Chapter 13: Pain

Cleo woke up a few hours later, she remembered what had happened, but she wondered why she couldn't move, or see. She let out a few faint cries, wondering why she couldn't speak in a normal tone. Bulma removed the wash clothe from Cleo's eyes, she saw her father next to her, holding her hand, she wanted to pull away, she tried to pull away, she couldn't. In place of Bulma, Gohan now sat grazing her forehead, it stung, she winced, he then stopped. She saw Bulma sitting a the foot of the bed, crying, no one was talking, Cleo said as loud as she could, "Why isn't any one talking?" "Well what do you want us to say," Bulma said. "I don't know, anything, talk about the weather, quietness is overrated," Cleo barely managed to finish before she fell unconscious once again.
They did talk, not about the weather, Bulma left to re-wet the wash clothe, the to boys discussed ways to make Goku pay for this, they decided that the would lock him in the Gravity Room with a few needles.
They had just finished their plan when Bulma re-entered with a fresh wash cloth and put it on Cleo's burnt forehead, she was well burnt, and cut, they thought she was dead for a moment but then she woke up again, an hour after the other. "Dende, this hurts, what did he try to kill you for," Cleo whispered to Vegeta. "I don't know, something in Kakarot snapped," Vegeta said, "he has never tried to kill anyone before." "Why did you try to save Vegeta, you said you hated him," Gohan asked. "He's my father, even though he left me, I couldn't watch Kakarot kill him," Cleo said weakly, she was regaining energy enough to speak normally."I swear he'll pay, if I have to do it I will," Gohan promised. "Cleo tried to sit up, she got there, and went to stand but couldn't, her legs had taken a lot, they were the worst off, Cleo panicked within her mind, * What if I can't walk,* she thought and she cried silently the tears stinging the burns on her face.