Chapter 13: A Shot Heard Around Capsule Corporations

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Capsule Corporations

"Ok, so the frakking game; first…" Ty said as he pulled out his picture, "You holds this ups so me can see it, K?" Ty smiled. Gohan looked at the picture; he could immediately tell it was the boy's family.

"Good, shhh!" Ty held up his hands, "…There they are again, of course it's not like the originals. I'll hear them soon enough." Ty's speech was slurred and he was starting to drool. He took another swig of his 'Medicine' and then slowly set it on the floor, "Yous stays rights heres so I cans sees you, K?" Ty laughed, "Ok, here's rule two…" Ty laughed as he took out his gun; everyone jumped slightly. He held up the plasma round and put it in the gun, "No peaking." Ty said as he gave it a spin, "And then, let luck be the only thing you can rely on." Ty said as he put the gun in his mouth.

"No!" Several people screamed

Click! Everyone felt his or her heart stop.

"Alright Gohan, your turn." Ty spat as he aimed the gun at Gohan.

Click! Everyone was in a state of total shock.

"Fucking crazy." 18 said as she took Marron out of the room.

"Wait for me!" Oolong and Puar both yelled as they followed.

"And now! It's my turn." Ty giggled as he put the gun in his mouth and stared at the picture. Click!

"And now…" Ty pointed the gun at Gohan. Jaxon's eyes began to glow red and he peaked out from under the table; he had an evil smile on his face. Click!

"…And now!" Ty laughed manically as he put the gun to his head and put his finger on the trigger. Jaxon's eyes were glowing bright red and he was smiling. Ty slowly pulled the trigger, and…

Bam! Ty was tackled to the ground by Vegeta and then Gohan, and the gun was fired. A plasma round went right through the ceiling, and the gun slid across the floor away from the crazy boy.

"No! You frakkers! That was mine! You wasted it!" Ty screamed as he tried to break free.

"Ho ha, Ha haa, Ha ha ha ha ha haaaa!" Jaxon laughed in a deep voice as he jumped up onto the table, "I can't believe you stopped him; you expert, rootin-tootin, crazy, Saiyan Elite, son of a rat!" Jaxon laughed, "I love it; you managed to find a way to win, and everybody still loses! Ah ha haaa!" Jaxon laughed manically as he pointed at Ty; the boy's eyes were rapidly flickering gold.

"Boy what the fuck is wrong with you?" Vegeta snarled.

"…It's this." Trunks shook as he held up the bottle of 'Medicine'.

"Dump it." Vegeta immediately said.

"No!" Ty screamed as his KI shot way up; his eyes were flickering gold and his body was starting to shake.

"Ah ha!" Jaxon laughed; the Earthling had no idea what they just unleashed.

"I…I…I…" Trunks didn't know what to do.

"Trunks dump it!" Vegeta snarled.

"Trunks! You bastard! You owe me! You frakking owe me!" Ty screamed, "I need it! I need it!" Ty screamed as tears ran down is cheeks; his KI continued to rise.

"Y…you tried to k…kill yourself. If…I hadn't stopped you, and then my dad, and Gohan, and…" Trunks started to tear up. Jaxon was in the middle of the room with a BIG smile on his face; his eyes were still glowing red.

"…Trunks, you need to dump it." Vegeta said. It was obvious Trunks had been dealing with this for a while; it was time to end it.

"No! I'll kill you if you do it! I'll frakking kill you!" Ty spat. Trunks moved over to the sink and took a deep breath. "If you dump it I'll die! It's my medicine! I can't live without my medicine!" The boy screamed

"…It's for your own good." Trunks shook as he dumped the liquid down the drain. Ty lost it and began to thrash around like he was some kind of trapped wild animal. His eyes were glowing bright gold and it almost looked like his body was changing.

"I'll kill you, do you hear me? I'll frakking kill you! I'll make you beg! I hate you! I frakking hate…"

Bam! Vegeta knocked the young teen out and everyone got dead quiet except for two people: Trunks who was breathing heavily, and Jaxon who was laughing like he was having the time of his life. Vegeta looked around the room and saw several things going on. He saw the empty bottle in the sink, Trunks sniffling, Ty unconscious, several people left the room, Jaxon was beginning to calm down and his eyes started going back to normal, Taz was peaking into the room, Gohan looked like he had seen a ghost (You know what I mean. He's already seen dead people before, but you know what I mean…), and there was a hole in the ceiling, "…Trunks, come." Vegeta said. Trunks shook his head and kept his head down, "Come on." Vegeta said. Trunks slowly walked up to his father and the man knelt down in front of him, "What happened to him?" Vegeta asked. Trunks pointed to the bottle. Jaxon's eyes went back to normal and he scurried out of the room and peaked out from behind the wall. Master Roshi walked up to the bottle and sniffed it.

"Dende that's strong!" Roshi coughed; there was still a small amount in the bottle, "Well, let's see what it is." Roshi put the bottle up to his mouth.

"No wait!" Everyone yelled. Master Roshi began to cough and sat back down.

"…The game he was playing was kind of hard core, I like it." Roshi smirked, "The boy has a point, sometimes all you can rely on is luck."

"Dende." Vegeta mumbled in shock. What ever it was it was highly dangerous, "Are you ok?" Asked Vegeta as he looked at his son.

"…He…he…he played th…the game with m…me and…I…I…I stopped him, and…and I was gona see if he was ok, so I waited until he woke up, then he…he…he started talking, and he…he said it…it was what I said, and that he was a horrible brother, and he began to chug it, and…and I tried to stop him but…but…and he broke my nose when I tried to stop…stop him from playing the game, and…and he…he…and I…I…and…I tried to handle it, but I went to go and get Gohan, and…he came here…and…I…I…" Trunks had tears running down his face.

"Hey, relax." Vegeta said. Trunks ran forward, buried his face into his father's chest, and lost it. That was the first time he'd ever even seen something like that; someone who didn't value their own life and who was so carless like that, "Jaxon, come here." Vegeta said.

"…" Jaxon didn't move a muscle.

"Come on." Vegeta said.

"…" Jaxon shook his head.

"I'm not going to hurt you, it's over, just come here." Vegeta said quietly. Jaxon slowly walked into the room and walked up to Vegeta, "Are you ok?" The man asked.

"Mhmm." Jaxon slightly nodded his head; the book was laughing at him, but he ignored.

"…Can you tell me why your brother was playing Russian roulette with Gohan in my kitchen?" Vegeta asked as he tried to keep calm.

"Uh uh." Jaxon shook his head and looked at the book.

"Gohan, take him down stairs, strap him down, tie him up, break his legs, I don't ca…"

"What?" Jaxon yelped; his eyes began to glow red, "Oh Gods, I love these people!" Jaxon laughed in a deep voice; his eyes went back to normal.

"It's a figure of speech, but I don't want him to move. He's crazy and this could have ended very badly." Vegeta said.

"Right." Gohan nodded as he lifted Ty into his arms and walked off. He felt his eyes water; he knew Ty was stressed out, but he never imagined that it was this bad.

"What is this stuff?" Vegeta asked as he grabbed the bottle.

"…His medicine." Jaxon whispered.

"Does he use it a lot?" Vegeta asked.

"…" Jaxon hesitated but nodded his head; Vegeta let out a sigh

"Does he have more of it?" Vegeta asked.

"…" Jaxon said nothing.

"If he has more of it, then you need to tell me right now." Vegeta said.

"…" Jaxon still said nothing.

"Jaxon, I'm going to ask you One. More. Time." Vegeta growled.

"…Yes." Jaxon said as a tear ran down his cheek.

"Show me." Vegeta said, "Let's go Trunks." The boy was still holding onto his father for dear life. Vegeta mumbled to himself and rolled his eyes; he stood up with his son in his arms and quickly followed Jaxon out of the room. Just then, Jaxon ran back into the kitchen and looked around; after a few seconds he spotted it sticking out from under Goku's foot. Jaxon rammed into the man and Goku backed away. The boy picked up his picture and gently brushed the dirt off. It was all he had left to remember them by, and he wasn't going to ever lose it. He held up his book and slipped the picture in between on of the pages. It was the one spot where it would always be safe. "Let's go, Jaxon." Vegeta said; Jaxon ran out of the kitchen. Everyone else just sat there in disbelief. They all stared at the hole in the ceiling; the kid was one second away from killing himself.

In Jaxon's Room

"…I sensed him in here." Jaxon said quietly as he walked into his room; it was sort of messy (Trunks tried to clean some of it). There was glass on the floor, things knocked over, and it smelled really bad. Jaxon walked over to the bed and looked in Ty's torn open sack. Sure enough, there was a smaller bottle of the 'stuff' inside. There were also plenty of plasma rounds and a knife. Vegeta took the bottle and placed it in his pocket,

"What else?" Vegeta asked. Jaxon quickly walked out of the room and Vegeta followed with Trunks still in his arms. For the record, Vegeta was only holding the boy to get him to calm down. He was a Prince and he was making a complete idiot out of himself in front of everyone. That, and the boy wasn't letting go. "Why the hell didn't you come and get me?"

"…You were mad." Trunks said quietly. They made their way to the labs and eventually to the boy's pods.

"If you see him with the stuff again, you come and get me, understand?" Vegeta grunted.

"Mhmm." Trunks nodded and rested his head on his father's shoulder. This was embarrassing, but at this point he could care less, and though he would never admit it, he secretly enjoyed it.

"Don't think that you're off the hook, boy. You're still in trouble and that…means…" Vegeta's eyes slowly widened as he saw Jaxon remove bottle after bottle from his pod; they were hidden under the seat, "Dende, what's wrong with this kid?" Vegeta asked quietly.

"…You gona get rid of it?" Jaxon asked quietly.

"Yes, do you drink this stuff?" Vegeta asked. Jaxon quickly looked at the ground.

"Do you?" Vegeta yelled; Jaxon took a step back.

"Once or twice, or three times. Ok four…five, no six, but I don't drink it like him. He…he does it to block out the pain, and it helps me sleep in the pod sometimes." Jaxon said as he held a bottle in his hand, "Alright seven." Jaxon shook.

"…What pain?" Vegeta asked.

"I d…don't know." Jaxon said as he studied the bottle, "He never t…tells me."

"…You want some right now, don't you?" Vegeta growled.

"…No sir." Jaxon gulped as he dropped the bottle; it shattered on the floor, and Jaxon backed away. Vegeta waited for the boy to apologize, but he said nothing. Jaxon held up his hand and powered up a KI blast. His brother was sick, and it was because of this stupid drink. He fired the blast and one bottle exploded, sending shards of glass in all directions. Some of the shards cut Jaxon, but he didn't care. He fired another blast, then another; each time more pieces of glass would cut his skin, letting more of the liquid into his blood stream.

"Hn." Vegeta watched the boy; it looked like he wanted to destroy the stuff once and for all. Just then, Jaxon stopped; he felt the craving for more. He felt like he already had it in his system, and he wanted more of it. Jaxon slowly picked up a bottle and stared at it, "Did you apologize to Ty?" Vegeta asked as he set his son down. Vegeta couldn't explain why he held the boy for so long. Maybe he secretly enjoyed holding his son.

"…I never really got the chance, at least when he wasn't crazy. He said tell him when the stuff wears off, then he'll give a shit." Trunks said quietly as he looked at the ground and wiped his eyes. Well, he just made an idiot out of himself. Crying in front of everyone? His father? Stupid!

"Hn. Jaxon, what are y…Jaxon!" Vegeta snarled as he launched at the boy and smacked the bottle out of his hand.

"Hey! I was drinking that you frakking son of a rat!" Jaxon yelled.

'Ha!' Kamell laughed (''=Only Jaxon can hear his voice), 'I love it, I frakking love it.'

'Hmph.' Morgana showed no interest, but it would have been amusing if Ty had actually killed himself.

"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you?" Vegeta snarled.

"…I'm sorry!" Jaxon burst into tears and grabbed the man's leg, "Please don't kill me!" The boy sobbed, "I can't help it, I…I'm sorry."

"…It's that addicting?" Vegeta asked. Jaxon nodded and began to hiccup. "I'll destroy the rest. Trunks, take him upstairs and keep an eye on him at all times, and find out if we're missing anything." Vegeta grunted.

"Piggy back ride!" Jaxon laughed as he jumped onto Trunks's back, "I saw Mr. Goten's Daddy and Mr. Actually Really Real Goten doin it before." The boy giggled.

"No, get off." Trunks growled.

"Pease?" Jaxon gave the same puppy-dog face Goten used when he tried to get something he wanted.

"…Fine…" Trunks sighed in defeat, "Piggy back ride." Trunks carried the boy out of the room and walked passed Taz, who was going into the room.

"Grah." Taz walked over to one of the broken bottles and stuck out his tongue.

"Don't even think about it!" Vegeta spat.

"Mmm Mmm." Taz looked at him and backed away. Vegeta ran his fingers through his hair and let out a long sigh as he began to gather the bottles; what had he gotten himself into?

Upstairs

Trunks carried Jaxon into the Kitchen where he jumped off; everyone stared at the boys.

"Are you ok, sweetie?" Bulma asked quietly. Trunks slowly nodded and looked at Jaxon who was spinning around.

"You spin me right round baby, right round, like a record baby, right round, round, round." Jaxon giggled.

"…Is he…"

"He had some of the stuff, just, and…I…" Trunks looked at the ground and felt his eyes water. It was what he said; he was sure of it.

"…Are you hungry?" Bulma asked.

"No!" Trunks shouted as stomped out of the room; he stomped back in and dragged Jaxon out with him, "I'm stuck watching you, now let's go!" Trunks yelled.

"But what about the mattresses?" Jaxon laughed hysterically.

"Trunks, why don't I watch him?" Krillin asked. It looked like the boy needed some space.

"Can I play with Gohan? He's really cool, pretty please?" Jaxon begged as he jumped around the room.

"Gohan's busy." Trunks growled.

"Please?" The boy asked. Trunks powered up to Super Saiyan and held up his fist.

"Shut up and sit!" Trunks screamed.

"K." Jaxon smiled and sat down.

"Trunks, I'll trade places with Gohan, then he can watch the boy." Krillin said as he quickly walked out of the room.

"Yay, I like Gohan, he's cool." Jaxon smiled.

"Just shut up!" Trunks hissed. Jaxon's eyes watered.

"You don't have to be so mean." The boy sniffed. Trunks ignored the boy and felt a tear roll down his cheek; he quickly wiped it. He just wanted to be alone; after everything that had happened today, he just wanted to be alone. He was nearly killed by Jaxon when he was possessed by Kamell, his father gave him one of the most painful and humiliating punishments of his life, Goten managed to land a few hard punches to his face when they were in Heinrich's ship, and he was stuck watching a suicidal crazy person for two hours; he just wanted to be alone.

"Hey Trunks, what's…"

"He's your problem now!" Trunks snarled as he pushed passed Gohan and stomped out of the room.

"Huh?" Gohan looked at Jaxon who was sniffing his book.

"Phew, Kamell needs a bath." The boy giggled. Trunks ran as fast as he could to his room. He sprinted inside and slammed the door shut. Trunks turned and his jaw dropped; his room was trashed. He felt more tears roll down his cheek and he ran into his closet and shut the door so he could hide while he cried; easily the worst day of his life since the day Buu killed his father.

30 Minutes Later

Vegeta walked into the kitchen; he smelled like Ty's 'Medicine', and he was 99.99% sure that he had cleaned the pods out of anything that could be considered a 'drug', and some moldy bread…and some feces that most likely came from Taz. He actually realized that the horrible smell in Jaxon's pod that everyone was complaining about was actually coming from this 'Medicine' crap.

"Mr. Vegetable man!" Jaxon giggled as he hugged the man's leg.

"Jaxon, let go." Gohan said; no need to piss Vegeta off.

"Grrr!" Vegeta shot a death stare at the boy, causing him to run and hide behind Gohan, "I specifically told Trunks to watch him." Vegeta spat.

"Vegeta…" Gohan growled, "Trunks needed some time alone. I told him I'd watch Jaxon, Krillin is watching Ty, just give him some time to calm down."

"…He's not alone." Vegeta stated, "Goten went up there five minutes ago."

"Hmm?" Chi Chi looked around and gave a slight smile. Her son was making sure his best friend is ok; Goten was a good kid. Gohan led Jaxon out of the room.

"Where is the food?" Vegeta grunted.

"Vegeta, maybe you should check on him." Bulma suggested.

"Who woman? Who? The crazy alien tied up in the basement? Or maybe his Demon-possessed brother? What about his Lizard-Dog-Cat-Thing?" Vegeta snarled.

"No, I'm talking about our son, that's who!" Bulma growled.

"Trunks is fine, he doesn't need someone checking on him 24/7." Vegeta said.

"Vegeta, he just…"

"I know woman!" Vegeta yelled, "…I know." Vegeta grunted as he grabbed some food and sat down.

"You stupid, inconsiderate…you know what?" Bulma screamed.

"What woman?" Vegeta screamed.

"Maybe you should talk to him because you killed yourself!" The woman yelled.

"…Woman, me killing myself to stop Majin Buu and Ty attempting to commit suicide are two completely different things." Vegeta said.

"Vegeta, he has unresolved issues and…"

"Unresolved issues?" Vegeta laughed, "The only thing unresolved about that boy is that mouth of his."

"…Fine, I'll go and…"

"No…" Vegeta growled as he stood up; Bulma stopped and stared at the prince, "Kakarott's son is all the boy needs right now." Vegeta grunted as he sat back down. He thought Goten was one of the most annoying people on the planet next to Kakarott, but he was his son's best friend, and they were always there for each other. Right now, all Trunks needed was to talk to his 'friend'; it always seemed to help. Vegeta thought for a moment; him killing himself didn't have anything to do with Trunks's reaction, did it?

Upstairs

"…And then I make an idiot of myself in front of everyone, stupid, I cried in front of father, in front of the other fighters, in front of everyone." Trunks sniffed as he looked away.

"But your dad wasn't mad." Goten said.

"…" Trunks said nothing.

"And you saved him." Goten said quietly.

"…It was because of what I said, that's why he tried to kill himself. I…I didn't mean it, I really didn't." Trunks said.

"…It wasn't your fault." Goten said.

"Then why did he try to do it?" Trunks yelled as he grabbed the front of Goten's shirt and held him up.

"…I…I don't know, maybe G…Gohan'll know." Goten gulped.

"You stupid little idiot!" Trunks pushed Goten onto the bed and sat down against the wall, "Just go away Goten! Just, I don't know, go away." Trunks grunted.

"…But…"

"Go!" Trunks yelled. Goten slowly walked out of the room and shut the door.

About an hour and a half went by and everyone just tried to give each other some space. Vegeta thought about going up to talk to his son, but the boy was tough, and he ruled out that Trunks's reaction had anything to do with 'unresolved issues' over him killing himself to stop Majin Buu. He didn't need a 'Kakarott' father smothering him with petty human emotions. The Universe was a fucked up place, and there were crazy people. You can cry about it, or you can suck it up and be a man. The problem for Ty was Vegeta didn't think the boy could suck it up any longer. Vegeta actually felt sorry for the boy; he'd been through so much, no help, a little brother to take care of. He could tell the boy was a fighter. After Ty's little 'show', Master Roshi, Oolong, and Puar thought it would be best if they left. Yamcha and Gohan were watching after Jaxon who was proving to be a big handful. He was under that horrible 'stuff', and he was causing chaos all over the place.

"Round and round and round we go, when will we stop, nobody knows!" Jaxon laughed as he ran around the room, "Weeee oww!" Jaxon smashed into the wall and began to laugh, "Again, again! Ooo, what's this?" Jaxon knocked over a lamp, "Ops, uhhh, it wasn't me, it was…it was…him!" Jaxon pointed at a pillow on the couch, "Don't worry Gohan, I'll gets him and ties him ups!" Jaxon launched at the pillow, "Tag, you're it!" Jaxon laughed as he threw the pillow at Yamcha and ran around the room, "Weeee!"

"Gohan, maybe we should knock the kid out." Yamcha suggested.

"Shut up." Gohan growled as he grabbed Jaxon and held him in his lap, "Kamell, do whatever you need to do to shut him up!" Gohan snarled. Jaxon's eyes glowed red and he gave an evil smile.

"Only because I like to see Tyrannous suffer. This is my gift to you!" Jaxon laughed in a deep voice.

"You ok Gohan?" Yamcha asked.

"I'm fine!" Gohan hissed, "Dende only knows how we're going to handle this when he wakes up."

"…Listen, when he wakes up, he's going to be upset, scared; hell, he might even be embarrassed, but that kid hasn't had anyone give a shit about his life until now. YOU, Gohan, YOU care about his life, and when he wakes up, YOU need to tell him that. You need to tell him that he has something worth living for. You need to tell him that he's not alone, that he's not in this by himself, not anymore. He's a boy watching after his little brother; he's almost exactly like you with Goten. Only difference is you had your mom, but you two share something. The only other person he relates to is Vegeta, but YOU; you're someone he can call a friend, and you're probably the only friend he's had in a long time." Yamcha said, "When he wakes up, he needs his friend."

"…That was really…wow." Gohan smiled, "Thanks Yamcha."

"Hey, I try." Yamcha gave a proud smirk.

"You two." 18 walked into the room with Marron, "I'm going to take a shower, watch after Marron until I get back."

"Sure." Yamcha said. Marron and Jaxon stared at each other for a moment; their eyes flickered blue for a second and then went back to normal (Jaxon's eyes went back to red). Yamcha and Gohan went back to talking while Marron glanced around.

"Psss." Marron turned to see Trunks peaking out from behind the wall. Marron tilted her head and stared at the boy; her eyes widened when Trunks held up a large chocolate bar. She slowly stood up and quietly walked away without being noticed.

"Hi Trunks." Marron smiled.

"I need a favor." Trunks said as he held up the chocolate bar; Marron smiled.

With Krillin And Ty

"Shit, what do I say when he wakes up? Sorry we stopped you from killing yourself? No, this isn't the Check-In station! Grrr!" Krillin growled as he paced back and forth.

"Papa." Krillin turned and his eyes widened. It was Marron, and she was eating a chocolate bar.

"Marron, you shouldn't be down here, it's not…"

"Papa, potty." Marron said.

"…No." Krillin gulped as he launched forwards, grabbed his daughter, and made a run for it. Marron gave Trunks (who was hiding behind the wall) a thumbs up before they disappeared.

"Thanks Marron. I guess girls aren't all that icky." Trunks smiled, "…Who am I kidding? They have cooties!" Trunks laughed as he scurried into the room; he froze when he saw Ty. He had something to do with this, he KNEW it, and it was time to set things right.

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