Fate Be Told
Chapter 7: Attack
Bulma blinked a couple of times to get the sleep out of her eyes. After the encounter with the "Prince of all Saiyans" yesterday, she had fallen into a restless sleep. Sitting up, she immediately screamed when she saw someone standing right there.
"Goddamn it Vegeta, what the hell are you doing here!"
"I am being a bodyguard."
"Couldn't you just stand outside or something?" Bulma threw the covers off of her and walked to the bathroom.
"The Prince of all Saiyans doesn't just "stand outside"."
"The Prince of all Saiyans" Bulma mimicked him.
"Don't you get tired of saying that, Vegeta?"
"No, I quite like being the Prince of all Saiyans." Bulma mentally slapped her forehead "Besides, people fear the title."
"I don't." She whispered under her breath, momentarily forgetting that Saiyans have extremely good hearing.
"I can make you fear me, woman."
"It's Bulma."
"Woman." Vegeta smirked, deliberately ignoring her request.
Bulma just ignored him, shutting and locking the bathroom door behind her. A while later she emerged ready to get breakfast and then go to work. Vegeta was standing by the window again, just like last night, she went to go stand next to him.
"Last night you said you had to go back..." Vegeta had mentioned last night that he would be going back, back to Frieza.
"I am the only thing stopping Frieza from creating a full scale war against the Saiyans; I am the one maintaining the peace. I would rather have the war than go back, but my father is King, I will listen to him for now."
"I've heard stories about Frieza..."
"Those stories are nothing compared to what he really is like."
Vegeta looked at her seemingly searching her eyes. This made her uncomfortable.
"How long had you been standing by my bed?"
"Long enough to know that you snore." This comment enraged Bulma.
"I do not snore!" She walked off not wanting to be around this prick. She could hear the prince chuckling.
"Where are you going?" Vegeta called after her.
"To get breakfast, your royal highness." She added sarcastically.
After breakfast she went to the lab, working right through the day. She hadn't seen Vegeta once, but that didn't bother her. Once she left the lab, it had been empty, she being the only one that could work that long and hard. She locked up and turned to walk to the top of palace where she could see the stars of Vegita-sei and take a break.
Once she reached the top, she walked towards the railing. Looking up she could see the millions of stars above, some were bright and some bigger than the others were, but they were all so beautiful.
"Hello pretty lady." A scaly voice called out to her. She froze. Turning around, she was greeted by a red lizard in armor, is the best she that could describe him. She knew instantly that he didn't belong in the palace because he wasn't wearing the standard uniform of the palace. Thinking fast she flew up, but he was too quick for her and grabbed her leg, throwing her down. He threw her so hard that even after impact, she slid across the ground.
She curled up in a ball trying to make the pain go away.
"I think I will have some fun with you before I kill you." He laughed wickedly. Bulma felt her blood run cold.
"No you won't." The lizard stopped laughing and turned. Bulma had never been happier to hear that voice.
"Step away from her and you will live a few seconds longer." The lizard seemed to panic, grabbing Bulma up, he placed her in front of him as protection, his arm around her neck.
"Shoot me and you shoot her." The lizard said in his sickening voice.
"I don't really care about that." Vegeta replied. Bulma looked straight into his eyes, noticing that he was looking right at her. He wouldn't let her die would he?
Bulma wasn't this helpless woman that this lizard thought he could use as a human shield. Letting instinct take over, she elbowed him in the stomach as hard she could, he instantly let go of her and she ran.
"Bitch" He was about to let a powerful ki ball go in her direction, but Vegeta stopped it by shooting a beam right through the lizards' heart. He then turned to her.
"I warned you." He said almost angrily. Bulma let the tears fall... she had nearly died and apparently when the lizard had thrown her she had landed on something metal which had cut into her side, which her hand was covering.
Vegeta was looking at her strangely and she turned away, not wanting him to see her weakness, he grabbed her wrist, in the process pulling away the hand that was covering her wound, it seemed he wasn't finished reprimanding.
It was then that he noticed the blood on her hand.
"You're hurt."
"That's what happens when your bodyguard isn't doing his job." She said accusingly, trying to pull away from him, he still had a firm grip on her wrist.
"Don't fight with me woman."
He pulled her towards the staircase, dragging her to her room. He left her standing in the middle of her room, coming back a few seconds later with a first aid kit, which he found in the bathroom.
"Take your top off and sit on the bed." He ordered.
"Vegeta now is no time to be horny." But she knew what he wanted to do. She did as she was told, unzipping her jacket. The right side of her white top was soaked in blood, and there was a long tear.
He advanced towards her, crouching in front of her while she sat on the bed. He slowly lifted her white top, folding it up to just below her ribs. He then proceeded to clean and bandage her wound.
Bulma looked up at him; he had reverted to a standing position once he had finished.
"Why?"
"I'm doing my job."
"Thank you."
Vegeta hadn't expected a thank you; no one had ever said thank you to him. He stood there quietly.
"I'm going to sleep now." She went to go change; she noticed that Vegeta knew how to bandage wounds. It was professionally done.
"Where did you learn how to do this?" She pointed at her bandage. She was wearing silk boxers and a small T-shirt. Vegeta looked her up and down before answering her.
"I had a lot of practice on Frieza's ship." He left the sentence hanging and she knew she shouldn't pry.
She went to sleep, sleeping quite peacefully considering what had happened. When she woke, she found Vegeta sitting by the window.
"Vegeta?"
"What is it woman?" He hadn't looked at her when he answered; he just continued looking out of the window.
"I have something for you."
