A/U: Hello dear readers and Vegetarians! Like I said the first few chapters will focus on introducing, and developing my OC Morrigan, and Im sorry if you arent having much of Vegeta, but I do promise the future chapters will focus on him more. Again like I said this is a fangirl based fanfiction, well this is how Ive imagined myself as a character inside the DB universe. I wanted to make something different from the usual Vegebul pairing, and I love mystery so you cant judge the events quickly, there will be lots of surprises as the story goes. I would like to recommend that you listen to " Succession of Witches" by Nobuo Uematsu Final Fantasy 8 OST for Sorceress Edea Theme while reading this. I'd really loved FF8 OSTs. I was inspired by that piece while writing this chapter. Please check out my fanarts for this fanfiction at lilith072114 at tumblr.. I will be making a deviantart account soon. PLEASE REVIEW!
DISCLAIMER: I do not own DBZ, I do not own the music piece, I've just used it for inspiration and dramatic effect. Names used for OCs do not represent any living or non living person, or institution, if there will be such comparison it is highly coincidental.
Chapter 3- Queen of the Damned
Universe 7 Age 773
8 months later
Dreams are enigmatic creations of our mind. Traveling to the depths of our subconsciousness. Sometimes it serves as premonitions and warnings. Is there a hidden ability our brain can do that foretells the future? but how does the mind function with dreams? Faces of people are blurred as the brain could not clearly picture specific faces. Some places in your dreams are somewhat familiar like you have been there before and there are dreams that you immediately forget. There are events that occur in your dreams that you felt very nostalgic. Possibly it says something about your past. Where do our consciousness go when we are asleep? And where will it take us?
Morrigan felt like she was floating in air at a vast endless, empty, isolated, queer familiar place. Aside from the dark void there are beautiful Auroras swirling around and the lonely deafening silence. The unfamiliarity, strangeness and isolation of this realm gives her chills to the spine. She felt cold, alone, and scared floating endlessly without a destination. Breaking the absolute silence were weak sounds of people crying, voices of people shouting out of rage, whispering purest of hate, sounds of pleasure, and voices of revenge all mixed together.
There were no other noise other than the murmuring sounds of hate that she could hear, not even the sound of wind or echoes made from wide spaces. It was all empty. The noises these black entities were making were sounds of people with negative responses, murderous, and sadistic, there are also greedful and lustful. As weak these sounds maybe but for a place with deafening silence it was disturbing and loud, it was the only sound she could hear in this nothingness. She put both of her hands on her ear to cover it. It was too much to bear for her. It was disturbing and uncomfortable to hear.
"STOP! STOP IT" she cried. As tears flow down her cheeks. She was scared of this voices, all of them seem to be evil and unpleasant. She closed her eyes and curled her body, shaking and cold. Then she heard this voice that is so familiar to her, her heart begans to pound fast and loud. The voice of a man was calling her name but his voice was weak and agonized like he was injured. She kept her eyes closed, pushed her ear harder, which really doesnt help, it was like the voices were all inside her head. She curled her body more ignoring the voice that is calling upon her name. All she wants is to be was out of this miserable space of hell.
As the man's voice got louder it all made sense to her who the man was. It sent shivers on her body, she slowly opened her eyes to prove her thoughts of who this man was but she'd only wished that she was only mistaken. As the image came all clear her eyes widened out of shock and horror that came upon her as she seen who the man was. Her skin turned into white and felt cold as ice. Her chest felt like it was dropping, she gasped for air as she opened her mouth and straightened her body.
The man was a bit far away from her but she could clearly see who he was.
It was Vegeta.
He was floating, weak and naked. He was also very pale, and he looked more like he was dying. He was being engulfed by a black shapeless entities with red gems that seemed to be in pairs. All of the voices came from that black material. The black entities were slowly consuming Vegeta by spreading throughout his body. He barely opened his eyes, then he looked straight at Morrigan. He extended his right arm and hand to her direction like it wanted to reach her. He was slowly being eaten by that black material of pure evilness.
"N-NO!" Morrigan screamed with all her might.
She raised and extended her hands to him as she tried hard to swim in air and float to reach him. But no matter how hard she tried it seems that she wasnt going near the man even though she had moved. Then she realized that this shapeless black material was everywhere like in millions. The voices and whispers have doubled in millions. It was weak but it was like a multitude of millions and there was one standing out it was like a loud monstrous, evil agonized moan and was coming from under her. As she looked down it was like her sanity was about to crack, her eyes widened out of shock and horror. She opened her mouth wide with a hysterical scream that cannot get out from her mouth. That loud distorted voice came from an obscure enormous hideous grotesque creature. It was a body of millions of people mixed up together to be one. It was a big ball of flesh with limbs everywhere. It was wet, bloody and slimy with every filth you can imagine. It has one big mouth that was opened drooling, and then vomiting. It has lots of eyes all around tearing out the black smokey material with red gems. Those black materials became the black entities and as it came out from the eyes of the monster, it gave out loud cries of agony. All of the paired red gems that is on the black entities were like eyes that looked at her.
Finally she let out a loud scream blowing all the air from her lungs. She was scared, shocked, disoriented, and disgusted as hell with the hideous monster. She covered her mouth as she felt nauseated and was about to puke. While she was coughing her eyes turned to Vegeta that was already completely engulfed by the black matter all she could see now was his hands still extended to reach her but it looked lifeless.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" She yelped as tears flow down her cheeks. She grasped her hair at the sides of her head.
"Get me out! Get me out of here!" Morrigan squealed and shook her head, had still been floating in air with no direction. She was losing her mind and about to go insane. She held her stomach as it ached again and the nausea got worst. She flexed her knees, and coughed and vomited a black material out from her mouth. The black material floated in front of her. It had formed a silhouette of a person.
Morrigan still kneeled down, weakened, teary eyed and drenched with cold sweats looked up to witness another abomination unfold before her.
As the black material was formed to a human body with a pair of golden gems that is about to form the eyes. The black entity floated in front of her, the black material started to drip down and had revealed what it had covered. It began to show normal human flesh with fair porcelain smooth skin. The other black material that have been left became the hair. As the black material dripped down completely, a beautiful naked woman floated in front of her. She had a long jet black straight hair, so long that it reached the knees, a full V shaped bangs, a body that any man would be willing to die for, piercing emotionless golden eyes that stared at Morrigan without blinking, perfectly shaped pointed nose, and a luscious lips perfectly made for a temptress.
The woman floated gracefully in front of her wearing an innocently evilish smirk on her lips.
Morrigan looked at her in awe, she was strikingly beautiful, tempting and she was like a goddess of seduction.
The woman's hair flowed gracefully from her back. She caressed her hair seductively with her feminine hands with golden pointed nails.
Morrigan was froze with amazement. She had never seen a woman as stunning as her aside from Bulma Briefs.
"Pathetic meat-suit" The woman spoke slowly with a luring and enticing but cold voice. Her face still wore the smirk, but her eyes were much more pierced and murderous now, belittling Morrigan that is in front of her.
Morrigan could not say a word to response from that phrase. But deep inside her head she started to panic, it seems things might still end up for the worst
"How much longer human?" The woman asked with her smirk already gone, replacing it with a murderous scowl.
Is there no end to this?
Morrigan thought to herself cold sweats forming again on her forehead. She wasnt able to spoke a word, couldnt even move.
"When I ask thee, thy shall needed to answer"
The woman had spoken in a sultry voice but her expression changed entirely, now it looked more evil, and dangerously murderous.
"Get away from me!" Morrigan shouted. Obviously scared and every flesh from her body shuddered.
The woman bursted out an evil laugh. She looked behind her and saw the little of what had remained of Vegeta's body, his extended hand was not yet consumed by the black material. The woman flew near Vegeta as she came close the black material scattered away, all fearfully screamed away from the woman. All that was left was Vegeta who had been floating, unconscious, pale and had an agonized expression on his face. The woman reached for his hands, pulled him close to her turned his back against her front. She wraped her arms above his shoulder going to the neck extended her hands to the opposite side of his cheeks. She leaned her face at the side of his face and gave out an evil smirk. Her other hand embraced his tummy from behind. She flew with him and went near Morrigan.
The woman smelled Vegeta's hair going to his ear to his cheek. Morrigan was frozen in confusion of what had just happened
"I must say... You have a fine taste with your desires, meat-suit. Lusting over a married man" the woman breathed out as she relished the smell of the unconscious man. The woman's eyes abruptly widened as the golden pupils transformed into a glowing burning inferno of snake like eyes.
Vegeta opened his eyes, straightened his body, the paleness and weakness vanished and his usual strong manly stature came back. The woman was wraped on his back. He glared down at Morrigan and gave her a scowl.
"S-sir V-Vegeta?..." Morrigan said with a shaking voice.
"How much longer human?" Vegeta asked with a heartless tone and expression on his face. The woman behind him smirked as she burrowed her face on his back to smell him more.
"I-I dont understand... Im confused.. Why are you here?!" Morrigan asked.
Vegeta glared at her like flying daggers piercing into her every flesh. His eyes were empty, void and blank. The expression on his face was heartless then he smirked, he never looked so evil than before. The woman behind him glared at Morrigan, smirked as she caressed Vegeta's face. Her eyes changed back to its golden piercing color.
"How much longer will it take before,...before you DIE? Vegeta and the woman both said in perfect sync.
Morrigan's eyes have widened with the terror that had been unfolded right before her. Vegeta raised his hand extended it to Morrigan's direction. His palm faced Morrigan's face. His eyes looked like a sadistic predator ready for the kill. He began to charge a powerful ki blast illuminating in his palm. It gave light to the voidness of the hellish realm. The black entities screamed out of agony, and the hideous monster of abomination jerked and moaned much louder than before.
Morrigan covered her eyes from the immense light with her hands.
If this is the only way I could get out of this hell.. Then so be it
She thought to herself even though she was so scared to death and felt like she was about to wet herself. She was blinded by the immeasurable light still getting brighter and brighter. The immense brightness consumed all the dark void, her eyes couldnt tolerate the brightness any much longer. She closed her eyes and screamed to the fullest extent of her lungs.
Morrigan screamed and gasped for air as her upper body dashed forward from the bed she was lying from. She was drenching with sweat, shuddering and panting air to catch her breath. She placed both of her hands against her face.
Universe 7 Age 773 WST 3338926 K Capsule Corp Executive Employees' Quarters Rm. 115 3:30am
"These nightmares again.. But now its all different.
Why do I keep having these kind of nightmares?
These all started since I was a kid and it continued up until now.
And now...Why is He there?...why?
Morrigan checked out her clock, and it was 3:30 am.
The same fucking time...As always
She stood up and went to the sink at the bathroom. She washed her face, and filled a glass with water. She drank it all up as her body was still mildly shuddering. She looked at herself in the mirror.
It has been months since she started working at the Capsule Corp. It had been plenty of times she encountered Vegeta because Bulma had made her to be her official BFF, Morrigan geniunely loved it not only because she was rich. She never had anyone like Bulma. She was very honest and pleasant to be with.
Morrigan had been bullied in school and never had real friends. Bulma on the other hand had always found a way to cheer her up, boost her self confidence and made her feel special. The blue haired woman was always persuading her to go out, have fun, socialize and see what life has to offer.
The heiress always drag Morrigan at her shopping galores because her husband and son was so allergic to these type of excursions. Morrigan had never wanted to abuse her Boss's power and money so she never let the blue haired woman bought her anything at all costs but sometimes the heiress was too persistent so she accepted the gifts to appreciate the thoughtfulness and not to be rude.
Morrigan had began to be comfortable with the heiress. They began to share girly talks and activities. She was really glad that Bulma treated her as a friend. Even after work they talk on things they were interested in. Bulma shared her daily family dilemnas and just laughed it all out. Morrigan was interested on this kind of topic she never had a family of her own so hearing the experience from others made her inspired. Morrigan had already known about the superhuman abilities of Bulma's friends, husband and son for she had witnessed it with her own eyes. She had been on several family occasions. Dr. Briefs and Mrs. Panchy Briefs also became fond of her, as they accepted her in their lives. She never told stories to anyone. She kept it on her own. By this the more she had known about Vegeta. Bulma had told her the soft side of Vegeta, and she had swore with her life not to tell anyone. Bulma had never told anyone about these things because Vegeta is a very well preserved person. But then Bulma couldnt take him out of these girly talks that they do. Morrigan had now knew all about saiyans and that Vegeta was the prince of all of it. Bulma thought Morrigan had to know to understand Vegeta and Trunks' behaviors.
Universe 7 a month ago, Age 773 West City Mall Ground Area
Within the short period of time Morrigan's Bond with Bulma became stronger. There was one incident a month ago that had happened when Bulma asked Morrigan to go shopping with her. Morrigan waited for Bulma outside the dress shop. There were group of 4 people came near her.
"Wow look who's here" one blonde tall girl carried bags of shopped items said in an insulting manner. The other three girls blurted out a laughter.
Morrigan just looked at them with indifference
"We never thought that a weirdo like you would be in a place like this. Well this will be a little reunion for us!" The one with a brunette curly hair with excessive make up wearing a revealing outfit mocked, the group blurted out a laugh again.
"You know Morrigan, making fun of you never gets old and we dont know why! You havent changed a bit since college. You're still the wierd doofus we know!
An orange head with a frappe on hand stepped forward from the group smirked and looked at her from head to foot belittling her. The group all cackled again.
"And you all still never change as well. Beauty with no brains all brawl. Morrigan exasperated with unchanged indifference.
"What did you just say you bitch!
The biggest woman with a long green hair yelled bursted out and pushed her down.
"Yeah you're damn right you loser! We will never change on hating you! But we are not beauty with no brains! You orphan scumbag! Youre such a disgrace thats why youre parents didnt want you!" The green haired woman jeered as she crossed her arms and glared down at Morrigan
"Damn you" Morrigan snarled and clenched her fists.
"What are you going to do now? You see we still havent forget what you did to us. You trying to be a hero of another sore loser just like you are. We got into trouble bigtime because of you being a teacher's pet!" The tall blonde girl sneered as she caressed her hair with her hand.
"Its been years, we all graduated for fuck sake. And that one time has nothing to do with what all the things you did to me the years after, all of it were non stop. Dont try to bring a shitty grudge to me now." Morrigan snorted trying hard to contain her anger as she stood up.
The group laughed hysterically.
"It aint no fun to stop now, right?" The orange head taunted.
The orange head sneered evilly as she abruptly poured her cold coffee drink over Morrigan. The group laughed more and even took pictures of her. Morrigan tried to jerk away but was too late. She was startled, shocked and shuddered with the cold but even more because of her unadulterated hatred for this mean people.
They continued their mockery and irritating laughter when suddenly Morrigan heard a whisper.
"Kill them"
The voice was too familiar. She had known it all her life.
"Take their heads as a comeuppance to their insolence..."
Morrigan shook her head. She was losing it. She had to maintain her composure.
"HEY! YOU STOP RIGHT THERE!" A woman's voice shouted and interrupted them from behind.
The group stopped laughing and stared at the blue haired woman who wore a blue miniskirt dress marched in front of them.
"My name is Bulma Briefs, Bulma Briefs I say! Morrigan is my friend and a VIP client! Who do you think you are?! I can sue you for this! Bulma yelled at the group with her blue eyes burned with fury and disgust.
The 4 girls knew very well who she was and were all shocked at what the heiress just said. The group whimpered away from the two.
"M-miss... Im sorry that you had to get involved with that... You didnt have to... Lie." Morrigan breathed out and was embarassed but she was moved by how Bulma had stood for her. The whispering voice vanished inside her head as she calmed she assisted Bulma on her shopping bags.
"Its ok Morrigan.. that will show them. I was only able to overheard the last parts. Geez they're like retards all grown ups but still on bullying." Bulma replied with her hands on her hips
"Im all used to them, Miss" Morrigan muttered
"Well you shouldnt anymore... You shouldnt let them treat you that way." Bulma adviced her.
"Why did you help me.. Im just your secretary? 'Morrigan asked and looked straight into her blue eyes.
"Youre not just my secretary, you are my what true friends do, they protect each other. I can see that you are a good person. Now come on, you have to change, you are cold and wet.. And you smell like frappucino"
Morrigan was touched by the phrases, no one had ever said these kind of words to her with genuine sincerity. It was true that the heiress wasnt just beauty and brains but also with a good heart. After the incident Morrigan had become closer to Bulma and her family but not to Vegeta. Morrigan had been present to some friends and family occassions, she was able to meet Gohan, Chichi, Goten, Krillin, 18, Marron that old lecherous Master Roshi, Piccolo, Tien and Chiaotzu. The last three individuals shocked her at first but got used to them. She often heard a name "Goku" but Vegeta calls him "Kakarot" but he wasnt around much, she had heard that he was in the after life so it meant that he was dead. Morrigan's mind couldnt process this kind of information. These people talked about this Goku guy like they were going to see this guy again eventually. These people were unconventional, and unusual but they were good people and fun to be with. She was amused to see some of them flying around. There was one more of them, they said he was Bulma's exboyfriend a man named Yamcha who also tried hitting on Morrigan but then Bulma warned her not to waste her youth with the man, and also Bulma said that he was a player. She also felt the same kind of presence like Vegeta and Trunks from Bulma's friends but with different levels. She thought these presence were maybe some kind of power levels. She thought that only saiyans has this kind of flamboyant presence, she was surprised to have found out that some earthlings and a green alien could have this kind of presence too but all of them were unique signatures. Vegeta has the strongest presence and next was this teenager named Gohan. There was one time when they were having a barbeque party outside the Capsule Corp premises, the green alien who wore a white turban, a white cape and a purple gi named Piccolo who was often seen with Gohan had asked Morrigan why her ki signature as he called it was unusually absent, it felt nothing at all and it felt really strange and unique. Morrigan didnt knew how to answer it for she doesnt even understand herself. She could feel their ki signatures but she doesnt know how to tap into hers. She was not a fighter like them, she doesnt knew anything about these things. Piccolo found it too peculiar, and bizaare that he became suspicious but he felt Morrigan's sincerity with her words, as she had said that she doesnt have any idea about ki signatures. Piccolo glanced at Vegeta, and the Prince new it right away, they've had communicated just with their eyes. The two knew that Morrigan was no threat at all but they also knew there was something strange about this woman.
Bulma invited Morrigan to live in their house but she denied the invitation. She doesnt want to abuse whatever relationship she has with her Boss and her family. She was still an employee after all and also she wanted to avoid the Prince at all was still nerve cracking being near the grumpy saiyan. Her body involuntarily reacts with his presence around.
Morrigan had been dating Azuki for 3 months now and it had been going on well between them. It was a very big help for Morrigan that Bulma was always there to encourage her, and the heiress had boosted her selfconfidence that she was now able to date a guy. But then Vegeta wasnt out of her head. She admired the couple and sometimes felt envious, she always felt guilty. She knew to herself that she was just physically attracted with Vegeta, but then the more she knew about him, the more she gets attracted to him. He was such an enigma for her.
Morrigan tried hard to avoid him at all costs,so she decided to date Azuki. It was an unpleasant reason but she knew it was the only way to divert her feelings towards the prince. She would never do foolish things to betray her relationship with the only friend, more like a family she had ever had. Theres nothing wrong with Azuki in fact he was well respected within the company, he was a good guy and handsome too. She had never thought that this guy would be interested with her. Morrigan decided that if Azuki asked her to be his girlfriend she would say yes. It would definitely work out.
Universe 7 Age 773 WST 3338926 K Capsule Corp Executive Employees' Quarters 3:35am
Morrigan dried her wet face with a towel. She sighed deeply as she was calmed down. The woman in her dreams had been haunting her for almost all her life. Asking the same question over and over again.
"How much longer will it take before you die?"
It has always been the same ending, waking up at 3:30am. But the question was, what does Vegeta had to do with her nightmare. She had these nightmares once a month, sometimes twice but it hadnt been a never. The other kids at the orphanage accused her of being haunted by a ghost, possesed with the devil, or even worse she was the devil herself. It made the other kids avoid her but there were still kinder ones who still played with her. After these nightmares occured she wokes up at 3:30am hysterically screaming and crying. The other kids would also have been woken up by her loud squealing. The Caretakers already knew of her nightmares so they would just comfort her.
The Caretakers tried to send her to a psychiatrist but she was just diagnosed with anxiety disorder. Out of shame and to avoid discrimination from the other kids. She tried to hide all of whats happening to her. She wouldnt want to be in a psychiatric institution. She pretended and lied that the nightmares had already stopped. She had learned to tolerate it. She woke up at the same time drenching with sweat and panting, but she made sure that no one would take notice and wake up as well. After a long a time she got used to it and no one had ever noticed.
Who was this beautiful woman that had been haunting her? Why does she seemed to be waiting for Morrigan's death? It was very unusual, but over the years Morrigan finally saw the woman's face clearly in her dreams and even Vegeta's face it was crystal clear.
She stared intensely at her face in the mirror for a while. Her face in the reflection transformed into that Woman's face smirking at her. Morrigan's eyes widened, her mouth opened out of shock and her skin became white as flabbergast came upon her. She began to shudder out of terror and a chill ran down her spine out of disbelief.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Morrigan screamed. She gasps for air and grabbed the glass and thrown it into the mirror. The glass shattered into pieces but the mirror had only few cracks some pieces had fallen, it wasnt entirely shattered.
She cried, sat down and hugged her knees. A few moments later someone knocked at the door.
"Morrigan? Morrigan are you alright? This is Steve, Im with Azuki.. Someone called me and said that you screamed and heard a shattering of glass.. Morrigan?
They continued knocking at the door
"Hey Morrigan its me Azuki?.. Are you alright there?"
"Im...Im fine..." She answered as she stood up and approached the door. She opened it while two men were behind it.
The two men saw her pale and had sunken eyes. She wore black silk pajama set. Her hair messed up a bit, some of it at the front were damped.
"I... I was just drinking water I... I saw a spider.. And Im scared of spiders...I accidentally threw the glass right on the mirror. Im sorry for bothering with the noise and all..." she lied. She combed her hair with her fingers.
"Spider? Uhh alright I'll call the pest control provider tomorrow, I'll make a schedule to check up on the quarters.. Dont worry about it. Its ok Morrigan, whats important is that you are alright" Steve breathed out and smiled at her.
"Hey Morrigan let me help you clean up the mess... If you dont mind?" Azuki offered her with a smile, his hazel eyes reflecting the dim lights from the window.
Morrigan thought for a while, she replied "S-sure"
"If everythings alright then I'll leave you two now I have a lot of things to do later in the morning...well...You know the rules." Steve teasingly reminded the two.
Morrigan and Azuki both were suddenly embarassed and blushed as Steven left the two of them.
"Well come in" Morrigan awkwardly broke the silence. She walked inside and got herself a trash bin. She started to pick up larger pieces of the broken glass and mirror.
"Im going get a sweeper for the smaller pieces, be careful and dont cut yourself."
Azuki went on outside to get the sweeper from the cleaning materials cabinet located outside.
As Azuki walked out and had just warned her she picked up a large piece of glass carelessly and cut herself in the index finger.
She stared at her finger while the blood was dripping down on the white sleek floor. She felt nostalgic by the crimson liquid flowing down her hands. It reminded her of her past nightmares when she saw the murders of the living for power, hatred, and greed as the black entities had shown her. The world have lots of hate-filled beings.
"Soon enough they will summon him again because I am still here" Morrigan muttered to herself. She stared at her hand blankly, her eyes had no spark and was emotionless.
"They will all perish" she whispered.
Who might be the Woman in Morrigan's dreams? Who and what is Morrigan? How and why could she sense ki signatures? What is it about her ki signature that catches Piccolo and Vegeta's attention? and maybe the other keen Z fighters may have noticed it too? Why did Vegeta appeared in her dream? And what did he had to do with it? These questions will be answered soon so stay tuned and dont forget to review. Xoxo
