A/N: Alright, this one is real sort. I'm just getting back into the swing of things here, for which I apologize. I had a surprisingly good for me chapter that had a really nifty fight scene with Vegeta and Freeza, but I lost it somehow and got discouraged. My pitiful excuse for not posting sooner. Thanks to all who read and put up with the vagaries of my moods, sorry feeling vaguely depressed for some reason… ~_~

Priceless Jewels
Chapter 29- The Revelation

They found him stretched out on the bed, Draca told Goku to stay with his body until he woke up and to try to keep him from hurting himself while he was in the Abyss. The others had returned to defending the Keep against the sporadic assaults.

The proud prince looked almost peaceful in spite of his fierce expression. Goku studied him, watching for any hint of disturbance in his features. He was almost convinced that Draca's concern had been groundless when suddenly Vegeta's entire body stiffened.

"Freeza! What are you doing here?!" he hissed furiously, his body muscles bunching painfully.

"Oh shit." *Hey! Freeza's in Vegeta's head! What am I supposed to do?! *

~The Abyss~

"What are you doing here?!" he hissed furiously.

"Now is that any way to talk to your Master monkey boy?" the purple lizard mocked him. "I'm here to help Ixtarn retrieve the jewel so that he can unleash its awful power across the universe, destroying his enemies and enslaving all living creatures everywhere. And once he's finished doing that I will once again resume my place as the most powerful being in the universe!" Freeza made his grand pronouncement in ringing maniacal tones, before snorting disdainfully, "As if I'd waste my time on anything less."

"Does he know that he's doing all this for you?" Vegeta asked dryly focusing on Freeza's movements, watching carefully for an opening in which to strike.

"Of course not. But do you honestly think I'd toady up to that thing unless it was to regain my former power? In fact once I have the jewel I'll be even more powerful than I ever was before! And just think what fun I'll have with the little blue female when I'm finished!" Freeza licked his lips suggestively knowing that the little blue female in question belonged to his old slave.

"If you even think of touching her, I swear to you I'll," Vegeta began only to get cut off by Freeza's derisive laughter.

"You'll what monkey prince? Beat me up? I'm already dead there's not exactly a lot you can do to me! Where as, there's a great deal I can do to you… after I finish with the blue haired wench, of course."

"You're a fool Freeza. In a way I suppose I should be grateful for that though. You know I've always hated Kakarott. No. Hate is too mild for what I've felt for him… hate pales beside what I feel toward him and do you know why? Because he, a third class clown who bumped his head and doesn't even remember his own race, stumbled in and defeated you when I should have done it. I should have been the one to destroy you… Because of what you did to my people. But now I realized that you were never completely dead. Kakarott knows nothing of the Saiyans, he accepts the powers granted him by the blood in his veins but lacks the knowledge of what that once meant, without ever understanding what it truly meant to be Saiyan and seeing only what we became under your twisted rule. And for that I hated you even more. Now however, I will kill you, returning you completely to the darkness so that you no longer exist even in HFIL. Then my own hands will have avenged my planet. After, I may continue to hate Kakarott, but I will no longer despise myself for my weakness in failing to kill you."

"Pretty words monkey boy, but you couldn't beat me before. You can't beat me now. In case you've forgotten I am the strongest being in the universe!"

"Is that why you were lost to Kakarott and were killed by that boy? By my count that means there are at least two who are more powerful than you. But since it seems you've forgotten that both were Saiyans allow me to refresh your memory of what losing to a monkey is like!" Vegeta launched himself at Freeza, avoiding his long lashing tail.

~The Keep~

Goku flinched as he heard the raw emotion in Vegeta's tormented voice. His expressive eyes filled with sorrow and understanding as he finally had a glimpse at what the prince had been going through for the past couple of years, felt the emotions flowing unchecked from the prone man. Then Vegeta's body arched, his body quivering under the strain his mind was placing on it. Goku was abruptly reminded of why he was there and he grabbed onto Vegeta's trying to press him into the mattress to restrain him.

ChiChi! This isn't working! I can't hold him much longer!  Goku nearly lost his grip when Vegeta planted his fist in his stomach.

What are you talking about Goku? You wear the Black. You should be able to hold him down in his present state, just use your jewel. ChiChi's voice was distracted as she responded.

HOW?!  Goku was slammed into a wall as Vegeta viciously kicked him. "Ow!"

Like this Goku. ChiChi's mind brushed against his and he blinked, as her experience became his. This was something she'd never before used so he hadn't learned any of this through their bond before.

"Oh ok Chi. Thanks!"

No problem darling.

Goku called his power out of his jewel and wrapped restraining strands of power around Vegeta's body, forcing it down to the bed. Then he sat down to keep watch by his friend's side, unable to do anything to help him.

~The Abyss~

"Bulma."

"What? Ve-Vegeta? Is that you?" Bulma asked in a hopeful almost trembling voice.

"Yes it's me wench. Who were you expecting? You were expecting someone else weren't you? Maybe you were expecting that idiot weakling Yamcha?! I should have known better than to attach myself to a pitiful human slut!" Vegeta's angry black eyes bored into hers.

"What? But you know that isn't true! I've never been unfaithful!" she protested weakly as something tightened painfully around her wrists, causing her to cry out. A hand cupped her face. There was something about that hand… She tried to focus on it as Vegeta's words pounded against her.

"Don't lie to me! I know you want to return to Yamcha, even after everything he's done to you! You always do. Well you deserve him, bitch!" With that he shoved her head back, releasing her as if she were contaminated. He wiped his glove off on his training suit and stalked away, giving her a burning look as he did so that spoke of pain at her betrayal, a look that cut deeper than any of his harsh words had.

"It's not true, not him. Not Vegeta, he would never… VEGETA!!!" She screamed out as his body disappeared into the mist without another backward glance.


Alright, short and not the promised action. I will get on it. At any rate, A generalized apology to any who were inconvenienced by my lack of updates, and a special thanks to all who are sticking with me.
Aside from that I only have a couple of plugs: Dark Fools by Grimmara and myself, When Did THAT Happen?! by me, The Contract by me, Kissing Bloody Roses by Icia(since Icia started updating again! ^.~), and since Mistress was kind enough to plug my fic, Their Assignment… I think that's it.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Thanks for Reviews~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To the nameless reviewer(sorry but I don't know what to call you): Thanks for reviewing. Sorry I know it kind of leans more towards the Jewels but there's a reason for that. Thanks for the review.

Bulma: I am sorry about not e-mail notices out. I fell down on the job of writing and posting as well it would appear. *hangs head in shame* I shall try to be better about that. And thanks for reviewing.

Sailor Purgatory: Sorry to have extended your wait. This chapter has no Geoffrey, the next chapter or the one after that probably will. Thanks for the input, and happy late b-day.

Sensation236: Lol, thanks. I bet it is a bit confusing. As it was pointed out to me that this leans more towards the Jewels and thank you for reading.
Empress Sarah-sama: Nope not too sweet! And not too emotionally unstable either. Just enough to keep things interesting. Lol, thanks for the review.

Ifonly: No I haven't read anything of yours remind to remedy that. Thanks for the good luck but now I have to redo it. ~_~

Raksha: I'm back! Finally. I didn't realize how much I missed writing. Hm… anyways, I am not dead, demon-dead or otherwise incapacitated, a though I had a brief stint being bodiless for a bit. Anyways, I thank you for reading and appreciating my efforts in the When Did THAT Happen?! fic. The Darkness Embrace.