Deal With It
Disclaimer:: I do not own any of the dragonbal/z/gt characters.
For the second night in a row, Vegeta awoke to the sound of 18's voice. He got up quickly when he heard her scream. He ran into her room and pulled the covers back on the bed but she wasn't there. He started to panic but then he heard a sound, and he looked over at 18 who was huddled up in a corner next to the sliding glass door that lead to the patio outside. "I'm sorry that I woke you." she said quietly, and it sounded like she was crying.
"Are you ok?" He walked over to her dark figure.
She choked back a sob as he got close to her, "What do you want?"
"I want to know what the hell is going on. I think I'm entitled to some answers." He kneeled down in front of her and pried her hands away from her face.
"Don't touch me!" She tried to get out of his grasp, but she felt so weak. This caused her to cry harder.
"Talk!" He leaned in closer to her so he could see her face. It was hard to tell in the dark, but he could see the tears running down her cheeks.
"You fucking bastard, get your damn hands off me!"
"Look you little bitch, I just want to know what the hell your problem is!"
"Don't talk to me that way you son of a bitch!"
"Look I'll call you a bitch if I want to call you a bitch!"
"You jackass!"
"Whore!"
"Fuck you!"
"Fuck you too!" Suddenly they found them selves attached at the mouth. Neither one was really sure who started it, but neither one of them stopped it. 18 stopped crying as she suddenly forgot everything that had been troubling her, and thought only of this kiss, it was wonderful but terrifying at the same time.
Vegeta was barley aware of what he was doing. After a minute he came to his senses and pulled away from her, breaking the kiss. He let go of her wrists and got up, "Uh...I think maybe we should forget that ever happened."
18 closed her eyes, "Yeah. . .It's probably for the best."
Vegeta walked over to the door and just as he put his hand on the knob 18 spoke up, "Wait! Don't go." Vegeta turned around. "Please." she said sadly.
"Are you going to tell me what's going on?" Vegeta asked curiously.
"I'll try. But if I can't, please don't leave."
Vegeta let out a sigh then sat down beside her. "You're going to think I'm over reacting, and you're not going to understand why I'm like this." she told him.
"Try me." Vegeta said as he leaned his head back against the wall.
"Remember when I told you about my father, and that he used to do terrible things to me and my brother?"
"Yeah."
"Well, he had me pretty drugged up most of the time so that I wouldn't be able to disobey him. The drugs also affected my memory, so I barley remembered anything that happened. But about a year after I escaped, the things that happened to me started invading my dreams. I haven't had a decent nights sleep since then. I know it sounds stupid, but it really affects me." Though she tried to fight it, tears began to escape her eyes once again. "He put lots cybernetic devices in us. Every time that I dream of a new one, I find it and try to take it out."
Vegeta's eyes searched her body suspiciously until the met a dark spot on her upper leg and on the floor. He reached up over his head and flicked the light switch. 18 squinted her eyes as she tried to adjust them to the light. "Damn it 18." Vegeta got up and walked out of the room. A couple minutes later we walked back in with a bottle of alcohol and some cloth bandages. He sat back down, next to her and dabbed the alcohol over the gash on her leg. 18 winced and let out a small squeal as it touched her wound. "Oh don't be such a baby 18." Vegeta gave her a disappointed look then wrapped one of the bandages around her leg. "I can't believe you did this."
"I had to get it out, you don't understand. I have no idea what these things can do to me. Besides, it's not like I haven't done it before. And it almost never leaves a scar."
"18, you should at least let a doctor do it, you could kill your self."
"I'm not afraid to die. In fact I could care less."
Vegeta shook his head, "You shouldn't say such things."
"What would you know?" she asked him angrily. "You wouldn't understand!"
"So make me understand." he put the bottle of alcohol and extra bandages aside and looked at her intently. "You're holding something back from me. I know it"
18 shook her head, "I've never told anyone, everything. Not even Krillin."
"Tell me. I want to know. Whatever it is, it won't change my opinion of you, and I won't tell anyone. You have nothing to worry about. But I need to know."
18 sat there quietly for what seemed like hours before she finally made up her mind. "Ok. My father, well he did do the experiments on both me and my brother, but mostly my brother. That's because he usually had other plans for me. He used me to feed his sexual appetite."
Vegeta's eyes widened, "You mean he-"
"Yes." 18 wiped away some of the tears that were soaking her swollen eyes. "And after a while I started feeling sick and I started to gain weight. I was pregnant. I was happier than I had ever been before because when he found out, he stopped his experiments on me and he stopped drugging me. True I was locked up in a small room the whole time, but it didn't matter. I was happy that I would have someone that truly loved me, and not the way my father did. When I was about six months along, I found an opportunity and I tried to escape with my brother. And like I told you before, he was caught. Well about two and a half months later, I gave birth to a little girl. And I named her. . .Marron."
Vegeta felt a chill go down his spine. "The girl at the club." he managed to say. He could barley believe any of this.
18 wiped away some more tears, "I knew that I couldn't keep her. I had to do what was right, I almost couldn't feed myself, I was living on the street, I couldn't take care of a child. So I left her outside of an orphanage."
"There was no other way?"
"No, damn it, I already told you there wasn't!" she shouted at him as she began to cry harder.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you." Then without thinking he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to him. He looked out the glass door and noticed the sun beginning to rise. He was very tired, but something kept him from leaving.
"I deserve to die." 18 said quietly after she had calmed down enough to speak.
Vegeta was glad she couldn't see him, because his eyes were watering and he didn't know if he could stop them completely. He hated seeing her this way. "No you don't, none of this was your fault. And as for the girl. You definitely did the right thing." After a couple of minutes he noticed that she had stopped shaking. "18?" he whispered, "18?" She had fallen asleep. I think I'm getting soft, I shouldn't feel this way for her. She's like an amazon woman, and she hates me and she can be such a bitch. But what about the kiss. You're losing it man. Vegeta let out a long sigh. He looked down at 18, she had her head on his chest, he could hear her breathing softly. Yeah maybe I am losing my mind. He moved his hand up to her face and pulled some of her hair back, and tucked it gently behind her ear. "Don't worry, I'll never let him hurt you again."
~To be continued~
Disclaimer:: I do not own any of the dragonbal/z/gt characters.
For the second night in a row, Vegeta awoke to the sound of 18's voice. He got up quickly when he heard her scream. He ran into her room and pulled the covers back on the bed but she wasn't there. He started to panic but then he heard a sound, and he looked over at 18 who was huddled up in a corner next to the sliding glass door that lead to the patio outside. "I'm sorry that I woke you." she said quietly, and it sounded like she was crying.
"Are you ok?" He walked over to her dark figure.
She choked back a sob as he got close to her, "What do you want?"
"I want to know what the hell is going on. I think I'm entitled to some answers." He kneeled down in front of her and pried her hands away from her face.
"Don't touch me!" She tried to get out of his grasp, but she felt so weak. This caused her to cry harder.
"Talk!" He leaned in closer to her so he could see her face. It was hard to tell in the dark, but he could see the tears running down her cheeks.
"You fucking bastard, get your damn hands off me!"
"Look you little bitch, I just want to know what the hell your problem is!"
"Don't talk to me that way you son of a bitch!"
"Look I'll call you a bitch if I want to call you a bitch!"
"You jackass!"
"Whore!"
"Fuck you!"
"Fuck you too!" Suddenly they found them selves attached at the mouth. Neither one was really sure who started it, but neither one of them stopped it. 18 stopped crying as she suddenly forgot everything that had been troubling her, and thought only of this kiss, it was wonderful but terrifying at the same time.
Vegeta was barley aware of what he was doing. After a minute he came to his senses and pulled away from her, breaking the kiss. He let go of her wrists and got up, "Uh...I think maybe we should forget that ever happened."
18 closed her eyes, "Yeah. . .It's probably for the best."
Vegeta walked over to the door and just as he put his hand on the knob 18 spoke up, "Wait! Don't go." Vegeta turned around. "Please." she said sadly.
"Are you going to tell me what's going on?" Vegeta asked curiously.
"I'll try. But if I can't, please don't leave."
Vegeta let out a sigh then sat down beside her. "You're going to think I'm over reacting, and you're not going to understand why I'm like this." she told him.
"Try me." Vegeta said as he leaned his head back against the wall.
"Remember when I told you about my father, and that he used to do terrible things to me and my brother?"
"Yeah."
"Well, he had me pretty drugged up most of the time so that I wouldn't be able to disobey him. The drugs also affected my memory, so I barley remembered anything that happened. But about a year after I escaped, the things that happened to me started invading my dreams. I haven't had a decent nights sleep since then. I know it sounds stupid, but it really affects me." Though she tried to fight it, tears began to escape her eyes once again. "He put lots cybernetic devices in us. Every time that I dream of a new one, I find it and try to take it out."
Vegeta's eyes searched her body suspiciously until the met a dark spot on her upper leg and on the floor. He reached up over his head and flicked the light switch. 18 squinted her eyes as she tried to adjust them to the light. "Damn it 18." Vegeta got up and walked out of the room. A couple minutes later we walked back in with a bottle of alcohol and some cloth bandages. He sat back down, next to her and dabbed the alcohol over the gash on her leg. 18 winced and let out a small squeal as it touched her wound. "Oh don't be such a baby 18." Vegeta gave her a disappointed look then wrapped one of the bandages around her leg. "I can't believe you did this."
"I had to get it out, you don't understand. I have no idea what these things can do to me. Besides, it's not like I haven't done it before. And it almost never leaves a scar."
"18, you should at least let a doctor do it, you could kill your self."
"I'm not afraid to die. In fact I could care less."
Vegeta shook his head, "You shouldn't say such things."
"What would you know?" she asked him angrily. "You wouldn't understand!"
"So make me understand." he put the bottle of alcohol and extra bandages aside and looked at her intently. "You're holding something back from me. I know it"
18 shook her head, "I've never told anyone, everything. Not even Krillin."
"Tell me. I want to know. Whatever it is, it won't change my opinion of you, and I won't tell anyone. You have nothing to worry about. But I need to know."
18 sat there quietly for what seemed like hours before she finally made up her mind. "Ok. My father, well he did do the experiments on both me and my brother, but mostly my brother. That's because he usually had other plans for me. He used me to feed his sexual appetite."
Vegeta's eyes widened, "You mean he-"
"Yes." 18 wiped away some of the tears that were soaking her swollen eyes. "And after a while I started feeling sick and I started to gain weight. I was pregnant. I was happier than I had ever been before because when he found out, he stopped his experiments on me and he stopped drugging me. True I was locked up in a small room the whole time, but it didn't matter. I was happy that I would have someone that truly loved me, and not the way my father did. When I was about six months along, I found an opportunity and I tried to escape with my brother. And like I told you before, he was caught. Well about two and a half months later, I gave birth to a little girl. And I named her. . .Marron."
Vegeta felt a chill go down his spine. "The girl at the club." he managed to say. He could barley believe any of this.
18 wiped away some more tears, "I knew that I couldn't keep her. I had to do what was right, I almost couldn't feed myself, I was living on the street, I couldn't take care of a child. So I left her outside of an orphanage."
"There was no other way?"
"No, damn it, I already told you there wasn't!" she shouted at him as she began to cry harder.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you." Then without thinking he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to him. He looked out the glass door and noticed the sun beginning to rise. He was very tired, but something kept him from leaving.
"I deserve to die." 18 said quietly after she had calmed down enough to speak.
Vegeta was glad she couldn't see him, because his eyes were watering and he didn't know if he could stop them completely. He hated seeing her this way. "No you don't, none of this was your fault. And as for the girl. You definitely did the right thing." After a couple of minutes he noticed that she had stopped shaking. "18?" he whispered, "18?" She had fallen asleep. I think I'm getting soft, I shouldn't feel this way for her. She's like an amazon woman, and she hates me and she can be such a bitch. But what about the kiss. You're losing it man. Vegeta let out a long sigh. He looked down at 18, she had her head on his chest, he could hear her breathing softly. Yeah maybe I am losing my mind. He moved his hand up to her face and pulled some of her hair back, and tucked it gently behind her ear. "Don't worry, I'll never let him hurt you again."
~To be continued~
