Chapter 14 Siblings Torn Apart
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The warriors from Earth, along with Dende and Vegeta, were all standing on an island away from Freiza but felt the awesome power that he was radiating. When he was finished, he just stood there. The others were ready and, truth be told, a little afraid. After what seemed like forever, Frieza made his move. He extended his hand and pointed his finger, and then he shot out a beam of energy. In one quick flash Dende was gone. Gohan, Krillin, and Nonica were stunned and hurt by the loss of their little Namekian companion. The time for mourning would have to wait. There was a battle about to begin. Vegeta would step up to face Frieza, convinced he had finally achieved Super Saiyan status. Vegeta would soon become frustrated with Frieza and began firing kai blasts all through the sky. He lit up the sky with these kai blasts and Frieza continued to fly. He was leading Vegeta's kai blasts straight for Nonica, Piccolo, and the others. Nonica and Piccolo realized this the instant Frieza suddenly appeared in front of them. Nonica grabbed Gohan and Piccolo snatched Krillin by the collar and they flew off as fast as they could.
Vegeta soon realized that he was indeed no match for Frieza and that he was about to die. Nonica watched on as Frieza began to ruthlessly beat her brother. "I can't watch this anymore." she proclaimed as she tried to take off to assist her brother.
Piccolo grabbed her by the ankle and snatched her out of the air back onto the ground. He held her tightly his arms. "No, Nonica. There is nothing more you can do for him now."
Nonica struggled against the Namekian warrior. "What in the hell are you doing? He's my brother, Piccolo, I have to help him. Let me go!" Piccolo wasn't budging. Nonica watched helplessly as her brother, her flesh and blood, the one and only surviving member of her family was beaten and slung around by the man that had taken her planet and family away from her in the first place. What could she do? She had no idea. She knew it in her bones that she wasn't strong enough. It all once again took her back to the night that she watched as Frieza murdered her father and blew up her home planet before her very eyes. The princess's heart was breaking. Vegeta was a cold, ruthless, destructive monster but he was still her big brother and despite it all she loved him. Piccolo had her arms locked behind her back. She struggled so hard to free herself that her shoulders were beginning to ache and burn. She was blinded by her own tears, she could barely see, but she could hear Vegeta's screams of agony. Ever scream cut into her soul. She was filling with hate and resentment. Most of it toward Frieza, a portion of it was aimed at Piccolo. Why was he holding her back? Why wouldn't he let her help him? She didn't care if she died she just wanted to try. Something inside the princess snapped and she once again was filled with her Saiyan rage that had so long lain dormant inside. "I will hate you for the rest of my life for this, Piccolo! I will never forgive you. You have gone too far this time. Do you hear me?" she screamed. She struggled some more but was too weakened from battle for her squirms to do her any good.
Her words stung, but Piccolo didn't falter. He only held her tighter. "That's fine." he replied, "but at least you'll be alive to hate me."
Frieza had snaked his tail around Vegeta's neck. One wrong move and he could easily snap it or possibly even pop Vegeta's head completely off his body. The fighters from Earth wanted to help. It angered them that Frieza was torturing Vegeta, but they were all too afraid for their own lives do anything about it. Vegeta was going to pay for betraying Frieza. He'd be paying with his life. Frieza held Vegeta up in the air, dangling him above the ground. With the prince's back facing Frieza, the tyrant began using him like a punching bag.
Nonica managed to finely wiggle free and was about to attack, but Piccolo wrapped his arms around her waist, pinning her arms to her body, and yanked her back close to his chest. I'm sorry, Nonica. I know how you feel and I know that Vegeta is your brother, but I can not let you interfere. I won't let that beast hurt you. I will die again before I see that happen. Piccolo thought as he held the woman that he secretly loved more than his own life. Deep in his heart he wished he could spare her the pain of watching the disgusting events that were taken place before their eyes. Nonica laid her head back against Piccolo's chest and sob uncontrollably. This was like that terrible night on Frieza's ship all over again and it was more than she could take. Her tears spilled over the rims of her eyes and streamed down her face.
Frieza finally stopped beating Vegeta and flung him to the side as if he were trash. He grabbed him by his collar to resume the assault. "No, no, no. Please stop. You're killing him." Nonica sobbed. Frieza wasn't listening. He was enjoying every second of his attack on the Saiyan prince. It was then that a miracle happened. Goku arrived finally healed and ready for action.
"Hey guys. Sorry I'm late." he said.
"Goku. You're here." Nonica said overcome with joy.
"Yeah. So this Frieza, huh?"
"Yeah, that's him." Piccolo replied. He was still holding onto Nonica. She had stopped squirming.
Frieza released Vegeta. He stared at Goku curiously. "Who are you?" he asked.
"My name is Goku. Whatever problems you have with Vegeta you can take it up with me now."
"Is that so?" Frieza smirked.
"Kakarot, you finally made it."
"Kakarot?" Frieza asked, "isn't that a Saiyan name." He started firing kai beams at Goku. Goku wasn't fazed at all. He simply swatted them away like flies. Goku then lunged at Frieza and brief scuffle ensued. Frieza was utterly stunned. Who was this warrior? Frieza had become frustrated. Vegeta began to laugh.
"Looks like you have finally meet your match, Frieza." Vegeta chuckled, "After all these years and what you did to my people, I finally get to see you fall. You going to finally meet your end at the hands of a true Super Saiyan." Vegeta let go in another fit of laughter.
Frieza had had enough and shot a beam of energy straight through Vegeta's chest. He fell back onto the ground. "VEGETA!" Nonica screamed. She finally shrugged off Piccolo and ran to her brother's side. "Oh, Vegeta." kneeling down beside him.
"Nonica?" Vegeta groaned.
"Don't talk. Please, just save your strength." she said, taking his hand into her. Tears pouring from her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Nonica, for everything." Vegeta said.
"Sshhh…" Nonica shushed him putting her hand on his head and squeezing his hand.
"No. listen to me. I have spent my life taking pleasure in other people's misery. I am a beast, just like Frieza. I am what he made me. When I sent you away it wasn't just to protect you from his execution order. You had lost the light in your eyes and I never knew why. Even though we did what did when we were younger you had remained innocent. It was your youth, Nonica. I wanted to protect and keep him from taking your youth, your innocence. I didn't want you like me."
"You sacrificed your own, Vegeta."
"That is what an older brother is supposed to do, protect their baby sister." Nonica sobbed uncontrollably placing the back of his hand up to her cheek. He continued, "You went to Earth and found a new wonderful life. Family and friends that love you. You regained the light in your eyes. They shine like when you were a little girl. The fire in you is amazing when you are defending them. I want you to forget me and go now from here. Live and be happy."
"Vegeta, you have to stop talking now. You need to save your strength. We'll be able to get you some help."
Vegeta smiled at her and brushed a tear from her cheek with his hand. He turned his head to Goku. "Kakarot, listen to me. You must Frieza. Please. He took me and my little sister away from our father. We were just children. He made us do so many terrible things saying that if we didn't he would kill our father if didn't." tears began to well up in Vegeta's eyes as he continued, "He killed him anyway and destroyed our home planet. He ordered Nonica executed and I sent her away in order to protect her. He made me what I am now. Please, Kakarot, kill him. End this so that he can't do this to anyone else. Forget about your stinking honor, Kakarot. They'll get you killed. Stop him, please. Stop him. For me, for my father, your father, our planet. Stop him, Kakarot."
And with that Vegeta was gone. Nonica sobbed. She put her arm under his neck and pulled him up close to her, burying her face in his neck, "Vegeta, no. Please, don't leave me again. Please." She nuzzled his neck, willing him to wake and yell at her for cradling him like she was. That terrible night she was put in that space pod came back to her mind and played back like a movie on a screen.
The brave prince ran quickly back to the chambers that they all resided in. Nonica was sitting by the window, right he'd left her. She looked at him when he came storming in. Vegeta ran to her and grabbed her arm, "You have to go, now. Come on!" he said frantically. He grabbed a bag and some food from the small refrigerator that was in the room, throwing everything into the bag. He grabbed hold of Nonica's arm again and began to pull her out the room.
Nonica was confused, "What are you doing? What's going on? Let me go." she said as she started to panic.
"Shut up! We can't let them hear you. You have to get off this planet and go as far away from here as you can. Frieza has ordered Zarbon to execute you tonight." Vegeta explained.
"What! I told you that I didn't care." Nonica protested.
Vegeta stopped suddenly and pulled her close to him, "Well, I do! If you think that I am going to stand by and let them kill my 7-year-old sister then you're as crazy as they are. You're leaving and you're getting away from here and that is the end of it." he said sternly. Nonica didn't say another word as she let her brother take her to the planet's launching dock. They entered the room quietly and Vegeta took a quick look around. When he saw that no one was there at the moment, he pulled his sister to the first pod he laid his eyes on. He opened the door and put Nonica inside. "I want you close the door and punch in a destination, I don't want to know what it is, just do it." he said.
Nonica nodded in understanding, tears starting to flow from her eyes. Before she closed the door, she jumped out and put her arms around her brother's neck, "I hope to see you again someday, brother. Stay alive and thank you. I love you." she said.
Vegeta's closed his eyes tightly as he hugged her back, trying to keep the tears from flowing, "Take care, my sister. One day I will see you again, I promise. Now go." he said as he pulled away and helped back into the ship. Nonica shut the door and punched in some coordinates she'd heard once before Planet Vegeta blew up. In a matter of seconds the space pod blasted off leaving the young prince alone. He lifted his arm as if he were waving.
"Goodbye, my brother. I am so sorry. I love you." She kissed his cheek and gently laid him back on the ground.
Goku blasted a hole in the ground. He scooped the fallen prince up off the ground and carried him to the hole. Goku filled the hole back up with dirt and pat it when he had filled it. He had lain Vegeta to rest. A proper burial. He vowed that he would indeed put a stop to Frieza's reign of terror. Nonica went to sit next to her brother's grave, lost in her own grief. Battle faded from her mind. Goku then stood and turned his attention to Frieza. He hesitate for a moment out of concern for his friends and his son. Piccolo picked up on it. "Krillin, Gohan, Nonica, we need to get out of Goku's way. Let's go." he ordered. Krillin and Gohan did as they were asked. Nonica stayed kneeling beside her brother's grave. "Nonica, let's go!" Piccolo barked, but she stayed put. It was as if she was in her own world and she couldn't see anything going on around her. Piccolo stormed over to her, "Come on."
"No." she said. She didn't want to leave him.
Piccolo bent over, grabbed her arm, and hauled her over his shoulder. "I said you're going."
"No! Vegeta!" she screamed. She kicked her legs forcefully trying to get back to her feet. She wanted to stay with her brother. "AH!" she screeched.
Freiza chuckled, "Stupid Saiyan bitch." Frieza had broken her and he knew it. He relished in it.
Piccolo scowled at the monster. "I've got her, Goku. I'll leave you to take care of him." He took off into the sky. Nonica stop her struggling. She was too worn and heartbroken to fight anymore. She felt as if her soul had shattered. There was nothing more that that monster could snatch from her. He had taken it all. The very last piece of her past, her family was laying beneath the dirt. Piccolo landed next to Gohan and Krillin. He set Nonica on her feet and she immediately went down to sit on the ground. "Stop having a tantrum, Nonica. We had to get out of Goku's way." Piccolo scolded.
"I don't care if Frieza kills me or not. He's taken everything else away from me." Nonica muttered tears dripping from her chin. "Vegeta was mean and vicious, violent and sometimes heartless. A total monster. But he was my brother and…I…I loved him." She put her hands over her face and sobbed.
Piccolo was taken aback by her words. Nonica had finally had more than she could take. It was killing him because he didn't know what to do for her. Should he hold her? Should he try to calm her? Should he ignore her all together and let her have her moment? He knelt down beside. "Hey," he whispered, "it's going to be alright. Vegeta, knew the risk involved, but he wanted to try anyway. He was seeking his revenge. Nonica, your brother died a free man today. No longer a slave under Frieza. He went down doing what he did best. What all you Saiyans do best. You shouldn't cry from him, you should be proud of him. He wouldn't approve of you doing this anyway. Didn't you hear anything he said to you today? He wants you to live."
Nonica moved her hands from in front of her face and looked up at Piccolo. "You're right." she muttered.
Piccolo reached up and wiped away her tears with his thumb. "Yeah, so let's dry your eyes and focus of Goku."
Nonica nodded and let Piccolo help her stand to her feet. His touch. It sent shock waves through her. Oh, how she had longed to feel his touch. She had to metaphorically shake herself though, because she had to focus on the battle at hand.
This was it the fight to end all fights. A Saiyan was stepping up to face Frieza. Somewhere in her heart of hearts, Nonica knew that Vegeta's words were true. Goku was the Super Saiyan that was prophesied by her people so many years ago. It made her feel a great deal of satisfaction to know that a Sayian was going to end the reign of terror that Frieza had induced on the universe for so many years. Goku was going to be the one to avenge their race and her brother. Frieza was not going to be able and take another father their children. Force a family to have to themselves in order to survive. Take another boy from his family and change him into a hateful, heartless monster. It's not going to be in vain, Vegeta. she thought, You will be avenged by a Saiyan. Our people, our planet, our father will be avenged. It's all going to come to an end today. I do make a promise to you that I will be brave and I will stand to fight if Goku should need it. Rest well my brother.
The four Z Warriors stood together on the top of the mountain and watched on as the battle began. There was no turning back now. Frieza knew that they were from Earth. They had to stand ready should Goku need their help. They all understand that if it didn't end here, then Earth would be Frieza's next stop. All four warriors from Gohan to Krillin to Nonica to Piccolo knew that they themselves could die here, but that didn't matter. They would defend their home with everything they had and they all knew one thing for certain….One way or another, Frieza could not walked off Planet Namek alive.
Goku and Frieza face off in the fight of the century. As the Warriors of Earth look on, they are filled with a strange sense of hope. Can Goku overcome the tyrant Freiza? Can they defeat this monster and bring peace to the universe once again? Found out next time in the next exciting chapter of…Princess of Saiyans.
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