Make a Difference von Nevaeh ================================================================================ Kapitel 3: ----------- It was cold on the ship, colder than he was used to. He was still sweating, and he could feel every little drop running down his skin. On every spot where they formed a little pool, he felt as if the pressure was trying to crush him. Breathing was so hard. He knew it wasn’t 10 G already, and that made it actually worse. Was it really that long ago, that he had trained in a much higher gravity? He slowly, carefully turned his head to the side, looking at Bra in the other bed. She was lying on her side, her eyes closed, sweat slowly dripping down her forehead. Her breathing was ragged. He knew she wasn’t sleeping.   “Bra… Are you awake?”   She opened her eyes, with much difficulty. They had been on the ship only for a few hours, but he knew that it was much harder for her than it was for him.   “Yeah.” She closed her eyes again. “What do you want?”   “Can you... Can you still take it?”   Bra sighed. “If not… What would you… Do about it?”   “I could… Ask them… To turn the gravity down.”   Bra huffed. She opened her eyes again, slightly. “We haven’t been… On here… Very long… I’m still damn sure… They were already… Very nice to turn it down that much.”   She was probably right. He still would like to go back to Earth gravity. With a grunt, he got up. His abs were protesting, as was his head, as was his whole body. But if he didn’t move, it would never get better. He slowly walked over the two steps to Bra´s bed, softly touching her shoulder.   “Then we have to do something about it. Come on, get up.”   Bra barely managed to push his hand away. “Whatever you´re planning… I won’t do it. I can barely breathe.”   “I know. I feel the same. That’s why we have to move. To get used to it. You don’t know how long we will stay here. And I haven’t been on here very long as well, but I’m also pretty certain that they will turn it up until it is comfortable for them. Especially when they realize that we can take it.”   “You realize that we shouldn’t try then, right?”   Goten didn’t move. He only stared daggers at her. After a while, he turned around and started walking up and down the room. It was already exhausting enough. And if she didn’t want to join… Her problem.   ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~   It must’ve been something like evening when finally someone came for them. Goten was sitting on his bed, occasionally lifting an arm or a leg while Bra had only shifted slightly from her position. To be fair, she had gotten up a few times. At least one time she had went to the toilet, then she had tinkered around with the charger for her phone and finally she had managed to get it inside of a power outlet. They couldn’t call anyone, but they could listen to some music. And just listening to some mindless pop music was really feeling like home. In some ways it felt as if they had fairly been gone, in others as if they were already away for years.   He didn’t know the saiyan who came for them. It wasn’t one of the five who picked them up. That one also didn’t care much about trying to communicate with them. He just waved his hand and expected them to follow.   “Is dinner ready?” Bra pushed herself up, with much effort.   “Don’t know. Or maybe that woman from before wants to talk to us.” She had looked eerily similar to Vegeta… But then they all somehow did. He wondered what the ship was all about. On the previous one, they had gotten overalls. The same everyone was wearing. It was some kind of uniform… Maybe it was a military vessel. He wasn’t sure what that meant for them though.   They were led to a small conference room. Slower than the guy who came to get them liked, considering the amount of huffs and side-eyes they got. And it seemed conference rooms look the same everywhere in the galaxy. There was a table in the middle, big enough for maybe six or eight people. It was black, with black chairs, a dark blue carpet, and beige walls with some pictures of architecture on them. The woman was there, as was the other person who greeted them in the hangar bay, and this time they were also wearing an overall. Probably more comfortable…   “I am commander Yasai, this is second commander Nasu. You are Gohtin and Burra.” She looked at them, her eyebrows raised. Goten wasn’t sure if he was supposed to say something to that. So he just nodded. “Sit down. We have questions.” Bra sat down with a sigh. He felt the same, walking here had been exhausting enough for another break. And as much as he wanted to know what was going on, he really wasn’t in the mood for another session with the damn translator tablet.   “We were told, that you traveled by unknown means. Do you have any knowledge of your transportation method?”   “No. We do not. And we already told you that multiple times.”   Nasu wrote something down in a notebook. Goten looked at it curiously. He hadn’t thought that space travelers would actually still use notebooks and pens.   “You said, Freeza is dead. You said, Vegeta-sei is destroyed. Explain.”   Goten slowly turned his head to look at Bra. She shrugged, as if that hadn’t been information they should have been careful about giving out. She hadn’t told him that she had said that to the other group while he was sleeping. And he was severely annoyed that they didn’t have the chance to decide how much they want to tell these people after she blabbed everything out.     Bra sighed again. He didn’t know if she didn’t realize how rude that was. “We live in a multiverse. And it seems that we travelled to an alternate universe by accident. In our universe, all of those things have already happened. And since it hasn’t happened here, this universe must be in our past. Does this answer your question?”   Nasu made even more notes while Yasai sat up straighter. Goten frowned and pushed the tablet away from them. He leaned over to Bra, because they definitely needed a quick chat right now. “Bra, what are you doing? If this is really the past, you can´t just tell them anything!”   A small smile tugged on Bra´s lip. “Goten, I just had an idea. How me make sure they will help us. I mean, you could… Do the thing Goku did. And they’d be so grateful, they´d help us get away from here. I mean, the already know. And they obviously believe us. So let’s do it!”   Goten only stared at her for a few seconds. Of course it seemed easier for her. Because she didn’t have to do anything according to that plan. He would be the one who had to kill Freeza. And even if, there was no guarantee they could help them in any way! “They don’t know how to get away from here either!”   “There are options. We can´t discuss this right now. Just trust me.” They looked up again, and the curious faces of Yasai and Nasu. Goten sincerely hoped that the tablet hadn’t caught everything they had just said.   “What planet are you from, since you are half Saiyans and know Freeza but don’t speak any known language?”   They didn’t say anything. After a few seconds, Nasu started writing again and Yasai only lifted her eyebrows. “How exactly did you travel here?”   That again... “As we already said, we ran into a man on our way from a party, and then we were suddenly on the planet where you picked us up.”   “What species was this person?”   “We don’t know. Do you want to ask us questions that we haven’t already answered?” Bra huffed, but he ignored it. She could shut right up.   “Are you from the royal family?” Goten barely ket himself from snapping at her. They would have a long talk later for the next time they would be questioned.   “Yes. I am the first daughter of our King. How do you know?”   “I am the daughter of the last Prince. Prince Vegeta. Do you know him?” He didn’t know what she was trying to do. This Vegeta wouldn’t know them. Or maybe… She just wanted to know where and the timeline they were. But considering the amount stupid she had been saying, he somehow doubted that.   “Every Prince´s name is Vegeta. No Prince would make bastards on another planet. Knowingly.”   Bra grinned. “Freeza blew up your planet in our time. And he killed every single one of you. Except for my father. The amount of known bastards didn’t matter anymore.”   Yasai didn’t seem impressed. “We will continue talking. Go back to your room.” And with that, she got up and left the room. Nasu followed close behind. Shortly after the guy who had taken them to the conference room came back and led them to their room. Someone had also brought food. The only good thing that had happened so far.   ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~   “What the fuck was that?” He was so tired. He felt the blood pounding his brain and he just wanted to lie down and sleep for at least 12 hours, but that was exactly the reason why they were in this mess! They had both been too tired on the other ship to actually talk things through. “You didn’t tell me that you basically told them already that were from the future!”   Bra rolled her eyes, putting down the bowl she had grabbed from the tray in the corner. “Because I didn’t think it was necessary. I mean, we appeared out of nowhere! Do you really think that this little bit of information matters right now?”   “Yes! Obviously I do! What if we change the timeline? You don’t know if we’re in a parallel universe. You just guessed that.”   “I didn’t! Freeza I still alive. Vegeta-sei is still there. And you and I both know that time travel immediately means parallel universes. And guess what, maybe they would be more inclined to help us in any way if we give them something instead of just being mysterious. What do you think would happen? They´re going to leave us on the next planet, and then what? We can´t speak their language, we have no money and we know no one. And even if we had a ship, we still wouldn’t know where to go! So yeah, I think it’s a better idea to tell them that we can actually do something against the looming doom of their home planet and maybe they´ll give us a ship and directions to Namek?”   Goten felt the blood pump faster through his body as his anger rose to dangerous levels. He tried to keep his ki low, but it was hard. “Do you really think the Dragon can bring us back?”   “Yes. Fucking obviously. Or do you have any better ideas? If not, leave me alone and enjoy your meal.” She grabbed a bowl again, and started to eat. It was probably better if they would settle this another time. “I also think the days are longer than ours.”   Goten stared at her for a few seconds. As if he would care right now.   ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~   “Nasu, what do you say?”   Nasu was skipping through his notes, his brows furrowed. “Could´ve used an easier story for lying.”   Yasai leaned back in her chair, her hands on her stomach. The low gravity was going on her nerves, but their two guests were already on edge about it, so she wanted them to have at least a few days to get used to it before turning it up again. “What if they are not lying? I mean, there is a debate that multiple universes are existing.” She looked at Nasu. “And judging by what group 457 said, they really did appear out of nowhere.”   Nasu didn´t look very convinced. “They don´t even know themselves. They are just guessing.”   “Hm. Did you check the power readings? And get a DNA sample from the girl. Let’s see if she is really from the royal family.”   Nasu grabbed the tablet, scrolling until he found the right page. “Gohtin´s power level is way higher than average. To what group 457 collected, it also grew stronger since he is in higher gravity. The girl is average, no fighter, but her power level also increased.” He hesitated for a second. “Do you really think she´s royal family? She doesn´t even look like a saiyan.”   “Wouldn´t be the first bastard…” She looked at the far wall, thinking. This was all very interesting. Yasai had heard of people who could increase the power level at will, but it was unusual. When she had gotten the report, she had only acknowledged it because they were on the way to Dunja anyway. Easy to drop them off and forget about it. But now… She was curious. She didn’t necessarily believe that they were from the future or another universe or whatever, but that didn’t mean that it wasn´t a little riddle she could solve.   “Nasu. Let’s give them two more days until they get used to the ship. I’d like to run a little test afterwards. And make a DNA analysis of the man as well. I want to know if they are related.” She waved her hand, dismissing him. She needed time to think. And… She was really hungry. Hosted by Animexx e.V. (http://www.animexx.de)