Valuable
"He took her." Trunks said to the shocked crowd.
The area surged with Heshema's arrival.
"Trunks," She called to him, "What is this about?"
"I couldn't let you go to him. And everyone here would have done the same to save you." Trunks shouted in what seemed a drunken stupor.
"What have you done?" Heshema questioned but the answer was obvious.
"I left to find Bulanvo last night." Trunk stopped to take a breath. "I found him, but he told me I was of no value and threw me out." Trunks laughed, "But he took her. He smiled when he saw her, she was worth more." Trunks fell over laughing. "She was worth more. I can't die for you even when I try. Why do I always live?" Trunks kept laughing as if what he was saying was funny.
"Stand up." Belaki ordered, if he was going to act a fool she was going to give him what he needed to get over it. "I take you as apprentice and you can't stand one order." She called at his quivering body. "Did you not think I had a plan? Did you think I would leave this city unprotected? Do not think for one moment that he can kill me." Belaki pulled Trunks up by his jacket, holding him erect with her minds focus on his spine. "He is still searching for ways to hurt me, but you; he could kill you without a second thought. The only reason he didn't last night would be for you to cause the whole city to file out here." She raised her arms to show the extent of his foolishness.
Trunks dropped to his knees and laughed tears down his cheeks. Belaki's hand came down on him hard. "Think boy!" She yelled at him.
He rose to his feet accepting what he had done. "Return to the city." She called out over the crowd. Trunks looked to the sky and noticed a red shimmer on the area. She had put a shield around the area, and was pulling it back around the city.
He could have gotten everyone killed and she knew it. She had hit him to prove her point, but her first concern was always their safety. He had walked her closest friend straight to Bulanvo and he was the one crying.
Don't ever scare me like that again. Trunks you could have gotten killed. Heshema whispered in his mind. She had hit him to save him. His love of her was open but if she showed love of him… he would be 'valuable'.