Disclaimer; I left my disclaimer on vacation.
A/N; Not a lot to say today. School starts tomorrow so I don't know when the next chapter will be out, but in the mean time, here's chapter 7. ~D.B.
And Then You'll Know
Chapter 7
The ship landed on the platform with an extremely loud thud. There was another few minutes of silence before the ships door slid open. Krillen looked down at his boots, he couldn't look that monster in the eye, he didn't reserve that much respect.
The king took a step forward from his children and waited for Frieza to leave his ship. First to exit was Zarbon, followed shortly after by the massive pink blob by the name of Dodoria and last but not least, Frieza himself. The king swallowed audibly and took another step forward.
"Lord Frieza," he bowed, "Welcome to our planet". Frieza did not look impressed. The king quickly straightened back up and continued on with his speech.
"You must be tired from your trip, and it is quiet late. How about I have one of my guards show you to your room" suggested the king.
"Well I suppose so. Business can wait. But trust me, as soon as morning comes, we have important things to discuss, you and I" said Frieza. The king nodded and looked around the room.
"Nappa," he called. "Show lord Frieza and his men to the guest rooms please. And I'll see you in the throne room after that" spoke the king. Nappa silently nodded and lead Frieza and his two goons out the room.
The king walked back over to his children. "I'm sorry you all have to go through this. I know it's hard, but if we just do what he wants, he should be off out planet in a week or two"
"A week or two!," exploded Vegeta "Give me 10 minutes alone with him and I'll show him what happens when you mess with the Sayian race"
"Calm down son," said the king "That's very noble of you, but not even you can beat Frieza, he surpasses us all by so much. We don't stand a chance against him" he continued.
Vegeta was fuming, how could he be so defenceless. He had done nothing but train for the past 7 years, and what had he achieved? Nothing! Absolutely nothing. What was the point of trying, he couldn't protect himself, his mother or his people.
Throwing a quick glance at Frieza's ship, Vegeta turned and stormed back inside the palace, slamming the door behind him
"Vegeta!" called out Chi-chi and she dashed off after him. "Wait".
That left Krillen. He didn't say anything. He didn't have to. The king knew how Krillen felt about Frieza, he had been the most traumatised by the events of his last visit to the planet. The room was quiet for a few more minutes. The king slowly made his way over to his guards and started talking to them in hushed tones. Krillen stood a around for a few minutes thinking about what to do next, then he left.
***
"Vegeta! Stop" called Chi-chi as she chased after her brother, he wouldn't stop though. Quickening her pace a little, Chi-chi she managed to catch up to him.
"Vegeta, listen to me" she said softly.
Vegeta stoped and closed his eyes for a few seconds. When he opened them again, he led his sister into the nearest room, which was the kitchen. Chi-chi and Vegeta sat down at the wooden table and began to talk.
"Are you ok Vegeta?" asked Chi-chi
"Do I look ok?" he snapped.
"Ok bad question," Chi-chi looked at her hands as she thought of a better way to put her question. "How do you feel about Frieza being here?"
Vegeta took a deep breath and looked his sister in his eyes. "I have never been any more against anything in my whole entire life it makes me sick to my stomach just knowing he's back"
"What do you say we take a walk" suggested Chi-chi
"Where?" asked Vegeta
"Let's go visit mama"
***
Bulma was kneeling on the ground sobbing hysterically. Just knowing that Frieza was on his way back to the planet had made old memories resurface. But now that he was actually here, things inside Bulma's head were getting out of control.
She could hear people approaching, she looked up and saw her best friend and her brother. They saw her too, and made a quick detour to make sure she was ok.
"B, are you ok?" asked Chi-chi as she kneeled down beside her friend.
"Yes" said Bulma, but her voice stated otherwise.
"No you're not. You are a horrible lire. You wouldn't be out here if you were ok". Bulma looked at Chi-chi and smiled through her tears, "You know me to well".
Chi-chi reached out and ran a hand over the top of the faded tombstone. Oh yes, the king's children were not the only ones who had lost a loved one as a result of Frieza's last visit. For them it had been their mother, for Bulma, she lost her big sister. Chi-chi highly doubted that there was anyone who hadn't suffered from that in some way.
"It's not fair Chi. I miss her so much. Why'd Frieza have to take her?" Bulma began to sob again. This time it wasn't Chi-chi who consoled her.
"Why'd he have to take our mother? Why'd he have to take anyone? Nobody deserved the fate he gave them, and I'm going to make sure it doesn't happen again" said Vegeta, he placed a hand on Bulma's back and slowly began to rub in small circles, he knew how she felt. Bulma looked at Vegeta through fuzzy eyes. "How can you say that?" she asked.
"Trust me woman," said Vegeta, quickly returning to his normal self "I will have my revenge on that bastard. You don't just kill my mother and get away with it".
"Make sure you get him once for me as well Tammin didn't deserve what she got"
***
"Do you think he's here yet?" asked Tarie, as she inched even closer to 17.
"Dunno" replied 17, he seemed a little absent-minded.
"What do you think Nison?" Tarie questioned the half Namekian. His only reply was a shrug of the shoulders.
"18, you'll give me a proper answer won't you?" begged Tarie.
"Tarie, he's here all right. Trust me". Tarie gulped. "You sure?". 18 nodded her head "positive"
18 looked at her brother, then at Nison. They both had almost exactly the same expressions on their faces. 18 was beyond shocked, because she had never once seen that look on her brothers face. It wasn't fear, it was uncertainty – uncertainty about what was going to happen to them all next.
"18" 18 heard someone call her name and she looked up to see Astrid. "Can we have a word"
"Sure" 18 stood up and followed the older women into another room.
***
It was a long night for everyone concerned. No one got anymore than an hours sleep, and when morning finally came, so did a lot of grumpy moods. And one of the grumpiest belonged to the king. He and his 3 children all sat around the big table eating breakfast, all anticipating what the outcome would be of the kings meeting with Frieza, which was to take place in 45 minutes.
"Would you like some more juice sir?" asked a lady holding a jug.
"No" the king shook his head. Then he stood up and left the room. No one followed him.
Krillen put his head on the table and groaned, he was sick of this. He just wanted things to go back to the way they had been before any of this Frieza business had started. Everything had been good then, now it seemed like he was living in a crazy life that he didn't know or understand. Everything he knew wasn't important anymore, nobody cared.
It wasn't long before the silence got to thick for some to handle. Chi-chi got up and quietly excused herself. Vegeta decided to create a new doorway with Ki, then exited through that. Krillen sat for a while longer. Just thinking about what he knew now and what he would know in an hour. He shuddered at that thought and stood up. Picking up his bowl and glass he went into the kitchen to wash them, he preferred to do things like that himself. Rather than rely on other people to do it for him.
***
King Vegeta stood up as the doors to the throne room were pushed open and Frieza and his two goons came in.
"Frieza. Did you sleep well?" asked the king, hoping desperately that he had managed to impress the tyrant.
"It was satisfactory," replied Frieza as he sat down. "But we have more important thing to discuss". Vegeta cleared his throat and sat back down, prompting Frieza to do the same. He did so, and wasted no time telling the king what he wanted.
"Vegeta. As I'm sure your well aware there are several planets in this galaxy which I am having problems with at the moment. And as your people are born and raised killers I want you to do to wipe them out for me" said Frieza. The king wiped his brow nervously. "Which planets?" he asked.
"For starters. Planets Sutek and Kiasom" said Frieza, grinning evilly.
King Vegeta's eyes grew wide. He couldn't do that. Sutek and Kiasom where to of the oldest and most valued planets in the Sayian Allegiance. But he knew what would happen if he didn't do it. Frieza had almost destroyed their race once before, and the king knew he wouldn't hesitate to do it again. It was a lose-lose situation for the planet.
Slowly the king raised his eyes to meet Frieza's, and he slowly nodded his head. Frieza smirked.
"Wonderful. I will give you two weeks to gather your troops and a further two after that to complete the job. I trust you can do that" the king nodded. Although he was excited at the prospect of going on a rampage – what Sayain wasn't – he was not happy about having to destroy his own allegiance, it was already fragile. A lot of those planets already had good reason to destroy the Sayians, and this could be the final straw.
Frieza stood up and headed for the door, but before he left he turned to face the king. "You do know what will happen if you don't comply with my orders, don't you?" he asked, but he didn't wait for a reply, he just walked off.
King Vegeta put his head in his hands ad groaned. Could thing get any worse? Knowing his luck – they probably could and would.
***
18 stood at the sink, grumbling. Up to her elbows in very cold water. She was washing stupid Chi-chi's stupid clothes. When all she would do was get them dirty again. Once she finished washing the dirty clothes she put them all in a basket and walked outdoors towards the drying lines to hang them. When that was done, she headed back into the laundry to fold the clean, dry clothes.
15 minutes later 18 folded the last dress and headed towards Chi-chi's room to hang her washing. Unfortunately Chi-chi was already in there. 18 muttered under her breath and placed the laundry on the chair.
"Is that clean?" snapped Chi-chi as she whirled on 18
"Yes ma'am" said 18 quietly. Chi-chi snatched up the top item, and knocked all the others on the floor in the process. Upon closer inspection of the shirt, Chi-chi noticed one tiny stain. And in her current mood, that was all she needed to push her over the edge. Chi-chi spun around to face 18, who didn't back down, she was tougher than that.
"What the hell is this?" Chi-chi demanded to know as she waved the garment in 18's face.
"It's a red shirt ma'am" said 18 boldly, knowing full well that was not the answer that bitch wanted. The next sound that could be heard, was skin connecting with skin. 18 had been slapped, and slapped hard at that. She stumbled backwards, before finally loosing her balance and falling on her rear end with a loud thud.
In the next room Krillen looked up – that didn't sound to good
"Get up" snarled Chi-chi. 18 looked up at Chi-chi through her hair, and pushed herself up off the floor
"Next time you screw up like this I won't be so lenient" said Chi-chi through gritted teeth.
18 smirked "But ma'am I don't believe I 'screwed up' you were the one who put the stain there in the first place. Don't blame me".
Chi-chi almost exploded. "How dare you talk back to me. You are nothing more than a slave, the lowliest form of Sayian there is," said Chi-chi, this was followed up with a hard punch to the stomach, which sent 18 flying, she was not strong enough to fight back. Lack of food, and being overworked had almost killed her already.
"Next time you even think of speaking to me before you are spoken to, you will pay sorely..." Chi-chi never got to finish her sentence, because, all of a sudden she was in a pile on the other side of the room.
18 looked up eyes wide. Who in the hell had done that? It only took her a second to realise she knew who it was.
"Are you ok 18?" asked Krillen as he knelt down in front of 18. She was a little dizzy, but apart from that, she was fine.
"I'm ok" she said
"Look, come into my room and lie down for a while or something" suggested Krillen
"No, that's ok. I've got work to do here" replied 18
"18. You're coming with me whether you like it or not" said Krillen and he helped 18 up.
18 followed Krillen into the next room and sat down on the bed.
"You hungry?" asked Krillen.
"Yes" replied 18, as if it was the stupidest question she had ever heard.
"I'll go get some grub. Wait here". 18 rolled her eyes and layed back against the pillows. Where else was she going to go.
***
Vegeta sat at his desk, in his dark room. He had the heavy curtains pulled shut, despite the fact it was a beautiful day outside. All the furniture in the room was dark as well, deep reds and blacks, adding to the gloomy feel of the room. It was just the way Vegeta liked it, dark and gloomy, just like him.
Just then the door creaked open, Vegeta turned around to see who it was. And was shocked to say the least.
"What do you want?" he asked. Bulma slipped into the room and shut the door. She was quiet for a few minutes as she thought about what to say.
"I wanted to say thanks. That's all"
"What for?" asked Vegeta with out looking up at her.
"For helping me last night. I was feeling pretty down. God knows what I would have done if I'd been left alone" said Bulma. A tear slid down her cheek and she quickly wiped it away. She did not want Vegeta to see her cry.
Vegeta heard her sniffles and looked over at her. Rolling his eyes he turned around fully so he was facing her. "Sit" was all he said.
Bulma nodded her head and sat down on Vegeta's bed. A few more tears running down her cheeks. Vegeta got up and offered her a box of tissues, then he sat down beside her.
"Woman, stop crying. You are 21 years old" he ordered. When Bulma continued to weep he realised she was not going to stop just because he told her to. She obviously needed someone to talk to. But why the hell did it have to be him. he was no good at talking.
"Ok," Vegeta rubbed his head "Tell me what's wrong".
"It's just. I miss my sister Vegeta. I though I would be able to handle Frieza being back, but I can't. It's just to painful" Bulma began to cry even harder. It was all Vegeta could do to at least try and comfort her, so her put and arm around her shoulders and gave her a quick hug. Then he stood up and helped up the blue haired woman sitting on his bed.
"Woman. I miss my mother to. But like I said last night. That bastard will pay for what he has done to us. You don't have to worry"
Bulma wiped her eyes and looked at Vegeta, and for what was about the millionth time, she noticed just how good looking he was. Shaking her head, she remembered she was thinking about her best friend's brother.
"I have to go" she said and she quickly ran out the room.
Shaking his head in confusion, Vegeta grabbed his towel and headed for the G.R
A/N; Uh, the end? What did you think? Tell me in a review. Till next time, see ya!
~D.B