Finding Love (Vegeta x Goku)

Bad News

Vegeta froze as the name penetrated the red haze, and he could feel the blood drain from his face. He let out another enraged roar and tightened his grip on Turles' throat as his nails left bloody tracks. He slammed a fist into the other's ribs, feeling a satisfying crunch under his knuckles. Another blow landed, breaking Turles' jaw before Vegeta began raining down multiple hits on the pinned man under him who no longer needed the smaller man to hold him down.

He pulled a hand back and charged up a blast to end the life before him with a snarl.

"VEGETA!!! STOP!!!" Bardock, in his own ascended form, slammed into the prince and struggled to pull him off the barely conscious pirate. "We still need him alive!"

When Vegeta still fought against the hold on his arms, Gohan and Raditz joined the older alpha in pulling the livid dominant back. It took all three of them to drag Vegeta off Turles.

"Let me go! He deserves to die! I'll have his pelt nailed on my wall for giving Kakarot to that bitch!" The alpha spat as he twisted elbowing Gohan in the sternum and he kicking Bardock in the side. Raditz managed to keep his grip on the smaller alpha with his arms under Vegeta's shoulders.

Turles choked up blood as he rolled onto his stomach trying to escape and put distance between the enraged alpha and himself out of sheer survival instinct. He screamed in pain as a booted foot pinned his limp tail against the stone ruble.

"Not this time you rat." Nappa growled before grinding his foot to take the fight out of the pirate. "You've caused a great deal of trouble lately and I don't appreciate attacks on the royal family. I'm half tempted to let Vegeta rip you limb from limb."

Bardock snarled as he held the struggling prince back as his bare feet slid across the stone. He knew if he let go now there was no way Turles would survive Vegeta's onslaught, and they would lose whatever information the slug had on Kakarot's whereabouts.

"Vegeta, please calm down." Gohan shouted over Vegeta's snarls as he jumped in front of the enraged alpha and pushed against his shoulders and chest to hold him back. "It won't help us find my Dad any faster if you kill him now." His son's words pierced the haze of fury and the alpha's struggles ceased aside from the enraged shaking of his limbs as he fought to calm down. His tail lashed the air angrily as he growled in his chest with bared fangs.

Bardock sighed and thanked the goddess his grandson managed to call Vegeta off. Slowly he and Raditz released the younger alpha ready to act if he snapped again. Gohan shivered as Vegeta reminded him of a predator at that moment. Somehow it was worse than having to fight him in his great ape transformation all those years ago.

"I'll ask you one time before I start taking body parts." Bardock hissed kneeling in front of the wounded pirate and grabbing a fist full of dark hair. "Where is Kakarot? Think very hard before you answer." He said pulling out a small thin, blade from the belt he must have brought with him after leaving the arena.

"He gave him to Shiveria!" Vegeta snarled as his power flared, and Raditz and Nappa froze for a second before glaring at the space pirate.

"NO!" Turles shouted angrily. "I never wanted to hurt Kakarot. I wanted him for my mate." Vegeta snarled and Gohan managed to grab his stepfather before his claws ripped out the pirate's throat.

"I'll kill you!" The alpha screamed as Gohan stopped him.

"I didn't give Kakarot to Shiveria! They tricked me and took him."

"Explain to those of us who are unfamiliar with this Shiveria, now." Bardock hissed as he harshly jerked the hair on the dark skinned saiyan's head.

Turles winced and brought a hand up to grip Bardock's wrist to help relieve the pressure on his scalp, but it didn't do anything to help. He gritted his teeth when the hand pulled his head back to expose the dominant's throat. The vulnerable position made him angry, unfortunately he couldn't do anything.