Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Saiyan Pride ❯ The Traitor ( Chapter 10 )

The Mysteries of Love:

Saiyan Pride

Chapter Ten

The Traitor

"IS there any news from Vegeta yet?" Bulma asked Zoron anxiously as they stood at the monitors in the Lab.

"Only that he landed." Zoron said as Trunks paced around behind his mother.

"We should have went with him." Trunks complained. Bulma bit her thumb nervously. Her heart was beating at a rapid pace and her stomach was tying itself in knots.

"Your father is quite capable of taking care of himself Master Trunks." Zoron said reassuringly.

"Zoron! We have trouble." A voice yelled from the Labs door. The trio of Zoron, Bulma and Trunks looked around to see a guard from the arrival station, looking completely harassed.

"Cazen, what is the problem?" Zoron asked the guard.

"King Cold and an entire army of his men are here Sir. They've killed most of our men and they are heading straight for the Castle."

"What!" Bulma, Trunks and Zoron said in unison.

"But I thought Cold was waiting for dad on Planet Ice." Trunks said.

Bulma and Zoron exchanged a look of understanding.

"Princess Bulma, Master Trunks, you stay here. Cazen, come with me." Zoron said as he rushed out of the Lab.

"It was a set up, wasn't it mum?" Trunks asked the rhetorical question.

Bulma could only nod as her mind worked in panic. "Trunks I want you to listen to me." Bulma went over to her only son. Dropping down onto her knees she held her son by his arms. "I want you to go and hide. Put up the strongest energy shield you can and don't drop it for anyone but Zoron, your dad or I! Is that understood?"

"No!" Trunks shook his head fiercely. He looked into his mothers eyes determinedly. "Dad asked me to protect you and even if he didn't, I would not leave you alone and run like a coward."

Bulma looked into her sons eyes and at his determined refusal to listen to her she knew there was no way that her son would do as she said.

"You're just like your father." Bulma sighed before she moved away from her son and started pacing the room.

Bulma and Trunks heard many soldiers come to the door in a stand to protect them. And then they saw the familiar sight of Max.

"Max! Thank the Kais." Bulma said in relief as her friend came down to hug her.

"I thought you were away on a mission." Trunks said.

"I was." Max said as he let go of Bulma to look at Trunks. "But I received the transmission and headed back as soon as I could."

"Thank you." Bulma said as she smiled at Max. As he returned her smile she felt some of her anxiousness fade. She was grateful that she had someone to rely on while Vegeta and Zoron were not around. A friendly face was just what she needed.

"Bulma? Bulma? Zoron?" Bulma heard Vegeta's voice through the communication speaker.

"Vegeta!" Bulma said in relief as she, Trunks and Max crowded the monitor. The three could see Vegeta in his space ship with Goku, Gohan and Goten surrounding him.

"Good! You two are fine." Vegeta grunted in relief.

"Vegeta. Cold is here. With an army of men." Bulma told her mate.

"What!" Vegeta and Goku said in anger.

"Vegeta. Goku, come quickly, please." Bulma pleaded. "I don't know how long we can hold them off."

"I'm on my way." Vegeta said.

"Don't hurry Prince Vegeta." Max spoke for the first time.

Vegeta narrowed his eyes at his Commander. "Why the hell not?"

"Because Bulma is in good hands." Max said in a voice that Bulma had never heard him use before. A cold voice that sounded smugly satisfied. In one swift movement Max hit Trunks on the neck, knocking the boy unconscious.

"What the hell did you do that for?" Bulma screamed as she bent down to look at Trunks but Max pulled Bulma up from her knees and held her roughly against him.

"You!" Vegeta growled as he realized that the traitor who was helping Cold was Maxum!

Max laughed coldly. "Me." He confirmed. "Well like I said, don't hurry back." Max switched of the monitor blackening the screen that once showed Vegeta's face.

Max pushed Bulma against the control panel as he touched Bulma with his own body.

"Why?" Bulma asked softly.

"Come on Bulma. You're a smart woman, figure it out."

"I'm not in the mood for your games Max. I thought you were my friend. So why?"

"Because you chose a cold hearted bastard over me! I was there for you, loved you, wanted you and you give yourself to a man who doesn't even deserve you." Max said. Bulma felt her stomach churn as she felt Max's arousal pressing into her tummy.

The man was sick! He had some sick obsession with her because she had befriended him. It was obvious that he was also extremely jealous of Vegeta, a fact that intensified his decisions to align himself with King Cold.

"You will never be half the man Vegeta is." Bulma spat.

'Not the cleverest thing to say in a situation like this!' Bulma thought, though she knew she would not have been capable if saying anything else. Her fiery nature and sharp tongue always got the best of her.

Bulma's head swung painfully to the left as Max's large palm slapped her face.

At the sight of Bulma's red face and bleeding lip Max's eyes widened in surprise. "I'm so sorry my love." He said in what looked like genuine regret. "But you made me do it." He excused himself as he wiped the blood from her lip. Bulma flinched from his touch moving her head away. The action seemed to anger Max more. He grabbed her arms and shook Bulma harshly, until her head began to spin. "Why can't you just be a good girl. I don't want to have to hurt you Bulma, please don't make me."

"You're crazy!" Bulma said distastefully. She saw his eyes narrow but was spared his changing personality, from sweet and caring to mentally unstable, before she heard a loud chuckle from behind Max.

"So I see you have already claimed your reward Commander." King Cold said his eyes moving from Max and Bulma to Trunks. "And you have already gift wrapped mine!"

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"Vegeta. Calm down." Goku said as Vegeta punched the monitor that Max had disconnected, shattering the glass into tiny pieces.

"Calm down! Calm down!" Vegeta growled in anger as he grabbed Goku by his garments and shook him in rage.

"Vegeta. Please." Gohan intervened. "Dad just means that loosing your temper and breaking the ship won't help Bulma and Trunks. We have to stay calm. For their sakes."

Vegeta grunted before he let go of Goku. He cursed the ship to move faster as he paced the floor in anxious movements.

Never in his life had he felt fear! And now that he had it was only fear for the well being of his mate and his son! He would never forgive himself if anything should happen to them because of his stupidity!