A/N I am officially dedicating this chapter to Deadly Beauty because she
gave me such a great review! I really do find your reviews encouraging : )
She's also a brilliant writer so go and read her stuff......now! (Okay well
maybe after you've read mine)
Disclaimer: i own nothing (except this really cool black silk skirt with this thing on....)
Krillen sped onwards towards the small island he called home, he had this strange feeling he couldn't shake off.........he felt guilty for taking longer than he said.........but that wasn't it, it was like something was wrong. He had to get home. Now.
He landed on the edge of the island within minutes, to find Oolong and Master Roshi having a barbeque on the beach.
"Hey Krillen what's the hurry? Want a burger?" Oolong asked
"Where's 18?" Krillen asked, ignoring Oolong's questions.
"18? Inside I guess, she was in a bad mood so we decided to cook out here....I haven't seen her for hours" Roshi said
Krillen immediately headed for the house, he needed to know that she was okay....
"Hey! Are you alright?" Roshi called after him, receiving no reply.
******
Krillen quickly opened the door and ran through the house, "18? 18, where are you?"
He reached the living room, "no," he whispered at what he saw before him, "God no," he said a little louder.
He kneeled down beside 18's unconscious form, which was lying limp on the floor. "18! Baby wake up!" he shook her in a fruitless attempt to wake her, when he received no response he put his fingers to her neck.......and he found a pulse, "Thank Kami," He lifted her effortlessly onto the couch, taking a moment to wipe her hair from her face and admire her beauty, before making a dive for the telephone and dialling the first number that came to mind.
"Hello, Briefs residence, how may I help you?"
"Bulma? Thank God you're there"
"Krillen? Is that you? Are you alright?
"Not exactly, I just came back from helping Chichi and I found 18 unconscious..."
"18?" Bulma interrupted
"Yea, look I'll explain everything later, its just, I don't know what to do, she quite obviously needs help, but I'm afraid if I take her to a hospital, they'll notice that she's....... not exactly normal, I'm sorry Bulma but I didn't know who else to call" his voice was shaking and he was evidently in a state of panic.
"Krillen, you need to calm down, tell me, apart from her being unconscious is anything else visibly wrong?"
"No, she'd been feeling ill for a few days but we all thought she'd just eaten something bad......"
"Okay well.....um.....bring her to the med wing at the capsule corp. offices. It's practically a hospital anyway and I can explain the uh... 'unusual' circumstances"
"Thank you so much Bulma, I seriously freaked when I came in and saw...."
"Its fine Krillen, just get her over here quick okay?"
Krillen didn't even bother to reply before hanging up and gently lifting 18 from the couch. He rushed outside, ignoring the questions and remarks from Roshi and Oolong before once again flying off towards the horizon.
*****
The minute he arrived at the Capsule corp. office doors, Bulma bombarded him with a series of questions; When did you find her like this? How long has she been ill? What was the last thing she ate?
He knew he was answering these questions, he could see Bulma nodding her head and putting her arm around his shoulders, but it was like his brain had been disconnected from the rest of him, his mind was swimming, he was so confused. His body seemed to continue to function without him......... all he could really think about was seeing his beautiful angel snatched away from him and taken behind those doors......where he couldn't follow her.
"Krillen?"
He was sure he could hear someone's voice...
"Krillen!"
He snapped back to reality, "Oh sorry Bulma, I was just thinking"
"You're scared huh?"
"........Yea....... yea I am........I mean when I came in and saw her like that.......I really thought..."
"I know Krillen, its okay.....everything's gonna be okay"
At that point a tall, female doctor came over and took Bulma off somewhere to talk, leaving Krillen alone with his thoughts...
"Why do you do this to me?" he said to no-one in particular, "as soon as I find something that I truly love you want to take it away from me...it's so unfair, am I not allowed to be happy?" he despaired, wallowing in self- pity, he just couldn't get that image of 18 out of his head. She'd looked so helpless; lying limp on the trolley with tubes coming out of her...she'd looked sad...
Bulma came back from speaking to the doctor and sat down next to Krillen. She smiled at him with an air of empathy and said, "Well, they've managed to stabilise her, but they can't figure out what caused her to collapse yet"
"Bulma?"
"Yea?"
"Thanks."
"Anytime"
"So...can I see her?" Krillen mumbled.
"Yea, okay...its just, be prepared for what you're gonna see okay, it might look really bad, but remember we're trying to help her."
"I know."
"Okay well, I'll just go and tell Dr Ramna where we're going."
*****
Bulma lead Krillen through the long white corridors leading to the intensive care unit, it really wasn't all that far but for Krillen each step seemed like an eternity.
Eventually they reached their destination and Krillen turned to look through the glass wall...and there she was...lying limp, with tubes coming out of her wrists and chest, she was surrounded by machines, beeping and grinding...she looked like she was sleeping... but not altogether at rest...
"Are you okay? You can go in if you want to." Bulma whispered, there had been silence for so long that speaking loudly would seem like sacrilege.
"I think I'd like that." Krillen replied, his eyes never leaving the image through the glass.
"Okay, come on."
Bulma quietly opened the door, let Krillen in and left again, he needed to be alone. Krillen walked across to the bed. He took hold of 18's hand and let the sound of her gentle breathing resound in his head, "Wake up baby, you're not just gonna leave me are you... I love you 18," he whispered as a single tear rolled down his cheek, "I love you."
A/N so what did ya think, I'd really love to hear in a review people!!!! Sorry it took me so long, but I wanted to get this chapter right, anyways as always, review, review, review!!!!
Disclaimer: i own nothing (except this really cool black silk skirt with this thing on....)
Krillen sped onwards towards the small island he called home, he had this strange feeling he couldn't shake off.........he felt guilty for taking longer than he said.........but that wasn't it, it was like something was wrong. He had to get home. Now.
He landed on the edge of the island within minutes, to find Oolong and Master Roshi having a barbeque on the beach.
"Hey Krillen what's the hurry? Want a burger?" Oolong asked
"Where's 18?" Krillen asked, ignoring Oolong's questions.
"18? Inside I guess, she was in a bad mood so we decided to cook out here....I haven't seen her for hours" Roshi said
Krillen immediately headed for the house, he needed to know that she was okay....
"Hey! Are you alright?" Roshi called after him, receiving no reply.
******
Krillen quickly opened the door and ran through the house, "18? 18, where are you?"
He reached the living room, "no," he whispered at what he saw before him, "God no," he said a little louder.
He kneeled down beside 18's unconscious form, which was lying limp on the floor. "18! Baby wake up!" he shook her in a fruitless attempt to wake her, when he received no response he put his fingers to her neck.......and he found a pulse, "Thank Kami," He lifted her effortlessly onto the couch, taking a moment to wipe her hair from her face and admire her beauty, before making a dive for the telephone and dialling the first number that came to mind.
"Hello, Briefs residence, how may I help you?"
"Bulma? Thank God you're there"
"Krillen? Is that you? Are you alright?
"Not exactly, I just came back from helping Chichi and I found 18 unconscious..."
"18?" Bulma interrupted
"Yea, look I'll explain everything later, its just, I don't know what to do, she quite obviously needs help, but I'm afraid if I take her to a hospital, they'll notice that she's....... not exactly normal, I'm sorry Bulma but I didn't know who else to call" his voice was shaking and he was evidently in a state of panic.
"Krillen, you need to calm down, tell me, apart from her being unconscious is anything else visibly wrong?"
"No, she'd been feeling ill for a few days but we all thought she'd just eaten something bad......"
"Okay well.....um.....bring her to the med wing at the capsule corp. offices. It's practically a hospital anyway and I can explain the uh... 'unusual' circumstances"
"Thank you so much Bulma, I seriously freaked when I came in and saw...."
"Its fine Krillen, just get her over here quick okay?"
Krillen didn't even bother to reply before hanging up and gently lifting 18 from the couch. He rushed outside, ignoring the questions and remarks from Roshi and Oolong before once again flying off towards the horizon.
*****
The minute he arrived at the Capsule corp. office doors, Bulma bombarded him with a series of questions; When did you find her like this? How long has she been ill? What was the last thing she ate?
He knew he was answering these questions, he could see Bulma nodding her head and putting her arm around his shoulders, but it was like his brain had been disconnected from the rest of him, his mind was swimming, he was so confused. His body seemed to continue to function without him......... all he could really think about was seeing his beautiful angel snatched away from him and taken behind those doors......where he couldn't follow her.
"Krillen?"
He was sure he could hear someone's voice...
"Krillen!"
He snapped back to reality, "Oh sorry Bulma, I was just thinking"
"You're scared huh?"
"........Yea....... yea I am........I mean when I came in and saw her like that.......I really thought..."
"I know Krillen, its okay.....everything's gonna be okay"
At that point a tall, female doctor came over and took Bulma off somewhere to talk, leaving Krillen alone with his thoughts...
"Why do you do this to me?" he said to no-one in particular, "as soon as I find something that I truly love you want to take it away from me...it's so unfair, am I not allowed to be happy?" he despaired, wallowing in self- pity, he just couldn't get that image of 18 out of his head. She'd looked so helpless; lying limp on the trolley with tubes coming out of her...she'd looked sad...
Bulma came back from speaking to the doctor and sat down next to Krillen. She smiled at him with an air of empathy and said, "Well, they've managed to stabilise her, but they can't figure out what caused her to collapse yet"
"Bulma?"
"Yea?"
"Thanks."
"Anytime"
"So...can I see her?" Krillen mumbled.
"Yea, okay...its just, be prepared for what you're gonna see okay, it might look really bad, but remember we're trying to help her."
"I know."
"Okay well, I'll just go and tell Dr Ramna where we're going."
*****
Bulma lead Krillen through the long white corridors leading to the intensive care unit, it really wasn't all that far but for Krillen each step seemed like an eternity.
Eventually they reached their destination and Krillen turned to look through the glass wall...and there she was...lying limp, with tubes coming out of her wrists and chest, she was surrounded by machines, beeping and grinding...she looked like she was sleeping... but not altogether at rest...
"Are you okay? You can go in if you want to." Bulma whispered, there had been silence for so long that speaking loudly would seem like sacrilege.
"I think I'd like that." Krillen replied, his eyes never leaving the image through the glass.
"Okay, come on."
Bulma quietly opened the door, let Krillen in and left again, he needed to be alone. Krillen walked across to the bed. He took hold of 18's hand and let the sound of her gentle breathing resound in his head, "Wake up baby, you're not just gonna leave me are you... I love you 18," he whispered as a single tear rolled down his cheek, "I love you."
A/N so what did ya think, I'd really love to hear in a review people!!!! Sorry it took me so long, but I wanted to get this chapter right, anyways as always, review, review, review!!!!