Jail Break
Elizabeth Knight
Chapter 15
Zantha's eyes flew open and she gulped in air. Her whole body ached, and when she opened her eyes she saw Vegeta leaning over her.
"You gave me quite a scare there for a second. I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to revive you or not." he told her smiling.
"Re...re..revive me?" she shrieked.
"Yes. I had to kill you to get you out of there. You're fairly strong, and I was almost positive I could bring you back.
"You beat me to death?" she ask dumbly. "What do you mean almost positive?"
"I mean ALMOST. I'm hardly ever wrong."
"Why did you do it?"
Vegeta stopped examining her and looked up. "I love my son, and I want him to be happy."
"So you killed me?"
"Yes, and now you're free. Either you'll find a way to be with my son, or he'll think your dead and move on. The choice is yours. They'll be looking for me, so lets get this over with." He powered up and Zantha just stared at him. "Well come on. You'll need the strength to fly so you can escape before they find us."
Zantha reached out and grabbed his hands, soaking up his energy. She could feel it healing her beaten body and restoring her energy. She released him and he fell to the ground drained. "Thank you." she whispered in his ear.
"Take the body bag. They can't find it empty or they'll know what's happened." he whispered to her. Zantha grabbed up the large black bag and took off. Zantha headed to the spring first thing. She was in luck. White Fang was frantically pacing and a look of relief washed over his face at the sight of her.
"We thought for sure we had lost you." he told her as RepSarah strolled up behind him.
"I guess you do have nine lives after all." RepSarah smiled. "Let's go. It's not safe here if they come looking for your body."
"But how did you know?" Zantha ask.
"Everyone knows. News travels quickly through the under brush. Just out of curiosity, why bring the body bag?" RepSarah inquired.
"Vegeta told me to. He didn't want anyone to suspect that I might not be dead."
"Wait!!" White Fang stopped suddenly. "You brought the body bag with you?"
"Yes." Zantha looked at him curiously as he snapped his fingers and rounded on her.
Pointing at her, he said, "You're going back! Yes! And RepSarah's going with you!" Both girls gasp and looked at one another. "Get me some prison insider personnel and get her into that body bag."
"What are you raving about?" RepSarah ask, sounding exasperated.
"She got out in a body bag. we'll get her back in with the body bag, and you! You're going back to your post Sarah to confirm she's dead and get her a pair of keys to the cells. We're breaking them all out tonight!!!"
"You're insane. That's crazy!!" RepSarah cried.
"It's perfect!!"
"Trunks come on we need your help." one of the sentries came running into the tower Trunks was stationed in.
"What's going on?"
"The prisoners are escaping and now a fire's broken out inside the prison."
"Sarah came into her post this evening and said she'd found the prisoners body that they were looking for earlier. She ask for help to get it brought back into the morgue. That's where the fire started. Several guards went to put it out, and that's when someone noticed prisoners escaping. They're still fighting next to the compound." the young saiyan went to run out when Trunks stopped him.
"What prisoner's body did she find?" he didn't really want to know but he had to ask.
"The female ware tiger they brought in a few days ago with the ware panther, sir. You know, the one with the wings."
"Show me." he said jumping up from his chair and heading out behind the guard. They made their way closer to the prison through a mob of people and from their view point they could see several fighting in the air. The Saiyans were dropping like flies. They raced into the air to help and it wasn't long till Trunks ran into Goten. They fought hard, but there were just too many of them in the air and the flames were beginning to spread out to other buildings. The humans on the ground were being forced to let the natives go to save the city. As one native gave up fighting to retreat, Trunks caught sight of a flash of red in the air. A tiger stripped tail whipped out a young saiyan guard and she turned into one of his ki balls. She was holding a young female cub and trying to shield it from most of the battle. A look of shock washed over her face as she saw Trunks coming toward her. A second later there was a second Zantha taking the cub from her, and Zantha shouted a warning to him as she pointed to something over his shoulder. Two large natives were coming at him and they were to close to dodge. He took their attack head on. One of them lashed out and caught him in the ribs ripping open Trunks' side, as the second one in the cloak threw a lightning balls at his face and chest. He'd been fighting for so long now that the blast sent him falling from the sky. Trunks opened his eyes as he felt the soothing warmth spread over his chest. Zantha's eyes were closed and her hands on his chest were emanating a strange warm glow. The minute she fell forward he caught her. She reached up to touch his face and smeared something wet and sticky across his face. She smiled weekly and as he gazed at her he noticed the burn mark of a ki on her chest and several other wounds. Zantha's identical twin came forward to take Zantha from him and once she had her half way slumped over her shoulder she took off into the air. Goten landed next to him and looked him over, noticing the bluish blood smeared across his face.
"Did you see her?" he ask Trunks as he flung an arm around Trunks' side and pulled his arm around his neck. "Let's get you out of here before that fire gets here." They stumbled to their feet and fought for balance.
"I have to go after her." Trunks choked out.
"I know. We'll go after her later. They're all gone anyway. The fire's too big to ignore." Goten drug him down the street away from the fire.