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~*~ Chapter Seven ~*~

Goku hurried back inside Bulma's house, he could feel Vegeta's eyes boring into his back and he suppressed a shiver. Although Goku didn't think Vegeta knew who he was yet, there was always the possibility that he might find out and he had to get Bulma as far away as possible before that happened. The thought of what Vegeta might do to Bulma if he found out she was carrying his child was too horrible to imagine.

"Ready?" Goku asked as he met Bulma on the stairs and took the carry bag she was carrying out of her hand. Bulma was trembling slightly and she seemed to look through him as though she was in a daze. "I said, are you ready?" Goku asked again, frowning slightly.

Bulma blinked and focused on him. "Yes I'm ready. Goku, I think you should know that when you went inside Vegeta chucked a small fit outside. I was watching through the window and he turned angry looking and started yelling. Then he went to the back of his car and…" Bulma's voice petered out and she sighed regretfully.

"And?" Goku prompted, frowning at this sudden turn of events. How had Vegeta found out what he was? How had he given himself away?

"And then you called me down." Bulma's eyes were wild and grabbed Goku by the shirt collar. "He knows doesn't he? Oh sweet God! He knows and now he's going to kill me!" Bulma choked on a sob and fell forward on Goku to cry.

"No! I wont let that happen again! I'm going to protect you Bulma." Goku pushed her away from him and forced her to look at him. "We're going to get out of here now!" Goku took Bulma's hand and dragged her towards the back door, not wanting to waste any more time waiting for Vegeta to make his move. "Just remember that whatever happens you can't tell anyone that you're pregnant! It might get back to him somehow and then he'll hunt you down and he'll be forced to kill you or the baby or both." Goku kicked open the back door and ran out, still pulling Bulma behind him. He looked around for any sign of Vegeta but finding the coast clear he nodded reassuringly at Bulma and bolted towards her car; a sleek black GT falcon.

Bulma gasped as she stumbled and almost fell as they ran across her lawn, but Goku's kept his grip on her arm and pulled her to her feet again.

"SATAN!" Vegeta's scream was both desperate and angry at the same time and both Goku and Bulma paused for a second as Vegeta walked around the back of the house with a sawn-off shotgun in his hands. As he walked towards them he began to load the gun, a mad gleam in his eye.

"Oh fuck!" Goku cursed. "Where are the car keys?" He asked as he grabbed Bulma and pulled her around the other side of the car. They dropped to the ground and Bulma fumbled in her pocket, her hands shaking so badly it was almost impossible to get her keys out, eventually she managed to jerk them free of the material and handed them to Goku.

He shoved the keys into the car door with a one-minded determination then pulled open the car door. "Get in the car!" Goku ushered Bulma into the car and hurled himself in after her. Bulma crawled across the seats and crouched low in the passenger side as Goku put settled himself in the drivers seat. He put the keys into the ignition and turned them, the cars engine roared to life and he slammed his door as he slammed his foot onto the gas pedal and they took off in a spray of gravel.

Behind them they heard the thunder of the shotgun and the car rocked violently as Vegeta fired and blew a hole in the back window. Glass shattered all over them and Bulma screamed as she cowered in her seat. Goku cursed but kept driving fast until they were clear of Bulma's house.

"Oh Jesus!" Bulma moaned into her shaking hands. She looked over at Goku with wide blue eyes. "He was actually going to try to kill us!"

"I said he would." Goku said between his teeth as he shook glass out of his hair. "Are you okay?" He spared her a sideways glance as he drove them towards the city.

Bulma nodded and cleared her throat uneasily. "I'm fine, I just can't believe that was really my Vegeta back there." She stared out the window and replayed the entire scene in her mind again. "He really would have killed wouldn't he?"

Goku nodded as he slowed the car and, with a squeal of tires, pulled into an underground car park. He eased the car into a parking space and switched off the engine before he turned to face Bulma once more. "Listen, I have a place we can go to for now but it wont be safe for long. Vegeta knows what I look like, he knows I own a club and believe it or not your friend Vegeta has several good friends on the police force who he'll probably have out looking for us." He held Buna's eye with his to make sure she understood how serious the situation was.

"What are you saying? That we'll have to spend the rest of our lives running away from him?" Bulma slid down into her seat and a tear trickled down her cheek. "That I'll never see any of my friends again?"

"I'm sorry Bulma." Goku swallowed and gently picked a piece of glass out of her hair, regret written across his face. "It wasn't supposed to be like this, but it'll get better, I promise. We can stay in my cabin up in North woods. I have some friends up there who'll help us but we'll have to leave the country as soon as the heat dies down." He looked down at his hands, one of which still gripped the steering wheel and he slowly he let go. "I'm sorry."

"It's too late for that now." Bulma wiped the tear away and sat up straight again, purpose coming into her eyes. "We'd better ditch the car, Vegeta will be looking for it." She opened her car door and slid out, glass tinkling onto the seats as it fell from her clothing.

"Yeah." Goku stared at her empty seat for a few moments before opening his door and stepping out. He surveyed the other cars packed in the parking lot, and smiled suddenly. "I'm sure I can hot wire one of these little babies."

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"SHIT!" Vegeta hurled the shotgun to the ground and screamed in rage. "FUCK!" He kicked the gun and sent it sailing into one of Bulma's ornamental bushes. He clenched his fists and a vein popped out on his forehead as he struggled to control his temper.

He'd failed! He'd let him get to her!

"Vegeta? What the hell just happened?" Yamcha walked slowly out of the back door, his hair and clothing in disarray as though he'd thrown it on in a hurry. "What the hell was that sound? Where'd Bulma go?" He frowned at the sight of the skid marks in the gravel and realisation dawned in his eyes. "He was here wasn't he? He was here all along and we never knew!" Yamcha put a hand to his head and began to breath heavily. "What happened exactly?"

"He fucking took her! They fucking got away!" Vegeta ranted. He clenched his teeth as another wave of rage washed over him and he stared helplessly up at the sky as though asking God for forgiveness.

"What! You let them get away!" Yamcha exclaimed angrily. His eyes glittered as he began to pace back and forth. "Now I know why God sent me down here to help you watch the girl! You're hopelessly incompetent! You let that demonic maniac take her!" Yamcha kicked an empty shotgun cartridge across the lawn and faced Vegeta. "This is all your fault!"

"Shut up Michael!" Vegeta glared angrily at his counterpart, helpless to deny that it was indeed all his fault.

"Hey! Don't use my real name here! It's Yamcha! Not Michael! Yamcha!" Yamcha bit out angrily. He cursed loudly and crossed his arms as he closed his eyes and slowly shook his head. "God's going be pissed about this."

"Tell me about it! I can't believe I missed the fucker with my shotgun! I thought I had him for sure, but all I did was blow the car windscreen away." Vegeta spat angrily and mentally cursed the prince of lies. He and Yamcha slowly turned and walked back into the house, their minds working quickly to think of a solution to this new development.

"We have to rectify this situation fast." Yamcha opened the door and walked back into the kitchen. He sat down at the table and sighed, slowly shaking his head again as he thought of the dire consequences Goku taking Bulma could have. "I'll tell God about your little mistake while you get onto the police - tell them he kidnapped her or something." Yamcha immediately bowed his head and began to mutter prayers under his breath.

"Right." Vegeta walked to the phone, murmuring something less charitable then a prayer under his breath as he dialled the emergency number. "Stupid Michael, thinks he's so good just because he's the general of Gods army. Well he can take his…" Vegeta stopped muttering as the emergency operator answered. "Hello? Oh thank God! It's my girlfriend…She's been kidnapped!" Vegeta tried to sound as panicked as possible…

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Bulma closed her eyes and sighed to herself softly, she no longer bring herself to look out the car window at the monotonous view of tree's whizzing past. In truth the never changing scenery was almost painful to watch.

They had been driving for over an hour and already Bulma was beginning to realise just how much her life had changed. It was more then just leaving her home and her friends behind her that had been changed. It was her moral views and the way in which she viewed the world that had changed the most dramatically.

It was still so hard to believe that only yesterday she hadn't known Goku had even existed, and even harder to believe that yesterday she had been a normal girl with friends and a sunny future in engineering; she'd been normal, and now her life was anything but.

Yet she trusted Goku. Despite him turning her world upside down and inside out she trusted him more then she trusted any of her other friends. Goku was evil, there was no denying that small detail, but even though he was a devil and not in the slightest way kindly inclined towards the human race, Bulma still liked him; still trusted him.

"Bulma?" Goku whispered gently in her ear as though afraid of waking her up.

"I'm awake." She opened her eyes to find that Goku had parked the car outside of a small wooden cabin set far back from the road. She sat up straighter and looked interestedly at the rustic cabin which provoked memories of Bulma's childhood days when she had spent winters at her fathers cabin. She blinked as she realised Goku had said something to her. "Sorry I was day dreaming." Bulma murmured apologetically as she stretched, swallowing her childhood memories back down. "So this is your cabin?"

"Yeah." Goku ran a hand through his hair. A gesture that Bulma recognised as one that he only made when he was stressed. The cabin door opened and a young man with shoulder length black hair and a young woman with shoulder length blonde hair stepped out onto the porch.

"So who are these guys?" Bulma frowned at the smirking figures and looked tensely at Goku. "Are they friends or foe?" The tension in her voice was obvious and Goku smiled to put her at ease.

"Well, the man sold his soul to me a while ago and we've stayed good friends ever since." Goku told Bulma gently as he opened his car door and gracefully stepped out. He closed it behind him and sauntered around to open Bulma's door for her.

"What did he sell it to you for?" Bulma asked, taking Goku's offered hand and sliding out of the car seat.

"He traded it to me for power. You now - the ability to fly and shoot beams, typical comic book super villain powers." Goku smirked as though he found this hilariously funny and led Bulma towards the front door of the cabin. "He lives here with a friend of mine, she was an angel sent to help Vegeta until I managed to convert her to the dark side." Goku's smirk widened as he spoke, evidently pleased at having bested Vegeta in something.

"That's impressive." Bulma said what she supposed Goku wanted to hear, not really knowing what to say to that. She followed her demonic lover slowly, the cabin somehow managing to look foreboding even in the bright sunshine.

"Yeah, I guess. She was always one of the more rebellious angels though, she was easy to seduce to the dark side." Goku opened his mouth to say more when a seductive low voice interrupted him.

"Seduced? I don't remember being seduced to the dark side." The blond woman tossed her hair behind her shoulder in a habitual gesture and looked at Goku with low-lidded eyes. "I remember being given the choice of joining you or death." The woman smirked at Goku and then looked at Bulma appraisingly. "So you're the famous Bulma." She sounded amused and curious at the same time.

"Yeah I-I'm Bulma." Bulma stuttered and moved closer to Goku, not entirely trusting this beautiful young woman whose eyes were as icy as winter skies.

"Come on now Eighteen, be nice to our guests. The poor girl has probably had a hard day." Another drawling voice came from the cabin porch and both Bulma and Goku tore their attention away from the woman and focused on the good looking young man who stood next to her. Up close Bulma could see that his hair was as black as Goku's was but his eyes were just as icy as Eighteens were.

He stared down at them from the top of the veranda that surrounded the cabin and slowly made his way down the rickety wooden stairs until he faced Goku. "You need my help, eh?" Although the young man's tone was insolent sounding it was obvious by the sparkle in his eyes that he was pleased to see Goku.

"I never thought the day would come either, Seventeen." Goku mocked the young man and looked down at Seventeen with a delighted grin on his face that managed to look both sweet and out of place. "So are you going be nice or do I have to remind you of our little agreement?" Goku suddenly spoke with a menacing tone and his eyes flashed red as though to remind his friend not to try anything mischievous while they were around. Seventeen's eyes widened a little in fear before he recovered and laughed easily, taking Goku's abrupt personality switch in his stride.

"Sure why not, I could use a little excitement around here." Seventeen winked at Bulma before leading the way back up the stairs and through the gaping black hole that was the entrance to the cabin.

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A/N - I like this chapter…the image of Vegeta with a sawn-off shotgun in his hands is a very nice picture indeed. If anyone can draw Vegeta fanart I'd really appreciate a picture of it…but I won't hold my breath ^_^ Anyhow, please review! Reviews are cool!