Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Rebellious Hell ❯ Chapter 20

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A/N - Well…this is going to be the second last chapter! All the action reeeeaally comes to a head in this chapter so pay attention! ^_^ Thanks to everyone who had read this fic so far - you all make writing this a pleasure!

Chapter 20: 'From Heaven To Earth'

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~*~ His means of death, his obscure funeral, ~*~

~*~ No trophy, sword nor hatchment o'er his bones, ~*~

~*~ No noble rite, nor form ostentation, ~*~

~*~ Cry to be heard, as t'were from heaven to earth, ~*~

- Laerties from 'Hamlet'

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It had been hours since she had last spoken to Goku. Hours since she had told him where Frieza was taking her and since that moment she hadn't heard a peep from him. Either he had realised that speaking telepathically to her was dangerous or something had happened to him.

Bulma swallowed as horrible thoughts plagued her mind. What if Goku had decided that he didn't want her anymore? What if he was going to let her die? Bulma pulled her daughter close to her and stifled a soft sob.

Frieza's head jerked up and he smirked as he read the fear in her eyes. "Don't worry little human, soon the waiting will be over and the real fun will begin." His voice crackled with laughter and Bulma swallowed the spurt of humiliation and rage with crawled along her skin.

"You're going to pay for all of this Frieza." Bulma spat at him, her blue eyes icy. "You might think that Vegeta and Goku are weak but I know the truth about them! I know my mate is stronger then you!" Bulma ground her teeth and willed herself not to do anything rash.

Frieza's eyes glowed and he tossed back his head and howled in demonic laughter. "I see why Turles liked you so much, you have that wild reckless spirit that he liked in his lovers."

"Shut up." Bulma's eyes flashed and Frieza chuckled again. "Don't you dare speak his name to me!"

"Do you know how Turles came to possess the knowledge about the Tree of Might ad the fruit it would grow?" Frieza asked casually, ignoring Bulma's look of indignation. "I told him. I was the one who gave him the seed and told him that Earth would be a fruitful planet to grow it. I knew that Goku came from Earth and I was curious to see how the destruction of his planet would affect him. He'd always held back in battle and I was hoping a little bit of grief would push him over the edge. Imagine my surprise when Turles turned up with you at his side. I couldn't have been more pleased! I knew Goku would kill Turles and claim you as his own - I knew that everything that has happened would happen." Frieza's voice dripped with pure evil and Bulma began to hyperventilate as anger coursed through her, blinding her sight and driving everything but her hatred of this man out of her mind.

"I'm going to kill you for that." Bulma's voice was deceptively quiet and she focused again on Frieza's face with determination. "One day, you're going to die and mark my words Frieza - I'll be the one behind it."

"Not if you're dead." Frieza began to laugh again.

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A cold sweat broke over Goku's skin and a feeling of impending doom began to grow in his stomach. He could feel Bulma's rage in his head like a hammer; she was screaming and raging and mentally fighting against something so terrible it was close to pushing her over the edge.

[Bulma? What's wrong?] Goku sent his thought to her quietly; not knowing wether or not it was safe for her to talk. Bulma's answer came to him in a confusing jumble of thoughts and images.

Images of Turles destroying Earth, images of she and Turles together and a feeling of regret and hate so strong for a moment Goku thought that her feelings were aimed at him. Then Bulma showed him an image of Frieza and her hate multiplied.

[He sent Turles to Earth! It was Frieza who destroyed our home!] Bulma's mind was hissing and spitting with a blind anger but under it Goku could sense her panic and knew that this was the reason for his feeling of unease.

He sent a tendril of questioning thought at her, unprepared when she drew away from him and refused to let him see what was frightening her. He could still hear her in is head but it was a muted sound now, as though Bulma was making a concentrated effort to hide her thoughts.

"Kakarot? What's wrong with you?" Vegeta sharp questioning tone jerked Goku back to his body and he focused burry eyes on Vegeta's face as it hovered in front of him.

"It's Bulma…she said that it was Frieza who sent Turles to Earth." Goku blinked several times to restore his sight and sat up straighter. "She didn't say why and she drew away when I tried to ask her." Goku heard the frightened tone in his own voice and fought the urge to curl up into a ball and cry. "There's something going on here Vegeta, something bigger then you or I realise and I have a feeling that Frieza is the one behind it all."

"I have a feeling your right Kakarot." Vegeta agreed and sat down beside him, his dark saiyan eyes focused on the fight he knew was to come. "But I swear to you that no matter what this day deals us, we will be the victors."

"I hope your right, Vegeta." Goku stared ahead of him, wincing as Bulma's mental voice began to radiate panic. "I hope your right."

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Zarbon was staring at her with those poisonous yellow eyes of his. Suspicion was making them seem to almost glow as he whispered something n Frieza's ear. Frieza blinked in apparent surprise then also fixed his gaze on Bulma; although his eyes were more calm then Zarbon's.

"Well, well. It seems that the saiyans will be arriving sooner then we first expected." Zarbon stepped back form his master and threw Bulma an annoyed look. "Yes, it seems that somehow they found out where we were heading. I wonder how that happened?" Frieza stood up and wandered over to Bulma, his voice low and dangerous.

"I…I have no idea." Bulma whispered and kept her face directed downward, not daring to look up at Frieza's face as he circled her like a shark.

"Really?" Frieza sounded mocking. "Zarbon here tells me that he thinks that Raven is communicating with the saiyans and passing along information. I, however, know better then to think that a baby could be intelligent enough to do that. I also know that when a saiyan takes a bond mate, the bond mate gains some of the saiyans powers. Could it be that you have been talking to Goku and telling him where we are going?" Frieza crouched at her level and met her eyes.

Bulma kept her mouth shut but the panic inside of her was so strong that she knew without doubt that Goku would also be feeling it. She gently stroked Ravens forehead and kissed her cheek, ignoring Frieza while he waited for her answer.

"I suggest you answer me, girl. I would hate to have to separate you from your child." Frieza threatened, his clawed hand moving as if to snatch Raven from her.

"No!" Bulma gasped and clutched at Raven so tightly the child awoke with a shriek. "I admit that I told Goku that you had me…but I didn't tell him where we were going, I was too afraid that Zarbon would hear me talking mentally and alert you." Bulma lied easily, panic causing the words to come to her lips more easily then they ought to have.

Frieza smirked and stood up. "See Zarbon? I told you that it wasn't the child doing the talking." He laughed and ruffled Bulma's hair as though she were a pet. "Vegeta isn't stupid. He probably worked out for himself where we were going." Frieza chuckled as though even the thought of Vegeta was amusing to him.

The door to the room whirred open and a guard rushed in, shaking ad trembling as he bowed to Frieza and announced that they had successfully landed on planet Frost. Bulma had to restrain herself from screaming at this bit of news.

When had they landed? She hadn't felt them land…how could they possibly have reached Frieza's icy planet already without her knowing?

"Excellent." Frieza waved the guard away and held out a hand to Bulma. "Shall we, my dear? We have much to do before the saiyans arrive and not much time to do it in." Frieza sounded normal, as though he was discussing dinner plans instead of Vegeta's impending death and Goku's capture.

Bulma ignored the outstretched hand of Frieza and stood on her own accord. Defiance in every line of her body as she held a bawling Raven to her chest and looked into Frieza's eyes.

"Your going to die today Frieza, and when you do you're not going to get a proper burial nor shall anyone mourn your passing. Once you are gone it shall be as if you never were." Bulma spoke each word as though reciting an ancient passage in an ancient text. "You'll be less then a memory." She hissed the final sentence with a pure undiluted hate.

Frieza considered her for a heartbeat then, in a movement too fast for Bulma to see, he snatched Raven out of her hands and held the child close to him. Ignoring the baby's frantic wails.

"No one can defeat me, child. I'll live on and on and when I do die everyone will remember me as the man who destroyed the saiyan race and enslaved the galaxy." Frieza nodded at Zarbon who grabbed Bulma by the hair and began to march her forward to meet her destiny.

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A/N - Eh…what's going to happen? Well the only way to find out is to wait for the next chapter, which contains the thrilling conclusion to this story! (I always wanted to type that!)

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