Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Dragon Ball X: A Love Story ❯ Chapter 5 ( Chapter 5 )

Dragon Ball X

A Love Story

Chapter 5:

The phone had started ringing at home. It had only been an hour or so after I had left. Vegeta looked to the other denizens of the room with a glare. None of them had jumped up from their array of places to get the phone. Alex was watching television from the loveseat, knowing it wouldn't be for her. Not that it would be for him either, Vegeta reached over and answered the phone.

"What?"

"Mr. Briefs?"

Vegeta made a face, knowing the name did not apply to him, but at the same time did because he was a male living in this house. He occasionally got calls from some of the kid's friends with that title because of stereotypical family models. People that didn't know any better that Bulma was the Briefs, not him. Alex glanced over for a moment before looking back to the TV. They were watching a program on foreign fighting styles. "Which one?"

"Doesn't matter. I just wonder if you would know where Zoerinthian and his girlfriend were at. They never showed up to the party. They are getting crowned."

Vegeta hung up the phone without another response.

"What is it?" Alex asked, looking over to him.

"Zoerinthian never showed at the dance." Vegeta said quietly.

"So? Maybe they are off trying out the kid-maker maneuver." Alex said with a grin.

"They were going to get crowned King and Queen tonight. Wouldn't they know that in advance and show up?"

"I don't have any better idea than you do." Alex said honestly, crossing her arms.

"Doesn't feel right."

"Shut up and watch the show." Alex said grinning. Vegeta stood up, an ever pensive look on his face. "Vegeta?"

"Suit up woman. Lets go find out what happened to your son."

"He wont like it." Alex said turning the television off and climbing out of her couch.

"He wont know that we were there. But I have a bad feeling about this."

***

"Hey, since I am supposed to be getting killed sometime tonight, can I go see my girlfriend?" I asked with half hope and half sarcasm. Oh, it wasn't like I couldn't get out of here, it was just that they claimed they had Aiko with a gun pointed at her at all times. One funny move from me and she would die.

"No." The man on the other side of my cell door said.

"Prick." I muttered. They never said I couldn't cuss at them.

"Worthless alien." The man on the other side shot back. I suppose I must have muttered a little loud.

"Oh, like that fucking hurt my feelings. Needle dick." I smirked. The man turned around and faced the window. I punched at the window hard enough to make a loud rattling noise, but nothing more. The man jumped back through and I laughed at him.

He got red in the face and moved to the door. Opening it he came in and leveled the gun at me.

"You know that I have enough energy in my body at the moment that bullet will bounce off right?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. The man came over, shifting his position on the gun to the barrel, the handle raised as if he was going to pistol-whip me. Making a scream of outrage at my snooty attitude, he rushed over, handle raised. I gripped his upper hand gently but firmly. I took the gun from him, careful not to harm him. His mouth a wide O of terror.

"I-I will yell, and they will kill her." He said quietly.

I smiled at him and crumpled the gun in my hand, energies glowing and melting the metal of the gun. Opening my hand, I blew the gun so that it could cool down. Then I gave it back to him.

"I suggest you get out of my cell before I assist you in getting out. Next time you come in here to hit me, I will kill you." I said in a low voice. The man scanned my eyes and found this to be true and left in a hurry. Once he was out, I turned my back on the door and moved to the wall to climb on the pallet hanging from the wall.

I had to hurry up and figure out how I was going to get Aiko and myself out of here, but so far I had no ideas and none were coming to me.

***

"I don't see why we have to walk on the fucking ground." Alex muttered darkly, her voice lashing at Vegeta like cruel whip. Vegeta of course was unaffected by it.

"So, you stupid woman, we can track their stupid limo and find out where they fucking went. Is that so fucking hard for your little mind to comprehend?"

"Crystal clear asshole. But why do we have to do this from the ground, is my point."

"Fresh snow. Unless you have suddenly become a master tracker and can determine the difference between different vehicles underneath this new layer of fluffy shit, then be my fucking guest." Vegeta snarled at his impatient companion. "But since your answer is going to be no, we fucking walk."

Alex pouted but didn't say anything. An extremely dark look on her face. "I hate this fucking weather."

"Join the club. Saiya-jin are resistant to heat but vulnerable to cold. Part of being born on Vegeta, where the average temperature was like the tropics here."

"Fortunately, my superior genetic code has been altered so that the cold is not near as crippling to me as it is to you. But I still don't like it." Alex smirked before crossing her arms as she walked.

"Yeah. Too bad you look like a fucking Earthling." Vegeta said trying to keep the smile out of his voice. Alex growled at him but let it drop knowing they may very well be out here all night if they stopped to argue with each other.

Out of near no where, a jeep rounded the corner in front of them. All the occupants were male, loud and drunk and drove right towards them. Alex and Vegeta, out in the street to follow the limo tracks didn't move. Playing a game of chicken, the jeep finally slowed down to a stop, sliding a little in the slush. A little curl of the wet snow came up from under the tire and landed on Alex's sneakers as they stopped right in front of her.

"Hey Babe," The driver said drunkly. "You look cold. Want someone to warm you?"

"Fuck off scum." Alex said as a matter of reflex. Vegeta glared at the youth. They noticed and glared back.

"Hey babe, why are you with such a Shorty?" The man said, despite the fact that Alex was the same height.

Alex smiled at them sweetly before holding up a palm. In this palm, what looked like liquid fire appeared and danced brightly. It changed from red to a ethereal blue. She grinned evilly at them, still in front of the jeep. "Get out of the car."

The man, instinctively stomped on the gas. The jeep lurched forward, but Alex didn't budge. The jeep squealed in protest, rubber starting to burn in the snow. After a few minutes of grinding into the woman in front of him, the driver stopped, petrified.

"Should have just fucked off when I told you to." Alex said coolly. "Now get out of your jeep. All of you. Leave the keys in the ignition. We are taking it."

The driver nodded slowly and got out. Vegeta stepped forward menacingly and the driver backed up quickly, moving around him like he was a wild animal and moving to the sidewalk. The two others in the car jumped out and moved clear away. Alex moved and jumped in the drivers side. Vegeta hopped into the air and moved to the passenger side.

Throwing the jeep in reverse, Alex slammed on the gas and made a sharp turn. The jeep shuddered and quickly made the maneuver, leaving them to face the other direction. Moving the stick as if nothing was up into first gear, the gas was slammed and the pair continued down the street towards the woods as if nothing was up. The four young men met in the street in surprise.

"That wasn't very nice of you." Vegeta said with a smirk on his face.

"They called me short. You know how sensitive I am about my height." Alex said slamming into second gear. Vegeta was watching the road for the tracks.

"I believe they were actually calling me short." Vegeta said with a raised eyebrow. "Unless you have gone deaf."

"Except we are the same height moron." Alex grinned, speeding up and entering the road that lead into the woods. "Are we going the right way?"

"Yes." Vegeta said. "Stop here."

Alex did so and looked to Vegeta with a raised eyebrow.

"This is the only road in the woods, and does not come out on the other side. We walk from here, lest we give ourselves away."

"So I stole this jeep only to drive for five minutes?" Alex asked with a tone of disgust.

"They called you short remember?" Vegeta smirked. Alex smirked back and got out of the jeep. The pair continued down the road after first tossing the jeep through the air back in the general direction of the drunks.

***

"You know, my girlfriend isnt an alien, but you are holding her here. What the hell is up with that?" I asked, trying to talk to my guard some more. He sighed. I have been asking him incessant questions all night trying to figure out shit about this E.D.A.

"I don't like it either. I am just following orders." He said after a moment. I was surprised. That was the first time he had admitted to not liking to do with this establishment.

"I am a quarter Earthling myself, does that count?"

"Sure. Maybe we will only kill three quarters of you and let the other quarter go?"

"Do I get to pick which quarter?"

"No."

Damn. I still had a smile on my face regardless. Then I got an idea.

"Hey, can I get out to use the bathroom?" I asked.

"No. You have a toilet in there."

"Would you believe me if I told you I got mad and broke it?"

The guard outside the window peered around my head and saw that the toilet had crumbled was now a trickling mound of dust. The water was spouting out of a tiny hold of a section of tube I missed while sealing to prevent flooding. I did break the toilet out of anger, then sealed the spouting water to keep from getting covered in shit and water.

The guard sighed. "Sure. Why not? Your girlfriend is still being watched with a gun."

"I need to use it real bad. It doesn't really matter where I am since I know you have my girlfriend."

"Good point. Follow me."

***

"I am starting to get a bad feeling about this too." Alex finally said. They had reached a point that was heavily fenced off. The building was labeled 'Forest Rangers`, but for some reason, the Saiya-jin duo didn't believe it.

"I told you so. See anything yet?" Vegeta asked impatiently.

"No. I haven't done this in a while. My right eye isnt focusing quite the way I want it to." Alex said. "You just watch for up close, since I wont be able to see it."

Vegeta grunted in agreement.

A few moments later Alex grinned. "There. Stupid eyes. So far I see-"

"Someone is coming," Vegeta said and grabbed Alex around the waist and jumped straight up. Landing in a tree, he balanced on a thin branch as he looked down.

"Point me towards whoever is coming," Alex whispered. Vegeta did so.

"Familiar looking uniform. Trying to remember from where." Alex whispered again, this time her voice hard and serious. "Let me hover."

Vegeta let go of Alex's waist and she hovered in mid air. Moving around the tree breach, her irises shifted sizes like the zoom of a camera might shift the lens. Alex frowned.

"It is the E.D.A. They are back." Alex muttered, her pupils shifting from huge to normal size.

"Aren't they the ones that were terrorizing alien immigrants that you were sent to assassinate?"

"Yeah. And now they got my son and his girlfriend." Alex muttered darkly, floating upright, her fist clenching enough that the knuckles cracked.

"Can you see him?" Vegeta asked.

"Yeah. They are taking him somewhere. He looks okay. I don't see the girlfriend anywhere. Probably holding her hostage."

"Well, this night seems like it just got a little bit more interesting. I knew there wasn't anything on TV."

"You could definitely say this got more interesting. No fucking around Vegeta, these guys play hard ball. The only element of surprise we have is the fact that they don't know we are here." Alex said. The patrol that had been passing went back inside and the pair lowered to the ground, but stood behind the tree.

"What all do they know about us?" He asked.

"Everything short of our power levels and specific abilities." Alex muttered darkly. "They know we are highly dangerous, sneaky and will use any opening against them. That means they will use everything they can against us."

"Meaning your son."

"Correct. Meaning our first task is to get him back."

"Correction, our first task is to get his girlfriend, then to get him. They will not be able to hold him without her."

"Forget her." Alex said coolly. "That is what Dragon Balls are for."

***

Leaving the water on like I was washing my hands, I had quietly popped open the ceiling vent and crawled in it. It was a tight fit for a frame of my size, but it worked. I pretty much floated through it without brushing the walls too much. That would make too much noise.

I had to hurry. That guard would soon wonder what the old up was.

I stopped dead in my tracks. Did I just feel a Ki flare up? It had been too quick for me to determine who it belonged to. Dangerous. If someone attacked, they would kill Aiko. I had to get her first. I looked in the vent below while I was stopped.

My heart stopped. There she was. Sitting in her formal dress looking very frightened. I pressed my face to the grate trying to determine if the guard was with her.

No guard. I didn't feel anyone else's Ki in there after a moment or two of looking.

"Aiko!" I whispered. She gasped and looked around. Thank Kami she didn't stand up.

"Shh!" I said in a loud whisper. "Don't look up! I am in the vent. Where is the guard?"

"I don't know! I think he left for a little while." Aiko said back. I grinned at my luck and let out a quick 'Ha`. The metal around me melted and I landed on the ground next to Aiko. She rushed to me and hugged me tightly, her eyes bright. She had been crying.

"It is okay. I am here." I said hugging her back, feeling immense relief. My own eyes felt misty for a moment.

"They wouldn't tell me anything Zoe, I thought they had killed you! They said you were dead!" Aiko said crying into my chest. My chest clenched and felt white hot. But a nagging doubt clawed at my mind. Why would they tell her I was dead?

"They made me take a pregnancy test Zoe." Aiko said looking to me. My eyes shot down to hers, my heart jumping a leap.

"I am pregnant. They said I was carrying a monster Zoe! I know I am not carrying a monster."

"No child of ours is a monster," I said in agreement, my voice thick. Pregnant! I was going to be a father! Not enough time for that. We had to get outside. I had tested the outer walls. They were made out of the same weird reinforced steal that the training room was made out of. Now I knew there was an informant in Capsule Corporations. The formula for that had never been processed for sale.

I opened the door. It wasn't even locked. Why would they lock it though? They had her believe I was dead after all. Stepping outside, I looked around before a loud bang went off.

"ZOE!" Aiko screamed behind me.

A lance of fire had gone through my shoulder. I had been shot! How was that possible?! Spinning off balance to the ground, I looked at my assailant before climbing to my feet and putting Aiko behind me.

"We got new guns. These bullets however, will kill you." The guard said leveling me with a glare. I looked to my shoulder and back. They sure would. They must have been made out of that same Ki resistant material.

I thought for a moment. At the moment it was one man. The other men would have heard that shot and would be coming. I could take the chances of being shot at by one man a lot better than a dozen. I turned and covered Aiko's eyes with one hand, grabbing her arm with another.

"SOLAR FLARE!" I screamed and moved. The man with the gun screamed and squeezed off bullets as the florescent light bulbs flared up blindingly and shattered, sending sparks everywhere. Had it been a full powered one in the light of the sun, then it would have been a hundred times more intense and the man wouldn't have recovered as fast. But it made the distraction I needed as I lifted Aiko into my arms and ran. Bullets sprayed past me and landed on the ground behind me as I spend past them. Once at the door, I gave it a hard kick. Sirens were going off by now.

The door didn't budge. It merely rattled.

"Oh, you got to be fucking me!" I yelled, setting Aiko down. She moved against the wall as I stomped harder. The bolts just started to move off the wall. Impatient, I yelled and powered up. Stomping hard again, the doors flew open. Lifting Aiko again, I ran through the doors and flew up towards the sky, a smirk crossing my face as I was home free.

Then I stopped flying. I hadn't even felt the three bullets pierce my back. Two flashes appeared from the woods and a sonic boom sounded underneath me. Strong arms gripped me and halted my descent before laying me gently on the ground.

"Aiko!" I screamed.

"She is alright boy, quit yelling." I heard Vegeta's raspy voice yell back.

"Grandfather, those bullets will kill you. They are made out of the same shit as the walls of the training room!"

"Your mother is discovering as much." Vegeta said with a grimace. "Alexander, get your ass out of here before you get killed you foolish idiot. I will take care of them Get these two out of here!"

A soft pop was heard and Alex appeared behind us looking bloody and angry.

"Their bullets can hurt us Vegeta." She said angrily.

"No shit. Your kid here has a few in him. I suggest you three get out of here before he and maybe you, bleed to death."

"Good call old man. Don't end up dead or I will be upset." Alex muttered kneeling on the ground, looping an arm under my arm and grabbing Aiko's leg. Then we were elsewhere.

***

"FATHER!" Alex bellowed at the top of her lungs before sitting down hard. We were in a very, very dark house. I recognized it as my grandfather Gokou's house.

Aiko kneeled next to me, pawing at my chest. "Zoe, you've shot!"

Loud rustling was heard in the adjacent bedroom and Gokou appeared wearing a pair of sweatpants, ChiChi with a robe.

"Kami help us!" ChiChi gasped and moved over to my side, propping me up. I groaned, though I tried not to. My back was a spasming mass of nerves.

"Alex what happened?!" Gokou said staring at me in shock. This his eyes went to her. "You are hurt too."

"The E.D.A. happened.. again. I cant I.T. Dad. Will you take Zoerinthian to the hospital? That girl needs to stay here. She wont be safe at her house anymore."

ChiChi looked to Aiko, motherly concern overflowing. "Oh you poor dear. You look absolutely devastated."

Aiko sniffed a little, taking in a few breaths, staring into the distance like she was just now taking in everything that happened to her. She then broke down into tears.

"Don't worry about Zoerinthian. He is a tough little cuss. Come here and sit on the couch."

"No!" Aiko yelled, reaching for my arm. I forced a smile to my face and worded for her to go. Aiko went with ChiChi and sat on the couch, hugging a pillow to her fiercely. I could hear Mom spit behind me.

"Alexander, what the hell makes you think you can spit on the floor?!" ChiChi said turning on Alex and yelling at her firmly.

"Chill out. I was checking to see if it was blood." Alex said quietly.

Gokou looked to her, kneeling next to her. I rested my head on the hard wood flooring, again wondering how this shit always managed to happen to me.

"Looks like Zoerinthian isnt the only one visiting a hospital. Call my husband and tell him to meet us at West City Hospital. But first get Goel so that you can get us there."

***

"…No word has come back to what had started the huge fire in the North City woods late this evening at the Forest Rangers hall. But word is that no one managed to make it out of the blaze alive. Arson teams are coming back negative. It looks like an electrical fire started inside the building. The building had been constructed of flammable material and it appears the sprinklers malfunctioned." The female reporter said on the little TV over the room where Goel, Trunks, Gokou, Cornairio, Zane and Zoel were sitting.

"Nice." Cornairio and Goel nodded at the same time, smirks on their faces. The other Saiya-jin and Demi Saiya-jin eyed them with somewhat horrified looks. The blinked and then rethought about the company they were in. Gokou sighed a ragged sigh at them as if he meant to convey that they would never learn.

"Where is Pops anyways Trunks?" Vegeta's asked of Vegeta's son. Trunks looked to Cornairio then pointed to th e television set.

"According to Alex before she went into surgery, he was there."

"Vegeta did that and managed not to make it look like arson?" Cornairio looked admiringly at the television set. He looked to Goel.

"Very nice." They both said nodding in approval. The others all pitched in with the sighing this time.

"I would appreciate it if you guys would shut up about how my arson skills have improved. You know, almost like we were in public." A voice said from the window.

"About damn time you showed up old man." Cornairio said with a smirk.

"Kakarot, if you are staying here, then take me to your residence so I can watch it. Those E.D.A. all know where we live and we need to be careful." Vegeta said. Gokou raised his eye at him and nodded. The two disappeared from view and then Gokou reappeared by himself.

"Gohan, Goten and Bra all know what is going on. So does Natalia, Zeindra and Elizabeth." Goel said.

"Who is Elizabeth?" Zane asked with a yawn.

"Your aunt and my mother you dick." Zoel said smacking Zane in the back of his head.

"Bullshit. Your Mom is Juuhachigou, you know, Android Eighteen."

"Elizabeth was her human name before she became an android, dick!" Zoel said smacking him again.

"Okay, okay, geez." Zane said smirking at his now irritated cousin.

A doctor rounded the corner and stood before the group. He seemed some what apprehensive at the large, loud and colorful individuals before him. Never before had he seen such a variation in color before. Dark green, light green, red, purple and black hair colors and even more eye colors.

"Mr. Briefs?" The doctor said. Trunks moved over to the doctor and stood with him out in the hallway.

"Dad, what is he saying?" Zoel looked to Goel who had suddenly frowned.

"Zoerinthian is fine." He said rather tight lipped, as if he didn't want to tell him.

"What about Alex then?" Zane asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Not so fine." Cornairio finished for Goel who nodded. Both had sour looks to their faces.

"C'mon Corrin. We have a long night ahead of us." Goel said clapping a arm around Cornairio's shoulder. Right before the Saiya-jin pair disappeared, Cornairio nodded gravely.

Trunks reentered the room, stumbling slightly. He blinked a little and pulled the glasses off his face, folding an arm them before dropping them on the floor. Zoel stood up and helped Trunks take a seat. He began to look all forty one years of his age.

"Well," He said, trying to speak in a clear voice and failing. His voice breaking up and getting thick. "Zoerinthian will be okay."

"But Alex is dead." Zane said softly. Trunks nodded for a moment, bringing a hand to his mouth as if to stabilize his quivering lip, his entire body starting to shake. Tears ran unchecked down the Demi Saiya-jin's face.