Gosh, how stupid is it possible to be? I uploaded this chapter to Doc Manager some days ago and today I was surprised when it wasn't at the page... Stupid... So now I will post it online, sorry for the mistake - but the next chapter will most likely be posted tomorrow or later today, because I'm almost done with it.
So close, and yet so far! No revenge yet but soon – I suddenly remembered that I had to get Goku to know "the truth" as it will be important later on, but how to do so? Read the chapter and you will see!
And a minor note: when I write Kakarrot instead of Goku it is to show I'm using Vegeta's POV. I know I'm jumping between different people's POV, but I like that way of telling a story, and calling Goku for Kakarrot is one of my ways to show who's POV I'm using.
The fog in her mind slowly cleared a bit and Bulma looked around. She could recognize the medicroom but couldn't remember how she had gotten there. A whoosh from the door made her gaze wander in that direction and then she saw it: drops and lots of them. Panic spread through her body in a matter of milliseconds as her body rather than her mind remembered all too well what had happened last time she had had drops in her. "Ms. Brief, calm down!" someone said; she could recognize the voice but in her panicked state she couldn't tell who it was. "I need some sedative!" A couple of seconds later Bulma felt a soothing sensation traveling by her veins as the sedative made her calmer.
"Are you alright, Ms. Brief?" Launyr asked and looked shortly at a monitor before looking back at her again.
She nodded slowly. "I think so. What is happening? Why are those things in me? Please, remove them!" she begged and closed her eyes. They had barely closed completely before they shot open again. "The baby! Is it safe?"
"It's completely safe, Ms. Brief, but only as long as we have drops in you. You have caught an infection but she is taking too much of your body's reserves for you to be able to fight it off by yourself." Launyr sent her a reassuring smile before getting some water for her.
After Bulma had drank some of the water she looked at the medic and said: "She?"
Launyr winked at her and put the cup away before saying: "Yesterday we could confirm it. You're having a girl." She turned her tablet towards Bulma before she could manage to say anything. "She looks healthy, and here," she said and pointed something out on the screen, "you can clearly see the first state of her tail." Bulma's eyes filled with tears and she slowly reached her hand towards the tablet. She put her other hand on her stomach, completely speechless. "We have told Lord Vegeta about it, he has been given a report on the status for both of you since your treatment started." Bulma just nodded to show she had heard Launyr, still completely overwhelmed by happiness.
Vegeta looked at the ball of blue and green and had to once again tell himself it would be wisest to use the smaller spaceship his engineers finally had made instead of landing with the ship they were traveling by now. He had promised not to harm the damn mudball, and he would never go back on his word and he knew that landing a giant alien spacecraft would make the joined military at the planet come at them, and then he would have to exterminate them.
The door opened but he didn't turn to see who it was. "Lord Vegeta, in five minutes our flight will be stopped in order not to be traceable from the planet. Your ship is ready for you whenever you wish my lord." He nodded a single time and heard the crewmember leaving again. He once again thought about what he would do. Killing them off was easy enough, but the tricky part was how to find them and torture them before killing them. He wouldn't want the entire population at the mudball to see him; he could look just as much as a human as he did, but his tail was definitely a give-away on his alien heritage.
He felt the deceleration and decided to get to the ship. He was more eager to get to the damn planet than he had expected. As he typed in the codes for take-off and his destination he could feel his focus come back alongside calmness. This was his element; to hunt and kill. If anyone had been able to see inside the cabin as the small spacecraft took off they would see a smirking Vegeta with his intention to kill shining clearly out of his eyes.
Goku shot up from his seat, almost knocking over the table where he and his family were having dinner. His son and wife looked at him in confusion but seconds later Gohan shot up from his chair as well. "What is he doing here, dad?"
"I don't know Gohan, but we have to figure it out." He put two fingers at his forehead and stretched out his hand towards Gohan but was stopped by Chi-Chi's roar.
"Oh no you don't! Gohan has a test in geometry tomorrow and he hasn't studied all day because of your sparring!" She had her fist at her hips and looked at the two men, who had the ever-present begging look in their eyes.
"But mom, Vegeta might know where Bulma is." Gohan hoped his bribe would help, but it only seemed to agitate his mother even more.
"To tell me the man you talked about is the person who killed you and your father was a very bad idea Gohan! And even if he knows where Bulma is, why do you think he would tell us?" Chi-Chi tried to hide her sorrow behind anger. She missed Bulma just as much as Goku did.
"We won't know unless we try," Goku said and stretched out his hand once again.
"Don't you dare Goku! Gohan is staying here, that's final!" Chi-Chi grabbed her son's sleeve and shot her husband a glare that made it clear there would be no further discussion.
"Sorry Gohan," he said before beaming off. When he landed beside the spacecraft in the outskirt Goku was greeted by Krillin, Yamcha and Piccolo.
"What do you think he's doing here?" Krillin said and was clearly trying to hide how afraid he was.
"Are you stupid, Krillin?" Yamcha asked. He seemed just as nervous about the situation as the bald monk. "Of course he's here to destroy Earth!"
"Don't be so sure," Piccolo said as if he had read Goku's mind. "He has Freeza's entire army now, and as far as he knows Goku is dead. If he wanted Earth to be destroyed he would have sent a purging-team to do it." Krillin and Yamcha looked at the namekian and a tiny hope shone out from their eyes.
They all looked at the spacecraft, which looked a lot like a spacepod on steroids with landing gear, as it opened and Vegeta got out. He looked at them with a stone-face without revealing his surprise by them all being alive. "Well, what a fine welcome I get. I see someone have been stupid enough to use the dragonballs to get back you miserable weaklings." Krillin and Yamcha shot him evil gazes which only made him laugh.
"Why are you here, Vegeta?" Goku said and took a step forward. He could feel how the other saiyan suppressed his enormous powerlevel and as much as he had been sure Vegeta wouldn't harm Earth he started to become unsure.
"I have some business with a group of those pathetic Earthlings, and if you just step aside and let me finish what I have come for no one except my targets will die." He crossed his arms in front of his chest and tried to hide his annoyance. Why did he have to answer to this low-class excuse of a saiyan? He wanted to start his hunt instead of wasting his time by talking.
"We can't let you harm any humans," Goku said and took another step forward. He felt a hint of unease as he saw the smirk on Vegeta's face before he suddenly was bent forward by a blow to his stomach.
Vegeta looked at the other present z-fighters and enjoyed their surprise and awe before removing his arm, leaving Kakarrot without support which made him stumble to the ground. "And who do you think will stop me?"
No one said anything before Goku slowly got up and dried off the tiny trace of blood in the corner of his mouth. "Who could you possibly want to kill here at Earth?" He coughed and lifted his hand to show he was not finished. "And do you promise not to harm any other than those few?"
"Goku, have you lost your mind? He didn't even hit your head, man!" Krillin looked at his old friend in pure surprise and dread.
Goku turned his head and sent Krillin a small smile. "No one is able to stop Vegeta now, Krillin. We might as well just try to limit the killings." He turned away from the bald monk, not wanting to see the look of pure betrayal shinning out of his friend's eyes. He was sure the same look would meet him if he looked at Yamcha or Piccolo. "So, who is it?"
Vegeta looked at the group for a bit. For the first time he had heard some kind of sense coming from the other saiyan. He was about to speak when it hit him. He just knew those people were on this very planet, but not how they looked, who they had worked for or anything else for that matter. He cursed himself for not recognizing that problem before now. And even though the woman had awakened for the first time in five days just before he left the ship, he knew for sure he would never get that kind of information out of her… Vegeta locked gaze with Kakarrot for a moment as an idea formed in his head.
Goku stood at the one-way mirror and tried to convince himself what he saw was real. She was so pale; he had never seen her looking so… weak. "What are you doing to her?" His voice was trembling with anger as he still looked at his childhood friend lying with drops in her arms and all kind of machines showing her pulse and so on.
"They're treating her." Goku tore his eyes away from the awful sight and looked at Vegeta. "She's sick."
"She's sick? She looks more like she's about to die, and you just say she's sick!?"
Vegeta growled in the back of his throat. "She's not dying, Kakarrot, do you think I would let her?" He wanted to bite of his tongue as soon as he had said it. He didn't know where that sentence had come from, and he quickly kept on talking in an attempt to divert the younger saiyans attention from it. "I want you to go talk to her, she will surely tell you what I need to know."
Goku looked at him with confusion shining out of his eyes. "Why don't you just ask her?"
"That's none of your business Kakarrot." His tail was lashing angrily behind him and he had to use all of his willpower not to beat the crap out of the other man. "Do as I tell you or I will lose my patience. And if that happens, you will be very sorry for not having the mudball to live on anymore!"
Goku shot his hand up in defense. "All right, Vegeta, sorry I asked."
Bulma slowly opened her eyes as she heard the door open. She closed them again while saying: "Great, now I even hallusinate."
"Do you still talk like that to yourself?"
Her eyes shot wide open and she looked at Goku in disbelief. "Go… Goku?"
"How are you Bulma?" The gentle warrior removed a tear from her cheek before he grabbed a chair and sat down beside her.
"But… but how?" She looked at his face, still not able to comprehend how her best friend suddenly sat beside her.
"That doesn't matter right now," Goku said and took her hand gently. He had been told by Vegeta not to tell her they were close to Earth.
A wave of pain washed through her as it had did occasionally since she woke up. Bulma closed her eyes and hissed before another tear, but this time out of pain, rolled down her face. "Goku, I'm so afraid," she said and he could clearly see it reflected in her eyes.
"Afraid of what? Vegeta said you will be just fine, the doctors are sure of it." The last part he added himself, mostly to try and convince himself. It had been such a long time since he saw her and he couldn't bear if she died now when she was finally so close to home.
"I'm afraid of losing my baby. I lost our son; I cannot lose our daughter too!" She closed her eyes once again and more tears started to flow. Goku looked at her in disbelief.
"Your son? Your daughter?" He shot out of his chair and his hair started to become lighter as his anger was about to force him into supersaiyan. "Did that bastard rape you!?"
"No Goku," Bulma screamed and tried to reach for her friend's hand. He looked at her and was clearly confused. She took a deep breath and knew she had to explain everything to him. She had never seen him this angry, and even though it warmed her heart to see him so concerned about her, she didn't want him to go on a suicidal mission in an attempt of fighting for her honor. "Please listen to me. You probably won't believe all of it, but please hear me out."
Next chapter: revenge and a Goku you haven't seen before. Oh, and btw, I know Goku have before fought enemies he was unsure of being able to beat, but in this case he was completely sure; he could not beat Vegeta, but instead he could "help" him and thereby save as many as possible, and the people Vegeta killed could be wished back – that's if Goku wants them back after hearing Bulma's story!