Chapter 14

The sound of a muted scream fell on his ears. The smell of burning flesh attacked his senses. The sight of his mate being shot through her chest kept replaying itself in his mind.

And she was suddenly gone.

Just like that, his mate was gone. The screaming ceased but the smell of her blood leaving her body and her flesh burning still filled his senses. A pained howling noise sounded from somewhere close, but where? At that moment, Vegeta realised it was him that was crying out as though it was he who had been shot.

It might as well have been.

He felt her presence leave his mind and in its place was complete emptiness. His heart felt like it was about to come leaping out of his chest and his body felt like it was on fire. Growling replaced the pained cries and soon he was screaming loudly as a burst of energy he had never felt before flooded his entire being. His vision turned gold, as did his hair and his eyes turned a murderous teal colour. But none of that mattered. All that mattered to him now was avenging his mate's death.

Vegeta heard a thud against the ground as Nappa finally lost his battle of surviving. His large body fell on top of Bulma's small one and even though she was dead, Vegeta worried about her being squashed by the giant Saiyan.

Slowly, Vegeta turned and walked over to the two bodies. As usual, he wasn't showing any emotion but that didn't mean he wasn't feeling it. That didn't mean he wasn't drowning in it.

His mind replayed the last emotions and feelings he felt from Bulma. At first all she felt was complete shock but then came the pain that seared through her body. She had died almost immediately. She didn't have all the things she had once said she would. The two had been talking and somehow, death had found its way into the conversation. She had said that when people die, they have flashbacks of all their happiest memories and they are greeted by their loved ones as they lead them into the next dimension.

But Bulma didn't have any of that.

All she was greeted by was pain and then darkness. All she saw was her vision blur and then fade out. There weren't any happy memories and there weren't any loved ones who would help to guide her into the next dimension and Vegeta found himself feeling sorry for his woman. She had so badly believed that that would happen, but it didn't. Even at the end of her life she had been disappointed and betrayed.

Vegeta's anger and hatred soared to new heights when he heard the lizard laughing as he respectfully moved the body of his comrade off of his mate. As he put Nappa down on the ground, his deadly teal eyes glared at the tyrant in such a murderous way, it made Frieza shiver.

"Frieza," Vegeta said in a calm and deadly voice, "you have destroyed my planet and annihilated my race. You made me and my pack kill for you for your own sick pleasure. You took my mate even though she was unwilling and now, you have killed all of them. You killed my entire pack, including my mate and you must pay."

His voice showed no signs of bluffing and neither did his eyes. Frieza knew that Vegeta was deadly serious now that he was all alone. He had no one left. Frieza had killed them all.

The tyrant glared hatefully at the Saiyan Prince but did not say a word. What could he say to that? Nothing that was what he could say to him, absolutely nothing. Or at least, that was what his brain was telling him. He tried for a few silent minutes to think of a comeback, any sort of comeback but he had nothing.

Vegeta growled as he flew towards the tyrant. His growls and the sounds of fists connecting with bodies echoed through the lands.

Goku slowly and shakily raised his head when he heard the fighting continue. He could hear the loud booms of ki blasts and the raw smacking of fists but it sounded… odd. Everything sounded like it was underwater the moment his eyes found his best friend's body. It took everything in him to not break down and cry at the sight of her. Bulma's body was pale and her eyes were a lifeless shade of blue. Her own blue eyes were no longer there and neither was the person he classed as an older sister.

She was gone.

He could not save her this time.

The pain in his chest grew to new lengths as he forced himself to crawl over to her lifeless body. Crawling was all he could do. He attempted to stand, but the pain he felt was almost crippling. He could hear distant battle cries, most of which sounded like Frieza crying out but Goku found that he didn't care. Nothing mattered to him anymore.

Bulma was his best friend. She was his first ever friend. They had always been there for each other, but he wasn't there when she died. How could he have left her alone like that? She was his best friend and if he had been strong enough instead of some weak idiot, she would probably still be alive.

When Goku reached Bulma, he moved the hair away from her face and even though it was pointless, he searched for a pulse. Searched for anything that would give him hope that she could still being alive. But there was nothing. There was nothing more than a dead and empty body of the girl he loved.

"I'm so sorry, Bulma," Goku whispered, "I was supposed to protect you and I failed."

He felt something wet trailing down his cheeks. Goku lifted one hand to see what it was and sure enough, he was crying.

The smell of her burnt skin was assaulting his nose and the sight of her once bright and stunning blue eyes which were now faded and lifeless haunted him.

He had nothing left.

Everyone he had ever cared about was gone.

"It is not your fault, Goku." a robotic voice said from behind him.

Goku spun around quickly and fell into a defensive stance in front of Bulma. He knew she was dead but she was still his best friend. After living on Frieza's ship for so long, nothing that his army would do would surprise him. Once he saw it was only 16, he relaxed a little. In 16's arms was the unconscious 18 who didn't even appear to be that badly damaged. But Goku knew different. If an android was unconscious, then the damage must be bad.

"It is my fault! I swore to her and her father that I would protect her, no matter what."

"You cannot blame yourself." 16 said before reminding him, "And we still have the dragonballs."

Goku looked off into the distance at the two fighters. It seemed like Vegeta had the upper hand and that Frieza didn't have that much time left. There was something different about Vegeta. His hair and tail were both blond and although Goku wasn't too sure because of the distance between them, he could have sworn that Vegeta's eyes were a mixed colour of blue and green.

"Vegeta is a Super Saiyan." 16 said when he noticed Goku's confused staring. "After Bulma was killed, he transformed into the Legendary Super Saiyan."

The young Saiyan looked up at the tall android. "Do you think he will win?"

"Yes," the android spoke, "Vegeta's power is far greater than Frieza's. Even in his final transformation at full power, Frieza is no match for Vegeta."

Goku looked down at the lifeless body of his best friend. He knew what he had to do. He knew what he had to do to bring his best friend and his pack back to life. He knew what he had to do to bring his planet back and he knew what he had to do to bring all of the people who died on Earth back to life.

The young Saiyan pulled himself off of the ground, ignoring the pain that surged through his body at the movements. "I'm going to find out what the password is." he told the android before blasting off into the sky in the direction of the first village.

16 sighed. He wasn't sure on what to do. He knew he had to get 18 to Gero but he didn't know if he should leave Vegeta. He had no doubts the Saiyan Prince would win this battle but he was unclear on what he would do once Goku got the dragonball password. Would he wish for Bulma to be brought back? Most definitely. Just the look in his eyes when he saw her die told him that. Would he ignore his mate's wishes and then go on to wish for immortality? 16 wasn't sure. But what he was sure of was that he would not allow it. He would not allow Vegeta to make such a selfish wish.

He would make sure Bulma got her wishes even if it killed him.

Edited - 05/07/14