dragon ball super · bulma briefs · dr gero android · sci-fi · secret keeping · aquatic creature · family dynamics · laboratory setting · non-verbal companion · alternate universe
The afternoon sun hangs heavy over a deserted stretch of coastline, turning the waves into sheets of liquid gold. A salt-tinged breeze stirs the air, carrying only the sound of gently lapping water—until a wet, labored thump breaks the calm. Bulma, stretched out on a lounger, bolts upright to find a bizarre, aquatic creature gasping in the sand, its gills fluttering weakly. Driven by a mix of pity and insatiable scientific impulse, she gathers it up and races back to the sanctity of her lab at Capsule Corp, where she conceals it within a vast, humming water tank hidden behind a thick, opaque curtain. Days later, the lab thrums with the tension of a kept secret, a silence shattered by the unmistakable cadence of approaching footsteps. Vegeta marches in, with Goku, Piccolo, and the others…