Luna Inverse: Thanks for Muten Roshi's age.
Enna Namo: Actually, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stole Cowabunga from Charles Schultz who used to write "Peanuts" Back in the old days, prior to the Peanuts movies, he wrote paper back books filled with Peanuts cartoons. Snoopy used to use "Cowabunga!" as he started on an attack run in his Sopwith Camel, which was a WWII Attack plane of British make. You'd have to be an old guy like Vegeta to know that though. :c)
Vegeta Jr.: I debated with myself for almost two hours on whether or not I Roger was going to hit that beam or not. Finally I let Vegeta rescue him. Oh well, Roger is in store for more pain later on. :c)
Sholio: Not for long! Here's Chapter 14!! This will absolutely be the last chapter before my trip!! Well, maybe. :c) Also, thanks for the age on Roshi. Another reviewer placed his age at about the same thing so that's what I'm going to use when I start my next fic. I think it's a great idea!! Should I leave you all guessing?
To everyone: I don't know what I'm going to do! I started this fic on a lark and now I'm friggan addicted to writing the thing! Help! Jimbo - Deer in headlights man.
Smooster: I hope the next few chapters become easier for you to read.
Everyone else, thanks for the reviews!
I still don't own DBZ..
On with the story!!
"Roger?" Vegeta started.
"Yes sir?" Roger answered.
"You can remove your hands from in front of your eyes, Cabbage is directly ahead. Keep your eyes on the moon to give your mind a reference point. Try not to look out into open space." Vegeta continued. "If you feel like you're going to toss your cookies, put your hands back in front of your eyes."
"Got it sir.." Roger smiled.
Roger removed his hands and was surprised to see that they were very close to Cabbage, it filled most of the space in front of him. Roger was a bit busy, however, trying to control his ki well enough to stop rolling and wrapping the tether around his body.
"Relax Roger, don't force it. Let if flow like water." Vegeta suggested.
Roger took a couple of deep breaths and tried again. This time he was successful in stopping his rotation, rotated the other way until the tether was unwrapped. "Thanks Sir.." Roger said gratefully.
"Vegeta.. Just call me Vegeta. The "sir" thing is starting to get on my nerves." Vegeta said. "Oh, and consider this your zero g training. Vegeta smirked.
"Yes si. Yes Vegeta." Roger responded.
"Ok, Cabbage here we come!" Vegeta said, and started flying at a pretty good clip towards the moon."
"This is a bit like water sking" Roger thought. Roger was keeping his eyes fixed on Cabbage when he noticed some structures that definitely looked man-made, or in this case, Saiyan made. The moon looked like it had been attacked. Several craters pocked the surface. Most of the structures looked like they had been damaged, and some even knocked flat. What looked to be the main or largest structure showed signs of having survived extreme heat. The outside metal shell was severely scorched and even partially melted in places. But otherwise it seemed intact.
"Looks like the explosion of Vegetasai almost took this moon apart." Vegeta commented.
Roger could see what he meant. Large cracks marked the entire surface of Cabbage, caused by the changing gravitational stresses combined with the impact of several large chunks of Vegetasai, from the looks of it.
"This moon will have about a fifth of Earth's gravity so be prepared to land soon." Vegeta warned.
Vegeta touched down just before Roger touched down to Vegeta's left. Vegeta had landed just outside of the main structure. "Ok, start looking for a door I guess. It's not likely that there is any kind of breathable atmosphere in their, so the helmets stay on." Vegeta warned.
Roger nodded his head, and began to search to the left as Vegeta searched to the right. Presently, Roger came across what seemed to be the main airlock. The outside hatch was damaged and off it's hinges, and the inside hatch was in just about the same condition. "Vegeta, I've found a way inside." Roger called.
"Ok, be right there." Vegeta answered.
Vegeta joined Roger and they entered the outside hatch. The inside hatch, while definitely off one hinge, wasn't open wide enough to allow access. Vegeta smirked at Roger. "Pull that door open so we can go in." He ordered.
Roger looked at Vegeta skeptically. "Umm. That door is three feet of solid metal. Are you sure.?"
"Just do it!" Vegeta interrupted. "And be careful not to rupture your suit."
"Alrighty then." Roger agreed while grabbing the door with his hands, and bracing his left foot against the door frame. "Ok." Roger thought. "One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, and four to go..!!"
Much to Roger's utter shock, the last two hinges broke away like so much tinfoil. The door ripped away slamming against the opposite wall with enough force to crack the metal of the wall. The door then fell to the ground. Had there been much atmosphere to speak of, the sound would have been deafening!
"I-I-I d-did that?" Roger stammered.
"I told you you were stronger than you knew." Vegeta smirked.
"B-but if I could do that, what could a Saiyan do? Roger wondered out loud. Vegeta demonstrated by picking up the door, folding it over once, then twice, then wading it up into a metal spit ball about four foot in diameter. He then casually flicked it over his shoulder to fly a thousand yards before impacting into the rocky Cabbage terrain.
Roger bug-eyed anime style. "I know I listened to his story, and heard him talk about feats of strength of this magnitude, but it seemed so unreal. Or at least until now it did. I wonder how I can get that strong?"
Out loud Roger said, "Whoa! I think somebody had their Wheaties this morning!"
"Well, now that we've knocked, shall we enter?" Vegeta smirked.
"By all means, let's" Roger smirked back.
Vegeta entered the research facility to an almost total darkness. He switched on his helmet light and turned to see that Roger had already done the same. Looking around, they could make out what appeared to be the main console of the facility. It was completely dead. No signs of activity, no telltales, no nothing.
"I think that this is the main control room for the old mining facility. It looks like much of the circuitry has been gutted. Probably for use by the researchers in another part of the facility." Vegeta stated.
"Logically, if one is trying to research and create some top secret scientific device, they would probably do so in the lower levels of the facility where it would be easier to protect and hide if necessary." Roger returned.
"Of course! Excellent observation Roger. Look around for an elevator or lift or something." Vegeta ordered.
"You got it!" Roger exclaimed. Roger had been becoming more and more excited by this adventure as time went on. Particularly since the discovery of his super human strength. The power he felt in his body as he ripped that door away was exhilarating!
"Over here Vegeta!", Roger called as his head lamp strayed across the far wall, and what looked to be an elevator.
"That's it.. ", Vegeta said.
Upon examination, the elevator had also been damaged in the geological upheaval following Vegetasai's destruction. The doors had been destroyed by a falling beam, and the elevator was completely off it's track. There was, of course, no power to run the thing even if it were intact.
"Stand back Roger." Vegeta warned as he removed one of his suit's gloves, and ki blasted the bottom completely out of the elevator. Vegeta quickly put his glove back on. "Follow me Roger." Vegeta called.
"I don't have much choice." Roger smirked indicating the rope still around his waist.
"Oh yeah. Well, we can remove it if you want, but just stay close and keep out of trouble!" Vegeta smirked.
"Yes daddy." Roger retorted.
"Just get in there!" Vegeta took a playful swipe at Roger's head.
Roger opened up his ki and floated into the shaft. Way, way, WAY down Roger could see ."
"Light?" Vegeta inquired.
"I think so Vegeta.. But it's at least ten killometers below the surface." Roger judged.
"Bulma?" Vegeta spoke into his com link.
"Working. User Identified. Bulma online, May I be of assistance to you Veggie-chan?" Came the annoying canned response.
"What position, relative to my own, is the source of the transmissions?" Vegeta inquired.
"Transmissions are coming from your position, minus twelve kilometers. Margin for error is negligible."
"Ok, let's go for it then!" Roger exclaimed and started to descend.
"Whoa! Hold on there John Wayne, remember what I said about biting off more than you can chew?" Vegeta warned. "Believe me boy, I had to learn that lesson the hard way myself!" Vegeta said. "Let's take this slow and easy, we have some time left before we need to get to New Namek and we don't need anyone getting hurt unless it's me doing the hurting. Understand?" Vegeta displayed his best patented smirk.
"Yes Vegeta" Roger smirked back.
"Ok, let's go." Vegeta started to descend.
While descending, Vegeta looked at Roger with no small amount of admiration. "He's really worked hard." Vegeta thought. "He's a bit stronger than Tien was when I first came to Earth. I still haven't taught him any ki attacks, but strength wise he would have given Nappa a real run for his money. Not bad at all for two days of gravity training. In fact, it's sort of amazing. I wonder if there are more humans with that sort of potential that we don't know about? Maybe I should have paid more attention to these humans instead of writing them off as weaklings all these years." Vegeta smirked, "Besides, I'm starting to like the big lug!"
Roger wasn't all that big, as far as humans go, but at 6' 3" he stood a full head taller than Vegeta. "Hey Roger? Do you have a last name?" Vegeta asked.
"Rambo" Roger smirked.
"What?" Vegeta asked a bit confused. "Isn't that some sort of movie character?" Vegeta asked.
"heheehe, Just kidding Vegeta. My last name is Clawson." Roger responded. "What about you? Do you have a last name?"
Well, yes and no. We didn't really use last names for children on Vegetasai, but when I married Bulma I sort of adopted/had forced upon me, the last name of Briefs." Vegeta smirked.
"I see." Roger responded. "So Vegeta Briefs is your name?"
"Well, that's what's on my driver's license. For some reason the laws on Earth don't really like people with no last name." Vegeta chuckled.
"True.. Oops! Here we are, last floor, sporting goods, lingerie, huge flesh eating moon monsters, and appliances, everyone off!" Roger said as his foot touched down on a solid metal deck.
The hall before them was well lit, and seemed to go on for about 50 meters. At the end of which was a very large, very solid looking security door. Vegeta and Roger flew the distance and stood before the door. Vegeta was about to reach and rip the door from it's frame when a voice stopped him. "Security clearance required. Please place your hand on the dais and state your name." Came a male voice through his helmet's com link."
Vegeta obeyed, "I am Prince Vegeta of the house Vegeta."
There was a significant pause as the computer attempted to compare Vegeta's 82 year old hand, to that of his last known profile, as well as the voice print.
"Identity confirmed. All members of the Royal House of Vegeta given class one authorization. Doors opening."
There was some clicks and whirls as the door locks gave way after 74 years of disuse. The door slowly swung open.
Well, at least the thing didn't call you Veggie-chan." Roger smirked.
"I'd already decided that if it did, I was going to blast it into oblivion." Vegeta smirked back.
Vegeta and Roger entered into a hall. Traveling down that hall, Roger noticed numerous stations that appeared to be used for washing and sterilization. The last station appeared to be a place to acquire sterile clothing, while the other side seemed to be for disposing of unsterile clothing.
"Whatever research they were doing, it required clean Saiyans." Roger noted.
"Hmph! A rare thing indeed!" Vegeta laughed.
They reached the other end of the hall and came to another set of security doors.
"Authorization required, Please state your name for security access." Came the now familiar disembodied voice.
"I am Prince Vegeta of the house Vegeta." Vegeta answered.
This time there was no pause as the other computer probably updated Vegeta's file.
"Identity confirmed. All members of the Royal House of Vegeta given class one authorization. Doors opening."
The doors slowly opened to reveal very bright lighting. It took a few seconds for their eyes to adjust, but when they did they were faced with an amazing sight.
The room was well lit, and circular, and all around the outside was control consoles. Unlike the consoles above, these consoles were alive with activity. But the most amazing sight was in the center of the room. There was some sort of field generator, unlike anything Vegeta ever seen before. Within the confines of the field generator was a large bubble of some sort of energy, and floating in that energy was a Female Saiyan.
"I think we've found our temporal disturbance." Vegeta stated flatly.
Please read and review!! I just loves reviews!
Enna Namo: Actually, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stole Cowabunga from Charles Schultz who used to write "Peanuts" Back in the old days, prior to the Peanuts movies, he wrote paper back books filled with Peanuts cartoons. Snoopy used to use "Cowabunga!" as he started on an attack run in his Sopwith Camel, which was a WWII Attack plane of British make. You'd have to be an old guy like Vegeta to know that though. :c)
Vegeta Jr.: I debated with myself for almost two hours on whether or not I Roger was going to hit that beam or not. Finally I let Vegeta rescue him. Oh well, Roger is in store for more pain later on. :c)
Sholio: Not for long! Here's Chapter 14!! This will absolutely be the last chapter before my trip!! Well, maybe. :c) Also, thanks for the age on Roshi. Another reviewer placed his age at about the same thing so that's what I'm going to use when I start my next fic. I think it's a great idea!! Should I leave you all guessing?
To everyone: I don't know what I'm going to do! I started this fic on a lark and now I'm friggan addicted to writing the thing! Help! Jimbo - Deer in headlights man.
Smooster: I hope the next few chapters become easier for you to read.
Everyone else, thanks for the reviews!
I still don't own DBZ..
On with the story!!
"Roger?" Vegeta started.
"Yes sir?" Roger answered.
"You can remove your hands from in front of your eyes, Cabbage is directly ahead. Keep your eyes on the moon to give your mind a reference point. Try not to look out into open space." Vegeta continued. "If you feel like you're going to toss your cookies, put your hands back in front of your eyes."
"Got it sir.." Roger smiled.
Roger removed his hands and was surprised to see that they were very close to Cabbage, it filled most of the space in front of him. Roger was a bit busy, however, trying to control his ki well enough to stop rolling and wrapping the tether around his body.
"Relax Roger, don't force it. Let if flow like water." Vegeta suggested.
Roger took a couple of deep breaths and tried again. This time he was successful in stopping his rotation, rotated the other way until the tether was unwrapped. "Thanks Sir.." Roger said gratefully.
"Vegeta.. Just call me Vegeta. The "sir" thing is starting to get on my nerves." Vegeta said. "Oh, and consider this your zero g training. Vegeta smirked.
"Yes si. Yes Vegeta." Roger responded.
"Ok, Cabbage here we come!" Vegeta said, and started flying at a pretty good clip towards the moon."
"This is a bit like water sking" Roger thought. Roger was keeping his eyes fixed on Cabbage when he noticed some structures that definitely looked man-made, or in this case, Saiyan made. The moon looked like it had been attacked. Several craters pocked the surface. Most of the structures looked like they had been damaged, and some even knocked flat. What looked to be the main or largest structure showed signs of having survived extreme heat. The outside metal shell was severely scorched and even partially melted in places. But otherwise it seemed intact.
"Looks like the explosion of Vegetasai almost took this moon apart." Vegeta commented.
Roger could see what he meant. Large cracks marked the entire surface of Cabbage, caused by the changing gravitational stresses combined with the impact of several large chunks of Vegetasai, from the looks of it.
"This moon will have about a fifth of Earth's gravity so be prepared to land soon." Vegeta warned.
Vegeta touched down just before Roger touched down to Vegeta's left. Vegeta had landed just outside of the main structure. "Ok, start looking for a door I guess. It's not likely that there is any kind of breathable atmosphere in their, so the helmets stay on." Vegeta warned.
Roger nodded his head, and began to search to the left as Vegeta searched to the right. Presently, Roger came across what seemed to be the main airlock. The outside hatch was damaged and off it's hinges, and the inside hatch was in just about the same condition. "Vegeta, I've found a way inside." Roger called.
"Ok, be right there." Vegeta answered.
Vegeta joined Roger and they entered the outside hatch. The inside hatch, while definitely off one hinge, wasn't open wide enough to allow access. Vegeta smirked at Roger. "Pull that door open so we can go in." He ordered.
Roger looked at Vegeta skeptically. "Umm. That door is three feet of solid metal. Are you sure.?"
"Just do it!" Vegeta interrupted. "And be careful not to rupture your suit."
"Alrighty then." Roger agreed while grabbing the door with his hands, and bracing his left foot against the door frame. "Ok." Roger thought. "One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, and four to go..!!"
Much to Roger's utter shock, the last two hinges broke away like so much tinfoil. The door ripped away slamming against the opposite wall with enough force to crack the metal of the wall. The door then fell to the ground. Had there been much atmosphere to speak of, the sound would have been deafening!
"I-I-I d-did that?" Roger stammered.
"I told you you were stronger than you knew." Vegeta smirked.
"B-but if I could do that, what could a Saiyan do? Roger wondered out loud. Vegeta demonstrated by picking up the door, folding it over once, then twice, then wading it up into a metal spit ball about four foot in diameter. He then casually flicked it over his shoulder to fly a thousand yards before impacting into the rocky Cabbage terrain.
Roger bug-eyed anime style. "I know I listened to his story, and heard him talk about feats of strength of this magnitude, but it seemed so unreal. Or at least until now it did. I wonder how I can get that strong?"
Out loud Roger said, "Whoa! I think somebody had their Wheaties this morning!"
"Well, now that we've knocked, shall we enter?" Vegeta smirked.
"By all means, let's" Roger smirked back.
Vegeta entered the research facility to an almost total darkness. He switched on his helmet light and turned to see that Roger had already done the same. Looking around, they could make out what appeared to be the main console of the facility. It was completely dead. No signs of activity, no telltales, no nothing.
"I think that this is the main control room for the old mining facility. It looks like much of the circuitry has been gutted. Probably for use by the researchers in another part of the facility." Vegeta stated.
"Logically, if one is trying to research and create some top secret scientific device, they would probably do so in the lower levels of the facility where it would be easier to protect and hide if necessary." Roger returned.
"Of course! Excellent observation Roger. Look around for an elevator or lift or something." Vegeta ordered.
"You got it!" Roger exclaimed. Roger had been becoming more and more excited by this adventure as time went on. Particularly since the discovery of his super human strength. The power he felt in his body as he ripped that door away was exhilarating!
"Over here Vegeta!", Roger called as his head lamp strayed across the far wall, and what looked to be an elevator.
"That's it.. ", Vegeta said.
Upon examination, the elevator had also been damaged in the geological upheaval following Vegetasai's destruction. The doors had been destroyed by a falling beam, and the elevator was completely off it's track. There was, of course, no power to run the thing even if it were intact.
"Stand back Roger." Vegeta warned as he removed one of his suit's gloves, and ki blasted the bottom completely out of the elevator. Vegeta quickly put his glove back on. "Follow me Roger." Vegeta called.
"I don't have much choice." Roger smirked indicating the rope still around his waist.
"Oh yeah. Well, we can remove it if you want, but just stay close and keep out of trouble!" Vegeta smirked.
"Yes daddy." Roger retorted.
"Just get in there!" Vegeta took a playful swipe at Roger's head.
Roger opened up his ki and floated into the shaft. Way, way, WAY down Roger could see ."
"Light?" Vegeta inquired.
"I think so Vegeta.. But it's at least ten killometers below the surface." Roger judged.
"Bulma?" Vegeta spoke into his com link.
"Working. User Identified. Bulma online, May I be of assistance to you Veggie-chan?" Came the annoying canned response.
"What position, relative to my own, is the source of the transmissions?" Vegeta inquired.
"Transmissions are coming from your position, minus twelve kilometers. Margin for error is negligible."
"Ok, let's go for it then!" Roger exclaimed and started to descend.
"Whoa! Hold on there John Wayne, remember what I said about biting off more than you can chew?" Vegeta warned. "Believe me boy, I had to learn that lesson the hard way myself!" Vegeta said. "Let's take this slow and easy, we have some time left before we need to get to New Namek and we don't need anyone getting hurt unless it's me doing the hurting. Understand?" Vegeta displayed his best patented smirk.
"Yes Vegeta" Roger smirked back.
"Ok, let's go." Vegeta started to descend.
While descending, Vegeta looked at Roger with no small amount of admiration. "He's really worked hard." Vegeta thought. "He's a bit stronger than Tien was when I first came to Earth. I still haven't taught him any ki attacks, but strength wise he would have given Nappa a real run for his money. Not bad at all for two days of gravity training. In fact, it's sort of amazing. I wonder if there are more humans with that sort of potential that we don't know about? Maybe I should have paid more attention to these humans instead of writing them off as weaklings all these years." Vegeta smirked, "Besides, I'm starting to like the big lug!"
Roger wasn't all that big, as far as humans go, but at 6' 3" he stood a full head taller than Vegeta. "Hey Roger? Do you have a last name?" Vegeta asked.
"Rambo" Roger smirked.
"What?" Vegeta asked a bit confused. "Isn't that some sort of movie character?" Vegeta asked.
"heheehe, Just kidding Vegeta. My last name is Clawson." Roger responded. "What about you? Do you have a last name?"
Well, yes and no. We didn't really use last names for children on Vegetasai, but when I married Bulma I sort of adopted/had forced upon me, the last name of Briefs." Vegeta smirked.
"I see." Roger responded. "So Vegeta Briefs is your name?"
"Well, that's what's on my driver's license. For some reason the laws on Earth don't really like people with no last name." Vegeta chuckled.
"True.. Oops! Here we are, last floor, sporting goods, lingerie, huge flesh eating moon monsters, and appliances, everyone off!" Roger said as his foot touched down on a solid metal deck.
The hall before them was well lit, and seemed to go on for about 50 meters. At the end of which was a very large, very solid looking security door. Vegeta and Roger flew the distance and stood before the door. Vegeta was about to reach and rip the door from it's frame when a voice stopped him. "Security clearance required. Please place your hand on the dais and state your name." Came a male voice through his helmet's com link."
Vegeta obeyed, "I am Prince Vegeta of the house Vegeta."
There was a significant pause as the computer attempted to compare Vegeta's 82 year old hand, to that of his last known profile, as well as the voice print.
"Identity confirmed. All members of the Royal House of Vegeta given class one authorization. Doors opening."
There was some clicks and whirls as the door locks gave way after 74 years of disuse. The door slowly swung open.
Well, at least the thing didn't call you Veggie-chan." Roger smirked.
"I'd already decided that if it did, I was going to blast it into oblivion." Vegeta smirked back.
Vegeta and Roger entered into a hall. Traveling down that hall, Roger noticed numerous stations that appeared to be used for washing and sterilization. The last station appeared to be a place to acquire sterile clothing, while the other side seemed to be for disposing of unsterile clothing.
"Whatever research they were doing, it required clean Saiyans." Roger noted.
"Hmph! A rare thing indeed!" Vegeta laughed.
They reached the other end of the hall and came to another set of security doors.
"Authorization required, Please state your name for security access." Came the now familiar disembodied voice.
"I am Prince Vegeta of the house Vegeta." Vegeta answered.
This time there was no pause as the other computer probably updated Vegeta's file.
"Identity confirmed. All members of the Royal House of Vegeta given class one authorization. Doors opening."
The doors slowly opened to reveal very bright lighting. It took a few seconds for their eyes to adjust, but when they did they were faced with an amazing sight.
The room was well lit, and circular, and all around the outside was control consoles. Unlike the consoles above, these consoles were alive with activity. But the most amazing sight was in the center of the room. There was some sort of field generator, unlike anything Vegeta ever seen before. Within the confines of the field generator was a large bubble of some sort of energy, and floating in that energy was a Female Saiyan.
"I think we've found our temporal disturbance." Vegeta stated flatly.
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