An Escape Plan

Twenty-one years had passed since the two babies were born and separated. One was unknowingly sent to the earth, just before Frieza had decided to rid himself of the planet Vegeta, while the other remained on his ship with the only other saiyans known to be alive. The three saiyan men, warriors as they were, spent most of their time off the ship, conquering other planets for the man who held them all captive. No one liked it, but no one could do anything about it. Certainly the men could escape and go somewhere in the depth of space where not even Frieza could find them, but it was not in their nature. They would not leave until they were sure they could destroy this man who took everything from them. For now they were just biding their time, becoming stronger with every new planet they conquered.

Rori was unlike her male counterparts, she was strong, strong enough to fight, but never allowed to do so. She could train on the ship, but never ever leave to go fight or conquer. This was something Frieza had been very specific about from the moment she'd been taken from her warm bed as a baby. She was treated like a princess on the ship for reasons she had no idea why. While the men were out fighting wars, she was confined on the ship by Frieza's command. Once a month she would have her visit with Frieza, but other than that, she was constantly followed around by guards.

The door to the training room opened and Rori exited wearing her saiyan armor. Her armor didn't look much different than the male armor, but there was a difference of course, mainly in the regions where men and women differed. As soon as she exited the training room she was met by Zarbon, "You know, that armor isn't very lady-like... You should wear the new dress Frieza got for you."

"I hardly think that would be effective to train in..." she retorted as she headed down the hall, wishing him gone with all her might. It was no use though he was to be her guard for the day. She'd always hated when one of her guards was someone so close to Frieza. She always felt as if she was being judged especially harshly on those days. Of course today of all days Zarbon was the one chosen to guard her. It only made sense Frieza would want Zarbon to watch her when today was the day her brother was coming back from his mission of conquering a new planet. Frieza's large ship had been based on a planet for a few days at this point and Rori never passed up an opportunity to go outside of the ship so she decided to spend her time by the landing dock, waiting for her brother to return from his travels.

"Rori, you know Raditz isn't due back for another hour..." Zarbon stated rolling his eyes.

"I know..." Rori said as she sat by the railing swinging her legs over the edge while pulling her long golden locks free from her loose ponytail, "but I just feel that... if I spent another minute inside I'd go mad. You must understand how trapped I feel cooped up on this ship all the time..."

"Well if I spend another moment out here, I'm going to go mad and you wouldn't want that now would you?" Zarbon said with a sigh before heading in to leave her alone, "You know the rules, dearie, no sneaking away now."

Zarbon disappeared in the ship leaving Rori to watch the sky for her brother to come home. After an hour had come and gone she started to get antsy sitting by the docks as well. Knowing Zarbon would wonder what had been taking so long she headed back in walking down the halls of the ship until she heard Zarbon's voice, "Sir, I understand your motives, but having to touch a monkey like her in such an intimate way, just to prove your dominance over those apes... Is it really worth it?"

"Oh come Zarbon." Frieza's voice came from behind the door with a laugh, "I've been waiting too long for this kind of opportunity. On her twenty-second birthday, she's going to into heat for the first time just like the others would if I hadn't destroyed them all. And despite her lineage, you must admit, Rori is quite attractive... for a stupid monkey. I'm sure she'd be a good fuck at the very least."

Zarbon chuckled, "You realize Vegeta still believes you'll let him take her as a wife. He's not much of a threat, but I can only foresee insubordination after taking his last hope at repopulating their race."

"He's a fool if he ever truly believed I would let him have her." Frieza took a sip of his wine and smiled to his friend, "No need to worry, I have something delicious planned for Vegeta that day too. He's been getting too cocky lately, I want to make sure he knows his place."

"Do tell. I knew you must have been planning something."

"Do you really want to know?" Zarbon chuckled and nodded. " Oh well, I guess I'll have to ruin the surprise for you then... I plan on taking her for the first time in the room with the two way mirrors. You know how those women get when they're in heat, she won't care who's in there with her as long as she's being sated. And I plan on doing just that while the monkey prince has a front row seat for the whole show. His last hope willingly giving herself to the enemy and there will be nothing he can do... but watch. That should break him. I want him to swallow that damn pride of his and know there is no alternative to my will."

The voices began to get muffled as Rori backed away from the door covering her mouth as she gasped so they couldn't hear her. She had always thought she would end up with Vegeta. She hadn't seen Vegeta more than a handful of times, but every time she had, he'd always promised her of their future together. He had always been a comfort when he came back, inspecting her thoroughly to make sure she was being taken care of properly. It made her feel safe in that very unsafe place to know he was looking out for her, but now that she heard the words from Frieza's mouth it made sense that this had been his plan all along. All the previous phoenix from her planet were said to give birth to the strongest warriors ever known and in some cases even super saiyans. He must have been waiting for me to become the right age... she realized with horror.

While she tried to think of ways she could escape her fate, still backing away from the door, her back hit something solid. Two hands came down on her shoulders and she heard the comforting voice of her older brother Raditz, before he turned her around to meet her gaze. She was much shorter than him and, being the good older brother he was, he always knelt down to meet her eye line, "what's wrong Rori, you look upset... and where's your guard today?"

Immediately, Rori had the urge to tell her brother exactly what she'd heard, but her better judgment kept the words from leaving her lips, "I was just... lonely is all. Zarbon went to speak with Frieza. I guess he assumed you'd take me in as soon as you returned..."

"Well good, I'd rather not have to deal with that jerk." he smirked and ruffled her long blonde hair with his palm before standing back up straight, "follow me then, I have something to discuss with you."

Rori followed after her brother obediently, tail swaying after her, until they reached her room.

"In here," he demanded stepping out of the way to let her unlock it, "I'm sure your room is the only one they won't be listening in on."

Rori quickly opened the door while Raditz watched to make sure no one had seen as they sneaked into the room. She sat down on her bed and looked at her brother with a smile, "so, what news do you bring?"

"You remember I told you of your twin brother?" he asked while pacing in front of her.

"Of course... what of him?"

"Vegeta, Nappa, and I are planning to start a rebellion. The saiyans aren't the only ones who Frieza has wronged... With Prince Vegeta leading us, there's no way we'll lose, but we have to play this smart. Vegeta and Nappa are rounding up others and training on the other planets now, but we need more men of our ranks..."

"I can help-"

"Absolutely not. If you die there's no chance of our race ever surviving. For now you'll be sitting this out... I'm leaving next week ... my ship has already been prepared." he stated, still pacing. This was nothing new though, he always left from week to week. So why was he still pacing like this?

"For how long this time, brother?"

"A year... maybe two. I'm going to get our brother, Kakarot, and bring him back. Our chances will be greater if we have another of our kind fighting with us."

"What? You can't leave that long!" she exclaimed suddenly terrified remembering exactly what Frieza had said would become of her. She had little fear knowing her brother would be there to help her, but if he was gone, she knew she had no chance against the tyrant., "take me with you! I want to help, please, there must be something I can do!"

"I know it must be tough, not being able to do anything off the ship like the rest of us, but you are helping us better than anything, by staying put, here. If Frieza found you gone he would send a fleet after us. Don't ask me why, I'm still trying to figure that out, but as long as you are here and safe, he'll stay off of our backs. Just be strong for now and wish us luck."

With that Raditz left Rori's room. More than anything, she wanted to tell him exactly what she'd heard and why she couldn't remain on the ship. However she knew if she told Raditz, it would only cause him and perhaps Vegeta and Nappa to become careless with the execution of their carefully thought out plans. The fact still remained that she could not spend much more time on this ship. The last thing she wanted was to become a tool to attain power for someone like Frieza.

My ship is ready... The thought rang through her mind and she knew what she had to do. As quickly as she could she set out towards the loading dock that was thankfully empty. Rori knew exactly which ship Raditz always took; she'd watched it fly in many many times and quickly hopped in and looked for the start button.

"Welcome Raditz, coordinates set to earth, do you wish to proceed with this route?" the automated voice asked. She grinned and looked out at the empty dock saying her good-byes in her head. "Yes, proceed."

The ship took off with little warning and headed towards the planet her twin brother was said to be on. Before long voices came over the intercom, one being Raditz's voice, "who is on this ship?"

"Sorry brother... I can't explain to you right now why I'm doing this... I hope you'll forgive me, but I have to do this." she answered before turning off the communication device on the ship. It would take a years time to make her way to earth, but being in that ship for a year seemed better than the alternative. Once the ship was out of the vicinity, it put her into a deep sleep, that would last until her destination.

Before Rori was awake enough to realize what was going on, the ship began jerk around and shake into what she could only assume was the impact of landing. The hatch to the ship opened and Rori pulled out a scouter to look for a higher level life form. She stepped out of the ship into the crater it had made in the middle of a forest and began to stretch her legs. As soon as she pressed the button on the scouter, a reading came up, a large one and it was right near her.