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A/N; you know I really didn't think anyone would read this fic, cause it is kinda different. But I'm glad you all like it. Thank-you TonsOFun, Poetina, Phoenix Kai, Aymei and Juu-Chan2002, you guys all rock. And I realise this is a rather short chapter but I promise the next one will be extra long. ~Deadly Beauty
A Helping Hand
Chapter 3
18 knew that 17 was watching her sleep. It was really weird; she rolled over and looked up at him.
"What do you want?"
"I want to know your secret" said 17. 18 groaned and sat up, she'd been putting off telling 17 for just over a week now but she knew she had to do it.
"You really wanna know?". 17 nodded his head and sat down on the bed. 18 thought about what she was going to say carefully, she didn't want to just say it outright, but she had to give 17 a decent clue.
"It's about the humans"
"The humans?" asked 17
"Yeah," 18 paused and thought about what she was going to say next "I guess you could say, I'm responsible for one". 17 was confused.
"What do you mean?" he asked. 18 stood up and walked over to the cupboard, she pulled out her black dressing gown and put it on.
"I think you know what I mean" she said then she walked down the hall and into the bathroom. After a few minutes of sitting there it finally clicked, 17 knew, and he was furious. If 18 had said anything else he would have gotten over it, but this. She just gone too far and 17 bet a million bucks he knew who the father was.
Later that afternoon 18 was sitting at the kitchen table reading a magazine when 17 walked in. He sat down opposite 18 and she looked up at him.
"Can I help you?".
"Yeah, you can tell me who the father of your brat is".
"Why?" asked 18.
"So I can go and turn him inside out" threatened 17. 18 shook her head.
"Well if that's your reason, then I'm not going to tell you" she said.
"It's that midget isn't it. Krillen's the father". When 18 didn't reply he took it as a yes and stood up and walked out the front of the house. 18 got up and ran after him.
17 jumped up into the sky and began to fly off.
"17 wait. Please just leave Krillen out of it, it's my fault this happened not his". 17 stopped and turned to look at his sister. She was standing on the front steps. 17 turned and flew off but he didn't get very far before 18 was in front off him. He hated the fact that 18 was faster than him, but then again he was a little stronger than her.
"17 please, don't do it. If you go I can't come after you, flying is not an option for me right now, at least not flying fast. But if you do go I won't be here when you get back" said 18, but 17 was too angry to care, in actual fact he didn't even hear a word she said. 17 disappeared. 18 knew she didn't have anytime to waist, she landed back on the ground and ran inside the house. Once there she pulled up Krillen's data. She didn't know why but Dr.Gero had programmed every one of the Z fighters phone numbers into her. She quickly dialed in the number and waited. It would take 17 a little more than an hour to reach his destination.
***
Krillen was outside training when he heard the phone ringing. He ran inside to get it.
"Hello" he said.
"Krillen is that you?" came a nervous voice. Krillen had no idea who he was talking to.
"Uh yeah it is. Who's this?"
"This is 18. Listen you need to get away from Kame Island and you need to go now" said 18.
"Ok 18 calm down. Just tell me where to go and I'll be there as soon as possible" said Krillen.
"Um go to um the Satan City Library" said 18. She was actually quiet proud of herself. It was close to 18 so she wouldn't have to go to far to meet Krillen and it was the last place on earth 17 would think to look. Krillen was confused.
"Um why do you want me to go there?" he asked.
"Look, there's not much time, you just have to get away from the island. I'll explain everything when you get there ok" said 18 and she hung up the phone.
Krillen ran up the stairs to get his jacket and to tell Master Roshi where he was going.
"Hey Roshi, I'm going to the mainland ok. Be back later" said Krillen. Master Roshi mumbled some sort of in coherent response so Krillen left.
***
His flight to the mainland took about 35 minutes, which was a surprise. Krillen had never gotten all the way to Satan City in less than 50 minutes. Maybe he flew faster because he was worried about 18. But she was fine. Krillen landed at the outskirts of the city and he ran all the way to the library. 18 was sitting on the big steps waiting for him.
"Good, you here, I thought he might follow your ki, you should probably lower it. Krillen did as he was told and suppressed his ki.
"Now would you care to tell me what's going on?" he asked.
"It's 17, he wants to kill you" stated 18 matter of factly.
"Oh, um why?"
"He knows". That was all that need to be said for Krillen to fully understand why 18 had brought him out here. Krillen gulped.
"I'm sorry Krillen, I tried to keep it a secret, I really did, but it was just to hard".
"18 don't apologize, you did nothing wrong. Right now the most important thing to do is to take you somewhere where he can't hurt you" said Krillen. 18 looked at him quizzically.
"He's after you" she said.
"Yeah but once he gets to Kame Island and finds I'm not there he's probably going to suspect that you had something to do with it" said Krillen.
"You're right, I didn't even think about that," said 18 "but where should we go?".
Krillen took 18's hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. "C'mon, I know just the place".
***
17 landed on the small island and walked up the front steps; he ripped the door of its hinges and walked inside. Master Roshi was sitting on the couch. "Can I help you?" he asked.
"Where is that short-ass, I have a bone to pick with him" said 17. Master Roshi stood up, he didn't like that looks of this guy.
"Krillen is not home right now," he said. 17 growled low in his throat, his sister had something to do with this he just knew it.
"Do you know where he went?". Master Roshi shrugged his shoulders.
"He got a phone call and then took off for the mainland". 17 glared daggers at Master Roshi, his stare was no where near as intimidating as his sisters but he could still scare a few people with it. 17 turned and left, in a worse mood than what he came in, now he had two people to kill.
***
They arrived at the outskirts of the city and 18 jumped into the air.
"What do you think you're doing?" asked Krillen.
"Flying" replied 18.
"You must know that flying while your pregnant is not a good idea" said Krillen.
18 rolled her eyes. How else do expect me to get to wherever it is that we're going?" she asked.
"Simple," said Krillen "I'm going to carry you".
"You what?"
"You heard me, and I won't take no for an answer sorry" said Krillen. He was surprised when 18 didn't argue with him; she just dropped back to the ground and let Krillen pick her up. Soon they were rocketing through the sky. 18 almost fell asleep in Krillen warm embrace; she could have happily stayed like this forever. But like all things it had to come to an end, because before long Krillens feet touched the ground.
"We're here" he said.
"Already?" asked 18
Krillen laughed "yep" he said. 18 looked up at the big dome shaped building, she read the big blue letters on the side. They were at the capsule corporation.
"Why are we here?" she asked.
"Because you'll be safe here," said Krillen "and right now your safety is all that matters".
"What about you, you need to stay safe as well" said 18. Krillen began to walk over to the front door, 18 followed him.
"But my safety is no where near as important to me as yours" he said. 18 smiled, if anyone in the world was going to be this baby's father she was glad it was Krillen. Krillen knocked on the front door and waited. Soon Bulma came to the front door. She was wearing a white lab coat over her jeans and shirt and a pair of safety goggles was dangling around her neck, she also had a big dirty grease smudge on her cheek.
"Hi, I wasn't expecting to have anyone over" said Bulma.
"Uh, yeah sorry about that, but we really need to talk to you" said Krillen. Bulma looked behind Krillen and saw 18 standing there she smiled warmly at her.
"Hi, nice to meet you, I'm Bulma".
"I'm 18" 18 introduced herself as she and Krillen walked inside.
"Um, is this going to need to be a private conversation?" asked Bulma. Krillen nodded his head.
"I think it is" he said.
"Alright you two just go and wait in my office downstairs and I'll go get cleaned up and meet you in there in a few minutes" said Bulma.
"Ok" agreed Krillen and he lead 18 towards the elevator down the hall.
Bulma's office was huge and very expensive looking. There were also various awards and certificates hanging on the wall. 18 counted 42 in all. Soon Bulma walked into the office, she had cleaned her face and changed her top. She sat down at her desk and looked at her friends.
"What can I do for you?" she asked. They were both silent for a few minutes until Krillen spoke up.
"18 needs a safe place to stay for a few days" he said.
"And you were wondering if she could stay here" said Bulma.
"Well yeah" said Krillen
"I don't see that that should be a problem" said Bulma.
"Thanks Bulma" said Krillen. Bulma leaned back in her chair and looked at 18.
"So does one of you want to tell me why you're staying here".
"Not really" said 18. Bulma understood that it must have been a touchy subject so she didn't push it. The last thing she wanted was to make her friends uncomfortable. She stood up.
"Well c'mon, I'll take you up to your room".
18 and Krillen sat on the bed each deep in there own thought. Krillen didn't want to go back to Kame House because of what might be waiting for him there and 18 didn't want Krillen to go because she just didn't, she kind of liked the idea of having him close. Even though she had come to the conclusion that she didn't have feeling for him, she just needed a father for her baby, at least that's what she wanted to believe, deep down she knew it wasn't true. After another 15 minutes of silence Krillen finally decided it was time to go, it was getting close to 6 O'clock.
"I'd better go" he said.
"Must you?" asked 18
"Yeah, but if you like, I could come back tomorrow" said Krillen.
"I'd like that, we can hide from my brother together" joked 18. Krillen stood up and began to leave the room.
"And Krillen." Called 18, he turned around to look at her "be careful".
A/N; What's Krillen going to find when he gets back to Kame Island? Come back soon to find out.
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