Chapter 7
"Sir Veggie!" Zergon raced up the stairs to the bedroom. "Sir Veggie wake up!"
Zergon burst through the door and landed on Vegeta's head. He jerked sending Zergon onto Bulma. She jumped up too, the sheet covering her chest. Zergon bowed to her then turned to Vegeta.
"What is it?" Vegeta rubbed his eyes.
"Sir Veggie, Sir Kakarot wishes an audience with you!"
"Kakarot?" Vegeta sighed. "What the hell does he want?"
"I shall 'keep his busy'?" Zergon used a phrase Vegeta always used with Kakarot.
"Sure, just give me a minute," Vegeta swung his legs over the side of the bed.
"As you wish Sir Veggie," Zergon bowed and dashed from the room.
"Vegeta you sure have tolerance with that fuzz ball," Bulma commented as Vegeta got dressed.
"It's a Glaiver," Vegeta corrected her. "And he's the one who shows me respect, I couldn't give a damn what happens to HIM!"
"Sure Vegeta," Bulma smiled as she got up too.
* * *
Ranmata woke up first to a very satisfying morning. He gently shook Kara awake. The he went to Tara's room to find her and Joey fast asleep. He picked her up and moved her to his bedroom where Kara was just standing up.
"Why did you not wake her up?" Kara asked as he laid the little girl on the bed.
"It's still fairly early, I just have to scout out ships," he replied. He pulled on the disguise and gave her a reassuring smile. "Don't worry, I'll be fine."
She watched as he left her and Tara alone. Joey silently padded into the room and jumped on the bed for a quick catnap. Kara sighed and leaned back on the pillows.
Ranmata walked through the hallways until he reached the docking bay. Looking around in interest he saw three uniformed men inspecting the ship he had come on. Grimly he sneaked passed them to a large panel behind a gigantic grey ship. He leaned on it and knocked. Three long, one short and three in a rapid beat. Then he kicked it and whispered the password.
"From dreaded spaces I come here to say, I am a great big horny monkey." The door opened and he stepped inside.
"Monks!" the slick haired Daiyn greeted him. "How's it been?"
"Ok actually," he grinned back. "You got a ship scouted for three people?"
"Three?" the Daiyn asked. "What'd you do, start a family?"
"That's what they think," he grinned. "Note the get up? I'm a Daiyn with a wife, daughter and cat."
"Room 3245?" he asked. "I thought you looked familiar. You came on the Badftie ship? Piece of crap if you ask me."
"Yea," he nodded. "And they recognised it. So anything Berily?"
"Yea, I might," Berily rubbed his chin. "When do you want to leave?"
"Today," he replied. "I really don't' want to have to pay the repair bills on a stolen vehicle."
"Don't' worry Monks, we'll get you out of here," he grinned and patted Ranmata's shoulder. "First let's find your family."
They walked through a few cramped vents before they came to the bedroom. Kara was dozing on the bed with Tara and Joey asleep beside her. Berily unscrewed the vent but Ranmata held a finger to his lips.
"I want to freak her out."
Berily grinned and switched tools so the grate slid silently off. Ranmata lowered himself down so they couldn't see then snuck up behind her. Touching Kara's shoulder gently he ducked on the ground so she looked around in confusion. Shrugging it off she glanced at Tara then closed her eyes again. Ranmata smiled and covered her mouth. She eyes snapped open and she struggled until she saw who her attacker was.
"Ranmata!' she swatted his hand away. "That was not funny!"
"Sure it was!" he laughed. Then he shook Tara awake. "Ok, get your things together, I just need to scout out the ship then I'll be back."
Jumping back up to the vent he and Berily crawled back to the ships.
Kara grumbled and changed. Tara followed her and changed too. They walked out to the front room and Kara angrily plopped into the plush chair. Tara settled for the floor.
"Stupid Ranmata," Kara grumbled. "How immature. Why when I get a hold of him-" but her descriptive plan on how to kill Ranmata was cut off when a dark figure grabbed her mouth. She bit the hand and her attacker jumped away in pain. "I won't fall for it twice!" she turned around expecting to see Ranmata.
"You only need to fall for it once sweet cheeks," the masked alien grinned evil as he pulled out a gleaming knife. Kara whipped around to see Tara being held by another masked figure. Joey, loyal to his mistress, was hissing and spitting at the aggressor, attacking his arms.
A flow of curses filled the room as Kara and Joey were held down. The foul breath stank up Kara's nose as the man whispered in her ear.
"Hi ya beautiful," he grinned. "We are gonna have fun while we're waiting for the boss." Kara growled and slammed her foot on his, making him howl with pain as he let go and hopped around the room. Another cloaked figure grabbed her and held her legs down. The man (We'll call him Ryan because I can't think of more words to describe him) stopped holding his foot and approached the smirking Kara.
"You think that was funny?"
"Yes," Kara grinned.
"I'll show you funny," the man raised his fist. It impacted on her face hard. She whimpered in pain refusing to cry out. Even so a tear of pain trickled down the sore cheek.
"Ranmata."
Ranmata's head snapped up as if he heard. "Kara."
"What about her?" Berily asked. They were inspecting ships and Ranmata had finally settled on one of them.
"She's in trouble," he narrowed his eyes. His dark blue aura surrounded him as he shot though the vents. Twisting and turning, if Ranmata was seeing straight even he would have been terrified at the cramped tunnels he was weaving down at break-neck speed. Jamming to a spot by his room he saw a sight that made his blood boil.
Kara was trapped in a dark figures arms. Another's foot held Tara to the ground and Joey was held in the air by the same attacker. Ryan's hand was raised for another blow and Ranmata shot through the vent. The three men paused as they saw Ranmata glared at then, rage pumping through his veins his pupils barely visible.
"Leave. Them. ALONE!" his hair flashed colours and he launched at the men in a blazing golden light. One punch and the men were on the ground holding ruined bloody faces. Ranmata picked them up and through them down the hallway.
His hair returned to normal and he dashed to Kara. He looked at her concerned and gently touched her cheek. She looked at him and dropped to his arms in relief.
"You came," she sighed.
Tara launched onto his other arm and Joey crawled on his shoulder. Joey's tail snaked under his nose and he sneezed, making Kara and Tara giggle. He chuckled and stood up. "Let's go," he smiled at them.
They walked through the hallways not the vents. Everywhere they went, people were talking about a mysterious power reading. Ranmata stopped a pink-feathered alien.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"All the scouters blew up!" the alien exclaimed excitedly. "A few minutes ago every single scouter, on or off, on the ship or tractor beam or at least 500.435 Earth feet blew up after getting a reading of over a million! Everyone thinks Freeza is back!"
"Oh," Ranmata said shocked. "A-a million?"
White faced he dragged Kara and Tara to the docking bay. Berily met him. "Password is hamburger in Limba but I don't speak it."
"I do," Ranmata grinned. "Oh and that big power level was me!"
"WHAT!" Berily shrieked as he opened the ship and waved as the door shut.
"Brace yourself!" Ranmata dashed to the controls. Firing up the engines he paused as a ship came in. Tara and Kara grabbed the door as Ranmata watched calmly as the door closed. People ran around under him trying to bolt the ship to the ground. "I don't think so little people," he said grimly as his chance came.
Pulling the lever back and punching a few buttons he shot through the vacuum hold. Once inside the doors closed. Making sure it was empty he fired the red lasers at the door of the ship blasting it off. The ship was sucked out and tumbled into space. Kara slid down the floor and rammed into Ranmata almost knocking him to the ground before he caught her with one arm.
Righting the ship he dodged the attack from the spaceport and poured all speed into the thrusters shooting them deep in the cold black endless sky.
* * *
18 landed outside of the Son house. Gathering her breath she knocked on the door. Goten answered it.
"Hi 18!" Goten said brightly. "Where's Krillin and Marron?"
"That's why I came," she sighed. "They're dead."
"What!" Goten's jaw opened so wide 18 thought it would hit the ground. He opened the door the rest of the way and let her inside. Chichi greeted her warmly.
"So why are you here 18?" Chichi poured her a cup of coffee. "How is Marron?"
"Dead, last time I checked," 18 sighed and took the cup. Chichi looked at her in awe then fainted.
"Sorry about that," Goten finally arrived in the room. "She does that sometimes." He picked her up and put her on her bed. "Let's go find my dad."
"Let's," 18 set down the empty cup and they both left.
* * *
"WHAT!" Vegeta yelled at Goku. "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THIS SOONER!"
"I don't know," Goku shrugged. "I kinda forgot WHEN they would get here and I thought you'd be mad at me. Anyway, you didn't let me talk yesterday."
"Here you go Sir Veggie and Sir Goku," Zergon walked in with a large drink for both of them.
"Thank you Zergon," Vegeta said automatically. Goku looked at him in surprise.
"Vegeta, did, did you just say, thank you?"
"Yes, so?" Vegeta said grumpily. Then Goten popped his head in followed by 18.
"Hi guys, what's up?" Goku asked cheerfully.
"Bad news," Goten said. "Krillin and Marron where killed."
"Sir Veggie!" Zergon raced up the stairs to the bedroom. "Sir Veggie wake up!"
Zergon burst through the door and landed on Vegeta's head. He jerked sending Zergon onto Bulma. She jumped up too, the sheet covering her chest. Zergon bowed to her then turned to Vegeta.
"What is it?" Vegeta rubbed his eyes.
"Sir Veggie, Sir Kakarot wishes an audience with you!"
"Kakarot?" Vegeta sighed. "What the hell does he want?"
"I shall 'keep his busy'?" Zergon used a phrase Vegeta always used with Kakarot.
"Sure, just give me a minute," Vegeta swung his legs over the side of the bed.
"As you wish Sir Veggie," Zergon bowed and dashed from the room.
"Vegeta you sure have tolerance with that fuzz ball," Bulma commented as Vegeta got dressed.
"It's a Glaiver," Vegeta corrected her. "And he's the one who shows me respect, I couldn't give a damn what happens to HIM!"
"Sure Vegeta," Bulma smiled as she got up too.
* * *
Ranmata woke up first to a very satisfying morning. He gently shook Kara awake. The he went to Tara's room to find her and Joey fast asleep. He picked her up and moved her to his bedroom where Kara was just standing up.
"Why did you not wake her up?" Kara asked as he laid the little girl on the bed.
"It's still fairly early, I just have to scout out ships," he replied. He pulled on the disguise and gave her a reassuring smile. "Don't worry, I'll be fine."
She watched as he left her and Tara alone. Joey silently padded into the room and jumped on the bed for a quick catnap. Kara sighed and leaned back on the pillows.
Ranmata walked through the hallways until he reached the docking bay. Looking around in interest he saw three uniformed men inspecting the ship he had come on. Grimly he sneaked passed them to a large panel behind a gigantic grey ship. He leaned on it and knocked. Three long, one short and three in a rapid beat. Then he kicked it and whispered the password.
"From dreaded spaces I come here to say, I am a great big horny monkey." The door opened and he stepped inside.
"Monks!" the slick haired Daiyn greeted him. "How's it been?"
"Ok actually," he grinned back. "You got a ship scouted for three people?"
"Three?" the Daiyn asked. "What'd you do, start a family?"
"That's what they think," he grinned. "Note the get up? I'm a Daiyn with a wife, daughter and cat."
"Room 3245?" he asked. "I thought you looked familiar. You came on the Badftie ship? Piece of crap if you ask me."
"Yea," he nodded. "And they recognised it. So anything Berily?"
"Yea, I might," Berily rubbed his chin. "When do you want to leave?"
"Today," he replied. "I really don't' want to have to pay the repair bills on a stolen vehicle."
"Don't' worry Monks, we'll get you out of here," he grinned and patted Ranmata's shoulder. "First let's find your family."
They walked through a few cramped vents before they came to the bedroom. Kara was dozing on the bed with Tara and Joey asleep beside her. Berily unscrewed the vent but Ranmata held a finger to his lips.
"I want to freak her out."
Berily grinned and switched tools so the grate slid silently off. Ranmata lowered himself down so they couldn't see then snuck up behind her. Touching Kara's shoulder gently he ducked on the ground so she looked around in confusion. Shrugging it off she glanced at Tara then closed her eyes again. Ranmata smiled and covered her mouth. She eyes snapped open and she struggled until she saw who her attacker was.
"Ranmata!' she swatted his hand away. "That was not funny!"
"Sure it was!" he laughed. Then he shook Tara awake. "Ok, get your things together, I just need to scout out the ship then I'll be back."
Jumping back up to the vent he and Berily crawled back to the ships.
Kara grumbled and changed. Tara followed her and changed too. They walked out to the front room and Kara angrily plopped into the plush chair. Tara settled for the floor.
"Stupid Ranmata," Kara grumbled. "How immature. Why when I get a hold of him-" but her descriptive plan on how to kill Ranmata was cut off when a dark figure grabbed her mouth. She bit the hand and her attacker jumped away in pain. "I won't fall for it twice!" she turned around expecting to see Ranmata.
"You only need to fall for it once sweet cheeks," the masked alien grinned evil as he pulled out a gleaming knife. Kara whipped around to see Tara being held by another masked figure. Joey, loyal to his mistress, was hissing and spitting at the aggressor, attacking his arms.
A flow of curses filled the room as Kara and Joey were held down. The foul breath stank up Kara's nose as the man whispered in her ear.
"Hi ya beautiful," he grinned. "We are gonna have fun while we're waiting for the boss." Kara growled and slammed her foot on his, making him howl with pain as he let go and hopped around the room. Another cloaked figure grabbed her and held her legs down. The man (We'll call him Ryan because I can't think of more words to describe him) stopped holding his foot and approached the smirking Kara.
"You think that was funny?"
"Yes," Kara grinned.
"I'll show you funny," the man raised his fist. It impacted on her face hard. She whimpered in pain refusing to cry out. Even so a tear of pain trickled down the sore cheek.
"Ranmata."
Ranmata's head snapped up as if he heard. "Kara."
"What about her?" Berily asked. They were inspecting ships and Ranmata had finally settled on one of them.
"She's in trouble," he narrowed his eyes. His dark blue aura surrounded him as he shot though the vents. Twisting and turning, if Ranmata was seeing straight even he would have been terrified at the cramped tunnels he was weaving down at break-neck speed. Jamming to a spot by his room he saw a sight that made his blood boil.
Kara was trapped in a dark figures arms. Another's foot held Tara to the ground and Joey was held in the air by the same attacker. Ryan's hand was raised for another blow and Ranmata shot through the vent. The three men paused as they saw Ranmata glared at then, rage pumping through his veins his pupils barely visible.
"Leave. Them. ALONE!" his hair flashed colours and he launched at the men in a blazing golden light. One punch and the men were on the ground holding ruined bloody faces. Ranmata picked them up and through them down the hallway.
His hair returned to normal and he dashed to Kara. He looked at her concerned and gently touched her cheek. She looked at him and dropped to his arms in relief.
"You came," she sighed.
Tara launched onto his other arm and Joey crawled on his shoulder. Joey's tail snaked under his nose and he sneezed, making Kara and Tara giggle. He chuckled and stood up. "Let's go," he smiled at them.
They walked through the hallways not the vents. Everywhere they went, people were talking about a mysterious power reading. Ranmata stopped a pink-feathered alien.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"All the scouters blew up!" the alien exclaimed excitedly. "A few minutes ago every single scouter, on or off, on the ship or tractor beam or at least 500.435 Earth feet blew up after getting a reading of over a million! Everyone thinks Freeza is back!"
"Oh," Ranmata said shocked. "A-a million?"
White faced he dragged Kara and Tara to the docking bay. Berily met him. "Password is hamburger in Limba but I don't speak it."
"I do," Ranmata grinned. "Oh and that big power level was me!"
"WHAT!" Berily shrieked as he opened the ship and waved as the door shut.
"Brace yourself!" Ranmata dashed to the controls. Firing up the engines he paused as a ship came in. Tara and Kara grabbed the door as Ranmata watched calmly as the door closed. People ran around under him trying to bolt the ship to the ground. "I don't think so little people," he said grimly as his chance came.
Pulling the lever back and punching a few buttons he shot through the vacuum hold. Once inside the doors closed. Making sure it was empty he fired the red lasers at the door of the ship blasting it off. The ship was sucked out and tumbled into space. Kara slid down the floor and rammed into Ranmata almost knocking him to the ground before he caught her with one arm.
Righting the ship he dodged the attack from the spaceport and poured all speed into the thrusters shooting them deep in the cold black endless sky.
* * *
18 landed outside of the Son house. Gathering her breath she knocked on the door. Goten answered it.
"Hi 18!" Goten said brightly. "Where's Krillin and Marron?"
"That's why I came," she sighed. "They're dead."
"What!" Goten's jaw opened so wide 18 thought it would hit the ground. He opened the door the rest of the way and let her inside. Chichi greeted her warmly.
"So why are you here 18?" Chichi poured her a cup of coffee. "How is Marron?"
"Dead, last time I checked," 18 sighed and took the cup. Chichi looked at her in awe then fainted.
"Sorry about that," Goten finally arrived in the room. "She does that sometimes." He picked her up and put her on her bed. "Let's go find my dad."
"Let's," 18 set down the empty cup and they both left.
* * *
"WHAT!" Vegeta yelled at Goku. "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THIS SOONER!"
"I don't know," Goku shrugged. "I kinda forgot WHEN they would get here and I thought you'd be mad at me. Anyway, you didn't let me talk yesterday."
"Here you go Sir Veggie and Sir Goku," Zergon walked in with a large drink for both of them.
"Thank you Zergon," Vegeta said automatically. Goku looked at him in surprise.
"Vegeta, did, did you just say, thank you?"
"Yes, so?" Vegeta said grumpily. Then Goten popped his head in followed by 18.
"Hi guys, what's up?" Goku asked cheerfully.
"Bad news," Goten said. "Krillin and Marron where killed."