"Why so late your majesty?" Freeza asked.
The king sat down and remained silent. He was oblivious to the mocking tone of Freeza's voice.
Freeza smiled and seemed pleased.
"What did you want to talk about?" the king muttered.
Freeza put his hands below his chin and smiled wide.
"Have you tried out the new regenerator?" The king became restless and Freeza got closer to him.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, its a prototype so it may have a few errors on it…"Freeza tried hard not to laugh. The king stood up and looked out the window of Freeza's spaceship.
Freeza went next to him and put his hand on his shoulder.
"Anyway your highness, the reason I called for you was…" Freeza looked at the saiya-jin's face. Freeza was thrilled to see him in such a state. It was the first time Freeza saw him show any emotion. It was the perfect time, he thought, to carry out his plan. He had an advantage now, for the king was in a dazed state and would probably succumb to his wishes.
"…I wanted to know if you had made up your mind already." Freeza said with bone-chilling seriousness. The king said nothing. He wasn't as dazed as he thought. Freeza felt the same exasperation of a few days before. He was disgusted. He had never imagined these barbarians had such dignity.
But he would be patient. This opportunity was too good to loose. He looked out the window and waited…
He knew it would be easier now, now that his whore was dead.
Freeza hated that woman. He knew she felt the same way about of him. Her proud eyes told him that. He knew that she had a great influence on the king and she obviously had advised him against this proposal. But now she was rotting in hell and the gullible king was alone.
"My dear king, don't worry, you have nothing to loose. Except a few worthless men of course, but who wants the weak anyway?" he tightened his grip on the king's shoulder, " Just imagine, the saiya-jin empire expanded to the outermost planets of the universe," he said these last words in a very cunning way.
King Vegeta's eyes widened and Freeza felt he had finally persuaded the stubborn saiya-jin.
The king went back to his chair without saying a word. Freeza was starting to loose patience.
"Listen…" he hissed, "This is the last time I will ask. What are you so afraid of? We'll split everything half-and-half. No, better yet your highness, for every planet your men conquer I will give you two for the expansion of your empire."
The king stood up and looked at Freeza with a grim face. More silence.
"Very well then, let it be done…" Freeza almost fell off his carrier. He was right, his plan had worked out. That woman was the cause. He was glad he had finally eliminated that cause.
He smiled. He put out his tiny hand to the king and chuckled.
"My dear king, it's always a pleasure doing business with you." The king snorted with disgust and walked out of the tiny room. Freeza's extended hand turned to a shaking fist. He frowned and cursed the king.
Someone was waiting for the king outside.
"Your highness," he said as he kneeled.
The king continued walking.
"Your highness," he yelled as he ran after him. The king stopped and looked at the saiya-jin. He froze with fear as he looked into his sovereign's eyes.
"…Forgive me sir!" he said and bowed down.
"…The locking system to the regenerator room wasn't activated and the prince…"
Freeza heard a horrible scream outside. He opened the door and looked out. The remains of what used to be a saiya-jin lay on the floor and the king's footsteps were heard not too far away.
Vegeta was sitting on the cold marble floor in the room that once belonged to his mother. The two red setting suns made the blood all around him glow. He was no longer crying, only whimpering. He was exhausted and his head was about to burst. Around him were three bodies. It was the first time the young prince had terminated someone else's life with his own two hands. The king's shadow appeared at the door. Vegeta looked at it and started whimpering louder. The king looked at the bodies and then at his son.
"Don't cry." He snapped.
Vegeta started wailing.
"Crying is for the weak Vegeta. We are Saiya-jin, we don't cry."
What had caused him to act in such a way? Like his father, desperation and confusion in a weak mind had brought on his actions.
All those that he had passed earlier had no idea such horrible cries had their source in their young prince. The hair's on their tails stood up and they felt a chill emanate from their hearts. They had never seen grief expressed in such a way; they had always hidden theirs.
He slammed the door open and a deep growl came from within him as he stared at the servant who was picking up the plates he had eaten off earlier. His rage possessed him and his small tail writhed slowly as he stared at the helpless man.
He had never seen such fury in someone's eyes. The plates he held started to shake as the prince neared him, the tears still fresh on his face.
Just then the head servant and his mother's lady in waiting entered, carrying bowls full of sweets to appease the grieving prince. He turned towards them quickly and the women tried hiding their fear with a smile.
"Look! Look! Look at what we brought!"
No rational mind can possibly think that with a sweet a young boy can forget the loss of what to him matters most.
Sweets flew in the air as the bowls rolled underneath the bed. Vegeta put his fists down and the two women stared at him and their cupped, empty hands froze.
So much anger in a boy his age could not be possible, they thought.
He started crying again and the women tried calming him down but he pushed their fluttering hands away. His cries got louder and the three servants carried him onto the bed. He started screaming as he tried breaking free. The manservant held him down and the head servant offered him water as the queen's lady in waiting ordered him to calm down. But just then he roared and broke loose and his fist struck the manservant down. The head servant had no time to gasp for the prince attacked her next.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!!!" he screamed again and again as he punched the head servant over and over again.
As her corpse fell on the floor, the lady in waiting stepped back and covered her open mouth with her frail hand. Vegeta stood up on the bed and stared at her coldly.
Her mouth moved up and down but nothing came out. She only made a sound when the prince jumped down and struck her nose. She cried out in pain and the prince's hands moved to her throat so she would be silent. They fell on the floor and her eyes widened as his grip tightened. She tried to push him off but when her hands finally gripped him they fell heavily on the floor. There was silence, except for Vegeta's heavy breathing. He stood up and looked around.
He whimpered as he realized what he had done. He was again face to face with death and he felt the same despair and fear and he cried out again.