I do not own DBZ... if only.
*sigh*
A/N: For those of you who are following, THANK YOU, second, I have gone back and re-edited some chapters, some I have just edited, others I have added whole new material. I will indicate so on each chapter. Thanks again for all your reviews, follows, and views! This is one of the chapters re-edited with additions!
The Lost Sister
Chapter 1: Arrival
It was a warmer than average day at the compound. Bulma was tinkering away in her laboratory while Vegeta was training in the gravity chamber. The air hung heavy in the lab, the lingering smell of grease and solder was ever present and with only two small windows near the ceiling to allow air into the room, it wasn't about to dissipate any time soon. Sweat was dripping down Bulma's forehead and she focused on connecting two very small wires. 'Almost have it, hold your hands still Bulma,' She thought to herself, her tongue sticking out of her mouth in deep concentration, 'Just like operation, Bulma. One last connection and you're good for a break.' She smiled to herself as the last bit of solder connected.
"Whew! I can't believe I got that done!" She exclaimed, throwing her hands up in triumph, "Now! Out of this stuffy horrible lab and to the pool. A girl needs a break once in a while!" Bulma wiped the sweat from her forehead and headed up the steps out of her laboratory, unzipping her jumpsuit as she walked. She ran directly to her room to change, grabbing her new bright red bikini and sliding it over her figure. She snatched up her towel and sunglasses and headed towards the pool for a plunge.
Bulma jumped in and enjoyed the feel of the cool water surrouning her body. It was so refreshing she was overwhelmed with relief. When she surfaced for air, she took in a deep breath, allowing all the stress of her day, hell her whole week, to finally melt off her body. There was nothing quite like a cold pool on a hot day. "Oh this is amazing…" she whispered to herself, "Working on that project for three weeks and it's finally done. Thank Kami!" Bulma leaned back in the water and let herself float as she stared up at the sky. 'It's so perfectly blue today, how beautiful,' she thought.
Just before she closed her eyes, Bulma spotted something sparkling way up in the atmosphere. Being the scientist she was, she stood up to get a better look, covering her eyes from the bright light of the sun. 'That's strange, could that be a meteorite?' The object seemed to get larger and rapidly moved across the sky.
Suddenly Bulma realized the compound had grown unusually silent. The hum of the gravity machine, a sound that was almost a constant on the Capsule Corporation compound, had abruptly stopped. Bulma looked around her, searching for her houseguest. "Vegeta?" she called, 'It's way past lunch time, why would he stop training now, dinner's not for another few hours?' Bulma looked back up at the object falling from the sky and gasped with fear. "That's no meteorite! That's a ship! VEGETA!" She screamed, almost frantic as her mind raced with images of the alien's she'd encountered while on Namek.
"I know woman! I felt it!" Vegeta yelled back at her as he walked towards the pool. He was using a towel to wipe the sweat from his forehead, his bare chest shone in the sunlight as he moved through the yard towards the aqua-haired human. Bulma's fear was forgotten for a second as her eyes took in the exceptional form of her alien houseguest. 'Oh Kami…' She thought before catching herself, there was a much more pressing issues at the moment than how good looking Vegeta was.
Collecting herself, Bulma made it to the edge of the pool and jumped out of the water. Although Vegeta didn't seem too worried, his eyes followed the trajectory of the pod. He shut his eyes for a second to focus on the power within the pod. It wasn't very high, in fact it was unusually low. He wondered if there was even anyone still alive in there. When he opened his eyes, his eyes were met with the image of Bulma in her bright red bikini, hand shading her face from the glare of the sun, also looking towards the object falling to earth. He was lost in his thoughts for a moment at the site of her almost naked body, forgetting there was a visitor from another world about to land.
"What the hell is that?! That had better not be one of your Freeza friends." She shot him a dirty look, breaking his thoughts of her naked and laying under him, screaming his name. Vegeta blinked a few times, pulling himself out of his inappropriate musings. "You said no one knew you were on Earth!"
"No one does, Woman." He spat back. He forced himself to keep his eyes above her neck and narrowed his gaze. The ship sped past the city towards a forest about 100 miles away.
Bulma turned from Vegeta to run inside, yelling to his as she threw the door open. "I'm going to call Goku! He should be there if some scary alien comes out of that thing to attack us." As she returned to the yard, phone in hand, and yelled to Vegeta, "You should probably go…" and her voice trailed off and she watched him take off in the direction of the ship. "Never mind…"
The decent to earth was shaky at best. The muffled sounds of burning atmosphere and medal were rumbling from outside, while inside, only the shallow, labored breathing of the sole occupant could be heard.
"One minuet till landing." A computerized voice announced to the only passenger. A few small alarms sounded to indicate the location of the landing and the speed of decent. Soon the afterburners sounded, slowing the speed of the pod substantially. The occupant leaned forward towards the window, straining to get a better look out. The traveler lifted a bloody hand to depress the button of the scouter. Images flashed over the blue screen, alien numbers and words indicating where the most powerful beings on the planet where at the moment flashed across the screen. One number was on the move, speeding across the globe at an impressive speed. According to the calculations the scouter reported it would land approximately where the pod was to land.
"Great, a welcoming party." The passenger spoke in an almost inaudible whisper. Again the button was depressed and displayed two other powerful beings on the planet. One was indicated as being near her projected landing site but still while another impressive power was much further away, and as of yet unmoving.
The space traveler leaned back, releasing a long breath. The scouter's button was depressed one last time and turned off. Both the traveler's eyes closed in concentration, preparing for landing.
'Here goes nothing.'
