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Once Upon a Dragon Ball: Section 2, Episode 14

Last time on Once Upon a Dragon Ball:

-Gohan and Goku caught Piccolo in Bill's office

-Vegeta astounded Trunks with his reply to Trunks' question

-Bulma has a serious problem

(Scene opens in Piccolo's office where Goku and Gohan are looking at him expectantly)

Gohan: Well?

Piccolo: He is, um, dead.

Goku: DEAD?!

Piccolo: (seeing the looks on their faces) I did NOT kill him, despite what you two think of me.

Gohan: (giving his father a look) I don't think you did, but how did he die?

Piccolo: He comitted suicide.

Gohan: That's not all there is to it, is there? What did you do or say to him?

Piccolo: I simply told him not to interrupt my laugh, but he did it anyway. TWICE. I just tortured him a bit.

Gohan: Tortured him how?

Piccolo: I told everyone through the p.a. system that him and Monica were at it again in his office and that tickets were $5.00. It's not my fault if those humans chose to believe it and came stampeding to the Oval Office.

(Goku and Gohan looked at him, shocked.)

Piccolo: What? He's the one who took his life, not me.

Goku: But you had a hand in it!

Piccolo: Anyway, what's in the past is in the past. I have a job to do as the new President of the United States of America. Now please begone so I can get some work done.

(Piccolo turned his back to them and walked towards a file cabinet, clearly saying that the conversation was over. Goku and Gohan teleported out of there but not before Gohan said:)

Gohan: Fame and fortune can ruin even the most down-to-earth person.

(Scene opens at the therapists. Vegeta is sitting in a chair with Bulma on his lap, holding her tightly. Bulma is muttering incoherently about chicken and spices. Vegeta is frowning with worry.)

Receptionist: The doctor will see you now.

(Vegeta picks her up bodily and takes her into his office. Dr. S. has his back turned to him and his rummaging through a file cabinet.)

Dr. S.: What seems to be-(turning around) AH! IT'S YOU TWO!

Vegeta: Yeah, and? (he sits Bulma in a chair and takes out some rope and bounds her arms and legs securely to it.)

Dr. S.: What are you doing that for?

Vegeta: She keeps wanting to go home and cook. I'm not about to hold her this entire session!

Dr. S.: Okay then What seems to be the problem?

Vegeta: Every day she wants, no NEEDS to cook and she can't stop!

Dr. S.: You're a saiyan and you eat a lot. You should be glad this is happening.

Vegeta: I would be, if she had a talent for cooking!

Dr. S.: I see... It's a terrible thing to have Food Preparation Syndrome and can't cook.

(Bulma snaps out of her semi-trance at that moment. She glares death at Vegeta as she remembers that he had just said that she can't cook.)

Bulma: If you think my cooking is so bad, Vegetable-head, why do you eat it then?

Vegeta: Because ChiChi hates me.

(Bulma starts to struggle against the chair trying to get at his throat, luckily the knots hold.)

Dr. S.: Mrs. Briefs, please!

(Bulma stops, tired out.)

Vegeta: Can you help her?

Dr. S.: Yes, but it will take many sessions and she may have to be hospitalized.

Vegeta: Take whatever steps necessary to cure her, Doc. She needs real help.

(Scene opens at President Piccolo's office. He is sitting at the desk in front of a computer looking at maps.)

Piccolo: It wouldn't take much to secure Asia. It's Russia we would have a problem with. I need to speak with Bra to see if her people will help me fulfill my dream of conquest. (he picks up the phone and dials)

***

Bra: Hello? Hey Piccolo-san! You want me to what? Help you out. (she grows skeptical) What's in it for me?

***

Piccolo: You would be second in command subordinate to only me. You will have a mass of armies and men at your disposal and what you do to make a living will not remain illegial. You will have many benefits all right. Your men would look up to you, the general populace would be afraid of you. You would rule over lands, conquer the weak, recruit the strong. Is this to your liking?

***

Bra: (a slow, evil smile spreads over her face) Sounds good. Count me in.

(Scene opens at Trunks' and Pan's house. Trunks is sitting in the living room, deep in thought. All of his children are playing aruond him.)

Trunks: (stands up suddenly) I HAVE IT!

(The children are startled and teh little ones start to back away from him. One of the oldest walks up to him.)

Trilkia: Have what Daddy?

Trunks: (looks around and sees what his outburst has caused) I'm sorry kids. Can you all come over to me for a minute and I'll tell you. (the kids gather around him on the couch, pulling up chairs, and on the floor at his feet) Well, you know how your Grandpa Vegeta always favored Auntie Bra right? Always calling her pet names like Pumpkin and Princess? He never treated me that nice, ever, but I had gotten used to it. But at Auntie Bra's mobster picnic yesterday, I got up the nerve to ask him why he always called me brat. He then asked me what I would like to be called intead of that. (he paused and looked around at his children, surprised that they seemed to all understand, even the little ones. Pan had come in during the time he was talking also) I came up with something so simple, I can'e believe I hadn't thought of it before.

Pan: What did you come up with dear?

Kids: (all said at once) Yeah Dad! Yes 'tousan. What do you want to be called Daddy?

Trunks: I want to be called- (the kids leaned in, with expectant looks on their faces...)

What did Trunks finally decide? What will happen to the world now that Piccolo and Bra have joined forces? Will Bulma get over her disorder? Stay tuned to the next exciting episode of Once Upon a Dragon Ball!