Finding Love (Vegeta x Goku)

Not So Good News

Goku twisted his fingers around each other as he watched his eldest type away at a computer in the med bay with a few doctors including Selarp. The teen had been scouring every bit of data in his search to reverse what that demented goat did to the beta. He leaned against Vegeta who was standing beside him as they waited for any news.

"I'm sorry, Dad." Gohan looked up from the screen to where Goku and Vegeta were sitting. The glow of the screen flickered on the glasses he needed to put on after so many hours of searching. "We've gone over everything on the disk I brought, but there is nothing about what was done to your vocal cords." Of all the things he found, details about his father's biology, the punishments Shiveria inflicted on him, he couldn't believe that the information about his vocal cords wasn't there. He had read through every file at least twice but it just wasn't there. The teen rubbed at his eyes both in exhaustion and frustration as he tried to stave off the tears in his eyes and finally admit defeat.

"So...there is nothing else we can do to fix this?" The prince demanded from the others in the room. His tail lashed the lashed as he growled.

"No, sire." Selarp looked down at the floor. "If the healing tank couldn't fix the problem, and without more information on what was done, I'm afraid we can't fix the Prince Consort's voice. I am truly sorry, your highness."

Goku let out a disappointed whine as he looked down as well.

"There has to be something else you can do!" Vegeta yelled wrapping an arm around Goku to comfort him.

"We can't, Vegeta." Gohan finally explained taking off his glasses. "We don't know what they did. If we start poking around....Vegeta, we're lucky what ever they did didn't kill Dad to begin with." Goku and Vegeta looked at him concerned.

"Explain now."

"I looked at the scans," Gohan said. "They injected something that froze his vocal cords. If they put the needle any where other than that one spot he'd have stopped breathing and nothing could have fixed it."

Vegeta's eyes widened as they darted to look at his mate who was rapidly loosing color in his face. The beta was quick to reach out and tightly hold one of the prince's arms as he trembled over the news. While he had faced death twice in his life, he was finally happy, and he didn't want to leave his family again.

"You're fine, Karo." The alpha immediately began to whisper to him as he gathered Goku closer to him. He could feel the younger saiyan bury his face in his chest as he threaded his fingers in wild spikes. "Everything's alright now."

Gohan came up on the other side of the shaken submissive to wrap his arms around Goku as well. The teen shuddered at the thought of how close he came to loosing his father again. He bit his lip as he rubbed a hand on the beta's shoulder, and his eyes lit up as an idea suddenly occurred to him.

"What about Bulma?" The younger alpha asked Vegeta with a small, hopeful smile growing on his face. "Do you think she could fix this?" The prince met his eldest stepson's eyes and a matching smile appeared on his face as well.

"If there is anyone that possibility could, it would be her. She is the most brilliant person I've ever come across." The older saiyan pulled back to look down at Goku. "Do you want to try and see if she could help, Karo? If nothing else, we could always use the dragon balls to fix your voice."

"Don''t forget Dende and Mr. Popo, their magic might be able to help." Gohan chimed in. Vegeta nodded forced to concede to that as well. Goku looked up and bite his lip, he hadn't the faintest idea how to answer.

He never wanted to return to Earth, not after wishing Vegetasei back. It was a realization he came to during his pregnancy. He missed his friends on Earth and could easily come and go if he wanted but he hadn't wanted to go back. Earth had so many things he wanted to forget and move past. Even if it meant fixing his voice was it worth it to risk seeing Chichi again? To see everyone from Earth now that they knew certain things?