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Chapter 10

Eighteen glared down at the city below her, her yellow hair tucked firmly behind her ears as she flew, almost smiling when she realised the the city was little more thenrubble now and a far cry from the beautiful city it had once been.

"Pitiful humans." She murmurered softly andshook her short blonde hair. She closed her beautiful clear blue eyes and concentrated on finding Vegeta or Gohan's power - which waseaser said then done since both of them were so low at the moment. She needed something - anything - and she'd have them! She concentrated harder, frown lines appearing on her face,and after a little while of searching she managed to pick out a thread if power which she identifiedGohan's weak signal and soon afterwards the slightly stronger signal of Vegeta.

She didn't stop to think why she had found Gohan's weak ki signature before finding Vegeta's much stronger one.

Eighteen stopped mid flight and looked ahead in the direction that Gohan and Vegeta were in. Even though she was stronger then both of them put together at the moment she still felt a twinge fear when she remembered the day they had killed her. Eighteen clenched a fist and took a deep breath. They're weak! They're not going to hurt me ever again. Eighteen nodded and took off again flying steadily towards the power levels, secure in her knowledge that they were nothing while she was something.

Vegeta stealthily snuck into Chichi's kitchen, covertly glancing from left to right as he continued his search for the sensu beans; he knew the woman had some. She was like a squirrel -she horded things, especially the beans! If they weren't dying then she wouldn't give them any. He searched for a good half and hour before he found them in an empty peanut butter jar in the back of the fridge. Grumbling about women and their strange ways Vegeta gobbled down a bean and took one for Gohan, who was patiently waiting in his bedroom.

They were going to try to find Bulma tonight.

Vegeta crept out of the kitchen, checked around for Chichi and then sneaked back to Gohan's room before the witch could make an appearance.

"I'm sick of sneaking around your house, boy." Vegeta told Gohan as heclosed the door behind him and tossed him the bean. Gohan mumbled something like 'sorry' beforeswallowing and sitting up again; energised and healed

"So were heading off to find her now?" Gohan pulled on his father's giuniform, which had been sitting crumpled on his floor,and turned to face a pacing Vegeta.

"No boy, I thought we'd sleep on it and get her in the morning…of course we're blasted well going after her tonight…." Vegeta gritted the words out through clenched teeth - Honestly! Sometimes this boy was as thick as his blasted father!

"Oh are you?"

The female voice crept into the room and for a horrifying second Vegeta thought it was Chichi, then he realised who it really was and, equally horrified, he and Gohan turned to face the open window in which Eighteen was perched. She was crouched in the window, balanced on the balls of her feet with her arms restign on either side of the open window. The curtains rustled round her and for a perverse seond Vegeta thought he saw something like lust streak across Gohans face.

"What do you want android?" Vegeta took a step towards her and was rewarded to see a flash of fear cross her face before she controlled herself and smiled chillingly back at him, flicking her brilliant sapphire eyes between him and Gohan.

"I want the same thing you want...my little friend." She let thr words hang in the air for a moment before continuing."I want Bulma back with you and away from my brother." She lounged backin the window and gave Gohan a wink as she tucked her silvery blonde hair behind her ear.

"Why should we believe a thing you say?" Gohan swallowed a lump in his thoat which he attributed ti fear and stepped closer to Vegeta. "You've only ever tried to kill us before."

"True, but as much as I hate you two I happen to dislike Bulma and her annoying brat more. And as I said I want them gone." She quietly slipped down from the window and lent against the wall. "I'm willing to help you get the woman back...free of charge." Her voice was deceptively soft and Vegeta frowned at her.

"Well just say we believe you, what makes you think that we even need you help?" He growled dangerously - not trusting the filthy android for even a second.

"Calm down little man." She flashed a perfect smile before speaking again. "You need me for quite a few reasons and if you weren't so worked up you'd see that. Number one -I know where you wife and son are, number two - I can get Seventeen away from her long enough for you to do whatever it is you want to do with her…"

"I'm going to bond with her." Vegeta interrupted.

Eighteen gave him as exasperated look. "I don't care! Look, I'll keep him busy long enough for you to bond with her, whatever the hell that means, and long enough for you to get her and your son out."

"You're being very trusting android, what makes you think were not going to double cross you and kill you and your brother once we have Bulma?" Vegeta fired a burning look at the android.

"I'm not being trusting at all; I just don't believe that you could actually hurt me and my brother." A frosty stare met his gaze.

"Have you forgotten what happened the last time you fought Vegeta and I?" Gohan interrupted wryly, feeling confident enought to speak.

Eighteen flashed him a look form under her eyelashes. "As a matter of fact I haven't forgotten, sweetheart. I simply meant that with my brother and I fighting side by side you don't have a chance. And you know it." She turned her attention to Vegeta and gave him her best 'nice girl' smile. "So do we have a deal?"

For a second Vegeta hesitated then smiled. "Sure, a deal it is."

Eighteen extended her hand and shook Vegeta's both of them wore the same self-satisfied smirk and Gohan couldn't help but think that both of them were probably planning on betraying the other.

Seventeen stretched and yawned, next to him in the bed Bulma mumbled and the android was unable to stop himself form grinning. He felt like the luckiest man alive - Bulma was everything he'd wanted in a woman. He hadn't dreampt he'd even find it in a human but...well...here he way. Lying next to the most beautiful and passionant person he'd even come across.

You're becoming weak!

The voice mocked Seventeen, but for once he couldn't care less. So he wasn't quite as cruel as he used to be? So whay?He was still cruel -just not to Bulma. He looked down at her and grinned again. Who could be cruel to such a beautiful creature? Even Vegeta had fallen under her spell and from what hhe knew from his files on the saiyan prince, the saiyan had been quite the bastardonce upon a time. Vegeta, for all his faults, must have loved Bulma at some point in their relationship...

Oh well, Seventeen thought abruptly, his loss.

"That's the plan?" Eighteen raised her eyebrows and stifled a laugh.

"What's wrong with it?" Vegeta snapped defensively, his hands curling into fists again. If he had to listen to this self-centred android's stupidcomments for evenmoment longer he was going to snap...

"Nothing's wrong with it, in fact I love it. It's just so simple it's probably going to work." She stopped laughing as quickly as she had started. "Okay, so all I have to do is get Seventeen away from Bulma and you'll go in and get her and the kid? You do know how strong she is?" When Vegeta nodded she continued. "Good, because she's stronger then I am now." Irritation flashed across the androids deceptively angelic face."You understand how pissed off my brothers going to be too don't you? He'll come searching for you as mad as a hornet and when he finds you...well, he'll do everything he can to kill you both."

"As I said, Eighteen..." Vegeta used her name mockingly. "...I'm going to bite the woman and bond with her before she can argue with me. Once I have her under my power your brother can rage and bitch all he wants but Bulma will never leave my side. And once I have Trunks and Bulma back with me it will be three of us against him." Vegeta stared off into space.

"Well what about you, Boy?" Eighteen turned around to face him and tilted her head to the side as she'd often seen Bulma do. She wasn't flirting...shereally wasn't."Are you still game? You do realise that if Seventeen catches you all alone it'll be your death."

Gohan looked up her and gave his own brand of saiyan smirk, not entirely unaffected by the look she was giving him."Whatever happens I'll be ready for it."

A/N - Woohoo! Lame lame lame! Enjoy and review!

- Lena (Vegeta Goddess)