¤ Chapter 29 ¤
The ship went further up into the sky and the humans kept watching their planet become smaller and smaller under them. They docked at the big Vegeta ship a few minuets later. Vegeta got out and went straight to the control room. He ordered two guards to put all of the human's things in the spare rooms. Gohan led them to the spare rooms and told them to get settled and then ask a guard to show them to the control room. Gohan then ran off and left the humans alone.
"Whoa this is so cool!" said Videl while looking at the room she was in. She directed her comment towards the room next to hers. A door connected each room and all the doors were open. Buruma popped her head in the doorway.
"Yep this is so cool! We each have our own room! And they're so big!!!" Buruma turned around and looked in the other door and saw Juuhachi and Kuririn in the next room unpacking. "Hey! You guys get a room together?" Juuhachi and Kuririn looked up and nodded. "Why?" Buruma practically had to yell it.
"We don't know they just said we had to share this one." Juuhachi said.
"Oh, umokay." Said Buruma. When they were done, with most of the drawers still empty, they went looking for a guard but they didn't have to go far because one was right outside their door.
"Um sircould you tell us where the control room is?" asked Videl. The guard grunted and pointed in the direction. "Thanks." Muttered Videl. They walked away and silently wondered if the guard understood them. They reached a door with strange geometric symbols on it and Buruma went up to them and touched them. She got a very concentrated look on her face and then with a smile she turned to the group behind her.
"Hey! I can read this!" She exclaimed.
"Really?" Asked Kuririn.
"Yep, I could tooif I had only paid attention." Videl said sheepishly picturing Gohan in her mind.
"I can read it sort of. I can get out umroom. That's about it." Said Juuhachi.
"Sheesh how do you guys know about the language? Already!" said Kuririn.
"You were with Vegeta. Remember? He was teaching you how to fly the transport ship. Buruma found a pamphlet in a pocket and she read it to us. Of course it had the Saiyajin alphabet in it and her mind picked it up, but as for me the only word I know is room." Juuhachi shrugged and turned her attention to Buruma.
"It says 'Control Room', so I guess we're going the right way." Buruma pushed the door open and stepped inside. She was met with the sight much like the Star Trek commander center; Vegeta was in the middle in a chair surrounded by a bunch of Saiyajins and the rest was computers all along the wall and touch screens. Buruma made her way in with stares and glares by other Saiyajins. She stopped just outside the crowd and listened.
"Your Majesty please listen we have got to get out of here, a fleet of Gorban ships will be here in 20 earth minutes!" one Saiyajin said.
"Is there anyway that they would follow us in hyper space?" Vegeta asked.
"No they just want to blow the planet up for sport, but if they see us here it could be disastrous." The same Saiyajin said. Buruma gasped. Vegeta turned and shoved a few Saiyajins away.
"Buruma, hey you found the Control Room. UmI'll be there in a second." He directed a Saiyajin guard to take her back outside the room. The others were also shoved outside and Gohan had joined them.
"Hey Buruma what's up?" asked Kuririn.
"Didn't you hear? Ships are going to blow up our planet!" she said.
"No, that's not true." Said Videl. "Is it?" She asked Gohan. Gohan nodded slightly and looked down at the floor.
"I'm sure Vegeta will do whatever he can to keep your planet safe." Gohan said.
"You sure?" asked Kuririn.
"Uh huh," Gohan said. "Hopefully it's peacefully." Everyone nodded. A few seconds later Vegeta came out of the control room.
"So what are you going to do, my prince?" Gohan said and bowed. Everyone did the same.
"Don't bow. I am sending a negotiation team to their main ship. And I'm sure they will pick a different planet to destroy." Vegeta stated. The humans sighed with relief. "So, are you settled?" he asked to the group.
"Uh huh, those rooms are so nice!" Exclaimed Videl. "But why does Kuririn and Juuhachi get a room together?" Vegeta raised an eyebrow.
"Because there wasn't enough rooms." He stated flatly.
"Right" Videl said.
"Besides Videl, we are on call all the time. It would just annoy you if I had to leave in the middle of the night, and knowing me I'd probably make a bunch of noise." Said Gohan, He pulled her close and hugged her.
"You all have free access around the ship, feel free to go about your humanly business. I must go now." Vegeta said. Buruma wasn't about to let him go without some sort of contact. So she grabbed his hand and pulled him over to her. She pecked his cheek and hugged him. He returned the hug for a few moments and then let her go.
"Bye Vegeta see you around." Buruma waved and Vegeta went back into the control room with Gohan trailing behind.
"So what do we do now?" Asked Juuhachi, she went over to what looked like a bench and sat down. She looked up at the group around her, with her head on her hands. Videl shrugged and so did Kuririn. Buruma looked about her and wondered if there were any Saiyajin women on the ship.
"Well I'm going to go exploring, anyone want to come?" Buruma suggested. She walked down the hall and turned right at the first corner. Videl trailed behind.
"Kuririn and Juuhachi went the other way." Videl said.
"Oh, okay. Let's see what's behind door number one." Buruma went up to a door not marked and knocked. No one answered so she pushed it open. She was met with the most delicious smell, she ventured further and figured out why no one answered. The Saiyajin cooks were very busy and none of them noticed Buruma and Videl there. They walked down an aisle and saw the most wonderful food. It was all perfect, even decorated with spices that were turned into a picture. It was the neatest thing any of them had ever seen. They walked further in the room and walked through another door.
"Figures, storage" Muttered Buruma. But when she turned around the door had closed and Videl was kicked out of the kitchen. Buruma pounded at the door and yelled but she was only met with laughter and "stupid human". Buruma slid down the wall and onto the floor. She knew they weren't going to let her out so she guessed she just had to wait. Videl was thrown against the wall outside the kitchen. She got up and shook her fist at the closing door. She looked at her whereabouts and figured out that the Saiyajin's decided to confuse her by throwing her out a different door. She glared at the door and decided to try and find anyone she knew.
Meanwhile Kuririn and Juuhachi walked down hall after boring hall, passing Saiyajins as they went. Juuhachi looked back at the Saiyajin that had just passed and stopped.
"Hey Kuririn where did that Saiyajin come from? I swear he just came out of nowhere!" Juuhachi said with a quizzical look on her face. Kuririn scratched his head and shrugged.
"I have no idea. We haven't passed a door in a long time." Just then a Saiyajin woman came out of a wall and crashed into Juuhachi.
"Watch where you're going!" She said. She picked up the papers she had dropped and continued on her way.
"Well excuuusseee me!" Juuhachi said. "Nice people" She muttered.
"Hey Juuhachi did you see where she came from?" Juuhachi shook her head.
"No. Did you?"
"Uh huh, she came from the wall!"
"The wall?" Kuririn went over to the wall and pressed his hand against it. It went totally through and Kuririn fell in.
"Kuririn? Where did you go?" Juuhachi went over to the wall and was suddenly pulled in by Kuririn. "Hey let me go! Oh it's you. Where are we?" They were in a vast chamber with transport ships and fighter ships. There were Saiyajin's all over the place. They looked at where they had just come through. The whole thing was walled but every so often there would be a space in the wall. The woman must have come around a corner just as they had hit an empty space. You could see out through the space but you couldn't see in. A young Saiyajin approached them from behind and scared them.
"Pretty impressive don't you think?" He said. They both jumped and looked behind them. "Hi my name is Oxten and this is the hanger."
"Hi, my name is Juuhachi and this is Kuririn." They shook hands. "Pleased to meet you."
"Same here. That wall is a work of genius, if any enemies get inside the ship, which, by the way is highly unlikely, they'll get lost, like you guys have."
"Nice." Kuririn nodded his head and looked around some more.
Kuririn passed by a big pile of crates, he tried to put his hand through, but it wasn't like the wall.
"Stupid human" Oxten thought
Juuhachi all the while was looking at Oxten and his muscles; he was showing off by picking up and throwing the crates around like it was nothing. Kuririn noticed Juuhachi and shoved her in the opposite direction.
"Uh lets go this way." Kuririn stammered trying not to be incredibly jealous. Oxten smiled and decided to show off more. But an elder stopped him.
"Oxten! Get back to work now!" The elder came over and shoved Oxten away. "Excuse me we have work to do here if you don't mind" The elder pointed toward the door, Juuhachi and Kuririn got the idea. They headed over to the door and disappeared behind it. Oxten smiled to himself. "Next time, beautiful human creature." The elder smacked him and told him to get back to work. Juuhachi and Kuririn walked back down the hall and back to the area near the control room. They figured out where their room was and decided to head back to it. When they got there Videl was laying on her bed. When she heard them come in she sat up.
"Hey where have you guys been? Buruma is stuck in a storage closet. And the Saiyajin's won't let her out."
"That's funny." Said Juuhachi.
"No it isn't" Videl retorted. Kuririn burst out laughing. "Come on she's been in there for an hour!"
"Okay, okay. Let's go find Vegeta or Gohan." Said Kuririn.
"I tried they both were too busy. But one of the guards told me to tell you that you have duty tomorrow." Videl told Kuririn. Kuririn's face dropped and sighed.
"Right. Well how are we going to get Buruma out?" He asked.
"Who knows? The Saiyajin's are so mean." Said Videl.
"Hey we can ask Oxten! He seems nice." Said Juuhachi. Kuririn narrowed his eyebrows.
"Why him? Let's just go find Vegeta or Gohan." Said Kuririn.
"I already told you, they were busy." Said an irritated Videl.
"Oh yeah. Well I guess we could" said Kuririn.
"Ok then it's settled. Juuhachi do you know where this Oxten is?"
"Uh huh. It's a really cool place. I hope they won't kick us out before we find him." Juuhachi motioned them to follow her. Videl was quite amazed with the endless hall they were in, she glanced over at Juuhachi and saw her running her hand against the wall. Videl had to do a double take when Juuhachi just suddenly disappeared into the wall. Kuririn followed her and Videl went over to the wall and stuck her hand through. She found her self being pulled in by Juuhachi and into the face of a hard muscle toned Saiyajin.
"HiWhoa where am I?" Videl said suddenly aware of her surroundings.
"It's a hanger. Now Juuhachi tells me that your friend is in the kitchen storage closet?" Oxten replied.
"Uh huh. The kitchen Saiyajin's won't let her out or me in!" Videl said. Oxten chuckled and said that he would get her out as soon as his shift was over, which happened to be in a few minutes. Videl led the way as they exited the hanger; she led them to the kitchen and Oxten went in. The small group waited outside. They heard some shuffling and, what they thought was, Saiyajin swearing. Oxten reappeared at the door with Buruma. Buruma ran outside.
"I'm free!!! Now where's the bathroom I need to go!" Buruma jumped about until Videl said there were some in their rooms. Buruma ran off and Juuhachi went with her.
"Oh I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Videl. It's nice to meet you and thanks for helping Buruma."
"No problem. Those kitchen rats never refuse service to guards like me." He boasted. Kuririn rolled his eyes and headed back to his and Juuhachi's room. Videl stayed and talked with Oxten a while longer until Gohan found her.
"Hey Videl." He put his arm around her. "I see you've met Oxten." Gohan turned to Oxten. "How's it going?" He asked.
"Fine sir. The ships are ready to go, if you haven't gotten any information yet."
"Yes, I received the message. I have a list of Saiyajin guards here that are suppose to guard the banquet tonight, I think you're on it." Gohan gave him the paper, Oxten looked at it and nodded.
"Yep I'm on here, I'd better go. See you around Videl." Oxten did a salute and retreated down the hall.
"Watch out for that one. I don't trust him." Gohan said glaring at the form walking down the hall.
"Really? He helped get Buruma out of the kitchen storage closet."
"What? She was in a closet? Why?"
"We were exploring and we ended up in the kitchen. The Saiyajin's in there aren't very nice."
"Yeah I know. Sorry for not telling you guys before."
"So, what have you guys been doing all this time?" Videl asked she started to move down the hall towards the bedrooms.
"Well we were mostly planning out how to negotiate with the Gorbans. I think we got it all worked out."
"Good I'm glad to hear that." Said Videl. "So you said something about a banquet tonight?"
"Oh yeah. Vegeta told me to tell you guys to dress nice. He's going to introduce you guys to the rest of the ship."
"Cool, when is it?"
"In about an hour."
"An hour!? That's all?" Gohan nodded. Videl sighed and told him she had better go if she was going to get there on time. By the time Videl got to her room Juuhachi and Buruma had already been informed and they were almost done. Kuririn was done and was sitting on the gigantic bed looking at the ceiling. Juuhachi finished a few moments later and they decided to go to the banquet early. They asked the guard where it was and he told them. When Buruma was done she wanted to go see Vegeta. Videl told her she could go and Buruma bounded out the door. She asked the guard where it was. It was a different guard and he told her the wrong directions. Buruma went down the hall and went left instead of right. The guards chuckled and one of them decided to follow her. Buruma found her self in an empty hall. But saw the door that the guard said was the banquet door. She went over and pushed it open. She realized that it was the wrong room too late. The guard that was following her pushed her in and shut the door. He kept it closed and turned up the gravity. Buruma now realized that she was in a training room. She crashed against the floor and let out a scream. No one heard her.
~So what's going to happen to Buruma!?!?!? Will somebody save her? Who knows you'll just have to tune in next time with Buruma!!!!