Part Two: Chapter Five: Saiyans Don't Cry!
"Goten! Goten, wake up!" Goten opened his eyes to see Chi-Chi smiled down at him.
"….Mom?" Chi-Chi nodded. Goten blinked and sat up. He held his hand to his head. "Where am I? Where's Adrienne!?"
Goten jumped off the table only to be grabbed and put back on it. "Easy there, Goten!"
"Dad's gone after her," Trunks told him. "She'll be fine."
"No!" Goten shook his head as Chi-Chi laid him back down and placed a wet rag across his head. "He doesn't know what's happened! I have to save her!"
"Goten, Goten, calm down!" Bulma told him. "You need to rest!"
"Bulma, his name is David Luther," Goten told her. "Look for him!"
"I know," Bulma nodded. "I've got his DNA right here and the computer is tracing him."
"What is it everybody knows that I *don't*!?" Trunks demanded.
"Hey, if it makes ya feel any better, I don't know, either!" Goku said, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"But you don't know anything…" Trunks frowned.
"What was that?" Goku asked, blinking.
"BEEP BEEP!" Everyone looked at the computer to see a flashing light.
"There you go!" Bulma told them, tapping the screen.
"Okay, I'll se you Mom!" Trunks kissed her cheek and raced out of the room.
"You be careful, Trunks!"
"Get better soon, Goten!"
"No, Goku, don't go!" Chi-Chi begged him.
"Sorry, sweetie!" Goku gave her a grin before he disappeared out the door. Bulma and Chi-Chi sighed.
"Well, I'll go call Gohan and Pan…" Bulma glanced at Goten. "We'll need them to keep *him* here."
"Right." Chi-Chi nodded and Bulma left the room. "Goten, don't make this any harder than it is."
*~*~*
"What more do you want from her!?" Vegeta demanded.
"I did not intend for David to rape her," Lisa told him. "And he will be severely punished. But I need her to take out Ron's plans-"
"Of course!" Vegeta yelled. "I remember you were in on the scam! It was your idea to create her!"
Lisa nodded. "But it was not intended to be a girl."
Tears were now streaming down Vegeta's cheeks. "Please, I'll do anything! Anything at all, just let her go and don't hurt her anymore."
It hurt her to see Vegeta in this state. She was torturing the prince of her own race. And on top of that the man her sister loved- no, loves. Lisa fought back tears of her own. "Tell ya what," Vegeta looked up at her. "I won't hurt her anymore."
Vegeta shook his head. "No! Let her go!"
"I'm sorry, but I can't."
"Why not!?" Vegeta asked. "You can just forget this entire thing!"
"I'm in too deep to stop now." Lisa told him.
*~*~*
"I can't believe this!" Bulma yelled. "My daughter is gone again!"
"We all feel your pain," Videl nodded. The women were over at Capsule Corp. in their pajamas, having their fifth MARG Meeting.
"Do you think she'll be okay?" Pan asked.
"Sure, she will, Pan!" Chi-Chi told her granddaughter.
"Are you sure!?" Pan asked, turning to her grandmother with big, tear-filled eyes. "Because if you're not don't say it!"
"Pan, I'm sorry-"
"There's no possible way you could know that she's okay, now could you!?" Pan demanded. "Adrienne's gone again and all I can do is sit around on my butt because a bunch of protective mom's won't let me go out and fight!"
There was a loud thud and they all turned to see Goten standing in the doorway, fully dressed. "I'm going after Adrienne."
*~*~*
Goku and Trunks rode up the elevator, Trunks tapping his foot, and Goku humming along to the horrible elevator music. Trunks finally lost patience and blasted the speaker with a Ki.
"You shouldn't have done that," Goku told him. "Now they know we're here…"
"They've known we were here since the moment we walked into their kami stinkin' building!"
Goku shrugged. "Just being a little cautious…"
*~*~*
Adrienne lay in the tank where David had placed her hours ago, feeling as if she had been broken in two. She could only wonder what had happened to Goten. She had tried to go into his mind, but she was too weak. There was no hope left…
A tear rolled down her cheek and she quickly wiped it away. "This is stupid! Saiyans don't cry!" Adrienne thought. "…then why do I now?"
Tears began to flow uncontrollably from her eyes and she began to furiously wipe them away. She would give anything to be in Goten's arms right now…
She sat up and pain surged through her wounded body. She screamed out in pain and fell backwards, but just as she did, she caught sight of what she thought was a miracle.
Adrienne struggled to sit back up, and eventually stood on her knees, leaning against the side of the tank for support. "Goten!"
Goten dropped to his knees outside the tank and smiled. "Back up, I'll get you out."
"I can't hear you!" Adrienne shook her head. Goten held his hand out to the side and blasted a Ki at the control panel, then tapped on the glass with his other hand. Adrienne nodded warily. Goten placed both of his hands on the tank and Adrienne swallowed.
A blue light emitted from his hands, causing sparks to jump around the tank again. Adrienne didn't know if she could stand this, as weak as she was at the moment. The glass began to crack and Goten crunched his hands over the glass.
There was loud explosion coming from the laboratory caused to David to sit straight up in his chair. "She's getting away!"
"What!? Ugh!" The clone changed her image to look like Lita and ran after him.
The smoke finally cleared and Adrienne fell out of the tank limply. Goten caught her and he held her close as she began to cry again. She wrapped his arms around his neck and Goten pulled her closer. "It's okay, you're fine, now. You're safe."
The word "safe" had never felt so good to hear, and Adrienne knew that she felt safe in his arms. She didn't want to let him go or even think about what might happen if she did. She found herself being lifted off the ground, still wrapped snugly in Goten's arms.
"Come on, I'll get you out of here," Goten told her. "Gohan and Pan should be waiting at the front."
Adrienne slowly nodded as David and Lita came skidding to a halt in front of Goten. "Drop her!"
Vegeta skidded to a halt behind the two, took one look at Adrienne, and gestured for Goten to follow him. "Goten, come. This way." Goten forced back a smile and walked past the two towards Vegeta. The two began to walk towards the door and Vegeta looked down at Adrienne. "Is she all right?"
"She's fine." Goten told him with a nod.
"I can talk and I can walk." Adrienne told him. He set her down and she walked ahead of them to the door.
By the way she was walking Vegeta could tell that she felt violated, ashamed, and her pride had been broken. It had broken in two and tossed out the window. After all, he was her father and he could tell the difference in her strides.
"Are you two coming or not?" Adrienne asked at the door.
"Vegeta, you make sure Adrienne gets out of here," Goten told him. "I have to go back for something."
Vegeta smiled crookedly and nodded. "Just make sure you get out alive," Vegeta looked up the path at Adrienne, who was still walking. "I'm not sure how she'll react if you don't."
"I'll make it back alright." Goten turned and ran off down the hall.
"Your mother would never leave me alone, either!" Vegeta called after him. Goten laughed.
"Gotcha!" Once Goten had disappeared, Vegeta ran to catch up with his daughter. Adrienne turned around at the sound of his arrival and frowned.
"Where's Goten?" Without even needing an answer, Adrienne tried to run off down the hall, but Vegeta grabbed her. "Let go of me!"
"Leave him be!"
"No!" Adrienne pulled against his great strength and knew she was no match for him in her weak state, but she tried anyway. Then it hit her. "Ow!"
Vegeta's grip loosened as predicted and Adrienne broke free as she began to run off again. "Adrienne!" Vegeta grabbed her tail and pain jolted through her body.
"Ah!" Adrienne fell to the ground crying and she pulled her tail closer to her.
Goku and Trunks came running around the corner and they spotted Adrienne. "Oh, kami!" Trunks fell to his knees next to her. "Adrienne!"
"Great Dende, Vegeta, what did you do to her!?" Goku demanded.
Vegeta hit himself in his stupidity. Didn't he know what he'd just done!? Her tail was stained in her blood as was her body, and if she bled any more she was bound to- no, he couldn't think about that! He had to get her to a hospital!
Vegeta crouched down and picked her up in his arms as he turned to leave. Adrienne did a back flip out of his arms and kicked him in the back, sending him flying into the ground. She did another back flip into the air and instant transmitted herself somewhere.
Vegeta groaned and propped himself up. "Adrienne…!"
"Don't worry, Vegeta, I'll go after her." Goku instant transmitted himself to where he felt Adrienne's ki.
*~*~*
Goten stood in the lab in silence as he tried to find David's ki, when David entered the room Goten was in and smiled. "You're finally here."
*~*~*
"Goten!" Adrienne instant transmitted from room to room in search of him. She suddenly felt Goku's ki behind her and instant transmitted herself to the end of the hall. Goku stopped himself from hitting the floor by instant transmitting himself above Adrienne. Adrienne instant transmitted to beside a door in the hall and immediately retransmitted to the place she was in earlier when Goku appeared by the doorway.
"Hm…" Goku looked at her and frowned. This was going to be harder than he thought. Goku disappeared and Adrienne disappeared to the doorway where he was, when Goku appeared at the end of the hall where she was a second ago.
Adrienne disappeared and Goku appeared in her spot, then reappeared above her and would have fallen into the floor when she transmitted to the other end of the hall if he hadn't transmitted himself. Goku scowled. "Come on!"
They began swapping places at the ends of the hall in a desperate attempt to se who could instant transmit the fastest, when Goku got smart and instant transmitted himself in the same place. Goku pinned her against the ground and Adrienne smiled.
She twisted her wrists around, causing Goku's grip to snag, and kicked him off of her and into the wall with her legs. She pinned him against the wall once he finally stood up and Goku said: "Hey, look, it's Goten!"
"What!?" Adrienne turned to look down the hall and Goku grabbed her around the waist. "Let me go!" Adrienne protested, but Goku wasn't going to ease his grip so easily. "Let- *go* of me!" Adrienne stopped struggling and she slid down to the ground. She placed a hand on the floor to help steady herself, and a tear splashed against the ground. "Please leave me alone…"
"Hey…" Goku crouched down next to her. "I know it's hard, but you need to listen to Vegeta. He's your Dad, and he knows what's best." Goku tilted her head up to look at him. Her face was stained with tears, and it almost made him want to cry. "Trust me."
"I don't think I can," Adrienne told him. "I can't just leave-"
"Tell ya what," Goku sat down against the wall. "I'll stay here with you until Goten comes back."
Adrienne smiled at him. "Thank you."
"Oh, sure!" Goku smiled. "Anything for my son's girlfriend!"
"Thank you." Adrienne repeated quietly as a few tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Hey, come here!" Goku pulled her into a tight hug and Adrienne was glad Goten had such a caring Dad. "Alright, now, you're gonna make me cry, too!" Adrienne couldn't help but laugh.
*~*~*
"Alright, we're going after Lisa," Vegeta told Trunks. "But make it out alive, mind you, or your mother will be angry!"
"Oh, you know me, couldn't die if I wanted to!" Trunks chuckled and caught his father's glare. "Ha ha…ha ha……ahem! Okay, let's go!"
Vegeta and Trunks flew off down the hall at top speed when someone stepped out in front of them. "There you are!"
Vegeta growled. "Lisa…"
*~*~*
"I guess we can't call them 'MARG' Meetings anymore," Chi-Chi said with a frown. "Now they're just worry meetings…"
"No, we'll come up with a sporty name!" Marron told her.
"Guys, I can't stand sitting around here," Videl declared. "I know Eighteen and I can both fight, but I don't think we stand a chance…"
"Exactly." Bulma nodded.
"Momma, why do they get themselves into so much trouble?" Bra asked.
"Sweetie, they're Saiyans," Bulma told her. "What do you expect?"
"There you are!" They all looked up to see a woman who looked like Adrienne, but she was wearing baggy burgundy pants and a tight, tan, three-quarter-lengths shirt. "Come on, you guys, I've been looking for you everywhere!"
"You're Adrienne's mother!" Bulma exclaimed. "No, you're that shape-shifting… *thing*!"
"No, Mom, it's me, Adrienne!" She told them. "Come on! Dad, Trunks, and the others are waiting for us!"
"How do we know you're really Adrienne?" Marron asked cautiously.
"Yeah, you didn't even mention Goten!" Chloe pointed out.
"You don't really have a choice, now, do you?" The woman who claimed to be Adrienne asked with a smirk.
"Goten! Goten, wake up!" Goten opened his eyes to see Chi-Chi smiled down at him.
"….Mom?" Chi-Chi nodded. Goten blinked and sat up. He held his hand to his head. "Where am I? Where's Adrienne!?"
Goten jumped off the table only to be grabbed and put back on it. "Easy there, Goten!"
"Dad's gone after her," Trunks told him. "She'll be fine."
"No!" Goten shook his head as Chi-Chi laid him back down and placed a wet rag across his head. "He doesn't know what's happened! I have to save her!"
"Goten, Goten, calm down!" Bulma told him. "You need to rest!"
"Bulma, his name is David Luther," Goten told her. "Look for him!"
"I know," Bulma nodded. "I've got his DNA right here and the computer is tracing him."
"What is it everybody knows that I *don't*!?" Trunks demanded.
"Hey, if it makes ya feel any better, I don't know, either!" Goku said, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"But you don't know anything…" Trunks frowned.
"What was that?" Goku asked, blinking.
"BEEP BEEP!" Everyone looked at the computer to see a flashing light.
"There you go!" Bulma told them, tapping the screen.
"Okay, I'll se you Mom!" Trunks kissed her cheek and raced out of the room.
"You be careful, Trunks!"
"Get better soon, Goten!"
"No, Goku, don't go!" Chi-Chi begged him.
"Sorry, sweetie!" Goku gave her a grin before he disappeared out the door. Bulma and Chi-Chi sighed.
"Well, I'll go call Gohan and Pan…" Bulma glanced at Goten. "We'll need them to keep *him* here."
"Right." Chi-Chi nodded and Bulma left the room. "Goten, don't make this any harder than it is."
*~*~*
"What more do you want from her!?" Vegeta demanded.
"I did not intend for David to rape her," Lisa told him. "And he will be severely punished. But I need her to take out Ron's plans-"
"Of course!" Vegeta yelled. "I remember you were in on the scam! It was your idea to create her!"
Lisa nodded. "But it was not intended to be a girl."
Tears were now streaming down Vegeta's cheeks. "Please, I'll do anything! Anything at all, just let her go and don't hurt her anymore."
It hurt her to see Vegeta in this state. She was torturing the prince of her own race. And on top of that the man her sister loved- no, loves. Lisa fought back tears of her own. "Tell ya what," Vegeta looked up at her. "I won't hurt her anymore."
Vegeta shook his head. "No! Let her go!"
"I'm sorry, but I can't."
"Why not!?" Vegeta asked. "You can just forget this entire thing!"
"I'm in too deep to stop now." Lisa told him.
*~*~*
"I can't believe this!" Bulma yelled. "My daughter is gone again!"
"We all feel your pain," Videl nodded. The women were over at Capsule Corp. in their pajamas, having their fifth MARG Meeting.
"Do you think she'll be okay?" Pan asked.
"Sure, she will, Pan!" Chi-Chi told her granddaughter.
"Are you sure!?" Pan asked, turning to her grandmother with big, tear-filled eyes. "Because if you're not don't say it!"
"Pan, I'm sorry-"
"There's no possible way you could know that she's okay, now could you!?" Pan demanded. "Adrienne's gone again and all I can do is sit around on my butt because a bunch of protective mom's won't let me go out and fight!"
There was a loud thud and they all turned to see Goten standing in the doorway, fully dressed. "I'm going after Adrienne."
*~*~*
Goku and Trunks rode up the elevator, Trunks tapping his foot, and Goku humming along to the horrible elevator music. Trunks finally lost patience and blasted the speaker with a Ki.
"You shouldn't have done that," Goku told him. "Now they know we're here…"
"They've known we were here since the moment we walked into their kami stinkin' building!"
Goku shrugged. "Just being a little cautious…"
*~*~*
Adrienne lay in the tank where David had placed her hours ago, feeling as if she had been broken in two. She could only wonder what had happened to Goten. She had tried to go into his mind, but she was too weak. There was no hope left…
A tear rolled down her cheek and she quickly wiped it away. "This is stupid! Saiyans don't cry!" Adrienne thought. "…then why do I now?"
Tears began to flow uncontrollably from her eyes and she began to furiously wipe them away. She would give anything to be in Goten's arms right now…
She sat up and pain surged through her wounded body. She screamed out in pain and fell backwards, but just as she did, she caught sight of what she thought was a miracle.
Adrienne struggled to sit back up, and eventually stood on her knees, leaning against the side of the tank for support. "Goten!"
Goten dropped to his knees outside the tank and smiled. "Back up, I'll get you out."
"I can't hear you!" Adrienne shook her head. Goten held his hand out to the side and blasted a Ki at the control panel, then tapped on the glass with his other hand. Adrienne nodded warily. Goten placed both of his hands on the tank and Adrienne swallowed.
A blue light emitted from his hands, causing sparks to jump around the tank again. Adrienne didn't know if she could stand this, as weak as she was at the moment. The glass began to crack and Goten crunched his hands over the glass.
There was loud explosion coming from the laboratory caused to David to sit straight up in his chair. "She's getting away!"
"What!? Ugh!" The clone changed her image to look like Lita and ran after him.
The smoke finally cleared and Adrienne fell out of the tank limply. Goten caught her and he held her close as she began to cry again. She wrapped his arms around his neck and Goten pulled her closer. "It's okay, you're fine, now. You're safe."
The word "safe" had never felt so good to hear, and Adrienne knew that she felt safe in his arms. She didn't want to let him go or even think about what might happen if she did. She found herself being lifted off the ground, still wrapped snugly in Goten's arms.
"Come on, I'll get you out of here," Goten told her. "Gohan and Pan should be waiting at the front."
Adrienne slowly nodded as David and Lita came skidding to a halt in front of Goten. "Drop her!"
Vegeta skidded to a halt behind the two, took one look at Adrienne, and gestured for Goten to follow him. "Goten, come. This way." Goten forced back a smile and walked past the two towards Vegeta. The two began to walk towards the door and Vegeta looked down at Adrienne. "Is she all right?"
"She's fine." Goten told him with a nod.
"I can talk and I can walk." Adrienne told him. He set her down and she walked ahead of them to the door.
By the way she was walking Vegeta could tell that she felt violated, ashamed, and her pride had been broken. It had broken in two and tossed out the window. After all, he was her father and he could tell the difference in her strides.
"Are you two coming or not?" Adrienne asked at the door.
"Vegeta, you make sure Adrienne gets out of here," Goten told him. "I have to go back for something."
Vegeta smiled crookedly and nodded. "Just make sure you get out alive," Vegeta looked up the path at Adrienne, who was still walking. "I'm not sure how she'll react if you don't."
"I'll make it back alright." Goten turned and ran off down the hall.
"Your mother would never leave me alone, either!" Vegeta called after him. Goten laughed.
"Gotcha!" Once Goten had disappeared, Vegeta ran to catch up with his daughter. Adrienne turned around at the sound of his arrival and frowned.
"Where's Goten?" Without even needing an answer, Adrienne tried to run off down the hall, but Vegeta grabbed her. "Let go of me!"
"Leave him be!"
"No!" Adrienne pulled against his great strength and knew she was no match for him in her weak state, but she tried anyway. Then it hit her. "Ow!"
Vegeta's grip loosened as predicted and Adrienne broke free as she began to run off again. "Adrienne!" Vegeta grabbed her tail and pain jolted through her body.
"Ah!" Adrienne fell to the ground crying and she pulled her tail closer to her.
Goku and Trunks came running around the corner and they spotted Adrienne. "Oh, kami!" Trunks fell to his knees next to her. "Adrienne!"
"Great Dende, Vegeta, what did you do to her!?" Goku demanded.
Vegeta hit himself in his stupidity. Didn't he know what he'd just done!? Her tail was stained in her blood as was her body, and if she bled any more she was bound to- no, he couldn't think about that! He had to get her to a hospital!
Vegeta crouched down and picked her up in his arms as he turned to leave. Adrienne did a back flip out of his arms and kicked him in the back, sending him flying into the ground. She did another back flip into the air and instant transmitted herself somewhere.
Vegeta groaned and propped himself up. "Adrienne…!"
"Don't worry, Vegeta, I'll go after her." Goku instant transmitted himself to where he felt Adrienne's ki.
*~*~*
Goten stood in the lab in silence as he tried to find David's ki, when David entered the room Goten was in and smiled. "You're finally here."
*~*~*
"Goten!" Adrienne instant transmitted from room to room in search of him. She suddenly felt Goku's ki behind her and instant transmitted herself to the end of the hall. Goku stopped himself from hitting the floor by instant transmitting himself above Adrienne. Adrienne instant transmitted to beside a door in the hall and immediately retransmitted to the place she was in earlier when Goku appeared by the doorway.
"Hm…" Goku looked at her and frowned. This was going to be harder than he thought. Goku disappeared and Adrienne disappeared to the doorway where he was, when Goku appeared at the end of the hall where she was a second ago.
Adrienne disappeared and Goku appeared in her spot, then reappeared above her and would have fallen into the floor when she transmitted to the other end of the hall if he hadn't transmitted himself. Goku scowled. "Come on!"
They began swapping places at the ends of the hall in a desperate attempt to se who could instant transmit the fastest, when Goku got smart and instant transmitted himself in the same place. Goku pinned her against the ground and Adrienne smiled.
She twisted her wrists around, causing Goku's grip to snag, and kicked him off of her and into the wall with her legs. She pinned him against the wall once he finally stood up and Goku said: "Hey, look, it's Goten!"
"What!?" Adrienne turned to look down the hall and Goku grabbed her around the waist. "Let me go!" Adrienne protested, but Goku wasn't going to ease his grip so easily. "Let- *go* of me!" Adrienne stopped struggling and she slid down to the ground. She placed a hand on the floor to help steady herself, and a tear splashed against the ground. "Please leave me alone…"
"Hey…" Goku crouched down next to her. "I know it's hard, but you need to listen to Vegeta. He's your Dad, and he knows what's best." Goku tilted her head up to look at him. Her face was stained with tears, and it almost made him want to cry. "Trust me."
"I don't think I can," Adrienne told him. "I can't just leave-"
"Tell ya what," Goku sat down against the wall. "I'll stay here with you until Goten comes back."
Adrienne smiled at him. "Thank you."
"Oh, sure!" Goku smiled. "Anything for my son's girlfriend!"
"Thank you." Adrienne repeated quietly as a few tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Hey, come here!" Goku pulled her into a tight hug and Adrienne was glad Goten had such a caring Dad. "Alright, now, you're gonna make me cry, too!" Adrienne couldn't help but laugh.
*~*~*
"Alright, we're going after Lisa," Vegeta told Trunks. "But make it out alive, mind you, or your mother will be angry!"
"Oh, you know me, couldn't die if I wanted to!" Trunks chuckled and caught his father's glare. "Ha ha…ha ha……ahem! Okay, let's go!"
Vegeta and Trunks flew off down the hall at top speed when someone stepped out in front of them. "There you are!"
Vegeta growled. "Lisa…"
*~*~*
"I guess we can't call them 'MARG' Meetings anymore," Chi-Chi said with a frown. "Now they're just worry meetings…"
"No, we'll come up with a sporty name!" Marron told her.
"Guys, I can't stand sitting around here," Videl declared. "I know Eighteen and I can both fight, but I don't think we stand a chance…"
"Exactly." Bulma nodded.
"Momma, why do they get themselves into so much trouble?" Bra asked.
"Sweetie, they're Saiyans," Bulma told her. "What do you expect?"
"There you are!" They all looked up to see a woman who looked like Adrienne, but she was wearing baggy burgundy pants and a tight, tan, three-quarter-lengths shirt. "Come on, you guys, I've been looking for you everywhere!"
"You're Adrienne's mother!" Bulma exclaimed. "No, you're that shape-shifting… *thing*!"
"No, Mom, it's me, Adrienne!" She told them. "Come on! Dad, Trunks, and the others are waiting for us!"
"How do we know you're really Adrienne?" Marron asked cautiously.
"Yeah, you didn't even mention Goten!" Chloe pointed out.
"You don't really have a choice, now, do you?" The woman who claimed to be Adrienne asked with a smirk.