Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Danger in the horizon ❯ Fears, strange dreams and heartbreak ( Chapter 6 )

Chapter Six - Fears, strange dreams and heartbreak

Unfortunately, Bulma's rest did not last as long as she would have liked. She was woken not by her alarm but by an urgent internal communication at 3.00am. "Ah shit." She grumbled, rising from her bed and going over to the vidlink. "Who is it?"

As she adjusted her eyes from sleep Bulma noticed it was Lisa, sobbing and looking worse for wear.

"Oh Bulma!" she sobbed, "Zarbon, he just, he…." Lisa was shaking so much she couldn't speak clearly.

Bulma's brow creased in distress at her friend's condition. "Take deep breaths, love. Zarbon did what?'

"The bastard. He, he dumped me! Said it was fun while it lasted, but he wanted to explore other possibilities!"

"Shit!" Bulma pulled up a chair to sit down in while she tried to calm Lisa down. "It's alright. Everything is okay" she soothed. "I didn't realise how serious you were with him. I thought it was just a fling?"

"Nope. Definitely not Bulma. I didn't want to let on, but I fell for him pretty hard. I know it had only been a month, but I thought I was more to him than a passing fancy, you know?"

"Look Lisa, why don't you come over to my room for a while and we will talk it out. Get the green bastard out of your system, okay?"

"No, I'll be fine, I think." Lisa gave a small tight smile. "Thanks for listening. Sorry about waking you up in the middle of the night, I'll catch up with you tomorrow and you can tell me about your new charges, okay?"

Bulma smiled back at her friend. "Alright, I see you later. Call me if you need me, okay?"

"I will if I need to Bulma. Thanks." The communication ended.

Bulma rubbed her eyes vigorously and looked back at her soft inviting bed. She fell face down on the mattress and fell asleep for the second time that night just as quickly as the first time.

When the alarm in her room went off at 0700, Bulma had been having the weirdest dream. All she could remember of the dream was that she was on a ship heading towards Earth, trying to break through the shielding. She could tell she was not alone in this ship because she had what appeared to be a tail wrapped firmly around her neck, holding her in place like some kind of hostage. As Bulma tried to turn and locate the owner of the tail, her dream faded out, leaving her in a black void.

She woke with a start. Radditz? Was it his tail?

Glancing over to the clock, she noticed that she only had 45 minutes to get to the med wing for her implants to be inserted. Throwing off the sheets she stumbled to the bathroom in the dark, commanding the shower and lights to turn on as she went.

As she showered, the dream kept coming back to her. The whole thing disturbed her. It was almost a kind of premonition. She shook her head violently and focused on the day ahead. First breakfast, then implants, then work on the alien ships and whatever those weird aliens required. It was going to be a very long day……

As she made her way into the mess hall for a quick bite of breakfast before going into the med wing Bulma collided with a very solid man. Picking herself up off the floor, she realised it was Zarbon.

"Good morning Bulma"

Bulma's face tightened. "Zarbon. Excuse me if I don't stay and chat but I have places to be and I don't really want to trade pleasantries with a jerk right now."

"Oh. So you heard about Lisa and me. I have no idea where she got the idea that we were serious." He silkily replied.

"Whatever. You are a real piece of work, you know that? You broke her heart. Now, get out of my way, I'm now running late." She retorted walking around him towards the elevator. Seeing the green alien had made her lose all of her appetite.

Zarbon smirked at her retreating back. "I'll be seeing you around, Bulma. You can bet on it. Maybe sooner than you think."

Zarbon's words sent a chill up Bulma's spine as she got into the elevator. Maybe her first impression of this guy was right. He could turn out to be dangerous. Maybe that was why she had mentally catalogued his energy signature. As a warning.