"Whoa Firestar!" Bra commanded pulling back on her horse's reins halting it to a stop in front of a bridge.
"Interesting." Bra thought has she dismounted her horse and walking over to investigate the narrow unstable looking robe bridge. The cold night wind was blowing the bridge violently. Crossing it wasn't a safe idea.
"But it's the only way to cross this canyon for miles." Bra said out loud convincing her she had to cross it. She led her black stallion slowly across the rickety bridge careful not to step on any rotting wooden steps. The Princess held the hood of her fur cape low over her head as a way to keep herself from looking down at the raging white water rapid river hundreds of feet below.
"Without a bridge the royal army will have to travel another days worth of travel to follow me." Bra smirked taking out her dagger and cutting the bridge's main ropes. She watched in triumphed as the bridge broke lose and swung to the other side of the canyon and hung from the other side of the cliff uselessly.
Princess Bra climbed back on her horse and galloped away towards the next town satisfied knowing no one was going to be using that bridge for a very long time…….
"Father the Bounty Hunter is here." Trunks announced walking into his father training quarters.
"Good. I'll meet him in the council chambers." King Vegeta dismissed his son who returned to deliver the message to the bounty hunter.
"The King will meet with you in his council chambers. I'll take you there." Prince Trunks told the young bounty hunter who nodded and followed. When they arrived King Vegeta was already seated at his desk.
"You can leave now boy." Vegeta told Trunks who obeyed and left closing the door behind him leaving his father to speak with the bounty hunter.
"So you are bounty hunter 17?" King Vegeta asked uncertain of the young man's identity. He didn't look like a bounty hunter, he appeared to be the same age as his children.
"The one and only." 17 answered confidently, too confidently for the king.
"How can I be certain you are telling the truth? You don't look like someone who would hold the title of best bounty hunter in the land." King Vegeta challenged looking over the simply dressed man with long black hair.
"You look more like a stable boy." King Vegeta insulted when 17 did not respond to his questions.
"Then you won't feel guilty when a low life bandit finds the princess and unaware she is the princess because the royal family has not announced she has runaway kills her?" 17 stated no emotions in his tone of voice whatsoever.
"How dare you!" King Vegeta demanded outraged.
"I can have you executed for such defiance!" King Vegeta warned.
"But you won't." 17 stated a fact.
"You know for the right price I will do exactly what you want, bring home the princess safe and sound." 17 spoke the truth.
"55 million." King Vegeta offered.
"Half up front and half upon the princess return." 17 accepted the amount and expressed his terms for payment.
"10 million up front." King Vegeta rejected 17's original terms.
"15 million." 17 bargained.
"Fine, but she has to be back home in two weeks or less." King Vegeta accepted but not without a set condition.
"Deal." 17 agreed thinking that was more the plenty of time because he thought the princess couldn't have gotten very far.
Contrary to this belief Princess Bra had indeed gotten very far. Farther than any other traveler could have gone by riding nonstop all night and resting for a couple hours of sleep during the day at a town inn. She not only covered more land this way, but she decreased the chances of being recognized if she slept during the day and traveled by night. She knew traveling during the night was more dangerous, but so far she had not run into any problems. Unfortunately that was all about to change.
Authors Note- 17 is the bounty hunter Vegeta hired. Will he find the princess in time? And what will happen when he finds her? Love at first site?