Barely Escaping Destruction (68)

"You're so young!" Queen Vegeta exclaimed, ignoring Broly's face that was now going full tomato.

"Is Planet Vegeta safe?" she asked, a glimmer of hope present in her eyes.

If a Saiyan as young as Broly was still alive then the planet had to be safe and thriving.

Right?

"Planet Vegeta? I'm not sure, I haven't found it yet," Broly answered honestly.

'He hasn't found it yet? What does he mean?' Queen Vegeta thought to herself confusedly.

Where else could the boy have come from?

Queen Vegeta stood up, confidently.

She was a 6'2 woman with a lean build and slender abs, despite her slim frame she had ample breasts and a large hips that would immediately catch the attention of anyone who saw her. She had long spiky hair that reached her back, and solid black eyes that stared at Broly. Despite her alluring figure, her body was riddled with bandages and her face was messed with dirt and grime, giving the impression that she was homeless.

Despite Broly being two-thirds of Broly's height, she still approached him fearlessly, not even slightly off-put by his intimidating figure.

"How did you get here?" she asked, her eyes still tracking the tail around his waist.

"I took my spaceship," Broly answered, his head clearing slightly as he regained his composure.

'A spaceship? Frieza's handing out spaceships?'

"How did you get a spaceship?" Queen Vegeta asked, even more confused.

"I built it," Broly said simply, not understanding the problem.

'How does anyone get a spaceship? They either build it or buy it!' Broly thought.

"You built it? A Saiyan? Please don't lie to me," Queen Vegeta said, a look of profound seriousness on her face.

Broly's brows furrowed while Yami snickered.

'I like this woman' he thought to Broly.

"I really did build it by myself"

"How did you build your ship on Planet Vegeta?"

"I didn't build it on Planet Vegeta"

'Huh?'

"Where did you build it then?"

"Planet Sythis"

"How did you get there?"

Broly sighed, thinking that the woman in front of him only knew how to ask questions.

'She doesn't know who you are dipshit! Explain what happened!' Yami shouted at Broly, disappointed in his lack of social awareness.

'Ah!' Broly thought, now understanding the problem.

Yami lamented, now figuring out Broly's weakness.

Social interactions.

"I was taken there when I was four, my dad escaped Planet Vegeta with some of his friends and we took refuge on a far away Planet," Broly explained truthfully.

'Why are you telling her all this?' Yami protested, his interest in the Saiyan woman long dead.

In his eyes securing the crystals was of immediate priority.

'Because she asked,' Broly responded simply.

Queen Vegeta's eyes expanded as she realised who was in front of her, an epiphany hitting her like a train.

"What's your name?" she asked hoping it wasn't who she thought it was.

"Broly"

"How are you alive?!" Queen Vegeta asked the story King Vegeta had told her fresh in her mind.

"What do you mean?"

"Your ki is unstable, right? So unstable that if you stayed on Planet Vegeta you would have destroyed it!" Queen Vegeta said, convinced.

'What kind of idiot told her that and why did he lie to her?' Yami questioned rhetorically.

"No...who told you that?" Broly asked curiously, suspicious of how such a rumour would come out.

Queen Vegeta then folded her arms and looked Broly in his eyes.

"King Vegeta," she said, her face completely straight.

Broly's brows furrowed and his teeth gnashed against each other. He was well aware of all the trouble King Vegeta had caused his father and wanted to have a few words with him when he got on the planet.

"That evil man! He was going to kill me! If my father didn't leave when he did, his goons would have assassinated me!" Broly vented, anger rising in his chest as he recalled the story his father told him.

'R-Really? Why did you tell some random woman before me?' Yami said, not remembering being told this.

'She asked and you didn't' Broly thought simply.

"That 'evil man' is my husband! And that's not the story he told me!" Queen Vegeta said, her harsh gaze zeroed on Broly.

She was naturally inclined to agree with King Vegeta and when Broly slandered him so openly she was very defensive.

"Your husband? So you're-"

"Queen Vegeta," she said angrily.

"How did you get here?" Broly asked.

Queen Vegeta sighed and stepped back.

"You really don't know anything about Planet Vegeta," Queen Vegeta said hopelessly.

Broly could only nod quietly,

"The situation on Planet Vegeta was getting worse and worse, my husband feared that Freiza was going to try something so he pre-emptively sent me and a few nobles from his faction off-world."

Broly squinted, the situation becoming much clearer.

"And they haven't come back for you yet?" Broly asked.

Queen Vegeta sighed once again, her firm and strong face breaking as she remembered the horrible situation.

"It turns out my husband was right, Freiza had his soldiers rig our ships and when we flew out of his influence they all blew up suddenly," Queen Vegeta said bitterly.

"If it wasn't for the fact that I wanted to take my own custom pod, I would have died as well," Queen Vegeta said, sorrow on her face.

"I'm so sorry," Broly said, empathetically.

Queen Vegeta snickered, "Why are you apologising? It's not your fault," she said dryly.

Although Queen Vegeta responded in this way, Broly could still see that she was hurting, trying to hide the pain that she felt.

'Uh?'

Queen Vegeta was confused as she suddenly felt trapped, two massive pillars squeezing her from both sides.

"That must have been awful, I'm sorry you had to go through that," Broly said, his deep voice speaking from his heart as he brought Queen Vegeta into a hug.

'You really are a weird one' Yami said to Broly, disliking his soft nature.

Queen Vegeta didn't know what to say, she hadn't been hugged in years.

It was a very foreign sensation but not an unwelcome one.

Queen Vegeta's face flashed red for a split second as she hurriedly pushed Broly off her and snickered once again.

"So soft! Are you really a Saiyan at all?" she said, a thankful smile on her face.

'That's what I said!' Yami called out, liking Queen Vegeta even more.

"How did you survive here?" Broly asked, ignoring Yami.

"That's a long story," Queen Vegeta responded, not wanting to stay in the cave forever.

"You must be in awful shape," Broly said, looking at the dirt and scars on her body.

"Let's go back to my spaceship," he said turning around.

"I was waiting for you to offer," Queen Vegeta said sighing, she took one of the crystals impaled on the wall and approached Broly.

'Ah?'

"My legs are tired, carry me to your ship," Queen Vegeta demanded, her legs wrapping around Broly's waist while her arms draped over his shoulders.

"Oh! Ok," Broly said softly, wondering what strange crystal was inches away from his throat.

Light green ki hummed around his body as chaotic life energy rose around him, the atmosphere skewing.

'So much ki!' Queen Vegeta thought, deeply surprised by the sheer volume of Broly's energy.

Broly's eyes gained clarity, as he saw aligned his body with the exit of the cave.

Broly's feet moved back, drawing a track in the stone and he suddenly leapt forward, the ground underneath unable to handle the force and cracked, spiderwebs of destruction forming as Broly flew away.

"AH!" Queen Vegeta screamed girlishly as air blew her hair back.

[Storyteller: Enter Queen Vegeta! She managed to somehow get by on Planet Mentels! But both she and Broly are blissfully unaware of Planet Vegeta's destruction! How will they react when such tragic news is told? Find out! In the next chapter of Dragon Ball Revised!]