Age 788: Future Trunks Timeline, The Capsule Corp Building.
"Good Morning Dr. Kioski. How was your day off?"
"Why it is was great Mrs. Briefs. Tell me something, and I don't mean to intrude, but where is your son? Usually, I see his smiling face when I enter the building, but today, I didn't see him anywhere."
"Well, he went on a day vacation... Well not really a vacation, more like a research trip."
Just then, Dr. Kioski accidentally dropped a flask on the ground. Bulma tried cleaning it up, but slightly cut herself. quickly bandaged her finger up, and they went back to work.
"Dr. Kioski, I kinda feel funny, must've been those chemicals in the flask. I'm going to sit back for a while."
smiled a friendly smile and said, "Go right ahead, I'll be here working on this new chemical compound."
With that, Bulma sat on her porch to get some fresh air. Once she had gotten enough oxygen in her lungs, she went back to her lab.
Age 767: Main Timeline, Dende's Lookout.
"Wow. I can't believe that I became so cool in the future. Kinda. Well, some version of me is still pretty cool."
Everybody around the room looked at Gohan for a second as he tried to figure out how to interpret the information. Once he found the right words, everybody gave a good laugh. It is true, Gohan is a badass, even though his alternate timeline counterpart couldn't beat the Androids.
"Tell me Trunks, why couldn't my alternate version beat the Androids?"
With that, Trunks smile turned slightly sour, then to a slight frown.
"You know what, never mind I ask.."
"It's ok Gohan. It's about time I faced my emotions, after all, I'm gonna met him pretty soon. You see, the main difference is the fact my Androids are different then yours. In my timeline, there was no Android 16. The Androids didn't have any grounding without 16, so they turned evil. Didn't help either that Goku was gone as well. Probably that was their secondary programming to begin with, but it was quickly reworked since the Goku of this timeline was still alive and kicking...literally. Of course, the Androids are only the first half of the equation. The other half is that the Gohan of my time didn't get all the training you did. Unlike this timeline, Goku died before he could help Gohan unlock his full potential. Hell, there was nobody who could teach Gohan. Gohan surpassed Roshi, so that in itself would prove futile. There were times when Gohan could've reached Super Saiyan 2, but never could channel the energy, and with his arm gone, he had little chance anyhow. I mean, don't get me wrong. Gohan was the most powerful being on Earth...besides the Androids. The other thing is that Gohan couldn't keep up with their power. The Androids run on infinite energy, while Gohan could only fight until his body was out of energy. With his arm gone, it severely hampered with his ability to use the full potential of his power. So in short, Gohan was beat from the getgo."
Once again, the room of the Lookup got real quiet. Everybody stared at each other awkwardly until Piccolo broke the silence.
"So, are we just gonna sit around here, or are we going to help Trunks on his mission? Dende, can you locate New Namek?"
"Sure Piccolo, give me a minute."
The room grew quiet as the young Namekian closed his eyes and started moving his antennae. Within about two minutes, he started talking in Namekian, which of course nobody but Piccolo understood. Finally Dende looked up with a straight expression.
"Good news, bad news. Good news is that I've located New Namek. Bad news is that giving you a exact location is kind of difficult, since not even the Namekians are certain where they are. It seems that the wish Gohan and the rest of you guys made to send us to a planet similar to Namek was kinda a double edged sword. The Namekians know they are somewhere in the South Galaxy, and that's about it."
They all frowned upon hearing this news. Trunks was devastated that not even Dende knew where his home planet was, but then he smiled.
"Thanks Dende. Don't worry about not being able to locate New Namek, I have a feeling me and Mother will find it on our own. Actually, with that information, that makes our search easier. I'll go run by Capsule Corp before I leave, and ask Father about his trip to New Namek. I'm pretty certain he may be able to help me."
With that, Gohan and Trunks left Dende and his Lookout and went there separate ways.
Age 767: Main Timeline, Capsule Corp Building.
Trunks finally having some information on what he needs to know about New Namek decides that it's high time for him to leave. He gives his final goodbyes and leaves into his time machine back to his era.
Age 788: Future Trunks Timeline, The Capsule Corp Building.
"WHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIRRRRLLLLLLPP PP"
Once Bulma heard that loud sound, she came running out of the Capsule Corps Building and greeted her son.
"Hi Mom. Nice to see you out here. I have great news."
"So do I, lets come inside my lab and we'll talk about our discoveries over a cup of coffee."
With that, Trunks put the time machine back into its Capsule and quickly joined his Mother back inside the building.
"Ok Trunks, I'll go first, because I can, and it is polite to let a lady go first."
Trunks gave a weird smile while rolling his eyes, but decided to let her go first.
"So, while you were away, I made the spaceship. Actually, I made it even better than the original design Goku rode in. It'll actually be able to house two people, and has a room separate from the main hull that will contain a gravity chamber. Unfortunately, due to the design of the ship, the gravity chamber can only go a max of 550 times Earth Gravity. Also, I made another discovery..."
Bulma then pointed at her main screen and pointed out a planet to Trunks.
"Also, while you were away, I discovered New Namek."
Trunks' eyes widened, as they glued to the screen. He went to the past to find that information, while his Mother found New Namek and create a spaceship that could take them there, in a matter of two weeks. Then he smiled, realizing that it didn't matter. He was about to complete his next mission.
"So Mom, how were you able to find New Namek? I mean, I talked to Dende, and he said he couldn't even be certain where it was. It seems the Namekians were sent off to a random planet, similar enough to their own. Unfortunately, they had no idea where it was, so when Dende described to me where it was, he was pretty much clueless. So, how did you find it?"
"Well, that's kinda the odd thing. I was looking for it for about a day, then I fell asleep on the computer. While asleep, I had a weird dream about Namek. I can't completely recall what it was about, but after having it, I quickly awoke and did some research. I decided to look for planets that have similar atmospheres to Namek's. After hours of searching, I discovered three possibly planets. Using the same technology that powers the ship, I was able to create three probes. Two of them were shown to be devoid of carbon dioxide, which means no Namekians, since Namekians do release carbon dioxide. The third..."
Bulma paused, looked at Trunks and gave him a serious look.
"The third was destroyed before it reached the surface. From the looks of it, it seems somebody intentionally destroyed it. The catch though is that the Namekians on the planet didn't destroy it. On the probe, I installed a GPS device, that way it could be used as a homing beacon, and would display a message sent from me. The Namekians would be careful, sure. But to outright destroy it without even looking at it, I doubt it. Also, another thing that tipped me off is that the probe was shot down by a force in the upper atmosphere. To make matters worse, the radar on the probe picked up a ship. Unfortunately, the probe was destroyed before it was able to take pictures, so I wasn't able to identify what shot it down, but whatever it is, it must be hostile."
Trunks disposition of excitement soured and turned serious.
"So whatever is near New Namek, it doesn't want anybody but the Namekians to know. This should be a challenge, but not one that will stop me."
Bulma looked at Trunks and laughed.
"You think you're going alone at this? Just like your Father, ready to jump in alone. Look son, you're not going by yourself, I'm going as well. I need to make sure you are safe, and also, I miss all the adventuring."
Trunks did a spit take with his coffee and feel out of his chair.
"You...go with me? You can't be serious Mom. You'll get hurt."
"Is that so? Bear in mind, I went to Namek, Frieza, survived Namek nearly being destroyed, survived from the Android onslaught, but most importantly, I had relations with Vegeta. You really want me to go any further?"
Trunks went blank. Then eventually just nodded his head. She had been Vegeta's lover, which all in all is probably more dangerous than all of Gero's Androids combined.
"Good, we are leaving for Namek in 48 hours. Be prepared, and also, before we leave to far into space, we need to stop at the floating remains of the Big Gete Star. I need to look for one of it's memory banks, just to double check that we are in fact going to New Namek."
With that, mother and son went to bed. Bulma slowly lays down, but before she falls asleep.
"Hmm, I feel kinda weak. Must have been those chemicals I had inhaled earlier. Oh well, time for bed."
Age 788: Future Trunks Timeline, New Namek.
"Have you found the Dragon Balls?"
"No Master. We are in the process of locating them, but it seems the locals are putting up a good fight."
"Of course, after all, they are children of my "Uncle". Well, I guess if my local troops can not take care of this situation, then I will send my best soldiers in. Tell the Namekians that they have 10 days to comply, otherwise, they will experience another Great Tragedy."
"Yes Master. Anything else?"
"Yes, where was that probe that was destroyed the other day sent from?"
"Earth."
"I see. Well then, be prepared if any humans show up. Last time they did, they and a Saiyan took down an enemy of mine. I wanted that kill, but alas, I was beaten to the punch. They will not take this opportunity away from me again."
"Yes Master."