Chapter 22: Panic

In which Vegeta enlist Goku's help

The Earth saiyan opened his eyes, puzzled. He had just did a scan of all the kis on the planet. "He's not here."

"I know that, Kakarot," Vegeta bit out.

"No, I mean... he's not on the planet."

The saiyan prince remained silent as he changed the dry washcloth for a wet one and dabbed it over his unconscious mate's head. Bulma whimpered and curled up tighter in a ball against the elder saiyan, and Vegeta sighed.

"I figured that out. There's a reason I called you here, you know."

Goku blinked.

Vegeta growled, "Go to whichever Kai's place or something! You have wider Ki reception there."

"Ooh," Goku nodded, he brought two fingers to his forehead and blinked off.

"He didn't tell me where he was going," Goten muttered sourly, "Trunks always tells me where he's going. We're best friends. He's supposed to."

Gohan patted his brother's back, while Chi Chi paced, "oh poor dear, I hope he's not in too much trouble."

"It's okay," Gohan spoke up, "if Trunks is anywhere in this universe, we'd find him."

It was meant to be a reassuring comment, but when Goku came back and told everyone that Trunks was, indeed, not in this universe, Vegeta almost passed out.