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A Worse Punishment

By: Nova Starlight/ Dannielle Johnson

Prologue: Time in Hell

Vegeta waited in line before King Enma, waiting for his judgment. He had never expected to die at the hands of those tin toys, none of them had. He glanced around to see Krillin, Yamcha, Tein, Chaotzu, and Piccolo also waiting in line ahead of him. He was pretty sure of what their judgment would be, and pretty sure of his own as well. He saw as each one of them received entrance into heaven. Of course, that is what he had expected to happen. "I know that's not where I'm going," he thought to himself, with a somewhat morbid smirk. Finally, it was his turn and King Enma smiled down on him. Vegeta was not sure whether it was a good or a bad sign.

"Well, Well," he started. "Prince Vegeta, the many ogres of hell have been waiting a long time for you." Vegeta puffed out his chest in response and allowed all of his pride to mask any fear he might be feeling at that moment.

"Bring it on, Fat-boy," he replied menacingly.

Enma's face turned a very deep red and contorted with rage. "You insolent-"

"What did I break your composure," asked Vegeta, cutting off his tirade.

Enma calmed himself and said, "Prince Vegeta, I sentence you to an eternity in Hell." Then he turned off to the side and added, "But you knew that already didn't you?" Then a trapdoor opened beneath Vegeta's feet and he felt himself fall downward through what seemed to be miles and miles of clouds. When he landed on the ground, he immediately looked up and saw the opening in the clouds, disappear. Then he lowered his gaze and surveyed the area around him, finding a large red ogre, standing in front of him.

"Prince Vegeta, I presume," the ogre commented nonchalantly. Vegeta nodded his head and stood there assessing the ogre carefully. "Come with me," the ogre commanded, in a deep and booming voice. Vegeta silently refused this command by sitting down cross-legged in the grass. "I don't think you understood me," the ogre continued. "I said come with me," then he snapped his fingers and Vegeta felt himself being lifted off of the ground and brought forward to meet the ogre face to face. "Now, that is more like it," the ogre said with a laugh. He turned to walk away and Vegeta felt himself following behind unwillingly. He was too shocked by what was going on to even be angry.

After they had been walking along for what seemed like hours, he could see a large building in the distance. As they drew even closer, he could see the word Hell written across the top of the building in big block letters. "Welcome to where you are going to spend the rest of eternity," the ogre commented with a smile, and then he led him inside of the building.

As Vegeta was lead down the darkened hallway, he looked into rooms and saw different species of creatures sitting in chairs. Vegeta was lead into a dark room where he was told to be seated in the chair. Even though he could feel he had control of his limbs again, he did as he was told. A film screen came down from the ceiling in front of him and he felt straps emerge from the chair and fasten his arms, legs, and body to the chair. "What the hell is this place?" he asked.

"This is the place where you will be serving your punishment. After your first session, which I am predicting will last about a week; you will only have to come back here once every two weeks." As the ogre finished speaking he pushed a red button on the wall that lowered a black metal grip from the ceiling that held Vegeta's head in place, facing the film screen.

"Get this piece of shit off of me!" Vegeta screamed.

"Sorry, but I cannot do that," the ogre replied unfeelingly. Then he asked, "Do you want to know how it works?" Vegeta gave no reply, so he continued," It allows you to see yourself hurt creatures emotionally and physically, through their eyes. You will also experience all their emotions and all their pain." Then the ogre laughed. "I bet you are excited about this, I bet the only person to have a longer first session than you would be Frieza." Vegeta said nothing in reply. He just contemplated to himself how smug he had been just hours before and wondered what this experience would be like for him.

To Be Continued. . .

Author's Notes: This story was posted on FanFiction.Net over two years ago if anyone thinks it sounds familiar. I am changing more of the story later on so stay tuned.