Chapter 8

Vegeta bowed, "Thank you lord Freiza. I will make sure she stays in line."

Freiza ginned, "You had better, or you will suffer."

Athena got up and bowed, "Thank you lord Freiza. Sorry about being so annoying, it's just in my nature."

He turned to her, "Well you better learn to show some respect for those who have power over you. Now it's time for your daily training. Go get the others and start. I will be in my room."

Athena and Vegeta bowed, "Good day, Lord Freiza," they both said.

Freiza walked away. Athena turned to Vegeta and said, "You didn't have to do that you know."

He looked at her and smiled, "Yes I did. I would have done the same for my sister, why not for you."

She smiled at him. It made her heart ache even more hearing those words come out of his mouth. He missed his sister so much. She wanted to tell him that she really was her, but she just couldn't. She knew that even being his friend could mess things up for every one. The next chance she got she had to leave and never come back. "We better get Nappa and Raditz," she said with a saddened tone.

With that they tuned around and started walking. They got the others and when all the way back to the training room. They trained for about an hour. It ended up being a 3 on one match. Vegeta, Nappa, and Raditz, vs. Athena. Athena ended up winning. They had to rush to emergency room though, because Athena kicked Raditz in the head a little two hard and it seemed like he had a concussion.

"I am so sorry you guys," Athena said as they were in the waiting room.

"It's ok," Nappa said, "That guy has one of the hardest heads in the galaxy."

Athena got up, "Well I am going to go and see if they have the results yet." She went to his room and talked to the doctor.

"He may have a mild concussion; nothing to worry about though. He will be asleep for a few days and he may not remember what happened. He will be ok though."

"Thank you doctor," Athena said. She turned and walked out of the room. She was going to go back out and tell the others what the doctor told her, but before she did she got an idea. She snuck into the science lab. There wasn't anyone in there at the moment. She got a whole bunch of spare parts and tools. It's a good thing that she was wearing pants with really big pocket. When she got what she needed she went back into the waiting room and told them the news.

"Ok, it's only 12 o'clock. What are we supposed to do for the remainder of the day?" Athena asked.

Vegeta shrugged his shoulders, "We might as well train some more. There is really nothing for us to do around here unless we have a mission."

"Well I that case I think that I will just go back to my room and take a nap."

Nappa and Vegeta looked at each other. Then Nappa said, "You might not want to do that."

Athena tilted her head, "Why?"

"Because if you go to sleep during the day, you might wake up in a test tube or getting something injected into you."

Athena cringed, "Freiza is so low that he experiments on you guys when you are sleeping!"

"Yep," Vegeta said, "It's happened to all of us."

"That's awful!" Athena shouted. "I think I will just read or something then. I will join you guys later in the training room. Say, in 2 hours."

They nodded. "Ok see you then," Vegeta said.

Athena walked to her room. She thought to herself, 'Gosh, and I didn't think that Vegeta had to go through half the stuff that I did. I guess I was wrong.' She pulled out the pieces that she took from the lab. 'Ok lets see what I have to work with here.' She carefully examined all of the pieces. After a moment she got an idea of what to make. 'I just need one more pieces and I will have all the things I need to get the hell out of here. I wish I could take Vegeta and the others with me, but I can't. It hurts me so much to have to leave them here with this monster, but it will mess everything up.' She snuck back into the lab and got the piece that she needed. She went back into her room and began to build her little device. By the time she had to go back to the training room she had finished.

"Hey guys, sorry I am a little late, I got kind of lost," she said as she rubbed the back of her head.

Vegeta and Nappa stopped training and walked toward her. They both had very serious looks on their faces.

She raised her eyebrow, "What's with the seriousness?"

"Freiza would like you to go on a mission. He wants you to go to his room to discuss it, and we can't come," Vegeta said as he put his head down.

Athena frowned, "Why does this not sound good?"

"Because it isn't good, that's why," Vegeta said.

Athena took a deep breath, "Well I guess I have to go. I wouldn't want you guys to suffer because of me." With that she turned and walked toward Freiza's room. She got to his door and knocked on the door.

"Come in," Freiza said from inside the room.

Athena took a deep breath and opened the door. "Before I come in, can I have your word that I am not going to be experimented on… or raped?"

Freiza gave her an evil look. He sighed and said, "No I won't do any of that to you ok, now just come in. Gosh you are so parodied!"

She walked in, "That's because it has happened to me before."

Freiza rolled his eyes, "Boo-Hoo, cry me a river. Anyway. I need you to go on a solo mission." He handed her a envelope, "All the information is in this. The location of the planet and what you are supposed to do. Your ship is ready; you will leave immediately."

She bowed, "Thank you lord Freiza." She turned and walk to her room. She got the device that she had made, along with some other stuff that she might need. 'I better say goodbye to the others.' She thought to herself.

She went back to the training room. Vegeta and Nappa were very surprised to see Athena back so quickly.

Vegeta asked nervously, "What did he do to you."

"Nothing, he just gave me a mission."

They both sighed with relief. "A mission huh? Well I guess we better get going," Nappa said.

Athena shook her head, "No, he said this was a solo mission. So have to go alone."

"Let me see the mission," Vegeta asked.

Athena took out the envelope and handed it to Vegeta. He started to read it, and Nappa read it over his shoulder. There eyes got big, "I can't believe he is sending you on a solo mission to this planet!"

"Why, what's wrong with it?" Athena asked curiously.

"We have been trying to concur this planet for 6 years! Not even a crew of twenty could bring them down!"

"Wow, I guess he figures that if he can't kill me, why not have someone else do it for him. Oh well, I will do it any way"

"If you fail… I wouldn't come back if I were you. Freiza kills anyone that fails a solo mission."

"Why?"

"If he thinks you can do it alone then he expects you to succeed."

"Great," Athena said with a laugh.