Risk
Prologue
Ever since Goku had been warned of his friends and son's plight on Namek, the Earth-raised Saiya-jin had left without much a word to anyone besides his master with the people of the hospital staff listening in. He had not even bade a farewell to his wife; assuming that she would be alright for his absence. This was after the ordeal that he had with the Saiya-jin that invaded Earth in order to finish what Goku; rather Kakarrot had failed to do. After much discussion on how to fly the ship by Dr. Briefs, Bulma's father, it was time he prepared for departure.
'I need to get to Namek,' Goku thought silently to himself. He crossed the ship's floor towards the control panel. 'The others need me and I don't want to let them down. If I do, then Chi-chi's going to be so upset that Gohan's hurt or killed.'
Glancing at the control panel, Goku found himself at a loss before thinking back to what the scientist had discussed with him minutes ago. This was before he rambled on about planning to install other unnecessary things on the ship. Once he remembered which button would launch the ship, he pressed another button that closed the door to the spaceship before he sat down in the chair. Pressing another button, the engines roared to life and the ship shuttered from the ignition being triggered. Not a moment later, the ship's activity caused gravity to bear down upon the warrior as he cried out in shock.
Somewhere behind Goku, a thud and he felt a familiar, yet very faint chi. Barely able to turn his head, his eyes looked where the intruder was at; however, he couldn't move at all due to the inertia that the ship was flying at that very moment. He squelched the urge to stand while the ship exited Earth's atmosphere at a great speed and remained seated until the pressure lightened upon his body. He would have stood up, but he did not wish to waste any of the Senzu Beans he had received from Yajarobe. Not yet anyway.
Once the inertia had lifted and the ship righted itself within the empty void of space, Goku decided not to delay a moment longer to find out who was on the ship with him. Crossing the room and peering behind the gravity machine, he was not prepared for who was in the ship with him. In fact, it was the last person he would have ever expected to join him on this mission he had to go on.
"Chi-chi?" Goku eyes widened in pure horror while he glanced down his poor wife sprawled out on the ground unconscious.
Turning to look out the window, Goku saw Earth was a tiny blue speck within the vast starry ocean. Recognition dawned on his face and he knew that he was undoubtedly now stuck on the spaceship with his wife. Like it or not, he could not afford to try and turn the ship back now since he knew that he had no idea how to control such a complicated machine. Pulling the female in his arms, he held her silently and in a more comfortable manner so she wouldn't be resting on the ground.
Once Chi-chi awakened however, Goku knew that they were going to have a long talk.
To Be Continued…
