„Confirmed. Entering hyperspace, stabilizing gravity. Safe stability regained." The computer announced.
Bulma sighed with relief, only to turn around to see Vegeta bleeding to death. She hesitated for a split second, but immediately the thought of letting her child's father die without help came to haunt her.
"Pick him up and follow me!" She ordered Nappa, and led him towards the infirmary. Inside the white room were two beds, lots of shelves and drawers. In the middle was bed shaped pod with complicated wiring coming out of it. "Take his clothes off and put him inside." She ordered the bald Saiyan.
Gine looked at the room with amazement. "So this is like a healing tank?" She asked the human.
Bulma kept putting in data inside her portable tablet. And as soon as the patient was in the pod, the hatch sealed, and special liquid began pouring in. "Computer set the genetic calibration GOKU." "Confirmed." "Evaluate physical condition." "64% bone fracture, broken spine and ribs. Puncture lunge, loss of blood at rate 55%. Time to regain full health minimum of five days."
"This machine is amazing!" Gine murmured, but soon the women's attention was brought to the state of Bardock who also was injured severely.
"We only have one pod, so put him on the bed over there." Bulma ordered Raditz. "We'll have to patch him up the standard way." She pulled the portable body scanner next to the injured Saiyan. "Computer evaluate health." "Evaluating, 25% bone fracture, blood loss at rate 15%. Major injury around 5th rib, and on the back."
"Take his clothes off so we can see the injury." Bulma told Nappa and Raditz and both men rushed to do the order.
"It doesn't look that bad." Bulma said, and reached for a drawer, and pulled out bandages and dressings. From another drawer she pulled out two tubes with some gel.
"First we are going to have to set his broken arm, and collar bone." With the help of all three Saiyans they slowly put the bones into order. "Now use this gel on all the wounds." She gave one tube to Gine and started using the other on some of the wounds herself. Within fifteen minutes all of Bardock's wounds were dressed properly.
"The gel is a special formula I've been testing. The same as the liquid it was based on Goku's amazing Saiyan healing ability, so it should help them recover." Bulma explained to the dumb folded Saiyans glaring at her. "He should wake up soon, and as soon as he does we'll go to the kitchen and grab something to eat, and I'll try to explain all of this to you." Bulma told them and checked the reading of Bardock's condition.
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Later they all sat down in the dining area, and the Saiyans had their first taste of Earth style cuisine, and Bulma slowly told them everything about her and the ship. She explained she was a scientist, and how she escaped the destruction of her planet. She explained some of the technology behind the sophisticated ship they all admired. The Saiyans learnt with amazement about the capsule technology, and witnessed how much food could be stored in just one tiny container. They asked questions about the medical equipment, about the engine of the ship, and many technical details she wasn't really expecting. Later she realised she probably met the most educated Saiyan family, after all Raditz was a computer specialist, and his mother was a medical scientist. Bardock had less technical knowledge, but he had a lot of knowledge in general, so even he managed to understand some of the concepts Bulma tried to explain.
"I've always been wondering after whom Gohan got his intelligence, and now it's quite clear he's got good genes!" Bulma began laughing.
"What do you mean by that?" Gine asked suspiciously.
"I forgot you guys never met Goku!" Bulma was laughing hilariously.
"You better explain yourself!" The tiny Saiyan woman stood up angrily.
"Dad's an idiot!" Gohan told her.
"A what?" Bardock and Gine yelled.
"Well he's not the smartest pick in the lot, but he has other values." Chichi began defending her husband.
"Goku does have a big heart, and a lot of strength." Bulma tried to please the angered women. "And he's naive as a puppy." His Saiyan parents looked at her crossly.
"Bardock, Chichi gave me the note you wrote. I would like some more explanations. Where did you see that sign?" Bulma came to the topic bothering her immensely.
"Well few people know about this, but since we're stuck here together it wouldn't be wise to keep a secret." Bardock started explaining. Nappa and the others looked at him tentatively.
"Many years ago I was sent with my team to the planet Kanassa. It was a challenging task, the natives were very strong, and we lost many men. That planet had been under siege many times in the past, however we were the first who actually stepped foot on it and managed to get their defences down. I remember little about the battle, my last memory being a fight with an alien who spoke in riddles to me, he had said something about revenge, he also spoke that I will suffer as much as they have seeing my end and not being able to stop it. After that I awoke in the healing tank on a spaceship, and since then I've been having these visions. Some are clear and definite, while others are scrambled and foggy. My first true vision was the destruction of our planet, however I managed to convince the old King it was true, and we devised a plan to defeat our greatest enemy Friezer. Ever since then the old King and the new King from time to time asked me about what would happen. And from time to time I would get a clear vision, which could be useable." Bardock told his story.
"The day before the rebellion I had a dream. The first part already came true, there was an attack on the palace, however we made it out alive. The second part was about my son Kakarot. He was in an identical pod as the one you have in the infirmary."
"So that would mean he survived the destruction of Earth. It would also mean someone from my company made it alive." Bulma spoke out loud lost in thought. Without acknowledging them she went to the control room.
She sat on the main chair, and tapped her fingers on the board in front of her, clearly lost in thoughts. They other silently followed her.
"Computer turn on alpha wave scanner. Set it to frequency 16:56:98. Scan the surrounding solar systems."
"Scanning, no alpha waves detected." The computer reported.
"Computer, set the scanner to beta waves, the same frequency, send one sonar impulse at alpha level." Bulma ordered the computer.
"Confirmed." Bulma nervously tapped her fingers awaiting for any response.
After several minutes, she got up and looked startled at the people who followed her. "This might take a long time. I'll show you to your rooms." She guided them around the ship; there were four bedrooms in total. The ship was designed for a maximum crew of eight, so they fit in perfectly. Nappa had to share a room and bathroom with Radtiz, but Chichi and Gohan, and Bardock with Gine got their own bedrooms.