The Plan

Appule stood at attention, seeing a new blip on the radar screen. It appeared Vegeta's pod was returning. When he'd left however, the young saiyan prince had not only Nappa, but Radditz with him. Now here he was returning alone. This was going to be interesting. He made his way to the loading docks where the pod had just landed and watched as the door opened and not Vegeta, but Rori fell out of it. He quickly ran over over to her helping her up with one hand on her side the other in her hand, "you're getting quite the reputation for stealing pods, young lady..."

"I didn't steal this one..." she coughed as she stood up and pulling herself out of his much needed help she pointed behind her to where Vegeta was still in the pod on life support. That was all it took for the man to quickly run over and start to pull the other saiyan from the pod and Rori helped him carrying Vegeta from the other side.

"We need to get him to recovery fast..." she explained as they walked down the hall with the passed out prince.

"Rori how did this happen?" Appule started but cut her off before she could say anything, "never mind that you need to go to Lord Frieza right this instant. He instructed us to bring you there immediately if you should return..."

She scoffed at this, "I'll go to him, but let's get Vegeta taken care of first Appule..."

"Rori I don't think Lord Frieza will-"

"Please, Appule. I promise I'll go right after we've finished. I won't even tell him you knew I was here."

There was silence for a few moments as he fought with his better judgement, but they were still walking in the direction of recovery, so it seemed like he had agreed.

Rori waited outside as Appule brought Vegeta into the recovery unit and the doctors got him into his water chamber. She knew they would treat him, but she wanted to make sure first and see it with her own eyes. Luckily none of the doctors caught a glimpse of her outside because they were all too busy with Vegeta's injuries. Appule stepped out of recovery and gave Rori a look over, "and what of your injuries?"

"I'll tend to them myself... I'm not too bad off..." she looked down at herself, there were a few scrapes and some dried blood still on her face. Out of all those who had been told to look after her while she had spent her life on Frieza's ship, Appule was one of her favorites. He was not like Zarbon or Dodoria and completely under Lord Frieza's thumb, but she supposed this was most likely because he was not as strong as those two, he didn't get as much out of his position; he was there because of fear as well. And so when he would watch her he was way more lenient than the others, she knew now she could use that to her advantage, but she was not going to leave the ship without speaking to Frieza. This would only catch up with her and possible hurt Appule as well. She would be no use to Piccolo if she had Frieza on her back.

Appule kept eyeing her wounds as if he wasn't sure, but she wouldn't let him get in another word. "Come stand out side my room while I clean up and then I'll go see Lord Frieza as I promised."

"Rori, if he finds out I knew you were here and didn't bring you to him directly-"

"I won't let him." she said again and didn't wait for an answer as she headed toward her room.

It took her all of twenty minutes to fix herself up with Appule standing outside her door pacing and fidgeting, but as she'd expected, no one had come by this side of the ship during this time of day and no one was there to ask questions. When she walked out of her room though, Appule stared at her as if he'd seen a ghost. Rori had walked out in one of the dark red dresses that Lord Frieza had tried and tried and tried to get her to wear when she was on the ship, saying that it was more fitting of a lady like herself than the armor she wore.

"Rori... I don't think that will make up for running away..." Appule began averting his eyes because the dress was very low cut and he knew better to look at what was deemed Lord Frieza's.

"It doesn't need to. It just needs to get his attention." she said with a smirk and started walking toward the room Frieza was always inhabiting as he would go over his plans with Zarbon or Dodoria, "once we get there, I suggest you don't come in Appule, I'd like to keep you out of this if possible... You know Frieza can be unreasonable... I wouldn't want him taking it out on you."

The purple headed man nodded as he followed her, to make sure she got to her destination and disappeared down the hall once he saw her go in.

"-Well I think that will just have to do for now, but soon we'll move into the west areas..."

"Of course, my lord." Zarbon answered as they looked up at a map on screen. Both of their backs were turned away from the door as they spoke so they were quite unaware of her entrance. Frieza was sitting as usual and Zarbon stood at his side. She walked up just behind Frieza and stared at the map as she spoke, "Hmmm... I would have thought you would have gotten farther Lord Frieza... I should hope my departure hasn't held up your plans?"

Both Zarbon and Frieza turned to her with a look of shock on their faces, but Zarbon was the first to speak, his face becoming red with anger, "You insolent little brat! How dare you come in here and-"

"Zarbon." Frieza calmly cut him off. Zarbon scoffed with digust and crossed his arms, but Frieza kept his eyes locked on Rori's. His face changed from a blank palate to amusement with a hint of his lips turned up into a smirk as he began to speak, "My dear, I hope you didn't think that wearing one of those dresses now would keep you from your punishment."

"No need to worry, Lord Frieza. I was merely trying to extend a peace offering in hopes you'd listen to my reasons for leaving..." she moved closer to him and took a seat on the arm of his chair and lowered her voice her eyes lowered but quickly met his at her final word with a smirk, "I was very much looking forward to your... punishment."

"Lord Frieza, she's-" Zarbon started, but Frieza quickly held his hand up to stop him.

"Now, now, Zarbon." he began not letting his eyes break contact with hers as he silenced Zarbon yet again. "She's come an awfully long way... and I am a merciful Lord am I not? I will of course hear her out." His eyes briefly flickered over to Zarbon and Rori took this time to stick her tongue out at him. She'd never liked that suck up and now she was playing his own game and it was infuriating him.

Frieza chuckled catching the briefest moment of her making a smug face at Zarbon, "my, my what am I going to do with the two of you... but go on my dear... why is it you stole your brother's ship, and disappeared for over a year... I am dying to know how it was you thought you could get away from me..."

Rori bit her lower lip keeping her eye contact with this man was difficult. She had gone over it many many times in her head on the trip home. She knew what she had to do like it or not. She had started this and it was time to end it. But in order to take down the most powerful man in the galaxy, it was necessary to get on his good side. She would have to make him believe her, really believe her. It was now that she was thankful she'd never been anything but kind to Frieza when she was on the ship, despite her feelings. And so she let out a tear from all the pain he'd caused her, but masked it as something else. "Lord Frieza... I didn't want to leave... How could I? You're all I've ever known. This is my home with you..."

Frieza appeared to be taken off guard by her sudden out-burst of tears and didn't know what to do. He turned to Zarbon who only shrugged, he'd never dealt with a crying girl before.

"Rori... my dear... calm down..." he turned back to Zarbon again who had taken a few steps back from the situation and then realized he was really on his own. He grabbed her hand not knowing what else to do to stop that horrid crying sound and she slowed a bit, sniffing, "I'm sorry Lord Frieza... I left because... well, I'd overheard you and Zarbon talking... about my birthday..."

Frieza grumbled under his breath making a note to himself to punish Zarbon for not having the forethought to close and lock they door when they were having such a private conversation.

"Of course I was happy... but Zarbon was right... I'm just a monkey... and Lord Frieza you're the most powerful man in the universe... how could I ever be worthy of you... that's a lot of pressure." Rori explained wiping her face of tears and she let out a sigh, "that's why I left."

The room was silent, but Zarbon began to laugh causing both Rori and Frieza to look at him, "come now... that's neither here nor there... why would you return then... you're the same runt you were... Lord Frieza, punish her and put an end to this. I've gotten word Prince Vegeta has returned... you could always-"

"Oh yes, Vegeta... I forgot to tell you of the gifts I've brought back for you Lord Frieza" she quickly panted a fake smile on her face and squeezed her hand in Frieza's, "I know I wasn't worthy of you, as Zarbon so eloquently put it, but... I have found some ways that I might become worthy of you..."

"Oh please she's just a monkey!" Zarbon laughed.

"Zarbon!" Frieza yelled at him. This wasn't good for his plans, Rori had come back but he hadn't known she'd felt that way. In truth he had been grooming her to become his mate that's why he'd kept her so close yet at such a distance since she was a child and he remembered exactly what he'd said about her to Zarbon, but that was men's talk in a man's room. Did he care about her feelings? No, but it would definitely make it harder on him if she was going to bear his children.

"It's ok, Lord Frieza. I know, he's right... well he was right." she said with a smile and planted one hand firmly on his shoulder so they were looking at each other eye to eye when she took his hand and brought it down to her lower back, "I'm not anymore... present number one..."

Frieza was confused at first his hand slide up her back then back down it all the way past to her bum, "Your tail... it's gone?"

"I removed it... we can call it... a symbol of my loyalty to you..." she said trying very hard not to feel violated as his hand roamed her lower back and pulled her into his lap.

"I see my dear... well that is a very good start." he said unable to tear his eyes from her now, he never thought she would be this easy to conquer, but then again he was all she knew. "You said present number one... do tell me more..."

"Oh! Right, yes, number two... well I didn't kill Vegeta... I remembered how you said you'd wanted him to watch..." she tilted the side of her head on the back of his chair and began to run her fingers over the back of his head in an affectionate manner, "I honestly wouldn't want that jerk to see me like that, but, I know it's all part of your plan, so I brought him back. He's a little ruffed up though, it might take him a while to recover... my brother and Nappa however... let's say they met an unfortunate end."

Frieza began to laugh at this and then ran his hand up and down her side, "I must say my dear, I wasn't expecting all this from you, what a pleasant surprise this whole mess has become... I knew you had been training, but I never knew you held this much animosity towards your kind... I'm sorry... not your kind anymore it would appear."

"Lord Frieza... you have been the one looking after me all these years... keeping me clothed, fed, sheltered and more than I could ask for. You've been so protective of me... and what have they done? How could you ever doubt my loyalty? Maybe it's because you never got to know me very well. I'd say even Zarbon probably knows me better than you, but that will change..." she smirked and ran her hand down his chest moving in a bit closer, "I'm sure soon you will get to know me very well. And you'll see who I really am." Oh, she wasn't lying there.

Frieza leaned in but she stopped him, putting her finger to his lips, "not quite yet... there's one more thing... well two really..."

Frieza said nothing just waiting to hear what else she could possibly have in store, "the first thing is I want to wait... until Vegeta is able to see this just like you'd planned. I left and I messed up your plans so I want to make that right. And the last present I will actually have to leave for a little bit to get... I wanted to make sure I was worthy of you... so I found a way to make you immortal Lord Frieza"

She knew this would catch his attention, he'd been searching down ways to do this for a while because no one can be the greatest forever, eventually someone would surpass him, but not if he couldn't die. Rori doubted the dragon would have enough power to do this, but luckily for her, it could bring Piccolo back to life and with Goku on the way, they had to have enough power combined to take down Frieza.

"How exactly is this?" He stared at her sobering up a bit from her close presences when he found she might hold the key to his immortality.

"Well there are these dragon balls on Planet Namek, but not just anyone can get them... I've befriended someone who can lead me to them and once I find all 7 of them the dragon will come out and he will grant you one wish." she smiled thinking of how happy she would be when she wished for Piccolo back, but to Frieza he only saw her happiness at his advancements.

"And what do you get out of this..." Frieza paused and she knew she had made a mistake. He didn't trust her, but she would just have to change that, " Rori if there is one thing I've learned... nobody does anything for me because they can... they either want something or they're terrified of what I might do to them if I found out they weren't following my orders."

She stared at him not sure what to say to this but he grabbed her chin in his hand and pointed her head toward Zarbon, "you see him? He follows my orders because he's frightened of me... so much so that I can trust even when my back is turned, he will carry out my will."

She watched Zarbon's face become offended by this, but even he knew it was true, though no one had ever said it so blatantly before to him. Zarbon remained quiet even in his embarrassment because what Frieza had said was true. Frieza then turned her head back to face him. Her eyes looked at the ground, not willing to meet his eyes just yet, but he forced her head up so she looked at him, "There we go my dear... eyes on me. You're not like him, you're not afraid of me, I've known that since you were young, but if you're not afraid then you want something. So... out with it."

Rori bit her lower lip and he watched her do so buying her a little time to think before she finally spoke, "You're right... I can't hide it from you... I was just hoping... that perhaps you wouldn't want me as just your pet... I think I can be much more for you, so I was only hoping perhaps you would let me ask for immortality as well... and we could-"

"Pffftt"Zarbon began to laugh behind them, "Really... Rori, you thought a lowly saiyan as yourself could end up with Lord Frieza? The most you could ever be good for is a romp in the sack once or twice."

"Ignore him dear..." he said with a smirk letting her chin go, feeling as if he'd won something out of her, "You've already done more for me in an hour than this one has done in a life of serving me..."

He smirked and let his hand graze over the spot on her back where her tail used to be, "and I can say you've definitely proved your loyalty to me. But I don't trust anyone... so we will cut a deal. I will let you go... to this planet Namek, but you will take Appule and Cui with you. Once you've found 4 of them, they will contact me and I will come to the planet while you find the other 3. Then I will make the wish. If there are no mishaps... I will add your name in with mine. Do we have a deal?"

She smiled and nodded, hugging him right away, "I promise you won't be disappointed."

She stood up and started toward the door to get ready but Frieza called out to her and stood, "Wait just one minute... we didn't seal the deal."

It was a good thing her back was to him because her eyes widened. She knew exactly what he meant and it wasn't a hand shake, but she couldn't back down. She turned to him keeping her face neutral and walked back to him. He ran his fingers through her hair and smirked, "I think it's only fitting that we seal the deal with a kiss don't you sweetheart?"

"I could only hope." she said with a smile and closed her eyes mustering up an image of Piccolo in her head with all her might as she kissed him and his probing tongue found its way past her lips. Before she knew it though, it was over and he appeared to be pleased with the kiss. "Get going then... and when I see you again... we will finish this with the prince as our audience."

Her face turned red and she nodded leaving the room. Rori ran down the hall to her room grabbing her stuff. She went into her bathroom and changed out of that stupid dress she had put on for Frieza and proceeded to brush her teeth several times and rinse her mouth out trying to get the taste of him off her lips. She was back in her comfortable fighting gear now and headed off to find Appule and Cui. She knew this would be a piece of cake now, Appule was on her side for the most part and well Cui... he would be easy to deal with, he always had been. It was Dodoria and Zarbon that had been her problem, but with neither of them there, she'd have her mate back sooner than she'd have thought.

Back in the main room, Frieza turned to Zarbon who was now standing in the corner trying to figure out what had just happened. "Don't just stand there like an idiot Zarbon! Follow her... and make sure she doesn't know. If anything is off... and I mean really off not just you don't like her... you get a hold of me before it happens!"

"Yes!" it was all Zarbon could say before he left the room leaving Frieza to his own devices. Yes he was pleased with himself, by the end of this he would be immortal, and whether or not Rori had told him the truth he would have that phoenix on her knees willingly or unwillingly, everything was falling into plan perfectly now.