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The jetcopter continued to fly across the sky in silence. Suddenly Goku began to scream. Krillin and the young Gohan went to the side of the sick warrior. Gohan, Trunks and Goten stood ready encase they were needed.
"Dad." worried young Gohan.
"Hang in there Goku." pleaded Krillin.
ChiChi rushed to the side of her husband. Everyone gave the woman space as she gave Goku more of the heart medicine. In a few moment Goku was once again sleeping silently.
Everyone sighed a wave of relief. Goten was glad his dad was still fighting the virus and hadn't lost the fight yet.
"That was intense." said Goten.
"Even in his dream Goku still fights." noticed Trunks.
"That's just how he is you two. Dad will fight until the very end. I inherited that from him and you to Goten. You are the same Trunks from Vegeta." told Gohan.
ChiChi curiously looked at the older version of her son. Gohan did seem pretty smart and was a strong as his father, maybe even stronger. ChiChi began to wonder if her Gohan would be happy as a scholar. ChiChi shook her head and tried to straighten out her thoughts.
"That's just crazy. My Gohan is going to become a scholar and that is final. I'm sure the older Gohan would have eventually become a scholar to if the Androids hadn't shown up. But then again the older Gohan does seem to be happier fighting than my Gohan does studying. He said he helped build the time machine and came up with the code to send it to the past. That means he is smart and strong to keep fighting with everything he has, even though he only has one arm. Perhaps my Gohan would be happier fighting than he would be studying? But I can't lose my baby. I already lost Goku once to fighting and I will not lose Gohan to. No! My son will not fight. He will become a scholar and that is final." emotionally thought ChiChi.
The flight continued in silence. Hours passed and so did the landscape. Land eventually gave way to water. They would reach Master Roshi's house in no time.
"At this rate we'll reach master Roshi's island in no time. And Krillin don't you think we should tell Bulma about what we're doing?" suggested Yamcha.
"That's a good idea. Wait? Are you saying I should call her? No way." declared Krillin.
Yamcha looked back at his friend.
"Come on Krillin I'm flying. Thanks buddy." said Yamcha.
Krillin sighed and went to go call Bulma and tell her what they had planned. The bald monk looked back at the lavender haired warrior and his two friends sitting on the floor.
"No offense Trunks but your mother's kind of hard to handle." sighed Krillin.
Trunks and Goten both looked worried. The two half-Saiyans knew quite well how Bulma was and they didn't feel like getting on her bad side anytime soon, they already had enough trouble with Gohan and they didn't need any more from Bulma.
"Believe me I know." stated Trunks.
"We've both been lectured and hit in the head with a frying pan by Bulma more times than Trunks and I can count. She gave us a pretty bad beating before we came to the past. She even had Gohan scared. I'd rather face an army of Androids than deal with an angry Bulma." shuttered Goten.
Gohan sighed and looked at his two younger brothers.
"Bulma is only as hard on you two as she has to be. You two both nearly got yourselves killed by the Androids two weeks before we came to the past. Bulma was madder at me anyway than you two. You both had minor injuries compared to me. If you can recall I had a concussion, three broken ribs, my arm was broken, and I fractured my leg. I was confined to a wheelchair for the first week until my leg ad ribs healed. And for another five days I had to recover from my concussion and let my arm heal. Bulma never let me out of her sight during those two weeks, even when I was able to walk on my own she kept an eye on me. Just be glad you two had to deal with being locked in your rooms for that time. I still had to help with the plans for the time machine even if I couldn't move. And Bulma made sure I knew when she wanted me to stop working and get back to my room. Wasn't much I could do when I couldn't move on my own and she had total control over where I could go at the time." explained Gohan.
Trunks and Goten both remembered the two weeks before they had to go to the past. The two shuttered as they recalled seeing Bulma yelling at Gohan to get some rest and making him continue to use to wheel chair even when he was able to walk on his own again. Bulma had said it was his punishment for getting beat up so bad and making her worry about him. All the two half-Saiyans could do was hope Bulma wasn't to mad at them when she found out what had happened and what they had been doing in the past.
Krillin picked up the phone and called Bulma. A moment later Bulma answered the phone.
"Krillin what's going on? Talk to me!" demanded Bulma.
Krillin and the future Saiyans (even Gohan) tensed up. Bulma sounded a bit mad and they really didn't want to deal with her when she was mad. But they had to tell her what they were doing or else she would be more mad that if they hadn't told her right away.
"I've been trying to call the Son house but no one answers. The phone just keeps on wringing. By the way is my son there? Trunks, the one from the future?" asked Bulma
Krillin looked over his shoulder to the three future Saiyans. Trunks gulped and felt something bad way going to happen to him.
"He's here right behind me. He's also with Goten and the older Gohan." told Krillin.
The news seemed to have mad Bulma happy because she sounded less angry the next time she talked.
"There all there. Then put them on." insisted Bulma.
"They can hear you Bulma. So just say what you need to say." answered Krillin.
"A guy found a strange vehicle a few miles outside of the city. He wanted to keep it but he didn't know how to work it. He called us and clearly stated that the device had Capsule Corp. written on it. I asked him to send over a picture and I couldn't believe it. The picture was of the time machine our future friend's came in and it was a wreck." exclaimed Bulma.
Gohan, Trunks and Goten couldn't believe it. The time machine they used to travel back in time was with them. Gohan was keeping the capsule safe with him. So how did a wrecked version time machine ended up in the past?
"But that can't be. We have the time machine with us. And it's defiantly not wrecked." assured Trunks.
"Gohan has the time machine with him in its capsule. Don't you Gohan?" wondered Goten.
Gohan pulled out the capsule containing the time machine. The picture Bulma had received was defiantly not their time machine. But if it was not there's than who's was it? Gohan started to worry.
"The time machine is right here. I put it back into its capsule before we went to help you guys fight the Androids. It can't be our time machine." declared Gohan.
This mad everyone confused. Bulma thought of something and looked at the picture before continuing to speak.
"This time machine does look a bit old and run down. It's covered in moss and looks like it hasn't been moved in years. Exactly how many time machines did I build in the future?" asked Bulma.
Gohan and Trunks both were speechless. Goten looked at his brother and best friend.
"This is your guys department. I don't know anything about building time machines, but I'm pretty sure that we only were able to make one. Unless I'm wrong and Bulma just happened to have a secret back up, Gohan?" curiously said Goten.
Gohan shook his head.
"No Bulma and I were barely able to make one time machine, let alone two. Were ever this new time machine came from I defiantly didn't help build it." stated Gohan.
Things seemed to be getting more confusing by the minute.
"I'm pretty sure this a picture of the time machine. I'll send you a copy of the picture through the fax. I want you three to take a good look at it." instructed Bulma.
In a matter of moments the picture came through the fax machine. Krillin grabbed the picture and handed it to Gohan. Gohan was completely shocked when he looked at the picture. Trunks and Goten looked at the picture and joined their brother in shock.
They couldn't believe it. They just couldn't believe it. There in the picture was the time machine only rusted from the elements and covered in moss. How could this be? It just couldn't be possible and yet there was a picture of the time machine all warn out and covered in plants.
"That's the time machine we arrived in. I'd know that machine anywhere. I spent the last four years working on it. I know that machine better than anyone." gasped Gohan.
Trunks and Goten were still in disbelief. The two friends couldn't believe that there was another time machine even though they were looking at proof that another time machine existed.
"But how can that be the time machine we arrive in? We have it right here with us. This doesn't make any sense?" protested Trunks.
"There's no way that can be the time machine. It has to be a fake. What do you think Gohan? That has to be a fake time machine right? Here's no way it can be real. We have the only working time machine in existence so that has to be a fake. It must be, I think." worried Goten.
Gohan didn't know what to make of the picture. He knew that there was only one time machine in all existence and he had it in his pocket. So how could there be another time machine if he had the only one in existence? It just didn't make any sense.
"I don't know you two. I built the time machine and I know that there is only one time machine in existence. This doesn't make any sense. Hopefully the arrival of this time machine or whatever it is won't pose any threat to us." sighed Gohan.
What little Gohan knew was that the arrival of the second time machine would prove disaster for all. An evil far greater than the Androids was about to rise and take the whole world with it. The world as we know it will never be the same again.
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