AN: Well, fanfiction.net has been malfunctioning for quite some time. During all that time, I've finished writing the whole fanfic ^_^
But I'm in no hurry to post everything all at once, but the time I take to update this will be a lot quicker than before. Well... enjoy!
Chapter Eleven: Betrayal
Dear Diary,
The destination is Planet Saijin. My home planet. Will I ever be able to remember my past?
Bulma's eyes widened and she began to open her mouth- but no words could come out. In front of her stood a giant purple lizard. The lizard's tail spontaneously moved about, gliding through the floor.
**Sudden flashback**
Nikeyu ran out of the palace, holding Bulma close to him. Bulma whipped her head around. She saw a figure in the sky in the far distance. She squint her eyes. Her Saiyan vision allowed her to see a purple lizard. The lizard extended an arm, and formed a giant ki ball. The lizard then released the energy, causing an explosion in one of the towns. Bulma could feel the ground shake. Tears started to form as she never had felt so terrified in her entire life.
**End of flashback**
"Well, who do we have here?" the lizard's lips turned into a wicked grin. "Prince Vegeta. You didn't really think that you could get away from me, did you?"
Vegeta began to snarl and clenched fists tightly. "Frieza! What do you want from me?"
The lizard did not answer him straight away and started to augment off the floor. He slowly moved in closer, no longer standing in the doorway. "Don't feel so flattered, monkey!! I wouldn't want anything from you. It's just my greatest intentions to see you DEAD!" After saying all this, Frieza began to laugh uncontrollably.
Vegeta gritted his teeth and let out an angry roar. He then started to charge at Frieza and began a numerous amount of attacks. Frieza dodged every single attack without even hesitant.
"All of you! Get out of this room! I'm going to stay here and help Vegeta out," Goku started to instruct. ChiChi, Krillen, Eighteen and Iresu quickly started to move. Bulma continued to stay in her position, her eyes unblinking. She stared at Frieza, unable to take her eyes off the lizard.
"Bulma! Let's go!" Krillen yelled out, yanking on her arm. He managed to drag her out of the room.
"Alright, let's just go down this way, and pray we don't get ourselves into even bigger trouble!" Eighteen said while running down a narrow hallway, everyone else following behind.
They suddenly came to a doorway, and halted in surprise seeing Rei standing in front of it.
"Rei, where were you? We were worried about you!" ChiChi started to exclaim, walking towards the brown haired girl.
Suddenly, a figured started to appear in front of ChiChi, causing her to fall back in revelation. The figure smirked and held Vegeta tightly around the neck, his legs dangling above the floor.
"Frieza! You let go of Vegeta now!" Bulma demanded angrily.
Frieza turned to face her, and started smirking. He then dropped Vegeta onto the floor in a disgusted manner. Vegeta lay on the floor, coughing up blood. "Damn you, Frieza," he managed to mutter.
Bulma heard footsteps from behind and turned around, seeing Goku running towards the group. "He just disappeared all of a sudden," Goku started to speak and then stopped when he saw Vegeta lying in a bloody heap on the floor.
Rei stepped right next to Frieza and started to smirk. "Job accomplished, my lord," she said in a cold, husky voice. Bulma gasped in shock, realising this was not the Rei that once rescued her.
Frieza started to grin, as if approving. "Good job, Rei."
ChiChi stared at Rei with horror plainly evident on her face. "Rei, you bitch! You betrayed us! How could you have done such a callous thing!"
Rei's smirk widened. "You think I would be dumb enough to let you guys suspect I was the bad guy? Now that wouldn't be a job well done, would it?"
"You took too long, Rei," Frieza started to cut in.
Rei's smirk vanished as she turned to face Frieza, clearly confused. "But… my lord… I…"
"Maybe you would improve a bit more… in the next dimension," Frieza growled slowly, extending an arm.
"No… please… give me one more chance," Rei begged with pleading eyes. There was a flash of light, and she was disintegrated.
"She wasn't someone I could ever count on." Frieza said, keeping his cool.
"Piccolo! Come here immediately!" he started to call out.
Bulma froze in place. Piccolo?
Within seconds, the green Namek appeared in front of everyone.
"Not you too!" Goku started to speak.
"Silence!" Frieza said, raising his voice a bit. He then turned to Piccolo. "Now would you like to finish these weaklings off?"
Piccolo smirked. "As you wish, my lord."
Bulma's eyes widened in horror and she again began to feel the pain in her head. No, this isn't true. Piccolo is not on Frieza's side. He wouldn't. He's loyal… No, he can't…
"We've got to try to stop them!" Goku exclaimed, turning towards Eighteen. Eighteen nodded as a response and both she and Goku started in their fighting stance. They then lunge forward and started to attack Frieza.
Bulma's eyes wondered across the room, and landed on Vegeta. Her heart started to skip a beat. She then lunges forward towards Vegeta, and grabbed his arms, trying to haul him up to his feet.
"Leave me be, and save yourself, woman," Vegeta managed to choke out. Bulma shook her head, tears falling freely down her face. "I'm not leaving your side. I don't care if you loathe me. If you don't want me to stay with you, then you have to kill me first."
Vegeta's eyes widened in surprise after hearing her words. "Don't try to get close to me, woman. I'm fated to die."
Bulma put her arms around his neck, drawing him close to herself. "I don't care! I don't want to leave you." She suddenly felt strong hands grabbing her shoulder. She whipped around and saw Piccolo. "Traitor, get away from me or I'll kill you," she growled.
"I must get you out of here quickly. It's my destiny to protect you, you should know that. I will never betray you, princess. I must get you away before Frieza finds out whom you really are," Piccolo raved on.
Bulma shook her head. "I'm not leaving. I'm staying. With Vegeta."
Piccolo let out an angry scowl. "I have no time for this. Your life is in danger, and I can't allow you to die." With that, he pulled her, forcing her to leave Vegeta's side. Iresu then started to run towards them. "Bulma! I'm scared!"
Bulma grabbed Iresu's hand as Piccolo dragged them out of the room.
"What about my friends?" Bulma protested.
"Your safety comes first," was all Piccolo could say.
Tears started to flow down Bulma's cheeks. "Why is this happening? How did I get myself in this mess?"
"Princess, I must awake all of your powers before it is too late."
"No! I don't want this! I just want to be a normal civilized being. I just want… I just wan… Vegeta!" Bulma's knees fell onto the floor as she began to sob.
Piccolo yanked her arm, forcing her back on her feet. "Please listen to me, princess, I know that your memory is automatically but slowly returning to you. We won't have much longer before the process will be complete. I need to completely awaken your powers. It is vital for your own safety."
Before Piccolo could continue speaking, Frieza appeared in front of them. He did not look pleased at all.
"Piccolo, you are very unintelligent," Frieza growled. "Everyone knows not to betray the great lord Frieza without being punished for it."
Frieza then let out an angry roar as the ground of the spaceship started to quiver. Iresu let go of Bulma's hand as she lunged forward, dropping onto the floor. Bulma's pendant, which had been still worn around her neck, fell out of her clothes and onto the floor. Frieza paused for a while then picked up the necklace, looking at it. A smirk then formed in his face. He raised a hand towards a shaking Iresu.
"Soraya's daughter, you must be. I wondered what ever happened to her. Well now I'm sure that she's good as dead."
Bulma turned her back, not wanting to see what was going to happen next. She felt a bright flash of light through her closed eyes.
Piccolo started to grind his teeth. "Frieza, you fool!! She was just an innocent girl, not the princess!! You should have realised she was too young to be Soraya's daughter!"
Frieza scowled as he suddenly disappeared then reappeared in front of Piccolo. "You imbecile, how dare you address me this way." He raised an arm, preparing to strike when all of the sudden the lights went out and the ground beneath them began to jerk frenziedly.
"Location Planet Saijin. Spaceship preparing to land. Outside temperature warm. Attention. Please fasten your seat belts."
AN: I hoped you like this chapter. It's a bit short (sorry). Please review! Constructive criticism welcome!
