Gohan rallied his family members to join Vegeta and his children, then set out to find Piccolo. When Goku, Goten and Pan reached the site, Vegeta, Trunks and Bra were already suited up.

The flying monster was an awesome sight. The satellite footage had not done it justice. It's wingspan was enormous, several times greater than a jumbo jet. It had a menacing beak lined with shark-like teeth and three twisted horns jutting from it's head like a crown of spikes. Like Godzilla, this was not merely a throwback to an established life-form, but a freak limb on the tree of life. As it perched on a mountainside, it let out a terrible screech, the call of a true avian predator.

"What is it?" Goku asked.

"According to a human book, it's called a rodan," Vegeta responded. "Aim for the head. Try to take it down quickly."

"Let's go!"

The "Rodan" sensed their hostility and took flight. The Z Warriors were buffeted with powerful winds from it's wings. For its size, the creature was amazingly fast. But as they were about to take off after it, the "Rodan" ascended and performed a maneuver similar to an Immelmann loop. It dive-bombed them, shrieking.

"Scatter!" Vegeta yelled. The others sensed his command more than they heard it. They avoided the creature itself, but were still thrown by the shockwave of displaced air as it rose back up into the sky.

"It's coming again!" Pan shouted as the "Rodan" came on.

"Ka-Me-Ha-Me-HAAAA!" Goku unleashed a devastating blast. The flying monster barely avoided a direct hit, but its back was scorched. "Got 'im!"

The avian beast perched again. A strange red nimbus played about its horns for a moment. When it opened its beak, a fiery orange beam shot out toward the heroes. They avoided it, but it struck closely enough that they felt the searing heat.

"I HATE surprises," Vegeta snapped.

"Quick," Goten shouted, "let's surround it, before it can take off!"

The "Rodan's" limited experience with humanoids did not prepare it for an aerial counterattack. It was momentarily paralyzed with confusion. Taking advantage, the Z Warriors blasted away with huge attacks, knocking the pterosaur onto its back. It let out a series of panicked screeches as it flapped wildly, kicking up bursts of wind until it was finally able to flop onto its stomach. The heroes fired another salvo, but only struck earth. The "Rodan" scrambled up and took off just in time to avoid most of thew blasts. But not the one that struck as it gained altitude.

"Who was that?" Pan said. "You, Grandpa?"

"It wasn't any of us," Bra said anxiously. "It looked like a Kamehameha from here, but..."

"It came from that way." They all turned to where Vegeta was pointing: a space out at sea where the water was bubbling fiercely. The "Rodan" seemed to forget about the Z Warriors as it swooped back and blasted its ray at the bubbles.

The ocean's surface was violently breached. What emerged was a dragon-like reptile. It let out a deafening roar. Godzilla had returned.

Goku summed up the situation perfectly. "Oh, hell."

"No, Grandpa," Pan replied, "hell might be better than this."

Godzilla unleashed his thermonuclear ray at the "Rodan." It dived to avoid it and answered with its own, more accurate one. It struck the atomic dinosaur center mass, but did not halt him. Then it swooped down and began to ferociously peck at Godzilla's head and neck with its sharp beak. Godzilla seemed flummoxed by the pterosaur's speed and ferocity, unable to mount a defense as his arms only reached as far as his mouth.

"What's going on?" This was a different voice.

"Piccolo!" Goku's spirits lifted a bit.

"Bro," Goten said, "they don't care about us, just each other. Maybe they'll leave us alone."

Godzilla finally brought his tail into play, swatting the "Rodan" away. It retreated, and Godzilla roared out a challenge.

As Godzilla tracked it across the sky, his gaze fell upon the Z Warriors. Recognition gathered in his terrible red eyes.

"Yeah," Goten said, "someday I'll learn to keep my mouth shut."

The mutant saurian's spine fins flickered wildly, presaging a breath blast. "Scatter!" Everyone was already moving before Vegeta gave the command. It was more than a command; it was a wish. But Godzilla was unable to follow up, as the "Rodan" made another strafing run with its heat beam. It raked Godzilla's shoulder and neck, the same place where Mothra had torn a gash. The monster shrieked with pain and rage. He shot another blast in retaliation, and the "Rodan" did not avoid it completely. It singed the creature's wing. The flyer crashed into the ocean, but did not stay down.

When Godzilla roared, Bra screamed and went to her knees. When she lifted her head up, her face was paralyzed with horror. "It heard the baby! They both did!"

The "Rodan" took wing and headed west. Godzilla dove under the pounding waves.

"We've got to head off that flyer," Vegeta said. "Bra, you're the fastest. Get the Tele-pad from home and get to the Cetacean Institute. Do whatever you have to do, but get the baby Godzilla out of there."

"Then what?"

Vegeta took a capsule out of his pocket and handed it to her. "This will explain it. Go!"

The teenage demi-Saiyan blazed away at top speed.

"What about Godzilla?" Goten asked.

"He can't reach the mainland as fast as that...'Rodan.' We have to stop it first."

The valiant fighters chased the pterosaur at mind-numbing speed.