Chapter 9. 'Nuff said.

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Chapter 9 - Consequences

Over the next few days, Aisha and Prince Vegeta bonded quite well. He tried to keep his feelings surpressed, though. He just couldn't risk anyone suspecting anything.

One word to Frieza, and it'd all be over.

After a week or so, Frieza figured Aisha should be near a hundred percent. He sent Zarbon to go fetch her. Zarbon arrived at her room, only to discover her missing again. He delivered the news to Frieza.

"WHAT?!", he yelled. "Ugh, that insolent little monkey. We'll have to snap her in half to make her learn!"

Dodoria and Zarbon flinched at their Lord's angry words.

"WELL?! Don't just sit there! FIND HER!!", Frieza screamed.

Zarbon and Dodoria hurried out of the room in search of Aisha. They searched everywhere and even ordered a few guards to help them.

Aisha was in Vegeta's room, waiting on him to return. He'd gone to get them something to eat. Aisha was careful and remembered the rules for when Vegeta was gone:

1) Hide if you hear footsteps, no matter what.

2) Stay quiet and DON'T open the door for anyone.

She did her best to follow them.

Meanwhile, Vegeta was on the first level getting the food. Two slices of pie, and a peach they could share. Once he started to make his way back, he'd gotten this strange feeling. Something bad was about to happen. He just knew it. Then, he saw Dodoria at the far end of the hall. He was searching for something.

…Or someone.

Prince Vegeta literally flew up the stairs to the third level. He didn't see any guards around, so he figured no one had come to check yet. He released a breath of relief and entered his room.

"Aisha, it's me!", Vegeta called out.

No response.

"Aisha, stop playing around! Frieza's goons have started searching for you again. You need to hurry and get out of here!", he said, both with concern and irritation.

Still no reply. Vegeta growled and walked towards the bathroom.

"Ai-"

Vegeta was cut off by a strong backhand to the face. He flew into the wall then landed on the floor with a hard thud. He wiped blood away from his mouth and froze when he saw Zarbon standing in front of him, holding Aisha by her throat tightly. Zarbon laughed at Vegeta.

"You thought you could hide her forever, did you? Well, you thought horribly wrong, you little traitor", he said coldly. Zarbon grabbed Vegeta and off he went to Frieza's room. Within minutes, he arrived at the dreaded destination. Once Zarbon stepped inside, he threw Aisha to the floor, but kept holding Vegeta. He bowed respectfully to Frieza, then started his 'report'.

"Lord Frieza, it seems Vegeta was keeping Aisha in his room the whole time."

Frieza looked at Vegeta.

"Oh? Why'd you keep my pet away from me, Vegeta?", he asked. His tone was icy. Vegeta didn't answer him, and Frieza became instantly angry. He slapped Vegeta in the face with his tail. Zarbon flinched at the sudden attack, and dropped Vegeta.

Vegeta growled. He was tired of getting hit in the face.

He began to stand up when Frieza kneed him in the stomach. Vegeta tried to punch Frieza, but his hand was caught. He gasped in fear as Frieza glared at him.

"My, my. Aren't we feeling brave?", he teased, and started to crush Vegeta's hand. It hurt tremendously, but Vegeta didn't yell. He simply refused to give Frieza the sick pleasure of knowing how much pain he was causing. However, once he felt something in his hand snap, he couldn't take it. He stomped on one of Frieza's toes in response.

"OUCH!!", Frieza yelled. "You…You worthless PIECE OF DIRT!!"

Vegeta clutched his hand gently, and tried to get away. Unfortunately, Frieza caught him by the tail. Frieza made sure he had a good grip, and once he was positive he did, he snapped it. Vegeta cried out in agonizing pain. Throughout the pain, he managed to look over at Aisha.

She barely moved.

"Are you becoming weak with feelings, Vegeta? That's it, isn't it? You have feelings for my pet?, Frieza asked. He proceeded to stomp on Vegeta's back repeatedly, then he stopped. He kneeled onto the floor, with one of his knees in Vegeta's back, and pulled Vegeta's head up by his hair. "Well then, you'll enjoy this."

He threw Vegeta's head back onto the floor and called Dodoria and Zarbon over to where he was. Once they were close enough, Frieza told them to hold Vegeta down. Vegeta was still in pain. He wanted to try and escape, but couldn't. Dodoria purposely sat down hard on Vegeta's back. Vegeta couldn't even muster up enough strength to yell, even though the impact made the pain much worse.

Frieza told Zarbon to make sure Vegeta saw everything he was about to do. Zarbon nodded. Frieza looked down at Vegeta and a twisted smile appeared upon his face.

"Enjoy the show", he said, and started walking toward Aisha.
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And that wraps up chapter 9. R&R, please.

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