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ps. If anyone knows how old everyone is at the end of the Buu series, please tell.
Chapter 7 – Why Mist? Why Me?
Bailey was soon flying behind the pack. As fast as she was, she was nothing compared to the saiyins that now fly ahead of her. She started to get dizzy. Perhaps she should slow down, but she didn't want to lose sight of them.
Goku slowed down to talk to her. "You look tired, do you want me to carry you." Bailey nodded. As his arms went around her, she sighed in relief. "Maybe I should take you back. What if it's something dangerous?"
"I'm not going back Goku," She said as sternly as she could while trying not to fall asleep.
"You used up a lot of your energy when you went on that little rant of yours. And then you flew back. Bailey I'm taking you back whether you like it or not." Goku said firmly.
Bailey tried to make a put up a good argument, "But we have been flying for at least half an hour. You don't to waste all of that time do you?"
"The reason it's taken so long is because we had to fly slowly for you. I can have you back at CC in a minute flat."
"Damn it, why do you have to have such excellent reasoning?" Bailey asked as she drifted off. Goku noticed this, as he looked shocked at the sleeping Bailey. She never gave up this easy. She must have had a really exhausting day.
Goku looked at the two saiyins ahead of him. Goten and Trunks were mere dots in the horizon. They had both stopped to see what was going on. Goku really didn't want to waste any time flying back to the CC. "Trunks, Goten! Come here." He yelled for them to hear. As they flew up to him, he started to talk when they were within hearing distance. "Bailey's exhausted, we had a long argument when we flew out the window. I need you to take her back to the CC."
"The CC?" Goten and Trunks asked looking at each other. The nickname 'CC' mustn't have come into use until later, Goku thought.
"That's what we call Capsule Corp. in my time." Goku explained quickly. "So do you guys mind?"
Goten didn't seem to mind, how ever before he could agree, Trunks spoke up. "But then we'll miss all the action!" Trunks said, crossing his arms and doing a mini Vegeta frown. That must run in there family, Goku thought as he thought of Vegeta Sr. and Jr.. Thinking of Vegeta Jr. Goku smiled.
"Well, if you guys don't think your strong enough… oh well. It was just a thought." Goku said as he turned around. The chibi's flew in front of him blocking his way.
"We are too strong!" Goten protested.
"Yeah! Give the girl to us! We can take her back home safely." Trunks said defensively as he took Bailey by the arms and Goten took her by her legs. Goku smiled. If there was one thing that amazed him about Bailey it was the fact she could sleep through anything. Even being dragged in the air, she slept peacefully, like she was in a soft bed.
"Thanks guys!" Goku said as he blasted off. Goten and Trunks took off in the opposite direction.
Bailey opened her eyes. She stared at the ceiling of the room she was in. She waited for Pan to yell at her to wake up. She remembered the strangest dream. Her and Goku in the past, because of some stupid wish his great, great Grandpa had made. She shivered as she remembered where she was, in a book. Or was that even real? Bailey didn't know anymore. She felt tired, and old. 16 is too young to lose your mind, she thought.
"So you're awake?" a voice asked from above her. She sat up and turned her head. It was Piccolo.
"You mean I wasn't dreaming?" she asked as she noticed that the ceiling she had been looking at wasn't the ceiling of the living room at Pan's, but the ceiling of the living room at CC. "Damn it. Where is Goku?"
"Right here!" Goku Sr. said as he stood across the room.
"No, I mean my Goku…. How long have I been sleeping?" Bailey started to feel uneasy, had they just been standing there the whole time, just watching her? If so, that was just creepy.
Bulma was the one to answer that, "You've been sleeping for the last half an hour. The boys (she pointed to Goten and Trunks) brought you back. They said that Goku Jr. told them to bring you back, and that he was going ahead. So my guess is that he's where the mist was."
"The mist was?" Bailey asked, hoping she had heard right.
Piccolo was the next one to speak, "It's gone." Bailey raised an eyebrow. Well, that was informative.
"Watch out motor mouth, you don't want to say too much," she muttered to herself. Then she remembered that Namecks had excellent hearing. Oh, well. There goes one friend. But she quickly forgot about the lack of a response when relief rolled over her. It was gone. But if it was gone, "Why is Goku …Jr. still there if it's gone?"
"He's probably checking out the bodies that it left behind," Gohan suggested from the love seat, where he sat with Videl.
"Bodies?" Bailey asked.
"It seems," Piccolo said, surprising Bailey, "that what ever entered the mist, it killed." Bailey nodded, to show that she had heard.
Goten sat down next to Bailey, and Trunks on the other side. "Why are you so scared of the mist?" Goten asked innocently. If it had been an adult of even a teen, who had asked her she would have said go to hell. How ever there was no way she could lie to a child. She had volunteered for years at the Children's Hospital, she had watched some die and some make miraculous recoveries. But no matter how sick, they all had that positive aura.
Bailey sighed. "I'm scared of it because I think it wants me." She knew that that didn't make sense to them, but she stood up and went to leave the room.
"Where are you going?" Vegeta asked harshly.
"To use the washroom, is that a crime?" Bailey asked with sarcasm. "Hey Bulma, it's still the second door to the left, right?"
"Yep." Bulma said as she gave her husband a 'you better be careful what you say or you might be ending up on the couch' look. As Bailey left the room she heard Videl ask Gohan, "If she's from the future how does she know Bulma's name?" Damn it. Bailey would have to think of a good lie to cover that up.
Goku looked over a sea of bodies. It was weird. Though so many people had died, the scenery looked untouched. But there were definite signs of struggle. It chilled Goku's blood. They all had the same scratches as Bailey had had when they had first found her on their front steps. There was no doubt in Goku's mind that whatever had happened hear was the same thing that had had happened to Bailey. After examining the next few, Goku felt sick to his stomach, but it was nothing like what he saw next. It flashed in his minds eye, the water, the blood, the scream...Bailey!
He couldn't take it anymore. He stumbled to the side bushes, where he puked. He had never seen death before. Unless you counted the bodies of his parents, in the funeral home, but that wasn't the same. At a funeral they try to hide the ugliness of it, unlike here. Here there was nowhere to hide it.
And what had these people done wrong…nothing. They had merely been at the wrong place at the wrong time. He was suddenly very grateful that he had convinced Goten and Trunks to take Bailey back. They didn't need to see this.
As he wiped his mouth, he took to the sky. The images what he saw haunted him. He didn't know what he was going to tell them when he got back. He didn't want to think about it, much less talk about it. But they had to know. Especially Bailey, she needed to know. He had to get back to her.
I know, I know. It's short. At least it's something. Anyways if it's too long it can get intimidating.
Next Time: What was it Goku saw?
