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"Maybe I should go and get Krillin, then you won't be at risk and—,"

"I'll be okay, Gohan. When have I not pulled through?" Goku interrupted his son. A few minutes earlier, it had been decided that Krillin should be brought back to their house so that they could figure out what to do next.

"But dad, you have to understand that you cannot be found under any circumstances, okay?" Gohan asked anxiously. Goku folded his arms and frowned.

"How come? I mean, I know it's important and all but you act like there's another consequence…," he responded, confused. He watched as another look of fear grew in Gohan's eyes, and listened as his son answered,

"Dad, if you're caught they'll put you in the System. If you enter it, then there really is no hope."

Upon seeing the confused look on Goku's face, Gohan sighed heavily. "Everybody's in the System, and if you're a part of it then you're never free. They inject you with a microchip that tracks you, and you'd most likely be entered for Extraction," he explained.

"What's that? And why not remove the chip?" Goku asked.

"The chip will kill you instantly if you try to remove it. And the System? Only the strongest warriors—which right now are only Krillin, a couple of other people and I—are qualified for Extractions. Basically they hook you up to a machine on a weekly basis and drain all of your energy from you. It's an inescapable trap, dad—by doing that to us we can't ever get stronger," explained Gohan.

"And take this guy down for good," Goku added with a tone of disgust. Hatred towards this monster was beginning to grow deep inside him.

"Yes. So now that you understand, please be careful, okay? And make sure Krillin gets here safe too," Gohan said.

"Don't worry, we'll be fine," Goku reassured his son as he opened the front door to their house and gave a little wave, taking off into the sky while keeping a low profile at the same time. He flew for about ten minutes when suddenly an idea struck him, and he froze mid-flight.

"How stupid of me!" he exclaimed as he put his index and middle fingers to his forehead, locking onto Krillin's ki signal and disappearing.

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Krillin sat on the beach of Kame House, staring glumly at the sky. He had managed to keep hope for the first few weeks of all this madness, but as the realization of no Goku and no dragon balls sunk in that hope quickly dwindled down to little to nothing.

"If only you were here…," he muttered sadly, sighing heavily.

"Who, me?" asked a voice. Krillin whirled around, startled. Upon seeing his friend, he blinked in disbelief as his eyes grew wide. He started to tremble as tears formed in his eyes.

"G-Goku…? N-no, it… it can't be…," he said quietly, disbelief evident in his voice. Goku smiled, however, and waved in his usual cheery manner.

"Hi! What's up?" he said.

"GOKU!" Krillin screamed as he ran and threw his arms around his friend. "Where have you been this whole time, huh?!" Goku chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Sorry, I kinda have a bad habit for being late, huh?" he answered. "It's good to see you again, my friend." His face quickly grew serious, however, as he turned and walked to the edge of Kame House's beach, the tips of his shoes just barely touching the incoming waves.

"A lot has happened since I've been gone, Krillin."

"A lot doesn't even begin to cover it," Krillin remarked dryly. He walked up next to his friend and picked up a rock, skipping it across the ocean.

"I don't mean to be mean, but where have you been this whole time? We've kinda needed you, you know," Krillin turned his head as he heard Goku sigh heavily.

"I'll explain that later. Right now though, we need to get back to Gohan," the Saiyan replied.

"Wait, Gohan? Is he okay?!" Krillin exclaimed, starting to panic.

"Yeah, Gohan's fine. He wants you back at our house—I do too," Goku answered. Krillin relaxed significantly upon hearing this, and threw another rock across the ocean. It didn't even touch the water.

"Alright then, let's get going," he said.

What's going to happen now that Goku is here? Will there finally be a way to take down earth's captor? Or will something stand in their way? Find out on the next chapter of Enslaved!

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