�I can�t find Goten anywhere,� he panted.
�You don�t think,� Chi-Chi started grabbing the back of the couch in fear.
�Where can he be,� Gohan asked, �if anything happened to him I will personally see to it that Dende pays for his crimes.� Piccolo stood stoic watching them. He knew where Goten was. He also felt a tiny pain in his heart, talking about the destruction of his brother always managed to get to him.
�Did he say anything about going out,� Chibi asked the other young people in the room. Slowly everyone was in an uproar over the missing Son boy, everyone except Piccolo and Jescele. Jescele was leaning down into the chair and trying to mange her way into Vegeta�s lap. Piccolo was rolling his eyes on the inside at the mess in front of him.
�Wait,� Piccolo�s firm voice silenced the room as he walked away from the wall, �I think I remember him saying he had a thing tonight.�
�A thing,� Chi-Chi asked looking up with tears in her eyes.
�I think what Piccolo means is that Goten is out on a date,� Jescele said sliding herself seductively into Vegeta�s lap as Gohan watched her silently.
�My son on a date,� Chi-Chi wiped her eyes, �with whom?�
�Yeah who would be stupid enough to date that Son boy,� Vegeta huffed from under Jescele, �I mean come on� Jescele�s lips silenced him. At this Bulma and Gohan jumped a little but all other eyes turned to Piccolo for an answer.
�I don�t know,� his stoic voice remained calm, �he doesn�t have to run his plans by me.� Unless he can�t find Xenta.
�Of course. No one does because you Piccolo only look out for yourself,� Vegeta said sarcastically. Before he could continue Jescele had his lips again.
�It�s better then butting into everyone�s lives,� Piccolo grunted turning away from where Jescele was keeping Vegeta at bay. I can�t tell you and even if I could I wouldn�t you Vegeta need to butt out of your lives before you get hurt.
�Down boy,� Jescele purred into Vegeta�s ear as she licked her lips and made eye contact with Gohan, �Piccolo is not going to do anything to you. He has his own thing going on.� She glanced up at Piccolo when she said thing and smiled. he stood there, a wave of panic shot though him. I don�t have a thing! But the look, Xenta, she wouldn�t have, couldn�t have.
�Jescele when was the last time you talk to Xenta,� Piccolo asked glancing sideways at her back as she straddled Vegeta.
�She�s on vacation Piccolo. The only way I can talk to her is if she calls me,� Jescele smiled, �but she tens to be too busy for pleasantries like this.� Jescele gestured around the room at attacked Vegeta�s lips before he could say anything.
�I hate to break up the argument and make out session but we�ve got a meeting to start,� Krillin spoke up.
�Right,� Eighteen too charge, �does anyone have an idea on how to stop Dende�s forces?�
�I still say we send a spy,� Vegeta said freeing himself from Jescele for a second.
�No you can�t,� Jescele reminded him, �no one would be able to handle what goes on in there! It�s too horrible for anyone. I wouldn�t wish that on my enemies.�
�They are our enemies,� Vegeta growled into her ear. Jescele smiled and attacked him again.
�No one is going in,� Eighteen said, �Big T will never allow it.� No one can go through the same thing Jescele had to. She can�t even remember what happened to her it was so bad. I can�t risk anyone for information that might not do any good. It seemed that there was confusion as to who was the real leader in the group. Jescele seemed to take control for the most part but Eighteen also took charge. Sometimes even Bulma and Gohan seemed to lead. Things had gone wrong in their world and no one knew why. They didn�t even know what had caused Dende to turn to the darkness he had embraced let alone a way to bring him back. Many of them thought it was all Dende but Piccolo and Jescele knew the truth. They knew that Dende was a pawn just like Agent Silver was to Dende. Jescele tuned and looked at Piccolo. Oh my dear Kami what has happened to you? Where is the smiling little boy I used to know? Who could be so sick as to turn you against your own friends and family? Who?
You know who
No! Get out of my head.
You know who has done this you have to remember.
I don�t even know you. Who are you?
I am part of your past. The haze that you can�t clear up.
Who are you? What do you want from me? How are you in my head?
I am the key to it all but you need to save me so you can save yourself and the others. We all have this ability you just forget it.
�We have to find away to get past Agent Sliver,� Vegeta said lifting Jescele back onto the arm of the chair and getting up. Gohan took this chance to sit in the chair. Jescele appeared to be lost in some thought that consumed her. She didn�t even notice the change.
�That�s not my job,� Jescele yelled still with an absent expression. Everyone turned at her outburst to see her. Piccolo walked to the chair to help her. Leave me alone! Can�t you see that I don�t need you!
�Jescele,� Gohan called, �snap out of it. Come on, talk to us.�
You need me more than you know little Silver.
�Jess come on talk to me,� Gohan urged.
�Don�t call me that,� her mind screamed, as did her mouth.
�Jescele calm down,� Piccolo broke in.
But that is who you are.
No. <leave me alone. I don�t need this> Gohan doubled back. He was shocked that she had said such a thing to him.
�Jescele you can�t mean that,� Gohan tried.
Not until I get what I need
Her whole body was shaking. No one had ever seen her like this. Could this be an effect of her time with Dende?
Never! I�m not going to free you I don�t know you!
But you do. How could you forget someone you tried to kill?
If I tried to kill you that means I don�t like you. Her ki was raising higher the longer she remained lost to them.
�Jescele talk to me,� Gohan pleaded.
You need me and you know it. Something inside you remembers. Something has let me in again.
Get out of my head <I don�t need you. I don�t need anyone. And I don�t want you here> Gohan heard in is brain as Jescele bolted from the arm of the chair.
�Wait Jescele,� Gohan called after her but he only received a demonic scream as a response. He wanted to chase her and see what was wrong but the others would know. I don�t know what�s wrong but I�m not leaving you alone. The others looked at him awaiting his next move. Seeing that the others were hungry for an explanation Piccolo stepped in protecting part of his lies.
�Dende still has hold of part of her mind, � Piccolo�s heart winched at his lie, �he�s a sick bastard. We must stop him so we can keep him from doing this again, and to help save Jescele.� The others looked at him in shook. Piccolo had put down his little brother. He seemed to be putting that part of the past behind him.
�Gohan I need to talk to you,� Piccolo turned toward the door his cape flew out beside him as Gohan followed. Piccolo led him to an empty conference room. Gohan sat down at the table waiting for Piccolo�s talk.
�I know,� Piccolo said his back to Gohan.
�Know what,� Gohan asked calmly.
�About you and Jescele. I�ve known for awhile,� Piccolo said.
�How�d you find out,� Gohan asked.
�I could tell. You always look at her in that way. But you need to be careful,� Piccolo turned around to face the young man.
�I couldn�t do anything to help her,� Gohan cried out, �she was struggling and I couldn�t get through to her. She was talking to me but I couldn�t get her to listen to me.�
�She didn�t say anything,� Piccolo told him.
�She talked to me,� Gohan argued, �I don�t care if no one else heard her I know. She was in my head. She was telling me to leave her alone. She didn�t want to be near me but she wouldn�t tell me why. I couldn�t communicate to her.�
�Next time talk to her another way,� Piccolo suggested.
�How,� Gohan asked.
�You�ve got to find that out on your own,� Piccolo told him, �I just like she does.� piccolo walked out the door leaving Gohan at the table. What am I going to do? It�s pulling me apart.
Goten waited in a crowd of people. The night was not going well. He had arranged to meet Ice for their date in the park but she couldn�t make it at the time. Now he was waiting in front of the movies for her. He wanted to pick her up at her place but she had been firm n her answer of no. Her father would never understand their relationship. He was leaning against the wall to avoid being swept away into the theatre.
�Goten, hey Goten,� he heard someone call his name; looking into the crowd he was Vedel pushing her way to him.
�Hey Goten,� she smiled, �its been a long time.�
�Yeah it has,� he smiled half-heartedly. He didn�t want to see Vedel he wanted to see Ice.
�so how is everything,� she asked overly happy.
�Things are the same as always,� he shrugged.
�Are you here alone,� she asked scanning the crowd, �I�m waiting for my date.�
�I�m waiting for a friend,� Goten said stiffly.
�Are you going to the movies,� she asked, �what are you going to see? I�m watching the Darkness Falls Part Three. I can�t wait to see that dumb ass stupid lil hottie Vik and that bitch Sunshine Becky killed by the monster. I heard that it�s the best kill of the year!�
�What happened to romance movies,� Goten asked extremely disturbed by her look of pure joy at the thought of the two hottest actors killed on screen.
�As much as I love to watch two people in love the thought of Darkness Falls is more interesting than Bliss in Paradise,� She smiled happily.
�Goten there you are,� Ice shouted out of break approaching him, �I�ve been looking everywhere for you.� She shot Vedel an odd glance before smiling at Goten.
�Who�s this,� Vedel asked referring to Ice looking at her with semi disgust. Ice stood their dressed in a short red halter-top dress, hair tied up with a few curls and a pair of red heels.
�This is Ice,� he said nervously. Now it was Ice�s turn to look at Vedel. She wore a pair of black pants and a black shirt cut low in a few places.
�Who�s she,� Ice asked sweetly.
�I�m Vedel,� Vedel butted in, �Goten and I go way back. I used to date.�
�You dated her,� Ice was mortified.
�No,� Goten broke in, �I would never date her. She dated my older brother.�
�Oh,� ice relaxed and smiled a bit, �it�s nice to meet you Vedel. Are you here alone?�
�I�m waiting for my date but I can�t seem to find him,� she said pretending not to care.
�Sorry to run off and leave you Vedel,� NOT! But Ice and I need to be going,� Goten smiled and too Ice�s arm, � shall we?�
�So proper tonight my Son Goten,: Ice laughed, �where are we going?�
�It�s a surprise,� Goten smiled, �and I promise you�ll love it.�
�I�m sure I will,� she whispered leaning her head on his shoulder as they walked.
Later that nigh Bulma sat in her room thinking over her newest plan. Operation help Xenta slash get Vegeta is now underway� I think my plan needs a new name. She was on her bed, clothes thrown everywhere but she was too happy to care about the mess. It�s perfect. Just perfect. She stared at her chosen outfit. I can�t believe it still fits after all these years. It was an exact copy of the outfit she wore the night she was raped. A neon sparkly pink tube top and her favorite tight short jean shorts. But now this outfit held a new meaning, not the old painful one. This will be a night to remember! She stood up to change.
Vegeta sat in an oversized chair half asleep. Covering his chest was on of the porn magazines he had stolen from Master Roshi. He was actually in his bedroom. One look around the room would have sent a normal person out of their mind. The walls were smoke gray with a picture of playboy models. But then there were spikes, clubs, chains, and whips in places throughout he room. The bed was against the far wall and the chair next to the door. A few side tables were in the middle of the room and the closet against the other wall. Vegeta had a surprisingly neat room. His mind was in a certain blue hair woman. In his semi-sleeping state he was in the middle of a dream.
~Dream~
Bulma cowered on a bed in a dark room somewhere. There was a man in the room with her. His glowing green eyes were the only things he saw. Vegeta was an outsider in the room watching with horror. In the dark he could see this baka of a man raping Bulma causing her pain. She was a younger version of Bulma he knew now but all the same he knew the voice. He couldn�t really see her. Suddenly the young Bulma came into the light. She was the same girl that he-
~End Dream~
�No,� Vegeta shot out of his chair, �She can�t be, not the girl from that night, not the same girl that I, that I�� how could this happen? It the brat is from that night then� shit I�m a father! Damn that fucking bastard! He told me no consequences, no wait he didn�t. Crap I have to tell her now.
~Flashback~
Vegeta walked into the dark shop. The bell rang telling the shop keep he had entered. Vegeta slowly walked around the store browsing, to make people think this was a one-time thing just to see what the shop carried. When in fact Vegeta had been watching the store for weeks and knew exactly what he wanted.
�It�s about time you came in,� a eerily voice flowed around him, � I was wondering how long it would take.� Vegeta kept walking though the aisles.
�I know what you want,� the shopkeeper continued, �I�ve got it all ready for you.� He held out a little brown bag. Vegeta sneered but walked to the counter.
�This will have your desired effect,� the shop keeper told him, �it�s quite strong but what will you are of the side effects.� Vegeta cocked an eyebrow.
�They change,� the shopkeeper said, �the wild ones calm down you know, it has that effect on them. Usually lasts forever unless they see something, it�s like repressed memory but you�ll have fun. Only seven hundred and fifty dollars because you seem so in need of a good time.�
~End flashback~
Vegeta had stood up knowing what he had to do next but dreading every minute of the rest of his life. I don�t think she�ll really care. I mean it�s not like this changes anything. But it did.
Bulma walked down the hall confidently. I�m going to do this. I can do this. I�m Bulma and I�m not afraid of anything especially not Vegeta. She smiled and laughed. The thought of being afraid of Vegeta was too mush for her. She walked up to his door and knocked.
�What do you want,� he pulled the door open and screamed at her but this only made her all the more determined.
�I want you,� she whispered in her phone sex voice looking at him lustfully.
�Bulma I,� but she cut him off by forcefully pushing her way into his room shutting the door behind her.
�Bulma I need,� he tired again to no avail.
�I know you needed time but Kami damn it Vegeta I�m sick of waiting and plying it safe while Jescele has her lips all over you,� she told him angrily. He was shocked as to what was making her act so out of character.
�Oh Vegeta you knew I was coming,� she laughed, �You already have the chains and whips out.� Vegeta went ghost white as Bulma pushed him back toward his bed with that old spark in her eye.
�Oh Vegeta you didn�t say anything about my outfit,� she smiled evilly. His eyes widen at the realization of what she was actually wearing. Her lips covered his and all his attempts to talk to her were futile.