"Lord Frieza" a voice said behind the door.
"Enter Zarbon" Frieza said.
Zarbon walks in with a smug look on his face.
"Please tell me you found a village?".
"No my lord, however Vegeta will no longer be a problem".
"Excellent Zarbon. So Vegeta won't be a nuisance?".
"Well... I couldn't see his body but his wounds will surly be his death".
Frieza frowned. "You mean to tell me he's still running around?".
"He was swept by the current, I couldn't confirm his death but-" Zarbon got cut off.
"Well we don't want to get your hair wet" Frieza said sarcastically. "And who gave you the order to engage Vegeta? And what would happen if Vegeta had a Dragon ball in his possession and HID IT!?".
"I'll retrieve him right away my lord!" Zarbon said frantically.
"Lord Frieza!".
They look at a foot soldier who was by the door. "I discovered a Namekian village, the bad news is that the village was ransacked and the Dragon ball taken. A survivor said that it was the Decepticons" he said.
"Where is the survivor?" Frieza demanded.
"I made short work of him sire".
"You imbecile, you killed the only witness". Frieza fired a Death beam at the soldier, killing him. He walked to the control panel of the observation deck.
"Appule" he said to the intercom.
"Yes my lord?" asked Appule.
"Contact Planet Frieza 417 to send a batch of Scouters. Have them delivered by the Ginyu force. Three days is my expectations".
"Yes lord Frieza". The intercom turned off.
"My lord, isn't calling the Ginyu force a bit excessive?" Zarbon asked.
"Zarbon, if Vegeta isn't here in the hour, you shall face a slow...horrific...torture" he seethed.
"Yes my lord" said Zarbon, before heading off to find Vegeta's body.
Back on the Nemesis, Arcee had her blaster pointed at Starscream. "Hello, two-wheeler" greeted the seeker.
Arcee stood there silently.
"No words? Alright then" Starscream fired a missile at her. She dodged it and fires a blast at him. She charged at him and they went through a wall.
Knockout gets up and rushed to the intercom. "SECURITY TO THE MEDBAY!" Knockout yelled. He looks at a mirror to see all the scratches on him. "MY FINISH!" He screamed in horror.
Starscream punched Arcee but she caught it and threw him through the ceiling. He soon found himself outside on the flight deck.
He got up and transformed into his jet form and flew away. Unfortunately, Arcee caught one of his wings and brought him back to the ship.
Starscream was back in his bipedal form and was backing away from the femme.
To make sure he stayed put, Arcee put her pede down on his chest. She transformed her hand into a blaster and prepared to fire but she hesitated.
"Arcee"
Arcee looked down to see Fasha, who had cracked armor and holding a large Dragon ball.
"I don't think it's a good idea to kill him" Fasha said.
Arcee had look of disbelief on her face. "How can you say that? He killed my partner" Arcee said.
"That maybe true but you aren't a killer. I haven't known you for long but I know when someone wants true revenge and you're not that. You are angered at the bot, but you have that notion at the back of your head that makes you think 'What would my partner think of me?'. You're afraid that you'll disappoint him. You will live with guilt Put the blaster down, you know you can't do it".
Arcee was silent. She looked at Starscream then Fasha then back at Starscream. She vented before removing her pede off the seeker. "Leave. And never come back" she said to the seeker.
Starscream got up and transformed and flew away into space. Never to be seen again.
Arcee returned to her human size. They went back to the Medbay to get the two Namekians before flying off to the cave.
Soundwave walked to the bridge to report his confrontation with the Saiyan female to Megatron. "Is the tracker that you placed on the intruder active?" Megatron asked.
Soundwave nodded as his cracked visor lit up, showing a red dot leaving their location.
"Excellent. Let them collect all the Dragon balls for us" Megatron smirked.
Meanwhile, the Grand elder explained to Optimus and the others that his life was shortening. "Will you be able to gather the Dragon balls in time?" The Grand elder asked.
"Even if we don't get our wish we'll make sure Frieza and the Decepticons don't get their wishes" Krillen said confidently.
"Ah. So much potential has yet to be tapped, would both of you come to my side?".
Optimus and Krillen went to both of the Grand elder's sides. He placed both of his hands on their heads. All of a sudden, both Optimus and Krillen were surrounded in a white aura.
They were looking at their hands in shock at their new powers. That's when Optimus got thinking. "Does unlocking someone's potential drain you?" He asked.
"No, my lifeforce is unaffected at all. Do you have someone in mind?" asked the Grand elder.
"I do. Krillen and I will be back".
Krillen and Optimus were about to leave when the Grand elder told them to wait.
"Take the Dragon ball. It's safer with you" he said, handing the Dragon ball to Optimus.
"We will protect it" said Optimus.
He and Krillen head back to the cave.
In a spaceship, Jack and Miko were finishing up there training for the day. They were hanging out in the kitchen, playing truth or dare until Jack brought up something serious. "Truth or dare?" Jack asked.
"Truth" Miko said.
"Why did you accept King Kai's offer to train? I know that you couldn't have endured his training".
Miko looked down, not saying anything.
"Tell me" said Jack. He noticed a tear running down her cheek.
"Every time I go through a groundbridge, you or Raf try to bring me back and I nearly get all of us killed because I wanted pictures of the action. Then your brother came and took me and Raf and I got you killed. You died and it was my fault. That's why I took up King Kai's offer. I'm so sorry" she confessed.
Jack hugs her and keeps saying "It's okay".
Back on Namek, Zarbon went back to where he fought Vegeta. He found his broken body and checked for a pulse. He was shocked he found one.
"Still alive? After the thrashing he took. Quite the tough guy, and that resilience will buy me back into Frieza's good grace" he said to himself, as he picked up the body and flew back to the ship.
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An emotional chapter but it had to be done for the future. I've been thinking that June should be able to fight Kaleia but that won't happen 'till Ressurection 'K'. And yes I said 'K' instead of 'F'. Good luck figuring that out. Please review and vote for the Tarble poll.
