"Wait... You're going to [i]fight[/i] that creature? It's n-not normal, you can't!" The engineer was keen on getting out of the king's grasp, but he wouldn't do that if these kids up and died on them. Of course the ship did need to be rid of that foul beast, but losing their only ticket to freedom wasn't the means in which he wanted to go about it. "Perhaps we can lure it out...? And release it into space! Then we wouldn't risk damaging the ship!" That plan would most definitely work. Bring it into the hangar, lower the shields and the vacuum of space would do the rest. Yes, that was ideal!

"And not fight it? Not a chance." Takeshi answered, smiling as he inadvertently crushed the alien's hopes. "Just tell us what it looks like and we'll take care of it, okay? We're pretty strong, I don't think this things going to do us in."

The engineer desperately wanted to change the children's minds but they seemed set in their ways. Arguing with them was only going to delay their fighting it, and possibly cause complications with the troops should they return. "Very well... But we warned you boys!" the alien said, waving a padded finger at them before letting out a lengthy sigh. "The creature is blue in color, and twice as big as any of you. It has blood red eyes, and where its mouth should be is a black pit! Its terribly thick too, we couldn't blast through its skin. Its forearms are absurdly long and there are three fingers at the end of each, and it has enough strength to crush one of these doors with a single blow! Er... Do you really have to go fight it?"

"Either that or it attacks us when we're stealing the ship," Kabocha pointed out, running a hand through his hair before sighing. "Doesn't sound like anything that I've seen before. So a big blue thing... Well, doesn't sound too hard to track down anyways. Even if it is strong something that large is going to have a hell of a time moving in these halls, so we can definitely outmaneuver it. Between the four of us it doesn't stand a chance."

Granted, having the appearance of the beast didn't ensure their finding it anytime soon. It was a big ship after all, and they were at one end of it. They'd have to trek all the way to the other end, scour every single room in order to find this thing. It was a lot of ground to cover for just four people, so it'd probably take a little while. 

"We've got this, don't worry about it," Takeshi added, smiling confidently. "You guys stay here, we'll come back when we've dealt with it. Don't open up unless its one of us four, okay? Don't want any soldiers finding out what's going on." Not a lot more needed to be said on the matter, it was all the permission the engineers needed to lock themselves back up. Watching the doors slam shut the Prince exhaled, now figuring that they had to go find whatever this thing was on a wild goose chase. "Best get to work, but first..." Takeshi paused, turning to face his friends with a hopeful smile. "Can we PLEASE find a change of clothes? I'm starting to smell myself now, and I smell like a monkey's rear end."

Yumi wanted to help welcome the parents into the fold, especially if they'd be traveling together for a while. Kabocha's parents though weren't exactly... Approachable. The man wasn't the most welcoming of sorts, he smelled overly of cologne and seemed to be a little crude, judging by how he acted. The woman on the other hand was loud and obnoxious, seeming ready to butt heads with anyone that came her way at any given second. Definitely skipping those two for now. On the other hand Kai and Choi's dad was sat there on a crate by himself, looking fair confused and lonely. She couldn't help but feel bad for the man, he must be utterly confused with all of this. Considering how the twins behaved she figured he did an alright job of raising them, he must be a pretty good guy, even if he was a Saiyan. She'd talk to him then, at least for now. Meeting him at the crate she asked for his permission to join him, curious as to why he seemed surprised by her.

"Just getting your permission to join you, I didn't want to impose," Yumi said as she sat down, smiling politely. "My name is Yumi, by the way, it's nice to meet you sir. I just wanted to check how you're holding up, if you need someone to talk to or anything." She knew perfectly well what it was like to be thrown into a completely alien situation, it was overwhelming and terribly confusing. If she could alleviate any of that then she'd do her best to. "Glad to be free from the king? You get to be with your boys again, that must be nice."

Okay, so that was troubling. Viral couldn't even label what he was picking up, and his only words for it were "foul stench of corruption." Not exactly something you hear everyday. There was definitely something alien about the feeling, or what little of it that he could sense. Maybe the ship was carrying some kind of dangerous cargo and they were experiencing some kind of output from it. Immediately his thoughts went to radioactive material, not the most pleasant thing to imagine. Though in most cases you couldn't exactly feel radiation, it was an invisible substance. It could make you ill, but this sensation wasn't sickening, not in the physical sense. It was like having that feeling you were being watched, or walking down a dark street at night and swearing something was at the other end. One of those where your mind raced and your heart pumped wildly, you felt like you were in imminent danger. Vegeta refused to turn around though, as did Viral, the Beastman quickly picking up the pace and marching down the corridor. Making it a point to stay with his friend the two of them made good progress, covering a fair bit of ground in a quick amount of time. The doors began to thin out, and more and more of them were labelled "storage" or "hatch so and so". Just as they passed another storage room the engine compartment finally came into view. A tall, wide steel plated door right where the two opposing sides of the ship's main corridor met, precisely at the back. A yellow and black stripped paint lined the door, and a few warning signs were placed around designating it as an off limits zone.

Someone was inside of the place though, or some thing. The engines were most certainly off, yet now and again there was a faint clanging sound, or scraping. There was someone on the other side moving around, rather loudly at that. Vegeta gave Viral an uncertain look before moving to the access panel, disappointed to see it was currently locked. 

"Give me a few seconds, I'll get us in there..." he mumbled, bringing up the control console. 

It was relatively the same interface that he had used in the hangar, though the directories were different and he couldn't find the same file he'd accessed before to breach the security. It made sense, having one singular gateway for the entire ship's systems in every console would make hacking it too simple. There had to be a master panel somewhere, but this definitely wasn't it. Sighing he began to pour through what information he could access, probing where he could into bits to see if he could find anything of use. The door required a password to unlock it, so he either had to find that, or find a way to disengage the locks. After a fair bit of searching he stumbled across a file aptly named "emergency". It didn't take a scientist to guess what that did, and sure enough once he opened the file and activated it the doors began to separate, pulling apart effortlessly and soundlessly. Beyond the doors sat a massive reactor in the middle, a conductor encased in a thick glass with three luminescent coils wrapped around it, and an extensive array of controls and screens built into a base around it. To either side of the room were the engines themselves, accessible by two sets of walkways. The room was relatively empty besides that, the only other things being support beams running across the arced space and up from the floor to the ceiling above. Since he'd initiated the emergency system the room was covered in a red light, though thankfully there was no siren. Whistling softly Vegeta stood at the door, taking a glance about the room beyond them.

"Ready...? Can you pick anything up from here? I'd rather not walk into an ambush if it's all the same."