"After the Sleeper Woke Up" - Chapter Five Chapter Five

"Is she nuts or what?" Bulma asked as she tossed the used needle into a trash can, and looked at the remaining sedative in the little bottle. It had taken nearly half of it to quite the Saiya-jin, and Bulma only hoped she wouldn't have to use the rest on her soon.
"I don't know. Do you think it's possible she had a fever? Maybe she woke up in the tank hallucinating and freaked out," Trunks said. He was standing in the doorway, frowning as he looked at the Saiya-jin female. Her cheeks were paler now, no longer flushed. It was hard to believe she was the wild-eyed girl he'd walked into the lab to find standing amid broken glass. She'd looked like a trapped animal that saw no way out except through him.
"Maybe. I don't know what we'll do if we get a repeat performance of it, though." Bulma sighed and set the sedative and several needles on the night stand beside the bed where the Saiya-jin slept. She looked rather peaceful in sleep, with only the occasional flicker of an eyelid to show she might have been dreaming. Her breathing was deep and slow and steady, and her pulse had seemed strong when Bulma checked it. Her tail was still wrapped safely around her waist, and the hole was nearly gone. All that really remained was an impression in her flesh, and the top layer of skin on her back and belly. Bulma had bandaged it up, and debated whether or not to put her on an intravenous flow of the sedative, then decided against it. Instead, she and Trunks rigged up some heavy metal restraints to put her in, and a heavy metal door with a lock on the outside. Bulma didn't believe that would hold a Saiya-jin for long, but at least it might give them some warning when and if she did escape.
"We'll do what we always do, Mom. We'll take care of it." Trunks shrugged and walked out, and Bulma followed him. He pushed the door shut and threw the big iron lock into place.