Chapter 20

Pikon stretched out his hands so that everyone could take hold.

Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Piccolo, Trunks, Goten, Bra, Oysta, Klam, and Pan each grabbed onto each other, while Pan held on to Uub.

Pikon focused intently for a moment, bowing his head as if in prayer. When he looked up again, his eyes were glowing red!

In an instant, the group was whisked away from New Namek, completely disregarding the seal placed over it by Makai, and transported over the vast infinity of space to arrive on the humble planet known as Earth.

The instant they arrived, they realized they stood atop Kami's Lookout, over which was hovering a truly devastating looking storm.

Goku quickly grabbed Pan, Uub and Bra, just for good measure, and placing his fingers to his forehead, teleported them all to the Homeworld of the Kais, where the Elder Supreme Kai and Kibitokai lived.

"Hey," Bra started. "Why did you bring me?"

"Because, um, it's really important that you help Pan look for the Kaio-Shins," Goku said, scratching his head. "That takes smarts, and I trust you!"

"Oh, okay!" Bra chirped, happy to be useful.

"Yeah," Goku said, turning to Pan, "Are you sure you'll be okay here?"

"Definitely," Pan smiled. "We'll find the Kais and keep Uub out of trouble. I promise."

"Great, I should be getting back. Be careful!" he shouted as he blinked out of existence.

"Soooo," Bra trailed off. "Where do you want to start looking?"

Pan looked around at the miles and miles of grasslands, and up at the purple sky. "Be safe, Grandpa," she whispered.

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Goku returned to the Lookout and found the group huddled over the unconscious bodies of Dende and Mr. Popo.

"They're not…?" Goku asked hesitantly.

"No, they're still alive," Gohan confirmed.

"Where's Vegeta?" Goku asked.

"Where do you think? He ran straight for the Room of Spirit and Time."

Goku turned to follow his example, but was suddenly blown back by the force of an explosion that destroyed the whole of the temple atop the Lookout, leaving a smoking crater leading down to the lower levels in its place.

Out of the hole burst Vegeta, his golden aura flaming as he began raining down blast after energy blast into the depths of Lookout, causing the whole structure to teeter on edge.

Everyone tilted as well for a second before taking to the air, making sure to grab Dende and Popo. The Lookout hung at an awkward angle in the sky as Vegeta eased up on his assault.

"Dad, what the heck was that?" Trunks shouted.

"I saw the door was still closed, so I tried to blow it and the connection to that world to hell! Hopefully he'll stay trapped in there forever!"

"I'm afraid it's not all that difficult to escape from that dimension," Piccolo sighed.

Suddenly, the leaning structure began to right itself. The bits and pieces that had been blown off began flying back up out of the clouds and reassembling themselves, restoring the Lookout to its proper appearance.

From deep within, the sound of footsteps echoed ominously. They grew louder and louder until at last, Makai emerged from the Temple.

His body had changed tremendously. Instead of a short, squat body and an ugly pug face, he now stood as tall as Piccolo, his physique in perfect condition, and his face like sculpture. He sported the familiar white mohawk and robes of his people.

"Man, infinite power and the first thing he does is make himself good-looking?" Goten scoffed. "How dangerous could this guy be?"

Makai chuckled at that one. "That's true. You make a good point. Even though I wield power beyond measure now thanks to your precious Dragonballs, I'm really not the type to engage in combat."

"Well, then you picked a fight with the wrong group," Trunks assured him.

"True, true," Makai answered. "But why sully my hands with your blood, when I have the whole of time and space at my command, including all who ever lived there?"

Makai threw up his hands, and dark energy began to coalesce around them. The two orbs distanced themselves from their creator and began to assume humanoid form. Both were apparently massive, hulking brutes, and when the dark mist dissipated, the heroes found themselves staring at two unknown beings who looked strangely familiar, one with his green skin, and the other with his golden aura.

"What the hell is this!?" Vegeta gasped, amazed at what stood before him.

"Why, these are your glorious ancestors, the monsters I spoke of earlier," Makai sniffed. "To my left, Lord Slug, the most terrible and despotic ruler the Namekian people ever produced. It was his great greed and lust for power that caused the natural cataclysm that turned Namek into a wasteland, and reduced its people to poor, weak cretins.

"And to my right," he smiled with ever increasing joy, "Brolly, the Legendary Super-Saiyan of a thousand years ago! The Destroyer of Worlds, upon whose brutal foundation, your power is built!"

The heroes gazed in awe and terror at these twisted charactures of their own power, each a beast with battle-madness in his eyes.

"Friends," Makai spoke, "I give you… yourselves!"

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S-Shield's Notes

So, did you see that coming?

And yes, in my version, these characters have different histories. Brolly doesn't exist in the manga, and since we had a legendary Super Saiyan from 1,000 years ago that we never saw, I always thought, "Why waste that design?"

Slug is just cool. His is one of my favorite movies, and I always wanted to use him somewhere.

What do you think? Please do me a favor and don't spoil anything in the reviews, I'd like for this to be a surprise for late-comers as well. Thanks.