For the next few days, Vegeta kept experiencing the second part of his
dream over and over again. It got so bad that he couldn't sleep for fear
of dreaming that same dream again. He started seeing things, horrible
things, in mirrors or on the TV. Soon, the others started to get worried
about him. If anyone would try to talk to him, he would ignore them.
Everyone could see that wherever he went, he would shake violently. Megan
was fed up with this and finally pulled Vegeta aside to talk to him alone.
"Vegeta, we need to talk." Vegeta looked at Megan with this look like, 'go away', but it was weak. He hadn't eaten or slept in two days.
"What do you want?" he said, weakly. Megan sighed, wondering where to start.
"We've all noticed that you haven't eaten in a while. Are you feeling okay? You look a little 'under the weather'." Megan asked, cocking her head. Vegeta turned away, pretending not to hear. Megan, fed up with his 'I can't hear you' shtick, punched him real hard in the stomach. Vegeta clutched his stomach, his eyes shut tight and his teeth clenched. Megan pulled him back up by his shirt.
"You're going to give me some answers, whether you like it or not, Vegeta," Megan whispered, slamming Vegeta into the wall. Vegeta nodded, giving up. "Why aren't you eating?" Megan started.
"I can't," whispered Vegeta, "I'll heave."
"Second question: why haven't you been sleeping?"
"If I sleep I'll have the same dream that I've been having every time I've tried to go to sleep. I dream of this woman named...Bulma ripping her heart out. The details are very good and very disgusting. She wanted to kill Raiko and--..." he decided not to tell Megan about Trunks.
"And that's why you couldn't eat?" Vegeta nodded his head.
"Yeah."
"I've been seeing you recoil in horror from mirrors like you see something in them...are you seeing things from your dream?" Vegeta shook his head.
"Not...not exactly," he murmured, "In the background I can see piles of bloody carcasses. There's usually a figure sitting near them, looking at me with no eyes in its sockets. It's...revolting." Megan sighed, letting go of Vegeta and scratched the back of her head. Vegeta looked away. He was shaking a little more than usual.
"I think you should go to bed, regardless of the dream. If you face it, you won't be afraid of it anymore. I'll stay in the room just in case," Megan concluded. Vegeta put back on his attitude.
"I don't need your help I can-" he started, but was interrupted by another punch in the stomach.
"I don't care what you say. I'm going to stay in your room until you feel better. If you don't eat, you'll starve, and if you don't sleep you won't be able to see Raiko when she wakes up." Vegeta, kneeling on the floor and clutching his stomach, whispered an inaudible, "Okay..." ~~~~~
Vegeta woke up at one in the morning, creeped out from the dream. He was shaking a lot, but he had most, if not all, of his strength back. Megan forced him to eat, and made sure that he fell asleep.
He sat up and turned on the TV, first checking to see in Megan was still in the room. For some reason, she wasn't. The news came on and he decided to watch.
"This just in," the anchor said, "the General Hospital has caught fire. Just a little while ago, the fire broke out on the 13th floor..." Vegeta's brain did a double take.
"General Hospital...13th floor?! That's where Raiko is!" He jumped out of bed and threw on his boots. He flew out the door (literally) and out the open window (A/N: I don't know WHY it's open, it just is...)
He could see the flames before he reached the hospital, and flew as fast as he could. He reached the hospital in record time. He landed on the lawn.
"No..." he whispered. The whole entire hospital was engulfed in flames. He felt someone tap him on the shoulder, and turned. It was Megan, with a sad, yet determined look on her face.
"Look," she said, and pointed to the east side of the hospital. The flames hadn't reached there yet.
"Isn't that where Raiko is?" Megan asked. Vegeta's eyes got wide.
"It is!" He started to take off, but Megan held him back.
"What?! The love of my life is going to die if you don't let me go!" he clamped a hand over his mouth. 'I didn't just say that...no...I DID NOT just say that...' he thought to himself. Megan smiled.
"I knew you liked her," she held out a hand for Vegeta to shake, "Let's team up and go save her. Truce?" Vegeta, hesitant, shook her hand.
"Truce."
~~~~~
"Vegeta, we need to talk." Vegeta looked at Megan with this look like, 'go away', but it was weak. He hadn't eaten or slept in two days.
"What do you want?" he said, weakly. Megan sighed, wondering where to start.
"We've all noticed that you haven't eaten in a while. Are you feeling okay? You look a little 'under the weather'." Megan asked, cocking her head. Vegeta turned away, pretending not to hear. Megan, fed up with his 'I can't hear you' shtick, punched him real hard in the stomach. Vegeta clutched his stomach, his eyes shut tight and his teeth clenched. Megan pulled him back up by his shirt.
"You're going to give me some answers, whether you like it or not, Vegeta," Megan whispered, slamming Vegeta into the wall. Vegeta nodded, giving up. "Why aren't you eating?" Megan started.
"I can't," whispered Vegeta, "I'll heave."
"Second question: why haven't you been sleeping?"
"If I sleep I'll have the same dream that I've been having every time I've tried to go to sleep. I dream of this woman named...Bulma ripping her heart out. The details are very good and very disgusting. She wanted to kill Raiko and--..." he decided not to tell Megan about Trunks.
"And that's why you couldn't eat?" Vegeta nodded his head.
"Yeah."
"I've been seeing you recoil in horror from mirrors like you see something in them...are you seeing things from your dream?" Vegeta shook his head.
"Not...not exactly," he murmured, "In the background I can see piles of bloody carcasses. There's usually a figure sitting near them, looking at me with no eyes in its sockets. It's...revolting." Megan sighed, letting go of Vegeta and scratched the back of her head. Vegeta looked away. He was shaking a little more than usual.
"I think you should go to bed, regardless of the dream. If you face it, you won't be afraid of it anymore. I'll stay in the room just in case," Megan concluded. Vegeta put back on his attitude.
"I don't need your help I can-" he started, but was interrupted by another punch in the stomach.
"I don't care what you say. I'm going to stay in your room until you feel better. If you don't eat, you'll starve, and if you don't sleep you won't be able to see Raiko when she wakes up." Vegeta, kneeling on the floor and clutching his stomach, whispered an inaudible, "Okay..." ~~~~~
Vegeta woke up at one in the morning, creeped out from the dream. He was shaking a lot, but he had most, if not all, of his strength back. Megan forced him to eat, and made sure that he fell asleep.
He sat up and turned on the TV, first checking to see in Megan was still in the room. For some reason, she wasn't. The news came on and he decided to watch.
"This just in," the anchor said, "the General Hospital has caught fire. Just a little while ago, the fire broke out on the 13th floor..." Vegeta's brain did a double take.
"General Hospital...13th floor?! That's where Raiko is!" He jumped out of bed and threw on his boots. He flew out the door (literally) and out the open window (A/N: I don't know WHY it's open, it just is...)
He could see the flames before he reached the hospital, and flew as fast as he could. He reached the hospital in record time. He landed on the lawn.
"No..." he whispered. The whole entire hospital was engulfed in flames. He felt someone tap him on the shoulder, and turned. It was Megan, with a sad, yet determined look on her face.
"Look," she said, and pointed to the east side of the hospital. The flames hadn't reached there yet.
"Isn't that where Raiko is?" Megan asked. Vegeta's eyes got wide.
"It is!" He started to take off, but Megan held him back.
"What?! The love of my life is going to die if you don't let me go!" he clamped a hand over his mouth. 'I didn't just say that...no...I DID NOT just say that...' he thought to himself. Megan smiled.
"I knew you liked her," she held out a hand for Vegeta to shake, "Let's team up and go save her. Truce?" Vegeta, hesitant, shook her hand.
"Truce."
~~~~~