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Chapter 3: Demonstration
Theme Song: I Will Not Bow by Breaking Benjamin
I could only see out of one eye. My left one. The right one remained closed, because the blood pouring from the new cut over my eye was making it sting. What I could see was blurry do to a newly formed black eye. The view wasn't very special anyway. My head was dangling downward and I didn't have the energy to move it so, the floor had all my attention. It was moving forward and slightly from left to right. Every couple seconds another drop of blood would mark the floor, making a nice little trail for anyone to follow.
Along with a black eye and bloody cut, there was a new set of bumps scattered across the back of my head and face. Most were swollen, some were bloody, all were painful. My mouth still had all its teeth to my surprise. I was definitely lucky for that. My tongue had a cut over it from where my tenth had bitten it. The blood was slowly streaming down my chin onto the floor. It took turns with the eye cut making the drop trail. And then there was my nose. Banged, bloody and without a question; broken.
A shooting pain from my leg reminded me that my head wasn't the only thing that was hurt. There were a good number of bruises and bloody cuts scattered all over my body. My arms had the worst of it from using them as shields. My left leg was sore with the formation of a big bruise on my thigh, but my right calf was burning. It was broken at the very least. My arms felt like my right leg only ten times worse. They both had to be broken along with every bone; including hands and fingers. What wasn't broken was in pain from the scorch marks. They ran from the palms of my hands to half-way up my forearms. Blisters had already started forming, but most of it was raw and bleeding.
My torso was in better shape them any other part of my body. It was still hurt, but not as bad. This was thanks to the new armor Malaka had given me. It was now in need of some major repair. The front was covered in cracks and the plates along the back, front, and sides were gone along with the shoulder pieces and my scouter. The jumpsuit part was coved in various rips and tears. Any visible skin was covered in drying blood.
Bottom line, I was a banged up, bloody mess in a lot of pain. The best I could do was focus on breathing, but even that was hard. Where was the difficulty coming from I wondered? Could it have been from getting the wind knocked out of me? Or was it from the arm that wrapped around my stomach to carry me? Either way, it was difficult. I was surprised I was still awake at all. To my luck the pain wasn't strong enough to knock me unconscious. So I suffered all the way to where we we're headed. Where ever that was…
It felt like we were walking for a long time. We took a few more turns before finally I heard a pair of doors open. We walked into a cold room that felt good on my burning skin. The one carrying me made his way over to a familiar voice.
"Hello Vegeta. I didn't expect to see you here again so soon. Is there something I can help you with?" Malaka's voice grew louder as he spoke.
"I need this repaired." Vegeta replied, moving me forwards a bit.
"Hm?" I heard him move. "Not again! Didn't I just patch you up?" came Malaka "All my hard work trying to make you presentable, all of it, gone right out the window." He cupped my cheeks in his hands and lifted my head to see my face. Unfortunately for him, all that accomplished was making me gag and spit blood all over his hands. "Ah! What a messy child! You're even worse than you were earlier today. Oh well, guess there's no use worrying about it. Let's get you in a Medical Machine. You're going to be in there a while."
He let go of my face and it hung back in its original position. The only difference was the throbbing sensation on my neck. I attempted to moan, but it came out more like a gurgle as more blood dripped from my mouth.
"Hey, watch it! You almost got blood all over my boots!" the arm that had been holding me disappeared. I fell to the floor with a thud; landing in the little puddle of blood I had managed to make earlier. Pain shot through my arms and legs, making me moan/gurgle again.
"If you don't mind I'd like to not make her any worse then she already is." Malaka was directing his voice towards Vegeta.
"Tch! It's your job to make her better Malaka. Not mine." I heard his footsteps grow softer as he walked away. I could only guess he was headed towards the door since I had landed facing the other direction. "Now I don't care how you do it, but I want her in perfect health in the next two days."
"Oh? What happens in two days?" inquired Malaka.
I heard a light chuckle. "That's when the fun begins." And with that, I heard the door open and his footsteps disappeared.
"Oh dear. I would hate to learn his definition of fun." I heard him sigh. "Well, we better get started." I saw Malaka walked past my head on his way towards the Medical Machines. "You two, go in there and bring her to the machine. I'll get it ready."
After a few seconds I heard two pairs of feet walk over to me. From what I could see they had purple skin. They each grabbed one of my arms and hoisted me up. The blood had collected on my broken armor in the process. I made another trail as they walked over to where Malaka was waiting by a table. They set me down on top of it and walked away as Malaka took over. He helped me get out of my broken, bloody armor with some effort. He also took what remained of my boots and gloves off and tossed them to the side with my chest plate.
"This'll do for now. I'll have to get you some new clothing again. What a bother." Malaka hoisted me on the ground and half carried me over to the opened machine.
He hooked me up like before, only this time I didn't struggle. He then proceeded to shut the door, start the air pump, and fill the tank back up with that strangle water from before. The cooling sensation immediately took effect. It seemed to be the most cool where I was hurt the worst, which were my legs, hands and head. It felt good, but I didn't fall asleep like before. Instead I started thinking about how I got into this situation. About who had done this to me. About who had saved me…
Earlier…
A loud banging noise interrupted everything. The ball disappeared as Dodoria looked over my head at the source of the noise.
"Well, look who's late to the fun. Come on in, Vegeta."
The invite had come from Lord Frieza, who was staring in the direction of the noise. I turned from Dodoria to see the crowd of people looking behind them. A path had been made for the man who slowly made his way down it. The crowd closed behind him as he walked until he was standing in front of the group. It was the same man I had seen from in the Medical Machine. He was taller than Lord Frieza and me, with really tall, spiky black hair. He was wearing the same outfit as me, except his scouter was red, his armor was white, and his undershirt was blue. He slowly knelt down in front of Lord Frieza.
"My apologizes." he said, coolly looking towards him. "Seems I lost track of time getting ready to depart for my next mission."
"Quite alright. Not my loss if you didn't make it in time." His eyes shifted in my direction.
I was still standing in front of Dodoria, watching the man they called Vegeta. He was different from the others I had seen since coming here. For starters, he didn't cower or seem nervous. The others in the group were al shaken at Lord Frieza's voice. The men on the planet I was own were terrified of Dodoria. Vegeta was completely calm. He didn't seem to care about being late. Another was how he held himself. He seemed so…superior, I think is the way to say it. The way everyone parted for him, the way he walked with his shoulders back and head high. It was like he thought himself so much better than the rest and maybe he was. I didn't know, but I hoped to find out.
The last thought made me blink and take a step to the side. 'What are you thinking?' I questioned myself. 'You don't know anything about him. You should be focusing on how to save yourself.' My gaze shifted towards the sound of Lord Frieza lightly chuckling. I hadn't noticed his eyes watching me.
"Well, by how she's staring it seems she's taking a liking to you Vegeta." He looked back in front of him with some more laughter.
Vegeta slowly stood and crossed his arms. He turned his head to look at me. I had looked from Lord Frieza to Vegeta at the same time. We locked eyes.
The first thing I noticed about them was the color. They were black like mine. I was surprised; he was the first person I'd met to have the same eye color as mine. He didn't seem so surprised through. He's eyes were saying something different. They had the same coldness as Frieza's eyes, but there was something different about them. They were strong and bold; showing no fear, no mercy. I didn't shutter when I saw them; instead I was awestruck. After a few seconds he broke eye contact and directed his gaze back to Lord Frieza.
"So? What do you think, Vegeta?" Lord Frieza gestured to me. "Do you want to take her under your wing? Train her to be a fighter?" he gave a dark smile. "Or…" I saw my shadow change from the glow of the sphere growing behind me in Dodoria's hand. "Is she dead weight?" his eyes were sparkling with anticipation.
I went back to looking at Vegeta. His gaze was still on Lord Frieza; a very determined look in his eyes. My life was in his hands. Whatever he said would decide my fate. I thought about how I had looked to him when we locked eyes. What he must think of me. Realization crossed my face the same time as his. I let out a small gasp only I could hear. My eyes were wide.
Vegeta had bent his head down, closed his eyes and smirked. "No thanks. She doesn't look worth my time. And besides, we Saiyan's can be a little….rough." He looked back up at Lord Frieza before turning to leave. "I'm afraid I still have preparations to do for my upcoming mission. If you'll excuse me, sir."
He was the only thing I could see; footsteps the only thing I could hear. He was heading towards the door with his head high and his scowl back on his face. My hope fell with his footsteps. I kept echoing it in my head. 'She doesn't look worth my time…'
Dodoria finished gathering energy in his hand. He gave a hearty laugh. "Too bad brat! Nice knowing you."
'…..doesn't look worth my time…' My head was down.
Zarbon let out a sigh. "After all that work. What a shame. I apologize for the inconvenience my Lord."
'…..worth my time…' Vegeta reached the door.
"That's fine, Zarbon." came Lord Frieza. "At least we'll get a little show." He gave a laugh as Dodoria had.
'…worth….' I clenched my jaw…my fist…..
"Bye!" Dodoria shot the blast towards the back of my head.
I shifted on my right foot to the side; dodging it.
"Hm? What? You…!" he had a shocked expression.
I was fueled by anger as I turned, squatted, pushed off the floor with all my strength and punched Dodoria in the center of his face. I heard him yell as we fell backwards; Zarbon had enough sense to move out of the way from behind him. He landed on his back with me standing on his stomach. He had both of his hands over his bleeding nose. He looked up at me with a start. My eyes showed rage.
"HI!" I yelled in his face. He made a grab for me, but I jumped out of his reach and did a few backflips till I was on the other side of the room. I wasn't paying attention to anyone else in the room now. I was still angrily staring at Dodoria, who was attempting to stand, with hard breathes.
Vegeta had stopped at the front of the exit when he heard Dodoria speak. With a quick glance he saw the shocked expressions on everyone's faces; including Frieza who had quickly turned his shock to a frown, then a smile. He turned his attention back towards me, but I didn't notice. I didn't even know he was still there.
Dodoria was on his feet now. He had one hand over his nose and the other was clenched in a bloody fist. He spoke in a growl. "You little, bitch! How DARE you!"
"How DARE I?" I shot back. "You were about to blast a freaking hole in my back!" I clenched both fists and glared at him for all I was worth. "You expect me to just TAKE IT?" I ran towards him with my fist raised. All of my anger was concentrated on him.
He flew towards me with anger of his own flashing in his eyes. At the moment through, mine was stronger. Before he made it to me I disappeared and reappeared behind him as I had in our first encounter, only this time I jumped above his head and gave it a hard kick from behind. He lost his concentration and flew right into the wall.
I took a step towards him with a smirk. "Well YOU can TAKE that! How DARE you attack me?!" the cockiness had started to take over my anger.
Dodoria disappeared as I had. I didn't notice until he had appeared behind me. He gave me a swift blow to the head, sending me flying towards the wall he had hit. He then appeared in front of me and punched me in the nose as I had done to him, sending me flying backwards. He continued to do this for several minutes. I did what I could to dodge or block, but he had me off the ground. Finally, he appeared in front of me, grabbed my head and slammed me into the ground.
"Cocky little bitch." He stepped on my legs as he walked back to where Zarbon had been watching. It made me yell when he did so.
My legs were hurting now like the rest of my body. I could only see out of one eye from the blow to the head from earlier. He had cut above my eye and blood was streaming done my face along with my nose and mouth. I spit up the blood and attempted to move, but my body screamed this time. I couldn't remember being in this much pain. It was nothing I had ever had to deal with before. 'What should I do?'
Dodoria laughed as he turned back to face me. "Where'd all that spirit go? Guess you're all talk and no bit. You did manage to give my nose a good hit and for that," More glowing spheres. "you get special treatment!"
He shot a sphere at me and it broke off my back armor plate as it cut my thighs. I couldn't help but yell. He started to laugh and my anger started returning. '…worth…'
Vegeta had stayed the whole beating to see if I'd do something else. When it seemed I'd be finished he walked out the door a few more steps. When a sphere shot through the wall he turned around and looked back inside.
He shot another one towards my right side. I held my breath as I pushed off the ground onto my hands and knees just in time for the sphere to wiz under me and into the wall. I gasped for breath as I spit up some more blood. This sphere had managed to cut a pipe in the wall. Stream started to poor into the room.
"Dodoria!" Lord Frieza roared with a flick of his tail. "Do NOT break my ship! How hard is it to kill one child! Unbelievable!" he flicked his tail again.
"S..sir! Forgive me! I…She…" he was looking towards Lord Frieza with fear.
"Kill her and then fix my ship!"
"Yes! My Lord!" he turned back towards me. "Where'd she…!?"
In the confusion I had managed to stand and back up into the smoke. I was leaning on the wall when he had focused on me again.
With a growl he sent more orbs at me. The smoke was coming out of the pipe fast. Every orb shot got rid of some of it, but he was still unable to see me because of the excess smoke. I was using the wall to help slide out of the way of the orbs. My legs were on fire. My eyes were blurry. My head was pounding. 'I can't…I'm not….I…!' A sphere was headed straight towards me. '….worth…..' The anger returned.
Dodoria stopped shooting spheres; satisfied that I was dead by now. In my condition there was no way I could have dodged all of those. He turned his back on the smoke and knelt towards Lord Frieza. He started to speak but was cut off by a familiar voice.
"HEY DODORIA!" I was above the smoke in the air with one of his yellow spheres pulled back over my head. "CATCH!"I threw the ball towards his head as hard as I could. It sailed through the air on target. It was too late for him to move. I smiled as I fell back to the ground on my stomach. I watched the whole time.
Before the ball hit him Lord Frieza raised a finger and shot his own red sphere at it to counter. It exploded leaving a little smoke. That was the end of that. I frowned at that. 'No….' My energy was now completely gone. All I could do was watch as Dodoria stood up.
"Sir I..!" he stammered.
"ENOUGH!" commanded Lord Frieza. "I'LL finish her!" he directed his finger in my direction.
I closed my eyes in acceptance. 'Worth….I guess I really am worthless…' for the first time in years I shed a tear. I was waiting to die when I heard the sound of quick footsteps.
"Hm?" Lord Frieza spoke. "Vegeta? I thought you left?" he had a curious tone to his voice.
I opened my wet eyes to see Vegeta standing in front of Lord Frieza once again. I thought he had left as well. He quickly knelt in front of him and looked up at him. "Sir." He began. "After some…consideration, I would like to take the child."
I stared at him, as did Lord Frieza. He had locked eyes with him in a frown.
"No way!" Dodoria stood up facing him. "You had your chance! She's my pray now! Stupid Monkey!"
"DODORIA!" Lord Frieza boomed at him with a hand up. "You had a chance as well and you failed." "Very well. Since you came all the way back you can keep her, but…" he smiled at Vegeta. "You only have six months to train her. By then I want to see something…..presentable. Understood?"
Vegeta kept his gaze as he nodded. He then stood and walked over to where I lay. He took no gentle care in picking me up and hanging me under his right arm before walking out of the room.
Present…
I kept running the battle through my head as I healed. I couldn't figure out how it had happened. Were that strength had come from. Sure I was angry, but could it really make you so strong? My thoughts were interrupted by moving in front of the tank. I opened my eyes to see Malaka standing next to the control table again. On cue the water drained out again and I floated back to a sitting position on the ground. When the tank door opened I removed everything myself this time, before walking out. I was wet but felt great like I had before. I was starting to get used to being in this room. 'Considering it's where you go to get patched up I don't think that's a good thing.'
I walked over to Malaka who handed me a towel before heading over to a familiar table. I dried and dressed myself in a new black undershirt and matching socks. I still blushed a bit, but Malaka had been doing something else so he was watching me as I put it on. I was waiting for my armor when he pointed behind me. I turned confused to see a door. I guessed that's where my armor was. I walked over and opened the door to see a small room only big enough for about three beds, which is what, was in it. I turned back to Malaka who was turning off lights and shutting things off. He walked over to me and pushed me inside. He turned on a light and walked over to another door which he opened. He then proceeded to take off his clock armor and put it inside the smaller room. He yawned and pointed to the bed on the other side of the room.
"Whilst waiting for you to heal it got very late. We still have physicals and follow ups to do but I'm tired. And since you didn't seem to fall asleep in the tank you need rest as well." He climbed into the bed next to the closet and covered himself with the blanket. "Turn the light off before you go to sleep."
I was still staring at the bed. I was there for so long Malaka turned over and looked at it, expecting me to be there. "I thought I said…hm?" he looked towards me. "What? I said time for bed now hurry up!"
In response I turned off the light and walked over to the bed. I ran my fingers over the sheets and pillow. I couldn't remember having a bed. It had been a long time….. I looked behind me to see Malaka giving me a curious look. I quickly climbed in the bed and took a moment to find a way under the sheets. I heard him move again.
I waited a few seconds before looking over at his lightly snoring body. Watching him sleep made me yawn. I hadn't realized how tired I was till I found myself starting to doze off. Before I fell asleep I remembered what Vegeta had said about fun in two days. I let out a breath and gave a small smile. Whatever it was I didn't care. I was safe, for now. And I was going to find a way to keep it that way. After a few more minutes I drifted off into a long, deep sleep. One I hadn't had in years.
[Well that was exciting! I wonder what fun Vegeta has in store for our young girl! Hope to update soon! X3]
