***Chapter 3- His Nightmares***
(About a month later)
What's wrong with me? Vegeta thought as he sat by the door waiting for Tera to get home. I should be out training, and instead I'm sitting here by the door waiting for some woman to get home... Damn I've gotten pathetic! I have got to block out whatever this is that is trying to surface. Emotions, puh...
Lilly walked by as he was staring at his fingers. She stopped as a small grin came upon her face; she knew this was the perfect opportunity to tease him.
"Aww how sad," Lilly taunted, walking over to him.
"What are you talking about woman?" Vegeta snapped.
"You are waiting at the door for Tera to come home aren't ya?" Lilly teased, grinning.
"What kind of stupid joke is that?" Vegeta asked. "You really are getting bad with you're teasing and taunting jokes about me. No, of course I'm not waiting for some woman to come home so we can yell and scream at each other for the whole evening."
"Why else are you sitting by the door then?"
"I'm bored, that's all."
"Why aren't you in your room?"
"Look I don't want to be locked up in a cage all day! I have freedom to go wherever I like in this house, or anywhere else!"
Trunks walked out into the living room as they were talking, scratching his head.
"What's going on here?" he asked, confused.
Lilly turned away from Vegeta.
"He's just being a stubborn ass like usual!" she replied, glairing at him over her shoulder.
"You are the one who always starts this!" grumbled Vegeta.
"Please can't we have peace in this house for at least one moment?" Trunks asked, trying to get them to stop yelling at each other.
"Have we ever since we first moved in?" Vegeta asked.
"Well, no," replied Trunks, "but I want a fair shot at it!"
At that moment, the door opened and Tera walked in. Everyone just turned and stared at her. She blinked.
"Hey what are you guys up to?" she asked, placing a hand on her hip.
"I'm trying to get the arguing to stop for at least a minute around here..." Trunks replied.
"Hah," Tera said, walking into her room to drop off her stuff. "Good luck on that one! I think that's nearly impossible!"
"If we try I'm sure we can have some peace," said Trunks.
"Well I'm not going to be prancing around happy, singing songs," Vegeta stated, crossing his arms, "especially with HER." He glares at Lilly.
"Diddo," Lilly said, glairing back. "Who would with such a low life scum bag who can't even admit he has a thing for-"
'That's it!" Vegeta screamed, jumping at Lilly.
Tera walked out of her room and stood over by Trunks as Vegeta and Lilly started brawling in the living room.
"Do you think they'll ever get along?" Tera asked him.
"When hell freezes over..." Trunks replied, an anime sweatdrop going down his face as they kept on fighting.
*** Again, paralyzed... frightened; the same nightmare was back over and over again every night. He started to be afraid of going to sleep... afraid of the same haunting dream...
He felt the pressure on his back; a finger digging slowly into his spine. This man... err "thing" had the power to kill him right there and then, but for some reason was choosing not to. Instead, Frieza decided to torture him, slowly- probably to frighten him not to ever try to rise up against him, like he ever could anyway.
"I can sense your fear," Frieza told him silently. "I can also sense your anger towards me."
The rest of Frieza's fingers went onto his back and dug in slowly, causing Vegeta to flinch, but hold back the rest of his pain. Frieza had a small grin come across his face as he could see the pain that filled Vegeta's face. He had a great muscle build, Frieza thought, for a weakling.
"Does this hurt poor monkey?" Frieza loved taunting him as the words rolled off of his tongue slowly.
Vegeta clenched his eyes shut, afraid of seeing what he feared. He hated Frieza's face... hated it with such a passion, but yet was scared of it as well. He felt Frieza's hands moving up to his shoulders... that cold, cold touch- he hated it; but there was nothing he could do to prevent it. Slightly, he started shivering; that touch seemed to turn his blood cold. He hated the thought of Frieza... especially since he knew what was coming next like it did every other time...
"Still bruised and sore from before?" Frieza asked moving around Vegeta to the front of him. Vegeta turned his face away, still squinting his eyes shut. A cold finger touched his check and turned his face to be in front of his. "You know what's coming why close your eyes?"
The urge to say something about his ugly face...
A hard, sudden punch came to Vegeta's chin, knocking his head back a bit. Frieza's hands clasped onto his spiky, jet black hair: such soft hair for such a strong and tough warrior. He pulled back his head, as far as it could go without snapping his neck, watching Vegeta's breathing get harder.
''Don't think I don't know what's going on in that head of yours," said Frieza. "I can read you like a book."
Frieza ran his hand down his chest and punched Vegeta hard in the stomach. Blood, Vegeta coughed up as Frieza gently released his grip from Vegeta's hair. Then, Frieza continued to run his hands down...
Vegeta sat up again screaming, but this time when he sat up, he ran right into Tera, who was sitting right there. It seemed like she was waiting for him, but when he did run into her, immediately, their arms wrapped around each other. He held onto her tightly; he didn't who why he did but he didn't want to let go. Maybe he was just comforted, just a little, by someone being there for him... for once.
"W-what are you doing here in my room?" Vegeta asked, pulling back slightly and looking at the clock. "It's two in the morning!"
"I heard you talking again," she replied, still holding onto his back, "and you sounded like you were in a lot of pain. I came in... and you looked so... just so sad and frightened. You've been doing this every night and it's really worrying me..."
Vegeta narrowed his eyes and stared at her; no matter how many times I say I don't want people to care or I hate people stay away from me, she still cares about what's going on with me... Weird.
"It's nothing really," Vegeta mumbled, looking away from her.
"It has to be something," Tera replied. "You're shaking..."
She was right and he hadn't noticed it; he was shaking, very badly in fact. He looked back over at her.
"Can't you tell me what's going on?" she asked, looking up into his dark eyes.
Vegeta turned his head away again. Tera took her hand and gently placed it on his cheek, and slowly moved his face back towards hers. This touch, it felt so much better than Frieza's in this nightmare- her's felt warm and... so pleasant. Damn Vegeta, you shouldn't be thinking like this, but, he couldn't stop...
"Sometimes it feels better to let someone know than to keep it all bottled up," Tera told him, still with her hand on his face.
"It's just something... from my past..." Vegeta said, softly.
"What?" Tera asked. "You can tell me..."
Vegeta thought it over; part of him was telling him to push her away and just make her leave, but something else was telling him to tell her...
"Long ago..." Vegeta started saying, softly and unwillingly, "I was on a ship with an evil man, err, 'thing' Frieza."
"I remember Trunks telling me something about him," Tera said. "He was a very terrible creature."
"He had destroyed my home planet of Vegeta. He took me because I was the prince and also I had a great power level he though would be useful in the planet trade he was running. But..."
Vegeta closed his eyes. He didn't want to tell anybody else about what happened on that ship, but he didn't want to keep it to himself. There was something else about her that was telling him to tell her...
"In several ways, he... um... he... 'abused' me, mostly by hitting or beating me up. He also did... other things I'd rather not talk about..."
Tera just looked at him, gaping slightly; she knew what he was talking about. Silence filled the room as she searched for something to say.
"I-I'm sorry," she whispered.
"I don't need people looking after me or feeling sorry for me," Vegeta growled, letting his cold heart dominate again. "You're lucky I even told you that much!"
"Why won't you let anybody close anyway?" Tera asked.
"Because I don't want anybody close!" Vegeta replied. "I don't need anybody close!"
He realized he still had his arms around her and quickly moved his arms away. Turning his head, he pushed her away from him.
"I'm fine," he muttered lowly under his breath. "I don't need anybody to watch me okay?"
Tera slowly stood up.
"Okay," she said finally.
Their eyes met one final gaze before she left his room and went back into hers. Vegeta laid back down and started thinking to himself like he usually did. Why did I hold onto her? I just don't get it what's wrong with me... I'm getting some kind of attraction to her. This isn't good. Well, I should be able to push it off for a while- forever!
With that last thought, he went to sleep.
(About a month later)
What's wrong with me? Vegeta thought as he sat by the door waiting for Tera to get home. I should be out training, and instead I'm sitting here by the door waiting for some woman to get home... Damn I've gotten pathetic! I have got to block out whatever this is that is trying to surface. Emotions, puh...
Lilly walked by as he was staring at his fingers. She stopped as a small grin came upon her face; she knew this was the perfect opportunity to tease him.
"Aww how sad," Lilly taunted, walking over to him.
"What are you talking about woman?" Vegeta snapped.
"You are waiting at the door for Tera to come home aren't ya?" Lilly teased, grinning.
"What kind of stupid joke is that?" Vegeta asked. "You really are getting bad with you're teasing and taunting jokes about me. No, of course I'm not waiting for some woman to come home so we can yell and scream at each other for the whole evening."
"Why else are you sitting by the door then?"
"I'm bored, that's all."
"Why aren't you in your room?"
"Look I don't want to be locked up in a cage all day! I have freedom to go wherever I like in this house, or anywhere else!"
Trunks walked out into the living room as they were talking, scratching his head.
"What's going on here?" he asked, confused.
Lilly turned away from Vegeta.
"He's just being a stubborn ass like usual!" she replied, glairing at him over her shoulder.
"You are the one who always starts this!" grumbled Vegeta.
"Please can't we have peace in this house for at least one moment?" Trunks asked, trying to get them to stop yelling at each other.
"Have we ever since we first moved in?" Vegeta asked.
"Well, no," replied Trunks, "but I want a fair shot at it!"
At that moment, the door opened and Tera walked in. Everyone just turned and stared at her. She blinked.
"Hey what are you guys up to?" she asked, placing a hand on her hip.
"I'm trying to get the arguing to stop for at least a minute around here..." Trunks replied.
"Hah," Tera said, walking into her room to drop off her stuff. "Good luck on that one! I think that's nearly impossible!"
"If we try I'm sure we can have some peace," said Trunks.
"Well I'm not going to be prancing around happy, singing songs," Vegeta stated, crossing his arms, "especially with HER." He glares at Lilly.
"Diddo," Lilly said, glairing back. "Who would with such a low life scum bag who can't even admit he has a thing for-"
'That's it!" Vegeta screamed, jumping at Lilly.
Tera walked out of her room and stood over by Trunks as Vegeta and Lilly started brawling in the living room.
"Do you think they'll ever get along?" Tera asked him.
"When hell freezes over..." Trunks replied, an anime sweatdrop going down his face as they kept on fighting.
*** Again, paralyzed... frightened; the same nightmare was back over and over again every night. He started to be afraid of going to sleep... afraid of the same haunting dream...
He felt the pressure on his back; a finger digging slowly into his spine. This man... err "thing" had the power to kill him right there and then, but for some reason was choosing not to. Instead, Frieza decided to torture him, slowly- probably to frighten him not to ever try to rise up against him, like he ever could anyway.
"I can sense your fear," Frieza told him silently. "I can also sense your anger towards me."
The rest of Frieza's fingers went onto his back and dug in slowly, causing Vegeta to flinch, but hold back the rest of his pain. Frieza had a small grin come across his face as he could see the pain that filled Vegeta's face. He had a great muscle build, Frieza thought, for a weakling.
"Does this hurt poor monkey?" Frieza loved taunting him as the words rolled off of his tongue slowly.
Vegeta clenched his eyes shut, afraid of seeing what he feared. He hated Frieza's face... hated it with such a passion, but yet was scared of it as well. He felt Frieza's hands moving up to his shoulders... that cold, cold touch- he hated it; but there was nothing he could do to prevent it. Slightly, he started shivering; that touch seemed to turn his blood cold. He hated the thought of Frieza... especially since he knew what was coming next like it did every other time...
"Still bruised and sore from before?" Frieza asked moving around Vegeta to the front of him. Vegeta turned his face away, still squinting his eyes shut. A cold finger touched his check and turned his face to be in front of his. "You know what's coming why close your eyes?"
The urge to say something about his ugly face...
A hard, sudden punch came to Vegeta's chin, knocking his head back a bit. Frieza's hands clasped onto his spiky, jet black hair: such soft hair for such a strong and tough warrior. He pulled back his head, as far as it could go without snapping his neck, watching Vegeta's breathing get harder.
''Don't think I don't know what's going on in that head of yours," said Frieza. "I can read you like a book."
Frieza ran his hand down his chest and punched Vegeta hard in the stomach. Blood, Vegeta coughed up as Frieza gently released his grip from Vegeta's hair. Then, Frieza continued to run his hands down...
Vegeta sat up again screaming, but this time when he sat up, he ran right into Tera, who was sitting right there. It seemed like she was waiting for him, but when he did run into her, immediately, their arms wrapped around each other. He held onto her tightly; he didn't who why he did but he didn't want to let go. Maybe he was just comforted, just a little, by someone being there for him... for once.
"W-what are you doing here in my room?" Vegeta asked, pulling back slightly and looking at the clock. "It's two in the morning!"
"I heard you talking again," she replied, still holding onto his back, "and you sounded like you were in a lot of pain. I came in... and you looked so... just so sad and frightened. You've been doing this every night and it's really worrying me..."
Vegeta narrowed his eyes and stared at her; no matter how many times I say I don't want people to care or I hate people stay away from me, she still cares about what's going on with me... Weird.
"It's nothing really," Vegeta mumbled, looking away from her.
"It has to be something," Tera replied. "You're shaking..."
She was right and he hadn't noticed it; he was shaking, very badly in fact. He looked back over at her.
"Can't you tell me what's going on?" she asked, looking up into his dark eyes.
Vegeta turned his head away again. Tera took her hand and gently placed it on his cheek, and slowly moved his face back towards hers. This touch, it felt so much better than Frieza's in this nightmare- her's felt warm and... so pleasant. Damn Vegeta, you shouldn't be thinking like this, but, he couldn't stop...
"Sometimes it feels better to let someone know than to keep it all bottled up," Tera told him, still with her hand on his face.
"It's just something... from my past..." Vegeta said, softly.
"What?" Tera asked. "You can tell me..."
Vegeta thought it over; part of him was telling him to push her away and just make her leave, but something else was telling him to tell her...
"Long ago..." Vegeta started saying, softly and unwillingly, "I was on a ship with an evil man, err, 'thing' Frieza."
"I remember Trunks telling me something about him," Tera said. "He was a very terrible creature."
"He had destroyed my home planet of Vegeta. He took me because I was the prince and also I had a great power level he though would be useful in the planet trade he was running. But..."
Vegeta closed his eyes. He didn't want to tell anybody else about what happened on that ship, but he didn't want to keep it to himself. There was something else about her that was telling him to tell her...
"In several ways, he... um... he... 'abused' me, mostly by hitting or beating me up. He also did... other things I'd rather not talk about..."
Tera just looked at him, gaping slightly; she knew what he was talking about. Silence filled the room as she searched for something to say.
"I-I'm sorry," she whispered.
"I don't need people looking after me or feeling sorry for me," Vegeta growled, letting his cold heart dominate again. "You're lucky I even told you that much!"
"Why won't you let anybody close anyway?" Tera asked.
"Because I don't want anybody close!" Vegeta replied. "I don't need anybody close!"
He realized he still had his arms around her and quickly moved his arms away. Turning his head, he pushed her away from him.
"I'm fine," he muttered lowly under his breath. "I don't need anybody to watch me okay?"
Tera slowly stood up.
"Okay," she said finally.
Their eyes met one final gaze before she left his room and went back into hers. Vegeta laid back down and started thinking to himself like he usually did. Why did I hold onto her? I just don't get it what's wrong with me... I'm getting some kind of attraction to her. This isn't good. Well, I should be able to push it off for a while- forever!
With that last thought, he went to sleep.
