"Anger"
Anger shifts from victim to victim,
Dancing like fire in those it reaches.
Directed pointlessly from person to person,
Protection and independence it teaches.
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SHATTERING OF A BROKEN SOUL
CHAPTER THREE
:: Baka! (Idiot!) Not now! Any time but now!:: the King raged mentally. He feared for the life of the two that had just entered the room. Freezer had noted their presence with a wicked smile. He couldn't stand the thought of the deaths of the two remaining members of his family. Even though he didn't care, right?
An uncomfortable silence infiltrated the atmosphere. Freezer took a small step forward.
"Heh," he whispered; the silence now broken.
Before anyone could so much as blink, he lunged forward. The queen trembled and looked down at her arms…something was missing… She stared in shock.
:: N-noo…:: she gasped mentally.
"Y-you bast- uh… Freezer, give him back now!" she stammered bravely.
Freezer snarled in annoyance. Everyone, including Freezer's henchmen held their breath. Each wondering intensely what would become of the infant Ouji (prince).
Freezer stared into the wide innocent eyes of the infant. Already, he had the chilling feeling that the Saiyajin had potential.
::How cute…I wonder what kind of killer…no…monster I could make of you…heh.::
The Queen cursed herself. (In fact, so did the Kind and all the other Saiyajins.) She always had a knack for timing things so horribly wrong. (That's actually how she met the king… she walked in on him getting dressed when they were younger… ^.^0 "oops!"…but that's another story my friend…)
::Grrr! How could I let that—that THING take my very own son from my arms?!:: she screamed inwardly.
"Contract. A contract." Freezer spoke up.
The henchmen handed the King a paper scroll. He opened it and read the writing. He scanned up and down the page in fury. A bead of sweat rolled down the side of his face.
::Why do I always have to make decisions like this?!::
"By the way I advise you to decide now. Or else…" he indicated he was holding a royal 'jewel'. "…I may be forced to end his pathetic little life." Freezer stated in a sweet, but dangerous voice.
Now he had him. There was no way the King could back out now. The Saiyajin warrior race would definitely become enslaved. His plans had worked out perfectly… Freezer couldn't help but laugh slightly.
The ruler was quite angry, and it showed. There was no way at the moment to overcome Freezer. And so he signed the deal. A fate he trembled in having to resign to… He had to… To stop Freezer from declaring war, to save himself, to save his family…especially his son…
"Hehehaha…" Freezer's eyes lit with a dancing fire of delight as the paper was signed. "Thank you, very much. We shall go now… However we will be meeting very soon, and you must be ready then…"
A crack of lightning and thunder seemed to signal their depart as if on cue…They began to slide out.
"Fr-Freezer!" the Queen spat. "sama…" she added quietly. "R-Return my… son!" she cried.
It was at once quiet at the sudden outburst of what seemed like…emotion, from the Queen.
"Oooh…Almost forgot…Very well." He spoke sarcastically and smirked. He dropped the five-week-old on the floor and kicked him hard across the room. He slid to his royal parents. Then, Freezer turned and marched out calmly.
"Wh--why you…" the Queen began to lose her temper, and started toward the door.
"Queen!" yelled King Vegita.
" 'urk.' Y-yes, your Majesty?" she stammered.
"Let it go, " he stated rather calmly. Too calmly for the Queen's liking.
"Yes, sir," she replied grimly.
With that, she scooped up the baby and rewrapped his messed up bundle until it was perfectly set once again. Her dark eyes flashed and her tail swished in anger. She did not—repeat did NOT like that Freezer alien. She growled as she inspected a bump on the prince's head. Part of her wanted to dash out and rip that—that THING to shreds. Little bloody bits and pieces… But her intellect reasoned how vain that would be… after all, it was clear that she didn't stand a chance against the being…
The King's face was shadowed. That had – been – humiliating…The Queen felt a twinge of sympathy for her husband, but it was only short-lived.
"So…your Greatness…what exactly did we just agree to?" the Queen slipped sarcastically. Afterwards, she quickly covered her mouth, hoping he would overlook her tiny indignity…
"We…"
"Yes?" she encouraged.
"We…no I have just resigned us to…" he trailed off. He trembled in rage.
"The Planet Trade Business, so to speak," he finished lowly.
"Wh—What?! Why—Why I outta…How could you?! You--…" the queen jerked around in anger; five guards held her back. She desperately wanted to strangle the King.
"Perhaps, you would have preferred to allow him to slaughter or SON," he replied in a dangerously low tone.
The Queen shrunk back. Now there was a good point. *sigh* There was no backing out now anyway… The Saiyajin people would have to adjust to the new situation. A little organization, and armies would be able to move out on planetary missions in no time… *sigh* It would become imperative to please the Master Freezer…
"Give the child to me," The King demanded, breaking the Queen's train of thought.
"Yes, sir." She handed the bundle up to the King.
The infant had not cried the whole time, and though he would not admit it, the King was worried about the child.
"Hmm…woman," he started as he inspected the prince. "…see to it that the heir walks as soon as possible. It is important for him to begin his training as early as he is able."
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Later…
Morning…6am.
Walking. Pressure. As soon as the prince can walk, he can train. Therefore, this is greatly encouraged.
Will power, mind power, all is but a need. To achieve your greatest dreams, to fulfill your goals, and succeed…
The Queen smiled warmly, she was in charge. It was rare in Saiyajin history that the mother of a prince even associated with her son. But she was the one to teach him to walk in this time. In a sense she was training him.
"Come on, Bejita," she cooed. "You can do it!"
The four-month-old toddler stood on shaky legs. He was desperately trying to find a sense of balance. He was doing considerably well, considering the planet Vegeta had a gravitational pull of 10g. The child was already pretty strong; even though he had not yet learned to walk. For you see, he was given weights as an infant and up until the present to swing around… to play with, in a sense. (I suppose one such as you or I would compare this to the toys in our society.) To no avail the young prince kept falling on his bottom. No success yet…
Night... 9pm…
::Damn. Why must this brat be so reluctant to walk?!:: she inwardly screamed.
The young prince stared at her with humongous black eyes. The small young eyes seemed to penetrate her, and sent her into involuntary shivers.
:: Geez, The kid freaks me out with those eyes of his. I wish he would at least smile once in a while!::
Almost as if he had read her mind, he stretched a big smile. One of those cute, big, baby grins we all know and love…
:: Oh…I'm losing what little mind I have left… Please, Ouji! Walk! Waalllkkk!:: she ranted in her mind.
"Hm?" her ears perked a little, and the fur on her tail stood on end.
:: Did I hear something?:: she thought.
'click. click.' The large doors began to swing open very slowly. As if in slow motion.
Ritardando poco a poco…
"F-Freezer-sama…" she whispered hoarsely in horror.
Freezer chuckled slightly at her fear. Then he focused his strange eyes on the young Prince, who was staring blankly back at him.
"Learning to walk are we?" he questioned in humor. "Stand."
Bejita's eyes seemed to dilate as he obeyed the command.
"Walk." He commanded lowly.
'tap…tap…tap…tap' Small steps he took…
:: What?! Was that… some kind of psychology?!:: The Queen panicked. He made him walk… ::Howdarehe? Howdarehe?! HOWDAREHE! How dare he exhibit such control over the Prince?!!:: she raged.
"How DARE you?!" she finally screeched out loud.
But as she prepared herself to confront the white monstrosity, she looked to where he had previously been standing…Gone? He was Gone. Disappeared.
"coward…" she whispered…barely audible to herself even…
The young prince stumbled over to her. (Finally getting the hang of that "walking" stuff…) He lightly gripped the end of her long navy and gold robe with his chubby, soft, little, baby hands. To get her attention he tugged the skirt; breaking her from her trance.
"Huh?" she blinked. "Oh…" She knelt down next to her son and wrapped her arms protectively around him.
What did Freezer want? What could he possibly want? Did he want to… to kill her child? Or… did he have some worse fate in store? She shivered. Freezer was known for plucking choice individuals off of their planets and torturing them for his own twisted self-amusement. All people of high status were in danger… mainly the children… for some reason Freezer took extra delight in… in torturing youngsters… Her grip tightened worriedly around the prince… She tried to ignore the watering of her eyes… After all, royals were to deny emotion, right?
She hoisted the young prince up into her arms.
"Time for you to go to bed," she stated, devoid of any emotion; almost monotone.
The large, obsidian eyes settled on hers once again, sending … (fear?) down her spine… What a strange child…
His gaze broke into child-like gestures much to the Queen's relief.
"Awl…." He whined. " No wanna sweep nooowww…." He complained. He spoke rather well for such an early being.
The Queen made a mental note to have extra guards watch over the Ouji tonight. She couldn't help but worry over the encounter with Freezer-sama…
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