Through The Eyes of A Saiyan
Written by Jennifer and Mandy
Chapter 10 - Nightmares Never End
Vegeta blinked a couple times. "Bulma? What about her?"
"Dad...Mom can't come back.", he said softly as he looked back up.
Vegeta's eyes widened in surprise. "Nani?? What are you talking about, Trunks?
"I just realized it. How could I have been so stupid as to have forgotten this before?", he cried, clenching his teeth in anger. "Kaasan is not able to be wished back because....because she died of a natural cause! Shenron only has the power to bring back people who were killed.
Vegeta's mouth fell open in shock. He let his arms slowly unfold and hang by his side. "No. This can't.....this can't be happening.", he whispered to himself. He didn't know what to think or do. Vegeta began losing himself in denial. He suddenly clenched his fists hard. "NO!!! This isn't right!! This can't happen! She has to come back! How could I have forgotten such an important detail?!" He looked down, descending to the ground slowly, not wanting to stay in the air any longer. He had to force himself to stay rational.
Trunks followed Vegeta's lead and descended as well, not knowing what he could say to present any support for the situation.
Vegeta landed on the sidewalk next to the street, looking at the ground with his teeth clenched and an expression that clearly showed that he was very upset.
Trunks landed in front of Vegeta with his eyes transfixed on the ground.
Without looking up, Vegeta spoke. "What are we going to do? There has to be some way!"
"I'm not sure right now...but if there's a way, we'll find it.", Trunks replied.
Suddenly...
"Hey! Watch it!!", a voice yelled out from behind Vegeta. The bicycalist tried to dodge out of the way, but couldn't stop himself from crashing right into him.
After getting pushed forward a little, Vegeta stood back upright slowly, ignoring the man.
The guy jumped up off the ground and looked at the back of Vegeta. "Hey man! What's wrong with you?! Are you deaf or something??", he shouted at Vegeta. After seeing that Vegeta clearly wasn't listening to him, he hit him on the back to get his attention. "Hey! What's your problem, man?! Are you hearing me here?? Or are you just too stupid to turn around?!!"
Vegeta closed his eyes in irritation and gritted his teeth. He then turned around to face the guy, staring into his eyes. "If you wish to live, I suggest you leave right now."
The man just looked at Vegeta like he was crazy. "Puh. Oh yeah? Well I don't think so. You totally trashed the front end of my bike, ya know!", he replied, guesturing to his damaged bicycle. "You think you scare me with your little threats?"
Trunks looked back and forth from Vegeta to the other guy with a smirk on his face. "Man, this guy is asking for it.", he said to himself.
Vegeta narrowed his eyes. "I don't have time to deal with a pathetic weakling like you.", he said before turning back around.
The guy pulled Vegeta by his shoulder to face him again. "Hey man! I'm not done with you!"
"How dare you!", Vegeta growled as he whipped his head back around. He narrowed his eyes further and grabbed the man's arm. "All right then.", he began with a smirk. "I guess I'll just have to kill you if you won't leave." He raised his other hand to the man's face and powered up a regular ki blast.
Trunks looked at his father. "Dad don't. Just let it go. We have other....more important matters to deal with.
Meanwhile, the man was yelling in fear for his life, struggling desperately to get free from Vegeta. "No!! Let me go! I'm sorry man! I didn't mean it, really! Please!!"
Trunks put his hand on Vegeta's shoulder and said calmly, "Tousan, come on. Let it go and let's get back to the restaurant.
He allowed the blast dissipate, still staring into the man's terrified eyes. "Pathetic human.", he sneered. He threw him to the ground about ten feet in front of him, and watched him get up and run away, then turned back around to face Trunks with a serious, yet distressed expression. "I know we can figure something out. We just have to think about it."
"Do you think we should tell Bra?", Trunks asked with concern.
Vegeta looked down at the ground and sighed. "No." He shook his head as he looked back up at Trunks. "No. We will wait. There is no need to tell her since it will do nothing but upset her more. She doesn't need that. Besides, it wouldn't help the situation any if she knew. We might as well try and think of our next plan for getting Bulma back by ourselves."
Trunks gritted his teeth, feeling a sense of helplessness and frustration, then relaxed. "You're right."
Vegeta nodded. "Well right now," he started as he lifted off the ground and hovered a few inches in the air, "we have to get back to the restaurant. Your sister is still there waiting for us."
Trunks nodded is response and flew into the air, heading for Yoshimi's Restaurant with Vegeta following close behind.
Meanwhile, Bra sat in her seat, back at Yoshimi's, with her plates clean in front of her. She glanced out the window and wondered what could be taking her tousan and niisan so long.
The waiter walked by and stopped at the table. "Would you like anything while you wait for your family to return?", he offered kindly.
Bra looked up at him and smiled sweetly. "Iie arigatou. I'm fine.", she answered.
He smiled back and replied, "All right then.", and walked away.
Trunks landed in front of the restaurant, with Vegeta behind him, and walked in the front door.
Bra looked up, smiling as she saw them come in.
Trunks tried to put a smile on his face so Bra wouldn't get suspicious. He went back to the table and sat down, continuing to eat his breakfast, deep in thought.
Vegeta sat back down as well, trying not to show that anything was wrong and proceeded eating his pancakes.
Ten minutes later they were finished with their food and began getting ready to leave.
The waiter walked by their table and gave them their check. "Here's your bill. Did you enjoy your meal?", he asked with a pleasant smile on his face.
Trunks looked up at the waiter and smiled out of politeness. "Hai, everything was great."
"Good! Arigatou for coming. You can pay up front.", he replied and walked away.
Trunks got up and stood by the table as Bra scooted over and got out as well.
Vegeta grabbed the bill as he got out and looked at it. "$98...that's not too bad.", he said to himself.
Bra reached her arms up to Trunks. "Carry meeee!", she pleaded.
Trunks looked down at Bra and couldn't help but smile. He bent down and lifted her up, carrying her in his arms while suppporting her on his right side. He glanced over at her. "You ready for ice cream?", he asked, smiling.
"Hai!!", she answered excitedly.
Vegeta reached for his wallet in his back pocket so he could pay the bill. His eyes widened. "You've got to be kidding me.", he muttered.
Trunks glanced over at Vegeta and half smiled. "We're going to head out to the car, Dad.", he said, and walked towards the door with Bra in his arms.
Vegeta looked up at him. "No you're not, Trunks! Get back here." He leaned on the table, cursing under his breath.
Trunks turned around and walked back to the table. "Nani?"
"Stay here.", he said with his arms folded in annoyance. "I have to go back to the house."
He looked at Vegeta curiously. "Why? What happened?"
Vegeta pushed off the table. "I left my wallet back home. Now stay here with your sister while I go get it.", he answered softly, not wanting anyone else to hear what had happened.
Trunks laughed in his mind. "Now why would you go and forget your wallet, Tousan?"
Vegeta turned around to look at Trunks again, very irritated that he had to go and say something like that. "Well perhaps I just planned on having to make another trip back home because I just felt like flying in the rain!", he shouted sarcastically while guesturing to the window where they could see that a harsh rain had started.
Trunks glanced out the window, then looked back at his father. "Well, why don't you just take the car?", he suggested.
He looked at his son skeptically. "Trunks, you saw how horrible traffic was on the way here, and I don't have time to be on the road for thirty minutes when it'll take me less than five to get there flying!"
"Ok. Whatever you think is best. We'll wait here.", he responded, sitting back down in the booth.
"Good.", Vegeta said. He walked outside and immediately had to shield his face from flying debris and rain. As the wind began to blow harder, Vegeta leapt into the air and flew away towards Capsule Corporation. He flew with his arms in front of his face to block the rain. "Where the heck did this blasted storm come from?", he asked, growing more frustrated. He sped up, wanting to get out of the storm as soon as he could. He flew on, letting his thoughts return to the issue of Bulma and how they could get her back. As he got deeper and deeper into thought, trying to present any possible solutions he could come up with at the moment, he subconciously lowered his arms, which allowed them to go back against his sides with clenched fists. Suddenly a piece of flying debris whizzed by, grazing his face and leaving a long cut across his left cheek, snapping him back to reality. "Aaah!!" He touched the cut lightly and looked at the blood on his fingertips. Sighing in irritaion he flew faster, making sure to keep his face protected. Vegeta could soon see Capsule Corporation in the distance. After landing, he ran to the door and turned the knob. "What the--?" He twisted the knob again and realized it was still locked. "Oh. Of course.", he muttered and reached into his pocket to get the keys but found them to be missing. "Huh?" He began searching through his pockets fratically. "Trunks!!!", he shouted. "He never gave the keys back!" Vegeta stared at the door and sighed. "I'm going to regret this later.", he said as he raised his hand and blasted the door down. "Now I get to fix that tomorrow!", he grumbled as he bolted inside and up the stairs, heading for the bedroom. Once he was inside, he immediately saw his wallet lying on the dresser. He ran over and snatched it off the table while wiping the blood off his cheek with the back of his hand. As he walked back down the hallway, shoving his wallet in his back pocket, he casually glanced into Bra's room and noticed her curtains were blowing in the wind and there was broken glass scattered on the floor in front of the window. After seeing this, he stopped and took a couple steps back to her door and went inside. He looked on the floor in shock but there was no glass to be seen. He checked the window and saw it was not open or broken, then looked at the curtains as they hung motionlessly. He stepped back from the window, staring at it and the floor in total confusion. "What the heck? I could have sworn...", he trailed off, shaking his head a little. "Hmm..." He turned around and headed back dowstairs, dismissing the thought. As he came downstairs and looked through the open doorway, he saw that the rain had gotten much worse. He stared out at the storm, closing his eyes for a moment and sighing heavily in annoyance. Without wasting anymore time, he took off, once again shielding his face from the elements in the air. "It only figures that the wind would change to be going against me again.", Vegeta complained. The wind had gotten so strong at one point that Vegeta had a little trouble flying straight. "This is ridiculous!", he yelled, transforming to Super Saiyan, allowing himself to fly much faster and easier. "Now why didn't I do that before?", he questioned in his mind. In a matter of minutes he arrived back at Yoshimi's Restaurant. Before he landed, he powered down so nobody would see him in that form. He then landed and ran inside hurridly.
Bra looked up and saw Vegeta come in. "Tousan!"
Trunks turned to see Vegeta and sighed in relief. "I was beginning to worry. What took you so long?"
"I had a little trouble in the storm on the way.", Vegeta answered as he brushed a little bit of drying blood off his cheek.
Trunks cocked his head a little in question. "Everything ok?", he asked as he held Bra in his lap.
Vegeta looked up at Trunks. "Oh sure. Everything is just fine. Besides the fact that I had to blow our front door off it's hinges!", he exclaimed, narrowing his eyes.
"Nani??", Trunks asked in surprise.
"That's right! I had to blast the whole door out just to get inside because you didn't give the keys back to me!"
Trunks widened his eyes. "Uh...I'm uh...sorry.", he studdered as he dug into his pocket, retrieving the keys. "Here.", he said nervously and tossed the keys to Vegeta.
With one quick swipe, he caught the keys in his right hand. When he turned his head as he put them into his pocket, Trunks saw the scratch on his left cheek.
"Uhh....Tousan?" What happened to your face?", he asked, pointing to the scrape.
"Huh? Oh, this. A piece of something hit me in the air on the way back home."
"Oh. Man,", he started, looking out the window, "it must be pretty bad out there."
"Yeah.", Vegeta responded and pulled his wallet out. "Now let's go already." He headed for the front of the restaurant. He left a $5 bill on the table for the waiter. Then he walked up to the front with a $100 bill in his hand. He handed the money and the bill to the cashier. "Keep the change.", he said as he waved his hand at her casually. Vegeta then walked to the foyer and out the door with Trunks, who was still holding Bra, following.
Once outside, they got back in the car and started to go home.
"Hey, Trunks...what was the matter with you earlier?", Bra asked.
Trunks glanced in the mirror to look at Bra. "Oh...uh...it was nothing."
Bra shrugged and looked at Vegeta. "Tousan...what took you so long to get back?"
Vegeta didn't respond. He was trying to see the road through the intensifing storm.
Bra continued, "Tousan? Hey Dad, did you hear me? What took you so long earlier?"
Becoming impatient, Vegeta jerked around in his seat to face Bra. "Bra, would you be quiet! I'm trying to concentrate on the road!"
As Vegeta was turned in his seat, the car suddenly swerved off the road.
"Dad look out!", Trunks yelled.
Vegeta spun back around and slammed on the breaks, causing him to lose control.
Bra let out an ear-piercing scream as the car slammed head-on into a tree. Without her seat belt on, she flew forward and crashed through the windshield, which caused her to hit her head on the tree and fall to the ground uncounsious.
Vegeta had hit his head on the steering wheel, yet was pulled back by his seat belt. There was blood running over his right eyelid from a gash in his forehead. He clenced his teeth and opened his eyes slowly. As he moaned and put his hand on his head, he looked over towards Trunks, who had slammed into the dash and was slumped over with blood running down the side of his face. "Trunks? Trunks!", he shouted as he reached over and shook him. "Trunks wake up, boy!"
Trunks moaned for a moment before slowly opening his eyes. "Tousan? What happened?", he asked as he put his hand on his head, with a painful expression on his face.
"Good, you're ok.", Vegeta sighed in relief and turned to face Bra. "Bra? Are you--" He then noticed that she wasn't there. "Bra?!" Vegeta began looking around frantically as he whispered to himself worridly. "Kami..." When he turned back around, he saw that the windshield was shattered. "Bra!" He quickly unbuckled his seat belt and swung open the door hurridly, then ran to the front of the car.
"Oh no...", Trunks whispered in horror, as he also unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car.
Vegeta saw Bra by the tree and ran over to her, kneeling on the gound by her side. "Bra!", he cried while shaking her gently.
Just then, a guy in a car drove by, seeing the wreck. "Oh my Kami!", he exclaimed as he pulled over, grabbing his cell phone in a hurry. He dialed 911 and put the phone to his ear looking at the wreck. After a short wait, he began talking, "Hai! I'm calling from Highway 88...there's been a car wreck! From what I can see there's three people involved." He listened to the receptionist for a few moments before continuing. "Iie. It's a one car wreck. ........Hai. The car seems to have run off the road and hit a tree head-on. ...........I can see two guys on the ground and a little girl lying between them. She isn't moving! ........Uh....", He looked around for some familiar landmark. "We're about nine miles south of Yoshimi's Restaurant. ...........Ok. Please hurry! Arigatou." The guy turned his cell phone off and put it back in his pocket.
All of a sudden, sirens were heard. Vegeta looked up and saw the flashing red lights of an ambulence coming down the road in the distance. He ignored it, redirecting his attention to Bra, as Trunks knelt down beside her as well. Noticing the several cuts on her, Vegeta wiped some of the blood off her face.
Then an ambulence pulled up and stopped on the road next to them. Several men got out and ran over to the scene.
"Here! Let us take you to the hospital.", one ambulence team member directed.
Vegeta looked up at him, blinking to prevent blood from running into his eye. "No. We are just fine. Leave us.", he informed and looked back at Bra.
"But sir! You need medical attention! Especially the girl! It's the best thing!", he explained as he reached down to lift Bra onto a stretcher.
Vegeta grabbed the man's wrist before he could touch Bra and looked up at him with narrowed eyes. "Don't touch her! I told you to leave!! We don't need your help!!", he yelled as he tightened his grip.
The man gasped in sudden pain. "Aah! Let go! We need to get her to a doctor as soon as possible!"
"Listen!! If you don't---", Vegeta began as he tightened his grip further on the man's arm, but was interrupted by Trunks.
"Tousan please! You have to calm down! We got to get Bra home and get her a senzu bean.", Trunks reasoned as he grabbed Vegeta's wrist, causing him to lose his grip. "And sir, please, just leave.", Trunks started, looking at the ambulence team member, "Trust me on this, you don't want to be too persistent with my father! Just go. We'll be fine."
As Trunks talked to the ambulence attendant, Vegeta picked Bra up and held her protectively in his arms, looking at the two as he waited for Trunks.
After he finished explaining the situation, Trunks turned and looked at Vegeta. They both nodded simultaneously at each other and took off into the air, heading home. As they flew away, they left the aircar and a stunned ambulence crew behind.
Written by Jennifer and Mandy
Chapter 10 - Nightmares Never End
Vegeta blinked a couple times. "Bulma? What about her?"
"Dad...Mom can't come back.", he said softly as he looked back up.
Vegeta's eyes widened in surprise. "Nani?? What are you talking about, Trunks?
"I just realized it. How could I have been so stupid as to have forgotten this before?", he cried, clenching his teeth in anger. "Kaasan is not able to be wished back because....because she died of a natural cause! Shenron only has the power to bring back people who were killed.
Vegeta's mouth fell open in shock. He let his arms slowly unfold and hang by his side. "No. This can't.....this can't be happening.", he whispered to himself. He didn't know what to think or do. Vegeta began losing himself in denial. He suddenly clenched his fists hard. "NO!!! This isn't right!! This can't happen! She has to come back! How could I have forgotten such an important detail?!" He looked down, descending to the ground slowly, not wanting to stay in the air any longer. He had to force himself to stay rational.
Trunks followed Vegeta's lead and descended as well, not knowing what he could say to present any support for the situation.
Vegeta landed on the sidewalk next to the street, looking at the ground with his teeth clenched and an expression that clearly showed that he was very upset.
Trunks landed in front of Vegeta with his eyes transfixed on the ground.
Without looking up, Vegeta spoke. "What are we going to do? There has to be some way!"
"I'm not sure right now...but if there's a way, we'll find it.", Trunks replied.
Suddenly...
"Hey! Watch it!!", a voice yelled out from behind Vegeta. The bicycalist tried to dodge out of the way, but couldn't stop himself from crashing right into him.
After getting pushed forward a little, Vegeta stood back upright slowly, ignoring the man.
The guy jumped up off the ground and looked at the back of Vegeta. "Hey man! What's wrong with you?! Are you deaf or something??", he shouted at Vegeta. After seeing that Vegeta clearly wasn't listening to him, he hit him on the back to get his attention. "Hey! What's your problem, man?! Are you hearing me here?? Or are you just too stupid to turn around?!!"
Vegeta closed his eyes in irritation and gritted his teeth. He then turned around to face the guy, staring into his eyes. "If you wish to live, I suggest you leave right now."
The man just looked at Vegeta like he was crazy. "Puh. Oh yeah? Well I don't think so. You totally trashed the front end of my bike, ya know!", he replied, guesturing to his damaged bicycle. "You think you scare me with your little threats?"
Trunks looked back and forth from Vegeta to the other guy with a smirk on his face. "Man, this guy is asking for it.", he said to himself.
Vegeta narrowed his eyes. "I don't have time to deal with a pathetic weakling like you.", he said before turning back around.
The guy pulled Vegeta by his shoulder to face him again. "Hey man! I'm not done with you!"
"How dare you!", Vegeta growled as he whipped his head back around. He narrowed his eyes further and grabbed the man's arm. "All right then.", he began with a smirk. "I guess I'll just have to kill you if you won't leave." He raised his other hand to the man's face and powered up a regular ki blast.
Trunks looked at his father. "Dad don't. Just let it go. We have other....more important matters to deal with.
Meanwhile, the man was yelling in fear for his life, struggling desperately to get free from Vegeta. "No!! Let me go! I'm sorry man! I didn't mean it, really! Please!!"
Trunks put his hand on Vegeta's shoulder and said calmly, "Tousan, come on. Let it go and let's get back to the restaurant.
He allowed the blast dissipate, still staring into the man's terrified eyes. "Pathetic human.", he sneered. He threw him to the ground about ten feet in front of him, and watched him get up and run away, then turned back around to face Trunks with a serious, yet distressed expression. "I know we can figure something out. We just have to think about it."
"Do you think we should tell Bra?", Trunks asked with concern.
Vegeta looked down at the ground and sighed. "No." He shook his head as he looked back up at Trunks. "No. We will wait. There is no need to tell her since it will do nothing but upset her more. She doesn't need that. Besides, it wouldn't help the situation any if she knew. We might as well try and think of our next plan for getting Bulma back by ourselves."
Trunks gritted his teeth, feeling a sense of helplessness and frustration, then relaxed. "You're right."
Vegeta nodded. "Well right now," he started as he lifted off the ground and hovered a few inches in the air, "we have to get back to the restaurant. Your sister is still there waiting for us."
Trunks nodded is response and flew into the air, heading for Yoshimi's Restaurant with Vegeta following close behind.
Meanwhile, Bra sat in her seat, back at Yoshimi's, with her plates clean in front of her. She glanced out the window and wondered what could be taking her tousan and niisan so long.
The waiter walked by and stopped at the table. "Would you like anything while you wait for your family to return?", he offered kindly.
Bra looked up at him and smiled sweetly. "Iie arigatou. I'm fine.", she answered.
He smiled back and replied, "All right then.", and walked away.
Trunks landed in front of the restaurant, with Vegeta behind him, and walked in the front door.
Bra looked up, smiling as she saw them come in.
Trunks tried to put a smile on his face so Bra wouldn't get suspicious. He went back to the table and sat down, continuing to eat his breakfast, deep in thought.
Vegeta sat back down as well, trying not to show that anything was wrong and proceeded eating his pancakes.
Ten minutes later they were finished with their food and began getting ready to leave.
The waiter walked by their table and gave them their check. "Here's your bill. Did you enjoy your meal?", he asked with a pleasant smile on his face.
Trunks looked up at the waiter and smiled out of politeness. "Hai, everything was great."
"Good! Arigatou for coming. You can pay up front.", he replied and walked away.
Trunks got up and stood by the table as Bra scooted over and got out as well.
Vegeta grabbed the bill as he got out and looked at it. "$98...that's not too bad.", he said to himself.
Bra reached her arms up to Trunks. "Carry meeee!", she pleaded.
Trunks looked down at Bra and couldn't help but smile. He bent down and lifted her up, carrying her in his arms while suppporting her on his right side. He glanced over at her. "You ready for ice cream?", he asked, smiling.
"Hai!!", she answered excitedly.
Vegeta reached for his wallet in his back pocket so he could pay the bill. His eyes widened. "You've got to be kidding me.", he muttered.
Trunks glanced over at Vegeta and half smiled. "We're going to head out to the car, Dad.", he said, and walked towards the door with Bra in his arms.
Vegeta looked up at him. "No you're not, Trunks! Get back here." He leaned on the table, cursing under his breath.
Trunks turned around and walked back to the table. "Nani?"
"Stay here.", he said with his arms folded in annoyance. "I have to go back to the house."
He looked at Vegeta curiously. "Why? What happened?"
Vegeta pushed off the table. "I left my wallet back home. Now stay here with your sister while I go get it.", he answered softly, not wanting anyone else to hear what had happened.
Trunks laughed in his mind. "Now why would you go and forget your wallet, Tousan?"
Vegeta turned around to look at Trunks again, very irritated that he had to go and say something like that. "Well perhaps I just planned on having to make another trip back home because I just felt like flying in the rain!", he shouted sarcastically while guesturing to the window where they could see that a harsh rain had started.
Trunks glanced out the window, then looked back at his father. "Well, why don't you just take the car?", he suggested.
He looked at his son skeptically. "Trunks, you saw how horrible traffic was on the way here, and I don't have time to be on the road for thirty minutes when it'll take me less than five to get there flying!"
"Ok. Whatever you think is best. We'll wait here.", he responded, sitting back down in the booth.
"Good.", Vegeta said. He walked outside and immediately had to shield his face from flying debris and rain. As the wind began to blow harder, Vegeta leapt into the air and flew away towards Capsule Corporation. He flew with his arms in front of his face to block the rain. "Where the heck did this blasted storm come from?", he asked, growing more frustrated. He sped up, wanting to get out of the storm as soon as he could. He flew on, letting his thoughts return to the issue of Bulma and how they could get her back. As he got deeper and deeper into thought, trying to present any possible solutions he could come up with at the moment, he subconciously lowered his arms, which allowed them to go back against his sides with clenched fists. Suddenly a piece of flying debris whizzed by, grazing his face and leaving a long cut across his left cheek, snapping him back to reality. "Aaah!!" He touched the cut lightly and looked at the blood on his fingertips. Sighing in irritaion he flew faster, making sure to keep his face protected. Vegeta could soon see Capsule Corporation in the distance. After landing, he ran to the door and turned the knob. "What the--?" He twisted the knob again and realized it was still locked. "Oh. Of course.", he muttered and reached into his pocket to get the keys but found them to be missing. "Huh?" He began searching through his pockets fratically. "Trunks!!!", he shouted. "He never gave the keys back!" Vegeta stared at the door and sighed. "I'm going to regret this later.", he said as he raised his hand and blasted the door down. "Now I get to fix that tomorrow!", he grumbled as he bolted inside and up the stairs, heading for the bedroom. Once he was inside, he immediately saw his wallet lying on the dresser. He ran over and snatched it off the table while wiping the blood off his cheek with the back of his hand. As he walked back down the hallway, shoving his wallet in his back pocket, he casually glanced into Bra's room and noticed her curtains were blowing in the wind and there was broken glass scattered on the floor in front of the window. After seeing this, he stopped and took a couple steps back to her door and went inside. He looked on the floor in shock but there was no glass to be seen. He checked the window and saw it was not open or broken, then looked at the curtains as they hung motionlessly. He stepped back from the window, staring at it and the floor in total confusion. "What the heck? I could have sworn...", he trailed off, shaking his head a little. "Hmm..." He turned around and headed back dowstairs, dismissing the thought. As he came downstairs and looked through the open doorway, he saw that the rain had gotten much worse. He stared out at the storm, closing his eyes for a moment and sighing heavily in annoyance. Without wasting anymore time, he took off, once again shielding his face from the elements in the air. "It only figures that the wind would change to be going against me again.", Vegeta complained. The wind had gotten so strong at one point that Vegeta had a little trouble flying straight. "This is ridiculous!", he yelled, transforming to Super Saiyan, allowing himself to fly much faster and easier. "Now why didn't I do that before?", he questioned in his mind. In a matter of minutes he arrived back at Yoshimi's Restaurant. Before he landed, he powered down so nobody would see him in that form. He then landed and ran inside hurridly.
Bra looked up and saw Vegeta come in. "Tousan!"
Trunks turned to see Vegeta and sighed in relief. "I was beginning to worry. What took you so long?"
"I had a little trouble in the storm on the way.", Vegeta answered as he brushed a little bit of drying blood off his cheek.
Trunks cocked his head a little in question. "Everything ok?", he asked as he held Bra in his lap.
Vegeta looked up at Trunks. "Oh sure. Everything is just fine. Besides the fact that I had to blow our front door off it's hinges!", he exclaimed, narrowing his eyes.
"Nani??", Trunks asked in surprise.
"That's right! I had to blast the whole door out just to get inside because you didn't give the keys back to me!"
Trunks widened his eyes. "Uh...I'm uh...sorry.", he studdered as he dug into his pocket, retrieving the keys. "Here.", he said nervously and tossed the keys to Vegeta.
With one quick swipe, he caught the keys in his right hand. When he turned his head as he put them into his pocket, Trunks saw the scratch on his left cheek.
"Uhh....Tousan?" What happened to your face?", he asked, pointing to the scrape.
"Huh? Oh, this. A piece of something hit me in the air on the way back home."
"Oh. Man,", he started, looking out the window, "it must be pretty bad out there."
"Yeah.", Vegeta responded and pulled his wallet out. "Now let's go already." He headed for the front of the restaurant. He left a $5 bill on the table for the waiter. Then he walked up to the front with a $100 bill in his hand. He handed the money and the bill to the cashier. "Keep the change.", he said as he waved his hand at her casually. Vegeta then walked to the foyer and out the door with Trunks, who was still holding Bra, following.
Once outside, they got back in the car and started to go home.
"Hey, Trunks...what was the matter with you earlier?", Bra asked.
Trunks glanced in the mirror to look at Bra. "Oh...uh...it was nothing."
Bra shrugged and looked at Vegeta. "Tousan...what took you so long to get back?"
Vegeta didn't respond. He was trying to see the road through the intensifing storm.
Bra continued, "Tousan? Hey Dad, did you hear me? What took you so long earlier?"
Becoming impatient, Vegeta jerked around in his seat to face Bra. "Bra, would you be quiet! I'm trying to concentrate on the road!"
As Vegeta was turned in his seat, the car suddenly swerved off the road.
"Dad look out!", Trunks yelled.
Vegeta spun back around and slammed on the breaks, causing him to lose control.
Bra let out an ear-piercing scream as the car slammed head-on into a tree. Without her seat belt on, she flew forward and crashed through the windshield, which caused her to hit her head on the tree and fall to the ground uncounsious.
Vegeta had hit his head on the steering wheel, yet was pulled back by his seat belt. There was blood running over his right eyelid from a gash in his forehead. He clenced his teeth and opened his eyes slowly. As he moaned and put his hand on his head, he looked over towards Trunks, who had slammed into the dash and was slumped over with blood running down the side of his face. "Trunks? Trunks!", he shouted as he reached over and shook him. "Trunks wake up, boy!"
Trunks moaned for a moment before slowly opening his eyes. "Tousan? What happened?", he asked as he put his hand on his head, with a painful expression on his face.
"Good, you're ok.", Vegeta sighed in relief and turned to face Bra. "Bra? Are you--" He then noticed that she wasn't there. "Bra?!" Vegeta began looking around frantically as he whispered to himself worridly. "Kami..." When he turned back around, he saw that the windshield was shattered. "Bra!" He quickly unbuckled his seat belt and swung open the door hurridly, then ran to the front of the car.
"Oh no...", Trunks whispered in horror, as he also unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car.
Vegeta saw Bra by the tree and ran over to her, kneeling on the gound by her side. "Bra!", he cried while shaking her gently.
Just then, a guy in a car drove by, seeing the wreck. "Oh my Kami!", he exclaimed as he pulled over, grabbing his cell phone in a hurry. He dialed 911 and put the phone to his ear looking at the wreck. After a short wait, he began talking, "Hai! I'm calling from Highway 88...there's been a car wreck! From what I can see there's three people involved." He listened to the receptionist for a few moments before continuing. "Iie. It's a one car wreck. ........Hai. The car seems to have run off the road and hit a tree head-on. ...........I can see two guys on the ground and a little girl lying between them. She isn't moving! ........Uh....", He looked around for some familiar landmark. "We're about nine miles south of Yoshimi's Restaurant. ...........Ok. Please hurry! Arigatou." The guy turned his cell phone off and put it back in his pocket.
All of a sudden, sirens were heard. Vegeta looked up and saw the flashing red lights of an ambulence coming down the road in the distance. He ignored it, redirecting his attention to Bra, as Trunks knelt down beside her as well. Noticing the several cuts on her, Vegeta wiped some of the blood off her face.
Then an ambulence pulled up and stopped on the road next to them. Several men got out and ran over to the scene.
"Here! Let us take you to the hospital.", one ambulence team member directed.
Vegeta looked up at him, blinking to prevent blood from running into his eye. "No. We are just fine. Leave us.", he informed and looked back at Bra.
"But sir! You need medical attention! Especially the girl! It's the best thing!", he explained as he reached down to lift Bra onto a stretcher.
Vegeta grabbed the man's wrist before he could touch Bra and looked up at him with narrowed eyes. "Don't touch her! I told you to leave!! We don't need your help!!", he yelled as he tightened his grip.
The man gasped in sudden pain. "Aah! Let go! We need to get her to a doctor as soon as possible!"
"Listen!! If you don't---", Vegeta began as he tightened his grip further on the man's arm, but was interrupted by Trunks.
"Tousan please! You have to calm down! We got to get Bra home and get her a senzu bean.", Trunks reasoned as he grabbed Vegeta's wrist, causing him to lose his grip. "And sir, please, just leave.", Trunks started, looking at the ambulence team member, "Trust me on this, you don't want to be too persistent with my father! Just go. We'll be fine."
As Trunks talked to the ambulence attendant, Vegeta picked Bra up and held her protectively in his arms, looking at the two as he waited for Trunks.
After he finished explaining the situation, Trunks turned and looked at Vegeta. They both nodded simultaneously at each other and took off into the air, heading home. As they flew away, they left the aircar and a stunned ambulence crew behind.