Bulma looked down at the oozing wound in her chest then back to her brother.

'What just happened?' she thought as her vision started getting fuzzy.

She looked back down to her chest. She opened her mouth, but blood poured out instead of words. Then she collapsed. Bardock and Goku didn't know what just happened.

Did Bulma just get shot?

When she opened her mouth and blood came out, they both dashed to her side.

"Bulma!" they yelled at the same time as they knelt beside her. Goku immediately dialed 911.

Bardock started to cry gently.

"Oh god, Bulma! Don't leave me now! I need you, your brother needs you!" he cried as he shook her shoulder while putting pressure on the wound. They heard sirens in the distance.

"Fuck Bulma!" Goku yelled as he paced. "Fuck, fuck, FUCK!"

She opened her mouth to speak.

"Z-Z-Zar-r-bon-n." she stuttered and spit up more blood.

Goku knew what she was talking about as his father tired to hush his twin sister. That's when the ambulance pulled up. About 10 men rushed out of the two trucks and started to stabilze Bulma. She was breathing raggedy and had lost quite a bit of blood. The father-son duo watched in silence. One man walked up to them.

"I presume you're the young lady's father?" he asked in a serious voice as he looked at the two as if it was their fault.

'Asshole.' Goku thought as his father nodded and crossed his arms, which he soon copied, matching the frown on his father's face.

'Scary.' the paramedic shook his head as he looked at them. They were exact replicas if you take away the scar on the older gentleman's face.

Bardock nodded as he crossed his arms.

"Yes, well, we'll need you to come along."

He nodded once more and walked back to the house to grab his keys, Goku followed him.

"Son, I want you to go get your friends. They need to know what is going on. I'll call you if..." he could not finish his sentence as he choked on his own words. He looked to his son who had an unusual serious look on his face.

"I understand." he replied solemnly. He grabbed his own keys and walked out behind his father to go gather their little group.

After much begging and pleading on their part, the gang managed to drag Vegeta along with them to the local pizza parlor. They had just ordered and Krillin was telling a joke when ChiChi's phone rang. She looked to her Caller ID and saw Goku's name.

'He's supposed to be with his dad and Bulma.' she thought as she frowned.

"Hello?" she asked as she quieted the voices of her friends.

"ChiChi. Where are you?"

She noticed the note of his voice and went serious immediately.

"At the pizza parlor with everyone else. Why?" she asked a bit timidly and she looked to everyone with furrowed brows.

"I'm on my way. Stay there." He promptly cut the line off.

ChiChi looked to the people who had been watching intently since she answered the phone. They all had worried looks on their faces. 18 was the first to speak.

"Who was that?"

ChiChi only looked at her. Something was wrong, and she knew it.

"Goku." she said as she played with the ice in her drink. "Guys, I think something happened. He sounded really anxious."

Krillin's head darted to her, "I knew I had a bad feeling." he whispered.

"Kakarott's always anxious. He probably got excited when you mentioned food." Vegeta snorted.

Everyone shook their heads. Vegeta was a friend, but sometimes he just didn't know when to quit. They ate in silence when their food arrived until Goku pushed through the doors covered in blood. They stared at him wide-eyed as he made his way towards them.

"GOKU! Are you okay?" ChiChi screeched as she ran to his side, inspecting every inch of his body.

He gently pushed her away and shook his head.

"It's not mine." he looked to his friends, who had a curious look on their faces.

"Then who..?" Krillin asked nervously as he fidgeted in his seat.

"Wait, where's Bulma?" Turles asked as he looked behind Goku.

"That's why i'm here. I need you guys to come with me." He lowered his head as his voice broke.

"What's wrong?" Yamucha asked as he looked to Tien. He shrugged.

Goku just stood there. He squeezed his eyes as tears threatened to fall. He wouldn't look weak in front of his friends.

Vegeta was getting impatient. First, he was dragged here by these losers, then Goku walks in and gets all emotional on him. He was done with it.

"Dammit Kakarott, what the hell is wrong with you?" he growled at he stood.

Goku looked at him with tear-filled eyes.

"S-she got shot."

It was barely above a whisper, but they all heard him clearly. They gasped. Vegeta was rooted to his spot.

'No. I know he didn't just say that. Not Bulma..Wait..where are these thoughts coming from. I don't care about her? Do I?' he shook his head as he looked to his best friend of the past five years. He had his serious look back on his face.

"You guys need to follow me. Now." He turned to leave while everyone else followed obediently.

On the way to the hosptial, he was in his own little world. He knew he had to take care of the asshole who did this, but his sister's life was more important right now. He gripped the steering wheel tightly. Oh yes, Zarbon would pay dearly.

They pulled into the Emergency Room parking lot 15 minutes later and made a mad dash to the waiting room where they found Bardock, covered in more blood than Goku, talking to a doctor. They watched in silence as his eyes widened for a moment and he sank to his knees, head in his hands.

Bardock had seen his son barge in with all of his friends from the corner of his eye but decided to pay attention to the doctor as he continued with Bulma's diagnosis.

"When she was shot, the bullet was meant to hit her heart, I believe. By some miracle it missed, but it pierced her lungs, which filled with blood. We had to drain them, and when we tried to retrieve the bullet it was too close to her heart to procede with the surgery. She's stable, for now. She lost quite a but of blood. I'm going to be blunt with you Mr. Son." the doctor looked at Bardock with sympathy filled eyes.

Bardock swallowed and hoarsely answered, "Go ahead, Dr."

"She's in a coma. She may not make it through the night. I'll leave you to relay the message." he motioned to the teenagers who were watching as the older mad sank to his knees. The doctor walked in the direction of Bulma's room. As Goku ran to his father, Bardocks's shoulders shook as he cried to himself.

"Dad! What's going on?" he asked as he knelt in front of his father.

'Please, not what i'm thinking..'

He looked to his son, noting the resemblance he had of himself. He shook his head and sighed.

"She's in a coma." he stated as he averted his eyes from his son's. More tears poured down his face. He looked to his son, who also had tears welling up in his eyes.

"Wha- How?" He slowly slid down the wall they were beside, clenching his fists, helpless to the tears coming down his cheeks.

"It barely missed her heart, but it punctured her lungs. Too much blood poured into them. Her body couldn't take it. She's stable, but-" his voice broke as he tried to finish his sentence. Goku turned his red, puffed eyes to his father.

"But what?" he whispered.

"She may not make it." he hung his head as he said it.

Goku couldn't believe it. He had lost his sister once, he wasn't willing to do it again.

"No," he stood up, shaking his head furiously, "No, NO, NNOO!" his voice rose in volume each second, "I just got her back, I WON'T loose her again!"

The gang looked to him with wide-eyes as he ran in the direction he had seen the doctor walk. They followed behind him cautiously. He immediately ran to her side and started to shake her.

"Bulma! Bulma wake up!"He subconciously felt someone pulling on him. He gripped her shoulders tighter, tears falling freely.

"Bulma! Dammit! Don't do this to me again!"

He was violently pulled back by Turles and Vegeta. He fell to his knees and sobbed.

"Why? Why'd you have to do this." he put head in hands and shook his head. He couldn't accept this. She couldn't be dying.

Turles pulled his cousin into an embrace, tears running down his face as well. He knew where his cousin was coming from. He didn't want to lose someone so close to him either.

"Kakarott, she'll wake up." he said deeply.

"You don't know that!" he yelled as he abruplty pulled away. He stood and glared at him with puffy eyes. "She could lay there forever for all we know! GODDAMMIT! She could fucking die!"

No one saw the fist as it connected with Goku's jaw. They turned stunned eyes to Vegeta who was seething and growling lowly.

"Stop that nonsense, fool. She's one of the strongest people I know. If you honestly think a petty bullet will kill her, you really are an idiot." he stormed out of the room once his speech was done, glaring at anyone who dared to talk to him. ChiChi took a step forward.

"Goku-"

He cut her off before she could finish.

"He's right. Bulma is the strongest person I know. I was stupid to say what I did." he sighed and hung his head.

"I'm sorry Bulma." he whispered as he took her hand in his. He kissed her palm and laid it back at her side, "you're pain won't go unpaid for. Wake up for me, sis." He turned around and promptly made his way to the door. He held up a hand when Krillin and Yamucha made a move to approach him.

"I need to do this alone." His voice left no room for arguement, and the duo allowed him to go without speaking a word.