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Chapter Forty Four
" Honor is simply the morality of superior men."
H.L Mencken

Lilith had been watching the events unfold on her crystal ball, tucked away in her castle. Her fists were trembling as she toyed with the idea of going to Namek personally. If Adalina dealt with Frieza, she would merely use her honeyed words and conniving attitude to turn him onto the path of 'righteousness', which meant he wouldn't be dead, and would be able to pursue her. And she might even be convincing enough to rally the Earthling's against her, potential Super Saiyan and all.

"This plan is going to shit, all because of one little girl who doesn't know when to give up." she clenched her jaw painfully, trying to come up with a solution.

If her information was correct, the scientists on Arcos now had scouters capable of reading their power signatures. Perhaps she should pay the planet a little visit? Get rid of a few pests, sooth her anger, and make sure that she stayed hidden.

It was a marvelous plan.

"I'm leaving, watch the house." she called out, disappearing into a swirl of shadows.


Cooler was on his way back to planet Arcos, having cleared up the situation on Frieza's planet. So much destruction, and for what? He didn't quite understand it, but it looked like they were trying to lure Adalina off of Namek. But why? He supposed he would find out eventually, when the entire thing came to a close. Something suspicious was going on behind the scenes, no doubt.

Zarbon sighed as he played cards with Salza, Neizu, and Doore, the soldiers discussing the variances of their lords,

"You see, with Frieza it use to be, do this or be killed, but then Adalina showed up and miraculously made him abandon those tactics. I'm surprised she's managed to get this far."

"I honestly don't know what she sees in him, this whole fiasco happened, and she's still running back to him." Salza replied bitterly, "He doesn't care about her as much as she cares for him, it's bound to end in disaster."

"Yeah, seems kind of crazy to me." Neizu replied, Doore nodding his head in agreement.

"I told her she wasn't going to get anywhere with him, but it seems I'll have to concede defeat, unless this fight doesn't turn out how she wants." Zarbon tucked a stray strand of forest green hair behind his ear, "Honestly, she has the wits to over-throw him, and after that display earlier, maybe even the strength."

Cooler entered the room, catching the tail end of the conversation,

"She would never do that. She wants to improve my brother's ability to rule, because believe it or not, he has the potential to change the way this universe works, and for the better at that. Adalina merely wishes to aid him, she's not the type to rule an empire." he commented with a stoic face.

The occupants in the room all seemed to turn his words over and find that they made sense. Frieza did have a lot of potential to be a great leader, and perhaps that is what she saw in him.


"Mom!" Polarra yelled, drawing out the vowel in an unnecessary display of 'dismay', "I didn't mean to I swear it!"

Arctica sighed and closed her eyes, trying to find a reasonable explanation for limiting her daughter's outdoor 'adventures',

"Polarra dear, I know you didn't mean it, and I know that it was an accident, but you hurt a very prominent individual within the kingdom. Until I can smooth this over, I don't want you leaving the palace by yourself, and I would prefer if you didn't leave at all."

The young girl scowled, her visage strikingly resembling the face Frieza would make when Orithyia told him he couldn't do something,

"It's not like he's mad or anything. He even said so, mom. I don't see why you have to punish me for an accident-"

"Enough, Polarra!" she didn't raise her voice often with her daughter, but the stress of the past few days was beginning to get to her, "He's dangerous. Please just listen to me, okay?" she whispered.

The young girl released a sound of frustration before stomping out of her mother's personal quarters.

Kain was not angry. He was livid. Why couldn't Orithyia keep a leash on her over-powered little brat? It wasn't that difficult.

"Ah, watch it! That stings!" he snapped as the doctor at hand dabbed antiseptic in a particularly raw wound. He had merely bumped into the kid! How was it possible that someone's power could be so chaotic it was set off by mere brushing of skin?

He supposed that's why Lilith was considering her as a vessel. He smirked, nothing visible to the doctors treating his burnt lacerations. Perhaps this was the evidence she had been looking for? Polarra's power was immense, but they had no real gauge on what she was capable of.

The traitorous Arcosian closed his eyes, tapping into the supernatural line that connected him to his master.


She had received the mental message loud and clear, yes, there were now multiple benefits of traveling to the planet, no matter how cold she was. She shook her hair, knocking snow-flakes to the ground as she observed the precariously positioned castle.

She would have no trouble destroying their precious scouters, and stealing their little chaos-maker. None of them were strong enough to oppose her, and those that would be, were off fighting their own senseless battles.

How quaint.

The demoness raised her hands, conjuring a few underworld soldiers to help cause a bit of mayhem. They would no doubt detect her presence, so she would need to distract them with a little surprise.

"Your majesty! Urgent news!" a lab technician shouted fervently as he slammed the doors to her room open, "The scouters have detected demon activity."

Arctica was visibly alarmed as she sat her book down and stood from her study,

"Where?" she quickly inquired.

"Here. On Arcos." her stomach dropped.

"Alert the soldiers." she called as she dashed out of the room in search of her daughter.

Cooler was on his way, but would he arrive in time? She was strong enough on her own, and she had access to the Kold family army, but these demons were on a level all their own.

Lilith smirked as she watched her demons swarm the dainty ice fortress in a swirl of tendril-like shadows.

"Scouters first, kid last." she smirked, allowing her mouse-like familiar to map out the castle and pin-point the laboratory they were no doubt located in, "Oh Frieza, how is your family going to feel? You abandoned them for immortality, and left them vulnerable and exposed."

"Polarra, give me your scouter." Arctica urgently requested as she stormed into her daughter's room, locking the door behind her.

"Why? What's going on?" she questioned as she handed her the red device from her night-stand.

The queen quickly contacted her nephew, the contact already assigned to its own personal button.

Cooler answered, the occupants in the room giving him odd looks as his face darkened.

"What is it my lord?" Salza questioned.

"We'll be right there, just hold them off until then. Damn it, Salza, tell the pilots to jump to the tertiary hyper-drive." the usually calm Arcosian seemed almost panicked as he dished out orders, "The demons are on Arcos." was his simple explanation.

He walked out of the room, back to his throne room to strap in, just as the alarms began blaring, alerting the occupants that the ship was about to get a whole lot faster, and with it, came a danger of being splattered against a wall.

He couldn't believe how this mess was escalating.

And Frieza had no idea.

No, he was too busy fighting someone who wanted to help him.

"You fool, we really do have bigger problems." he sighed.

Lilith chuckled as she infiltrated the lab, killing the meek scientists with practiced ease. She allowed her shadows to roil, destroying the entire room. So much information wiped clean, and by her hand no less.

"I'm coming for you, Polarra, and no one's going to be there to save you this time."

Kain smirked as he settled himself in his bed, ignoring the 'urgent' alert he had just received.

He would dethrone the Kold family in due time, sooner than he thought even.

Life was great.

A/N: Annnnd you will get another chapter on Monday, so don't fret it. Thank you all for being patient with me 3 I hope I didn't throw you for too big of a loop with this one, but it will have major significance later on, in the next arc.
Until Monday!