince to mumble something obscene that he didn't quite catch...
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Kollie had been waiting in the garden for what seemed to be an eternity. She
sighed sadly as she re-ran through the events that had taken place. She had
such a terrible feeling...a truly terrible, terrible feeling that something was going
to happen. Something very, very wrong...
"What do you want baka?"
Kollie looked up and was pleasantly surprised to see a very disgruntled Prince
Vegeta floating down towards her.
"Vegeta!" She called cheerily, her tail swishing with her happiness.
Vegeta remained non-affected of course, and just silently landed next to her.
"You should learn to keep your tail around your waist. You never know, it might
become a tempting target." He said with that mischievous smirk of his.
Kollie fought the urge to smack him and rather got right to the matter of
concern. "Not now Vegeta. I have to ask you about something really
important!"
Vegeta looked curiously at her. What could she say that would ever be
important to him?
"Go ahead. I'm listening." He said flatly.
"Good. Now tell me, Vegeta. Why is the King sending me off world?!" She
demanded.
Vegeta looked confused. "What are you talking about baka! I didn't even know
that you were going off world!"
Kollie's brows furrowed in worry. That didn't sound too good.
"When are you supposed to leave?" Vegeta asked, shocked by this trifle of
knowledge.
"Tomorrow..." she barely whispered.
There was a silence for a moment before she spoke again. "Vegeta?"
"Hmmm?"
"I have to tell you something very important that I think you should know..." She
said, fear hidden within her voice.
"And what is that?" Vegeta asked, a bit alarmed by her serious tone.
"Well, I don't know. But I have a truly horrible feeling that something terrible is
going to happen." She choked, the mortal fear obvious in her misty eyes.
Vegeta didn't like the way her dread started to rub off on him. Seeing her so
scared....well, it almost made him scared as well...
Vegeta snorted. "Hmph! Don't be ridiculous! There is nothing to be afraid of
baka. You're just going on some silly trip. Stop wasting my time!"
And with that, he turned to leave.
Kollie quickly grabbed his arm. "Vegeta, wait!"
Vegeta glared at her but his boyish face softened as he saw tears in her eyes.
"Kollie?...."
"Vegeta, please. Tell me, do you have a mark on your leg?" She pleaded.
Vegeta had no idea why she would asking such a thing, but he somehow felt
compelled to answer. "Yes. Of course I do. It's the royal emblem! It's proof of
who I am!" He said proudly.
"Y..yes. Of course. I have one too. And, Vegeta... I well... wanted to let you
know, that those marks stand for something else as well." She said, tears
beginning to well up in her eyes. "It means, that we belong together. You're my
friend, Vegeta. And I'll always be your mate, no matter what." And with that she
threw her arms around his neck in a tight embrace, crying openly on his
shoulder.
Vegeta, of course was completely taken aback by this and really didn't know
what all of her blubbering was about. Honestly! She was acting as if she would
never see him again or something!
Once he regained his composure. He gently pried her loose from him. "Girl,
listen here! Don't be so ridiculous! This is all nonsense, you'll see..." He said
almost comfortingly.
"I..if you say so, Veggie-Chan..." Kollie sniffed.
Vegeta flinched at the despised nickname, but held back a reproach.
"Listen, I have to get going. I'll see you when you get back." He turned to leave,
giving her a small smile. "Now go on and get your composure back... I'll see you
later..."
He then took to the air, heading back to the palace, leaving a tearful Kollie with
the feeling that that was the last time that she would ever see him....
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Kollie fidgeted in her seat of the huge flag ship. Although Memphice had been
allowed to come along with her, mainly because she was Kollie's personal
attendant, Kollie still couldn't get over her uneasiness. It also didn't help that
Vegeta had failed to see her off, or learning that Freezer was on the planet. It
eased her conscience somewhat though to know that he would be leaving
soon. It wasn't much of a comfort.
Kollie finally got up and walked to the huge window in her room. They had
been gone for almost 3 days now, 3 days ago she had burned the image of her
home into her minds eye. She couldn't wait to see it again. Although she
feared that she never would...
~Mom...Vegeta...please be safe...~
"Now Kollie. You really should stop all of this grieving. I'm sure that everything
will be just the way you left it when we return." Memphice said trying to pry
Kollie away from the window. She too had thought the same as the Prince, and
that Kollie was overreacting about the whole Freezer thing. But she had to
admit that Kollie's total dread was beginning to rub off on her. Kollie just
seemed so positive, almost prophetically sure that something terrible was
going to happen...
Kollie turned to face with Memphice with a half hearted smile. "Yeah, I know I
shouldn't worry so much, Memphice. But I can't help it. What if something
does happen! I'll never see any of them ever again! And..."
Memphice put up her hand for her to stop. "Kollie, you're doing it again. Listen,
just try to relax. It's almost dinner time so let's get you ready ok?"
"But Memphice! It's been almost three days and no one has even told me why
or where we're going!" Kollie yelled in frustration as she turned to head out the
door.
"Kollie?! Where are you going?!" Memphice called running behind her.
"To get some answers..."
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This was most certainly not what the Prince had expected when he had been
told that he was going off world with Freezer. Not at all. Now mind you he
hadn't expected some grand welcome, but he most certainly hadn't expected
to be shut up in some dank dark hole that resembled a dungeon more so than
a room.
It was more like he was a prisoner more so than a guest. It was really
beginning to make the young Prince very uneasy. But it wasn't just the room. It
was a combination of a lot of things that had happened lately. His father's
nervousness, Kollie's mortal fear, the whispering around the palace amongst
the guards...
He sighed and tried to calm himself by stretching out on the so-called " bed".
Damn.He was starting to act like that baka female! He frowned and cursed
himself for letting even a moment of his thoughts dwell on Kollie. But he still
felt uneasy. Why had she been so scared? Why had his father seemed so
nervous? Why? Why? Why?..... a million questions and absolutely no
answers....
He finally drifted into a restless sleep as he pondered over the meaningless
questions....
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"Officer! I want to know what's going on!" Kollie slammed her tiny fist down on
the control panel with a surprising force. "NOW!"
The officer faltered and then quickly stood to attention. "Yes, my Lady? Is
there something wrong?" He asked innocently.
Kollie's eyes were on fire as she levitated to his eye level. "Save me the
innocent routine. I want to know why I've been brought out here!"
The leading officer was silent.
Kollie was growing very annoyed. "ANSWER ME YOU STUPID BAKA!!" she
barked.
The officer jumped with her sudden change in tone and finally gave in. "Alright,
your majesty. You deserve to know..."
"Much better." Kollie sniffed proudly. "Now continue."
The officer took a deep breath. It was going to be a long while before he got
out the whole story....
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"Now onwards men! And remember, you are the best of the best! You are the
super elite! And together, we shall conquer!"
And with those mighty words of encouragement from their King, the super
elite of the Saiyajin race went forward for their freedom, swarming Freezer's
flag ship.
They fought their way through the guards and finally made it to Freezer's main
door, which to their surprise was open..
"Freezer! You're reign of terror is over! We are no longer you're slaves! We are
going to an end to you forever!" The King exclaimed bravely.
Freezer grinned evilly. "Oh, really? You and who's army, Vegeta? You're men
are so scared that they're blue in the face..."
The King glanced behind him to see that his men were in fact scared to death.
With a cry of frustration and anger the King lunged at Freezer only to be sent
sprawling back into his men with a sickening blow to the lower jaw.
The medallion that symbolised his stature as King, clinked onto the metal
floor. Freezer purposely crushed it under his feet as he advanced towards the
Saiyajin elite.
The men growled threateningly at Freezer and stood ready to fight when
Freezer simply blasted them to their basic elements.
Freezer turned to see the other Saiyajin's waiting for the news from their King.
He smiled again. "I think I'll torch the whole barrel of monkey's!"
"Is that really necessary now, sir? Now that Vegeta is out of the way?" Zarbon,
one of Freezer's henchmen somewhat pleaded.
Freezer grew more serious. "Of course it is. If one monkey tries than the rest
are sure follow." And with that, he slowly began to levitate towards the
opening in the top of his ship...
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Kollie's face was deathly white and set in a determined scowl as they raced
back towards Vegetasei. She couldn't believe that the King would actually
attack Freezer! It was madness! And to put his own people , not to mention his
own son in that kind of danger! It was unforgivable!
"We're coming upon Vegetasei right now, my Lady!" One of the navigator's
called out.
Kollie merely nodded as she was far too nervous to do anything else. She
waited impatiently as the ship came to a halt and Vegetasei was in view.
But it was not on the screen for a couple of seconds before it was more than
obvious that something was wrong. The planet seemed to getting brighter...
"Officer!" Kollie screeched. "What's happening?!"
"The core's temperature is rising rapidly, the atmosphere is.... Oh GOD!.... I..it's
going too..."
The officer was then abruptly cut off as it became more than obvious that the
planet was about to explode. Kollie and Memphice grabbed each other as a
blinding flash erupted from the doomed planet.
The sound was unbelievable. Between the actual explosion and the screams,
Kollie was sure that she was going to be deaf, if she managed to live through
this. And for a couple of minutes it was complete chaos as the ship was
caught in the after shock from the exploding planet.
And then suddenly, just as soon as it had started, it was over. There was
complete silence, total darkness....
Kollie wearily got to her feet and rushed towards the window. There was
nothing there where Vegetasei used to be. Nothing. It was gone. Just like that,
her home and everything she loved had been destroyed.
She placed her hands on the window and just screamed, not caring who heard
her, or saw her in this state. The Kollie that she was had died with her planet.
She would never be the same.........