Episode 4 The New Threat

Hogosha was surrounded by strangers. A girl who would have to be around 14, a young man who was probably around 17, two men who had to be in almost the exact same age as each other, about 26 and one man who seemed different than the others. More mature, stronger, scarred and more experienced. He turned to face the man who he presumed were their leader.

"Which one of you tried to use the dragon balls?" – Hogosha asked.

"It was me" – Pan said with determination.

"Hmm… Perhaps he isn't the one in charge after all" – Hogosha thought. He held up his hand and prepared a small ki blast. "I am sorry, I do not wish to hurt you, but you must be stopped" – Hogosha said.

Pan took a step back in fear, the look on the creatures face scared her. "Hey, hold on a second" she said with a trembling voice. Hogosha threw the ball at Pan.

"MASENKO"– Gohan shouted and fired his beam. It collided with Hogoshas ball, and it was sent off course.

"If you struggle I will have to destroy you as well" – Hogosha said with a cold voice.

"Hey, listen pal! Why don't you tell us who you are and where you're from? And then maybe we will consider letting you live!" – Goten said with an angry voice. Goten was far too angry to notice the strong power emitting from Hogosha. But Uub wasn't. He was terrified, it was stronger than anything he had ever felt! Even Goku as a SS3 wasn't that strong!

"Very well. But after that, she must pay" – Hogosha said with a cold voice. He sat down in the burning sand and began to talk.

"I, as I have told you, am the guardian of the Dragon Balls. If they are used too far away from their creator, their power becomes unstable, and if used, their power could destroy worlds. It could lay waste to all living things in existence. So when the dragon balls are too far away from their creator, then I am sent to protect them" – Hogosha said without breathing in once. He didn't even seem to blink.

When Gohan looked closer he could see the resemblance this strange creature with Shenron. Even though he looked a lot like a namekian, his face was more like a reptile or a dragon.

"I must stop all who would misuse the dragon balls power, and then return them to their creator. Where are we?" – said Hogosha with a lifeless voice.

"We don't know. We were sent here by accident" – said Gohan.

"Let me see… We are in the 7th dimension. And the creator is in the… 2nd! 5 dimensions! How did you travel that far?" – Hogosha said, finally showing sign of emotion.

"My own power only reaches to travel 2! If I used all of my power maybe 3. But 5! It's impossible! How did you do it?" – Hogosha said with a voice full of astonishment.

"Well, we used the hyperbolic time chamber" – Goten said.

"Where is this chamber?" – Hogosha asked again with a cold voice.

"As I have said, we went here by accident, but our friends should be repairing the chamber right now and soon they will be back to pick us up" – Gohan said.

"I am afraid I can't eliminate you then, I need your help. Except the girl, she needs to die" – Hogosha said.

"Hey we didn't know any better! How were we supposed to know, that we were gonna destroy the world?" – Pan said confidently.

There was a minute of silence. "I suppose you are right, I can let you live" – Hogosha said.

"Good so it's all settled then? Hogosha doesn't kill Pan, and we help him get the dragon balls to safety" – Goten asked.

On earth:

(This takes place a bit before that stuff with Hogosha)

"No, Pan!" – Bra shouted, as Pan spoke her wish. Then Pan and the dragon disappeared.

"Oh no! They must all have noticed the dark sky, and soon they will all come running and I will get all the blame!" – Bra thought. And she was right, Goku, Vegeta, Tien, Yamcha, Krillin and Dende all landed next to her just a few minutes after Pan had disappeared.

"I am so sorry! But it wasn't me! It was Pan, I just gave her the Dragon Radar, and maybe… helped t use it a little, but I didn't know she was actually going to use the balls! I am really sorry!" – Bra said, with an excusing voice.

"It's okay, Bra. It wasn't your fault" – Goku said.

"We better hurry repair the chamber. Cause it looks like she took the dragon balls with her!" – Vegeta said.

"Yeah, she was going to use them to wish all five of them back" – said Bra.

"Oh no! If she uses them there we will all be doomed!" – Dende said.

"Why?" – Tien asked.

"If the dragon balls are used too far away from their creator, they become unstable, and if they are used, they could destroy everything" – Dende said.

"That just means we have all the more reason to hurry up!" – Krillin said.

The all flew up to the tower again, with Vegeta carrying his daughter.

"Where is Pan?" – Videl asked them, even though she already kind of knew the answer.

"She… Is with Gohan" – said Goku.

"I should have known… Ever since she suggested that thing with the dragon balls, I knew there was no stopping her. That look on her face, I know that look all too well" – said Videl.

Piccolo was floating in mid air. He was meditating, he was trying to track their ki, and they all knew that he was the best for the job. His namekian senses were the finest there was.

"Wait! I found them! I can sense Gohans Masenko anywhere!" – Piccolo said.

"Good! Well then, where are they?" – Dende asked.

"The 7th dimension, somewhere on a planet named Caruna" – said Piccolo.

"Alright!" – said Yamcha.

"Don't worry guys! We will be there soon…" – said Bulma.

On planet Caruna:

"What are we going to do?" – Goten shouted out loud. It had been almost 9 hours since they had met Hogosha, and they had been walking the entire time. The dry climate, the high gravity and the three suns were taking its toll on the 4 fighters from earth. But Hogosha didn't seem to be affected.

"You will die of thirst and exhaustion in approximately 3 hours" – Hogosha said with his cold voice.

"How do you know that?" – Trunks asked in despair.

"Based on the time you spend on this planet, your physical stress and the lack of food and water, that is about as much time I estimate you have left" – Hogosha said. It was like he was a machine.

"Come on! We need to find civilization! There must be some kind of people on this planet!" –Trunk shouted.

"Daddy? Are we going to survive?" Pan asked with a sad voice.

"I… Hope so…" – said Gohan.

Deep down he knew that their chances were small. They hadn't seen any kind of life on this planet since they had left the soldiers. It was all one big desert. It couldn't be long before he started to see things. "Oh, I wasn't expecting it so soon" –Gohan thought as he saw a small village about 5 miles away.

"Guys, I think I am starting to see things" – said Trunks.

"What? You too?" – Gohan asked.

"Me three!" – Goten exclaimed happily.

"I don't think that's a mirage guys!" – Pan shouted.

Gohan happily used his last ounces of energy to run towards the village. So did Goten, Trunks and Pan, but Hogosha stood silent in the sand.

"You coming?" – Gohan asked.

"I might be a trap" – Hogosha said.

"Well then fine, you stay here!" – Goten shouted from afar, he was already only a few hundred yards from the village.

Hogosha didn't move a muscle; he just held the small wooden box with the dragon balls inside.

"Alright! Well be back to pick you up as soon as we have gotten something to eat" – Gohan said.

In Akus palace:

(All of the dialogue in this section was originally in Carunian, but in order for this to make sense for you guys, I wrote it in English)

"I am sorry General! I have failed!" – said the soldier with the damaged leg. He and two of his comrades had captured 4 creatures; they had looked weird and freaky, but had proved to be very strong. When they were asleep the 4 creatures had escaped, and killed his friends and damaged his leg. He didn't remember much of the episode, except that it had only been one of them had breaking free at first. He had started out by destroying Asugan who was the one who had magically created the ropes, which freed the others. The one who had killed Asugan then destroyed Fortial, but before he managed to kill the last soldier, his friends had stopped him.

"You must pay!" – said General Yoku. He sent a small ki beam from his finger tip through the soldier's chest.

"I would say death is a fitting punishment" – said the General. Even though he seemed fearless to his troops, he feared his master and his masters' personal henchmen. The weakest of the henchman was called Mei, and he alone had enough strength to annihilate General Yuko and all of his 500.000 troops. There were 3 more henchmen, each of them twice as strong as the last. But none of them even came close to their master.

He was magnificent. He alone had conquered the entire universe, and now he lived here on Planet Caruna. He had paid good money to the Anu'Rac people for them to serve as his own personal army and now they all served him with General Yoku in the front. His master had been here for almost a 100 years but, General Yoku had only been serving him for a few months, and he already feared him more than anything in the universe.

The Anu'Rac people had destroyed all life on this planet, only a few Carunian villages remained. Unfortunately, they had not been able to find them. The last General was killed by Mei, because he hadn't found any of the Carunians in three years. Personally General Yoku had found a small village with about 120 Carunians, Aku (his master) had immediately made them slaves. Yes, Yoku truly feared his master.

Authors note:

Sorry if the last part was a bit boring, I just needed to explain a few things, and in case you were wondering there is going to be even more story lesson in the next episode!

Alright, Aku means evil, Mei means dark, Yoku means greed and all of Akus other henchmen also means something with dark.

Yeah, i know the part "Don't worry guys! we will be there soon" was a bit cheesy, but who doesn't love cheese?