Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Forgotten Heritage ❯ Sleeps and Sneaks ( Chapter 4 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

The morning came fast, but to Vegeta seemed like an another eternity as he tossed himself on the bed. At night he tried to concentrate to sleep, but as in the nights before it was useless. He would never admit to Bulma but he himself pondered to pay a visit to that old witch. He already suspected that the cause of his insomnia was that spell which he thought so ridiculous at the time. But the symptoms were not bound to just one place. He verified as he spent the 8th night in the forest. He decided that he will go to Territown so had not waisted more time, and after he ate five plates of his breakfast and flew with face to the rising sun.
As he saw the city he lowered to find the orphanage next to the forest. He couldn't find it, but he sensed a familiar life-force. He landed before the small figure “Old woman, I had enough headache because of your stupid spell! What kind of curse did you placed on the house?” lifted he the granny so she was on same eye level with him.

“Good morning for you young man! Vegeta wasn't it?” gave him her usual smile “I assume you that your appeals are not coming from my preservation spell. Nevertheless I can help you if you let me.

The prince gritted his teeth’s, his eyes glowed red because of the sleepiness, but he let go the granny “Alright.” agreed he reluctantly. He didn't care, just wanted this to end and sleep at once.

“Then please follow me.” then she gone in the forest.

“I couldn't find any buildings around here. Why do I feel like that something stinks here...” he watched the nature around them with alert, if there would come an attack from somewhere. The old lady stopped next to fallen trunk, like she was waiting for the Saiyan “What's now!”

“From here my home is not far away, but I don't want you to wreck anything there so you must excuse me for this.” she held out and blow a purple powder in Vegetas eyes.

“What the he...” he couldn't finish his sentence, as the awaited slumber reached him.

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Noeven smiles satisfied to the dormant prince “I started to think you'll never come dear. I can see, you've got a good amount of persistence in you.” giggled a bit on this, then she called her team to unhide the ship. Lovage stepped out, and snatched the unconscious Saiyan.

“Are you sure this is a good idea to start a negotiation so with the Vegeta? I think a direct approaching would've been better.” dragged his “cargo” into the machine.

“Vegeta is really obstinate. He haven't even appraised his folk to look after them, and see if they are really eradicated.” as they reached one of the storage rooms a bigger armchair rose from the ground on which the prince was placed “As much as I saw, I'm sure that he has a pretty good time here, and doesn't plan to go anywhere. So I assume you he wouldn't let me finish my offer. Don't you think so?”

The spindly man sighed loud “Okay, I agree with you. But after he wakes up, he isn't going to be a pleasant company. Although I think you already have some solution for this mother.” he knew the old woman well, and as he saw her white teeth again, his suspicions were proven.

“Wait here a minute! The potion's in my room.” and so like lightning she disappeared. Before Lovage could finish the binding of Vegeta, Noeven already arrived back “Please bend the chair a bit further more horizontal. I think the prince'll sleep around five-six days anyway. At least we should give him a bit of comfort. Moreover it'll ease my work too.” the man did what she said. The matron lifted herself in the air, so she faced the unconscious Saiyan, opened the mouth of sleeper and poured a little vial of blue liquid into it “With this he's going to sleep peacefully and at the same time it'll solve our minor issue by his awaking.” she managed to make Vegeta swallow the drink.

As the empty phial was cleared away the other two of their team stepped inside the storage. One was a female and the other a male “Sage! Cress! What took you so long?” glared the long-haired handsome man at them.

The other guys hair proudly stood up in the air from which he had enough in his back too. From the front he looked like his hair was electrical charged. On the other hand if you saw him from the side it looked like ridge, if a google wouldn't have disturbed this wave of mane. At first you couldn't identify the strange little stick in his mouth, but as he switched it from one side to the other with his tongue, you could realise it was nothing else but lollipop “Don't freak out Lovage, we just checked our actual stocks.” he leaned to the wall. His spandex toned his fine muscles and despite he was almost a head shorter as his gaunt companion, there was no doubt he would win a fight between the two “After we obtained the capsule technology we needed to recalibrate some systems. I could close our two raptors on one capsule each.” he took out a calculator from nowhere “We can plan with 400% more quantity of our supplies. It can be handy in the future. Tomorrow we'll split with Sage and load up the capsules. As it looks like our guest has arrived, we don't need to hide anymore.” as Cress saw the Noeven wants to object, he flipped his hand soothing “Keep calm granny! I don't want to destroy anything, I just want to neglect those “romantic walk” in the forest, and I would rather fly.”

“If you are not aware of the situation Cress, there are more creatures with incredible power living on this planet. I would prefer you should fabricate an Earth vehicle and go to the town like that.” warned his team-mate Lovage.

“If you are not aware bla-bla-bla...” he imitated poncy what the other male told him. He stepped closer to Noeven and glanced with his sharp eyes at their captive “You're as boring as always. I hope the prince will be more amusing. And moreover it's a waste of time to build such a machine.”

“Unfortunately he is right Cress... Yesterday I saw a guy, who hid his power well, but I could sense he has an enormous Ki.” said it unsure the young female from the group. She stood next to the door, and held her right hand with her left. She was around at the same hight as Vegeta, but she was slimmer. She could refrain her hair just until her top of her head, her scrunchy was already hidden in her ruffled ponytail. Her eyes gleamed in innocence as her fragile body searched protection by the doorstep.

“Honey to fly there is no big might needed! We can repress our Ki that much. And if you have met somebody that strong, then that means there can be more out on the streets. In this case who would care for one like me?” whined a bit as he told her this.

“Don't fight about this my children. If in few day Vegeta doesn't go back to his family, I'm sure his friends will search for him. So if you want to fill your capsules you better do it now. Later we need to make as little attention as possible.” rebuked the others Noeven.

“Wouldn't it be smarted to move to an other city? The citizen already looked at us wary. Furthermore the searcher of the prince wouldn't able to track us.” suggested Lovage.

“Exceptionally I can agree with lanky. Our systems are working, and Sage can manoeuvre between the building easily.” nodded the girl to this as well.

“Hmm... it's a good idea. Lets go then.” so the turned toward the control room.

“Granny, what will happen if Vegeta will not join us?” asked Cress.

“I'm afraid in this case we need to find a more drastic solution to achieve our goal.” said to him with a grim smile. She just adored alternative solutions.

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“Okay, I admit now a bit worried.” it was the sixth day that Bulma haven't heard anything from Vegeta. They lost track from the hacker in Alaska, so her efforts in the last days were all in vain. But the prince should have been long back from the old woman. She would have been less concerned if she knew he would have gone to train somewhere, but the Saiyan was gone to Territown especially because of his insomnia. That couldn't take this long. After she finished her job in the morning, she decided that she will go after Vegeta.

As she arrived to the city she asked around “No Missus, I haven't met this man.” said the shopkeeper by looking at the picture “I'm sure I would remember such a face.”

“Maybe can you tell where can I find the orphanage on the edge of this city? He wanted to met an old lady, whose name is Noeven.” then she described how she looks like.

“I don't know of any orphanage madame, but the woman who you talked about sounds familiar. More of my friend saw her with odd people. Nobody could really trust them, more citizen suspected them for stealing the food supplies. They appeared about two months ago from the direction of the west forest.

Bulma face got whiter “Who are they? Don't tell me I sent Vegeta in some trouble?”

“Oh, and I haven't even talked about their strange clothing” the seller told more details about the spandex suit, the ripped breastplate, the similar leg armour, the white booths and gloves, and ostentated how they looked like one by one. As the details became clearer slowly the blue haired inventor needed something to support herself with, so she leaned on a fruit box “... and although I couldn't see by the old lady, but the others the most suspicious thing was their long brown tail.”

Hearing this Bulma couldn't stand anymore and her hand slipped from the box, and her head met the asphalt “Saiyans!!!'” screamed in her mind. She sat down to the pavement and tried to think what the hell could she do. She was sure that Vegeta had met these aliens... and maybe he didn't survive it. She chased this thoughts away, as the tailor asked her.

“Are you okay missus? I know this sounds nonsensical, but you can ask anybody on this town, who saw them they will give you the same description.”

“I believe what you told me. I'm just a bit anaemic.” the man helped her to stand up “Thanks!” she gone a bit to the other part of the town, in hope that her first resource was wrong, but she heard the exact same from other people. After the fourth person she had enough, she capsuled her ship out. She started her engine and while she was heading home, she called her first friends.

“Hallo?” asked a female voice.

“Hello Chichi! It's Bulma! Please tell Goku and Gohan to come to Capsule Corp. urgently. It seems there is a new enemy and they already got Vegeta!” told her firmly “In the meanwhile I'll call Krillin and the others. Bye!” and before she could receive any answer from the other woman, she closed the line and started to type in her next number “I hope It's not too late! Screw this!”