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Chapter 47: time to run

Everybody looked at the new arrivals with mild interest. Vegeta floated down to floor in annoyance as he stared at the woman. Something was wrong here.

"Come Zara," she said in that flat voice, "we must go now. You have someone to meet." She spoke as if in a trance. It was making Zara uneasy. She looked to Vegeta then back at her mother.

"What's wrong with you?" she asked but Sam said nothing but looked round to her left. Two people were hovering over the stands. One was the bat lady Nitara who swooped down to tackle Sam and the other disappeared and was suddenly next to Zara. It was Tank and he grabbed Zara's wrist roughly.

"We have to get out of here. Now!" He ordered and began to pull her out despite her protests. Trunks and Goten ran out into the open aired arena and glared at Tank.

"What are you doing?" Trunks yelled and Zara broke free. Tank growled.

"I'll explain in a minute! But for now we're getting out of here!" he yelled and grabbed Zara again. This time he flew off with her. Trunks growled and gave chase with Goten following in confusion. Vegeta watched then turned to the horde of creatures that were all getting ready to follow Tank. In the middle Sam was fighting off Nitara. She blasted the vampire at point blank range and looked round to find that her daughter had gone. She turned to the horde.

"Keep them busy!" she yelled in a voice that didn't sound like her own and she was off. The horde all turned to face Nitara and Vegeta. The prince growled and sunk into a stance.

"Will somebody explain to me what's going on?" he yelled. The bat lady beat her wings in frustration.

"In a minute. We have more pressing issues to attend to. all you need to know is that I'm an allie." She told him and they both prepared for an attack.

Little did they know that Buu was done devouring all the food in the restaurant and had come for his match. He stopped out side of the waiting room entrance and noticed the horde. He looked round and worked out that they were all evil and would be trouble for Vegeta. And he was still hungry…

Vegeta got ready to spring an attack when Nitara stopped him.

"Look." She said. Vegeta scowled at her. He still didn't know who she was exactly and he didn't like being told what to do but he looked anyway and just in time to watch the horde become engulfed in a pink light. In an instant all that was left were small chocolate bars and Buu standing there licking his lips.

Vegeta frowned at the lost battle but Nitara pulled him away to find the others.

Tank and Zara were flying over a group of small islands when she pulled out of his grasp. He went to grab her again but she held up a ki-blast.

"What's going on?" She asked sternly just as the two demi-saiyans came to a halt behind her.

"We have to keep moving." He told her, eyeing the blast. Zara frowned.

"If you don't explain then I'm going back to my match." She said stubbornly. Tank growled loudly and looked at one of the islands.

"Down there." He said pointing to it and the group flew down. The three teenagers all stood round Tank.

"Now start talking." Zara ordered and let the blast disperse. Tank stared at her and folded his arms stubbornly.

"Fine but you better start listening to me." He told her and looked round at the boys. He couldn't complain about them but he didn't want them there.

He sighed and launched into an explanation for the lord first.

"…And since we all worked for him, your mother, the rest of our friends and myself could have been controlled. You mother was the one to first learn how to block him out and she taught a small group of us. What happened is kind of ironic considering that." He said and paused. Zara frowned.

"What happened?" she asked and Tank looked up.

"Your mother got sick. That's what. It took all of her energy to get better but she couldn't block him out anymore. Most of us thought he was dead because he hadn't resurfaced but he wasn't. He was waiting. Guess he thought we'd ruin our chances with you." He paused and looked thoughtful. Trunks frowned at the older man.

"I wonder why he would of thought that?" Trunks asked sarcastically. Tank turned and glared at the boy.

"What was that brat?" he asked with a growl.

"You heard me! You did all the things you did and expected Zara not to run away? That was stupid." He said. Tank growled and was about to lunge forward when Zara stood between them.

"Would you two stop it?" she yelled then turned to her father.

"Why do they want me anyway?" she asked him. He didn't say anything. She growled.

"Would you just trust me this one time?" she yelled at him. She was tired of being kept in the dark. Tank glared back at her.

"You haven't given me any reason to trust you! You just ran off!"

"You destroyed everything! Besides, do you really think I would be stupid enough to run off if I knew I was in danger? You don't tell me anything!"

"Well maybe I don't know!" he yelled then calmed down and looked away. "I don't know why they want you." He lied. Zara stopped and stared at him.

"That's all you had to say." She said after a moment and turned her back on him. She walked over to Trunks. Tank watched and growled.

"All I know is that they've always wanted you. When your mother was pregnant with you we didn't know until the last few months but he knew from the beginning. We thought we could hide you and not let him know but he already did. We had to leave. It turned out that he had been taking you while we slept just to see how you were developing. Your mother woke up when they were doing it and we had to escape." He told them. Zara watched him.

"Why would someone do that? There must be a reason." She said slowly then looked up. They could all feel an incredible ki-signature. And for some reason Zara could recognise it but she wasn't sure where from. Tank growled.

"He's here." He said and sure enough the Lord stood several feet away with a second horde of alien creatures behind him and Sam stood at his side.

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I'm going to leave it there. Don't really want to go in to what I had planned for the next chapter so this is it. You'll have to wait until next time to see what happens.