From what he could tell they took his story completely at face value. Chi-Chi looked quite sad also Gohan. It hurt them he knew but he thought it was better for them in the long run. Chi-Chi was just far too trusting she's were Gohan got it from. Mai and Bulma just accepted it, they were just now use to people dying.
They laid him on the table Bulma was now doctor thanks to Deitrich being KIA. They were all so scared about him. Which he didn't like but he knew that none of his wounds were lethal he remembered his anatomy classes. The knife wound was well above the heart and was never deep enough to hit the lungs.
Bulma confirmed this while she was looking him over on the table. She stitched up him up good by his reckoning.
Chi-Chi, Mai and Bulma were all seemingly waiting for him to get stitched up before asking their million questions.
Mai broke first and began asking them "Did they call out for the him?"
Bill hated lying to them, but they needed to be protected. He remembered his mother's words 'Man kills, God forgives.' An old family saying on her side. It had been ringing through his head when he'd crushed the unconscious Spartacus skull with his bare hands and poisoned all those monks.
"No doubt. We have to get out of here. They were talking about informing Kakarrot about us. No doubt they did, Kakarrot's on his way."
"Then we got to get out of here."
"Wait a second what if I'm ready to face him?"
Bill hands tightened his mind was screaming trying to be calm, so he was "No! That's not such a good idea. Kakarrot doesn't play fair he'll be coming with an army and there are other saiyans. It won't be a one on one fight but a you against a hundred fight."
Bulma chimed in while being doctor "I normally would side with you Chi-Chi but Bill's right. Numbers are against you on this. We need more people or a plan of attack. We're the Resistance not an army. In a stand-up fight, we will lose. We need a plan."
Chi-Chi paused she thought things over in her mind and stated "Namek that's the plan."
"Namek?"
"I asked King Kai about how Kami was doing, and he said that my planet's Namekian Guardian does not have long for this world. Piccolo is plotting to forcefully merge with him. I asked him what he meant, and he told me. Kami nor Piccolo were from Earth but from Namek they have Dragon Balls and they are a peaceful people who might be sympathetic to our cause. We can bring back our friends and I can teach them the Kaio-Ken. That's the plan."
Bulma's eyes lit up with excitement Mai smiled too while internally Bill was screaming with rage. Sure, this might have meant Diane could come back but as he saw it this was another dangerous exercise in seeing how close they could get to the burner.
They just didn't see how pointless this all was. So, he voiced no objections. Maybe he could sabotage the guidance system. No. That would just alert them to his real position. He decided he would just bide his time on this.
When they were all done gushing over how they were going to magically win this war. Bill got up and left now that they were finished patching him up. He saw what was left of his troops. All but Hudson was crippled and broken. They all had trusted him, and they got slaughtered because he was too willing to indulge this idea that they could beat that monster.
He got back to his room and looked at himself in the mirror in his bathroom. He heard a voice Kakarrot's say from somewhere "Lesson learned. Just like me." And he smashed they mirror it shattered but he kept looking.
Bill out loud shouted "I just have to hold it together or either they'll think I'm insane and well I'm not I just know the truth. I'm nothing like him."
He looked into the shattered image of himself. It seemed to his eyes twist and turn as it became just a black blob. Kakarrot voice chimed in to whisper, "Dream on."
He looked behind him and the world had reset itself. The figure was gone, and his image was back to normal.
"I will protect them. I can promise you that." Said as he looked at his father revolver. He heard a knock at his door. It was Mai. Bulma nor Chi-Chi only Mai ever knocked. "Come in." He said.
The door opened, and he left his bathroom to meet her. He forgot about the wound that he had just given himself and Mai saw it instantly.
Mai panicked as she ran over him "Oh my Kami are you okay?"
He tried to waive her concerns "It's okay." She grabbed hold of his hand and examined it. "No really Mai it's okay." He wasn't a lying it didn't really hurt, he couldn't really even feel it. Not with all the adrenaline flowing in him.
She dug him back into the bathroom. She stitched him back and chided him over his clumsiness. She had as of late to treat him like he was a child almost. He knew she was in love with him. Maybe she saw what he was at this point. He wasn't sure.
He knew what he did was wrong, but it needed to be done he was sure of that fact. His father had told him when he got this uniform the truth. "Son. Now that you have that uniform on. You are like me now. You are a bad man. Your going to kill and lie. Sometimes to even people you love. But this will be necessary because you will need to do these things. Bad man like us are needed because we keep worse men from the door."
He found himself mesmerized watching her work. She was a fast worker and she soon finished up with his hand. She looked like she wanted to ask him something. Maybe she wanted to ask how or why or something but instead she kiss him.
Bill had been letting her kiss him ever since he had had his revelation out in the desert. He knew the things he saw weren't real he knew that for a fact but still. Diane was gone, and he had decided he wanted to live from now on. So, now for the first time he kissed her back.
Before he knew it, they were on his bed. He had wanted to ease in too this more, but she was perhaps done waiting. He felt like he was lying to her as he was still unsure if he wanted this, but the moment was carrying him. She was on the pill he knew that much. This trip had already been way too much to deal with yet another baby.
He was trying to give himself reasons why this shouldn't happen, and it was a long list, but it wasn't stopping his hands or any other part of him. It happened in flash she was on her knees and then he was in her soon afterwards.
The fear seemed to subside until he came back to himself much later on that night. Life was only going to be more complicated after this moment he was sure of that.
Frieza Planet One
Dodoria entered gingerly he knew his boss had only gotten more frustrated the longer all of this madness had gone on. Worse yet he had been using the Ginyu's to chase after shadows. Ginyu's had up until now been finding nothing. They were no closer to finding the Saiyan's and Frieza was getting more murderous.
He kept implying that he was soon to snap and start killing all of them. He knew this news was madness too but if it calmed Frieza down it was worth it.
When he entered, he found Zarbon listing the new casualties and the new lost planets. Frieza in turn was out on the balcony taking pot shots at the city below.
Anyone with brains should have left a long time ago. He certainly didn't know why he was sticking around. He guessed he was as stupid as some people called him.
Dodoria bent the knee and Frieza interrupted Zarbon to ask, "What is it Dodoria?"
"News from the Ginyu's. They found a piece of important information that you may find interesting."
"Did they find were the monkeys hiding?"
"No but we know where they're going to be now."
His interest now peaked on what Dodoria had to say "Go on."
"The Saiyan's seem to have found some sort of proof that the magic balls on Namek are real. They apparently interrogated a Namekian who told them the story confirming it."
Zarbon balked at this "Stupid monkeys. They believe in anything."
"Did they torture the Namekian?"
"No. He was just asking for asylum and he just told them about the balls unrequested. They didn't even ask for it."
Frieza was now determined on his course "Ready my ship. We're going to go kill some monkey's and collect some dragon balls."
Zarbon and Dodoria both shouted as they bowed to their master "Yes Lord."
"Its high time I become immortal and finish what I started all those years ago."
Earth
"Tell me o prince why do thoust hate me so?" He asked sarcastically with his arms in a fake exaggerated bow.
The two were panting and exhausted. They had done a number a one another. Both of their armors were worn out. The sun beating down on the two and it was burning hot almost too hot to breath. The burnt dry orange mountains were cooking in the blistering heat.
Vegeta had started this duel to put the upstart in his place but it wasn't working. A full power Galick gun had been stopped. This grinning asshole had treated all of this like it was a game. He didn't even feel like he was being taken seriously as a threat. Over two months on this rock and they had done nothing but deal with some weird dead body stealing doctor and his little tin toys.
"You're no Saiyan. You have the bloodlust, but you are deceitful like the Tuffles were. You're like these humans are all like grinning idiots."
"You must really hate that I'm that much stronger than you."
A blind golden light flashed around Kakarrot for a second and Vegeta's eyes burned out of his sockets. It was like Kakarrot was turning into a god. A million times stronger than him.
Vegeta's eyes slammed opened. The nightmares had been terrible since he had fought Kakarrot that day. His mind always warped it though that Kakarrot was the legend or something. Sure, Kakarrot had beaten him that day but he never transformed.
Since then he had been rigorously training to beat him. It was infuriating that they hadn't yet left Earth to go fight Frieza but he was starting to almost care more about beating Kakarrot rather than beating Frieza.
This nightmare of a planet had its allures also. He knew that as a true warrior he shouldn't been allowing himself to be seduced by such things, but it was hard not finally feel all the respect that he deserved.
Whereas most worlds people would either hate him or fear him these people gushed at him. Their respect and love for him was apparent. Kakarrot had convinced these people he was god and by merely the fact of his tail they thought he was one too.
Kakarrot may have treated him with disrespect to his face but still lavished him with gifts just to be insolent. He had been given a mansion with a full staff. They all called him 'Prince'. In Frieza's empire he been a jester, here he was a foreigner dignitary and treated as such. He ate like, he was the King he was born to be. He trained every day. There were no more orders.
Kakarrot was merely acting like as if he was just his obnoxious host sitting on his massive throne made of melted guns and swords.
He got into his new armor that Kakarrot had sent to him. He received a message on the communicator that asked him to come to 'KRP headquarters' (Kakarrot Ribbon Party) formerly the Kakarrot Ribbon Army headquarters. He decided to go after all it sounded urgent.
As he flew over the Earth he looked to the ground. The people were heiling at him from small children to adults. This is what it must have felt like to be his father he thought. They don't just fear me they respect me. Yes, Kakarrot had some really good ideas he thought. The only thing that might make this place better was maybe that blue haired woman with the steel in her eyes.
He strolled into the throne room were the TV camera's where. Kakarrot was entertaining his people. A resistance fighter was on his knees begging for his life. He liked to make the world watch.
Kakarrot strolled down from his chair it was a big thing made of enough twisted steel that it was almost a story tall. In his hand was a bat wooden with chains around it. It was stained red at this point. His menacing grin was on his face. Like it was nothing as he came up to him and asked him. "So, are you crapping yourself yet?"
The 'coward' Vegeta thought as he saw him continued to beg for mercy but Kakarrot just chuckled.
"No. No. No. You don't get it do you. My mercy has limits. My big heart has only so much love to give. I helped you out. I save your world from itself and you try to kill me?" He looked to the cameras. "Let it never be said that I'm not a just and righteous god." He tossed the bat at the man's feet. "Now you have one shot make it count."
The man's bindings were cut. He looked at the third class with fear and terror. He was too scared to even try the desperate attack like most of them did.
Kakarrot sighed deflated "Man you just have no balls dude."
Kakarrot lunged at him and tore into his neck blood sprayed everywhere. He took a big chuck out of him. While his hands ribbed his limbs off by one by one like they were flower petals. The man was in pieces on the floor as Kakarrot ate his breakfast much like a wild animal. It was relatively quick but Kakarrot slowed to give his audience an eye full. He smiled and flashed the peace symbol as he was drenched in blood to the point that his hair nearly lost its palm shape. A woman who had been screaming and crying finally fainted.
Kakarrot still laughing said to the camera in a fake stutter "That's all folks." Like this was all a psychotic Looney Tunes cartoon.
The cameras turned off as he was nearly finished eating.
Kakarrot looked at one of his aides. "When she wakes bring her to one of the suites. Its time she was with a 'real' man."
He looked at Vegeta. "I have some good news if you want to hear it."
Vegeta uninterested turned his head and yawned "Tell me I'm so invested."
"What if I told you could wish for anything you could want?"
He spat at him "Stop with your jokes."
"I'm not joking 'best buddy'."
Soon Raditz and Nappa came in and Kakarrot while licking the blood off himself led them. There were the holograms of Twelve and Crixus along with the entire high command of the Empire.
None were even remotely surprised or shocked that their boss was covered in blood and viscera. They were all more than familiar with his eating habits.
Copper then spoke up asking his question "So, you can confirm this piece of intel?"
Twelve heiled then stated "Ay the dragon balls are on Namek and Frieza is heading their right now. With them he could wish for immortality and our chances of galactic purity will be impossible."
"So, you believed that legend I told you about?" He asked Kakarrot.
"I looked into it and it appears Frieza did too. With those balls the entire Saiyan race could live forever."
Crixus puzzled stated "But this isn't the entire Saiyan race."
"Right my kids."
"Well they're was that other kid."
Kakarrot face suddenly looked very curious "What other kid."
"Before I meet you my lord I was with a large group and follow the instructions of this Yardratian he told us about this opportunity to find some people that were hominds that weren't slaves and they were from Earth. We ran into a group of people in a kind of armor like your people have and one of them not in armor but this orange and blue gi was a black-haired woman who had this kid with a tail like yours."
Kakarrot looked ecstatic like it was Christmas or something "Man I have good aim." He made a gun with his hand and pointed at him. "Now tell me, do you know where they are now?"
"Yardrat was the last place I understood was where they were going."
"Well then I guess I'm going their first. By the way." His eyes and face seemed to turn far darker. "Next time I expect to hear a lot sooner information like this got it?" Crixus looked very nervous as he nodded in agreement. "Good keep that in mind."
With that Crixus made a hasty exit turning off the emitter.
"What was that about?" The haughty prince asked Kakarrot.
"That's called a slight change in plans. You'll go to Namek while I will go to Yardrat. I have a wife, a son now, and a genius to recover."
Next time the Namekian saga begins.
