Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Sins of the Past ❯ I Can't Do Everything, You Know ( Chapter 16 )

Chapter 16

I Can't Do Everything, You Know

The first explosion happened with in minutes of Sousan's announcement. It took out most of the lighting and other nonvital functions of the ship. Amma knew the emergency power wouldn't last long, that would mean the security system wouldn't last long. The loss of the security system would not be good, the ship wasn't anywhere near full of prisoners, but there were enough to make things complicated if they were able to get loose. Poor Aescapulus had managed to tell them all he knew about what Norak had planned and why. Unfortunately there was plenty of information on the why as opposed to the what.

Vegeta wasn't terribly surprised when the door burst open and Amma hurried in. He'd heard the explosion and knew something was going on. He was surprised to see Goten hurrying after her, his arms full of armor and supplies.

"All right, Your Highness, I'll make this quick." She told him, pulling her hair back and tying it away from her face, "You're free. I'm letting you go. The kid here will take you to meet with your family. We don't have much time, so you need to do as your told." She turned to Goten and barked, "Gloves," snapping her fingers.

Goten frantically shuffled through the pile of things she had thrown at him earlier before rushing to prison, trying to find what she'd requested.

"I take orders from no one." Vegeta growled, trying to stand. He was surprised by his lack of balance and double vision, but determined not to show anything was wrong.

"Look, I don't have time to argue with you about this. Radio." She snapped at Goten, "Sousan and Abraxious have gone to find your family and take them to safety. Goten will take you to them."

"If my family needs protecting, I will be the one to do it."

"You can barely stand right now, much less protect anyone, you stupid fuck." She raged, "You've been drugged. I'm not sure how long it will take for it to wear off, but you won't have time to do anything for a while. You will not be able to protect your family much less yourself. Not to mention the fact that all hell could break loose here at any moment, and I can't babysit you."

"Maybe I should stay with you." Goten said nervously, "I could help."

"You'll be a bigger help if you get the prince out of here." Amma told him, ruffling his hair, "Plus I can handle it."

Goten glanced nervously at Vegeta.

"I will do nothing until I know what is going on." Vegeta crossed his arms determinedly.

Amma ignored him, instead pulling the bench opposite the bed from the wall. She flung it across the room where it smashed into a wall, but she was too busy with the floor to care. She tore up a panel and began entering codes into the computer keyboard hidden beneath; hoping it would still work with the little power left from the auxiliary power. A much larger panel popped open, revealing a tunnel. "Bet you wished you'd known this was here a day ago, huh?" she couldn't help grinning at Vegeta.

"For all your righteousness, it would appear you're nothing more than a common smuggler." He sneered.

"I never said I was righteous. Besides its not piracy if it's government sanctioned." She shrugged, "This will lead you out. It's the safest way right now."

"I will not…" Vegeta began, but he was interrupted as another explosion rocked the ship.

"Amma, are you there?" Pheas's voice came from the radio at her hip; "The security system is out. Get out of there now."

"Yeah, I hear that." Amma told him, from the noises in the corridor, she could tell that the cells were open. "I'm getting the prince and the kid out of here, then I'll be up to join you."

Pheas could hear the excited tone of her voice, and knew there would be trouble. "You're escorting them off the ship?" he asked hopefully.

She laughed, "See you in a bit." Turning to Goten and Vegeta, she motioned to the trap door, "Out, now."

Vegeta refused to move simply stood staring at her. Goten looked between the two of them, unsure of what to do.

Amma didn't take her eyes off the door, "You do realize they won't all come this way, don't you? We're not that far from your house, and if they should get to your wife…" she glanced at him quickly, "As you said, some things are worse than death."

He glared at her for a moment, but finally gave in and stared toward the trapdoor. Amma's sudden shout caught both Vegeta's and Goten's attention. The lightening bolt she aimed at the cell door blew it from the hinges and into the wall of the corridor.

"You missed." A voice growled from the corridor, a moment before the man appeared in the doorway. He was dirty and ragged, and very angry.

Before anyone could move, Amma had flipped toward him, her bare feet connecting solidly with his chest, followed by a sickening crunch. He slid to the floor, blood dripping from his mouth. She regained her feet, cupped the man's chin with one hand, the other on the top of his head, and effortlessly snapped his neck. She turned to Goten and Vegeta who had paused in the trap door, "Out, now!" she snapped, a smirk on her face, a glint in her eyes as she stared toward the corridor.

Goten reluctantly tugged on Vegeta's arm, "I hope she'll be all right." He muttered pulling Vegeta into the tunnel.

"I'm sure you don't need to worry about her." Vegeta told him, "Now give me that light so we can get out of here."

Abraxious paced nervously around the kitchen. Sousan could see his agitation and quickly called Amma on the radio. "The woman and boy are gone. We've searched the house, and they're not here."

"It's a big place, are you sure they couldn't be somewhere else?" she panted, "I'm a little busy right now." There was the sound of a smack, followed by a cry of pain.

Sousan moved away from Abraxious, the last thing he wanted was for Ab to go berserk, and hearing Amma in a fight would be just the thing to push him over. "What's going on?"

"I'm rearresting the prisoners. Unfortunately they are resisting." This was followed by a scream of pain. "There's one more somewhere around here, but I think I have a minute."

"So what do you want us to do? Do you need help there?"

"I've got this under control. Pheas is busy with the ship, so all we need right now is to find Norak. I don't think he's still on the ship, so I guess see if you can find him somewhere on the grounds. I'll see if I can catch up with the Saijin no Ouji and the kid. If you can't find the others, meet us in twenty minutes whether you find them or not. Tell Ab I'll see in him a few minutes." She added with a laugh, knowing he probably needed to hear that.

Abraxious relaxed and went off in search of Bulma.

"He's settled down now, but if things get out of control…" Sousan told her.

"We'll worry about that when the time comes. Just keep an eye on him for me."

"C'mon," Goten told Vegeta as they left the tunnel beneath the ship, "I told Amma we should meet by the gravity room."

"Trunks and Bulma are going to be there?" Vegeta wasn't sure if he could make it across the grounds, but was not going to admit it. He hoped if he kept talking it would keep attention away from his sluggish movements. The effects of the drug they had given him were only getting worse as time went on.

Goten glanced at him nervously, he knew there was something wrong, but wasn't sure what. He just wanted to get to the gravity room and meet up with Amma. She would know what to do, and Goten felt more comfortable around her than Vegeta anyway.

"Dad!" Trunks cried, running toward them, throwing his arms around Vegeta's waist.

Any other time, Vegeta would have pushed him away, but by keeping his arm around Trunks' shoulder he could keep his balance without having to ask for help. "Where's your mother?"

"She's gone!" Trunks cried, "I was coming back to the ship to get help." He turned to Goten, "That guy the commander doesn't like, he took my mom. I would have stopped him, but he had a gun again, and I didn't think I could help her without her getting hurt."

"Then it was wise to get help." Vegeta told him, trying hard to get his eyes to focus, "Where did he take her?"

"I don't know. I wasn't close enough to hear what he was telling her."

"Why aren't you already at that gravity room thing?" Amma demanded, coming up on them. "What are you doing here?" she demanded of Trunks. "Where's your…"

"Commander," Norak's voice suddenly came over Amma's radio, "It's time to end this game."

"I didn't realize we were playing a game." She snapped, "Now get your ass back here, so we can take you to the Council and let them deal with you."

"Not until I finish my work here."

"And what work is that?"

"Bring me the Saijin no Ouji and we will discuss it."

"Fuck you. Get your ass back here now and maybe I won't kill you."

"No, you bring me the Saijin no Ouji, and maybe I won't kill his wife."