Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ, kinda wish I did.

A/N: thanks for the advice!

'Thoughts'

"Speech"

Layla stared as the giant of a man stopped in front of her. Tall and bald, with a mustache that did nothing to hide his evil smirk, his only clothes seemed to be a kind of weird armor, a pair of boots, and the weirdest belt Layla had ever seen. It almost looked like a tail.

"Do you know where I could find a man by the name of Vegeta?" the man asked.

"Who?"

"Vegeta. He is a very strong fighter." At this, the man's grin grew wider, as if he knew a secret of great importance. 'Like I care thought,' thought Layla.

"I'm sorry, but I don't know where this…Vegeta, is. I don't even know who he is. But he sounds dangerous. Perhaps it would be best to avoid him?"

"Hn, you are a strange one, not knowing who he is. I thought this planet enjoyed fighting for the sack of it. Or perhaps you are not from Earth?" The man paused, then; "As for why I am looking for such a dangerous individual, we have…unfinished business."

'He's lost it,' thought Layla. 'There's no place to be from, other than Earth. But this man is awfully tall to be a human. Maybe that's all part of the dream. In this form of reality, there is another place you can be from. But, it that's true, it'll be hard to tell the aliens from the humans.' Layla pondered how to answer the strange man. His patience seemed to be wearing thin, and if he got angry, she might not live to the end of this dream. 'Then again, if I die, I just wake up, right?' Somehow, that didn't seem right.

"Hey!"

'Huh? Oh, it's that kid. Can't he see this guy is dangerous? He could get really hurt. Probably get me in trouble, too. Just my luck.' Layla was always alone or with weird creatures in her dreams, a fact that had often troubled her waking mind. Her brother dreamt of normal things, why couldn't she?

"What do you want," snapped the man, his anger now obvious.

"You're Nappa, aren't you?" It was a more a statement than a question, but the boy was clearly making an attempt at befriending this man. 'Smart move,' Layla thought. 'If I'd done that I'd probably still have him thinking he wasn't dealing with a total imbecile, which must be what he's ticked about. Wonder how the kid knew him, he looked just as lost as I feel, and this…Nappa…looks like he just needs and address to find this other man. Maybe the kid's dim, and got lost on the way to the store or something stupid like that.' Layla sighed. This was gonna be a long dream.

"Yes, and who are you?" asked the man called Nappa, pleased that not everyone on this backward rock was as dumb as the female he had first encountered.

"My name is Tomas," answered the boy proudly.

"Have you heard of a fighter by the name of Vegeta?"

"Yes."

"Take me to him."

"Fine, but I need a ride, and you must bring my sister. She might appear dim, but she has quite an eye for useful things, and a better sense of direction then I'll ever have."

'Huh? This kid's got a sister? But the three of us are the only ones out here. Unless he means me…but no one's that dumb. I don't look anything like him. Surely Nappa won't buy that…'

"Very well, come here." 'What!' thought Layla. 'But how! We haven't any proof, and he certainly couldn't care less for our safety. My math teacher isn't this heartless! Buuuuut, if it gets me out of here, it might be worth the risk. I definitely want to find a place where there are people to get lost in. This guy is creepy, and that kid's got an attitude like my brother.' Layla went to join Tomas by Nappa, then realized they had no form of transportation.

"How are we going to get…where ever it is we're going?" queried Layla.

"Like this," growled Nappa. He then proceeded to grab them around the waist and blasted straight up into the air. He didn't stop until the trio was hovering under the clouds. Looking down, Layla nearly screamed. She'd been this high before, but only inside an airplane, and she definitely preferred being inside the hulking metal frame then being carried by this man. Tomas, however, thought that this day could not possibly get any better. 'Unless I get a parachute and Nappa let's go…but I mustn't get my hopes up,' Tomas instructed himself mentally. 'I'm never gonna be that lucky.'

"Which way," asked Nappa.

"Um…well, I know he lives in East City. That's where you first crashed," Tomas explained. Obviously the name of the city meant nothing to Nappa, because he looked just as lost as before. "I think it's in Japan."

"Where's that?"

"That direction," interrupted Layla, pointing right. Nappa looked ready to drop them, and she didn't want to go sky diving with a parachute, let alone without one. Nappa took off in the direction Layla had pointed. Soon he began to recognize landmarks from his last flight above this planet. Upon sighting the city, which he knew was correct from the small boy's shouts; he landed about ten miles outside the city limits.

Depositing the children, he said; "I won't need your help anymore," then flew away.

"Great," shouted a very frustrated Layla. "What now!"

"We walk into to town, pick some pockets, then get lunch," said Tomas, as if he did this every day. 'Not that unlikely,' thought a now bemused Layla.

"Fine, let's go." 'This is going to be a loooooooong dream….