Lower Instinct - beginning of vegebul (+ gochi, tienlaunch)

It's a hold-up (vegebul)

The next morning, Yamcha left the house early and headed to the stadium. Bulma thought he wasn't that bad looking in his baseball gear! Unfortunately, she wasn't interested in the sport itself...
So she was preparing her plane for the upcoming flight to the mountains when movement caught her eye.
Vegeta had also gotten up early that morning and now went straight to the space capsule. As usual, he wanted to open the door by pressing the button.
But this time nothing happened.
He pushed the button a second time and when the door didn't move again, he got instantly pissed. Then he pressed the button like a madman, causing a thick vein of rage to swell on his forehead.
"Hrrrgh... What the hell...?!"
"Are you going to wreck the gravity room again?" Bulma called out to him from afar. "Or what is that supposed to be?"
He whirled on her angrily. "Why doesn't the damn door open?!"
Bulma unconcernedly packed her things onto the plane. "Because there's maintenance going on in there," she replied casually.
"And how much longer is this maintenance?!"
"Until it's done!" Bulma called back, annoyed. But her facial expressions relaxed again when she suddenly had an idea. "Hmm... How about that? Would you like to accompany me to the mountains?"
"What?"
"I need some metals. Maybe you can help me retrieve them?"
"Why should I do that?"
Then she raised her index finger and said with her eyes closed, "Well, I need these metals to amplify the gravity room. And as far as I know, YOU were the one who asked me to do this! So I guess it's not too much to ask if you--"
"FINE! Just shut up," he growled, then walked towards her with his arms crossed.
He eyed the plane suspiciously and while Bulma got on, he stayed on the ground next to it.
"What are you waiting for?" she then asked him. "Or shall I roll out the red carpet for you, your Majesty?"
Vegeta turned his angry gaze to her face.
"Tch. I fly a lot faster than your shitty plane," he then said coolly and promptly a vein of anger swelled on Bulma's forehead.
"Oh yes?! Well, let's see about that!"
Then, with a vigorous outstretched arm, she showed him the way to their destination, one of the highest peaks on the horizon. Then she closed the glass top and promptly started the engines. By now Vegeta had already shot up off the ground. He left a mile-wide beam of energy in the sky that Bulma watched in amazement. As many times as she had seen her friends do it, this form of locomotion was always fascinating to watch!

However, she found traveling by plane more comfortable - even if she was actually traveling much more slowly in it and thus only arrived at the meeting point some time after Vegeta.
He had already accumulated various metal ores and was now sitting on a nearby rock, propping his forearm on his bent knee. He watched as the plane landed and then Bulma got out.
Her anger at his victory evaporated as soon as she saw the huge pile of ore. "Oh wow, you've been busy! My respect!"
"Tch. Anything else?" he grumbled, turning his head away. "Or can I go again?"
But before Bulma could answer, a strange voice suddenly sounded behind her.
"Well, well, what do we have here?"
Next came the sound of a gun being reloaded.
Bulma turned around and eyed two bandits: a skinny, lanky guy in a aviator's hat and a burly guy with a stubble beard. At first she didn't seem particularly impressed by their appearance, because after all she knew that she had a strong Saiyan warrior at her side. Crossing her arms, she watched as the bandits approached her. And the two obviously seemed a bit irritated by the fact that she wasn't afraid of them at all.
"Er... in case you didn't catch that," the burly guy said. "It's a hold-up!"
"Ya see? Some people really have to be told this very clearly, otherwise they won't get it," his lanky companion whispered behind his hand.
Then he began looking at Bulma's plane, still aiming the gun at her. The fat guy, meanwhile, aimed his gun at Vegeta.
"Look, not just an expensive Capsule Corporation plane, but a whole bunch of ore too!"
"That must be worth a fortune, huh! Today is our lucky day!"
"I don't think so," Bulma said suddenly, and they both looked at her in amazement.
"What did you say...?"
"I don't think today is your lucky day," she said, then pointed at Vegeta.
But he sat so listlessly on his rock that the two bandits quickly shifted their eyes back to Bulma.
"And?"
Then Bulma looked over at Vegeta. "Um, Vegeta? Would you be so kind as to bust these gentlemen's asses?"
"Why should I?"
"What?" First she made a puzzled face and then stretched her clenched fists to the ground indignantly. "Well, because they want to steal from me!"
"Hahaha!" she heard the two bandits laughing maliciously.
"You've got yourself a great boyfriend there!" joked the fat man.
"Yeah, you'd better come to us!" the lanky man added and spread his arms demonstratively. "You're kinda cutie."
"Yuck!" Bulma backed away in disgust.
Then she looked from the bandits to Vegeta and when he still wouldn't move, she let out an angry sound and just stomped back to her plane.
But the lanky bandit stood in her way. "Where d'ya wanna go?"
"Home, where else?" she snapped at him. "So get out of my way!"
Then the fat man reloaded his gun again.
"Are you kidding us?" he asked with a slightly mad look. "You think we're joking!"
Bulma was really starting to feel in trouble because the two men had approached her dangerously. Angry and confused at the same time, she looked from one to the other.
"I like bickering women, huh," said the skinny one. "Let's take her with us!"
And just as he reached out for her, Bulma backed away, raising both fists in front of her chest and screaming angrily at Vegeta. The fat man immediately pointed his gun at him again and when he thought he saw him moving, a shot was fired from his gun!
Screaming in shock, Bulma pressed her hands to her cheeks and shifted her gaze to Vegeta too.
But all he had done in a flash was raise a hand in front of his face and tap his thumb and middle finger together, as if he had caught something in mid-air. And indeed, he'd managed to intercept the bullet in flight before it hit his face! Bulma and the bandits widened their eyes in astonishment while Vegeta didn't even flinch.
Horrified, the lanky man grabbed his fat companion's arm. "Sh-Shoot him...!" he whimpered in panic.
But the answer to that followed from Vegeta: "With pleasure."
And before the fat man could shoot him again, he flicked the bullet right back at him - shooting him right away!
The guy flew backwards and then lay motionless on the grass.
"WAAH!!" his lanky sidekick let out a terrified yell. But instead of running away, he now aimed his gun at Vegeta. "H-How dare you?!"
His trembling fingers groped for the trigger while he gave it a quick, frantic look. And when he looked back at Vegeta just a second later, he was suddenly gone! But he didn't have time to wonder, because the next moment Vegeta appeared right next to him and sent him to the afterlife with an elbow smack against his temple. How he hurtled away through the air for meters and then thundered into the nearest rock face - the guy didn't even notice anymore.
Eyes widening in shock, Bulma followed its trajectory, but Vegeta, on the other hand, looked rather unimpressed.
"Pathetic," he commented on the demise of these two minor characters.
But he still had to admit that he had gained a lot in speed and reflexes through his training.

"Th-Than--" Bulma just wanted to thank him for saving her, but Vegeta just went away!
Because this small confrontation awakened in him the urge to immediately devote himself to bigger challenges. And if he couldn't train in the gravity room at the moment, then he just had to continue his training elsewhere.
Bulma's hair and clothing flapped violently in the wind as she watched his energy beam follow. And with a heavy sigh, she finally turned her gaze to the pile of heavy metal ores.
"Great... And now I have to lug all this onto the plane by myself?!"


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