Vegeta\'s Romance

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Stephanie was delighted to hear that Freiza\'s next target planet is Saskol inhabited. The Ginyu Force has arrived on Freiza\'s ship, Freiza has returned. Some of Freiza\'s henchmen are having trouble with the Saskol Planets. The Temple dwellers are trying to invade the minds of their attackers. Stephanie stayed silent during discussion, embarrassed to admit she was the only one who has been affected for a long period of time. Just a moment of hesitation back on Mirfa allowed them to get to her. Stephanie regreted ever being curious about the temples, and cursed herself for her immaturity. But she was not unhappy, because she had something to look forward to!

Captain Ginyu is particularly upset to notice Vegeta\'s power level. In private he tells Freiza: \"With the ability to turn Oozuru, that monkey could potentially destroy us all!\" \"Don\'t be so hasty.\" Freiza replies. \"Vegeta is nowhere near as powerful as me. He\'s resilient though, I\'ll give him that. Those primitive Saiyans are content to run around and kill things in their messy way every so often. There will be no problems with Vegeta. Stephanie, on the other hand, has been influenced by the Saskols for some time now. I suspect they are trying to open her limited primate mind to their form of \'enlightenment\'. But that\'s alright.\" He grins. \"I know exactly what to do with her.\"

The Saiyans and the Ginyu Force soon set off for the planet Ezmer, leaving Freiza on his ship. Vegeta is pissed that the Ginyu Force is coming along. Raditz is silent in thought. Only Stephanie and Nappa speak on the trip. Stephanie asked him everything he knows about Saskols (which isn\'t much), they are all very excited about the mission. They would know how to cure her, Stephanie was sure of it. And she would get it out of them, no matter who she would have to torture or what she would have to destroy. The Ezmerians are strong compared to the Mirfan ants. Stephanie was pleased at how her power has grown lately. Because the balance of good and evil is offset in this galaxy (Saskols being good, and most other creatures being evil), there are constant wars. Every planet has an army that is sent to face her first.

It thrills Stephanie to fight so many capable opponents at once. Inevitably, she won all of her battles. Vegeta, at full force fells the soldiers like dominoes. The Ginyu Force wastes their time doing stupid poses. Bodies lie everywhere when the army is destroyed. \"Is that all you\'ve got?\" Vegeta laughs. He walked over to Stephanie and smeared the blood of his victims over her cheeks. Stephanie smiled up at him confidently. His lust-filled eyes closed and he kissed her harshly. Stephanie\'s heart races from the excitement of battle, and of course, Vegeta. He backed off and licked his lips. \"Save some of that energy for tonight.\" He smirked. \"Heh. Count on it.\" Stephanie replied. The others have already scattered. Global mayhem breaks out in the total melee.

Stephanie stroked her lover\'s jaw. \"There\'s something I have to go do right now.\" Stephanie told him.

He offered to go with her, but Stephanie refused. \"I\'ll take care of it myself.\" \"Fine, woman. But I\'m not letting you get away from me for long.\" He said definitively before taking off, smirk still in place. Stephanie left in another direction, heading for a city. Instinctively, she knew where to go. Someone was calling her there, to the end of these mind games. Stephanie knew she had to go alone, so that she could prove to Vegeta that she could take care of herself.

Soon there is an extravagant temple in view. Two guards awaited her. They came at her together when she landed on the ground. The battle is short, Stephanie didn\'t bother to conserve energy, trying to finish them as quickly as possible. As soon as they were defeated Stephanie broke down the temple doors. A middle aged Saskol was waiting for her there. He was tall, a bulk of muscles, with bright blonde hair and the familiar dark Saskol skin. He watched Stephanie as she closed in. He took a stance. Stephanie smiled as she approached him. -A real warrior this time. Are they testing me?- Stephanie shouted and blasted ki at him furiously. The light and smoke cleared in an instant. To her surprise, he has disappeared. Stephanie whirled around and caught a glimpse of him just before he kicked her into a wall. Before she could hit, Stephanie somersaulted in the air, bounced off on her feet, rebounding at him. Stephanie grabbed his shoulders and kept flying, straight into and through the opposite wall. Ezmerians are running in the streets. They didn\'t even stop to pay any attention to her fight. He ripped her off of him and brushed dust off his clothes. \"I\'m here for one thing!\" Stephanie shouted at him. \"To find out who is doing this to me!\"

Stephanie got to her feet. \"Are you going to tell me where to find him!? Or do I have to beat it out of you!?\" This warrior isn\'t the one she was looking for, but he knows where to find him. His face was expressionless. Stephanie glared at him. \"Answer me.\" she said coldly. The scouter told her his power is just below hers, and Stephanie knew Saskols can\'t use ki, but she made a mental note that his speed exceeds her own greatly (which shouldn\'t be a big problem if she is smart about things). \"You know I\'m not the one you are looking for, Saiyan. Why do you fight?\" \"Are you stupid!?\" Stephanie asked. \"YOU can tell me where he is.\" Again, she charged at him, grabbed him, and used his body to collapse the rest of the temple wall. He groaned in pain, and with both arms, pushed Stephanie backwards. The falling roof caught Stephanie and broke her away from him. Stone and rubble began to pile on top of her. Stephanie covered your face with both arms, becoming buried underneath the building.

Stephanie burst from the broken building uninjured. He was ready for her. A punch came towards her face. Stephanie was too slow to block it, but she took his forearm and hurled him into the sky. Stephanie then soared up to meet him. Her forehead connected with his stomach, rupturing an artery. The incline continued, forcing him higher until the city below is just a blotch. Stephanie held the back of his collar and dangled him in the air. \"I\'ve got you now. I know you can\'t fly. Tell me how to stop these visions.\" Stephanie said smugly. \"I\'ll die anyway. It\'s no use for me to tell you.\" He replied bitterly. \"I\'m happy to have delayed you Saiyan. Your life will be taken from you in return for those you have killed.\" Stephanie soon grew tired of his senselessness. \"Fool. Do you lose your supposed mind powers after a few hits in the head? I\'m not the one who is going to die.\" A sudden shockwave hit her from behind. Light engulfed her body. The armour and clothes on her back deteriorated instantly and Stephanie was thrown forward. As she hurtled through the air she could see Hadar falling to his death below her.


The blast that Stephanie took was too powerful to be from a Saskol. In fact... she recognized it! It\'s an attack of Captain Ginyu\'s. -Why did he do this?!- Stephanie asked herself in shock. She was still caught on the tremendous beam of energy, unable to free herself. It was tilting dangerously towards Ezmer\'s surface. At the site of the attack\'s origin, Captain Ginyu was hovering beside Raditz. \"Freiza wants her dead.\" Said Ginyu. \"That attack was much too powerful for her to deal with. You can go finish her off now.\" Raditz\'s expression is a mixture of excitement and unquenchable greed. \"Gladly.\"

Stephanie struggled desperately, but she can\'t get out of the blast. The skin on her back was burning. Stephanie did however manage to turn around, reach out with flat palms and shoot ki from them, hoping to deflect the head of the energy stream. She then tryed to fly against it, but to no avail. Again it engulfed her body. Before Stephanie know it she\'d reached the planet\'s crust. Her feet touched down and the momentum of Ginyu\'s attack caused Stephanie to compress against the ground. Both of her legs breaking on impact. A crater formed, absorbing herself and the imposing energy. Stephanie screamed in pain and she collapsed on her back. She\'d never even broken a bone before. Both of her knees were crushed, femurs fractured. The bones in her feet are probably destroyed too, but she couldn\'t feel that far down her legs. The rapid pain in her critically damaged limbs was enough to make Stephanie pass out... but she knew she couldn\'t because Ginyu was probably coming to finish her off.

Beads of sweat began form on her blood drained, pale face. Stephanie used her remaining energy to float out of the crater, pulling her upper body into the air with her flaccid legs trailing. -What the fuck did he do that for?! I can\'t lose now... I can\'t give up!- Stephanie began telling herself. -I CAN\'T lose like this!- In the distance a figure was closing in towards her. Stephanie\'s shock quickly mixed with an unsettling astonishment... -Raditz?!- And sudden understanding. -Raditz must have been behind this! Was he THAT jealous of Vegeta and I?-

Raditz\'s arms stretched out in front of him as he closed in. A flare of light shot from his hands. Stephanie blocked, glancing off the first, but she was sent backwards into the crater by the second. The air was knocked painfully from her lungs. A second blast hit her dead on. Then Raditz landed on top of her, seizing Stephanie\'s arms and twisting them behind her back painfully. Stephanie began to struggle, her body in pure agony. \"Get off me Raditz!!\" Stephanie shreiked at him. \"I\'ll kill you!! Get OFF!!\" Stephanie could feel hersrlf choking from the lack of air. She gasped and coughed. Raditz ripped the remaining shards of clothing and armour from her chest. Stephanie\'s nearly bare legs are bruised everywhere from internal bleeding, swelling brutally. Raditz lowered his face beside her\'s while he slid off his armour. \"I\'m going to ENJOY this...\" He breathed at her. \"You never should have refused me girl! This is how you pay.\" Stephanie could only keep gasping, but it felt like no oxygen was coming to her. Angry tears covered her eyes and her cheeks tighten, lips trembling. Never has she felt so vulnerable and threatened.

Surging emotions of expendable anger and anguish on top of the throbbing pain made Stephanie feel dizzy. She fought to pull her arms out from under herself. All she could think about was getting Raditz away. She wouldn\'t let him do this to her. Succeeding, she punched Raditz with partial strength. Stephanie\'s other hand hit his neck. He roughley grabbed them both again and shoved them into the dirt. A fierce yell sounded and Raditz was throw clear of her.

Vegeta\'s eyes scaned Stephanie for injury and he shook with fury. She closed her eyes and rested her arms at her sides, soothed by the presence of her mate. Stephanie\'s breathing soon became less difficult. A part of Vegeta was relieved that Raditz hadn\'t raped Stephanie, but the rest of him is consumed with maddening rage. \"HOW DARE YOU!\" He screamed at Raditz. Every muscle in his body tensing with stress. \"HOW DARE YOU TOUCH MY WOMAN! Are you THAT eager to see hell!?\" \"Prince Vegeta! It\'s not what it looks like!\" \"Shut the fuck up you sniveling coward.\" Vegeta paced heavily towards Raditz. \"If you think it\'s such a good idea to piss me off this much, you\'re sadly mistaken.\" Vegeta then sprung at Raditz, throwing livid blows. He then jumped back and sent a storm of ki at his enemy. They rained down on him until Vegeta stopped to recharge. The bloody mess of Raditz had by then lost consciousness. Stephanie pushed herself up into a sitting position, legs straight in front of her, unmoving. Vegeta forget about Raditz for the moment and walked swiftly towards her. Stephanie was busy feeling two emotions at once, thankful that he showed up in time and scared that hell be mad at her.

Vegeta sunk to his knees wordlessly. Stephanie could see him smile with relief to see that she was alright. She had no idea how scared he was, and he\'d never tell her either. He reached out to embrace Stephanie, but before he could do so a ki strike separated the two of them. Stephanie looked up startled to see Freiza above, arms folded. Vegeta quickly shot upwards in a burst of blue ki, ready to fight. He knew that the attack on his mate was a joint effort. Freiza easily elbowed Vegeta in the side. \"She\'s not worth your life you senseless ape!\" Freiza restrained Vegeta and ascended through the atmosphere. Captain Ginyu, who had quietly entered the scene, gave a final strike to the back of Stephanie\'s head and she passed out. The last thing she saw was Vegeta being dragged away from her. The last thing she felt was not physical pain, but the anguish in her soul. Ginyu passed by Stephanie and lifted Raditz, dragging him into the sky. Freiza released Vegeta and pointed at Ezmer. The subtle beam of light extended past Vegeta\'s vision. He stared helplessly as Ezmer exploded. Freiza cackled wickedly, experiencing no feelings of loss whatsoever. Vegeta\'s grief stricken face was touched by flickering firelight from the explosion, no comfort for his immeasurable loss.