I'm bored. Gods, it's not enough to write because then afterwards I'm hopelessly bored knowing I'll have nothing to do this early until around 8. Gods, the pain is slowly killing me

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CHAPTER 14

Bulma looked around the room. She'd been here for almost an hour. Krillin and 18 were sitting on the couch and trying to make polite conversation. She could tell 18 was bored also. She kept flinging back her hair and her only reply seemed to be, 'yeah, right'. Krillin didn't seemed to notice either Bulma, nor 18's boredom. He was still chatting away, peppy and perky even though he was becoming an old man. Gray was outlining his black hair.

Bulma sighed. She wasn't getting any younger, either. She was older than Krillin and developing wrinkles. Her once creamy blue hair was slowly turning gray. Not as fast as Krillin, though. And, she wore it differently than before. It was never in anything but a ponytail. Krillin looked to 18, who seemed to be drifting off. She mumbled something and Krillin blushed. He pretended he didn't hear her talk and chatted with Bulma. Or at Bulma, either one.

Usually, Bulma enjoyed conversations like these, but her thoughts kept drifting to Trunks and Katoria. Krillin said they had left earlier, as did Gohan. He had said Gohan gave Katoria the lift. Bulma wondered where they were now. Krillin said they were with Goten and his friend. Bulma had smiled, knowing it was probably Kat's sister. Good for Goten, thought Bulma, now he can have someone to love, and won't bother Trunks and Katoria. Krillin laughed and snorted, so Bulma laughed lightly, then stood up.

"Krillin-san, as much as I enjoy your company, I'm afraid I must leave."

"Why?" Krillin questioned, his laughter stopping abruptly.

"I have to find Trunks-chan and Bra-chan. It's been a long day and I'm sure Vegeta-san would like to see us." Bulma almost laughed at the last thought, but held it in.

"I see," Krillin nodded, "Well, nice having you here Bulma-san. Catch up with you some other time?"

"Perhaps." Bulma said with a smile, "Bye Krillin-san and 18-san."

Krillin nudged the sleeping 18 and she mumbled what sounded like a 'good riddance'. Bulma shrugged and left. 18 and Bulma didn't always get along, but she had to admit, 18 could be funny. She shook her head and searched for her capsules. She remembered she had her other clothes on and cursed. She found Krillin's car, which (handily) was also a hover car, and started the engine. Not caring his reaction, she cried out. "Thank you, Krillin-san. I'll just borrow this for a while. See you later!"

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Ashita heard a light knocking on the door. She groaned. If it was that woman... She sighed and swung her legs over the bed. She pulled back her hair and stood up. Ashita scraped the floor with her feet as she trudged along, making her way steadily to the door. This was going to be a long day. When she opened it up, though, it wasn't ChiChi...

"Goten-chan! What are you doing here?" questioned Ashita, a surprised look plastered on her face.

"Wait a minute, missy." ChiChi called out from behind him.

"Okaasan..." Goten whined.

"What are you doing here? Where's Katoria-san?" ChiChi asked fiercely.

"Katoria-san's with Trunks-kun. I'm her sister, and I had no where else to go. Goten-chan invited me over. Is that good enough?" Ashita was beginning to get annoyed.

"NANI!? You invited this hussy over?"

"HEY! You let THIS hussy in!"

"How DARE you!"

"Look, lady, I don't need to listen to your nagging."

Ashita slammed the door in ChiChi and Goten's face and locked it. Outside the door, she heard ChiChi yelling and Goten trying to calm her. Today was definitely not her day. She flopped down on the bed and put the pillow over her head. A soft knocking came from the door.

"Go away!" she screamed.

"Ashita-san, it's me, Goten. Look, I just want to talk."

"Why? So you can tell me I'm kicked out? No thanks."

"Ashita-san, open up, or....or I'll come in there."

"No you won't." Ashi stated with a snort.

"Oh really?" Goten said defiantly.

"Go whine to your Okaasan, not me."

All of a sudden the door burst off it's hinges. Ashita sat straight up, the pillow flying across the room. Her eyes wide, she watched as Goten gently set down the door, not bothering to pay any attention to the broken frame. ChiChi yelled something and Goten mumbled incoherently. He turned to her with a smile and sat down on the bed beside her. She almost got up, but he pulled her down and made her sit.

"Ashita-san, I'm serious. I want to talk."

"Yeah right, you probably wanna pull something on me."

"No," Goten said, turning crimson, "Look. I only want to talk. That's it."

"Fine." Ashi folded her arms and pretended to study the wall.

"Well, I don't know why you're mad..."Ashi snorted, but Goten continued, "I just wanted to..."

"What? Make a move on me. You don't understand me at all. Look, I'll just stay with Trunks-kun and Kat-san. I don't need your hospitality."

Goten opened his mouth, but she left before he could say anything. She threw the door out of her way, not caring where it landed. She hated Goten! He didn't understand her at all. And yet, he seemed so innocent and naive...

No, he was a jerk. All guys were. No one was ever going to give her a hand. She could only trust one person, Kat. That was it. If someone else got to her heart, they'd ruin it. She couldn't let anyone get close. Not even Goten, no matter how much she wanted to. Ashi realized that she was scared. It was a feeling she'd never felt. Scared to love...

She slammed the front door as she left. Ashi buried herself in thoughts of Goten. She stopped walking and turned around. She couldn't leave him like this, she loved him. She turned around again. But what if he hurt her? She heard Goten call out her name, and then she felt a sharp slap to her face.

Ashi fell to the ground and coughed up some blood. She wiped it away on the back of her hand and looked up at her attacker. He had dark black hair, cut in a mushroom style, much like Trunks. His was longer, and he looked younger than the other man. He reminded her a lot of 18. Before she could say anything, she was kicked in the face and sent flying into a tree.

Pain racked her back and she coughed up even more blood, squeezing her eyes closed in pain. She bit her lip to keep back a bloodcurdling scream. She slowly rose to her feet, although her legs felt like jello. She would've collapsed, but something (or someone) held her up and whispered in her ear. She tried to answer the voice, but only spit out blood. The voice was hysteric and she felt herself being lifted into the air.

Her head felt like it wasn't attached to her body. She didn't have any control over it so it kept rolling back and forth. The voice was shouting, and then it dropped her. She was falling, but nothing seemed important, all she felt was pain. Suddenly, something hard rammed into her back. She screamed in pain. Ashi was soon hit in the chest and felt herself ram into the Earth.

She tried to open her eyes, but the blood running from her forehead burned her eyes. She tried to move, but screamed in pain. She heard a female's high pitched laugh and felt spit land on her shoulder. She didn't care, though. That was the least of her problems. She managed to roll over onto her stomach, and pushed herself up with her hands. Before she could stand, she felt something jam into her lower back.

It must've been a foot because the next thing she knew was she was being kicked over and over. Not the powerful blows like before, but much softer. Still, they were cruel and she could feel her grasp on reality slipping. She grabbed for the leg, but only grabbed air. She screamed in frustration and was kicked in the face. Her nose began to bleed, and blood began to seep out of her mouth again. She heard a man's voice yell and the kicking stopped. Soon, she was picked up roughly and felt herself flying through the air. It was the powerful warrior that had kicked her, she realized, but his touch seemed more gentle than before.

She tried to struggle, but the best she could do was cry out. The voice was calming and told her not to worry. She screamed and cried, but all the warrior would say was not to worry. She wailed out Goten's name and the warrior said his line. Ashi finally gave up and let herself slip into the comforting darkness. Goten was waiting there for her, she saw, and she gladly met him.

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Kat looked to the corner where Bra was hiding. She was well hidden, and Kat knew she shouldn't bring attention to Bra's hiding place, but she was worried. This was their one chance, and if Bra was found, it would blow their cover. Then what? Kat sighed and focused on the door. The guard would be coming in any moment. Then, she thought, we'll have him.

It was several minutes before she heard the door from the hallway open, it led into her lab. Soon enough, he seemed to be lagging, the door to her 'torture room' opened. Her torture room was actually the furnace, so she had her room, then the furnace. The guard, a shy handsome human guard, came in. She remembered him. His name was Pesos, or Padre, something like that. He was always coming to check on her, and he often watched her down the hallways. He smiled shyly at her. Maybe they wouldn't have to hurt him.

"Hello, Katoria-san."

"Hello."

She smiled sweetly at him and he blushed and looked away. Trunks seemed to be seething (she could tell by the look in his eyes) but he didn't show any emotion on his face. He knew this all depended on her. This was her chance. She took in a deep breath and as he looked back, she batted her eyes. She bit her lip and looked to be deep in thought.

"Oh, no!"

"What?"

"Your name slipped my mind."

"Oh...I'm Padre."

"Yes, that's it. Padre-kun. I remember you."

She gave him a wink and he blushed and turned to his work. He filled up the shot with the serum. She almost panicked, but counted to three, calming herself. She had to keep her cool. She couldn't mess up. No matter what, they had to get out of here. She didn't want to hurt Padre. She liked him.

"Padre-kun, could you let me go, please?" she asked meekly.

"I'm so sorry." Padre said, a sad look in his eyes.

"Padre-kun, please. I don't want to hurt you. Please!"

"Kat-san, you can't talk me out of this. You don't know what Veter-san would do to me."

"Then runaway with me!"

"Kat-san...I...can't."

"Padre-kun..."

Trunks jumped up, breaking all of the straps that bound him. Obviously he didn't think the talk was going well. He hit Padre upside the head and Padre was instantly unconscious. He picked up the young boy and laid him on the bed. He undid all of Kat's straps, and when she was free, he held her close to him.

She shrugged his hug and checked on Padre. He was okay, so she told Trunks to pick him up and strap him into her chair. She ran over to Bra's hiding place and pulled her out from behind the crate. Bra was smiling and she hugged Katoria the instant Kat picked her up. She squeezed Bra tightly and then set her down. Trunks had finished strapping down the guard, and must've read her mind. His uniform was lying in a heap and Trunks was changing.

She laughed and took Bra into the other room. Trunks would probably like his privacy. She heard him call out that his pants were 'stuck' but she laughed. She wasn't about to fall for that.

"Well, then I guess you'll just have to carry Bra-chan and I without pants."

He laughed and said it wouldn't be a problem to carry her without pants. She rolled her eyes and looked around her lab. Something was missing....LUCKY! Kat set Bra down in a chair and burst into her 'torture' room. Trunks laughed.

"I see you've come to help me with my pants!"

She rolled her eyes and hopped onto her chair, stepping around Padre. She looked up through the hole. Kat clicked and mewed. Lucky didn't come. That darn cat, thought Kat, it only seems to listen to Ashi. Wait! I've got it!

"Kitty! Supper time!"

Sure enough, the cat ran to the hole and mewed. She grabbed it and held it close to her, jumping off the chair. Trunks laughed. "I see you have cat problems."

"Oh, hush it you!"

"I'll hush you!"

She sighed and walked out the door. Geeze, men could be so stupid. Bra brightened at seeing the cat. Lucky seemed to want Bra, because he clawed at Kat until she put him down. He ran to Bra and jumped into her open arms. That darn cat, thought Kat for the second time that day.

Trunks opened the door and walked into the room. He looked dashing in the guard uniform. It's red and blue looked dashing on him and she found herself staring. He laughed. "Well, I love you too."

She blushed and closed her mouth. She had to find the helmet now, she realized. Anyone, especially Veter, would recognize him. She ducked into the other room and looked for a helmet. She knew she had one, from the last guard that was here. It was somewhere...

She sighed. If only she were as organized as Ashita. Then, she wouldn't lose everything. She hated being forgetful, almost as much as she hated cleaning. She searched the nearest crate and, luckily, found it after only a minute or two of searching. At least she wasn't completely clueless. She ran into the other room and gave Trunks the helmet.

"Now, all we have to do is become unconscious. Bra-chan, I want you to stuff Lucky in your shirt."

Bra nodded and Trunks slipped on the helmet. She kissed the visor and Trunks picked her up by the stomach, then Bra. This is it, she thought. We're going to make it, hopefully. "Okay, let's go."