This had to be the thousandth time that he stared at this ceiling. Who knew that being stuck in captivity would be this boring? He had already finished all of the projects that they had given him and while he was angry that he had to touch them, he was now wishing that he had something to do.
Raditz felt like his brain was just going to start falling apart. There had to be something worthwhile to do around here. But if he even tried to create anything his work would be taken and used against Planet Vegeta. He couldn't win.
At the moment, he didn't know how to make a key for the door. He didn't have access to any metal and if he did, it would take a long time for him to really get a look at the door locks. He had a pretty good idea, but again he had nothing to work with. He would have to wait until Zera brought him a new project. He was just going to have to hide some of his materials.
The door opened and he glared at Zera. "I see that you are up."
He sighed. "It's not like I can sleep all day." He complained.
She giggled. "I can think of something better to do with our time." She climbed onto the bed and on top of him.
He cursed his body. He had tried to tell himself over and over again that it wasn't Onna. It was Zera. But his body wasn't listening to him, just seeing that cleavage in his face was enough to make certain things rise.
She chuckled as she straddled his waist. "So do you want to have some fun, Raditz?"
His hands came up to still her as she tried to move her hips. "No."
She giggled, not listening to him. She pulled at her top and removed it. His eyes went wide as he took in that body. Onna's body moved against him and his mind disconnected like it had in the past. His hips moved upward and he heard a gasp above him. His hands moved up, touching that soft and wondrous skin. Her tail found his and he couldn't help but let out a grunt as she leaned down to kiss him.
The most beautiful smell entered his nose and he stopped. She pulled up again and he could see it in her eyes. "Onna."
She touched the side of his face and he knew that he was right. She smiled down at him and he felt his heartbeat pick up. "How has it been?"
He purred against her. "I've missed you."
She kissed him and purred. "I've been watching you."
"Do you really see everything that she sees?" He asked.
"Yes. Sometimes I wish I didn't but what can I do?" She made to laugh.
He ran his fingers through her hair. "I wish that I could see you every day."
She frowned. "I know Raditz." She looked like she wanted to cry. "I wish I could come out every day."
He pulled her closer against him. "You shouldn't have to come out. It's your body. Zera should have no claim to it."
She gave him a sad smile. "I just wish that you could leave this place. Then I wouldn't have to watch her try to…" She went quiet.
"I only think of you. Trust me. If she didn't look like you, I wouldn't even…" She silenced him with a kiss.
"I know that. It still hurts though. I want to feel you, but I can't. I can only watch." She said sadly.
He wanted her closer. "Then feel me now." He said, making her gasp as he switched their positions. She didn't want to watch. He was going to make her feel him even when she had to watch or die trying.
Tarble had awoken and he had got ready quickly. He had planned to meet with Betra again and go over more of the glyphs. He felt like he was being challenged again. Finding the clues to his powers would be the key to finding Gure and destroying Cold. He could already imagine Cold's corpse. Just the idea made him excited.
He walked towards the library with a purpose. Nothing was going to get in his way.
As he walked, he heard two people talking. Bulma and Vegeta were walking together towards the dining room.
Tarble felt angry. He still hadn't forgiven Bulma for her choice of words. Had she really thought that about him this entire time? And did Vegeta know that? If so, why hadn't Vegeta done anything about it?
"Do you think that we can get a good check of the mainframe?" Vegeta asked.
"It won't be that hard. There has to be more files somewhere." Bulma said.
More files? The mainframe? Why were they trying to get into the computer system? His computer system? If they wanted in, all they had to do was ask him. Why go to all of the trouble of hacking it? Was there something that Vegeta didn't want him to know about?
He stepped out from where he was hiding and the two of them pretty much jumped when they saw him.
"Tarble, you almost gave me a heart attack." Bulma said, holding her chest.
"What are you doing up so early?" Vegeta asked.
Tarble couldn't help but be confused by such a question. "I'm always up this early. I was wondering why you are both up."
Vegeta seemed to stumble with that. "Oh…Bulma and I were just…"
"Making breakfast." Bulma said quickly.
Tarble couldn't believe this. They were both lying to him. He knew what he had just heard, so why was Vegeta lying to him. "Anything else?"
"Umm…" Bulma said.
"We're talking about some changes to the palace." Vegeta said, making Tarble raise an eyebrow. What kind of changes did Vegeta even want to make? His brother had everything designed to fit their needs. This was another lie.
"What kind of changes?" Tarble asked, crossing his arms.
Bulma turned red. "Ummm…We…we were…"
"Talking about a baby." Vegeta said, turning red.
Tarble stared at the two of them. They were both horrible liars. "Whatever. I've got stuff to do." He was tired of looking at them. Why did Vegeta think he needed to lie to him? Was this Bulma's doing? She had just recently shown him her true colors.
He walked away from the two of them and back around the corner to the library. He stopped so that he could listen in. "That was close." Bulma said.
What was close? Did they really think they could pull the wool over his eyes? "Yeah, but he's not stupid."
Bulma giggled. "So we were talking about a baby, huh?"
"I already told you, that's not happening yet." Vegeta growled.
Tarble wanted to snap at them. A plan began to form in his head. What if Bulma had waited patiently for Vegeta to mate with her and now wanted to push him out of the picture? After yesterday, he really wasn't surprised. His respect for his brother's mate began to erode instantly. If they wished to talk to him, then they could when they were ready to tell the truth.
The doors to the library opened and he knew that he had to look angry as Betra backed up. "Prince Tarble is something wrong?"
He growled. "Let's go downstairs. I need to clear my head."
She nodded and before he knew it, they headed back down to the dungeon-like library. "You seem tense."
He sighed. "I'm just a little frustrated." He said as they landed near the door.
She put in the code and they went in. The room lit up. "Why don't I get you some tea then and you can relax with a book before we get to the glyphs?"
He couldn't help himself as he smiled. "That does sound nice."
She moved around him and grabbed a smaller book off of a shelf. "This one is in Tuffle, so I know you already know how to read it."
He took it from her, and she moved to the back of the library. He expected her to go upstairs, but she only touched the wall and a small, very old looking stove popped out.
He had to wonder what his ancestors hadn't thought of. He wished he had known of this place earlier.
He looked down at his book as he began to relax. His frustration and anger towards his brother and Bulma was starting to fade as he got into the story. It wasn't a reference book. It was a novel. The story started up with a young man growing up to become a king. It was so interesting that when Betra had brought him his tea, he couldn't put it down.
"Did you want to go over the glyphs today?" She asked, giggling at his reluctance to put the book down.
He nodded, but he still didn't want to put the book down. "Yes, let's get started."
She must have noticed his reluctance to put the book down. "You can take that with you if you want. It really is a good read."
He smirked and began to drink his tea as she grabbed another book of glyphs off of the shelf and brought it over to him. "So what does this one mean?" He looked over the strange symbol in front of him. There was what looked like a moon, but it looked like it was covered up.
"That is the symbol for darkness. It was pretty important to the nightwalkers back then." She stated.
"Well they were once nocturnal, so that make sense." Tarble said.
"It's supposed to be an eclipse. It was said that nightwalkers could make both the sun and moon disappear from the sky." She said. "Quite interesting stories really."
He laughed. "All stories have some root in truth. It's just the details that change with time. Just look at the super saiyan legend."
Betra smiled. "I know right. Every story I heard as a kid said it was a man, but the real legend account reveals that it was a woman."
Tarble laughed again. "It makes you wonder what other stories they got wrong."
Betra giggled. "That book there is one of those. It details the second coming of the tuffles and I'm not telling you anything else."
"No spoilers then?" He laughed.
"What kind of person would I be if I spoiled the story?" She smiled.
"A lousy one." Tarble said, feeling at ease. He looked down at the glyphs again. "What about this one?"
Raditz smirked to himself as they laid there. Onna was cuddled up next to him. "So how was that?"
Onna giggled. "You're just showing off."
He grinned. "Well I had to leave you with something amazing."
She smiled at him. "I just wish I could do something for you."
He purred against her. "You already have."
She shook her head. "I need to do something else. There has to be something you need."
A light bulb went off in his head. "Do you think that you can get me anything from the lab?"
She smiled at him. "What do you want exactly?"
"Just a small piece of metal will work." He stated.
Onna pulled herself out of bed. "Give me a couple of minutes."
"You're not even going to ask why?" He laughed.
"Why would I need to ask? Besides, we are on a time crunch." Onna said, moving away from him and getting dressed.
Raditz frowned. He knew he would have to deal with Zera again. He just didn't want it to happen yet. They needed more time. But until he could truly separate them, this was the way it had to be.
She ran from the room and he waited; hoping that she didn't change back in the middle of her mission.
He was pacing when she returned and he took the piece of metal from her and hid it. He pulled back up and kissed her, just as her smell changed back.
Zera looked at him in confusion, then she was angry. "That bitch." Zera looked down at her body. "I told you to stay in there!"
Raditz only fell back onto the bed. He didn't care about Zera being back at the moment. He got to see Onna again and that was enough. The metal and the sex were just bonuses.
Zera shrieked at him and he didn't care. He just smiled at the ceiling. Finally, he could get Gure out of here.
To Be Continued…