A/N: Ahem, if you can't take semi-gory stuff…. Well, this chap's not for you and, what the hell are you doing in the DBZ section? Nah, I'm joking. Back to the point: if you can't take blood and stuff, I suggest you steel yourself and read or else, skip half of it.

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"What is that thing?" I asked queasily.

"I think it's that creature you call-" Rogue started.

"Hamps?" Zar sat up from where he had been recovering from Kakarot knocking his head, "Where's my-" he saw the thing that was lying on the playing board. He let loose a scream and he fainted.

"Your brother screams like a girl," Vegeta observed.

"Yeah… it's sad, really…" I sighed.

"This is so cool!" Rogue grinned, pointing at the bloody thing, "There's the heart, the bladder, the stomach and the intestines…" she looked up at me, "You guinea pig's been turned inside out!"

"Ouch! That had to hurt!" Bana remarked.

"Well, gentlemen? Do you still want to go home this way?" I asked the anime characters. They all shook their heads vigorously. "That's what I thought."

"Is that…" Mike asked as he came back into the room.

"Yes, it is." I answered.

"Man! You are such a wimp!" Bana said and shook her head.

"I'm sorry! I just can't stand sick stuff. It comes from the time in biology class when one of the other guys dumped rat guts on my head." Mike shuddered, "I can still feel it sliding down the side of my face if I think hard enough."

"I think it's safe to say your brother is scarred for life…" Bana muttered to me as Zar stirred.

"Yeah… I almost feel sorry for the brat…" I mumbled back.

Zar recovered quickly. "Reishi! You just had to use Hamps, didn't you?" he was making sure to avert his eyes from the mutilated rodent.

"Yes."

"I agree with your brother!" Rogue spoke up. I quirked an eyebrow at her and she grinned, "We should've used Krillin! He's larger then a mouse," she looked at him and then added, "though not by much."

"HEY!" Krillin yelled, "That's not nice!"

"Why Krillin!" Rogue said in a sarcastically surprised tone, "What ever gave you the idea that I could be nice?"

"People, break it up." I said, "We have more important things to talk about."

"Yes, like how we are supposed to get home!" Vegeta snarled.

"I'm working on that one!" I growled back.

"If this stupid gaki had fixed the device right we'd-"

"Actually, Vegeta," Mike cut in, "I believe the device was fixed. If you look closely at the deceased rodent, you will observe that it's…" he liked his lips, "condition is undisturbed. There is no sign of tampering with it. So, I believe that the device worked when it was sent to your dimension and when you mate sent it back, she broke it."

"Are you accusing my mate of being the one responsible for the malfunction of the device?" Vegeta said in a low, dangerous, deadly voice.

"Well…" Mike paled, "it depends on how you look at it…"

"Are you?"

"Eh… well… technically… yes…" Mike backed away a few steps as Vegeta lunged for his throat.

"KISAMA! DIE!" Vegeta held Mike up by the throat and strangled him.

"VEGETA! DROP HIM! HE STILL MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIX IT!" I screamed.

"Could you?" Vegeta asked Mike, shaking him. Mike grimaced slightly and pulled at Vegeta's hands. Vegeta slightly loosened his grip and Mike's face began to slowly return to its normal color.

"I might… it depends…" Mike gasped.

"EVERYTHING DEPENDS WITH YOU!" Vegeta roared.

"OKAY! OKAY! I CAN PROBABLY DO IT!" Mike screamed.

"That's better," Vegeta dropped Mike and stalked back to his room.

I rushed over to Mike, "You okay?" I helped him stand.

"Yeah…" he rubbed his sore neck, "I don't think any permanent damage has been done."

"Good." I grinned at him and gave him a hug.

"Mike," Rogue said, "You need me to get the thing out of the pig?"

"Yeah, that'd be nice of you. I know I'm not gonna do it!" Mike said with a weak smile.

"Hey! Now that we're not going home, Piccolo can take us to the zoo!" Goten said with a huge grin.

"YEAH!" Trunks jumped up into the air and then stayed up as he noticed Vicky waiting behind him with a net. I blinked. Where the hell did she find that net? Trunks held up a hand and prepared a ki blast in it, "Don't. Try. Anything." He hissed.

"Oh, come on Trunks-chan! I know that you'd never hurt an innocent girl like me!" Vicky said, batting her eyelashes. Trunks looked around for an exit but there was none to be found. He heaved a large sigh and resignedly floated down onto the couch. Vicky pounced on him and enveloped him with the glomp of the century.

I heard some nasty squishing and ripping sounds and I turned around to see Rogue opening up the inside out guinea pig on a plate, "This is so cool!" Rogue exclaimed.

"Can I see the heart?" I asked, momentarily coming over my disgust at the mangled mammal.

"Sure!" Rogue handed me the rodent's heart. I held it between my thumb and forefinger and gently massaged it. It started beating again. "Awesome!"

"Yeah, my tousan showed me that trick a long time ago." I put the heart down and went to wash off my hands.

When I was in the bathroom washing my hands, Mike brought in the device. He started to carefully rinse the blood off the device while I dried my hands. I wandered back into the living room where Zar had recovered and had started up the video games. I flopped down on the couch and checked the clock. It's only ten? My mind said tiredly, it can't be!

"Zar? When you want to go to the zoo?" I asked him.

"Eh… about we leave after lunch," Zar suggested.

"Sounds good to me." I rubbed my temples and then made room for Mike. He sat by me and, with a screwdriver he had brought, removed the cover of the device.

"Hmmm…" he poked around in the device, "what made it malfunction?"

I looked over into the device, "Hey… check this out." I pointed to a little wire that was melted.

"I wonder how that happened…" Mike mused to himself and gently prodded the wire.

*Flashback*

As Bulma read the note for the second time, a little bit of very hot ash fell from her cigarette and onto the device. It slipped through a crack in the device and melted a very thin wire.

*End Flashback*

As Mike prodded the busted wire, sparks flew from it. A few hit Mike's hands and he reflexively threw the device away. It sailed across the room and landed on the carpet where it continued to sputter sparks. Everyone backed away from the device as to not get burnt. The sparks that now numbered among the thousands, all drifted up in a spiraling cyclone that twisted and turned above the device. I lifted an arm to shield my eyes and saw the others do the same.

"What's happening?" Kakarot yelled as a roaring sound filled the room.

"I don't know!" Mike yelled back.

"I hope the sparks don't catch the house on fire or something…" I mumbled to myself, my words lost in the howling wind.

As the roaring grew louder, and the sparks grew brighter, a figure was seen standing in the center of the cyclone. They seemed to look around in a confused way and then they seemed to notice the sparking device between their feet. With one booted foot, they crushed the device.

The sparks faded and the wind died down and soon the only thing different in the room was the new person. I blinked, the afterimage of the cyclone imprinted on my retinas. I peered at the figure for a moment and then recognized him.

"Oh, Kami… not another one…" I whispered despairingly.

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Gogeta: *arrives at the asylum* Where is Jeril? *is assaulted by hundreds of men in white, blasts them all to hell* JERRRRRRIL?

Jeril: *hits the door repeatedly* Gogeta! I'm in HERE!

Gogeta: *finds the cell, blasts it open and grabs Jeril, throwing her over his shoulder* Back to the bunker!

Jeril: Wait! My laptop! *Gogeta grabs the laptop and then flies off*

Jeril: *as Gogeta flies* Oiy! I'm slung over one of the hottest anime character's shoulder! I feel sooooo special! *Gogeta lands and drops Jeril and her laptop unceremoniously in the dirt* Hey! What was that for? *Gogeta defuses*

Kakarot: You're back!

Vegeta: *sighs and shakes his head* I don't know why I rescued you…

Jeril: Veggie! *glomps Vegeta* Kakarot! I can't believe this but I'm actually happy to see you! *gives Kakarot a quick hug* All righty then… Let's see… *reads the reviews and then bursts into tears* I can't believe you people have that little faith in me! When I say I'm going to torture Piccolo with a trip to the zoo accompanied by four hyperactive chibis, I am going to torture Piccolo with a trip to the zoo accompanied by four hyperactive chibis! Wait a second… *checks the number* OVER 200? *faints*