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JazRox: I never said Frieza wanted Vegeta to become like Zarbon. I said he could become as strong as him, and he would replace him, because it wouldn't make sense if Frieza's right hand was weaker than any of the soldiers.

And any, I'll explain this in this chapter. Actually right now

"It's weird" he said.

Vegeta was now 9 and a bit more.

We were eating. This was one of those days in which Vegeta would sit with me instead of Nappa and Radditz. I would often sit with the other doctors, but they would walk away if they saw Vegeta coming, knowing that he wanted to be alone with me. They knew better than other soldiers… Actually a lot of soldiers had begun to understand it. Vegeta was weak because he was young, but they didn't want to be his enemies when he grew up, they had that very clear, specially because of the fact that he was becoming too cold hearted and wouldn't hesitate in killing them slowly if they caused him any problem.

"Why?"

"It's been a long time since my father died and Radditz came to know that a week ago" he said, staring at his plate.

"Did you tell him?"

He nodded. "Once he came here he didn't have a clue that my father had died three years back. I suppose that means all of the saiyans thought my father was still alive, and they probably still think that now. Frieza hid his death for a very long time."

"Why didn't you tell him the first day he came here?"

"Because Saiyans… admire their kings. Kings are a symbol of what our race means, and for a person to be chosen king he must be great." He smirked, a warm memory crossing his mind, and sighed. "Although he may have it a lot easier than me, Radditz took a hard time trying to adjust to this ship, and he always said he was doing it for our King. If he needed an inspiration, I was not taking it away from him."

"And I suppose you decided to tell him because he is finally used to be here"

To my surprise, he shook his head.

"He always encouraged me to stand up again and again, and to continue fighting every time, telling me to do it for my father. Remember what happened a week ago? I exploded and told him my father had been dead four years ago." He said with a tired tone.

I remembered what had happened a week ago.

I was walking back to my room after a long day. I was really tired. I waved goodbye my companions and they walked to their rooms. The hall was empty and cold. I pressed the button and went into my room.

When I was about to sleep, ignoring the strong feeling that something was wrong, I saw a light and heard an anguished cry in the distance. Must soldiers would've ignored it, but I recognized the voice. Debating whether I should go and check or stay there, worried that it was Frieza who was tormenting the child, I found myself getting up and putting on my armor.

No one else had woken up, or had paid no mind to what had just happened. If I didn't know it was Vegeta's voice, I would've thought it was just two soldiers training or something.

I got out of the ship and flew to where the sound had come from. Another dim light guided me and I landed before a big cave. There were laughs and sobs coming from the inside.

There was another dim light and another cry. I walked in…

…Only to see Cui and his brother Pap with Vegeta. The child was on the floor, and Cui was holding his barely struggling and much thrashed body down with his foot, and his brown, bleeding tail up with his hand.

They didn't notice me, which was good; because I was sure as hell that they would go and tell Frieza that I was worried about the kid.

"Come on, monkey prince!" he said, squeezing the tail. Vegeta greeted his teeth "Say you are sorry!"

"J-just… g-go away!"

"We are not leaving yet" said Pap, forming a ki blast in his hand.

"We are actually staying for a while, to see how much you like this!" he winked at Pap and the cave lit up. The ki blast crashed against the boy's tail, making him cry out desperately.

The two frog faces laughed.

"S-stop it!" he said.

"We will stop eventually, if you say you are sorry."

"NEVER!"

Cui buried his nails in the saiyan's tail, making a soft whimper escape his lips. Pap laughed and walked over to the child.

"Come on, kid. Swallow your pride, it can't stand for anything anymore"

I wondered where Nappa and Radditz were. Why weren't them with their Prince?

Vegeta bit his lip and clenched his fists.

"You are the prince of Fools and Weaklings, dear Vegeta. You don't frighten anyone, you make them feel PITY!" he remarked his work with an insanely hard kick to the kid's nose. Vegeta gasped and squeezed his eyes shut. Cui finally released the destroyed and smoldering tail and removed his foot from the kid's back.

"We will give you one last chance, kid. Say you are sorry and we will go away." Said Cui.

Vegeta slowly lifted his body up and then tried to stand up straight, but he felt on his knees and then on his hands again.

"N-never!"

"Pitiful Saiyan" they both whispered, and with this they began to kick Vegeta wildly. I heard the child gasping and whimpering and loud cracks and laughs.

"STOP IT, BASTARDS!" someone shouted behind me. Nappa and Radditz landed without noticing me, or choosing to ignore me, and got in fight stance.

"Well, well, if it's not the monkey gang!" said Pap.

Teasing the saiyans, Cui sent a boot flying to the child's stomach, making him cough up blood.

"Stop it, Cui! Leave him alone!" said Radditz.

"I… can… h-handle this" said Vegeta.

I wondered why he hadn't passed out yet. Pap laughed and sent a kick to the kid's mouth.

"Adult conversation, child. Stay out of this" he said.

One tear began to slide down Vegeta's cheek. Cui noticed this and burst out laughing, raising his foot to kick the child again. Vegeta, guided by the instinct of self-preservation and with his mind made turmoil, managed to lift himself up to his hands and knees and crawl away from his enemies who, of course, cracked in laughter. When Cui was about to slam his foot into the child's back once again, I walked towards the soldiers and cleared my throat. They all looked at me, including the saiyans, who were in an inner debate if they should help the kid and risk the kid's own safety to Frieza, or just let him pass out.

"I think you should stop this, Soldier Cui"

"Yeah? And who are YOU to say what I should or shouldn't do?"

"Well, first of all, I am a doctor. I can see the child is in a pretty bad state and I don't think I would like to see Lord Frieza's reaction when he sees you killed his favorite toy" Vegeta narrowed his eyes at this, but I ignored him "And second, I think I may enjoy not preparing the tank well enough the next time you need it, or just pouring a bit of venom inside it, perhaps. What do you think about it?"

"Lord Frieza will not be pleased that you come out to defend the boy" Pap said.

"I am not defending the child. He is young, yes, and I think it is unfair. But I care for him less than any of the worthless trash that arrives to my area of work, but the lives of the soldiers kinda rely on my shoulders, and if Frieza is keeping the child it means that he needs him. If he needs him, it is in my best interest to keep him alive. I don't mind if you beat him to a bloody pulp, Cui and Pap, but I don't want to see Master's face when he realizes YOU killed the monkey or that I let him die. Understood?"

Cui and Pap frowned and flew away slowly. When they were far enough, I sighed and walked over to Vegeta. His eyes were watered. Nappa and Radditz kneeled besides me.

"How are you feeling, my prince?" said Radditz. Vegeta just stared at him and grinned slightly.

"What happened, Vegeta?"

Recently, I had become to dislike reading the child's mind. It was too… chaotic.

He swallowed and managed to stop his trembling a little bit.

"They found me here on my own and began to tease me." We didn't need anymore explanation.

"Prince, why did you come here on your own? You should've…"

"You were sleeping."

He slowly closed his eyes and Nappa lifted him carefully.

After that, I sensed how he was just slowly giving up on life. He was drifting into a blinding state where he wouldn't care about anything or anyone, only himself. He wanted revenge. He wanted to kill. But he was too afraid. He was too scared of everything in that ship. And he hated himself for that.

"Hell of a Flashback?" he said. I smiled and we stood up.

On the way, he caught up with Nappa and Radditz and the three saiyans went to train.

That afternoon I was working on an experiment when I noticed we needed an ingredient Lord Frieza usually kept hidden. I looked at my companion.

"You go ask him. He adores you" she said. I looked at my other companion.

"She's right" he said.

My third companion just nodded and I sighed.

"But you three own me a big one" I walked out of the room and to Frieza's room.

But, right before pressing the button, I heard he was talking to someone.

"…Which is why I brought you here" he said.

"Please, tell us your news" Vegeta said. Oh, not again.

"You were on a mission two days ago, right?"

"Yes, sir." They answered.

"To Shawna?"

"Yes, sir. "

"While you were on this mission, my dear warriors…" his voice trembled, almost unable to control his emotions of joy. "…Something terrible happened"

Fear. Fear ran through the three bodies. An almost hearable wish of not hearing what was next.

"Please, tell us your news, Master Frieza."

"Are you aware of the gigantic Meteor that almost hit us?"

"No, my lord."

There was a chilling sound. Frieza had slapped someone. Someone – Vegeta.

"You should be aware of what happens around you, my dear. You are a prince after all. You were a prince after all."

"S-sir?"

"The meteor missed us slightly but it hit Vegeta-sei." The three saiyans were out of words. I narrowed my eyes. It was impossible. While Vegeta was on Shawna, there was no meteor, I was aware of that because I would've been the first to be noticed after Frieza!

Besides, even if a meteor DID take place, we were at an impossible angle with Vegeta-sei. It was impossible that a meteor would've hit the planet without hitting the currently flying ship. We had landed without problems on Planet Frieza once again, and if a meteor was big enough to destroy Vegeta-sei, then it would've damaged our ship.

"And… and what… what happened to Vegeta-sei, if I may ask, my Lord?" Vegeta's trembling voice said.

"The obvious. There is no Vegeta-sei anymore."

"Our… our planet was… destroyed… sir?" Radditz chocked out.

I heard Zarbon and Dodoria giggling in the back.

"I am sorry for your loss, now go back and train. The loss of Vegeta-sei was because you weaklings couldn't defend against a simple meteor."

Boiling rage coming from Vegeta. A desperate scream for prudency and awareness inside him made him power down immediately and stand up.

"Please excuse us, Master Frieza."

"You are dismissed" he said.

"After all" Dodoria said "You can't expect monkeys to defend from gigantic meteors"

He did his best to suppress his boiling rage. Something like self-preservation and pride debating inside him.

The door slipped open and the three saiyans looked at me. I couldn't bear looking into Vegeta's eyes. I couldn't, and until this day can't, comprehend how such a child could manage to control all the thoughts and emotions fighting inside him, tearing his mind apart.

I walked past him, confused and a little startled, and knelt before Frieza.

"Master, I am afraid we need some Gyggipidus to continue with our experiment."

"Oh, that's just great" he smirked. "Vegeta!"

Vegeta stopped in his tracks without looking back.

"Master Frieza."

"We ran out of Gyggipidus, I think tomorrow morning you will depart to planet Goorliam and get some of it. The planet doesn't need to be destroyed, we have a deal with that planet. Just force the deal a little bit and oblige them to give you some of it. You will have this night to mourn and everything. I don't want prisoners, hostages, or anything. Only the material. Understood?"

"Yes, my Lord" with this, the small sayian walked away.

"So? Where is it? Don't tell me he didn't give you any" my companion said.

"Apparently he ran out of it. Vegeta is going to Goorliam tomorrow to get some more"

"You look down, Troizker." Noted another of my companions.

"Just worried. We won't have strong armor material anymore" I said. The armor material came from Vegeta-sei. Nice excuse.

"What? Why?"

"A meteor destroyed Vegeta-sei" I said. "Now we will have to look for another material" I falsely complained. They looked shocked.

"When?"

I knew the other doctors would come out with my same conclusions, so I just shrugged and went back to work.

So, tell me, how was it?
I tried to make it long.

Thank you all