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Gohan puts down the phone again and picks it up, dialing the same number he's been dialing for the past two hours already. Goku walks into the living room wearing some boxers that served for pajamas, yawning and looking at Gohan funny seeing him stay up so late. Goku asks, "Gohan, what are you doing up? It's past midnight."
Gohan turns and looks at his father with somewhat of a guilty expression, "Oh sorry Dad. I'm just trying to get a hold of Videl. I tried her house, but she wasn't there. And her cell phone doesn't seem to be working either."
Goku frowns, a worried look on his face, "You don't think that she."
The demi-saiyajin laughs, "Oh no, course not," not wanting to accept the idea. "Her cell's probably just isn't working."
Goku smiles, "Yeah, the batteries are probably dead."
However, at the word dead, Gohan cringes slightly, but puts the phone back onto the handle. "I didn't wake you up, did I, Dad?"
His father shakes his head and says, "Nah, don't worry about it. I was just getting something to drink." He heads over to the kitchen and gets a glass of milk. Then he calls from the kitchen, "By the way, do you know if Goten's asleep yet? I saw that his bed was empty."
Gohan picks up the phone again and dials Videl's house number again, "He's probably still up playing video games with Trunks or something. --- Oh hello? Is Videl there yet? No? Oh sorry, won't bother you again." He hangs up the phone and scowls, "Jeez, Herc's touchy."
However, Goku frowns, "You said playing with Trunks? But Trunks was asleep two hours ago."
The demi-saiyajin looks at him in surprise, "Two hours-" He gets cut off by an enormous whirring sound coming from just outside the house. He yelps, "Oh my god! The time machine!"
Goku pales, a look of pure horror on his face. Without a word he runs out into the cold evening, glass still in hand, although trailing its contents all over the ground, and he quickly surveys the back yard. The time machine is nowhere in sight.
Gohan quickly comes up to him and sees the situation. A feeling of shock overwhelms him and he drops to his knees. Quietly he says, "Goten.he's gone."
Then the blue haired scientist comes out onto the lawn, wearing a bathrobe over her pajamas, shivering in the cold, soon followed by Trunks, "What is going on here? Why is there milk all over the floor? Why did I hear-" She gasps when she sees that her precious time machine is gone. She shrieks, "Holy- Where the hell is the time machine?!"
Gohan says quietly, "Goten took it.He's gone."
Trunks yelps, "Gone?! What do you mean gone?! Goten couldn't have just left like that!"
Goku suddenly crushes the glass in his hand, shocking the other three. He looks down at the ground, an unreachable grief in his voice, "How could I have been so stupid?!"
Gohan frowns, saying warily, "Dad? What are you talking about?"
His father yells, "I should have known that he would do something like this! He asked me to spend the night here and I agreed!" He brings his hands close to his face and balls them into fists, "I should have seen what he was up to!"
Never having seen Goku this upset before, Bulma, Trunks and Gohan don't know what to do. So Gohan takes up Goku's usual role as the optimistic one, "Cheer up a little Dad. It wasn't really your fault. And what's done is done. All we can do now is wait and see if he'll come back."
Suddenly, an adult, male voice from behind them says, "But I am back."
Gohan puts down the phone again and picks it up, dialing the same number he's been dialing for the past two hours already. Goku walks into the living room wearing some boxers that served for pajamas, yawning and looking at Gohan funny seeing him stay up so late. Goku asks, "Gohan, what are you doing up? It's past midnight."
Gohan turns and looks at his father with somewhat of a guilty expression, "Oh sorry Dad. I'm just trying to get a hold of Videl. I tried her house, but she wasn't there. And her cell phone doesn't seem to be working either."
Goku frowns, a worried look on his face, "You don't think that she."
The demi-saiyajin laughs, "Oh no, course not," not wanting to accept the idea. "Her cell's probably just isn't working."
Goku smiles, "Yeah, the batteries are probably dead."
However, at the word dead, Gohan cringes slightly, but puts the phone back onto the handle. "I didn't wake you up, did I, Dad?"
His father shakes his head and says, "Nah, don't worry about it. I was just getting something to drink." He heads over to the kitchen and gets a glass of milk. Then he calls from the kitchen, "By the way, do you know if Goten's asleep yet? I saw that his bed was empty."
Gohan picks up the phone again and dials Videl's house number again, "He's probably still up playing video games with Trunks or something. --- Oh hello? Is Videl there yet? No? Oh sorry, won't bother you again." He hangs up the phone and scowls, "Jeez, Herc's touchy."
However, Goku frowns, "You said playing with Trunks? But Trunks was asleep two hours ago."
The demi-saiyajin looks at him in surprise, "Two hours-" He gets cut off by an enormous whirring sound coming from just outside the house. He yelps, "Oh my god! The time machine!"
Goku pales, a look of pure horror on his face. Without a word he runs out into the cold evening, glass still in hand, although trailing its contents all over the ground, and he quickly surveys the back yard. The time machine is nowhere in sight.
Gohan quickly comes up to him and sees the situation. A feeling of shock overwhelms him and he drops to his knees. Quietly he says, "Goten.he's gone."
Then the blue haired scientist comes out onto the lawn, wearing a bathrobe over her pajamas, shivering in the cold, soon followed by Trunks, "What is going on here? Why is there milk all over the floor? Why did I hear-" She gasps when she sees that her precious time machine is gone. She shrieks, "Holy- Where the hell is the time machine?!"
Gohan says quietly, "Goten took it.He's gone."
Trunks yelps, "Gone?! What do you mean gone?! Goten couldn't have just left like that!"
Goku suddenly crushes the glass in his hand, shocking the other three. He looks down at the ground, an unreachable grief in his voice, "How could I have been so stupid?!"
Gohan frowns, saying warily, "Dad? What are you talking about?"
His father yells, "I should have known that he would do something like this! He asked me to spend the night here and I agreed!" He brings his hands close to his face and balls them into fists, "I should have seen what he was up to!"
Never having seen Goku this upset before, Bulma, Trunks and Gohan don't know what to do. So Gohan takes up Goku's usual role as the optimistic one, "Cheer up a little Dad. It wasn't really your fault. And what's done is done. All we can do now is wait and see if he'll come back."
Suddenly, an adult, male voice from behind them says, "But I am back."
