From within his coffin, Jedi is restless. He keeps his eyes tightly closed and his hands firmly locked over his stomach. His thoughts wander, <i>Damn, I was so close. His blood was the sweetest I've ever tasted! It was surely a drink of the gods! Damn bastard blew me up before I could continue... I'll take care of him sooner or later and then I won't have to worry about such interruptions. I can't wait till this evening...I'll beable to finish what I started. Even with strength like his, Vegeta will still be weak. I will have him yet and perhaps with him on our side I'll be the strongest of the undead!</i><br>The sun begins to rise and Jedi can soon feel the familiar sensation of his very life essance draining from him. As he sank into the world of darkness he smiles weakly before his body became nothing more than a mere corpse.<br><font color=blue>~~~~~The Hospital~~~~~</font><br>Vegeta's eyelashes flutter as the rays of the dawning sun shone through the curtains of the hospital window. He turns his head towards the little warmth that the light could provide and he allows a sigh of relief to escape his parched lips. <br>Goku opens a weary eye and looks over to his right to find Vegeta beginning to awaken. He smiles and raises his arms to the air as he began a full body stretch, extending his leg muscles as far as they could go. He relaxes his body with a loud yawn and stands up, poping his neck a little and smiles upon finding that Vegeta was now looking at him with his usul cold glare. "Obyo Vegeta kun," replied the tall warrior.<br>Vegeta blinks and makes an attempt to speak, but upon extending the muscles of his neck he receives a sharp pain from an area just below his left ear. He grits his teeth and allows a dry wimper to escape his throat.<br>Goku's cheery expression suddely shifts to one of an innocent concern for his friend. "Strange, that wound appears that it hasn't healed yet. Whoever it was that bit you sure is powerful. I mean, usually saiyans heal pretty fast don't they?"<br>Vegeta just glares at him harder, those coal black eyes burning with that familiar rage that came with his annoyance.<br>Goku laughs nervously while placing a hand behind his head in his usual manner. "Hey, I was only stating the obvious Vegeta."<br>Trunks looks up from his mother's shoulder which he had been leaning against. He blinks upon realizing that his father had awakened. He grins and leaps from his mother's lap and onto his father's hospital bed.<br>Bulma is immediately awakened and she looks up with surprise, then calming upon noticing that her husband and long time friend Goku were awake.<br>Vegeta looks away from Goku and to his son just as he received a tight hug from the little 8 year old. "Papa! Your alright!"<br>Vegeta grumbles with irritation and rests a hand on the small of the boy's back. He softens. <i>He is merely conserned for me. He is only your son Vegeta, not your enemy.</i> Vegeta returns a one armed hug to his son and looks over at Bulma.<br>"Vegeta's having a little bit of trouble talking because of the wound on his neck," Goku replies to Bulma. "Um, maybe some water will help. Er uh..." Goku looks around and upon spotting a small bathroom behind him he grabs a clear plastic cup. He proceeds his journey to the sink in pure determination to make his friend Vegeta feel better.<br>Vegeta can't help but smirk; he utters dryly, "I'm just fine baka, don't worry about me. I'm not a weakling."<br>Bulma smiles and rests her hand on Vegeta's right arm since the other arm was craddling their son whom was sorta clinging to Vegeta.<br>Goku returns with a full cup of cool tap water and hands it to Vegeta.<br>Vegeta downed the water in one second flat, savoring the coolness that flowed down his dry throat. He smiles weakly and drops the plastic cup to the floor, his eyes becoming heavy once more. He was more tired than he'd expected and the warmth of his son laying at his side was really making him relax. He squeezes Bulma's hand gently before nodding off once more, never to awaken again until early dusk.<br>Bulma leans over and brings her lips to Vegeta's. <i>Don't worry Vege-Chan. I won't leave you...I'll stay right here...at your side."<br><font color=blue>~~~~~Dusk~~~~~</font><br>Dias sits on the table, twirling a pale lock of her hair around her index finger. She'd figured out a way to get the one called "Goku" out of the way and she turns her head upon the arrival of her sworn leader Jedi. She smiles devilishly. "Ah Jedi, I was wondering when you'd awaken."<br>Jedi hardly glances at her as he approached the dirt smudged window which now glowed from the streetlight just outside. <br>"I've found a way to get Goku out of your way...if your interested..."<br>Jedi pauses and turns neatly in a circle, the corner of his dark cape sweeping the dusty floor. "Do tell sweet Dias... I am all ears," He replies.<br>"Well," Dias began. "While you were sleeping late, I decided to do a little exploring of my own and found out something quite interesting. He does have a wife and two male children. One is about the age of 16, quite a handsome specimen and a small 7 year old who doesn't seem to be much of a threat..."<br>"Ah, I see Dias. We can use them to our advantage. Good thinking on your part," Jedi replies with a twinge of excitement brewing in his voice. "Well, I suppose we should take our leave?"<br>Dias smiles seductively. "I've been ready even before you awoke. I can't wait to taste the eldest son... I can sense a strong power from him. Of course, if you don't mind me feeding on him."<br>Jedi smirks and turns towards the door just as Snake and Emerald appeared from the dark shadows of their temporary hideout.<br><font color=blue>~~~~~The Hospital~~~~~</font><br>Bulma leans over Vegeta's sleeping form and smiles when she noticed his face twitching a little.<br>Vegeta's eyes fly open and he looks up at Bulma who gazed down at him hopefully. "I'm fine woman."<br>Bulma smiles. "Good, the doctor came in earlier and told me that you could come home tomarrow. He wants you here one more night just to be on the safe side."<br>Vegeta frowns. "Hmmph, since when did I allow a human to order me around? I'll leave when I feel damn good and ready! And that time is now!"<Br>Bulma sighs, knowing that Vegeta had already won this fight before it had even started. She motions to her son and Goku to help get things together and prepare to leave.<br>Goku seemed happy to finally beable to leave the strange smelling hospital. The things that they kept in hospitals creeped him out...especially...<i>Needles.</i> He shudders upon the thought and gladly joins in the little cleaning up they had to do.<br>The phone next to the hospital bed rings and all four occupants of the room turn towards the source.<br>The phone rings once more and Bulma pics it up hesitantly. "Moshi Moshi?"<br>"Is a Son Goku there?," A female's voice asked.<br>Bulma glances at Goku once and replies into the phone. "Hai, but.."<br>"May I speak with him please?"<br>Bulma hands the phone to Goku.<br>Vegeta frowns as Goku brought the phone to his right ear. "Moshi Moshi?"<br>"Koban wa Son Goku," the female replies. "You may not know who I am, but I know you. I want you to listen and listen closely."<br>Goku's cheery expression slowly fades into one of suspicion.<br>The woman on the other side of the phone smiles. "Son Goku, I have a proposition for you... I've got some people very special here with me and I'm sure they would want you to listen to my every word. They are so very frightened Son Goku... your wife is crying...can't you hear it?"<br>Goku's eyes widen when he can hear the faint sobbing of his wife in the background. "What do you want?"<br>"Ah, so I have your attention now do I Son Goku? All we simply ask of you is to turn over your friend Vegeta or an unfortunate accident may occur... I'm sure this little boy I have here would agree with me eh little one?"<br>Goku clentches his teeth as he hears the pained cries of his young son Goten closeby.<br>"You understand don't you Son Goku? Be here in no more than 10 minutes and this cute little brat may live to see his next birthday..."<br>With that, the line on the other side of the phone went dead.<br>The room is filled with an eerie silence as Goku calmly rested the phone on the receiver. Goku was so angry he was trembling and Vegeta knew this.<br>Bulma looks from Goku to her husband's surprised expression. She'd never seen Goku this mad since....since...she couldn't remember how long it had been.<br>Goku could barely control himself from going supersaiyan right there in the hospital room, but he was managing to keep his level down to a tolerable level for the objects and living beings around him.<br>"There's trouble at my house, I want you guys to stay here," Goku growled low in his throat.<br>Vegeta frowns. "You're not going anywhere without me Kakarotto!"<br>Goku turns to Vegeta, his own eyes now smoldering with the rage of a supersaiyan. "It's you they want Vegeta and I won't allow them to have what they want."<br>Before Vegeta could protest, Goku was gone. More like teleportation/instantaneous movement.<br> Goku appears before his home in super saiyan mode. He opens the door with a squeak and finds his wife huddled in the center of the livingroom. She appeared to be alone and Goku couldn't sense any other power levels. He walks towards her.<br>Chi Chi screams, "GOKU SA! NO!"<br>Goku moves out of the way just as millions of barely visible needles flew past him and hit the wall with the sound of nails hitting plywood.<br>He jerks his head to the left as Snake walks out from the shadows accompanied by a woman who stood behind him.<br>The woman had someone slung over her shoulder and she appeared to be whiping away a bit of stray blood from the corner of her mouth.<br>Goku realizes that the person slung over her shoulder was Gohan. Goku grits his teeth as he felt his power level go up a few thousand. He was so angry he felt like blowing them all sky high, but he had to keep his cool. The room was silent for a moment, only the loud humming of Goku's ki accompanied the eerie silence of his home.<br>The woman spoke. "I am Dias and you'll learn never to trust a Vampire." She tosses Gohan's limp body to the floor. "Don't worry he's not dead...I quite enjoyed his blood though. I never knew your hybrids tasted so delicious. His power is incredible...I loved the way he struggled beneath me as I drained his sweet essance. I think I'll let him heal and then I'll drink from him again. I wouldn't want such a tastey morsel dying on me after only one meal."<br>"You bitch," Goku growled as he rose to supersaiyan two and disappeared in a flash of light.<br>Snake and Dias turn their heads to find Goku's wife and sons gone.<br>Snake's eyes widen. "The hell?"<br>Dias frowns. "Kuso, Jedi won't like this."<br><font color=blue>~~~~~The Hospital  (Seconds before Goku arrives)~~~~~</font><br>Vegeta allows his wife to climb onto his back. He opens the window and allows his son to fly out first and then he too takes flight to the star speckled sky. A nice warm meal in his belly and the comforts of trainining in the gravity room seemed inviting to Vegeta, forcing him speed up a little.<br><font color=blue>~~~~~The hospital (milliseconds later)~~~~~</font><br>
Goku appears in the hospital room, his family clinging to him. He powers down to normal and allows his shaken wife to slide off his back with Goten in her arms.<br>Goku slowly rests his unconscious son Gohan onto the end of the hospital bed and he looks around to find the room empty. "Strange, they aren't here..."<br>"They left," Jedi replies from the shadows.<br>Chi Chi shreeks and huddles in the corner of the room that was farthest from Jedi.<br>Goten struggles to get out of his mother's arms so he could fight back too, but Chi Chi had a death grip on him and he had no choice, but to remain still.<br>Goku steps into a fighting stance. "I thought I killed you," Goku growls.<br>"I am one not subject to death Son Goku.... which basically means I'm immortal. To be more simplistic, I'm dead. A creature of the night...whatever, you name it. Their all the same."<br>"That's why I can't sense your power level," Goku replies.<br>"Yes, you are correct," Jedi answers. "There is much you need to learn before you know how to kill a Vampire. Until then, I believe I have the upper hand."<br>Goku's  frown deepens. "What do you want with Vegeta?"<br>Jedi smirks, ignoring Goku's question and allowing his gaze to rest on Goku's family.<br>Goku steps back, building a ki shield around his wife and children.<br>"Dear me, whatever could have happened to your family Son Goku?" Jedi smirks. "I see Dias has had her way with your unconscious son over there."<br>Goku's eyes widen. "You know Dias?"<br>"Hai, she is one of my followers. I, Jedi am the leader of my small and humble clan. I hopefully plan to bring in a new recruit before sunrise. I suspect you know who I speak of. Ah, I see my members had done their way with dear Vegeta...he tried flying home and before he could get any farther than 20 feet from this building they attacked.<br>Vegeta stumbles through the window with an injured Bulma and Trunks in his arms. Vegeta grits his teeth. "You'll pay for this you fucking bastard... I'm not going down without a fight to the death..."<br>Jedi chuckles, "Perfect choice of words Vegeta...  A fight to the death you say? Well, I can remedy that.."<br>A group of security guards appear at the doorway, guns ready.<br>Jedi turns to them unaffected by their aim at his head and heart. "A strange twist of events, it looks like I won't have to hunt after all tonight. My meal appears to have come to me instead. How thoughtful."<br><font color=blue>To Be Continued...