Chapter Four – A Visitor and a Conspiracy

She could see why Vegeta liked her as soon as Cumbrine walked in: she was a true Saiyan warrior and her body was perfect in every single detail. Kendra bowed when they walked in.

"Is she new?" Cumbrine asked Vegeta.

"She is. She's only been here for a couple of days, she was captured on Namek."

Namek? Kendra thought. Bullshit. Seems he doesn't want to tell her the truth.

"I thought Namekians were green?" Cumbrine asked.

"She just happened to be there at the time, her home planet used to be Sapphirion."

"Guess she's homeless now," Cumbrine grinned. "Too bad Frieza destroyed it though. It was worth a lot of money."

"It was. But let's not talk about that, I want to know what you have been up to lately."

Kendra led them to the table and served the entrees.

"Enjoy your meal, Sire, my lady." She retreated into a corner of the room and waited. In a way she envied Cumbrine; she knew where this whole thing was going, she wasn't stupid. Laughter hit her ears as the prince and Cumbrine were talking about a mission on Yardred two years ago. She sighed softly and was glad when Vegeta dismissed her after serving them for three hours straight. She went to bed but found out that she couldn't sleep. Would I… she thought. No, that would be a horrible thing to do. She couldn't resist though and she went up to the small cave to spy on Vegeta and Cumbrine. They entered the bedroom fairly soon.

"I can't believe it has been so long," she heard Cumbrine sigh.

"Me neither, but I had no choice." She saw how he started kissing her. Cumbrine let herself fall onto the bed and undressed herself. She stripped Vegeta and pulled him onto the bed aggressively.

"Close your eyes, my Prince," she said. She worked almost his entire body with her hands and tongue. She took his penis into her mouth and sucked. Kendra saw Vegeta's hands clawing into the pillows as she increased the pace. After a while Cumbrine stopped and mounted him. He opened his eyes and looked up to her, his hands on her hips. Then Kendra almost had a heart attack when he looked up to the ceiling, right where the peephole was. It seemed like he looked her directly in the eye, but that was impossible! The hole was covered with one way paint on his side, he wasn't able to see it. Would he know she was up there? He kept looking at the ceiling until he sat up and put Cumbrine on her back. He thrust her like an animal, it didn't take long before he came. He kissed her and then rolled off of her. He laid on his back and she curled up next to him. Vegeta stared up to the ceiling and gave Kendra the chills. He knows, she thought. Shit, he'll send me to Frieza! I can't even blame him if he does… She got back to her room and tried to get some sleep. To her own surprise she fell asleep almost immediately.

She woke up at half past six and walked to the kitchen to fix herself some breakfast. When she was done, she heard something behind her and turned around. Vegeta stood there, looking grumpy as always at this hour.

"Good morning, Sire." She tried not to sound guilty and avoided to look at him.

"I'm going to train. Get Cumbrine breakfast as soon as she wakes up."

"Yes, Sire."

He walked out without another word. Kendra sighed and had to sit down for a moment. So he didn't know, she thought relieved. Thank Sapphire for that.

Cumbrine woke up around ten and asked her: "Where did Vegeta go?"

"He went training, my lady."

"I should have known," she sighed. "Breakfast, slave. And make it quick."

Kendra served her breakfast and cleaned the table after she was done. Cumbrine left and Kendra decided to follow her through the tunnels. Vegeta wouldn't be back before noon anyway. Cumbrine walked to the wing where low class warriors were living.

A Super Elite visiting a low class warrior? Kendra thought. This should be interesting.

Cumbrine entered one of the small houses. Kendra heard her yell: "Radditz! Where the hell are you?"

A Saiyan came out of the bathroom; he had the longest hair Kendra had ever seen.

"Cumbrine!" He ran over and embraced her. They kissed passionately.

"And?" he asked her anxiously.

"It's working. He still wants me," she grinned.

"Who could blame him," Radditz said, looking jealous.

"Stop complaining, dear. As soon as he's gone, I'll be Saiyan Princess since I'm the strongest warrior then."

"This better be worth it," Radditz growled and buried his face in her neck.

"It will be, I ensure you," she giggled.

Kendra ran back to Vegeta's quarters. They wanted to kill him! She went looking for him in the indoor training hall but he wasn't there. She decided to wait in his quarters. Looking at the clock every half a minute, she jumped up as soon as Vegeta opened the door.

"Sire! You have to get out of here, you're in grave danger!"

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"Cumbrine wants to kill you!"

He started laughing.

"That's preposterous! She'd never do any such thing! Now shut up and fill the bath."

She grabbed his arm and yelled at him: "Goddamn it Vegeta, listen to me! She doesn't love you, she's Radditz' companion! They want to kill you so she can take over the throne!"

"Bullshit. Radditz is dead, he died on a mission on planet Earth."

"He has pretty long hair for a dead guy." Vegeta froze.

"What did you say?"

"He's ALIVE, Vegeta. Cumbrine just went to visit him. She told him that everything is going according to plan. Your life is at stake here!"

A huge explosion prevented them from saying any more. Vegeta got hit in the head by a large brick and passed out. Kendra was still standing and hesitated. She didn't HAVE to save him, after all. She could take the remote and get out of here without him…

"Kendra…" she heard him say. "Get your ass out of here NOW!"

She ran towards him and reached him right in time. She threw herself upon him to protect his body with her own as the next explosion took place. She felt pieces of brick wall hit her, she was bleeding all over from small cuts. But she was alive. She picked up Vegeta, who was bleeding from the wound on his head and startled when she saw his back. It was one giant wound and it bled really badly.

"I've got to get you out of here," she mumbled. The room was on fire, but she could still reach her own room. With Vegeta on her shoulder she ran through the tunnels, hoping to find a way out.

"Vegeta, wake up! Please wake up!" She had stopped in front of some kind of valve door and put Vegeta down for a moment.

He slowly opened his eyes. His gaze was unfocused, but she had to try.

"Where is the remote, Vegeta? You have to turn the damn security device off, I can't get you out of here like this."

He tried to reach down his pocket but failed. Kendra put her hand into it impatiently and got the remote.

"Turn it off."

He put his hand on her back and at the same time pushed some buttons on the remote. She took the remote from him and picked him up again. She got the key she also used for the time lock in her own room and opened the door in front of them.

"I was right," she whispered. "This is the escape route." She ran up the stairs in front of her and got into the spaceship that stood there. She put Vegeta on the nearest bed and went looking for a first aid kit. When she finally found it, Vegeta was standing up next to the bed.

"Regeneration tank," he said. She could barely hear him.

"Help me." She put her arm around his waist and dragged him to another room. She looked at the weird device that looked like a giant aquarium.

"Take off my clothes and put me in there." She did as he told her and hooked him up to the machine. Then she closed the door and pushed the activation button on the control panel. The tank flooded and Vegeta was soon floating peacefully.

Kendra left him and went to the bridge.

"Let me see how you work, baby," she whispered. "You're going to get us out of here."