Trunks narrowed his eyes at Ukyo. " Prepare to die!"
" TRUNKS NO!"
Ukyo's cry went unheard by her husband. His cold, lifeless eyes stared right into her. Tears started to flow down her face. Trunks' heart started to break as he looked up at his crying mate. ' I'm so sorry Ukyo. I want to help you but I can't. Homura will kill me if I don't. He is using me against my will… I want to comfort you but he won't let me. I don't want to do this to you but he leaves me no other choice. I hope you understand.' Trunks thought.
Homura grabbed Trunks by the hair. He held an injection at his neck. " Kill her now!" He commanded. ' This boy is powerful. He is resisting me!' He pressed the injection in a bit more. " Kill her now or I will bring you under my control completely…."
Trunks body trembled. He couldn't do it. Homura sneered and he pushed the injection into him. Trunks feel to the ground. Even Homura knew that he couldn't give Trunks too many more injections. Trunks slowly stood up and took his sword from Homura's hand.
" Please Trunks… don't! Don't fall to him… don't give up! Come back to me my love…."
" He is no longer here."
" No… Trunks." She cries. Trunks' eyes narrow. He placed the sword right at her stomach. Ukyo widened her eyes. " No Trunks! DON'T! You'll kill our baby!"
' Kill them!'
' No! I won't…!'
' Kill them or I will do it in an more slow and painful way.'
' Don't touch her!'
' Use the damn sword! Kill her!'
The potion got back in control of Trunks and he lifted the sword to Ukyo's heart. " Trunks please!"
" Shut up bitch." Trunks said.
Ukyo was surprised. Trunks had never called her that. ' that must be the potion talking…'
' Ukyo…. I'm sorry… I can't protect you… I'm weak… I'm lucky if I can maintain our link… forgive me.'
' I forgive you my love….'
Trunks tried not to push the sword through his mate. Homura was so excited. He loved watching things like this. ' Yes… yes! Kill her!'
Trunks floats up in the air with the sword. He prepared to strike. Ukyo has her eyes closed against the pain and when she doesn't feel the blow she opens her eyes to see trunks hovering over her with the sword inches from her chest. Trunks' body was trembling as he strained against Homura's hold on his mind. His eyes continued to flash from dull to bright and Ukyo nodded her head. " That's right, fight it Trunks." She encouraged.
Homura saw his pause and snarled. " Kill her!" He demanded.
Trunks jerkily shook his head as though it were taking all his concentration. " N-no." He whispered.
Homura growled and stormed over to Trunks' side, throwing him to the ground and taking his sword. " Fine boy, if you won't obey me I shall kill her myself." He raised the sword above him and forcefully brought it down with a war cry. " Die!" His hands gripped the hilt as a sharp pain coursed through him and his aim wavered. The blade pierced through the wall beside her, missing her skin by inches. Ukyo's eyes were widened in fear and she sighed in relief as she saw that the cool metal was thrust into the wall instead of her body. Homura panted and gripped his head lightly. " Damn these chains."He muttered.
Ukyo sneered haughtily. " It serves you right for what you did to my parents and Keiko, this is your punishment."
" Silence woman, I don't have the time for you." He grinned. "I should leave you to Trunks here, I'm sure he can take care of you while I pay a visit to your brother." Homura said.
" Leave Keiko alone!" Ukyo growled. She strained against the chains holding her and tried to kick out at Homura. He chuckled and moved out of her range, snapping his fingers for Trunks. He rose slowly from the ground where he had been thrown and came beside Homura.
" Yes master Homura?" His dull voice inquired.
" I want you to torture Ukyo while I handle her brother." He said, grinning slyly at Ukyo. " Make sure to prolong her pain, and don't kill her just yet." He said firmly.
Trunks bowed his head obediently. " Yes master Homura."
Ukyo's eyes widened as Homura moved to leave them and Trunks struggled to pull the sword from the pierced wall. " Trunks, don't do this." She pleaded.
" I must obey my master's wishes." He said calmly. The sword slid out and he moved to stand before her.
" Please no Trunks, remember our love." She tried again.
Trunks' eyes narrowed and he moved the sword forward, quickly slashing at her arm. " Silence." He growled. Ukyo cried out in pain as her blood began running down her arm. Trunks grinned at this and something in his eyes shone dangerously.
Ukyo saw this and shook her head. " Trunks, control your Saiyan lusts, don't lose control!" She said in panic.Trunks stabbed her right leg to silence her and Ukyo gasped as her bones were sliced clean through. " Nn, Trunks." She moaned.
Trunks laughed and threw his head back. " The power I feel is so wonderful, I want more." His eyes locked onto Ukyo. " I want blood." He roughly grabbed her shoulders and bit into her neck, piercing through the skin and bringing forth the blood his instincts so desperately craved. " Delicious." He purred and ran his nails across her cheek, trailing the small lines of blood down her face.
" Trunks." Ukyo sobbed.
Trunks growled and his hand gripped her arm forcefully. " I told you to shut up." Ukyo screamed as her bones shattered in his grip and he released her now useless limb. Tears streamed down her pale cheeks and her body quivered in pain. Trunks laughed at her weakness and shoved his fist into her gut, twisting his knuckles into the sensitive flesh.
" No!" Ukyo screamed. " Not my baby!"
Trunks' eyes flickered briefly and his clenched hand lowered to her other arm. He gently grasped her hand in his own and she looked up in confusion. " Don't worry, I will take care of the baby." He said gently. Ukyo began to relax until the pressure on her hand caused the bones to snap, she cried out in pain and squinted at Trunks in anger. Trunks laughed. " I'll take care of it right after I kill you." He sneered. He moved both his hands to her neck and latched on tightly. "You will die by my hands your highness." He whispered.
" Trunks." Ukyo wheezed. She struggled against his choking hold but that only caused his fingers to grip more.
Suddenly Trunks froze and cried out in pain, he backed away from Ukyo and fell to the ground beside her. " Boy, I told you not to kill her." Homura said as he strolled in once again. Ukyo glared at him through narrowed eyes.
" What did you do to my brother?" She panted.
Homura seemed surprised. "I would be more worried about yourself my dear. I was just testing his tolerance to pain." He informed her curtly.
Ukyo tried to lung out to get him. " Damn you! Bastard! Just leave us all the hell alone! Let Trunks go! He's your prince isn't he… you can't do this!"
" I know what's best for him right now. He obviously doesn't have enough sense if he has chosen a Kanjin female for a mate." He spat. "Isn't that right Trunks? You don't want this woman for a mate." Homura turned to Trunks.
Trunks stood once again and looked to Ukyo with a look of disgust. " No master Homura."
" No! Trunks… come on… snap out of it. You are different then that. You don't care about the old ways… you wanted to help us. You can't go now… please come back to me. Be a father to our child." Ukyo started crying. " I still love you Trunks…"
Homura hissed in discussed. " Shut up bitch!"
" No you shut up…" She turned to Trunks. " Please, my love… return to your old self… wake up! FIGHT HIM!"
Trunks' body trembled at her words and Homura growled at Ukyo, knowing it was her fault his slave was losing his resolve. He brought his hand up and touched her diamond forcefully. "You had better watch your mouth unless you want to suffer." He said lowly.
Ukyo screamed and squirmed in pain. " Trunks!" She cried in agony.
Trunks turned away from his mate. " You see… he's mine now." He removed his hand for a moment. He pulls out another injection. " Just to make sure…" He holds it against Trunks' neck.Trunks winced slightly but then sagged forward, eyes dark with unawareness. Homura grinned evilly. " The joys of science, see what a little studying can do, you can have anything and with my power I could rule this pathetic planet." Ukyo shook away her tears.
" That's what it's been about this entire time isn't it? You never cared about your king, you wanted the power for yourself!" She accused.
" So not true! I'm just continuing where his lord ended… it was because of your race that he died! I'm just returning the favor and finishing what he couldn't. I was his most loyal servant… I never once disobeyed him… I would have followed him in death but he wouldn't hear of it. He sent me to your planet alone… and I think you know the rest." He led up his chained hands.
Ukyo smirked. "He must not have cared for you too much if he sent you here alone without protection." She said. "Look what your loyalty has brought you, nothing but pain. The Saiyans will never appreciate your work and they will never acknowledge you! Look at what you've become, a crazed man that is alone!" She shook her head. "You will always be alone and I pity you for that."
Homura snarled as her words rang true. " Do not pity me, you are the one who has lost her parents!" He tried to wound her heart. "You will be alone and never have anyone! I have taken all that you care for." He sneered.
Ukyo bowed her head and smiled softly. " That's where you're wrong, because I am never alone, I have my brother and sister who have always been there throughout my life." She looked to the unmoving form of Trunks. "And now I have Trunks and my baby." She looked to Homura. "And no matter what you do I will always have their love." She said strongly.
" You won't have then once I take them all under my control... Now I think its time I finish what I started and finish off your smart mouth!" Homura raised his hand to both her stone and to her stomach. " What would you like to go first? Your mind or your baby?"
He sneered. " Or maybe both." He pressed his hands to her stomach and forehead and smiled at her once more before her released his energy. Ukyo stiffened as intolerable pain raced through her body. She felt as though she were on fire and only one thought came into her mind. The baby, she had to save the baby at all costs. Her shrill wail pierced through the room and echoed against the walls. Behind her fluttering lids she was focusing, linking her power with the small life within her, forming a weak shield to protect her child from most of the energy.
He fell to his knees and clutched at his stomach, the chains beginning to sizzle with the amount of pain they were inflicting. With the distraction from the pain, his powers also weakened and with that his mind control. Trunks wavered on his feet, eyes gaining some type of coherence. " Trunks!" Ukyo cried. Trunks shook his head against the fogginess in his brain and looked up with a frown.
" Ukyo?" He asked uncertainly.
Ukyo cried in relief. " Get me down from here you baka before Homura regains his power."
Trunks runs over and undoes her chains. Homura could do nothing to stop them. They ran to find Jal and Keiko. They arrived in Keiko's cell... Keiko wasn't looking so good. He was still chained to the wall where Homura had left him, his head bowed to his chest. Ukyo gasped when she saw her brother's condition. His skin was pale and his eyes closed. His chest was heaving weakly as blood dribbled from his parted lips. That was just from his sickness and she was accustomed to seeing him like this. The thing that worried her the most were the cuts across his body. Homura had beaten him, that much they could tell. And it looked as though he had done so with a sharp object. Blood pooled around his feet and his clothes had been stained crimson from the blood leaking from his wounds. Ukyo moved forward weakly. " Keiko." She whispered. Even she knew that losing this much blood could be deadly and she raised her hand to her brother's cheek.
His eyes fluttered open and he strained himself to smile. " Ukyo, you're alright." He whispered hoarsely.
Ukyo smiled through her tears. " Don't worry about me brother, you're worst off then me." She said sadly.
Keiko was trembling with pain. " Get out of here Ukyo! He's coming back for me… leave this place and live… take Jal with you." He looks around. " Where is she!" He said in alarm.
" Homura has her in a separate room… He hasn't touched her yet… she's not even chained up." Trunks said.
Keiko shuddered. " Save her and forget about me." He said softly.
Ukyo shook her head furiously. "No! I will not leave you!" She said angrily. " Trunks, help me get him down!" She ordered hurriedly. Trunks nodded and moved forward to help break the chains.
Keiko groaned. " Leave me!" He snarled, too weak to support his words.
" Trunks, can you carry him?" She asked ignoring her brother's protests.
" He's not very heavy." Trunks commented, he lifted the weak form from the chains and gently draped him across his shoulders. " Now to find Jal." He said turning out of the room with Ukyo following.
Homura was with Jal. " My dear sister in law... It's been far to long. I know you have powers to heal... release me from these." He held out his arms.
" You are in no danger from me."
Jal watched him coolly from her corner, trying to stay as far away from him as possible. " You want my help?" She spat in disgust. "You didn't seem too fond of me before when I was with your brother." She accused.
Homura growled lightly. " But dear sister, I always embraced your love, I was happy for my brother." He strained to remain calm. Jal snorted. "You hate Kanjins, admit it and stop this foolishness." She shook her head.
Homura frowned. "You do know that I could kill you on the spot if I wish." He informed her.
She grinned, gold eyes flashing. "Ah, but then where would you be? After all, you wouldn't want to kill the Kanjin who helped put those chains on you now would you?" She reminded him.
His gaze narrowed angrily. "Just release me woman."He growled.
" What if I do decide to release you... what then? What will you do then?" Jal asked. She wasn't too sure but then she remembered her mates words.
' Don't dislike my brother... He's just suffering...'
Homura bowed his head. " I just want my life back." He said softly. Jal frowned, maybe her mate had been true to his words? Maybe Homura just wanted a second chance at life. She nodded slowly and reached out her hands towards the chains, readying her power.
Homura looked at his sister in law. " Thank you Jal." Jal touched them breaking them to pieces. Just then Keiko and the gang showed up to find Homura free.
" Jal!" Ukyo cried. They looked at Homura in horror.
" What have you done?" Keiko asked in betrayal.
Jal looked to them with wide eyes. " It's okay, I never meant anyone any harm, he just wanted another chance!" She tried to plead.
Keiko bowed his head. " He killed our parents and you freed him." He murmured in disbelief.
Homura smiled. "Thank you once again my sister." With one swipe of his hand everyone gets rammed and chained to the walls except for Jal. " I promised I wouldn't harm you and I'm keeping my word. You may leave this place Jal…."
Jal's eyes widened in terror. " No!" She screamed as her friends were bound around her. " How could you do this!" She demanded.
Homura merely grinned at her. " Dear sister, did you truly believe that I could change?" He laughed.
Jal trembled in rage. " Bastard." She snarled.
" Go now Jal, before I am forced to kill you too." Homura frowned.
Jal shook angrily and released her power around herself. " I will not let you get away with this!" She roared, eyes blazing.
" Damn it Jal! Leave this place now! I don't want to kill the wife of my brother... I'm begging you to leave!" Something in Homura's eyes was different. He showed concern for her
" I will not leave without them." She said firmly. " They are my friends." She said locking eyes with him.
Homura looked away angrily. " You give me no choice then." He said. Jal watched him as he raised his hand toward her, the power surrounded his hand and he was about to release it before she spoke.
" You have a nephew." She said softly.
His eyes widened in surprise. " You had a child?" He said incredulously.
Jal nodded. " He has your power Homura, just as his father did before he died." She said.
" Even more reason you should leave. I will not let my nephew grow up without a mother... its bad enough his father was killed... his finally moments haunt me till this day... I'm telling you Jal... get out of here!"
" Homura, I will not leave them! I have found happiness with them since we've met." She looked to Keiko. "I have found love again and will not run from it."
Homura shook his head. " I didn't want to have to do this to you... it's not what your husband wanted... but I have no choice..." He raised his hand and he blew her to the wall and chained her. " You should have left..."
Homura trembled. ' Why did it have to be me to have such an illness!' Homura felt very weak for the first time in a while. He managed to sit down. His breathing became harder. Blood dribbled from his lips. " No one can save you now!" Homura's pain was very visible to everyone in the room.
Ukyo frowned. " What's wrong with you?" She demanded. Jal too looked concerned despite the deeds Homura committed. Homura merely panted and bowed his head, wheezing a bit.
" Why should I tell you?" He gasped.
" Because we would like to know if our captor is gonna fall over dead." Trunks said sarcastically.
Keiko watched silently until he found his tongue. " He's sick." He said softly. " Can't you see the signs that are so similar to mine?"
Homura managed to get to his feet. " I'm just as bad as you are Keiko.. because I too was injected with my own virus... it seems to have a greater affect on Saiyans though." He trembles. " I'm not worried though... I'll kill you all before I draw my last breath!"
Ukyo laughed despite the danger they were still in. " Injected with your own poison, a worthy revenge for all those you have killed." She shook her head. " You poor fool."
Homura staggered toward her and glared. " I wouldn't be laughing, after all I still have you at my mercy." He said and pressed his finger to her diamond. Her screams filled through the small room and Trunks roared angrily, trying to reach Homura's form with his kicking legs.
" You bastard, let her go!" He screamed.
Homura pulled away his hand and winced, the attack had taken more out of him then he had thought. He felt drained as he stared at Keiko's unwavering gaze. " What do you want Kanjin?" He demanded.
Keiko smiled. " It hurts doesn't it?" He turned away. " You suffer from the same pain I do, we are more alike then you thought." Homura snarled.
" What is the relevance to this?" He growled.
Keiko looked to him again. " I have come to realize that Kanjins and Saiyans can live together." He said wisely. " We don't need to fight."
Homura laughed. "You damn Kanjins were always for the non-fighting. You don't seem to realize it's in our blood." He said.
Jal looked at her brother in law. " Please... don't do this Homura... You'll die... do you want that? No I don't think you do... let us go... and I promise we will help you recover... So what do you say?" Jal asked
The weaken Homura got on his feet and walked over to them. He leaned against the wall near Jal. " Do you really hold that much trust in me?" He asked lightly.
Jal smiled despite herself. " My mate once told that I needed to see you differently, that I should give you another chance." She replied.
Homura eyed them. " Do you swear that you won't chain me up again?" Keiko and Ukyo would do it anyway.. just to keep him in control.. " Do you swear Jal?"
Jal nodded. " On the life of my son, I swear to you that you will remain free." She swore.
Ukyo growled beside her. " Don't promise him that Jal, he deserves his fate!" She spat.
Jal glared at the girl. " No, he has changed, I know this in my heart and I will allow him to live." She said firmly. She looked to Keiko for support and he nodded. She turned back to Homura. " Please release us." She said
" Very well..." Homura said. He undid all their chains but Ukyo and Keiko weren't done. There powers increased... and it started to form a chain. Homura saw it and feared it.
Jal threw out her hands and stood before Homura. " Don't touch him!" She warned.
Keiko hesitated but Ukyo pulled him forward. "He killed our parents, he shall die for that." She snapped.
Jal looked to Keiko and his eyes glazed over as her power took control of his weak body. " No." He said.
Ukyo's gaze snapped to her brother. " What?" She demanded. "After everything he's done for us you want to let him go?"
Keiko remained firm. " It was not he who killed our parents but King Vegeta." He said dully.
Ukyo noticed this and turned to Jal in rage. " Release him you witch!" She screamed.
Jal shook her head and motioned for Homura. " Go, run while you can and I will hold them off." She urged him.
Homura nodded and Jal sent some of her healing energy toward him.
" Thank you." He said as he fled. Trunks was struggling against his instincts, he didn't know if he should please his mate and go after him or stay and protect her.
Ukyo was by then throwing a tantrum and she released her energy angrily. "You!" She pointed to Jal. "You allowed him to escape!" Jal nodded silently and released her hold on Keiko. He looked around in confusion for a moment but then picked up on his sister's mood and knew Homura had escaped.
" We must get him! He can not remain uncontrolled... Those chains were the only thing preventing him from killing everyone the planet, I don't know about you Jal, but I sense he hasn't changed... his heart is still evil, He wants your son! You must let me chain him once again."
"He wouldn't touch my son and how dare you bring him into this at all!" Jal snapped. " He will not harm any others, trust me!" She said.
Trunks moved forward hesitantly. " Maybe we should find Keke and Zanth before we decided to do anything further." He suggested.
Jal waved her hand. " They are at my house, it is safe there." She said.
Trunks nodded. " But what about Kadin and the others, what if they went after them? I just don't want to be standing in here forever." He said glancing around.
" Don't forget he still has control over them. We must go to them before he gets there. Its the only thing..." Keiko said. Everyone nodded. They ran out from their 'prison' to Jal's house.
Jal's house... The unchained Homura walked to his sister in laws house. He walks in without any problems. The boy was standing there. " Papa?" He questioned.
Homura glanced down to the small boy and smiled softly. "You must be Zanth." He said reaching out and ruffling the boys hair.
Zanth remained staring at him and sighed. " You're not my papa." He said sadly. " You're my uncle aren't you?" He smiled.
Homura nodded. 'He does have strong powers.' He mused.
Zanth nodded happily. " That's what momma says all the time." He chirped as he unknowingly read his uncle's thoughts. "Do you wanna come in and have some cookies? We just took them out of the oven" He said.
Homura looked toward the door and sensed Keke's energy. " I would love to." He said.
To be continued…
Hey everyone. How was that? I know I'm getting off the Ukyo Trunks thing for a while… Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please review.
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