Bulma smiled at the official and waved as she walked away, a glaring Vegeta in tow.
�What a sleaze bag.� Vegeta crossed his arms and glared at no one in particular, �I can�t believe he had the nerve to give you his phone number��
�Shhh!� Bulma put a finger to Vegeta�s lips and pulled him into a small alcove as two guards walked past them,
��Princess Bulma and Vegeta, yeah they escaped not long ago�Kold has ordered a complete search of the�catch them�� They caught snippets of conversation as the guards walked past, carrying ident pads with Bulma and Vegeta�s pictures on them.
�Well�� Vegeta raised his eyebrows; �I take it that means they know we�ve gone?�
�Obviously.�
�Shouldn�t we hide?�
�No, we�ll just stand here, we�re more likely to be found out if we�re hiding.� Bulma leant up against the wall and grinned at Vegeta, �It�s the first rule of being an infiltration specialist, you have to blend in, not go running off hiding and calling attention to your actions.�
�Oh.� Vegeta shrugged and followed Bulma�s example, leaning against the wall.
*******
Chichi gasped and pulled back sharply, bumping into Eighteen who grunted but made no other sound.
�King Kold!� She jerked her finger at the tall figure standing next to the guard at the door to the shield generator, �We have to get him away somehow.�
�I�ll distract him.� Eighteen stood up straighter,
�No! The shield generator is just inside those doors; it�ll be better if you go with Gringo. You�re stronger then I am, you can protect him better.�
�Chichi��
�No don�t argue! I�ve done my part; I�m the expendable one now. You can�t risk your own life by fighting Kold. Let me go and distract him, then you can take out the Kold and Gringo can shut down the damned generator.� Chichi smiled as she looked up into Eighteens blue eyes,
�Your right.� Eighteen tore her gaze away and nodded, �Do your thing Chichi.�
�Right!� She ran back into the hallway and waved her arms, �Yo Kold! Yeah I�m talking to you! You suck you know that?�
Kold looed up and narrowed his eyes, �You! How did you reach the surface?�
�Easily! Your such a weak fool!� Chichi laughed, then turned and ran away as an enraged Kold chased her down the hallway.
�Right, lets go.� Eighteen grabbed Gringo and charged down the hallway, she shot a ki blast at the guard and saw him go down, she didn�t bother to stop and open the doors, she blasted them open and ushered Gringo through, �Right! Make this quick, buddy the clock is ticking!�
�Sure thing.� Gringo�s eyes narrowed as she set to work destroying the shield generator�
******
Chichi ducked under one of King Kold�s punches and kicked him in the back, then she nimbly danced back out of reach,
�Idiot child!� King Kold shot a ki ball at her, laughing as it hit Chichi square in the chest and knocked her to the floor. He phased in front of her and kicked her across the floor.
Chichi struggled to her feet and blocked King Kold�s next punch, slamming her own fist into his sternum, causing King Kold to drop to the floor as he clutched his chest, winded.
�Stupid�girl!� He wheezed, climbing to his feet, one hand still clutching at his chest as he body slammed Chichi into a wall and picked her up by her neck, �How could you think to challenge me?�
Chichi clawed at his hand as she started to choke, King Kold laughed and put his face close to hers, �I should have killed you when I had the chance girl, you were always too weak to survive on planet Kold��
Chichi clenched her teeth and smiled grimly, �Fuck you!� She hoarsely whispered as she lifted her hands to King Kold�s face and pushed her thumbs into his eyes, feeing them pop and the warm licked spilt down his face.
King Kold dropped her screaming, his hands clutching at his injured eyes. Chichi gathered her ki in one hand and rubbed her throat with the other,
�Never call me weak.� She fired the ki ball; a small smile flitting across her lips as King Kold�s screams were silenced all at once and his corpse fell to the floor.
*******
�It�s down! The shield is down!� Krillen yelled, simultaneous pushing the alert button that would signal the other ships to attack.
He watched as the whole of Vegeta�s army materialised in front of plate Kold, their cloaking devices turned off now that they had access to the planet, �Remember leave the main palace intact, but the rest of the planet is ours!�
The other captains all responded and they flew towards planet Cold at attack speed, their weapons loaded and ready�
******
Eighteen lifted Gringo into her arms, cursing at the mans slowness, he whimpered at the speed at which she flew but she ignored his feeble cries, from the corner of her eyes she caught site of a bloodstained Chichi flying close behind them.
Eighteen searched for King Kold�s ki but couldn�t find it, deducing that Chichi had killed him, most likely in a bloody battle from the multitude of open wounds of the poor girls body.
Gringo shrieked as a shock wave struck the docking bay and she was almost thrown against the wall, Chichi caught up, cursing loudly.
�I guess they started the attack.� Eighteen yelled at her above the noise of the alarms now sounding, Chichi nodded and pointed towards their ship, Eighteen saw Bulma and Vegeta waited outside of it.
�Hey.� Bulma nodded and moved away from Vegeta, �I�ve got to go and shut down the planetary defence systems, you guys get the hell out of here and I�ll follow.�
�Bulma�� Eighteen put Gringo down and stopped her friend, �You do now that��
�Shhh!� Bulma leant in close and whispered in to her ear, �I know that the chances of me escaping are slim but I am going to get away too!�
Eighteen looked into her friend�s eyes and saw the same determined glint she always had, if Bulma was scared she wasn�t showing it.
�Take care.� She hugged her close, �And watch your back.�
Bulma nodded and turned to Chichi, she whispered something into her ear and hugged the girl close as well, then she turned and embraced Vegeta, kissing him passionately.
�No matter what happens I love you, I�ll love you until the day I die.� Vegeta hugged her closer,
�I�ll be waiting for you back home.� He reluctantly pushed her away and Bulma turned and ran over the official�s building.
�Ok ramblers, lets get rambling, this is gonna be one hell of a flight�� Eighteen ushered them into the ship.
********
Bulma ran into the officials building, the official having long ago abandoned at the sound of the alarms ringing. She ran to the nearest consol and hacked into the computers mainframe, quickly isolating the program, which ran the planetary defence program.
She typed in several commands and the weapons powered down momentarily before a conflicting command ordered them to power up again. From the corner of her eye Bulma saw Eighteen ship take off and shoot out of the docking bay, she quickly ordered the shields to power down, this time also entering another string of commands that would keep the weapons powered down until whoever was working the other end of the program broke through hr programming.
Bulma turned and bolted out the door, almost all of the ships were gone now; she headed for the last shuttle in a long row�
�Aaaaaah!� Bulma screamed as a ki blast shot into her right knee and she fell to the floor, she struggled to her feet and screamed again as another bi blast too out her other knee; she closed her eyes and tried to will the pain away.
�Well, well, well, thought you could get away huh?� Bulma opened her eyes to find Cooler standing over her, �Well I�m afraid I can�t allow that.� He picked her up and laughed as she weakly struggled to get away, �Don�t bother, you could never escape from me, but on the plus side, I am going to let you live.�
�No!� Bulma struggled as Cooler dragged her into the last shuttle and threw her to the floor.
�Your filthy little friend killed my father, that means I�m in charge now, not my father. He was weak, but me, I�m far stronger.� Cooler started the ship and flew it out of the docking bay, �Admittedly this is a nasty low for my people but we�ll survive and reform. Then we�ll hunt down your saiyan mate and destroy him and all your friends.�
�They�ll kill you before they let you leave.� Bulma dragged herself over the wall and collapsed, �You�ll never get the chance to regroup.�
�That�s where you�re wrong, my people have seeded several planets, and we�ll have reached one of them long before your friends find out what happened to you.� Cooler laughed nastily again, �I would kill you, except you do have my brothers grandchild in you.�
�What does my baby have to do with anything?�
�When your child is born I�ll have it taken from you and trained under me, I�ll make sure that its your child who ultimately kills its own father.�
�No!�
�Yes.� Cooler laughed as he put their space ship into hyperspace and Bulma watched her friends and her love fade into starry lights.
She closed her eyes, a seed of burning hate flourishing
within her; this was not how it was going to end�
The End � of part 1
A/N � That�s the
ending of part 1, yes that�s right, this fic is going to be in two parts. The
sequel is going to take place in seven years time and it is going to be a V/B.
I will post the first chapter of the sequel �Project 109 � Gen X� in a few days
time. If you want to be notified of the fic when it is posted then email me at [email protected]
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