/ ❯ Temptation Waits ❯ Die Lucas Die! ( Chapter 16 )

DISCLAIMER: I don't own DBZ…or any of the shows that I rip off!

A/N - This is the second chapter I've written today! Of course they'll be posted a few days apart…hey, it's how I work! I post a chapter of DP and then a chapter of TW! Anyhow this chapter is going to be…odd…but you should all enjoy it.

8OOoooooooooo (another caterpillar)

Bulma crept quietly through the air ducts; luckily the noise Vegeta was making rummaging through the cupboards was covering any noise she was making. Bulma was heading for the bathroom, she had a plan, a very simple plan but one that she felt would work…as long as nothing went terribly wrong. She intended to get more of those mushrooms and then she'd feed them to Vegeta again. He'd only eaten a few mushrooms last time and he'd turned about as strong as an average human being…if she fed him all of them he'd completely lose his power and Lucas would have nothing more to feed and he'd fade away…well, he'd fade away theoretically.

She reached the grill that opened into the bathroom and pushed it out easily, she dropped to the ground and searched around the toilette for any mushrooms that she might have missed…there were none, which meant she'd have to do the almost impossible…she'd have to lure Vegeta out of the kitchen and go through the cupboards for more mushrooms…there were bound to be more, after all she'd noticed that they had multiple supplies of everything on this ship.

Bulma opened the cupboard under the sink and dug around; looking for anything slippery like detergent or liquid soap and after only a minute of searching she found some green, ooze like liquid soap.

Quietly she tiptoed out of the bathroom and crept up the kitchen door, Vegeta was inside eating something red…Bulma's eyes widened, he was eating more mushrooms! This was perfect!

She quirted the soap around the outside of the kitchen door and quietly backed away, she'd let Vegeta eat for an hour or so until he had gorged himself on enough mushrooms to render her weak, then she'd lure him out here and hopefully knock him out or at least force him to chase her until he collapsed of exhaustion!

Bulma crept close to the doorway again and began to spy on Vegeta as he talked to a disgruntled looking Lucas.

"I really don't wanna kill her…I mean Bulma feeds me! If I kill her who's gonna make me food?" Vegeta was stuffing mushrooms into his mouth as if there was no tomorrow, Bulma could only imagine how delusional his brain must have been getting.

"If you kill her Vegeta, I'll cook for you!" Lucas sounded desperate.

"No…you can't fool me Lucas, you can't cook, you can only lie." Vegeta stuffed a few more mushrooms into his mouth and chewed happily. Behind him Lucas snarled and sprang at Vegeta's back only to pass right through him. Lucas looked frustrated and crept back up behind Vegeta and tried to strangle him…only his hands kept passing through his neck.

Vegeta kept chewing, unaware of Luca's half assed attempts on his life.

Bulma crept back from the door way as Lucas flickered dangerously again, it was now or never…

"Hey Vegeta! Looking for me!" Bulma sprang into the middle of the room where Vegeta would have a perfect view of her from the kitchen.

Vegeta looked up and frowned, "Lucas the incredibly good looking elf said you were trying to kill me…that isn't very nice Bulma, especially after how nice I've been to you lately." Vegeta put the mushrooms down and an evil smirk formed on his features, "I guess I'll have to teach you a little lesson!"

Vegeta began to run unsteadily towards Bulma, he passed through the kitchen doorway and gave a Homer Simpson type squeal of fear as he careened off balance and crashed into the couch.

Bulma took off running for the kitchen as Vegeta dragged himself to his feet and launched himself at Bulma, grabbing her ankle and sending them both careening to the floor where they promptly hit the liquid soap again and slid into the kitchen, ending in a tangled heap against the kitchen cabinets.

Vegeta recovered first, he grabbed Bulma and slid her under him, effectively pinning her to the ground with one hand while he knelt over her with a menacing expression.

"You know it isn't nice to try to kill me Bulma, I'm going to have to punish you." Vegeta sneered at her and Bulma gave a yelp of fear as he tried to punch her, jerking her head to one side just in time to miss his fist, which rammed into the floor.

Vegeta howled in pain, the mushrooms where quickly sapping his strength. Bulma took advantage of his momentary pain to scream as loudly as she could. Over Vegeta's shoulder she could see Lucas flickering in and out of sight. Vegeta recovered and glared down at Bulma; his eyes alight with a mad light.

"I'm gonna get you for that woman!" He raised his fist to try to hit her again and Bulma closed her eyes and kneed him in the groin.

The reaction was instantaneous.

Vegeta leapt off her and howled in pain, Bulma dragged herself to her feet and grabbed an empty glass bottle conveniently placed by the fridge and smacked Vegeta on the back of the head with it. His painful howling abruptly stopped as he slumped to the floor, out for the count.

Lucas gave a triumphant laugh, "You did it! I'm free!"

"'Fraid not, fucker." Bulma crept closer to Vegeta, sure enough she could feel a very weak pulse, "You see those mushroom sapped his strength…and with no energy to feed on your gonna die."

Lucas stopped grinning and stared at Bulma, "No…it can't be true!"

"I'm afraid it is." Bulma grinned, "Ba bye!"

Lucas the incredibly good-looking elf screamed as his body began to melt into a puddle, his screams turned painful as bit by bit he melted until finally all that was left was his head, "I'll get you for this Bulma Briefs! And your little saiyan too!"

Bulma raised her eyebrows as Lucas' head melted away, "Go away Lucas!"

With a final tortured scream Lucas faded from existence and Bulma collapsed onto the floor, now all she had to do was make sure Vegeta survived…

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Bulma wiped the damp cloth across Vegeta's forehead and he twitched and tried to pull away, "No…too cold."

"Shhh, it's okay Vegeta, you're safe." Bulma put the cloth down and watched him as he struggled back into consciousness.

For the past 4 days Vegeta had been in and out of consciousness…apparently the mushrooms had had a worse affect on him then Bulma had thought. Vegeta had been rendered powerless for days.

He opened his eyes and looked at the woman who lent over him, "Please tell me that I didn't try to hurt you…tell me it was a dream." Hi voice was barely a whisper he was so weak.

"It's okay Vegeta, you weren't yourself." Bulma snuggled up closer to him, "Besides you didn't actually hurt me."

"But…I tried to hit you!" Vegeta looked aghast, "I'm so…sorry!"

"It's okay, besides I'm the one who hit you on the back of the head with a bottle…I almost killed you." Bulma kissed him on the cheek, "But at least I killed Lucas."

"You killed him? How?"

"He was surviving on your energy, I just had to push you to the brink of death so you had no energy for him to feed on then he…well…melted away like the wicked witch of the west." She pushed her hair behind her head, "Vegeta…I don't know if this is the right time to tell you but…I love you."

Vegeta looked up at the woman who had held his attention from the first day he had seen her and smiled faintly, "I know that! Foolish woman! What woman wouldn't love Prince Vegeta?"

Bulma scoffed, "There you go, getting all egotistical on me again, but let em tell you something Vegeta, you're not as irresistible as you think you are!"

Vegeta gazed into her blue eyes and gave a genuine smile, "Yes I am. And for the record, I love you too. Now lets go home."

A/N - Like this chapter? It didn't have a lot of humour but it did have a little bit of romance in it! Trust me when I say that all the romantic humour will return in the next chapter! Please Review!