Chapter 48

As it Comes

When Raditz woke it was to the night's sky over them. Raditz told his father everything, the chase, the flying dinosaurs, letting Chi-Chi get away, and him leading Brolly upstairs to give the bastard what he wanted. He told him about Brolly's interest in Parzni, his own desperation to save her, and the rest of their family from Brolly's possessive rage. He told his father he wasn't really sure what came next.

Bardock listened quietly stroking his son's long hair. He had a few stories of his own to tell.

"I had another vision, it was short and I wasn't able to get anything more out of it but I saw Brolly playing with an infant in its crib, and then Chi-Chi picked the baby up and I could see its tail," said Bardock. It was a simple vision, but for Raditz it sent his mind whirling, Brolly was going to stay, Chi-Chi was alive, but where were his father, Turles, Gohan, or Goten?

"I'm not sure exactly what it means for all of us but I get the feeling that I am a spectator of the event," Bardock was saying. So his father was alive, that was good.

"Great, Nappa all over again," muttered Raditz. Hell was starting to look much more inviting.

"Let's take these events as they come for now, as for your brother's friends, I think Brolly will actually keep his word as far as they are concerned so they need to leave him be when he does show up," reasoned Bardock

"They'll want answers I don't want to give," replied Raditz he knew at this point he was just being childish, but the matter of his…gestating just felt private.

"You're going have a child, another one anyway, I don't think any harm will come from the truth, especially if we want them to stay away from Brolly when he returns," said Bardock. Raditz's face remained stubborn.

"I'll explain if you don't want too," offered Bardock. Raditz let out a deep sigh and nodded it was time to head back.

Bardock led the way back to Capsule Corp, it was quite late now so he was expecting everyone to be asleep now. However what they found upon landing was that everyone was wide awake and waiting for them.

They entered the converted lab with trepidation; they hadn't quite left on the best terms. Far from the tense feelings they left behind the whole room thrummed with something somber. Yamcha looked guilty, Krillen looked shamefaced, and neither of them looked at Raditz or Bardock when they came through the door. Tien looked Raditz in the face, and Raditz could see pity in them.

They'd figured it out it seemed. Maybe the Nemekian had come back?

Raditz took in the rest of the room. Bulma practically bubbled with curiosity. Vegeta had reappeared and he looked bored. Goten sat on the floor cross legged, pouting. Chi-Chi and Gohan looked crossly at Parzni who was pouting.

'There's the culprit,' thought Raditz as looked as his daughter.

Tien was the first to speak. He apologized for believing that Raditz had turned on them, and some other things that Raditz really wasn't paying attention too. The other two knuckleheads chimed in too. Raditz was trying to decide whether to be angry at Parzni or not, he supposed he really couldn't be.

"Are you really gonna have a baby? Parzni said so but I told her and Goten that wasn't possible but even my dad says it's true," said Trunks, Raditz wasn't quite sure where the boy had popped out from, but just like his mother his eyes were lit with curiosity.

"Yeah I am," responded Raditz, clutching his flat stomach. He could see Trunks had more questions for him but Bulma beat him to the punch.

"This is amazing; could I get an ultrasound, and a blood draw? How common is this amongst saiyans? Could I take a few 3D pictures of your insides, it won't hurt, it's a new invention?" rattled off Bulma quickly, even the others looked dizzy.

"No to all of that," Raditz told her, Bulma looked crestfallen.

"Look, when Brolly comes back we'll be ready for him, if use the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to train-" started Yamcha

"You might give him the equivalent of a papercut, not that I care that much about your lives but Brolly is too powerful for you, and he said if you stay out of his way he won't bother you," said Raditz

The others nodded, for lack of any comebacks.

"Huh, you know I can't believe we didn't realize she looks just like him," said Krillen more to himself than anyone.

"I don't look anything like that jerk," hissed Parzni angrily. Raditz see now she had few scrapes and bruises, she and Trunks must have gotten into another fight.

"Parzni," said Gohan in warning tone.

"Wait, so Vegeta you knew the whole time and you didn't say anything, I thought Raditz had left some poor girl heartbroken, and she left she left Parzni on the doorstep in a basket," said Bulma. Raditz laughed at that, was that the story that had been going around? Bulma certainly had an active imagination.

Raditz laughing made the others look at him with a funny face, they'd thought the same more or less. It wasn't helped that Gohan and Turles laughed too.

"Why weren't you enjoying your fairytale?" snapped back Vegeta rolling his eyes at her.

"Trunks should apologize, he called me a liar," demanded Parzni. Trunks made a face, he might have been wrong but he wasn't going to apologize without a fight.

"No way! She attacked me!" Trunks yelled

"For calling me a liar!" Parzni yelled back

"You called me stupid," shot back Trunks

"You called Goten stupid!" screamed Parzni

"Yeah," piped in Goten

"I called Goten an idiot there's a difference," pointed out Trunks. Goten nodded a bit.

"Well, you are stupid, and you cheated," argued Parzni

"Yeah, Trunks that wasn't very nice," said Goten

"So what it's my game," said Trunks indignantly

"Well I don't want to play video games with you anymore," said Goten

"I want to break your face," huffed Parzni

"Let's do something else then we can leave Parzni here," offered Trunks

"Okay," said Goten brightly following Trunks' lead. Parzni practically hissed in anger.

"Trunks, apologize for calling Parzni a liar, for calling Goten and Parni stupid, and for cheating at the video game," order Bulma absentmindedly, she and Vegeta were still in a heated silent argument.

"Parzni tell Trunks your sorry for hitting him," ordered Chi-Chi sternly

"But Aunt Chi-Chi I'd be fibbing," remarked Parzni stubbornly

"Parzni," warned Chi-Chi

"Daddy!" yelled Parzni

"Listen to your aunt," muttered Raditz, honestly did she really think he was going to respond any differently. With much huffing and puffing, apologizes were exchanged and Trunks and Goten went to find something to do without Parzni.

"Anyway it's been a long day, a long week really, and while we're all here anyway Chi-Chi I have to tell you that you will not be happy when you see your house," said Raditz