Lucy: I guess it's my turn to introduce the chapter since SoldiersAngel1999 is sick.

Me: (Sneezes in the back room).

Lucy: It's a really bad head cold. Anyway, she wanted me to thank you guys for the reads and votes. Now enjoy the story.

Max's POV

Planet Imecka looked to be a deserted planet at first glance. There seemed to be nothing but desert and rocks for miles around. How exactly were we going to be able to fix the ship if no one lived on it?

That's when we found the city. It kind of reminded me o the movie Aladdin because there were merchants everywhere trying to get us to buy stuff from them.

"So how are we suppose to find the part?" Lucy asked.

"We could just ask them." I suggested.

"Um, excuse me," Trunks said. The whole market went silent. "We were wondering if there was a place to find parts for a ship."

No one spoke for a minute and then there was a low rumling sound. That's when we saw that there was a stamped of merchants running at us and throwning things on us. We actually looked like rock stars after it was said and done. Then those merchants wanted to charge us for all that stuff. Somehow we made our escape and rested in an alley.

"T-that was nuts." Goten panted.

"Y-you could say that again." Mirai said.

"What was up with those guys?" Pan asked.

"I don't know but I was able to get some free food." Goku said. We looked over at Goku and saw that he had a pile of food in his arms. How did we not notice that?!

"Let's find a place to stay at for the night." Trunks said.

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"Wow," I said. "Nice hotel."

After wandering in the streets for a few hours we found a nice hotel in the center of the city. It sort of looked like one of those hotels that famous movie stars stayed in. Trunks paid for one room for the girls and one room for the boys.

"Ahhh, this is the life." Callia said as she plopped down on her bed.

"I'm going to get a shower." Pan told us as she went into the bathroom.

We all relaxed in the little room and I almost fell asleep, that is until Pan came running out of the bathroom in her bathrobe. "Guys, the water won't turn off!" She said.

"Why not?" I asked.

"I don't know!" Pan yelled.

"Let me look." Callia said as she ran inside. "Uh Max?"

"Yeah?" I asked.

"What does it mean when there's a meter in the bath tub?" Callia asked.

I ran inside and sure enough there was a meter in the tub. The management was charging us for using the shower!

That's when a knock came at the door. Lucy went to open it and saw that it was the boys. "We've got to get out of here!" Trunks told us.

"You don't have to tell us twice!" I said.

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"This is just great," Pan grumbled. After running out of the hotel, it started to rain and we had to grab some clothes that were on a clothing line to keep ourselves dry. "We have to stand out in the rain with no way off this rock!"

"Come on Pan," Goten said. "It could be worse."

"He's right you know," I said as I leaned up against a wall. Suddenly, the wall fell over and I went with it. I looked up from my spot on the ground and saw a Imeckian family of 4 sitting down to dinner. "Um hello. Sorry for the intrusion."

"It's fine," the wife told us. "Please, come in."

We all crowded inside and received some nice warm tea. "Thank you so much for taking us in." Lucy said.

"You're welcome." the wife told us.

"So what's up with the merchants outside?" Goku asked.

The husband and wife explained that merchants were just trying to earn some money. The people were all very poor because of all the taxes that the king, Don Kee, was forcing onto the people. Don Kee cared little for the people and only wanted money, and lots of it. He had so many taxes that many families had to stay in hiding.

While the couple were explaining the situation, some robots came by and took all the walls away, saying the family was overdue on taxes. We asked the family if they wanted to come with us but they said no and then went into the city in the pouring rain.

When we got back to the ship, we all dried off. "I feel so bad for that family." Pan said as she dried her hair.

"Poverty is everywhere Pan," Trunks said. "Besides, we can't help everyone we meet. We only have a short time to get the dragon balls and head back to Earth."

Later that night, I crawled into bed thinking about the Imeckians. They weren't bad people, they just had a greedy king that's all. There had to be some way to help them. We weren't really going to ignore them were they? I fell asleep with my mind racing with many thoughts.

Lucy: That's so sad. Those poor people.

Callia: We need to help them.

Max: I agree.

Me: (Comes out of the room with a blanket wrapped around my body with a runny nose). Good for you girls. (Achoo!)

Max: Um, SoldiersAngel1999, you need to go back to bed.

Me: But, who's going to tell the readers what's coming up? And about the video?  

Lucy: I'll do it. Readers, please comment below and vote. Oh, and the video doesn't belong to SoldiersAngel1999. It's just there because she likes the music....Now off to bed SoldiersAngel1999.