Disclaimer: I am not Akira Toriyama. I am just a fan.

Wright and Wong
Chapter One

"Look at her. Four million Zenni wasted on this bag of flesh. I should have just kidnapped half a dozen children and trained them to be an army."

"Sir, if you would just reconsider. In just a few more months she should be ready to take orders and—"

"What a load of crap. This thing will never be more than a bunch of mutated DNA. You're wasting my time. Pull the plug."

"Sir please!"

"Pull it!"

"Goten! I want to know where my son is now and why he isn't answering his cell!"

The nineteen year old sighed as he glanced around his room for some sign of what to do. To his right clothes were laid on the floor from where he had thrown them in his rush to get at the first aid kit hidden there. He winced a bit as one of his bruised ribs that had yet to be patched up reminded him of its existence. To his left by the door sat a man with lavender hair and blue eyes whose features were narrowed into a scowl. Blood was already dying the man's bandages red. Goten ran a hand through his black hair as he tried to figure out what to do. Should he tell the women the truth or just some story?

From the cellphone in his hand, an irritated female voice shouted his name once more. With little choice, he lied.

"He's here with me and the girls at the mall. Why? Were you trying to call him?"

A screech from the other end of the phone line caused him to move the phone away from his ear. "Yes I have! I've been trying to call him for the past hour!"

Goten frowned and pretended to pause as if he was asking his friend about his cell. After carefully moving the phone closer to his face he replied, "Trunks said that his cell's battery is dead but he'll be home in a few hours."

"He'd better," was the reply before the line went dead.

With a sigh, Goten ended the call and glanced towards his friend. The man was staring at Goten's bed and when Goten looked towards his bed he found himself staring at the unmoving form of a girl who was about their age. Her eyes were closed in sleep and while they were watching she turned onto her side revealing a brown tail coming from her backside. Unlike the other two beings in the room, she was unharmed except for a small bump on her skull. Glancing away from the girl, Goten looked towards his friend.

"So what now, Trunks? No one is going to believe us."

Trunks sighed and rubbed his eyes. "I don't know, Goten, but we have four hours to think of someway to convince the others not to kill her or us."

Goten nodded as he glanced towards the bed again. It was hard to believe it had only been a few months ago he had been flying towards a date when his plans went seriously awry. Shaking his head to pull himself from his memories, the man sat down on the floor. "Then let's get thinking," he announced. Yet even as his best friend joined him on the floor his mind was drifting back to his life two months prior to his current situation.

He didn't realize his cellphone was ringing until the call was about to go to messages. Fumbling for the phone, he finally pulled it out and muttered a greeting never once taking his eyes off the scene before him.

"Where are you?" asked the voice from the phone. The teen's mind struggled to put a face to the voice for a moment.

"Trunks?" he guessed.

"Who else? Where are you, Goten? You don't sound like you're flying."

The teen nodded as he tried to figure out why his friend was calling him. "I'm just outside of South City."

"South City? Why are you there? We're supposed to be meeting the girls at the mall in West City."

The memory of agreeing to join Trunks and their girlfriends at the mall finally reached Goten's brain. He glanced at the area around himself again and knew he wasn't going anywhere. "Trunks? You need to come here. Now."

He expected his friend to laugh and ask why but Trunks' voice lost its teasing tone and became serious in seconds. "I'll be there in a few minutes."

Goten nodded and hung up, his attention now fully on the area around himself. Although he was just on the outskirts of South City he could see the smoke rising from the buildings and hear screams. He could sense people moving around on the streets and he could see the cars and fire engines rushing to put out the fires but he didn't move.

By the time Trunks arrived most of the fires had been put out and the screams had died down. However, the destruction was still such that Trunks paused to stare before turning to his friend. It was then that Goten remembered the girl he was holding in his arms. Her skin was covered in burns and cuts, some of which held pieces of glass. She had no real clothing to speak of. Just a ripped piece of material which was barely covering her that appeared to have been a white one-piece swimsuit and Goten's jacket which he had placed on her. Goten watched as his friend's eyes widened when he noticed the brown tail belonging to the girl.

"Who is she?" Trunks breathed.

Goten swallowed the lump of air in his throat as he struggled to reply. "I think she's the one who did this."

Trunks' face settled into a frown as he studied the girl. The teen glanced towards South City before looking back at Goten and the girl. "With a ki like that, I doubt it. Plus there's the burns and glass. The burns are on her back and the glass is all on her front. It looks like she was trying to escape something."

Goten frowned as he glanced down at the girl in his arms. She still hadn't moved except to breath. Looking back to his friend, he said. "We'd better call the others."

His words met with silent agreement. The next second the two were hovering in the air with a white glow around them. Then they vanished into the sky leaving the ruins of South City behind them and question in front of them.

Requesting feedback on:
-Scene before flashback. Was it interesting? Did it make you want to read more?
-Grammar or spelling mistakes. Please point out specific mistakes not just if there are any or not.

A/N: So just a few notes:
-I really don't have a good idea of layout for most DBZ settings. Such as how far the cities are from each other or just what Capsule Corps HQ looks like. Any suggestions are welcomed.
-This takes place before GT so whether GT happened or not is not relevant.
I hope you all enjoyed and look forward to reading more. Thanks.
-D101