18. The rendezvous


In the deep, smelly and damp dungeon onboard of the battleship, a group of dirty beings huddled together for body warmth. Dressed in rags. Tails tightly pulled around them, and hair which seemed hopelessly tangled. Darkness and a rare beam of light surrounded them. The throbbing of engines nearby a constant hum which at times seamed deafening. Water dripped from rusty ceiling parts. Some lay under it to get something wet inside their bodies. Others blasted rodents for food. Soft whispers cut through the eerie silence.

"I swear to you I saw her, and she's the real thing!" A woman hissed.
"Oh Soria, all royals have been killed centuries ago! He's playing mind tricks again!" an elderly man growled back. Sinking his teeth into a space rat.

"Well, if your father had been alive, and saw her, he'd saluted her. She had the hairdo and attitude and all!" Soria pressed. "She even spoke to us! To US." She crawled closer to the eldest present. "And she had 'the' necklacethat oath of a prince couldn't have known it. My great grandfather was an sentry guard in the palacehe wrote it down how it looked. It was the SAME. The sun! blue sun. and the emblemon the left chest. Blood red. A crown two bits under it and the swirl under it to encompass it."

"Draw itin the dirt." The grunted. Vaguely interested. She and her friend pulled together dirt and drew it out with their fingers. Excited they glanced up as he took it in. "I'm telling you, that was the queen!" Dreamy Keshena lay down on the dirty ground. "So regalmy idol"

"Well for your info lady. Vegeta-sei only hat 3 queens in the complete history." He replied as he hung over the drawn picture. "But that is the royal cresther hair, draw her hair." Sighing the couple drew again after wiping the crest away. In the back Atone had found some shredded metal and scratched it loudly into a wall. It squeaked but no one complained as they saw the crest forming. So that's what it had looked like? Wow

The girls finished sketching and eyed the elder again. Thoughtful he eyed it and touched the hair tipall he heard from his father was that it had been flaming updefying gravity itself. This certainly looked like it. "Legend had it they symbolised with their hair and presence the Saiya-jin fiery heart and blood.

"It isa royal" He confirmed as hopeful voices started talking.
"Well she agreed in a meeting. The ones she saw will be saved then. You three." Atone walked over hasty and sunk before their eldest.

"But siryou can take my place" He stated hopeful.
"No my son. If she really is a royal. Soon the day will come we'll all be freed. If 'he' uses more of us to blackmail her in more meetingswe will join shortly. He never was one for patients" He smirked. Eager for battle.

"Soon we will come together and together we'll take him down"
"Ojii-sama?" A young boy walked up and eyed the oldest Saiya-jin present with big black eyes. A too big shirt wavering around him.

"Yes my son?"
"What is wrong? Every one talks strange" He motioned for him to sit down.
"Well young Lor. It seems that we will be rescued soon."

"But there is nothing out there" He replied as the elder sighed. Poor child. Born and raised in this place. 5 long years
"You will find out soon enough there is a whole other place beyond this bay." The door was slammed open. A regiment of men darkly clad and intimidating with their getup shot the closest Saiya-jins knock out. The prince himself stomped inside. Pointing at the girls and Atone. Thoughtful he eyed the boy hiding behind the old fossil. He smirked. Ah, a welcoming present. He'd be so attentive

"The brat too." Whirled around with dark waving cape and stalked out while his captain howled commands to take the four. Wailing the boy clutched the elder.

"OJII-SAN!!!"
"Hush my son. Be brave. The queen will take you to a much better place. You'll be fed and clad. We will see each other soon. Now go." Whimpering the boy bit down his grief and was grabbed by the hand by Soria.

"Come, it's going to be fun!" And picked the boy up. His tail encircling her arm as he watched the elder man staring back smiling.
"Before you know it Lor, we'll be together. The queen will do anything to get her own people back." He nodded and soon the thick metal enforced doors were slammed closed. This place Lor had never seen and weary he peered around. A never ending hallway with doors and more doors. Some had bars and in them he could see glowing eyes. Suddenly something shot at them, crying for them to run. A shot was fired before the shaggy man fled deeper into the back. Keshena hissed around the rumour of the queen, coming for them. And that they would be the first to be freed.

"Tell her we're here as well." One whispered back desperate.
"Don't let her leave us!" A woman started crying.
"The queen, the queenoh a flycome here" A slam was heard and a licking sound. "You don't feed goodah anotherhere fly"

"Mom? Why are you still catching invisible flies?" Lor asked weary.
'Flies flyflying flieshi Lor, by Lor, are you a fly too???"
"By mommywe'll come back and get you free too" Lor whimpered a bit as they passed his mother. Having a bright moment she reached out to him.

"Lor? Oh where are they taking you?" She started crying. "Don't tell me to him!"
"No Triashathe queen asked for us" Soria whispered to her
"The queen, but their all dead!"
"NO, no we saw her with our on eyes! Like a vision, she was beautiful, just think of her instead!" Keshena pushed as they were shoved to walk on.

"I'll trythe queenthe queenOH WHAT'S HER NAME!"
"What do you think?"
"Vegeta?"

"Yup."
"Queen Vegeta has my sonhe'll be saveand be fedoh fly? NOOOO VegetaVegeta is a fly? NOqueen, queen" pulling her hair she hid in the shadows again. Chanting the words like a mantra until a fly passed. Crying she closed her eyes and chanted on. Have to stay sane "She has nice hairflaming upstrong, good buildmy queenmy son"

Lor was blinded by a light as they walked out of the dungeon. And shoved over into something so white and clean it hurt his eyes even more. A cold stream of water was aimed at them. Slipping they tumbled over as the forceful beam continued spraying them and it was Ice cold. Shielding Lor from the most harsh they chattering their teeth. Gritting their teeth they leaned against the wall as their rotten clothes dropped in surrender around their feet. Atone cursed inside as he shivered. Those bastards. Eyed side wards at the red hued bodies and growled at the poor confused Lor who never saw running water before and tried to drink it while hiding behind the girls from the hardest beams. Without a word Atone grabbed him and rubbed him clean and harshly warmer. Lor didn't mind the water much as he was shielded and drank with cupped hands. What a wonder. So much water! They stopped spraying them and clothes were thrown at them. Only suits. Quickly they dressed, helping Lor who never had a stretching body suit before. For the first time in his young life he was walking on boots. And thought it felt weird not to have the ground under his bare feet.

Pushed onwards they were shoved into a small room. On it four plates with some food. Gasping they dug in. But hardly enough for feed them all. Merely enough tostill their rumbling stomachs Lor sucked and bit, drank and burped. The adults giving a share of their own food to let the tyke have a decent meal. They all were underfed, but this Atone growled inside. Just to make a good impressionthat smart bastardbut knowing their royals. They weren't fooled that easily.

Having barely enough time to get it down they were pulled out again and towards the shuttle bay where a group awaited them. In they were led and were locked in the cage put up. It had deflecting ki glass. Smug the prince eyed them.

"Much better. Load them in. Hate to be late" Hiding their hate they were pushed into the cage where Lor flopped down on theclean floor? He licked it. Really cleanThe prince entered, told them to shut up and stay shut, before he activated the controls. The engine purred to life as he personally piloted it towards the planet below. The adults as smug as bugs in rugs.
Freedommeanwhile they rubbed Lor warmer.

They landed 20 minutes later. And were left inside. While they could see through the window. He walked out and into the glen, where a table was set with food, for two

Another sleeker shuttle landed on the other side. The door hatch opened, as in full ensemble Chibi Vegeta emerged. Fully instructed by the senior. How to walk, talk, actand how to trick someone in releasing prisoners without losing composure. She was actually a very greedy girl. Especially concerning Saiya-jins she wanted. So it was hard

The prince walked up as the four were pasted to the glass. Their QUEEN! Sosmall?
"Umwho's that lady?" Lor asked.
"That is your queenshe's like a mother to us all."

"Oh" Confused Lor watched on.
"You see everything she says, we do."
"Sounds more like the dark prince" Lor grumbled.

"No, you see, you do things for her because you want too. Not because you have too. And she's queen. And that's more important then a mere prince."
"Oh so like a lieutenant and commander?"
"More an admiral." Atone muttered sarcastic. "Because her family ruled an entire planet with millions of Saiyans and they all listened to her ancestor, the king. Just look how she walks and her gestures and compare to the princesdo you see?"

"I think she's prettier. I like her. But she looks cross"
"She doesn't like the prince much." Atone snickered.

* * *

Shutting down the shuttle Vegeta inhaled. She could do thiseven if she'd someday kill grampa over it. Oh wait that was another thing. She'd been thinking about his meddling with her and Gokuu. Damned prick. Old fossil who should be dead and gone and had no right screwing her love life up. She rose and shook her head to clear it. Other problem. That idiotic prince. Hit the open button as she straightened herself out as her 'beloved' grandfather rammed into her scull and those blasted books. Leaning into the door opening she eyed the valley and table where a dark clad male stood. DAMN TALL. Taller then Gokuu walked down unfazed and walked up to him. Glancing up. For once didn't wore that hood. Not that hard on the eye but his motives sucked.

"What is that table doing here?" She began.
"Why hello princess" she rose her hand and whirled around. Her red cape waving behind her.
"Not in the deal. Bye"

"Wait! I do have them." She stopped without turning around.
"Have whom?"
"The prisoners you wished?" Slowly she turned with crossed arms. Aimed at him. He eyed her cool. She turned it slightly to the right as a beam shot out and blew up the dinner table and chairs. In the shuttle three cracked up.

"Feisty one" Keshena chided.
"Damned right she is. Already like her." Atone replied.
"She's a good shooter. But I wanted that apple" Lor muttered.


"Now then. You wished a meeting. We met. Hand them over." Burori waved his finger.
"Ahno. Not quite yet."
"Breaking the agreement again? Untruthful indeed." She mused steel cold. Burori growled inside. Didn't budge and INCH. He likedyet frustrating

"I have more where they came from" he continued. Eying her elegant smaller frame over. She'd do very nice. More charming in real life

"Elaborate?"
"I have dungeons stuffed with them. Some crackpotsbut that's to be expected."
"Andwhy would I be interested in them? I already have a ship flooding with Saiyans"
"Perhaps" He stepped closer. She didn't move an muscle. Not intended to be intimidated in the slightest by his height alone.
"You cannot restart a race with a hand full, you'll get screwed up kids" she glared up.

"Who ever said I intended to revive the race?"
"Why were you interested in those three then?"
"You offered them?"
"Well I offer more then."
"Depends on what you ask. The more idiotic the demand, the more Saiya-jins you cough up. From loony bin to Chibi. I don't care. If they displease me, I will kill them. To me their just dirt." Okay BIG lie. Good thing she was a smooth liarnot the best of qualities but handy at times.

"Hmmhow about a hand full of crackpots, and add 3 sane for a dinner lasting for 5 hours." She laughed at him scornful.
"5 hours? COME ON. No deal." She snickered at the mere thought. "5 hours? A Saiya-jin eating for 5 hours? I can train for 5 lousy hours. I will not eat them away. What a loss of time! I have better things to do then eat for so long." Stunned she shook her head. "5 Hoursshish. You are joking right?"

"I was" NOT. "1 hour?" she tilted her head thoughtful.
"Because I feel nice, 1 hour and a halfnow cough them up. Meeting is over. And remember, 5 basket-cases, 3 sane. In one week, same place, same time. Same rulesand ahdifferent table." She smirked dark up. Her eyes darkly gleaming. "Well?"

"Granted. Oh and I have a special offer for today. A Chibi."
"And what do you wish in return?"
"A hand kissbare hand" she eyed him.
"Me to you? I think not."
"NoI to you." Hmm.well only a hand kiss

"Last time you have such an surprise. I hate them. Agreed. But first the four." In a good mood, he talked longer then anticipated to her. and she smelled nice too! Unlike these pigs. He walked to his shuttle and pulled them out. They eyed him weary as Vegeta beckoned them over. Running they did as Atone picked up the wandering and searching for leftovers Lor. Vegeta took this in as she pointed at her ship.

"Get in, I won't be long."
"Yes highness." All scrambled inside where she thought the boy would be delighted to find the food ready. The adults while letting the Chibi eat to his hearts delight, huddled around the door to listen what was going on. Behind them Lor attacked the soup and other light food.

Outside Vegeta sarcastically applauded. Hitting her gloved hands together five times only.

"Well done. You fed and cleaned them up. Nice presentation. Did you think I'd fall for that? I already said I hate surprises. Don't clean them up next time. I prefer them the way you treat them. As underdogs. As beings who's stomachs forgot the sensation of being fed to the rim."

Inside the shuttle Keshena applauded silently. Way da goooo.
"I told you she wouldn't fall for it" Atone stated proud. Confused Lor walked over with a chocolate candy bar. A tad tipsy because of the wine. They hadn't expected a child.

"It's candy, and save, try it!" Soria replied. Hushing him up and sending him back again.


"Understood. As for the hand kiss?" He eyed her over. If only he could grab her right now, right here! But, no, he'd wait. He wanted her completely not like those broken fools he kept in the bowls of his ship. Without a reply Vegeta pulled off her left glove. As taught by grampa. The left was for small fry, right for ones she liked. But he probably wouldn't know anyway. She felt like smacking the glove in his facebetter not. Perhaps in a week time if the food sucked. Then again he'd kill the cookhmm.

He bowed over as in the shuttle three faces peered out.
"Yeah bow bastard!" Soria snarled low.
"Look, left handshe detests him!" Atone whispered smug.
"How do you know about etiquette? Oh yeah your dad" Soria whispered back.

Vegeta stood impatient as he took his merry time with that hand kiss.
"You better not be STALLING." She yanked her hand away from his light grabs so he smooched air.
"I'm only stalling because of your charms" he replied while rising to his full height again. While inside he was peeved. She tasted SO good!

"One week, seven days, same hour, I will be here. If not, deal, all of them are off." Turned around proud and stalked away. Eying the scene he watched her enter her ship and never turn back as the engines buzzed alive and the door closed. Hovered up and shot up like a star.

"What a delightful creature" Turned around and left in his own.

Inside the shuttle of Vegeta she eyed back at the eating Lor. Piloting it smoothly before putting it on autopilot and turning around completely. The other three eyed her devoted.

"What is the child's name?" She asked.
"Lor highness" Keshena nudged Lor to her, shy he glanced up. Vegeta reached out and pulled him on her lap. His face covered under chocolate. Snickering she eyed it.
"Could one of you hand me a tissue. You're a sloppy eater Lor. Seems your fond of candy?"
"I am?" Vegeta nodded as Atone handed the desired. Daft she wiped his face clean and showed him the chocolate marks.
"Oh" and he snickered at himself before licking the tissue. Sweat dropping Vegeta disposed of it.

"You don't have to lick from a clothyou can eat what you wish. Andwhy are your eyes so watery?"
"He found the alcohol" atone presented an empty bottleVegeta winchedthat little thing? Aw? Lor burped and smirked before passing out.

"Lovely" Vegeta sighed but left him limply in her arms. "okay listen up" She pulled her glove on again over the sleeping child's body. "We are flying to a ship. Other Saiya-jins are there,, you are free but we are far from being save, as you might have noticed, I caught Burori's attention." She glanced up. Supporting Lor better. Shifting him around until she sat comfy. "With each meeting, more will be freed. Next week 8 will be released. While I seem to have a dinnerMy aim is to free you all. But I do not know how many of you there are"

"I don't knowthere are many isolation cells. And two bays like ours. In ours were about 34 men and women. Lor was the only child, your highness." Soria replied.

"So perhaps 90 women and men, perhaps even children still remaining. That's allot and still without the isolations" frowning she turned back to the controls as they approached the mother ship.

"That is your new home. Fairly stolen from his hands. Meet the WhiteStar." All pasted their noses to the screen. The stunning ship soon appeared bigger as Vegeta piloted it alongside the flank, before speeding up till before it and entering the landing bay. Landed without a hard thud. Only a light shudder, and smirked.

"There. No it needs to be decompressed." A green light flicked on outside, before Vegeta hit the open button. Strolling with Lor in her arms down the hatch.

"Greetings my daughter." Vegeta stood also in full attire at the end of a row of Saiya-jins. standing as a greeting for Vegeta. This was something Vegeta had hammered on last night. They needed their royals. So Vegeta would act as Chibi Vegeta's fatherthe king. Thus allowing Vegeta JR some freedom still. Oddly enough, his full attire added with an halobehind him stood Zorn and Gokuu as his advisorsyeah rightKakarott as his personal guard.

"Greetings father" Vegeta walked past Ronin, Solan, Jewel, Celipa, Bardock, Jazz, Toora, Totopus. "I was handed the three plus this child." Vegeta eyed her.

"Why do you carry it?"
"He was drunk."

"Again, why carry him." Inside she sighed deep. GRRRRR. "Toora." He took the sleeping Lor as Vegeta wanted to strangle that old man. She happened to LIKE the brat! Stunned the group eyed Vegeta as the girl soon stood beside him. He wore a blue cape with red inner lining. And HER necklace. And even officially not even her anymore. What she got was HIS old chain. The one for the Chibi's in the family. GRRR. His now contained the stuff from Vegeta-sei while hers wasEMPTY. OH that manhated him! Butliked himhe had good idea's and did really protective to her. SO he nearly bashed Gokuu's head and banned her from himshe couldn't have stuck around him with the new batch anyway, no they needed to act like royals. And royals didn't sleep around. SNORT. She missed his body. Nice and warm and she could cuddle it. Now she was stuck in her room where Vegeta slept in HER bed, while she slept in another which was nicked fromyep, Gokuu. And Gokuuyep slept with Bardock and Gokuu 2. Bardock was very amused. A bonding thing he said. His family within hand reach.

"You are to eat, sleep and change if you wish. All will be provided for. First however, My head of guards will escort you to the sickbay for a check-up." The three bowed deep. The KINGbig blooper! She wasn't the queen but princess! She would be one day, but not yet.

"Zorn? And welcome back."
"Thank you your highness" Atone managed deeply honoured. Vegeta turned and took almost unseen Chibi Vegeta's elbow, guiding her out. The doors slid behind them in herone HER bedroom.

"What were you thinking? You are NOT supposed to pick up brats like that!" Angrily Vegeta jumped on her bed and flopped down.

"Shuddup. Or by Dende I will go to Gokuu and get my own Chibi." Vegeta turned crimson at the rebellious teenager.
"MAN your worse then my own princess!"
:"WELL I AM YOUR PRINCESS!"
"It was her NICK-name. Her name was Bura." Vegeta nodded on the bed.
'" know, my moms name. I rememberBut I'll do as I bloody well want too, this whole charade is stupid as it is. Are you even interested in what happened?"

"That would have been my NEXT question!" Breezing Vegeta stood at her bed end. Propped on her arms she eyed him coy.
"Oh how the clothes suit you, regal looking and as prescribed I the job description a pain in the A"
"DON'T SAY IT! My father always wore this and I will not be called names."
"Haven't even started. But he wants to see me next week, same time same planet for a 1 and a half hour dinner date. For exchange of 8 Saiya-jin. 5 crackpots and 3 normal."


"Lousy agreement. You should have demanded all of the sane!"
"WELL I DIDN'T. UNLIKE YOU I'M NOT PERFECT!" pissed she stormed past him and out.
"Where are you going?" he thundered.
"She paused in the open doorway, ignoring the two guards.

"I, unlike some have friends, which I unlike others wish to keep. 30 minutes Gokuu!" And stalked away.
"This father daughter act is way to realistic" Vegeta grumbled and sat down on her bed. "Wait a minuteit is realisticby DENDE, problem child 3well at least the name is right this timefather? HAPPY?"

YOU BET. A voice thundered. Rigid Vegeta glanced around.
"Father?" he stammered. No responsedelayed.
YEAH WOT. You never listened to me why start now. Thanks to Yemma I can yell at you too.
"But why?"

SHUSH. Mister I am king but never crowned! Lay off the kid! I never badgered you that much!
"FATHER I WAS 8!!!"
Detail. Super Saiya-jin kid with super Saiya-jin kid makes super Saiya-jin Chibi!
"BUT HE'S THIRDCLASS."

No he's not. She made his father elite. So it's a go. And don't you dare say that a super Saiya-jin is no elite worthy!
"THEY NEVER HAD A STATUS! They were a LEGEND."
Alsodetail. Now we have three, including legend. But he's bad blood. Insanity runs in his line.
"SoI just have to watch and see how he's messing about with my body? ErrSOUL?"

Exactly what I said. Royal with elite. And it's a good thing she didn't take Zorn. Too old. Though royal. Her nephew. Bad choice.
"Well she hooked him up with Celipa."
Yeah good joke. That blind oath wouldn't see a girl with a crush on him even if she stomped Oozaru on him.

"Oh father? YouSCEWED UP! Burori LIVED! SO DID HIS FATHER!"
REALLY? What gave it away? Blown up south galaxy? Oh no wait, his idiotic spawn. Shish with one of MY line. Dream on buster. And by the way. If a blown up planet couldn't kill that kid, what makes you think I couldoh Yemma said our chat time is up. Like I said , give the kid some slack. She's going crazy. MY orders. Try to defy them.

"Mightbye DAD."
WHY Y.
"Aw connection failedgood riddance." Smirking Vegeta rose. "Give those two some slackWHEN HELL FREEZES OVER DAD!"

"Ah. My beloved grandchild, 3 whole minutes passed without supervisionTIMES UP." And stalked out. Locating her Ki.