A LOVE LIKE NO OTHER
by Blue Dreamer

Chapter 02 : Confronting him and confronting the past !

I just couldn't understand anything ... Can Captain Stephen be Prince Vegeta or should I say now King Trunks Vegeta because his parents must have died as well in the attack?

I was trying to approach a little closer to the door in order to grasp the conversation better.

Unfortunately the damn floor made a noise and I was caught on the spot!

I can see his face as he looked towards the door ... I can't really imagine what he must have been thinking but judging from the way he looks, I could say it was a mixture of pain and anger.

Jeremy looked surprised but that was about it.

-"What is it Son?" Captain Stephen asked me with a harsh voice.

-"I er ... you ..." I was at a total loss for words and trying hard not to start crying.

-"Pan just come inside and close the door" Jeremy told me calmly and that is exactly what I did.

-"Did you hear our conversation," Jeremy asked and I just nodded my head before looking cautiously towards the man I love.

Captain Stephen or King Trunks was looking at me with eyes that reminded me of an eagle ... piercing and ready to pounce on me at any moment.

It was really scary.

-"Pan you have to understand that ..." Jeremy started before, being cut off.

-"... Understand what?" I asked Jeremy before turning back to the man I had learned to appreciate and love. "I don't understand how you could have killed the people of here? ... I thought it was the aliens who ..."

No answer came from him which irritated me as I neared him... the one who was staring at me.

-"I want to understand... please" I begged.

-"And what do you want to know Son" He answered back.

-"Have you ... did you ..." I trying to get the words out

-"Kill the whole planet? Yes I did," he finally answered before adding "I had too ..."

-"Why?" I was now in tears as I was having flashbacks of my family and friends the happy moments as well as the disastrous moments of when the attack took place."

-"Pan dear, I don't think it's the right time to discuss all of this" Jeremy tried to intervene as he laid his hand on my shoulder.

-"Not the right time? What do you mean" I asked as I pushed his hand away ready to fight if necessary before glaring back at the Captain? "Why are you saying that you're the one who killed everyone ... which would include my family probably?"

The Captain was shocked when he saw the look on my face ... my eyes seem to be producing fire. I was so angry.

-"Decisions that I had to make ... I just had to do so ..." he told me as he put his head down in guilt.

-"How could you have killed everyone? Why did you make such a decision?" I questioned.

-"Did you think it was easy for me to make that decision" he suddenly raised his voice and looked at me? He then came near me and shook me violently. "Do you think I had great pleasure in doing so? Is that what you think? Is that so?"

The three of us then realized that the rest of the group was at the doorstep of the Captain's room... All were looking at him... Wondering... but not saying a word.

-"I think it is time you explain everything Sir," Jeremy told him calmly.

-"Yes, you're right ... I should explain everything now" the Captain answered before releasing his grip from me "I'm sorry Pan"

I was a little relieved as he called me Pan again... So now he was going to explain...

Flashback: Trunks point of view

It was cold ... I could still remember that as I woke up from the tranquillizers they had given me. As I looked around, I noticed the palace was in a terrible state with most of it destroyed. My hands were attached to one of the only walls still standing straight... I was in the underground prison...

I can still remember that voice ... a laugh ... then a voice that still haunts me; I can still hear it in my head. "I just killed your parents, Prince Trunks and now I will kill the whole kingdom right in front of your eyes ... and then I will get the pleasure of killing you myself ..."

I knew at once who he was ... the alien man who had visited us 10 years back as I was about 25 at that time. He, Frieza had tried to pass off as a sayain and tried to get a hold on my sister. Yes he said he was from the planet earth... where my father had sent a few Sayains to live there but I discovered that this man was lying.

He wanted my sister's genetic codes and wanted to create a race of soldiers using her. Since my father listened to me ... this man and his people were quickly found on the Planet Amadon, and they were banned from the whole solar system and had to immigrate to another planet in another part of the universe.

-"I also had a nice time with your sister ... played a little with her... and killed her... she was not a real jewel to me" he continued

-"What did you do to her you son of a ...?" I screamed. He was most probably on the ground floor monitoring me through the video system of the palace...

-" You should be more careful with what you say" he started before continuing "I have a beautiful woman right here with me... long black hair and she looks scared..."

It was my wife. He was now going to rape my wife? I was desperate at that time... really desperate.

-"What do you want?" I screamed out

-"I want you to suffer Trunks Vegeta" he said

I heard my wife screaming as I was trying to get rid of those handcuffs they put on me ... I can recall going into a rage believe me or not ... I actually turned into a Super Sayain ... and broke off the cuffs.

I couldn't hear my wife any longer as ran towards where the screams were coming from. I found her... dead.

I did not see the attacker there but he left a note beside my wife. It read:

'I'm gone, but my men will now slaughter all your people one by one ... and then when everyone's been killed I will personally come and finish you off.

PS: I took another toy in the meantime.'

I then hurried towards my daughter's room... hoping that she had remained hidden as I always showed her in case of an emergency...

She was not there, and he had taken her away from me as well.

I could hear millions of screams around me as the alien troops of Frieza were probably raping and killing all of my population... yes ... now mine as my father and mother are no more...

I then ran to the kings' hall and I pushed a button behind the king's throne. Fortunately this secret hideout had not been discovered. As I went in ... I saw the power that was now in my hands...

My father showed me this place only once ... I was in my teens and could not grasp how important this room was ... up to today. I can now understand why he seemed so serious ... How difficult it is to make decisions...

I wished he was there with me... I wished he could have made the decision of doing so... But I had to be realistic... I knew a very few could survive this... but there was no other alternative.

I pressed the button and a large amount of power came out of it ... and destroyed everything surrounding it...

I remember getting back to my normal form as I passed out when the walls fell over me...

More than that, I would never forget when I managed to extract myself from the ruins... Cadavers all over... the aliens... but also my people...

I did not hesitate to start looking for survivors right away...

End of Flashback

: Edited by Deny on 13th August 2003 :