Chapter 18: The Sayin's
Lucy's POV
After a wonderful diner with Frieza I followed him sleepily back to his office and sat next to him and watched him work for a while. "I had a lot of fun catching up with you tonight Lord Frieza." I said rubbing his arm. "Thank you darling, I had no idea you were such a fascinating being." He said playfully. "I had no idea you ran an entire empire." I said matching his tone. Before he could respond Zarbon and Dodoria entered the room changing its mood drastically I could see it on his face that he was not pleased. "It's time for you to run along now Lucy." He said not looking at me but glaring at Dodoria. "Frieza please, I don't want to. Let me stay I'll be quiet." I begged tugging on his shoulder pad. He shot me a glance from the corner of his eye. "Not one word." He said in a tone he very rarely used with me it was dangerous. "Yes sir." I said quietly. "Shall I send them in sire?" Zarbon asked defensively. Frieza didn't answer but gave him an annoyed look. "Enter." Frieza called with hate in his voice. A man entered the room he was tall with black pointy hair I think I have met him before briefly. "Thank you my Lord for seeing us on such short notice once again." The man spoke. "Get to the point, I'm busy." Frieza said. And when he did the man's eyes strolled to me. "I do not tolerate gawking King Vegeta; you will be doing yourself a favor by remembering that." Frieza said in his dangerous tone once more. "Of course Lord Frieza" he said pulling his gaze back to Frieza. They talked politics and money for a while and Frieza was not happy about anything he was saying. His cold eyes were focused lazily on the man's face and his usual cruel smile was amiss and replaced by a very livid frown. I touched his arm lightly and rubbed it softly and gave him a warm smile hoping to earn a smiled in return but he gave me the same cold expression but he didn't pull away from me either. Soon Frieza started to raise his voice and King Vegeta began to back down slightly. With Frieza in a mood like this I decided to leave. "Lord Frieza." I said softly. He stopped talking and looked at me annoyed. "What, what is it?" he asked rudely. "I'm going to bed. I'll see you in the morning." I said nervously. "Good night then, Dodoria; escort her." Frieza barked. "I could go myself." I said softly trying to save him the trouble. "Not likely." Frieza said. "I assure you Lord Frieza my men will behave themselves." King Vegeta spoke. "Admiring that you have faith in your disciples, but I am around these people as much as yourself; I know what goes through their minds when they see a pretty girl such as her all alone in the corridors." My heart jumped at Frieza's last words 'pretty girl' I thought. King Vegeta began to speak but Frieza cut him off. "Shut up; Lucy I'll see you in the morning. Dodoria walk her as I said." Frieza spoke. I kissed Frieza's cheek and then Dodoria followed me out the door.
I walked with my shoulders back and my head high. I tried my best to ignore them as they called things to me like, "hey baby." and "how much for a night." I could tell Dodoria was angry. "This is Lord Frieza's fiancé show some respect." He yelled and led me along quickly. When we approached Frieza room I chose to speak to him a little. "Not that I'm questioning Lord Frieza's judgment; but he doesn't seem to like these people all that much, so why does he you know…" I said shyly. "Keep them around? Look princess I try not to question Lord Frieza but the Saiyan's have power that he uses for his advantage, they don't mind the tough dirty work that Zarbon and I don't want to get into." He answered. "I see." I said softly. When we he turned to leave I cleared my throat to get his attention. "What is it my Lady?" he asked turning back around. "Could you maybe wait here a while longer…I'm sorry for keeping you but I'm a little frightened is all." I said looking at the passing soldiers that were making themselves to comfortable of Frieza's ship. "Right, just let me check in with Lord Frieza, he's a little more protective than you think he is, probably counting the seconds until I come back." He said and continued walking back. "Right of course." I said and went back into our room to ready myself for a good night's sleep.
Frieza's POV
"Impossible, I would never consider it." I said annoyed to King Vegeta as he was trying to bargain with me. "But my Lord" he said shocked. "What you are surprised that I'm not merciful? Were you expecting me to curl up in your lap and follow all of your requests?" I said annoyed. "To be honest, I'm tired and growing rather bored with this conversation." I said sitting back in my seat. The door slid open and it was Dodoria. "My Lord" he said with a bow. "I trust Lucy made it to bed ok?" I asked. He nodded, "Sire Princess Lucy has requested I wait outside her door for further protection, want me to do it?" I smirked slightly. "That girl," I said under my breath. "Go ahead then, she won't need protecting but if it makes her happy then I won't refuse. You're free to go." I said shooing him away. "Are we done here? I have a lot of work to do." I said. "I see, well I'll be going then." Vegeta said getting up he bowed and left the room. "Seriously…do I seem like a charitable person? I really try my hardest not to be one." I said to Zarbon while turning on my computer to begin some work. He shrugged his shoulders though I didn't expect him to answer. I tried to look over information on my computer about planets but my mind was wandering tonight, I tried to subdue it with more alcohol but my thoughts kept going back to Lucy's precious smile. "I can't work like this, Zarbon I'm going to bed finish whatever it was I was supposed to be doing." I said pushing myself from my chair and leaving the room. "Dodoria, you can leave I'm going to bed. Tell the captain I expect to be there by morning, I promised it to Lucy." I said he bowed and left. I entered my room quietly and removed my armor and snuggled up close to Lucy's warm body. Much to my dismay she jumped awake. "Did I scare you?" I asked. I could hear her heart thumping in her chest. "Oh Frieza, thank heavens it's you." She said turning towards me and cuddling into my chest. "Who else would it be?" I asked stroking her long blonde hair down her back. She shrugged her shoulders sleepily and yawned. "I love you my Lord, good night." She said softly. "Love you." I said and held her until she fell asleep.