Down on Earth, Vegeta was worried sick. Bulla had fallen asleep on couch next to him as he was trying to figure out where Bulma could have gone.

"OTOUSAN!!!" Trunks cried as he ran into the room.

"What is it, boy?!" Vegeta answered.

"Look at what I found on your bedroom floor!" he said holding up a piece of material.

Vegeta looked at the cloth, "It's only a shred of my spandex suits. It probably ripped off when I was getting changed one day." He said.

"But look closer, what color is it?" Trunks said shoving it in Vegeta's face. "It's black. And aren't your suits blue?"

Vegeta looked puzzled, but then he sniffed the shred of cloth. He recognized that smell... It was Dodoria's scent.

"Get a space ship ready." Vegeta demanded.

"Wuh.... Why?" Trunks questioned.

"Because I said so! I'll tell you what we're going to look for once it's ready."

Trunks nodded and ran off to his grandfather's lab, to get a space ship for him and Vegeta.

Vegeta looked at Bulla and sighed. "Sorry kiddo... You'll have to stay here." he said, brushing some hair out of her eyes.

In an hour or two, Trunks and Dr. Briefs had gotten a space ship ready to go. Vegeta was up in his and Bulma's bedroom looking to see if there was anything else besides the little shred of Dodoria's suit. He looked and looked... Nothing. All there was was the piece of cloth that Trunks had found.

"Otousan!" Trunks yelled up the stairs. "Otousan, are you ready!?"

Vegeta walked over to his side table, picking up a picture of Bulma. As he looked at it, a tear drop fell onto the glass that was protecting the picture. Vegeta was crying without even knowing. He wiped the tear off the glass and put the picture down, and then wiped the tears away from his face.

"Otousan! Can you here me!"

Vegeta looked at the door, "I'll be down in a minute!" he said.

Trunks didn't reply, he could tell Vegeta was upset.

About 5 minutes later, Vegeta had told Bulma's parents to watch Bulla. And then in no time at all, the ship was already a speck in the sky. Vegeta and Trunks had lifted off into space, and were on their way, in search of Bulma.

"Otousan..? Do you think mom's okay..?" Trunks asked his father, who was laying down on the bed next to the one Trunks was on.

"..." his father didn't reply.

"Otousan?" Trunks looked over to see that Vegeta was fast asleep. Trunks smiled and put his head back to the pillow, and after several minutes, Trunks was also in a calm sleep. (AN: Yes, they do have beds on their ship. ;)

In Frieza's ship, Bulma was also sleeping.. But on a very cold floor, and chains and shackles on her wrists and ankles. She stirred slightly in her sleep, as the door of the room opened. Zarbon came in with another girl in his grip.

"You will stay here until Lord Frieza figures what to do with you." He said as he threw her onto the floor next to Bulma, making the girl badly bleed. Zarbon shut the door, and walked away down the hall to his room.

Bulma woke up, hearing the girl's cry. She looked up at the girl, who's back was covered in blood due to hitting the wall. "Do you need help?" Bulma asked.

The girl looked over to Bulma and sniffled a bit. "My back really hurts.." she whimpered out.

"Here, let me help.." Bulma said as she ripped a piece of her dress off and wrapped it around the girl, sort of stopping the blood. "Is that better?" The girl nodded.

After a while of talking, they both fell asleep.

Off in the ship where Trunks and Vegeta were...

"Bulma..." Vegeta whispered in his sleep. Trunks had woken up a few hours ago from a nightmare, and couldn't get back to sleep. He heard his father talk and looked over to see if he was okay. Vegeta was tossing and turning in his sleep, most likely having a nightmare himself.

"Otousan.." Trunks said worriedly.

Vegeta rolled over whimpering, and almost crying while sleeping.

"Otousan.. Should I wake you up? Or would you get angry...?" Trunks asked to his sleeping father. Trunks decided not to wake Vegeta up, because he didn't feel like getting beaten to a bloody pulp.

Vegeta rolled over again, his face towards Trunks' bed. Then he rolled onto his back, not snoring once in the process. "No.. Don't.. Bulma.." he whimpered in his sleep some more. "NO!!" he screamed as he jolted up from his bed, crying and panting, sweating, and wide-eyed.

"Otousan!" Trunks rushed out of his bed and sat down on Vegeta's bed. "Otousan, are you okay?!" Trunks cried.

Vegeta just shook his head no. Vegeta was crying uncontrollably.. Trunks had never seen his father like this before. And he's only seen Vegeta cry once.

"Trunks..." Vegeta whispered, putting his hand on top of Trunks' hand. Trunks looked down at his father's hand. It was shaking. Trunks could tell his father needed help calming down.. So he took his father's shaking body into a firm hug, trying his best to calm him down.

"Bulma.." Vegeta whispered into Trunks' ear.

"What's wrong with mom, Otousan..?" Trunks said, trying to follow along with his father.

"Bulma.. Bulma.." that's all Vegeta would say.

"Otousan?"

"Bulma.. Bulma.. Bulma.. Bulma.. Bulma.." Vegeta was repeating himself over and over. He then started to rock back and forth in Trunks' grasp.

"Otousan?! Are you alright?" Trunks said, grabbing Vegeta's chin and making his face look up to his own. Vegeta's eyes were blank. There was nothing in them but cold black pupils, which didn't move at all. Vegeta was going crazy, and he never told Trunks what they were going to look for either.

"Otousan... Please don't go like this.. I need you." Trunks whispered. Vegeta just kept on rocking back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, repeating Bulma's name one after another.

Trunks didn't know what to do! He's never witnessed anything like this, especially with his father. He's never even seen someone go crazy before.

"Bulma.. Bulma.. Bul.." Vegeta stopped right in the middle of Bulma's name. Trunks looked down at his father, who was still shaking, and studied him for a minute. Then, Vegeta looked up at Trunks. "Boy.." Is all he said.

"Otousan.."

Vegeta started to cry again, and he wrapped his arms around Trunks as tight as he could, burying his face into Trunks shirt. Trunks also wrapped his arms around Vegeta, but not real tight, only enough to comfort the upset Saiyan No Ouji.

After a few hours, Vegeta had fallen asleep in Trunks' arms. "Good.. Get some sleep, you need it." Trunks whispered into his sleeping father's ear. Vegeta was still shaking a bit in his sleep, but not as much as he was when he was awake.

"This is going to be a long... Flight.." Trunks said as he also fell asleep, Vegeta still in his arms.

Both of them had fallen asleep, and luckily, the ship was on Auto-Pilot. The ship flew off into space, with both of the men on board sleeping calmy.

Chi: Ohhh... I hope Veggie will be okay.. -shivers from the cold of winter-

Vegeta: ...He.. -cough- I will be okay... -blinks- HEY! IT'S NOT EVEN WINTER!! It's the end of summer!

Chi: -stops shivering- Uhhhh... GOANDREADTHENEXTCHAPTERPLEASE!! -runs from Vegeta-

Vegeta: ...This will never get old... -chases after Chi-