Hooray! An update with an actual story involved! Welp, I'm glad that I'm back on track. Enjoy!


Bulma's Discovery: A Mysterious Second Time Machine


"...So the three of them are basically treating this whole thing like a game." Krillin explained as the gang sat on the floor of the plane headed to Master Roshi's house. "But, It's definitely a game they want Goku to lose."

"Wow... Are they really that strong?" Gohan asked.

"Let's put it this way, multiply Trunks and Chiyo's warning by ten." Krillin said, his arms folded.

There was a tense atmosphere of pondering silence, until a yell from Chi-Chi shattered it, "Oh, no! I'm a terrible mother! I was so caught up in all the commotion that I forgot the most important thing!"

"What're you talking about, mom?" Gohan asked, crawling over to his mother.

Chi-Chi dropped down a stack of books, "You have studying to do!"

At that statement, Chiyo absentmindedly flinched, catching Trunks' attention, "I'm fine, Trunks. Just... nostalgia." She thought back to all the times as a kid that her mother forced her to study, of course after a while Chiyo began to see no point and refused to continue her studying a year after Gohan died so she could train more.

"You cant be serious!" Gohan exclaimed.

Chi-chi looked down at her son with folded arms, "Current circumstances do not excuse you from school work. And Chiyo!"

"Y-Yes?" Chiyo replied. 'She's not giving me work to do, is she? Though, I wouldn't put it past her.'

Chi-Chi dug back into the bag and pulled out a black shirt, "If you insist on keeping your sweater open, at least cover yourself up."

Chiyo looked down at herself and blushed at the sudden attention to her exposed stomach, "I-I'm fine really. Besides, I could always just zipper my jacket up."

"Hmm, I suppose..." Chi-chi folded the shirt and placed it back inside the bag.

"Wow, Chi-Chi. You really are something else, you know that?" Krillin said, sitting down.

"So, what's our next move?" Yamucha, who was driving the plane, asked.

Krillin looked down, "Hey, dont look at me. I dont have the slightest clue."

"This may sound crazy, here's a thought." Trunks started. "If we know where Dr. Gero's hideout is now, why not travel back to before the androids were activated. Chiyo and I could try to destroy them while their still dormant all at once."

"Of course! That'd totally work, right?" Yamucha exclaimed.

"Yeah, but stop me if I'm wrong here, but I thought the time machine wasn't all that precise. Besides, like you told Goku, traveling back and forth through time takes so much energy, you'd have a tough time making a round trip, right? So if you jump into the past again, there's a chance that you wont make it back to your time." Krillin.

"Good point. We could be stuck in the past with no chance of return..." Trunks said, "But, if it could stop all of this from happening, maybe it might be worth the risk."

"Maybe, but, if you could go back in into and destroy the androids of the past without being stranded, what would happen to the ones that are already here? In our present, I mean. Would they all just disappear or will it be like they never existed?" Gohan asked, before Chi-chi turned his head back to his books.

"Wait, no! It wouldn't work that way!" Chiyo exclaimed. "This is only hypothetical but, this may involve the Multi-verse theory!"

"The multi-what?" Yamucha asked.

"The Multiverse theory... It's what my mom would talk about while she was building the time machine." Trunks said, "In simpler terms, its the idea that with every different choice and action made another universe is created."

"Still not really following you." Yamucha said.

"If Trunks and I were to go back in time and destroy the androids before they could be activated, it would only effect that universe, any universe where they already exist wont change." Chiyo further explained.

"Now, we know for sure why our time is still the way it is." Trunks added, "When we went back to our time nothing changed because Goku and you all dying already happened there. We thought that we'd failed, which was our initial reason for coming back here again. Goku is alive here, but he's been gone for a long time where we're from."

"Now, that I think about it, if we did change our future, we, The Trunks and Chiyo that came to warn you about the androids, would cease to exist and another set of Trunks and I would be living in an android-less world." Chiyo said.

"Okay hold, on, my head is spinning." Krillin said. "By that logic, the future you and Trunks came from, stays the same, no matter what you do. Even if Goku does defeat the androids here, they'll still be running wild in your time?"

"That's right." Trunks said.

"Then why go through all the trouble of coming back in the first place?" Yamucha asked. "The world where you're from wouldn't reap any of the benefit."

Trunks got up and walked over to window, "My mom said, that she was done living in a world without any hope because of the androids. Any future where they didn't exist, was good enough for her even if she couldn't live in it herself."

"But, our original mission was to find some way to destroy the androids of our time by surveying my Dad fighting them in this time. And if that didn't help, we were supposed to bring him back with us to fight off the androids with us..." Chiyo said, curling into a ball where she sat.

The future children were silent as they mentally re-lived their hardships, "The thing is, the past that we've traveled back to is so different from what we expected That it throws a wrench into our plans. Not only is the timing of Goku heart condition a little askew, there's now one more android that we weren't even prepared for, and for some reason they're even stronger than the ones in our time." Trunks said.

"Yeah, but what was it that made everything change so much in our time?" Gohan asked, before his head was turned back to his schoolwork.

"I dont know. I cant explain it..." Trunks said, biting his nails.

"Maybe it was us?" Chiyo said, untucking her legs. "Maybe our traveling through time has only made things worse."

"Hey, dont overthink it. However bad it seems, I know were still better off than if you hadn't come. My Goku well again because of you two."

Krillin stood up, "Yeah! Focus on the positive! Things'll work out!"

"Sure, they always do." Yamucha chimed in.

"We've been in a lot worse spots than this before, right?" Krillin said, "We'll scrape through this one way or another! Probably..."

"KRILLIN!" Chi-chi yelled, hitting the bald monk.

"I was kidding!"

Chiyo laughed slightly and frowned again, 'What're we doing?'


"You keep saying this is the way to Goku's house, But how do you know?" 18 asked. She 16 and 17 were still cruising along in the pink bakery truck.

"Who said I knew? I've been diving on pure instinct." 17 said.

"You're guessing? Oh great, we might get there this century." 18 said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Goku's home is located in a mountain village in section 439 East." 16 said.

17 turned to him, "Well, aren't you informed? Did you get that from the doctor?"

"Correct. And flying would have been the most efficient way." 16 said.

"Thanks you, at least someone thinks logically." 18 said, leaning back to see him. "But, oh no. We just had to take the scenic route."

"Stop complaining so much, 18. The most inefficient way is usually the most fun. We have plenty of time to kill Goku." 17 said.


Meanwhile...

Vegeta was standing in a rocky wasteland in the rain looking towards the cloudy sky,

'Is Goku even more powerful than you are.'

'I see, I thought one of you was special, but neither is'

18 words clawing at his pride, Vegeta powered up and became a Super Saiyan, the energy emanating from him, parted the dark clouds above, making beams of light fall down on him, "S-Super Saiyans are supposed to absolutely invincible! How was I defeated!? It makes no sense! My power should stand second to none! I am the Saiyan Prince, the crowning pinnacle of my race! Becoming Super Saiyan should have cemented my place as the greatest warrior in the universe! Is technology superior to my strength? Am I limited my mere biology? ...No! I am Vegeta! I have no limits! Whoever my opponent their might is nothing to mine! I will crush them! And Kakkarot. When the androids are dust, you can be sure that I'll be coming for you next."


"Master Roshi's place isn't much farther, and I'm not sure anyone's thought of this, But Krillin you think we should clue Bulma in?" Yamucha said.

"Yeah, sure... Hey, wait a minute. You're thinking that I should be the one to call her. Oh, great. "

"C'mon, you're the best one to keep her up to speed. You know more." Yamucha said, with a grin.

"Fine," Krillin said, "No offense, man but your mom has one heck of a temper."

Trunks laughed, "Trust me, she's not gonna mellow with age."

Krillin dialed in a number, "Um, hello I need to be put through to Bulma, please? This is her friend, Krillin."

A bubbly female voice answered, "Her friend? Oh yes, Mr. Krillin! Yes, of course I'll patch you through to her private line in two shakes. Please hold."

"KRILLIN!" Bulma's voice bellowed out of the speaker, "What's wrong?! Something has to be up! Tell me everything! First things, first! Where on earth are you calling from? Secondly, I tried to see if Gohan has made it home okay, but no one will pick up the phone! Please tell me the grown up version of my son from the future and Chiyo is with you."

"Uh, yeah they're sitting right here, actually." Krillin said, looking back at the future kids.

"Oh, good. Do me a favor and put one of them on." Bulma said.

"Just continue talking, you're on speaker. They hear you loud and clear." Krillin

"Okay, listen. A team of land surveyors from some backwater, yokel, out west gave the company a buzz a few days ago. Apparently they stumbled across some weird abandoned vehicle they were hoping to claim. Trouble was they had no idea how to start it up. So that asked if we could help them out." Bulma explained. "Well, our people asked them what the vehicle's model number was and they said they couldn't find one. Naturally, we asked them if they were sure it was a Capsule Corp. vehicle they'd found and the said yes, logo was right on the body. We were shocked and we asked them to send us a picture. Long story short, I've got the photo in front of me and not only is this the time machine Trunks and Chiyo came in, its showing some major signs of wear and tear."

Chiyo's eyes widened, "What?"

"That's impossible. Here look," Trunks pulled out a case that held his capsules, "It's right here. I've got the capsule for the time machine."

"He said he's got his time machine with him." Krillin said.

"That's odd, I mean, It's just uncanny. The one in the photo is pretty mossy and overgrown like It's been sitting there a while, otherwise it's a dead ringer." Bulma said. "Do you think it's possible that my future self made more than one of them?"

"That cant be. Bulma had trouble just building the one." Chiyo said.

"Well, then. That's really bizarre. Because that makes this one the machine you and Chiyo came back in. I'm absolutely positive. I'll send a copy of the picture, so you can see for yourself."

The picture printed out and Krillin handed it to Trunks, "She's absolutely right. This is the exact same machine we came here in."

" There's no doubt about it. But, how is this even possible? There's only one. So, where did this come from?" Chiyo asked. "And how long has it been here?"

"I have no idea." Trunks said. "What does this mean? Hey Krillin ask her if she knows the exact location of the machine."

"Hey, Bulma do you know exactly where the time machine is?" Krillin asked.

"Well not precisely, but judging from the post mark its just outside of 1060 West. I suppose you two are going there." Bulma said.

"Yeah, I have to see it." Trunks said.

"I'm coming too." Chiyo said.

"I'd like to come as well, if you dont mind. It's not that far from me." Bulma said.

"Yeah, If you want to." Trunks said.

"Great, meet you there. Oh, wait a second. Can you put Chi-Chi on?" Bulma asked.

"Yes, something wrong, Bulma. Is Chiyo okay?" Chi-Chi asked.

"She's fine, Just napping. But I just want to know if there's anything she's allergic to or wont eat." Bulma asked.

"Oh, she'll eat anything. Also, I dont think she's allergic to anything. Nothing that I know of, anyway." Chi-chi said.

"Alright then, bye!" Bulma hung up the phone.

"So lemme ask this again, are you sure there's only one time machine?" Yamucha asked.

"Yes, I'm positive." Trunks said.

"Um... I'd like to have a look too? If that's okay with you?" Gohan asked.

"Excuse me?" Chi-chi asked.

"I'll be fine mom, c'mon. It's not like we're going anywhere dangerous. We'll be safe." Gohan said.

"I suppose, it's alright." Chi-chi said. "Watch over him, wont you, Chiyo?"

"Of course." Chiyo said.


"And some water for you, beautiful." Bunny sang, watering the plants in the greenhouse and playing with her birds.

"Hey, mom? I've gotta jet, somethings come up. Can you watch Trunks and Chiyo for me?" Bulma asked, bursting into the room.

"I'd be glad to watch the sweeties for you, sweetie. But whe're you heading in such a hurry?" Bunny asked.

"No where bad". Just a rendezvous with Trunks and Chiyo." Bulma said, quickly running out of the room.


"Trunks? Chiyo?" Gohan asked as the three flew to the location of the mysterious second time machine. "What about the rest of the humans from the future your from? Have those androids really managed to turn the whole planet into a warzone?"

"I suppose that's one way of putting the situation." Trunks said. "Except that if its a war we're fighting, the humans are easily on the loosing side of it."

"You'd be surprised what kind of damage can be done in nearly 20 years. The population is so small it's almost down to nothing." Chiyo said, gritting her teeth. "The ten of thousands of people left alive have to live in bunkers underground."

"Woah, that's bad." Gohan said. "I sure do hope they have a weakness like you said and that we can find it."

"Yeah," Trunks said, with a nod, "Me too. In fact I've been thinking about that. It was obvious that Dr. Gero didn't really want to activate these androids. He must have known that they were dangerous and difficult to control. When we left him no choice, he turned to them and they instead turned on him."

"Gero may have been evil, but he sure as hell wasn't an idiot. He wouldn't have activated them if he had no way to subdue them. He must have had some sort of device that could force them to obey or... to shutdown. " Chiyo said.

"It's a long shot, but if we can find it, whatever it is, use it to end the androids once and for all." Trunks said.

Gohan smiled, "Aw, come on. I dont think it's a long shot."

"I wish I could agree with you." Trunks said.

"Unfortunately, our supply of hope has drained living where we do." Chiyo said, "It's often better not to expect everything to work out. At least that way there wont be any disappointment."

Gohan looked over at Chiyo with a frown on his face, despite the low volume, he'd heard her dreary comment. The androids had done so much damage that his future little sister couldn't even be hopeful anymore.

Trunks fiddled with his watch and check the map, "We're right above the area we're looking for, so keep your eyes peeled.

"You got it!" Gohan said. They all searched the landscape thoroughly for the machine, until Gohan happened upon a figure from below. "There it is! Hey, I found it! Over here!"

The two older semi Saiyans followed the younger saiyan's voice, "Nicely done, Gohan. Good eyes."

"Yeah, this is definitely what we're looking for." Chiyo said, looking the machine up and down.

They heard the purr of an aircraft engine, "Well, Bulma didn't take very long. I'll flag her down." Gohan said, before flying away.

"So... Are you okay, Chiyo?" Trunks asked, looking at Chiyo.

"Well, not really. There's an old looking copy of our time machine in front of us. Dont you think that's ominous?" Chiyo said, her eyes not moving from the moss covered machine.

"Well yes, but that not what I meant." Trunks said, sighing.

"Just what do you mean then?" Chiyo asked, folding her arms and still not looking back at Trunks.

"Not even I'm sure. I've been worried about you. Y'know if something's bothering you, you can come to me about it." Trunks said, quoting her words from long ago. "You've always said when we were kids, but you should follow your own advice once and a while."

Chiyo finally removed her eyes from the time machine and looked down to her feet, remembering when Trunks had problems with becoming a super Saiyan and she asked him to let her be his shoulder to 'cry on', "I... Just dont want to talk about it. Not now anyway..."

Trunks placed a hand on her shoulder, "I can accept that. Just remember that I'm here for you, okay? You dont always have to be strong. You can be a little weak sometimes."

"...I'll think about it."


"Hmm... Tell me, 16. Does anything ever go on in that head of yours?" 18 asked, her entire body turned to the side face the red haired android. "How do you not get bored just sitting there?"

"C'mon, 18, leave him alone." 17 said, "I'm sure he'd rather be thinking about killing Goku than chat with you. Oh, and by the way, you said you wanted some new clothes right? there's a small town coming up."

"Finally, I can get out of these rags and into something half decent. Well? What're you waiting for 17, put the metal to the pedal." 18 said.

"Oh, look. She made a joke. Cute." 17 said.

"Ugh, just shut up and drive." 18 scolded folding her arms.

Suddenly there were sirens ringing around them, 17 smirked, "That'll have to wait. "

"Stay right where you are!" Two southern accented police officers exited the car. "Don't get cute!"

18 huffed again, "Why exactly are we getting out? We can easily get rid of them."

"Hold on a sec, this'll be funny"

"We've got visual confirmation of the van reported stolen!" One of the officers said inspecting the license plate.

"Matter of fact? Well you kids got some s'plaining to do." The second officer said, before cuffing the twin androids.

"Hey! You in the back! Get out, y'hear me!?" The first officer demanded. 16 obeyed and frightened the officer with height. "No funny business. Make this easy on yourself!" He cuffed 16 and he easily broke the cuffs, "Uh, oh! This can be considered resistance!"

"That's resisting? Well, Imagine that." 18 walked over to the police car, "Y'see I always thought resisting..."

"Woah, get back, honey!" The shorted officer warned.

"...Would be more something like this?" She picked up the car and tossed it into a mountain, destroying it. The twins merely picked off the hand cuffs and hopped back into the van. "Bye."


"Hey, Trunks, Chiyo! Look who's here?" Bulma sang before landing a few feet from the future children. "It's me! The mother of the year!" She hopped out of the plane.

"Uh, hello." Trunks greeted looking down.

"I bet it's weird for you two to see me all young." Bulma said, "Tell me, do I stay this young and beautiful in the future?"

"Well, you dont really change all the much, I guess?" Trunks said, with a blush on his face.

"Seriously?" Bulma asked.

"Yeah, You still look about the same in the future as you do now." Chiyo said.

"So as the years wear on, my delicate looks are spared from the cold ravages of time?" Bulma placed a hand over her mouth and laughed in delight, "It's almost criminal!"

"Mother." Trunks called, interrupting the blue haired heiress' joy, "Take a look." he pulled out a capsule and threw it, allowing the time machine to spring forth, "Here's the time machine you built. I've had it in capsule form with me this whole time."

"That settles it then, this broken down old thing cant be yours." Bulma said.

"You only built one, Bulma. So this has to be ours, but also it's not ours. As weird as that may sound, it's the only possible way." Chiyo said, as she and Trunks further inspected the broken down machine.

"Are you sure?" Bulma asked.

"Only one way to find out." Trunks said rubbing away some of the moss, uncovering some writing.

"What does that say?" Bulma asked. "Hope?"

"Right. You painted it on yourself just before we left and it's on both machines." Trunks said.

"Hold on a sec. I have to think about this." Bulma said, "You can tell this one's been here for a while, several years by the looks of it."

The three saiyans floated to the top of the machine, "It's been melted." Gohan said, "Since the edges curl it must have been done from the inside out.

"Wait... From the inside?" Bulma asked, "Do you think the pilot did that?"

"If that's the case, it couldn't have been someone who knew how to open it." Chiyo said, before following Trunks' gaze into the machine.

"Maybe... Let's open it up." Trunks pressed a button on the side, allowing the hatch to open. He hopped in and looked down questioningly at what he saw, "What the?" Two halves of what seemed to be a spiky purple ball were inside.

"What is this thing?" Chiyo asked.

"Woah, that's weird. Looks like an alien coconut." Gohan said, looking on in interest.

"Hey, can I see it?" Bulma asked. Gohan handed them to her. She put them together and took them apart again, trying to figure out what she was looking at, "My best guess is that this is the shell of some kind of egg."

"You think so? I've never seen an egg like this before." Gohan said. "Wait, what if- Suppose whatever made that hole in the dome hatched from it?"

"Residual energy is almost down to zero, But it should scan." Trunks said, checking the machine, "Who or whatever flew this ship, came all the way from the year 788."

"788? That's three years after out first trip here. Right before we came back." Chiyo said, looking at the scans.

"If the board is still reading correctly, then it landed 4 years ago." Trunks said, "A full year before we came and defeated Frieza and his father. Wait, of course!"

"Trunks, you dont think..." Chiyo started.

"I do. This must be the reason for all the changes in the timeline!" Trunks summarized.


At Kami's lookout...

"So... This is how you spend your time, huh?" Piccolo asked, as he continued wait for Kami's decision, "Spying on the earth from the safety of your perch? If its a view of the action you want, stop stalling and lets get this merger over with. You'll get to see it all up close. "

"So, It seems the feelings of doom that have haunted me these 4 years have little to do with the androids at all. Some thing has come. Some being, pestilence from I not where." Kami monologued, "The only thing I do know, is that something worse than then the androids, something far superior in strength is lurking in the world below."

"What're you babbling about?!" Piccolo yelled, "What do you mean something is lurking down there?"

"The time has come for me to relinquish my duties as guardian of earth and assume with you the mantle of a full fledged Namekian warrior. Take heed, Piccolo. The foe that we must face is beyond imagining. The feeling of sheer dread that heralds its coming is so strong all past enemies pale in comparison."


Some sort of powerful creature has travled back in time, even before Trunks and Chiyo came. What could this mean for our heroes? Find out next time! Remember to review, favorite and all that other good stuff!