In Search of Amity


Period 18

Piccolo pulled open the bolted door and stood back to let the mass of thick petrol fumes exit into the air, Goku blocked his nostrils with thumb and forefinger "Jees that stuffs corrosive" he stated fanning the air in front of his face. Pushing past, Goten and Bra stepped inside to investigate, carefully placing their feet to avoid stepping in anything Goten stopped and pointed down toward the drum.

"There, that's the problem just like he said" He pointed out, Bra nodded as she studied it over cautiously.

Her eyes traced the rusted rims and surface slowly until spotting the trail of black fluid around several bases where the worst of the damage was, as Piccolo described wires and chip-sets had melted and fused together from the high levels of acidity in the fuel. Bra buried her face in her hands "Dammit it it's been this was since we took off, who was meant to check the cells!" she shouted over her shoulder.

Goten kneeled down by her side shaking his head "We wont fucking make it all the way will we?!" He cursed, the words burning in his throat and chest as Bra picked up several pieces of the hardware and threw them aside. Pan turned and bolted out of the room "Ill go get Trunks!" she called over her shoulder, he would be training in one of the chambers for sure.

Bra and Goten carefully tried untangling any wires that hadn't melted but it was useless, frustrated Bra threw the ones in her hand forcefully at the wall "Its impossible, we will have to tear off everything 'and' the we have half the fuel that we should have had at this point in the journey!" she exclaimed wiping fuel from her fingers, already it was starting to burn her skin.

Goku turned to Piccolo and the Namek also faced him, both simultaneously left the room. "What do you think?" Piccolo asked, his eyes focused straight ahead to where Goku was leading them " We don't have many options, I have one idea but its a bit risky" Goku instigated as they reached the main stairwell , Piccolos eyes squinted slightly, Gokus ideas would always made him nervous.

"We land somewhere and get repairs, problem is I don't know anywhere we could go " Goku revealed, Piccolo didn't think this idea would work "You didn't think this through too well, what kind of planet out here would have fuel for an earth build ship?" he pointed, indeed it was true and it brought Goku to a halt in the middle of the stairwell.

"Yeah...your right I didn't think about that, damn this can't be happening now, not now not when we are this close" he cursed in a harsh tone, balling his fist tightly.

"Kackarot and the evergreen side by side... so ignorant... so foolish... sooo pathetic" Vegeta stated, standing across from them in the darkness of the second floor balcony, Goku and Piccolo turned to him, watching as he stepped out of the shadows with his crude scowl plastered on his face.

"You have a better idea artichoke brain?" Piccolo asked heatedly, taking two steppes up the stairwell toward him, Vegeta gently blinked his eyelids and stepped forward full of self assurance "As a matter of fact wall fungus, I do" he smirked refusing to look into Piccolos face and turning to Goku "This ship contains planetary records in its database, records that 'I' provided Bulma with before leaving earth" He revealed and began walking up the stairs toward the cockpit, Piccolo and Goku looked at one another then followed.


Pan found the only active training room and banged repeatedly on the door, receiving no response she started shouting "Trunks, its urgent get out here now!" Still there was no response, her next course was to go in by pushing on the door and jerking the handle down she found it was locked from the inside.

"Hey what's going on in there hello!!" she called through the keyhole. As she banging the door again with her weight planted against it, it suddenly opened and she went tumbling inside face first making Trunks take several steps back.

"Woah you alright" He asked wrapping one arms around her torso lifting her to her feet, Pan found her footing and stood straight, looking down at herself she found a line of fluid soaked into her t-shirt, some of the mark was darker than the rest "I'm fine but... what the heck is all this?" she asked with uneasiness before looking up at Trunk to see he was shirtless, covered in sweat and his wrist and arm soaked with blood.

Pan stepped back "Oh my god what have you done!" she shrieked horrified by the sight, her first fear was he had attempted suicide he had been acting strangely lately. Trunks put his hands up in a calming gesture "Calm down it was an accident, I was training with my sword and it slipped cause I wasn't wearing the gloves and my hands were all sweaty" he explained as calmly as he could, the way Pan looked at him he knew what it must have looked.

She nodded indicating that she understood "ok but why haven't you done something about it, Jesus that needs stitches Trunks" she concluded on closer inspection, the slice came just past the wrist and almost to the elbow. Trunks shrugged "It didn't look that bad when it happened, anyway why were you banging at the door" he asked looking her in the eye.

Pan rattled her head "Oh um downstairs we have a big problem with the fuel cells, there's a crack in one of the barrels and half our fuel supply is gone and the leaking fuel melted half the chipboards!" her explanation was rushed yet Trunks eyes widened to the size of dinner plates. "WHAT you gotta be shitting me!" he shouted, pushing past he almost knocking her back to the ground, taking to the air to the air he sped toward the engine room.


Goku scratched the back of his neck "Alright, what is in this database?" he asked when they arrived in the cockpit, Piccolo waited in the doorway as Vegeta fired up the console. With tip of his forefinger against the touch screen, Vegeta selected a number of sub menus that led to a screen with a list of planets, moons, asteroid fields, anomalies, wormholes and space stations in the area.

"A database of the quadrant" Piccolo said, walking closer watched he watched Vegeta scroll through a mass of names and descriptions, most of the images of planets and moons flashing on the screen he had never seen or heard of. Goku moved his seat closer to gain a better view.

The image of a grey/white planet with thick black clouds orbited by tons of floating debris appeared on the screen, Vegeta stepped aside so Goku had a clear view. Standing up he eyed the image and read the description "Amrosis 6?" He uttered and looked to Vegeta questionably. "Keep reading" the prince responded crossing his arms firmly across his chest, he was a vision that would make the bravest of men uneasy.

"One of the twelve moons surrounding the original planet Amrosis that is now uninhabitable, this entity is fossil fuel rich and accounts for 20% of the quadrants fuel needs, multiple species visit its surface and caters for a variety of fuel types including those of planets Vegeta, Jilso, Tilamorko and earth..." Goku paused a moment to look at Piccolo for an answer had been found to their unexpected problem.

Goku straightened up and nodded "You did it Vegeta, a fueling station that has fuel for earth!" he exclaimed excitedly. Piccolo pressed his lips together unconvinced that it could be that easy Vegeta noticing his expression "You're not convinced of this evergreen? your smarted than I gave you credit for " He chuckled, pressing Piccolo to raise his eyebrows.

"There's a catch as usual with anything your willing to share with the rest of us Vegeta" He pointed out, receiving a sharp look from Goku "Whatever it is im sure we can deal with it, so if there is a catch what is it Vegeta?" He asked turning to the saiyajin prince

Vegeta reached out to the console hovering his fingertip over a button titled 'Population', pressing it the screen went black for a but a second then re-lit with a list of images showing species that are known to visit the fuel station. Goku leaned closer and the air almost caught in his throat after reading just the first few "Kelpash, Archonia -jin, Arlians, Bune-jin , Immekian, Lude-jin, Namekian, Tuffle, Saiyajin and ice-jin..." he read.

Piccolo snorted an 'I knew it.' "You couldn't make it any easier fuck wit could you?!" he directed to Vegeta who eyed him back fiercely "Do you want to get to your measly planet or not rock moss, this or nothing" he relented.

Goku nodded " Its true Piccolo it's the only hope we have... how long will it take us to get there Vegeta?" he asked. The Saiyajin took a deep breath and paused for a moment to think, rubbing his chin between his thumb and forefinger. "At full speed a week, at present speed two so it's your choice Kackarot" he concluded and turned to leave the room, he had done his part.

Piccolo observes the listed species with consideration. "We have seen all of these at one point or another and know what to expect, it's not like we are planning to retire there" he said, "By the way how old are you?" Goku asked innocently, Piccolo slowly rotated his head to look at him. "Shut up" he answered, frustrated with Gokus feather brain ways.

It was all true though, Goku knew the decision to go was already made up in his mind, he supposed the slight fear he was experiencing was natural when you had three, attractive young women aboard to protect from a vastly male populated system as Amrosis.

"No more thinking about it, get everyone together for an announcement down stairs" he ordered.


Thank-you for reading :)