Chapter 5
In The Wake of Doom
Gohan and Trunks flew through the air towards the Androids' stronghold. Trunks was doubting whether or not they'd be able to defeat 17 and 18. But they'd have to try; there was no backing out now. There it was. A floating palace above the clouds. Gohan and Trunks nodded to each other in symmetry. They landed at the door and broke it down. They ran through the darkly lit halls and panted tiredly. There was no sign of them so far, until they came face to face with Gero, Cold, and 19. Gohan exploded into S.S. 2 and assumed a crouch. "Trunks, get out of here and find 17 and 18! I can handle these guys!" Gohan growled furiously. "What and let you get killed again? No way! I suffered when I saw you die and I won't let it happen again!" "Trunks, I'm a lot more vulnerable when you're here with me!" Trunks cut him off immediately. "That's what you said last time! I won't leave!" Gohan was getting frustrated and could sense that Trunks wouldn't go. "Please Trunks, I can handle them, go find the Androids." Trunks hesitated. He finally dropped down his arms in surrender and sighed. "I'll never forgive you if you die again." And with that, Trunks was off down the opposite corridor. Gohan unleashed a devilish smile, so did Cold and the others.?
Trunks flew cursing himself through the upper levels of the castle. Everything in his body was telling him not to leave Gohan behind. But his common sense told him otherwise. That moment before he left, Trunks got a creepy vibe from Gohan, as if it wasn't really him for a moment, but someone else in his place. Trunks stopped dead in his tracks when he arrived in the next room. Standing before him were Gohan, Tien, Chautzio, Piccolo, Krillin, Yamcha, and Vegeta. Trunks didn't know whether to laugh and jump for joy, or cower in fear. One of Vegeta's eyes was missing along with both arms and had cybernetic attachments in place. Gohan now was revealing a robotic arm, and the others were only partly what they originally appeared as. Trunks had been played for a fool, that wasn't Gohan, but a cyborg's mind in his reanimated body.
Vegeta started the attack and belted Trunks across the face with a vigorous left hook. He continued pummeling Trunks by kneeing him in the ribs and uppercutting him on the ground! Trunks spit blood several times and managed to crack his wrist on the side of Vegeta's head. Trunks knew he was done for and had to ask Vegeta a few questions before he was slain. "Vegeta, why, how did King Cold and." Vegeta finished his sentence and revealed that Frieza and the others were realistic holograms, and the Androids along with a rebuilt Dr. Gero had combined their knowledge to rebuild himself and Gohan, along with Krillin and the rest of the crew. "Is that all you wanted to know Trunks? Ready to die?" Trunks felt the puncture of skin as Vegeta drove his fingers deeper and deeper into Trunks' abdomen brutally. In a gurgled voice Trunks spoke.
"I love you dad." Vegeta froze and yanked his hand away from Trunks as if frightened. "W.what?" Vegeta slurred. Trunks sat up grasping his blood soaked tank top. "If there's anything left of the real Vegeta deep down inside then I know he'll remember his own son!" Vegeta grit his teeth and punched Trunks into a hard metal wall.
"That's it Vegeta! Do it, kill him!" Gero cackled from the other side of the room. Gohan stood with his mouth open in awe. He raised his hands in front of his face and stared into them blankly. Piccolo and Krillin too were having doubts on what they were doing to Trunks, as well as themselves. A computer chip in their head was keeping them under Dr. Gero's control, but somehow Gohan and the others were fighting it. Vegeta showed outward signs of it too. Vegeta repeatedly kneed Trunks in the back while he refused to fight his father. "Try to remember! I was your son, four years old when the Androids killed you! I remember you bidding me and my mother Bulma goodbye as you left to battle with Gohan Tien, Yamcha and everyone else!" "Stop it! Stop it, stop it!" Vegeta hollered and booted Trunks in the shins again. Gero became impatient and ran forwards to deal the final blow. He grabbed Trunks by the neck and began absorbing his energy.
Vegeta felt a huge pulling force in his mind urging him to do something but he couldn't grasp what. Vegeta watched the last bits of life being sucked out of his.son! The thought coursed in Vegeta's mind many times until he finally realized what he had to do. "Trunks nooo!" Vegeta burst into Super Saiyan and lopped off Gero's arm and dropkicked him across the room! Vegeta swatted at the smoke of an exploded chip in his ear. A few more bursts of smoke appeared and Piccolo, Gohan, Krillin, Tien, Chautzio, and Yamcha went on the attack until Gero was ground into a fine powder beyond recognition.
The Z-Warriors now had a plan in motion. Piccolo being revived meant that Kami was back as well, and the earth's Dragon Balls were once again active. Gohan and the others would leave the fortress to find the Dragon Balls and use the wish to bring Dende and Namek's Dragon Balls to earth. They'd use the Namek balls to bring back all those killed by the Androids, undo the damage they'd caused, and close the time rift. Vegeta, along with the other fighters had transferred all the energy they could spare into Trunks' body to help him prepare to fight 17 and 18. Trunks wasn't sure if he could beat them, but he had a new incentive now. To protect his friends and father. Trunks was truly the earth's last hope.
End of Chapter 5. Chapter 6 Doomsday
Trunks stared down the two Androids on the barren roof of the castle. They were both just as evil and maniacal as they used to be. "Well Trunks, do you know what is really at stake in this battle?" 17 asked coolly. Trunks shook his head hatefully. "Well I'll tell you, the bottom of this lair has a gigantic magnetic wave cannon designed for destroying this planet. In six hours the cannon will fire destroying the earth's core, and propelling this ship into space a safe distance from impact." Trunks lit up with worry and tension. He had only thought this place a base of operations for the Androids. But he knew now it was much more.
"Well, shall we begin?" 17 said while tossing a bundle of jet-black hair off to one side. "Gladly!" Trunks threw off his jacket and sword sheath and undid the ponytail in his long sinewy hair. Trunks exposed his muscles and powered up for Super Saiyan.but nothing happened? "Oh we forgot to inform you Trunks, these circular globes on the borders of our ring prevent you from becoming a Super Saiyan." Trunks gawked in horror as 18 moved forward and kneed Trunks in the ribs and smacked him to the hard ground. Trunks leaped up and gave 18 a backhand to the neck then roundhouse kicked her into 17 then let loose a Burning Attack! 17 blew away the beam with his hands and sucker punched Trunks in the face.
18 got Trunks in an arm-lock and watched delightedly while 17 pummeled the living shit out of him. Trunks cried out with every blow and coughed up at least a pint of blood, purposely aiming it at 17's face. 17 was delighted and continued kicking, punching, and elbowing Trunks in the midriff and sternum.
Trunks kept trying as hard as he could to transform but could only hold the form for a few seconds before the mechanisms would interrupt. The brother and sister of doom weren't showing any signs of tiring out yet either. Trunks was in very big trouble. He was already getting more pummeled than a slab of meat in a butcher's shop, he had a split lip, cracked ribs, a popped out of place arm, and a very nagging limp in his left foot.
They came at Trunks again and he crossed his arm over his chest to block but found 17 kneeing him in the crotch and 18 grinding her knuckles into his backbone! Trunks collapsed and laid sprawled out on the floor. 17 and 18 hovered into the sky and prepared a body-slam that would shatter every bone in Trunks' nimble body. They plummeted careening downwards and Trunks had only one idea. Trunks grabbed for the handle of his sword and thrust it upwards. 17 and 18 made an air-dodge of the sword's point and proceeded to shatter the blade.
Trunks held his head down in worry and fear. The Androids had him right where they wanted him and could kill him at any moment. 17 lifted Trunks by the split ends of his hair and laughed as he winced in pain. "Hey 18, wasn't that great how we killed his mom?" Trunks narrowed his eyes and curled back his lips furiously. "Oh yeah! Remember when you shot a beam right through her face?" "Uh-huh that was cool, don't forget you're the one that gave me a clear shot by blasting her onto the ground." Trunks couldn't take it anymore. He grasped his forehead and cried, not even noticing the swelling and cracking of the machines keeping him from changing. Trunks didn't care about anything anymore, all he wanted to do was make those sons of bitches pay for what they had done, and make them suffer.
That's when it finally happened.Trunks snapped.
End of Chapter 6. Chapter 7 (Mini-Chapter) Trunks Ascends
Trunks roared with rage and his energy field flung 17 and 18 halfway across the arena! Trunks crouched and exposed his iron locked teeth. His hands started bleeding again as they had before, but this time in long jets. Trunks' pale blue eyes shifted in place until slurring into a fiery green. His long hair rose from his shoulders and grew needle-like in sharpness. Trunks' muscles bulged and pulsated with veins ten inches long bursting from his swelled tank-sized arms! "Haaa!" Trunks screamed at the top of his lungs. One by one the globular machines on the edges of the ring exploded in clouds of fire and sent raw electrical power surging into Trunks' body. Trunks burst into Super Saiyan form but didn't stop there. All the pain and torture the Androids had caused him he'd pay back a thousand fold.
"Gohan! Mother.father!" following the primordial scream was an explosion equivalent in size to ten atom bombs.
End of Chapter 7. Chapter 8 Free The Future
17 and 18 were amazed at Trunks' power-up. They had never seen anything like it in their entire lives. Maybe they had underestimated him. Trunks stood with cold hatred in his eyes and ripped off the remains of his tattered shirt. He had slightly longer and more spinney hair that hovered ominously above him. Trunks had transcended his mentor and father by achieving S.S. 2! 18 flew towards Trunks and swung for his face but found herself punching air.
18 felt a burning sensation on her back. She twitched her eyes in the sockets and found Trunks with a palm thrust into her spinal cord. 18 shrieked in agony before Trunks fired a typhoon of energy through her torso and completely vaporized her! 17 growled in anger and leapt at Trunks' body but stopped in mid-air when Trunks punched through his stomach with an iron fist! 17 coughed oily blood and collapsed holding his chest. Trunks raised his left leg and snapped the knee up and into 17's chin shattering his jaw.
Trunks dashed in front of 17's battered body and with a mighty slice of the hand, severed his legs and one arm. 17's eyes spun in the socket and blew out his voice trying to hack up the wadded blood in his throat. Trunks grabbed him by the remaining arm and flung him soaring into the air. 17 used all of his power to save himself from being sucked into the time vortex still hanging suspended miles above the earth.
"Well.con-grat's Trunks! Y-You've bea-ten me and.18! Buuut, you have sssix! Six minutes tooo.save your precious planet!" Trunks remained motionless except positioning his outstretched arms behind his neck. "Finish.Buster.Attack!" Trunks hurled a tremendous blue fireball towards 17, blasting him upward into the portal! 17 clawed at his ripped and torn shirt as thousands of bolts of raw energy seared and licked at his wounds. 17 finally gave a raging cry of agony before being completely swallowed and imploded.
Trunks dematerialized from Super Saiyan 2 and relaxed. Trunks turned to his left and saw Porunga's looming figure just poking over the clouds. The three wishes were made and Dende was going to become earth's new guardian and make a new set of Dragon Balls. Trunks hopped down to the ledge they were all situated on and greeted his long time friends. They all had grim looks on their faces however. Trunks questioned what was wrong. "Trunks," Piccolo began. "We were brought back to life unnaturally by Dr. Gero, we belong dead. The seven of us are going into this base's core and are going to self-destruct. Trunks' eyes welled up and he protested angrily. "Whadda you mean? You can't!" Trunks cried. "We have to Trunks," Piccolo reiterated. Gohan put his hand on Trunks' shoulder and tried to calm him down. "It's okay buddy, we came back unwillingly and we were content with being dead, but we don't belong here, in this time. We have to go, it was nice seeing you again lil' bro. I'll miss ya." Trunks nodded sadly and flew off as the group moved into the lower basements of the ship and went up with it in a magnificent explosion.
End of Chapter 8. Chapter 9 Home Sweet Home
Trunks arrived back at Capsule Corp. and marveled at how it was as good as new. The cities were restored and all the lives lost were brought back. A tear came to Trunk's eyes as he sighed happily and knew that his world would finally see peace. Trunks opened the door casually and saw a dirt covered Bulma sipping from a mug filled with piping hot black coffee.
"Oh, Trunks! I had the weirdest dream, I thought the Androids had killed me, and when I woke up I was buried six feet underground?" Trunks ran up to his mother and hugged her sobbing like he never had before. Trunks had a lot to be thankful for now, his mom was back, the Androids were no more, and he had finally "defeated his outer demons, and the inner." Trunks knew God had been watching over him throughout this whole ordeal, and he was now confident that his father and Gohan were too.
"Trunks.hey Trunks wake-up!" Tien nudged at Trunks' shoulder until he finally awoke. Trunks looked around awkwardly and realized he was still inside of the capsule ship. It was all a dream. But was it just a figment of his imagination? Or was it a prelude of things to come? Tien informed Trunks that they had caught up with Cell and that he was heading for the Android threesome. Trunks tightened his belt, unsheathed his sword, and prepared to fight with a new burning desire in his body. Trunks knew he could defeat the Androids, he didn't have to be afraid anymore.
End of Chapter 9. Epilogue
Trunks was asleep again that night, he wasn't dreaming. Even though he was asleep he could feel everything that was going on around him. Everyone else was out like a light and there were no sounds in the Capsule Corp. building.but there was movement. Slow, yet quick. Smooth glides across the tiled floor, feet barely touching the ground. Trunks was no longer scared of the Androids, but that didn't mean he didn't have other fears. Trunks felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end, small pools of sweat formed under his arms and on his forehead. He shivered in his sleep and a slew of Goosebumps riddled his spine. He could feel them again. Just like in his dream outside the door to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.the eyes.cold and piercing, like daggers. The wind blew violently outside and small wisps would escape under the door and blow the man's ominous cloak. Trunks jumped out of sleep when he could have sworn fingers ran across his face! But the eyes were gone.but for how long? Trunks never felt them again, Trunks' part of the game was well over, but the real fun hadn't even begun.yet.
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Gohan and Trunks flew through the air towards the Androids' stronghold. Trunks was doubting whether or not they'd be able to defeat 17 and 18. But they'd have to try; there was no backing out now. There it was. A floating palace above the clouds. Gohan and Trunks nodded to each other in symmetry. They landed at the door and broke it down. They ran through the darkly lit halls and panted tiredly. There was no sign of them so far, until they came face to face with Gero, Cold, and 19. Gohan exploded into S.S. 2 and assumed a crouch. "Trunks, get out of here and find 17 and 18! I can handle these guys!" Gohan growled furiously. "What and let you get killed again? No way! I suffered when I saw you die and I won't let it happen again!" "Trunks, I'm a lot more vulnerable when you're here with me!" Trunks cut him off immediately. "That's what you said last time! I won't leave!" Gohan was getting frustrated and could sense that Trunks wouldn't go. "Please Trunks, I can handle them, go find the Androids." Trunks hesitated. He finally dropped down his arms in surrender and sighed. "I'll never forgive you if you die again." And with that, Trunks was off down the opposite corridor. Gohan unleashed a devilish smile, so did Cold and the others.?
Trunks flew cursing himself through the upper levels of the castle. Everything in his body was telling him not to leave Gohan behind. But his common sense told him otherwise. That moment before he left, Trunks got a creepy vibe from Gohan, as if it wasn't really him for a moment, but someone else in his place. Trunks stopped dead in his tracks when he arrived in the next room. Standing before him were Gohan, Tien, Chautzio, Piccolo, Krillin, Yamcha, and Vegeta. Trunks didn't know whether to laugh and jump for joy, or cower in fear. One of Vegeta's eyes was missing along with both arms and had cybernetic attachments in place. Gohan now was revealing a robotic arm, and the others were only partly what they originally appeared as. Trunks had been played for a fool, that wasn't Gohan, but a cyborg's mind in his reanimated body.
Vegeta started the attack and belted Trunks across the face with a vigorous left hook. He continued pummeling Trunks by kneeing him in the ribs and uppercutting him on the ground! Trunks spit blood several times and managed to crack his wrist on the side of Vegeta's head. Trunks knew he was done for and had to ask Vegeta a few questions before he was slain. "Vegeta, why, how did King Cold and." Vegeta finished his sentence and revealed that Frieza and the others were realistic holograms, and the Androids along with a rebuilt Dr. Gero had combined their knowledge to rebuild himself and Gohan, along with Krillin and the rest of the crew. "Is that all you wanted to know Trunks? Ready to die?" Trunks felt the puncture of skin as Vegeta drove his fingers deeper and deeper into Trunks' abdomen brutally. In a gurgled voice Trunks spoke.
"I love you dad." Vegeta froze and yanked his hand away from Trunks as if frightened. "W.what?" Vegeta slurred. Trunks sat up grasping his blood soaked tank top. "If there's anything left of the real Vegeta deep down inside then I know he'll remember his own son!" Vegeta grit his teeth and punched Trunks into a hard metal wall.
"That's it Vegeta! Do it, kill him!" Gero cackled from the other side of the room. Gohan stood with his mouth open in awe. He raised his hands in front of his face and stared into them blankly. Piccolo and Krillin too were having doubts on what they were doing to Trunks, as well as themselves. A computer chip in their head was keeping them under Dr. Gero's control, but somehow Gohan and the others were fighting it. Vegeta showed outward signs of it too. Vegeta repeatedly kneed Trunks in the back while he refused to fight his father. "Try to remember! I was your son, four years old when the Androids killed you! I remember you bidding me and my mother Bulma goodbye as you left to battle with Gohan Tien, Yamcha and everyone else!" "Stop it! Stop it, stop it!" Vegeta hollered and booted Trunks in the shins again. Gero became impatient and ran forwards to deal the final blow. He grabbed Trunks by the neck and began absorbing his energy.
Vegeta felt a huge pulling force in his mind urging him to do something but he couldn't grasp what. Vegeta watched the last bits of life being sucked out of his.son! The thought coursed in Vegeta's mind many times until he finally realized what he had to do. "Trunks nooo!" Vegeta burst into Super Saiyan and lopped off Gero's arm and dropkicked him across the room! Vegeta swatted at the smoke of an exploded chip in his ear. A few more bursts of smoke appeared and Piccolo, Gohan, Krillin, Tien, Chautzio, and Yamcha went on the attack until Gero was ground into a fine powder beyond recognition.
The Z-Warriors now had a plan in motion. Piccolo being revived meant that Kami was back as well, and the earth's Dragon Balls were once again active. Gohan and the others would leave the fortress to find the Dragon Balls and use the wish to bring Dende and Namek's Dragon Balls to earth. They'd use the Namek balls to bring back all those killed by the Androids, undo the damage they'd caused, and close the time rift. Vegeta, along with the other fighters had transferred all the energy they could spare into Trunks' body to help him prepare to fight 17 and 18. Trunks wasn't sure if he could beat them, but he had a new incentive now. To protect his friends and father. Trunks was truly the earth's last hope.
End of Chapter 5. Chapter 6 Doomsday
Trunks stared down the two Androids on the barren roof of the castle. They were both just as evil and maniacal as they used to be. "Well Trunks, do you know what is really at stake in this battle?" 17 asked coolly. Trunks shook his head hatefully. "Well I'll tell you, the bottom of this lair has a gigantic magnetic wave cannon designed for destroying this planet. In six hours the cannon will fire destroying the earth's core, and propelling this ship into space a safe distance from impact." Trunks lit up with worry and tension. He had only thought this place a base of operations for the Androids. But he knew now it was much more.
"Well, shall we begin?" 17 said while tossing a bundle of jet-black hair off to one side. "Gladly!" Trunks threw off his jacket and sword sheath and undid the ponytail in his long sinewy hair. Trunks exposed his muscles and powered up for Super Saiyan.but nothing happened? "Oh we forgot to inform you Trunks, these circular globes on the borders of our ring prevent you from becoming a Super Saiyan." Trunks gawked in horror as 18 moved forward and kneed Trunks in the ribs and smacked him to the hard ground. Trunks leaped up and gave 18 a backhand to the neck then roundhouse kicked her into 17 then let loose a Burning Attack! 17 blew away the beam with his hands and sucker punched Trunks in the face.
18 got Trunks in an arm-lock and watched delightedly while 17 pummeled the living shit out of him. Trunks cried out with every blow and coughed up at least a pint of blood, purposely aiming it at 17's face. 17 was delighted and continued kicking, punching, and elbowing Trunks in the midriff and sternum.
Trunks kept trying as hard as he could to transform but could only hold the form for a few seconds before the mechanisms would interrupt. The brother and sister of doom weren't showing any signs of tiring out yet either. Trunks was in very big trouble. He was already getting more pummeled than a slab of meat in a butcher's shop, he had a split lip, cracked ribs, a popped out of place arm, and a very nagging limp in his left foot.
They came at Trunks again and he crossed his arm over his chest to block but found 17 kneeing him in the crotch and 18 grinding her knuckles into his backbone! Trunks collapsed and laid sprawled out on the floor. 17 and 18 hovered into the sky and prepared a body-slam that would shatter every bone in Trunks' nimble body. They plummeted careening downwards and Trunks had only one idea. Trunks grabbed for the handle of his sword and thrust it upwards. 17 and 18 made an air-dodge of the sword's point and proceeded to shatter the blade.
Trunks held his head down in worry and fear. The Androids had him right where they wanted him and could kill him at any moment. 17 lifted Trunks by the split ends of his hair and laughed as he winced in pain. "Hey 18, wasn't that great how we killed his mom?" Trunks narrowed his eyes and curled back his lips furiously. "Oh yeah! Remember when you shot a beam right through her face?" "Uh-huh that was cool, don't forget you're the one that gave me a clear shot by blasting her onto the ground." Trunks couldn't take it anymore. He grasped his forehead and cried, not even noticing the swelling and cracking of the machines keeping him from changing. Trunks didn't care about anything anymore, all he wanted to do was make those sons of bitches pay for what they had done, and make them suffer.
That's when it finally happened.Trunks snapped.
End of Chapter 6. Chapter 7 (Mini-Chapter) Trunks Ascends
Trunks roared with rage and his energy field flung 17 and 18 halfway across the arena! Trunks crouched and exposed his iron locked teeth. His hands started bleeding again as they had before, but this time in long jets. Trunks' pale blue eyes shifted in place until slurring into a fiery green. His long hair rose from his shoulders and grew needle-like in sharpness. Trunks' muscles bulged and pulsated with veins ten inches long bursting from his swelled tank-sized arms! "Haaa!" Trunks screamed at the top of his lungs. One by one the globular machines on the edges of the ring exploded in clouds of fire and sent raw electrical power surging into Trunks' body. Trunks burst into Super Saiyan form but didn't stop there. All the pain and torture the Androids had caused him he'd pay back a thousand fold.
"Gohan! Mother.father!" following the primordial scream was an explosion equivalent in size to ten atom bombs.
End of Chapter 7. Chapter 8 Free The Future
17 and 18 were amazed at Trunks' power-up. They had never seen anything like it in their entire lives. Maybe they had underestimated him. Trunks stood with cold hatred in his eyes and ripped off the remains of his tattered shirt. He had slightly longer and more spinney hair that hovered ominously above him. Trunks had transcended his mentor and father by achieving S.S. 2! 18 flew towards Trunks and swung for his face but found herself punching air.
18 felt a burning sensation on her back. She twitched her eyes in the sockets and found Trunks with a palm thrust into her spinal cord. 18 shrieked in agony before Trunks fired a typhoon of energy through her torso and completely vaporized her! 17 growled in anger and leapt at Trunks' body but stopped in mid-air when Trunks punched through his stomach with an iron fist! 17 coughed oily blood and collapsed holding his chest. Trunks raised his left leg and snapped the knee up and into 17's chin shattering his jaw.
Trunks dashed in front of 17's battered body and with a mighty slice of the hand, severed his legs and one arm. 17's eyes spun in the socket and blew out his voice trying to hack up the wadded blood in his throat. Trunks grabbed him by the remaining arm and flung him soaring into the air. 17 used all of his power to save himself from being sucked into the time vortex still hanging suspended miles above the earth.
"Well.con-grat's Trunks! Y-You've bea-ten me and.18! Buuut, you have sssix! Six minutes tooo.save your precious planet!" Trunks remained motionless except positioning his outstretched arms behind his neck. "Finish.Buster.Attack!" Trunks hurled a tremendous blue fireball towards 17, blasting him upward into the portal! 17 clawed at his ripped and torn shirt as thousands of bolts of raw energy seared and licked at his wounds. 17 finally gave a raging cry of agony before being completely swallowed and imploded.
Trunks dematerialized from Super Saiyan 2 and relaxed. Trunks turned to his left and saw Porunga's looming figure just poking over the clouds. The three wishes were made and Dende was going to become earth's new guardian and make a new set of Dragon Balls. Trunks hopped down to the ledge they were all situated on and greeted his long time friends. They all had grim looks on their faces however. Trunks questioned what was wrong. "Trunks," Piccolo began. "We were brought back to life unnaturally by Dr. Gero, we belong dead. The seven of us are going into this base's core and are going to self-destruct. Trunks' eyes welled up and he protested angrily. "Whadda you mean? You can't!" Trunks cried. "We have to Trunks," Piccolo reiterated. Gohan put his hand on Trunks' shoulder and tried to calm him down. "It's okay buddy, we came back unwillingly and we were content with being dead, but we don't belong here, in this time. We have to go, it was nice seeing you again lil' bro. I'll miss ya." Trunks nodded sadly and flew off as the group moved into the lower basements of the ship and went up with it in a magnificent explosion.
End of Chapter 8. Chapter 9 Home Sweet Home
Trunks arrived back at Capsule Corp. and marveled at how it was as good as new. The cities were restored and all the lives lost were brought back. A tear came to Trunk's eyes as he sighed happily and knew that his world would finally see peace. Trunks opened the door casually and saw a dirt covered Bulma sipping from a mug filled with piping hot black coffee.
"Oh, Trunks! I had the weirdest dream, I thought the Androids had killed me, and when I woke up I was buried six feet underground?" Trunks ran up to his mother and hugged her sobbing like he never had before. Trunks had a lot to be thankful for now, his mom was back, the Androids were no more, and he had finally "defeated his outer demons, and the inner." Trunks knew God had been watching over him throughout this whole ordeal, and he was now confident that his father and Gohan were too.
"Trunks.hey Trunks wake-up!" Tien nudged at Trunks' shoulder until he finally awoke. Trunks looked around awkwardly and realized he was still inside of the capsule ship. It was all a dream. But was it just a figment of his imagination? Or was it a prelude of things to come? Tien informed Trunks that they had caught up with Cell and that he was heading for the Android threesome. Trunks tightened his belt, unsheathed his sword, and prepared to fight with a new burning desire in his body. Trunks knew he could defeat the Androids, he didn't have to be afraid anymore.
End of Chapter 9. Epilogue
Trunks was asleep again that night, he wasn't dreaming. Even though he was asleep he could feel everything that was going on around him. Everyone else was out like a light and there were no sounds in the Capsule Corp. building.but there was movement. Slow, yet quick. Smooth glides across the tiled floor, feet barely touching the ground. Trunks was no longer scared of the Androids, but that didn't mean he didn't have other fears. Trunks felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end, small pools of sweat formed under his arms and on his forehead. He shivered in his sleep and a slew of Goosebumps riddled his spine. He could feel them again. Just like in his dream outside the door to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.the eyes.cold and piercing, like daggers. The wind blew violently outside and small wisps would escape under the door and blow the man's ominous cloak. Trunks jumped out of sleep when he could have sworn fingers ran across his face! But the eyes were gone.but for how long? Trunks never felt them again, Trunks' part of the game was well over, but the real fun hadn't even begun.yet.
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