AN: Sorry for the delay everyone. I am going to try and post the next chapter soon but until then enjoy :)

Chapter 3

An Uncle's Promise

Towa smiled at her pawns handy work as she looked down at the battered woman. " Very good guardian. Now lets move on from this place so I can finally finish my work and be through with this pitiful planet."

Gohan stood over a bloodied and battered 18 staring for a moment before the sound of his masters voice pulled his attention away from her. " As you wish.." The two warriors left the battlefield and the blonde beauty in the dust as they headed toward their next objective.

Towa noticed the wetness in the corners of her guardians eyes but noticed that he himself seemed to be unaware of them. " I will have to keep a close eye on him..This technology has never been used on humans before. When I get a chance I will make the necessary modifications. Either way this fine warrior is mine and he will do my bidding for the rest of his worthless life...or until I tire of him"

The once wooded area that Trunks had become custom to had quickly changed to a barren and rock covered wasteland as he shot through the sky. " They have to be here somewhere...I know this is where I felt my fathers energy." His eyes darted back and forth until they rested on a large crater off in the distance. " That crater looks fresh...I wonder if mom and dad had to fight someone.."

It took only a few minutes until the young boy reached the mouth of the crater. He could feel his heart nearly beating out of his chest as his eyes locked onto a blood trail that led to a dirt covered outline of a person. " Oh no...please don't let that be one of them…" As Trunks took a few more steps towards the body he noticed a few dirt covered locks of blonde hair. He could feel a lump forming in his throat and he sprinted over to the body and began gently uncovering it. Tears began to flood his eyes as he uncovered his battered mother. " MOM! NO!..." wild sobs echoed throughout the empty canyon as he pulled his mother closer to him. " Mom please..wake up…"

The boy was bewildered, he didn't know how to cope with what he was experiencing. He let out a furious scream and Bright yellow ki surrounded him and his mother and tears poured down his face. His power was incredible for someone his age, it shook the canyon around him causing several of the nearby cliffs to crumble into nothing more than mere pebbles. " I can't be left alone...I don't know what to do..please mom" the young boys words were nearly inaudible as he spoke

18's eyes strained to open. She used the strength that she had to grasp her enraged sons shirt, catching his attention.

Trunks looked down at his mother as he realized she was still alive causing his energy to quickly fade. " MOM YOU'RE ALIVE!..." He watched as she tried to smile before slipping back into unconsciousness. " Dont worry mom I'm going to get you some help…Just hold on. Please mom you have to hold on.." Frantically Trunks lifted his mother into his arms and quickly took off in the direction he thought Capsule Corp should be.

" Mom..I don't know who caused this but I promise you I will find out who did this to you and I will find dad…He will take care of all of this for us mom.."

The halls of the world famous Capsule Corporation were booming with productivity. Since the defeat of Broly, the elder Trunks had focused most of his time on the advancement of the family business along side of his mother. Several scientist and workers chatted as they passed one another through the halls. Trunks sat at his office desk, balancing a pencil on his nose in an effort to relieve himself from the boredom of the business. The demi-saiyan could hardly believe some of the things he had experienced throughout his young life. He had lived through the near extinction of the human race at the hands of the androids. Then the man he considered to be his brother became the guardian of the earth and had a child with one of the androids.

He had teamed up with that same android, the same one that had stolen his childhood, and defeated the greatest threat the planet had ever known but all of that seemed like a bad dream now. Trunks pushed himself to his feet and pulled his long lavender colored hair back and into a ponytail. " Well I guess I should get downstairs and see what mom is up to. She probably will need my help…." He smiled mischieviously to himself for a moment " Or maybe...a few moments of training wouldn't hurt anything"

Trunks bolted out of the small office where he spent most of his time and down the hall until he arrived at the large metal door that housed one of the gravity training rooms his mother had designed for his father long ago. He looked back and forth to make sure no one would see him go in and then quickly entered the room. A wide smile spread across his face as he realized just how long it had been since he had truly trained.

The demi-saiyan removed his suit jacket, revealing a dark vest and white undershirt. " This is going to be great!" He thought to himself as he rolled the sleeves to his undershirt up. " Lets get this going.." Trunks let out a low yell as he allowed his golden aura surround him. He darted back and forth, throwing punches and kicks at blistering speeds. Trunks's hands shot quickly in front of him in a sequence of movements before firing a powerful attack " BURNING ATTACK!" The large yellow blast erupted and shot towards the tiled floor below.

In an instant Trunks phased in front of the attacks path and held it back with his hands. For the first time in a long time he could feel the burning of his muscles resisting the force of an attack. The demi-saiyan gritted his teeth as his feet began sliding on the smooth floor. Trunks let out a powerful yell and swiftly kicked the energy ball into the air, forcing it to explode just feet from his face.

His breaths were heavy and sweat coated his face as he observed his handy work. " Man...I am rusty…" He chuckled to himself. Suddenly a loud beep caught his attention. " Oh great...Its the intercom….Mom must have figured out what I was doing." Trunks walked over to the speaker on the wall and pressed the button. " Mom listen I was on my way over to the lab but I figured.." Bulma's voice cut the warrior off in mid sentence

" I dont care about that! Get up here now! something horrible has happened!...Hurry Trunks!"

Trunks could hear the panic in his mothers voice and knew whatever it was it had to be bad. He hadn't heard her sound that way since he day he brought Gohans half dead body to hear after they were beaten by the androids. He rushed through the large door and down the hall as fast as he could. " I hope mom is ok...What could have happened!?"

As he burst through the doors to the room he saw his young nephew, his eyes red from crying and in a healing chamber in front of him was the boys mother. The elder Trunks looked at the woman as she floated in the chamber. he was shocked to see she looked as if she had nearly been killed. He turned to his young nephew and hugged him tightly. He, better than anyone had the best idea of how the young boy must be feeling. The shocked uncle knelt down and looked the young boy in the eyes " What happened Trunks? Do you know who did this?" He wiped a new set of tears from the boys face as he awaited an answer.

The bewildered young boy did his best to suppress his sobs and answer his uncle. " Im not sure what happened...Dad was gone this morning and mom went to look for him.." Tears once again began to stream down the 10 year olds face as he replayed the recent events " Mom told me if she didn't come back within an hour to come and find you but...I couldn't do that…" Little Trunks began to sob again as he spoke " I just found mom that way...No one was there but ..there had been fighting I could tell by the way the area looked...You have to help me Uncle T..Please!"

The demi-saiyan held the young boy close and looked over to his mother, who was also doing her best to hold back tears. As much as Trunks wasn't fond of the once destructive android he loved his nephew as if he was his own son. He had made a promise to Gohan that if anything ever happened to him or 18 that he would watch out for the boy. " Dont worry buddy...I will find out who or what is responsible for this and I will find your dad...I promise"

The younger Trunks looked up at his uncle with hope in his teary eyes " Do you mean it?...Do you really think you can find my dad?.." the boys voice was still shaky but he had seemed to calm a bit.

" I promise Trunks. I will find your dad. Now why don't you go and get cleaned up and then Ill meet you upstairs.." The demi-saiyan stood and patted his nephew on the head lightly and the boy did as he was told.

Bulma finally broke her silence and walked over to her son. " Who do you think did this Trunks? and where is Gohan?..." The concern in her voice was obvious but Trunks had few answers for his mother.

The lavender haired man ran his hands through his hair and let out a deep sigh. " Im not sure mom..I know I felt Gohan's power level spike briefly today but I just figured he must have been training or something...If I would have that it was a problem I would have checked it out. All I know is that whoever was strong enough to take down Gohan and 18 for that matter cannot be taken lightly."

Bulma turned and walked over to the healing chamber that slowly worked to restore 18's health. " Why is it that every threat to the universe always has to come here...Why can't we just enjoy peace. Is that so much to ask?..."