Dragonball Generations
Chapter 2 – Capsule Corp
Capsule Corporation Head Quarters, West City. Bulma and Vegeta are walking through the facility's vast network of corridors early in the morning heading towards the research and development labs.
"Our satellites detected two spikes of power in the middle of the desert last night, significantly higher than the average power of the planets population. Would you happen to know anything about that my dearest husband?" Bulma asked Vegeta with a sly tone.
"No, I was attempting meditation with Piccolo last night, if those powers were anything to be concerned about I would have noticed them." Vegeta replied forthright.
"Meditation…You?" Bulma asked with considerable surprise and sarcasm.
"The key word in my response was attempting, quite frankly I'm willing to try anything lately to put my mind at ease." Vegeta wearily replied.
"Still got Goku on the brain huh? Well maybe Bra and Goken have made some progress on finding ways to contact him? He did leave with a dragon radar and we can normally send basic messages between them, I'm sure it's just a matter of finding the correct frequency. It seems to me that you've not just gone grey in your old age, you're also quite sentimental". Bulma attempted to reassure Vegeta with a sassy tone.
"Kakarot has been an adversary, rival, friend and brother to me but sentimentalities for him are not why I cannot rest. Historically we Saiyans do not grow old, only the most powerful of us get to live long enough to have the pleasure of going grey. I am past that point and my body desperately craves its final battle, Nappa would mention Saiyans like this from time to time, once their power was at its zenith and they were on the verge of going past their prime, they would seek a risky mission with little intention on making it back home." Vegeta said with concern.
"What!? I hope you're not using R&D just to track down Goku for some geriatric Saiyan battle to the death, what would that accomplish? If you lose you'll leave Trunks and Bra without a father, Gotetsu without a grandfather and not to mention me without a husband. If you win, you'll make Chichi a widow… again and you won't get to live much longer anyway because I'm fairly certain Uub and Gohan would do something like fuse and blast you into space". Bulma snapped.
"I outgrew dated Saiyan cultural practices like that many years ago Bulma but I still have my pride and my power and before I weaken they require purpose. If I know Kakarot as well as I think, he's doing just that. Finding new ways to get stronger and purpose along with it, he's been missing for 10 years now so his power could be leaving me behind in the dust and I simply cannot have that!" Vegeta said resolutely.
"I understand Vegeta, we all miss Goku in our own ways. That's why Goken has been working day and night in that lab, he misses his grandfather. Don't forget that Goku doesn't even know about Gotetsu. He'll be thrilled when he finds out that our grandson is also his great-grandson… well we're here let's take a look". Bulma said as she gripped Vegeta's arm, ushering him into the research & development labs.
The labs were a symphony of soft mechanical whirring, computers bleeping and documents racing through pneumatic tubes. Various machines and computer screens lined the circumference of the lab. In the centre by the master computer were Bra and her husband Goken garbed in their usual lab coats in the midst of deep scientific discussions. Bra was the spitting image of Bulma in her younger years and Goken's features were much like his twin brother Goki although slimmer and better groomed, the signature spiky hair of the men in the Son family remained. Mr Satan was also close by holding Gotetsu in his arms, Bra and Goken's 3 month old baby boy. Mr Satan was almost unrecognisable when compared to his previous stardom, a slim and bald old man in a bath robe still with his signature handlebar moustache. Gotetsu was a striking child to look at; he had the Brief's family violet hair in the Son family's spiked style and sky blue eyes, he also possessed a tail with thick violet fur. When Gotetsu was born; Goken was surprised as he, Pan and Goki were not born with tails being only quarter Saiyan, deducing that Gotetsu must have a higher amount of Saiyan DNA than him and his siblings.
Bulma and Vegeta approached the young couple.
"Good morning, looks like we caught you both in the middle of something important?" Bulma asked.
"We had great progress earlier this morning; we managed to connect to Grandpa's dragon radar for 0.5 seconds this morning, that's the third time we've managed to do it so far and the longest we've kept a connection so we're heading in the right direction" Goken replied
"You caught us as we were trying to identify what modifications we made that may have contributed to our success" Bra added
"Success!? Don't make me laugh, how long have you worked here now boy, three years? Your sole job was to find Kakarot and the most you've done so far is con my daughter into marrying you. Maybe if you spent less time playing house and focusing on the task at hand we'd already have Kakarot back here" Vegeta said savagely to Goken.
"You keep that attitude in check mister! Don't listen to him Goken, he doesn't understand how complex it is to connect to a device in another universe" Bulma said trying to maintain Goken's morale.
"Please be a bit quieter guys, you'll wake the baby… I'm a bit embarrassed that I've never asked but how did Goku get to another universe in the first place?" Mr Satan asked the group.
"It was at Bulma's birthday party 10 years ago. Beerus and Whis arrived in their transport cube, a vehicle of the gods to travel between universes. Uub later told us that Kakarot got the bright idea to borrow the cube to train with the strongest warrior of the multiverse, Uub was too fearful of Beerus so he didn't join him, he did try to stop Kakarot but by the time he shouted over, Kakarot vanished along with the cube… *sigh* yet again it was then my job to calm Beerus down before he annihilated the planet." Vegeta explained.
"So surely you can appreciate the amount of variables here Daddy? Its likely Goku left his dragon radar somewhere and forgot it and even if we establish a connection long enough to send a message he could move universes again and the message would be lost… We're doing everything as fast as we can, you'll just have to wait" Bra said sternly.
The lab doors swung open fast as Trunks and Goten enter the lab with excitement.
"We found him Dad; he's just conquered Planet Dusk it's in the West Galaxy. Goten managed to squeeze Jaco for the information on Dende's lookout. If we leave now we can probably catch him!" Trunks shouted to Vegeta with excitement and determination.
"You found Frieza? Great work boys, I'll take a shuttle alone. You two can take the spare once it has refuelled" Vegeta shouted across the lab.
"Wait a minute, you're going after Frieza now!?" Bulma questioned with shock and anger.
"Of course, it never felt right that we wished him back to life after the tournament of power. I honestly think Kakarot thought Frieza might change his ways… the fool. Over 20 years later and he's been slowly rebuilding his empire. I will not let history repeat itself Bulma, his evil will be destroyed for good this time" Vegeta responded with self-righteous vigour.
"This is just about having your last great battle isn't it Vegeta, you're plan b? If you can't get Goku you'll just settle for Frieza!" Bulma said quite upset.
"Maybe it's just biology Bulma either way it is something I must do, I'm leaving now" Vegeta said before he sprinted out the lab.
"Make sure the 'prince of all idiots' gets back home in one piece would you boys? The second shuttle will be ready by tomorrow afternoon" Bulma said to Trunks and Goten
Trunks and Goten nodded in agreement determined to keep Vegeta safe, they left the lab to prepare the other shuttle.
"Vegeta's identity crisis sure keeps this place interesting although I don't think much of Vegeta's choice in bodyguards" Goken quipped.
"They do have experience going into space" Bra remarked.
"Going in to space for a month to hunt 'space babes' does not count, I heard they were on Namek for 2 weeks before they realised there were no females there" Goken said laughingly.
Suddenly the master computer started beeping and on the screen displayed "connection established". Goken and Bra rushed to the screen as Bulma walked to Mr Satan and Gotetsu.
"How long did the connection last?" Goken asked.
"2 seconds! That's almost long enough to send a message… look at the coordinates, vastly different to the one this morning. Goku must have moved to another universe. Good to know he still has his dragon radar" Bra replied with excitement.
Once again Goken and Bra did not get much sleep as they toiled through the night in the labs of Capsule Corp.