Chapter 7
Flashbacks
Vegeta, Talana, Tobias, and Nappa were all in the well-lit basement of the mansion. Tobias and Vegeta were both sitting on the floor; Tobias was as usual typing endlessly at his precious computer. Vegeta was watching Talana do her daily workout playing Ping-Pong with Nappa, a.k.a. beating the shit out of Nappa by using him as the ball. Vegeta had to admit he always found the sight of Talana bashing his former guardian around the room amusing. Vegeta glanced over at the computer screen and saw rows and rows of numbers, symbols, and letters that made absolutely no sense to him, he wasn't very technical. But then again he didn't need to be he lived with two geniuses for Lucifer's balls (Talana's favorite saying).
"Find anything yet?" He questioned. Tobias held up his hand in a clear signal to shut the hell up before he was thrown through the ceiling. Vegeta smirked leaning back against the beam. 'Good' he hoped Tobias was on Zarborn's and Frieza's slimy tail. He would truly enjoy pulling off all their skin then dismantling all excluding appendages slowly and painfully. His fists and jaw tightened, those bastards would pay for the murder of his parents and for turning his sister's mind into a cruel twisted place before it could become anything else. Vegeta could still feel the pain he had felt that night even though he had deadened his heart against all emotion since then.
*Flash Back*
Vegeta trotted up the hill towards the house, grinning to himself. He had to say Mary Smith was a good role in the hay, not to mention a welcome relief from the two-week-old brat who had invaded his life with subtlety of a one of the storms his father encountered at sea. Talora indeed he'd show her 'bright moon', right before he dumped her in the pond. Vegeta hoped his mother would not make him watch the kid. It was unnerving the way she stared at him, with those penetrating dark eyes under the fine down of black hair. Vegeta shivered it couldn't be natural the way the brat stared at him with wisdom far beyond her non-existent years.
Suddenly he tripped over something lying in the path to his home slamming him face down.
"What the hell?" Vegeta muttered turning around and glaring at the shapeless mass in the road.
"No" Vegeta gasped scooting away. "It can't be." A tear made it's way down his cheek as he pulled the cold mass into his arms rocking it gently. "Henry" he whispered. He stared down at the bloody remains of his beloved companion that he had raised since he was a pup and wondered what the hell had happened.
Vegeta got up still holding his pet and slowly made his way to his house, his mind whirling.
When he got home he pounded up the stairs and yelled for his mother. Strangely he got no response.
"Mama!" He yelled and he still did not get a response. And why did he smell blood? He began to look through his house until he reached his parent's bedroom.
"Mama, Papa, Henrys been mur-God no!" His Mama's body turned over and he stepped back unconsciously staring at the hole in his mother's breast her eyes wide and glassy. Vegeta drew in a sharp breath and gently set Henry down on the foot of his parent's bed. Vegeta rounded the bed and found his father in a similar situation. Vegeta's knees collapsed beneath him as he moved his lips in a silent prayer for his family's souls well being. 'Family' his head snapped up, 'Talora.' He got up quickly and stumbled towards his sister's cradle. She was gone. In her place there was a note written on parchment in blood 'his parents blood most likely' he thought feeling sick.
'Don't worry Veggie-kins we'll take good care of your beautiful baby sister. I'll raise her as though she was my own.
Frieza
'Frieza' his father's bastard partner. Vegeta and his mother had never trusted him and Talora had always screamed whenever he or his creepy partner Zarborn had stopped by. So they were the ones who had done this. Well from this moment on he swore on the souls of his parents that Frieza would pay and that he would get his sister back, even if it killed him.
Then all went black.
*End Flashback*
Vegeta ducked his head as Nappa came shooting at his face destroying the pillar behind him. Some times Vegeta didn't know why he had changed him. Nappa had long ago had been Vegeta's father's most trusted employee in their large place in France. He had taken Vegeta in after the incident with Frieza and Zarborn.
As Vegeta searched for them he found Nappa would be useful to get small fighters out of the way of his search. Vegeta had already been training to be a fighter when his parents had been killed but as his search for then Talora (now Talana) widened he learned many new languages and fighting techniques.
Nappa had defended him at first but soon Vegeta grew in power so far he surpassed him. But still fighting people so low to his ability was tiring so he soon gave it up. He still fought but only with the best fighters even at the age of 15.
For 11 years he looked a crossed the known world for Talora finding only taunting notes and mutilated bodies. But after all of his work he had finally found her.
*Flashback*
Vegeta stood in the shadows of Frieza's courtyard watching Talora play rip the cocks of the guards. 'God she was already so twisted' he didn't know if he would be able to bring her out of the web of insanity Frieza had woven around her. Vegeta fists tightened "Damn it he had not searched for her for eleven years just to fail.' Vegeta was so caught up in his thoughts he didn't see the shadow behind him.
Suddenly Vegeta was caught in a powerful grip his mouth covered.
"Say one word and your dead" a smooth voice hissed in his ears. Vegeta nodded and he was released. He turned and was confronted with the man that he would learn to trust beyond almost everyone, Tobias. His face was horribly burned on one side and the other side was fine. Vegeta recognized him as Talora's guardian.
"What the hell do you want?" Vegeta snarled dropping into a fighting stance.
"The same thing you do to save Talora." Vegeta just stared at him.
"Why?" Vegeta snapped.
"Because like you, I love Talora and would do anything possible to save her from this hell hole." Tobias said with a determined look on his face. Tobias shoved a piece of parchment at Vegeta.
"Meet me tonight at Charlemanges palace and I'll help you save Talora." Tobias ordered.
"How do I know I can trust you?" Vegeta questioned suspiciously.
"You just have to, but I need to know what would you give up for Talora."
"I would give up my soul for my sister if I had to." Vegeta stated stubbornly crossing his arms.
"Good because that's exactly what you will have to do."
*Later that night*
Vegeta stood there glaring out at the night, his unease growing. 'What the hell had Tobias meant when he said he would have to lose his soul to save Talora.' Vegeta shook his head he was beginning to think that Tobias had stood him up, or that this was a trap.
"Bonjour" Tobias said softly sneaking up behind him. Vegeta spun around his cape billowing out.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing!" He snapped. "Are you trying to kill me or something?"
"Sorry but I was delayed."
"Fine, now how are we going to save my sister." Vegeta questioned irritably.
"I'm going to change you into a vampire." Tobias said matter of factly. Vegeta blinked.
"Huh."
"You heard me now give me your arm."
"What the hell are you talking about" Vegeta questioned.
"Look here's the short version. Frieza, Zarborn, and I are all vampires and we were all born in various time periods before Christ. Frieza is the oldest in fact he was one of the earliest humans. I'm the youngest, to give you an idea of my age I was a gladiator." As he said this he gently stroked the ruined side of his face. If you want to have any chance at beating either of them than you have to give up your life."
"There's no way in hell I'm going to let you turn me into a monster like you" Vegeta snarled hatred glinting in his eyes.
"Then I apologize for what I'm about you but I have no choice, I have to save the women I love." Tobias said sadly, and then he lunged at Vegeta. Vegeta barely managed to dodge him 'God he was fast, how the hell could anyone be so fuckin fast it wasn't human, then again if he was telling the truth and he was right in the head than he was a super human.'
"It's been a long time since I fought anyone close to my skill level, I'm going to enjoy this." He said grinning wolfishly. Vegeta glared at him before launching a high kick aimed at the sick bastards twisted face. He passed right through him.
"What the hell was that?" He yelled hitting the ground and rolling.
"My element is air and I'm betting yours is fire but I can't be positive until I change you." Tobias said calmly sitting cross-legged in the air.
"Which is going to happen over my dead body!" Vegeta snapped.
"What do you think I'm doing you idiot!" Tobias said irritated. "For Zeus's sake, Talora must have gotten the brains. She's only 12 but at least she shows the fact that she has intelligence. And now I need to kill you once again I'm sorry."
Tobias dissipated then appeared behind Vegeta holding his arms. He lowered his head to Vegeta's neck. Vegeta continued struggling but he slowed as he felt his life seeping into his captor as his heart slowed. His vision dimmed and he saw himself leave his body. Then he was in a tunnel between a blood red patch of light and silvery white one. They grew brighter and brighter until he was blinded, then he was back in his own body, paralyzed. Tobias had laid him down and was forcing blood from a cut in his palm into Vegeta's open mouth. He felt the unusually sugary liquid slide down his throat, and he could taste the raw power in every drop. Vegeta suddenly felt an amazing burst of life and power course through him before he surrendered himself to the darkness in which he would forever hide.
*End Flashback*
"Why the hell didn't you throw him back into play!" Talana screamed. Vegeta blinked and looked around, Tobias was staring at him curiously and Talana looked as though she was about to turn into the blood mistress.
"I wouldn't have to if you could hit him in the fucking court!" Vegeta snapped irritably.
Vegeta reached behind him and grabbed Nappa by the ankle, throwing him back to Talana. He leaned back against the broken pillar and shook his head as if to clear his mind oh those damned memories. 'Alright' He thought. All I have to do is think about someone who has nothing to do with my past.
Bulma, perfect, that annoying little blue haired minx had been invading his mind since he first saw her. Although he hardly slept usually, when he did he never dreamed. But he did last night. That dream, no nightmare, had been just waiting for him to close his eyes so it could fill his mind with disgusting images of her. Of course he hadn't really minded the images and he defiantly would not pass up the chance to screw her if opportunity presented itself.
But the last thing he needed was another female planting herself in his life. He glared over at Talana who seemed to be attempting to turn Nappa into a basketball. Although Bulma was gorgeous one female was defiantly enough.
"So Veggie." Talana said breaking Nappa's leg so it would fit better in the 'Nappa Ball.' "What do you want me to do at this party?"
"Just get the bastard all hot and bothered then set up a date with him the next day which Bulma will coincidentally see?" Vegeta smirked thinking of what was in store for Yamcha.
"Alright." Talana said cheerfully leaning against the wall. "If he grabs me before I say it's ok all bets are off." She said kicking the bald giant.
"Taylor." Tobias said not looking up. "There are some things even I don't want to know about." Then...
"I've found them!"
Flashbacks
Vegeta, Talana, Tobias, and Nappa were all in the well-lit basement of the mansion. Tobias and Vegeta were both sitting on the floor; Tobias was as usual typing endlessly at his precious computer. Vegeta was watching Talana do her daily workout playing Ping-Pong with Nappa, a.k.a. beating the shit out of Nappa by using him as the ball. Vegeta had to admit he always found the sight of Talana bashing his former guardian around the room amusing. Vegeta glanced over at the computer screen and saw rows and rows of numbers, symbols, and letters that made absolutely no sense to him, he wasn't very technical. But then again he didn't need to be he lived with two geniuses for Lucifer's balls (Talana's favorite saying).
"Find anything yet?" He questioned. Tobias held up his hand in a clear signal to shut the hell up before he was thrown through the ceiling. Vegeta smirked leaning back against the beam. 'Good' he hoped Tobias was on Zarborn's and Frieza's slimy tail. He would truly enjoy pulling off all their skin then dismantling all excluding appendages slowly and painfully. His fists and jaw tightened, those bastards would pay for the murder of his parents and for turning his sister's mind into a cruel twisted place before it could become anything else. Vegeta could still feel the pain he had felt that night even though he had deadened his heart against all emotion since then.
*Flash Back*
Vegeta trotted up the hill towards the house, grinning to himself. He had to say Mary Smith was a good role in the hay, not to mention a welcome relief from the two-week-old brat who had invaded his life with subtlety of a one of the storms his father encountered at sea. Talora indeed he'd show her 'bright moon', right before he dumped her in the pond. Vegeta hoped his mother would not make him watch the kid. It was unnerving the way she stared at him, with those penetrating dark eyes under the fine down of black hair. Vegeta shivered it couldn't be natural the way the brat stared at him with wisdom far beyond her non-existent years.
Suddenly he tripped over something lying in the path to his home slamming him face down.
"What the hell?" Vegeta muttered turning around and glaring at the shapeless mass in the road.
"No" Vegeta gasped scooting away. "It can't be." A tear made it's way down his cheek as he pulled the cold mass into his arms rocking it gently. "Henry" he whispered. He stared down at the bloody remains of his beloved companion that he had raised since he was a pup and wondered what the hell had happened.
Vegeta got up still holding his pet and slowly made his way to his house, his mind whirling.
When he got home he pounded up the stairs and yelled for his mother. Strangely he got no response.
"Mama!" He yelled and he still did not get a response. And why did he smell blood? He began to look through his house until he reached his parent's bedroom.
"Mama, Papa, Henrys been mur-God no!" His Mama's body turned over and he stepped back unconsciously staring at the hole in his mother's breast her eyes wide and glassy. Vegeta drew in a sharp breath and gently set Henry down on the foot of his parent's bed. Vegeta rounded the bed and found his father in a similar situation. Vegeta's knees collapsed beneath him as he moved his lips in a silent prayer for his family's souls well being. 'Family' his head snapped up, 'Talora.' He got up quickly and stumbled towards his sister's cradle. She was gone. In her place there was a note written on parchment in blood 'his parents blood most likely' he thought feeling sick.
'Don't worry Veggie-kins we'll take good care of your beautiful baby sister. I'll raise her as though she was my own.
Frieza
'Frieza' his father's bastard partner. Vegeta and his mother had never trusted him and Talora had always screamed whenever he or his creepy partner Zarborn had stopped by. So they were the ones who had done this. Well from this moment on he swore on the souls of his parents that Frieza would pay and that he would get his sister back, even if it killed him.
Then all went black.
*End Flashback*
Vegeta ducked his head as Nappa came shooting at his face destroying the pillar behind him. Some times Vegeta didn't know why he had changed him. Nappa had long ago had been Vegeta's father's most trusted employee in their large place in France. He had taken Vegeta in after the incident with Frieza and Zarborn.
As Vegeta searched for them he found Nappa would be useful to get small fighters out of the way of his search. Vegeta had already been training to be a fighter when his parents had been killed but as his search for then Talora (now Talana) widened he learned many new languages and fighting techniques.
Nappa had defended him at first but soon Vegeta grew in power so far he surpassed him. But still fighting people so low to his ability was tiring so he soon gave it up. He still fought but only with the best fighters even at the age of 15.
For 11 years he looked a crossed the known world for Talora finding only taunting notes and mutilated bodies. But after all of his work he had finally found her.
*Flashback*
Vegeta stood in the shadows of Frieza's courtyard watching Talora play rip the cocks of the guards. 'God she was already so twisted' he didn't know if he would be able to bring her out of the web of insanity Frieza had woven around her. Vegeta fists tightened "Damn it he had not searched for her for eleven years just to fail.' Vegeta was so caught up in his thoughts he didn't see the shadow behind him.
Suddenly Vegeta was caught in a powerful grip his mouth covered.
"Say one word and your dead" a smooth voice hissed in his ears. Vegeta nodded and he was released. He turned and was confronted with the man that he would learn to trust beyond almost everyone, Tobias. His face was horribly burned on one side and the other side was fine. Vegeta recognized him as Talora's guardian.
"What the hell do you want?" Vegeta snarled dropping into a fighting stance.
"The same thing you do to save Talora." Vegeta just stared at him.
"Why?" Vegeta snapped.
"Because like you, I love Talora and would do anything possible to save her from this hell hole." Tobias said with a determined look on his face. Tobias shoved a piece of parchment at Vegeta.
"Meet me tonight at Charlemanges palace and I'll help you save Talora." Tobias ordered.
"How do I know I can trust you?" Vegeta questioned suspiciously.
"You just have to, but I need to know what would you give up for Talora."
"I would give up my soul for my sister if I had to." Vegeta stated stubbornly crossing his arms.
"Good because that's exactly what you will have to do."
*Later that night*
Vegeta stood there glaring out at the night, his unease growing. 'What the hell had Tobias meant when he said he would have to lose his soul to save Talora.' Vegeta shook his head he was beginning to think that Tobias had stood him up, or that this was a trap.
"Bonjour" Tobias said softly sneaking up behind him. Vegeta spun around his cape billowing out.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing!" He snapped. "Are you trying to kill me or something?"
"Sorry but I was delayed."
"Fine, now how are we going to save my sister." Vegeta questioned irritably.
"I'm going to change you into a vampire." Tobias said matter of factly. Vegeta blinked.
"Huh."
"You heard me now give me your arm."
"What the hell are you talking about" Vegeta questioned.
"Look here's the short version. Frieza, Zarborn, and I are all vampires and we were all born in various time periods before Christ. Frieza is the oldest in fact he was one of the earliest humans. I'm the youngest, to give you an idea of my age I was a gladiator." As he said this he gently stroked the ruined side of his face. If you want to have any chance at beating either of them than you have to give up your life."
"There's no way in hell I'm going to let you turn me into a monster like you" Vegeta snarled hatred glinting in his eyes.
"Then I apologize for what I'm about you but I have no choice, I have to save the women I love." Tobias said sadly, and then he lunged at Vegeta. Vegeta barely managed to dodge him 'God he was fast, how the hell could anyone be so fuckin fast it wasn't human, then again if he was telling the truth and he was right in the head than he was a super human.'
"It's been a long time since I fought anyone close to my skill level, I'm going to enjoy this." He said grinning wolfishly. Vegeta glared at him before launching a high kick aimed at the sick bastards twisted face. He passed right through him.
"What the hell was that?" He yelled hitting the ground and rolling.
"My element is air and I'm betting yours is fire but I can't be positive until I change you." Tobias said calmly sitting cross-legged in the air.
"Which is going to happen over my dead body!" Vegeta snapped.
"What do you think I'm doing you idiot!" Tobias said irritated. "For Zeus's sake, Talora must have gotten the brains. She's only 12 but at least she shows the fact that she has intelligence. And now I need to kill you once again I'm sorry."
Tobias dissipated then appeared behind Vegeta holding his arms. He lowered his head to Vegeta's neck. Vegeta continued struggling but he slowed as he felt his life seeping into his captor as his heart slowed. His vision dimmed and he saw himself leave his body. Then he was in a tunnel between a blood red patch of light and silvery white one. They grew brighter and brighter until he was blinded, then he was back in his own body, paralyzed. Tobias had laid him down and was forcing blood from a cut in his palm into Vegeta's open mouth. He felt the unusually sugary liquid slide down his throat, and he could taste the raw power in every drop. Vegeta suddenly felt an amazing burst of life and power course through him before he surrendered himself to the darkness in which he would forever hide.
*End Flashback*
"Why the hell didn't you throw him back into play!" Talana screamed. Vegeta blinked and looked around, Tobias was staring at him curiously and Talana looked as though she was about to turn into the blood mistress.
"I wouldn't have to if you could hit him in the fucking court!" Vegeta snapped irritably.
Vegeta reached behind him and grabbed Nappa by the ankle, throwing him back to Talana. He leaned back against the broken pillar and shook his head as if to clear his mind oh those damned memories. 'Alright' He thought. All I have to do is think about someone who has nothing to do with my past.
Bulma, perfect, that annoying little blue haired minx had been invading his mind since he first saw her. Although he hardly slept usually, when he did he never dreamed. But he did last night. That dream, no nightmare, had been just waiting for him to close his eyes so it could fill his mind with disgusting images of her. Of course he hadn't really minded the images and he defiantly would not pass up the chance to screw her if opportunity presented itself.
But the last thing he needed was another female planting herself in his life. He glared over at Talana who seemed to be attempting to turn Nappa into a basketball. Although Bulma was gorgeous one female was defiantly enough.
"So Veggie." Talana said breaking Nappa's leg so it would fit better in the 'Nappa Ball.' "What do you want me to do at this party?"
"Just get the bastard all hot and bothered then set up a date with him the next day which Bulma will coincidentally see?" Vegeta smirked thinking of what was in store for Yamcha.
"Alright." Talana said cheerfully leaning against the wall. "If he grabs me before I say it's ok all bets are off." She said kicking the bald giant.
"Taylor." Tobias said not looking up. "There are some things even I don't want to know about." Then...
"I've found them!"