Oh check it out! what! I got the next chapter out only a week later from last chapter drop. Go me! I want to shoot a big thank you to my Beta, GrammarGrrrl. She does such fast work at fixing all my errors.

Warnings for this chapter, cussing like always. Cuz, by now you should know me... I cuss a lot. And there is some torture in this chapter.

Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 9: Losing Control

All was still and quiet. The dust had finally settled down from the recent collapse of the cave. The only light came from the bright moon up in the sky. No one could have survived that collapse of all the rock, laying under all that weight, hundreds of pounds of pressure. But Vegeta was not just any ordinary person- he was a Sayain. And he was not just any Sayain- he was the Prince of all Sayains. No mere few hundred pounds of rock was going to take him down.

The echo of a cascading rock stirred Vegeta out of his unconscious state. Vegeta coughed, disturbing the dust that was around his face, causing him to let out a few more coughs. He winced in pain and tried to get up but quickly failed. He was trapped, pinned from his shoulder blades and down only his head was able to move.

What happened? His mind was a bit fuzzy, and he could not recall why he was there or what had happened.

Bulma flashed before his eyes. Fear etched clearly on her face, small specks of tears in her eyes, and the Alpha's tail tightly wrapped around her waist.

Vegeta's own tail wrapped tighter around his waist in a jealous manner, twitching with irritation and want. He should be the only one allowed to wrap his tail around her. And yet here he was, trapped under a few hundred pounds of rock, and she was-

Shit! where is she?

Vegeta lifted his head, straining from the effort, looking best as he could through the wreckage of rock in front of him. But he could not make out anything- it was pitch black down in the collapsed cave. He needed to get unstuck, move rock about, and find her. Firmly placing his hands on the ground, he took a few quick deep breaths before letting out a giant roar as he pushed up from the ground. That accompanied by a large ki flare out from his body, Vegeta was able to set himself free and clear out most of the surrounding rock. But still no sign of Bulma.

Maybe she was deeper under the rocks- how she was still alive was a complete mystery to him.

Vegeta quickly got to work, lifting rocks, boulders and digging in the dirt, trying desperately to find her- only to find nothing but the dead carcasses of the Mimics. Wait, just the Mimics? Where was the Alpha? That monster and Bulma were right in front of him before he-

Vegeta felt the blood drain from his face all the way down to his toes once realization finally hit. They were right in front of him before he closed his eyes and began concentrating fully on setting off his ki blasts. They were right in front of him before he took his eyes off of the woman. The very moment until he took his eyes off of her- that is until he got distracted. That was when the Alpha escaped with Bulma. She was now captured and in the hands- or more like in the tentacles of the Mimics.

Panic began to run through his veins, causing his entire body to tremble. He just lost his leverage that he had to win this war. He just lost the one person who had the power to reset the day and have complete control over any battlefield. Why else would he start to freak out? There was no other reason for him to fear losing the woman, that sexy woman with the hypnotizing blue eyes, lusciously soft skin, and the one and only woman who was able to grab his attention for more than a mere minute. To challenge him in more ways than just physically, but mentally as well and verbally on a daily. Yes, he is only afraid of losing her because of the use she is to him in this war... the only reason.

But fuck'n a, he was going to fight like hell to get her back. But this time, he is going to need some help. With a quick slam of his fist, he jumped into the sky and blasted off back toward his castle.

Dr. Gero stood rigid, back straight as an arrow, his ice-blue eyes staring intensely out the window of the loading dock straight down to the planet below. All of the Mimics within his army were mulling about preparing for the attack on the Sayains. All the while, he waited patiently for his package to be delivered by his Alpha Mimic.

A small black dot off in the distance slowly began to grow bigger and bigger. A confident smirk appeared upon his face, lifting his puffy white mustache up on one side. 'They had fallen for it,' he sneered in his head as he kept his unmoving eyes on the ever-growing black dot. His fists behind his back began to open and close as his restlessness crawled up his spine. He was ready to get his hands on the being who was able to find a way to hack into his army's power to reset. He wanted nothing more than to sink his scalpel and run his many tests on them to find out how they did it and what he could do to put it to his benefit.

The powerful vacuum of space overtook the loading dock as the bay door opened, allowing the Alpha to enter. None of the Mimics nor Dr. Gero moved as the outside space tried desperately to pull them out of the ship, completely unaffected by its power. With a loud bang, the bay door closed again, ceasing the strong winds.

"Do you have it?" Dr. Gero asked coldly.

The Alpha Mimic growled in response as the snakes that formed its body slowly untangled and revealed the still unconscious female it had captured.

Dr. Gero's ice blue eyes snapped up to the Alpha's capture, "A woman?" He whispered to himself. "How very interesting. How can something so weak hack into my creation?" He stood there, analyzing the woman for a minute. His creation was the upmost feared thing in all the universe, bringing them all to their knees, and this little blue-haired woman hacked into it and took over. How was that possible? His head tilted to the side as a curious grin slowly began to spread across his face, an evil glint in his eye. She is a rather attractive little female, maybe he really could put this to his advantage.

He quickly spun on his heels, "Follow me, Alpha. Time to take her to my lab." He began to walk away, "And Mimics!" He yelled over his shoulder, "Attack at first light, leaving nothing but Prince Vegeta alive. Lord Frieza wants to deal with him."

The sound of excited growls and chortles echoed down the hall as Dr. Gero made his way to his lab, his evil sneer spreading wider and wider as he went.

Her head hurt. No, that was an understatement. Her head was killing her, throbbing, and straight-up felt like someone was trying to rip it open with their bare hands. She could not hear anything around her but muffled sounds, and all she could smell was stale musty air with a hint of motor oil.

A whimper escaped her lips as she slowly rolled her head from side to side. Fluttering her eyes open, she tried to take a look around at her surroundings. A bright light blinded her as it shined on her face and forced her to shut her eyes closed, intensifying the throbbing in her head. It took her a few times before her eyes could adjust to the brightness around her. Everything was blurry at first, but slowly things started to come into focus.

She was in a dark room, filled with beeping machines. The only lit up area in the whole room was her, and the stiff bed that she was strapped to everything else was dark. Too dark for her to make out what was what.

Wait, strapped to?

Quickly Bulma lifted her head up, only to cry out in pain and let it drop back down as the throbbing intensified to the point it blurred her vision. She whimpered again and drew in a shaky breath, waiting for the pain to subside before attempting to lift her head up again.

"Ah, so you're finally awake, I see."

Bulma's eyes shot back open at the sound of the strange voice- she wasn't alone. Wherever she was, she wasn't alone. With her brow scrunched together, fighting back the pain within her skull, she attempted to lift her head again, her eyes wide with fear as she searched for the stranger.

The stranger slowly walked out of the darkness and into the light. He wore brown pants, a dirty orange striped shirt with overly poofy shoulders, and a small black vest. Upon his head, he had a tall black hat, tight curly white hair, and a giant bushy mustache.

"W-who are y-you?" Bulma forced out in a shaky whisper.

The stranger just smirked at her, the corner of his mustache lifting up in a quick twitch. "I am Dr. Gero," he said proudly.

"W-why am I here?" Bulma still had to force herself to talk, the fear of the unknown taking over her body as she shook like a leaf. She had lived every day for the past few years knowing exactly what was to happen and when. But, to be thrown into a situation where she had no clue as to what was about to happen... scared her. She needs to find a way to die, and die right now so she could get back into control of the situation.

Dr. Gero walked over to her side with a small chuckle. He did not say a word to her as he looked up and began to fiddle with something that was right next to her. Bulma followed his movements with wide eyes, that was when she noticed the clear bag filled with a red substance hanging on a hook connected to a metal pole next to her. A long line, filled with the red substance, ran down from the bag and straight to her arm. Fear filled her instantly once she realized what that red substance was... her blood.

Her adrenaline skyrocketed as she began to fight against her restraints, but just as quickly as she started to fight her body stiffened and started to seize, electric shock running through her body.

"Yeah," Dr. Gero said once her body stopped seizing. "I wouldn't do that if I were you. Human bodies do not handle electric shock very well." A dark chuckle escaped his throat as he turned to walk away from her. "But no worries I made sure that the voltage was not too high to kill you, just cause you a great deal of pain. So get comfortable," he said softly. "because your comfort that you have right now... is not going to last for much longer."

Taking small uneven breaths, Bulma slowly turned her head toward Dr. Gero- watching him closely, trying to guess what he was going to do to her. She had a feeling deep in her gut, that whatever he had planned... it was not going to be good. Bulma could vaguely see Dr. Gero in the darkened room, but from what she could tell was that he was hunched over a table and looking at some instruments- metal instruments she guessed from the loud clanking sound they were making on the table.

He turned around to face her, a small scalpel in his hand. With his index finger, he lightly tested the sharpness of the blade. Satisfied he slowly lifted his eyes to hers, "But I definitely will enjoy it."

Fear taking over her body, Bulma began to fight against her restraints again only to send another series of electric shocks through her body. Dr. Gero stood there watching her suffer, an evil sneer spreading wider and wider on his face.

"Is there a reason as to why you are waking me up way before the sun?" Kakarot whined as he slowly tried to wipe the sleep out of his eyes.

Vegeta had called everyone to meet him on the beach that he and Bulma were just on before she was taken away from him. He was now pacing back and forth in front of the group, his arms firmly crossed over his chest. Originally, when he had the power of the reset, he had only told Bardock and Kakarot. But even then, he was reluctant to tell them. Vegeta is the Prince and should be strong enough to take on any problem thrown at him. But this mission that they were about to embark on, they were going to need more help. So he had brought in Raditz and Nappa, the strongest warriors next to Kakarot and himself. The five of them should be enough, he hoped.

"It better be a good reason," Radiz growled under his breath as he watched Vegeta pace. "I had a shit day because of that blue-haired bitch. Did you hear what she did to that bathroom!? I'm still trying to wash out pink bubbles from my hair!"

"Shut up Raditz!" Vegeta snapped, "Pink bubbles in your hair is not the end of the world. But what is about to happen in a short few hours might be."

At that, Kakarot perked up. "You have the power back?" He asked excitedly.

"No," Vegeta growled.

"Power? What power?" Raditz asked as he looked between Vegeta and his Brother. Nappa stayed quite far off to the side, arms crossed over his chest.

Bardock sighed heavily as he took in the crumbled cave next to them. "I guess the attack on the Omega went south?" He asked.

Vegeta let out a deep growl, "It was a trap. The Omega was not even there."

"What happened?" Bardock pushed.

Vegeta let out another long sigh as he pinched the bridge of his nose. He then continued to explain everything to everyone.

"Oh, shit," Raditz said with a shocked expression on his face after Vegeta finished with his explanation. "So, what's the plan?"

"We have no idea as to where the Mimics are, and I can't feel the Woman's ki anywhere on the planet."

"What if she is not on the planet?" Kakarot asked as he looked up at the sky, his face full of concern.

"Not on the planet?" Vegeta asked, confused as he quickly followed Kakarots gaze up to the sky. His eyes rounded in shock, an enormous ki was radiating just outside of the planet's atmosphere. How could he not notice it before? There was only one person who had a ki rating that high, the one person who he hated more than the Mimics. Frieza.

Before the Mimics attacked, his people were enslaved to the tyrant Frieza. And Vegeta was training hard to try to free his people. But after the Mimics started attacking everyone, the tension and fighting between the two stopped. All, coming to a silent agreement to put their manpower toward the Mimics and not each other. Trying to fight toward a common enemy before going back to fighting each other again. But now, just hours before the attack of the Mimics, he was feeling Frieza's immense power. But why?

"Frieza?" Raditz asked in shock as he too sensed the power up above. "I thought that you said that it was the Mimics that attack us, not Frieza."

Vegeta stood there, staring intensely up at the sky. Something was not adding up. Slowly the sun rose, bringing the first light of day to kiss upon the land and brightening the sky. Slowly as the sky got brighter, a giant ship came into view along with hundreds of small black dots, like a swarm of bees coming to attack.

And then it clicked. "Frieza has the Mimics!" Vegeta shouted. "The Mimics are a part of the Frieza force!"

And that was the chapter! Please let me know what you think, leave a review! See you next chapter!