I like creative initiative on certain situations. As you can see, I do that a lot. The same goes for this chapter. I apologize up front for the lack of "fun" stuff, but next chapter will make up for it. Please keep in mind the use of Swahili for Saiyan terminology- all new translations are at the bottom. Enjoy!
Summary: The fun and games are over.
Warning: Drug abuse.
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball/Z/GT. All canon characters belong to Akira Toriyama.
INDULGENCE CHAPTER 6
The fun and partying only lasted for another evening before my world turned into a nightmare.
My beautiful young Prince that I had decided to indulge with had overdosed on bomba and had had a full-blown heart attack, foaming at the mouth and gasping for air as if he was a fish out of water. I had never seen someone's face turn his shade of blue-purple so fast before choking and collapsing in front of me, his body twitching and his once tan skin going pale. I had been too intoxicated to think it was anything serious, even going as far as laughing at his reaction from snorting the white powder, until my brother all but hurled me out of the way from smoking a long glass pipe to grab the Prince in fear and shake him. When I saw the white bubbles at the corner of his mouth and the blue veins pulsing on his forehead, it was then that I vaguely realized that Vegeta's life was in danger. In a rush of colors and sounds, I found myself in the medic of Planet 79 starting to withdrawal from nge and something else they simply called kibonge*, sweating and shivering at the same time, vomiting in a trashcan off to the side.
Throwing up half of the food I had eaten had helped to sober me up enough to have me remember the rest of the evening. The Prince had in fact had a heart attack form the amount of bomba he had snorted, everything working too fast for his heart and brain to process and causing his body to shut down. When the medics had their hands on him, all they could do was stick him in a regeneration tank and hope for the best. It didn't take long before the news got to Frieza and we were to be immediately escorted to his ship, being ordered to stay put until the escort came.
Raditz looked miserable as we sat in the lobby of the medical ward, pacing back and forth and whipping his tail around anxiously. If there is something I've come to learn about my brother since being with this new group, he was the one that seemed to be in constant worry. "Raditz… is everything ok?" I asked him, watching him walk back and forth.
"This isn't good. Every time we have an incident like this and Frieza calls us in for questioning, something bad always happens." He huffed and sat next to me, only to stand back up and continue moving.
"This has happened before?" I tilted my head in curiosity, surprised from this information.
"Almost every time we are home for more than a few days. It's easier to get galactic narcotics here on Planet 79 and it's the first thing Vegeta wants."
My eyes were wide with slight surprise. "Every time…?" I hadn't taken Vegeta for someone to continue to let himself lose control the way he did when he took the intense drugs considering how he was now in my universe.
"If you ask me, I think he's an kulevya.*"
"A what?"
"He's hooked on the stuff. Especially that bomba. He thinks it enhances his fighting, I think it makes him a fucking lunatic." Raditz finally sat next to me and sighed, his leg bouncing up and down with his nerves.
I glanced over at Nappa who had been silent the whole time, looking as if he was pondering the very thing Raditz had been talking about. I too let out a sigh and looked down at my hands in my lap, processing the fact that Vegeta was addicted to space drugs. "Poor Vegeta…"
"Poor Vegeta? There ain't nothing poor about his situation, Kakarot." Nappa finally spoke up, grimacing at me for the pity I had for Vegeta. "You don't go through what he does and not come out of it pure and good. He's only about 18 summers and has seen things and done things you can't imagine, Kakarot. When he was only 6, he was assigned to wipe out a small planet so that Frieza could take its resources. He has learned not to say no at an early age, and you can thank Frieza for that. Don't take pity on the Prince because he has an escape when he's not being a slave to that tyrant. If you ask me, it keeps him sane and alive."
I bit back my embarrassment for being scolded by the bald Saiyan, looking away from him in a submissive manner. I had never considered Vegeta's drug usage as a positive thing for him, and I wasn't sure I was still accepting of it.
"You have to find something out here to take your mind off of the reality of your situation, Kakarot." Nappa spoke up, his voice not as harsh as before. I looked back at him, wondering what else he had to say. "If all you have is the slaughter and manipulation of powers, you'll go mad. Having an escape may not save you, but it will keep you alive just a little longer. I have my danguros, Raditz has his boza, and Vegeta has his bangi*. And you…" He smirked, his handlebar mustache arching up with his lips, "You like nge and sex."
I blushed now, Nappa hitting it right on the head what I enjoyed recently. The drops of the white scorpion made everything delightful and gave me whimsical feelings while the sex was the delicious cherry on top. It was more obvious now that I couldn't be against Vegeta's habits when I had my very own that I felt I needed constantly. Especially when I had my own scorpion that I bought with my own quasicrystals so I could do it whenever I wanted.
"Vegeta takes it too far, Nappa." My brother interjected, pulling me out of my thoughts. "We shouldn't have to constantly take him to the medic because he over does it. And now we have Frieza breathing down our necks again! Who knows what the hell he will do with us."
"Raditz, all you ever do is worry. Calm the fuck down. There's nothing we can even do about it, so don't shit yourself." Nappa snorted and shook his head.
I watched as my brother scowled, his chest puffing up and his tail frizzing out. It was the signs of aggression and I fed off of his energy, feeling my heart start to race and my adrenaline begin to build. When my brother growled, Nappa was on his feet and he and Raditz were staring one another down, sizing each other up with lashing tails. They had a habit of doing this more often than not, and I wondered if they even liked each other. If given the choice, I was willing to bet they would rather not be stuck together in a pack if the rest of our people were alive.
"Oh Gods, here we go. We can't leave you on this awful planet for more than a few sunsets without one of you trying to kill each other." A feminine voice caught us all off guard and we looked over to see that the tall, green-haired beauty Zarbon was coming our way. "I'm shocked to see that you even kept this mongrel alive." The alien pointed at me and I frowned, not liking to be referred to as a dog.
"My name is Kakarot." I blurted and I swear I thought Raditz was going to piss himself.
Zarbon stopped and turned to me, his green eyebrow lifted and he was staring at me with hate in his amber eyes. "I don't care if your name is Bloody Diarrhea, you disrespectful ape. I will call you whatever I damn well feel like." He approached me with a glare, getting right into my face. "And if you have a problem with that, then we can go take care of this right now."
The power that poured off of this alien was immense and instinctively I knew not to provoke the situation any further. Now that I was as weak as I was before I met Raditz, I was sure that this pretty face would tear me apart. I wasn't sure what to make of Zarbon and I was curious to how he ended up being Frieza's main man. The last time we had interacted was when I was deliriously hungry and I swear he had been trying to sexually assault me, but it was untelling from the state I was in. And now here he was, threatening my life just because I corrected him on my name. I never met Zarbon in my universe because of the killing spree Vegeta had gone on on Namek, and I am thankful that I never did. Just because he was gorgeous didn't mean he was nice.
"Zarbon, please forgive my brother for his actions." My brother was at my rescue, pushing me away from the alien and standing strong. "He's still new to everything here and we haven't had the opportunity to train him properly in his etiquette." Raditz looked over at me with a frown, not enjoying my behavior to the commanding officer of Frieza's regime.
Zarbon gave another look at me and raised his nose in a snotty manner, his sharp eyes back on my brother. "You get to use that excuse just this one time. The next time he disrespects me, I will paint my face with his blood. Do you understand?"
Raditz nodded reluctantly and shot me another look. "You have my word he won't do it again."
"Good." Zarbon stated and took a step closer to my brother, smoothing his hand over his chest and then giving him a good smack on his cheek, pushing him out of his way and headed towards the door with the regeneration tanks in them. "All of you monkeys get your shit together and head to the ship. Frieza has an assignment for you."
The green-haired beauty disappeared into the room that held Vegeta, and I was immediately concerned for the Prince. I looked to my brother who had a nasty welt on his cheek from the smack and he was growling, glaring at the door. Nappa looked amused, apparently knowing better than my brother and I to keep his mouth shut and to do what he was told. "Raditz, are you ok?" I asked, coming up to him.
"Please. Raditz likes getting smacked around by that damn reptile." Nappa was snickering, his eyes filled with amusement as he teased my brother.
"I do not!" Raditz barked at him, a blush going over his cheeks for a few seconds. "I don't know where you got the impression that I enjoy that fucking asshole!" His tail had frizzed out twice its usual size and the large Saiyan stormed away, going around the corner to get away from the teasing.
I looked at Nappa, bewildered from my brother's reaction from being teased. I couldn't help thinking that he was in fact weak for the cold alien man. "Is that true?" I asked, still staring in the direction my brother took off.
"Eh, who the hell knows? I caught him staring at Zarbon's ass a while ago and I just keep fucking with him about it since I know it gets a rise out of him. That damn reptile is attractive I'll give him that, but Vegeta would shit if there was anything more than that with Raditz."
That was a curious thing to consider, and I was struck with sudden thoughts of my brother and Vegeta actually being together. Needless to say, it made my chest tighten and my blood boil, surprising me from the reaction. "Why… is that?"
"Vegeta hates Zarbon. Not only that, but Zarbon is the enemy. It would be a betrayal to our pack and our race if Raditz pursued him—or even fucked him. Simple as that."
I let out a sigh of relief, happy to know that Vegeta and Raditz weren't sleeping together the way that I suddenly was. I'm not sure why I had made myself jealous with such thoughts, but as far as I was concerned in this universe, Vegeta was sleeping with me. And I wanted to keep it that way.
We were back on Frieza's ship within the hour and Vegeta was in a more advanced regeneration tank, healing whatever ailments he had from the drug overdose. There was nothing more we could do for him, so instead we were face to face with the white tyrant that was in control of half of space so far. He was sitting in his hovering throne with a scowl on his face, the cyan-skinned alien standing at his side with his arms over his chest. This time, we all bent down on one knee and kept our heads lowered so we didn't lose them.
"Why is it that you monkeys can't stay home longer than a couple of days before causing destruction?" Frieza asked, his voice tight with annoyance.
Neither one of us spoke, our heads still lowered. I kept my mouth shut and fought the urge to glance up at him, remembering how nearly impossible it was to defeat him on Namek when I was finally Super Saiyan. There would be no way I could take him now.
"Sir, if you want my opinion, they are more trouble than they are worth. We have soldiers with immense strength that would do a better job than they do." Zarbon spoke up and I was stunned from how quick he wanted to get rid of us.
"I don't want your opinion, Zarbon." Frieza sounded slightly annoyed and I let out a sigh of relief. "Regardless of how sloppy they are, they are still the strongest we have and can wipe out a planet in a few hours. Unless you would like to take over what they do."
I heard Zarbon stutter and clear his throat. "No, Lord Frieza. My apologies."
I heard Frieza give a chuckle and his throne levitated over to Nappa, all of us lifting our heads now to give him our full attention. He went to Nappa for the simple reason that he was next in command in our pack, and now had to answer for us instead of Vegeta. "Nappa… Why is it that you cannot control your Prince?" Frieza asked.
I watched Nappa swallow but he stayed confident. It kept me at ease to know my Omega was staying strong for us, my instincts controlling the better part of me these days with my pack. "Prince Vegeta is still quite young, Lord Frieza… He has quite a bit of growing up to do."
"I'd say he does. You have been in charge of him since he was a child… I'm starting to think that it might be you who is the problem."
Nappa swallowed again and I started to feel the cold prickling of panic whispering against the back of my neck. I feared that Frieza was going to kill Nappa and immediately wondered what would happen to the universe without him. Would Vegeta completely lose his mind since he wouldn't have a leash on him? Would they ever come to Earth? Would Raditz take over command? I had never considered my actions that I took part in with my comrades could mean getting them killed in the way they weren't supposed to. Would it change my own universe, like a butterfly effect?
"I can assure you that isn't the problem, my Lord…" Nappa chose his words carefully, speaking calmly so as not to get a rise out of the white lizard.
"So then what is it?" Frieza crossed his arms over his chest, his eyebrow lifted in curiosity.
"I think Vegeta isn't stimulated enough… Maybe he needs a more difficult assignment or something along those lines. Whenever we come back to Planet 79, he still has a lot of energy in him that he doesn't know how to maintain properly. It all comes with age, Lord Frieza. He is still just a kid."
I glanced to Raditz, who also looked to me, the both of us trying to read the situation together. Could Nappa speak out against Frieza and the assignments that he distributed to us? I didn't know the tyrant very long in my own universe, but I learned quickly he did not appreciate criticisms of any kind. Regardless of mine and my brother's fears, Frieza actually seemed to think about what Nappa was saying. He glanced over at Zarbon and finally spoke, "Zarbon, what do you think we can throw Vegeta's way?"
Zarbon reached up and pressed the button on the side of his scouter, the contraption making all sorts of noises and beeps as he scanned through the alien language. "Well… There is one place in particular we have been putting off due to its race and distance. Deabrua*…"
My brother gave an audible gasp and watched as Nappa's face frowned. Based on their reactions, I was instantly worried about this place Zarbon had chosen for him. "Lord Frieza, there has to be something else for Vegeta—" My brother started.
"Silence!" Frieza spat at us, his bright red eyes glaring at my brother, who lowered his head in complete submission. "If Vegeta wants a challenge so he'll better behave himself off duty, then Deabrua it is. If he doesn't survive, then he isn't worth being kept alive."
"I will ready our ship." Nappa spoke and stood up from his knee.
"Absolutely not. I am not about to send all of you there in case you are all stupid enough to get yourself killed." It was then that his beady red eyes locked on me, the hair on my neck standing up. "You will go with him."
"Lord Frieza, please. That's not necessary. I will go." My brother stood finally, trying to prevent me from going with Vegeta to a place that they were stressed about.
"It is completely necessary. When you first brought him to me Raditz, I expected him to prove himself worthy of being in my army. Now is the time for him to do so." I watched Raditz hesitating to say more, his tail frizzed out and flicking around in his anxiety. I fed off of his energy and swallowed down my nerves, hiding my slightly shaking hands under my legs as I stayed knelt down. I felt Frieza's eyes on me and I looked up, staring into his scaly skinned face. Again, his tail snaked around and slid against my neck and cheek, causing my stomach to churn. "For your brother's sake, you had better not disappoint me. After all, you are his responsibility…" He pushed my head away with the tip of his tail and I let out the breath I hadn't realized I had been holding.
I knew what he meant by his insinuation on Raditz being responsible for me. If I failed, I wouldn't be the only one to suffer dire consequences. If I died, then my brother would perish as well.
I was alone in the regeneration room with the hum of the tanks helping me to attempt to calm my nerves. Vegeta was nearly finished with the healing process, and I had been instructed to wait for him to wake up and then we were to leave immediately to Deabrua. I watched him floating in the blue water with bubbles all around him, placing my hand on the glass and giving a sigh. Even when he was unconscious, he still took my breath away. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I still was in awe of the Prince and deeply cared for him in my own universe. It was just more obvious now that I was intimate with him in this universe.
"Vegeta…" I sighed, thinking back to how concerned Raditz and Nappa looked when they were escorted away from me. I wasn't able to speak with my brother before they were all but shoved out, desperate to know what to expect and do with this strange place, as well as knowing why he and Nappa were both nervous. Vegeta gave no response to me, but I enjoyed just watching him while listening to the hum of the generators of the tanks.
/Goku?/
I suddenly heard King Kai's voice echoing in my head and it caused me to perk up, looking around the room as if I was searching for him. "King Kai…?"
/Finally! Do you know how hard it is to try and get ahold of you while you're in another universe? I was beginning to think that you were dead!/
I sighed again and rested my head against the glass of Vegeta's tank, my eyes closed so I could focus on keeping our link. "Well… for now. I'm not sure for how long though."
/Why? What's going on?/
"Well… It looks like I'm getting sent off with Vegeta to a place that everyone seems to be a little freaked out over… Even Frieza has been holding off on it." I opened my eyes and looked to Vegeta, feeling worried for his well being on an assignment he may have never encountered before had it not been for me.
/Frieza being apprehensive? Where is he sending you?/
"A place called 'Deabrua' that is on the end of the galaxy." King Kai was quiet, and it made my stomach churn with nervousness. I was hoping that it was because he was trying to figure out what place I was talking about, but something in his energy was unsettling. "I take it the news isn't good…?"
/… I don't want to discourage you, Goku. But Deabrua is a vile place full of demon warriors with creatures unlike those you haven't experienced. The name literally translates across the galaxy as "Devil" because it's king is said to have spawned from Hell itself./
I swallowed and felt a cold sweat breaking out over my body, but I knew King Kai had a habit of overstressing about things when it wasn't too terrible. I glanced to the Prince whose face was twitching as he was starting to get out of his unconscious state. "Has Vegeta been sent to Daebrua in out universe?"
/I don't know… I do know that Daebrua still exists in our universe, but they tend to stay on their side of the galaxy. I cannot even imagine how things would be if they made their way to Earth./
"… Is there anything you can tell me to help me…?"
/Their armor is nearly impenetrable as it is made from the hides of their demonic dragons. They use a lot of conjuration to create demons to fight for them and have the abilities to manipulate the minds of the impure. They feed off of the souls of their prisoners and leave no survivors./
"My God, King Kai. Do I have any kind of a chance?" I was baffled at the short explanation of Daebrua.
/Yeah. Don't go./
I laughed a little and rolled my eyes, stepping away from Vegeta's tank and crossed my arms over my chest. "I don't really have a choice!"
/You DO have a choice, Goku! You can come back home and leave this universe behind./
I stopped pacing back and forth and looked up at the ceiling, not really having considered such a thing. I had been having the time of my life so far and hadn't even thought about coming back, nearly forgetting about my own universe half of the time. I didn't think I could get risk getting killed in this universe, regardless of the fun I was having.
/Get to an open area and I'll open the portal back up for you to go through. You'll be home before you know it./
And yet… I looked to Vegeta and felt a pang of guilt in my heart. Would I be able to live with myself if I just left him like this? I had no clue if he had faced off against such a place before in our time and couldn't help feeling I have caused something that shouldn't have happened. By instigating his wild behavior on Planet 79, I may have created a chain of events in which I get him killed too soon thus changing everything on Earth. The monitor on his tank started beeping to let us know that he was fully healed and ready to be awakened completely. My heart ached more and I shook my head.
"… I can't leave, King Kai… I'm sorry."
/Goku, are you crazy?! You're going to get yourself killed!/
The Prince finally opened his eyes and we looked to one another at the same time, feeling a warm sensation spread though my body and making my heart beat just a little faster. I couldn't help smiling at him and glanced up, as if looking to King Kai. "Sorry, King Kai."
I broke our connection and walked towards Vegeta to let him out.
TBC.
Swahili Translations:
kulevya = Addict
kibonge = Pills
