Realizations

** Four Days Later**

Clutching the documents in her hand, Bulma ran up the stairwell, not wanting to pause and catch her breath in case she lost time. She glanced down at the papers, still in a sort of awe at the additional information she found, not only on the woman, but the woman's condition as well. This is mind blowing, she thought. Amazing, life-changing, and scary as hell! Bulma drew in a much needed breath, pausing to calm down for a moment, still trying to process all that had came through. She was a genius sure, but this was a lot to take in, even for her. She started walking, shuffling through the paperwork until she came upon the preliminary report that explained not only the woman's DNA, but also her lineage and bloodline:

"...and so the Saiyan race was forced to depart their most prominent member of their royal bloodline. The daughter of the sister of Queen Vegeta was once again torn apart from her female offspring, sending the child to Quadrant 5F, where she had been sent once before, only to return four months later, haggard,almost dead. The Queen soon found out that War had broke out among the Curilions, a vicious race, almost more so than saiyans. Although the girl, all of but fifteen, held her own until the last, when a group of their most deadly warriors surrounded her, intent on murder. The girl barely escaped, though no one knows exactly how. This prominent daughter of the people, Princess Marie Beanca Vegeta-san, went on to become one of the most fearsome and deadliest elite warriors on Planet Vegeta. Until one day, almost two years later, she disappeared. Her mother, Darela Vonnaden, the Queens sister, sent out squadrons all over the universe, searching for her only child, to no avail. No one knows what happened to the daughter, but speculation abounded to death, imprisonment, or even to the unheard of, that Princess Marie left on her own accord. The Queen and King of Planet Vegeta helped scour the universe, keeping their own son, a child, close at hand. But soon gave it up as a new threat loomed. When their planet was ravaged by a monster called Frieza. His henchmen..."

Bulma quickly folded the papers, not wanting to revisit memories of that monster or what Hell he brought to others. She repeated the woman's name in her head. Princess Marie Beanca Vegeta-san. She stopped in her tracks. Oh My God! Vegeta-san! She's related to Vegeta! That would make her...royalty, almost higher in rank than Vegeta. Bulma smothered a laugh. Vegeta always brought up his superior race. He thought he was the last of the royal bloodline. Wait until he hears about this! He's going to bust a blood vessel. On second thought, maybe she'd better keep this to herself for awhile. Just until we learn more about this woman, and what she's capable of. Bulma gave a definite nod of her head, and turned around. Maybe I should destroy these and keep the information in a locked file on my computer. Vegeta had no clue how to work her computer, he never went down there anyway, unless he wanted her to fix something. And don't even get her started on Goku! He's not as stupid as you think. Goku's a lot smarter than most people give him credit for. She shook her head, not really wanting to go into that at the moment. Her mind made up, she headed back to her lab.


Was she in a coma again!? At this rate, she thought, I'm never going to recover. A few minutes later she deduced that she wasn't, as she was able to move her hands. Her left one brushed up against steel, bubbles gliding along her skin, the sensation somewhat familiar. What the Hell? Was she floating in...water!? She reached up and felt her face. Some sort of mask was attached to her mouth and nose, a long tube going up to...well she didn't know. It took all her effort to crack her eyes open. She WAS floating in water! What is this? She ached all over. She swished her hand around, noticing how odd her hand looked in the green water. Green! It wasn't any kind of water she had ever seen, although something was nipping at the back of her mind. Why did she feel like she's experienced this before? Distorted beeping and tapping reached her ears every few minutes. Now where am I? Wearily, she closed her eyes, succumbing to a semblance of sleep.

"Is she awake yet? I have these reports I need to type up, and I need to finish the new gravity room before Vegeta kills me. These preliminary reports won't get done by themselves you know!"

She heard people talking, although it was mostly gurgled sound. She cracked her eyes open. And only saw blue hair. Her eyes focused a little more, and she suddenly realized that this was the person that was talking in the room when she was still unconscious. Those must have been her clothes, she thought. She gasped, suddenly realizing, and looked down. Thank God! The clothes were still on. She looked back up, only to meet the twinkling eyes of a woman. Is she laughing at me?

"Hi, I'm Bulma. So you finally decided to wake up. Well, you should feel better. You have been in the recovery tank for four days." Bulma's eyes studied her for a moment, before looking down at the clipboard she was carrying. She wrote something down, then looked back up, only to meet the confusion and wariness in the woman's own. "It's all right. You're among friends. I know you don't think that now, but you have a lot more recovering to do when you get out, which," she glanced at her watch, "should be in another 30 minutes." She turned around, laying the clipboard on the table behind her. She glanced back at the tank. Bulma looked the woman in the eye. "Your name is Marie Beanca, and you're about," she rubbed her chin, "hmm, I would say around late twenties, early thirties," she paused, "am I right?" Marie didn't give any indication that she heard. Just watched her with a hawk-like intent.

A small smile appeared on her face. "Everything will be alright. You'll see." She left a few important facts out, not wanting to give out too much information until they knew what they were dealing with. Oh yes! Even Vegeta and Goku will be in danger, if this lady knows more than she's NOT telling anyone, then all of us will have to be cautious, because she could be very dangerous, more dangerous than anyone I've ever seen. Bulma glanced down at the report again, knowing from testing with Vegeta, that the chromosomes this woman had hidden in her body were astronomical, terrifying if you thought about it long enough. Let's just hope she hasn't a clue to her power, or any indication on how to wield it.