Author Note: First of all Thank you everyone who has been loyal to this story, when I started writing it I really didn't expect very many people to like it. But thank you so much, anyway what I really wanted to do was offer up somewhat of a competition of some sort; you see how i have a pic of Android 18 as my picture? Well I drew that and I've attempted to draw Lucy multiple times and it never seems to come out right. But if you have a talent for drawing and you are a fan of the story draw some fan art and tell me about it on my Deviant art account and I will gladly favorite and comment on it all. You never know you might even end up as the story cover.
Thanks again for all your support ~PurpleStarShip
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This chapter is a bit on the shorter side but pretty important. Sorry for the wait.
Chapter 26: The Plan
Frieza's POV
I lead Lucy up stairs and into my room I made sure she was settled in and she gave me a quick kiss before leaving. I walked down the stairs and saw all of the guests leaving and my father noticed me and motioned me to follow him. My mother turned to me as I put my foot on the last step. "You sent her to bed like a child…" she said forcefully. "She would have stayed awake all night if I let her." I said to her. She let out a huff, "So let her, if she wants to be awake all night like you, your father and I are then she has every right to be." She said. "Arisian's are not like us!" I snapped turning around now, "So you are the expert on her race now, you know their sleeping habits?" she asked. I rolled my eyes, "Yes mother I know my fiancée's sleeping habits, I'm with her all day every day. If you are that nosy about her, she was falling asleep on my shoulder as I was walking her to bed." I said. "Then why would she sa-" "because she is seventeen." I said for the first time admitting her age to myself. "I'm going to go talk to her." She said and pushed past me to go upstairs. I wanted to protest but instead I followed the path of my father. "She held you up?" He asked as I entered his office he was pouring himself a glass of brandy. "Yes" I said making my way to get myself some. "So, little Lucy, Lucy." My father said sitting down at his desk. "She's not a quiet as the last time we met in person." My father said plainly. "Perhaps she has." I said sitting down across from him. "You haven't noticed?" he asked. I shrugged my shoulders, "she was never really too quiet around me. That's one of the main reasons I liked having her around so often." I said taking off my scouter and rubbing my eyes. "It's a long flight I know." He said. "I forgot just how long." I said. "You should come by more often, since you'll rule this galaxy and planet someday along with the North, you should make it a point to visit both." He said. "Maybe I'll rule someday but for now I'm busy enough in the North." I said. "I forget you and your brother hate to travel long distances." He said. "Cooler and I have nothing in common." I said annoyed. "Really…when you were a boy you thought he was a superhero." He said smiling lightly. "That was years ago, and before I realized he was an ass." I said and my father laughed slightly. "He'll meet her eventually." He said and I bit my lip from frustration. "I know." I said.
It was quiet between us for a moment until he cleared his throat and spoke again. "Remember when you and I use to play games…if you will, with foreigners who had done us wrong somehow?" he asked and I smirked. "Yes…though I don't know if I like where you are going with this." I said. "You said…Lucy's mother, Anna…Annie whatever her name was liked you correct?" he asked. "Must run in the family…" I said pouring myself more brandy I knew to go along with whatever he was thinking I would have to be drunker than he was. "Let's say we get her on the line and you can take her up on her offer…they come here and well we can just let the rest play out." He said coolly leaning back in his chair. "They are cruel to Lucy." I said plainly. "Exactly my point, your mother she thinks the world of her…She does not care if you insult her somehow she would without thinking put you in your place. I am interested what she will make you her mother, already knowing the things she has done to her previously." I frowned thinking about the subject. "I don't like when Lucy is around them…she is completely different." I said. "Yes and that is precisely why we need to get them in the same room as your mother. I already know when she finds out they are coming she will share her thought to me." He said. "Then what makes you think I want her to have another reason to bicker at me." I said amused. "Relax I'll say it was my idea…you know we never tell her our plans that you and I make." He said. I sighed giving up on rejecting any longer. "Alright…If mother doesn't step up for her I will and they are off this planet." I said in with a sigh. "Everything will be fine; the girl will not be threatened." He said. "Let's get this over with" I said taking the last drink of my booze before pushing myself up. I stumbled but caught myself. "Stand here, it's ringing." My father said dragging me to stand in front of his TV and he quickly got out of view. "L…Lord Frieza?" Annette asked. "I…wow; forgive me my Lord but I hardly recognized you…" she said blushing and flashing Lucy's smile. I gave her the best fake smile I could muster. "You know Annette" I started. "Y-yes my Lord?" she asked wide eyed. "I've thought about it and I think I will take you up on your offer." I said. She looked excited but unsure, "Pardon me but what offer my Lord?" she asked. "Don't play cute." I said in a tone she most likely had never heard from me. "Really?" she asked with the excitement of a child. "W-well…what of Orpheus?" she asked. "What about him?" I asked. "He requested Lucy" she said looking defeated. I looked to my father and narrowed my eyes. I couldn't say that even if it was all a game. "My Lord if you don't want to it's understandable..." she said and my father looked egger. "No…no it's alright he can have her." I said but I had to grit my teeth. "When should we be expecting you my Lord?" she asked. "You'll be coming to my home world of Chill in the Eastern Galaxy, also you will not tell a soul." I said. "Oh, ok Lord Frieza." She said. "You will be coming after Kuriza is born no sooner." I said. "R-right sire, I will see you then." She said and then I hung up.
I let out a melancholy sigh and he let out a small laugh. "Perhaps you care for her more than I thought?" he said. I gave him a look of annoyance, "Cheer up Frieza, you are acting like it's really going to happen." He said. "It's not as though I can ask you to relate to how I'm feeling. You married for power." I said shooting him a hate filled glair. "Your attitude has become rather nasty ever since you started dragging that girl at your side." He sighed. "I just don't find the point in all this, I've got nothing to gain from driving her parents into a corner." I said. "Growing soft?" "No! I just don't see why I have to torment her parents whether the deserve it or not they are still her parents and she loves them though I don't understand why." I said. "Relax…you're forgetting who you are." He said, "Am I?" I asked sarcastically. Truthfully that wasn't who I was at all only Lucy knew the real me my other self is more of a shell. My father sighed, "Well go sleep off your mood and then come back and we can talk in the morning." He said. I rolled my eyes before sitting my glass down and then I left the room. My mother was standing at the foot of the stairs looking irritated. "No Lucy I see..." I said and she narrowed her eyes. "Where is she?" I asked. She didn't answer right away instead she looked like she was thing up a witty remark. "Asleep…" She said quietly. "What?" I asked only to provoke her further. "She was asleep!" she barked. "Odd…" I said smartly. "I was going to attempt to wake her but that wouldn't have been polite." She said. "Is your father still awake?" she asked. "Yes." I said "Well…see you." I said awkwardly and hovered up the stairs to my room. I pushed my finger on the small pad and when it beeped I opened the door quietly. Doing my best not to wake her I slipped out of my armor and as gently as I could laid down.