Disclaimer: DBZ names and characters are not mine blah de blah etc etc.
A/N: Takes place between DBZ and GT. All ages, events etc are the same.
Chapter 1
Her body was on fire. She felt as though she has just been put through a steam press. The pain was searing and almost unbearable. She tried to block it out and open her eyes to see where she was, but to no avail. She could feel the blood running down the side of her legs, and she though for sure her right arm was broken in at least 2 places. She was roasting in her thick clothes. The hot sun beating down on her back didn't help. For the first time in her life she felt that death was near.
She tried to remember just how she got there and why she was so beat up. She strained to remember…nothing. Her head was pounding. It took so much of her energy just to stay awake. She fought it for as long as she could She gave in. She slipped into unconsciousness.
* * * * *
'This is so lame' Goten whined. The sun dappled through the trees in forest surrounding Goten's home. Trunks decided that Goten should take some time out of his busy dating schedule and that they should train seeing it was such a nice day and he didn't want to be stuck in the GR room. What train really meant was throwing a few punches stopping talking maybe getting an apple off a tree then maybe throwing a few more punches if they felt like it and generally doing nothing.
'You're just complaining because I can beat you so easily!!' replied Trunks
'No I'm not' said Goten dropping his fighting stance and sitting cross legged on the lush green grass 'I'm complaining because… because… because there is too many trees around here to spar properly!'
Trunks rolled his eyes.
'Fine' he said 'lets go somewhere else'
'What?' Goten stared 'Like right now?'
Trunks knew Goten didn't really want to fight but he really didn't want to go home and have his dad tell him how lazy he was getting and be forced into training with him.
'C'mon' Trunks had to pull Goten up. 'Isn't there like a huge desert near here or something?' Trunks asked
'Yeah it's like 15 minutes that way' Goten replied, pointing east and immediately realising his mistake. 'But-'
'Great, lets go'
After 30 minutes of slow flying on Goten's part they saw the flourishing forest give way to a barren red wasteland. They knew they had reached the desert area. They were looking for a good spot to land when Goten stopped so suddenly that Trunks slammed right into him.
' HEY, what the hell…' Trunks yelled
Before he could finish he saw why Goten had stopped.
'What is THAT?' exclaimed Goten
'Who cares' replied Trunks
'It looks like some sort of carcass! Lets go check it out!' said Goten
'Why? It's probably just some animal that didn't make it across the desert' Trunks called after Goten who had already landed. Goten walked forward to get a closer look.
'Hey!' He called to Trunks 'I think it's a person!'
'Yeah right Goten' said Trunks causally landing. He stepped forward to look and jumped back at what he saw. 'Oh man, it's a body…a REAL body…. We need to get the police or something'
'I think it's alive, Trunks!'
'Of course it is, it's in the middle of the desert' replied Trunks sarcastically
'It is, you can see it breathing, look' Goten pointed to the body 'We should take them to a hospital or something, I mean, check out that arm, it looks pretty well shattered.'
'Well you can take it, bodies aren't really my thing'
'You have to help me'
'There is no way I am touching that…that thing'
'We have to, they need our help'
'No'
'C'mon. We have to' pleaded Goten
'Fine. But if I catch some disgusting disease I'm blaming you'
Goten beamed. They lifted the body up. Despite the thick clothes the person was wearing they were pretty light.
'Hey they're a lot lighter that I thought' said Goten
'Great' said Trunks 'You can carry it!'
Trunks flew ahead leaving Goten to carry the person. They took the person to the nearest hospital. They found out at the hospital that beneath the thick rags was a pretty young girl. The hospital then informed the boys that they wouldn't accept the girl because she had no identification, no serious injury and they simply couldn't spare a bed for someone who was just unconscious and most importantly she had no insurance. The boys were promptly given back the girl.
'What are we going to do now?' Goten wondered aloud
'You wanted to save her, you think of something' said Trunks
'She can stay at your house Trunks!'
'WHAT! Hey you wanted to save her not me why don't you take her to your house, and besides I'm sure my mom would love that, hey mom heres some weird girl we found in the desert can we keep her? I mean we don't know anything about her but I'm sure she's a nice girl an-'
'…Yeah Mrs Brief, no she's not badly hurt or anything… great… thanks!' Goten hung up his cell phone. Trunks just stared at him. 'Your mom says it's fine and she'll be here in 10 minutes to pick all of us up!'
Who is this girl? Why was she in the desert? What will happen when she wakes up?
Question answered in the next chappie!