Chapter 16: The End of The Saiyans
By: senzubean
I do not own Dragon Ball Z in any way. I make no profit from this story. I just wrote it for fun.
Zorn could wait no longer. Squadrons of guards had entered the landing strip and were scanning the perimeter, searching for any saiyan that could be left.
He got into his pod discreetly. The guards only noticed when they heard the hissing of the gears as the door to the ship closed. They began to fire.
The guard in charge ordered his men to hold their fire.
"He's not going anywhere." He said confidently. "Not without opening the bay doors."
Inside, Zorn frantically pressed some buttons. And instantly, the bay doors opened. "Good Job, Letta!" He said triumphantly,
Of course, as this happened, the vacuum of space sucked out the air in the strip. Half of the guards perished instantly, unable to breathe in space. The other half, who could breathe in space, gaped as Zorn's ship took off into the stars.
Zorn sat in his pod with his head in his hands.
"I'm sorry Recely! We tried so hard, and we were so close.
Zorn knew that the Queen had been captured, and he knew the penalty for her actions would be death by the hands of Frieza himself.
But all was not lost. The others were safe on that distant planet and awaiting their return. The Prince would not die. And as long as he was alive, there was a chance. A chance to retrieve him and rejoin him with people who truly cared for him.
"Recely, my Queen, I promise that I shall not rest until he is safe with us."
Recely was thrown roughly to the floor. Immediately, she pushed herself up onto her knees. She had given up her struggle against Frieza's men. But she had not given up, she still had one more ace up her sleeve. One that, to her dismay, she had learned from her mate.
"The guards found her in the incarceration wing." Dodoria stated.
Recely lifted her sagging head in order to confront Frieza.
Frieza had his back turned to her and he stared out at the stars.
"Trying to get the Prince were we?" Frieza asked.
"Yes. " Recely replied.
Frieza chuckled. "I had no idea the King was so intelligent. Serves me right for underestimating him. What a mess he's made of my ship."
Frieza turned to face her and was surprised at what he saw. He had expected a saiyan woman to look more brutish as saiyan men did. This creature was actually beautiful and very delicate. It was hard for even Frieza to believe that she'd caused so much trouble for him .He was used to seeing warriors of every appearance but none were so deceiving as her.
"Why?" Frieza asked curiously. "Who are you that you have such a strong affection towards my little saiyan?"
"His mother." She replied, masking her rage at Frieza's addressing of her son as 'my little saiyan'.
Frieza smiled. "The Queen of the Saiyans. The Ginyu Force assured me that you were dead. My, you saiyans are persistent aren't you? Foolish as well, the whole lot of you! But you have not answered why you chose to retrieve your son and not help your mate."
"I love my son." Recely stated. "I did not love my mate."
"So, you betrayed him?"
"Originally." Recely mumbled thinking of how in the end, the king had consented to what she was going to do.
"Hmmmmmm." Frieza pondered. "Betraying one's mate is a despicable action."
"He was a despicable man." Recely spat. She shook her head in frustration and looked up at him pleadingly.
"My lord Frieza, I know that I've insulted you by entering your ship uninvited and attacking your men. But if you would please listen to me, and allow me to pledge my allegiance to you, I shall forever be your servant."
Frieza smiled evilly. "Is that a plea for your life?"
"My life is yours to do with as you please, after all, I have insulted you. But the reasons why I did it cannot be beyond your comprehension. I only wanted to be with my son. Unlike my mate, I had, nor do I have any ambition to overthrow you. I just wanted to take my son to a safe place where we could be together. It does not matter where we are. I would gladly serve you and be with him as well. Please, Lord Frieza, I will do anything you ask of me with complete obedience. If only you would let me be with my Vegeta."
Frieza examined her tear-streaked face and began to chuckle.
"But you see my pretty young monkey, that is the exact reason I don't want you around. He is my Vegeta, not yours."
"O..of..course, My Lord...."
"Stop this pathetic display, little saiyan. It is obvious that you are ten times more intelligent than that loser mate of yours. I know what you are planning."
Recely's mouth quivered in devastation. "I assure you my Lord, I am not lying…"
Recely's sentence was cut short by Frieza slapping her across the face with his tail. Blood sprayed from her nose and splattered all over the window out looking the stars with the Planet Vegeta in the distance. Her body slid across the waxed floor and she crumpled in a heap, barely conscious.
Frieza examined her yet again. He had this strange feeling about her as well, but he shrugged it off. I don't need another Saiyan and this one is too dangerous to keep around. She will undue all of my careful manipulation that I worked so hard to bestow upon her son. Then again, I don't want to just kill her. An intelligent creature such as her has better uses .
"I am impressed, Queen of the Saiyans. You are very different from the rest of your people. Intelligent, beautiful and extremely bold. I would have enjoyed having you around, but I'm afraid it will damage Vegeta to be with you. It took me along time to purge him of his sentimentality and your presence will only allow it to resurface."
Recely moaned weakly as she bled all over the shiny floor.
Frieza chuckled understanding her distress. "He's quite the bloodthirsty little thing. Always looking for a fight. He's so amusing. A real conversation piece. You should be proud." Frieza strolled towards her sipping his drink as he advanced. Recely forced herself as far as she could off the floor. Her arms threatened to buckle under her weight. She used all her strength to snap them up and lock her elbows, keeping her off the floor.
"However, I do not need any more saiyans, in fact too many are just downright annoying. I have decided to destroy your planet so that I won't be bothered by anymore like you. "
"No you can't!" Recely moaned .Tears streamed from her eyes diluting the blood on the floor.
Frieza chuckled jovially "Silly Saiyan, you know very well that I can." Frieza looked to Dodoria and Zarbon. "Have a squadron of guards take her to the observation deck so that she can watch. Tell them to keep her there until I decide how I will dispose of her."
Zarbon hauled her off the floor by one arm and dragged her towards the exit.
"After that's done, we'll drop the teams off to the next system occupation. "Frieza paused and looked at Recely. "Hurry Zarbon, my little saiyan is undoubtedly growing quite impatient. He can hardly wait to destroy an entire planet by himself."
Recely shook with Rage at that statement. She violently ripped herself from Zarbon's grasp, surprising the green warrior. He should have been able to hold on.
"You'll never win Frieza! Even if you destroy our planet it won't matter! You will meet your end by saiyan hands, I swear!" She didn't care that Zarbon was coming up behind her or that he was going to hit her. He brought his two fists down on top of her skull, crumpling her to the floor. He then quickly dragged her out of the room.
Once outside, Zarbon looked at her hyperventilating in rage. "You're a pretty little thing, aren't you?" Zarbon observed as he took a hold of her arms and pinned them behind her back. "I wouldn't want to be in your shoes though, Frieza has never had to think about how to destroy a person. I can't imagine what he will do to you." Recely looked at him right in the eyes. Zarbon was surprised to find himself taken aback. There was no fear in those dark eyes of hers, only rage.
Back inside Frieza's meeting room, The Lord of the universe downed the rest of his wine and then looked at the approaching planet Vegeta in the viewscreen. His black lips curved up into a devilish smile.
Recely tried to ignore the laughter of the guards surrounding her in the observation Deck. They thought The Planet Vegeta being blown to bits was a riot. Recely wasn't at all upset at the sight of the ground cracking apart and the center exploding taking everyone on the surface with it. No one she loved was still on the planet, but shouldn't she be upset anyway? It had been her home and her birthplace and as much as she abhorred it, she was saiyan.
The guards tried to provoke her anger by asking her impolite and rude questions and hitting her. They were quite disappointed that they could not get a reaction out of her. But her apathy did not discourage them.
Zorn was most likely dead. She doubted the elite had followed her orders. He had told her the day before the ill fated mission that he would die trying to rescue her son. She believed he had done just that.
She tried not to think of how her little boy would live out the rest of his days. Would he have to put up with the taunting and humiliation she was experiencing now? Would he ever get stronger in this place? Would he ever be able to do the thing his father always encouraged him to do?
"But if he were a super saiyan."
Her mate's words echoed through her head over and over. She cursed him for all that he'd done, but for some very strange reason, she did not regret it.
Then the words of her child joined in:
"Do you think I'll be a good warrior? A good enough warrior to destroy Frieza?"
Finally, her own:
"If you believe it, then it can happen, Vegeta."
Recely prayed that her little boy would remember what she'd said. She Prayed that he would destroy Frieza and save the universe from his tyranny. She prayed that he'd remember that.
She prayed that he'd remember her.
Vegeta happily stuffed his face with the corpse an ugly bug like alien. He was pissed off. The planet hardly took a day to occupy. All that it consisted of was dumb bug men, they hardly had a civilization, no technology. And as soon as he'd started firing they ran around like idiots terrified. Savages indeed.
Needless to say, it hadn't been a very interesting job.
He contentedly munched, still very hungry from having to go a whole day without food. He would definitely mention this to his Father the next time he saw him.
"Vegeta?" Nappa interrupted Vegeta's thoughts. "Vegeta, can you hear me?"
"What is it?" Vegeta demanded not wanting to talk, he wanted to stuff more food in his mouth.
"I've just got a message from Lord Frieza, he said that our planet was destroyed, a meteor hit it."
"Ohhhh, what else?" Vegeta asked unconcerned and took another bite of bug man.
"Well, that's all it said." Nappa replied somewhat confused. After all, technically, the Prince had nothing to rule anymore.
"Hmph! I'm done with this planet, I'm going to have to ask Frieza for tougher Planets to occupy." Vegeta stated casually.
"Prince Vegeta, are you all right?"
"No, " Vegeta replied in annoyance, "I'm bored."
" I mean about the planet. Your father…."
"Are you through with your task, Nappa?" Vegeta demanded somewhat impatiently.
"No, not yet."
"Then get back to work. I'll be leaving here soon and I expect you to be in our quarters when I get back. I need to train, so be prepared to give me a workout!"
"Yes, My Prince." Nappa replied and cut off the communication.
Vegeta finished the finger he'd been chewing on and dusted his hands of.
He removed his scouter and shoved it under the alien he was sitting on in order to muffle any noise he would make. He needed some privacy.
A single tear dropped from his eye as he thought about the people he loved and how he would never get the chance to see them again.
Nappa would think that I'm apathetic towards all of this. And I will continue to make everyone think just that. I will have my revenge, but I must wait. I have to get stronger. As long as I do everything Frieza asks I'll be safe. My Father was right, I must keep my rage a secret or he'll get suspicious.
He slowly turned his head to the night sky on the now empty, lonely, little planet. He was alone and he believed that he would remain so for the rest of his days. So, since he was truly alone, he stated aloud what he truly believed in his heart.
"I'll avenge you, Mother, despite what you may think of me, because I love you. As for you, Father, I still admire you, even though your first priority was to use me for your own gain. But you had your reasons and I promise that I won't let you down."
A smile of determination passed over his lips..
"One day, it'll all be mine."
Well that's it! Hope you liked it! It only took over a year to write! Ha ha!
I've started a third part to this series. The next part will be called "The Princess" You can guess who that one will revolve around. Anyway, I should have the first installment of it up soon.
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