Part Two: Chapter Four: You've Been Gone Too Long
Lightning struck overhead and it began to rain as the Vegeta cloned standing on the rock in front of Goten stared at the picture of Lita. More lightning struck and the next thing Goten knew, it was no longer a Vegeta clone standing on the rock before him, but a Lita clone.
She looked exactly like Adrienne, except she was wearing a pair of baggy burgundy pants that hung loosely from her hips, and a tight tan long-sleeved shirt that showed off her curves. She was wearing white boots with yellow tips like Vegeta's, and a smirk on her face. She cocked her head back, popping her neck, and then cocked it to the side, popping her neck again. She brought her head back to its normal position and disappeared. The Lita clone reappeared in front of him and with no time for him to react, she kicked him hard in the stomach.
"I guess they don't call me the 'speed demon' for nothing…" The Lita clone said, looking at her hands. "Well, I guess you're in for the fight of your life!"
Goten went into his fighting pose and the clone smirked. "Sarah!" Goten heard somebody yell.
"Huh?" The Lita clone stood back up and pressed a headphone deeper into her ear. "What is it?"
"Only fight the ones who get in the way!" Goten knew that the voice meant Vegeta.
"But this one *is* in my way!" The clone retorted. There was silence on the other line and Goten listened to the splashing of raindrops meeting puddles around them. SPLAT! Goten went stiff.
"Raindrops don't go 'splat'!" Goten thought and he strained to hear it better.
"Hang on a second." The clone noticed he had noticed something and began to listen, also. There was another 'splat', and Goten recognized the noise as rain hitting flesh- Adrienne! Goten turned around and sped off towards the noise.
The Lita clone chased after him and the voice on the line screamed: "Sarah, are you listening to me!?"
"Hang on a minute, would ya!?" The clone demanded.
Goten dropped to his knees at Adrienne's side and pulled her bloody body out of the mud. Adrienne groaned and her face twisted in pain, causing Goten to sigh in relief. She was still alive! Something hit Goten hard in the back, sending him flying facedown into a rock, and the Lita clone shot him with a Ki, rendering him unconscious.
Adrienne opened her eyes to see a woman who looked exactly like herself, and the woman she knew as her dead mother. "Mom…?"
The clone put on her sweetest voice and said: "Everything's fine now."
"Mom…" Adrienne's head dropped back down into the mud as she lost consciousness again, and the clone stood up.
"Are you listening to me!? Go-" The sound from the headphone was blocked out as it was thrown down in the mud. The clone slammed her foot down on top of it, crushing it beneath her strength.
"I'm doing what I want, now," A picture of Vegeta flashed across her mind and she narrowed her eyes. "And I want you, Vegeta."
*~*~*
Vegeta looked underneath the bed to see nothing. He jumped up and checked in the closet to see nothing. He ran over to a pile of blankets, clothes, and pillows, and began searching through them, sending them flying across the room. He growled. "NOTHING!"
Vegeta marched out of Adrienne's room and into Bra's. "Is Adrienne in here?"
"No, not that I'm aware of." Bra said innocently. Vegeta growled and stormed into Trunks' room.
"Is Adrienne in here?"
"No." Trunks shook his head.
"Do you know where she is?"
"No."
"Speak up, boy," Vegeta told him, looking deeply into Trunks' eyes. "You know something…"
Someone began to laugh in the hall and Vegeta spun around. "And *what* is so dang funny, woman?"
Bulma continued to laugh. "Nothing, nothing!" Vegeta growled and stomped out of the room, shoving past Bulma.
"ADRIENNE!" Vegeta yelled at the top of his lungs. "ADRIENNE, WHERE ARE YOU!?"
"Vegeta, calm down!" Bulma told him.
"No!" Vegeta yelled. "Adrienne couldn't have gone far because I saw her a little while ago!" Vegeta's eyes widened as he realized that he had proved Bulma's point. He growled. "Fine!"
"Now take a seat and I'll call Chi-Chi." Bulma told him. Vegeta, who was already sitting down on the couch, nodded.
"Yes, call that woman," Vegeta told her. "For her brat may have taken her on a-" Vegeta bit his bottom lip and shook his head: "Mm mm!"
Bulma rolled her eyes and walked into the kitchen to call Chi-Chi. Vegeta looked around frantically and suddenly pulled up the couch cushion beside him. He tossed it back down and began to look under the other. He jumped up, tossed it down, and looked underneath the cushion he had been sitting on.
Trunks and Bra had been watching him from above. "I swear, he is the dumbest…" Trunks trailed off as he disappeared into his room.
"Good luck, Daddy!" Bra called out and ran off to get ready for bed.
"Vegeta…"
"Huh?" Vegeta stood up, facing the wall, then looked behind him to see Lita. He swallowed. "Please don't tell me this is a dream."
"It's not." Vegeta sat down on the couch.
"You're real?" Vegeta asked, afraid of the answer he might get.
"I am." Lita nodded. She placed her hand against his cheek and Vegeta flinched, afraid that she might go through him.
"Lita-"
"Quiet." She told him as she climbed on top of him. She began to kiss him and Vegeta surrendered, but only for a moment. He shoved her off.
"Wait!" Vegeta scowled. "I have two children upstairs, one that could walk in through the front door at any minute, a wife in the kitchen-" Vegeta stopped and looked at Lita. "A wife on the floor…" Vegeta shook his head and buried his face into his hands. "One crisis after another…!"
"Vegeta, I didn't come here for you," Lita told him. He looked up at her. "I came here for revenge."
Vegeta was silent as Lita held out her hand and charged a blast. He didn't blame her for wanting to kill him. He closed his eyes and leaned backwards against the couch. It was over…
*~*~*
Vegeta stood in a field full of daffodils, his hair blowing in the wind. He held a little girl's hand tightly in his as they stared at a grave. He watched the little girl observe the yellow roses surrounding the grave with caution. She looked up at him, her eyes full of pain and sorrow. "She's not coming back, is she?"
"No, she's not." Vegeta watched the tears fill his little girl's eyes and watched her attempt to swallow the lump in her throat. This was *his* little girl. His princess. He had to assure her he wasn't leaving, too. He crouched down beside her and took Adrienne into his arms. He stood up and held her close as the tears flowed down her cheeks. Vegeta closed his eyes. "I swear I'll never let them take you back again."
*~*~*
He had lied. He could never keep the promises he though he could. Damienne took her back, so therefore he was a liar. Not mention a bad Dad… if he could go back and do anything, he felt that he would go back and be a better father to them all…
Vegeta's eyes widened and he thought: "Wait!"
*~*~*
"Good night, Adrienne," Vegeta said, tucking her in. He walked over to the door to leave, when Adrienne called him back:
"Daddy, don't leave!" Vegeta walked back over to her bed and Adrienne stood up on her bed. "Pick me up!" Vegeta smiled and picked Adrienne up. She put her arms around his neck and asked: "Why did Mom leave?"
"She didn't want to," Vegeta told her. "I'm sure she's in Otherworld right now, wishing she could talk to you!"
"Well tell her she can!" Adrienne exclaimed. Vegeta smiled at his daughter's order.
"It's not that simple." Vegeta sat down and leaned against the wall, still holding Adrienne.
"Mr. Ron was lying, right?" Adrienne asked. "You didn't kill Mommy," Adrienne's voice seemed to be cracking, as if she was fighting back tears. "did you?"
"No," Vegeta shook his head. "Don't you *ever* think that!"
"Then who did?" Vegeta was silent.
"A man who used to call himself her father." Vegeta told her.
"Oh…" Adrienne was silent for a while. "Daddy, you won't kill *me*, will you?"
Vegeta laughed. "*Never*!"
*~*~*
"Lita had no reason to want revenge! Then…" Vegeta glanced at his "dead" wife. "What is she doing…?"
Vegeta suddenly disappeared and Lita stopped charging her Ki Blast. "Huh?" Someone grabbed her from behind, restraining her arms and legs.
"Who are you!?" Vegeta demanded.
"I'm your wife." Lita told him. Vegeta stared deep into her eyes and smirked.
"Liar." Lita scowled.
"How did you know?"
"Fool!" Vegeta yelled. "That doesn't matter! Now where's Adrienne!?"
Lita smirked. "She looked like this." Lita molded into a pink ball of goo, causing Vegeta to jump backwards, and then what he saw caused his heart to stop:
A badly wounded daughter- a badly wounded descendant, something that meant so much to him. This was an image of his little girl, and he had done nothing to prevent this.
The clone changed back to Lita, causing Vegeta to swallow. "You're lying."
"I most certainly am not!"
"Prove it, then!" Vegeta yelled, his voice cracking slightly. The clone smirked.
"Fine," The clone agreed. "She's been waiting for you…"
*~*~*
Adrienne was thrown to the ground on her hands and knees in front of someone, trembling, her tail curled beneath her. She felt weak and helpless for the first time in her life… and afraid. Someone placed a hand on her back, causing her body to shake more violently.
The person with a hand on her back removed it and crouched down in front of her. She looked up at him, her eyes full of pain, and bitter sorrow. This was her rapist, the man who hit her, gave her so many scars, and used her body for his own pleasure. The man smirking at her now…
Tears filled her eyes as she stared into his, and when he touched her face she cringed and tried to pull away, but she was too scared to. "Please don't." Her voice was hoarse.
"Here you are, trembling and bleeding uncontrollably before me, yet I wonder what to do." The man had short black hair that stood on end and he wore a tight, three-quarter-length, dark green shirt with a pair of khaki pants suspended by a brown belt. Adrienne looked down at the ground to see his white sneakers when he grabbed her neck and tilted her head to look back up at him. "Adrienne, you've been gone too long."
He pulled her against him and ran his tongue along her cheek, causing her to tremble even more. He chuckled deeply at the way she would wince every time he touched her.
His hand slid down her back and Adrienne already knew what was coming. A tear rolled down her cheek because she knew no matter how hard she tried, he wasn't going to stop. She had lost all hope of escape, and she felt like she was going to die from blood loss. His hand finally reached her tail and there was a sickening crunch followed by a bloodcurdling scream that echoed throughout the room.
*~*~*
"Adrienne…" Goten opened his eyes to the feel of raindrops massaging his face. He groaned and stood up. He looked around. Where was she? Goten listened for the sound of the rain hitting her skin only to find that there was none.
He took a step forward and collapsed from the pain in his stomach. He placed his hand on the rock he had been slammed into to help him stand again. He began to slowly walk forward, when he saw something red. He looked down to see that his hand was covered in blood. He looked back at the rock to see it was smeared with blood.
*~*~*
"So you're telling me that this… *clone* thing changed it's appearance to look like Vegeta's dead wife?" Bulma asked. Trunks nodded. "Sorry, but I don't buy it."
The door flung open and the two looked up to see Goten standing there, sopping. He was covered in mud and his clothes were stained with blood. "Goten!"
Goten closed his eyes. "Adrienne…" Goten fell forward, landing on the floor, unconscious.
*~*~*
"Something's wrong," Chi-Chi said. "I'm worried, Goku! It's nearly three in the morning and Goten isn't home yet!"
"Hey, Chi-Chi, calm down," Goku told her. "He's probably still out with Adrienne."
"*Exactly* what I'm worried about!" Goku sighed and rolled his eyes as his wife began to walk around the room again. "That girl is *nothing* but trouble! Her father's too protective!" Chi-Chi frowned. "Which is exactly why I'm not getting any grandkids any time soon!"
"Chi-Chi, just get some sleep!" Goku whined. "I'll stay up and wait for Goten."
"No!" Chi-Chi protested. "I'm staying up until my son gets home!"
The telephone began to ring and Goku quickly picked it up. "Hello?" Goku's brow furrowed. "We'll be right there."
*~*~*
Vegeta was silent as he rode up the elevator with the Lita clone. He began to tap his foot, causing her to smirk a little. "How long does this have to take?"
"Well, it's a pretty big place." The clone told him with a cocky tone in her voice. Vegeta didn't like that tone…
"DING!" The two looked up to see the elevator doors open.
"Here we are." The clone told him. Vegeta began to walk out, when she stopped him. "Just be careful," She warned him. "She knows you're here."
Vegeta scoffed and walked out of the elevator. He continued walking down the long hall until it split into three ways. The clone arrived next to him and she smiled.
"Well! Think you can still get by without my help?" Vegeta was silent for a moment, and then he continued on, taking the path to the right. "Hey!"
The clone caught up with him. "How did you do that?" Vegeta smirked. "Come on, tell me! How did you know which way to go!?"
"Just as I do now," Vegeta told her. Expecting him to turn into the door on the right, she stopped, but Vegeta continued on.
"Hey, where are you going?" The clone demanded.
"I'm going to get my daughter!" Vegeta flew off down the hall, moving faster than the human eye can see. He followed her power level and burst into a room with several cylinder glass tanks. He spotted one on the end that had a figure inside of it, the tank from which his daughter's weak power level was coming from.
He raced to the end of the room and looked down at her. Her body and clothes were ripped terribly, she was drenched in blood, she was breathing heavily, and slowly, and she was turned away from him. But what caught his eye the most was her tail laying limply by her side, the fur stained with blood. He pounded on the glass desperately to gain her attention: "Adrienne!"
"It's no use."
"Let- her- go." Vegeta demanded, closing his eyes and baring his teeth.
"No." Vegeta spun around to see a man standing there. Vegeta figured it was probably one of Lisa's weak fool followers. Vegeta growled.
"Why not?"
"Those walls are soundproof," The man changed the subject. "Are you Adrienne's father?"
Vegeta scowled. "I am."
He smiled. "I'm David. Lisa's been waiting for you a long time."
"What did you do to Adrienne?" Vegeta demanded. "Tell me how to get her out right now or I'll-"
"I'm the only one who knows the pass code to get her out." David told him.
"Then I'll get her out *my* way." Vegeta turned around and held out his hand, forming a Ki Blast.
"I wouldn't do that-" Vegeta let his blast fly into the tank and he found that it didn't shatter, but sparks jumped around inside the tank, and Adrienne screamed. Vegeta stared at his daughter, praying she was all right. "Sounds goes out and sound stays out. No sound can go in."
"They're evil." Vegeta declared. "Who would do something so horrible to her?"
David smirked. "Me."
Lightning struck overhead and it began to rain as the Vegeta cloned standing on the rock in front of Goten stared at the picture of Lita. More lightning struck and the next thing Goten knew, it was no longer a Vegeta clone standing on the rock before him, but a Lita clone.
She looked exactly like Adrienne, except she was wearing a pair of baggy burgundy pants that hung loosely from her hips, and a tight tan long-sleeved shirt that showed off her curves. She was wearing white boots with yellow tips like Vegeta's, and a smirk on her face. She cocked her head back, popping her neck, and then cocked it to the side, popping her neck again. She brought her head back to its normal position and disappeared. The Lita clone reappeared in front of him and with no time for him to react, she kicked him hard in the stomach.
"I guess they don't call me the 'speed demon' for nothing…" The Lita clone said, looking at her hands. "Well, I guess you're in for the fight of your life!"
Goten went into his fighting pose and the clone smirked. "Sarah!" Goten heard somebody yell.
"Huh?" The Lita clone stood back up and pressed a headphone deeper into her ear. "What is it?"
"Only fight the ones who get in the way!" Goten knew that the voice meant Vegeta.
"But this one *is* in my way!" The clone retorted. There was silence on the other line and Goten listened to the splashing of raindrops meeting puddles around them. SPLAT! Goten went stiff.
"Raindrops don't go 'splat'!" Goten thought and he strained to hear it better.
"Hang on a second." The clone noticed he had noticed something and began to listen, also. There was another 'splat', and Goten recognized the noise as rain hitting flesh- Adrienne! Goten turned around and sped off towards the noise.
The Lita clone chased after him and the voice on the line screamed: "Sarah, are you listening to me!?"
"Hang on a minute, would ya!?" The clone demanded.
Goten dropped to his knees at Adrienne's side and pulled her bloody body out of the mud. Adrienne groaned and her face twisted in pain, causing Goten to sigh in relief. She was still alive! Something hit Goten hard in the back, sending him flying facedown into a rock, and the Lita clone shot him with a Ki, rendering him unconscious.
Adrienne opened her eyes to see a woman who looked exactly like herself, and the woman she knew as her dead mother. "Mom…?"
The clone put on her sweetest voice and said: "Everything's fine now."
"Mom…" Adrienne's head dropped back down into the mud as she lost consciousness again, and the clone stood up.
"Are you listening to me!? Go-" The sound from the headphone was blocked out as it was thrown down in the mud. The clone slammed her foot down on top of it, crushing it beneath her strength.
"I'm doing what I want, now," A picture of Vegeta flashed across her mind and she narrowed her eyes. "And I want you, Vegeta."
*~*~*
Vegeta looked underneath the bed to see nothing. He jumped up and checked in the closet to see nothing. He ran over to a pile of blankets, clothes, and pillows, and began searching through them, sending them flying across the room. He growled. "NOTHING!"
Vegeta marched out of Adrienne's room and into Bra's. "Is Adrienne in here?"
"No, not that I'm aware of." Bra said innocently. Vegeta growled and stormed into Trunks' room.
"Is Adrienne in here?"
"No." Trunks shook his head.
"Do you know where she is?"
"No."
"Speak up, boy," Vegeta told him, looking deeply into Trunks' eyes. "You know something…"
Someone began to laugh in the hall and Vegeta spun around. "And *what* is so dang funny, woman?"
Bulma continued to laugh. "Nothing, nothing!" Vegeta growled and stomped out of the room, shoving past Bulma.
"ADRIENNE!" Vegeta yelled at the top of his lungs. "ADRIENNE, WHERE ARE YOU!?"
"Vegeta, calm down!" Bulma told him.
"No!" Vegeta yelled. "Adrienne couldn't have gone far because I saw her a little while ago!" Vegeta's eyes widened as he realized that he had proved Bulma's point. He growled. "Fine!"
"Now take a seat and I'll call Chi-Chi." Bulma told him. Vegeta, who was already sitting down on the couch, nodded.
"Yes, call that woman," Vegeta told her. "For her brat may have taken her on a-" Vegeta bit his bottom lip and shook his head: "Mm mm!"
Bulma rolled her eyes and walked into the kitchen to call Chi-Chi. Vegeta looked around frantically and suddenly pulled up the couch cushion beside him. He tossed it back down and began to look under the other. He jumped up, tossed it down, and looked underneath the cushion he had been sitting on.
Trunks and Bra had been watching him from above. "I swear, he is the dumbest…" Trunks trailed off as he disappeared into his room.
"Good luck, Daddy!" Bra called out and ran off to get ready for bed.
"Vegeta…"
"Huh?" Vegeta stood up, facing the wall, then looked behind him to see Lita. He swallowed. "Please don't tell me this is a dream."
"It's not." Vegeta sat down on the couch.
"You're real?" Vegeta asked, afraid of the answer he might get.
"I am." Lita nodded. She placed her hand against his cheek and Vegeta flinched, afraid that she might go through him.
"Lita-"
"Quiet." She told him as she climbed on top of him. She began to kiss him and Vegeta surrendered, but only for a moment. He shoved her off.
"Wait!" Vegeta scowled. "I have two children upstairs, one that could walk in through the front door at any minute, a wife in the kitchen-" Vegeta stopped and looked at Lita. "A wife on the floor…" Vegeta shook his head and buried his face into his hands. "One crisis after another…!"
"Vegeta, I didn't come here for you," Lita told him. He looked up at her. "I came here for revenge."
Vegeta was silent as Lita held out her hand and charged a blast. He didn't blame her for wanting to kill him. He closed his eyes and leaned backwards against the couch. It was over…
*~*~*
Vegeta stood in a field full of daffodils, his hair blowing in the wind. He held a little girl's hand tightly in his as they stared at a grave. He watched the little girl observe the yellow roses surrounding the grave with caution. She looked up at him, her eyes full of pain and sorrow. "She's not coming back, is she?"
"No, she's not." Vegeta watched the tears fill his little girl's eyes and watched her attempt to swallow the lump in her throat. This was *his* little girl. His princess. He had to assure her he wasn't leaving, too. He crouched down beside her and took Adrienne into his arms. He stood up and held her close as the tears flowed down her cheeks. Vegeta closed his eyes. "I swear I'll never let them take you back again."
*~*~*
He had lied. He could never keep the promises he though he could. Damienne took her back, so therefore he was a liar. Not mention a bad Dad… if he could go back and do anything, he felt that he would go back and be a better father to them all…
Vegeta's eyes widened and he thought: "Wait!"
*~*~*
"Good night, Adrienne," Vegeta said, tucking her in. He walked over to the door to leave, when Adrienne called him back:
"Daddy, don't leave!" Vegeta walked back over to her bed and Adrienne stood up on her bed. "Pick me up!" Vegeta smiled and picked Adrienne up. She put her arms around his neck and asked: "Why did Mom leave?"
"She didn't want to," Vegeta told her. "I'm sure she's in Otherworld right now, wishing she could talk to you!"
"Well tell her she can!" Adrienne exclaimed. Vegeta smiled at his daughter's order.
"It's not that simple." Vegeta sat down and leaned against the wall, still holding Adrienne.
"Mr. Ron was lying, right?" Adrienne asked. "You didn't kill Mommy," Adrienne's voice seemed to be cracking, as if she was fighting back tears. "did you?"
"No," Vegeta shook his head. "Don't you *ever* think that!"
"Then who did?" Vegeta was silent.
"A man who used to call himself her father." Vegeta told her.
"Oh…" Adrienne was silent for a while. "Daddy, you won't kill *me*, will you?"
Vegeta laughed. "*Never*!"
*~*~*
"Lita had no reason to want revenge! Then…" Vegeta glanced at his "dead" wife. "What is she doing…?"
Vegeta suddenly disappeared and Lita stopped charging her Ki Blast. "Huh?" Someone grabbed her from behind, restraining her arms and legs.
"Who are you!?" Vegeta demanded.
"I'm your wife." Lita told him. Vegeta stared deep into her eyes and smirked.
"Liar." Lita scowled.
"How did you know?"
"Fool!" Vegeta yelled. "That doesn't matter! Now where's Adrienne!?"
Lita smirked. "She looked like this." Lita molded into a pink ball of goo, causing Vegeta to jump backwards, and then what he saw caused his heart to stop:
A badly wounded daughter- a badly wounded descendant, something that meant so much to him. This was an image of his little girl, and he had done nothing to prevent this.
The clone changed back to Lita, causing Vegeta to swallow. "You're lying."
"I most certainly am not!"
"Prove it, then!" Vegeta yelled, his voice cracking slightly. The clone smirked.
"Fine," The clone agreed. "She's been waiting for you…"
*~*~*
Adrienne was thrown to the ground on her hands and knees in front of someone, trembling, her tail curled beneath her. She felt weak and helpless for the first time in her life… and afraid. Someone placed a hand on her back, causing her body to shake more violently.
The person with a hand on her back removed it and crouched down in front of her. She looked up at him, her eyes full of pain, and bitter sorrow. This was her rapist, the man who hit her, gave her so many scars, and used her body for his own pleasure. The man smirking at her now…
Tears filled her eyes as she stared into his, and when he touched her face she cringed and tried to pull away, but she was too scared to. "Please don't." Her voice was hoarse.
"Here you are, trembling and bleeding uncontrollably before me, yet I wonder what to do." The man had short black hair that stood on end and he wore a tight, three-quarter-length, dark green shirt with a pair of khaki pants suspended by a brown belt. Adrienne looked down at the ground to see his white sneakers when he grabbed her neck and tilted her head to look back up at him. "Adrienne, you've been gone too long."
He pulled her against him and ran his tongue along her cheek, causing her to tremble even more. He chuckled deeply at the way she would wince every time he touched her.
His hand slid down her back and Adrienne already knew what was coming. A tear rolled down her cheek because she knew no matter how hard she tried, he wasn't going to stop. She had lost all hope of escape, and she felt like she was going to die from blood loss. His hand finally reached her tail and there was a sickening crunch followed by a bloodcurdling scream that echoed throughout the room.
*~*~*
"Adrienne…" Goten opened his eyes to the feel of raindrops massaging his face. He groaned and stood up. He looked around. Where was she? Goten listened for the sound of the rain hitting her skin only to find that there was none.
He took a step forward and collapsed from the pain in his stomach. He placed his hand on the rock he had been slammed into to help him stand again. He began to slowly walk forward, when he saw something red. He looked down to see that his hand was covered in blood. He looked back at the rock to see it was smeared with blood.
*~*~*
"So you're telling me that this… *clone* thing changed it's appearance to look like Vegeta's dead wife?" Bulma asked. Trunks nodded. "Sorry, but I don't buy it."
The door flung open and the two looked up to see Goten standing there, sopping. He was covered in mud and his clothes were stained with blood. "Goten!"
Goten closed his eyes. "Adrienne…" Goten fell forward, landing on the floor, unconscious.
*~*~*
"Something's wrong," Chi-Chi said. "I'm worried, Goku! It's nearly three in the morning and Goten isn't home yet!"
"Hey, Chi-Chi, calm down," Goku told her. "He's probably still out with Adrienne."
"*Exactly* what I'm worried about!" Goku sighed and rolled his eyes as his wife began to walk around the room again. "That girl is *nothing* but trouble! Her father's too protective!" Chi-Chi frowned. "Which is exactly why I'm not getting any grandkids any time soon!"
"Chi-Chi, just get some sleep!" Goku whined. "I'll stay up and wait for Goten."
"No!" Chi-Chi protested. "I'm staying up until my son gets home!"
The telephone began to ring and Goku quickly picked it up. "Hello?" Goku's brow furrowed. "We'll be right there."
*~*~*
Vegeta was silent as he rode up the elevator with the Lita clone. He began to tap his foot, causing her to smirk a little. "How long does this have to take?"
"Well, it's a pretty big place." The clone told him with a cocky tone in her voice. Vegeta didn't like that tone…
"DING!" The two looked up to see the elevator doors open.
"Here we are." The clone told him. Vegeta began to walk out, when she stopped him. "Just be careful," She warned him. "She knows you're here."
Vegeta scoffed and walked out of the elevator. He continued walking down the long hall until it split into three ways. The clone arrived next to him and she smiled.
"Well! Think you can still get by without my help?" Vegeta was silent for a moment, and then he continued on, taking the path to the right. "Hey!"
The clone caught up with him. "How did you do that?" Vegeta smirked. "Come on, tell me! How did you know which way to go!?"
"Just as I do now," Vegeta told her. Expecting him to turn into the door on the right, she stopped, but Vegeta continued on.
"Hey, where are you going?" The clone demanded.
"I'm going to get my daughter!" Vegeta flew off down the hall, moving faster than the human eye can see. He followed her power level and burst into a room with several cylinder glass tanks. He spotted one on the end that had a figure inside of it, the tank from which his daughter's weak power level was coming from.
He raced to the end of the room and looked down at her. Her body and clothes were ripped terribly, she was drenched in blood, she was breathing heavily, and slowly, and she was turned away from him. But what caught his eye the most was her tail laying limply by her side, the fur stained with blood. He pounded on the glass desperately to gain her attention: "Adrienne!"
"It's no use."
"Let- her- go." Vegeta demanded, closing his eyes and baring his teeth.
"No." Vegeta spun around to see a man standing there. Vegeta figured it was probably one of Lisa's weak fool followers. Vegeta growled.
"Why not?"
"Those walls are soundproof," The man changed the subject. "Are you Adrienne's father?"
Vegeta scowled. "I am."
He smiled. "I'm David. Lisa's been waiting for you a long time."
"What did you do to Adrienne?" Vegeta demanded. "Tell me how to get her out right now or I'll-"
"I'm the only one who knows the pass code to get her out." David told him.
"Then I'll get her out *my* way." Vegeta turned around and held out his hand, forming a Ki Blast.
"I wouldn't do that-" Vegeta let his blast fly into the tank and he found that it didn't shatter, but sparks jumped around inside the tank, and Adrienne screamed. Vegeta stared at his daughter, praying she was all right. "Sounds goes out and sound stays out. No sound can go in."
"They're evil." Vegeta declared. "Who would do something so horrible to her?"
David smirked. "Me."