Chapter 4



Madison's week was over and she would be returning back to the house any moment soon. Jessica rushed out to meet her. She looked up in the sky and saw two little dots getting bigger. Soon after, they took on the forms of Piccolo and Madison. Before landing, Madison executed a wonderful flip. Jessica rushed up and gave Madison a big hug. "Oh! I've missed you so much!" Madison cried.

"I missed you, too." Jessica said, "By the way, you look great!" Jessica moved Madison back a little to get a good view. She still had the face and shape of the sixteen-year-old she knew, but you could still see the muscles in her thighs and legs, and also her in her arms. Her face and smile still held that "Madison" charm everyone knew and came to love. Her hair had also grown in length. It was now down to the middle of her back, and had been bleached, by the sun, so the strawberry was slowly disappearing.

Jessica hugged Madison again. That's when Madison saw Goten, leaning against the door frame with his arms crossed over his chest and a smirk on his face. "Um... Jess," she started, "Do you think you could excuse me? I have something I need to do." Jessica smiled, "Sure. Go ahead. I need to talk to Mr. Namek anyway." Jessica patted Madison on the back as she started walking over to Goten. Jessica moved over to Piccolo's side. "So... Piccolo..."

Madison smiled like she'd just met Goten, for the first time. Goten moved forward and picked her up around the waist, swinging her around. Madison laughed happily. He brought her down, and held her close against him. He slowly pulled back, holding the back of her head, then brought it forward, their mouths meeting in the most passionate kiss they ever shared. "Never leave me again." he whispered breathlessly, putting her head on his shoulder. "I won't. I promise," she sighed, "I love you." "I love you, too." he stated back.

"Aww. That's so sweet." Jessica sighed, wiping the tears from her eyes. Back at the doorway, Bulma, Chi-Chi, Bra, Pan, and Marron were doing the same. "How beautiful..." Chi-Chi sighed. Madison laughed and kept her head buried in Goten's shoulder. Jessica moved over and shooed the crowd away from the door. "Oh. Ok. Break it up. Nothing to see here. Move along." They grumbled, but walked off. Jessica dusted off her hands at a job well done.

She looked around and frowned. "Now," she huffed, "Where's my Trunksie-Wunksie?" Goten rested his head on Madison's hair to smother his laughter. Even though she'd been gone, training for a week, she still smelled fresh, like a just blossomed flower. Trunks came out from around the side of the house. "My name is not what you say it is. Just... Trunks." "Silly me." Jessica said. She turned back to Piccolo. "Do we have a deal?" she asked.

"Isn't Vegeta already training with you?" he asked. She nodded, "But that's not enough. I don't beg for stuff that I want. Ask Madison, she'll tell ya." Madison looked up and nodded her head. "So... train me, or forget you ever had a life, 'cause when I'm through with you, you won't." She plastered a sweet smile on her face. Madison sighed, "Jessie, let's forget all this training. Let's head to the mall. But first, I have to soak in a hot bath."

One hour, and about three hot baths later, the two girls, their guys, Bulma, and Bra, Marron, and Pan, started off towards the local mall. Madison and Jessica got a few stares, but the glares from Goten and Trunks made them back off. When they reached the mall, they noticed there was as group outside. When they walked by they got a few catcalls and wolf whistles. Madison and Jessica told the others to go on ahead, they wanted a word with the group.

They walked up to them and smiled. "Well, well, well." Jessica snickered, "We got ourselves a gang of tough boys, checking us out, Mad." Madison laughed and walked up to the leader. She ran her finger from his left cheek to his right. "What's your name?" she whispered. "Jake." he answered. "Well, Jake. Do you know it is not polite to make a play for a girl when she's with her guy? Hmm?"

Jessica moved to another one on a motorcycle. "Your friend seems to have his hands full." she told him. "What do you think?" the boy scoffed. Jessica glared at him. "Listen, punk." she growled, grabbing him by his shirt, "I don't know who you think you're dealing with, but the point we came over here to make is, don't ever take us for your regular street girls. Got that?!" The boy nodded quickly. "Good." She let go of his shirt. "C'mon, Maddy. Let's go."

Madison turned away from the leader, after proving her point, and leaving a few slight scars, and followed Jessica inside. They spotted the guys easily. They were the ones surrounded by all the swarming, clingy girls. Bulma and the others were off to the side, beside them. The two girls stormed over and pushed through the crowd. "Listen here!" Jessica exclaimed, "There are ours. O-U-R-S." "So buzz off, bimbos!" Madison added.

The group of girls grumbled and glared at them, but left none the less. "What was that all about?" Jessica inquired. "I believe it's the hair." Trunks said, running a hand through his. Everyone laughed. "Not funny." Jessica said, giving him a playful punch, "Now let's go shop." "You said the magic word." Bulma said from beside them. "Yay!" the three little girls agreed. They walked ahead, while Jessica and Madison dragged the boys along.

Hours later, the gang returned at Capsule Corp., with half of every store with them. They had to get several different taxis to help them take everything home. The taxi drivers had to even help take a few things to the door, where the other guys were waiting to take them. After they sorted them out, Bulma's closet was bursting, Madison's and Jessica's were burst, Marron, Bra, and Pan's were just right, and Goten and Trunks' were half full.

Even though Jessica and Madison had shopped their hearts out, they still weren't as happy. The new skylight windows in their rooms hung open and they were out on the roof, staring at the stars. Madison hugged her knees to her chest. "Daddy," she sobbed, "Ken. I miss them. I miss the way Ken would call me, squirt. I miss the way he'd always tease me. I miss Daddy's cooking. I just miss them!"

Jessica got up and sat beside Madison, wrapping her arm around her shoulder. "Shh. Shh. It's okay." she comforted, "It's ok. I miss my mom and baby brother, too." Madison rested her head on Jessica's shoulder. "The last thing I told them was, I'll be..." "...back later." Madison finished for her, "And I had a plan that would've mad us real sisters."

"You mean to make our parents meet and send them on a couple good dates?" Jessica asked. She felt Madison nod on her shoulder. "That was my plan also!" she exclaimed. Madison's sobs grew louder, "My birthday passed, and they weren't even able to celebrate it." Jessica comforted Madison down some more. "it's gonna be ok, Maddy. Mine missed my birthday, too. Why not go back to where we first dropped in to see if we can find something?" she suggested. Madison looked up and nodded, and the two of them took off into the night.

From the height they were at, they couldn't distinguish much of the features, so they got a little lower. Jessica spotted the pond she was by, and Madison found several boulders, each a good ways behind the other. "Jessie, do me a favor." "What kind?" "Stand where you were when you first heard me and call my name. I'm trying to figure out which boulder I was at, when I woke up." "Ok."

The first boulder was too close. She skipped the second and third, going to the fourth, but that was way too far. She then spotted a smaller boulder between the two she'd skipped. She was able to lean against it too. *Now, Jess.* she said telepathically. Jessica cupped her hands around her mouth. "Maddy! Madison, can you hear me?" The answer that came back to her was faint, as the day they came into this world, "Yes. This is where I was, and I found something!"

Madison flew the short distance and landed next to Jessica. The sun had just risen and she held up a box to Jessica. An old, dirty, crushed box. Jessica brushed it off and tried to figure it out. She turned it over and gasped, "Mad, that's us!" "Impossible!" Madison looked at the box along with Jessica and saw it was true. They were on the cover of the box, which turned out to be a video case, looking like how they did, when they were both ten years old.

"Jessica. We're on a cassette cover. It doesn't make sense. We're from Earth, in our dimension." Madison explained. "Somehow, this proves, they knew about us, and exactly what we've been doing our lives, because we..." "...knew what they've been doing their lives." they finished together. "That's creepy." Madison said, shuddering. "But, now what happens?" Jessica thought out loud, "The two worlds are now in... one?"

The box in her hands finally turned into dust, slipping through her fingers. Jessica and Madison looked at each other. They heard a noise behind them and then something landed in front of them. Jessica bent and picked it up. It was another video case. It was almost as old as the first one, but with the dirt on it, it gave it more age. Madison looked over Jessica's shoulder and screamed. She rushed past her and over to where a body was now lying on the ground, covered in dirt and blood.

Jessica rushed over to Madison. Madison! Look at this." She showed her the case. It was the same as the first one, just with someone different. Two people difference actually. A young boy and girl. Madison tried and turned the person over onto their back. She moved the hair from their face and gasped. "Madison," Jessica said quietly, "This looks just like your cousin..." "Samantha!" Madison screamed.

Madison held Samantha in her arms and carried her to the pond. She washed off her face then gave her a little water to drink. Samantha swallowed the water and coughed. Jessica felt another person nearby. She floated up and scanned the area. About a mile away, she saw another figure. She took off and landed next to the person. She nearly fell down when she landed. Her nephew, who's fifteen, lay sprawled out on the dirt.

"Jamie!" she cried, stumbling across the ground. She dropped to her knees near him and picked him up, the second cover turning to dust. She got up and went back to Madison. Madison met her halfway in the air. "we've got to get them back to Capsule Corporation." she said when she saw Jamie, "They need medical attention, and fast." "That's what a hospital is for. We can't take them to Capsule Corp. We don't want the others to know what we were doing out here."

Madison nodded and the two of them took off, back to the mainland. When they neared Capsule Corp., they descended and continued on foot. They made it to the hospital and got immediate help. They got, what most said, was the best doctor; Doctor Jacobs. The doctor had left Madison in the room with Jamie and Samantha. The progress was improving, but slowly, and Madison couldn't take it.

She paced around the room. Jessica had her eyes closed she couldn't see her. "Jessica, I can't take it anymore." she declared, "It's taking too long." She walked over to the beds and passed her hands over both, Jamie and Samantha. The monitor's beeping picked up and their rate soon regulated. Madison sighed happily and pulled the oxygen masks off of their face.

The two of them took deep breaths and started coughing. Jessica got up and walked over to Jamie's bed, just as he opened his eyes. He blinked a couple times then looked at her. "Aunty... J..?" he said weakly. Jessica nodded. On the other side, Samantha was hugging Madison as tight as she possibly could. Jessica held Jamie's hand. "I want you to tell me everything, but not here." she whispered.

She pulled all the life support devices from his body and so did Madison to Samantha. Madison picked her up and walked to the window, opening it. She stood on the ledge, holding Samantha in her arms. "Madison." she whimpered, "You're can't be serious." "Hold on tight." Madison instructed, giggling a little. Smirking she jumped out of the window, with Jessica not too far behind, Jamie clinging to her.

They stopped inches from the ground the touched down. When they let go of Jamie and Samantha, the two of them leaned against each other. Madison and Jessica laughed. After catching their breaths, the asked, "Where are we?" They looked around. "You're on Earth." Madison said, "Just not our dimension." "What?!" they exclaimed. "This is the DBZ World, and we found you two half-dead. Care to explain?" Jessica said, putting her arms behind her head.

Samantha and Jamie explained the whole thing to them. From when they went into the new video store, up to before they went unconscious. Samantha held out her hand like she was holding something. "The tape is here." "What?!" Now it was Madison and Jessica's turn to exclaim. "I never let it go." she continued, "Jamie grabbed my hand and it was there as we disappeared." "That could be our way home." Jessica mumbled.

Madison looked at her. "Our way?" What do you mean?" Jessica pounded her fist into her other hand. "Don't you see?" They brought a DBZ tape to the right dimension. It can't stay, it has to go back. If it goes back automatically, we're doomed here, but if it timed, or something, we can still make it." She looked at Samantha and Jamie, "But first, some clothes for them.

They took the two to the nearest clothing store and bought them the exact same thing they had when they had first "dropped in". They then took a taxi to the end of city and took off, back to the island. They landed and immediately began searching the area. As they searched, Jessica asked Samantha, "What and time was it when you left our dimension?" "October 5th. Around 3:15 p.m. Why?"

Madison had heard her. "You mean it's still Saturday?" she yelled. Jamie nodded. At that moment, a bright, blue light, shooting up in front of them, forming a big circle, tunnel like, stopped further conversation. "That's it!" Madison gasped, pulling Jamie over to Jessica. She pushed Jamie and Samantha into the tunnel of light. The young teens looked around then started to fade. "It's working!" Jessica squealed. "Now we can go home." Madison sighed.