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"Happy Valley Nursing Home"Written By: Debs-dragonand SSjMatty
Disclaimer: The DBZ gang don't belong to us, we just borrow them to play with. No money being made here. We write for the love of it. Rating: PG. Torment of elderly Saiya-jins *evil grins* Ever thought about the future and what life will be
like? Well Matty & I somehow got on to the topic while chatting
and next thing we know the idea for this little ficlet was born. Thanks
to Matt for the inspiration that saw the idea get off the ground and
also for writing it with me. Hope you all get a laugh out of it. Enjoy.......
Happy Valley Nursing Home. Chapter 3 "Hey wheths my theeth gone?" Goku managed to say. "I was abouth tho athk you the samth quethon.. Mine are mithing altho." said Vegeta with some difficulty. Vegeta sat down on the edge of Goku's bed and the saiya-jins contemplated the missing items. "Someone muth have takenth them." said Vegeta. "Buth why would anyone wanth to do thath? And whath good are our theeth to any one elth? I mean iths not ath if they can be uthed by another perthon." Goku shuddered at the thought of someone else 'using' his teeth. Vegeta also grimaced at the thought. Someone else with Kakarots teeth........ no definatley not a thought to start the morning off with and Vegeta chased it from his mind. There was a commotion outside the door as the duty nurse finally made it to the scene of the yelling to find out just what was the cause if such a ruckus. Fully expecting to find a * body* she was to say the least quite relieved and then rather *amused* to be confronted by two elderly fellows who had misplaced their teeth. She helped them to search the room but alas there was no sign of the missing molars. A repeat performance in Vegetas room also failed to turn up any sign of the dentures and with other pressing duties she left the pair to get dressed & continue the search while she filled out the necessary paperwork & incident report. Vegeta was pulling his blue spandex shirt over his head when Goku having knocked once flung the door open and entered the room. Vegeta did his best to growl but without the aid of the teeth it lost most of the effect and sounded more like a raspberry. "Whath do you wanth Kaktharoth? he asked as he tucked the shirt into the waist band of his trademark spandex pants. Goku bounced onto the neatly made bed ruffling the quilt. Vegeta frowned. "I hadth an ideath Vegetha." said Goku "Boy I beth that hurth." replied Vegeta with as much sarcasm as he could while toothless. "Ha, ha, ha. Very funny. Theriouthly I hath been thinkthing and Im thure I know who hath taken our theeth." said Goku and then watched for Vegetas reaction. Vegeta cocked an eyebrow. "Tho who?" "Quite thimple really...... who do you know thath collecth theeth?" "Great... our theeth are mithing and he wanths to play twenthy quethtions...." Vegeta put his hands on his hips and with great control forced his temper to remain inside. He put his face within centimeters of Gokus and muttered. " The local denthis??" Goku gave a wide toothless grin. "No thilly, the Thooth Fairy." "The Thooth Fairy? You have goth tho be thoking righth...?" mumbled Vegeta. "No im therious. Juth think abouth it. Sthe's alwayths taking the theeth when you loothe them." Vegeta smacked his head in exasperation. "Why do I bother with you Klaktharoth.... The Thooth fairy ithn't real... Sthe's jutht a myth.... not true.... A figmenth of your over acthive imaginathion." Goku looked up with confusion written on his face. The tooth fairy not real? He could feel his dreams being shattered. Vegeta realising that Goku for whatever reason genuinely thought the tooth fairy was real and had taken their teeth suddenly had a very rare brainwave. "It couldnth hath been the Thooth fairy Klathkaroth." "Why noth?" asked Goku "Think aboth it. If it wath her then whereths the money?" Goku jumped up, "Good pointh Vegetha. If a single thooth geths you a couple of buckth then Im thure that a whole thet thould be worth at leatht a twenthy!" Vegeta was saved from further argument by the ringing of the breakfast bell. As Vegeta lowered himself into the wheel chair and prepared to wheel himself to the dining room so Goku picked up his walking frame and the two made their way down the hallway and off to settle their hunger. They sat at their table eagerly awaiting their food. The aide came out and placed two heavily laden plates infront of them. Goku began to dribble as his eyes took in the mounds of crispy bacon, tomatoes, hash browns, eggs, sausages, mushrooms and piles of toast. He raised his fork and dug in. Lifting the forkfull to his mouth the food disappeared inside and then promptly came back out again followed by a cry of pain and frustration. Vegeta looked up from his own plate at a rather distraught looking Kakarot. "Whath's the matther now?" he asked rolling his eyes. "I..I..I canth eat thith..." he said "Then path it over here and I will eath it for you.." smirked Vegeta. "You donth underthand Vegetha. Ith's not that I donth wanth it, but I canth eath it. You try and thee whath I mean.." Looking a bit puzzled Vegeta raised his fork and shoveled the bacon and eggs into his mouth, he crunched down on it and then yelped in pain as he realised just what Kakarot meant. Without teeth he couldn't chew the food, it hurt! Gumming the food to death was out of the question and it was with a heavy feeling in his chest that he realised their full predicament. "Klakathrot.... We are gonna thtarve..." he said quietly. "Ummm no we arenth." "And jutht how do you propothe we eat?" "Your jutht going to have to trutht me for the momenth Vegetha. I have a good ideath who ith rethponthible for our mithing theeth but I ned to be thure before I thay any more." and then Goku shut up as the head nurse approached their table. "Why good morning gentlemen. I heard about the unfortunate misplacement of your dentures and hope to get them back for you as soon as we can, In the meantime I think we had better get you something a bit errrr softer to eat." she grinned evilly at the unfortunate pair and then removing the plates proceeded to the kitchen. Goku & Vegeta stared dumbfounded after her. Vegeta raised his palm and pointed his finger "Why I oughth tho..." Goku stopped him. "Wait, we dont know for thure yet that it wath her." "I really donth care. Im juth tho mad I wanth to blow up something." said Vegeta. "At leatht wait until we hath eathen something." replied Goku, and with that the head nurse came back out of the kitchen carrying two bowls. She set one in front of each saiya-jin and then turning she walked away leaving them to stare at the *stuff* in the bowls. Vegeta stirred his spoon through the slop and raised it up allowing the contents to dribble back into the bowl. "I am noth eathing thith." he hissed. Goku looked at his own *porridge* and tentatively took a taste. His face contorted into several unreadable images before he lowered his spoon and taking Vegetas wheel chair by the handles used it as a walking frame, wheeling Vegeta and supporting himself from the dining room and back to the recreation room. Once there he stopped and turned the chair so Vegeta was facing him as he sat in one of the large arm chairs. "Now what?" muttered Vegeta as his stomach growled in annoyance. "Firtht thingth firtht. I have a thpare pair of theeth at home, I will give Gothen a ring and geth him to bring them in for me. I know you mutht have thome thoo tho give Thrunks a call & get him tho bring yourth in tho. Then we can work outh how tho catch the thief." Vegeta thought about this and then nodded in assent. "For onth I agree with you Klakathrot."
Trunks answered the phone..... "Hello, Capsule corp house, Trunks speaking." "Hello Thrunkth.... Thith ith Vegetha here." "Errr.... Who is this?" "Look kid thith ith your father." "My father is in the Happy Valley Nursing Home.. you can contact him there." said Trunks beginning to get slightly annoyed. "No! I am Vegetha.... Thrunkth lithen tho me..." Vegeta began to turn red. "Look I dont know who you are but this isnt funny." said Trunks. "Thrunkth, you had betther thart lithening or elth." said Vegeta raising his voice. "I dont have time to listen to your sick and twisted voice, find someone else to annoy." said Trunks rather angrily and slammed the phone down. Vegeta stood with a perplexed look on his face, Goku hovering near by stared at him expectantly. "He hung up onth me... the little brath hung up onth me." said Vegeta trying hard to stay in control. He reached and dialed the number again. "Capsule corp house, Trunks speaking....." "Now lithen here brath, thith ith your father here, Donth you dare hang upth on me again." "Im sorry. I cant understand a word you are saying." "For heaventh thake boy, how dare you thpeak back tho me. I am the printh of the thaiyanth!!" "Sorry but I dont have to listen to your abuse... good bye..." Vegeta once more found himself with a beeping reciever in his hand and a face that was nearly beet red with supressed rage. "Why that little upthtart..." he reached again and with trembling fingers dialed the number. Beep....Beep....Beep.....Beep.....Beep..... greeted his ears. Vegetas eyes went wide with anger. How dare that brat take the phone off the hook! The more he thought about it the angrier he got and then......... Scream.... Whoosh.... Goku stopped in mid dial and turned to see Vegeta finally lose control against his mounting rage. He dropped the hand piece and moved as quickly as he could towards Vegeta who had turned green & gold and literaly gone through the roof. Chunks of plaster and dust rained down as Goku tried to grab Vegetas feet. Coughing and spluttering were coming from the princes body as he worked his way back through the hole and floated towards the ground...Goku patted him not too gently on the back in an attempt to clear the others lungs. "Now now Vegetha.... calm down. No need tho go blowing a futhe. It wonth get you anywhere." said Goku soothingly as he placed the prince back in the wheel chair once more. "I will call Gothen and get him tho go tho Capthule Corpth Houth and get Thrunkth to bring in your thpare theeth." Goku phoned Goten and after a bit of a confusing start managed to get across his and Vegetas problem. Goten laughed till he cried when he realised what was going on but also agreed that while funny for him it was a pretty cruel trick to play and after assuring his father that he would be there with his spare dentures as quickly as possible he hung up and went to search for the said gnashers. A short while later with the precious cargo ensconced in his pocket, Goten landed at the golden dome that was Capsule Corp. Trunks answered the door and motioned Goten inside. Goten couldn't help but notice the phone off the hook as they went towards the kitchen. "Ummm... Trunks. Is your phone off the hook for any particular reason?" he asked innocently. "Yeah. I was getting these really wierd calls from some cranky guy. So i told him to go get his fun elsewhere and stop annoying me. I left the phone off the hook so as he couldn't bug me any more." replied Trunks as he poured a beer for himself & Goten. "Errr that wierd old guy was your father Trunks." said Goten with a grin. "MY Father!!!" said Trunks as he promptly spat out the mouthful of beer he was attempting to swallow. Goten explained and Trunks took off to the upper level bathroom to locate his fathers spare pair of teeth, returning triumphantly after a short search. "We had better get these to the Nursing home asap." said Goten and stood up. Trunks hesitated. "Do you think you could take them to my dad for me Goten?" "But why? Don't you want to see your father Trunks?" asked Goten. "Lets just say I dont think I will be his favorite person right about now." Goten laughed "Aww come on Trunks by the time we get there he will have forgotten all about it." Trunks hung his head and sighed. "I doubt it." "Lighten up Trunks, he's a frail old man. Just what sort of damage do you think he can do to you." smiled Goten and he slapped his friend across the back. "Lets go." and he took to the air. Trunks shrugged his shoulders and followed his friend in flight. Just how much damage could his father do to him? He had no idea but shuddered at the thought that he would no doubt find out very soon. ~ T B C ~ Finally this bit is done. You guy's have no idea how hard it is to try to write words for someone without teeth!!! So any complaints & you know what you can do with them ! :)
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