Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Playing with Fire ❯ Where the hell is she? ( Chapter 5 )

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I'm sooooo very sorry for the very very late update.*frowns* I promised myself I'd get an update for one of my fics done on my birthday...and I did it!! I lost major inspiration in writing and stopped before I turned out bad chapters. I have been working on my personal site (go check it out! link in author bio) as of late, collecting stories and art for the archives there. If you have anything you would like to put up there, please don't hesitate to let me know! I've started to write again with a little inspiration I got from my muse Mistress Alexa. Again I'm sorry for everyone waiting for this chapter. Thanks for sticking around, if anyone has.


Playing with fire…


Blistering heat was the first thing Bulma noticed as she followed the captain into the burning house. The smoke rolled down small stretches of hallways, the heat bubbling the paint on walls and ceilings. Sweat immediately started to bead on her brow as her stomach knotted tightly as she took careful steps in her full gear. Vegeta was ahead of her with axe in hand knocking down boards off the walls to see if the fire had traveled through the small spaces between walls.

"Stay right there. I'll be back." Vegeta told her in a muffled voice as he headed towards the brilliant flame of deep orange and yellow. Bulma shifted uneasily, not too certain if it was really safe for her to be standing where she was. Looking around at what she could see through the thick black smoke, she felt for a wall to guide her away from the flames.


Within minutes of Chief Shin's call for back up, station eight one and station seven nine were arriving on the scene to help cover the multiple blazes that had ignited as the wind sent sparks drifting to other homes. The whole block was alive with the wailing sounds of sirens and bathed in the eerie red and white flashing lights.

"I need another hose line over here!" Goku hollered out as he tried to keep an eye on the traveling flames that was creeping along slowly on a third home involved now. Shouts of orders and mild chaos ensued as fire and rescue worked triple time to get everyone out and get the fire to die.

"On the way lieutenant!" Came the shout from the newly arrived pumper truck manned by lieutenant Alexa and several of her not so seasoned vets. Hopping off the truck, Alexa managed to get the hose line ready before letting her firefighters tend to the baptismal deed of dousing the fire. The smoke was billowing high above the trees as the fire danced in an erotic display, engulfing everything in its' path.



Bulma felt her way down the hallway into an open room that she thought was the living area of the house. She could see the fire creeping its' way along the ceiling as it tried to consume the room she was standing in. The flashing lights of the trucks outside gave her little comfort as she navigated the room to get back out before Captain Vegeta realized that she had come up missing.

"Son of a bitch!" She blurted out as she tumbled forward on to the floor, her heavy boots catching on something she couldn't see. Her flashlight went tumbling, sliding against the wood flooring way out of her reach. Cursing more she managed to get herself upright and back on her feet before turning around to kick what ever object that had offended her. Eyes widening with shock, the object wasn't really an object it was a body. The small outline of a woman's body appeared as Bulma bent down to inspect further.

"Shit, shit, shit!" Bulma continued to curse as she moved the woman to where she could be pulled out under her arms. With adrenalin and nerves running high, Bulma broke the seal of her breathing mask and pulled it from her face giving the unconscious woman precious oxygen to breath before Bulma could pull her out. Staggering and coughing as she pulled the victim along, Bulma made her way towards the front exit.


"Chief! Where do you want us?" Shin looked up from his command post to see the very stubborn captain Blaze hap-hazardly dressed in her turn out gear with five other fire fighters behind her.

"What the hell are you doing out here? I thought the doctors told you to rest that leg?" Blaze shrugged her shoulders waiting for him to answer her question. Shin ground his teeth together as he marched over to her and pulled her to the command area.

"Hey! What's the big idea Shin? You guys needed help, so here we are. Where do you want my men?"

"You sit your happy ass right here and don't move. Tell your men to go down a few house to back up the line crews down there." The fire chief snapped out before getting back on his portable radio to bark more orders.

"Tad! Hey Tad! Get your group down a few houses. Back up seven eight's hose line crew. Don't need any more houses going up. Do a good job and I'll make sure you get something special." Blaze yelled out, waving her hand to a small group of firefighters trying to keep the fire from jumping.

"Gotcha Blaze." Tad gave a nod and a wink to the female captain as he started to drag his rag-tag group of smoke eaters down the street. Blaze leaned back against the command truck, arms crossed watching the action unfold around her. Compared to most calls, this one ranked up on the list as one of the biggest spreading house fires in the lifetime of her career to date.

"Now would you mind telling me what the hell you were thinking coming down here like that?" Shin seethed out looking over Blaze's appearance. She wore only a pair of sweat pants, one boot, her turn out jacket and her helmet. Her right leg was wrapped from ankle to knee from her injuries she received when the apartment fire happened.

"Like you need to ask that Shin. Can't keep me away from a good fire unless I'm dead."


Bulma stumbled, the black thick smoke making it impossible to find her way towards the door in which she came only moments ago. She cursed out loud about losing her flashlight, but it wouldn't have made a difference at the moment anyways. Her lungs started to burn from the super heated toxic air that was taking up all the precious air that was low to the floor. She had to get out quickly before she became a statistic for the death of city firefighters.


Vegeta made his way back down the now unstable stairs with axe in hand. The second floor was a total loss before he even attempted to check for anyone that might have been trapped. He stopped dead in his tracks when he realized that Bulma wasn't where he told her to stay. He slammed the axe head on the floor in frustration before making his way towards the only exit out of the burning home. He had strictly told Bulma to stay put for her own safety, now she had wandered off more then likely to get herself killed.

"Where the hell is she?" Vegeta shouted as he took off his mask upon exiting the fully engulfed house right behind him. He received a bunch of blank stares for his answer.

"Where is who Vegeta?" Raditz asked seeing the slight panicked look on his face.

"Damn it! Bulma, she's one of the new damn probies I got yesterday. This is her first induction into real fire."

"Calm down, maybe she came back out here. There are so many crews out here right now, maybe you just missed her."

"I told her to stay right where I left her until I got back. She was gone in the span of two minutes. Hell I'm not sure if she left that house or not."

"Shit, Juunanagou get your slick ass down to the first house. I got a search and rescue operation for you." Raditz called over his hand held radio for the search and rescue specialist. Vegeta coughed as he looked around at the sea of firefighters looking for Bulma's unmistakable trademark of blue hair.


Juuhachigou was still stringing hose lines when she heard the call for her brother's help for a search and rescue. With a evil little smirk, she finished up what she was doing before grabbing the rest of her gear to go get a taste of some real action.

"What the hell are you doing? Aren't you supposed to be watching those hoses?" Juunanagou snapped out as his blonde haired sister caught up with him as she raced by.

"Shut it Juunanagou! You know I live for this shit, but I'm not going to learn just by sitting back on my ass watching everyone and making sure freaking hoses don't get tangled."

"Fine, just watch your step and don't get in my damn way. This is life or death we are talking about here." He replied to her just before he caught sight of his captain and Chief Raditz.

"What's up? What do you have for me?"

"Find the damn probie! She freaking wandered off and I'm not even sure she's still in there." Vegeta seethed out, the refection of leaping flames dancing in his dark eyes.

"Which one?"

"Bulma." Juuhachigou gasped, her blue eyes widening as she looked at the wall of flames that devoured the house that was standing in the lot behind Vegeta.

"On it. You let me know if you find her out here. I think this baby is about to come down by the looks of things. Lets go if you're coming." Juuhachigou nodded and followed her twin brother into the flaming beast in search of her friend.


The news of a firefighter missing spread quickly through out all the companies. ChiChi had heard the call over the radio to let captain Vegeta know if anyone had seen Bulma to radio back. As the minutes grew longer with no one answering his question, ChiChi started to fear the worse. Her heart raced, her hands trembled as the sweat started to pour out of her skin.

"Hey you ok?" Goku asked taking a note to the change in his probie working along side him. She gave him a nod and continued to help hold the hose line that was keeping the fire at bay away from other homes yet to be touched by the flame.

"Don't worry ChiChi. They'll find her." Goku added to help ease her mind, when in fact he didn't know for certain if Bulma would be found.


Bulma was beyond panicked. The choking thick smoke was causing her to pant in short gasps, her head starting to feel light with the lack of oxygen she needed. But she wouldn't give up. She had to prove herself to Vegeta and the rest of the company that she could do this job. She bent down to make sure that the oxygen mask that she secured on the woman was tight, she grabbed her and started to drag her in the direction she thought would lead her outside.

"I've got to find that damn door!" Bulma growled out, falling to her knees as the smoke over came her.

"Over here, I think I found her!" The muffled sound of a female voice was the last thing Bulma heard before darkness claimed her.


Juunanagou lead the way into the burning house with his sister right behind searching for Bulma. They could hear the wooden supports of the house starting to creak and snap as they made their way deeper into the house.

"You look over there, I'm going to check out over here." Juuhachigou nodded sternly following orders. She had made it only ten steps in when something on the floor caught her eye. The black turn out jacket with the bright yellow reflective tape gleamed in the light of her flashlight.

"Over here, I think I found her!" She yelled as she closed the distance between them. Bulma's face was covered in dark murky soot, her eyes closed.

"Shit she found some one." Juunanagou aspirated out. He quickly picked up Bulma like she was nothing over his shoulder and watched as his sister did the same to the woman that Bulma was trying to pull out.

"Lets go!" He announced quickly as they fled the inferno.


Just outside, Raditz, Vegeta and Gohan, station seven eight's lead paramedic stood waiting for the firefighting siblings to return. Busting out the door first was Juuhachigou with the woman hoisted over her shoulder with her brother not five paces behind her.

"I need a paramedic!" She announced loudly as she made her way to a safe distance to put the woman down. Gohan was there in a flash looking over the woman as Juuhachigou rose to her feet.

"I need some help here!" Juunanagou shouted out next catching the attention of everyone in the vicinity. Vegeta's eyes snapped in the direction to see the long blue hair of the woman that was hanging over Juunanagou's shoulder.

"Put her down!" Vegeta ordered quickly. Gently as he could, Juunanagou placed Bulma on the wet, muddy grass at his feet.

"Juuhachigou found her with that woman. She took of her respirator."

"Damn it! I need a paramedic over here now!" Vegeta bellowed out, keeping his eyes solely on Bulma's smudged face.

"They're on their way over Vegeta." Raditz said, kneeling beside Vegeta.

"Bulma! Breathe Bulma! Come one damn it, take a breath."