Chapter 10
And then there was one
When she was far enough away that she was sure Freeza couldn't see her she rose out of the lake. She looked back toward the fight dripping with water. She was too far back to see anything anymore. It was terrible to think that she may never see Vegeta again. She drifted gloomily toward the space pod. He had insisted she leave, but why. Didn't he think she could take care of herself? She reached the pod without even reliseing she moved at all. She took a deep breath and seteled herself inside the pod.
She stoped for a moment looking at her reflection in on the inside of pod window. "What am I doing?!" she asked herself "Since when havre I listened to any one telling me not to fight?" "That's the Sotika I know" said a voice inside of her as she rose into the air and headed toward Freeza's ship. "Hold on Vegeta, I'm comin."
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Freeza's ship appeared over the horizon. Sotika flew into it thruogh a hole in a window. The inside walss were all scarched up from Vegeta's attack to it. She walked down the hall a ways, stopping sometimes to read the signs in front of doors. Finaly she found what she was looking for. A white sign over a set of double doors read "recovory"
Inside were two isolation tanks, one that had been rather destroied (probably also some of Vegeta's handdy work) and another containing Kakerott. She looked at him for a moment, just floating there lifelessly. He reminded her som uch of her father. Suddenly she had a flash back. She was sitting in front of the fire in the house she had grown up in on Planet Vegeta. Her father sat at the desk, a pencil in hand. The miny Sotika walked over to her father's side. "Daddy?" she said softly "Whatcha doin?" Bardock looked up and smiled at his little girl. She was wearing a set of play armor intended for little boys. She looked up at him with her deep eyes full of couriocity. "Would youlike to see?" he smiled Sotika shook her head as her father lifted her onto his lap. On the desk was a large peice of apper with complicated instructions around the edges and a large tank-like thing drawn in the middle. "It's a multy patient Isolation tank." he explained "You can fit up to 5 wounded warriors inside."
Sotika looked quickly away from Kakerott as the tears were welling up in her eyes threatening to spill over. "He's gone" she whispered "tears won't bring him back, and Saiyjins don't cry," The timer on the isolation tank sounded and as though he didn't even see her Kakeroot burst out of it sparying her with the blue liquid. "Thanks" she said darkly after spitting out a mouthful of blue. "Sorry" he relpied "I wasn't paying attention. I think that my son is in real trouble." Sotika fought the urge to point out that it was an estute observation considering, Freeza was a merciless killer and was attacking every sayajin around.
"I know" Sotika said "I'm supossed to have fled." "Ha! now I'm sure you're my sister" Kakerott smiled. Sotika shot into the air, she was not in the mood for sibling bonding. But not a moment had passed when Kakerott whipped passed her. His power had increased miraculoucly.
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She arrived at the battle scene a few moments after Kakerott. He was already talking to Freeza, who no longer looked big or scary. He was sleek and gaceful, well at least he looked it. And Sotika was also temeped to ask where he had bought his eyeliner. Her heart shattered as her eyes fell upon Vegeta. He was aning likeless from Freeza's tail. Bloody and bruised, he had given all that he had.
Freeza had obvioucly lost intrest in him. He flung him to the side. Sotika practicly flew toward him. She knelt down and pulled him to her. "Tika?" Vegeta struggled to ask He brushed her hair behing her ear, his hand shaking. "I thought I told you to leave." "And I told you I wouldn't leave you." She tried to smile but as she did a lump formed in her throat. Kakerott walked over to them. "Are you alright?" he asked "I've been better" Vegeta laughed with some dificulty
Sotika's eyes began to sting as Vegeta explained all about the destruction of their people, and what had bedome of their fathers. And then for the first time Vegeta mentioned his childhood. He told Kakerott of how Freiza had torn him from his father and black mailed him. Sotika had only once heard him tell any one this before. And it was her, he told her one night while they were alone looking up at the stars.
Vegeta's blood washing over her hand brought her back to reality. "Kakerott, father died for us, he wanted us to have something better. That's why he sent you away. Frieza destroied us, you can even ask him, he's proud of it." she said softly the tears now trickling down her cheeks She glanced over at Freiza who had a saticfied grin on his face. And then came some thing far wrose then Freiza's mocker her pain. It was Kakerott's reaction "I don't care. I'm going to take care of you Freiza, once and for all"
"Kakerott, please" Vegeta begged in a weak wisper "He made me what i am. Don't let him do it to anybody eles. What ever takes stop him." "Vegeta don't leave me." Sotika wispered she could barley see the Prince through her tears "I'm sorry" he tried to smile "I love you, I should have said so before now." A strong wind blew through her hair, and he was gone.
She had always known how he felt, but there had never been a time when he's said it. Just put feeling into words. And now she would never see him again. Kakerott bent down and took Vegeta from her arms and burried him near by. Sotika looked over at Freiza his arm werecrossed and he seemd to be holding back the laughter. Scenes began to flash in her mind. Meoke's death, Raditz sneer, her las hug from Nappa, her father
And then there was one
When she was far enough away that she was sure Freeza couldn't see her she rose out of the lake. She looked back toward the fight dripping with water. She was too far back to see anything anymore. It was terrible to think that she may never see Vegeta again. She drifted gloomily toward the space pod. He had insisted she leave, but why. Didn't he think she could take care of herself? She reached the pod without even reliseing she moved at all. She took a deep breath and seteled herself inside the pod.
She stoped for a moment looking at her reflection in on the inside of pod window. "What am I doing?!" she asked herself "Since when havre I listened to any one telling me not to fight?" "That's the Sotika I know" said a voice inside of her as she rose into the air and headed toward Freeza's ship. "Hold on Vegeta, I'm comin."
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Freeza's ship appeared over the horizon. Sotika flew into it thruogh a hole in a window. The inside walss were all scarched up from Vegeta's attack to it. She walked down the hall a ways, stopping sometimes to read the signs in front of doors. Finaly she found what she was looking for. A white sign over a set of double doors read "recovory"
Inside were two isolation tanks, one that had been rather destroied (probably also some of Vegeta's handdy work) and another containing Kakerott. She looked at him for a moment, just floating there lifelessly. He reminded her som uch of her father. Suddenly she had a flash back. She was sitting in front of the fire in the house she had grown up in on Planet Vegeta. Her father sat at the desk, a pencil in hand. The miny Sotika walked over to her father's side. "Daddy?" she said softly "Whatcha doin?" Bardock looked up and smiled at his little girl. She was wearing a set of play armor intended for little boys. She looked up at him with her deep eyes full of couriocity. "Would youlike to see?" he smiled Sotika shook her head as her father lifted her onto his lap. On the desk was a large peice of apper with complicated instructions around the edges and a large tank-like thing drawn in the middle. "It's a multy patient Isolation tank." he explained "You can fit up to 5 wounded warriors inside."
Sotika looked quickly away from Kakerott as the tears were welling up in her eyes threatening to spill over. "He's gone" she whispered "tears won't bring him back, and Saiyjins don't cry," The timer on the isolation tank sounded and as though he didn't even see her Kakeroot burst out of it sparying her with the blue liquid. "Thanks" she said darkly after spitting out a mouthful of blue. "Sorry" he relpied "I wasn't paying attention. I think that my son is in real trouble." Sotika fought the urge to point out that it was an estute observation considering, Freeza was a merciless killer and was attacking every sayajin around.
"I know" Sotika said "I'm supossed to have fled." "Ha! now I'm sure you're my sister" Kakerott smiled. Sotika shot into the air, she was not in the mood for sibling bonding. But not a moment had passed when Kakerott whipped passed her. His power had increased miraculoucly.
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She arrived at the battle scene a few moments after Kakerott. He was already talking to Freeza, who no longer looked big or scary. He was sleek and gaceful, well at least he looked it. And Sotika was also temeped to ask where he had bought his eyeliner. Her heart shattered as her eyes fell upon Vegeta. He was aning likeless from Freeza's tail. Bloody and bruised, he had given all that he had.
Freeza had obvioucly lost intrest in him. He flung him to the side. Sotika practicly flew toward him. She knelt down and pulled him to her. "Tika?" Vegeta struggled to ask He brushed her hair behing her ear, his hand shaking. "I thought I told you to leave." "And I told you I wouldn't leave you." She tried to smile but as she did a lump formed in her throat. Kakerott walked over to them. "Are you alright?" he asked "I've been better" Vegeta laughed with some dificulty
Sotika's eyes began to sting as Vegeta explained all about the destruction of their people, and what had bedome of their fathers. And then for the first time Vegeta mentioned his childhood. He told Kakerott of how Freiza had torn him from his father and black mailed him. Sotika had only once heard him tell any one this before. And it was her, he told her one night while they were alone looking up at the stars.
Vegeta's blood washing over her hand brought her back to reality. "Kakerott, father died for us, he wanted us to have something better. That's why he sent you away. Frieza destroied us, you can even ask him, he's proud of it." she said softly the tears now trickling down her cheeks She glanced over at Freiza who had a saticfied grin on his face. And then came some thing far wrose then Freiza's mocker her pain. It was Kakerott's reaction "I don't care. I'm going to take care of you Freiza, once and for all"
"Kakerott, please" Vegeta begged in a weak wisper "He made me what i am. Don't let him do it to anybody eles. What ever takes stop him." "Vegeta don't leave me." Sotika wispered she could barley see the Prince through her tears "I'm sorry" he tried to smile "I love you, I should have said so before now." A strong wind blew through her hair, and he was gone.
She had always known how he felt, but there had never been a time when he's said it. Just put feeling into words. And now she would never see him again. Kakerott bent down and took Vegeta from her arms and burried him near by. Sotika looked over at Freiza his arm werecrossed and he seemd to be holding back the laughter. Scenes began to flash in her mind. Meoke's death, Raditz sneer, her las hug from Nappa, her father