Chapter Four: Origins
Dear diary,
I've always wondered what that pendant on my necklace meant. Now I finally know. I never realised that my origin was like this…
The blonde girl sat down on the chair. "I'm Eighteen, this is Prince Vegeta." She motioned to the man with the black long wild hair. Bulma stared at them, "Prince?" she asked.
Eighteen nodded. "Prince of Vejitasei. I have been his assistant for as long as I can remember. I am an Android."
Bulma looked at her in shock. "You mean, you're a machine?"
Eighteen nodded. "Yeah, you can say so. Well anyway, Vegeta's planet has been taken over by Frieza awhile ago. We all knew that it would happen sooner or later, ever since Saijin got invaded. Me, Vegeta, and a few other Saiyans managed to escape. We came to this planet because it is far away from our own. But it looks like Frieza has tracked us down. Now Vegeta plans to retake his control over his own planet. But I really don't know how it will happen…"
Bulma looked at Vegeta, then back at Eighteen. "And what does Iresu have to do with this?" she asked.
Eighteen shook her head. "That's what I'm trying to figure out. "
Bulma yawned and stood up. "I'm so tired. I think I'm going to go to sleep. I'm pretty sure that we can figure something out in the morning." She then walked outside of the room to get changed.
After awhile, Bulma walked back into the room and plopped herself onto the bed. Eighteen was on the bed which was beside her, and both Iresu and Vegeta were not in the room with them. "Where are Iresu and Vegeta?" Bulma questioned.
"Iresu is sleeping in the room next to ours and Vegeta is outside. He hardly ever sleeps these days," Eighteen replied.
Bulma leaned forward when all of a sudden, her necklace was undone and the heavy silver pendent fell onto the floor and rolled next to Eighteen's bed. She picked it up and stared at it. Then her face expression turned from curiosity to surprise. "Where did you get this?" she demanded.
Bulma shrugged. "I don't know. I've had it for as long as I've remembered. It's the only thing that I have which might tell me who I really am."
"Well, I think I might know what all these symbols mean," Eighteen said.
Bulma suddenly smiled and walked to Eighteen's bed and sat next to her. "Really? Can you please tell me?"
Eighteen took a deep breath. "Well, on the right side of this pendant is the royal symbol of the planet Saijin. On the left side of this pendant is the royal symbol of Vejitasei."
"And what does that mean?" Eighteen asked.
"I don't really know. You might be someone important, but I'm only guessing. From the looks of this pendant, you're definitely a Saijin!"
"You mean… I came from the planet Saijin?" Bulma asked.
Eighteen nodded. "Yes. That's right."
Bulma smiled. "Wow… I can't believe I'm from a different planet. But why are the royal symbols of two different planets put together?"
Eighteen stared into space for awhile. "Well, it's quite a complicated tale. A few thousands of years ago, the people from Saijin were merged with the people from Vejitasei and lived on one planet and were ruled by the king. But one day, the king got into an argument with his queen. This caused a disruption into the royal family and soon, it was decided that the people lived on separate planets. Since then, Planets Saijin and Vegeta never got along well. Communication between the two Saiyan planets were not allowed. And that included the people. 14 years ago, Saijin got taken over by Frieza. Every single person from the royal family was assassinated. This was a threat to Vejitasei. We thought that we would be next. And Frieza took over Vejitasei about a year ago. Our ship crashed here awhile ago. And then no later, Frieza found us. His new goal is to find Vegeta and kill him." Bulma didn't know what to say. She felt a bit numb.
Eighteen sighed. "Don't worry about your origin. I'm pretty sure we'll be able to find out who you really are. If I was still on my planet, I could be put to death for talking to a Saijin. Well, get some sleep Bulma, we have a big day ahead of us tomorrow."
Bulma nodded. "You're right. Good night Eighteen."
She then went back to her own bed and tucked herself in. It took her awhile for her to fall asleep. She had a lot on her mind.
