*Chapter I*
Goku is startled from his sleep with a cold sweat dripping down his face. A pale moonlight pours in through the bedroom window highlighting half of the room with the contrasting darkness to the other. He had been having these nightmares for the past couple of days. Nightmares of being held captive in some unknown place. Of being drugged while strange creatures poke and prod at him on an operating table. He didn't know why he was having these nightmares but they were getting worse every night. He lay there staring out the window for a minute, then he looked at his wife Chi-Chi. She stirred and twisted a bit but he had not woken her up.
All of a sudden he sensed something outside. He looked out the window and spotted a dark figure walking among the shadows. He could sense a dark energy from this ominous silhouette against the illumination of the moon. Goku had to figure out what this was all about. He got up slowly as to not disturb his sleeping wife and walked to the drawer to get his gi. He slipped it on and he started towards the window. As he opened the window he noticed a lump in his pocket. He reached in and pulled out the one-star dragonball he had found earlier that day. He decided to take it with him and jumped out the open window into the night.
He followed the faint energy signal into the woods, but stayed cautious to everything around him. He came into a clearing and saw the figure standing in the middle. Its cloak was pitch black and, with the hood pulled up, prevented Goku from identifying the creature. As it stood motionless, Goku moved into a half stance, not knowing whether or not it was truly good or evil. He saw a small sparkle appear under the hood of the figure and as it looked up there was an intense flash of light. Before Goku could even react there was a knee in his gut and an elbow in his back. The brief attack was short but concentrated and brought Goku to knees. Goku could do nothing but gasp for air as he thought about what was happening. Before he could regain the strength to stand up he was met with an elbow to the back of his head, knocking him out cold. The creature stood over Goku's body and observed him for a while. Then it picked him up over its shoulder and flew away.
As the creature shot across the night sky it whispered to itself, "Yes. This one will do fine. Just fine."
* * *
Gohan woke up to the screams of his mother and he instantly jumped out of bed to see what was wrong. Chi-Chi was running around the house yelling something about Goku. Gohan tried to calm her down but she was hysterical. She finally got tired and slumped down in chair sobbing. Gohan walked up to her and consoled her.
"What's wrong mom? What happened to dad?", he asked.
"He's gone. He's been gone all morning.", she answered. She was still crying, but had even gotten too tired to do that. She finally became silent and just sat there staring at nothing.
"Maybe he's just out training or fishing or something."
"No. He would never miss breakfast and I've already called Krillen and Yamcha. They haven't seen him either. They said it was strange because they couldn't sense him anywhere.", she explained and almost started crying again but managed to control herself.
"Is there anything missing or did he leave anything that could tell us where he went?"
"His karate gi is gone but he left his wrist-weights and weighted shirt. Almost like he was trying to get to a fight quickly."
Gohan started thinking of what it all meant. He couldn't piece anything together with so little to work with.
"Mom, I'm going to talk to Krillen and see what we can come up with. Don't worry, I'm going to find dad."
"Alright, but you had better come back to me. I don't think I could take it if both my husband and my son went missing." She wiped the tears from her eyes and saw him off.
* * *
Gohan sat upon the nimbus cloud as it soared through the air leaving a small cloud trail behind. He thought about everything that had happened this morning. He tried hard to sense his father's energy pattern but had no success. He arrived at Master Roshi's island where Krillen was staying and approached the door. Before he even got to the porch, Krillen flew out the door to greet him.
"Good, you're here Gohan. Hurry, everyone is waiting inside. After Chi-Chi called I got worried that I couldn't sense Goku anywhere so I got everyone together to help figure this out."
They both walked in and Yamcha, Tien, Piccolo, Master Roshi, Puar, Oolong, and Chaozu were all sitting around the living room with worried looks on every single face. When Krillen and Gohan took seats with the rest they began their meeting.
"So no one here can sense where Goku is right?", Piccolo started.
Everyone said they hadn't, no matter how hard they tried.
"So he's either not on Earth anymore or there is something or someplace here on Earth that is suppressing his energy.", Tien added.
"There's no way we can look for him in space much less look around the whole world. It would be like looking for a dragonball without a radar.", Yamcha said.
This caused Gohan to stand up as if he had suddenly remembered something.
"That's it.", Gohan blurted out, "Dad and I had found a dragonball yesterday and I remember him putting it into the pocket of his gi before we headed home. The same gi that he took when he left last night. The dragonball wasn't at home so it must still be in his pocket. If we get the dragon radar from Bulma then I'm sure we can find my dad."
"Okay then, let's get to Capsule Corp. and get that radar so we can find Goku and put all this behind us.", Chaozu said.
Everyone seemed to stand up in unison and they walked out the door except for Piccolo who stood in the corner for a brief moment thinking to himself.
'Something doesn't feel right about all this. I sense that this is much more than we can imagine right now. For now we will just have to be cautious and see what happens.'
With that thought, Piccolo walked out the door and joined the rest of the group.
Goku is startled from his sleep with a cold sweat dripping down his face. A pale moonlight pours in through the bedroom window highlighting half of the room with the contrasting darkness to the other. He had been having these nightmares for the past couple of days. Nightmares of being held captive in some unknown place. Of being drugged while strange creatures poke and prod at him on an operating table. He didn't know why he was having these nightmares but they were getting worse every night. He lay there staring out the window for a minute, then he looked at his wife Chi-Chi. She stirred and twisted a bit but he had not woken her up.
All of a sudden he sensed something outside. He looked out the window and spotted a dark figure walking among the shadows. He could sense a dark energy from this ominous silhouette against the illumination of the moon. Goku had to figure out what this was all about. He got up slowly as to not disturb his sleeping wife and walked to the drawer to get his gi. He slipped it on and he started towards the window. As he opened the window he noticed a lump in his pocket. He reached in and pulled out the one-star dragonball he had found earlier that day. He decided to take it with him and jumped out the open window into the night.
He followed the faint energy signal into the woods, but stayed cautious to everything around him. He came into a clearing and saw the figure standing in the middle. Its cloak was pitch black and, with the hood pulled up, prevented Goku from identifying the creature. As it stood motionless, Goku moved into a half stance, not knowing whether or not it was truly good or evil. He saw a small sparkle appear under the hood of the figure and as it looked up there was an intense flash of light. Before Goku could even react there was a knee in his gut and an elbow in his back. The brief attack was short but concentrated and brought Goku to knees. Goku could do nothing but gasp for air as he thought about what was happening. Before he could regain the strength to stand up he was met with an elbow to the back of his head, knocking him out cold. The creature stood over Goku's body and observed him for a while. Then it picked him up over its shoulder and flew away.
As the creature shot across the night sky it whispered to itself, "Yes. This one will do fine. Just fine."
* * *
Gohan woke up to the screams of his mother and he instantly jumped out of bed to see what was wrong. Chi-Chi was running around the house yelling something about Goku. Gohan tried to calm her down but she was hysterical. She finally got tired and slumped down in chair sobbing. Gohan walked up to her and consoled her.
"What's wrong mom? What happened to dad?", he asked.
"He's gone. He's been gone all morning.", she answered. She was still crying, but had even gotten too tired to do that. She finally became silent and just sat there staring at nothing.
"Maybe he's just out training or fishing or something."
"No. He would never miss breakfast and I've already called Krillen and Yamcha. They haven't seen him either. They said it was strange because they couldn't sense him anywhere.", she explained and almost started crying again but managed to control herself.
"Is there anything missing or did he leave anything that could tell us where he went?"
"His karate gi is gone but he left his wrist-weights and weighted shirt. Almost like he was trying to get to a fight quickly."
Gohan started thinking of what it all meant. He couldn't piece anything together with so little to work with.
"Mom, I'm going to talk to Krillen and see what we can come up with. Don't worry, I'm going to find dad."
"Alright, but you had better come back to me. I don't think I could take it if both my husband and my son went missing." She wiped the tears from her eyes and saw him off.
* * *
Gohan sat upon the nimbus cloud as it soared through the air leaving a small cloud trail behind. He thought about everything that had happened this morning. He tried hard to sense his father's energy pattern but had no success. He arrived at Master Roshi's island where Krillen was staying and approached the door. Before he even got to the porch, Krillen flew out the door to greet him.
"Good, you're here Gohan. Hurry, everyone is waiting inside. After Chi-Chi called I got worried that I couldn't sense Goku anywhere so I got everyone together to help figure this out."
They both walked in and Yamcha, Tien, Piccolo, Master Roshi, Puar, Oolong, and Chaozu were all sitting around the living room with worried looks on every single face. When Krillen and Gohan took seats with the rest they began their meeting.
"So no one here can sense where Goku is right?", Piccolo started.
Everyone said they hadn't, no matter how hard they tried.
"So he's either not on Earth anymore or there is something or someplace here on Earth that is suppressing his energy.", Tien added.
"There's no way we can look for him in space much less look around the whole world. It would be like looking for a dragonball without a radar.", Yamcha said.
This caused Gohan to stand up as if he had suddenly remembered something.
"That's it.", Gohan blurted out, "Dad and I had found a dragonball yesterday and I remember him putting it into the pocket of his gi before we headed home. The same gi that he took when he left last night. The dragonball wasn't at home so it must still be in his pocket. If we get the dragon radar from Bulma then I'm sure we can find my dad."
"Okay then, let's get to Capsule Corp. and get that radar so we can find Goku and put all this behind us.", Chaozu said.
Everyone seemed to stand up in unison and they walked out the door except for Piccolo who stood in the corner for a brief moment thinking to himself.
'Something doesn't feel right about all this. I sense that this is much more than we can imagine right now. For now we will just have to be cautious and see what happens.'
With that thought, Piccolo walked out the door and joined the rest of the group.