Unexpected Happiness (Vegeta x Goku)

Chapter 17

Vegeta watched Toa anxiously pace the cell and sighed. He hadn't been able to calm the beta since Chorri took the boys that morning. Between himself and Kome they managed to explain enough that Toa didn't fight or get violent thankfully, likely because Kome wasn't upset, and it was the cat who was taking them.  That hadn't stopped the beta from being anxious or upset that the cubs were gone.

With a pitiful whimper, Toa finally returned to the larger nest made from the prince's bedding. The prince gave a soft growl and settled the beta with his head on the prince's lap. Toa had tears in the corner of his eyes, and Vegeta could see the smaller male was already depressed and mourning.

"They'll be back, they just went for a check up." Vegeta soothed wanting to stop his mate's tears. He didn't dare use the saiyan tongue because of the more frequent guard activity. Toa was exhausted, the cubs draining him of more energy than he had to give. The beta hadn't eaten today, not since breakfast, and the alpha already knew it would be a battle to get him to eat anything at the next meal. Gently he draped the blanket with Kome and Seba's scent over his mate watching with a sad smile as the little beta rubbed his nose in the fabric with a whimper.

The alpha held in his frustrated growl. His mate shouldn't have to endure this. He shouldn't have to live like this. Shoving the useless thoughts away, he purred trying to soothe Toa. He could understand why Toa was upset. There was no guarantee they would see the boy's again other than Chorri's word.

He brushed his fingers through the beta's mane, now less matted than before but far from clean or even soft. Using his fingers Vegeta resumed combing some of the mats from Toa's hair with nothing else to do. He hoped it would make his mate feel better and relax him enough to rest.

"How cute." Vegeta snarled as Toa bolted to his corner and glared at the blue alien who was leaning against the wall outside. Vegeta was momentarily confused how they didn't smell him coming. "You aren't getting attached are you?"

"Get lost." Vegeta growled shifting between his terrified mate and the threat outside before he grinned. "I thought the cat said you weren't supposed to be down here. You don't want to piss of Frieza would you?"

"As if he'll do anything to me." He was messing with something shiny as he spoke that caught the prince's attention.  Zarbon didn't miss the glance. "Oh you noticed them." Dark eyes widened seconds later as Zarbon held up a string of gold colored tags that Vegeta recognized. They were tags, saiyan tags worn by every member of the military.

"These are my newest additions to my collection. I pull them off every monkey I put down. I have over 500 of them."

Vegeta couldn't stop his growl as the hair on his neck stood on end. This....bastard ...so casually going on about killing his people. Zarbon smirked and pulled out two other tags, one of which was shining and engraved with the symbol of the royal house as he flippantly dangled it in front of the barrier.

"You know this is my favorite new addition." Zarbon smugly stated pacing slightly while taunting the prince with his own tags. "The mighty Prince Vegeta. Some fighter you turned out to be. Tell me something, how does it feel knowing the rest of your life will amount to nothing more than screwing a worthless whore."

"I don't know, probably the same as you spending your life being Frieza's little bitch." Vegeta snarled back with a grin. "Zarbon, the pansy that got torn up by a powerless beta saiyan. Seriously, did you actually kill my people or did you clean up behind the Ginyu Force?"