Wise King Vegeta

Chapter 12

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Bulma let out soft moans as she dreamed in her unconsciousness. "Vegeta…must get back…mother…can't find you…" she mumbled, flickering her eyes a little.

"Dad, she's waking up!" A girl called, causing Bulma to awaken fully. "Here. Drink this." The girl said, guiding a cup of water to Bulma's mouth.

After finishing off the cool refreshment, Bulma looked around, observing her surroundings. She was again in another broken down craft of some sort. This was fairly different than the bar though, a lot cleaner and smelled of food cooking. It was really a home. "Where am I?" she said sitting up completely.

"You are in the home of the infamous Ox king, and I'm his daughter Chi-Chi." The girl said taking the cup from Bulma.

"Hi, I'm Bulma. So you come from earth? How long have you been here?" Bulma inquired, noticing that the ship bared the Capsule Corps. Logo.

"Nine years and more years to come." Chi-Chi said.

"Why is that?"

"Because no one leaves Tabor. It's a death trap. Everyone who comes here comes by crash landing, and there are not enough resources to fix or rebuild our ships."

"I guess that's why the desert bandit Yamcha and company were after you." The Ox King interrupted, coming inside the ship. "They wanted your capsules, to salvage parts for his ship."

"So that's who those guys were. Why doesn't everyone just work together to get off this planet?" Bulma turned around to actually see the Ox King for the first time, gazing from his feet to his crown.

"Because everyone is so selfish that they only care about saving themselves. My dad is the is the closest you can get to law enforcement around here, that is, if he sees something going wrong, he'll try alleviate the problem. Everyone is so debauched." Chi-Chi claimed.

"We have been trying to get this contraption working for years, but we have not been fortunate to do so." Ox king then said.

"You mind if I take a look at it?" Bulma asked already up looking around.

"Go ahead. Knock yourself out, literally, again." The Ox King chuckled, leading Bulma to examine the engine and other major parts of the ship.

"I'll have you know that I was to be the heiress of the company that built this thing." She chuckled back, following behind.

The Ox King immediately stopped upon hearing this. "You can't be." He said seriously.

"Why can't I be?" Bulma asked, raising a brow.

"Because…because you're dead."

"How could I be dead, if I'm standing right here?"

"You don't understand. Because the woman that gave me this thing, she was the widow of the Capsule Corps founder."

"You know my mother? Is she here?"

"I don't know her personally, and she is not on this planet. I don't know where she could be. You see, she closed Capsule Corps and marched around giving everyone free capsules saying that her dead husband was really abducted by aliens, and he sent a message from outer space telling her to save everyone from the destruction of earth. Everyone thought she was crazy until that day came. It all happened so fast. Now that I think about it, it makes sense now."

"What makes sense?"

"So, you were just missing all these years." He said, after thinking back ten years ago. He recalled hearing a broadcast on the radio about Bulma's disappearance which aired for a while, but then everyone started paying their respects to her mother saying that she was dead. Not long after that, he heard another broadcast saying that the eminent Capsule Corporation was closing down and free capsules were being distributed. He rushed right over and waited in the long line to get the capsule that saved them. That's when he heard everyone in line gossiping about how Mrs. Briefs had gone crazy over her husband's death and daughter's disappearance.

"Yes. Yes I was. I was somewhere witnessing my father's murder."

"I'm sorry to hear that."

"But that's why I am here. I was looking for my mom. I didn't initially plan on coming to this planet though; my computer told me that this planet was just a desolate waste. That information was retrieved over 20 years ago, so I wanted to see for myself. But as I got closer to the planet its gravitational force increased and pulled me in. That gravity decreased but my ship was going so fast it was impossible to slow down before touching down. I thought I was going to die until I was automatically ejected from the shuttle."

"Yeah, an all too familiar story." Ox King chuckled. "But our ship didn't fair as badly as you can see."

"Yes, I can see. Everything is almost intact, except—Ah, I know what the problem is!"

"You mean you can fix it!" Ox king inquired.

"If I can use the parts I saved from my shuttle, then yes."

"Are you sure you're not an angel that fell from heaven?"

"I'm sure." She said reaching for her capsules. She then clicked the one containing her parts, and then spread them across the floor. "Ah, here we are!" It was a rather small chip, but she was sure it would do the trick. She then carefully inserted the chip, and after doing so, the ship started to rumble, causing things to fall to the floor and Chi-Chi's hot dinner to splatter everywhere. Bulma sprinted to the main controls and turned the ignition off.

The Ox King then came from behind her and picked her up, hugging her tightly. They where soon met by a rejoicing Chi-Chi. "You fixed it! You fixed it! When can we leave? I'm ready to go now!" She shouted, jumping up and down.

"Slow down just a bit!" Bulma encouraged. "I still have to fix the hyper-drive to where we can safely make it pass Tabor's gravitational force."

"Right!" Ox King agreed. "Just be patient Chi-Chi." Chi-Chi was very anxious to leave because she feared that if she stayed any longer she would not find a suitable husband, and she would become an old spinster. This was her chance to find a decent male, one she can cook and clean for; one she could bare children to.

"I have another part here. If it works, I'm sure we can leave as soon as possible."

"That's great." Chi-Chi exclaimed. "So where are we going to be going? We are going to your home, right? Are they any good-looking, sane males there?"

"Well, we will be going to Vegetasei. Being that I'm from Earth like you, I just work there, and that pays for my room and board. Basically, it's just like I'm an upper-class servant or something. I live in the palace, and I'm friends with the king. I'll see if he can get you guys a respectable place and some jobs." Bulma said, fidgeting with some parts. "Just a little bit more. Darn! I almost had it!"

"What's wrong?" Ox King asked, seeing that Bulma was exhausted. "Tell you what, let's get something to eat then you can come back to this. You look famished."

"Yes, you are right! I haven't eaten since two days ago." She said.

"Then what are we waiting for?"

They all went and ate Chi-Chi's wonderful cooking, and after resting a bit, Bulma woke up to the next morning and begin working on the ship again. Because of the well-balanced meal she had, she was done with it in no time, and they were all set to go. The communications device was not in commission though, but Bulma decided that she could work on it on the way there. When they were all strapped in, Bulma turned the ignition, and they took off.

"Well here we go! Off to Vegetasei!" they all rejoiced together.

Next time: Bulma returns to Vegetasei