Last Time

"AHHHHH!!!!" Vegeta bolted upright still feeling the fiery torment against his skin.
He peered at his surroundings and realized the fire was no longer there.
:: it was a dream......i have never dreamt any thing like that before. ::

His left arm felt as if every muscle was strained, looking at the arm he noticed a few black and blue bruises running along the side. He grunted his disregard and took a deep breath. He heard birds chirping in the distance and a warm ray of sunlight rested on his face.

:: Where am I?...:: He raised his hands to rub the sleep out of his eyes :: What the hell are these things?! :: In his hands were a bow and an arrow.

CHAPTER 12

"Ugh, my head,"

" It's about time you woke up buddy."

"Huh? Yamchua, how long have I been out?"

"I don't know Krillin, I woke up five minuets ago. All I can tell you is that we are in some sort of jungle."

" Where is every body?" Krillin asked sitting up

"I haven't seen anyone since I woke up."

"What the hell are these?" Krillin pointed to the objects in his hand

" Oh yeah, I got some too."

"Bow and arrow? I knew it, something or somebody is going to try and kill us. Why didn't I stay home?" Sigh

BULMA'S CELL

"Nothing!... All of a sudden its so cold in here." A shiver ran upher spine causingher to wrapher arms aroundher body as protection.

Sheblew intoher hands,rubbing them together periodically to get as much warmthher breath could provide. Looking aroundthe cellshe noticed the wall began to freeze as the seconds ticked away. Ice was forming on the floor andshe realized that one false move could mean a slippery disaster.

"This is not good," her teeth knocked together "it's getting tttoo cold ttoo fast at this rate I'll freeze to ddeath!" Now frustrated Bulma looked again at the letters.

"Well I've tried every tthing, those letters up there are my last hope. At least no one is here to see me make a fool of myself. " She cleared her throat and then she hummed. Nothing happened

"O.K. Chirrup, chirrup" she walk/skid back and forth "How do you chirrup? Whistle! Birds whistle right, at least the ones on earth."

She whistled a tune, then repeated the tune a second time. A second after she 'chirrup' a iron door swung open. She dove out into the sun to thaw her almost frozen body. Once the feeling returned to her arms, she did the one thing she always did when she successfully completed a project. Bulma pumped her fists in the air "Yes!, I'm bad, I'm bad, you know it! Yeah!"

CHICHI'S CELL

:: I've been hitting this, this, I don't know what this is, with my boots for thirty minutes now, someone must have heard me.::

Chichi sat on the hard floor of her cell with her head and back resting against the unforgiving walls.

::I didn't notice that before,

A little cock sparrow sat on a green tree

And she chirruped, she chirruped, so merry was she;

-mumble, mumble-

' This little cock sparrow shall make me a stew and

-mumble, mumble-

So she flapped her wings and away she flew.

What is that supposed to mean?.........think, think::

She closed her eyes, :: think, think:: eventually she nodded of to sleep.

Screaming and cussing on the top of ones lungs, defiantly takes the energy out of your body.

18'S CELL

18 examined her body but found nothing visibly wrong.

:: Maybe something in this room has some kind of effect on me.::

She searched every section of the wall thoroughly for fifteen minutes. As each minute ticked by, the angrier she became.

::Enough! I'm not that patient::

Her eyes moved up and around the room looking for a way out, eventually she noticed something scribbled in one of the corners. She read the words, then read them again.

" Hmmm, the old man had a flying creature in his cage on that stupid island. Perhaps, this 'sparrow' is like the old man's pet. Or maybe it could be one of those earth dragon I see flying over the island. " 18 cleared her throat

:: I must go as load as possible, just in case this stupid plan doesn't work someone on the other side will hear me and let me out::

"CAAAAW!"................"ROOAAR!"................"SCREEEECH!"............."MOOOOOO!"

CHICHI'S CELL

Chichi was jarred from her slumber by an unrecognizable sound.

:: Oh my, that sounds like some sort of animal!::

Another 'ROAR!' Was heard

:: A very big Animal! ::

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::An escape like this without tools or manpower deserves a lot of celebration.:: "What in the world was that?" Grinding her celebration to a halt she listened to the disturbing sounds. "I better get out of here, whatever that is sounds really close!"

Her scientific curiosity however wouldn't let her run away in order to spare her life from whatever creature it was. In fact, it might not even be a creature, maybe it could be some sort of technology, that's giving some problems.

Slowly she inched towards the unfamiliar sounds while justifying her reasons for heading towards something that obviously sounds dangerous.

The sounds stopped after a few minutes and she let out a breath she was unconsciously holding. Looking around she noticed a cell similar to hers a few yards ahead :: Maybe it's one of the guys!::

18'S CELL

"OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! I MADE EVERY SOUND POSSIBLE! NOTHING HAPPENED!"

Whack!

"A dent!, I only dented the stupid door!"

Thump!

"Ugh, my head." 18 looked at the door once again hopping that her body slam attempt would at least show that the door was weakening

" It didn't even budge! "

18 noticed strange sensations flowing through her body, some places tingling while some places were numb. A frustrated growl emitted form her voice box ::What the hell is going on!!?::

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Bang! bang! bang! bang! bang! bang! bang! bang! bang!

"Anybody in there?!"

Chichi jumped at the sound " Hello" she replied with a groggy voice

"Can you hear me?!"

She cleared her throat "Yes! Yes! I'm in here!"

"Chichi, is that you?!"

"Bulma? Yes Bulma its me. Can you get me out of here!"

"Sure, just whistle!"

"What?!"

"Trust me, whistle a tune then make sure you repeat the same tune two seconds later!"

Chichi complied and whistle, moments later her door opened. It seems that she was once again experiencing her first step on Planet Vegeta.

"Oh Bulma." She ran to her friend and gave her a hug "I thought I was the only one left, I kept calling but no one answered."

"Yeah, I was really confused too..."

"It's all your fault!"

"My fault?!"

"Yeah, if I hadn't listen to you I wouldn't be here right now! I'd be home, cooking diner for my Goku!"

"Shut up!"

"Don't tell me.."

"Shush! Did you hear that?"

Both females became quiet and listened

"It's coming from over there!" Bulma pointed to the west " Lets go!"

"I'm not going any where with you Bulma!"

" It could be someone that can tell us where we are!" Bulma took of running towards the sound "Come on!"

"I hate this planet!" Chichi followed after her

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'Smack!' A tree branch hit an unsuspecting Krillin in the face.

"Yamcqua! Bould youb ble a flittle more Fcarefull?!" (Yamchua could you be a little more careful )

"What did you say bud?" Yamchua asked while turning around to face his companion. "Your not that hungry are you Krillin? I'm sure we will find food soon. You don't have to eat the leaves."

'Putuy' was the only sound heard while Krillin was cleaning his mouth from the offending leaves. "Let's rest for a while."

"O.K. I wonder where is everybody? We have been walking for hours!"

"My thoughts exactly."

"Shush!......"

"What is it Yamchua?" Krillin jumped to a fighting stance

"Did you hear that?"

Vegeta stepped from behind a huge tree so that they were able to see him better "Well, weakling, your not so dense after all."

"Oh it's you." Yamchua sneered at his insult

Krillin ran to Vegeta's side "Hey man! Am I glad to see you! Your the only person we've seen in almost two hours!"

"Unfortunately," Yamchua interrupted "Where are the others?"

"What do I care where the others are?"

"You don't know huh?"

-Flash Back-

::She entered my room unaware of my eyes following her every move. Her alluring scent was every where.::

"Oh, sorry I, I just came to say goodnight. And, And to tell you that you don't have to worry about our support,"

Scrutinizing her body language I try to find out why would she feel so obligated to help me. I would never understand her. If only I could read her thoughts.

"We will help out in whatever way we can with this test...... "

I noticed something slithering at the top of the woman's head. I haven't seen one of those critters in a long while. I would put a dozen in my father's bed before I go to sleep whenever we had a 'discussion' during diner. They weren't deadly but their sting was so painful it would make the strongest sayajin cringe in fear if one was seen. And I can well enough imagine how the woman would cry bloody murder if she felt one of its stings.

She was always oblivious to tiny details, especially when she is with the weakling on what she often refer to as a 'date'. She was never the only one on their 'private time', there was always someone else present when she left for the bathroom or someplace else.

Finally -squish- now that the bug's dead I can get this woman out of my room. She's agitated, -grunt- after all these years she still fears me. But that is what I want, isn't it. She needs to leave now she's a distraction and will forever be a distraction, stupid female

"I don't need your help." She'll be angry tomorrow, good, I prefer her to be angry at me than fearing me.

-End Flash Back-

:: Where is that woman, for years now she has been my one constant..... I don't like this. ::

"Hey Vegeta is it true, you really don't know where the other's are?" Krillin asked the Saiyajin Prince.

Vegeta grunted in reply and turned his back to his human companions.

18'S CELL

"I don't understand. This should be a piece of cake for me!"

"Hello?"

"Who's there?!"

"Are you O.K. In there?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. Get me out of the place!"

"Whistle!"

"What?!"

"Whistle a tune, repeat it a second later then a door will open!"

:: Why not, no other sound worked. :: 18 whistled and repeated the tune a second time. And of course similarly to what happened before with the others, a door swung open. As she emerged from her cell 18 noticed that the were no longer in the castle.

"Where are we?"

"Some sort of jungle it seems" Bulma replied " I haven't seen anyone else, well except you and Chi that is."

"It's creepy!" Chichi pointed out "We keep hearing strange animal sounds! I say we stick together, find the others and get out of this hell hole!"

"Well it seems we don't have to go far to find the others."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Bulma asked while looking in the direction 18 was facing.

"Thank Dende!, Where have you guys been and where is Goku?!" Chichi demanded with hands on hips.

"Calm down Chi," Bulma warned through gritted teeth while looking at Vegeta's face :: he looks strange, all of them look strange::

"Ah, guys," Chichi began worriedly "why are they staring at us like that?"

"I don't know." Bulma replied " They look like they are, they are"

"Hungry." 18 finished gravely

dun, dun, dunnnnnn......... T.B.C

AN: I just love those words dun, dun, dunnnnnnnn. lol

Until next time!!