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Eighteen yawned and
avoided the eyes of the men, which had fastened onto her as soon as she had
walked into the room, it wasn�t easy being beautiful but it was something Eighteen had learned to live with.
�Hey beautiful, can I buy
you a drink?� A drunken captain sleazed into the chair next
to her and grinned.
�Sure�say tell me, what do
you know about the Cold family?� Eighteen fluttered her eyes at him but didn�t
miss the fear that flashed through them.
�The
Cold family? What would a pretty
young thing like yourself want with the Cold family?�
The captain seemed afraid now; he sat fidgeting in his chair, ill at ease.
�I just kept hearing
rumours about the Cold family fleeing to the planet Callistra, I was just
wondering if it was true.� Eighteen smiled at him and took a sip of her drink,
The captain swallowed
hard, �Oh it�s true alright miss. About six years ago
that monster Cooler landed down on Callistra, he massacred all those who dared
opposed him and set up house down on the surface. It�s like a fortress down
there now, no ship can come down unless it has a permit and those themselves are hard to get.�
�Ever been down yourself?�
Eighteen idly took another sip of her drink; �I mean it must be a terrible
place down there now.�
�Oh it is miss, truly it
is. I was down there only a few day�s ago, I had to deliver some equipment to
the Princess��
�Princess? What princess?� Eighteen interrupted, �I mean, I haven�t heard any rumours about a Princess.�
�Oh yes, a beautiful young
woman she is, long blue hair. She has a small boy with her most of the time, or
so they say. I only met her twice, but she seemed a very fragile little thing,
not at all what you�d expect�I mean the woman has the reputation of being a
screaming banshee.� The captain sidled closer,�
�Of course you can�t blame the woman, King Cooler doesn�t let her go
anywhere by herself, they say that she even has guards in the room with her at
night to make sure she doesn�t try to pull a runner.�
�Why on earth would she
want to run away if she�s a princess?� Eighteen could hardly contain her
excitement, it had to be Bulma!
�They say, and this is
only a rumour, that she was in love with the Emperor
Vegeta once, they say that the kid is his but I don�t know, it doesn�t look
much like a saiyan�or so they say.� The captain grinned at her, �Now what do
you say you and I take a little walk back to my hotel, eh love?
�Well I�d rather no a
little more about the Princess Bulma�I was always such a romantic.�
�Ain�t nothing romantic
about the Princess, all I know is that she�s been caught trying to escape the
palace on several occasions, and that she apparently is still in love with
Vegeta�but like I said there only rumours. So you ready to go?� The captain
stood up and grinned lustily at her,
�Get lost creep!� Eighteen
stood up and brushed past him, ignoring his indignant exclamation as she
hurried back to the ship to send a transmission back to Vegeta.
Finally they�d found her,
after all these long years they�d finally found her�
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�I can�t believe it�I
can�t believe we�ve finally found her!� Jay grinned and did a funny little
dance, �I thought we�d lost her forever Eighteen�I didn�t want to say anything
but I though Vegeta was a fool for continuing his search for so long, but now!
Now we�ve found her!�
�Whoa, slow down cowboy,
we haven�t found anyone yet. We know a woman who fit�s Bulma�s description is
living in the
Jay raised an eyebrow and
looked sceptical, �The woman has blue hair, loves Vegeta and hates the Cold
family, what more do you want woman? It�s Bulma! Just send the transmission and
tell Vegeta.�
�Yeah�your
right. It�s just that I don�t
want to get Vegeta�s hopes up and then have to dash them if it doesn�t turn out
to be her, but I must admit the chances of it being her are far greater then
they are of it not being her. I�ll make the call.�
Jay closed his eyes as Eighteen left the room, Bulma�are you down there? Is
it really you living on that cold lifeless planet?
He opened his eyes and nodded
his head, his heart told him it was her and he was never wrong when it came to
Bulma, he was her brother after all�he knew her better then anyone.
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Bulma glared at Cooler
across the table and wondered what his face would look like once she�d taken to
it with a meat cleaver.
Cooler ignored his niece�s
nasty look and instead glared at her son, his great nephew, although Cooler
preferred to think of the boy just as his nephew, great nephew made him sound
far too old.
�We lost another of the
children last night.� Bulma spoke up icily, �I warned you that upping their
metabolic levels would do more harm then good.�
�Well keep experimenting,
I don�t care how many of the Projects we lose, I just want an army of strong
soldiers, forget looks and brains, I want a legion of strong soldiers who�ll do
what I tell them to do.� Cooler took a sip of wine, �Or do you have a problem
with that?�
�Of course I have a
problem with that! If you weren�t threatening the life of my son I would never
have agreed to re-open Project 109, never!� Bulma made a fist and took a deep
calming breath, �It doesn�t matter any way, the new generation will fail, I
need better equipment and better working conditions.�
�The working conditions
are fine! And Project 109 � Gen X had better work Bulma, or else you can say
goodbye to your half breed son.� Cooler smiled at the boy who was glaring back
at him now, he had his father�s saiyan temperament but he had the courage of
the Cold family�and the pain tolerance. The boy didn�t even screamed when he
broke his arm the other day�it was impressive.
He�d have to ask Bulma to
run some tests on her son, find out what his genetic make up was�what DNA was
prominent in him.
Obviously the boy had
above average intelligent like his mother.
�Don�t you ever, ever
threaten my son again! One day Cooler, Vegeta will
find me and when he does it�ll be your death.� Bulma stood up, took her son and
stalked from the room.
Cooler watched her go,
�Foolish woman, Vegeta will never find me, and if he does he�ll never be able
to get you free.�
Bulma slid her key card
through the slot and typed in her personal ID and code, a moment later the door
to the Project 109 � Gen X lab slid open, she quietly walked through, Trunks
still held firmly in her arms.
�Good Morning Princess.�
The head scientist Zardon bowed and have her a horrid
little sleazy smile.
Zardon was the brother of
Zarbon; he had his brother�s nasty, sadistic temperament. Bulma always dreaded
leaving her �children� in his care, when she couldn�t be here. Something about
the man made her flesh creep, she knew he couldn�t be
healthy for the children.
�Good morning Zardon, tell
me have there been any changes in the children?� She put Trunks down and he
immediately when into the decontamination room. He was such a smart child.
�None my
lady.� He bowed again and made
looked at her in a creepy way that reminded her oh-to-much of Zarbon.
�Good, you may leave
Zardon, if I need your assistance I will give you a call, but for the time
being I am going to need some time alone with the children to conduct my
experiments.�
Zardon gave her his horrid
look again and slowly walked away, Bulma waited until she heard the door close
behind him before she walked into the decontamination room, Trunks stood inside
waiting for her, his little saiyan tail lashing back and forth in anger.
�I don�t like him mom,
he�s�bad.� Trunks tugged at her hand and pulled her over the button that would
start the decontamination process, �And he looks at you wrong. I don�t like
it�do you want me to take care of him for you?�
Bulma chuckled sometimes
it was hard for her to remember that her small son was already a super saiyan
as his father had been, �No thanks Trunks. As weak as your poor mother is I can
handle Zardon, he�s not a great fighter like his brother was.�
�His
brother?� Trunks sounded
confused,
�Yes, he worked for
Frieza��
�Coolers
brother? The one that father
killed?� Trunk�s eye�s lit up the way they always did when she talked about her
father.
�Yes Trunks, anyway Zarbon
was a great fighter, we used to spar together when I was younger, he would beat
the shit out of me of course but he wasn�t as bad as Dodoria was, Zarbon was
still a nasty man though.� Bulma�s eyes hardened, �But he�s dead now.�
The room pinged, signalling
that they were now clean of any outside viruses and pests. Bulma opened the
inner door and Trunks slipped past into the room were 5 kids his own age sat,
all wearing white with serious looks on their little faces. However at the
sight of Trunks and Bulma they began to smile and chatter, a sight that Bulma
couldn�t help but smile at, since the death of one of the boys last night
they�d been silent and solemn.
Cooler was never going to
have his emotionless soldiers if Bulma could help it, she was doing everything
in her power to raise these children as normal as possible, there was no way
she was going to let Cooler destroy these children�s lives the way that Frieza
had destroyed her life.
�
�Good Miss Bulma.�
�That�s good, now what did
mister Zardon teach you while I was gone?� Bulma sat down next to them and let
herself relax,
�That Cooler is our King��
�Pain is for the weak��
�Fear is not an option��
�Emotions are for the
deluded��
�We must destroy all
Coolers enemies��
The children all spoke at
once saying different things but Bulma got the drift, it was always the same
Nazi shit with Zardon. He tried to brainwash the children into believing that
Cooler was some kind of God that they had to obey at all costs at every chance
he got.
But Zardon was a monster
and the children knew it.