In Your Dreams

Chapter 16

In Your Dreams: Chapter 16

Patience was never one of Bulma's virtues, so after sitting around for nearly three hours waiting for some kind of word from Vegeta, she was just about ready to tear her own hair out. She'd already gnawed all of her previously manicured nails down to nothing and now she was busy drumming her fingers on the table top.

Trunks had arrived nearly twenty minutes prior, and after observing his mother's agitated behavior, he had asked what was going on. Bulma had explained that Goku had been taken back to a new hideout and that Vegeta had been baited into retrieving him on his own. It was an obvious trap that was unlikely to result in the prince walking out with Goku, but the older Saiyajin had gone regardless. He knew what he was getting himself into and he was fully prepared to accept the consequences. Problem was, Bulma was not.

''What about the dragonballs?'' Trunks asked. ''You already have most of them here, so why not gather the remaining ones and wish them back here? It won't take long to find the others.''

Bulma huffed in frustration and shook her head. ''It won't work. Shortly after I found him, Goku told me that there were two conditions concerning the deal he made with Shenlong. One was, of course, that he would give up all his ki to restore the dragonballs' power. The second was that no one who had any current knowledge of the balls, or have used them in the past could use them again. It was to insure they wouldn't be abused again.''

Trunks blinked in astonishment. ''So we can never use the dragonballs again? Ever?''

''No. Even if we gathered them all together and summoned Shenlong, he wouldn't respond. The dragonballs would just scatter.''

Mother and son sat in silence for awhile. The only sound was the steady tic-tock of the clock as time slowly ticked away.

''So what happens now? You said father has been gone for hours. Don't you think he would have been back by now if everything was ok?''

''I don't know!'' Bulma suddenly shouted, causing the demi-Saiyajin seated across from her to jump in surprise at her sudden outburst. She ran her fingers through her hair in frustration and settled back into her seat.
''I have no idea what's going on! For all I know he hasn't even been taken to Goku yet. I don't want to risk calling his cell phone in case he's hiding it.''

Trunks raised an eyebrow. ''Father has a cell phone?''

The older woman nodded, not really looking at him. ''Yeah, I asked him to take it with him.''

''Well, isn't there a tracking chip in all our phones? Why not find the signal and see if it's still moving?''

Bulma's blue eyes suddenly lit up, and she nearly hit herself in the forehead for not thinking about something so obvious in the first place. She really didn't think well under pressure. ''I can't believe I didn't think of that sooner! Ugh, I'm such an idiot!''

Trunks smiled at the suddenly excited woman as she dashed off to find her computer.

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Perhaps telling Kakarotto about Villa's plans wasn't the wisest thing to do after all. No sooner had Vegeta revealed the human's intentions, the younger Saiyajin had shooed him out of the bathroom as if he expected the prince to jump him right there and then. Needless to say, Vegeta was a little insulted that the other man thought so little of his self-control. Had he been lacking in that department he would have ravished Kakarotto quite some time ago.

So now Vegeta had been sitting on the bed for the past ten minutes waiting for the other man to emerge from the bathroom. When he finally did, Kakarotto came out fully dressed in loose fitting pants and a turban styled shirt that he secured at the waist with a sash. Aside from the royal blue sash, the entire outfit was white, making the younger Saiyajin look like quite the virgin.