Pain.

Pain was all he could feel. He couldn't even hear or smell anything, just the pounding and iron stench of blood.

The dark green namekian was gasping for breath, the broken ribs not helping at all. He peeked one of his pale blue eyes open as he heard muffled yelling. The voice sounded very familiar.

'Trunks?' The tall namek was barely able to turn his head to the side as he spotted his scouter. An image of his violet haired friend could be seen on the light green screen of the new model. The strange namek could tell he was worried.

"Forte! Forte, are you alright?" all Forte did was spit up blood in response and squeeze his eyelids shut as a new wave of pain crashed down on him.

Trunks grit his teeth as he stood in the Time Vault, feeling helpless. The Supreme Kai of Time stood next to him, a pink tinted hand on his leg, since she was way too small for his shoulder, where her best friend, Toki Toki, sat, his long feathery beard hanging over both of the Time Patroller's shoulders like a scarf.

The trio had just witnessed Forte in a battle with a demon whom they thought he had killed; Mira, and he was even stronger than before.

"Damn it!" The half breed tightened his gloved hands into fists. The Supreme Kai of Time peered at the scroll that stretched out on the table in front of them. A tiny smile pulled at her lips and she caught Trunks' attention with a tug on his pants. He looked down with a raised brow.

"I wouldn't worry about Forte now. He's going to be just fine." Trunks didn't seem all too convinced as he pointed back at the scroll "I doubt that. If you haven't already noticed, he's missing both of his arms and his lower body has been turned into swiss cheese! I think I can see some of his guts hanging out as well..." the small kaioshin rolled her eyes with a smile at Trunks' paling face. She then pointed at the scroll.

"Just take a look. Help is on the way."

"What?"

The messy haired saiyan named Goku had sensed two strong power levels a few minutes prior, but almost as soon as he sensed them, they dropped: one vanishing entirely and the other fading at a dangerous speed.

He had figured there must've been a fight and one left after leaving the other for dead.

'I have to be quick if I want to save this guy!' Goku felt the life force drop a little more and doubled his speed, blasting at a pace that put Sonic the Hedgehog to shame. 'I'm almost there, just hold on a little longer!'

The fun loving saiyan landed next to a crater, one of many, he realized, and began looking around.

"Hello?!" Goku was a little surprised to hear anything at all, even if it was a spluttering, choking noise… and... even faint screaming?

Seconds later, Goku found a body. A namekian was laying in a deep crater, and boy had he seen better days.

Both of his arms were missing, leaving nothing but stumps that bled profusely. There were dozens of holes from energy beams that littered the poor creature's legs and abdomen, and cuts just about everywhere. Oh gross, some of his internal organs were showing as well. The dark namekian was practically bathing in his own blood! Goku could hardly see his paling skin underneath all the red-to-purple blood that coated his body. Only his soaking pants remained, and they were barely there to begin with.

A few feet away from the dying namekian was a green scouter. When Goku first glanced at it he snarled, but soon he could see a very familiar face in the screen as he crouched over the namek, getting ready for Instant Transmission. His eyes went wide.

"Trunks?!"

"Goku! Oh you cannot believe how relieved I am to see you!" Trunks' voice was kind of scratchy through the speaker of the green scouter, but it was clear nonetheless.

"What the heck are you doing on a scouter?" Goku watched the younger man shake his head quickly as he then shoved his face closer to the screen.

"Nevermind that, just get Forte to the Lookout!" the adult saiyan cringed at Trunks' tone, but he quickly grabbed the scouter, placed a hand on this 'Forte' guy's chest, placing his index and middle finger from his free hand on his forehead, and vanished from the fight scene.