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Preciousjade76: Thanks and come on, do Bulma's plans ever not work? XD

Animefreak653: Yup, sneaky Bulma, soon to be very pissed Bulma.

The dungeon was not heavily guarded which surprised the three Saiyans. Frieza was either very stupid or very arrogant. Bulma, of course, was able to disengage all of the alarms and they were able to get to Vegeta's cell. When they saw him, they panicked. Their prince didn't look well.

Vegeta was temporarily trapped inside of himself, reliving his memories of being locked away back when he was twelve. It was punishment for kissing his daughter. Bulma had convinced her father not to kill him, but that didn't mean he was in the clear. During that time of being locked in a cold, dark cage led Vegeta to become highly claustrophobic, though he hid it very well.

Bulma never knew how badly Vegeta had been punished for what had happened. He would have never told her. He never really told her anything about his punishments, but she knew he'd been beaten before as she was always the one to nurse his wounds. This was just cruel; it was pure mental torture and it made her sick.

"Frieza's a monster," Bulma whispered. Whatever love she felt for him as her father had left her the moment she bonded with Vegeta, but now she couldn't even utter the word "father."

Hearing her voice, Vegeta forced himself to open his eyes. Bulma? he called out in their minds.

She put her hand over her hand over her mouth to muffle the sound of a sob. She knew he felt that it was weak to cry, but she didn't care. He was her mate and he was suffering. She needed to get him out of there as quickly as possible.

Bulma took out her tools to work on disengaging the electric force field. When the Saiyans were finally able to enter the cell, they let Bulma look at him first. She gently touched his cheek; his eyes refused to leave hers. She then nestled into his neck forcing back the tears that were trying to force themselves from her.

I'm sorry, she told him.

Don't be. He weakly moved his arm to stroke her hair. I'm fine.

Bulma chuckled. "Only you would say your fine looking like this."

Both Nappa and Raditz smirked at each other understanding what the prince must have said to his mate through their connection. It was a rare moment indeed for any Saiyan to allow another to witness the private moments between them. Being the last Saiyans left made them all feel like family, and the two elder Saiyans were happy with the fact that Vegeta and Bulma had one another.

"Princess, I think we should get him to a healing chamber before Frieza wakes up," Nappa suggested.

"I agree," she said looking into her lover's eyes. "Let's go."

Bulma returned to her room after setting Vegeta up in the healing tank. When she returned to her room, Frieza was still out. She glared at him.

You kidnapped me, Bulma thought angrily toward him. You killed my family, tortured my prince and mate, destroyed our home, lied to us about everything, hid my powers, and tried to silence me and extinguish my pride. I have no regrets helping my people.

"Bulma?" Frieza called out sleepily.

Bulma smirked, but Frieza couldn't see it. "Yes, father?"

"Did I…fall asleep?"

"Yes, father," she replied. "You must be very tired. Why don't you just rest for now?"

Frieza smiled and nodded and let himself drift back to sleep. Bulma then went back to scowling and left her room. She wanted…no, she needed to go see her mate.

Bulma rushed into the med bay and saw Nappa and Raditz leaning against opposing walls. "How is he?" she asked in worry.

Nappa looked over to her and smirked. "He's just fine, princess."

Not even a second later, the healing chamber started to drain revealing a fully healed Vegeta. Vegeta stood up and grabbed a towel to dry off a bit. When he saw Bulma's worried expression, he smirked and walked over to her. He grabbed her and kissed her passionately, not caring about the other two in the room.

He stared into her eyes before asking, "What did you do?"

Bulma giggled. "Drugged Frieza with a sleeping pill and an experimental drug that prevents transformation."

"Frieza?" Vegeta asked commenting about how Bulma was now calling him by name.

Bulma frowned. "What he did to you was the last straw. He is no father of mine."

Vegeta responded with a nod. "Let's follow through with the plan. You two will still override the power on the ship. I will take care of Frieza."

"Be careful, Prince Vegeta," Raditz requested although he knew that would Vegeta would never take his request into consideration. He was surprised when Vegeta gave him a curt nod.

Bulma followed Vegeta to her room. Before he went in, Bulma grabbed his arm. He could tell she was nervous for him, but it didn't matter. Frieza needed to be stopped.

Vegeta took her hands and said, "We will be fine."

"We?" Bulma asked.

Vegeta simply smirked. "A while ago you said you wanted to fight. You are as much Frieza's victim as I am."

Bulma had forgotten that request and was shocked that he not only remembered, but that he was willing to let her fight alongside him.

"Are you serious?" Bulma asked in order to clarify his meaning.

Vegeta smirked and nodded. He knew his mate wouldn't drag him down. She was nearly equal to him in strength and would be able to handle this fight. That was a fact. "Are you ready?"

Bulma nodded and the two entered the room. Frieza's last moments were numbered.

(This chapter was edited 2/23/2013)