Search and Rescue

Chapter two: Discovered?

Disclaimer: standard. I own nothing but my mind … and I lost that a long time ago. T.T oh woe is me!

A/N; okay, for those of you that may not have figures t out yet, this is an AU, set just after Cell reaches Perfect form, but before he announces his little games, Goku is still recovering from the heart Disease, so you won't see much of him… or that harpy wife of his.

Meegan stormed out from the shadows of the building, cursing Cell under her breath, her mind running through their….encounter. How had some stupid male made her lose track so easily? It didn't matter, she eventually reasoned, lifting hear head to look at her surroundings. It would not happen again.

She was in the middle of what looked like a smallish earth city. Searching for some sign of where she was Meegan studied the buildings. Kami… how did these people find their way around? Everything looked the same! Glowering, Meegan switched back to her scouter and looked around again.

There was another city, much larger than this one fairly nearby. Maybe there she could find something useful about the Prince. And this Cell guy. He was obviously well known on this planet. Wait. Her mission was the prince, not some handsome stranger that she'd only just…. Wait, handsome?

Meegan's eyes widened. Handsome?! She shook her head. No way! She was acting like a stupid child again. Growling softly to herself, Meegan started in the direction of the nearest City. She had been walking less than five minutes when…

"HEY!" Meegan whipped around at the sound of the voice, searching for its owner, when a young boy came bolting out of a building to her left. "hey, miss, are you okay?" Meegan stared at the kid in confusion. Why hadn't she picked him up on her scouter?

As he stopped next to her, Meegan noted that he had dark eyes, and hair that reminded her of one of her friends back home, must be coincidence, She decided, tilting her head slightly. Meegan briefly wondered whether or not to answer him before deciding that it wouldn't hurt to talk to him, after all, he was just a kid.

"I'm fine." She replied cautiously.

"Oh good. You know, you really shouldn't be here, Cell could still be in the City." Meegan felt her breath hitch at the mention of the strange man. This kid obviously knew who he was.

"Uh… who is Cell?" The boy's jaw dropped at the question, and it was at this point that he seemed to notice her armour. His brows furrowed in thought, and for a moment Meegan tensed, before his expression cleared slightly.

"You're not from around here, are you?" he asked mildly, and Meegan shook her head. "yeah, that explains a lot. Well, Miss…?" Meegan looked at him blankly, before realising that he was asking her name.

"oh, it's Meegan." The boy smiled.

"Well, Meegan, I'm Gohan, you really picked a bad time to travel." Meegan looked at the ruins around her. So she saw. "You see, lately there've been these really bad attacks by this guy called Cell. Most people call him the monster of Nikkitown which is one of the first Cities he attacked."

Meegan blinked. So Cell had done all this damage, and killed this entire city? Somehow the news didn't surprise her much, as if part of her had known all along. She frowned.

"But why?" she asked, curiously. Cell hadn't seemed the type to just destroy cities for no reason, he'd seemed to have a goal.

"He's an Android," Gohan replied, with a strange, almost sad look on his face. "its what he's been programmed to do." Before Meegan cold even think of how to process the information, let alone give an answer, a tall, green guy appeared next to Gohan. Meegan instantly recognised the newcomer as a Namek, and her jaw dropped. First Cell, and now a Namek? Any more surprises? She thought scathingly.

Gohan, assuming she was just shocked to see a huge green guy appear out of thin air, immediately introduced him as Piccolo, a friend, and added that he wouldn't harm her. Meegan stared at the Namek in shock for a few moments before snapping out of it, and turning to Gohan again who was now introducing her to Piccolo.

Piccolo however had caught the recognition in her eyes and was now studying the girl, or more particularly, her armour. Interesting… her armour bore a startling resemblance to that of Vegeta's when he first arrived on earth with Radditz. Hers was definitely the Ki signature that he'd sensed earlier. She was wearing a scouter, and, Piccolo mentally smirked, he could hear her tail flicking agitatedly under her cloak. So… He mused, The Prince of all Saiyans has himself another subject. But how will he react to this knowledge? Piccolo mentally chuckled at the thought of Vegeta's face when he found out the girl was a Saiyan. This was going to be very interesting.

"…don't know your way around here, so I think you should definitely come with us, what do you think Piccolo?"

Piccolo crossed his arms and nodded. "Yes, that would be best." That way we can keep an eye on her.

"There, even Piccolo thinks it's a good idea, and he's always right." Meegan looked between the two of them. Were All humans nuts, or was this Gohan just an exception? She'd been particularly surprised when he had asked where she was planning to stay, and when she'd hesitated, he'd proceeded to try and persuade her to go with them.

Meegan hesitated again, weighing up the situation. These humans were obviously very different to Saiyans, and if she was going to remain hidden she would need to know as much as she could about their customs, so maybe going with the kid wouldn't be a bad idea. Looking back at Gohan, Meegan gave a small nod.

"…Okay. I'll go with you."

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It took them a reasonably short time to get to the outskirts of West City, at which point it was Piccolo that suggested that Meegan stay at Capsule Corp with Bulma instead of at the Son house, as someone named Goku was still recovering. Gohan had seemed disappointed, but had agreed that it was probably best, so they'd changed their course and headed for Capsule Corp instead.

Bulma had greeted them at the door, and after a short summary of events from Gohan, well, his version anyway, Bulma had insisted that Meegan just simply HAD to stay there. After saying goodbye to Gohan and Piccolo, Bulma had taken one look at Meegan and had decided that the armour simply HAD to go.

So that was how Meegan found herself dragged through the building and into a spare room, given a pile of human clothes and sent to try them on.

"Meegan, come on out. I'm sure it's not that bad!" Bulma yelled at the bathroom door for the fifth time.

Meegan growled. Like hell. She looked down at herself and then back at the Mirror. The crazy human woman had given her figure hugging navy jeans and a short midnight-blue top that only had thin straps to keep it up. I must be out of my mind.. Meegan thought with a scowl. How in HFIL do these humans walk around in this? She felt bare without her armour, and how was she supposed to hide her tail in this?

Meegan looked at the pants again, and noticing loops around the waist had an idea. Meegan carefully threaded her tail through the loops in the jeans, making it look like a belt, then, looking in the mirror again decided that she'd have to bear with the human clothing. But there had to be something longer than this!

Meegan wrapped her cloak around her shoulders and pulled open the bathroom door. She would have laughed at Bulma's expression which was a mixture of disappointment, shock and anger if she hadn't been so agitated about the outfit.

"Meegan, take off the cloak?" Meegan growled and shook her head.

"Not until you give me something that actually covers anything." Bulma opened her mouth to argue, but something about the girl reminded her of Vegeta, and she decided it was best not to push her. Sighing, Bulma walked over to the cupboard and rummaged through the items of clothing, eventually coming up with a fitted navy corduroy jacket that ended just above the knees. It would go well with the jeans as well as look good. Satisfied, Bulma walked back to Meegan and held out the jacket, Meegan regarded it for a moment before taking it and quickly shrugging into it while letting her cape fall at the same time.

Bulma regarded the girl silently as she bent to pick up the cape and folded it carefully, laying the rest of her armour on top of it. When Meegan stood up straight again, Bulma beamed at her.

" I knew it! That blue brings out the colour of your eyes wonderfully!" Bulma looked over her again, smiling happily at her choice. "Now, How about some lunch?" Meegan didn't even have a chance to answer as her stomach gave a growl, causing her to blush lightly. Bulma just laughed and headed for the kitchen, thinking to herself that It'd be nice to have some normal company at a meal for once, seeing as Vegeta and Trunks were in the Gravity room training.

Her hopes were thwarted, however, when she heard Vegeta's voice yelling at her from the kitchen.

"Woman! Your bloody room has broken again!"

Meegan watched in amusement as Bulma seemed to change colours and clench her fists before storming into the kitchen and screaming at the top of her voice.

"I have a Name you bastard! And Maybe if you'd stop being so fixated on your bloody pride and stop blasting it into a pile of fried circuitry every other day it wouldn't break so often!"

Chuckling darkly, Meegan walked into the kitchen to watch the fight, and stopped dead. Oh shit. Meegan was torn between the urge to run and her Saiyan pride that commanded her to stay, and in that split second of indecision, before pride won out , she thought she might just faint. But as pride took over she calmed herself down and forced herself to move into the kitchen, just as Vegeta, The Prince of Saiyans, shifted his gaze to look directly at her, a small spark of surprise crossing his eyes, before his features settled into the sneer that seemed to be his natural expression.

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MN::raises hands:: NO, you're not allowed to kill me for the cliffie. If I don't stop it here, this chappie would've dragged on for too long.

MERLA: Okay, I have a question. Is Bulma blind? I mean how come she hasn't noticed the resemblance to Vegeta's armour and Meegan's TAIL?

BULMA: I'm NOT blind. I think t's cause I spent so much time around Goku when he had his tail, that I kinda just block it out.

UNI: that's plausible.

MN: okay, any more questions? No? okay, well, PLEASE R+R!!!