Now rewritten.
Chapter 2:A God's Urgent Message. Goku Blasts Off to Namek.
Three days had passed since the Z-Fighters arrived at King Kai's. During that time, the four had trained harder than before, each testing each other's limits with every fight. Today Piccolo was taking the time to meditate while Tien and Chiaotzu faced off with Yamcha.
"Don't hold back, ya hear me." Yamcha said. "This is to test my speed, so go as quick as you both can."
"Right." The duo said in unison.
The three stared each other down before vanishing. Yamcha held his own against the duo's onslaught of quick punches and kicks. Even though the planet's gravity was against them, each of them moved faster than the eye could see. Yamcha waited for an opening, then struck Chiaotzu with a quick blow. He turned his attention to Tien, ready to deliver another blow. Tien, however, quickly moved behind the ex-bandit and knocked him downwards, right into Piccolo.
"Do you mind?" Piccolo said, tossing Yamcha off of him. "One of us is going to have to move to the other side of the planet if this keeps up."
Tien and Chiaotzu touched down infront of the collapsed duo and helped them up. "Sorry about that, Piccolo." Tien said. "Guess I wasn't paying attention to where I was swinging."
At the sound of a loud crash from outside, King Kai went out to find Yamcha and Piccolo still wiping away the dirt. "I guess you guys deserve a break." He said. "Gregory's almost down with dinner, so you guys better come in."
The group filed around the dinner table and started to chat about while waiting for their food.
"So, King Kai, how's your day been going?" Chiaotzu asked.
"To be quite honest, not all that well." He replied. "You see, there's a bit of trouble happening on Namek and I can't get in touch with Goku."
"Have you tried talking about food and/or fighting?" Tien joked.
"I'm being serious." King Kai said. "If I can't get in touch with Goku, your friends are gonna be in danger."
"Here let me try." Piccolo said.
Goku was laying on his hospital bed in deep sleep. He kept dreaming of the fight with the saiyans. As he approached Nappa before the saiyan could kill Gohan, the dream changed to King Piccolo, staring straight at him. The namekian's face was blank, the bloody hole still in his chest where Goku had gone straight through him. "GOKU!" The namekian screamed, his face distorted by pain.
Goku shot upwards in a cold sweat and was greeted by the sounds of many voices in his head.
"That was right in my ear, you-" King Kai said, giving a little growl. "Goku, are you awake?"
"Wide awake, King Kai." Goku said. "What's happening?"
"We have a bit of a problem." King Kai explained. "Vegeta just arrived on Namek. You need to hurry up and get out of that hospital and find yourself a way to get to Namek."
"Don't worry about that, King Kai." Goku said, laying back down under his blankets. "Yajirobe's coming by tomorrow with a senzu bean. I also got Dr. Briefs to work on a ship for me using my old saiyan pod."
"Okay, Goku." King Kai said. "Now that that's all sorted out, you can go back to bed."
The following morning was a busy one. Korin arrived with Yajirobe to deliver the senzu bean, as well as Chi-Chi and Roshi stopping in to check on him. Despite the doctor's protests, Yajirobe managed to give Goku the senzu bean he had asked for.
Goku instantly felt his energy return to him and he sprung out of bed. To the surprise of the doctors and the other patients, Goku burst out of his casts and quickly changed into his gi. "I'll meet you guys over at Capsule Corp." He said, jumping up to the window sill. He called out to the nimbus and jumped down from the window. He landed on the cloud and took off for Capsule Corp.
Goku dropped into the yard, scaring Mrs. Brief, who was out watering the flowers. "Oh Goku." She said. "Nice of you to drop in. My husband was just about to send for you. He has your ship all finished up. Just like you asked."
"Thanks, Mrs. Brief." Goku said. "Do you know where he is?"
Mrs. Brief pointed to a side of the house. "Just go around that way and you'll find him." She said. "You can't miss him. The thing's as big as our house."
Goku thanked her again and ran around to the back of the house. He stopped in awe when he saw his ship taking up most of the yard. He slowly approached the ship and knocked on the wall. "Dr. Briefs!" He called. "It's me, Goku!"
The door of the ship opened, turning into a ramp up to the entrance. Dr. Brief appeared in the doorway and beckoned Goku to come inside. "Come in. Come in." He said. "I just have to make a few more tweaks before she's ready to fly."
Goku walked into the ship and peered around at the size of the interior. "Woah." Goku awed. "It looks so much smaller from the outside."
Dr. Brief chuckled from below a panel. "That's the beauty of technology." He chuckled. "Either it's large, klunky, and doesn't do much or it's small, sleek, and can perform great things."
He popped out from his work and replaced one of the panels. "Let me show you around." He said, leading Goku along. "Down that ladder is your kitchen, dining room, bathroom, bedroom, and such. This top area is for your training, as well as the main flight deck." He stopped at a large machine and rested his hand on it. "And this baby here is your gravity control machine. It can reach levels of up to 100 times Earth's own gravity. And I tell you that it was not easy to get this thing made."
"Thanks for everything, Dr. Brief." Goku said. "Now how do I get it to fly?"
"Simple. Just push this red button here to start her up, then push this small green one to take off." Dr. Brief said, motioning to each button. "The coordinates are already set, so you don't have to worry about piloting her."
"Got it." Goku said.
"Good to hear." Dr. Brief said. "Now how about you come inside for breakfast before you go. Don't want to space travel on an empty stomach."
"That sounds great. Thanks." Goku said, following the scientist back to the house.
As Goku finished up his breakfast, he heard a car's honk outside, as well as many people calling his name. He went outside to find many of his waiting for him by the ship.
"Good luck, Goku." Master Roshi said. Puar and Oolong each gave a celebratory "yeah" in agreement.
"Here, kid." Korin said, tossing Goku a bag of senzu beans. "That's half of the yield so don't go wasting them."
Chi-Chi and Ox-King approached Goku, a wrapped box under Chi-Chi's arm. "This is for Gohan." She said, giving the Goku the box. "It's a gi I made for him. As well as some books he'll need."
Goku gave a polite nod and took the box under his arm. Chi-Chi leaned over and gave Goku a kiss on the cheek. "Stay safe, Goku." She said.
"I will, Chi-Chi." Goku said. "Don't worry."
Goku turned up into the ship and closed up the ramp behind him. He started up the ship and watched as everyone disappeared below the front window. When the ship had reached space, Goku went down to the living area and placed the box on the dining table. He made a quick snack and headed back up the gravity machine.
"Alright." Goku said. "If I want to be ready for Namek, then I'll have to start training now. Let's see if I can still handle 10 times Earth's gravity."