Chapter Ten: Kami's Old Spaceship

Bulma got her ankle painfully corrected and repositioned back to normal before being wrapped, cast and braced. She was on her bed with her ankle elevated after taking her daily painkillers she looked to her right side to see her husband all bandaged and casted from head to toe. It pains Bulma to see her John all injured and unable to move a single limb. Still, she is proud of her saiyan king and her brother in law on defeating Nappa and Turles for good. Bulma and the others just wished that they had arrived sooner since their friends had fallen victim to the Saiyans.

Things at first were looking kind of dim since Piccolo and Kami are dead along with the Dragon Balls until John mentioned Kami's origin. Meaning that they had the opportunity to wish their fallen friends using the Namekian Dragon Balls. However, two big obstacles are in the way of making their goal come to a reality. One of them being on how they are going to get to Namek.

"Well, I hope you or your father have a spaceship laying around at Capsule Corp." Chi Chi moved around in her hospital robe while setting Gohan's plate of breakfast on his table.

Bulma breaks a piece of fried steak and picked up with her fork and then fed it to John. "Unfortunately, Chi Chi, Capsule Corp, and Earth technology itself are...I freaking hate to say it, but too primitive to even get us to Namek."

Krillin got up out of his bed with his arm laced in a cast and his head wrapped and approached to pour himself some water. "It can not take that long to get to Namek, Bulma."

Bulma chewed her shared piece. "I calculated the time distance to the destination to Planet Namek."

Goku took a big bite of his huge bowl of fried rice. "Which is?."

Bulma looked at everyone with a sigh. "It is going to take our asses literally 4,000 years to reach Namek."

Krillin spits his water out quickly after hearing the numbers. "Say what?!."

"Where is Namek exactly located anyway, Aunty Bulma?." Gohan asked his aunt before eating his cooked eggs.

Bulma looked up at her husband and spoke. "King Kai told me that Namek is in another galaxy. Meaning that none of us will ever reach that planet alive. I may be good at technology but damn it, I do not understand alien technology yet."

"Even though you have mine and Goku's space pods years ago. Why not reverse-engineer it?." said John, looking at his wife and trying not to move since it is painful.

Bulma rubbed John's banged head sweetly. "Because I do not have the time to burn away to do so. Now, I can burn away and literally do a total of ten whole days."

"I'm assuming the pods that Turles and Nappa used are out of the question," said Chi Chi, before drinking her orange juice.

Bulma blushed in embarrassment. "Those are destroyed after I pressed the wrong button of the remote that Nappa dropped. I have thought that I know what I was doing."

John sighed. "Pfft, typical earth woman."

Bulma heard that smart-ass comment and quickly looked back at her husband and scolded. "Oh, shut the fuck, John!."

"Hey, you should have been smart enough to ask me how to operate space technology." John looked at his wife. "Remote controlling space pods are simple enough for me to operate."

Bulma sticks her nose up in a pout. "I am not stupid enough not to ask."

"Well, even if you did you can not do so since your body is unable to do anything," said Roshi.

Korin who is floating in the air shrugged. "Well, do not worry, John. I will be sure to whip you up a full bag of senzu beans in no time."

"Sounds good," said John, before asking Bulma to move the top of his bed up with the bed remote.

Gohan grabbed one of his textbooks and opened it after eating his food. "But we are still at square one. Aunty Bulma, how are we supposed to get to Namek without having a spaceship capable of reaching the planet that would not take us 4,000 years?."

Chi Chi crossed her arms while sitting down in a chair beside Goku. She crossed her leg. "Great. We had two ships that will take us to Namek but got blown up."

Goku looked at John with what came to his mind. "Big Brother?. You say that Kami was originally from Namek, yes?. So, that would mean that he has gotten here by spaceship."

John comprehended what Goku just said as it clicked in his head. "Goku you are absolutely correct. Kami does have a spaceship. But he did not tell me where it is or if it was still operational."

Bulma paced back and forth in the middle of the room. Thinking about the endless possibility of where Kami's old spaceship might be located. Everyone watched Bulma rub her chin pondering how to pull this chance out of her ass. John looked out the window to see a familiar friend and just found the solution to their problems. Even Krillin noticed the person at the window.

"Hey, what about Mr. Popo?." Krillin asked when getting up on his feet.

Bulma stopped pacing and looked at Krillin with a confused blank facial expression. "What?. Who is Mr. Popo?."

"Look behind you and you will know, honey," said John.

Bulma did what her husband said as she turned around and saw a deep black figure behind the window. And standing on a magic carpet. Bulma quickly jumped back in shock and surprise when seeing Mr. Popo.

"You scared the living shit out of me!." Bulma yelled in anger.

"I'm sorry." Mr. Popo spoke. "I did not mean to scare you, Bulma. I could not help but overhear and assume that you all needed to know where exactly Kami's spaceship is."

"Indeed," said OX King, with a nod.

"Assuming you know exactly where it is, yes?." asked Roshi.

Mr. Popo smiled with a nod. "Indeed that I do." He looked at Bulma. "If you are feeling up for it, Bulma, I would like to take you to it."

Bulma pointed at herself. "Who me?. Why me?."

"Bulma, Mr. Popo is not going to do anything weird to you. Trust him," said Goku.

"Goku is right. Finding Kami's ship is our top priority to us," said John, after explaining to Roshi who Mr. Popo is.

Bulma swallowed her spit and fear. "Fine, I will go."

Bulma went through the window and floated up. "Alright, Popo. Lead the way."

"It would be better if you get on my carpet. The location is much farther away than you think," informed Mr. Popo.

Bulma was hesitant. But that quickly went away as time is of the essence. She hops onto the carpet and holds on tightly after Mr. Popo told her to do. His carpet flew them straight away from the hospital and take far away from the whole area itself. Bulma can not believe that a magic carpet is this fast is so amazing indeed. Eventually, the carpet stopped and caused Bulma to have a look at their surroundings as she can not believe that they were actually in Yunzabit Heights. Based on the area itself is well-known for being covered by a group of static clouds and wind effects/particle emitter.

"We have arrived." Mr. Popo hopped off his carpet while Bulma did the same.

"Man, this place is so damn creepy." Bulma followed Popo.

"I agree. This is where Kami arrived on Earth." Mr. Popo said while leading the way. "He told me a hundred years ago about how his people believe that their planet is on the brink of destruction after their homeworld was consumed by extremely violent storms. His mother and father had put him on this ship to take in order to leave out since everyone was evacuating the planet. Unfortunately, Kami's parents did not come back to him. Once he arrived on earth he waited for his parents or any of his people to arrive. Days became months and months became years. Eventually, he gave up waiting and started exploring the world."

Bulma heard every little detail about how and why Kami came to earth. She felt bad for Kami. Being all alone for such a long time and giving up on hope. She looked up and stopped when seeing at what appeared to be a spaceship.

"Here it is." Mr. Popo smiled before looking at Bulma. "Here let me show you how to operate it."

*Hours Later*

Back at the hospital, John was watching tv while sometimes watching Gohan study in his textbooks or seeing Goku and Krillin playing cards. He looked back at the tv while waiting patiently for his wife to call them on the hospital phone. Yes, a part of him is happy of Kami's ship is being found sure, but another part of him is scared. Scared of what is most definitely right ahead of them on Namek. John has never thought in million years that he would ever come across the evil cold-hearted unmerciful tyrant that he once served not by choice again.

John frowned at the unforgettable memories of the monster that is Frieza. Anger rises within John as he remembered how Frieza treated his parents and their people while belittling them the best way he possibly can after all the unimaginable hard work and sacrifice they put themselves in. It was bad enough for John that his and Goku's people were absolutely heartless and not caring for non-saiyans. Let alone his own father and his father's, father and so on did not treat saiyan classes that are not an elite class equally or treat them fairly.

"Grrr, damn Frieza and my father," John growled.

"Hey, you are able to make a fist. That is great progress."

John break his thoughts and had a blank facial expression before looking to his left to see his sister-in-law. Then he looked down at his left hand to see it made a fist. "Huh, that is funny. I did not even know I even made a fist."

Chi Chi tilted her head. "Maybe because you had something on your mind. Say...Frieza and your father, perhaps?."

John relaxed with a sigh as he lean back to his pillow. "I hate my father. He is the worst King of the Saiyans. Just like his father and before him, leading all down to Vegeta the first of the first generation of the Saiyans. But I hate Frieza more than my own father."

"Again with this Frieza guy." Chi Chi sat down in a chair and lay her wrapped arm on the nightstand. "Is he really that strong that you claim him to be?."

John nodded. "Yes, Chi Chi. I do. Frieza is the most powerful being in the whole entire universe. No one stands a chance against him and lives to tell about it."

This made Gohan stop reading his textbooks as he looked at his uncle. Goku and Krillin paused their card-playing when hearing John start talking about the tyrant.

"Frieza is the true example and definition of evil. He happily and pleasurably killed countless people. Along with conquering and taking countless homeworlds. Forcing people to submit to his rule and work for him, even though he will eventually kill them after he sees that their usefulness has run its end." John paused his talk to see that everyone got closer to hear him. Even though his telling is not exciting at all. "That monster is a planet seller and collector. He only takes planets if they have any value that is worth making a decent profit."

"John?. How exactly strong is Frieza?." Krillin asked with the hope that it is not too bad.

John sadly looked up at the ceiling. He did not say anything for a second. Goku can see how terrified his big brother is about Frieza and he feels the same after being told about him when he was a kid.

"I remembered him showing me the accurate partial of his power level back on the planet that he names after himself at his power level station. "His rationed power level is 530,000."

This has super shocked everyone when hearing this scary information about the portion power level of Frieza. Now, they can all see why John is absolutely afraid of this tyrant. He is way stronger than anyone put together. Bulma was currently in the doorway when she heard everything that her husband just said about the terrifying that is Frieza. But there is one thing that made the woman question.

"If Frieza is all that let alone have everything he wants on a silver platter then, why would he want to wish upon the dragon balls to get something that literally has everything?." said Bulma, making her way in and going over to her saiyan king.

With that said John started remembering back when he was a kid. Remembering that one time with Frieza along with Zarbon and Dodoria was in the tyrant's ship heading back down to a greenish blue planet that they were about to conquer it. He remembered Frieza's exact words on that day.

*FlashBack*

"It is quite a darn shame really." Frieza took a sip of his wine.

Kiren confusingly looked up at the man as he was beside his hover chair. "What do you mean, Lord Frieza?."

Frieza looked at little Kiren with a small smile. "What I mean is that there is no point in enjoying what you have if you are going to one day grow too old and die."

"Please do not depress yourself, Lord Frieza." Zarbon tried in making his lord feel better. "You still can enjoy the things that your empire has given you."

"Right!." Dodoria bring the bottle of wine and refilled Frieza's wine glass. "No need to dwell on reality."

Frieza took another sip of his wine. "You and Zarbon are foolish and right at the same time. Still, it would be nice to wish for immortality for myself. But that is fantasy."

Kiren commented, "Anything is possible."

Frieza looked at the young black Saiyan prince. "Of course, only your dimwitted people would think that," he said, looking out the window. "Hmph, how foolish you stupid monkeys are. That is why you will always and forever be nothing."

Kiren his anger in while not showing any signs of wanting to attack.

*End of FlashBack*

"The one thing that nothing in his whole army, his empire, and the universe itself can give him something that was once impossible to gain. Immortality. And we have witnessed the incredible power of immortality from Garlic Jr." said John.

"Oh, no." said a scared Krillin.

"If Frieza wishes immortality with the Namek's Dragon Balls, then we are freaking history," Goku spoke seriously before turning his attention to Bulma. "Bulma, please tell us that we have Kami's ship up and running?."

"Soon." Bulma scratched her head. "I just need to do a few modifications to the ship's computer. Now, I need to know who is coming with."

"Sign me up," Krillin spoke with confidence.

"Me too." Gohan too spoke with confidence.

Chi Chi sighed. "Oh, why not?. This will count as a family outing."

Goku nodded with a confident smile. "You already know my answer, Bulma."

"Indeed, I do." Bulma glanced at her husband. "Looks like you be benched until you get a senzu bean and after my Dad reverse engineers your and Goku's old pods. He told me he is doing double time with that and helping me with Kami's ship."

"Just promise me that you guys look out for each other and stay together if possible." John barely grabs hold of his wife's hand. "And please survive and avoid Frieza's detection long enough until I get there. I lost everything because of Frieza. I can not lose you too."

"You will not lose me, John." Bulma leaned and kissed her man on the lips. "We will be just alright until you rejoin us."

"Bet," said Goku, with a smile.

"Yeah," Gohan said with enthusiasm.

"Will hold it down on Namek until you get there, brother-in-law." Chi Chi put her fists up in a firey confident smile.

John chuckled with a nod. "I'm sure you will do, sister-in-law."

"You know something, dear?." Bulma moved her index finger around his wrapped-up chest with seduction. "If your neck wasn't temporarily fragile I will have given you a good face sitting."

John sighed disappointingly. "Son of a Bitch."

*10 Days Later*

Bulma modified Kami's spaceship with solar panels covering the whole roof in order for them to have personal power for them to use and possibly watch some tv. She had parked the ship in the backyard of her house as she had just gotten done packing needed things they will use in deep space. Bulma has already said her temporary goodbyes to John and given him a good wet kiss. She did not wait long for the others to arrive as she greeted them and help load the stuff onto the platform. Gohan had on the same Gi that Piccolo has given him during training time, while Goku had his fresh clean Gi on along with Krillin's Gi.

As for both Bulma and Chi Chi, the two sisters-in-law have got themselves twin customized casual and fighting Gi.

(A/N: The outfits are the exact same outfits that Bulma wore in the Frieza saga. That way if any of you guys are confused.)

"You guys are ready?." Bulma asked when sitting down in the pilot's seat.

"Yes," said Goku, Chi Chi, Gohan, and Krillin.

Bulma looked at the computer and activated the programming. From there the ship super quickly gets off the ground and out of the solar system altogether. Bulma got up out of the chair and went to go grab something to snack on.

"So, how long is it to get to Namek?." Krillin asked when putting his stuff down.

"As long we do not run into some deep shit in space, we should be getting to Namek in just literally 34 whole days," said Bulma, opening her bag of blue cheese-flavored chips.

"Well, doing that time when need to image train ourselves till we arrive to Namek." Goku seriously said while in a meditation position. "We need to all get ready in case we cross paths with Frieza or his men."

Gohan seriously nodded. "Right, Dad."

"Better be prepared than be not be prepared." Krillin agreed to what Goku said as he joined the circle.

Chi Chi looked at Bulma. "Guess you and I are gonna image-train one another huh?."

"Looks like it," said Bulma before motioning to the floor. "Shall we?."

*Back on Earth*

"I should be done making your ship in no time," said Dr. Briefs, while sitting and drinking his soda.

John is happy to hear this from his father-in-law. "I have a request for you to add to the ship. Can you install the gravity training simulator on the ship?. Bulma talked about building me one in the house."

Dr. Briefs rubbed his chin. "Hmmm, that is true. I was wondering how to fill the middle gap of the ship. I will most certainly do that."

"Good." John smiled at hearing progress. "Oh, and install me a frappè machine, please. I got to have my coffee."

"I feel the same my boy." Dr. Briefs got up from his chair. "Get plenty of rest."

John said bye to his father-in-law as he was not fully confident in wanting to go toe to toe with Frieza with that situation happening and such. The thought of remembering all the things that the heartless bastard forced him to do or against is also scarring for life.

"Super Saiyan God, please look after my wife, my baby brother, my sister-in-law, my nephew, and my best friend. Because they are going to need it. Because nothing can outpower and kill Frieza. Nothing." prayed John, before closing his eyes to rest and eventually going to sleep.