Chapter 3: "Well, we already had the birds and bees talk."
Trunks and Goten landed on the ground gently in front of Capsule Corp. The sky was starting to darken with rain clouds and the promise of rain. The trees nearby were swaying and bending to the demand of the wind. It was as though the earth was trying to tell them something was coming. It made Trunks anxious as he pulled the door open.
"Mom, Dad, I'm home." He hollered through out the house.
"Bubby!" Bra screamed in delight as she ran towards the two, her arms opened wide in greeting. Trunks picked up his little sister and kissed her on the forehead, "Did you have fun at your first day of school?"
"Mhm," she said with her finger in her nose. She jumped down from his arms and grabbed one of his hands, "I have to show you what I did." She drug him and Goten into the kitchen and pointed a chubby finger to a piece of paper on the refrigerator, "We got to paint with our fingers today."
"Really, now?" Trunks said, pretending to be overly interested in her work. He couldn't tell what the picture was, but he happily indulged his little sister.
"That's mommy," she said pointing to a light blue glob of paint, then pointed to a yellow one, "that's daddy," She pointed to a purple glob then a pink, "that's me and you," then she pointed to a brown one, "and that's my puppy." Trunks looked at her, feigning confusion, "But you don't have a puppy, Bra." She smiled and whispered in his ear, "Mommy and Daddy are gonna get me one." He chuckled slightly, "How do you know that?"
"They don't know yet." She giggled in his ear.
"That puppy looks more like a piece of shit than a puppy." Goten whispered in his ear. Trunks chuckled then looked to Bra, "Where's mom and dad? I need to talk to them."
"Daddy's in the front room. Mommy's in the lab with Grandpa again." She said with her finger rummaging around in her nose. He kissed her lightly on the cheek, "Thank you, Bra."
"You're welcome, Bubby." She hopped down and ran off.
"Come on," Trunks said starting towards the hallway, "Let's go get this over with. There's a phone in the front room." They started down the hallway. Trunks looked out the hallway window and sighed. It had started pouring. Trunks sighed, "Well, I guess it'll match the mood." He stopped at a heavy door marked 'Lab.' He pounded on the door, "Mom, come to the front room. I need to talk to you and dad."
"Did you get into trouble or something?" he heard her call from behind the door.
"No, mom," he said, exasperated, "It's just something we need to talk about.
"Well, we already had the birds and bees talk." She said, giggling behind the door.
"Mom, please!" He said, putting a hand to his head. He walked off before she could say anything else. He walked into the front room and saw his dad sitting on the couch, watching Bra play with her toys.
"Hey dad, I need to talk to you." Trunks said as he and Goten sat on the couch.
"We already had the birds and bees talk." Vegeta said with a smirk on his face.
"What is it with you two?" Trunks said, shaking his head, "This is really important."
"Well, tell us already." Bulma said as she walked into the room.
"I really think we should wait until Goten calls Gohan and Goku." Trunks said, leaning forward.
"Nonsense, boy." Vegeta said, sitting back, "Go ahead, tell us." Trunks took in a deep breath and carefully chose his words.
"While at school," he began, "Both Goten and I felt a power fluctuation. "
"Hell, boy," Vegeta nearly laughed, "There are a lot of people around here…."
"That wasn't on earth." Goten interrupted. Vegeta gave him a confused look, "What do you mean it wasn't on earth?" Trunks shrugged and shook his head, "It wasn't powerful enough to be on earth. If felt really far away."
"Are you certain?" Bulma said, sitting next to her son.
"The Ki didn't fell familiar." Goten said, scratching his head, "It felt as though someone was battling."
"You mean a spark here, a spark there, that kinda thing?" Bulma said, inquisitively.
"Yeah." Trunks said
"Goten," Vegeta said leaning forward, "Call your brother and Kakarot. They do need to know this." Goten nodded and grabbed the phone. Vegeta then turned to Trunks, "You're sure it didn't come from Kami's look out?"
"Yeah, dad, I'm sure." Trunks said, "I would have recognized something up there. This felt way to far away to be on Kami's look out."
"Well," Vegeta said, standing up, "It seems we need to prepare for battle. We need to…" Suddenly they felt a hard impact. It shook the building with ferocity, sending everyone reeling and tumbling to the floor.
"What in the name of Kami was that?!" Vegeta said, looking over Bra.
"I don't have a clue." Trunk said, helping Bulma up. Goten played with the phone a little bit then put it back on the receiver, "The phone's dead. Whatever hit knocked out the phones. Why it didn't knock out the power is beyond me." Just as Goten said that, the lights flickered. A few seconds later, all of them felt a huge power fluctuation. Trunks looked over to Goten. Goten only nodded, as if he could read his friends thoughts.
"Me and Goten will go check it out." Trunks said, moving towards hall way.
"Are you sure you should go?" Bulma said, following her son, "You could get hurt. Maybe you should let your father go."
"Let him go, Bulma." Vegeta said, standing behind her, "He'll be fine." Trunks smiled at his dad and opened the door.
"Be careful," Bulma started, "And don't forget your coats." She could barely finish the sentence as the boys got a running start and launched themselves skyward.
Authors note: Sorry it took me so long to get out the next chapter. I've had a hectic thanksgiving week. But that doesn't matter anymore now that I got the next chapter out. I'm not completely sure if Kakarot is spelled right but it someone knows the correct spelling, then by all means, let me know! Until next chapter!