Chapter 3: Sanctuary
I do not own the DBZ characters that are in this story. Thank you.
A soft voice whispers in the dim lights of the gardens, words of confidence and love, words that can only be heard by him.
"Vegeta.my son. how you have grown." His mother was here, she remained here to look after him and keep him out of harms way. He was her only child. He couldn't understand why he was always drawn to this place, and he always wondered if it was because his mother was calling him.
"Why do I always come here? Why are you always calling for me?"
You can hear a sigh, although the sound comes from all around you, as if she lives in all the plants surrounding him. "Here, I know I can protect you."
"Protect me? From what? What is strong enough to ever want to challenge me?"
"Just like you. Always ahead of yourself and you let your pride cloud your judgement." You could hear a small chuckle. "I just like to know that you are safe, and I know that when you are here."
"VEGETA! GET OUT HERE! THERE IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SETTLED BETWEEN US!" A loud voice boomed from on the other side of the large doors. Vegeta looked up, glaring at the doors and the man behind.
"I suggest you not to go Vegeta, please, stay here with me." Her voice was light and pleading, and held an urgency that he had never heard before.
"It is nothing to be concerned with mother, I can take care of myself now. I am no longer a little boy."
Again the voice yelled for him to appear before it. Vegeta then stood and walked towards the door, turning the golden handle, and opening the door to a very angry father and king.
King Vegeta's eyes were cold and heartless, to Vegeta they seemed to have been blood red for an instant, but he dismissed the thought and followed his father down the corridors.
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In the empty garden room, the door slowly clicked shut. "That is who I was protecting you from. my son. May you be strong, for I can not help you now, I am imprisoned to this one place, the one place that is your sanctuary." Suddenly it began to rain. The drops were salty and shattered to blood when it hit the ground. Pain struck her heart as she heard her son's cries of pain. She cried for him, and reached out to him and gave him strength.
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Vegeta and his father walked down the long halls and down a winding staircase, where three men waited.
They stood there silent, letting the king and his son pass, and followed. They entered the jail cell where Bulma was being kept, the king giving her a knowing glare; she cringed, then stood angrily. "What are you looking at?" she snapped. All she wanted to do was leave. She then noticed the younger man walk in, he looked similar, but there was something about him.
"Come over here and kneel down Vegeta." His father demanded firmly. Vegeta didn't move.
"There is no reason as to why-" He was cut off by a searing pain that shot up his spine.
"That is no way to treat a king and a father."
"You do not deserve to be called a father.you are a monster, and the only thing that you deserve is to be annihilated." Another searing pain welcomed him at the end of his statement, this time he screamed in pain and fury.
"Are you done.young prince? Apparently there is a lot that you need to learn." Vegeta stayed quiet, glaring only at his father. "Nothing to say? That is rare indeed." King Vegeta smirked in triumph. "Now stand up and come here."
Vegeta still didn't move, his father walking up to him and grabbed his jaw tightly. The young prince growled slightly but otherwise not showing the pain, so his father tightened it, until he heard bone crack and tendons snap, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.
King Vegeta stood up. "Kill him." Then he walked away, while saying, "I can't have him in my way. Nothing is to come between me and the girl."
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Bulma stood, she could see the pain in the younger mans eyes, and there was something that she could see in him, and she didn't want to loose the chance to learn more about him. "Wait!" The four men looked at her. "I don't want you to kill him." They smiled and talked among each other in a tongue foreign to her. Then she could see a Ki ball being formed in their hands; all of them ready to kill him. "I said NO!" Her eyes seemed to glow for a mere instant, and she formed a ball of her own.
They seemed to look at her again, confused as what to do. The tallest of them looked at her. "We have our orders miss, so please. Allow us to carry them out, and if not, we'll then turn to you and kill you next." His voice wasn't all that threatening, and she didn't have any reason to fear him, so she let her own Ki ball fly, and it blinded him, then the light devoured him completely.
Two men were left, and then seemed to look at her disbelieving what they had seen. Walking to her cell, they then stopped. Searching for remnants of their companion, although there were none.
"What had you done?" They looked up and then headed back up the stairs, leaving Vegeta on the ground, bloody and bruised, although still alive.
I know that it has been a while since I have updated this story. Although I had some problems with my hard disk that I had saved it on, and so I needed to retype it. It is kind of hard to do when you are on a really busy schedule. I hope that you forgive me, and please review and let me know if this chapter is horrible or good, thank you.
I do not own the DBZ characters that are in this story. Thank you.
A soft voice whispers in the dim lights of the gardens, words of confidence and love, words that can only be heard by him.
"Vegeta.my son. how you have grown." His mother was here, she remained here to look after him and keep him out of harms way. He was her only child. He couldn't understand why he was always drawn to this place, and he always wondered if it was because his mother was calling him.
"Why do I always come here? Why are you always calling for me?"
You can hear a sigh, although the sound comes from all around you, as if she lives in all the plants surrounding him. "Here, I know I can protect you."
"Protect me? From what? What is strong enough to ever want to challenge me?"
"Just like you. Always ahead of yourself and you let your pride cloud your judgement." You could hear a small chuckle. "I just like to know that you are safe, and I know that when you are here."
"VEGETA! GET OUT HERE! THERE IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SETTLED BETWEEN US!" A loud voice boomed from on the other side of the large doors. Vegeta looked up, glaring at the doors and the man behind.
"I suggest you not to go Vegeta, please, stay here with me." Her voice was light and pleading, and held an urgency that he had never heard before.
"It is nothing to be concerned with mother, I can take care of myself now. I am no longer a little boy."
Again the voice yelled for him to appear before it. Vegeta then stood and walked towards the door, turning the golden handle, and opening the door to a very angry father and king.
King Vegeta's eyes were cold and heartless, to Vegeta they seemed to have been blood red for an instant, but he dismissed the thought and followed his father down the corridors.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
In the empty garden room, the door slowly clicked shut. "That is who I was protecting you from. my son. May you be strong, for I can not help you now, I am imprisoned to this one place, the one place that is your sanctuary." Suddenly it began to rain. The drops were salty and shattered to blood when it hit the ground. Pain struck her heart as she heard her son's cries of pain. She cried for him, and reached out to him and gave him strength.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Vegeta and his father walked down the long halls and down a winding staircase, where three men waited.
They stood there silent, letting the king and his son pass, and followed. They entered the jail cell where Bulma was being kept, the king giving her a knowing glare; she cringed, then stood angrily. "What are you looking at?" she snapped. All she wanted to do was leave. She then noticed the younger man walk in, he looked similar, but there was something about him.
"Come over here and kneel down Vegeta." His father demanded firmly. Vegeta didn't move.
"There is no reason as to why-" He was cut off by a searing pain that shot up his spine.
"That is no way to treat a king and a father."
"You do not deserve to be called a father.you are a monster, and the only thing that you deserve is to be annihilated." Another searing pain welcomed him at the end of his statement, this time he screamed in pain and fury.
"Are you done.young prince? Apparently there is a lot that you need to learn." Vegeta stayed quiet, glaring only at his father. "Nothing to say? That is rare indeed." King Vegeta smirked in triumph. "Now stand up and come here."
Vegeta still didn't move, his father walking up to him and grabbed his jaw tightly. The young prince growled slightly but otherwise not showing the pain, so his father tightened it, until he heard bone crack and tendons snap, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.
King Vegeta stood up. "Kill him." Then he walked away, while saying, "I can't have him in my way. Nothing is to come between me and the girl."
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Bulma stood, she could see the pain in the younger mans eyes, and there was something that she could see in him, and she didn't want to loose the chance to learn more about him. "Wait!" The four men looked at her. "I don't want you to kill him." They smiled and talked among each other in a tongue foreign to her. Then she could see a Ki ball being formed in their hands; all of them ready to kill him. "I said NO!" Her eyes seemed to glow for a mere instant, and she formed a ball of her own.
They seemed to look at her again, confused as what to do. The tallest of them looked at her. "We have our orders miss, so please. Allow us to carry them out, and if not, we'll then turn to you and kill you next." His voice wasn't all that threatening, and she didn't have any reason to fear him, so she let her own Ki ball fly, and it blinded him, then the light devoured him completely.
Two men were left, and then seemed to look at her disbelieving what they had seen. Walking to her cell, they then stopped. Searching for remnants of their companion, although there were none.
"What had you done?" They looked up and then headed back up the stairs, leaving Vegeta on the ground, bloody and bruised, although still alive.
I know that it has been a while since I have updated this story. Although I had some problems with my hard disk that I had saved it on, and so I needed to retype it. It is kind of hard to do when you are on a really busy schedule. I hope that you forgive me, and please review and let me know if this chapter is horrible or good, thank you.