Blood Pact

Chapter Nineteen

Morning seemed to come all too quickly for Zetell. She was enjoying the feel of being in Vegeta's strong arms. Their night together had been filled with making love and very few words. But that was all right. She knew that Vegeta did not need words to get his point across.

After one last glorious session, Vegeta got up and went for a shower. Zetell had mentioned joining him, but he declined. He was ready to face the day and that meant putting back on his stone cold armor, which surrounded his heart.

When he was done, he dressed and went to the kitchen. Zetell also took a nice long shower and followed the smells of food coming from down the hall. She was amazed that Vegeta had managed to make a decent breakfast for himself.

"Did you save me any?" She asked, surveying the counter.

With a nod of his head he indicated a small plate in the corner.

"Gee..thanks." Zetell said, realizing there was not enough food there to satisfy her enormous appetite. But, she ate.

When Vegeta was done, he left. Never saying a word. Zetell knew this was hard for him. He had not opened up, but he had shown weakness. Weakness in that his desire for her was stronger than his iron will. Zetell couldn't help but smile.

She then proceeded to clean up the huge mess her Saiyan Prince had created.

Talia was hysterical when Raditz put the ship in gear and they took off. She was looking around for Adedda, but did not see her.

Where is she? She thought. Desperately Talia tried to speak, but nothing would form but a few grunts.

Raditz turned and looked at her. "Adedda did not make it. Frieza's troops showed up…and well…she's gone." He said with as much remorse as he could find.

Talia's mouth formed a scream, but without sound. Mutely she sat and cried, wanting to shout and yell for Adedda to be all right. Raditz took the opportunity to comfort Talia, pulling her close.

"It's just you and me now." He said warmly. Talia did not see the horrendous smile that covered his face. "I will take care of you forever."

"HOW THE HELL DID THIS HAPPEN?" Frieza screamed. "GET SOME SCOUTER SHIPS OUT THERE! FIND THEM!"

The entire massive ship seemed to shake from Frieza's rage. Zarbon had explained to him that Raditz, along with Adedda had apparently stolen Talia. Zarbon was proud that he had managed to kill Adedda. However, Raditz managed to escape with Frieza's most prized possession.

"Sir, I think we should still send some ships to check out that strange distress signal. It could be linked somehow." Zarbon said.

"Very well." Frieza said angrily. "I will get her back…if I have to destroy every planet, every race….everything in this Universe!

Frieza left. Unable to contain his anger, he killed several of his own soldiers in a fit of rage.

Zarbon knew that the time was at hand for his own plans to unfold. Under the pretense of finding the planet with the distress signal, he gathered up Frieza's most competent and intelligent men. They chose the largest ship that was left and prepared it for departure.

With Frieza's approval, Zarbon left. Taking with him much of Frieza's resources, unbeknown to the enraged leader. Just before lift off, Zarbon took several of Frieza's finest from his collection of slaves.

Whatever else they needed could be acquired with the money and manpower that Zarbon now possessed.

They were gone.

Zetell sent out a few more distress signals. It had been weeks, and she was uncertain as to how long each message might take to actually reach someone in space. But, she continued.

More time passed.

Each night, Vegeta and Zetell made love, spending hours in each other's company. Zetell would speak and tell Vegeta of her life. But, he would never return the gesture. Quiet and aloof as always. But, Zetell didn't mind. She knew that Vegeta was giving her all that he was capable of at this point in his life.

Much of their day was spent training. With them being the only living souls on the planet, sometimes their time together was overwhelming. On many occasions Vegeta would simply disappear into the mountain, daring her to come near him. He needed his time alone and she obliged.

Talia roamed the large ship. Although less than a quarter the size of Frieza's majestic vessel, this ship was more than adequate for her and Raditz. In her examination of its resources, she found it had a food supply good for many years, as well as three separate space pods. Each pod capable of carrying one passenger.

Raditz had told her there had been one for each of them, in case something went wrong in space. Included was the pod for Adedda.

Adedda had given her life in order to save Talia. This face was ever present in Talia's mind.

The first thing on their agenda was to find a suitable, yet uninhabited planet. Raditz had told her this could take months. Perhaps years. But, they would have each other. During this time, he promised to train her more appropriately.

Although still unable to speak, Talia heartily agreed. For the first time in her entire life, she had hope.

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