Whispers in the Dark
Bulma felt better returning home from the hospital. Yamcha, Krillin and Chi Chi helped her out of the car and into the house. Bulma had sent her bodyguards (17 and 18) to Capsule Corp to gather her work since she was ordered to bed rest. Bulma noticed Krillin, Chi Chi, and Yamcha follow her up the stairs. She stopped in front of her bedroom door.
"Guys I'm going to lay in bed, I don't need your help," Bulma stated.
"We know B., but we know you," Krillin replied.
"I'm not going to my office, that's why I sent 17 and 18 out," Bulma responded.
Bulma sighed and opened up her bedroom door.
"We worry about you Bulma," Chi Chi spoke in a soft voice.
"I know. If you really want to help, find out what is taking the twins so long," with that Bulma shut her bedroom door.
Chi Chi, Yamcha, and Krillin looked at one another.
"I'll stay with her. Call 17 and 18," Yamcha ordered.
Krillin and Chi Chi nodded their heads and down the stairs.
Yamcha sighed and paced around his girlfriend's door. Why was she mumbling another man's name? What is wrong with her? Yamcha rubbed his temples. He wasn't going to get any answers like this. He sighed and grabbed the door handle.
"17," Chi Chi spoke into the phone.
"Yes," he answered.
"Where are you?" she asked.
"Miss me that much?" he joked.
"Haha funny. I'm serious," she responded.
"We just left Professor Tomoe's house. We are on our way over now," he answered.
"What are you doing there?" she asked.
"We'll explain when we get there. See you in a few," 17 stated before hanging up the phone.
Chi Chi hung up the phone and hoped the would finally get some answers.
"Bulma," Yamcha spoke as he opened the door.
Her room was empty. Her bed was neatly made.
"Bulma," Yamcha called again.
He heard the water running. He turned his head to her bathroom. He noticed the bathroom door was closed. 'Must be in the shower,' he thought. He quietly exited the bathroom and headed down the stairs.
When Yamcha walked off the staircase, 17 and 18 walked into the house.
"What took you so long?" Yamcha asked as he walked over to join them along with Chi Chi and Krillin.
17 and 18 had matching serious lookson their faces. The five young adults sat down in the living room.
"Professor Tomoe called Bulma's office when we were on our way out of the office. He said he made a discovery on the temple we visited a few days ago," 17 began.
"So... What is so important about that temple?" Yamcha asked.
"She has been acting weird ever since we visited that temple!" 18 responded with a raised voice.
Yamcha gulped and remained silent.
"He said the temple belonged to this tribe called the Saiyans. Kami defeated them by cursing all the Saiyans. Their prince was named-" 17 began.
"Vegeta," Piccolo finished.
Everyone turned their heads to the open window Piccolo was sitting on. Everyone jumped into a fighting stance.
"What are you doing here?" Krillin asked in a stern voice.
Piccolo climbed into the house from the window and leanrd up against the wall.
"What do you know about the Saiyans?" Piccolo asked.
Yamcha, Chi Chi, and Krillin looked confused.
"Why?" 18 asked.
Piccolo smirked. "You tell me," he responded.
"The Saiyans were a group of people who lived over a thousand years ago. Kami cursed all them all because they believed only yhr strong should thrive," 17 explained.
"I see you've done your research, but there is more to the story," Piccolo stated.
"We're listening," 18 said as she sat down.
"The Saiyans originated from the planet Vegeta-sei," Piccolo spoke.
"What they are from outer space!" Krillin exclaimed.
"No way, I don't believe it," Yamcha added.
"What does this have to do with Bulma?" Chi Chi asked in a quiet voice.
Everyone looked at the raven-haired woman and calmed down.
Piccolo cleared his throat. "They came to Earth to conquer it after their home world was destroyed. No one stood a chance against these savages. Not even my father-the Demon King Piccolo. So Kami stepped in." Piccolo took a breath. "He tried to defeat their prince in battle, but he was the strongest and most ruthless Saiyan. Kami nearly died that day. The Saiyan Prince spared his life because he wanted Kami to be the last one to die. That was their biggest mistake. Kami asked the previous guardians to help defeat the warrior race. The past guardians answered Kaimi's pleas. They gave him the most powerful curse they knew. The curse trapped all the Saiyans in a world of darkness they lived in," Piccolo explained.
Krillin, Yamcha, and Chi Chi looked horrified. How could someone be so powerful and so evil?
"What do you mean 'cursed them in the land of darkness in which they lived'?" Chi Chi nervously asked.
"They were doomed to live in the shadows, stripped of the great powers they once possessed," Piccolo answered.
"What about the prince's threat?" 17 asked.
Piccolo paused for a moment. He cleared his throat. "Vegeta vowed revenge on Kami. He claimed there was a way to gain power. His powers would be something else because of the curse though," Piccolo replied.
"How was he going to gain this power?" Krillin asked.
"Saiyans have mates that they bond to for life and the next. They were the driving force for the warrior's strength. The prince never claimed a mate. So his other half was still out there. The strength gained when he found his mate will give him enough power to break free from the curse," Piccolo answered.
"Wow," Yamcha responded.
"Once again, what does this have to do with Bulma?" Chi Chi asked.
"Last night I sensed a presence. A presence I thought was long since dormant. The Saiyan Prince. The same presence that surrounds the person you call Bulma," Piccolo stated.
"This is just crazy!" Yamcha stood up and shouted.
"Sit down Yamcha!" 18 ordered.
Yamcha listened to the female blond android.
"You think Vegeta found his mate?" 17 asked.
Piccolo nodded his head. "I'm going to need your help to defeat the Saiyans-especially Vegeta," Piccolo spoke.
Krillin, 18, 17, Yamcha, and Chi Chi looked at one another and nodded their heads.
"We'll help you," Krillin stated.
Piccolo nodded his head and left the same way he came.
"Good rittance," Yamcha muttered.
Bulma lay in bed. She fell asleep as soon as her head hit her pillow. She dreamt a memory of her childhood. It was the first time she ever visited the old temple.
*Bulma's Dream*
Little eight year old Bulma Briefs followed her father into the old temple. Her father told her to wait inside and not wander off while he talked to the owners about buying this piece of property.
Bulma sat down on a ledge (or step) and sighed. Her dad was supposed to take her to the company's lab, not a stupid temple.
"This stinks," Bulma said out loud.
She heard a soft chuckle.
"Who's there?" she nervously asked.
She saw a man walk out of the shadows.
"What are you doing here little girl?" he asked.
"Little, I'm not little," Bulma responded.
He chuckled once more.
"Fine. What are you doing here girl?" he asked once more.
"My dad is buying the land and he brought me along," she answered. "Who are you?" she asked sternly.
"You've got a lot of spunk. I'm Vegeta, Prince of all Saiyans," Vegeta replied.
"Wow, I've never met a prince before," Bulma thought out loud.
Vegeta smirked.
"Do you live here?" she asked.
He nodded his head. "For a long time."
"It's kind of dainty though," she responded.
"It doesn't matter," Vegeta stated.
"Bulma we're leaving!" Dr. Briefs's voice rang through the temple.
"I got to go. If I come back, will you be here?" Bulma asked.
"Just for you little one," Vegeta answered.
Vegeta watched Bulma run out of his temple. "I finally found you little one," Vegeta spoke before dissappearing into the shadows.
*End dream*
Vegeta watched Bulma sleep from her balcony.
"You are mine little one," he spoke.
A/N:
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