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*BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM*

The Prince rolled off his bed, startled by the sudden noise. He looked out his window, and it looked as if everyone on the planet had gathered in the city square. He wasn't informed of any celebration, so he figured it must've come up over night. He got dressed, and brought the ring with him.

He stepped outside and knew what was happening instantly--- It was an execution day. But the whole planet only gathered when a serious offense was committed.

Vegeta looked at the people who were about to be executed when he came upon 2 familiar faces--- he looked closer and realized in an instant who they were--- Lumpy's parents. He quickly moved his eyes to the right and saw his friend, his future Queen there as well, crying.

Young Vegeta flew as quickly as he could to his father, who was on a balcony spectating the whole event.

"Father! You can't kill them!"

King Vegeta looked at his son. "They have committed a serious crime against you my son. Their daughter has poisoned your mind, they must be punished."

"No father! I instructed her to play with me! She was doing what I ordered! Spare her and her family father! Please!" The young boy continued to whine desperately, his eyes starting to water.

King Vegeta gave his son a swift slap across the face. "No son of mine cries. Wipe your tears."

Vegeta was enraged. He charged up and punched his father twice in the face. Shocked, and somewhat pleased by his son's strength—King Vegeta sat up. He looked down at his son.

"Fine, but you are never to be seen with that child again, understood?!"

Vegeta squeezed the ring in his hand and crossed his fingers behind his back "I give you my word."

Just as King Vegeta was about to call the killing off, it was too late. The parents of Lumpy were disintegrated in one swift blow from the executioner—one of King Vegeta's finest soldiers who went by the name of Bardock.

"NOOOOOOO!" Vegeta made a run for the execution stage, but was outrun by his father who deflected the blast right before it hit the Young Prince's friend.

"The show is over. Release the girl, and everyone is to go home immediately."

Vegeta was shocked by his father's actions. Something was wrong--- it seemed his father's mind was occupied by another problem, and it was a big one.

Bardock nodded his head and walked into a large building. Making sure his father wasn't looking, Vegeta followed after the slayer of his friend's parents. Bardock seemed to walk for miles until he came across a dark room in the building. The room had a single "crib" with a tag that said "Kakarot". This was obviously his son, and Vegeta decided that if he wasn't able to murder Bardock, his son would be the next best thing.

A voice of a man screaming came on Bardock's scouter.

"So it's true, Frieza is really going through with it." Bardock ran out of the room, and vanished in an instant. Just as Vegeta was about to go into the room, several other people ran by him in the building--- something was happening. Curiosity got the best of the Prince and he decided that Kakarot could wait.

Suddenly, explosions were coming from everywhere. Screams of people echoed throughout the planet, and the one thing on his mind was Lumpy-- he had to keep her safe. He raced to where he last saw her, by the execution stage, and was relieved when he saw her there—her head buried in her knees.

"Hey! Get up! We have to get out of here!" Not wanting to waste any time, Vegeta hugged his friend hoping it would make her stop crying faster. Lumpy looked up, and to his surprised hugged him back.

"Okay good, we don't have much time. We have to go to my father and find out what's happening. Here!" Vegeta grabbed her hand and they took off towards King Vegeta's headquarters.

The smoke began to thicken, and the explosions seemed to multiply as every minute passed by.

When they reached the palace, they froze for a second from shock.

The doors, windows, room--- everything was destroyed.

"FATHER WHERE ARE YOU?!" Vegeta landed, but continued to hold Lumpy's hand, not wanting to leave her behind.

There he was, a single hole blown through his armor. His body lifeless, as he lay in a pool made by his own blood. Vegeta ran his fingers over the hole. He recognized whose attack this was--- it was none other than Frieza's. To Lumpy's surprise Vegeta wasn't saddened one bit by his father's death.

"It serves him right. Quick! We have to get to the pods!"

The two children continued to run down the long hallways, holding hands as tight as possible.

When they got to the room, the young Prince was relieved to see one of his other main servants Nappa, already preparing the pods for them.

"Now your majesty, just step in the pod and I've programmed everything for take off. Hurry!" With that, Nappa jumped into his pod and closed it shut.

"Lumpy! Get in!" Just as Lumpy was about to place her right foot in, she was knocked over by a ki blast. Vegeta turned around to see Turles standing at the door, a grim look upon his face.

"That pod was meant for me, not some worthless piece of filth." Turles began to charge up.

"Don't ever touch her again!" Vegeta charged at Turles, and after a few even hits, managed to swing him hard against the pod Lumpy also lay against.

The Prince ran towards his fallen friend. "LUMPY! You have to wake up! Get into the pod! Hurry!" Realizing that the only way to get her in on time, Vegeta summoned all of his strength left and carried her into the pod.

"Your majesty?" She opened her big black eyes.

"It's me. Okay, Nappa has programmed these pods, so once I give you the signal just press the green button okay?"

She shook her head slowly, obviously weakened by the attack.

Vegeta then remembered something. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the ring.

"When we get to wherever we're going, we'll get married okay? But before that I have to give you this." The young Prince slipped the ring onto his weakened friend's thumb, since it was much too big for any of her other fingers.

She managed to crack a slight smile despite the pain she was in.

"We'll be taking off in 5 minutes, I'll see you soon." Vegeta gave her a quick hug in hopes to make her pain go away, and jumped down from the pod.

He climbed over to his and as the pod was closing saw Turles crawl up and open the programming keyboard of Lumpy's pod!

"NO! NO! NO! NO!" Try as he might, the pod wouldn't open. It was programmed to stay shut until it landed at it's next stop.

With a sinister smile Turles started to punch the keyboard, sending sparks flying, and eventually Lumpy's pod.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

The young Prince watched helplessly, as his "fiancés" pod disappeared into the night sky.

A split second later an energy blast was sent into the pod room, killing Turles and triggering Vegeta's and Nappa's pod to shoot off into space.

Try as he might, the young Prince couldn't fight the tears from falling from his eyes as he watched his planet explode behind him. He had lost everything--- his family, his home, his friend.

I'll find you, I promise.