Part Two: Chapter Three: I Will Not Stop Until I find Her!
Adrienne stood in a field full of marigolds, looking at her mother's grave, which was surrounded by yellow roses. She turned around to see Goten standing there, hands in his pockets. "How did you know to find me here?"
Goten looked at the sky. "I just know." Adrienne walked over to him.
"I want to show you something."
"What?"
"Come on." Adrienne grabbed his hand and instant transmitted them to the lab where she was created.
"Is this…?" Adrienne nodded. "Oh…."
Goten looked around the room to see a large blood stain by the controls, and a bloody handprint one of the controls. "I'm surprised his skeleton's not there." Goten walked over some broken glass, crushing it beneath his feet and place a hand on a broken tank.
"This must be-"
"It sure is." Adrienne smiled. "I owe Mr. Hathaway…after all, he created me."
"Guess I owe him my gratitude, too," Goten stated, picking up a piece of glass and running his finger along the edge. "I would have never met you if it weren't for him."
Adrienne blushed and turned to a tank with a pink ball of goo inside it. Adrienne tapped on the tank. "Hey, come here and look at this!" Goten walked over to where she was and looked in the tank. He held an arm out, pushing her backwards. "Hey!"
"It's moving." Goten told her. The pink goo began to jerk move violently, when: "Get down!"
Goten knocked Adrienne down to the ground as the sound of breaking glass surrounded them. Adrienne jumped up once all of the glass fell and the pink goo stared at her. The pink goo jumped up and began to take a human form.
Goten groaned. "Adrienne…." Goten sat up to see two Adrienne's. Both wore the same shoes, the same dress, and the same hose. The only difference was that one wasn't wearing a locket. "Adrienne, you're in two!"
"I know!" The two said in unison. Both Adrienne's growled and disappeared.
"Oh, no…!" Goten whined.
*~*~*
"Adrienne!" Goten ran towards the girl in the field and she turned to face him. He smiled, acknowledging she was in one piece. Goten stopped in front of her and noticed her locket. It was definitely Adrienne. "Hey!"
"Hi." Adrienne greeted him. "Kind of odd how that goo came to my mother's grave, huh?"
"Yeah, I guess so." Goten looked around. "Where is that stuff? It must have been pretty easy to beat!"
Adrienne nodded. "Yeah." Adrienne walked over to him and grabbed his hand. "Let's go home, okay?"
"Yeah, sure!" Goten agreed. "Let's get out of this place!"
*~*~*
"ADRIENNE!!!"
"Vegeta, let's just go back! I'm sure she was in the restroom!"
"No! I will not stop until I find her!" Vegeta flung open the door to the living room and walked in. She wasn't there… Vegeta sighed and sat down on the couch. He buried his face in his hands and someone grabbed his shoulders gently. He almost jumped, but soon realized it was only Bulma. She began to massage his shoulders and Vegeta moaned. "Woman…"
"Vegeta, you need to relax…" Bulma whispered in his ear. Her hot breath tickled his ear and he smiled. Bulma's hands slid around to his waist and Vegeta's eyes flashed open.
"Woman!" Bulma looked up at him wondering. How could he go from tense, to relaxed, to tense again so quickly? "I already told you I am not going to stop until I find her!"
"Find who, Daddy?" Vegeta swirled around to see Adrienne standing in the doorway. But something about her was odd… What sort of chaos had she run into this time?
"You." Vegeta glared at Goten, who was standing behind her.
"Oh, it's not his fault," Adrienne told them. "It's mine. We stopped by Chris' house on the way home to say goodbye. He's going to his Grandma's, remember?"
"Oh." Vegeta was silent. "Very well. Brat, Trunks wanted to show you something."
"Oh, okay." Goten looked up the stairs. "I wonder what it could be…?"
*~*~*
"Viola!" Adrienne could hear Trunks say from inside his room. "Okay, what do you think?"
"Where are you going?" Goten asked, a hint of laughter in his voice.
"Don't tell Dad yet, but I'm proposing to Chloe." Adrienne sat straight up in her bed. Trunks? Getting married?
"Oh, dear *Kami*, we're all doomed!" Adrienne teased. Goten started laughing and Trunks replied:
"Ha ha, very funny! Now go to sleep!" Adrienne shrugged and lay down.
"Okay, Trunks, I've gotta go," Goten told him. "Mom's gonna have a fit!"
"But you have to help me pick out a suit!"
"Bulma can help you!"
"But she's not supposed to know!"
"Know what, Trunks?"
"Mom! I, uh…!"
"Come on, sweetie, let's go find you a suit." Bulma dragged him into his room and closed the door behind them. There was a knock on Adrienne's door and she sat up.
"Come in."
"Hey." Adrienne smiled a little and Goten closed the door. "Adrienne, I know you're sensitive about the subject, but who-" Goten remembered there were Saiyan ears listening. "You-know-what?" Adrienne frowned and turned away from him. Goten wrapped his arms around her waist, causing her tail to shoot back up her dress again. "Adrienne, I need to know. Tell me his name, and I'll take it from there."
"His name is-" Adrienne paused. "His name is David Luther (a/n: I can't come up with any good names!!!)."
Goten kissed her cheek. "Thank you." Goten jumped up from her bed and walked out into the hall. Someone grabbed his hand.
"Please don't go!" Goten turned to face her with a crooked smile, when she threw her arms around his neck and buried her face in his chest. "Please…!"
"Adrienne-"
"I'm scared." Goten frowned as she began to cry. He picked her up and carried her back into her room, closing the door behind him. He dropped her on the bed and took off his shoes with her still clinging to his arm. Goten laid down next to her and pulled her close. He wiped a tear from her cheek.
"Don't be."
*~*~*
"I can't do this." Adrienne whispered, hugging her knees. "But anyone who interferes must die." Adrienne stood up as a tear rolled down her cheek and she kneeled on the bed next to Goten. She placed her hand against his stomach and began to charge a Ki Blast. She raised her hand and squished the ball into a sword. "Please forgive me."
She forced her Ki Sword down with all her might, but was stopped short as a hand grabbed her wrists. Her eyes widened. "You-"
"Where's Adrienne?" Goten demanded.
"I don't know!" Goten rammed her against the wall and growled.
"You do a good job of acting," Goten told her. "But your lying isn't too good. Is she alive!?"
She smirked. "Barely!"
"I'll ask you one more time, where is she?!"
She growled. "You left her on the planet where her mother died."
*~*~*
"Adrienne!" Goten ran through the field he has found the Adrienne clone earlier, in search of his Saiyan. It was extremely foggy and there was no sign of her. He would never find her in time… "Adrienne!"
Goten stopped and looked around. Little did he know that Adrienne was lying feet away from him, out of sight due to the thick fog. Her dress, hose, and skin were ripped in several places, blood leaking out of almost every gash.
*~*~*
"Face it, you'll never find her."
"Help me!" Goten demanded. "Her power level is so low I can't even sense it because of my own and yours!"
"Why would I want to help you?" The clone jumped down from the rock and turned back into pink goop. The goop turned into Goten, the same clothing and all. "Unless I am you?"
Goten took a step backwards. Was he going to have to fight this shape shifting goop? The Goten clone laughed and did a back flip onto the rock he was standing on earlier. "Yes, I can clone anyone!" He looked down at the locket in his hand. "I guess I won't be needing this anymore…"
"No!" The clone slammed the locket down into the rock he was standing on, causing it to break into pieces. He picked up the picture of Lita that had been inside of it. The clone turned into Vegeta and he stared at the picture.
"Lita…"
Adrienne stood in a field full of marigolds, looking at her mother's grave, which was surrounded by yellow roses. She turned around to see Goten standing there, hands in his pockets. "How did you know to find me here?"
Goten looked at the sky. "I just know." Adrienne walked over to him.
"I want to show you something."
"What?"
"Come on." Adrienne grabbed his hand and instant transmitted them to the lab where she was created.
"Is this…?" Adrienne nodded. "Oh…."
Goten looked around the room to see a large blood stain by the controls, and a bloody handprint one of the controls. "I'm surprised his skeleton's not there." Goten walked over some broken glass, crushing it beneath his feet and place a hand on a broken tank.
"This must be-"
"It sure is." Adrienne smiled. "I owe Mr. Hathaway…after all, he created me."
"Guess I owe him my gratitude, too," Goten stated, picking up a piece of glass and running his finger along the edge. "I would have never met you if it weren't for him."
Adrienne blushed and turned to a tank with a pink ball of goo inside it. Adrienne tapped on the tank. "Hey, come here and look at this!" Goten walked over to where she was and looked in the tank. He held an arm out, pushing her backwards. "Hey!"
"It's moving." Goten told her. The pink goo began to jerk move violently, when: "Get down!"
Goten knocked Adrienne down to the ground as the sound of breaking glass surrounded them. Adrienne jumped up once all of the glass fell and the pink goo stared at her. The pink goo jumped up and began to take a human form.
Goten groaned. "Adrienne…." Goten sat up to see two Adrienne's. Both wore the same shoes, the same dress, and the same hose. The only difference was that one wasn't wearing a locket. "Adrienne, you're in two!"
"I know!" The two said in unison. Both Adrienne's growled and disappeared.
"Oh, no…!" Goten whined.
*~*~*
"Adrienne!" Goten ran towards the girl in the field and she turned to face him. He smiled, acknowledging she was in one piece. Goten stopped in front of her and noticed her locket. It was definitely Adrienne. "Hey!"
"Hi." Adrienne greeted him. "Kind of odd how that goo came to my mother's grave, huh?"
"Yeah, I guess so." Goten looked around. "Where is that stuff? It must have been pretty easy to beat!"
Adrienne nodded. "Yeah." Adrienne walked over to him and grabbed his hand. "Let's go home, okay?"
"Yeah, sure!" Goten agreed. "Let's get out of this place!"
*~*~*
"ADRIENNE!!!"
"Vegeta, let's just go back! I'm sure she was in the restroom!"
"No! I will not stop until I find her!" Vegeta flung open the door to the living room and walked in. She wasn't there… Vegeta sighed and sat down on the couch. He buried his face in his hands and someone grabbed his shoulders gently. He almost jumped, but soon realized it was only Bulma. She began to massage his shoulders and Vegeta moaned. "Woman…"
"Vegeta, you need to relax…" Bulma whispered in his ear. Her hot breath tickled his ear and he smiled. Bulma's hands slid around to his waist and Vegeta's eyes flashed open.
"Woman!" Bulma looked up at him wondering. How could he go from tense, to relaxed, to tense again so quickly? "I already told you I am not going to stop until I find her!"
"Find who, Daddy?" Vegeta swirled around to see Adrienne standing in the doorway. But something about her was odd… What sort of chaos had she run into this time?
"You." Vegeta glared at Goten, who was standing behind her.
"Oh, it's not his fault," Adrienne told them. "It's mine. We stopped by Chris' house on the way home to say goodbye. He's going to his Grandma's, remember?"
"Oh." Vegeta was silent. "Very well. Brat, Trunks wanted to show you something."
"Oh, okay." Goten looked up the stairs. "I wonder what it could be…?"
*~*~*
"Viola!" Adrienne could hear Trunks say from inside his room. "Okay, what do you think?"
"Where are you going?" Goten asked, a hint of laughter in his voice.
"Don't tell Dad yet, but I'm proposing to Chloe." Adrienne sat straight up in her bed. Trunks? Getting married?
"Oh, dear *Kami*, we're all doomed!" Adrienne teased. Goten started laughing and Trunks replied:
"Ha ha, very funny! Now go to sleep!" Adrienne shrugged and lay down.
"Okay, Trunks, I've gotta go," Goten told him. "Mom's gonna have a fit!"
"But you have to help me pick out a suit!"
"Bulma can help you!"
"But she's not supposed to know!"
"Know what, Trunks?"
"Mom! I, uh…!"
"Come on, sweetie, let's go find you a suit." Bulma dragged him into his room and closed the door behind them. There was a knock on Adrienne's door and she sat up.
"Come in."
"Hey." Adrienne smiled a little and Goten closed the door. "Adrienne, I know you're sensitive about the subject, but who-" Goten remembered there were Saiyan ears listening. "You-know-what?" Adrienne frowned and turned away from him. Goten wrapped his arms around her waist, causing her tail to shoot back up her dress again. "Adrienne, I need to know. Tell me his name, and I'll take it from there."
"His name is-" Adrienne paused. "His name is David Luther (a/n: I can't come up with any good names!!!)."
Goten kissed her cheek. "Thank you." Goten jumped up from her bed and walked out into the hall. Someone grabbed his hand.
"Please don't go!" Goten turned to face her with a crooked smile, when she threw her arms around his neck and buried her face in his chest. "Please…!"
"Adrienne-"
"I'm scared." Goten frowned as she began to cry. He picked her up and carried her back into her room, closing the door behind him. He dropped her on the bed and took off his shoes with her still clinging to his arm. Goten laid down next to her and pulled her close. He wiped a tear from her cheek.
"Don't be."
*~*~*
"I can't do this." Adrienne whispered, hugging her knees. "But anyone who interferes must die." Adrienne stood up as a tear rolled down her cheek and she kneeled on the bed next to Goten. She placed her hand against his stomach and began to charge a Ki Blast. She raised her hand and squished the ball into a sword. "Please forgive me."
She forced her Ki Sword down with all her might, but was stopped short as a hand grabbed her wrists. Her eyes widened. "You-"
"Where's Adrienne?" Goten demanded.
"I don't know!" Goten rammed her against the wall and growled.
"You do a good job of acting," Goten told her. "But your lying isn't too good. Is she alive!?"
She smirked. "Barely!"
"I'll ask you one more time, where is she?!"
She growled. "You left her on the planet where her mother died."
*~*~*
"Adrienne!" Goten ran through the field he has found the Adrienne clone earlier, in search of his Saiyan. It was extremely foggy and there was no sign of her. He would never find her in time… "Adrienne!"
Goten stopped and looked around. Little did he know that Adrienne was lying feet away from him, out of sight due to the thick fog. Her dress, hose, and skin were ripped in several places, blood leaking out of almost every gash.
*~*~*
"Face it, you'll never find her."
"Help me!" Goten demanded. "Her power level is so low I can't even sense it because of my own and yours!"
"Why would I want to help you?" The clone jumped down from the rock and turned back into pink goop. The goop turned into Goten, the same clothing and all. "Unless I am you?"
Goten took a step backwards. Was he going to have to fight this shape shifting goop? The Goten clone laughed and did a back flip onto the rock he was standing on earlier. "Yes, I can clone anyone!" He looked down at the locket in his hand. "I guess I won't be needing this anymore…"
"No!" The clone slammed the locket down into the rock he was standing on, causing it to break into pieces. He picked up the picture of Lita that had been inside of it. The clone turned into Vegeta and he stared at the picture.
"Lita…"