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We Don't Have To Hurt Anymore

Jo Lynn, a 14-year-old female Saiyan, grinned as she watched the police try to rescue her kidnapped mistresses. Human were too cautious. They bullied their slaves but actually feared them, and so restrained them with ki collars. But humans were also stupid. They didn't know that Saiyans were observant. They didn't know that Saiyans watched their every move.

And they didn't know that Jo Lynn, Willow, and Calis knew exactly where the keys to their collars were hidden.

Jo Lynn spun her gun on her finger.

"Stop doing that," Calis hissed. "You'll get us all killed."

Calis was cautious, too. He hadn't wanted his breaking free to become a television broadcast. All he wanted to do was scare his mistresses and escape under the cover of night. But Jo Lynn had different plans. And Willow, her sister, was her supporter. Jo Lynn and Willow against Calis. Guess who won.

"Oh, calm down, Calis," Willow said in a bored voice. Willow was 7, but she had the mind of a 17-year-old. She could drive people crazy and say things to 'Kill a sailor', as she put it.

"Yeah, Calis, we have to get our point across," Jo Lynn said, smirking. She cocked her pistol and aimed it at the air.

Calis grabbed her arm and yanked it down. "I'm freakin' serious, Jo. Stop screwing around with that thing."

"Naughty, naughty, Calis!" Willow said, smirking.

"Shut up, those aren't curses."

(A/N: Yeah, otherwise I'd have to censor them!)

Jo Lynn wrenched her arm free. "Shut up, Calis. We're teaching these Chikyuu-jins not to mess with the Saiyans. Don't you want that? After they killed your brother and sold your parents?"

Calis growled. "Don't talk about him."

"What? It's not his fault the humans were afraid of him. Don't you want revenge?"

"What I want," Calis said in a low, threatening voice, "is for the monarchy to be re-established and the prince to be on the throne. Since that won't happen, I want you to PUT THAT GUN DOWN NOW."

"Hmmm…sorry, she can't," Willow said for her sister.

"Willow! You annoying little…Jo Lynn, make your sister shut up!"

"Why? We ain't slaves. At least, we aren't anymore."

Jo Lynn stepped onto the porch and raised her gun to the sky. "All right!" she shouted. "Our terms are simple. Just give us our freedom and we'll let Ivy and little Kay go."

The police didn't respond.

"No? Well, then, I guess this hold-up will continue. Such a shame though, for something like this to happen on Christmas Eve."

Jo Lynn went back inside.

Kakarot, Vegeta, Krillin, Chichi, Launch, Ox, Celipa, and Master Roshi rounded the corner onto Tillerman Avenue. The house was 2 houses down from the corner.

The police were surprised to see the Saiyan Avengers, as Vegeta and Kakarot were known, here. Remembering what happened to Mr. Cuff and the trucker, they stepped back.

"What's going on here?" Ox asked the police.

"Those Saiyan in there," one said, "are trying to gain their freedom by holding their mistresses hostage. They go by the names Jo Lynn, Calis, and Willow."

"Jo Lynn isn't a Saiyan name…" Celipa said thoughtfully. "It must be Earth-given. That meant she'd been separated when she was little, probably at 1 or 2 or so. Can't blame her for wanting to get out."

Master Roshi turned to the policemen who spoke. "Give us 10 minutes, officers, and we can have this cleaned up."

The officer stared, open-mouthed. The Saiyan Avengers were supposed to help Saiyans, not Humans. "Why? You're pro-Saiyan."

"We are pro-mankind, Officer," Celipa said. "ALL of mankind. Whether you be Earthlings or Saiyans or Crystallinian (A/N: Crystalline is Frieza's home planet) or God knows whatever else, if you are suffering unjustly, we come to your aid. (A/N: Catchy, ain't it?) Now, move off so we can step in."

The police were flabbergasted, to say the least. They stepped aside.

Kakarot and Vegeta went in first, followed by Chichi and Krillin, Launch Bulma and Yamcha next, and Celipa bringing up the rear. Master Roshi and Ox stayed outside to explain their intentions to all the reporters.

Calis was the first to see them. "Holy $#!t, it's the prince and Kakarot."

"Oh my God, no way!" Jo Lynn said, and her raised hand sporting the pistol dropped to her side.

Willow, for once, was speechless.

Chichi pulled up beside Kakarot. She was worried. Very worried. After seeing the spectacle of Kakarot's mother, she never wanted to see a hurt slave again. She knew it would hurt Kakarot, and she never wanted that to happen. "You're just burying yourself in deeper, you know that? There are, like, a million cops out there. If you give up now, you can at least still live!"

"Oh, what do you know?" Willow snapped at the older girl. "You aren't a Saiyan! You don't have to go what we go through! You dumb-@$$ Chikyuu-jins just sit around and watch us kill ourselves…"

"That's enough!" Kakarot snapped at Willow, cutting her off. "Chichi has done nothing to you and she can't undo what's been done by her kind. If you would just open your eyes for a God damn minute, maybe you'd see she was trying to help you!"

"All right, shut up!" Launch yelled. Launch hated fighting, physical or oral, and she did her best to prevent it. "Listen, Jo Lynn, Calis, Willow. We're here to get you out. Now, you can pick a fight or you can help us, but either way, we're getting you out of here."

"Hai. Domo arigato," Jo Lynn said, putting her hand on Willow's shoulder. "That's quite enough, Willow."

"Demo… [But…]" Willow said.

"But nothing, Willow," Jo Lynn said. "Whether they are Human or Saiyans, we need their help. The police aren't giving up. You must have realized this."

Willow was once again speechless. Jo Lynn was like a rock, her rock. Jo Lynn was unshakable and didn't need help. And here she was taking help from an Earthling!

Celipa, who had been silent for the entire conversation, spoke up. "We need to go." Calis started heading for the front door, put Celipa put a hand on his arm. "No. There are police waiting to take you into custody. We have to escape."

Vegeta, Kakarot, and Celipa took Jo Lynn, Calis, and Willow out the back, while the humans went to the front. "The Saiyans are waiting inside to be taken into custody," Bulma said quickly.

As the police rushed in, Krillin, Chichi, Launch, and Bulma ran to Master Roshi and Ox. "Come on, we have to go!" Yamcha hissed.

"What? What for?" Master Roshi asked.

"Celipa and the boys took the three slaves into the woods!" Launch whispered.

Chichi tugged on her father's arm. "Papa, we need to go. The police will be back soon, and we can't be found out!"

The 6 Humans ran away just as the police came out yelling. "Hey! There's no one in here!"

Celipa pulled the younger Saiyans into a cave. "All right," she said breathlessly, "I think you should be safe here. But you realize we can never be seen by Humans again, right?"

"Not that I care," Willow said, scoffing.

"Willow," Jo Lynn said warningly.

"Whatever." Willow walked about 30 feet away and sat down, turning her back to her sister and the other Saiyans.

"Please forgive Willow," Jo Lynn said. "She's been through a lot, and she's only 7…I'm double her age, but she's been through double of what I have…Willow can remember our parents. I can't, so I can't feel her pain. I was captured first, and then the rest of my family. I was sold to Mistress Ivy right off the bat, when I was…1 and a half, I believe. Ivy was cruel, and so was her daughter Kay. Ivy never hit us, but she'd insult us…our heritage…called us Ramen-atama [Noodle-Head (A/N: Ramen is a type of Japanese noodles served hot or cold, and Ivy is using it to be derogatory)] and all Saiyans should be slaves because of our inferior brains. And Kay was sadistic; she loved to watch us cry. But that was nothing compared to what happened to Willow."

"Why did they do to her?" Celipa asked.

"She was just 5…they turned her ki collar up to the maximum that wouldn't kill her, and then beat her. This was to break her spirit. And our parents…they were just 3 feet away, made to watch her suffer. They separated them all, my mother, my father, Willow. They sent Willow to a huge plantation. They shackled her to the other Saiyans and forced her to harvest in the fields. Since they were shackled together, whenever one Saiyan made a mistake, the others did too, and they were all punished for it. They sold Willow within two months to a plantation worse than the first…they tied her to the ground and beat her to let her know they were boss, and they sent her off to work the tractor. She was 6…she couldn't handle it."

Jo Lynn wiped away tears for her sister. "She was beaten and sold to Ivy, where I was. I knew from the branding that she was my little sister, and I told her I'd always protect her from Humans. Since then, she's come to see me as a rock, an unshakable stone…and it shattered her to see me take help from Humans, our sworn enemy."

Jo Lynn went over to Willow and whispered something. Willow burst into tears and hugged her sister tight.

"What did you say to her?" Celipa asked when Jo Lynn came back.

"I told her that we are safe now…we don't have to hurt anymore."

Hence the name of the chapter.

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