Chapter 14
"Ah!" Bra gasped for fresh air after kicking open the plane door and escaping the burning wreckage. She still wasn't out of danger.
She slowly walked through the flames. Even without her Eternal Flame powers, the fire couldn't hurt her, but she could feel the intensity of the heat to the point it actually hurt.
Bra was still dazed when she heard the sirens of fire truck, ambulance, and police cars approaching fast. She knew she had to get out of there, but she couldn't bring herself to flee the scene of the accident.
The shocked princess somehow was able to hide in the shadows of one of the buildings as the emergency team arrived, immediately followed by the news crews….
"How dare she treat me this way!"? 17 fumed arriving at his hotel after a night of heavy partying. It was all a vain attempt to try to forget his fight with Bra.
"I made her! I can very well destroy her." 17 said as he sat down on his bed. He wasn't the slightest bit sleepy so by chance he decided to turn on the TV. On every channel it was the same breaking story.
"We are hear at Riley Airport where singer Bra Vegeta's plane crashed.
"What?!" 17 nearly choked on his drink. He couldn't believe what was on the TV.
"As you can see the firefighters are still battling the fire, but it has been confirmed that no one could have survived this horrific crash." The male anchor reported. With that 17 was already out the door.
"They must be dead." Bra thought sadly watching the paramedics drag out burned bodies from the destroyed plane.
"I should be dead." Bra whispered to herself.
"But you're not." A voice responded from behind her. Without really wanting too Bra slowly turned around to see 17 standing there.
"There isn't even one tiny scratch on you." 17 kept talking walking over to her and taking her in his arms. He would never admit it to anyone but the once killer android was actually relieved Bra was okay.
"I have to help them." Bra's helping nature finally kicked it.
"You can't." 17 hugged her tighter.
"But I have to." Bra said a little more aggressively trying to pull away.
"You can't! They'll suspect something!" 17 tried to restrain the almost hysterical princess.
"It's all my fault! I have to help them!" Bra struggled to escape 17's grip, but at that moment she was too emotionally and physically weak to win the fight. 17 easily picked her up in his arms and took off into the sky, flying away from there as fast as he could.
It was almost dawn when the two arrived at 17's cabin. Bra was still too traumatized to register where she was. She just held onto him like a scared little girl. 17 opened the lockless door and carried her inside. He gently laid her on his bed and knelt down beside her.
"Do you want something to drink or anything?" 17 asked genuinely concerned for once.
"No." Was all Bra could say. 17 just nodded and stood up. He didn't have a clue what to do. He never thought he see the strong, independent, stubborn Saiyan Princess in such a helpless defeated state. So he did the only thing he could do, leave her alone to rest.
After hours of staring blankly at nothing Bra finally feel asleep. 17 on the other hand had to many worries on his mind to rest. He was certain the tabloids were going to have a field day with this story. There was no way getting out of it.
People knew Bra was on that plane, fans and reporters had seen her get on the plane and take off with their own eyes so he couldn't claim she had missed her flight. Without a body she wouldn't be pronounced dead. Hollywood loved unsolved mysteries and scandals.
17 couldn't foresee how crazy things were actually going to get, but there was one thing that was undeniable, Bra's career was over…………..
"Damn it!" 17 cursed as he watched the news.
"These surveillance camera pictures of the airport where the plane crashed clearly show singer Bra Vegeta leaving the scene." The reporter said as the film of Bra walking away from the wreckage played on the TV screen.
"Authorities are not saying weather or not the crash was caused by foul play or weather Bra Vegeta is believed to have anything to do with it, but they would like to question her. The singer is scheduled to perform at the MTV Music Videos Awards, but producer are unsure she'll show up since she has not been seen since the crash." The reported finished.
"How the hell are we going to get out of this one?" 17 wondered turning off the TV and angrily throwing the remote control across the room. All the commotion was enough to wake up the sleeping princess.
"Hey you're finally up." 17 got up and walked over to Bra.
"How do you feel?" 17 asked.
"Okay I guess." Bra answered softly slowly getting out of bed with 17's help.
"What's been going on? Are we in your cabin?" Bra asked looking around still half asleep.
"Yea I thought it would be a nice quit place for you to rest and recover." 17 explained leading Bra over to the couch to sit.
"But what about everything that happened? The accident?" Bra asked getting a little frantic.
"Don't worry about it. I'm taking care of everything." 17 reassured, fortunately Bra was too tired to argue and took his word for it.
"I have to go into the city and get a few things for our stay here." 17 told Bra standing up.
"Will you be okay alone?" 17 asked from the door debating weather he should leave her alone in her state.
"Yea." Bra nodded as 17 reluctantly walked out the door…..
"Hmm. For once they're almost right." 17 laughed as he picked up a tabloid paper who's headlines read "Singer Bra Vegeta, Dr. Briefs founder of Capsule Corps long lost granddaughter and science experiment!" He was tempted to read what the article said for laughs, but decided to hurry up and get back to Bra.
"Honey I'm home." 17 joked walking in to find Bra sitting on the couch looking ghostly pale.
"What's wrong?" 17 dropped the bags and rushed to her side. Bra was speechless just staring at the TV like she had seen the grim riper. 17 turned to the TV and saw exactly why Bra looked so shocked and she had all right too.
"The LA Police have just issued a warrant for singer Bra Briefs Vegeta's arrest in connection with the plane crashed that killed 20 people." The reporter announced.
Authors Note- I want to thank everyone that's been reviewing! Luv ya lots! This story is complete but I'm picky about when I post new chapter, but lots of reviews makes me want to post ASAP (hint hint)