Chapter 7
Vegeta's Folly
Two days passed, and Vegeta was training all day in the gravity chamber.
"Two super Saiyans!?" he thought, "I must achieve it! I must experience the power!"
He set the computer to four hundred times the gravity of Earth. His eyes widened at the intensity of the pull. But his determination returned to his eyes, and he forced himself to stand. He reached for the controls and set it to level three.
"Level three simulation, on," the computer said, and three round flying robots hovered in the air. The bots fired energy bolts at him. With little difficulty, Vegeta blocked them and fired his own energy beams. He tried to fly, but the gravity was so intense.
"Ha! Aaahhhhh!" he yelled and fired energy bolts. He destroyed a bot, but another replaced it.
"Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!" he yelled firing several energy beams at them.
"Level four, on," the computer said as the robots were destroyed.
"Bring...it on," he breathed, holding two energy beams. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fifty miles south of the West City, where Vegeta was training, on an island was Yamcha. He was getting ready for a day's training; he just finished having a breakfast of raw eggs mixed in milk.
"Come on Master Roshi!" he pleaded on his knees, "Train me!"
"Oh no," he laughed, "I have, um, some magazines to review! Heh, heh!"
Yamcha looked at him as he skimmed through cheerleading magazines.
"Well then, I'll train myself!" he yelled and looked out at the ocean. "Ka...may...ha...may...ha!"
He sent the energy out, parting the oceans. Great tidal waves rose and crashed down on the island.
"Yamcha!" Roshi yelled, "Can't you see I'm trying to read!"
"Uh, dirty old man," he grumbled and went over to a tree and began fighting it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Gohan," Goku said, standing next to Piccolo, "Are you ready?"
"Yes."
"Okay," Piccolo said, "We won't go easy on you."
"Give me all you guys got," he said, standing in a defensive position.
"Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!" Goku yelled and transformed.
"Hoah!" Piccolo yelled and threw off his weighted cape and turban.
Gohan looked at them both, and blocked his father's kick and Piccolo's punch. Goku came to his side and threw an unexpected kick, throwing his son to the edge of the cliff.
"Eyah!" Piccolo yelled firing an energy beam.
The beam knocked him back again, and he fell. He just caught the edge, and pulled him self up.
"Kamehameha!" Goku yelled
"Special beam cannon!" Piccolo followed.
"Uh, no!" Gohan yelled and the energy beams brought him down, dropping him to the bottom of the cliff. The ground erupted and shook violently.
"Well, I think that's it for today," Piccolo said.
"Yeah, you're right," Goku agreed.
"NO!" came a cry and the broken rocks flew everywhere. Gohan flew up and looked at them both coldly.
"No, I'm not stopping!" he yelled and fired two energy beams. But they were quickly knocked back to him and Gohan fell.
"Don't worry, son. You'll become strong enough soon," Goku said is a passionate voice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Uh, I am a super Saiyan!" Vegeta cried at four hundred and fifty times gravity. He was doing push ups on two fingers, with his other arm behind his back. "Eight hundred and forty seven!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yamcha stood outside, watching through one of the windows.
"Puar...he's doing the impossible!"
"Yeah, think he'll hurt himself?"
"I wish." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Uh!" he groaned in pain as he stood up on his two fingers and continued his push ups. Sweat fell from his head faster than he could imagine. Then, he snapped and fell over.
"No! I can't!" he yelled and looked at the controls.
"Gravity simulation level increasing by ten," the computer said.
"No, stop!" he cried, and the computer shut down. Vegeta felt the great difference in weight and crawled to the door. He pushed the latch, and the door swung open.
"Uh, ah," he moaned falling down the steps.
"Vegeta, need a hand?" Yamcha asked.
"Err, quiet fool!" he snapped, "I don't need help from the likes of you!"
"Sorry, man," Yamcha said and left.
Vegeta stared at him while he walked off and pushed himself off the ground. He stumbled toward the Briefs Mansion and opened the door. Bulma was running from one of the laboratories and ran up to him.
"Vegeta! Yamcha told me you're in pain!"
"Quiet, woman. The only pain I'm in is not getting the workout I need. Tell your father to fix the droids in the capsule and have him add more gravity into the thing so I can get a decent workout!" he yelled and left for the showers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Eyah!" he yelled and fired several energy beams at the newly restored droids. He flew into the air, dodging their attacks. But the gravity increased again and he fell to the floor. He read the computer's monitor and saw he was training at five hundred times the Earth's normal gravity. "Excellent."
He looked up and held his arms above his head and fired ten energy beams. The droids dodged them, and fired their own energy beams. They continuously fired the onslaught, and Vegeta was growing tired of them.
"AAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" he screamed and unleashed a deadly energy attack. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Honey, are you going to eat the jelly filled donut?" Mrs. Briefs asked Bulma.
"No, you can- but her voice was drowned out by a violent shake in the mansion. Bulma and her parents stood up and ran to a window followed shortly by Yamcha.
"Vegeta's done is, he's done the impossible!" Yamcha said.
"He's hurt!" Bulma cried, ignoring him and ran outside.
The capsule was in ruins, and Vegeta was nowhere to be found.
"He's under there!" she cried and ran up to the destroyed capsule. She lifted rocks and found a hand. "Vegeta!"
Yamcha ran over and helped her and they soon found Vegeta lying in the rocks.
"Get him some help," Bulma said, turning towards Yamcha.
"Right," he agreed and ran back inside.
"NO! I won't have...any help!" Vegeta cried. "I am a Saiyan! I can take a little scar."
He tried to stand up, but soon fell over.
"Vegeta, you're hurt, and you need some help."
"No! I can-" but he fell over unconscious. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He found himself running down a long, dark tunnel. There seemed to be no end, but he knew they were there.
"Kakorot! I am a super Saiyan, and I will be stronger than you!"
He continued running, and saw a man with his back to him.
"Vegeta," he said.
"Kakorot! I will be stronger than you!" he yelled and threw a swift kick, but Goku moved away. He turned around and saw the one who defeated Frieza two days ago, Trunks.
"You!" he yelled and punched at him.
Trunks and Goku teamed up, and transformed super Saiyan.
"No!" Vegeta yelled and powered up. "You two can't beat me! I'm the prince of all Saiyans!"
Goku and Trunks powered up as well, and their energy threw him backwards. Vegeta tried to mach their powers, but it wasn't enough. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Aaahhhhhh!!!!!!!" he screamed and woke up. He looked around the room, and saw Bulma sleeping on a nearby table.
"What? What is she doing here?" he asked himself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Ha! Eyah!" he screamed in the newly restored gravity capsule. Vegeta, despite his pains and injuries, his arrogance was still with him. And his arrogance and lust for power kept him alive. A monitor in the hull turned on, and Bulma was on the other side.
"Vegeta!" she yelled as he was lying on the floor. "Vegeta, you're injured; you should come back inside."
However, there was no response from him, which was unusual.
"Tired? To beat to say something to me?"
"I...can say something."
"Are you going to apologize to me?"
"Of course not!" he yelled. "Get out of here and let me be on my own!"
"Fine then!" Bulma yelled and turned off the screen.
Vegeta's Folly
Two days passed, and Vegeta was training all day in the gravity chamber.
"Two super Saiyans!?" he thought, "I must achieve it! I must experience the power!"
He set the computer to four hundred times the gravity of Earth. His eyes widened at the intensity of the pull. But his determination returned to his eyes, and he forced himself to stand. He reached for the controls and set it to level three.
"Level three simulation, on," the computer said, and three round flying robots hovered in the air. The bots fired energy bolts at him. With little difficulty, Vegeta blocked them and fired his own energy beams. He tried to fly, but the gravity was so intense.
"Ha! Aaahhhhh!" he yelled and fired energy bolts. He destroyed a bot, but another replaced it.
"Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!" he yelled firing several energy beams at them.
"Level four, on," the computer said as the robots were destroyed.
"Bring...it on," he breathed, holding two energy beams. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fifty miles south of the West City, where Vegeta was training, on an island was Yamcha. He was getting ready for a day's training; he just finished having a breakfast of raw eggs mixed in milk.
"Come on Master Roshi!" he pleaded on his knees, "Train me!"
"Oh no," he laughed, "I have, um, some magazines to review! Heh, heh!"
Yamcha looked at him as he skimmed through cheerleading magazines.
"Well then, I'll train myself!" he yelled and looked out at the ocean. "Ka...may...ha...may...ha!"
He sent the energy out, parting the oceans. Great tidal waves rose and crashed down on the island.
"Yamcha!" Roshi yelled, "Can't you see I'm trying to read!"
"Uh, dirty old man," he grumbled and went over to a tree and began fighting it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Gohan," Goku said, standing next to Piccolo, "Are you ready?"
"Yes."
"Okay," Piccolo said, "We won't go easy on you."
"Give me all you guys got," he said, standing in a defensive position.
"Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!" Goku yelled and transformed.
"Hoah!" Piccolo yelled and threw off his weighted cape and turban.
Gohan looked at them both, and blocked his father's kick and Piccolo's punch. Goku came to his side and threw an unexpected kick, throwing his son to the edge of the cliff.
"Eyah!" Piccolo yelled firing an energy beam.
The beam knocked him back again, and he fell. He just caught the edge, and pulled him self up.
"Kamehameha!" Goku yelled
"Special beam cannon!" Piccolo followed.
"Uh, no!" Gohan yelled and the energy beams brought him down, dropping him to the bottom of the cliff. The ground erupted and shook violently.
"Well, I think that's it for today," Piccolo said.
"Yeah, you're right," Goku agreed.
"NO!" came a cry and the broken rocks flew everywhere. Gohan flew up and looked at them both coldly.
"No, I'm not stopping!" he yelled and fired two energy beams. But they were quickly knocked back to him and Gohan fell.
"Don't worry, son. You'll become strong enough soon," Goku said is a passionate voice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Uh, I am a super Saiyan!" Vegeta cried at four hundred and fifty times gravity. He was doing push ups on two fingers, with his other arm behind his back. "Eight hundred and forty seven!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yamcha stood outside, watching through one of the windows.
"Puar...he's doing the impossible!"
"Yeah, think he'll hurt himself?"
"I wish." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Uh!" he groaned in pain as he stood up on his two fingers and continued his push ups. Sweat fell from his head faster than he could imagine. Then, he snapped and fell over.
"No! I can't!" he yelled and looked at the controls.
"Gravity simulation level increasing by ten," the computer said.
"No, stop!" he cried, and the computer shut down. Vegeta felt the great difference in weight and crawled to the door. He pushed the latch, and the door swung open.
"Uh, ah," he moaned falling down the steps.
"Vegeta, need a hand?" Yamcha asked.
"Err, quiet fool!" he snapped, "I don't need help from the likes of you!"
"Sorry, man," Yamcha said and left.
Vegeta stared at him while he walked off and pushed himself off the ground. He stumbled toward the Briefs Mansion and opened the door. Bulma was running from one of the laboratories and ran up to him.
"Vegeta! Yamcha told me you're in pain!"
"Quiet, woman. The only pain I'm in is not getting the workout I need. Tell your father to fix the droids in the capsule and have him add more gravity into the thing so I can get a decent workout!" he yelled and left for the showers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Eyah!" he yelled and fired several energy beams at the newly restored droids. He flew into the air, dodging their attacks. But the gravity increased again and he fell to the floor. He read the computer's monitor and saw he was training at five hundred times the Earth's normal gravity. "Excellent."
He looked up and held his arms above his head and fired ten energy beams. The droids dodged them, and fired their own energy beams. They continuously fired the onslaught, and Vegeta was growing tired of them.
"AAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" he screamed and unleashed a deadly energy attack. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Honey, are you going to eat the jelly filled donut?" Mrs. Briefs asked Bulma.
"No, you can- but her voice was drowned out by a violent shake in the mansion. Bulma and her parents stood up and ran to a window followed shortly by Yamcha.
"Vegeta's done is, he's done the impossible!" Yamcha said.
"He's hurt!" Bulma cried, ignoring him and ran outside.
The capsule was in ruins, and Vegeta was nowhere to be found.
"He's under there!" she cried and ran up to the destroyed capsule. She lifted rocks and found a hand. "Vegeta!"
Yamcha ran over and helped her and they soon found Vegeta lying in the rocks.
"Get him some help," Bulma said, turning towards Yamcha.
"Right," he agreed and ran back inside.
"NO! I won't have...any help!" Vegeta cried. "I am a Saiyan! I can take a little scar."
He tried to stand up, but soon fell over.
"Vegeta, you're hurt, and you need some help."
"No! I can-" but he fell over unconscious. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He found himself running down a long, dark tunnel. There seemed to be no end, but he knew they were there.
"Kakorot! I am a super Saiyan, and I will be stronger than you!"
He continued running, and saw a man with his back to him.
"Vegeta," he said.
"Kakorot! I will be stronger than you!" he yelled and threw a swift kick, but Goku moved away. He turned around and saw the one who defeated Frieza two days ago, Trunks.
"You!" he yelled and punched at him.
Trunks and Goku teamed up, and transformed super Saiyan.
"No!" Vegeta yelled and powered up. "You two can't beat me! I'm the prince of all Saiyans!"
Goku and Trunks powered up as well, and their energy threw him backwards. Vegeta tried to mach their powers, but it wasn't enough. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Aaahhhhhh!!!!!!!" he screamed and woke up. He looked around the room, and saw Bulma sleeping on a nearby table.
"What? What is she doing here?" he asked himself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Ha! Eyah!" he screamed in the newly restored gravity capsule. Vegeta, despite his pains and injuries, his arrogance was still with him. And his arrogance and lust for power kept him alive. A monitor in the hull turned on, and Bulma was on the other side.
"Vegeta!" she yelled as he was lying on the floor. "Vegeta, you're injured; you should come back inside."
However, there was no response from him, which was unusual.
"Tired? To beat to say something to me?"
"I...can say something."
"Are you going to apologize to me?"
"Of course not!" he yelled. "Get out of here and let me be on my own!"
"Fine then!" Bulma yelled and turned off the screen.