Trunks nodded at Bethany. "We will talk later." She lowered her eyes, bit her lip, and went back to work. Trunks turned his focus back on his present timeline father. "How about we catch some privacy in my office. It's close by. Vegeta shrugged, seemingly disinterested, but followed the man. As they walked along Trunks was finally able to get a good look at his father. Trunks noticed that Vegeta had not only gotten older, but he had shorter hair and the same clothing style (just a different color palette). He even marveled at Vegeta's much more powerful energy surrounding him. He also noticed that his father still had his signature "Go-Fuck-Yourself look", which he knew that would never change. From what Trunks could tell, the older man really hadn't changed a bit. Not wanting to piss Vegeta off, he quit looking at the man and kept walking. When Vegeta noticed Trunks was no longer paying attention to him, he took a moment to give his future son a quick look over. Trunks grew. Taller and wider. Vegeta noticed, with pride, that the "bulk-up" meant Trunks still trained regularly. His hair was longer. Too long in Vegeta's opinion. He was dressed in the proper Physician's attire, long white coat and all. Vegeta also took notice of Trunks's energy. It had increased. No doubt about, Trunks was still pretty powerful. Other than growing older, this man hadn't changed a bit. Not wanting Trunks to catch him looking at him, he quickly averted his gaze and kept trailing his son. After a few minutes of walking and catching a few elevator rides, they reached Trunks's office. It was massive. Trunks offered him a beverage, but Vegeta refused.
"Call me crazy, but I thought I was the one that was supposed to do the time hopping, not you." Trunks said with a small laugh after pouring himself a smirked at him. "Punk. This time you don't need us. We need you. Besides, you caused disruptions within our timeline the last time you appeared." Trunks gave a sly grin and shrugged as if to say 'Oops. my bad.' Vegeta laughed a short bark of a laugh and then stepped forward with his right hand extended. Trunks gave him a brief, astounded look over the brim of his glass before, then took a small drink, and finally set the glass down. He stepped forward with his own right hand extended. The two shook hands.
As quickly was the two met, they let go and Trunks finally asked, "So. What's the deal? I wasn't expecting company today. Especially not you, no offense. What brings you to my timeline?" He settled in his big chair behind his desk, seated forward with his arms on his desk to show he was listening. Vegeta plopped down in the "visiting seats" right in front of Trunks's desk, also seated forward. "There is a new virus that has been introduced into our timeline. The damn thing is killing people and spreading faster each day. Our dimwitted, pathetic use of existence human doctors of my timeline are convinced it is a flu or infleeasa… influeeza?" Vegeta knitted his eyebrows and finally shrugged in exasperation. "look, I don't give a damn. Either way they are trying to conduct an antidote to kill this virus, but your mother, as well as the rest of us are not convinced it's a super-flu." Trunks remained patient while he waited for his father to finish, face kept in total attentiveness. "Hmmm…." Trunks looked thoughtful, he sat back against his chair . "What's on your mind?" Vegeta gave him an intense look, growing impatient. "Well, I see your purpose in being here. You figured that if it is happening in your timeline now, surely it has already happened in mine, correct?" Trunks rubbed his chin and looked at Vegeta, waiting on an answer. Vegeta crossed his arms and said," Your point is?" "It has been in my timeline, but that was years ago. Anyways, the same thing happened here. It was rumored to be a super-bug or influenza," He snickered when Vegeta flipped him the bird, "Point being that I still have the antidote." Trunks got up out of his chair and walked to the far left side of the office that had the only other door. He motioned for Vegeta to follow. Vegeta harrumphed and followed, though he was somewhat interested. "Oh yeah and by the way, "Vegeta said suddenly, stopping Trunks in his tracks. Trunks looked back at him only to be whacked in the back of the head. He clutched his head and scowled at Vegeta. "What the hell was that for?" He demanded, though he really wasn't too pissed. "That's for your stupid house invention. I HATE that camera. I will destroy your house if I have to so I don't have to listen to the damn thing mock me again." Vegeta reciprocated the scowl. Trunks laughed and resumed walking. As soon as they reach a rather large door, Trunks opened the door after an eye scan, fingerprint identification, and typing in a password. Noticing Vegeta's curiosity, Trunks simply stated, "I'll tell you later."
Once inside, Vegeta was surprised. Trunks looked over at him and said, rather proudly, "I have both an office and a lab here. Same goes for Capsule Corp. Enterprises. I even have mom's old lab to tinker in at home." "Mom's old lab?" Vegeta raised an eyebrow at him. Trunks scowled, obviously angry at himself. He huffed and said, "A story for another time." Vegeta didn't press the matter, but instead made a mental note to ask again later. "So, what are you?" Vegeta asked curious as to why this man had so many labs. Trunks, without skipping a beat replied, "Male, philanthropist, Doctor, Hero, Super son in a different timeline. Just to name a few." It was Vegeta's turn to scowl at him. "I didn't ask for you to be a smart ass. Doctor, aye?" "Well it is complicated. Thanks to taking after mother and having her brains. I branched out. I am a Neurosurgeon as well as a Physician. I am also one of the top scientists in the world, or rather what's left of it." Trunks responded, while working to get a large vault unlocked. Again, he had to do the identification and put in a password. Curiosity got the best of Vegeta. "Boy, why do you keep doing that?" He inquired. "I keep everything locked up, because I trust no one." Trunks gave him a serious look, but looked offended at the word "boy". Soon the vault was opened. Trunks pulled out a big, black box. He opened it and showed Vegeta the contents inside. Vegeta peered in the box and saw many vials, labelled with dates and the antidote for "Haratarnaju." and a vaccine labeled "Vacca". The antidote was red and the vaccine was purple. He picked up a vial of each and asked, "What the hell is this?"
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