WARRIORS OF THE PRESENT


A New Life


Dren watched his foe in horror as the android walked towards him. Lilac and Carlos were with him, but he was still scared half to death. This being had killed Trunks, they had all sensed it before leaving the time stream. The android was named

Fred. Fred wore a black trench coat, black tank top, black jeans, and black bikers boots. He had black hair hanging down to almost his waist. Dren wore black jeans, a light wieght black leather vest, black fingerless gloves, a white t-shirt,

and black tennis shoes. He had brown hair.

Lilac wore a denim vest over a red shirt, blue jeans. She had chestnut hair and eyes. Carlos was wearing an orange gi that greatly resembled Goku's, it was a gift from Krillin. He had no hair. They stood in the middle of a destroyed city.

Broken buildings surrounded them as far as the eye could see. The sky was filled with monsterous storm clouds that blocked the sun. Rain fell in heavy sheets and lightning flashed across the sky with thunder rumbling after each flash.

"I am going to enjoy this." Fred declared with a smirk.

"SHUT UP!!! You killed our master and freind! You're going down!!" Lilac shouted angrily.

Fred glanced at her and said "Oh? You were nothing to me during our last battle, what makes you think this time will be different?"

"Everything! We've been training, we are stronger than we used to be. You wo'nt win so easily this time!!" Carlos spoke up.

"I disagree. Last time i was using a small fraction of my true power, defeating you will not take much on my part." Fred stated cockily.

While this went on Dren tried to stop the shaking in his knees. He was the most easily scared of the trio, even meak at times. He knew that this was a bad time, his freinds would need him. And he would need his focus to transform. "I think

you underestimate us." Dren said as he pushed down his fear.

Fred turned his eyes to Dren and asked "Really, then lets see what you can do!"

Dren began powering up as he drew on his alien side for power. He was Carlos's half brother. Carlos was fully human, but Dren was half alien. A crater formed beneath him as he lifted into the air. His muscle mass doubled and green blotches

covered his skin. Lilac and Carlos powered up as high as they could.

Fred merely smiled. "Your power is greater than i thought, but it will not be enough to save you." Fred declared in amusement.

"Lets put that to the test!" Dren said coldly. Then he rushed forward with a right hook which caught Fred in the jaw knocking him several dozen feet backwards. Dren quickly followed up with a barrage of ki-blasts which Fred knocked away

with ease before charging Dren with a round house kick which Dren caught with hisleft forearm, then threw a punch at Fred's face but the andoid caught it like it was nothing before bringing his knee into Dren's chest knocking him high into

the air. Fred phazed into the air above the quickly rising Dren. He knocked the young warrior back to the ground with a vicious hammer-blow.

Fred landed facing the other two and said "That was too easy."

"YOU BASTARD!!!!!" Roared Carlos as he charged, Lilac close behind. Fred quickly found himself blocking dozens of punches and kicks with little effort, while sending some blows of his own at the two teens who managed to block them.

Fred ducked a blow from Carlos and slammed a knee into his chest knocking him through the wall of a nearby building causing it to collaps ontop of him. Lilac launched a crescent kick at Fred's head, but he caught it and threw

her into the air before sending an energy blast through her stomache. She hit the ground a little ways off to the side.

Carlos pulled himself out of the rubble just in time to see Lilac's death. He screamed incoherently and charged Fred with a flurry of punches and kicks all of which Fred dodged. "This is boring." He said mockingly, just before he sent a knife hand through Carlos's heart. With a sigh of dissapointment he tossed the now dead teen to the side, just as dren pulled himself out of his impact crater.

"No...no it can't be. YOU PEICE OF SHIT!!!!!!! NOW YOU DIE!!!!!!!!!!" Dren cried as he rushed forward with a mighty punch that knocked Fred through three buildings which collapsed afterwards. Dren charged forward with another blow,

then looked down at the foot that had just tore through his stomache.

"Goodbye." Fred said with a smirk, then vaporized Dren's head.

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Dren shot straight up in his bed with a shout of terror. It took him several seconds to remember where he was. He was in his room at Capsule Corp. He and his freinds had arrived a few weeks ago and told the Z-fighters all about what had

happened. When Vegeta learned his sons fate he hunted down the pod in which Fred and Grog rested and destroyed it with a huge blast in a rage. Meanwhile Bulma had offered the three teens rooms in CC. Future Bulma and Mary had taken

Shorts a little ways off to live on their own until Shorts was old enough to understand it all.

The three teens had been training hard since then, in the hope that should another villian arive they could make a difference. The room was a simple one, a 12x16 room with a single bed, a television, and a closet. Every night Dren had the same nightmare he had just awoken from. Knowing that further sleep was impossible Dren opened the window and flew onto the roof. He had a new life now. "But i can't help thinking about it. I know there was nothing i could have done but...

i hate myself for not helping anyway. Maybe one day i can forgive myself, but not today." Dren thought to himself.

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Lilac paced the floor of her room restlessly in an effort to work off her excess energy. She trained every day, but she still had plenty of energy every night. She wished that she could go back in time and help Trunks fight Fred, but it was to late.

"Damnit! How could i have been so stupid?! I'll bet that we could've made a difference against Fred, Dren and Carlos were just to cowardly to try!! Its their fault Trunks is dead!" She hissed to herself. "No thats not right. If there was something that could've been done they would have done it. Trunks himself ordered us all to leave, they were just respecting his last wish." She thought trying to calm herself.

She had been struggling to keep her anger in check since they had arrived. She sighed as she flopped backwards onto her bed. She was in for a long night.

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Carlos blocked a punch from his new teacher, Krillin. They were sparring on Roshi's island. Carlos missed Trunks horribly, but he knew that he should continue his training, and Krillin was willing to teach him. Carlos sent a flurry of blows at

Krillin who blocked and countered each hit.

After a few seconds they broke away from each other. "Not bad, your almost as strong as i am now." Krillin said with a smile on his face.

"Yeah, i'm gonna miss sparring with you while i'm at Capsule Corp." Carlos said returning the smile.

"Same here, but you need to visit with your freinds a bit, you've hardly seen them this last month." Krillin replied. Carlos simply smiled, he had a new life. He planned to enjoy it.