Bra woke up a few hours later only to find herself in an all too familiar situation. It was a major case of déjà vu as she sat up and looked over to where Goten still slept. The difference this time was she knew for a fact nothing happened. Not that something couldn't have happened. She was vulnerable enough but Goten was a perfect gentleman and didn't try anything.
The two half Saiyans didn't sleep together, but they did make out. Even though Goten had confessed his undying love for her Bra's heart wasn't into it. She felt bad but the truth of the matter was she felt nothing as she kissed him.
No butterfly in her stomach, no electricity, no chemistry whatsoever. Not that she could remember feeling anything when kissing 17. That is if she had kissed the android as he claimed.
Bra wasn't sure if it was pure curiosity that was beckoning her to go to 17. She had a bad feeling that it was more than that. Much more than that. Especially since she felt more alone and broken then ever without 17. The comfort of Goten's arms holding her did nothing to ease her troubled mind.
The stubborn princess hated to admit it but she was at ease with the arrogant android. Yes they fought like cats and dogs, but that's what worked for them. With that thought Bra slowly got out of bed and went to get dressed.
She located her stuff in the room she had originally woke up in. To her surprise she also found all her weapons still intact lying next to her clothes. Leave it to Goten to not unarm a dangerous criminal. But Bra guess in his mind she wasn't a dangerous criminal, she was the woman he loved.
"Ugh." Bra shuddered at the thought. She never had been one to believe in romance or like the lovey dovey mushy stuff. Going against the stereotype of most girls the thought of a guy loving her unconditionally made her sick to her stomach.
It's not that guys hadn't told her that before. Bra had been hearing those three little words since she was in elementary school when the cutest boy in her class wrote "I Luv U" on a note and gave it to her during recess. Back then she thought what every normal girl that age thought about boys. That they were gross and had cooties.
Then in Jr. High when a lot of teens started "dating" in the sense they would say they were boyfriend and girlfriend and hold hands Bra played hard to get. Even at the tender age of 13 the Saiyan Princess was fickle and picky as hell.
After all she was the prettiest, smartest, most popular girl in school. She wasn't going to settle for just any guy to be her first boyfriend. Unfortunately for all the eligible bachelors that way of thinking carried on to High School where Bra Briefs was known for being a serial dater.
Not knowing why she suddenly felt the urge to reminisce about her dating life Bra decided to concentrate on more important things. Like finding out what jail 17 was imprisoned in and a way to get there and bust him out.
Goten may have been dumb enough to trust her with her weapons but he proved to be smarter then he looked when she didn't see her ship's capsule anywhere. She guessed he feared she'd try to runaway. He guess right.
"Lucky for me I always have a backup." Bra smirked tapping the heel of one of her platform boots, which opened up to reveal a hidden capsule. The capsule contained a two-seater fighter ship to be used in an emergency. And being stranded somewhere she didn't want to be without her ship defiantly qualified as an emergency.
Bra tucked the capsule safely into her skirt's pocket before quickly putting on her boots and strapping on her weapons. She figured since she didn't get to blow anything up at the military base she would employ them on the mission to break 17 out of jail.
The first step in accomplishing that was to find out which jail her partner in crime was being kept at. Bra went to Goten's office for that specific purpose. As the Galaxy Police Officer in charge of the dragonball case Goten would be certain to posses some sort of document with the name of the prison they would be sent to.
When searching through the files on his desk turned up no leads she moved onto the desk's drawers. Discovering nothing in the bottom side drawers the sneaky princess turned her attention to the top middle drawer, which just so happened to be locked.
The fact that it was locked meant there was something important in there that Goten obviously didn't want anyone to see. And if Bra's suspicions were right then what she was looking for would be in there. Having regained her strength she was able to break the lock without breaking a sweat and more importantly a nail.
"Got it!" Bra exclaimed finding the file containing all the papers on her case. It was the fattest file in the whole group. It was so packed that it took her a while to flip through all the pages until she came across the information she needed.
The name of the prison she and 17 were going to be sent to was named Alkatrass and it was located on a planet named Sanfran. Having gotten exactly what she came there for Bra put away the file and walked right out of the office and out of the house……….
"Approaching desired destination." The ships computer announced as Bra maneuvered the sporty spaceship into the planet's atmosphere. She watched the navigation system and followed the blinking red dot to her target.
If she didn't have the assistant of the ship's advance navigation system Bra probably would of flown right over it. The building didn't resemble any of the earthling jails. There were no high fences topped with barbwires. No watchtowers standing on either end with armed guards stationed at them.
In fact Alkatrass looked more like a futuristic mall then a prison. Leave it to the shopping queen to make that comparison. Only a shopaholic like herself could make a shopping analogy to anything. Bra was a woman on a mission and without wasting time landed the plane on the steps of the building.
She pressed the button that opened the ships hatch and walked right into the building Neo and Trinity style. Having missed her opportunity to use the funniest toys on the military base Bra decided to pull out the big guns for this adventure.
First she pulled out two automatic high power rifles, one in each hand and gunned down the officers stationed in the front lobby before they could sound the alarms. Then when they ran out of ammo Bra casually tossed them aside and pulled out a live grandee she tossed down the hall clearing her path. Men flying in all directions.
Bra smirked as she came across what no doubt led to the prisoners cell. Paying homage to her favorite Tekken character in her favorite scene from the movie she put the missile launcher over her shoulder and fired it at the door Anna Williams style……
17 was pacing back and forth in his "cell" that used a glass wall wired with more electricity than a large city would need during peek hours to hold him in. He stopped his pacing brought upon by sheer boredom when he heard gunfire and explosions.
The jailbird android turned around just in time to see the ten-ton door leading to freedom be blown open by a fierce fiery explosion. A sly smirk formed on 17's face as the smoke cleared and he saw who had come to his rescue.
"Well if it isn't the one and only Saiyan Princess." 17 grinned genuinely happy to see her. The grin quickly faded into a frown as he heard the whistles and catcalls his fellow inmates were giving Bra.
It was no mystery that they hadn't seen a woman in a very long time, but the reaction was uncanny. Most likely because it wasn't just any woman. It was a former prom queen with the looks and body of a super model dressed very revealing outfit.
"Missed me baby?" Bra couldn't resist teasing the android.
"More then you'll ever know." 17 played along as Bra powered up and blasted the control system short-circuiting the electrical currant that was holding the android at bay.
Not wanting to play the role of damsel in distress 17 took matters into his own hands and punched the glass wall shattering it into a million pieces. The effects of the Ki suppressant force field vanishing the instant the electric system had shut down.
"Let's go!" Bra ordered turning to leave extinguishing any chance of a heart felt tearful reunion. Not that 17 minded too much. He was sure there would be plenty of time for the reunited partners to kiss and make up.
"I'll handle it." 17 declared as they found their exit barricaded by armed guards. He had only been locked up for a day but it was long enough to have him itching to blow things up. And with one powerful blast he did just that to the guards.
"My turn." Bra stated pulling out her last but most powerful grenade. She pulled off the tap setting in motion the 30-second delay to detonation. 17 grabbed her hand after she tossed it and they began walking out.
Like the scene in Desperado Bra and 17 walked hand in hand as the building behind them exploded providing a fiery background as they hopped into the two-seater ship and made their flashy escape.
"I'm surprised you found time in between shacking up with Goten to come bust me out." 17 broke the silence with an utmost unpleasant accusation.
"What?" Bra had no idea he was aware what had happened to her.
"News travels fast in jail. All the guards could talk about was the Galaxy Police officer that ran away with the other dragonball thief." 17 scoffed at the notion that prison guards were as bad as a group of teenage girls when it came to the gossiping department.
"Before you jump to conclusions and lose your temper let me explain." Bra tried to remain as calm as possible while she drove the get away ship at lighting fast speeds.
"Jump to what conclusion? It's crystal clear you got with Goten just like you got with that pretty boy elf king of yours!" 17 said bitterly.
"I never slept with Seron!" Bra blurted out.
"What?" 17 nearly choked.
"I never slept with Seron." Bra reiterated in a lower voice.
"Or Goten." She confessed staring down at the steering wheel. The eerie dead silence was worse than having him just blow up and yell at her. By analyzing her voice and reading into her body language 17 determined Bra was actually telling the truth.
The truth was that wasn't the real reason 17 believed her. The real reason he believed her was because of a certain organ in his body both him and the Saiyan Princess condemned for their recent change of character. The little red bitch. Their heart.
It was deep inside it that 17 knew she was telling the truth. He believed it in his heart. And her heart, which she claimed had ice running through it, was what led Bra back to 17. It was what ached when she was apart from him
"I believe you" 17 finally broke the awkward silence. It was only three little words but they made more difference than the one Goten had told her ever could.
"Really?" Bra had to make sure her mind wasn't playing tricks on her. It wasn't like 17 to believe anything she said and take it at face value.
"Yea." 17 nodded. Now it was Bra's turn to search deep within her heart and find that it told her he was telling the truth.
"In that case. We better get you out of those clothes." Bra commented on the fact that 17 was wearing an ugly tattered orange prison uniform that his infamous orange bandana would have been the perfect accessory for.
It wasn't until the words had left her mouth that Bra realized how wrong that sounded and how it could be taken. The smirk on 17 face and the mischievous gleam illuminating from his eyes when she said that didn't help either.
"I mean we better stop somewhere and get you some clothes so you don't stand out as an escaped convict." Bra cleared up, but the look on 17's face remained the same.
"Whatever! I want to stop and get a new wardrobe since all my clothes went with the ship." Bra declared.
"Whatever you say Princess." 17 humored her reaching out and turning on the CD player.
"You ready B? Let's go get them!" Came the intro
"Omg you got to be kidding me." Bra groaned as the first song to play just coincidently had to be Jay Z and Beyonce's Bonnie and Clyde. Some of the lyrics in the song made it the perfect theme song for the law-breaking duo.
"Look for Me! Young, B. Cruising down the Westside – high way. Doing what we like to do – our way." 17 actually sang along to the song. Bra never would of guessed he was a rap fan but it seemed fitting. Bra just kept driving trying not to laugh at 17's attempts to be cool and perform a round of car karaoke. But it was easier said than done.
"But today, I got my Paroahess girl with me. I'm mashing the gas, she's grabbing the wheel, it's true to the heart. She rides with me…" That part made it impossible for Bra to suppress her giggles.
"Soon as the show's over. She's right back to being my soldier. Cuz mami's a rider and I'm a roller. Put us together, how they going stop both us?" 17 gave a wink to the last part and Bra had to agree with it. The two of them made a deadly and unstoppable combination. Although it was 17 who was Bra's soldier.
"When I'm off track mami is keeping me focused. So let's lock this down like it's suppose to be. The 05's Bonnie and Clyde, Sev and B" 17 had to change the last part to represent their names.
"All I need in this life of sin, is me and my girlfriend. Me and my girlfriend" 17 sang along looking fondly over at Bra.
"All I need in this life of sin, is me and my boyfriend. Me and my boyfriend." Bra couldn't resist singing back returning the look. Just as things where starting to get "cozy" the ship jerked violently and began making horrible sounds.
"Damn!" Bra cursed profusely as she was forced to make an emergency landing on the nearest planet. She wanted to thank her lucky stars that they experienced engine trouble close to a planet they could safely land on a dusty highway looking road.
That was until a fleet of policy ships appeared to materialize out of thin air when they're invisibility fields were turned off. They were completely surrounded. Several ships all around them with their huge guns pointed directly at them.
"Come out with your hands up!" A voice from one of the ships ordered. Bra and 17 looked at each other and knowing there was no way out of this one they slowly got out of the ship on either side.
"I can't believe we got caught. This is all your fault!" Bra looked over at her partner in crime and gave him her evil death glare as he walked over to stand by her side.
"My fault? You're the genius that wanted to stop on this planet for a new outfit!" 17 fought back.
"Bite me!" Bra snapped as the sound of the ships laser guns getting ready to be fired on command echoed menacingly, but even that couldn't drown out the sound of the angry princess high pitch bitching.
"Not with an audience." 17 smirked slyly.
"Ewwww!" Bra shuddered. Only 17 would have the nerve to hit on her in the middle of their worst crisis yet, when they were about to be arrested or maybe even killed on the spot for their crimes.
"Bra! 17! We have you surrounded! You can't escape! So just give yourselves up." A familiar voice Bra had known all her life spoke from the main police ship that had been leading the chase for the past couple of months.
"I always knew your vanity and shallowness would be yours and now unfortunately my downfall." 17 cursed himself for ever getting involved with the superficial princess.
"If I could make an energy blast without being shot by the cops I"D KILL YOU RIGHT NOW!" Bra screamed furious.
"No you can't. I'm already immortal bitch!" 17 laughed.
"Put your hands up and step away from the vehicle." The familiar voice ordered. Even though it was full of hate it was still undeniably Goten's voice.
Bra focused on the main ship and could see Goten standing at the cockpit and he did not look happy. His face was twisted in anger but masking that was an unspeakable look of betrayal. Even the Saiyan Princess knew better than to try to sweet talker herself out of this bind. The scowl on the youngest Son's face was proof even the sweetest most naive guy could have a mean streak when it came to a girl doing him wrong.
"You know being killed doesn't seem that bad all of a sudden. At least I wouldn't have to put up with you ever again!" Bra fumed reluctantly putting her hands up.
"Send me a postcard from hell babe." 17 smirked doing the same.
"Sorry I'll be busy taking over." Bra smirked back. Only the Saiyan Princess and Android would find it appropriate to argue during a stand off with the police.
"Well it's been a long road hasn't it Princess? It's a shame the fun has to end here." 17 said with a gleam in his eyes that was a red flag he was plotting something.
"Yea. It'd suck if it ended like this." Bra agreed getting where he was going.
"If we're going to be taken out we might as well go down fighting. Don't you think?" 17 asked casually increasing his power ever so slowly.
"Damn right. Now you're thinking like a Saiyan." Bra felt the fighting spirit inside her come to life for one last rumble. If they were going down they would do so in style. In a blaze of glory…………..
"Then what happened grandpa?" Four year old Galaxia asked her grandfather Vegeta looking up at him with her big blue eyes she inherited from her parents.
"Well no one really knows." Vegeta answered tucking in the girl after telling Galaxia her favorite bedtime story for about the millionth time.
"Did Bonnie and Clyde get away?" Galaxia referred to the main characters in the story Vegeta had just spent almost two hours telling.
"Well some people think they did. Others think they were killed in a fierce shoot out with the Galaxy Police." Vegeta said brushing his precious granddaughters dark purple hair out of her angelic face before placing a kiss on her forehead.
"You know. That's not exactly how it happened dad." Bra corrected from the doorway where she had been for sometime. She always found it humorous that Vegeta chose to tell her daughter that story almost every night.
"Well I wasn't about to tell a young child exactly how it happened." The Prince of all Saiyans admitted to censoring most things in front of his granddaughter. Telling her the PG version of the story he had heard.
"Besides only two people know what really happened. Right?" Vegeta paused by his daughter side giving her a knowing look.
"Yea yea. Whatever daddy." Bra laughed giving her dad a playful shove out of the room proving that even at the age of 25 she was still a daddy's girl.
"What's so funny?" A clam cool indifferent voice came from behind her.
"Oh nothing. Dad's just telling Galaxia the story of 'Bonnie and Clyde'" Bra emphasized quotations around the names "Bonnie and Clyde" as she looked over at her husband who got the joke.
"Right. 'Bonnie and Clyde'." 17 winked as they both walked over to kiss their daughter goodnight careful not to step on her bodyguard sleeping on the floor next to her bed. The large purple tiger with wings hated being waken up just as much as his owners.
"Hey mommy. Daddy?" Galaxia asked opening her eyes after both of them had kissed her goodnight. She had been pretending to be asleep.
"Yes sweetie?" Bra said as her and 17 stood side by side looking down at their pride and joy.
"Don't tell grandpa. But I know the story's really about you and daddy." Galaxia giggled at her own cleverness.
"Oh you do!" Bra exclaimed at the fact that her daughter was proving to be as cunning and mischievous as her parents.
"Uh huh." Galaxia nodded.
"That's my girl." 17 smiled proudly making Galaxia smile. She too was a total daddy's girl and had the once evil android wrapped around her adorable lil finger.
"Yea well she gets her smarts from me." Bra proclaimed giving 17 a mean look.
"Then she gets her good looks from me." 17 smirked.
"Ha! Whatever! As if! You wish android!" Bra exclaimed starting another one of their infamous fights.
"Hehehehe." Galaxia giggled more. She thought it was the funniest thing when her parents fought. Sesshy, who had been wished back with the black star dragonballs after a cure for his disease had been completed, on the other hand didn't find it amusing and growled to make his annoyance known. That got Bra and 17 to stop and turn their attention back to their daughter.
"Okay rugrat. Time for you to go to sleep." 17 used his pet name for Galaxia as he tucked her in tighter and turned off the nightlight. But not before placing another loving kiss on his little girl's head.
It had been a long road to follow. But regardless the hardships he would have done nothing different. Never for one moment did he remotely regret the decision Bra and him made to use their two wishes to bring back Sesshy to life and everyone the Saiyan Princess had killed.
Their miscalculation about being able to count wishing back everyone they both killed as one wish cost them dearly. Because power did indeed corrupt they both still wanted to make their original wish, but it was not to be so. The eternal dragon granted their wish to bring back to life everyone they'd kill then disappeared right before their eyes, not giving either one an opportunity to argue for another wish.
Perhaps it was fate that summoning the eternal dragon and making their wish played out exactly like that because if they had been left with one wish the two still selfish self-centered individuals would have fought to the death over it. It was almost as if a greater power somewhere actually wanted Bra and 17 to end up together.
"You know all those sleepless nights you spent nursing Sesshy when he was a baby was good practice for when you became a real father." Bra teased 17 as they both walked out of the room and gently closed the door behind them.
"Eh bite me." 17 stole one of her infamous lines taking Bra into his arms and kissing his wife of 7 years to shut her up as only he could.
FinAuthors Note- There! Bra and 17 finally kissed! Are you guys happy now?
Well I'm kinda sad to end this story. I mean I've been working on it for like a year. But don't worry. I'm thinking about writing a sequel that tells the story of how Bra and 17 got away from the Galaxy Police, found the last dragonball, made their wish, and somewhere on the way home got married and had a daughter. I don't know. Would you guys be interesting in reading that? Review and let me know. And please tell me what you thought of the finished product
