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Personal Note: Ha! Now finally in this chapter Adrian will do something bad *evil-smirk* oh, just read! And don't forget R&R PLEASE!!!
Decisions and Dangers - 3
Lucy was running like hell but the dinner party was in some country house of the big boss far away from the city and she had no car. She sure could have called a taxi but she considered that the time she waited for it and then drove to Capsule Corp. would take longer than just running. She was breathing very hard now. 'Oh my Kami! What will happen to her if I am too late. Just because I was too much of a coward to face him right there at the party! Damn! Just because I was too much of a coward to go to the police! Oh dammit!' She now ran even faster. 'What if he won't help me? People told me that this Vegeta and Bulma were always argueing. But they live together he just HAS to care, I mean, oh kami! If it's true what people told me about him than he's probably her only chance!' One thought suddenly crossed her mind 'What if he's not at home?!' Lucy stopped abruptly and stood still, her eyes wide, her breathing fast. She briefly closed her shocked eyes and shook her head. 'I don't know...' Then she started to run again.
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Adrain and Bulma were sitting in his car and the radio was playing silently some cheesy song in the backround. Bulma has relaxed from her anger towards Lucy and hummed to the song. She looked over to Adrian and smiled. 'Yes, I understand that stupid girl from the bathroom. He looks really cute when he's driving.' Adrian smiled back briefly and concentrated on his driving again.
Suddenly he drove to the roadside and stopped the car. Bulma looked at him curiously but was getting an odd feeling in her stomach. 'What if Lucy was right!' The words echoed in her head and she almost started to tremble but stopped when she saw Adrian searching desperately in his pockets. "Oh Kami, where's that ..." He grumbled and than stopped searching. He slowly started to bump his head on the steering wheel. "No, no, no!" "Adrian...?" He looked at her sadly. Bulma started to worry. "Oh Adrian, please tell me what's wrong. Why did you stop the car? And what are you searching for?" "Bulma, I wanted to cheer you up so I thought I should buy you something nice and give it to you after the party. But..." "But what?" He looked at her and then gritted his teeth. "I forgot it at home" He almost looked ashamed.
Bulma looked at him a bit stunned but then smiled and said "Oh com'on, that's no problem. If it's that important to you, you can give me the present tomorrow..." "NO!!!" Bulma jumped and stared at him. "Why..." "Uhm, I mean, we could stop at my house and then I can get it and give it to you!" Bulma started to feel a bit uneasy. 'MAYBE LUCY WAS RIGHT!!! No way! She can't, we're talking about Adrian, I mean, hello!' She relaxed. "Okay, I agree" "Good! Great!" He breathed a sigh of relief and they drove to his house.
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The car stopped in front of Adrians house which seemed to be in the middle of nowhere. "Wow, Adrian, I didn't know you live this far away from every sign of civilisation." Bulma tried to grinned. "Aw, well, you know, I prefer the peaceful places." He grinned back and stepped out of the car. As Bulma stayed inside he bowed down to the window. "Why don't you come in with me? Are you afraid?" He grinned now even more. "No, of course not" Her voice was a bit shaky but then she stepped out of the car too.
They went inside of the house and Adrian turned the lights on. Actually it was a very beautiful house. There were lots of expensive carpets and one really amazing and big antique table made of dark wood. "Do you wanna sit down while I get it?" He pointed at the couch. "Sure, thanks" She sat down and looked around. Adrian was going upstairs and she now felt really stupid. Why had she been so afraid. Adrian was one of the nicest men she knew. He even bought her a present to their first date. 'Gee, I'm such a coward' She smiled innerly.
"Ha! Here it comes!" Adrian stormed downstairs with a little package. Bulma looked curiously at him and stood up. "What is it?" "Find out!" He handed it to her and she opened it. Her jaw dropped down and her eyes grew wide. "Oh Adrian, I'm speechless. This necklace is just wonderful. Thank you!" Bulma smiled and gave him a brief kiss on the cheek. "I'll put it on, k? Turn around." Bulma turned her back on him and held some loose strands of her hair up with her hands. He put it around her neck.
Suddenly Bulma couldn't breathe anymore. He was strangulating her with the necklace. "Adrian, ...NO!" Her voice was hoarse and she tried to scream but she couldn't. "Help..." "Hush Bulma, don't try to speak. " His voice was colder than ice and the expression on his face was unreadable. Bulma croaked desperately. 'I'm dying, oh Kami, I don't wanna die yet' She sobbed and clinged desperately to her alertness but within seconds her eyes closed and she lost her consciousness.
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Lucy runned as fast as she could but as she has never been very sporty she was totally exhausted. 'I cannot just make a pause, this is about life and death. But if I don't stop for a second I'll get a heart attack' With that she fell on her knees, panting and wheezing. She was totally sweatty and you could see the steam rising from her warm body in the cold night. Her legs ached and so did her back. How far was Capsule Corp. away yet? She didn't know. It couldn't be that far anymore. 'It must not' She foreced herself to stand up and started to run again.
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Vegeta went out of the gravity room and straight into the kitchen and towards the fridge. He needed a break badly. And something to eat, of course. Just as he wanted to grab the rest of the chicken the doorbell rang and its sound was echoeing through Capsule Corp. 'Damn humans, it's one o'clock in the morning. Why doesn't that blasted mother of the woman open the door?' The doorbell rang again, and as nobody opened it rang another time, louder and longer. "Dammit!" He headed to the door and opened it.
"What the hell do you want here, mate of Kakarot?" ChiChi narrowed her eyes while looking at him. "I just wanted to talk to Bulma, is she already back from her date?" "How the hell should I know, I don't care about that puny woman!" ChiChi now looked a bit pissed and he smirked. "Then just let me go inside, so I can ask someone who cares, okay?" He finally stepped aside and ChiChi called out for Mrs Briefs.
"Oh hello ChiChi dear, nice to meet you again, long time no see. What can I do for you? You know, Bulma hasn't returned yet in case you are looking for her!" Mrs Briefs told her and ChiChi replied "Well, I think this Adrian is no good for Bulma and ..." "NO WAY!" "Yes way! I think you should..." "Oh dear, I think you think too much. Don't worry about that, Bulma will return soon and she will be alright, okay? You should better go home now, I'm sure your husband is waiting for you." "Uhm, well ... okay"
Vegeta watched ChiChi leaving. He had heared the whole discussion. 'What was Kakarot's mate talking about. Is that whole Adrian thing worrying her so much that she comes here in the middle of the night? Wait a minute, what am I thinking. Who cares about this puny earthling.' He tried not to think of Bulma but that uneasy felling didn't want to go away.
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AN: Hmmm, Lucy will reach Capsule Corp. in the next chapter! What will Vegeta do? What will Adrian do to Bulma? If you wanna find out: read the next chapter and R&R PLEASE!!!! I'll write the next chapter as soon as possible.