�Who knew it would hurt this much,� she whispered. Xenta had found herself two more weaknesses very close to home. She shuffled through her pictures again. They were the only physical evidence she had of her twins. She put the picture of the two of them on top and tucked them all behind the picture of Vegeta on her picture cube.
�I wish I could tell you,� she told his picture, �they�re yours too.�
�Too bad they�re not mine,� Kohl said from behind her.
�Go away,� Xenta turned to face him, �this does not concern you.�
�Oh but it does my love,� he smiled, �you see your beloved children will be your end.�
�They are not my concern anymore,� Xenta shouted, �and you cannot find them.�
�I will find them my love, because I am a part of you,� he growled, �now and forever. Wherever you go I can follow as long as you�re there. When you see her I will also be seeing her. I�ll be looming over your shoulder waiting for the right time to strike.�
�You cannot scare me Kohl. You no longer hold any power over me,� Xenta yelled.
�Believe me I do,� he whispered in a deadly tone then disappeared.
�I will not let you have power over me,� she told his picture in her cube but did not take it out or trash it. She went over to her radio and turned it on.
Jescele heard it again but refused to scream. No you cannot have me!
Finally recover and the mood is right
looking up into a neon sky
child in me takes over, guess it's been too long
since the last time that I tried to fly
Finally I find when I lose control
inside my body crumbles
it's like therapy for my broken soul
inside my body crumbles
She struggled against her inner demons. It drove her away from her home. She was lost once more. Someone help me!
All I need's a moment, chance to get away
from the stressfulness of every day
know if I don't question and I never doubt
everything is gonna be okay
Finally I find when I lose control
inside my body crumbles
it's like therapy for my broken soul
inside my body crumbles
�Pease help me,� she cried to a deaf world. But she did have one follower unseen in the night yet still following the same hunting tune but for different reasons.
Don�t know if I�ll be alright
is it okay to be myself
why do we always have to fight
now I know it's alright
Finally I find when I lose control
inside my body crumbles
it's like therapy for my broken soul
inside my body crumbles
Agent Silver woke to filtered light falling on her whole body. She rolled over in her over sized bed and hit something that felt like a rock. With a small groan she opened her eyes to see what was in her bed. Her eyes fell upon Cell sleeping soundly. Please Kami no! She searched her mind for the events of the night but there was nothing. Everything was a jumbled up mess. She came to a conclusion easily enough.
�Cell, Cell get up,� she whispered shaking him awake.
�Yes Silver,� he asked looking at her with an expression she�d never seen before.
�What happened last night,� she asked timidly with a glance at the door.
�Oh my lovely Silver, don�t worry,� he smiled, �Dende knows I�m here. He suggested that I take payment for my services to him but I told him all I wanted was your love.� There was the look again. His pink eyes seemed to sparkle in the dim light. His focus was she alone and she liked it. Dende never looked at her like Cell was now. Could this be love in his eyes?
�I�ll be here all week,� she joked softly touching his hand in a shy way, �we can help each other.�
�Now that I�m fully awake beautiful,� he moved closer to her, �how about another round my Silver?� Her tail wrapped around him pulling them closer together. She pulled him to her kissing him as her answer.
Xenta cast her eyes upon the Den Corp property. In the daylight it looked much like the other buildings surrounding the area, they were all cold and lifeless. Passing by one would never know the secrets that the building hid. In truth it was just a doorway to the real hideaway. She had traced Agent Silver to the door before but there was nothing really in the building except a guarded transport that lead to the real Den Corp. this was not the first time she�d been to the gateway of hell. She had been to this awful place several times and not all of them from following agent Silver. She had even been inside the building before but there was no way into the transport that she could find so she never went back inside. She knew there were other ways to get to the real Den Corp as well but she had never found them. In her three years working for AH she had tried to tell Jescele only once but she seemed to not understand or really want not. After that Xenta dropped it and kept quite that she was being drawn to the door for some reason. Xenta had never met Dende; he had turned evil before she came to join the team. He�s been evil for so long. How can we still have a chance to save him? She sat down near the fence around the property.
<He�s really not a bad kid>
Who are you? Xenta looked around the street there was no one there. She was hearing things
<A friend and that�s all you need to know>
So you�re saying we can save Dende? Whoever was talking to her and however they were doing it, they seemed to have answers that she wanted.
<If he stays away from the moon. He cannot be allowed to achieve the power of the moon. >
The moon has power? She looked up at the sky. She had heard stories at home about the power of the moon but she never really believed them. They were just stories to keep children in bed and priestesses in the temple.
<Keep him from the moon>
How? But there was no answer. She looked around and stood up. Who was that? She started walking away from the place hoping that the farther away she went the clearer her mind would be. She ended up several miles away from Den Corp
�So the cat�s out of the bag,� came and evil voice from behind her. Xenta whipped around to see Agent Silver. Silver lunged at Xenta aiming her tail blade at her neck. At the last second Xenta jumped but a moment too late and got caught in the shoulder. Xenta swung her owl tail and got a chuck of Silver�s leg. With a quick block to the left Xenta grabbed one of Silver�s wings and pull at it until it started to rip. Silver let out a piercing scream. Xenta continued to pull as the rip increased. Silver turned trying to break free but the best she could do was turn enough to slash Xenta�s face leaving three deep claw marks oozing golden red blood over her right eye. Xenta twisted the wing more ad a result. Her hands now covered in silver blood. Pain throbbed around her eyes and the blood blocked her vision. Agent Silver felt the fiery pain of her wing and could bare it no longer. She twisted her body ripping her wing off in Xenta�s hand. Xenta dropped the wing and flew up into the air trying to clear her eye of blood. It was no use she couldn�t see on the right side. Silver took advantage of this and flew up on her right side blood flowing down her back and pain slowing her slightly. Sliver fired an energy blast at Xenta but she dodged it and retuned the favor also missing. Sliver�s tail came down hard on Xenta�s back. Xenta countered in time to block the tail blade from slicing her but the force of the blow knocked her to the ground. She got to her feet but she was now bleeding from her arms as well. Her clothes were torn and bloodstained. She flew back up and blasted at Sliver then moved in and whipped her with her tail. Silver landed on the ground scraping her knees but other wise fine. She blasted at Xenta again this time hitting her left arm. Xenta felt the pain instantly but she did her best not to show it. She could hear her old trainer taunting her in her mind. You�re a sorry excuse for a princess. A broken bone and you want to quite already. When I trained your mother at least she could stand the pain. But then again she was of truly high blood. Anger flashed in Xenta the same as it had the day she first heard those words. It was in insult to her and her father. She screamed channeling her pain into her anger and charged at Silver. Agent sliver was readying a large energy blast.
�Bye-Bye kitty,� Sliver laughed. Suddenly everything was too bright to see. Xenta trashed wildly in the blinding light. She kicked something but then things went black. She didn�t even feel the blast hit her. She could hear here old teacher again.
�She�s lucky it didn�t kill her. Her anger sent her blindly into the face of certain death, if it had be anyone else she�d be dead,� but the voice wasn�t her teacher it was someone else.
�Piccolo,� she called into the blindness of her mind. She tried to open her eyes and found she couldn�t.
�He�s not here right now,� Ice�s voice came from the darkness. Xenta tried to sit up but her head started to hurt and she sunk back into her bed. Xenta�s hand went to her eyes. There was a bandage wrapped around her head.
�Don�t worry about it,� Ice said, �you got here in time. There might be a scare over the right eye but other then that you�ll be fine. You lost a lot of blood from that eye though. Agent Sliver got you good there. In fact you are lucky you aren�t permanently blind. But as I said you got here just in time.�
�How did I get here,� Xenta asked.
�Uncle Piccolo found you and brought you in here,� Ice said unwrapping the bandage around Xenta�s head to change it. The light blinded her for a bit in her left eye but she managed to keep it open. Ice rewrapped her head so that she could now see.
�How long was I knocked out,� Xenta asked.
�Three days,� Ice said tossing the old bandage away, �Uncle Piccolo hardly left your side. In fact this is the longest his been away from you since he brought you here.�
�Really,� Xenta mused softly.
�He said he wanted to talk to you when you woke up,� Ice went on, �something about Agent Silver.�
�How�s my little rebel,� Xenta asked changing the subject quickly.
�Like an angel,� Ice smiled, �but she missed you a lot.�
�I�m sure she does,� Xenta sighed, �I�ve missed her.� And her brother. As if on cue Inveta started cry.
�I�m going to go get her,� Ice said.
�And I�m going to stay here,� Xenta smiled. Ice walked back in carrying the little blue child who had quieted down now.
�Ah my baby look at you,� Xenta laughed, �dressed like your cousin Ice. You look like you truly belong here.� and not with me.
�I think she looks cute,� Ice ventured.
�And that she does Ice,� Xenta smiled. Ice walked over to Xenta and placed the baby in her arms. Inveta cuddled into her mother�s arms knowing it was safe.
�So how�s Goten,� Xenta asked looking down at her daughter.
�He�s fine,� ice blushed, �we�ve been going out a lot. And he�s getting used to meeting me everywhere.� Xenta nodded. So you have him trained the dog that he is. Too bad I could tame my monkey when I had one. Because maybe there I wouldn�t be here right now.
�Sounds like you have him well trained,� Xenta said.
�He just cares about me enough to understand,� Ice smiled.
�I guess,� Xenta said distracted. Not that you even know the truth. Your father would kill the Son boy if he knew.
�Uncle Piccolo is going to want to talk to you now that you�re awake,� Ice remembered. Xenta looked down at her torn and bloodstained clothes.
�Do you think I could go to my room and change,� She asked.
�Sure that shouldn�t be a problem,� Ice said, �we had you in here because you were blind. Go ahead. Take Inveta and put her in her room. I�ll send Uncle Piccolo to see you soon.�
�Sounds good to me,� Xenta took her time getting out of bed so as not to get dizzy and fall over. She walked out of the medical room with her daughter in her arms.
Agent Silver sat alone at a long banquet table. Her back was now blood free but she was still wingless. Dende�s minions were fussing over her.
�I�m not hungry,� she screamed sending one through a wall with an energy blast.
�But Lord Dende wants you to eat,� the other chocked out in fear. He was hiding behind a nearby chair.
�I�m not going to eat,� she pushed away from the table. She turned and charged at the young Devon going in for the kill.
�Silver,� she heard a stern voice from behind her, � I don�t think Dende wants you to kill all his servants.�
�Cell,� she turned in excitement and ran to him, �I thought you were leaving.�
�Now why would I leave without saying goodbye to you, my Silver beauty,� he asked playfully.
�Why do I ever doubt you,� she said in a child like manor.
�How about a little bit more fun before I leave,� he asked.
�How can I say no to you,� she smiled devilishly, � after all you are my love.�
Piccolo walked down the hall as fast as his long legs would allow. He had to talk to Xenta. Her fight with Agent Silver had left her overly bloody and wounded more then he cared to see her and he was worried. It�s not that I have feelings for her or anything, Kami forbid. It�s just if she dies while I�m with her Jescele will blame me. Piccolo was rationalizing the hell out of the situation. His cape flew behind him as he turned the last corner on the way to her room. It was late, much later than he wanted it to be. It was bad enough that he said needed to talk to her right away but add up all the late night visits to her room and the fact that she was overly flirtatious had sparked Ice�s curiosity. He stopped in front of her door and took a deep breath. Things are going to be settled tonight. This is the second time that I know of where Xenta has left to fight Agent Silver alone. Next time she could die. He knocked on the door and waited. The lock clicked and the door slid open. Xenta stood now in new clothes, a white shirt and tight jeans. Her eye was wrapped tightly and he could see some of the blood had come through already but she seemed fine.
�Come in,� she said to him moving out of his way her eyes locked on the ground like a child waiting punishment. She shut the door behind him and locked it again.
�Ice said you wanted to talk to me,� Xenta said sitting down cross-legged on her bed.
�You�ve got to stop chasing after Agent Silver,� he blurted out, �you�re going to end up getting yourself killed.�
�I�m touched that you care so much,� she said bitterly.
�I�m being serious,� he told her.
�It�s not like I go looking for trouble Piccolo,� she laughed sarcastically, �I�d never want to end my own life. I love my life. I�m drawn to the damn place I can�t help it. I heard the words and I�m there. If I could help it o would. Do you think I like not being able to see out of my right eye?�
�You�re drawn were,� he asked changing his tone.
�Why do you care,� she asked, �no one at AH does so why does it matter?�
�Its does matter if it keeps getting you hurt like this,� he said concerned.
�I don�t always get hurt,� she told him, �most of the time I never see anyone around the area. I was just unlucky this time.�
�But where do you go,� he asked again.
�to one of the gates to Den Corp,� she told him looking away from him, �like I said I hear the voice and the next thing I know I�m sitting outside the gate unsure of how I got there.�
�Can you do me a favor,� he asked her.
�What do you want me to do,� she sighed.
�Next time you hear the voice come find me,� he said, �come tell me. That way we can stop this. It�s not safe out there.�
�I can take care of myself,� she told him angrily.
�Yeah you show how well you can do that,� Piccolo said referring to her injuries.
�I�m still alive aren�t I,� she growled.
�Yeah and almost blinded,� he reminded her.
�But I�m not I will be able to see fine soon,� she said triumphantly.
�Except you�re going to have a scar over your right eye,� he said. Suddenly there was a knock at the door.
�Eja it�s me, Ice,� they heard from the other side of the door, �I�m here to change your bandage and to talk to you.� Xenta nodded to Piccolo and he unlocked to door. Ice rushed into the room, knocking Piccolo onto the bed next to Xenta.
�Ok that�s it,� Ice shut the door and turned to them, �what is going on with you two?� Piccolo moved father away from her on the bed.
�Nothing,� Xenta said, �Piccolo is just lecturing me about being more careful in battle.�
�I heard part of your conversation,� she said to them, �This is not nothing! First I hear suspicious noises in here from you two, locked doors, and late night visits. This is not nothing.�
�Well the truth is that we kind of know each other. We met before I came here,� Xenta said, �Piccolo said he was going to help me with some things. He�s just worried about me as a friend.�
�How do you know each other,� Ice asked unsure about all of this.
�We hung out a few times. Nothing big,� piccolo added.
�I don�t believe you,� Ice told them.
�Alright, well see the day I met you I hadn�t seen him in awhile. I was out and got caught by Agent Silver. Next thing I knew I�m here and he comes in,� Xenta tried to explain.
�I found her and brought her here. She would have died otherwise,� Piccolo threw in his two cents.
�So you were following her Uncle Piccolo1 why?� Ice asked in a soft yet stern voice.
�He needed to tell me something,� Xenta took a turn to talk
�I needed to tell her I was sorry,� Piccolo blurted out.
�Why,� Ice was finally getting somewhere.
�Because he�d said some things to me that were not right. He wanted to clarify some things so we were on the same page,� Xenta broke in.
�So then what the hell is going on here,� Ice asked, �and not give me that �nothing� or �we�ll tell you when you�re older� crap. Just tell me the truth.� Xenta thought fast but nothing came to her and the truth was far from her mind. Come on Piccolo think of a good lie. Xenta looked worriedly at Piccolo pleading with him to come up with something.
�We, umm, well we were, we Are dating,� Piccolo blurted out.
�You are,� Ice almost laughed, �on my Kami I didn�t see that coming. Wait until Father find�s out.�
�No don�t tell Frieza,� Xenta shouted.
�Why not,� Ice asked as her happy bubble popped.
�Because it�s a secret. No one knows. Well now you do because someone can�t keep his mouth shut. But you can�t tell anyone. You�ve got to promise us,� Xenta said hurriedly.
�Oh, no problem,� Ice smiled, �but you to have got to go on dates with me and Goten. That way father will let me go out more and stay out longer.�
�Fine we will. But we still need to talk about some things in private so can you change my bandage so we can be alone,� Xenta asked. Ice went and quickly fixed the bandage and left the two alone.
�Dating,� Xenta repeated in a disgusted tone, �is that all you could think of?�
�I didn�t see you offering any cover up,� Piccolo shot back.
�And now we have to go on dates with them,� Xenta whined falling back on her bed.
�At least now we can keep and eye on them,� Piccolo pointed out, �and it was your idea.�
�Yeah if I told her no she�s know we weren�t going out,� Xenta said, �couples like to double date.� She kicked him off her bed harshly.
�What was that for,� He said rubbing his back.
�Get out Piccolo,� Xenta demanded, �it�s late and my eye is starting to hurt.�
�It isn�t getting infected,� he asked worried.
�Not the injured one,� she told him, �I�m just sick of looking at you.�
�Fine,� he walked to the door, �I�m heading to talk with Goten in the morning just so you know.� He let her alone. She locked the door behind him. Stupid Piccolo! Dating, of all things. She sat back down on her bed and pulled out her book to write.
Ok well it�s been awhile so here�s everything that�s been going on. Inveta has been doing well living at the Palace. Ice has been taking such good care of her but I miss her sometimes. She looks more and more like a Washin Vegeta every time I see her. She seems not to have his temper, which I am glad about. Ice confronted Piccolo and myself about all our secrets. I told her a little bit of the truth that we knew each other and have hung out a few times. She kept asking questions and Piccolo panicked. He told her that we are dating! Can you believe that? Me date him? And this from the one who doesn�t want to get involved in my life. Well hello he is now. And I can�t believe him he is so hot/ cold all the time. He is all �I�ll punish you� them telling me not in a good way. Then is gets all worried about my life and now this lie about us dating. How can I pretend to date him? He doesn�t even like my little advances that I have made. And it�s not that I want him or like him he�s just a guy you know? And Ice wants to double date, something I don�t even do that with Jescele. I mean come on if I am really into a guy I�m going to be to bust to pay attention to others around me. So how can I do that and double? And how can I convince her we�re dating? I know he�s not going to like the ideas that I say dating are and his ideas are sure to be too unrealistic. Kami, Trosa Broten I�m pretending to date Piccolo.
She closed her book and put it away. I can�t believe him. She turned off the light and crawled into bed. Well I can�t take it back now so he�s just going to have to pay for it.
Natalie was at her club serving drinks behind the bar. It was a small price to pay for owning the place and she always got a kick out of creating new drinks with her brother. Mango was the DJ again tonight. That was also something he enjoyed, and it cost her nothing to have him there. She slid a drink to a man a few seats down from her then started whipping off the bar. The dance music pulsed through the room. There were people everywhere but she felt alone. Once again it had been weeks since she had even heard from Chibi. The absence was driving her crazy. She wanted to see him she wanted him in general. It was a longing she hadn�t felt in a long time.
�Hey Natalie,� a familiar face smiled at her.
�Hi Miari,� she flashed her best I�m doing alright smile, �have you seen your identical hotter younger self?�
�First of all,� he laughed, �seeing as we are identical there is no way he could he hotter then me and second no I haven�t.�
�Damn,� she leaned on the bar.
�What�s the matter,� he asked leaning in to her, �do you miss his body pressed up against yours when you-�
�Shut up,� she jumped back hitting him with her towel.
�Come on now. I�m just having a little fun, �he winked, �besides I�ve been there before I know.�
�Why do you torture me,� she whined.
�Because it�s so much fun,� he laughed, �but alas here comes Chibi now to fulfill your naughty little fanaticizes.� Her eyes shot up to scan the club. At the door Chibi was walking in with his friend Marron. Miari walked by them.
�Hey babe,� he smiled and winked at Marron before leaving for the night. She blushed and leaned into Chibi.
�Come on you�ve got to meet Natalie,� Chibi smiled, �you�ll really like her.� He led her to the bar and they sat down.
�Hey Chibi,� Natalie smiled, �you�ve been absent for awhile.�
�I�ve been helping my friend Marron,� he told her. Marron smiled shy and waited for Chibi to continue.
�She needs a palace to stay for awhile,� Chibi continued, �she got herself into some trouble and can�t go home right now.�
�What kind of trouble,� Natalie asked eyeing the girl with suspicion.
�She made a mistake of trusting someone too much,� Chibi answered.
�Please don�t make him say it,� Marron whispered, �I can�t bare to hear it said out loud.�
�All right then,� Natalie brushed it off for now, �when you are ready to talk I am here and it�s not like you will be able to get away from me here.�
�Thank you,� Marron sobbed. Chibi smiled his thanks.
�I�ll have Mango help you get settled on his next break. But until there go have some fun. There�s video games in the back,� Natalie pointed the way to her. Marron nodded and disappeared through the doorway.
�You become more perfect everyday,� Chibi leaned over the counter and kissed her.
�What can I say? I�m a goddess,� she posed for him and they laughed.
�I missed you,� he placed his hand over hers on the bar and rubbed his thumb over the back of it.
�I missed you too,� she smiled, �I�ve been having trouble sleeping without you.�
�And here I though you didn�t sleep when I was here,� he smiled evilly.
�Yes but that�s by choice,� she reminded him.
Bulma was locked in her room with Vegeta again. They lay awake in her bed not talking, just being here for each other. It was strange how easy it had been for her to claim him for her own. Of course no one else knew about this. To the rest of the world they hated each other with a passion. In truth he had rekindled the wild passion of her youth and caused her to be the girl she sued to be only different. Her reformed self still lingered in her mind. When they were together things were different. It was as if they were in a time warp. She was that girl again and he was, well he was a nice, loving, gentle, as gentle as Vegeta could get, caring Vegeta. It was as if he were secretly trying to make up for something. Bulma knew there was no time to waste in dealing with Xenta and her relationship with Vegeta. He was hers now. Xenta had asked for her to distract him after all.
Vegeta rolled over and hugged Bulma close to him. he was very gentle with her. It was his fear of the past that caused his carefulness. He did not want her to suddenly remember what he did to her. He was trying to make up for it in their new relationship. He constantly thought about the past, and her son. He could not even consider Trunks his own son. To Vegeta Trunks was a sissy boy. How could he love a mistake like that? Of course right now his mind was on other things. He kissed Bulma�s neck softly. She rolled over and looked into his eyes. She leaned in and kissed his lips.
�Good night Vegeta,� she whispered.
�Good night,� he smiled. She rolled back over and slowly fell asleep. Once she had been asleep long enough he gentle unwrapped his arms from around her and crawled out of her bed. He looked down at her sleeping there. He turned quickly, grabbed his clothes and transported back to his own room. Bulma rolled over where he had been still asleep.