Chapter Twenty-one

Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ.

Hi everyone! I'm really sorry that it took me so long to update, I've been really busy lately. Also, I realize that there has been a serious lack of fights in this story thus far, so I plan to include some training matches in the next chapter so look forward to that.

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The entire group appeared suddenly in a courtyard near the north quadrant's training grounds. All four boys and their mother's all had a look of excitement while Eighteen remained emotionless and Goku was his normally cheery self.

No one could tell what mood Master Roshi was in because his head, except his eyes and mouth, was now cocooned in bandages.

King Kai turned around from where he was watching the training and smiled at them, "Well it's about time you got here... and I see you brought a few extra guests. Well, anyways, Bulma has agreed to allow you to stay at her place, so you should go there and," he glanced down at the large suit cases and snickered, "unpack."

Roshi sighed and yet again lifted his fingers to his tightly bandaged forehead. Everyone else, knowing the drill, grabbed onto suit cases and the people next to them, connecting to the old master and disappeared... only to reappear in front of a gigantic, yellow, dome-like building.

Vivian craned her neck back in awe and then dropped her gaze to the logo just above the door, a large blue C encompassing a smaller blue c on a white circular back ground. "Capsule Corporation," she murmured just as the gigantic double doors whirred open and then closed behind what seemed to be a clone of the awe struck mother. The only differences between the two were their hair length, the clothes and accessories that they were wearing, and the golden halo floating above the other woman's head.

She walked up to them with a warm smile on her face, "Welcome back you five, and to you two," she turned her attention to the mothers, "welcome to Otherworld."

Vivian blinked, five plus two is seven, she turned to look behind her and saw that neither Eighteen or Goku were with them.

She turned back around, thinking that the two must have stayed behind, and yelped, finding the other woman standing a mere foot in front of her, staring at her with a merry smile, "I'm Bulma," she stated holding out her hand.

Vivian took the proffered hand, stating her name, and then, letting go, asked the question that she had been dying to ask, " Capsule Corp. existed in your time?"

Bulma smiled mischievously and stated proudly, "Yes, in fact, my dad was the founder of Capsule Corp."

"YOUR DAD FOUNDED CAPSULE CORP.!" Vivian screeched and then passed out from something akin to future shock... ehh... past shock.

Bulma caught her and handed her over to Veisen who was also smiling. "I knew it was going to be a surprise, but you could have broken it to her a little easier," he said with a chuckle. The boys were going to tell Vivian about Bulma's father being the founder of their business, but after finding out that she would be coming back with them, the four decided to keep it as a surprise.

The small group followed Bulma inside and through several hallways until stopping between two doors. "This way is the boy's rooms," she motioned to the door on her right, " and the this way is the ladies' rooms," she motioned to the door on her left.

Veisen rushed through the door, followed by his friends and extremely bandaged master. Inside was a hallway with five doors, two on the left and three on the right.

Veisen rushed to the first door on the left, calling out, "This room's mine!" He rushed in and skidded to a halt, his mouth hanging open. There was a gaping hole in the ceiling leading to the outside, water dripping down from shattered plumbing onto the ruined furniture. He heard four other doors close in unison.

Bulma walked over and leaned on the door frame with a smile. "That's the only drawback of having the most powerful warriors in the universe training only a few miles away, you never know when something is going to happen.

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After it was decided that Veisen would be buunking with Gonjin, Bulma ordered for a second bed to be moved in and the four Saiyans and Master Roshi left to go to the training grounds via instant transmission.

As soon as they appeared, Goku turned around to face them with a cheery smile, "Hey guys! What took you so long? Ready for some training?"

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Deep within the confines of HFIL, Dr. Gero stood staring up at the instrument of their escape, the dimensional transporter.

Myuu had left him with the lab in order to collect some components necessary for it's construction.

"I see that you have a new project, Doctor."

Gero spun to face the voice, readying an energy blast that fizzled out as his eyes widened in terror, "Cell."

The green insectile android walked forward, leering down at his creator. He stopped a mere foot away and grabbed the doctor's collar and lifted him up to eye level, "Just what might this new project be?"

Terror flooded through Gero. Cell was way out of his league and knew that his killing machine wouldn't be phased by the 'I am your creator!' bit. He didn't want to be wiped off of the physical plane of existence, as would happen if his body was destroyed now, after his death. The words started to pour out. "It's a dimensional transporter that can get us out of HFIL if Myuu and I can fix it, so don't destroy me if you ever want to escape this place," he babbled out in a rush.

The monster smiled with satisfaction. "How long?"

"F-four months at best."

The Android released his grip and disappeared, leaving the doctor to fall to the ground in a sitting position.

At that moment Dr. Myuu walked in, pausing when he saw the state that Dr. Gero was in, "What happened, Gero?"

The doctor looked at his compatriot, terror still in his eyes, "There's been a change of plans."

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