Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ RipTide ❯ 16 ( Chapter 16 )

Chapter 16

Adrian and Hitomi were having no luck with the chains. They continued to sap out their ki whenever they struggled. The Ginyu had also left a vid screen for them to watch the debate. The two were relieved that things seemed to be going in their favor. Jeiyce and Berter suddenly came out from the secret door in the wall and stood before the seat. The two stopped to look at him.
"Well kiddies, looks like things'll be moving a little bit faster than expected," Jeiyce said with a smirk, snapping his finger. Berter walked behind the two. The teens looked up at Jeiyce with suspicious glances.
"The good captain thinks I should be rewarded for my good services and I think I've made my decision. Vegetaseii will soon be nothing more than a memory and I think it's time I chose my souvenir," Jeiyce said, cracking his knuckles. The teens looked up at him with shock.
"You've gotta be kidding! You heard Sdhoirm up there, the leaders are sure to vote against destroying us," Adrian grit his teeth. Jeiyce waved his finger, "I don't think so, boyo. The only reason your parents are still alive is because we haven't activated Plan X."
Adrian raised a brow, "Plan X?" Jeiyce nodded to Berter who came up behind Hitomi and did a karate-chop at the base of her neck, knocking her out. Adrian growled and turned to his side, "Bastard!! What did you do to her?!"
Jeiyce chuckled and slowly approached them, "Oh, she'll be in a lot more pain when she wakes up. You, on the other hand, should be more worried about yourself."
Adrian's brows narrowed, "What are you talking about?"
Jeiyce walked up to Hitomi's unconscious form and gently pulled her into his arms. Adrian growled again and tried to jump him, but the chains started sapping his strength again and he fell to his knees.
"Ah ah ah, handsome. Those chains'll make sure you don't do anything naughty. Take 'im outside Berter and then head for the hills," Jeiyce said before heading for the secret door. Adrian tried to pull from the chains again, "No! Where are you taking her?!"
Jeiyce looked behind him with a smirk, "I told you boyo, whenever we purged planets, I like a little memento to remember them by. This lovely lil' lass is gonna keep me bed warm while you and your monkey people fry. See ya."
Adrian's eyes widened and he roared, struggling harder. His ki began to rise and the chains started draining, but then they started to turn red and heat up.
Jeiyce walked through the door, "Knock 'im out before he melts the chains."
Then Adrian saw black.

~*~
Adrian woke up in the corner of a dark alley near the street square. He couldn't remember a thing, and his vision was blurry and out of focus. He tried to get to his feet, but the world swam in his vision and he fell to his knees.
He clutched his arms around his stomach and squeezed his eyes shut tight; for some reason, he felt like throwing up. It was all he could do to keep his last meal down and try to regain his bearings.
Suddenly, the young prince's eyes snapped open.
He remembered everything...the locked room...the chains sapping his strength...Berter standing guard...Jeiyce...and Hitomi...
Jeiyce had taken Hitomi.
Adrian clenched his hands into fists so tight his fingernails drew blood in his palms. Then his head flew back with a roar of fury and his power exploded.

~*~
In their own chambers above the council headquarters, Vegeta, Vaya, Zafira and Sdhoirm had view-screens that gave them a high view of the streets below. They were gathered in the living room area together when suddenly there was a distant eruption and the floor shook beneath them.
"What the hell is going on?" Vegeta cried.
All the blood drained from Sdhoirm and Zafira's faces as they rushed to the view-screen. A large mushroom cloud indicated the demolished ruins and the huge crater that used to be the street square.
Vegeta and Vaya's mouths fell open.
"What happened?" Vaya said softly, her eyes wide.
Zafira had one hand over her face. Sdhoirm faced his son and his soul-daughter.
"Adrian's here," he said, sounding choked, "and something is wrong."

~*~

Ginyu grinned deviously as planet leaders came knocking at the council room door, demanding answers. The city was in chaos. People were running amuck and yelling something about an 'irate saiiyan boy'. Heh, the prince was probably ripping the place apart right now. A soldier came up to him and bowed, "What should we do sir?"

"Wait a few minutes and then let the leaders in for the final vote," Ginyu chuckled.

~*~

Her vision was blurred, the area she was in was dimly lit and she was lying on something soft.

"So, you finally decided to leave Dream Land and join me in the real world," a soft male voice spoke. Hitomi tried to sit up, but then felt a wave of nausea overcame her and she had to lie back down again.

"Where...where am I?" she mumbled, as her vision slowly began to clear. Something orange came into her vision, "You're in one of the safest places to be at the moment."

Her vision began to clear more and the person's features became more distinguishable. It was a man with orange skin...blue eyes...white hair...Her head was spinning. Jeiyce!

"But once all the chaos is ended, you'll experience hell at my hands."

She screamed.

~*~

Seven enormous alien men pounced on Adrian, burying him beneath them, but he blew their bodies away with his ki as if they had been rag dolls.
"GET OFF ME, ALL OF YOU!! I'LL KILL THAT GODDAMN BASTARD!! HITOMI!!" he roared, blowing apart another building as more aliens tried to restrain him.
Suddenly, Adrian was tackled from behind. Vegeta landed on top of him, forcing him to the ground.
"What the hell are you DOING HERE?!" Vegeta snarled. "No, scratch that, I don't care anymore. What in the name of the moon do you THINK you're DOING?"
"LET ME GO!! I'LL KILL HIM!" Adrian cried as he continued to struggle.
Vaya, Sdhoirm and Zafira landed beside the pair. Vaya snapped her palm forward and clenched it into a fist. Adrian's entire body suddenly went stiff as a board. Vegeta slowly got up and Vaya used her telekinetic body-bind to raise her son upright to face them.
"Calm down, both of you," she hissed, her anger surprisingly strong. "Adrian, tell us...why are you doing something that is so utterly thoughtless?"
Adrian's teeth were clenched and bared; he seemed to be struggling against the body-bind. But he managed to growl out, "Jeiyce...captured us...knocked me out...took Hitomi...!"
"Oh, for -- Hitomi's here too?" Vegeta groaned. "Wait, of course she is, they'd have to be idiots together."
"Enough of this," Zafira suddenly snapped. The elder Saiyans' eyes were stormy. "Where did he take her, Adrian, do you know?"
"Jeiyce told Burter to go to the mountains," he gasped angrily.
"Then that's where we'll look," Sdhoirm said. "Adrian, come with us, she's your mate. Vegeta, Vaya...the council regroups soon...you'll have to stay and hear the final vote."
Nobody wanted to say it, but they all knew that after everything Adrian had done, their chances weren't so good.

~*~

"All right ladies and gentlemen, it is time to cast the final vote on the 'Saiiyan Issue'! Keep in mind that at this moment, their saiya-jin no ouji is on a rampage and destroying everything in his midst. Cast your vote now," Ginyu spoke, trying his best to hide the smirk on his face, but failing.

Just then, Vegeta and Vaya came rushing into the room. On the large screen, it showed the statistics and in big bold print were the words "Extermination". So far, the 'YES' label was leading and the percentage was quickly adding up in its favor. Vaya's skin went pale and Vegeta had to hold her.

~*~

Hitomi screamed as she could feel the bone in her leg suddenly snap. Jeiyce grunted, holding her arms behind her as he held her on the ground with his body weight.

"There. That should keep you from trying that again. Keep in mind girly that I'm way more powerful than you are, so just take it like a big girl!" Jeiyce smirked and turned her over so that she'd face him. Hitomi glared at him, "Bite me."

And then she kicked him in his gut, knocking him off of her. She was still tired from the chains, but her energy was returning much too slowly. She balanced herself against the wall.

Damn! No way out! Her eyes scanned the dim bedroom desperately. She tried to look for a door, but there were none in sight. She tried to limp her way to a small window she spotted her left, but was roughly pulled back against the bed, knocking her broken leg against the metal. She winced as her arms were held above her head and brown eyes met cold blue ones.

"That was stupid baby, real stupid," he kissed her roughly and used one of his hands to snake its way between her legs. She gasped against his lips as he roughly forced his fingers past her fuku inside of her. He pulled away from the kiss to revel in her gasps and continue to hold her down with his other hand.

"New to this, eh baby? Well don't worry, you'll get used to it after I'm done with you," he chuckled before pulling his fingers out and tugging at her clothing. Hitomi took this moment to push him off of her and crawl to the other end of the bed, only to feel his weight on top of her again and her arms pulled behind her. She could feel his hot breath against her neck, "When will you learn that there's no way out?"

~*~

Ginyu turned to Vegeta and Vaya with a smirk, "Well, it seems the general public states, and I couldn't agree more, that you and your kind are unfit to live."

Vegeta growled and bared his teeth when he heard a scream behind him. He quickly turned around to find his mate lying on her side, unconscious, a small puddle of blood forming from underneath her. A guard was standing over her with what appeared to be a black spear with a tip surging with electricity.

"Take the wench to the cells and put some chains on her. The king will be taken to the coliseum," Ginyu ordered and that's when chaos truly erupted.

~*~
"I swear...if he's done anything to her...anything at all..."
"Yeah, we know, kid, you'll turn him into jello."
"Don't worry, we'll leave him for you."
Adrian, Zafira and Sdhoirm were flying over the mountains of Planet Frost. It was colder up there, and the air was thin, but the three Saiyans refused to give up their search. It was made easier by the fact that an adamantly furious prince was leading them.
Adrian kept flying ahead in short bursts, impatient to find his mate and brutally slaughter the orange Ginyu soldier. Sdhoirm and Zafira were having no trouble keeping pace with him, but it made it harder for them to look thoroughly, in case they were hiding.
Suddenly, Adrian pointed. "There!" he shouted.
Sdhoirm and Zafira saw it immediately; a tall metal fortress on the ground below. They circled downward with Adrian in the lead.
"Not exactly going for inconspicuous, is he?" Zafira muttered to Sdhoirm.

~*~

"There, now that didn't take very long..." Jeiyce panted. It had taken him that entire time to get her out of her saiiyan armor and she was still putting up a fight, even with the broken leg.

Saiiyans, next time I stick to females that can't fight back...Jeiyce smirked as he crept towards the female who was now shrinking away from him in the corner. He did enjoy a good chase though.

"Why not just give in and take it, lass? I'm only rough if mah partners give me a hard time. And you, lass, have been nothin' short of trouble," he licked his lips. He'd have her one way or the other. Without warning, he pounced on her, only to jam his shoulder against the stone wall and fall to the floor.

"Ugh, damn it! My shoulder!" he grunted as he held it close. He hadn't worn a shirt when he came into this room and was now regretting not wearing any armor. Even with her low ki, she had given him numerous bruises; bite marks when he tried to hold her down, a bruised stomach, carpet burns, and now a bruised shoulder.

Hitomi panted, holding onto the shreds of her outfit, her gloves and boots now tattered rags in the corner somewhere. The window was on the other side of the room and he was blocking it. She decided to make another run for it, only to be tackled to the floor again. She voiced her pain as pressure hit her bruised ribs. She pulled, kicked and screamed loudly as she tried to pull from his grip. Snap.

Hitomi screamed as pain rushed to her other leg.

"There," the orange Ginyu grunted, "now you can't run."

"RRRRAAAUUGH!"
Jeiyce froze as the door to the room exploded off its hinges and Adrian suddenly had him around the neck and slammed him up against the wall.
"HOW DARE YOU TRY TO TAKE MY MATE AWAY FROM ME AND THINK THAT YOU COULD GET AWAY WITH IT!" the teenage prince snarled furiously.
Jeiyce was stunned, and then angry. "Get your hands off me, you dirty little Saiyan!"
Adrian growled and let go of Jeiyce. The orange alien started to move, but an instant later he felt the bones in his left arm shatter like a glass ball. He screamed in agony. Adrian merely smirked before crushing the other arm.
Jeiyce had now lost the ability to use either of his arms. He stared at Adrian in a mix of disbelief and fear. Without taking his eyes off of his enemy, Adrian said, "Take Hitomi and get out of this room."
Sdhoirm and Zafira rushed in to help Hitomi up from the floor. Zafira held her carefully as Sdhoirm disappeared for a minute to get a blanket. When he returned, Zafira wrapped it around Hitomi's body, then Sdhoirm picked her up into his arms. The three of them left quickly; it wouldn't do to get in Adrian's way.
"Get up," Adrian snapped at the orange Ginyu, who had sunk to the floor in front of him.
Jeiyce obeyed out of cowardice. Instantly Adrian threw a punch that connected with the front of Jeiyce's chest straight on. There was a series of instantaneous cracks, like gunshots.
"Oooh, I felt the ribs break on that one..." Adrian purred maliciously. "That must've hurt."
"Y...You're insane..." Jeiyce gasped through clenched teeth.
Adrian cocked his head slightly. "No I'm not. I'm just a Saiyan."
Ignoring his unusable arms and his broken ribs, Jeiyce tried to kick at the Saiyan prince in hopes of escaping past him. But Adrian caught Jeiyce's ankle mid-kick, and with a swift jerk sent him flying across the room into the opposite wall.
Lying on the floor in a crumpled, bloody heap, Jeiyce saw Adrian stalk slowly towards him. Through a red haze falling swiftly over his eyes, the Ginyu soldier watched as the Saiyan prince raised his palm. For a split second, Adrian disappeared; in his place, Jeiyce saw his father Vegeta, the Saiyan king.
"You are a fool," Adrian hissed, his face contorted in a sneer. "May the gods save you...if it is right that they should do so."
Then, with an evil smirk, Adrian blew a blast of ki from his palm and turned Jeiyce to dust. The orange Ginyu soldier never even had time to scream.

~*~
They had returned quietly and managed to hide in the shadows so as to avoid being seen by the public.
"What's going on?" Adrian whispered. The expressions of his grandparents looked grim. Zafira looked at the large vid screen connected to two tall poles in the center of the city, "The vote has been cast. And we lost."
Captain Ginyu's face suddenly appeared on the screen, "The saiiyans have been taken into custody!" There were cheers and shouts from the citizens.
"The execution will take place within the hour. The first saiiyan to suffer for his treacherous race's crime will be their very leader, the king of saiiyans himself! We will hold a public pelting before he is tortured and then killed in the coliseum."
The saiiyans had to hold onto every ounce of their self-control to keep from blasting the vid screen. They had to find Vegeta and Vaya!
They braved the building they had stayed in to find the place completely deserted. Apparently, they imprisoned the Elite as well.

~*~
"WHAT?! What do you mean they're missing?!" Ginyu blasted a computer, scaring the soldiers, including the one cowering before him. He grit his teeth, "Do you have any idea how dangerous they are?! While Adrian is dangerous for his power, Sdhoirm and Zafira actually have brains! Those two are the craftiest of all saiiyans and could easily sneak through this city and into the cells! I want double the amount of guards watching the queen! I want them found!!"
The soldier was forced to rush out of the room before the captain could strangle him. He collapsed in his seat, overcome with anger.
Sdhoirm and Zafira are missing...The prince and the girl are missing...Jeiyce is nowhere in sight...Oh God...No wonder!!
He punched a hole in his armrest. The stupid fool! He let himself get caught! He grimaced, the prince probably ripped him to shreds! And now he's probably loose in the city searching for more blood! He quickly called a guard, "I want security tripled. Those missing saiiyans have to be found or it could mean death for us all!"

~*~
Five burly guards led Vegeta down a hall towards the coliseum arena. They had put him into the same kind of chains that Adrian and Hitomi had worn, only twice as powerful. Every time he tried to free himself, the chains drained almost a third of his energy and gave him a strong electric shock. Vegeta had soon realized that he was going to have to resort to some other means of escape.
He no longer had his armor. The guards had forced him to switch from his royal robes to the ragged outfit of a street urchin. This was done in order to get a more enthusiastic reaction from the crowd, seeing the Saiyan king dressed like a beggar.
Vegeta had certainly given them a hard time about everything; before they had gotten the chances on him, he had struggled and fought and snarled insults at them as they defended themselves with electric prods. One guard had made the mistake of trying to cover Vegeta's mouth was his hand; sharp Saiyan teeth had almost torn it right off.
But they had finally succeeded in chaining his wrists behind him, and they had watched with scornful humor as Vegeta grew weaker the more he struggled. He refused to make a sound when the electricity shocks sent pain through his body, but still they laughed.
Now Vegeta could see the bright light at the end of the hall indicating the open space of the arena. He could hear the crowd roaring with impatience and excitement, and a new wave of indignation swept through him. He planted his feet into the ground and would not budge.
The guards pushed and pulled, but they couldn't move him that way at the angle he was in. They threatened him with the electric prods, but they had their orders from Captain Ginyu not to kill him, and they weren't sure how much more he would be able to take.
Finally, two of the smarter guards got wise and grabbed Vegeta by the arms on either side of him. They hoisted him up and carried him into the arena that way, still kicking and cursing and struggling.