Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Someone to watch over us... ❯ We're here for you Bulma ( Chapter 2 )

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Someone to watch over us…


"Vegeta!" Bulma screamed bolting upright in her bed. Sweat dripped off her brow as she panted trying to get herself to calm her breathing. Her body ached, but she paid no attention to it what so ever as she tried to figure out where she was.
"Bulma calm down." Goku insisted as he pushed her back down in the bed. She rubbed her eyes before glancing around the unfamiliar room she was in.
"Where am I?" She asked in a whisper as she closed her eyes again trying to shake the haziness of sleep away from her mind.
"You are at Cedar Sinai medical center. You've been here for three days now."
"What? I got to get out of here…" Bulma yanked back the blankets, tossing them towards the floor trying to get herself out of the bed. Goku sighed before walking around the bed to confront her.
"You're not going to get far with that IV in your arm and that lovely hospital gown with your backside showing." Looking around at her arm and the wretched hospital gown, Bulma nodded in defeat, sitting back down on the edge of the bed. Goku picked up the tossed sheets and returned them to the bed, watching Bulma carefully, waiting for the questioning to start at any moment.

"Why am I here? Where is Vegeta?" She asked quietly in a trembling voice, afraid the nightmare she just had would be reality. Goku looked down on her with ebony eyes before sitting down next to her.
"Maybe I should have a doctor talk with you Bulma." Blue eyes looked up from the floor with a questioning gaze.
"Why? Goku tell me please." She pleaded with her friend. She needed to know the answers that she so desperately needed. Goku sucked in a breath before looking back at her, choosing his words wisely before he opened his mouth. He wasn't the greatest with words, and he didn't want to say anything that would hurt his friend more.

"Well, do you remember anything before now? I mean after the ambulance took Vegeta away?" After a moment of thinking Bulma looked back up at him and shook her head. She didn't really remember a thing after the paramedic yelled that Vegeta was flat lining. Her life came crashing down around her as soon as the ambulance sped away with the one that she truly fell in love with. Nothing compared to the shattering of her heart as she watched them take Vegeta away from her.

"Well it was a few hours before we could get up here after everything had happened. None of us has left since then Bulma." Goku continued, trying to keep his hesitation hidden from her.
"Goku, you're stalling here. You know how impatient I am. Just blurt it out or something I can take it." Bulma fidgeted with the edge of the sheet that Goku had placed back on her bed.

"Hey Goku have you seen Gohan? I was thinking about…Oh my Bulma honey you're awake." ChiChi nearly dropped her purse when she saw Bulma sitting up in bed. Bulma blinked a few times before being bombarded into a huge hug by her best friend. Goku sighed in relief that he was saved by his wife, he didn't want to get tongue-tied trying to explain things to Bulma.

"Gosh Chi, you'd thought I was dead or something. Since you're here now, tell me what the hell is going on. Goku won't tell me shit." ChiChi looked at Bulma for a minute before fixing her gaze back to her husband. Both looked at one another both asking if they should tell Bulma what was going on without saying a word. With a slight nod ChiChi turned back to Bulma.

"Well, I'm not sure how to tell you Bulma. It's been a rough few days on all of us here." ChiChi took Bulma's hands in hers before she sat down next to her on the bed.
"Vegeta?" Bulma asked, uncertain if the prince had made it to the hospital alive. A comforting hand of Goku rested now on Bulma's shoulder. Silent tears started to leek from her blue eyes. She didn't know why she was crying already with out them telling her what was going on, but she dreaded the worse. She wasn't prepared for the worse, what more could hurt her now? She'd been through hell and back the last few months.

"Bulma, you lost the baby honey. The doctors are not sure what the cause was. It could have been the combination of stress and the hard blow from Vegeta when he knocked you out of the way. Other then that, you are free to leave when you are up to it." ChiChi said, her voice now almost a whisper. Bulma didn't move, no emotion showed on her face as she tried to absorb the information she was just given. Staring straight ahead to the crisp white wall, Bulma blinked as the words started to sink in.

"Bulma?" ChiChi called to her with concern written plainly on her face. Goku tightened his grip on Bulma's shoulder before rubbing lightly in comfort.
"Why?" Bulma's voice was raspy, the emotion starting to build up in her voice. Her mind was reeling from the sudden news; she didn't really know how to react. She did not know she was actually pregnant, with her life the way it was, her lack of monthly cycles went unnoticed.
"We're here for you Bulma. I know this is very hard right now. But you have to believe me things will get better. The stalker is dead now honey." ChiChi gripped Bulma's hands tighter in hers as she saw Bulma's bottom lip starting to quiver.

"It was all I had to remind me of Vegeta." Bulma choked out before the tears started to cascade down her cheeks faster. ChiChi started to sniffle, heartbroken for her friend. How much more could one woman take? Goku gathered Bulma up in his embrace as a sob wrenched its way free from Bulma's throat. Not knowing anything else to say to easy the pain, Goku did the only thing he knew he could do. To hug her and promise her everything would work out in the end.
"You're going to be ok, I promise Bulma. Everything will be just fine." Goku whispered lightly in Bulma's ear as he stroked her back in comfort. Everyone knew this was going to be very hard on her, much harder then anything she had ever faced up until now.

"What the hell is she crying about?" Three pairs of eyes snapped to the doorway at the same time to see the cocky smirk of Bulma's head of security. Leaning fashionably against the doorframe Vegeta stood, clad only in a pair of hospital pants and a sling that supported his right arm.

"Vegeta?" Bulma hiccupped out as she rubbed her eyes to rid them of the tears that blurred her vision. She couldn't believe he was standing only a few feet away from her. Her nightmares were just that, really bad nightmares. She wasn't going to be an old maid with a hundred cats after all. Her prince had fought back from the brink of death and won.

"Who else would I be onna? The doctors said not to get her upset Kakarott." Vegeta spat out, a little annoyed at Goku and ChiChi. Goku opened his mouth to defend himself but found he wouldn't be listened to by the way Vegeta and Bulma were staring at each other. Vegeta pushed himself away from the door and walked towards the bed keeping his eyes locked with Bulma's with each and every step he took. Bulma's bottom lip started to tremble as she tried to put a smile on her tear stained face as he approached her.

"Leave, I need to talk to her." Vegeta ordered out bluntly to Goku and ChiChi who immediately obeyed him, quickly leaving the room. Vegeta watched as they left before turning back to his mate that was still sitting on the bed, most likely in shock.

"I thought you were dead." She finally said after moments of deafening silence between them. Her voice still held raw emotion, unsure if she was happy to see him, or still overwhelmingly upset over the news that ChiChi had just told her.
"Hn, well I'm not as you can see." Vegeta answered as he gingerly lowered himself to sit on Bulma's bed. Before he could get himself comfortable Bulma latched on to him in a fierce hug, squeezing the breath out of him as she began to cry all over again.
Wincing in pain, Vegeta tried to pry the hysterical singer off of him before she actually caused him more pain.

"Onna stop. I'm fine as you can see. There is no reason for all these tears." Vegeta raised his good arm rubbing her back as she tried to stop crying at his request.
"There was so much blood, so much…" Bulma mumbled out into Vegeta's bare chest, her arms still locked behind his neck.
"I know onna. The clown saved my life. If it wasn't for his blood…"Vegeta trailed off thinking to himself. He hadn't expected Goku to give up his blood to save him, but secretly he was happy that he did otherwise he wouldn't be here holding his mate.

"ChiChi told me that I…I lost…" Fingers stopped Bulma from proceeding. Vegeta lifted her chin to look into her eyes.
"I know already. Kakarott told me when I woke up."
"I'm sorry." Vegeta cocked an eyebrow at her.
"Sorry for what?"
"It should have never happened. If I was more careful…" Bulma stuttered out quickly, she was an emotional wreck. Everything that had happened because of her.

"You are not to blame. The one that is to blame is dead. Dead at the hands of your trusted bodyguards onna."
"And it killed our baby and almost killed you and Jessica." Bulma's voice grew loud with her anger.
"There will be other babies onna."
"But not like this one. No one could replace you if you had died. I would have killed myself if you died."
"Don't ever think that way again you hear me? There is more to life then just me."
"Not in my eyes Vegeta."


The television news was still broadcasting the events at the awards three days ago. Jessica sighed from her hospital bed down the hall from where Bulma and Vegeta were. Tossing the remote to the side, Jessica raised the head of her bed to get comfortable. Her mind was still processing the information that Goku, Tien and Piccolo had given her about who had shot energy blasts at them on stage.

"It wasn't the right man. I knew the stalker wasn't dumb to work alone." She whispered to herself as she rubbed at her aching temples.
"Who wasn't dumb?" The question startled Jessica. Walking in to the room, Tien over heard her talking to herself.
"The stalker. He's not dumb. He wasn't working alone that night. That guy you shot at wasn't who attacked me the day I was at Vegeta's cabin."
"Maybe it was some sick fan or something there."
"No, he knew what I was there for. He knew who I was. Bulma isn't safe until we bring this guy down. I need to talk to Vegeta." Jessica hissed out as she tried to pull herself out of the bed only to recoil back with the pain.
"Take it easy, you need time to heal. I'll talk with Vegeta when he's done talking with Bulma."
"Bulma is awake now?"
"Yeah, she woke up about an hour ago. Goku and ChiChi said she's not taking things very well right now. I hope Vegeta can help her now."
"God I hope so too. I can only imagine what if feels like to almost lose a husband and lose a baby."
"I hope you never do Jessie." Tien replied wrapping his warm arms around her.


and everyone thought the first chapter was real! Just a nasty nightmare!