A/N: Well, I finally got around to finding out why my stupid computer was screwing up the formatting and I am currently in the process of revising and reposting all my fics. So if ya want why don't you go check them out?! Come on you know you wanna. Doooooooo iiiiiiiit There Akuma that was for you^_- She's my beta reader for all my fic's if anyone was wander which I doubt you were. But anyway she writes GREAT ficcies under the pen name Aijin So without further babbling on my part, on with the fic!
Summary- Long ago, during Cell's growth, Dr. Gero started work on another. This one had superiority over all the androids that preceded it and even over the strongest Z-senshi! But two sent her to another dimension where she grows up peacefully; until the Z-senshi faces an evil they cannot over come. They go searching for the lost Android for help, but will finding her do more harm to the Z-senshi than the evil?
A/N: A few things you need to know: This is an AU and the kids' ages are as follows:
Trunks-17
Goten-17
Pan-16
Bra-16
Marron-16
All Is Not Lost
Prologue
"Ok, we're here green midget man. Now what is it you wanted to tell us?" Vegeta asked Dende, in his oh-so-nice way. Dende had called all the Z senshi and their families to the Lookout to tell them about an important turn of events.
"My friends, I'm afraid I have some troubling news. An evil, a pure evil, will present itself in exactly one year."
"Then we will train and destroy it like everything else," Vegeta grunted.
"I afraid that won't work this time Vegeta. There is no amount of training that could prepare you for this."
"What do you mean!?" Trunks shouted.
"I mean you won't win against this evil."
"So, so we're all going to die?" Bra asked near tears.
"No, don't worry. All is not lost. There is a way to save our world."
"There is? What?" Krillin asked.
"That's the other part of the news I have for you. It will take some time to tell you so please be patient and listen." Everyone nodded, minus Piccolo and Vegeta who just stood there with their arms crossed. "Ok. Years ago, while Dr. Gero was still in the process of creating Cell, he started working on another." Everyone was listening with interest and didn't seem to notice Juunana and Juuhachi take a few slow steps backwards toward the ledge. "Like Cell, this android would be made of the cells of all the greatest warriors of Earth, but unlike him, this one would also contain cells of all the great evils who have threatened this world. But instead of the cells forming together to create a hideous creature that had a lust for power and destruction, they took the form of a human baby girl. Dr. Gero was outraged and thought his newest android was a failure. He was going to destroy her, when he noticed something around her neck. Somehow when she was being developed in her artificial womb, a golden chain and flower charm had been formed around her neck. When Dr. Gero tried to examine the necklace it sent an electric shock that over loaded his circuits. It took Android Juukyuu six months to repair him."
"What happened to the baby in that time?" Chichi asked.
"During these six months," Dende continued. "Another android was activated to watch over her, until Dr. Gero could be repaired."
"Who was activated?" Bulma asked. Again no one noticed the two androids taking steps back toward the edge of the lookout.
"Android Juukyuu activated Android Juuhachi to watch over the little one." Everyone gasped and turned around to look at Juuhachi. "She," Dende continued "Activated Juunana to help her." Everyone was now staring at the two androids.
"You knew about another android?" Goku asked them seriously.
Juuhachi sighed and looked down, "Yes."
"And now this Android is the pure evil who will come and destroy us all?!" Vegeta shouted, half at them, half at Dende.
"No! Sage would never do anything like that! She was created with pure heart! Which is more than I can say for you, but do you see me trying to destroy you!?" Juuhachi yelled back, Tears brimming her eyes.
"Sage?" Gohan asked raised and eyebrow.
"Yes, Sage. Androids can have real names too, you know," Juunana replied with venom dripping from his voice, furious they were upsetting his sister, and wanting to destroy the only other thing he had ever really loved.
"Ahem," Dende cleared his throat. Everyone turned back to him. "I'm not done yet."
"Gomen," came from everyone but the two Androids, Piccolo and Vegeta.
"Anyway, over the six months, Juunana and Juuhachi named their new sister and fell in love with her. They both knew she held greater power than Dr. Gero could ever begin to comprehend. Greater power than any Android built in the past. Greater than Cell, greater than Vegeta, even greater than Goku. They also knew that if Dr. Gero ever found this out, he would find a way to exploit her power and use it to gain revenge and take control of the world. So to save her from growing up knowing only power and destruction, they did the only thing they could think of."
"We sent her to another dimension," Juuhachi finished. "We sent her to a place where she would be safe and not have to live under the evil that was Gero." The tears now flowed freely from her eyes and down her face. Krillin walked over and comforted his wife.
"But, if that android is in another dimension, then why even tell us about her?" Krillin asked Dende.
"Hold on. I want to know how you sent her into this other dimension," Bulma demanded.
"We used the Doctor's Interdimensional Transporter. But we destroyed it after we sent Sage through, so he couldn't go after her." Juunana answered.
"Damn, That could've come in handy," Bulma sighed.
"Well?" Goten asked looking at Dende.
"I would frane from ever mentioning this, had this evil not presented itself."
"Well, what does um…Sage have to do with this?" Trunks asked.
"She is the only one that has the power to beat it." Dende replied solemnly.
"Ok wait; if she's our only hope and she's in another dimension, how do we get her here, to help us?" Marron asked.
"That, I do not know. But if there is any hope for the future you must find away to get to that dimension and get her to help."
Bulma tapped her chin. "Hey Krillin, when Mirai Trunks and you found the plans for Juunana you didn't happen to see any plans for anything else did you?"
"Just some plans for a toaster thing. I don't really remember. Gomen." Krillin answered.
"Maybe we could go to Dr. Gero's old lab and see if the plans are still there?" Bulma said to no one in particular.
"Well, we could, but all we'd find would be blown up machinery and rocks. Mirai Trunks and I blew it up after we found the plans." Krillin told her.
"Damn. Well, then how am I suppose to build this Interdimensional Transporter thing?" Juuhachi looked at Juunana and he nodded.
"I saw those plans once. I could copy them down exactly." Juuhachi told everyone.
"You could?" Bulma asked. Juuhachi nodded. "Well, then we've got to get to Capsule Corp! I have less than a year to put this together!" Bulma cried. "Come on, Vegeta! I need a ride back down!" She yelled as she dragged him to the edge of the Lookout.
"Fine, Woman! You coming, Tin Can?" Vegeta asked as he picked up his wife.
"Yeah, yeah I'm coming, Vegetable Brain," Juuhachi gave Juunana a sad glance as she started for the edge.
"Want me to come with you?" Krillin offered.
"No, that's ok. I'll be home later," Juuhachi replied in a quiet, sad voice. She looked back at her family once before she, Vegeta, Bulma flew over the Lookout.
"S,o what now?" Pan asked. "What do we do until Bulma finishes the machine?"
"We train," Piccolo spoke for the first time.
"But you heard what Dende said. No amount of training will help us," Bra reminded him.
"What I meant was we go on with life as if nothing is going to happen. You train when you usually do, go to school, and go to your jobs. Just, as before," the Namek explained with his arms still crossed.
"He's right." Goku agreed. "There's nothing we can do for now. But when the machine is ready we have to decide who's going and who's not."
"Well, we can't all go, because then the Earth would be defenseless," Yamcha replied.
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. For now let's just get on with our lives," Tein said as he started for the edge.
"Fine, but whoever ends up going, Juuhachi and I ARE accompanying you," Juunana stated as he jumped from the Lookout, avoiding any arguments from the others.
"Well, I guess there's nothing more to do now, so I'm going home. I've got finals coming up and I need to study. See ya in school guys. Ja Ne everyone," Marron said as she flew off.
"Hey Marron! Hold up, I'm coming too!" Krillin called after his daughter. "Bye guys. If I don't see sooner, I'll see ya at the reunion!" Krillin said as he flew off after his daughter.
"Bye Krillin!" Goku yelled after his long time friend. "Well, guess we should get going too," he said as he picked up his wife.
"Yeah. Ja Ne everyone. See you tomorrow in school guys," Goten said as he and his father took off.
"Come on Videl, Panny, let's go. I'm guessing you have to study for finals too?" Gohan asked his daughter with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah," Pan sighed. "Bye guys."
"Bye, Panny," Trunks and Bra said together.
"Well, come on Shorts let's go home." Bra said as she waved goodbye to the other Son family.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah I'm comin Wonder Bra. Bye guys," Trunks called to the rest on the Lookout.
"Well, guess I'll see you guys at the reunion, bye."
"Same to you, Yamcha." Tein yelled as they flew off opposite sides of the Lookout.
"Piccolo-san," Dende said quietly.
"Yeah, Dende?"
"Do you think Bulma will be able to recreate Dr. Gero's machine?"
"If anyone can do it, it'll be her. Well, I'm outta here kid. Bye"
"Ja Ne, Piccolo-san, and I'm not a kid anymore," Dende said, smiling for the first time in days.
"I know," was all Piccolo said as he flew off the Lookout.
A/N: Hope you liked the first part of All Is Not Lost! Coming up next... The reunion! Who will go and who will stay? Don't forget to review! And Flames are welcome! To tell you the truth I find a lot of them pretty funny ^_^ And thankx Akuma for the title! Ja Ne!
