Kakavege One-shots

What Happened To Vegeta?

Goku's eye's fluttered open to the dark room. His sensitive ears picked up the sound. Was the phone ringing?

He swiveled his head around to peek at his wife. "Chichi, the phone is ringing."

He stared up at the moon as he waited for a response. When none came he tossed the thick blanket off of him.

He walked into the main room and it was concerningly calm. Not a sound dared to interrupt the quiet winter air. Had he dreamed it? Just for good measure he disconnected the line.

Goku turned to the hallway, stopping dead in his tracks when the phone rang loudly once again.

Goku slowly turned to look at the old phone. The line was still disconnected as it continued to ring.

Goku took the phone off the buzzer and lifted it to his ear.

"..Hello?" He asked.

He could hear shuffling on the other side, and the sound of someone whimpering.

"He's..here.." A voice whispered out.

Goku could barely recognize the voice enveloped in fear, it was Vegeta.

"Who's there?" Goku asked.

"I can hear him, Kakarot.." Vegeta said.

"Who? Who can you hear?" Goku asked.

"He's getting closer... I can hear him.. Coming up.. The stairs..." Vegeta whimpered out much quieter.

"Vegeta who is it?!" Goku shrieked, he froze as his sensitive ears picked up on the booming sound of steps of the stairs from the other side.

"Where are you, Kakarot?... You said you'd protect me.." Goku heard Vegeta's shaky and unstable breaths.

The unmistakable sound of the door creaking open shook Goku to the very core. Immediately, the line was filled with static.

Just barely, under the static he heard screaming, things crashing and breaking before it all stopped. The static. The screaming. The breaking.

It was quiet once again, but it was no longer peaceful. Instead, the cold air felt heavy and eerie. He felt dizzy.
Unconsciously leaning forward, Goku caught himself on the dining table.

This wasn't real. It couldn't be. What had just happened? What happened to Vegeta?

Goku, still wide eyed, tried to call out for his wife. But he was left mute. His head spun with the room around him, the floor slipped from beneath him.

Right as he crashed into floor he woke, gasping for breath.

He gripped his chest, his heart was still pounding.

He tossed the blanket off of him and held his head. He was still dizzy, and his memory of the call was hazy. Maybe it was a dream, but he had to be sure of it.

He walked to the main room, and halted as the telephone line was still unplugged.

"Chichi!" he called from the main room. "I'm gonna go see if Vegeta wants to train!"

He put two fingers to his head, a bad feeling tugged at the put in his stomach as he couldn't feel anyone's energy. He felt harder and ITed somewhere nearby  with an animal's energy.

It was scratch.

Goku looked down at the petrified, small, black cat. "Scratch? Ya okay bud?" Goku reached down to pick up the poor thing.

"Where's Dr. Briefs?" Goku held the cat close to his chest and pet it gently, heading to the front door.

Goku knocked.

There was no response.

It was then Goku noticed the broken door handle along with the missing chunks of wood around it. Scratch hissed at the door and jumped from Goku's arms and scurried away into the woods. Goku reached forward and pushed the door open with a single finger. He felt nauseous as the smell of blood hit him with force and overwhelmed him. He covered his mouth with his hand, cursing himself for not wearing a shirt. He walked in further, looking around.

Although the whole place reeked of it, there was not a single drop of blood staining the walls or floors. He also noticed that Capsule Corp, usually full of people and very busy, was empty. Not a single human, Saiyan, or Namekian was here.

Goku reached the main room, there was small scratching on the couches and some fluff was pulled out, but he assumed it was just Scratch.

When Goku walked out of the main room and saw the stairs.

The stairs.

Goku shuddered as he climbed the steps. Each step squeaking menacingly under his feet.

"Bulma? Vegeta? Are you guys okay? Vege-"

Goku paused in horror as he reached the top of the stairs. He stared at the door with the sign saying "Vegeta" on it.

The sign was crooked and the bottom of the door was beaten in. But what really terrorized Goku was the pool of deep crimson blood stained into the carpet floor.