By: Amisha N. Smith
Part 6
This chapter is one of regrets. Mr. Rapparound regrets hiring a felonious extra-terrestrial as his assistant, Bulma regrets not having faith in Vegeta, Vegeta regrets letting Bulma talk him into going to Daddy Camp in the first place, and Flanders... well... Flanders is an ass. The biggest regret of all, however, may be reserved for Ox. There are certain things a person should never, ever do. Threatening the girlfriend of a hot-headed, hair-trigger tempered Super Saiyan Prince is easily one of those things. And now, I regret to inform you that this is the very last chapter in our little story. Will Bulma be saved from the grasp of super-powered evil? Will Vegeta get to go home and leave this place far behind as nothing more than a bad memory? Will Flanders stop kissing Vegeta's ass? Two out of those three thing are guaranteed to happen. Which ones? Find out as we wrap this up in..
Vegeta Goes to Daddy Camp
Part 6
Vegeta had never felt so helpless and enraged in all his life. He looked up at Ox, who was now holding Bulma hostage. He knew that as long as Ox had Bulma he couldn't lift a finger against him. Dammit, thought Vegeta. Why did that woman have to come here? Ox smirked at Vegeta, obviously glad to finally have the upper hand against his nemesis. "Now this is what I call opportunity", he boasted loudly.
"I'm gonna finish my mission, and you're gonna help me. Or you can say goodbye to your precious little piece of ass. Understand?" Vegeta just stood there, growling angrily. Suddenly he heard Bulma scream as Ox started pulling her hair. "I said do you understand?", Ox sneered. "STOP IT, YOU ASSHOLE!", yelled Bulma. "Ox", Vegeta said in a slightly wavering voice. He was almost too mad to talk. "You have just made the worst and last mistake of your pathetic life. Before, I might have been lenient enough to let you face human justice." Vegeta's eyes started glowing a bright red. "Now you will die an agonizing death at the hands of a Saiyan." Ox merely threw his head back and laughed. "Yeah right", he said. "You can't do a damn thing to me as long as I got your girlfriend. Now listen up, punk." He pointed to a tall mountain over the horizon. "I want you to grab all the gold you can out of my secret hideout and carry it to the foot of that mountain. And don't try any funny business, or else." Suddenly Bulma couldn't stand it any longer. She turned and bit Ox hard on his chest. Ox yelled and dropped Bulma, who fell screaming towards the ground. Vegeta quickly flew up to catch her. "No!", Ox yelled. He flew fast to try to get to Bulma before Vegeta did. But no such luck. Not only did Vegeta catch Bulma, but he also kicked Ox square in his face when he got too close, causing him to spiral backwards in the air. When Ox got control of himself he quickly flew off towards the mountains, eager to escape before Vegeta got his hands on him. The Saiyan prince floated down and gently deposited Bulma on the ground. He pointed at the ground beneath Bulma's feet.
"Stay put", he growled. Before Bulma could answer him Vegeta took off flying in the air, trying to catch Ox. Detective Stahd and the police quickly ran towards Bulma. "Are you alright?", Stahd asked when he reached her.
"Yes", Bulma said quietly. She stared into the air after Vegeta. "I'm gonna leave a few policemen here to gather up that gold. I'm sure Mr. Rapparound will show them where it's hidden", said Stahd. "In the meantime, I'll go and try to find Ox before your man friend does. Maybe you should come with me."
"Hm?", said Bulma, turning towards him. "You might be able to calm your boyfriend down. At least I hope so", said Stahd. "I'd really like to bring in a live suspect." He quickly ran towards his patrol car. "Come on, miss!", he yelled back.
"Let's try to find them in under thirty minutes!"
"You want some advise?", said Bulma calmly. "Don't stress yourself out. Take your time. Ox will more than likely be dead in fifteen minutes."
Ox was sweating and panting heavily by the time he reached the tallest mountain. He spared none of his energy getting there, because he knew it was only a matter of time before Vegeta caught up to him. He flew around to the back of the mountain, where he left the secret teleporter. He was instructed by his master to use it to warp back home only in case of an extreme emergency. Well, thought Ox, if this isn't an emergency I don't know what is. He reached the other side of the mountain, landed and started running to the secret spot where he hid the teleporter. But when he reached it he got a nasty surprise. "Hiya, Ox", sneered Vegeta.
"What took ya?" Ox's jaw almost dropped to his knees. For there stood his enemy, leaning casually against the teleporter which was now, big surprise, totally destroyed. Bits and pieces of it were scattered all over the mountainside. "Oops, I think maybe I might have broken your little toy", said Vegeta with an evil grin. "Sorry." Ox started trembling with fear. Anyone but Vegeta would have felt at least a little bit of pity for him. "V-Vegeta!", he stammered. "When did you get here?"
"If you must know", boasted Vegeta, "I passed you up about six miles before you got here. I could have taken you out in mid-air before you even knew I was there, but I wanted to see what was so important to you about these mountains." Vegeta started walking towards Ox.
"Not that that will matter", he said, "after I send you to Hell."
"Like hell you will!!", yelled Ox. Frightened into bravery, Ox charged Vegeta ferociously. Vegeta counter-attacked with just as much animosity. Little did either of them know, someone was watching the conflict from the other side of the mountain with great interest..
Lord Delta could not believe his eyes. He had been sent to Earth by his master, the mighty Lord Relic, to help Ox transport the gold he had stolen. Instead he was teleported here to witness Ox and some other Saiyan seriously trying to kill each other. Delta winced as Ox was dealt a critical blow by the unknown Saiyan. It looked like Ox was going to lose this fight. But what was even more astonishing was the appearance of the strange younger Saiyan. His proud demeanor, his brutal yet graceful fighting style, his hair.... He looked so much like.... Delta quickly reached into his pocket and pulled out his communicator. He turned it on. "Master!", he said into it's receiver. "Master! Do you read me, Lord?"
Relic's hooded head appeared on the small screen on the communicator. "I read you", Relic rumbled.
"Go on."
"Master, Ox has been intercepted by another Saiyan on this planet", said Delta. "The Saiyan is way stronger than Ox. I think this may be Ox's last fight." Relic sighed. "I knew I should have known better than to leave things in the hands of that idiot", he said. "Very well. If he must die, so be it."
"No wait, master. There's more", said Delta. "The Saiyan that's fighting Ox....well.... Look at him!" He turned the communicator towards where the two rival Saiyans were clashing. "I don't believe it!", Delta heard his master say. "That Saiyan looks almost exactly like.... Is it possible? Could he really be.... Delta! Delta, come in!" Delta turned the communicator back to him. "Yes master?", he said. "I don't want to draw any conclusions yet", said Relic. "First I want to find out his name. That is your new mission Delta. Don't leave Earth until you find out the name of that young Saiyan."
"But master", said Delta, "what about Ox and the gold?"
"Forget that", replied Relic. "This mission is more important. And don't bother about Ox. If that other Saiyan is who we think it is, Ox is as good as dead anyway."
Ox's head was spinning. He had lost too much blood and had been hit too hard too many times for one day. He was so dizzy he couldn't see straight. At one point he swung at Vegeta and hit nothing but air, and Vegeta didn't even dodge! The Saiyan prince thought that was hilarious of course, and went histerical with laughter. "Whatsa matter, pal?", sneered Vegeta. "Getting tired? Don't worry, it'll all be over soon." Ox roared and charged his foe, and was rewarded for his effort with a volley of Vegeta's swiftest kicks and punches. Vegeta then put his feet on Ox's chest and powerfully kicked off, causing himself to launch backwards in the air and causing Ox to hurtle helplessly downward. Ox crash-landed hard into the side of the mountain. He staggered to his feet, fighting a losing battle to keep his consciousness. He then looked up to behold an alarming sight. Vegeta had brought one of his hands up and a huge fireball was forming up in it's palm. Oh no, thought Ox. He knew he had to get out of there. Vegeta released the fireball, which flew at lightning speed down in Ox's direction. Ox dove to the side.... The fireball hit the mountain, causing a gigantic explosion and reducing almost the whole side of it into rubble. After the dust subsided, Vegeta flew down and searched for any signs that Ox had survived his last attack. There was none.
"Well", said the Saiyan prince proudly. "I guess that's that. Rest in pieces, buddy." He flew down to the ground and started to walk away. Suddenly.... "AAAUURGGHH!", Vegeta yelled as he grabbed his head and fell to his knees in pain. He felt like someone was tearing his brain apart! Suddenly Ox stepped out from behind the mountain. He was grinning and pointing some strange new device at Vegeta.
"OX!", yelled the Saiyan prince. "YOU SON OF A BITCH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME?"
"It's called a nerve disrupter", said Ox. "Guaranteed to rip your nerves apart. Heck, it can even make your brain explode if it's set on the right frequency." Ox's grin widened. "Hey, now that's a good idea", he said. He brought his other hand up to turn a red button on the side of his cruel new device. "So long, pal", he said. He started to turn the button. Vegeta screamed with pain.... Suddenly an ugly orange jeep came crashing through the trees. It was Flanders! He was coming to help Vegeta! "Hang on, Lord!", Flanders yelled. "I'm coming!" Flanders sped the jeep up and rode straight towards Ox.
"Huh!?", said Ox, just before the jeep collided with him and sent him crashing into the mountainside once again. The jeep then crashed into him, pinning him to the mountainside. The device he had landed on a rock that was right beside his head. The device was still on! Ox screamed as the frequency waves started destroying his nerve system. "N-NO!", he yelled. "THE WAVES! T-THEY"RE TOO MUCH! HELP MEEE....!" Vegeta ran towards Ox. Not necessarily to help him, but because he wanted the satisfaction of killing Ox all to himself. But he was too late. Before he got halfway to his enemy, Ox's head exploded, littering the ground, mountain, and Flanders' jeep with blood, brains, and pieces of skull. Vegeta stopped running. Dammit, he thought. His chances of killing Ox were all gone now. And it was all because of that meddling Flanders.
"Hidly-ho, master!", Flanders piped cheerfully as he ran up to Vegeta. "Are you alright?" Vegeta grabbed Flanders by his collar. "I didn't need your help!", he yelled savagely.
"Didn't you see I was about to finish that big fool?"
"Vegeta", said a female voice behind him. Vegeta turned to see his wife and detective Stahd standing behind him. Bulma had her hands on her hips. "Let him go this instant!", she said. "Hmph", Vegeta replied. He released Flanders. "Well", said Stahd as he looked at Ox's remains. "Looks like we got here to late to be able to bring in the suspect." Stahd turned towards Vegeta. "Of course, you do know I'll have to take you downtown with me to give a statement." Vegeta gave him one of his 'Back off or I'll take you apart' looks. "On second thought", said Stahd backing up, "I'll just gather the evidence here and you can be on your way." Suddenly the detective's cell phone started ringing. He took it out of his pocket and answered it. "Yeah?", he said. "Uh, huh? Good. Huh? Alright, I'll tell him." He hung up the phone and turned towards Vegeta and Bulma. "That was Mr. Rapparound", he said. "All the gold has been recovered."
"Like I give a shit", said Vegeta grumpily. "There's more", said Stahd. "Rapparound said you can stay and finish your term at Daddy Camp, if you want."
"NO WAY!", said Vegeta. "I've had enough of this stupid assed place! I'm going home!" Vegeta stalked off, angry that Mr. Rapparound would even suggest such a thing, after everything he's been through. Bulma ran after him. "Wait up, Vegeta!", she yelled. "So long, God!", called Flanders after him. "Write me when you get back to Heaven, kay?" Bulma looked up at her mate. "God?" she said. Vegeta just sighed, rubbed the temples on his head, and continued walking.
Delta waited patienty till he heard the name of the Saiyan who had destroyed Ox. He then contacted his master on the communicator again.
"Well?", said Relic. "Did you learn his name?"
"Yes master", Delta replied. "His name is Vegeta." Relic's eyes seemed to widen a little bit. "So, it's truly him", he said. "I was certain the young prince was dead. It seems I was wrong." He nodded. "You have served me well, Delta", he said. "You may return home now."
"Yes, my Lord", said Delta before the communicator was turned off. Relic paced the floor in front of the screen where Delta's face was displayed a few seconds ago. "So, Prince Vegeta is still alive, eh?", he said. "This could pose a problem to my power. Looks like I'll have to go to Earth myself and put a stop to that boy's heartbeat once and for all." Relic smiled to himself. "Ah, he's so grown up now. It's been ages since I last saw him, hasn't it?" Relic stared off into space. "Vegeta. My dear nephew. Why did you have to side with the earthlings?" Relic sighed. "Now I'll have to destroy you."
Vegeta walked into the house, a towel draped around his neck. He had just finished training inside the Gravity Capsule. He took a deep breath and stretched his legs. It felt so good to be back home. He went over to the couch to sit down and watch television. He caught sight of Trunks' favorite blue jeans laying on the dining room table. There was a big hole in them. "Hmph", said Vegeta. "Why can't that boy keep a pair of pants for longer than a month without shredding them?." Suddenly an idea came to his mind. He looked carefully around to make sure no one was near. He then picked up the jeans..
"Oh, ChiChi", said Bulma as she, Goku, and ChiChi walked outside in the night. "I couldn't have possibly asked Vegeta to stay at Daddy Camp. Not after everything he's been through."
"Well you should have", said ChiChi. "Vegeta's not a wimp. Besides, now the whole thing was all for nothing."
"Oh ChiChi", said Goku. "Cut Vegeta some slack, will you? At least he tried."
"Well he didn't try hard enough", ChiChi shot back. "Vegeta is so selfish! And I wish you'd stop encouraging and defending him, Goku!" Goku and ChiChi were still arguing when Bulma was walking up her porch steps. She looked in through the glass on the door....and gasped at what she saw. She turned and walked between ChiChi and Goku and put a finger to her lips. "What is it, Bulma?", Goku asked quietly. Bulma motioned for them to follow her up the porch steps to her door. They obeyed. They all looked through the glass on the door..
"Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle", Goku said with a grin.
"Aint that a sight", said a baffled ChiChi.
Bulma didn't say anything. She just grinned as she looked at her mate with pride, love, and a new understanding. She quietly motioned for her friends to follow her off the porch, leaving Vegeta inside the house in peace to finish sewing a patch on his son's pants.
FIN
