Zarbon's New Playmate

Chapter 11: Saved By a Monster

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Dragon Ball Z or any of its characters. I really wish I did lol.

WARNING: This story contains scenes of rape, violence, strong language, and some rather adult situations. Reader's discretion is advised.

Hello dear fans of all things anime, I trust that everyone is doing well. I would like to take this time to apologize to everyone for taking so long getting another chapter finished and posted. I have had some issues over these past few months, not mention a terrible case of writer's block, that have prevented the continuing of this story. I am sorry and I would like to thank everyone who have come back again and again looking for an update. Thank you all for coming back and reading this latest installment and I hope it was worth the wait. I will do my very best to keep the updates coming at a steady pace from here on out. Again thank you for your patience. Without further ado… Chapter 11.

As Nonica walked down the corridor her heart was pounding like it was going to beat out of her chest. She had been on the receiving end of Frieza's wrath before, but never for anything like this. She had helped Vegeta cause total and utter chaos and even helped him kill one of Frieza's most trusted soldiers. She was screwed. How was she ever going to get out of this one? How was she going to be able to save herself? Her brother was quite possibly dead and Zarbon, well, Zarbon was all too devoted to his master, so he wasn't going to be much help to her. They were getting closer to the door of Frieza's throne room. She was starting to get dizzy, her breathing was getting heavier, her mind had gone blank. She was beginning to hyperventilate. What was she going to do? What was going to tell Frieza? They were standing outside Frieza's door. This was it! Oh my God, I'm going to die! Nonica thought. She slowly started to back away from the door. The princess had never been this scared in her life. Even that horrible night when she was raped by Zarbon didn't compare to this. Vegeta had rescued her that night. Nobody was coming to rescue Nonica this time. Her life was completely out of her hands and had been for a very long time, but now, her life was about to end. She just knew it.

Nonica continued to back away until she bumped into Zarbon's chest, she stopped. She was trapped, no way to get away this time. No deal she make, no way to charm her way out of this. She then felt Zarbon's hands on her shoulders. Her whole body tensed up. Zarbon leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Go ahead, love. Lord Frieza is waiting for us."

He sure is. Waiting to murder me in cold blood. Nonica thought as a tear streamed down Nonica's cheek. She let out a sigh, wiped her face, squared her shoulders back, like the proud Saiyan warrior she was, and walked back up to the door. She pushed the door open and she and Zarbon walked inside Frieza's throne. Frieza was standing at the huge window with his back turned to the door and his arms behind his back. "Hello, princess," he said, still looking out the window, "it's been a while since I've seen you. You've been quite the naughty girl lately, haven't you?" Nonica lowered her head. She really didn't know what to say or how to even begin to defend herself. She just let Frieza talk. "I hope you have a good excuse for your behavior, my dear." he said.

Nonica started to plead her case, "I was acting under orders, Lord Frieza." she said.

"Really? Whose orders? Not Zarbon's or mine." Frieza questioned.

"Vegeta's orders, sir. He was my superior in that particular situation." Nonica answered.

"Yes, well, tell me something. What happened to Dodoria?" Frieza then answered.

"He attacked us, sir. We defended ourselves. Nothing more." she answered, trying hard to show any fear. She was convinced that this beast could smell fear no matter how well one could try and hide it.

"Well, if Dodoria was over taken in a battle that he provoked then he deserved what he got. I'm more concerned with the fact that you disobeyed orders and traveled a year from your original assignment." he turned to look at her, "This had better be good, Nonica. My patience is running out."

She didn't have a good explanation. He was going to see right through her. He was going to know that she was lying and then she was going to die. "Lord Frieza, Nonica was acting on Vegeta's orders." Zarbon said, "Nonica was doing as she was told just as she always has. Nonica is, after all, one of your most obedient warriors. Nonica was presented with an opportunity to destroy a planet that you had assigned another Saiyan and so she took it." Nonica looked over at Zarbon. She could not believe that he was actually speaking for her, trying to help her, trying to protect her from Frieza.

"I never said that Nonica wasn't loyal. I'm just wondering where exactly her loyalties lie." Frieza said.

"With you, Lord Frieza. She is here now. She found it difficult to get away from Vegeta when she first arrived. He threatened to kill her is she left to come find me as she was supposed it. She was only able to get away when I transformed and defeated him in battle. She came with me, willingly, after that." Zarbon added. Nonica knew he was lying. Zarbon was only able to get her away from Vegeta when he sucker punched her and carried her back.

Frieza looked at Nonica, "Is what he's saying true, Nonica? Did Vegeta threaten you?" he asked. Nonica nodded. She put a sad, hurt expression on her face to make it more convincing. "Well, it's a miracle that you're even here then isn't it? I know what a brute your brother can be." He had bought Zarbon's lie, but they weren't out of the woods yet. "One more question. One of my scouters reported that a Namekian village that we hadn't visited was destroyed and their dragon ball was gone. Nonica, where did Vegeta hide the dragon ball?"

Nonica's eyes widened. She had no idea. Vegeta wouldn't let her know because of this very reason. "I don't know, he didn't want me to know. He knew Zarbon would come for me, so he wouldn't allow to even go to the village with him much less see where he hid the dragon ball." she answered. That was partly true.

Frieza stood there looking at her for a while, trying to decide if she was lying or not. "Fine. Zarbon, I want you to get Vegeta. You better hope that he is still alive and if he is, bring him back. If he isn't, you had better not come back." he said.

"Yes, sir." said Zarbon. He and Nonica bowed and left the throne.

Nonica hoped with all her heart that her brother was still alive somewhere. Zarbon walked her back to his chambers and then left her to go find her brother. He had to find Vegeta alive or Frieza was going to kill him.

My princess is back in my chambers where she belongs. I have no time to savor my victory because now I have to hunt down that idiot, Vegeta. He is really a thorn in my side and it would bring me great joy if Frieza ended his pathetic existence. Nonica will just have to get over it and expect the fact that Vegeta went against Frieza one time too many and that he must learn his place. I need to hurry now and find him before all those things I told Frieza to keep Nonica alive and by my side become all in vain. It does me no good to save her if I myself end up displeasing my master and am killed. So, on to more pressing matters. This is the only time that I actually want that spiky haired monkey prince alive.

Nonica sat on the bed in Zarbon's chambers and thought about what had just happened. Zarbon had lied to Frieza for her. He risked his life. If Frieza had even smelled an untruth he would have taken Zarbon out before he even knew it. What was he thinking? She knew what he was thinking. Zarbon was thinking that Nonica loved him and that she needed protecting. She was and would always be Zarbon's little obsession and there was no changing that. The truth was as it always had been. Nonica did not love Zarbon, she hated him. This man had terrorized her the entire time she had grown up in Frieza's palace. All she did was let him use her body for his own pleasure and suddenly he "loved" her. Maybe he did love her. He had lavished her with beautiful clothes, with gorgeous jewelry, with the most pleasant smelling perfumes and creams that one could possibly imagine. None of that changed the past and it did nothing to shape a future full of love and devotion for Zarbon. Nonica cared for none of that stuff and would have left him without so much as a glance back at him, if given the chance. But what Zarbon had done for her was beyond comprehension and made the princess wonder about the lengths he was willing to go for her. In that moment Nonica realized that maybe Zarbon did, in fact, care about her. But, would that change anything?

Before he left, Zarbon had told Nonica to get washed up and change into the clothes he had there for her, so she did. She did just that. The dress she chose was sleeveless with silver-colored, thin straps and was silver at the bust line and white from below her breasts down to her ankles. The split came up to her thighs and the dress hugged every curve perfectly. She put on silver slippers and pulled her hair up in a high ponytail with her bangs in two very long strands that rested against her face. After she was washed up and in clean clothes, she sat back down on the bed and waited for news on her brother. Looking around the room, Nonica was reminded of the whole year she had spent with Zarbon before she went on that assignment with her brother and Nappa. She had spent quite a few days on Frieza's ship in Zarbon's chambers. So many lonely days spent in the confines of his room and all because he had developed some kind of feeling for her.

The suspense was killing her. Nonica sat on the edge of the bed with her hands in her lap. She then heard the door open. She looked up to see Zarbon walking in the room. He looked at her face and saw the worry on it. "I found him alive, he's in the infirmary. They had to put him in a tank." he said.

Nonica let out a sigh of relief and placed her hand on her chest. "That is great news." she said.

"I suppose, but you are aware of the fact Frieza is going to interrogate him concerning the whereabouts of that dragon ball he stole. Nonica, I want you to understand that he may end up dying anyway." Zarbon told her.

"But he's in the healing tank. There is still some kind of hope for him. Frieza spared me." she pointed out.

"Vegeta doesn't have me in his corner as you had, my dear."

There were a few moments of silence. Nonica looked up at Zarbon and asked, "Why did you lie for me like that?"

"I'm not going to even answer that question. If can't figure that out by now."

Zarbon looked a little angry with Nonica at that point. She looked down at the floor. "I'm going to go see my brother." she said and stood up. Nonica started for the door when Zarbon grabbed her by the arm. "Ow," she said, "you're hurting me."

"I stood up for you when Frieza was certain to kill you and all you can think about is getting back to that low life you call a brother. Where was he when your head was on the chopping? Huh?" Zarbon was livid. He gripped the princess's arm and stared down at her, demanding an explanation.

"He was unconscious and barely alive after you attacked him. And I didn't ask you to do anything for me. You did that all on your own." Nonica answered.

"I was trying to save your life."

"Why?"

"Because I love you."

"You don't know what that word means!" Zarbon's eyes widened. Nonica's expression was fierce. Her icy blue eyes were on fire with anger as she stared right back into Zarbon's eyes.

Zarbon looked at her for what seemed like forever. He had never been very good at showing any kind of compassion. Such things were practically forbidden in Frieza's army. Maybe he wasn't an expert on the ways of love, but he knew that he felt something for the Saiyan standing before. Perhaps she was just an obsession that went entirely too far, but Zarbon had grown attached to her and didn't want anything to happen to her. Hadn't he already proven that when he lied to Frieza? He hadn't seen Vegeta leaping to get her back when she left the Saiyan chambers to be with him. Vegeta wasn't petitioning Frieza to make Zarbon return his sister. Zarbon had given her all the things a princess deserved. She never had to do without. So why was she turning on him now? Vegeta had been the one to start that last fight, so why was he the monster from a storybook all of a sudden? He only wanted her happy. Zarbon let out a sigh and released his grip on Nonica's arm. "Go to your brother." He said. Nonica backed up to the door. She opened it and walked out. Zarbon stood there looking down at the floor; the thoughts in his mind were racing. What was going on between him and his princess?

He didn't have anytime to think about it. A knock on his chamber door completely derailed his train of thought. "What is it now?" he demanded.

A frightened looking soldier poked his head in the door. "Um…Lord Frieza has requested that you come back to his throne room. He wants you to brief him on the Saiyan's condition."

"Fine, I'm on my way." Replied Zarbon. He took one more look at the bed that he had shared with Nonica so many times. Her dagger, still in its sheath, was lying there. Zarbon reached down and picked it up. He held it in his hand for a minute or two and just looked down at it. He thought about Nonica. He began to think back on the six months before she had agreed to live with him. Zarbon remembered the day she said she loved him and wanted to be with him. Why had she suddenly changed her mind? She had a moment before tried to fight him after he had knocked Vegeta to the floor. Why was it so important to Nonica that Kyko die?

As these thoughts raced through his mind all the little pieces started to fit together. Soon all the things that Zarbon had even thought twice about were staring him right in the face. Zarbon gripped the dagger and then tossed it back on the bed. He turned and walked out the room.

How dare that little bitch try to pull off such a stunt? Who does she think she is? Did she really think that I wouldn't figure it out? To think that she actually had me believing that she loved me. She used my affection to keep her brother alive. She pretended to love me. Whenever she kissed me, it was a lie. Whenever she smiled at me, it was a lie. Whenever she embraced me, it was a lie. Whenever she made love to me, it was a LIE! All of it was a lie! All to save that bastard, Vegeta. That dirty Saiyan. I will not be made a fool. She will pay for this. She will pay!

Nonica entered the infirmary to find her brother in the healing tank. He was still unconscious, but he was in one piece. "What were you thinking going up against Zarbon like that? How many times have a warned you about him?" Nonica said softly. She let out a sigh and placed her forehead in her hand. Her other arm was crossed over her chest. With her thumb and middle finger she rubbed her temples. The princess of Saiyans knew that she had to think of a way to save Vegeta from what was sure to be coming his way. She hadn't lived in hell with Zarbon all that time for nothing. Vegeta was the most important thing in her life and she was not about to let Frieza rip yet another member of her family- the last member of her family- away from her. She looked on at her broken and battered brother. "Don't fret Vegeta. I'm going to find a way to get us both out of this mess." She said. Nonica decided to go back to Zarbon's chambers before he came looking for her.

She had no way of knowing what lain ahead for her when Zarbon returned to his chambers.

Zarbon has figured out our heroine's secret. Nonica is about to enter into a whole world of trouble. Vegeta won't be able to come to her rescue this time. What will happen when Zarbon confronts his deceitful princess? What will become of the Saiyan Prince? Find out next time.

Ok guys here it is. I hope it was worth the wait. I will be trying my absolute best to get the next chapter up soon. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it. As always please remember to review and to come back for more updates. Take care and see you guys next time.