I am finally free of work so now it's time to finish up the remaining chapters for you. Here is the next one.

Chapter 17: Rest and Relaxation-Sort Of

"Goku, what on Earth do you think you're doing?" Chi Chi yells.

"Chi calm down. It's the girls. There was an accident."

"Oh no!" she screams, causing Gohan to jet down the stairs. "Are they alright?"

Goku nods his head.

"Are you sure it's them? You didn't pick up a real mountain lion by accident did you?" Gohan asks.

"Oh don't even think that," Chi Chi's face flushes with potential fear.

Goku looks at the two lionesses. "I know Jessie's here," he points out. "She broke her tail."

Jessie nods her head.

"However, I'm not so sure that this is Cathy."

"She's Cathy alright." Jessie confirms. "Some kind of bird bit her on the shoulder, look."

Without moving her, Goku goes to examine Cathy's shoulder. His wife gets there first though. She wants to see for herself. She gives a nod of approval, "There's definitely a cut here. We need to clean this up and do something about Jessie's tail."

"Uh…where am I?" Cathy tries to stand. Her injury also stops her from getting up properly. "Darn…bird," she says while limping over to Jessie, who is now lying on the other side of the room. "I'm sorry about the rock slide Jessie," she tells her friend. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, but I think I broke my tail. So I'll have to stay this way until it heals."

Cathy gets really upset, so she starts pacing, and limping. Gohan looks back and forth at the two. Jessie's trying to see how Cathy's dealing with it, and Cathy looks really bad off emotionally. He decides to ask his question. "How come Jessie has to stay in that form?"

Cathy stops in her tracks. "You want to be an orthopedist right?"

Gohan nods his head. His mother figures out the answer to her son's question and her reaction is shock. Goku keeps quiet; he's clueless at the moment, but he's concentrating on listening for the answer.

"Have you studied about the spine yet, Gohan?"

"Yes I have."

"Think about it."

Gohan runs up stairs and fumbles through some books in his room. He returns to everyone with a blank look on his face. "Poor Jessie," he says. Goku silently beckons to Gohan. The son approaches the father.

"So what's up?" the father whispers. The son gets his father to lean over.

He whispers, "Dad, the tail is a part of the spine. If Jessie returns to her normal form, her spine will have the injury."

"Oh okay. That's pretty bad. No wonder Cathy's upset."

"We need to get you two cleaned up," Chi Chi points out as if she's their adopted mother.

"As long as you help Jessie first," Cathy submits.

"I'm not sure I can help a broken tail."

Cathy, despite her injury, returns to her normal state. "Do you have a spare pillowcase?" she asks.

Chi Chi answers, "Yes," and quickly runs up stairs to get one.

Cathy's cut had tore open some when she transformed and it's now making itself visible through her shirt. Chi Chi returns with the pillowcase and gives it to Cathy.

"Thank you," she says as she wraps it around the affected area. Jessie winces as her tail is moved back into place. Her friend makes a knot to complete the homemade cast.

"Try not to move too much," Cathy suggests. "You're going to need a lot of bed rest. We need to call Bulma and tell her we can't make it."

"No! Cathy! You can still go."

"I don't think I can do it by myself."

"With that attitude you won't be able to, but remember, we can still speak telepathically."

"You're right. I'll do it. I just don't want to mess this up."

"Oh come on. If you can beat Vegeta at chess, you can make him think you're Bulma. Now go get yourself cleaned up. Your shirt's gonna have a stain." Jessie goes to the guest room to lie in her bed, and Cathy allows Chi Chi to clean her wound.

"Here," she says, "Use your other hand to hold this down, and apply some pressure. It'll stop the bleeding. Then I'll patch you up okay?"

"Thanks, Ms. Chi Chi," Cathy returns.

"Gohan, everything's fine now. Go finish your studies."

"Okay, Mom." Gohan goes upstairs and back to his room.

"Goku, I need you to go collect more firewood, and catch some fish while you're at it." Her husband nods and exits the house.

…

"You deserve some rest Canary Cam. I'm so proud of you." Vegeta compliments.

"Ahem," Bulma gets his attention. "You should be complimenting me. I created it. What did it do that was so special anyway?"

"Nothing of your concern."

"Vegeta, I swear, if you did something evil with my poor little bird-"

"You'll what?" he smirks, "blow me to bits? I didn't think so. Last time I checked, Kakarot was the only one who could do anything to me and with you in your position, it would behoove you to say nothing to that idiotic retard." (I hate typing bad stuff about Goku :( )

"You'll get what's coming to you, Vegeta. I mean it." Bulma turns on her heel and stomps off. Vegeta chuckles as he removes a list from his pocket.

"Go to mall, check. Make Cathy feel at fault for something bad, check. Make Jessie consume sugar, this might be a little difficult." Only a crazy guy would try to accomplish this feat.

…

CRASH! A tree hits the ground as Goku collects it for firewood.

"Hey Goku."

"Huh?" he looks around, "Oh hey Krillin. What's up?"

"I felt your power level earlier today. Were you training solo?"

"Oh. Nah. I was sparring with Jessie and Cathy."

Krillin stares at his friend wide-eyed. "You mean those two girls who transform into anything?"

"Well almost anything. They can only change into what they know of." He picks up the tree.

"But, if they were fighting with you, then how come I couldn't sense them?"

"Their energy is naturally hidden."

"Oh I see. Good thing they're on our side huh, Goku? You wouldn't want to face an evil Colorless would you?"

Goku keeps silent. Krillin catches the hint. "Oops. Never mind. So," he decides to change the subject, "want to go fishing or something?"

His friend, now standing completely still with the tree over his head, is remembering the near death experience he had. Burning flames, freezing waters, and shocking electricity, who knows what would have came next. Jessie was able to mock his power level, and she was holding back. Cathy kept herself well hidden then suddenly burst into flames. No telling what would happen if there was an evil Colorless.

"…hey, I'm talking to you…Gokuuuu, answer me."

Hearing his name, he snaps out of it. "Colorless plus evil equals doomsday!" he blurts out, scaring Krillin half-to-death.

"Ooo…kay…so are you fishing or what?"

Goku smiles, "Yeah, of course."

…

"This is plenty of food. Chi Chi will be pleased."

"No kidding." Krillin replies as he continues wrestling the last fish. "How 'bout I take some over to Master Roshi's?"

"Have at. Five fish will do for us. You can have the rest."

"Thanks, Goku."

"No problem."

"Later."

"See ya." They each tie up the fish in a bundle and return to their living quarters.

…

Dinnertime is slightly different. Cathy brings her and Jessie's food up to the guest room. Mother, father, and son have the table to themselves once again. All is silent. Goku is picking at his food.

Chi Chi's the first to notice. "What's wrong, Goku? Is my cooking nasty or something?"

Her husband forces himself to eat like he normally does. "No, hun. Of course not."

"Then, what's on your mind, Dad? I can tell something's bothering you."

"Don't worry, son. It's nothing." Then he thinks to himself. "Something's up. I'm just not sure what."

…

"How's your tail feeling?" Cathy asks her friend.

"It's only hurts if I move it," Jessie replies. Cathy nods her head in approval.

"How's your shoulder?"

"It's fine. I can't use it too much or I'll reopen the wound. I won't be needing the patch, though."

"Just make sure Vegeta can't tell you're wounded when you play as Bulma tonight."

"Right." Cathy begins to feel sad. "Jessie…I'm really sorry about the rockslide. I just wish you could come with me."

"Hey, I accepted your apology already. Don't worry yourself, okay. Calm down. You seem on edge."

"Yeah, there's just so much going on. First, I almost let you get violated by a Furball, then we barely killed Goku, now you're stuck as mountain lioness because I caused a rockslide with my wimpy reaction to pain," she angrily pounds a fist into the bed.

"Woah, woah. Hey, I understand. Just let it out, okay. Calm down."

Cathy continues, "Everything I do puts someone in danger. Why me?" She covers her face in her hands. When she removes them, her eyes are glowing red. Jessie pounces on Cathy and pins her to the bed.

"Cathy snap out of it. Not everything's your fault, okay?"

Tears start to fall from Cathy's eyes as the red slowly fades away. "I almost lost it didn't I?"

Jessie nods her head, "Almost. Hey listen. It's nearly 7:30. You gotta get ready to go."

"Alright." Jessie returns to her bed, freeing her friend. Cathy takes a quick shower, bids farewell to the others, and heads over to Capsule Corp. to take the place of Bulma while she's out on a date.

Sorry about the long wait. Busy, busy, busy. Spring Break is next week for me so I won't be updating until sometime the week after next. I hope you're enjoying this story so far. Until the next chapter, Roosha.