Hi guys, once again I'm writing although I should be studying, mesh, it's only French. Just a warning for this chapter and probably the next couple, it contains spoilers if you haven't seen DBZ Movie 9: Bojack. I recently downloaded it, and I thought that I could easily fit it into my story, well here's a shot at it.
Disclaimer: hmm... haven't done one of these in a while.... I don't own DBZ, or any of it's movies, I just download them, all characters except for my own belong to Mr. Toriyama, and that includes Bojack and his gang of evil doers.
Chapter 8: Bojack
It had been almost a month since Cell's defeat, and Xeexru was still around. Bulma had given her permission to use Vegeta's gravity simulator for her training, in return for allowing her to run tests on Sularon. Not a day had gone by, where Bulma had not gone on board, and sometimes she would be there for twenty hours or more, continuously running tests, and trying to figure out just how Sularon functioned the way he did.
Xeexru frowned as she shot off a blast at one of the many training bots, which it immediately reflected back at her. Once again she was alone in the simulator. Vegeta had been there for the first few days when she began using it, but he had seemed distant and distracted the more he trained. Then one day, he had stopped all together. It was obvious Goku's death had affected him, the only thing he had lived for was to prove to him that he was just as strong or stronger. But now that the other saya-jin was dead, there was nothing to train for, so he spent his day alone in his room, only ever coming out to eat. Bulma had barely noticed his disappearance, she was rarely ever seen her self. Most of the time she had left Trunks with her mother while she was with Sularon, but once Mrs. Brief had confronted her about being a good mother, she decided to bring the child with her.
Sweat drenched Xeexru's hair, and ran down her face as she fired off three more shots towards the bots. All three shots came back at her, and she dodged two of them carefully, where as she caught the last one with her metal hand, and threw back, destroying one of the machines. She paused for a moment, and looked up at the ceiling, and narrowed her eyes. She walked over to the controls and changed the gravity setting back to 1g. Grabbing her towel, she wiped off her face, and walked out the door. She looked up at the sky, and frowned when she recognized the yellow ship floating above her head.
Trunks had returned from the future.
Xeexru watched for a moment as the small vessel lowered to the ground. The round, clear hatch opened and the demi-saya-jin hopped out, bearing the same Capsule Corp. jacket and sword that he had worn when he had departed a month ago. His hair had grown out again and was now down to his shoulders.
He offered her a small smile, before adding a quick "Hi!".
"You're back. You have defeated the androids in your time?" She hadn't changed at all since he left, she still liked to cut straight to the chase when involved in a conversation.
"Yeah I did, and all of the cities have already begun rebuilding." He sported a proud happy smile as he spoke of his time, and of his accomplishments.
"Hn, good." That was all he got in return, and frankly, he had not expected anything more, from either her or his father. "You must be eager to find your parents."
"Yeah I can't wait to tell them the good news, is my dad in there?" He asked motioning to the gravity simulator.
"No, it appears he has lost all of his will to train or fight. It's a disappointment really, I was looking forward to having a half decent sparring partner." Trunks seemed surprised that his father had given up so easily, and he frowned. "Your mother has been busy to say the least, she's been annoying Sularon to no end."
"Who?"
"Sularon, my ship. She's been spending the majority of her time with him." He seemed intrigued by the mention of her ship, along with the mention of his mother. "Follow me, you own't be able to find her on your own."
He followed her as she took to the air, soaring above Capsule Corp. He noticed it right away, the large structure that stood out like one very large and sore thumb. It was far larger than that of the main complex.
Xeexru floated down in front of the small hatch along Sularon's side. Immediately the hatch opened, and the two floated inside. She frowned when she didn't hear anything from the ship, but instead the familiar haze returned to fill the air, and when it cleared, Sularon stood at his full height, in his Tomakan form.
"Uh......" Trunks muttered staring up at the black creature, who just looked at him, a curious gleam evident in his eyes.
"Hey you look like.... no you couldn't be, could you? I...uh...Jeez this is a good way to overload your circuits." Sularon found himself stumbling over his words, and Trunks was still staring at him, bewildered by his size. "But... physically this is impossible... but you look just like him.... I'm confused!!!!"
"Well that's a first." Xeexru said, amused.
"Just... Just shut up, and tell me who he is!!!!" He was thoroughly agitated by now, and Trunks was still staring at him with the same stunned expression on his face.
"This is Trunks Brief." She said with a smirk.
"No, that's not right, because right now, Trunks Brief , is on a rampage through the bridge. It is impossible for this guy to be Trunks Brief, he's too old." Sularon found himself crouching down and looking Trunks straight in the eye. "Retinal scan in progress." His voice sounded surprising animated.
"You have to do a retinal scan just to prove to yourself that this is really not Trunks Brief?" She received no response for several seconds. Hesitantly, the Tomaka pulled back, and shifted his gaze to the other saya-jin.
"This is not possible, there is no way he can exist.... unless..." He emitted a loud growl, and lurched forward, his large black hand snapping up and catching Trunks firmly around the neck and chest, crushing him against the bulkhead, creating quite the dent. Trunks shocked expression quickly changed as his instincts kicked in, and he began to struggle against the creature, but with no avail. Sularons face neared his until it was only inches away, and he bared his long, sharp teeth in an aggressive manner. "Time traveller...." He growled, his hand pushing harder against his chest, crushing him. Trunks gritted his teeth in pain, as his ribs reached the breaking point, and he felt his power level begin to rise.
"Sularon!" Xeexru barked.
"What?!?" He growled in irritation.
"Release him, he's nothing like Sierttan." Trunks felt some of the pressure leave his body, but he was still pinned firmly against the wall.
"How do you know what he's like? He could be deceiving you!!" Her eyes narrowed and she took a step forward.
"He's not, now release him!" Sularon growled in protest but his hand slowly pulled away from Trunks. Once again he stood up straight, and glared down at both the saya-jins.
Trunks began to cough as the air rushed back into his lungs, and he frowned as he tasted blood. Xeexru seemed to notice this, but made no motion to help him as he struggled to breathe.
"Sularon, prepare the medical hall, it's obvious you've caused him some internal injuries." she said, looking down at Trunks as he continued to cough up blood.
"What?!!?? No!! I'm not helping him, he's a time traveller." His anger was obvious, as he argued with the female saya-jin.
Xeexru felt her temper rise as she was barely able to form words through her gritting teeth. "Did that sound like a suggestion to you? I gave you an order, and you have to follow it, or I will take you back to be disassembled and reprogrammed." Her threat seemed to convince the ship, because the hologram growled something incoherent and stormed off.
Her gaze went back down to Trunks, who had his eyes clenched shut, and his arms locked around his waste as searing pain coursed through his body. "Are you able to walk?" One eye opened slowly and looked up at her.
"I...I think so." He managed to get out, through his trembling breaths. He never knew it could hurt so much to breathe.
"Good, come with me." And she began walking down the hall. Trunks followed slowly, with one hand still around his waste, and the other on the wall, supporting himself.
They didn't have to walk far, and he followed her as she walked through an open door. The room wasn't all that big, but it was of adequate size for a human or saya-jin. Off to one side was a small flat bed attached to a track along the floor that led into a circular opening in the wall, with a large screen above the entrance. On all of the other sides were consoles, and shelves stalked with jars and beakers full of fluid and powders.
"Lay there." She said motioning to the small bed, and he didn't feel like arguing. As he lay down, she walked over to him, holding a small flat circle. "Hold still." She said firmly. She released the small disk, and he watched as it floated above him. Wide beams of blue light suddenly erupted form the object, and began flowing over his body.
Once the beams retracted, the disk floated over above his head and slid into the wall. She frowned as the screen glowed to life.
"The pain in your chest is from a punctured lung, it appears that Sularon was able to break one of your ribs. You've also sustained massive internal bleeding from your liver. You're lucky you're conscious and alive. I'm going to have to put you into the healing chamber, you'll probably be in there for a few hours." She walked over and fetched a small jar of clear green fluid off one of the shelves, and looked at it through the light. She pulled out a small cylinder, about seven inches in length and one inch in diameter. Pressing the tool into the liquid, she heard a small hiss. Removing the object, she replaced the jar, and walked back over to Trunks
"What is that?" He muttered through his pain.
"Amertian lizard blood, it's a tranquillizer to make sure you don't wake up during your time in the tank." She explained as she pressed the cylinder to his arm.
"Some welcome back." He muttered.
"I'm surprised he didn't kill you." Trunks mumbled something but the tranquillizer had already taken effect and he lost consciousness. She stood back and placed her foot at the end of the bed, and shoved it hard through the opening in the wall. She watched as the door closed behind him, and the screen flickered, starting a count down to the time when he would be finished in the tank.
Four hours. Shit. Bulma was going to be pissed. Her son, not even home for ten minutes, nearly gets killed by a hologram. This wasn't going to go over well.
She scowled and walked out the door, making her way down the hall.
"Sularon." She growled. There was a hesitation, but he responded.
"What?" He muttered. She didn't say anything, instead she smirked, and he could feel himself grow uncomfortable. "What's so funny? Why haven't you started yelling at me yet?" He sounded worried, and that just caused an evil grin to stretch across Xeexrus face.
"I'm not going to yell at you," She said slowly, "I'm going to tell Bulma first, then I'll her scream at you." She knew that if his hologram had been visible, the look on his face would have been priceless, tomakan or human.
"You can't do that to me. I didn't hurt him that bad." He was desperate, he did not want to have to listen to Bulma again.
Xeexru looked irritated. "You damn well near killed him, let alone hurt him!!" Her voice had raised to a dangerous level, just to prove to him that she was not pleased at all. "And I think you deserve to have Bulma at your throat."
There was silence as she continued to walk down that hall, she knew that Sularon was madly trying to find a way to save his metallic ass, and his sound receptors.
It took her a few minutes to walk to the engine room where Bulma was busy poking at something underneath one of the consoles.
"Bulma, your son has returned." She said, looking down at the human, as she poked her head out.
"Really? Where is the little guy?" She looked around for a moment, before looking up at the ceiling. "Sularon, I hope you didn't lose him again."
"No no no, I know exactly where he is." Xeexru smirked, he sounded nervous, and unsettled.
"I was referring to your other son." She said, her face grown serious again.
"What are you talking about? I don't have another so— Trunks is back from the future??!!??" Bulma looked surprised, and happy.
"Yes."
"Where is he?? I can't wait to see him again." Her face was lit up, as she stood up.
"He's in the healing chamber in the medical hall." Xeexru replied coolly. Bulma's happy face slowly changed into that of fear.
"What happened to him?!? Did he arrive like that???!!" She had turned hysterical, and was now nose to nose with Xeexru who didn't seem surprised at all.
"No, he didn't arrive like that. I brought him on board to find you, and Sularon attacked him." Bulma took a step back slowly, and looked up at the ceiling.
"SULARON!!!!!!!!" She screeched, and Xeexru was forced to cover her sensitive saya-jin ears.
"Yes Bulma?" He said in a quiet, meek voice. Bulma pointed firmly to the ground, and obediently the mist formed and the human hologram stood there looking at his feet.
"What the hell do you think you were doing??!!?? That's my son you just beat up!!!" She screamed. Sularon's eyes never left his feet.
"He's a time traveller, and I sort of have this thing about time travellers." His voice was quiet, and it was obvious that he was scared.
"That doesn't give you an excuse to go around and beat up anybody you want!!!!" Her voice had not become any quieter. Sularon looked over his shoulder, trying to get Xeexru to help him, but she just smirked and shook her head.
The screaming continued on for another five minutes until finally, much to Sularon's relief, Bulma had found that she had proven her point.
"Can I see him?" She asked Xeexru calmly.
"Yes, but he won't be out for almost another four hours." Sularon cowered behind the saya-jin when Bulma gave him a hard, cold glare.
The walk to the medical hall was silent, and every once and a while, Sularon would receive an acidic glare from Bulma.
Bulma frowned when she saw the screen which displayed her older son. The timer was still going, and it now read 3 hours and 46 minutes.
"What's it doing?" She asked.
"The tomakas took their design for the healing chamber from the Saya-jins. Do to their immense technological advantage, they were able to enhance the saya-jins technology to fit their own needs. Trunks is basically just floating in a vat of green healing fluid." She looked at Bulma and happened to notice her pale complexion. And in a flash, Bulma collapsed. Xeexru was able to catch her before she hit the hard floor, and slowly lowered her to the ground.
She frowned as she thought of the most probable cause.
"Sleep deprivation." She muttered. "How many hours has she been here, over the past month?" The hologram thought for a moment, then quickly gave her a response.
"She's been studying me for the last twenty-nine days, a total of 696 hours, she has been here for a total of 522 hours. The entire time I do not recall her sleeping while she's been on board." The saya-jin stood up and scowled.
"An average of eighteen hours a day? That barely leaves her enough time to get 6 hours of sleep, probably less." She ran her metal fingers through her hair, and groaned. "Get her something to lay on, I don't think either of them will be leaving anytime soon." Sularon obeyed immediately, and a small cushioned bed slid out from the wall. Xeexru laid Bulma down on the bed and went to talk to Sularon. "Tell me when either one of them wakes up."
He nodded. "Aye th-phhhiiitttssssddddbb."
She just raised her eyebrow. "What the hell was that?"
The hologram rubbed his temples while he seethed in pain. "The kid's found his way to my cerebral computer." He never saw her eyes widen, but he did hear her curse loudly and run out the door.
She raced down the hall towards the main bridge and skidded to a stop when the door didn't open. "Sularon!! Open the door!!" There was no response and she grimaced.
She took a few steps back, increased her power level and slammed her shoulder into the door. The ten inch metal received a small dent and she let out a furious cry. She was seething in anger as she desperately struggled to find a way to get through. Finally she was left with only one option. She raised her power even higher, right up to the point where her hair stood on end and turned to a golden yellow. She glared at the door, and began to charge a blast in her hand. She grimaced as she released her blast at the door. It took several minutes before she noticed any change in the appearance of the door. It was slowly gaining a red glow. She pushed her energy higher, and forced toward the door harder. A few moments later the metal began to liquify, and the molten drops fell to the floor. Within minutes the hole was big enough for her to fit through, and she stopped her onslaught. Her aura still surrounded her in order to fend off the drops of liquid metal, and very carefully she flew through the hole.
Once her feet touched the ground, she allowed her power level to drop and she raced towards a door at the far side of the room. She knew for a fact that the door into Sularon's cerebral computer was nowhere's near as thick as the bridge door. She brought her metal fist back and slammed it into the door.
The toddler on the other side of the door suddenly stopped his rampage over the large keyboard, and looked up at the shiny fist that had just penetrated the door. Xeexru retracted her fist and used both her hands to pry the door open.
"Okay kid, you've had your fun." She grumbled as she scooped up the small child. Trunks' big blue eyes stared up at her curiously, before a wide grin spread across his face as he reached up in an effort to grab her short hair. Xeexru frowned and held the child away from her with one hand, and with the other, she punched a few keys. When all she got in return was a flicker of static over the communication system, she slammed her fist down, and cursed loudly.
It appeared as if Trunks had felt her anger, and immediately stopped squirming. She glared down at the toddler, and frowned.
"You've really done it this time kid." His blue eyes stared at her, and she gritted her teeth as she tried to figure out what she was going to do. She looked down at the child she held in her arms, and walked out of the small room. The liquid metal from the door she had been forced to melt open, had since then cooled and was now hardened, but still very hot. Her feet raised off the ground, and she lifted them both through the hole.
She walked calmly back to the medical room, and found that the door had not closed behind her when she had run out, just another sign that Sularon would not be up and running for a while. Xeexru set the child next to his sleeping mother, and looked around at the small canisters. Picking one up off the shelf, she opened it, and peered at the purple slim. Carefully she brought it up and smelled it, then abruptly pulled it away. Its odour was almost intolerable, but it wasn't foul, a sure sign that it was still fresh enough.
"Here kid." She mumbled as she handed the small container to the child. At first he seemed revolted by its strong scent, but then he curiously stuck his finger into the ooze. The purple slim didn't stick to his fingers, but he suddenly felt himself become very tired. He dropped the canister and lay down next to his mother. Xeexru picked up the container, and replaced the cap, and put it back on the shelf.
She quickly checked to make sure Bulma was still ok, and glanced at the timer for her elder son. Three hours and twenty eight minutes left, that was just enough time to at least start on her repairs to Sularon's cerebral computer.
Three and a half hours later.
Trunks groggily rubbed his eyes as he sat up. He looked around at the room, and quickly he remembered where he was. He stood up straight, and walked over to where his mother and younger self were sleeping. He found it best not to wake them, and quiet walked out of the medical hall. It suddenly hit him that he wouldn't be able to find his way out, at least not without Xeexru's help. He looked down the hall way in either direction, and frowned. His eyes were fierce and he was completely alert to his surroundings, he wasn't to keen on running into that giant creature again, considering what he had been able to do to him before.
Carefully, he extended his ki outward in an effort to detect Xeexru, and hoped that she was still on board. He found her almost immediately and silently walked in her direction. He kept his full attention on his surroundings, as he walked quickly towards the other saya-jins ki.
He didn't have to walk far, and needless to say, he was a bit surprised to find a half melted door. He carefully found his way through the destroyed door, and walked over to where he sensed her ki, and found another destroyed door.
Xeexru looked up when she saw him enter the small room, but her attention was quickly brought back to the large keyboard that lay before her.
"Feel any better?" She asked as she typed furiously on the keys, occasionally looking up at a large screen in front of her.
"Yeah, I feel fine." He said, as he watched her punch away at the keyboard.
"I apologize for Sularon's behaviour, the last time we met up with a time traveller, he caused him a lot of grief." She spoke with no emotion, or regret, but Trunks didn't really seem to mind, he had spent over a year with his father in the hyperbolic time chamber.
"What happened?" He asked, motioning to the deformed door.
"While you were in the healing chamber, your younger self was able to get himself in here, and inadvertently began to screw around with Sularon's cerebral computer. Sularon's control grid has been completely shut down, and the kid was even able to encrypt the security codes. It could take weeks for me to bring him back online." She sounded annoyed, to say the least. "I can take you off the ship now." She said as she stood up.
"I'd like to wait for my mother to wake up first. I've wanted to talk to her for a while now."
"I'm afraid that shortly after you were put into the healing chamber, your mother's lack of sleep caught with her, she won't be awake for several more hours." Trunks frowned as he contemplated leaving the ship or sitting around and waiting. "You're welcome to stay, I may require your assistance."
"Uh, okay." And that's where trunks spent the next six hours, sitting a keyboard, or poking at some sort of wire.
*Yawn* Ok, so I didn't get into the whole Bojack thing yet, but we're getting there, *Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn* Me Tired. Anyways, I have Chemistry homework I should be doing. Hope to get back to you this soon. And don't kill me if it takes a while, because we're hoping to move back to my real school over the march break, (Environmental problems kicked us out, and they're supposed to be fixed by now, but we have no faith.) *YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNNN* Till next time, Believe. No_name_writer
Disclaimer: hmm... haven't done one of these in a while.... I don't own DBZ, or any of it's movies, I just download them, all characters except for my own belong to Mr. Toriyama, and that includes Bojack and his gang of evil doers.
Chapter 8: Bojack
It had been almost a month since Cell's defeat, and Xeexru was still around. Bulma had given her permission to use Vegeta's gravity simulator for her training, in return for allowing her to run tests on Sularon. Not a day had gone by, where Bulma had not gone on board, and sometimes she would be there for twenty hours or more, continuously running tests, and trying to figure out just how Sularon functioned the way he did.
Xeexru frowned as she shot off a blast at one of the many training bots, which it immediately reflected back at her. Once again she was alone in the simulator. Vegeta had been there for the first few days when she began using it, but he had seemed distant and distracted the more he trained. Then one day, he had stopped all together. It was obvious Goku's death had affected him, the only thing he had lived for was to prove to him that he was just as strong or stronger. But now that the other saya-jin was dead, there was nothing to train for, so he spent his day alone in his room, only ever coming out to eat. Bulma had barely noticed his disappearance, she was rarely ever seen her self. Most of the time she had left Trunks with her mother while she was with Sularon, but once Mrs. Brief had confronted her about being a good mother, she decided to bring the child with her.
Sweat drenched Xeexru's hair, and ran down her face as she fired off three more shots towards the bots. All three shots came back at her, and she dodged two of them carefully, where as she caught the last one with her metal hand, and threw back, destroying one of the machines. She paused for a moment, and looked up at the ceiling, and narrowed her eyes. She walked over to the controls and changed the gravity setting back to 1g. Grabbing her towel, she wiped off her face, and walked out the door. She looked up at the sky, and frowned when she recognized the yellow ship floating above her head.
Trunks had returned from the future.
Xeexru watched for a moment as the small vessel lowered to the ground. The round, clear hatch opened and the demi-saya-jin hopped out, bearing the same Capsule Corp. jacket and sword that he had worn when he had departed a month ago. His hair had grown out again and was now down to his shoulders.
He offered her a small smile, before adding a quick "Hi!".
"You're back. You have defeated the androids in your time?" She hadn't changed at all since he left, she still liked to cut straight to the chase when involved in a conversation.
"Yeah I did, and all of the cities have already begun rebuilding." He sported a proud happy smile as he spoke of his time, and of his accomplishments.
"Hn, good." That was all he got in return, and frankly, he had not expected anything more, from either her or his father. "You must be eager to find your parents."
"Yeah I can't wait to tell them the good news, is my dad in there?" He asked motioning to the gravity simulator.
"No, it appears he has lost all of his will to train or fight. It's a disappointment really, I was looking forward to having a half decent sparring partner." Trunks seemed surprised that his father had given up so easily, and he frowned. "Your mother has been busy to say the least, she's been annoying Sularon to no end."
"Who?"
"Sularon, my ship. She's been spending the majority of her time with him." He seemed intrigued by the mention of her ship, along with the mention of his mother. "Follow me, you own't be able to find her on your own."
He followed her as she took to the air, soaring above Capsule Corp. He noticed it right away, the large structure that stood out like one very large and sore thumb. It was far larger than that of the main complex.
Xeexru floated down in front of the small hatch along Sularon's side. Immediately the hatch opened, and the two floated inside. She frowned when she didn't hear anything from the ship, but instead the familiar haze returned to fill the air, and when it cleared, Sularon stood at his full height, in his Tomakan form.
"Uh......" Trunks muttered staring up at the black creature, who just looked at him, a curious gleam evident in his eyes.
"Hey you look like.... no you couldn't be, could you? I...uh...Jeez this is a good way to overload your circuits." Sularon found himself stumbling over his words, and Trunks was still staring at him, bewildered by his size. "But... physically this is impossible... but you look just like him.... I'm confused!!!!"
"Well that's a first." Xeexru said, amused.
"Just... Just shut up, and tell me who he is!!!!" He was thoroughly agitated by now, and Trunks was still staring at him with the same stunned expression on his face.
"This is Trunks Brief." She said with a smirk.
"No, that's not right, because right now, Trunks Brief , is on a rampage through the bridge. It is impossible for this guy to be Trunks Brief, he's too old." Sularon found himself crouching down and looking Trunks straight in the eye. "Retinal scan in progress." His voice sounded surprising animated.
"You have to do a retinal scan just to prove to yourself that this is really not Trunks Brief?" She received no response for several seconds. Hesitantly, the Tomaka pulled back, and shifted his gaze to the other saya-jin.
"This is not possible, there is no way he can exist.... unless..." He emitted a loud growl, and lurched forward, his large black hand snapping up and catching Trunks firmly around the neck and chest, crushing him against the bulkhead, creating quite the dent. Trunks shocked expression quickly changed as his instincts kicked in, and he began to struggle against the creature, but with no avail. Sularons face neared his until it was only inches away, and he bared his long, sharp teeth in an aggressive manner. "Time traveller...." He growled, his hand pushing harder against his chest, crushing him. Trunks gritted his teeth in pain, as his ribs reached the breaking point, and he felt his power level begin to rise.
"Sularon!" Xeexru barked.
"What?!?" He growled in irritation.
"Release him, he's nothing like Sierttan." Trunks felt some of the pressure leave his body, but he was still pinned firmly against the wall.
"How do you know what he's like? He could be deceiving you!!" Her eyes narrowed and she took a step forward.
"He's not, now release him!" Sularon growled in protest but his hand slowly pulled away from Trunks. Once again he stood up straight, and glared down at both the saya-jins.
Trunks began to cough as the air rushed back into his lungs, and he frowned as he tasted blood. Xeexru seemed to notice this, but made no motion to help him as he struggled to breathe.
"Sularon, prepare the medical hall, it's obvious you've caused him some internal injuries." she said, looking down at Trunks as he continued to cough up blood.
"What?!!?? No!! I'm not helping him, he's a time traveller." His anger was obvious, as he argued with the female saya-jin.
Xeexru felt her temper rise as she was barely able to form words through her gritting teeth. "Did that sound like a suggestion to you? I gave you an order, and you have to follow it, or I will take you back to be disassembled and reprogrammed." Her threat seemed to convince the ship, because the hologram growled something incoherent and stormed off.
Her gaze went back down to Trunks, who had his eyes clenched shut, and his arms locked around his waste as searing pain coursed through his body. "Are you able to walk?" One eye opened slowly and looked up at her.
"I...I think so." He managed to get out, through his trembling breaths. He never knew it could hurt so much to breathe.
"Good, come with me." And she began walking down the hall. Trunks followed slowly, with one hand still around his waste, and the other on the wall, supporting himself.
They didn't have to walk far, and he followed her as she walked through an open door. The room wasn't all that big, but it was of adequate size for a human or saya-jin. Off to one side was a small flat bed attached to a track along the floor that led into a circular opening in the wall, with a large screen above the entrance. On all of the other sides were consoles, and shelves stalked with jars and beakers full of fluid and powders.
"Lay there." She said motioning to the small bed, and he didn't feel like arguing. As he lay down, she walked over to him, holding a small flat circle. "Hold still." She said firmly. She released the small disk, and he watched as it floated above him. Wide beams of blue light suddenly erupted form the object, and began flowing over his body.
Once the beams retracted, the disk floated over above his head and slid into the wall. She frowned as the screen glowed to life.
"The pain in your chest is from a punctured lung, it appears that Sularon was able to break one of your ribs. You've also sustained massive internal bleeding from your liver. You're lucky you're conscious and alive. I'm going to have to put you into the healing chamber, you'll probably be in there for a few hours." She walked over and fetched a small jar of clear green fluid off one of the shelves, and looked at it through the light. She pulled out a small cylinder, about seven inches in length and one inch in diameter. Pressing the tool into the liquid, she heard a small hiss. Removing the object, she replaced the jar, and walked back over to Trunks
"What is that?" He muttered through his pain.
"Amertian lizard blood, it's a tranquillizer to make sure you don't wake up during your time in the tank." She explained as she pressed the cylinder to his arm.
"Some welcome back." He muttered.
"I'm surprised he didn't kill you." Trunks mumbled something but the tranquillizer had already taken effect and he lost consciousness. She stood back and placed her foot at the end of the bed, and shoved it hard through the opening in the wall. She watched as the door closed behind him, and the screen flickered, starting a count down to the time when he would be finished in the tank.
Four hours. Shit. Bulma was going to be pissed. Her son, not even home for ten minutes, nearly gets killed by a hologram. This wasn't going to go over well.
She scowled and walked out the door, making her way down the hall.
"Sularon." She growled. There was a hesitation, but he responded.
"What?" He muttered. She didn't say anything, instead she smirked, and he could feel himself grow uncomfortable. "What's so funny? Why haven't you started yelling at me yet?" He sounded worried, and that just caused an evil grin to stretch across Xeexrus face.
"I'm not going to yell at you," She said slowly, "I'm going to tell Bulma first, then I'll her scream at you." She knew that if his hologram had been visible, the look on his face would have been priceless, tomakan or human.
"You can't do that to me. I didn't hurt him that bad." He was desperate, he did not want to have to listen to Bulma again.
Xeexru looked irritated. "You damn well near killed him, let alone hurt him!!" Her voice had raised to a dangerous level, just to prove to him that she was not pleased at all. "And I think you deserve to have Bulma at your throat."
There was silence as she continued to walk down that hall, she knew that Sularon was madly trying to find a way to save his metallic ass, and his sound receptors.
It took her a few minutes to walk to the engine room where Bulma was busy poking at something underneath one of the consoles.
"Bulma, your son has returned." She said, looking down at the human, as she poked her head out.
"Really? Where is the little guy?" She looked around for a moment, before looking up at the ceiling. "Sularon, I hope you didn't lose him again."
"No no no, I know exactly where he is." Xeexru smirked, he sounded nervous, and unsettled.
"I was referring to your other son." She said, her face grown serious again.
"What are you talking about? I don't have another so— Trunks is back from the future??!!??" Bulma looked surprised, and happy.
"Yes."
"Where is he?? I can't wait to see him again." Her face was lit up, as she stood up.
"He's in the healing chamber in the medical hall." Xeexru replied coolly. Bulma's happy face slowly changed into that of fear.
"What happened to him?!? Did he arrive like that???!!" She had turned hysterical, and was now nose to nose with Xeexru who didn't seem surprised at all.
"No, he didn't arrive like that. I brought him on board to find you, and Sularon attacked him." Bulma took a step back slowly, and looked up at the ceiling.
"SULARON!!!!!!!!" She screeched, and Xeexru was forced to cover her sensitive saya-jin ears.
"Yes Bulma?" He said in a quiet, meek voice. Bulma pointed firmly to the ground, and obediently the mist formed and the human hologram stood there looking at his feet.
"What the hell do you think you were doing??!!?? That's my son you just beat up!!!" She screamed. Sularon's eyes never left his feet.
"He's a time traveller, and I sort of have this thing about time travellers." His voice was quiet, and it was obvious that he was scared.
"That doesn't give you an excuse to go around and beat up anybody you want!!!!" Her voice had not become any quieter. Sularon looked over his shoulder, trying to get Xeexru to help him, but she just smirked and shook her head.
The screaming continued on for another five minutes until finally, much to Sularon's relief, Bulma had found that she had proven her point.
"Can I see him?" She asked Xeexru calmly.
"Yes, but he won't be out for almost another four hours." Sularon cowered behind the saya-jin when Bulma gave him a hard, cold glare.
The walk to the medical hall was silent, and every once and a while, Sularon would receive an acidic glare from Bulma.
Bulma frowned when she saw the screen which displayed her older son. The timer was still going, and it now read 3 hours and 46 minutes.
"What's it doing?" She asked.
"The tomakas took their design for the healing chamber from the Saya-jins. Do to their immense technological advantage, they were able to enhance the saya-jins technology to fit their own needs. Trunks is basically just floating in a vat of green healing fluid." She looked at Bulma and happened to notice her pale complexion. And in a flash, Bulma collapsed. Xeexru was able to catch her before she hit the hard floor, and slowly lowered her to the ground.
She frowned as she thought of the most probable cause.
"Sleep deprivation." She muttered. "How many hours has she been here, over the past month?" The hologram thought for a moment, then quickly gave her a response.
"She's been studying me for the last twenty-nine days, a total of 696 hours, she has been here for a total of 522 hours. The entire time I do not recall her sleeping while she's been on board." The saya-jin stood up and scowled.
"An average of eighteen hours a day? That barely leaves her enough time to get 6 hours of sleep, probably less." She ran her metal fingers through her hair, and groaned. "Get her something to lay on, I don't think either of them will be leaving anytime soon." Sularon obeyed immediately, and a small cushioned bed slid out from the wall. Xeexru laid Bulma down on the bed and went to talk to Sularon. "Tell me when either one of them wakes up."
He nodded. "Aye th-phhhiiitttssssddddbb."
She just raised her eyebrow. "What the hell was that?"
The hologram rubbed his temples while he seethed in pain. "The kid's found his way to my cerebral computer." He never saw her eyes widen, but he did hear her curse loudly and run out the door.
She raced down the hall towards the main bridge and skidded to a stop when the door didn't open. "Sularon!! Open the door!!" There was no response and she grimaced.
She took a few steps back, increased her power level and slammed her shoulder into the door. The ten inch metal received a small dent and she let out a furious cry. She was seething in anger as she desperately struggled to find a way to get through. Finally she was left with only one option. She raised her power even higher, right up to the point where her hair stood on end and turned to a golden yellow. She glared at the door, and began to charge a blast in her hand. She grimaced as she released her blast at the door. It took several minutes before she noticed any change in the appearance of the door. It was slowly gaining a red glow. She pushed her energy higher, and forced toward the door harder. A few moments later the metal began to liquify, and the molten drops fell to the floor. Within minutes the hole was big enough for her to fit through, and she stopped her onslaught. Her aura still surrounded her in order to fend off the drops of liquid metal, and very carefully she flew through the hole.
Once her feet touched the ground, she allowed her power level to drop and she raced towards a door at the far side of the room. She knew for a fact that the door into Sularon's cerebral computer was nowhere's near as thick as the bridge door. She brought her metal fist back and slammed it into the door.
The toddler on the other side of the door suddenly stopped his rampage over the large keyboard, and looked up at the shiny fist that had just penetrated the door. Xeexru retracted her fist and used both her hands to pry the door open.
"Okay kid, you've had your fun." She grumbled as she scooped up the small child. Trunks' big blue eyes stared up at her curiously, before a wide grin spread across his face as he reached up in an effort to grab her short hair. Xeexru frowned and held the child away from her with one hand, and with the other, she punched a few keys. When all she got in return was a flicker of static over the communication system, she slammed her fist down, and cursed loudly.
It appeared as if Trunks had felt her anger, and immediately stopped squirming. She glared down at the toddler, and frowned.
"You've really done it this time kid." His blue eyes stared at her, and she gritted her teeth as she tried to figure out what she was going to do. She looked down at the child she held in her arms, and walked out of the small room. The liquid metal from the door she had been forced to melt open, had since then cooled and was now hardened, but still very hot. Her feet raised off the ground, and she lifted them both through the hole.
She walked calmly back to the medical room, and found that the door had not closed behind her when she had run out, just another sign that Sularon would not be up and running for a while. Xeexru set the child next to his sleeping mother, and looked around at the small canisters. Picking one up off the shelf, she opened it, and peered at the purple slim. Carefully she brought it up and smelled it, then abruptly pulled it away. Its odour was almost intolerable, but it wasn't foul, a sure sign that it was still fresh enough.
"Here kid." She mumbled as she handed the small container to the child. At first he seemed revolted by its strong scent, but then he curiously stuck his finger into the ooze. The purple slim didn't stick to his fingers, but he suddenly felt himself become very tired. He dropped the canister and lay down next to his mother. Xeexru picked up the container, and replaced the cap, and put it back on the shelf.
She quickly checked to make sure Bulma was still ok, and glanced at the timer for her elder son. Three hours and twenty eight minutes left, that was just enough time to at least start on her repairs to Sularon's cerebral computer.
Three and a half hours later.
Trunks groggily rubbed his eyes as he sat up. He looked around at the room, and quickly he remembered where he was. He stood up straight, and walked over to where his mother and younger self were sleeping. He found it best not to wake them, and quiet walked out of the medical hall. It suddenly hit him that he wouldn't be able to find his way out, at least not without Xeexru's help. He looked down the hall way in either direction, and frowned. His eyes were fierce and he was completely alert to his surroundings, he wasn't to keen on running into that giant creature again, considering what he had been able to do to him before.
Carefully, he extended his ki outward in an effort to detect Xeexru, and hoped that she was still on board. He found her almost immediately and silently walked in her direction. He kept his full attention on his surroundings, as he walked quickly towards the other saya-jins ki.
He didn't have to walk far, and needless to say, he was a bit surprised to find a half melted door. He carefully found his way through the destroyed door, and walked over to where he sensed her ki, and found another destroyed door.
Xeexru looked up when she saw him enter the small room, but her attention was quickly brought back to the large keyboard that lay before her.
"Feel any better?" She asked as she typed furiously on the keys, occasionally looking up at a large screen in front of her.
"Yeah, I feel fine." He said, as he watched her punch away at the keyboard.
"I apologize for Sularon's behaviour, the last time we met up with a time traveller, he caused him a lot of grief." She spoke with no emotion, or regret, but Trunks didn't really seem to mind, he had spent over a year with his father in the hyperbolic time chamber.
"What happened?" He asked, motioning to the deformed door.
"While you were in the healing chamber, your younger self was able to get himself in here, and inadvertently began to screw around with Sularon's cerebral computer. Sularon's control grid has been completely shut down, and the kid was even able to encrypt the security codes. It could take weeks for me to bring him back online." She sounded annoyed, to say the least. "I can take you off the ship now." She said as she stood up.
"I'd like to wait for my mother to wake up first. I've wanted to talk to her for a while now."
"I'm afraid that shortly after you were put into the healing chamber, your mother's lack of sleep caught with her, she won't be awake for several more hours." Trunks frowned as he contemplated leaving the ship or sitting around and waiting. "You're welcome to stay, I may require your assistance."
"Uh, okay." And that's where trunks spent the next six hours, sitting a keyboard, or poking at some sort of wire.
*Yawn* Ok, so I didn't get into the whole Bojack thing yet, but we're getting there, *Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn* Me Tired. Anyways, I have Chemistry homework I should be doing. Hope to get back to you this soon. And don't kill me if it takes a while, because we're hoping to move back to my real school over the march break, (Environmental problems kicked us out, and they're supposed to be fixed by now, but we have no faith.) *YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNNN* Till next time, Believe. No_name_writer