A/N: ty for the reviews

Chapter 7

(Saved by a Dream)

it had been a few days since anyone had seen Vegeta. He had disappeared right after one of the older slaves had been brought to the informatory He had been weak and unable to move on his own. Vegeta had prepared a royal vessel and headed off towards the direction of Namek.

Everything on Vegetsii seemed to slow from a crawl to a complete halt. Bardock had disappeared, Vegeta's father did nothing but sit in the queens recovery room. Kakarot had yet to hear from Krillen or Tien. Chichi was still in a coma, no one knew exactly what had happened to princess Bulma.

"Prince Kakarot, Sir?" Kakarot frowned.

"Krillen? Where the hell have you been? How come you did not contact me upon your arrival?" It had been a direct order.

"Well ya know, its kinda hard when so much crazy stuff is going on." Krillen stated in his most aggravated tone. "we were almost spotted like twice."

"Almost spotted? You did go to earth didn't you?" that dumb ass, he should have put Tien in charged of the mission.

"Yes, but earth is not earth anymore..." Krillen glanced around " something is going on here."

"What do you mean, let me speak with Tien."

Krillen frowned, "you don't believe me?" he said indignantly but handed the communicator over to Tien anyways.

"Sir, it is as Krillen said. There are beings here, not humans though. They are rebuilding it, and quickly." Tien turned towards the large monitor, displaying the newly reconstructed buildings that had once been ashes and rumble. "The ki signatures are foreign, but I have sensed a few that are worth monitoring"

That was strange. It had only been a short time since earth had been destroyed. Humans would not try to re inhabit it so soon. Not after what they had done to it. Then who else would want to colonize earth? The resources that could have been harvested had been mostly destroyed, it would have been better if they had completely incinerated the planet.

"OK keep me informed." Kakarot said.

"Yes, your majesty." Krillen and Tien said in unison before the screen blanked out.

"I've done it!"

Launch and Andrea looked up from their monitors to peer at the old man who had walked in. "Dr. Briefs?" Andrea gasped in surprise.

"No, Its King Briefs, but lets not get into that now. I've discovered a way to get out of here, I must save my poor Bunny."

Launch giggled and Andrea looked dumb founded. "There is no escape, we are on Vegetsii, we are prisoners of the Saiyan-jins."

"We cannot leave Chichi, shes in a coma remember your majesty?" Launch added.

"Yes, yes I know that. That is how we are gonna escape." he gingerly walked over to where chichi slept and patted her forehead. She looked like a peaceful angel, just like his little angel Bulma. "where is my daughter, by the way?"

"No one knows, your highness. I'm sure one of those barbarian saiyan-jin must have kill-"

Launch looked at her wide eyed and shook her head hoping she would catch on "Oh...I-I mean I'm sure she escaped to somewhere safe and is looking for a way to come rescue us."

"I'm sure she is." he said nodding in agreement. "I've figured out a way to get Chichi out of her coma. If what you said is true and she has significant amount of brain activity then we can easily infiltrate her mind and wake her up. Now who wants to volunteer?"

Launch and Andrea glanced at each other, "How is that gonna help us escape?"

Dr. Briefs paused for a moment to contemplate it. He hadn't really thought of it that far. If he could wake Chichi up then she would be able to point out who had poisoned her and maybe somehow figure a way out of this mess. "well, that part I'm not sure of yet, but having Chichi around will be so much better, just like old times."

"Prince Kakarot!" a saiyan-jin from Vegeta's royal army came towards him. "Prince Kakarot there is something I must speak with you about."

Kakarot paused on his way to see Chichi. He hadn't had time to see her in the past few days because he had been busy running both his kingdom and Vegeta's'. He was nowhere closer in his search for the person who killed his mother and poisoned Chichi and Queen Alexia. With Vegeta M.I.A There was no way for him to go to Frecol and confront Freiza and his men."what is it? Make it quick."

The saiyan-jin nodded and bowed before him, "I am Yamcha, second command of the royal guard of Eastern Vegetsii." he looked nervous and fidgeted constantly " while on surveillance of Frecol, I-well, our patrol spotted what looked like a Saiyan-jin ship...it had the royal insignia of … Prince Vegeta.."

Kakarot didn't say anything while his words muddled through his brain, Vegeta had been missing for the pass few days but that wasn't unusual. Why he chose this particular time to go 'find himself' was beyond apprehension, when his country and his parents needed him the most.

"it- it was near the royal Palace of King Cold." Yamcha finished, unsure of kakarots reaction.

"Are you sure it was Vegeta's ship?"

Yamcha nodded "Yes your majesty" Kakarot nodded and Yamcha bowed slightly only smirking slightly as Kakarot walked away.

This did not sit well with him. Vegeta would not go to Frecol without mentioning it first, but then again he didn't know what he knew. Freiza had put King Cold out of commission and now ran Frecol as his own. Kakarot was convinced that Freiza had a big hand in orchestrating Earths demise, and the subsequent colonization of it.

The door to Chichi's room was open and she had a visitor, all eyes turned to him when he walked in. "How is her progress?" Kakarot asked taking his usual seat next to her. Her fingers always seemed to be cold until he slipped his through hers.

King Briefs walked over to the other side of Chichis bed and fiddled with his glasses. Since he had recovered he had been able to walk about freely in the med ward. That is how he discovered their small science laboratory which was primitive compared to the one in his castle . "prince Kakarot, is it?"

Kakarot looked over at the old man, he had only been allowed out of the dungeon on Vegeta's say-so. He was too old and weak to escape or do any harm to any of the guards so he had free roam of the sick ward.

"I'll take that as a yes. Last time I seen you you were yay high," Dr. Briefs chuckled " lets make a deal." Dr. Briefs removed his glasses and huffed in them, fogging up the lens before wiping them clear. "My poor Bunny cannot stay in that dirty dungeon. I know a way to wake Chichi up. If you let my Bunny go, I'll help you wake Chichi."

Andrea chuckled, "he has some balls." she whispered to Launch.

Kakarot didn't know what to think. Nothing they had tried so far had been able to wake her, so what could he possibly do to end her slumber? If she was up and about she would be able to help him find who killed his mother. He was most definitely certain that it was a saiyan-jin,a traitor that would be killed slowly and painfully.

"So what do you say, my boy?" Dr. Briefs was counting on that spark of emotion he had seen in Kakarot's eyes as he had held Chichi's hand. He had some kind of feelings for her, he was not entirely sure what it was but it was there.

"I will release her when Chichi is awake. If this does not work, you will be returned to the dungeon . Understood?" Kakarot stated and Dr. Briefs nodded.

Chichi had fallen asleep staring at the large painting of Bulma and wondering about everything that had seemed out of place. She vaguely remembered talking to Bulma and asking about the change of her hair color.

She hadn't blinked as she responded,"Oh, its dyed. I thought a change of color would be exciting."she had smiled widely and twirled her fingers in her long blonde hair. "Don't you like it? Mom said it looked fabulous. I really think it suits me."

Chichi had only nodded but didn't say anything else. She realized that she had a lot of lost memories. Like the trip to see her father, she didn't remember anything after Bulma coming to her rescue. She didn't remember going back to Bulma's home or having dinner. But she wasn't hungry. It was weird, she didn't feel anything. She was never hungry, or cold, or warm...she didn't feel anything.

They didn't talk about what had happened that day, what had happened to her father. Instead they went about life as if everything was normal. They went shopping, went to the movies, did stuff they usually did.

Bulma's parents went on with life as if she was their daughter. "Chichi, lets go out shopping again! Wouldn't that be fun? Mom wants a new purse and we can get dad a new jacket. Plus its time for you to get another outfit. I cant wait!"

Bulma dragged her up from where she laid and threw a t-shirt at her, "wear this, it will look so good on you." Chichi sat up and looked at Bulma's smiling face. What had happened to her best friend?

"Come on Chichi!" Bulma yelled.

Chichi nodded and got up from the bed. She quickly changed and followed Bulma to her car. "I'll be right back Chichi, I forgot my purse." as she said this Bulma looked down at her watch, "be right back"

Bulma waved at her and ran into the house.

Chichi stood there for a moment glancing around the landscape of Bulma's large house. Bulma sure was taking a long time to find her purse. Maybe she should go help her.

Just as she stepped off and away from bulma's car she was shoved back into it. Chichi cried out in pain as her head slammed against the hard steel frame. She shook her head to try and get her bearings back but she felt dizzy and disorientated. She tried to open her eyes to see what had happened but she couldn't muster the strength to through the pain.

Before she could say anything or do anything she blacked out...

Her body felt warm, like she was on fire. Chichis eyes snapped open , the room was dark but she could see a large silhouette against the wall.

"you have awaken, my sweet little princess" Goku suddenly appeared next to her his smirking face just inches from hers.

"Goku?" it was Goku... suddenly it occurred to her that he had killed her father. Chichi pushed away at him but he didn't budge. " no... what do you want from me...?"

Goku chuckled but didn't say anything. Instead he pulled her arms above her head,his other hand pulled apart her legs roughly.

Oh no... he was gonna rape her. Chichi struggled against his large hands but he kept a tight grip on her she could no move so she screamed. Chichi screamed as loud as she could but he just sneered and his fingers kept touching her. His tail snaked around her thigh keeping them open as his hand ripped her shirt opened. His gaze lingered on her half nude breast, his eyes devouring ever inch of visible smooth skin. Her shorts were next. She now laid there in only her bra and panties.

"please don't.. Goku … please don't.." Chichi closed her eyes as they began to mist over. Why was he doing this? Goku... this wasn't him...he would never do something like this..."Goku don't.." He wasn't listening. This person she didn't know he didn't care about what he was doing, how he was hurting her.

Chichi stopped struggling resigning herself to what was about to happen. She steeled her body and closed her mind off trying to think of happier times, of anything but what was gonna happen.

Seconds ticked by, and then his hold on her limbs loosened. First he released her arms and then his tail unwrapped itself from her thigh. It was so silent, all she could hear was her own heavy breathing. Finally chichi could take it no longer and she opened her eyes.

Goku was pressed against the wall trying to fight off someone. She watched in stunned silence as he was knocked out unconscious and thrown to the floor. Her heart skipped a long beat as her rescuer turned to face her.

"Goku...?" she managed to whisper before she passed out.