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A/N: sorry had to change a bit, but it had to be done...tell me what you think!

Taken

Chapter 1

'Almost got this, Kami please don't let anyone hear me!' Bulma prayed as she worked vigorously to break out of what had been her confinement for the past three long tormenting months. She broke the small compartment that hung next to the door, and began to disconnect and reconnect different wires, concentration engulfing her entire being. She felt sweat trickle down her face as she felt a sudden urge to stop and think twice about it. She knew exactly what would happen if she got caught trying to sneak out...

Bulma remembered the heinous beating she had gone through when Zarbon had caught her while she was sneaking around the halls trying to find her way out. He had been so angry at her, she would never forget the look he gave her before he went ballistic on her. Her body had been covered in black and blue bruises that left her immobile for almost a month.

Bulma felt the sting in her eyes as she fought back the tears, she had to get out of here! She thought she had encountered bad people back on Earth, oh what a naive girl she had been! But now, now she had truly met the face of true evil. Pure evil.

Bulma took a final slow and shallow breath, as she worked to piece back the last wire onto the compartment. This was it, 'It's now or never.'

Immediately the door slipped open, she mentally did a small victory dance but immediately shifted her focused back on her main objective, "Freedom." She said quietly yet fiercely to herself. Bulma didn't waste any time, she quickly began to creep through the halls, she didn't get far the last time she got out, but she did manage to grasp some knowledge of the structure of the ship. She continued to tippy-toe through the hall and stopped where the hall ended and met another that turned left, she slightly peeked her face to see if there was anyone present that would expose her.

'Perfect!' Bulma almost shouted out loud but caught herself in time, she quickly threw her hand to her mouth. 'Fuck, way to get yourself caught genius!' Bulma mentally cursed herself, she needed to stay focused and not let anything get her to lose her focus like that again.

With that last train of thought Bulma began to walk slowly through the next hall, listening intently for any sounds or signs of anyone. She felt her heart race, perhaps she was actually going to get away this time!

As if she had 'spoken' too soon, she was suddenly jerked back and pushed up into the wall. "Gotcha," Said the voice of the man that had kept her up so many times at night due to her nightmares. Bulma went completely limp, frozen in complete and utter terror. She found that all she could manage to do was look into the eyes of the terrorist and give a small cry of fear. He roughly grabbed her hands and put them up above her and pushed her further up against the wall with his own body.

Bulma felt her tears well up and began to tremble underneath the solid man. He had a look of contempt and something Bulma didn't recognize which made it that much more frightening.

Zarbon then adjusted his hold and placed both of Bulmas hands into his huge grip and used his free hand to roam her body. Bulma felt her heart stop. Zarbon had now moved his roaming hand in between her upper thighs and pushed her legs to spread.

"Please, don't… do this! PLE-ASE!" Bulma pleaded, her trembling lips barely enabling her to sobs where becoming louder, making Zarbon agitated with the situation. With out any warning, he quickly let her go, and she slumped down the wall and quickly curled up in a ball into a fetal position.

"You disobeyed me once again girl. You know you will have to face the consequences, right?" Zarbon said looking over her in sheer disgust. What a pathetic race she was a part of, it was beyond his comprehension on why Freeza was so dead set on making her a part of his Cold Empire.

"You will have to answer to Lord Freeza himself, mark my words weakling, you will be sorry for all the trouble you have caused." Zarbon said in a low tone, he sneered when he saw her bury her face further onto the floor. He grabbed her by the hair and began to drag her back to her room, Bulma cried out and tried to pull her hair back, attempting to keep it from ripping off her skull. He stopped in front of Bulma's room and saw her door wide open and his eyes almost bugged out. So the little wench knew how to tweak wires? He tightened his hold onto her hair and picked her up until her feet dangled in the air.

"You are a real pain in the ass, maybe I should lock you in my closet until the remainder of our flight. We will arrive tomorrow anyways." Zarbon said, mostly speaking to himself as he eyed the girl. Bulma began to wail but found it incredibly painful. She felt like her hair was going to rip off her skull soon if he didn't put her down. 'No, my beautiful hair!' she thought to herself, picturing a bald patch on her head. Maybe that's what she got for making fun of Krillin all these years! 'I'm sorry Krillin!'

True to his word Zarbon kept her in his closet for the rest of the night. Bulma didn't bother to bang or even try to get out this time. At first she just sat limply with her knees brought up to her chest as she gripped around them tightly, completely blank. It was a tiny closet, he had barely been able to get the door to shut. She wasn't even sure if he had locked it, but didn't bother to even check. She was living in a nightmare, one that she could not get away from.

Bulma closed her eyes, her eyes felt heavy and swollen from crying. Was she ever going to see her parents again? She wondered how they were holding up, she knew they would be worried sick not knowing where she was. She didn't even have a chance to say goodbye to anyone, except for Yamcha. She squeezed her eyes tighter at the thought of him.

Her first and only boyfriend, she felt a pang of guilt hit her. She should have tried harder to make things work, why did her pride always get the best of her? They had broken up plenty of times in the past but the last one she knew deep in her heart that it was really over. She remembered the incredible pain she felt when he revealed to her absolute shock that there was someone else. She felt tears stream down her face, Yamcha had betrayed her, the worst part being that it had been for quite some time. He had been living under her own damn roof for Kame's sake!

She then roughly wiped her tears, there was no point in dwelling with this anymore. She was gone, she didn't know where the hell she was or where she was going! She was so far from home she had heard some of the guards speak of planets she had never heard of. There were so many things she didn't know about space. She knew no one could come save her for a fact, her father couldn't even build a space ship that would come this far, it would take millions of years!

Bulma took in a deep breath and opened her eyes, all her life all she cared about was about having a boyfriend and preserving her striking good looks. She now wished she could go back in time and re-do many things. Like spend more time with her friends, Goku, Krillin, Tien, hell even Piccolo! She was just too self absorbed to make enough time for them and that was her deepest regret.

Suddenly she felt the ship shake, Bulma yelped in shock and banged her forehead onto the door. "Shit!" Bulma put her hand on her forehead and began to massage it, when was she going to catch a break!?

Bulma quickly sat up straight and became tense when she heard ruffling noises outside her door, and the door opened slowly. Zarbon then smiled at her and said, "Oh, good you're still alive. Let's go, Freeza is waiting, and he doesn't like to be kept waiting." Zarbon finished. She wasn't moving fast enough for his liking and yanked her out of the closet. Bulma hissed out loud and became completely rigid. Her whole body was numb from being in the awkward position too long.

"Stop complaining, you are very lucky to have been chosen to be present in front of Lord Freeza, now MOVE IT!" Zarbon barked at her, pulling her along.

As they stepped in to some sort of portal that Bulma had never seen, she marveled at how advanced their technology was compared to Earths. The door swiftly opened and she gasped out loud in amazement. They were definitely not in the same ship that Zarbon had her came from. No, this was a Huge aircraft! Zarbon, continued to drag her, yet she was too busy looking around to even notice.

She then saw the ugliest pink creature stop in front of them and he said snobbishly, "Eughh, Zarbon! What the hell is that! It's the ugliest thing I have ever seen!" He said with a snicker following to his insult.

Bulma squinted her eyes at him, 'he shouldn't be one to speak! Ugh, the nerve!' Bulma thought to herself. He was a fat pink man, and his armor was much too tight on him!

Zarbon then replied, "Really? I find her rather enticing actually. But Freeza has specific orders to bring her here.

She snapped back to reality when Zarbon turned to her and said, "Remember, best behavior!" sarcasm dripping from his voice, he shook his finger back and forth for emphasis. Bulma fought the urge to roll her eyes at him. 'Asshole'

As soon as the door opened he quickly pushed her in, it was a dim room with a large window that gave a grand view of space. She noticed a large throne-like chair but she couldn't see who was sitting on it because it was facing the window.

"My lord, I have brought you the Briefs girl like you ordered." Bulma heard Zarbon speak with respect, he was kneeled on one knee and had one hand placed on his heart.

This made Bulma nervous, what the hell did this Freeza guy want from her? She felt her body begin to tremble in fear.

She then heard Freeza finally speak, "Exellent job Zarbon, now leave me and the girl to speak in private." He finished. Bulma then felt a shiver run down her spine, what the hell could he possibly want to talk to her about?

Zarbon looked a slightly upset with that last request, but quickly regained his composure. He then quickly replied, "Of course my lord." And with that said he took one last look at Bulma and left.

Bulma gulped, she didn't want to be left alone with…whoever it was! He still had not turned around from his chair. She felt the awkward pause drag on way too long.

After the long silence she finally saw him turn and Bulma finally got to see the face of the one they called Frieeza. He smiled at her wickedly and finally spoke, "My dear Bulma, we have a few things to discuss."

Earth...

Gohan and krillin were diving deep in the Pacific Ocean, they were in search of the last dragon ball with the help of Dr. Briefs radar. The whole gang had spent the last month or so in search of them to bring Bulma back home.

After the first week of her disappearance everyone became worried, she had the record of taking off and not coming home but she always called and checked in. her parents had a bad feeling this time. They called Yamcha, Goku and Krillin to start the search yet they couldn't find a single trace. Her parents made sure that the news media speak of her disappearance and they plastered missing posters in every corner in all the nearest cities. After the first month of not hearing back from anyone, everyone decided to start the dragon balls search.

Gohan was deep in the depths of the ocean, Krillin couldn't hold his breath as long as Gohan to his surprise. Gohan was following the route that the radar was pointing out until he finally saw the orange shiny ball caught in a sea weed. 'I found youuu!' he thought happily as he grabbed it and began to make his way back up. As he came up to the air he saw Krillin, and exclaimed with utter joy, "Krillin! Look I got it!!"

Krillin smiled back at him and said, "Alright Gohan you're the man! Now lets hurry back to Kame's house everyone is waiting on us!" He said as he started to fly in the direction of Kames' house and gohan followed.

Once they arrived all the Z warriors were there including Bulmas parents. Then Goku spoke first, alright guys let's bring Bulma home. Summon the dragon already! Gohan placed the last ball and they all started blinking, everyone then watched in awe as the enourmous dragon emerged. Bulmas' mother then said to Dr. Briefs, "Ohh my! That's amazing!" Dr. Briefs just nodded back in agreement, not able to take his eyes off the great dragon.

The dragon then spoke, "You have awoken me from my slumber, make your one wish and I will grant it." He berated in a deep voice.

"We wish to bring back our friend Bulma Briefs back home to us!" shouted Goku out loud to the dragon, placing both hands next to his mouth, attempting to make his voice louder, he figured perhaps the dragon couldn't hear him because his height was so great.

A few seconds later the dragon's eyes beamed a deep fire red, as if searching for her. Everyone waited in anticipation, why was he taking so long? He usually had the person they called for in less than a blink of an eye thought the Z warriors.

Finally the dragon spoke again, "I cannot sense the life force of her, therefore I cannot bring her back. It is beyond my power. Make another wish." He demanded.

Everyone gasped out loud in shock. Goku replied back, "what!? But but…How come!?" he asked desperately, was she dead or alive?

"It is beyond my power to bring her back now make another wish so I can return back to my slumber!" the dragon said, irritation clear in his tone

"Oh no, what are we gunna do Goku?" said a saddened Krillin.

"I don't know guys…" replied Goku.

TBC...