distract Vegeta from his own problems.
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"To continue the mating ritual with the male Vegeta?" Eros asked politely interested.
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She cooed a laugh and came very close to him. "But who thinks of a dwarf like him when a wonderful thoroughbred man like you is within reach ..." Her fingers teasingly stroked the piece of bare chest that flashed through the fabric of his robe. "How about if you don't want to bathe with me ... you great man?"<br />
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Vegeta didn't think she heard properly. Her aura burned with suppressed excitement, but if the desire was the way it was slowly rising in him too, why did she throw herself at that tin jackpot instead of coming to him, who he was made of flesh and blood. Could it be that she had been playing something for him all along? Anger, searing, seething anger crept from the farthest corner of his consciousness. What did this tin can have that he, Vegeta, the prince of the Saiyan, was missing?
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Bulma felt the fine hairs on her arms stand up and it ran ice cold down her back. However, since her full attention was on Eros, she could not see how he clenched his fists and his aura began to glow menacingly.
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With a skilfully provocative look she grabbed Ero's hand with both hands and placed it on her chest, exactly on the spot above her racing heart. "I think I have a fever, Eros.Don't you want to play a little doctor and put out my fire? "
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As if by chance, her hands placed on the bracelet on his wrist and just as she was about to implement the next step of her plan, the anger exploded in Vegeta. The sum of everything that had happened to him recently, together with the action of the aphrodisiac in the air and the bright moonlight, did what even he would never have thought possible: he grew a tail again. His eyes glowed red as he stared into the artificial moon and with a tremendous cry he transformed into the giant monkey.
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For a few moments Bulma couldn't move in horror, but then she ran to the nearest bushes and took cover. Eros, not knowing what to make of this transformation, stood stiffly while the lights on his bracelet did not calm down. This passivity was his inevitability, because Vegeta did not hesitate for long and the deadly beam from the mouth of the gorilla transformed the robot into a smoking lump of metal within a split second.Further on, the ray ate its way into the hut and the habitat beyond, and as it turned its head and the ray ate a glowing red path through the palm trees and the wall of the habitat beyond.
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"That's ...!" Exclaimed Bulma. Part of the habitat wall collapsed, revealing a room in which the inscription "Great Guardian" could not be overlooked above a computer weighing several tons.
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The last remaining mind in Vegeta disappeared and with a roar he stomped towards the computer, which he somehow seemed to smell. An energy shield popped up, but Vegeta was too busy to let it slow you down for long.
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Bulma shrugged off the shock of his transformation and ran after him. "Vegeta, come back to you, stop it, that's enough!"
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But since the false moon was still shining in the false starry sky, he didn't even hear her words. She remembered the only two ways a Saiyan monkey could see reason.The destruction of the moon depended on whether Vegeta accidentally hit the generator that powered the phantoms. But even then the problem of the tail remained, so there was only one solution. Bulma's hand felt for the laser cutter, which she still carried with her, and activated the shimmering blue energy blade. As long as Vegeta was concentrating on the Great Keeper, she had a tiny chance ... Holding the laser cutter with both hands, she climbed the heap of rubble and ducked so he wouldn't see her there. A little more, he had to get a little closer, then ...
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Meanwhile, the Great Guardian exploded in flames and the collapse set off a chain reaction that set the underground production facilities on fire. Numerous fragments of the Great Guardian pelted down on Bulma. She recognized some of them as memory chips and instinctively pocketed as many as she could stuff into the small pocket on her tool belt.Unfortunately, the moon's generator was still active and Vegeta continued to fire his energy beams, despite the fact that he now also affected the cave ceiling and the first cracks formed. Then at last he was within Bulma's reach. Now or never, she took a deep breath, jumped, and struck with all her might.
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It succeeded and the laser blade severed the tail just above the root. Bulma was thrown into the sand by the whirling giant monkey. With a painfully contorted face she got up and saw how the monkey got smaller and smaller in front of her eyes until it was Vegeta's old self again.
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“Vegeta, thank all the gods!” Bulma ran up to him and hugged him from behind. "Are you all right again?"
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"Bulma ..." He took a deep breath. "Bulma, what happened, where is the robot? I only remember freaking out because you threw yourself on his neck ..."
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Due to the draft of the explosions, the concentration of the aphrodisiac had decreased significantly and Bulma's heart rate was almost normal again.Vegeta was no longer ruled by animal instincts either, which did not mean that the pressure of her soft body on his back left him cold. But the stab that her flirtation with Eros had inflicted on his proud heart was still there and so he reached out for her hands with little delicacy to loosen them from his chest and push them back.
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"You fool," she muttered in his ear. "That was just my plan to get the bracelet with which the Great Guardian transmits his orders. I had a special transmitter ready to stick it to the bracelet. As soon as I had deciphered the codes, I wanted a virus smuggle in to paralyze the great guardian. "
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Vegeta's tense demeanor eased. He felt that she was telling the truth and that the last of his anger was gone.
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"So that was it, not that I was jealous or anything ..." he hurried to assure himself.<br />
"I would never have thought that of you either," Bulma replied and let go of him. "I would have to mean something to you for that, right ...?"
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She saw how he struggled with himself, waited breathlessly for the word of redemption, but it didn't come. Instead, a chunk crashed onto the ground two steps away from him.
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"We have to go to the shaft," said Bulma and took Vegeta by the hand. "Looks like the whole place is about to collapse."
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Bulma ran in a zigzag across the beach with Vegeta in tow towards the point through which they had come in. Here, too, cracks in the wall were already visible. Bulma paused and took Vegeta's arm. "A burst of energy there, please."
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“Good?” Vegeta sent three energy balls in the direction and a smoking hole opened the entrance to the path they had come from.
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"Great, thank you. But be careful, there is a lot of rubble on the floor."
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Bulma forced herself to walk slowly, although above their heads the sound of bursting rock became more and more ominous.The first chunks fell outside into the false sea of ​​fresh water and since the environmental controls were now also going crazy, it suddenly became dark and cold.
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To Bulma's relief, there was at least one emergency light in the corridor so they didn't have to grope blindly. They had almost reached the shaft when it rumbled over them and a few steps before Bulma the ceiling collapsed. Horrified, she heard the shaft itself collapse further back.
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"Damn it! And we were so close!"
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"Bulma, watch out!" Vegeta threw himself on Bulma and they both staggered a few steps back before they went to the ground. At that very moment, another part of the cave ceiling thundered exactly where they had just been standing.
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"What about the spaceship, Bulma?" Urged Vegeta, who was now kneeling over her while she was lying on her back gasping for air. "Is it ready to go?"
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"Since the satellites controlled by the Great Guardian are likely to have failed, there will be no problems.I have the spaceship with me in the capsule. "
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"Well."
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"Vegeta, get off me, we have to look for another escape route. The mountain is about to collapse above us."
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But he didn't budge. His rough hand gently stroked her cheek and his blind eyes seemed to seek her gaze.
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"I've thought about it," he said calmly.
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“What's the nonsense?” Bulma's eyes welled up. Another part of the ceiling came off and the debris pelted to the floor around them. A chunk hit Vegeta on the back, but he only winced briefly.
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"I won't let you die here." he muttered, searching her lips for an almost painfully intense kiss. A little shocked by his own emotional outburst, he added hastily: "Who else is supposed to find the Dragon Balls to bring me back?"
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Bulma's lips formed a mute, "You idiot!"When all hell broke loose above them. Her arms shot up and wrapped themselves around Vegeta's neck. Then there was only dust, noise and blackness ...
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End of the 14th part
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I hope you enjoyed this part too and look forward to your comments!
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