Vegeta's Vengence

Part Five: A Saiyan's Vow

Written By

SaiyanWarrior_Vegeta

The days seemed to fly by as I kept up on my tasks and with my absence due to the fire, I came back with no knowledge of what has been going on. Silently I observed the room and it was only then that I slowly started to become aware of what happened while I was away. I was mostly spending my time doing patrols, in my corner, standing my post, or in my room. Things were spinning around me and I could only hope to catch up on things.

One day was going very well for me though as I silently moved about the Keep talking mainly to other slaves. There was little for me to talk about to my Master that I thought was unimportant to him. A lot about me has never been told and one secret in particular, one that still brought me grief every time I thought about it. I closed my eyes and tried to forget it, but instead it lingered on my thoughts.

I turned and then looked to the others with a look of pride and even a glimmer of happiness. However deep inside, my wounds were still so fresh and able to be torn open on a few mere words spoken a particular way. There was little they could have told me to ease my mind and my vow. I lowered my head some, my gaze cast to the ground. My vow remained uncomplete for now and it was silently tearing me up inside.

I learned a long time ago not to ask for much at all and I still clung to my training. Others were visiting me in my room and telling me they would find a way to set me free, by buying or other means. I would talk about it a bit but never let on that such talk only drove me deeper into the depths of silence, my heart growing colder by it. I would be freed when my owner so wished it from me and I patiently waited for that time, but still made no mention of it. How much sweeter a free life would be if I earned it instead of asking for it.

This place was my home now and they were the only ones to take me in gently with care and without demand from me. I strove to put my heart into my work now but there was still something holding me back from doing just that. As long as my oath to my father remained unaccomplished, a part of me would always be on that craft with Frieza. Free or not, that part of me would be held captive until I received my vengeance. There was nothing anyone could do for me there, not my Master, not my friends, not even my family. It was my vow, my task to complete as the true Prince of Saiyans.

This day I was able to allow my rage to come forth a bit as four people tried to gather up enough strength to try and battle those of us in the Keep. Their goal was to free me against my Master's wishes and that I would not tolerate. I was not theirs to free and I was being treated fairly here. I was given the order of killing them and I did not hesitate at all. Fighting along side the Masters of the Keep, I felt a pride start to come to me as I once more felt my blood take pleasure in the battle again forgetting for a brief time that I was a slave.

I was able to get two people out of the four and afterwards, I powered back down and took my post again. It wasn't long after that Mealstrome called to me again and I approached him respectfully. He tossed me a bag and inside was a gift, an orb. I looked to it a bit and it was then that he explained to me what it was. It was an orb that allowed me to see the entire Afterlife. That meant I could see my father, my race again. It would be at a distance but it was good to see them again finally. It had been so long and hard, my struggles and for a moment I was with them again.

My heart was still with them, even after all this time. I knew silently in my mind that when I passed on to the other dimension, I too would be with them once more. I wanted to give them something they would be proud to call me their Prince for. To that point I renewed my vow to them with and it was only then that my life came into focus. If I could fulfill my vow to them, I would prove myself a worthy heir to the throne of the Saiyan race, that proud and powerful Empire.

I was lost in thought as Mealstrome again called to me. I looked up to him and he motioned me forward. I stood putting the orb back in the bag it had come in and then went over to him. I was told to go closer and so I did and with that he took out a silvery medallion. I bowed my head as he slipped it over my head and then looked to him again. "You are now Captain of all Keep guards."

I rested a hand on his shoulder, we had become good friends here. I gave a grin and looked to him. "I hope you will stand beside me still though my friend. I still have so much to learn here, I know I'm bound to make mistakes."

Mealstrome nodded a touch. "Of course, I know that."

I didn't know what to say really. I was left speechless but I knew that the burden I carried just got heavier. However now, I was in a position where I was in charge of all the guards in the Keep. This was not expected, not while I was still under another's whim. I couldn't believe how much my luck had changed since my time with Frieza. I could not argue with this and I knew here it was an honorable position to hold as a slave.

It wasn't long after that day, about a month to be exact that I felt an energy I knew all too well. My heart skipped a beat as I felt it getting stronger and closer. I knew this could be but one person, one creature. I stood at my post and gazed to the door very alertly. My Master was away at this point and I growled some sensing this power. The others only heard of this one, however I knew it well and what it meant for me.

I could only hope that they would allow me to do what I must to finally be rid of this monster. I knew him to be coming and soon felt him outside the Keep. On guard and ready, I watched the door carefully as the energy neared the entrance and I could feel the hair on the back of my neck and on my tail start to stand on end. My tail seemed to have doubled in thickness because of it and began to lash back and forth behind me. It was a sure sign that my nerves were on edge as it reached the door.

He entered slowly looking around and spotted me at my post then smirked a bit. "There you are, slave. Tell me, how well are you sticking to your training that I taught you?"

I growled some, my throat constricted with words of rage. Down by his side was a bull whip with a barbed tip, the one he had nearly killed me with. In his hand was the long whip braided on a sharp pole, the one he had used to taunt me. I glared at him hard and long. Devin, and a few others in the room with me just watched. I was so tense with rage that I found I couldn't speak, couldn't say the words on the tip of my tongue.

He grinned some and raised his training whip to me under my jaw making me raise my head some and show the collar about my throat. He grinned some more with a mocking smirk. "So your so called dream has yet to come true. Where is your current Master, slave?"

I stomped my foot in anger and then quickly grabbed his pole whip and brought it against my knee snapping it. I threw it to the ground and let it lay there, my eyes not moving off of him. "What do you want from me Frieza?"

He brought out his bull whip and uncoiled it then snapped it at my feet. "You are to answer me slave and as your previous owner, the one who tamed you, you are still to refer to me as Master Frieza, slave. You should know that by now."

I couldn't help but gaze at him with a cold hard stare. "I'm not yours anymore Frieza, not since you abandoned me here at the Keep."

He quickly jerked his hand upward and out of sheer reflex, I flinched backwards knowing what he would do if he could. I growled at him and held my ground taking the step forward again. Frieza circled around me and I kept my tail locked firmly around my waist like a tightly cinched belt. He touched my shoulder and traced the old scar running down across my back. My head lowered and my gaze grew even more fierce.

Frieza watched me with a smirk. However I was not playing games, not anymore. This time it would be a fight to the death with one of us on the ground lifeless. I was ready for this and I could only hope that I would be the victor. My eyes narrowed as he touched me. "Remove your filthy paws from me. This is your one and only warning."

I looked to Devin and nodded some to her. "Devin, tell my Master that Frieza is here if you would please."

Frieza turned and walked in front of me again as Devin nodded and ran to get him. "You are not to be giving other slaves orders. If you were with me, I'd severely punish you, monkey boy."

I growled at him my fists clenching and I couldn't help but smirk. "I guess you haven't heard Frieza. I am now the Guard Captain of the Keep. Here I am the one that is highly respected not you. Trust me, you try anything and my Master will allow me to kill you. I don't care if you were the one who tamed me. I remember everything you put me through and allowed to or not, I will kill you. Only one of us will be alive by the end of the day."

Frieza laughed at me and didn't notice my Master had entered and was now sitting upon his throne. "Is that a threat slave?"

I shook my head knowing my Master was there, but my rage was so deep that everything was coming out now. "That's not a threat Frieza. I'm going to kill you and I promise, its going to hurt."

Frieza laughed and looked to me again. "As what, a so called Super Saiyan? That's a joke slave, you're not strong enough to kill me and uphold that stupid vow of yours. So be a good slave and mind your manners."

I growled to him some and the ignorance of this fool was getting me angry. I was standing my post, not able to leave and yet this monster had the nerve to taunt me in front of Robert Blackwell himself. I maintained my silence and bit my tongue hard and glanced back to the look on my Master's face and then back to Frieza. He was looking pretty stern and Frieza caught my gaze on him.

Frieza looked to Blackwell with a smirk. "So you are this slave's Master I take it? I am the one who tamed him to slavery."

Blackwell's eyes narrowed to him and I could tell he was thinking hard about something. "Yes I am Vegeta's Master. What is your business here Frieza?"

Frieza looked back to me and smirked mockingly. I felt as if I was going to lunge at him at any second. I choked under my rage and my collar stone was glowing brightly as were my Master's eyes. "You may want to hold me on a chain Master if you don't want me to attack him."

Blackwell shook his head. "No Vegeta, I think you will stay where you are like you are supposed to."

My lip curled to a growl not sure how long I could contain this raging hatred inside of me. "As you command Master."

Frieza just about laughed at me and then finally looked back to Robert again. "I have come to see if this slave is abiding by his training I have put him through. If not, well I could punish him severely and you won't have that problem again."

My Master's eyes narrowed even more, a cold look to his steel blue eyes. "You touch Vegeta and I'll have you killed. He is one of my best guards here and any sort of punishment will be given by me, if he ever needs it."

Frieza nodded and the room fell silent. I felt my Master peering into my thoughts to understand my rage to this monster more. I stood steady as he did, my thoughts focused on Frieza and what he had done to me. It seemed Blackwell understood my tormented thoughts as he gazed upon me. I could feel it as he let his eyes rest on me for a bit and I still kept to silence not saying a word. He seemed to be contemplating a choice, either to let me kill him or to make him my slave.

Finally I spoke out unable to take it any longer. "Master, I made a vow to my father as he took his last to avenge my race and I plan to uphold that, even if it kills me."

He nodded some then looked to Frieza again. "Very well then, Vegeta, kill him."

I didn't have to be told twice as I powered up to the Ascended Super Saiyan and then lunged for him disappearing from the view of others. Frieza vanished as well and we both met in the middle and I gave him a right cross uppercut to his jaw sending him into a wall. I growled and charged him again, once more vanishing from sight. This battle was so fast that to an untrained eye, it would not have been seen.

He pulled his whip and snapped it across my chest and as I flinched from it, he laid it upon my back again. I looked to him a bit and then swallowed my fears and charged again. This time no one would interfere with my battle with him. This was the moment I had waited for so long to come. I came down with a right slashing blow to his jaw and he spun kicking me to the floor, lashing my back again.

I spun around quickly and gave him an uppercut making him crash into a wall. He growled some as he turned and looked to me. My green eyes were wild, fierce and unrelenting, not having the demeanor of a slave at all. No I was a Saiyan warrior fighting to avenge the murder of my race, the assassination of my father, the King. I had to do this to reclaim their pride, their honor, and I was the only one who could. So now here it was, the time had come to put all my training to the test and destroy the person who had made my race nearly extinct.

He vanished and so did I the battle being brutal and fierce as we tangled with each other again trying to get at each other's throats. I charged him again and powered up a blast on my hands and slammed them into his shoulders then came around with a spin kick to his gut. It was a savage kick that he caught in his midsection. I didn't care though I came around with a following back lash of my tail swatting him to the ground.

We then reappeared for a short time to catch our breaths. We were both cut and bleeding and the lash marks on me were beginning to bleed. I gazed down at him disgusted, my eyes narrowed upon him with my breathing heavy. He gazed back up at me as if I was something to be slaughtered, something to make extinct, his red eyes looking to me with a hatred in them. There was silence between us as we stood ready for another move from either person, the others of the Keep, even my Master watching with a great deal of interest. The time had come for me to prove once and for all who I was and what my race was capable of.

We both flickered out simultaneously, the battle having already started. The blows could be felt and heard throughout the Keep as we strained against each other. Coming with a double kick to his jaw, he countered with a right fist to my jaw as well sending me into the nearest wall. I shook it off and darted after him again then at the last moment I held back brought my hands together at the heels and fingers extended to the sides then in a fury of energy I fired my Final Flash watching him careen toward the ground for a last time. I was breathing heavy and then without mercy I turned to him. "You don't even deserve the honor of a battle Frieza."

I powered up a ki blast on the tips of my fingers and then fired it to his heart. I deliberately made it just a fatal wound that would in time make him suffer as he died. I watched as his eyes grew wide and fear took him over, his pride shattered. "Vegeta, please spare me. I will never do this again I promise."

I glared at him as he lay there dying. "You didn't show mercy when you destroyed my home, or killed my father. You didn't show me mercy when I had suffered for so long at the end of the lash of your whip even if I did as ordered when under your cruel reign. You never cared about my people or our way of life. Now you want mercy from me? I don't think so."

He looked to me with pleading eyes. "Vegeta, I promise I will respect you from here on out. I'll leave you alone for the rest of your life."

Many thoughts ran through my mind, many thoughts of deep hatred and my vow going through my mind. Other slaves of the Keep told me to not listen to him, to just kill him here and now. For a moment, it sounded like the Saiyans all pleading to be avenged and their honor and pride restored. I was their Prince, I had my vow to complete. Then there was my son to think about as well.

"You slaughtered us because you feared us Frieza when we were becoming too strong for you to control anymore. Even our lowest class Saiyans were becoming stronger than you and what did you do? Did you show mercy? Did you leave them alone? No, you murdered them to keep us under your every command. When that didn't work, you destroyed my home, killed my father, and kept me in a cramped cage as a slave for your every whim."

He choked on blood now as his eyes widened. "Vegeta, help me, please?" He said very weakly, his life was fading from him slowly but it was vanishing.

My eyes narrowed some, hatred and rage in my voice. "Okay, I'll help you, to your death."

I fired my Finishing Blast on him as he closed his eyes. "A slave, killed by a Saiyan monkey who is nothing more than a slave."

The blast killed him and I collapsed to the ground, my breathing heavy and ragged. I whispered under my breath as I lay there. "I have kept my vow father, now all the Saiyans may finally rest in peace."

My collar stone activated taking away my pain and healing my wounds. I stood up with a deep pride of having accomplished this one thing. I went to my post again the inside of me trembling from the fight but outside I remained calm and collected. I gathered my thoughts again and stood at parade rest once more. That's when Blackwell called for me. "Vegeta, go ahead and rest."

I bowed to him and answered respectfully. "As you wish Master."

Going to my corner, I took my rest and though I was still supposed to be resting, old habits kicked in and I took entrances just listening to those in the Keep. I couldn't help but grin at my accomplishment. I turned and without saying much else, I went to bed that night.

The next morning seemed so fresh and crisp as I stirred awake. I thought for a moment it had to have been a dream then I looked to my wall and saw Frieza's whips there. I grinned knowing then that I had not dreamed the event but that it had actually happened. I rose out of bed and went to the throne room and then looked to my Master.

Being given a task to find others, I set my full heart into the order and then threw myself into my work. After a moment a thought crossed my mind but I thought it to sound too absurd to mention. Instead I shook my head and settled back in to my task. This Master treated me more like my father had when I was a kid. His gentle demeanor towards me as I was again allowed to speak my thoughts without fear of being beaten for it.

However Robert caught on to the shaking of my head and looked to me. "What is on your thoughts Vegeta?"

The question took me off guard. I was the one who usually asked the question to those entering or those that needed to talk. Now it was me being asked and by my Owner no doubt. I took a deep breath and then kept my gaze low to show respect. "Well, Master, its just that I was thinking. I just now realized how much I look to you as more of a second father. Oh never mind, it's a pathetic notion."

He raised a brow some and grinned a touch. "Vegeta."

I closed my eyes my thoughts thinking of the mockery that I would have been given under that of Frieza. I opened them again and answered him. "Yes Master?"

Mr. Blackwell grinned some. "You don't have to call me Master anymore."

My heart skipped a beat, could it be? No, I wouldn't let my hopes get up too much now, not so it could be shattered. "As you wish, but by what shall I call you? I have never been told by what I may call you."

A smirk came to his mouth and I could feel his gaze upon me. "You may refer to me as Blackwell from now on."

I nodded some and took a silent sigh of relief. "As you wish Mas...I mean Blackwell."

Inwardly I was glad, my heart beginning to lift again. My vow completed and the fact that I no longer had to say the word Master if I didn't want to, made me feel more at home than anything else. Yes, my hard work was beginning to pay off and with my vow complete, my heart leaped with pride and it felt strangely comforted. I may still be a slave but my race had been avenged, my promise to my father kept. I had reclaimed my throne and earned the title as the true Prince of Saiyans.

Author's Notes:

This story would not have been possible without the time and effort of many people and long hours of interaction. Mr. Blackwell, Cale, Devin, Nienna, Akira, Makono, Mealstrome, Curiana, Jarkata, KayLyina, Skye, and so many others that have come together in a chat room For this I thank them greatly and highly appreciate their many talents and unequaled determinations to make things go so smoothly.

I especially give a tip of the head to Robert Blackwell (Mr. Blackwell) and Cale for their dedication and for letting me participate in such a wonderful and exciting Online Role Play in Hell's Keep Slave Post. Keep up the good work.

If you wish to see more stories like the one you have seen please e-mail me at s_sheild@hotmail.com Leave a brief message and if there are enough requests I shall do my best to get them up and going.

Disclaimer: I do not own nor claim Vegeta or Frieza. They are property of Funimations and created by Akira Toriyama.