DISCLAIMER THING! I do not own Dragon Ball Z
or it's characters, trust me, if I did, I wouldn't be
writing this...
Quick Author's Note: Since we all know who Stephen Beam is, I might as well just refer to him as 17 when we switch over to his P.O.V. Are we all caught up now, good. Enjoy the reading!
Have We Met Before?: Chapter 2: Detective Seventeen
"Marron get up! You fell asleep on your computer again!" Eighteen bellowed.
"Huh, what?" Marron yawned rubbing her eyes. The sun blinded her eyes as she regained her senses.
"How many times have we told you not to do that?" Eighteen asked already knowing the answer. "I'm going to work, tell your father I'll be back when I'm back,"
"Mhmm," Marron muttered.
"What was that?" Eighteen raised an eyebrow.
"Yes mother," Marron replied.
"Good, I'll see you in the afternoon," and with that, Eighteen left her house. Marron got up from her computer desk. She had only written about 2 pages before she fell asleep. She hadn't even really been paying attention to what she was writing, she was far too distracted by the thought of that man. She knew that she had to stop, he was a stranger with a familiar presence.
"Time to get ready for another boring Saturday," Marron muttered to herself. She went to the bathroom to take a shower to wake her up. After about 20 minutes she was out of there, and went to her room to get dressed. Maybe she could take her mind off the man if she hung out with Bra today. She got her cellphone and dialed Bra's number.
"Hello?" answered Bra.
"Hey B.," answered Marron.
"Hey Marron! What's up?" Bra asked her.
"Can you hang out today?" Marron asked moving her bangs out of her face.
"YES! I need to get out of this house. My mom and dad are in one of their fights again, and I can't handle them! I can't even study!" Bra sounded hysterical.
"So, um, I'll pick you up in ten minutes," Marron said.
"Ok, hurry though..." Bra pleaded.
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"Ah, ok, I think I can go through the day now," Seventeen sighed to himself. He had stayed up all night creating an entire replica of North City, and once he was done, he destroyed every single piece of it.
"Hmm, maybe I should clean this up though..." he said to himself.
He didn't want his new apartment to be messy already. Actually it wasn't his. The people who owned it were on vacation, and he thought he might take the liberty upon himself to 'water the plants' while they were gone.
"I wonder if these people have any cable..." he said walking over to the tv. He turned it on to see that they indeed had cable television.
"Hmm, there's nothing to watch, I might as well just watch something stupid to entertain myself, huh, looks like NASCAR is on...but it's only on payperview, I don't think they'll mind..." Seventeen decided to go ahead and change it to the channel, but then realized it needed a pin in order to watch it. So he decided to do the practical pin.
"Hmm, 1-2-3-4...HA! Score!" Seventeen cheered for himself. The pin worked, now he could rot his brain. The announcer was going hysterical with the scores.
"Hmph, I wonder what Eighteen would say about me watching this...she'd probably smack me," he chuckled to himself. Then he remembered that blonde girl he met at the park.
"She was just as dumbfounded as me, I felt as if I know her. Maybe I'm just malfunctioning or something." he said to himself. "Still, her name was Marron, and I know for a fact that 18's kid's name is Marron... but it couldn't be, Marron is a very popular name..." Sevnteen never understood how in the hell Eighteen got pregnant, they were androids not humans.
They might have started out as humans but that pig of an android Gero, turned them into what they are today, it was all too strange. He can even remember the day he met the little 'miracle'. It was a couple of weeks after she was born.
He had searched for Eighteen without knowing that she was even pregnant, let alone with a child. He finally found her, and get this, she asked what he was doing looking for her. Well, he explained and she filled him in on her life since the whole Cell fiasco, and then he noticed that she had a baby in her arms.
She asked him if he wanted to hold her and he declined the offer but then knowing Eighteen, he gave in. When he looked down at his niece, she smiled, he was tempted to smile back but then she needed a change in diaper so the whole touchy feely thing was over. After that he told her that he would disappear from her life, and she let down a tear as a sign of respect for her brother, but she nodded and he left.
"I wonder how long it's been since then? Hmph, I lost track after a week...oh well." he sighed to himself. He did miss the adventures they had together, but that was long ago, now he had to focus on who was winning the race. "This stuff is so boring, I think I might take a walk or something, wait 'I hear the new Calvin Klein collection is on sale!'" Seventeen said using his best girly voice he could. "Yeah, I think I'll visit the West City mall."
"Well, I better get going or they'll surely run out of the hair products I love to use."
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Marron had arrived at Bra's house, only to have her eardrums blown off. She could hear Bulma's angered screeches and Vegeta's furious screams. She was scared to even step a foot on their door stop, but she somehow brought out the courage to ring the doorbell.
"Who the hell can that be!?" Vegeta yelled.
"Vegeta watch your language!" Bulma screamed back.
"Don't tell me what to do!" Vegeta argued. Bulma opened the door and her facial expression changed entirely.
"Hi Marron, Bra should be down soon," Bulma said sweetly.
"Don't lie to the girl with your fake polite voice Bulma!" Vegeta smirked.
"Shut it Vegeta..." Bulma glared "Do you wanna come in sweety?"
"Ah no thanks I'll wait for Bra out here," Marron answered timidly.
"Ok," Bulma said shutting the door then yelling back to Vegeta. "See what you did!? You scared her off you big oaf! This is why none of my friends come to visit me anymore!"
"Me!? Are you sure it isn't your constant yelling!?" Vegeta shot back. Marron couldn't help but to let out a chuckle. Vegeta and Bulma weren't perfect but they sure do know how to make someone laugh.
"Hey Marron!" Bra said pushing Marron away from her house, Bra never liked to have friends over when her parents were fighting. Marron would've sworn that someone else was there but Bra kept pushing her.
"Hey B., so where do you wanna go?" Marron asked.
"Ah somewhere far away, hey do you mind if Trunks comes along?" Bra asked. Marron was too busy being pushed to notice that Trunks was standing near his sister.
"Hey Marron!" Trunks said in a happy mood considering his parents were going at each other's throats.
"Hey Trunks, sure you can come along. But seriously where do you guys wanna go?" Marron asked annoyed.
"How about the West City mall?" suggested Trunks "I hear the new Calvin Klein collection is on sale."
"Um sure why not," Bra joined in.
"Mhmm," Marron said.
Off the three of them went to the W.C Mall.
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"Hmph, I can't belive how many people kill each other for stupid clothes, reminds me of Eighteen," Seventeen muttered to himself.
"Sir, can you help me find my mommy?" tugged a ten year old boy.
"No, but I bet if you were a good boy, your mommy wouldn't have abandoned you here," Seventeen answered.
"What the hell did you just tell my kid!?" yelled an angered mom.
"I told him that if he were well-behaved then you wouldn't have left him. Of course it's never the child's fault, it's always the parents who set the example, and well with a parent like you, I'm surprised the kid hasn't been taken away." Seventeen smirked.
"What, you little jerk!" answered the angry mom.
"Say what you want, you're the one that lost the kid," Seventeen chuckled. The angered mom just walked away defeated, Seventeen knew that he had won.
"I wonder what to do now, there's no use in any of these ridiculous stores, I guess I can look at the new selection of shoes or something." Seventeen walked for a couple minutes before something caught his sight.
"What is she doing here? Oh right, teenage girls do love the mall don't they? Why am I not surprised," Seventeen laughed. " Hmm, looks like she's heading for the new clothes. Then I will head in the opposite direction!" Seventeen would have gone in the opposite direction had it not been for the crowd of people running towards the opening of the biggest sales of the year.
"Hey knock it off! Let me go!" Seventeen screamed.
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"Marron watch out!" Bra screamed before the crowd of people enveloped them.
"Bra! Trunks!" Marron screamed. After the whole crowd was done stampeding, she ended up by the hats.
"What the hell?" said a familiar voice. Marron turned around and saw the man. The same man whom she met at the park.
*What the...what is he doing here!?* Marron thought. She didn't think that she would ever see him again. This was definitely unexpected. What should she do? Should she quietly leave before he turns around? Should she stay? Well it was too late to leave now, he turned around only to see the confused expression on her face.
"Well, it seems we meet again, Miss Marron," Stephen greeted smiling.
"Uh, um, I guess so Mr. Beam," she responded. She couldn't believe it, it was like he was expecting her to be there, it was all too strange.
"Please, call me Stephen. So I'm guessing the pack of people flowed you here," he asked. Marron scratched her head before responding.
"Yeah, those sales don't get any better," she laughed.
"Hmph, well, I think that the whole animal scene is over," he said looking over his shoulder. It was strange, he looked almost like someone she had seen before, she couldn't help but stare at him. He noticed this and chuckled.
"Do I have something on my face?" he asked.
"Huh? Oh, um, no, it's just..." she started.
"It's just what?" he queried.
"You look familiar, maybe I got hit in the head when I was being pushed or something," she finished.
"So Miss Marron, would you like to leave this...aisle?" he asked.
"Is there something wrong with hats," she asked smiling.
"No, I just rather prefer scarfs," he answered while crossing his arms. Marron laughed but then she spotted someone far out, well it seems even a Saiyan can't avoid a sale.
"Well, Stephen, I ,ust take my leave, my um, friends are waiting for me," she said.
"Hm, pitty, well Miss Marron, it was nice seeing you again," he responded holding out his hand. Marron took it and shaked it. There it was again, that feeling of remembrance, why did she always get it when ever she was around him.
"It was nice seeing you too Stephen, have a great day," and with that she took her leave.
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He watched her leave and he smiled. But it soon faded when he saw her 'friend'. It was him! That boy from the supposed future! Yes it was him! What was his name? Boxers? No, no that wasn't it... That lavender hair was hard not to recognize.
What was he doing here! And why hasn't he aged, wait he knew the answer to that, but it had been at least 18 years since he last saw him, and he hasn't even grown a wrinkle! And what was he doing with a 16 year old girl? He had to be at least in his late thirties, sick pervert. Wait a second, that boy... he is the son of Vegeta and that woman with the blue hair... That woman had a strange connection with Goku and the other people... such as that...Krillin!
Eighteen married that bloke! And they were all very close...could it possible? Was that his niece? That girl who had been in his thoughts, that little baby whom he held only once in her entire life. He had to know for sure now. It was too much of a coincidence. He moved from where he was and walked away from her and her friend, just far enough so that he wouldn't be spotted and so he can still manage to eavesdrop on their conversation.
"So the rumors are true, Trunks Briefs loves to go shopping," Marron laughed. Seventeen laughed, the son of the almighty Vegeta, loves to make clothing combos...oh the irony.
"I can't help it, it's relaxing," the boy said "So, how did the murderous pack of people treat you?"
"Not as bad as I thought it would," he swore he could see her smiling.
"Oh? Why is that?" Trunks asked grinning inching his face closer. Seventeen didn't like the way he was moving his face closer to hers, this guy was nothing but a weirdo.
"I met someone who I feel like I've met before..." she said looking over her shoulder back to the hat section. She was saddened to see that he wasn't there anymore.
"Hmph," Trunks responded "anyone I should be concerned about?" he asked teasing her a bit.
"Um, no! I mean as a forgotten 'friend' you dingbat!" she snapped.
"Who the hell says dingbat anymore?" he queried. Seventeen thought they were able to agree on something for once.
"Shut up! Where's Bra?" Marron asked looking around the store.
"I don't know, I kinda lost her..." Trunks answered scratching his head.
"Well she has to be around here some where..." Marron sighed.
"Lets split up and look for her," the boy suggested. Seventeen was annoyed. People were so dull, it was making him yawn. But he had to find out about this girl. He still had his doubts about Marron. He wouldn't make it fact until he saw the evidence he needed.
"Okie dokie," Marron agreed. Damn it, hopefully they find that person fast so that I can continue with my investigation. He felt ridiculous following this girl around, maybe he should find a hobby that doesn't involve shadowing minors.
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"Where could this girl have gone?" Marron groaned to herself. She couldn't believe that a someone like Bra could be swept by a pack of people like that. Bra was usually the one leading the pack not the one who was being overwhelmed by it. Finally, she spotted the un-forgettable blue hair. She finally found her.
"Bra!" Marron shouted.
"Oh hey Marron," Bra answered.
"Trunks and I were looking all over for you," Marron sighed.
"Oh well, here I am! So see any sales that go towards your favor?" Bra asked.
"Not really, I haven't payed much attention to them at all, but it seems like your brother has," Marron laughed.
"I swear, should father ever find out about his 'hobby', he would dis-own him faster than you can snap your fingers," Bra chuckled.
"Well, shall we look for fashionista Trunks Briefs?" Marron suggested.
"I guess so- speak of the devil, there he is," Bra pointed out.
"Hey Trunks!"Marron waved.
"Well it seems I'm the only one walking around like an idiot." Trunks smirked.
"Don't worry, you're always doing that by your self," Bra joked. Trunks then shot his sister a look that made her laugh harder.
"Well you guys I think I'm gonna head home, I'm starting to get tired," Marron said.
"Okay, do you need company on the way home?" Trunks asked.
"No, I'll be fine, you two stay here," Marron answered.
"Ok, we'll see you tomorrow then," Bra said hugging her friend.
"Mhmm, bye you guys," Marron smiled while walking away. She needed time to clear her head about Stephen Beam and she wouldn't be able to do that if she had people with her.
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"Well it's about time she went home, I was getting tired of looking at the discount 'bargains'," Seventeen muttered to himself. He started to walk where Marron was headed when something grabbed his shoulder.
"This him honey?" said a gruff voice.
"Yeah that's him papa!" exclaimed a child's voice.
"Shut up boy! Yeah, that's him baby," replied a woman's voice. Seventeen already knew who they were. It was that trash family he had disputed with earlier.
"Listen you worthless piece of flesh, get your grubby filthy hand off of my shoulder before I take it off for you," Seventeen wasn't in the mood to play games he had important matters to attend to.
"I don't think so, you're gonna pay for insultin' my woman-" the man was cut off.
"This is a woman?" Seventeen smirked.
"Oh now you're gonna get it, kill him honey!" the woman yelled.
"Yeah, let me just end this quickly..." and with that, Seventeen flicked the man in the forehead and sent him flying through the air until he hit pretzel cart.
"What did you do!? Daddy!" the boy cried.
"Listen kid, do you want to end up like your dad, if you don't then stay in school," Seventeen said walking away.
After about 10 minutes, Seventeen decided he would pick up the pace a bit. Marron was heading into the middle of no where, and he was finding it rather odd because she heading towards the ocean line. She got on a boat and started to speed away. Seventeen was finding it all too similar.
He started to fly behind her boat. Then came a dreaded house. Seventeen couldn't believe what he was seeing. He only needed one more piece of proof. She got out of the boat and went towards the front door of the house. He landed once she had closed it. He stood in front of the door. Then she spoke.
"Dad!I'm home!" Marron yelled.
"Where ya been Marron?" answered a voice that Seventeen knew all too well. It was the voice of his brother in law. This was the house of his sister, and inside was his niece. Detective Seventeen closed the case.
Chapter 2 you guys! I hoped ya'll liked it! Now please REVIEW and tell me how to improve for your guy's pleasure (because I love you guys that much) Thank you guys for reading! Until next week!
