When Hell Freezes Over - Chapter 3

Vegeta awoke to find himself in a bed facing the infirmary wall… he had been here many times before but somehow he felt odd ‘ that blast really wasn’t strong enough to make me feel like this. What is the matter with me, I can hardly move!’ he thought as a strand of blue hair fell across his vision. ‘ This is the woman’s hair… and it’s attached to my head!! What’s happened to me?’ he rolled over in bead to come face to face with a very concerned looking Dr and Mrs. Briefs accompanied by… HIMSELF??

He sat bolt upright in bed.

“What in Kami’s name is going on here?? Did you clone me in my sleep? I get it now, that woman tricked me. She lured me into the lab just so you could get me inside that ticking time bomb of a machine, knock me out and use my DNA to make a clone…”

Vegeta’s mind was racing, and this was the only explanation that seemed to make sense, he didn’t even notice that his voice had changed (among other things!).

“Oh get over yourself Vegeta! Why would we bother to clone you?” Bulma was furious… again. “Besides there’s no way I could have tricked you into coming to find me, frightening the life out of me and then breaking the stupid machine!!! Just shut up and listen for once and you might get a real explanation… but you’re not going to like it!”

Bulma took a deep breath and watched as Vegeta slowly looked down at himself.

“Oh dear kami no…”

“Oh, what a surprise that’s exactly what I said!!”

“How did this happen?” Vegeta was obviously in shock

‘That’s bound to turn to anger sooner or later’ thought Dr Briefs ‘which means I’d better get explaining while I have the chance’

“Well you see Vegeta” Dr Briefs began calmly “that machine you and Bulma destroyed was designed to switch the bodies of the people nearest to it…”

Dr Briefs explained the whole situation while Vegeta listened and Bulma nodded.

“…It could be two weeks before I can get this fixed. But of course I assure you it will be my top priority during that time!” he finished and waited for Vegeta’s reaction.

“TWO WEEKS?!?!”

“I don’t know what you’re shouting about this is all your fault!”

“What on earth are you babbling about woman? You were the one who hid in the damn thing and then you were the one who screamed and caused me to break it! Yet again your big mouth is to blame for all my troubles!!”

“Of course I screamed you snuck up on me on purpose you jerk!!!’

“Well if you hadn’t hidden from me…”

“Well if you didn’t treat me like a slave, who you can just call on day and night…”

Dr and Mrs. briefs knew from experience that this could take a while and so left them alone. Dr Briefs had to get started on a reversal machine and Mrs. briefs had to cook lunch.

‘With all that arguing they’re bound to work up an appetite!’ she giggled as she trotted toward the kitchen.

4 hours later

“This isn’t getting us anywhere Vegeta! Besides I’m hungry and I’m going to eat! Goodbye!”

“You’re not going anywhere without me! You think I trust you wandering around with my body??”

“Well of course you wouldn’t, it’s your most prized possession…”

A look of surprise spread across Vegeta’s (well really Bulma’s) face, as she appeared to agree with him.

“I mean it’s not like you have any brains to speak of!” Bulma began to laugh hysterically but stopped when she realized that Vegeta was attempting to drag her body out of bed and follow her

“On second thought I don’t trust you either… you’d better come with me. I’ll help you walk.”

“Oh no you won’t! I’m not having one of you’re idiot friends coming along and seeing me helping you to walk, cos that’s what they would see and there’s no way in this world that I’m going to let them here the truth about this situation!!”

“Fine fine, here you can use these crutches… that is if you don’t mind being seen walking with me!”

“That will have to do I suppose… but you’d better walk at least two paces ahead of me at all times!!”

“Whatever Vegeta” ‘god, get over yourself!’

“And you’d better not call me Vegeta in public either… or when I get my body back you’ll be wishing you’d hung on to it!!!”

“I get the point now lets get going, this saiya-jin appetite of yours is killing me!!”

They walked in silence to the kitchen. Along the way Bulma thought of many more problems this situation would cause during the next week or so.

How could they take showers? How could they dress themselves? She blushed at the very thought of Vegeta seeing her naked… he’d never let her live it down!! All in all Bulma thought this situation was a lot tougher on her ‘after all’ she thought ‘if Vegeta was shy about his body he wouldn’t spend his life in spandex shorts!’ and then there was the problem of what to do if her friends came to visit, she didn’t suppose it’d be that hard for her to pretend to be Vegeta… just don’t say anything and always stand of in the corner… but the thought of Vegeta trying to pretend to be her… she doubted her friends would ever speak to her again!!

This was going to be hard work…