Chapter 16

Disclaimer: I do not own the 'Dragon Ball Z' anime/manga or 'Fallout 3' and the other games in the saga; and the only thing I own is this alternate/parallel story that I wrote for fun.

The Misadventures of Goki-Kakaroko

Chapter 16: First Home

"Speaking"

"Thinking"

"KameHameHa!" Attacks / Skills / Ki / Techniques

Reading / News / Intercoms

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Gibson House (09:55 a.m.)

Our beloved protagonist admired with astonishment the two-story house; and of ancient appearance in front of her because comparing them with those of her world they were very different, but she left that aside; and instead, she went towards the entrance of the house, where she then stretched her right arm to grab with her hand the door knob; which did not take long to turn (even though it was locked) and squeaked before her superhuman strength.

Once she entered the house, the Saiyan woman froze at the door; because her gaze was fixed on a corpse resting on a small table, but her fear was not this; but rather that the lifeless guy belonged to that group of bad people, who bothered her so much ... Suddenly, though, that fear vanished as if by magic when she turned her head to the left and saw something that left her speechless.

"WOW!" exclaimed Goki in true amazement; as her striking coal-dark eyes (which glowed with much excitement) focused on an object to her left. "It's a little house!" she said aloud; once she held the object that served as a decoration in her hands.

The little house was an exact replica of the house where the Saiyan woman was; also next to the little house was a blue colored metal toy car with four rubber wheels, and a yellow colored racing driver in the cockpit.

"... What do I do? ... Do I take it or don't I take it? ..." asked Goki to herself rather nervously because she was not sure whether or not to take the little house she liked so much; to the point where her black eyes were shining with happiness like those of a little girl.

The Saiyan woman gently bit her lower lip, but in the same way she took out a package with the capsules that Bulma gave her (which were in the pocket of her Gi); where she took out a special golden one (which allowed her to store as many objects as she wished) and held it in her right hand, while in her left hand she held the little house that she then left on the floor.

"You will come with me too", added Goki with a smile; at the moment she focused her gaze on the toy car, which she then grabbed with her left hand; where she ended up leaving it (as well as the little house) on the floor.

Once the Saiyan woman put down the toy car on the floor, she then pushed a button (with her thumb) on the object she was holding in her hand; and then gently tossed the golden capsule towards the two objects on the floor.

{Burst!}

A cloud of smoke completely enveloped the little house next to the toy car, so the woman in exotic orange and blue clothing bent down to grab the Hoi-Poi capsule from the floor with her right hand.

After that, the Saiyan woman looked around the living room; where there were other things that did not interest her much, such as a sofa, a table (on which the dead looter was leaning), a television, etc.

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Until suddenly she saw something that quite caught her growing curiosity, so she wandered into a new room that was under the stairs that had no door; and almost instantly she found herself in such a place where there wasn't much to appreciate (a desk and a couple of filing cabinets), except for something that caught her attention.

"A book?" murmured Goki with a touch of interest; the moment she reached the old and dust-covered desk, but suddenly she frowned as she focused her striking coal-dark eyes on the gaudy book (which lay on a desk next to a burnt terminal) because she couldn't figure out what it said on the cover; which she certainly found amusing, and again her childish mind played with her.

The skill book is titled: Tumblers Today Volume 7, which gave knowledge and secrets about the Lockpick skill to the reader who was interested in it.

"... Maybe it will be useful to David," Goki said with a thoughtful look; as he remembered his partner in crime telling him during breakfast about how one of his hobbies was reading, so he immediately used the golden capsule to store the book he holds in his hand.

Having finished checking the office and bathroom to find nothing useful or of interest to her, the woman with black, palm-tipped hair left there; and instead headed straight for the kitchen with a touch of hope of finding food or something to drink.

"A refrigerator!" exclaimed Goki in amazement, only to be inches away from the fridge in one leap; and it took him almost no time at all to open the door of said non-functioning food-preserving, beverage-cooling machine (where he was careful of his superhuman strength). "And it's got food!" she squealed in pure happiness and even started jumping up and down to demonstrate how happy she was to see packaged food.

The Saiyan woman grabbed the first thing within reach of her right hand; this being a packaging that was in a white box with blue edges that was quite worn down by the passage of time.

"A potato?" said Goki with a touch of confusion; which quickly turned to curiosity at the old box she held in her hand as she was guided by the image of the latter, but after a few seconds she stopped contemplating the object in her hand; and followed by setting it down on top of the refrigerator.

The next box that the charcoal-dark-eyed woman grasped in her right hand was a package, which was in a red box with yellow lettering; and like the white box with blue borders, it was rather tattered.

"Apples with ... candy?" deduced Goki with an excited tone; the moment her sensitive sense of smell caught the scent of candied apples from the box ... Though she suddenly grimaced because they were also stale, so she immediately put said box down and placed it next to the packet of potatoes (InstaMash).

The next thing the Saiyan woman grabbed was a glass bottle with a dark liquid, red label and white lettering ... Of course, just like the other things she found it was also old from the amount of years it has been stored in a fixed place.

"These colors ... I think I remember them from somewhere ..." muttered Goki with a thoughtful look; while at the same time examining the bottle of soda quite closely and was even tempted to open it to taste it, but suddenly a memory came to her mind stopping her in her tracks. "... Metro Marigold," she whispered in surprise; remembering said subway station because a certain weird scientist was also in that place, although she suddenly shook her head leaving those thoughts aside; and instead left the glass bottle filled with the dark liquid next to the boxes of food on top of the fridge.

And, lastly, the black-haired woman with palm-shaped spiky hair grabbed from the fridge a roasted squirrel pierced with a stick; the Saiyan woman's striking coal-dark eyes watched the cooked protein with fascination.

"Roasted squirrel!" exclaimed Goki with renewed happiness, while at the same time his mouth was watering just looking at the delicious roasted meat of the little animal ... But just in time he shook his head stopping himself from devouring the Squirrel on a stick; and instead decided to arrange it next to the other things he found in the fridge because he had to share all this food with his adventure partner.

After this, the bright orange and blue woman arranged all the food (she even found another box of Dandy Boy Apples on top of the kitchen counter) and the glass soda on the floor, and then gently tossed the golden capsule she was holding in her left hand.

{Burst!}

When the golden capsule made contact with the food and the soda bottle, a cloud of smoke enveloped them completely and ended up storing them in a flicker in the small object.

"Low plant checked!" said Goki loudly (to no one in particular) with a big smile; as he bent down to grab the Hoi-Poi capsule from the floor, which this time he held in his left hand with much enthusiasm.

Having finished checking the kitchen completely, the Saiyan woman walked calmly out of the latter; but immediately came upon the ladders that led her upstairs.

"This is fun," Goki said with a giggle; as she began to climb the stairs to a place, she was unfamiliar with, as it reminded her of when she was a restless child venturing out of her grandfather Gohan's house into the unknown; until she met her first friend, Bulma.

Once the woman with eyes as dark as coal reached the top floor, she saw that there were two rooms (one main room and one for the children) and what she deduced was a bathroom, but first she focused on the first room to her left; where she began to walk towards the latter at a slow pace, finding a place that left her immobilized.

"It's a child's room..." muttered Goki with a trembling tone; as he observed the toys scattered on the bed and floor, no doubt babies and children are his greatest weakness.

The woman with black hair spiked in the shape of a palm tree out of respect for the missing (possibly deceased) child decided not to take anything from the room, so she immediately turned around; and continued her exploration in the last two rooms that remained ... In the bathroom she found nothing of her interest, but when she took a step into the main room; she got a surprise, and her spirits dropped even more.

"Rest in peace ..." said Goki in a low voice; the moment he saw the two skeletons huddled together on the time-worn bed.

Having finished doing that, the Saiyan woman went back to scanning the main room for items of her interest, but her enthusiasm was not the same as before ... Still, after a while she spotted something that was behind a rectangular book shelf; so, she started walking towards that spot.

"A giant cube ..." whispered Goki with an almost innocent amazement; once he was less than half a metro away from the giant cube, which was actually a black colored safe.

The coal-dark-eyed woman to be more comfortable moved the rectangular bookcase a bit without any effort; and at the same time, she had to be careful not to break the delicate wood weathered with the passage of time ... He even swallowed saliva when the floor squeaked in a rather suspicious manner; in the sense that at any moment it could crumble.

Once she did this, the Saiyan woman knelt down to be at the level of the 'giant cube' where she observed it with fascination because this like the other things in the house was affected by the lack of maintenance, but this one being made of metal was rusted ... No doubt that seemed interesting to him because in his home he never saw a thing in such a state; perhaps that was because Bulma's technology offered daily maintenance on such objects.

"... Maybe David better take care of this," Goki said to herself; once she thought about it deeply, because she somehow sensed that if she opened it she would possibly break something by reason of her superhuman strength.

After this, the woman with tousled black spiky hair got up from her kneeling position; and then she left the upper floor slowly walking down the stairs, where she walked straight to the door of the house.

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With David (At the Same Time)

The Lone Wanderer was lurking near the house that Goki had entered to investigate; where he soon found several land mines, which, just by approaching, were activated ... He already knew why the adventurers preferred to avoid this 'haunted' town.

"With that one, that's five land mines deactivated," David said with a small smile; while at the same time wiping the sweat from his forehead with his right hand.

The blond had cleared a good part of the house where his adventure partner was, where he stacked each landmine on top of the other in an orderly fashion; then he headed to the next house to do the same.

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End of Chapter Sixteen

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The chapter has 2100 words.

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Uploaded: 02/01/23

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