Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Nossoreg's Revenge ❯ Chapter 14

Chapter Fourteen

"If it were something as simple as immortality, he would have used the dragonballs," Goku thought aloud. "He could have wished himself ruler of the world, too."

"He could have wished for anything," Gohan agreed. "So what could he be planning?"

Vegeta's patience with the other two Saiyans had just about reached its limit. He had slept very little during the night, and his dreams were haunted with all the evil deeds he had done. Now that the sky was lightening into dawn, he knew he had delved deep enough into his memories. He was ready to shed all his compassion and think like an evil mastermind.

"What do you think, Vegeta?" Goku asked.

"I think all your endless prattling is annoying!" he snapped. "Why don't you just shut up for awhile?!"

"Geez! Somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed," Goku said, but decided to back off when Vegeta glared at him. There was a definite change in Vegeta, Goku knew. He just wasn't sure why.

Vegeta stood in the doorway, facing the new morning. Now that he didn't have to listen to any more talking, he could concentrate better. He closed his eyes and asked himself the questions again.

"If I had the enormous power of three Saiyans at my disposal, what would I do with it?"

"If I had the dragonballs in my hands, why wouldn't I use them?"

"What would I want most if I were Nossoreg?"

Vegeta kept the questions flowing, one after another, until his head ached. He was sure that Nossoreg wasn't just out for revenge, or he would have killed their families already. He was also quite sure that he wanted the Saiyan's energy, or he would have tried to kill them. What eluded him was what Nossoreg wanted their power for.

"If I had the three most powerful fighters in the universe under my control. . ." Vegeta said quietly to himself, ". . .I would use them to take over every planet. Then I could either take their most valuable resources as my own, or sell the planet to the highest bidder. I could be the ultimate ruler of the universe!"

The notion intrigued Vegeta, and he experienced his first real evil thought in many years. It would be so easy to betray his family and friends and join with Nossoreg. They could conquer the universe together. Then, when everything was under Nossoreg's control, Vegeta could kill him and take over as the supreme ruler!

Vegeta grinned. The plan was all too easy. Within a year, he could have soldiers under his command once more; people to do his dirty work for him. Then he could sit back and reap the rewards that he had deserved all his life. He could build himself an indestructible empire! A legacy to leave to his son!

His heart skipped a beat, and he felt like he had been doused with icy water. His son! His family! He just couldn't abandon them for his own gain! What good would it do to have everything if he had no one to pass it on to? The thought brought him back to reality and he wondered if he would ever truly be able to go back to his old ways. Until he could, he would just have to stick it out with Kakarot to the bitter end. . .whatever that may be.