* Prologue *

She was trying very hard not to be scared.

It wasn't working.

"Let me go!" She demanded, probably for the hundredth time since she woke up to find herself tied up and at the mercy of the three men with her in the plane. "Do you want my Daddy to beat you up like he did Cell?! Let me go or you're gonna be sorry!"

That earned her a slap to the face from the nearest thug, which made her cheek sting as blood swelled in her mouth.

"Shut up, you little brat!" He snarled, still nursing the black eye he had earned when the girl had woken up to find them breaking into her room to kidnap her. She had only started training a few months earlier, so she wasn't very strong yet, but the fact that she could fight at all had taken the men by surprise, and ensured that they didn't have an easy time stealing her from her home.

"Take it easy." One of the other kidnappers said, frowning at his companion. "If we hurt the kid too badly, we could have a lot of trouble getting her father to cooperate with the ransom."

"Yeah man." The third kidnapper agreed from where he sat flying the plane. "I'm all for some quick, easy cash, but pissing off Hercule Satan just ain't smart."

"We just flew off with his precious little princess here." The first kidnapper scoffed. "Pretty sure that ship has sailed, buddy." Turning back to the little girl tied up before him, the man gave a cruel smirk at the sight of her glare. "Don't worry though. Even the mighty World Savior wouldn't dare do anything so long as little Miss Videl Satan here is honoring us with her presence."

Glaring harder, Videl spat blood into the bully's face. The smirk fell away immediately, and the second kidnapper had to scramble to his feet to restrain his friend from attacking the girl again.

"Easy, easy!" He said, grunting with the effort of keeping the large man off of the child. "She's no use to us dead, you know!" That seemed to calm the enraged criminal down a little, but the scowl he leveled at Videl as his friend released him was absolutely thunderous.

"You better pray that your Daddy comes through for you, brat." He growled out poisonously. "Otherwise, I'm gonna take great pleasure in chopping you up into bite-sized pieces and mailing you back to Hercule in a shoebox."

Videl tried to glare bravely at the man after he said that, but she couldn't stop her body from shaking.

She hadn't been so scared since the day she watched her Daddy leave to go fight in the Cell Games. She was so sure that was going to be the last time she ever saw him. After all, her Daddy was strong, but what chance did any human have against a monster who could kill a whole army all by himself?

When her father had returned to her, not only alive but victorious, she had been more happy then she had ever been in her whole entire life. She had hugged him tightly the second he stepped into view, positively euphoric as the World Champ laughed loudly and flashed a victory sign with his free hand to the waiting cameras. That experience had been a very powerful lesson to Videl to never underestimate her father.

Remembering that made a spark of courage burn in the young girl's chest, diminishing her fears a bit.

That's right… she reminded herself, eyebrows drawing together in determination. I'm the daughter of the strongest man in the world. If Daddy can beat Cell, then these dumb crooks are no match for me.

The spark of courage became a burning flame at that thought. Taking a deep breath, Videl jumped to her feet and lunged for the kidnapper who kept threatening her, digging her shoulder into his stomach as hard as she could.

"You little brat!" The second kidnapper snapped as his friend went down, making a grab for Videl. The small girl ducked his groping hands and cast her eyes around desperately for anything that could break the rope that bound her hands together. She needed to work fast, the first kidnapper was already starting to get back up. Spotting a lever nearby, the little girl practically pounced, jamming the metal in between her captured hands and pulling as hard as she could. The lever was pulled up in her exertion and, before Videl could figure out what was happening, a door opened right next to her.

The unexpected suction from the outside dragged the girl off her feet and sent her tumbling backwards to the ground below. The last thing she saw of the plane was the look of horror on her kidnapper's face as she toppled away, falling helplessly to the earth below.

And that was the last anyone ever saw of Videl Satan, daughter of the Savior of the World.