Breakdown- Chapter 3: As the Stars Look On
Disclaimer- ok, I do not own anything related to Dragon Ball Z or GT, not to mention Dragon Ball. ^_^
Note: Ok, This one took a while as well. But I thought and thought and thought on the content of this
one, and finally, during some presentation at school that I think might have been important ^_^()
It came to me! so here it is!
Bulma woke earlier than usual the next day. She didn't even bother trying to make breakfast
and instead went straight to the main labs. Work was getting harder to manage- her capsule cars
were 'too hard to drive' Nonsense! She and her father had been making capsules for years and there was never
a problem before this! What was happening was people were getting careless and not taking proper care of
the things, and when you don't keep up a machine, it's going to start to malfunction. So she had been up
early the past five weeks creating flyers and manuals and trying to figure out a way to get these people
to work with her! If she could just produce a new line of automobile, she would send an instruction manual
and warning with it this time so people wouldn't blame her. The trouble was, the workers were slow and didn't
always understand everything. Besides that, she wanted to analyze the area Trunks had told her about the other
day. If there was a new weather disaster approaching, she wanted to be on top of it. That's when the
doorbell rang.
"Hello?" Bulma opened the door to find a girl with bright-red hair standing there. "Can I help you?"
Bulma asked.
"Hopefully. I'm looking for a job and I've heard about Capsule Corporations reputation."
"Say no more, I need all the help I can get. What sort of education do you have?"
"Well, I went all the way through grade school and high school and I am starting my second year of college."
Bulma gaped.
"Aren't you a little young to be in college?" She asked. The girl looked no more than 17.
"I'm advanced for my age." She said. "I also excell in science." That did it.
"You're hired. What's your name?"
"Samantha Elden. Call me Sam." They shook hands and Samantha went to the main labs to learn
what to do. Bulma came out an hour later with a very pleased look on her face. Sam was doing remarkably
well. She caught on quickly and worked faster than everyone else. Within a half an hour she had come up with a way
to make Bulma's new line of Capsule Cars.
"It's easy. Tell the people you used new rubber on the tires, or new glass on the windsheild. Outrageous colors for the tires and
glass will show this." She had said. Bulma sighed. She could actually relax. Maybe. Where was Vegeta? She
walked by the Gravity room. Training. Good. And Trunks? Still sleeping? How odd. Her thoughts were interuppted by a knock on the
door.
"Hey Bulma. Where's Trunks?" Goten asked.
"Still sleeping, oddly enough," Bulma replied. Goten grinned.
"I'll wake him up!" He took off for Trunks' room. "Hey buddy!" Goten said loudly. Trunks didn't move.
"Wake-up call!" He yelled in Trunks' ear. No response. Goten sighed and physically dragged his friend out of
bed. Still Trunks did not stir. 'Hmmm...' Goten thought. 'This has definite possibilities. Where's
some hair dye when you need it?' He settled for messing Trunks' hair up out of it's usual perfectly straight
position. When Trunks didn't wake up after this, Goten began to think something was wrong. He pried
one of Trunks' eye-lids open, only to find that the pupil was missing. Alarmed, he checked his friend's
pulse. It was normal. Still, he thought Bulma ought to know. Goten found Bulma just as the phone rang. She picked it up.
"Capsule Corps." She said into the receiver just as Goten walked into the room. An alarmed look crossed her
face. "Ok, I'll be there shortly." She hung up the phone and faced Goten.
"That was Videl. Something's wrong with Gohan and I need to go over there right away."
"But Bulma, something's up with Trunks, too!" Goten explained how nothing could wake Trunks up. Bulma nodded.
"Ok, then would you go and get Gohan and bring him here? It will help if I can look at both of them at once. Gohan's
problem sounds the same as Trunks'." Goten nodded and flew off towards his brother's home. Bulma went to Trunks' room to move him to the
hospital wing.
Goten touched down at Gohan's house to find that his father and mother were both there. Videl, Chichi,
Pan, and Goku all ended up coming back to capsule corporations with Goten, who noticed that Gohan had the same symptoms
as Trunks.
When Trunks and Gohan were on beds in the hospital wing, Bulma attached all sorts of wires to them. Then a monitor
began monitering their brainwave activity.
"Its just as I suspected!" Exclaimed Bulma after studying readings on two separate monitors. "There is a very
high level of activity here. See how fast the lines are moving? I'd say this is some sort of advanced stage of REM. It's
like they're in a very deep sleep, though how they got this way, I have no idea." Bulma looked thoughtful for a moment.
"Maybe... maybe Trunks is like this because of the way he came home last night. I never did get a chance to monitor the weather activity over
there. Well, in any case, I'll keep an eye on them here. You all didn't have to come. They'll be just fine." Videl nodded. Bulma preferred to work alone.
She took Pan and left. Chi-chi, however, wasn't about to move. Bulma didn't mind though. The last time she'd had Gohan in here on a hospital table,
Chi-chi had cleaned the entire compound until it was spotless. Goku decided he would spar with Vegita. It
had been a while and they were both itching for a chance to test their skills. Goten decided he would head out to the city. Maybe find that Samantha girl.
He didn't have to go far. As he was leaving, he saw Samantha across the grounds. He ran over.
"Hey," He said, coming up behind her. "What're you doing here Samantha?"
"Hi Goten. Call me Sam." She replied. "I'm working here now. What about you?"
"I came to see my friend, but he won't wake up. So I'm off to do whatever." Goten said, chuckling slightly.
"Won't wake up?" Samantha looked confused.
"Yeah he's in some weird state of mind, along with my brother." He told her
"You have a brother?" Samantha queried.
"Yeah. His name's Gohan. Why?" Goten asked
"No special reason. Just curious. Gohan, huh? Right. Well, I'd better get back to work. See ya, Goten!" And she walked off. Goten
slapped himself mentally. He was supposed to be finding out about her, not the other way around. Ah well. Next time. He looked around.
Samantha was already gone.
Goku and Vegita called a break for lunch. Walking into the Kitchen, a magnificent sight met their eyes. A huge pile of food
lay heaped on the table and nearly overflowing onto the floor. The Saiyan's eyes lit up and they went after it in a race to see who could
stuff themselves faster. We'll leave them at that, shall we?
Far away, in a mountainous area, Piccolo broke his meditation. He pulled his water bottle from his belt and took a drink, only to
spit it right back out. Something tainted the water- he could taste it. Where it landed on the ground it frothed and bubbled like acid, burning
a hole through the dirt. Piccolo dumped the entire contents into the hole and watched it grow bigger as the liquid landed. He flew to a nearby waterfall
to rinse the tingling sensation from his mouth. He had just landed when somebody- or something- attacked him from behind. Something sharp pierced his neck on
two sides, and the assailent was gone. Piccolo fell face-first onto the ground where he lay unmoving. The air ruffled as something flew off.
That night, with no improvement on Gohan and Trunks' situation, Goku flew Chichi home. Instead of staying up as he usually did, though,
Goku fell straight to sleep. Chi-chi shook her head reprovingly. He had obviously trained too hard today. Stars were only just beginning
to peep out from under their black velvet blanket to dance in the sky, teasing earth-bound humans. What a romantic night
to just stay awake and watch the stars. Maybe tomorrow, assuming Goku wouldn't train so hard again.
Even Vegeta retired early, feeling more exhausted than usual for some reason. Bulma stayed up only a few minutes after Vegeta went to bed and then
joined him. She was surprised to find that he had already fallen asleep. Stranger still, he wasn't scowling as he usually did while he slept.
Bulma shrugged and snuggled deeper under the covers. It was such a warm night, why was it so cold at the same time?
Goten flew home after dark and entered his room through the window because the front door often squeeked and he
didn't want to wake his parents if they were asleep, which they probobly weren't. He always left his window open though, just
in case he needed a quick entrance or exit. Just before he went to bed, he looked out at the sky.
There was a particularly bright star that he was watching. He had never seen one so bright. Without warning, the light
pulsed, then faded. The star had just died. Goten blinked. There were spots in front of his eyes
He blinked again and they were gone. He lay down in his bed, intending on staying up a while longer, but fell asleep almost immediately,
and without even feeling tired.
ok so did you like it? I know not much is happening really, but the next part will have a little more action in if,
I promise! Man, I'm lucky I caught the flu! otherwise I probably wouldn't have been able to finish this part! Hey, when
life drives you a truckload of lemons, you have enough lemonade to share! Until next time, toodles!
~mysticGohan33~
Disclaimer- ok, I do not own anything related to Dragon Ball Z or GT, not to mention Dragon Ball. ^_^
Note: Ok, This one took a while as well. But I thought and thought and thought on the content of this
one, and finally, during some presentation at school that I think might have been important ^_^()
It came to me! so here it is!
Bulma woke earlier than usual the next day. She didn't even bother trying to make breakfast
and instead went straight to the main labs. Work was getting harder to manage- her capsule cars
were 'too hard to drive' Nonsense! She and her father had been making capsules for years and there was never
a problem before this! What was happening was people were getting careless and not taking proper care of
the things, and when you don't keep up a machine, it's going to start to malfunction. So she had been up
early the past five weeks creating flyers and manuals and trying to figure out a way to get these people
to work with her! If she could just produce a new line of automobile, she would send an instruction manual
and warning with it this time so people wouldn't blame her. The trouble was, the workers were slow and didn't
always understand everything. Besides that, she wanted to analyze the area Trunks had told her about the other
day. If there was a new weather disaster approaching, she wanted to be on top of it. That's when the
doorbell rang.
"Hello?" Bulma opened the door to find a girl with bright-red hair standing there. "Can I help you?"
Bulma asked.
"Hopefully. I'm looking for a job and I've heard about Capsule Corporations reputation."
"Say no more, I need all the help I can get. What sort of education do you have?"
"Well, I went all the way through grade school and high school and I am starting my second year of college."
Bulma gaped.
"Aren't you a little young to be in college?" She asked. The girl looked no more than 17.
"I'm advanced for my age." She said. "I also excell in science." That did it.
"You're hired. What's your name?"
"Samantha Elden. Call me Sam." They shook hands and Samantha went to the main labs to learn
what to do. Bulma came out an hour later with a very pleased look on her face. Sam was doing remarkably
well. She caught on quickly and worked faster than everyone else. Within a half an hour she had come up with a way
to make Bulma's new line of Capsule Cars.
"It's easy. Tell the people you used new rubber on the tires, or new glass on the windsheild. Outrageous colors for the tires and
glass will show this." She had said. Bulma sighed. She could actually relax. Maybe. Where was Vegeta? She
walked by the Gravity room. Training. Good. And Trunks? Still sleeping? How odd. Her thoughts were interuppted by a knock on the
door.
"Hey Bulma. Where's Trunks?" Goten asked.
"Still sleeping, oddly enough," Bulma replied. Goten grinned.
"I'll wake him up!" He took off for Trunks' room. "Hey buddy!" Goten said loudly. Trunks didn't move.
"Wake-up call!" He yelled in Trunks' ear. No response. Goten sighed and physically dragged his friend out of
bed. Still Trunks did not stir. 'Hmmm...' Goten thought. 'This has definite possibilities. Where's
some hair dye when you need it?' He settled for messing Trunks' hair up out of it's usual perfectly straight
position. When Trunks didn't wake up after this, Goten began to think something was wrong. He pried
one of Trunks' eye-lids open, only to find that the pupil was missing. Alarmed, he checked his friend's
pulse. It was normal. Still, he thought Bulma ought to know. Goten found Bulma just as the phone rang. She picked it up.
"Capsule Corps." She said into the receiver just as Goten walked into the room. An alarmed look crossed her
face. "Ok, I'll be there shortly." She hung up the phone and faced Goten.
"That was Videl. Something's wrong with Gohan and I need to go over there right away."
"But Bulma, something's up with Trunks, too!" Goten explained how nothing could wake Trunks up. Bulma nodded.
"Ok, then would you go and get Gohan and bring him here? It will help if I can look at both of them at once. Gohan's
problem sounds the same as Trunks'." Goten nodded and flew off towards his brother's home. Bulma went to Trunks' room to move him to the
hospital wing.
Goten touched down at Gohan's house to find that his father and mother were both there. Videl, Chichi,
Pan, and Goku all ended up coming back to capsule corporations with Goten, who noticed that Gohan had the same symptoms
as Trunks.
When Trunks and Gohan were on beds in the hospital wing, Bulma attached all sorts of wires to them. Then a monitor
began monitering their brainwave activity.
"Its just as I suspected!" Exclaimed Bulma after studying readings on two separate monitors. "There is a very
high level of activity here. See how fast the lines are moving? I'd say this is some sort of advanced stage of REM. It's
like they're in a very deep sleep, though how they got this way, I have no idea." Bulma looked thoughtful for a moment.
"Maybe... maybe Trunks is like this because of the way he came home last night. I never did get a chance to monitor the weather activity over
there. Well, in any case, I'll keep an eye on them here. You all didn't have to come. They'll be just fine." Videl nodded. Bulma preferred to work alone.
She took Pan and left. Chi-chi, however, wasn't about to move. Bulma didn't mind though. The last time she'd had Gohan in here on a hospital table,
Chi-chi had cleaned the entire compound until it was spotless. Goku decided he would spar with Vegita. It
had been a while and they were both itching for a chance to test their skills. Goten decided he would head out to the city. Maybe find that Samantha girl.
He didn't have to go far. As he was leaving, he saw Samantha across the grounds. He ran over.
"Hey," He said, coming up behind her. "What're you doing here Samantha?"
"Hi Goten. Call me Sam." She replied. "I'm working here now. What about you?"
"I came to see my friend, but he won't wake up. So I'm off to do whatever." Goten said, chuckling slightly.
"Won't wake up?" Samantha looked confused.
"Yeah he's in some weird state of mind, along with my brother." He told her
"You have a brother?" Samantha queried.
"Yeah. His name's Gohan. Why?" Goten asked
"No special reason. Just curious. Gohan, huh? Right. Well, I'd better get back to work. See ya, Goten!" And she walked off. Goten
slapped himself mentally. He was supposed to be finding out about her, not the other way around. Ah well. Next time. He looked around.
Samantha was already gone.
Goku and Vegita called a break for lunch. Walking into the Kitchen, a magnificent sight met their eyes. A huge pile of food
lay heaped on the table and nearly overflowing onto the floor. The Saiyan's eyes lit up and they went after it in a race to see who could
stuff themselves faster. We'll leave them at that, shall we?
Far away, in a mountainous area, Piccolo broke his meditation. He pulled his water bottle from his belt and took a drink, only to
spit it right back out. Something tainted the water- he could taste it. Where it landed on the ground it frothed and bubbled like acid, burning
a hole through the dirt. Piccolo dumped the entire contents into the hole and watched it grow bigger as the liquid landed. He flew to a nearby waterfall
to rinse the tingling sensation from his mouth. He had just landed when somebody- or something- attacked him from behind. Something sharp pierced his neck on
two sides, and the assailent was gone. Piccolo fell face-first onto the ground where he lay unmoving. The air ruffled as something flew off.
That night, with no improvement on Gohan and Trunks' situation, Goku flew Chichi home. Instead of staying up as he usually did, though,
Goku fell straight to sleep. Chi-chi shook her head reprovingly. He had obviously trained too hard today. Stars were only just beginning
to peep out from under their black velvet blanket to dance in the sky, teasing earth-bound humans. What a romantic night
to just stay awake and watch the stars. Maybe tomorrow, assuming Goku wouldn't train so hard again.
Even Vegeta retired early, feeling more exhausted than usual for some reason. Bulma stayed up only a few minutes after Vegeta went to bed and then
joined him. She was surprised to find that he had already fallen asleep. Stranger still, he wasn't scowling as he usually did while he slept.
Bulma shrugged and snuggled deeper under the covers. It was such a warm night, why was it so cold at the same time?
Goten flew home after dark and entered his room through the window because the front door often squeeked and he
didn't want to wake his parents if they were asleep, which they probobly weren't. He always left his window open though, just
in case he needed a quick entrance or exit. Just before he went to bed, he looked out at the sky.
There was a particularly bright star that he was watching. He had never seen one so bright. Without warning, the light
pulsed, then faded. The star had just died. Goten blinked. There were spots in front of his eyes
He blinked again and they were gone. He lay down in his bed, intending on staying up a while longer, but fell asleep almost immediately,
and without even feeling tired.
ok so did you like it? I know not much is happening really, but the next part will have a little more action in if,
I promise! Man, I'm lucky I caught the flu! otherwise I probably wouldn't have been able to finish this part! Hey, when
life drives you a truckload of lemons, you have enough lemonade to share! Until next time, toodles!
~mysticGohan33~