Chapter 2




Madison didn't know how long she'd been unconscious, but when she came to, she like everything in her body was broken. All she remembered was being in the store with Jessica, and then she disappeared and appeared back in a tunnel, falling. She passed out too quickly to remember anything else. "Oh my, God. Jessica!" she exclaimed, pulling herself into a sitting position. She opened her eyes and surveyed her surroundings.

Everything around her was all hazy and blurred. She reached and felt around for something to hold onto. She felt a big boulder and pulled herself onto it. She closed her eyes then opened them again. It didn't help much. Her face was sticky so she reached up and touched it. When her hand came back to her face, even through the blur, she could see the redness of the blood on her fingers.

She wiped it off. She cupped her hands around her mouth and called, "Jessica! Jessica, where are you?!" This time, she got an answer back. It was very faint though, "Mad! Maddy! I hear you!" Madison sighed, glad that her friend was alive and okay. "Madison, where are you?!" "I don't know, I can't see a thing!" Madison answered, "Where are you?" Jessica didn't answer back.

"Jess! Jessica!" Madison screamed. She tried to stand, but the pain shot through her whole body. She went as far as a few feet before falling unconscious from the immensity of the pain. Someone came by and saw her lying there, covered in blood, and picked her up, carefully, and headed for the city. He met up others, and they continued along, handling with care, the girls

Madison and Jessica had been brought to the same place, and were getting a great deal of medical attention. They'd been in a coma-like sleep for almost two weeks, and their injuries were healing quickly, thanks to something special. The first sign of recovery was when the second week was almost over. Their audience, and the ones who had brought in the girls, were always there. They never left and were going to be the first people the girls saw when they wake up.

Jessica was the first. The monitor beside her bed began to beep to her bodily reactions. Her breathing came without the use of the oxygen mask, and she groaned. Everyone looked at her, She moved slightly and then stopped. Everyone sighed. "Well, at least she made some movement." someone remarked. Suddenly she sat up and yanked the oxygen mask from her face, taking deep breaths.

ALmost everyone had been startled by her reaction. She had a bandage wrapped around her eyes, but that didn't stop her from pulling out the tubes in her arms, wincing at the pain. "Maddy." she cried, "Maddy, where are you?" she was about to get out of bed, but someone held her in place. "Let me go!" she screamed, "Madison might need me!" She pushed at the person holding her, only to no avail.

"I said let me g--" "Jess?" came Madison's soft voice, "Jess, is it really you?" The person held Jessica's shoulders and escorted her to Madison's bed. Jessica reached down and felt for Madison's hand. She held it and squeezed it. "Jessica, where are we?" Madison asked. "Well, if this bandage wasn't over my eyes, I'd tell you." They both gave a small laugh.

"Well, let's take them off." Madison suggested. They both reached up and began unwrapping the bandages over their eyes. They pulled off the pieces and let them fall. They blinked a couple times to adjust to the lighting. They looked at each other and smiled then their eyes opened wide. They weren't prepared for what they saw.

Madison had removed the tubes and things from her body, so she reached up and touched Jessica's face. "Jess, you face... it's changed. And so has you hair. It looks... anime-ish?" Jessica ran her hand through Madison's hair. "You shouldn't talk." she mumbled, "Your strawberry blond is slightly... a light pink. The strawberry is showing more than blond."

Their eyes had changed too. Jessica's eyes actually looked like the ocean, with sparkles and everything. The blue green in Madison's also shone out. Madison hugged Jessica tightly and she hugged back. Their had tears down their cheeks. "What happened to us? What have they done to us?!" they sobbed in unison. "Will you two shut up already!" growled a voice from behind.

They turned slowly, the tears still running down their faces. Standing, some sitting, over to the site was most of the Dragonball Z gang. Madison and Jessica chuckled nervously and the tears disappeared. "Hi." Madison muttered, "How ya doing?" Jessica gave a small wave. "Madison," she whispered, "I think these people wanna do us in. Let's get out of her. We'll take our clothes and ease out the door." Madison nodded.

They looked around for their clothes and found that they were near the group. "Forget the clothes!" Jessica hissed, "Let's just get out!" Madison threw back the covers off of her and made a mad dash for the door, Jessica right behind her. They made it through the door and halfway out, when they caught Jessica. "Maddy!" Madison turned around to see Vegeta holding Jessica around her waist.

She started back but Jessica shook her head. "Keep going!" she yelled. Madison turned back around and kept going. She made it past the gates, but didn't get too far after that. Trunks landed in front of her, making her fall backwards. "Who are you people!?" she screamed, picking up clumps of dirt and throwing them at him. "Get! Get! Shoo! Stay away!"

Trunks managed to miss most of the dirt clumps, but some caught him. One, which was really a mud ball, caught him straight in his face. Madison had to stop and laugh to herself. "I'm sorry." she said between giggles, "I really didn't mean for that to happen." He wiped the mud from his face. "That's okay." Trunks sighed. He picked her up around the waist and carried her back inside.

As Trunks got closer, Madison could hear Jessica's continuous ranting and raving, "I said let me go! You arrogant, little, prince! When I get my hands on you, I'll strangle you! Then rip our head from your body and tear out your brain!" Madison laughed. When they walked through the door, Madison saw that Vegeta had Jessica held tight, against his side, with her arms pressed against her side.

Jessica looked over as Trunks walked back in. "Maddy!" she squealed. She sucked in her breath a great deal and slid out of Vegeta's hold, rushing over to her friend. Everyone laughed at the look on Vegeta's face. Trunks let Madison go, and she hugged Jessica. "Can we still make a run for it?" Madison whispered, "The window's open, we could jump through it. They looked over a the mirror, measuring it up.

"It's a fair enough size to fit us, but only one of us is going to be able to make it through, the other one would or could get caught." Jessica turned and measured the distance between the door. "I'll be able to make it to the door, while they worry about you." she told Madison. They nodded. Madison put her head on Jessica's shoulder. She looked up at Trunks and stuck out her tongue.

Trunks raised an eyebrow at the gesture then ignored it. He had heard everything, but was going to let them go. What's the harm. Jessica inched Madison over to the window, slowly, so no one would notice. "Ready?" she asked her. Madison nodded. "Now." Jessica said. Madison let go of her and dived out of the window. Jessica sped off through the door. Everyone, except Trunks was a little surprised at the plan of escape, and didn't react in time.

As Madison landed outside then rolled to a stop, and got up, she looked around for Jessica. She spotted her running towards her. "Madison! Let's go!" Jessica yelled. She grabbed Madison's hand, and the two of them took off down the street. They ran into the nearest shop. They zipped through the aisles so quickly, no one saw, picking up a few things on the way. They then snuck into the dressing rooms.

When they came back out, Jessica had on a dark blue shirt with black pants and black sneakers. Her hair was pulled back in a ponytail and the end was hanging through the space in the back of the black cap. Madison was the same, except she was wearing a red shirt with a black, denim jacket over it, and she had her hair pulled up under the cap, so only her bangs were showing.

They walked out of the store like they were only looking around, and out onto the sidewalk. The tipped up the front of their caps and looked around. Behind them, where they ran away from, was Capsule Corp. They couldn't believe it. They were actually in the DBZ world. "Mad," Jessica said, the two of them starting down the sidewalk, "Is this some kind of dream?" Madison shrugged her shoulders and the two walked on.

Madison wasn't looking up and she bumped into someone. "Unh!" she grunted as she stumbled backwards. "I'm sorry," she said, "I wasn't watching where I was going." She looked up from under the brim of her cap and saw Goku smiling at her. "That's ok." he said. She stared at him, her mouth half open. Jessica tipped her hat over her eyes and grabbed Madison's arm, dragging her along. "Nice meeting you, Goku." she said.

Goku nodded and was about to go back to his business, when he realized she'd said he said his name. He turned back around to see them disappearing down the street. He disappeared and reappeared. in front of the. They gasped. "Tell me, how did you know my name?" he asked. Jessica realized her mistake. "Um... lucky guess." she stammered, "We've heard so much about you, and just placed a name with a face." Goku shook his head.

"That was no lucky guess. Where are you headed?" he added. "South City." Madison said quickly, remembering the name from the tape, "And we're in a hurry. So... bye." She waved as she and Jessica took off down the sidewalk. Goku took off in the other direction, headed towards Capsule Corp., meeting Vegeta and Trunks on the way. "I think I found them." he told Vegeta.

"Where are they?" Vegeta asked. "They took off running down Maple Drive." Goku told them. "Thanks." Trunks said. He and Vegeta took off the way Vegeta came, with Goku following behind them. "There they are." Goku said, pointing down at the street below them. Vegeta and Trunks looked down and saw the two figures walking along peacefully. They landed quietly and a few feet behind them.

As soon as they moved forward to grab them, Bulma pulled up on one of her hover cycles. "Hi guys." she said cheerfully. "Be quiet, woman." Vegeta growled. Madison and Jessica turned around. "Run!" they yelled together, taking off again, running faster than before. Trunks and Goku frowned at Bulma, but Vegeta scowled at her. She gave a sorry shrug and took off.

Madison and Jessica had ran so far, so fast, they'd forgotten which way they'd turned off, and were now on a desert like area. They spotted a couple trees and rushed over to them. They sat down under the shade and stretched out. Jessica flipped her cap over her face and Madison let her hair out. "So peaceful out here." Madison sighed, "Nothing can go wrong." (Why must they jinx themselves?)

They had fallen asleep under the trees and were pretty exhausted, so they didn't notice when a figure came over to them. He stood in front of them, arms crossed over his chest, cape billowing behind him. He motioned to someone above him. "Thank, Piccolo." the person said as he landed. Piccolo nodded. The person picked up Madison, careful not to wake her, and Piccolo picked up Jessica, the two of them taking off.

They took them back to Capsule Corp., and Bulma gave them a room. She made sure to lock all the windows, and doors, except for the front one. The person, other than Piccolo, who had brought them in, stayed with them in their room, making sure they didn't do anything foolish. Madison was the first to wake up. She yawned and stretched, making a small noise.

She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and opened them. She looked around and realized they were back in their room. Beside her, in another bed, Jessica was just waking up. She looked around too, and sighed, "I give. We'll just stay with them for a while." "Good." said a voice from the side of the room, "Save us all the trouble of having to always run after you."

Madison and Jessica both looked over at the person in the corner. Madison immediately developed a cat-like face and heart eyes. Jessica just asked, "And you are...?" "Goten, Goku's son, other son." he answered. Madison grabbed Jessica's arm, never taking her eyes off of Goten, "Why didn't you tell me Goten looked so good?" she squeaked, "Last I saw of him, he was a little boy!"

Jessica shrugged, "I dunno. Must've slipped my mind or something." She wasn't interested in Goten. She had her eye on a certain purple haired young man. Goten looked like his father here and there, but he also had his own charms. He hair was cut short, not too short, still hand-run-through length. He had bangs framing his face already, and his smile, smirk, anything, could melt a girl's heart.

And that's exactly what it was doing to Madison. She held out her hand to him. "My name's Madison Q. Morgan." she told him. He shook her hand. "What the "Q" stand for?" he asked. "Now that is.. a secret." she laughed. He smiled at her. Jessica took this time to sneak out of the room. She closed the door quietly behind her. She giggled gleefully as she started down the hallway.

Back in the room, Madison was getting to know Goten better. "So," she said, "How old are you?" "I'm 16, making 17 in several weeks." Madison was celebrating internally, but kept it from showing. "You seeing anyone?" she inquired. He shook his head. Her heart just took a rocket to the moon. "Someone as handsome as you?" she added for luck. He laughed and shook his head. The celebration turned into a festival. "What about you?" The question caught her by surprise. "Wha--?" "Are you seeing anyone?" he asked again. She shook her head.

"Well, maybe, we can go out sometime." Madison couldn't believe what she'd just heard. "Me? You! Us?! A... date?" "Sure." he laughed, "It would be nice." "Sure." Madison agreed dreamily. Madison felt like lighting a flare and sending it off, to signal her happiness. She held her arms in the arm, like she was stretching, but she was really cheering, and right from the palm of her hand, a ki blast, blowing the roof from that section, from over of her head.